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PMCLAHAtlOVr BY JUS NUtftIf?S?T OP TftS COSFXDEIUTK STATES OP A**SICA, Tfcs JBeflste and House of Representatives of ****' - Af ttm ftienii ' Vf 4 ? ???*..? |vt? ! ?. ^ O" "* 4ed their deriro that a day i&fcy be recommend* ^ 'cto the people, to be sot apart and observed j m a day of humiliation, facing and prayer, in . i&o language tallowing, to wit: ( ^ "lievcrenily recognizing the Providence of : &od in the affairs of men, and gratefully rev?iM?mbering the guidance, support * *! deliver 'anew granted to our Patriot fafffim in theI memorable war which resulted in fbe Independence of the American Colonic*; ami now reposing in IJiio our ?upwne confidence - and * * hope m the present struggle for Cttil and He 'ligtoas Freedom, and for tfife right to live ooder a Government of our own choice, and deeply impressed with the conviction that without; Hitt nothingh strong, nothing wiac and notli- J iag enduring; in order that Uie peegie of turn C^federaev mar bave tlie opportunity*! the mam time/of offering their adoralio? to tbe great Sovereign of tbe Universe, of j&?titently ? eoBfeamg their wn? *tkJ sln&jpfccbmg tbttr vow# asw porpow* of amendment in Uamble itributes upon 1% and Alm^fity 1 - power: - The of the Confederate SUte# of America do moire, That k be nfccorameudcd ?* 0m people of the* Suie^ that FfUDAT, the Stk 6sf of April next, be set apart and ok ertwdaaadar of Hontirtaiiotv hdtmg nod I skat Almighty God would *o preside - t>w ear pottle ttpMttk and authorities; that] l&woaklittppice oar atutfes at?4 their leader] riS eWom, eearage and p^se^traoee i and I ao manifest Hiaswdf in tfm gftitdttt vf H? I goodness and majesty of Hi* power," that we ] mar be egfefj and i?cce?foHy led through ths ] ehaetefiiagto wbicb we ate bring sabjected. te the attainment ?f aa. loootalle jvaee; ?j - fbt& white we eajoy Uhj or * Tree ana j hareyCte?crnmeat, we may ascribe to iJinl >tfcebowor uml the giwr* of 009 ! m*& fMNwpcfity** A we^mmendathm so congenial to the fech j tug* of the people will reewc their hearty coii- 1 ; comrfece; aad it m grateful <faty to the ?z- j cattee to ?&tte with their irpr^iUt iter iflin- j , vfttag jhetu to tnerl in the Court* t*f the &wl j ? lii?fe?" Reewfct evettu awaken fhwfc gratitude ] to the $*Jpn?me Hater of o*Mb lOttreamiitea; j^efwau&fvd repealed defeat** and? n*f*rk>a<i | ; *ehm*! to.'tare ?*d plumper tar C^piUiU ?wd I 4mm *m he fitting to ' ?tenjPtta efetare *crsrj|fit? of the peoply ha* # ??***& M&M *ml #e& *i aaug&i, *Jnr *rww* ? ^ 4biHgidHt**4 : our &sta?e* ptvmm . - ? mt&fortwf eondkktt; and oarta'tate ot*twirr ? A*itw*!??t with a hopeful* pirfe *wd * detrraituiahi^ 5** aditeec! in- i * Itt eif^mtao<tt* H ta?$me* OK with j * ttafckfof hearty to taw Iwftut: the | threw* of the Mmt High, awh while ^tidtjlie j wrkwmhi^i^ ?>??my toenuM, coithn' thai} ? **rt ?b?m hare justly esp&wnj u* to ] If w ebrfiiciih ni, tat u? ?ojp?u? the Miffi?fll| tnjf*' whkli w* have caShgusJten to ?mSun% ! }, <v9v4 h* a Ut !?crft hand tgr oar tmJ ' ikmt k &% vriiii us .fllLi tor ? * ^ fererani.e. -* . M tfmhmmm t\&m object*, taw, there. %*'i 1*m llArn f'rwi&Mef the < Sum of Aiaerkw. do mm thia 9 my t'twfamrtvmt oftiheg apoo tta of ] ' *h? ?&*' &*&-% to conformity wkh the tfcM.