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"WE WILL CLING TO THE PILLARS OF THE TEMPLE OF OUR LI UST FALL, WE WILL PERISH AMIDST THE RUINS. SIMKINS, DURISOE & CO., Proprietors.. VOLUME XXVI.---No 2 PUBLISE3D EVERY WEENEsDAY NORL'ING. A. SIEKINS, D. B. DURISOE, & B. KEESE, PRO PR IETORS. :0: TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Two DoLLARs per year if paid in advance-Two( DOLLARS and FIFTY CZErr if not paid within six months-and Tunz DOLLARS if not paid befo:re the expiration of the year. Subscriptions out of the District must be paid for in advance. RATES OF ADVERTISING. All advertisements will be inserted at ONE Do.- I 1 LAR per Square (12 Minion lines or less) for the first insertion, and Fifty Cents for each subsequent insertion. Advertisementa from strangers and transient persons payable in advance. All others will be onsidered due when called for. Advertisements not having the desired number of insertions marked on the margin, will be con tinued until forbid and charged accordingly. Those desiring to advertise by the year can do so on liberal terms-it being understood tLat con- v tracts for yearly advertising are confined to the 4 legitimate business of the firm or individual con tracting. Contract advertisements payable semi annually. All communications of a personal character, Obituary Notices, Rerorts, Resolutions or Pro ceedings of any Society, Association or Corpora tion, will be charged as advertisements. Announcing a Candidate (not inserted until paid for,) Five Dollars. 9 OIANDIDATEs For Sheriff. JAMES EIDSON, F. V. COOPER. WILLIA'M SPIRES, JOHN BLAND, HENRY B. GALLMAN. -0 For Tax Collector. W. 1H. HOLLOWAY, BENJ. ROPER, STARLING TURNER, C. M. MAY, CHARLES CARTER. t DENTIST! UPPER ROOMS OF MR. G. D. TILLMAN'S e LAW OFFICE. Edgefield, S. C., March 19, tf 11 _ _ t Dentistry. T HE Undersigned will do all work in the line of DENTRISfrY that m oy be entrusted to e him. He will take pleasure in waiting on them j at their residences, if they will nutify him through the Richardson Post Offe-or if desired at hie Father's residence one mile andi a half from Red Bank Church. All work warranted. GEO. M. ETHEREDGE, a pymician and Surgeon, Dentine. Dee-13 . tf -1 e DENTISTRY, D R. J. B. COURTNEY will prompty perform all work in the line ,f Dentistry that may be entrusted to hin. He will take ple.snre in wuit ing on those desiring his services at their resi dance if they will notify him through the Untice at Edgefield C. H. He will be at the Village Sale days and Court weeks. Oct. 3, ly PRICES REDUCED. 0 LADD, WEBSTER & CM.'S "P.A.T .TTr Exclent Machines8 W Erepecfly tinir the pubnino tall in anf arroaneen faith intruentoanucturr - wear nwabt offer tyherse EcElen MACHINEs GRAYRERUEDNRIE8' TO GIVE SATISFACTION. Call and get a Circular, and SEE THE MA CHINE IN OPERATION. W. HI. SALISBURY & CO., 2Z. Broad Street. Augusta, Aug 23 6im 34 M~ICHINE STRETCHED BELTING OF OAK, HEMLOCK AND RUBBER. GIN BANDS . OF OAK, HEMLOCK AND RUBBER. Of superior quality and for Fale low by JULIUS DARIROW. Augusta, Ga., Sept 25 3m 3 HEATS! JOHN WOOLLEY & CO., RE manufajctutrin. HA T" 01FEVERYSTYLE A AND VARIETY at -rices suited to the-hard timeS. Southern Merchants can be supplie.l ait h a most excellent article very cheap t..r the cash. Cinme, I Gctlment encour-ige hme tnanntfacture, and you will lbe apt to please all your cnusomers. whom have an eye to economy. or a heart l-ig enough for a feeling of patriotism. If the PLANTERS will give the undlersigned a cal, they will find something tine and substantial fr their own heads, romethlling that will take the fancy of Young America, and a good and desirable " skull-cup" for the ulyyra. 1 All work warranted as to fit tund duralbility. JOHN WOOLLEY. D)AVID) B. MORRiS. Granitevills, Oct. i1t' uo -Il. HATS, CAPS, UMBRELLAS Wholesale andRetail! *-. Geo. W. Ferry, MASONIC HALL BUILDING, 244 Broad Street, Augusuta, (Za., AS received1 a ls.rge and enrefutlly selected Stock of Oenmte Moh'skin, Vassimere, Anr- e can and French Felt IA TS. Cloth, Plush, Silk Velvet, Glarzed and Seamless CA PS. new and elegant patterns ; Youth's and Children HATS and CAPS, in great variety of handso'me styles. Silk, Alpacca and Ginmghams UMBRELLAS; Heavy Plant~itiona IATS f.,r Negrmus: Fresh Goods receive'd by every Steamer. Prices as cheap as the-cheapmest. Call and see. Augusta. Ga.. Sept. 19. 1fl t f 3t Wooden Ware, &c. AM now receivinr a large assortmnent of TUES A UCKETS Ultt00MS. Market and Ladies Work BASKETS, &c., which I mnm selling very low.S. E. BOWVERS, Agent. r.a....g, nat 1 tf 40 CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN THE resident of the United States, AND THE ommissioners of South Carolina. The following correspondence was read in ecret session, and from which the injunction f secresy was removed. WASHINGTO, December 28, 180. Sir:-We have the honor to transmit to ou a copy of .the full powers from the Con 'ention of the people of South Carolina, un er which we are " authorized and empow red to treat with the Government of the Inited States for the delivery of the forts, angazines, light-houses, and other real estate, rith their appurtenances, within the limits of ;outh Carolina, and also for an apportionment f the public debt and fur a divisioA of all the roperty held by the Government of the Uni ed State', as agent of the Confederated States, f which South Caro!ina was recently a mem er, and generally to negociate as to all other ueasurea and arrangements proper to be made nd adopted in the existing relation of the arties, and for the continuance of peace and mity between this Commonwealth and the xovernment at Washington." In the execution of this trus't, it is our duty o furnish you, as we now do, with an official opy of the Ordinance of Secession, by which he State of South Carolina has resumed the owers she delegated to the Government of he United States, and Las declared her per L-ct sovereignty and independence. It would also have been our duty to have uformed you that we were ready to negoc! ,te with you upon all.such questions as are ecessarily raised by the adoption of this )rdinance, and that we were prepared to en er upon this negociationt with the earue-t esire to avoid all unnecessary and hostile llisions, and so to inaugurate our new relt ions as to secure mutual re.spect, general ad 'antage, and a future of good will and har aony, beneficial to all the parties concerned. But the events of the last twenty-four bours ender such an assuran-e impossible. We ame here the representatives of an authurity, rhich could at any time within the past sixty ays have taken possession of the forts in harleston harbor, but upon pledges given in manner that we cannot doubt, determined o trust to your honor rather than to its own ower. Since our arrival an offlicer of the nited States acting, as x e are assured, not lily without, but against your orders, has isnintitled one fort and occupied another, bius altering to a most important extent the onidition of affairs under which we came. Until these circumIstance.