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VOLUME XXII. ' ; - . / CAMDEN^ SOUTH-CAHOi^ ' TtJESBAY^MORNING-, APBlt 30, 1861 " ' NUMBEIU&" ^ , ' , .1 -!?-- ------ f The Lancaster Greys | Xeivs from Ball' X'J " Misc ellarieous. PFORT Sl'iHTjfR. S>05TICrAL CORRESPOKDKKCE J&STWE1X GEXER% . AL BEAUREGARD AKD MAJOR ASDBRSOK, / PREVIOUS TO THE BOM?Ar.DMSWT. / ^ ' [c?py-) f . '' - :;.Headquarters Provision-.?!! Army.C.S .A., ) jpfeharlestcn, S.Cn April If, 18ol?2, p. m, j Sir : The Governmen(*>f the Confederate; ^States has hitherto fo'rboae from any hostile 'demonstration against ForfSnmter, in the hope Hhat theGoTermnent of tit United States, with '? view to the amicable adjustment of all questions between the twofecvernments, Rnd to <avert the calamities of Ayr, would voluntarily ?|jKEVv T-v : v 1-- . -r .. . . . .v,. - .. _. Evacuate it. There was! reason at one time to '-believe that such would*)? the course piirsned ^by the Government ofabo United States, and ^under that impreBsion *y Government has retrained from making .Ay deuMiid for the surrender of the fort. 7But the Confederate States can no longer [ i delay assuming actimpossession of a fortificaj]\ tion commanding tlie/ontrance of one of their harbors, and necessity to its defeuce and scI aiu ordered-by tie Government of the Confedcrate^States to Remand tho evacuation of Fort''Sumter. My lids, Colonel Chcsnut and ip'.-jLa-A.; '/ff-Tv^>. mato ftiicK' Ha ma'nd oryou. A11.proper facilities will be aforded for the.-removal of yourself and command, together ^ith company arms and property, and all private property,, to nry post in the United Stated which you may elect. The tkig w'hicli yon |ave upheld so long and with 80 much fortititle under the most trying cirT ' cuinstauecs, mar be saluted by yon ou taking it down. 1 Cojouel Ohesnut and Captain L'Ce will, for a reasonable tinir, await your answer. \ I am, sir, vuv respectfully, **' ' Y Your obedient servant, ' (Signed); ^ G. T. BEAUREGARD, General Commanding.. Major PkolKta'Anderson, Commanding at Fort . Sumter, Charleston Harbor, S. C. ' IIeadquakteus, Fokt Sumter, S. C., | General: I have the honor to acknowledge tlic receipt ofyour communication,'demanding MvJT the evacuation of this fort; and' to say in .reply thereto, that it is a -demand with which I regret that my sense* of honor, and of my obligations to my Government prevent-my compliance. Thanking you for the fair, manly andcotirtcrus terms proposed, and for the high compli?' mcnt paid me, " -vv.5$?w?QtIitTZ#P6byisroKAL ARMT, C.S. An ) BSpHidifcston, April 11, 1SG1?11 p. in. f ilAJOi'1: In consequence of the verbal ob .-icivatiois made by you to my Aids, Messrs,. Ciicsuntand Lee, in relation to the condition of yonr supplies, and that you. would in a few ..days; bo starved out if our guns did. i:ofc batter you to pieces-^-or words to that effect;?and 110 useless effusion ofblopd. I com-. ; . | ummcTtcd Tfdtl^thje. verbal observation and' *; your wifittcn-answerto my communication to '* Ifvol will state the time, at which you will tf evacuate Fort Sumter, and agree that in the 11 meantime yon will not use jour guns against M. ns, unless ours shall be employed against Fort fl Sumter, wc will abstain from opening fire upi^n w you.'r Colonel Chesnnt and Captain Loe are hv mo to enter into an agreouieut with 'jfou. Yon are tliercforo rcqnestcd to H> ^ i comnlnicntc to thcna.an open answer. H? I r3n;tin, Major, very respccfnlly, W.! M Tonr obedient servant, - (S'fncd) G.T. BEAUREGARD, . S Brigadier-General Commanding, i Majq^Robcrt Anderson, Commanding at Fori ^ Harbe^ S. C. -jlEADQCAR-reR-VFoRT SUMTER, S.Vl., ) J 2.30. a. m., April 12, 1P91. f p"""- . ' . ; GjjfcEKAL : I Lave the honor to acknow] r . ed*rc the receipt of your second communica tii-n ?'f the 11th insL, bv Col. Chcsnut;~and I * EUte,lin reply,-that cordially uniting with vo in tic desire to avoid llie'nseless effusion c i ' fcloodl Aviil, if provided with tbe proper.ari. 1 f rim4p7 'nerrns-^of transportation, cvacnat "Fort^nmtcr by noon on the 15th instah ' .ehoiid I not receive, prior to that time, cot iroltig instructions from my Government, r J- - --^v-a..t T Will not in tti ^d<ljis>nal supplies; auu umt ^ ..... ?, ^ , jincii time, opeu my fire upon your forces, u; P\ ; 4cslcompcllcd to do so by some hostile a< j\Y pgist this fort or the flag of my Governmci iTu by he forces niulcr your command, or by son A v or by the perpetration of sou *L^-Jil9osvi,lS ft ',fis^'c intention on your pa ^HKRBBSwt tliis fort or the flair it bears, HKnvc the lionor to be, General, .