-v a** | ^fwowed bf tyr u> ari apart! F&I0&1& tin* 5th thy of Amu a* a 4f?T off HUJIIUATlOy, FASTfXU n*?l HUYEKJ nftd ( ^ h*tf*kv itmte U?5W ott iit4 *Jb?y to r& j ,xm 4o ihcir scvomt t?f pa&m vonbtp! ^ s*4 Iwseefc Aimighir <**! *t? pf?Ade ororj * ?*sr public c*Ki?^s ft?4 ** fa*pire fftf* armfaj ^ with wkdom, toorajp at*}* p?arw?! HtxtKe; *?4 *o to it!*fst&?t Hun**f in Xhvl gntafeum of Ilk goodswwt, and m iW. majjovty j ^ iJ? that we mat eetiro Use blond bg* of ?e ho&wibh? peace, ami of fa# gowgrnoet^ ar4 ibat we, a* a pw>ph% m*v nacnU A4 to the 'If?** fti?4 Glory of u<* ???#* , Gi??ft noder my band sto6 tie jeal J -?At I of the Confederal*State* df Amtrkfc, { fat tli? city of Richmomf, en Um J" ?<?' Twelfth day of March, its the )'<vu of otar Lord Ofte Uiooaand eight hundred and ?w.r?sr t?m'Vi?AV rfAYVft f ui i mt aw fstf B* the 1 Ve*Ht? en: * * <*. 1\ B*VJAMt*, " Secretary ofSiili ' ? >, ? . h ^ . Tit* * Scnuwwi? Uourtzin \Va|u?From Sehkswng IloUtein we U?m ib*t the Dune* feai k?t fcfwl regained the village of Btappel. ? England feed fjrorxwed a conference of west to mrtftIn fjoodan. Tbk v*? accepta] { Ck? * - ? ^ m 1 m t j* >ti>.t " /, W A WOT* i-rnawa, uonmiu-s art not] * 'to ] *9te dnring the fthfcnjj*. The oecnpalmu j * .'$f led Ueo explained by tine Austrian ] tint prwwaa A?b??**oots to be merely fori ' '*5.r*t*gte purpose*. France and How*, * it h ??*d/iwnf*5*rithe kfe* of * conference. The taademlimes, of the latest date, consider* the crxm? WT mktn*, notwtihrtandiog, and m% that the ?P?g ?f l#* ?e reaction pr* k *&****>* ?** efctf* ndtne#* tbfJ rf A &??*<#! of f>*to*rk. *J * ovn fvtcrk. AVc arc hopeful for the future of our coin, try. Iftlie whole population of (he North like that of the South, could he brought int ibis struggle with the advantages of the nav and their immense material resources, tli struggle would be long and desperate* Sod however* is opt the case. At the beginninj the armies were recruited from emigrants.That source of supply has been materially di * ? ft S M. - f ? f _ fttitm&ea UT recourse w measure* wnicu ennue with propriety, be made public. The nci movement was with negroes. And perhaj nothing could have more clearly proved thei want of confidence in their own people. What ever theories mav be entertained in regard t the effect of discipline in overcoming natnni impedimenta in the material for soldiers,' ther is no precedent f&r a well drilled army of fighi hig mew composed of the African A??je.; Tb Yankees know this, and have heretofore cm ployed them eh icily in guarding prisoner commwMWT depots rtc. Sometimes as n Wagner, they used them a? hrc*?ttrork* t protect their own precious persons. At ll> * tn._? i .1 ._? i .r _ late Dattie in nonua wcy inw ingni n fctr?~thc position assigned usually to Uj steadiest troops? This feet *Ugw? hoir ban put to it they are becoming to supply men fo tfc? ??|S plans upon which they have embark Their own account shows how tb# lu-gyoc* fle like frightened sheep. And such h> what w are to %*psct from 30,000 of 40,000 of the! boasted army, tf they teli the truth in putting down fbetr ncgrofci at thai number. We so that tM draft mdcftd for the 10th of Maid has tk?en iudeBuitefy postponed. %?' teaso fms as yet, been wjggn* The telegraph it forai* m that ?ciouie^!