< arc explained in manner which relieves us of all doubt as to [e-spirit in which these zxogociatiotis shall V conducted, we are forced to suspend all iscussion as to any arrangumonti by which ur mutual interests might be amicably ad tetd. And, in conclusion, we would ur:e upon ou the immediate withdrawal of the troolis om the harbor of Charleston. Untir pre nt circumstances, they are a standing moe acze which renders negotiation impos-ible, .r our recent exps-6.vnre shows. n n< speedily to bring to a bloody i-sue qucs ioils w'ich ought to be settled with temper nee and judgmient. We have the honor to be, Very respectfilly, Y-ur obedient servants, R. W. BARNWELL. J. 11. A L)AMS. Comnitissioners. JAM ES L. OItR, To the Preaident of the United States. VAsts-ros Crry. Dec. 30th, 1860. Centlemen :-I lhave had the Lonor to re. Ave your cumnnamnication of 28th insutnt. ogether with at copy (of "your fili powers ol he Convention of the People -jf S.ith Caro ia," authorizing you to treat with thte G'v rntnent of the United States on variou.< im 'ort ant subjects therein mentionedi, and also ,copy of the Ordinatnce. hearing dte on the Oilh instant, declaring that " the Union now uisisting between South Carolina a,.dl other itates," under the name oif the "United iates of America," is hereby di-solved. In answer to this communmicati''n, I have to ty, that my position, as Presidenit of the mintted States, was clearly defined in the Iessage to Congress on the 3d instant. .In hat t stated that, "apart fronm the excution f the laws, so far as this may he piract'eable, he Executive has n. author.ity to decide. that sha:ll be the relations between the Fede al Go.vertnent and Sout h Carolinma. ie has een invested with no auch discretion. lIe case.-ses no power to change the relations eretofore existing between them. mutch less uacknowledge the independence of that State. hIns would be to invest a m~ere Executive flicer with the power of recoagnizing thte dir olutio~n of the Confederacy among our thirty bree Sovereign State . It b'.-ars no resem lance to she re-cognition of a foreign diefI~i uovernment itnvol ving no such re~sponsibihtty. kny attempt to do this would, on htis part, lea naked act of usurption. It i<. therefore, uy duty to submit to) Congre.ss the whole tuestion ini all its beaings." Such, is tmy opit.ion still. I coulid thterefore teet y ou only as l.rivate gentle-men of the aghest chatracter, and was entirely willing to omtmunaicate to Congress any proipositiont you uight h ye to tmake to that bodly utpon the ut-ject. Of this yout were well aware. It ras my- earnest desirec thtat. such a disposition t'ght be mnade of the whole subjejuct by Con reas, whto alone possess the power, as to pre ent thte intaguratin of a civil war betweetn he parties in regari to ithe posees..ion of the ~ederal forts in thte harbor of Charleston; utd I tLerefore deeply regret, thtat, in yourit pintion "the events of the last twentyv-four ours render this impossible." In conclusion you urge upon tte "the im. tediate withdrawal of the troops frotm the arbor of Charleston," statitng that "uttder resent circumstan~ces they are a standing leetace which renders tegot iation itmpjossible, ndas our recent expertence .shoiw, thtreatents peedily to bring to a bloody is~tte questions rhich ought to be settled with temperance nd judgm~ent." rThe rersson for this change ini your position that since your art ival in Washington, " ant flicer or thle Untited States, actintg as we vott) are aLsnnred niot .only withiu', but ~aiust youtr (my) orders, has dismantled one rt :and ocenpied attother. thus al~eringa to a tost imle: taint extent the condition of aff'airs nder whticht we (you) catme." Yout also al ge thtat you catme here " the Representattives fant atuhority which could at anty timte with t the paa-t .sixty days, have takeni possession f the forts in Charleston harbor, but which, pon pledges given itt a mtanner that we (you) annot doubt, determined to trust to your toy) htonor rather thatn to its power." This birings me to a consideration of the ature of those alleged pledges. attd in what tanner thtey have beetn observed. In tmy lessage of the 3dJ of December htst, I stated, n regard to the property of the Utnited States ta South Catrolina, that it " has been pur :ased for a fair equtivalent by the consent of he Legislatutre of the State, for the erectio'n if forts, magazines, arsentals, &c., and over hese thte authority to exercise excluisive leg s~ttion, h~as been expressly gratnted by the 3ontitutionl to Contgress. It is ttot believed. hat tany attempt will b'e tmde to) expel the inited States fromt this property by force; I ru i in this I should prove to be mistaken, I the officer in command of the forts has re- t ceived orders to act strictly on the defensive. S In such a contingency, the responsibility for r consequences would rightfully rest upon the i4 heads of the assailants." This being the condition of the parties, on s Saturday, 8th December, four of the Repre- n sentatives from South Carolina called on me, t, and requested an interview. We had an v earnest conversation on the subject of these - forts, and the best means of preventing a col- p lision between the parties, for the purpose of t sparing 'the effusions of blood. I suggested, lo for prudential reasons. that it would be best I to put in writing what they said to me ver- ti bally. They did so accordingly, and on Mon- It day morning, the 10th instant, three of them fi presented to me a paper, signed by all the a Representatives from South Carolina with a d single exception, of which the following is a fl copy: ti "To His Excellency James Buchanan, Predident United States: al In compliance with our statement to you ft yesterday, we now express to you our strong fc convictions that neither the constituted au- p thorities nor any body of the people of the d State of South Carolina, will either