^ll 9 - Very respectfully;. Your obedient ^pi||||Rigncd) ROBERT ANDERSON, 9^J9MB Major U. S. A. Commanding. j'' Kr5ier-(Tcuera 1 G. T. Beauregard, Co! Hianding Trovisoral Army C. S. A. [Cop>*-] Igsglpi virrw'H Fort Sumter, S.;C-, April 12, 18C1 3.20 a. m. : ^.v ftuthorit>" Brigadier Gene Wv^^i^JPani-C'P-arJ. commanding the Frovisio HH^^HHSrces of the Confederate State?t wo have t jHSH^BHHnor to notify yon that he will open the I ^ fi his batteries on Fort Snmter intone h |^UH|in this have the honor to be, very respoctfa HBHM& Your obedient servants, JAMES CLIENT, jr. . Aul-de Camj STEPHEN D. LEE," HHSKslnK Captain 8. C. Army and Ald-de Camj Robert Anderson United States Ar Fort Sumter. . Correspondence of the Lancaster Ledger. "Long Grabs," the well-known and interesting correspondent of the Lcdgtr, noticing the arrival in Cnmddn of the "Lancaster Greys," en ronic for Charleston, says: "About 4 o'clock we arrived in Camden.? The company, dismounted gii this side of the public square, and were formed and divided goto platoons and sections. The Kershaw Ca dets, receiving us with the air and marshal demeanor of veterans, and escorting us to the square, where the citizens wore awaiting our arrival, three eh-jers v.cre given us, and a patriotic and eloquent address by Col. Warren, (whose whole heart, and it is a large one, is and has been devoted to the cause in which we have engaged) welcomed us to thc'Town and extending the hospitalities of its citizens* to which Capt. Wylie, with much-feeling ami emotion, responded, preceded by the Cadets and citizens, we inarched to the Town Ilall, performing various evolutions on. the march, which clid credit to the skill of our officers and dhe military proficiency of the company. The Confederate Fiag floats from the top of the steeple. Col. Warren announced he had marched us imdcr its folds, and knew we would defend it; that full quarters* bad been prepared for us at the Mansion and the DeKalb Ilouses. Three hearty cheers were given by our company for the citizens of Camden. One platoon filed up to the Mansion and the other to the DcKalb House; C both Houses every attention and comfort was' extended. It was a pleasure to tlie gobd people of Camden to contribute in every way to make our sojourn pleasant. Kershaw is'a patriotic and revolutionary name. In the first struggle for independence,' Camden and its surroundings had a prominent l .^1- i. ... a1. * piace in .Hie picture, more su, prouumj, iu?n any other locality in the State; her people were baptized in the blood of the Revolution. Tlie descendants of?^osc sires have not degenerated. In the of IS 12, the- Florida. Mexican, and the pr<?"ht wars, her people have maintained the pr? 1 hentagctheir forefathers left them. The t^Hnihcnts which' designate the graves of their brave and patriotic dead who fell in battle, cheer themon .and inspire that noble darihg, keep it burning bright, and transmit it from sire to son.- "Other Towns may oe equally as patriotic, but none can assume the name of the cockade Town with a more glorious record than Camden., Let hor be this "Cockade Town"?she merits it. In all those patriotic glories nijd braver associations and recollections, Lancaster lias always been side by side with Camden- ..In all those wars, (except, probably, the Revolutionary war), y _ i'" i ik . i V?? piomi?ciii, n?u H^B^RB^^P^iMi^-nn the largest" n Sp^HWrr i-T5?ii'.:>, and. became tie theatre of war. It was an impart anfpost Iw;jJteJiritr ish troops. "In Camden wo met some of our company who travelled other roads and had preceded us. and many of our citizens who had accompanied them. We too were accompanied by several of our citizens, who contributed much ' to the comfort and pleasure of the Company. The Compauy kbpws thctn, and will recollect and cherish their public spirit and kindness.^! In Camden our soldiers were delighted wit! the compliments and p^iise so freely and can, didly bestowed on our appearance and perform ance. About 3 o'clock next morning all weri np; the company formed and marched .to tin Depot, accompanied by all onr Lancaste friends, and many of the citizens of Cntnder There we. made the "welkin ring" with cheer to the kind people .of Camden for thoir hos kindness, and soot: were off lb r8""" ? ? . ; . Charleston." Arkansas. Pits Anc, Ark., April 17.?Editors Appeal You Tvill bo pleased, to learn that the pcopl here arc a unit for secession. The recent \v: news has created a profound sensation throng! - -out. the Suite, and the people are rising t t masse, arid taking steps to have their relatioi toward the Federal Government decided l> fore August. Our people will not be idle spc tutors of the contest now going on bctwci Lincoln and the Southern States, and will n . await the mere forms of the law to dissol . their connection with the Union. At the v 0 rious battalion musters on last Saturday, i q over tho State, the stars and stripes wero tak ,f down, and the militia testified their loyalty j the Lincoln Government, by