#&u? hare taken plac between the people ami the troopa In t&tttfscr Tltfnots, and* that similar demonstrations are a| prebended in i\mpyl**nm, Ohio, ami otbe places. Gold baa lately gone as high as 161 at*! the sttpply which klr; Chase throw s on th *t*rketV?ken~U gets inconrcnwfilly high fe the Gaseous & probably exhausted?so lbs hereafter it may take its free owntte nccOtdin to the law of demand and supply. The i'*a denim! electiftir npptpichft atwf symptoms < rapture among t he DJaek Kepoblicawi are shoe kg thcm*^m? while the iJcthoerata Art In coutwg restive m being kept ut long from goi erametti plumb*. The Northern people ar in the ;iiu;?tk>& of the hored in' the fable. wbid employed the ski of man to mount *m Jm hec for flic parpen of driving the *\?g from hi thare of the pMure. The fJemocrata icn their ikf t?? the fllnck HepfiMioiti Goeernmcn to rah am! plunder us and it ha* reanlted i< their being mhdned. The North t* a* nine under the heel of military power r* Fr*n? fktt in the of the Kcjmb*k.*n? fur thi the Democrat* (or ft*the Northern per pie with dj*r*3rmt|! dccenffr, atyJc tiie'? neighbor* and fel!uW<ftIseua,yihe Copperhead* have aotne praapect of a rrlnru to power. E*ef body kfeQW* the heal and vulgnrityref a l'n* denttai election in the Uaitc^Slito^1 tten br lure tike dpAAU t?f biucnic** wore introduce* wbkh the war ha* engendered, What tmot i lie when hate ha* Keen intenaiSed?thr the tor of power on the t?Ke haltd, and the abuse of i on the other to of opprc?iuh, dufrjic ehfcvmctit and smelly. W?*fe thia ??aU* *d thing* c*i?*t? at the Xoti! ?while u?e ji n*ct ior pionaer injj Ut& ptodowd b likely ta dc broken u\\ an 4t*intcgf atfmi to MI ;w, *twf airwwg rabbet*, (K dsVhlon o? flic * ilt?5 liitte far oumrvk* i i? to to ?r*peete*I thai U16 Jieart *1)1 wind of the petyfe aw to kwpl to the wofl and btiwinf* ttf the w*r. The ofthe Blah! UrprjbUcW* depend* a*i {WtUtf of the *prm$ c*tap*i?t?,'f ad it* opening b?* inflicted ajx?i ikm rMv ik bfov. If ti aw bo fo) lowed, *% we believe il will to, their overtbroi trill to *hm??t certain. TSen own** the 4he? t*Gfi, wbw will lite i>Of?b gain if the Ivuto et*U *oee**d io power f Nothing the iiki tkrjbcsra!*--much tohowlbene wilt be 1 change of party. Perhip* the tame ro?u] woo la be attained by any other *ticcr?*or t Lincoln, even from bitown*cL Not with*: and wg their daily bowl#, they know the war ti failure. The party in power pert** a? mo always do who am unwilling to acknowled^ error. Bat srilh any change ol men there wtl ? *' -?** Af nftllnv \\ a iiar? tift ItAte r nuy party M the North ** a voluntary jhpac pwtyt b?t w? do expect that llt?? *uec?%??? < our Arras for the oeii few month* * ill ovci thmw the kincoin dy uAtlv, and compel pcac from bis mkccaw* Therr it Another great principle invoked i th? etruggftlc, which rau*l control Kj t*?ite. I ts the union of the South in it* stroggl? fc life* Kven the northern pre**?*, whcwc optk Ale ao wonderful a? to ?e? that the "rebellion i nearly emsbed," by their own mSmueion, en <oe no teiihtotft* of otir gitin^ op' The,N nrt mi fggbtj^ fur her colonic a* the regard* u tried a similar experiment Tli mountaineer* of Circimin hare abown for quarter ot ccoinry what tttcu can jlo whe fighting for family And home, ! the Sout ^ ? w **Uv?ia t COW UIUKWNI ? When we look abroad we find matters In domiiuj very interesting. Jlowercr mtich w tnay discredit recognition rumors, the dchau in .the British Parliament, ami the tone of ih ftnt**h juesa it><9isate tfea near approach of ministerial crisis. The friendship of the