attack or rr molest the United States forts in the harbor h of Charleston previously to the action of the t, Convention, and we hope and believe not it until an offer has been muade through an ac. ti credited representative to negociate for an p, aicable arrangeiettt of all mat ters between o the State and the Federal Government, pro- c vided that no reinforcements shall be sent W into those forts, and their relative military fr status shall remain as at present. JOHN McQUEEN. ft M. L. BONHAM. p W. W. 11OYCE. - ti LAURENCE M. KIETT. b, Washington, 9th Decembter, 1860. h. And here I Must, in jtustice to myself, re- ti uark that. at the time tLe paper was presented h to me, 1 objected to the word " provided," as it might be construed into an agreement on ti my Part which I never would make. They d said that nothing was further from their in- tl tention-they did not so understand it, and a; I should not s> consider it. It is evi'ent tt they could enter into no reciprocal agreement p witn me on the sufject. They did not pro- hi fess to have authority to do this, and were it acting in their individual character. I con sidered it as nothing more in effect than the vi promise of highly honorable gentlemen to exert their influence for the piIrp-se ex pre.%ed. I] The event has provent that they have faith fully kept t l.eir pmlii.'e, although I have never since receivet a line from any one of thetti, or frott any member of the Convention, tl on the subject. It is well known it was my bi deterinitation, and this I freely expressed, 01 not to reinforce tthe forts in the Iarbior and si thus produce i cullisio:1, until they had been actually attacked, or until I had certain evi- yi dence that they were about to be attacked. t, This papet I reeeived wicst cordially, and con- di sidered it as a happy otnen that peace might 3< still be preserved, and that tine ttight lie Cl thu.4 givent for relee:ion. Ihis is the whole ti foundation 'o.: the allegd pledge. But I ac- Ie ted in the saMe iianner as I would have done S had I entered into a po.itive and farmal agree- t: thougat auch an agrvetient would have len n1 on :ny part, from the tature of imy oflicial it duties, imtpossible. Tne worl.i knows that I , have ntever sent any reifforcemen:s to the ia forts in Citarleiton harbor, and I I-ave cer- . tainly never authirizud any change to be it made in their relatve mtilitaV status. ]Bear- at ing upon this .suijet, I refer you to an order ft is.,ued by the Sectetary of War, on the 11th it 1:.t., to M.ajr Anderson, l-ut not brought to my notice untall the 21.t instatt. it is as It fodliws: it .lIemorunduam f Verbl Instructions to Ma- 11 jor Anderson Ist Artilery, Commanding -t Fort Moultrie, Souith Carolina: - ft You tire aware of the great atnxietfy of ite e. Secretary of War that a colision ot the troops n; witla thbe people of thbis State shall be avoided, Ii and of his stutdied decteraaiiat in to p)ursute a a course with reference to the tmilitary force h antI forts itt this harbor which shall guard p aaintL such a collision. Hie has, therfore a; cariltdly abstained ftrom incereasinag the foice al at this point, or takin;g any mteasures which Ia mtightr addt to the pre.,enit excited state of the t< public minda, or whiebh wouttd throw anya dlotbt s' oat the confidentce lie feels that Southt Carolina ci will not attemtpt bay violentce to obtain pos5- fh sesiun of the publie works or interfere with their occupaticy. s ' But as the counsel and acts of rash atnd w itpukive personas mtay possibly disappoinat i these expectations of the G.overnitnent, he ei demis it piropler that you should be prepared, , with instructionsa, to meet so utnhappy a cotn- ei tigenacy. lie ha<, therefore, directed mec tI verbally to give you such instructions. t "Youa are caaretudy to avoid every act which e: wuld neeJlessly tenad to provoke aggressiona, w ada for that reasont y*ou are tnot, Witbotat ne. b eessity, to take up atny position witich could ti e coanstrued into the assutytion of a haostile tI attitude; but you are to hold pos~ession of d tte forts in this harbor, atnd if attacked yout are to defenad yourself to the last ex:remtity. tI . he smtaliates of your force will not per-- iP mit you, pet haps5, toi occupy tatore than one of the thtee forts, butt tan attack ton, or attmpt Y to take possesiona tif either of them, wilbe C regarded as ata act of bostdity. anad you may a theta put your c..ammtand itnto eithter of thetm ht which you may deemt tmost prop~er, to inacrease " it.s power of resistanice. Yotu ate al.-o author ized to take siamilar step< whenever you have tI tagible evidlence of a diesigtn to proceed to a ho.tile act, D). P. BUTl LElR, o '- Fou-r Moata tm:, S. C., Dec. 1I, 1860).". i This is itt conaformtity to myi) instructions to a Maj r Bluell. Ii JOllN P. FLOY D, d "Secretatry of W~'ar" p These were the last inistructtionts transmit tel tto Major Atndersotn before his removal to Ii Iort Suter, wit h a sinagle eeplto, in, re- L gard to a particubiar wt ich dioes ntot in any [. degree atleet the present qutetion, Under It these circum.-t meecs. it is clear that Major A u -1 dersont acted upon his ownt nesp~onsibaility and o withouat authority, unless, indeed, hie htadl " tantgible evntlence of a de.-ig as loaroceed to e a hostule act " otn the part of the authourities y of Soma h Caroliaa which has not bee~n alleg-e-l. e Still lbe i< a brave tad hontorabile ollirer, antd b j.,t~aice re-quires that he slit uad not be co:n- d demedi withtout a fair hearing. Be thtat as it ay, wheat I Iearnted that Ma- a jiir Anderson hadt left Fort Miiultrie atnd pro. ceededl to Ftort Sutmter, nay first promptings p were to comnmand himt to returnt to his former at position andI there to await the contingencies it presented int- his instructionis. Thais would tl oly htave been ane, with any degree of d stafty to the cotmmanad, by the concurrence ei of South Carolina authtorities. But before t< any steps could possibly have been taken in i this direction, we received inaformnatioan that si the " Palmtetto flag floated out to the bireeze a at Castle Pinckntey,aand a large military foirce r, wett over last ntighat (the 27th) to Fort Moul- tn t-ie" tl Thus, thme authorities of South Carolina, p without waiting or astig for anay explanai- ri tions, and, dloubtless, hehteving as you have k exresed it, thait the oflicer had atcted ntot 3 only witont, butt agiain.