mustering unci a the colors of the new Republic of the Soul t The flag of the Confederate States was hoist * . on our public square on -yesterday, amidst t )r fil ing of gnns and other "demonstrations of t ,e wildest applause. Our military compan j. have offered their services to President Da> and before this reaches yon will be on th way to the seat of war. In the contest wh; J(J is about taking place the sons of Arkansas \ le not he absent, and yon may expect a good rt port from them. The wbolostnte is in a bl and we will repudiate the pi ent Union by a vote approaching to imam" ty.?Memphis Appeal. : ? Tennessee.?The great revolution in pu sentiment in Tennessee, which has been inn in_ urntcd by the hostile attitude of the Liiu Government ami its dangerous usurpation authority, has culminated in an almost uni sal sentiment of resistance, ami a com ic ) that Tennessee must separato herself fro ) Union, thus perverted to the purposes of ty rn* uy, and must unite Herself at onco with na' Confederate Slates,--' whose Constitution '10 Go-.eminent offer us a secure asylum agi lre oppression. onr This revolution is not the work of leade politicians, as nil can sec. It is the spont "?> j ous uprising and upheaving of the people, is as irrepressible as the mighty tide o ocean, and is sure to bear 014- beloved ! K into a speedy alliance' witlnhe C'onfcd ! States. Tin's is our manifest 'destiny, a ; will be accomplished without tlie\mj? m7> j of leaders,>ud despite their oppos:iW|2, South Carohiin Coincidence*. There arc forne-curious coincidences in South Carolina history, between past and present, which deserve remembrance. South Carolina was the first of the Colonics to declare an independent State Constitution in the days of the Revolution. South Carolina was the first to secede from the late Confederacy and declare an independent Constitution. South Carolina was the first State in the Revolution of 1773 to beat back the enemy. -This was done in Charleston harbor. South Carolina \yns the first of the seceding States in 1861 to obtain a triumph over the Abolition invader and usurper, l anil again in Charleston harbor! All the fights in the Revolution, in 1770?Lexington and Bunker Hill?were American defeats. That CT Fort Moultrie was a victory! Fnrt Moultrie in 177G ^et fire to the British vessels. The same fortress Bad a large part in firing Fort Sumter. South Carolina, at the close of the Revolution, had been so liberal that she was the largest creditor State in the Confedc-' . 'S>, !. racy at the end of tltf war. At the 'present moment her expeuditores far exceed those of any one State in tbe";Southern Gonfedecrncy aud this without including those large, annual expenditures for ordnance and arms which she began in 1832, jnnd which, perhaps, has found her in the present conflict, better prepared for battle than any of her sister Status. .'j?f ' There is one point of-great importance, in which, the coincid'encaffitterly fails. In 177G her people half of whonr were bom in Great Britain, and had only recently come to this country, were divided. '' Now she stands erect ready to meet the enemj?Jvith united columns; her people all feeling and^prepared as enrman In 177b, she could only Bring, all told, about . 12,000 men into the field; now she can bring 00,000.?Aud such mcuF'it lurid fight would .show; and if our brave vfeys do not utterly; drive the invaders into tho eca, -we shall be greatly disappointed-in the. souls sinews that now keep guard over ony^ islands. A more wanton invasion, more Mjnai, witnont n<rnt and reason, was never exhibited in history! And our boys are defending their homes their firesides, their wQmenandcliildren, against a fee who has been slandering, reviling, and robbing us for more than thirty years! If we do not give a good aecomit of these* wretches JHWj it wili'.be becansrthey!ivill be chary to offer us the opportunity. Vfyi have to revenge the wrongs of thirty years. !c\nd the brood of Moultrie, Marion, Sumptcriind Pickens, will furnish us w.'th new coincidences! Ckurfatcn Mercury. rling a Scott asked a safc?tnuusiHlirough Maiylan<?br the Federal ? rri _ ,voe fix* 6l b-riiirr of the TITOOpS. UiC lwuiv ..oo m- -* Government force?, on the l?oi3er of Maryland, back to Pennsylvania , p Two regiments of Nbrthcriijfroops r erc landed at Annapolis from stcamcrsE We had a report last night ii'? Ale?iudrin, that the Maryland .people cut them to pieces at [Marlboro. Charlemui Mercury. j* . " " Movements in USfoscuri. St. Locip, April '23.?Govj rnor Jackson has k called the Legislature of tlnl State together for Thursday, May 2d. 8 General H'oosb' orders commanding officers r of the several districts to go into, encampment on the third of May, for six days, according to ^ law. , T The whole State is aroused* and the scccessiotflscntimcnt is almost universal. Charlmon Mercury. ? ?4Conservatism.?Nolbing'|n fiords ns more pleasure, whether as a citizen or a public journal0 ist, than to note signs of a returning spirit ol u" conservatism among tiic people ot tne aomuern States. The tendency tt^S mobocrntic rule m lias been the banc of Amcr&an Government 38 In the North more cspcciallyijwlicrc there ha.