incorn1' ing ministry of Lord Derby for ns i* believed >? to bo ns decided ns tbc haired of that al>oui D to go oat There will probably then be cons' cert of action with Napoleon, eren if be should 0 not act before on his own responsibility. b From^all these indications we are led to be* ? lieve that the year 1864 will be the most event* ~ fnl of the w?r to the Confederacy. We cannot undertake Urpredtct that it will witness its A ? % - . . . " close, but we hope and trust mat it may. Gtsardian. w ? - ???? ?? r The Co*pkdbrate NaVt?Exploits op the Alabama.?It was suted, not long siocc, that 0 the Alabama was blockaded in the port of ^ Anioy, China. This was not corect, and it apc pear* bv our latest foreign news that Uie Ala! I *' ft 1 \ /% r bama never was further eastward than Stngac pore, in the straits of .Vfalacca. From there she sailed on the 24th of December, having taken S on Iward three hundred tons of coal, and the same dar fell in with the bark Texan Star, other0 J wise called thy- ifartabam, from M&ulraain, Bur5 j mah, for Singapore, whh a cargo of rice. The ** \ particulars of the destruction of tiii* vessel are ? ? ' rrt i t a ..__ i. ,L . ? j Known. i Jie snip Kepi on ncr course op use * * Straits and two day* later burned the ships r Sonorti and //ip/aftdcr, both at anchor off j North Lands (Sumter) light ship. The next ? ; heard of her was that she was in the Gulf of 1 Martahan, about fifty mile* # south of Rangoon p Borroah. She then seems to have crowed, over ? the Bay of Bcru^ah * wept around Cane Comorin. c the southern extretnit r of India, and sailed up b the western coast o#f that country; for we next 0 hear of the capture of the bark &mma Jf*nr on h j &e 14th of January, off Ajango, on the south ? \ coast of India. This is the hut positive R | Information oHier whereabouts, thouglr it was >" | jpenerally supposed she would pnmw her contse T i up the and touch at Bombay, as the >rj Ti**r* of Mi*, (ifombav) of January 23, t! speak* of ft as not at all unlikely^ That journal >r I timed the oeoole to "bdww no fiivor to the I "P f t I 11 privates. : Tns k '\owo>k+?A Jc^icr from Brett to the if Ixmdoa HtnttU wy*: r- I regrrtted rosy lunch arming in Bmt a b day ten late to visit the tt S. ship of war FJor" hla. The Florida ? s?ra? again, and it may * be useful to title that the crew co*??U of a b few IrbSmtn, a great -many Austrian*, pome k Belgian*, sihI qniic a number of Italian*. Th? * ? reliable. Hit officers i w$a told, are fine t &Iie?% and the crew are picked men* who will t gut m good account of any equal number of & the Federal*. k -The European Timt* *av*: THe Confederate eruwer Florida has most ^ effectually rinded her pursuer*. The night ?bo f left *?? dark and stormy, the wind beingS, E^ f and she took the Pais do lloy Channel, going ? < between the Saint* wifely ?? *ca. The U*l f \ heard of the United State# steamer Kesrsage J" j was four or five day* prcviooaly, when she was j 1 w^eken by a Brtrt pilot 10 niifc* S- Wwt^oi it | mat port. - ?? ??rt_ 1.1 ? j Loaii DftMlf OS L6JU> litfftCU. i u<? jw Jt ! * * \ Jaw ing I* from Lord DbtI)^ ifttA *p?edi oct iHofd John Vfbflffign poller : i j* The m>?.iti*cn<?ntSeh policy ol t*? noblo . j earl m?v ftumttted np in two word*'?meddle ij \ ami mttddh*. (Laughter,) The whore eoarw e' of the noble earl"* eorre+pmulenct--- f don't I [ewe wuh what fbreign power, great or small i - h*? been lecturing, icoidjog. Wintering end * ? rvinratittg. (!