-t tmy orders, on the t very nytxt day after the niglht when thae retmo- ti val was mnade, seized by a mnilitary force. two r of the three Federal forts itt thte harbor of I: r 'e tin and have covered them under v ieir own flag, instead of that of the . tates. At this gloomy period of our r, startling events succeed each other Ily. On the very day, the 27th instant, tha msion of these two forts was taken, tht etto flag was raised over the Federal m House arid Postoffice in Charleston i the same day every officer of the Cus -Collector, Naval Officer, S'urveyor and raiser-resigned their offices. And thi tough it was well known from the lang 7 my blessage, that, as an Executive of felt myself bound to collect the reven' me port of Charleston under the exi. ws. In the harbor of Charleston we ad three forts confronting each other, I of which the Federal flag floated only tys ago; but now, over two of them qg has been supplunted, and the Palt it? has been substituted in its stead. It is under all these circumstances tl n urged inimnediately to withdraw the tr um the harbor of Charleston, and air. rmed that without this, negociation is ssible. This I cannot do; this I will . Such an idea was never thought c e in any possible contingency. No allt Ld been made in any communicatioj veen myself and any human being. Bu, ference is, that I am bound to withdraw oops from the only fort remaining -in )ssession of the United States, in the ha ' Charleston, because the officer threr immand of all the forts, thought pro ithout instructions, to ch-nge his posi om one of them to anotLer. At this point of writing I have received rwation by telegraph, fron Captain Ht ireys, in command of the Arsenal at Char n, that "it has to-day (Sunday, the 30t -en taken by force of arms." It is estici d that the murnitions of war belonging e United States in this Arnenal are wor nLf a million of dollars. Comment is needless. After this inforr n, I have only to add, that whilst it is n ity to delend Fort Sumter, as a portion e puble property of the United Stat inst hostile att.acks from whatever qua r they may come, by .uch means as I nmt )ssess fur this purpose, I do not perceii >w such a defence can be construed into enace against the city of Charleston. With great personal regard, I remain yours rv respectfully, BUCHANAN. To H1o::orable lRbert W. Barnwel, Jamnes Adams, James L. Orr. WVasms-rTos, D). C., J-411. 1. 1861l. Sir:-We have the hon ,r to acknowledge e receipt of your let ter of the 30th Dccei :r, in reply to a no;e ad tressed by us to you the 28ti of the same mo:ith, as Conmis ners from Siuth Carolina. Ii reference to the declaration with which mr reply commences, that your "position President of the United States was clearly ined in the Message to Congress on the i instant;" t iat you possess "no power to ange the relations heretofore existing " be een Somh Caro'ina and the States, "much s4 to acknowledge t;e i ndependence of that ate," 1nd that consequently you C.ruld meet only as private gentlenw-li of the highest unicate to Conigress any prposition we ;ght have to rmakc." we deem it only neces ry to say that tie State of S mnth Carolina ving, in the exercise of tlhat gr!at right of If g'overnniit whi ch-i id.rlio., Nll our pout al organizations, declared ieriself sovereign ,d ind,-peident, we, as her repre.sentativs-. it no special solicitude as to the character which you might recognize uis. atisfied that the Statehad simply exercised r uniq'stionable right, we were prepared. order to reach substantial good, to waive V formal considerations which your consti tional scruples might have prevented you tn extending. We came here, therefore, :pec'ingL to be received as you did receive r, arid perfectly content with ihat. entire wil. gnes-, of which you assuredl us, to submrit iy prorpositionl to Conigre'ss. which we rmghrt tve to imake uponi the subject, of thre Inrde :idence of thre State. Trhat wiiigt:ss was n pe re'cogrnitioni of the condition of purbiic fai s which renidered our ures.eaee nmecessary. this poswition. however, ii i~s our dnty, bioth the State wich we rep'resennt and to our-* Ives, to correct .severaul inmportanrt rmisconr ptins of our letter, ito whviichm you have llen. You say' " it was rmy earnmes- desire that chi a dispo,-i:ion shouhld hre made of the hoohe subject by Congrre, who alone~ posse.s e power, to prevenrt th~e irnamuguratiomn of at vil war between ihe~ paurries ini regard to the ssessiori of thre lFederal forts in the harbor Chairleston, andr 1 thier foire, deeply regre:t at, ini your onpiniiion, ". the. evenrts of the la,.t ~etyfour hrours render this imrprossible.'' We pressedl no siuch pnin andu the language bich you quote as ors is alteredl ini its sense the omission oft a niust imiportrant part of e sentence. What we did sany was: "But e events of the last twentm v-four hours rern r such arr rassurarnce imipowsibile." Place at " assurance" as co)nined~i in our letter in ru senteree, anid we aire ~uprpred to re at ii. Agriin, plr)fe-ssinrg to quote our langage, e say: "Thuns. tih. auithiorities of South arolinra, without waitiing or askiing for any cplnatioii. arid, dourbtlers believing, as you ve expressed it, that the officer had neted t onnly withot, hiut against rmy orders," &e r, expressed no such opiniou~n in reference to en beliet of thre people of South Carolina. The language whiebr you have quoted was ippl s.'lely andl entirely to our assuranices, itairied here, and based, as you iwell k-now, pori yonr ow declaration, a declaration hi:h,'nt tha~t tinme. it was imnpossibrle for the ithIorities of So;uth Carolina to have known. ut, without followinrg this letter into all its etails, we propose only to rmeet thre chief uits of of t!ie arrgumnenit. Some weeks ago, thre State of South Caro ia declared her intention, in the existilg >nditioni of publie affairs, to secede fr-oim the reited States. Shen called a Convention of er people to pumt her declaration in force. he Convention rmt arid paissedl the Ordinaneo r Secession. All this you anticipated, arid r course of aiction wais thoroughly consid ed. In your annual Message you declared ) had no right, arnd would not attempt to stcre a secediung State, but thait you wemn und by your co~nstitutiuonail oath, and wourld dfentd thre property of the United States ithin thre borders of South Carolina, if an .tempt was umade to take it by force. Seeing very early that this question of pro. rty was a ditlicult arid delicrate one, you anfested a desire to settle it without colis r. You did not reinuforce the