* e" been less conservatism than It the South?Re c* publican Government must s$tn end in tota *" failure, unless a wise spirit ofe reform spoedib ot manifests itself. Above all of the States in A sc merica, South Carolina hasjpeen conspicion for her conservative institutions. What inesli mable blessings have resultedfrom her stcadi el) adherence'to fixed aud fundamental principles 10 It is gratifying to observe that a most whole "r some reform in the judiciai^v'-tom has begti in Georgia. The change dqrs not go far ( ec* nongh?according to Caixj/iija views?but i '1C it is a wise reform. Thpfnlqa of the law minj ),e ling in all of the corruption of popnlar electior 1CS for office, is revolting tp all|o:utd and eonse '1?> vati.'o principle.: We /hnpj the good wot eir may continue, and that Geqrgia will soon hat 'c'' her judicial system fUfijed ?fji|| its pernieioi v'" errors.?Ntwherry ConstrAtht. re- -o- _L a-jfe Colokki. icnubtiaw's Regiment rcliinu .last night from Morris Islary. Wo uuderstai they will leave to-day for Virginia,sixhundr strong. On their return tlioy passed the Mi kU cury, and afterwords tbcj Charleston Ilot where they gave three rimers for Govern ? r>:,.T.n?c Hon. Beauregard Jand South Caroli *oiti jJ rr ~ , - ) , .r and ircunn. C'ol Ivcrslinw's Ilcjjimont is f h 01 : ". . I ver- ' Patr,ot,s,n' a,K' >" 0,,r Opinion will recoi lion ' ,Ha"-V ,,(^'t'ons k?forc tlJar departure. jn ,t! Chtj lesion Mercury, ran- "f the ! Judge Rufiin, formerly pief Justice of No and Carolina, lias raised in hjs own county (.4 dust! mnncc,)and will equip at Its own expense, a cc ! panv of seventy-five nicij, and maintain th rsor : f?r tlirce months, or'du/ing the war, .ane- J **" It! Mr. Bvrd Donglar, of Nashville, Tenn., \ f the it will he recollcctcfiytt>nt a draft for one tl Ttatc ; sand dollars to Giyi Pickens on the scccs.' crate of South Carolina,jlias written to Gov. 11a nd it' announcing his rtldiness to honor tlic Gov ! vrtffraft on binJor thousands of dollars in plncing cuncssce in a state of For Wh,KiC v*c Contending? For more a|aH thirty years the people 01 South Carol?] hav-a-bccn contending against the conso!idg3jn ofKhc --Governmcnt of the United States; Cy^Hla'Cpnrecleration of Republics whose^Qjjjj',^1 power, authority and jurisdiction, w^ CiV?efulIy hmited by the compact of the ahdyihade conformable to, and witjn pfoper;]imjts,4;o-ordinatc with the oiigijj and. reserved powers, authority and jurisdjpLo^^eQ States of which it was compoajhic United. States Government has ste^|H nsl-;l-pcd powers not igrantcd?progressf?Tei,cilcd lipon Stato Rights. Not a bald. iiWl... i'ii: .t?.'Snfl-^rl vnlrrar democracy of rJB; numbers, was organized by the instninieh^^j^jation; h?|W<!?3' the States; hut duplicate system, harmonious nnJ^B!otnCiitavy?the central common Govcn^^f'>"t.|.forming its allotted functions withijB^^^rlb'cfl sphere, and each State GovernniflB^P^niing all other functions or Govcrn^^H,^ C;cj>rcssly yielded to the .other. Ii" tSBv!.nmcut became practically omnipctet^^R^clear that it-must bo a most fearfulW-r-a despotism of one section ofthtiUnj^Bfy fac other?a despotism of .Manufactnrin;^B,r Agricultural States? of Free StatesStates. Earnestly and faitlifulIyT^U^blic men at Wash ingtori contendciJB^Bfcyhis fatal wnkumrna tion. It was ''^ Btrade only inl833? it was not ngniniB' M^,.^ .fonfitieism'onlj in i852?it is ^ '_;Bgfti,ist our preclusior from onr Tcrrito?'c;ft;)fi vulgar crew'win fill the high that wi have set up for oK:;:B& separate destiny These are all c4Kc!.grcnl: cause? th consolidation of ^ff odcral Government. A facts, we have beei?^|^?l] t0 meet them?uu the fact themselvcsft.rr comparatively insigriifi cam. Tbcy v''cv<TK~t:ie' ship money wliic Ilampdyii refused flL, --.like the three penc a pouniF?bh tea, /fathers re.sistcc They proved to ng ,VJ. Were the -slaves c a consolidated dcsWtiyll,_J-i.at seli'-goverr ment, and the secmH, idyiih >clf goveriimcr alone can iinpart?y''aj?d:tlicr : prici less self esteem libe ty only can inspinKwciav-no longer onr ii licritance or possMlj, South Carolina m t0 despotism existed. H frc representative I{jgjJMBvns a pa ty in the Northtlio principles of limitry iVrcstliiclToT;, wliic might yet be rciB,7% JlL^diifiry in-tl government, aiuEjBWUSsTk&lfree gover meiit? . There ./yercnce arid i tachfaeut to the^B- iBBj^Eiiuded theju dersLnndings of-'y^B 1 summation, or our n.uayiui.