*ugbt?<r.) I cannot look upon St' Uio furcigrt policy pttmied br the noble eari (j and the present cabinet without being reminduj ejl of another rcrr dsrtinguhlied pert? of actor*, | commemorated, &* rour lordship* will nil rer collect, in "MuWnmcr's Ntghft Dream,"*? v ] Bottom the weaker and SgMlg the joiner. - J (Laughter.) The noble earl appear* to me.to r ] combine the qnaftfo* which swv attributed to both tbo?e dfelinjpJtfthed ptreonagca. (A laugh.) ! He U like Bottom the weaver ~ :crv ambitious n 1to pUj rrcfY part, not eiceptiuj* that which |.; bo bu plav'd, ramcfy, Moofmitttc. Abate a j all, ike noble carl *s*W? to play the part of a j Lion. i*Ob/" tb<i noble loft!, "let mo bate e i the romiog; ! * ill soar ?o lb*! it thall do a II j man'* hiait good." Then the noble raH know* ?C a* *ell iu any one bow to follow the etaroplc o j of ftouam of cooing o gendy as any tucking ?ff dove. At tittic# bo can lift tip the mask from r- half hU face, ami a*r, *Tm not ibe lion at all a % ^ e j ? I'm only Song tin? joiner,** ti: A t?iui?f? Row ix Dtfcux.?At an iinmenaa 1j meeting at the Uoinud.\ Ihiblin on the eT*i*ing >r of the *2d of Februarr, by the O* Donohue ? and Mr. Sullivan, of the Nation, to proteu i? against the erection of a statue to Prince Alii j tart in College Oreen, the Fenian Brotherhood b I itortned the platform. routed the chairman and ?, j committee, and, after a desperate fight of fif " *?' inaifflM ,?f (lift CTftltlod C MXn M .t niiMM ......P- _f ill waving a flag and flourishing a naked sword, oj II i* Alleged that totne of the combatant* wore is i the American uniform. The excitement and j tumult trat terrific. g The country lis* hern suffering with a di*cease celled -Inflated Currxacy^ when it lg recovers from thai by withdraws] of the "old t j b*u* " we imppcse it will take the Pnen moms! * * I Amm* at McpflL*,?General Gilmer pamed | through Macon Sunday laaCydrom Mobile. Be ; report* thai Commodore Farrfcgot has abac\ donad the bombardment o( Foii Powell and \ left for parts unknown. Jwo thousand sheib | were discharged at the f ont without damage J to the fortification, and frith the lost of oulv 1 one man killed and one slightly wounded ] There would have been no low of liie on oar j aide, bnt for irapfadent seif-esposure, contrary io order*. So end* another fctiJe' movement of ..f the enemy. The Mobile papers report that the logs of the enemy nmstrbatq been considerable, as sev^ were known to hare been buried from one f$Bk Ttuly the current of events tans I' prosperously for onr cause. The Macon 1 elcgraph taye Gcneral-Q^ woe in high spirits, and disposed to lake the very ' * * " *^V til, M.rtU A H>1. JH?1 uiigulcm "i'jhs '" ivh?"?iu**v mic aikrwr ration of tlte war. 'IS A mitts is Florida.?\Ve Bare But c now* of internal from Florida. It is reported j thai the enemy have landed only three rwimenu at Palatka, ihat they were fortifying the JB - place, and had throw a out their picket*^* lew | mile*. The Fourth Georgia Cavalry were at WaWof and the Fifth Gwrgia Cavalry at^C&mp Finnegan. Seven deserters from the \ agkee ! troops at Jacksonville, reached oot line* on | Monday night, and were taken to Baldwin. Tbcr were from New York and Connecticut j regiments, ?nd expressed themselves disgusted* with the ^ar. They ?iy that the Yankees ex", peeled to Be forced to another ^battle before ! a month, and that tbev were dctcnoised tip take no part in it, and therefore desertedl" The? report that the term of service of a larp 1 number of their troop* trill expire during the J owning three months, and that no re-en5sta~ 'i menu will take pJace, I Annai* j with cargo for the State of North, Carolina, baa i v * arrived at a Confederate port. ' * . * ||||| AtCu&km, SC C, oo the eveni?