gairrisot iu e harbor of Charleston. You remrovel a stiguished aind veteran officer from the >mmad 'of Fort Moultrie because he at mpted to increase his supply of ammunition. ou refused to send additional troops tc the moe gairrison, when applied for by the oficer ~poited to succeed him. You accepte4 the tsigiationl of the oldcest and most emm~ent ember of your Cabinet, rather than dlow e grarrison to be strenigtherned. You tomn lled an oflicer stamtioned at Fort Sumter to nturn immredirately to the Arsenal forty mus t, which he haul taken to arm hismtren. ou expresed tnt tot one. but to mney of e mrost distimnished of our public c-hurre -rs, rhose ustinmorny wvill lhe plaed uipo, thec :cord, whenever it is necessary, yorur ianxie for a peaceful termination of tIs cartro e..., amid yur willingness riot to disturl the ort-1, if Com.missioners - Government, whose promised to submit to ed and acted on assu it official autborities of no attempt would be possession of the forts United States if you exiting condition un had been sent, and the had failed. You took the House of Rwpre memorandum that no - made, "provided that I be sent into those forts :ary status shall remain dthough you attach no 3 of such a paper-al :d it as nothing more in of highly houorable 3ligation on one side ing obligation on the membered (if we are you were pledged, if 'urcements, to return it :u had received it be r resolution. 'our officers command flow a line of conduct ich an understanding. id received formal and ie Governor of South en appointed Commis ir way to Washington. condition under which was notified to you, for an in:erview. We on Wednesday, at 3 uted an interview with y. Early on that day is received here of thfe nderson. That news you inuieliately, and ing until haltlpast 2 irder that you mright On Friday we saw i you then to redeem I not deny it. W ith , and in the face of i.ive fact that your igned his seat in the ely avowe I ground Anderson had viola be government, and .na instantly redeemed he wys dishonored, denial was impossible. Yoti do not deny it now, but you seek to escape from its obligations on the grounds: 1st, That-we tenninated all negiotiation by de manding, as a preliminary, the wihhdrawal of the Untited Stutes tro'ps from the harl.or of Charleston ; and 2d, 'llat the authorities of Souti Carolinai instead of asking explanation. a,d gIviug you the opportunity to vintdiente y ourself, took possession of other property of the United States. We will examttiie both. In the first place, we deny positively that we have ever, in any way, made any such de mand. Our fetter is in your possession ; it will stand by this ott record. In it we inform you of the objects of our missirn. We say that it would have been our duty to has.e assurw Vn" -- setti. to' r .nd stat rfti : ui p, We ciut it , . .. having madle this refluest for exidanatinti, we added, " And, in conclusion, we wou:d urge upon you tihe inmmediate withdrawal of the troops iroops from the harbor of Charh-ston. Under present circumstances, they are astand ing imeiace whIict reuders negotiaition impos. ib'e," &c. - Under present cireamnstances!" What circumstances? Why. clearly the oe cupation of Fort Sumter and the dismantling of Fort Moultrie by Major Anderson, in the flce of your pledges, and without explanation or practical disavowal. And there is nothing in tie letter whirlh would or couli have pre. vented fon~m from declining to withdIraw the trotfps and tfli.ring the restoration of the la/n.s to which you were pledged, if suich had beenm va)ir desire. It wouod have b~een wi~Ser and' better, in our opiitdsm, 1o have withdtlrawn the troop; andl this opinion we urgedI upon~t you, but we demaml,:~d northing" tut suchf ani e?xphmLat ion of t he eveit<~ of t he ast twent-four hour.< as wo~uhi re.-t're our cotniIecte int the spirit with which the neg.> tiaions should be conducted. In reltion to t his withdrawal! of the t roops rom tihe harbor, we are com.l iedl, however, to tnotice one pas~enge ot yourietter. Resferrinig to it you say*, " This I canntit do. TInis I wi.I not do Such an is lea was ne'ver muhoudlt tat by me ini any ptOsiible contingetncy. No al lumaion to it had ever bee~n made ini any com mniention betweeni rmyself an-f any human beitg." In rep tv to this statemen~t we are emni~ pe!ledr to sy it. iha:t your c inversatio~n with us leftI tponi our minds the distiner. itmpressioni that you did serioutsly cottntmplate thme withdrawal of the troops from Cua~rie.it.ut harbor. Anid in suppo)'rt of this impressionm we would1 add. that we have thme posative aAnuranlce of gen-. temen of tile htighest. pussiblie pubic relta-tiI tin and thte most unlsullied integrity-mnen whose name and fame, secuired by long sert ie and patriotic achievemeint, platC their testi motny beyond cavil,-that suc~h suggeat ions had been made to and urged iun you by them, and had formed the suhject of. mtore than one earttest discussion with you. Aol it was this knowledge that induced us to urg'e upon you a policy whichl had, to recoimmend tt, its own wisdom and the weighlt of such authority. As to the second] point, that the authorities f South Carolina, instead of asking explana tins anti givig yout the opportunity to vin dicate yourself, took pios.-essionm of othear pr. perty of the United S. a-.e%, we woublI observe, int. thamt evein if this were so, it does not avail yotu for def~t.me. for the opportuntity for decisioni wvas alfo~rded you before these facts occurred. We arrived ini W~ashington on Wente.day. Thie niews frott .