^ subjection and^^B-- Bh Ucwolina,<bj? her secession, forc^iM-Bf the 'naturSof the government una^.jHHwc lived. It lias proved itself. As" onejc^|0 <>f hypocrisy alter another fell off ofi* Woisonona^snrfacc, ii stood forth a pure, ficrcd^Jpistiir owlespotism Jlie National InteUiyt&hjJpf. "Wa^ington, fo fort)* years the centraljorgHn of Qmisolidatiori identifies its policy Wtfi the hrew York Tri bunc. Blair, tlie nioul^jioQe jof Jackson Dc mocracy in 1833, nnd.wohnsmi, of Tennessee its modern prototyp,'y*Sim\)n^glas and Unci an?n, now join with Lincr)ntnu(i Chase ao Seward in tlie grand effort-top establish, by tl sword, what has loijg e-Wed as a policy? t) despotism of a. coMolidata- government uridt the Constitution oflTw^Tnilcd States. Tl matter is now plain. Sta^, ^fter Slate in tl South sees the deadly dcvel^'mant, and arc mo ing to take their paiTfir^| gmnd effort to r deem their liberties. Tt is nj^ontcstfor right wis taxation. It is not ajecJ^est for the see rity of slave property, contest for fit dom and free governjie??, in which ever ' thing dear to man is ifvtdved. Shall we si f mifto the sectional imjtrgnorseless dcspotii of a Majority of the XyKru States, with s restraints on their lawl^s will, no checks ' their omnivorons mpacjt}? That is the qn ? tion. Every man,~everjl|^y in the South i - swers No! And thcy"TOJight the foul us 1 pers and tyrants, if they^ftre the issue of v F as long as the stieams rfe and the sun shi - on our yallics.? Chariest Mercury. j. From RjfeErond. v Richmond. April /:^^c large hodiei t troops assembling henft\s|* this evening g j. into camp ax. me x-^m ,?n^nu, n Several distingitisVcj^jjjzcns, and man; v. onr Pastors, have ciity?, tlic ranks as lR vatcs, and are cheering wtlic troops by tl r. patriotic example. ,. -J , ls The gallant Capt. Gcsf^Mtfnor, late ol r. United States Navy, recovered fror k severe indisposition, andjw|,0 tendered bis c gnation some days sinifo iins received a! us lar appointment frompatriotic Gc "0r-. , J*?"Tlie euthusiasm prc^iijling here won I uj credit to Charleston itself. COUTH C AHOL1XA TltOC'pg niCHMONE ''j Tlic loud booming of c^,in0I)i the loud si ,r of welcome, find tlic presence ofthousan cj our citizens and military greet the arm ^ the first instalment of Soi^j, Carolina's gr forces. AH hail to our glorious cause. n& r ,^1 t-Aarlcsion Mcrru, '^C A Nkw Wav of l'slxo Oi.d Dkiits merchant suggests to tliel Richmond Dts the following mode ol cJpTjcntioii from a ] ing ^euniary liahilityC~W rth ^ consequence off\lC turn affairs l'a" taken the merchants >rc ;n a quandary >ni* to do. I suggest that, mere ha mi pay o' cm Gov. Letcher all deht^4jrjrj/t']ie North ing his receipts therefor, "anrj passing sr ceipts over to Nprthcrr creditors to vho deemed when hostilities 5 J^g(, ^|iu iou- ?; 3j0I) Meeting of If. o. L><w guess at Crno r,.j9 It is rumored that Li'clRint Lincoln In crn- a private Scorn I cry ^'^Thicngo for tl . [0 ; pose of ascertaining if (]q. caw be made of3!'< [there on the fourth ofXn|j ?ext. Serenade,., to SDeji. 'lnonias <ouuhmaio, of Itortli Carolina. Last night a large number of our citizens proceeded to the Charleston Hotel, with a,band of innsic, and serenaded the Hon. Thomas L. Clingman, of North Carolina. In tho course, of his speech, lie'said there was no doubt that North Carolina would stand by the Palmetto' State. '{Applause.] North Carelina had been a little 'slow, but in the Old Revolution per haps she had been fast enough. South Carolina had been the first State to secede, and she had fought the first battle and won the first victory. [Applause.] For the last twenty years South Carolina had been denounced by thcfrec-soiL element of the North, but South ' Carolina occupied a proud position, because no country in the world, perhaps, has ever made j a revolution with, that unanimity and order 1....... Allnrliiift- to thp. forces Willi WHICH Wll'j imvt, . in action, ho said Napoleon never had such a guard as South Carolina had in the rcccfct* action. [A voice ?"He never had Beau regard. 'J That is so (said 'the speaker.) Beauregard is* the best of guards I have heard of,Jatcly. [Ap, plause.] North Carolina had got into the old i Government in an irregular manner, nud he . supposed slie would tumble in in the midst of . the light [Applause.] For himself, lie never . had the slightest doubt that this movement . would produce war., - He had no dou[>t ^he . North, would make a formidable show in the start and that the banks would subscribe a ) great deal of monej*, but there would be a ) change before a great while." He did not beB lieve the harbor of Charleston would he attack. e?again during the war. He tbonght the 6 fight would be elsewhere?iu Virginia and s North Carolina. In his opinion, in answer "tf> t an inquiry from the crowd, the ships had fardt - come in because they could not. They wcr^ h afraid. In conclusion, he said ho had no e doubt North Carolina would make one of the t Confederate States, standing side by side with )f South Carolina. It was unnecessary for him i- to inspirit "South Carolinians, who had more it spirit than he could jjpgsibly have, and there 3- fore.lie b'udo tk.cnvgood night. ' Mr. Clingmar r. retired, ainidst loud, .and long continued ap v plause.