* of tbe'lStij met, by the R#V* W. ft Ilofrk**. Nr. JOHN S. STOHSOS. of C?Twkn. to Mm LATTIK R. TtJRNRB, i eM#*i daughter of Capt ?birfe? C. Tomer of Cfcsrite ' ioo( jj, 0, * ( _j iihjiiy. RAGS ! BAGS* I >v / THE moffpr PRICES PAI#, FOR wnrtSr II Hoae or oottoo rag*. delivered itt lugtor aatSi ,, qosaSities at ibis ofice. TOWJf ELEUTWX. AS Bledtfoa wig to held at lb# Tovn HaH. os th? fim Rceday in April tsai tor ?n tatemiaat and tow Wardens V tWToifrt of Cesodea tofierre darfog lb# tffejNf fcrjt TUI17. TtoTB3&?i2fr fpotlmtf at# ppertbtad uMBMM?#r lb# J. A. V^jdjc X 1 Jlorooqy aad W. M. Miri By order cf Croodt ROBT. It KKNWEDV fcrk. *| M I BRAXCH BA?tK^^TlToi^^ J Canute*, a C, Marsh *iat IRi , { 'PHIS Basic ha*ii?j toco appointed Depoatoty. I I &ftd*r tHa 'Aot to tt*tew the carraner a?d to j aaibort# # new N*** of note? and toitda,* th# ?ab{ enritor ? prepared to **?>* certiorate* for four j?f OftfC too<k and at a fuwr# day wiU to prepared to xcUag# lb# &#*r note* for the old tone. WJJ. ?.m?xos. March It if Tptotodofci. NOTICE tHitmcEJ t micsi11 PeojM??r# soti&ed tKat tto CwtiScfttai for I Tax 5a Kind* tou*4br e?* are ac& t*i recwpta a?d ttoy ffiom be cremted to Js?e# Jtaw* Tax eet ircfor, before*# first of April. W * X If. PETKRWX 3*g March ?? || A A.a$| _ oOTTONi ~~~~ IA5T amliortod to ?c?J a *m*B parcel of Octfcc?, % wttofc wilt bd topt till orlfod &r la * **& part of | - W.8.J0EI?0?. |.IUirhA It >'14 or CA.IPKX MH U. Ibreb 9(b,tMt 1 )KRS0Jt8 who istntd to roamrlbeir I JL mum iutn fpmr sent BtaH tho 8(at j of Oarfc-iw*, *U* Jo wU to depcMft, or ?o**? to wl I credit, ao (Htttow* of $100. bee* taw iw> Baod* wftt j iw*J with ftnrtiop* of $100. Tltoy had fcrtto? J tolt* Hit fhmiofc* oqi of Book, sod urn to bod sJha| b*|TCL for dUf !%t ApHl Bott, they will b? p?M in'tfci I pncMMi currency at par ftif *tscA tm&QM. tatf let fl i bo re?wnh*todmdkpmto wiU botaaMtftartho ? and *w j*nd c*f ato 19th last*?antil after lit Apr?c?v W, K JOHKSONT, Freid??t 9 ! OcSFRDFiRATB STATsJ DEPOSITARY. ' J Carat* a C, March lOib, im f T HAVE been aftx>into(l Depositary. cmdor the j X 4 f Coqjtw of Uio Hth February JSfi, for faadI tog Trmvarj XfM and will be ready to pr?vw4 to I Moo tomorrow. at ror o#oo in ?? Bank of Cam* fan Prempt art too is retom?*WSed to ttwwb iHihing j cett fie^lta for toesr ctwoay. and swcirmg a right to 4 I per cent Bond*. which are r*c*ir?hie m uaaa for thin J roar Pereca* hrtnjriog money for deposit are ? pectol to Have the b?Uf aborted a???diog to denomiKMiott* %i?d counted >a package# of $100. $?dd, $500, 14c. W. RJOHN80g, \ C.a Dtpotitafjr. March 11 'ft j NOTICE VLL p*ra>n* harine claim# s$riioM the Estate of Jtame* V Lytat deceased. will please present the ?*mc to me duly attested. *t m early a d#y a# possij bie. and all persen* indebted to said F^Uto will please make payment, to eae^of tfy$ir respective indebtadaeee ?i aa carl? (Uv Ac MARY A. vYLfed AtUnr. ! Mircfcll ' tf