\ujor Antdersonm rachledl hlere early~ on Thursdamy, and was Unli mediately cottnnunicated to vou. A ll t hat day memn'of thle highest consideration-men viho had striveti succssfully to lift yott to your great officee-who had bteent your tried andl true friendls through the trtakhs of your Adminiis raltiont, sough? yout, andm~ enitrea~ted yuto al't, to act at once. They todi you Ilhatt every hottr complicate~d rerpositiont. Theiy omnly asked yiou to tgive the assutratnce that if the fatcts wvere so--th t if the Cotmmtander hadl acted withotit amol igaist youlr orders, andi in violatti of your plges-thait yott would restore thme status ydu had pledged your honor to tmaintaitn. Yotu efused to deide. Your Secretary of War your inmmtediate and proper adviser in this hle muatter-watitetd anxiously for your tie cision umitil he felt that delay was becoming dishonor. More thatn twelve hours passed, atid two abitet tmeetings hlad adjournied, before you knew what the authorities of South Carolina ad dotte, anid your piromfpt decisioni at any ntomient of that timec would have avoidedl tile ubseuenomt comnplications. Bt if you had mowt the acts of thme authoritiems of South arolina, should that have prevetnted youir keepintg your faith ? What wvas the cotnditiont of th'ugmu? For the last sixty days you have and in Chlarle~ston harbor not fource etnogh to Itod the forts algaist anf equtal enemyli. Two of themi were emtpty ; one of thot~i, tio, thte most itmportaint itn the harbior. It coutld have eetn takenl any time. You oughlt to kniow betto than any man ta it wnnid have bhn taken but for the efforts of those who put their! trust in your honor. Believing that they were threatened by Fort Sumter especially, the people were with difficulty restrained from securing, without blo.:d, the possession of this important fhr tress. After many and reiterated assurances I given on your behalf, which we. cannot be lieve unauthorized, they determined to forbear, and in good faith sent on their Commissioners to negotiate with you. They meant you no hari; wished you no ill. They thought of you kindly; believed you true; and were willing, as far as was co:isistent with duty, to spare you unneces sary'and hostile collision. Scarcely had their j Commissioners left, than Major Anderson waz ed war. No other words will describe his action. It was not a peaceful change from one f -t to another; it was a hostile act in the pres. enee of a superior enemy and in imminent peril. He abandoned his position, spiked his guns, barned-his gun-carriages, made prepara tions for the deatruction of his post, and with. drew under cover of the night to a safer posi. tion. This was war. No man could have be. lieved (without your assuranuce) that any ofli cer could have taken such a btep, ' not only without orlers, but against orders." What I the State did was in simple self-defimee; for this act, vith all its attending circuin-tances. was as much war as firing a volley; and, war being thus begun, until those cutmtnencing it t explained their action aid disavowed their intention, there was no -room for delay, and even at this moment, while we are writing, it is more than probable from the tenor A your t letter,"llhat re-inforcetnents are hurrying into the conflict, so that when the first gun shall be fired, there will have been on your part one continuous consistent series of actions commencing in a demonstration essentially i war-like, supported by regular reinfiorcements, and terminating in defeat or victory. And e all this without theilightest provocation ; for, among the many things which you have said, f there is one thing you cannot say-you have v waited anxiously for news from the seat of . war, in hopes that-delay would furnish some i excuse for this precipitation. But this " tangible evidence of a design to proceed to a hostile act on the 1.art of the authori'.ies of Sothrb Carolina," which is the C only justification of Major Anderson, you are I forced to admit " has not yet been alleged." t But you have deided. You have resolved to I hold by force what you have obtained thr ugh our misplaced c~nfidenee, and, by refusing to disavow the ae:ion of Major Ande-rson, have converted his violation of orders into a legiti- 1 mate act of your Executive authority. t Be the issue what it may, of this we are a assured, that if Fort lotultrie has been re corded in hitory as a tnemorial of Carolina t gallantry, Fort Sumter w 1I live upon the suc ceeding page as an imperishable testimony of Carolina faith. By your course you have probably rendered civil war inevitable. Be it so. .I you choose I to f~ree this issue upon us the State of South Carolina will accept it, and relying upon Hitn who is the jod of Justice as well as the God - ... - t ..m--:vor to perform the great i mnatig, a --.... ,. reinthifrce the garrison in the har.-,r oR t. nr leston, we respectfullv informt vo tha: we I purpose returning to Charleston to-morrow afternoon. We have the honor to be, sir, very resptct- I fully, your obedient servants, R. W. BAlNWI-.LL, ) J. 11. AIJAMS, i Connissi-.ners. I JAMES L. ORIt. I To his Excellency, the PreideLt of the L'ni I ted states. The following was the endorsemieut on the t ExMecrive MANSo, 3 r'lock. This paper just prCeented to the President, I is ot snteh a chat-acter that he declines to re cive it. ' Fruui the. Atbaniy (tia ,) Pastri,,t. Bent..A n; (near E.dgefie-l) S. C. D)ecember 7th, 1o0. Mv DI)rai Cowu.oc.-Will you allo.w an old< (riemd itmt forma.-r nzeigihor, to trouule yn ii w. h a few thoughts on the political issues lbe- i fore the pieoph-. We Iaere have electedl onr I deegats a to the State Convention, to east the I vote of Ssee-ion, decfaring Southt Catrolioa j out of the Uni'i--ad its it may now be re- t grded as a fixeds fiet that Soomh Caroslina is out of the lnoi, the que-stion naturally nr~ises -what will he the acuanii of' her sisier Sooth.z ern States-will they joid her in thed foirma-t tion of a Somtherni Contfederacy. or wiil they temain as the-y atre, in at Unoion whent they aire I uo/ regarded a, eqs~s nor- treated as freemen? The first instinet. of humoan naitutre, the Yan k-es fir~-t and last thought, and highest as~pi- i rat'o1 n--ltmi-demandi t hat they ahmud <d ntite with us. int int every commituii:y t-re are pecr~.ini ahay wing the Oct~e .-f't., Shame 'tis so, but ntevertheless. 'tis true-. I There were many such dluring the llevolution, sone of whotta cit her foujht ;agniist. ut-, or took protect ion ; htt I hopse thleu-irt nhe:s a are faw, very fe~w, ini Dougherty Counity or I south-westerni Georgia, for the honor of 3 our * -'on, I tru-t they aire scearce. Frum ac- i qutainit ;;ce with your peolle anid at tachmnen:i to the si-ct io n, I should l ike to see every tman in it for Secession. Dougherty becing the birh-place o~f three of my chiildren, I ant in tere~t ed in tei sol uti. it of thja mnomentto-.:s quest ion ; also, ami I in the dectision of Geior ~i-fo.r next to South Carolina my ti-ahy ism due her. haivittg reside-d thiere.. anid'having chdldren horn ther,-, s-ndears the Empire State of thte Sooth to meii tn no ordimt:ry mnn--r. I regr-et to, see somet of yourni politicians spak of an oflitionial plhtak to thi. Geo.-giat H'atformn. uT')fio at, m iaendis. Ttue lH.i:. frim was gi. .d andt sounittd enough-o I)y tneed itd t-usng. W hen Cailifornmiat was ad mittedt, antd when the Piatt,rmi was new, wvould have beeti a ented time for usintg it-while siome oit hers are for dIn- erimttat ing by- Legi.