- Speeches wenkYtlso made by Col it McRno, of North Cnrdjthnj Mr. Bru^,\ q m .. -a?. < |j - Cnriilina IS -LUIIIlCSSmi uuu v^v;"> ?c :?iid Mr. Warren, cVB of Ittji'Cain<1e: 1 Join r- ml.?Churlexti^Merciify. sc , < ^r-:?---;jj innuaS Report ofMiths in the Towi of CEsariolic during Hie yenr 1830. 'C BY ROBERT OIBBO.V, M. D. U~ Cholera Irifantnni, 3 7 Dysentery, T~/f're rnatvi re liilious Fever, f ? Pneumonia, ' 2 Consumption, . 2 Jaundice, 2 Puerperal Fever, 2 Congenital Syphilis, 2 1 . Dinrrhcea, 2 Dropsy, 1 r Gastrilis, 1 ... , ' Muningitis, 1 . Epilepsy, / 1 Hemiplegia, I 1^-.(' 1 JJ||juji:i i?i, j Intiosusception,. 1 II cart Disease, ./ 1 , . fractured Spine, : I fractured Cranium,' J' 1 Did Age, 2 16 Not known, 1 1G ' ' L ' Smothered, 1 1 V Twenty-ono of these under two years of ag< six from two years to ten. These figures show three very importai facts. First, That Charlotte is free from let; disease. Second, That nearly one-half of tl T" ^ deaths was of children under ten years 6fag Third, That the mortality in Charlotte is.gres ly below the average mortality throughout t] no . . world. Divide our 2S(J0 population bv 57, at on .,, 1 /, * , you will get a qnoticnt of about 50 : that the average .mortality in Charlotte is 1 in ? whereas, urIn Hussin it is 1 in -1 *r,i ; France " V " kl 4 nes '''"''England " " " " 4 " iJmted States it " " " '"Neiv-Y" " " < "Philadelphia " " " " . < 3 0f " Boston " ' ' " " r.iif,rii.ston " " " ? one . "Paris " " . .. 1 " ; " London " ' " " " F of " Vienna "'" " pri- - ? ^ lieir Important fioin UloiJtgom.cry. N Montgomery, April 22.?The Cabinet ["the a meeting held to-day, decided to call i n a service 12,000 men in addition to the 32,< rcsi- already marching to cooperate with the Bor iirhi- States. Of these, 2000 arc to come from 1 >vcr- sissippi, 2000 from Georgia, 1000 froln i baina, and probably 1000 from South Cai d do na. The regiments acccptccj,from North rolina, Kentucky, Tennessee and the ol ' Border States, fully supported by the ofli routs of the Confederate States, have been ordi ds of to report at Headquarters immediately. .'al of The steamer JIubann at New Or leans illant taken to-day. She was named the Sun Semmes will, probably, be assigned to \r ry. command.?u/iarwswu iutfuny. .?A Extraordinary Balloon Joamc frttch Columbia, April 22.?Lowe, the celcbr press- aeronaut, has just arrived here. lie left cinnati, Ohio, on Saturday morning, Apri have at 4 o'clock, a. in., in Ins balloon, ilis dc what ation was Richmond, but at one o'cloc rcr to Saturday, nine hours from the time hi i, talc- Cincinnati, he came down in Union Dis lid re- S. C,-having accomplished a journey ol" t> he rc- hundred miles. He brings Cincinnati p ate." of Saturday morning'containing notices^ intended departure.? Charleston Mercury, iGO. I | is sent j Among the Kentuekians now in Jfc ic pur- ^|?crVj who have ofVcrud their services t -Slates, area nephew of Jo lir. i kinridge, ainl Mr. Todd, a brother o i . ^. It was announced through our last issue that Capt. Wylie's Company ot' Volunteers had been d Oldered to repair to Charleston. The orders i< wcr.o received about 1 o'clock on Tuesday, and fl within twenty-four hours the Company, though c scattered in almost every part of the District, t had rendezvoused at this point, ready to taVc* up the line of march. A part left, on Wednesday afternoon nn<^ the remainder the next morning. All, we bc'J I lieve, wer.e supplied with proper conveyances- ^ ri ?1? +Via rnmnanvreached to uaiuueu, niuui |/vmv i?<v ^ Thursday evening. They were received' on" * the outskirts of the town by a large, delegation. i? of the citizens, headed by Col.Thopias J. War- s ren, the Intcudant, who, in a spiritcd.and stir-?** ring.speech, welcomed them to the hospitalities of Camden. Capt. Wyliw gave a hand- t some response in'behalf of his company. The t company then divided into two sections and marched, one to the DcKalb House and the* other to the Mansion House, where ample accommodation had previously been provided ' throng^thffhospitnlityrand ^cnertnis patriotism of the people orCamdtjn. Our'ibformant ! states that nd;pains were spared to render tho 1 company coin^ortaWe-^-ciyilities which will be 1 remembered an3' appreftiated' by every citizen ! of Lancaster. \ At 4 (/clock the next morningjthey left *oti the train for Charleston,?Lancusier'^edger. \ " - > ' ' x Ketitueliy ILeyislatine Convened. Louisvill, Ivy, April 19.?Gov.-^^Irigotfiii of this State, has issued lii.s proclamation, con: . vening the Legislature in extraordinary session . on the 27th.iustunt. Charleston Mercury, V ' TP lie Confederate .States Loan. Mostgouekt, April 19.?The Treasury De: partinent has tlins far heard that the bids for f - ' The new Five Million Loan haye reached eight millions! The smaller towns are vet to be licard from. ' -f Montgomery has taken two millions, of which four hundred dollars is taken by two ne* tugros, belonging, to Gen IIardawayJ and Col Bibb. j. The 'defences of Texas and Lonisianajare engaging the especial attention of tbo GoycriJ1 m en t "to-day.? Charleston liftrctiro. > ?ciz:ir(H){ Use Clirrlotte mint. ^ ' Cfr.vHLOTTB,'N. C, April *20.?The Branch Mint at Charlotte was taken possessior^^^ morning by Col. Bryce and the iiinn ing under orders from Gov. offered, MovnnciiU iaSorrii (9 WiLMiXQTOy, " April 23.?The Gw| H this State has issued a call for 30,00()^umfl| tccrs. The wnr spirit is universal. The Palmetto Regiment was received here with eclat and rejoicing.? Charleston Mercury. From North Carolina. Fayetteville, N. Cn April 24.?The United States Arsenal at this place, with 37,000 stand of arms, was taken possession of yesterday by our State troops. No resistance was offered. ? TV...,.., SUFFERINGS OF THE 1'lLGHIMSTO THE \i mi*. House.?The Washington Slates and Union says:?"The distress prevailing among this unfortunate class is truly lamentable, A number who came here with bright anticipations, find themselves, after two week's sojourn, out of money and without friends. Tho propric^ tors of the hotels can attest this fact; they I have now over four hundred carpet bags and ie valises, which have been left bv the pilgrims iu search of office, for their boarding bills.? As far as heard from, there is only one valise JC which contains anything valuable, and in that l(j one was found a well-executed counterfeit s twenty dollar bill on the State Bank of Ohio." Save tiie Powder.?We suggest to oui i friends that no more powder should be wastec 10 in salntes and military demonstrations. Tin h* tocsin of war has been sounded, and we knov not the hour when it may bp upon us. It i well, therefore, that we should not only "kee H our powder dry," but that we should waste a 3GJ little of it as possiblei Those for whom sa ntes arc intended will cheerfully "take the wi for the deed" under present circumstances 2"* and by husbanding all our resources, we sha be better prepared for any emergency that ma arise.? Charleston Mercury. nto . 300 The Southern Commissioners to Europ (jer ?We learn by private advices from Uavar that the Commissioners of the Confcdera ,i.? Ctnfno nf F.urone had arrived y;i 0UUC3 lO WJ V UCUlva ... r_ U that city, where they wore received with d ?a tinguisLccl courtesy hy the Captain Gencr; Is During their stm on the Island tliev visile ;iler . J cers 'n comPan.v him, all tlie magnificent for jred fixations which guard the harbor of Ilavanju Charles/on Mercury. was j!rr John Pell for Secession.? 1 csterday-w ^ the (lay on which John Hell was to have ma a secession speech in Nashville, so Gen.- Pilh stated to n friend of ours on TuyslTay last, j-. the train between Motitgaftfdjy aud Opeli] atcd ^suc'' ^)C l'lu hicf, ourhope^that Tonnes.will soon terini|igterncr connection with I 120 Northern Union, will be pinch enlivened, stin- I S0I11C Pr'va^ hangingjJarty would now c t.0I1 cntc Andy Jolinsomjhe tiling would he fixe jBgfv . / Columbus ((fa.) Times jt velvet Major AstTerson.?Major Anderson will apersi' tried hy a Court of Inquiry (not a Court A of his tiai) ia a few weeks. This docs not imp] J suspicion of his' honor, but is merely a inilit ! Lulp. If tbc Court deem, bis ease cue f mtgo- Court Martial, he will then he arraigned o the fore it. It is said, too, that all the cntmn; hn C' ing officers of the "fleet reported to have 1 f Mrs ! oil' Charleston will bdj brought before a C Baltimore, April 23.?j^obv. lares to. proclaim .himself i qwfaYoF~0.-^..^-^M an. The flag of the Confederate St?. loating to the breeze in every portion ok ^HHRB ity. Strong guards havo been stationed^ . U he railroads to prevent the rebuilding of ' ridges. Wilmington, Del., April 23.?It is general-, v believed- here that a collision has taken 'HH lace between the Northern troops -and the 9H jarylanders at Fort McHenry. No details, lowevcr, have reached ns. A despatch receivid. here says* that leading Border State men - flH igEed a cessation of hostilities, with*'a view to fl i' compromise. M Jh The Baltimoreans arc actually preparing f;. ake Fort McHenry; and the guris of the ft - B ire turned against the city. ^ fl| Charleston 1Mercury, X ffjyjyj -?;? .Vjfl Virginia is- with TTb.?The new# just r?