-lative enoaet imetit, &c. To" flate, : ain. 2k!- time t's p and so should all .ucht prjiects -be. The hta. t.r lan wa.; good someiL yen.-s stiCe. ibu' now is worse thtan tuseless. Thie i-site is u-' H. the cr-isis- bas comie, and. must be met n~i i h resulntio, faece toJ re-e, is the way to met-c dange-r. Not byv discruinmna~ lg l~taws or ieimp tv b~ravad-,e.-t. hut by boldly thrnowinig oir ant 'er to the hire z-, with God aind mty tight in scrbe-d uponi it. Set tip for ourselves a Gve'rtnentt suitedt to our ca-ie. Let the dloctr ine be.. ate d .r " The South alone should govern tihe S.,uth" r, -and~ African slavery he conttrolled oinly bya those inter-eted ini it. If suc~h he the actiont of the Southerni States. a great and glorious future awauts themii. If not, the-y wili .surely. by degrees, dwindle into imbeeility and dis- ii grace, a reproachel to th~emnelves and the bye h; word ant1 ridicnle o~f others-lf yisiou lter ti even v-onr negroes, who ntow are loyval and h true, wvill point the Iinge-r iof scorn at you, as b a people, either unwillinig or unatble to defenid ni themslves. c We are told to await a-it overt net. I anm sick of the wordl. Ilarpers Ferry and the bunings itn Texas. toret her wvith Ithe host of slaves stolen fromi uis, is ovi~ert ane!tninIh for me. The co..u-s airo e ple andt' t I w.44o b is oiered --the ganntlet thfrowttn doiwn. A re you willing, to he r-uled by Lintcoln anid his S r,.e nem-oe Vie.1Iamin-nr not 7 il But w ee toit there is no immeniate dan par, its the Senate snd House are4mth again.t Lincoln. Granted-but how long wili it last? lust two years-until the next election, and 11) longer-when by the aid of Sewar.I, the nan of the party-our rights will surely, and Lecoriling to the forms of Law tuo. be taken rom as, and we e.xist 'only by their snifer mne. Or, if this be too slow a process, the tid of Gov. Johnson's fricie and late ally )oughts,-the little Hangman--will be in oked, if we but dare grumble. Seward und Jonglascan with truth be said to le the au hors of the present state of thiigs-the firt i the leader of the abolition eo' orts-the lat or for breaking tip the Democratic Natiotal )arty. But reerimintiation is not the order ol he day-'tis uctin, immediate and proiTept ietion. Choose ye now between the two cer ainties-present disgrace and future ruin. Icr safle and glotious Cotideracy of slave tates. J. C. B. . This piece appeared in the Albany, (Ga.,) )atriot-but as it is suited to all Southern litnes-we repnblish it.--En. ADY.. Tit VICE-PaES)ENrr Er.-r.-The corresi ondent of the Richmond Dispack says: " Hamlin has certainly negro blood il his ei s. I have seen a letter from a gentleman t ligh character in New Hampshire, giving he pe-digree of Hamlin. His grandfather.was mulatto, and comm nanded at mixed compant f negroes and Indians duriiig the Revolutioni. 1e pocketed the paty of his coipa J , RIll he wine and other luxuries provided fr the ick, and lett. the army in disgrace. One o! aiIlin's uncles, or great unc!es, was *aned Lfrica. There is a legend in the family to lie eifect that when Hannii>Td wai an infatut ihe cradle, his uurse overheard one of the latives, who was then g:izing at the baly. xelaim, "For God's sake! will this d-d lack blood never get (out of the veins of our unily." Meibers of Congress who served ith lamlin when he was in the House say bey always ktnew he ha.! a streak of negro 3 him." The Prospects of War, The tone of our Northern exchanges is one f fixed determination to use coercion. Our cople must. therefore, prepare fpr war. To at complexion has it come. The Northern eople believe that it is their npioon to rule nd govern the people of the South-and they rejust as detorminied to attempt to do it as ver Austria was in her etforts to rule Italy. 'hey first sectionalized the Federal Govern. ient., so that it was completely hostile to us; nd, becau-e the S:,nth woild not ubmit to slow aml torturing rxecution, they nokv renmt violence and war. The sovereignty f the So.uthern States v cighs tiot a feather; he in':erent right of self g-vernment, which nderlies the noveneti, on the part of.the outhern States, goes for nothing. Might heir criterion of right, and the enforcement f laws passed iby a sectionalizLd government 4 now the ail' animatinz principle (if the ortlhern Retpublicans. R-tie 300.000 imen, ay they, and r:iise 8300,000;000. Btt this Somn and uoney, twice told, will place ipoin the South nnder th-ir mistaken views e candidly state to cur readers that we (. tt see any solution this sile of a nmasire tent of at:n<. Nothiug but a war, ;: svemi, il! convince thet of the folly of atteml.tin; 0 sub ugate a peop!e united in defene ot heir right to self-goivernment. N bt hing hut hie expenditisre of million, in armin t1g an ex edition agaiatc- the Sombh, ail the eFfu.,:oni if the blod V1 the ci tizensi of both sect.1ows. nn sati.fy thans that they cannot c(;hnq'e.r be Sith. Like inftiattd Ausitria, ahev will aiv abandon their sebemest- of abit tor', p-iatmpted lby lve oif doiniton, it'll badnk tpter .states tis -m ina the flhee andi unnertve, eir sinews of war.-.Cart:ir nin. Ih: lB.iows Oe-r -rti: G.t.---Tlhe day before estav. a gesitlelint nased E. M. Cdrdr-r, romt Vir ginia, atrrivedl at the C'a:r.:ndiun ous.e, in thi<~ city, atnd tuook lodl:intg. H~e Li not appear ait the breakftes tableI~ yester laV, and at 10 o'clock a. ii., the clerk thitnk :g be iniebst he ill, proc.ee~de~d to his apart ne~nt, whichl be founsrd locked. By u-ing a as~ ker !:e mitaged to thru.,t out the door e amti un'.~oek thec door. GOnt 0ening Lthe or he was~ nearly kno.ckedl sensch- lby t:;e her of gas. but springing into the r. outs be oeceeded in raising a wmsdow and tunrning 1i the gats, Whieh had bceen w his: Iir g throuzgh he bhrner ali nuiht. Tli:e Virgyini; n lay o hs lbe.! enseless,'aundt. w as ait first .suppo~sed reM'nitig every' apI-ti ce t i tsteirat . Otr a stoon as t he roso hcenmie relieved of' the 'ionoui gas-, a siaght Iwi tehinig of' the tm. lsof the tie:t indi--iteil ta lis h' Ie w:.n .il lihi.: ith man,: t sev..ral phyviei:.n -ere isintitedialt Ey I- s :, .i-ed t. :.is h.tI-sdt Is ease wais piosa tt ced etC irt a' h*']:elio at ir.t, butt no pati.is ter: sp:.il in - r hr ti essei ate hims. A .1 d . e n: tbey , a.: i e I rir art ep}.1 i un, 30 :iail ~stv. at at be ho.ur set nighat. sneeeed..d ini re:,toring hiim it par i c' iciiel-:r-.-. rtitd *:' priontui.