- "BSI icived of the secession of Virginia fills my heart ivith peculiar emotions. The bells arc ringing and cannon filing, but these are but feeble expressions of the joy I feel. Doar Old Virginia! -The mother of Washington, and Jeffcr- tt son, and Madison, and""Monroc?the mother of Presidents, and heroes and statesmen?tho^^H land of beauty, and chivalry, and valor? old. Virginia is with us. If she delayed, with a purpose. If slio hesitated," it wn# i/^ H she might act as a peace-maker. But vhex"*"* ?!.:?Uiirmr r>aoc?Klo nni-l an wji3 ..on ..v, j ? _ President called on. bor for' troops to conquer 1 her Southern sisters, she raises; her giant arm I ?she heaves her noble* breast, and cries "dowq with the tyrant!"' :Aud many of her absent B children, like the writer of this article, whit 9 have looked confidently to hor ultimate action, rejoice that their trust bA not been bef?yed^ I that she not only holds the sacred dust of-tU&.._>B immortal Washington ; but . that her prctent I generation are ready to prove that they ar^; ] -net'tiegenerate sons of a noble ancestry, Alt H honor to dear Old Virginia 1 Well may a tbrilli fl of rapture run through our bosoms, as we hear fl the intelligence that Virginia is with us. South B Cnt-olfna?the grand old Palmetto common- B wealth?inaugurated the revolution, and gaU Hh lantrly,t. fearlessly lc4 the way. A noble Con? fl federacy of seven has been formed. Virginia ^B uofr comes in, anjl^we'xrreini'incible against 4 fl woMrarrr^ . J. C.^ANNEY, - 1 South Carolinian, Blk.r| H flrnsliinglon,.. m BB^I^clainicU u.Llil B^furnlfng danger./^ Major Haskin^/^*- fl ^fcrk, is in command of Fort WosbingB^O men. Troops are coming round Blhip Constitution-horn Annapolis, wh?r% HTe force from the North ia concentrated to-day.?Charleston Mercury. From. Wilmington.?An officer of Colonel1 Gregg's Regiment telegraphs from Wilmington, yesterday morning as follows: / "Our train being very heavy, great caution was necessary in moving. Night before last an assassin was caught obstructiug the trackj j ? I on.i will ho handed. The timbers of the track, ' * ] (?"U " o happily, arc without damage. The engineer Qd I ran with great caution, which in part explains I our slow progress. The gallant North Caro-. 5^ liuians kept Watch all night, and at cvecy cuU I vert and trestle work Vcrc bonfires and men vs, in arms. "Our reception at Wilminton was an ora^ fH tiou. Everywhere wo wcro rocivcd with en- J I thusiasm. The -..'hole State is in a blaze* I Troops are preparing to tuko the field. The Jj people of North Carolina are out of the Uo.-. ion."?Charlcxton Mercury ' H ' Tnr>^ Yobk Seventh Regiment.?The I PetersbSjP^lrpmj, of Sunday, says: Mayor- 1 To wnes, of this city, yesterday received from Hia I Excelled Gov. Letcher, the following telegram; I r Richmond, April 22, 1861. * "I have received information from a reliable2 source at Alexandria, stating that 0 special' v messenger had, reached there froin Marlbor#,' 8 Md., with tidings tdftkc effect that an ongageP ment had taken place ou Annapolis Heights. s between the Baltimore Military and the New York Sovoath Regiment. The conflict was 11 terrific, and the latter were liteHfty cut to >; 0 % I " The despatch spread like electricity all over ' the city, and was everywhere received with: shouts and cheers. The Ilomc Guards, whichwere on parade, 1G7 strong, at Poplar Lawn, K* greeted the tidings with the wildest joy, liftiDg 1,1 their hats, and etecring again and again. j. ,te The New York Scvcuth Regiment is the .1 ,in crack military body of the State of New York;*' J '"l and has heretofore bccer. considered-ihvinci- ^ bio. Thy-came down to )Mrgti>ia some thrca ^ or four Wars sincc^Jvdttfthc remains of " tl" dent Monroe^/jfml we're greeted"at Richmomt with a perfect ovatiopC' They aro composed of thp-Vcry flowey-awl prido of New York ci 3Wf Aruxoton 'biojits.?Several gentlemen Jw who' arrived last night from Richmond, report on '-that thu troops of Virginia, under Col. Lec, jTn have taken paSossion of the heights of Arlington, just across, the Potomae from Washington. |,c i Heavy batteries wcro being erected, and every jr' preparation being made for offensive opperar xc. I lions. These gentlemen also state that thiftr:???ln Gorernment designed to erect batte* d. I4",,w ! ries fvt Alexandria, hut were rot permitted by ho citizens. At ercrr point along the rente ft ^ : spirit of determined resistance to Federal tyrarv J I ny is manifested ; everywhere brare men ar? volunteering for war.? Charleston Mercury?' B arv ... ,r , 1 md- Since l'1c news ^,ora ChariestoB ' six hours of lighting and nobody <(-J9 jcen . "BHH ,oUrt! pnblieaiis oMu:s city arc prodigiously'J ||3 ?all eager for battle,