-e 'O ii a t:sir warV to ree.,V. r. In hi, i::no a .ca o he ai(tnutr n. ue sof g hC 'a had ,ien ou'. ;e light andu' le-t ; h-- 11.wv unistcp.>-d -4-* Per' rm ,N -ro Nlim: Two S-r.vrn's or-r orv t : tt.....The. peoph.!. tVf Ihe e:ern an.l r stiern pitrticons c..f Virgionia arei abno't its stere'nit int their Iat a.'t as n:nilves r(f .i::lr tarhli :a amiu New i-srtaiid. Sever:e I pr .ii itinI lhave in r.-etmi hseen talk..dl iev r to dli. ide- thte Sn tie. I: ,n turcsto 'd t hat a new I i1'c-me'nt is ion ist int the no~rthiwinstern patt that State, fore the- purpcse~t of cral ing a onvenaitha:s n t . peple, tic take in.. censidl nat i..:n the expedien.r. separti fr'itn r:.insin in. en-ri cf h.-r wit hdrnawinog friomi thle ijin toi jsini in the- forimtion ref a Sousthern unstsedelr.i-y. T'he leaid--rs in this re-vol uti rma y sch-s'eme ontem te tthe c reetion of a reCw tate, emblracin:ig that prortein cuf Virginsia ly ug we'st edf the Blue ltisle, tand stine~d to ri-hude ais mn conti oiites eaust of said' litne, long theu niupper Po.t rmnue near it. ans mray lbe idei-el dby ide'ntity isf intrrst to co-operate i t'n. pr i j--t. Cosidirti o:-s t :e:in conto ical ebanraite-r. s.n-ermtined part.!iv by th-e ar irginia; (daemed byv inumy in the wei ster arrF of the Stuste to b~e utne~sitnd in respect to j the rate~s and objects oft taxattiotn.) are rep iented. to be at the bsottosm of this p~oputlar id the pretext t-> assumse iormni .able propor .Ots. serly ealled the l'ai:ed Stcafrs (Jd/susic Ms-i m'5, annociies that it has expaung dl fronm its tie "theose two obnicts~t words, which, be~ing enforit h without truth or nwranting, weuid il' ecmite the title old a paper that,apau~rt from ali st ives of pa~trioitisms, piro.'sses to lie tin rd ee of the Tfruthi." A private letter fromir Fort JelTern, Key est. sayvs that fiv,- Spanish vessels are't lying f that harbeor. Thtirnli prpdse is ino: krnown, t tht'eiprsi C .n there is tin thetr- ni dii'ace atitnet ont the MAletran co-o. Td-- L'iive. tateiS crui...ig vesenl h..v-nrig b er w: r:irwn., tepople there are in a defetneeless coniditions. i, roni te %uariesriti miercury, Ismu-.1I'-. The Wiar Ueguu--Engagemient at Foit Morris. Ahont ceven o'clock yest,-rday morning, our citizens were startled by the firbig of heavy pmus in the direction of Sullivan and Morris Islands. It was at un cesurminkd that tie steainship Star 9/* thie I,.st, which had been reported by the -euial tele-graphi e r.-spondents.of the Meruevry an :aving b.ft New York with reinforcements-and stores for Mai:>r Anlersi, had attempted to pa a the battery on Morria Island. Our reporters were immediately de.spatenel to the etranic of the h-ar'.-r, andl afier v:siti.-g all the fortifica tlionl nuw ocenpied by our truoops, the follow ing iaets were elicited: PArTItCUt..ttS OF TIIE AFFAIRI. Yesterday morning..shortly after " reveille," the sentries on Morri Island rep.orted a steam. 'ship standing in fur the ship chatue'.tThe long roll was ittediately beat, antad alliQtl - tronpsWere promptly under arms, Leutcnat. Colonel J. L. Branch, of the lesittent of Rifle3 commandinp. These comprised the Vigilant Rifles, Ct.t. Tupier '(90 men); the German Riflemen, Capt. Small (90 men ;) ihe Zouave Cadets, Lieu. Chicliestor (45 men ;) and a dettachnent of .10 fr.n the Cttadel Ca det Corps. The last named ho ly were tat once marce.l to the battery, con m andiag tlo sh.p chait1, which, at thi, point, pa,s. with. in fioim one half ta t hree quar-ers Ul It tmile of the beach. A t 7 o'clock, wh'n the S/r 'f*. th.: 's hal renched a poiit witiuin ia .ne of 1th. vunas, Major Steve: fired a sht aermas - her h),.w;, 11S a .tignail 1.:r her t. hs ave to. After waiting three or 1,ur mnii.tti1 no.dimin utiou in the op-t ir c iang in the course of the steniaer could he mtiaeed. A mona. nt after, the Unite.d States 1l--g -ai rin up at her f'reta.At. The Slar o- fl. I re.t emalm. ning thus defiamily to puar:a.e Ler courso* to wards Fort Sumuii r, the order w give t t.> the men at the Moirris. 1-hud gunS0 to opeli fire. Five rounds were aevetdii gly diselarg. el in quick sucession. Two ot tle. are reported to have taken el'rct ; one forward anil the other abaft the*'heel. At tlte tixth discbarge the S.'ar rf* the West run' ded! t -aa steereil outwtarl towards tie Iar. At 11 e samte time, the ensitn whic-h he disi.hiyd im atdiately after thp warnting gun. ! as !ow ered. Three more shots were Iti ed rin-m For t Morris and three from L'ort Mmotrip ; ant- if these latter, it is thouightt, took effe<f t. A gentlemi-m on th-- bil.nal rep rts ti at after the Star q/ hc We.< had clear, d th . bar an.l proceeded a considerabthle dirare bevond1, a steam propeller, i-f abiout .130 t.ms btrth.n,-joined hier, ..pparently its a tindi . and thmy :t-.amed oul ti-gether ii tit E N. E. direct ion. Thus tertninaeed the fir-t a-t-.nl-t of the Federal Government to , rr: tHI gi-.*aL stronghold of coercion in ( Ir h:irlbor. The approach-of the Star f-j Ihe 'e-/ to Fort Sumter, taken in comnection with the facts that her clearrance 'az.efior XAr Orlenita, nitd that her trooi,'s it-e sm ci'el iulard oussie the harbor of* Xee 1'rk. proves clearly en i.agh. that the Preisident has chosen the coercive,_ policy, that his officials will not 'heita-e to rinamta ~~ h:avl tbecn accepten. We lave re:Lsont to lelieve th:1t lie ha:1 :11:0 teldertel the post of Secn-tary of Statf to Seatur Seward, and ti. t it is likely to lie accept-d. Our i:i1rm.at. n tiot this poitt, however, is not powitive. If these place. have ihn< been filed, i! tny fairly bt pre-ined tht thr.w theitrs %rll be tendered to Union inet in the .Satitherin States. The Xai:ioual Itelligew:.r reindirIs thos. who think th ait tis it.-ees.sary for Liticoln t he i... grated it W11 r.in-.t, that Mr. Ki:g took t h., tath I of ofier as \'e Presidentt o: the Unaited! States in Cuida, fromt thu hanids of ther deputaty e niaul of t. e United States. iThe ina.lulrath.nt itn W Ithinurton antd the admainai.-tration taf thie ae:.- by t I.e Chief Jua tiee of thte Unit :l Staites :s only a e..:stoml, to mrake the mta::ec mo-re imposit::. A juas:iee ofC the pea -a. is ievfectly comapa nat to admrtin A Swatna ron MAuon A st:oa.--The citi zens ofTlunnton, Mass..hbave star:ed a sutbscrip-. tion for the pturCha.L-e ofa sword to; be presenmted1 to Major Anderso::. tnow in: commnatnd of Fort Sainter. Tne A i.tcarca Coxriacr.-The Pr-esdent is r ported to have staid itt spu:. king of G3overnior FI.,viis re, im for resignaing: "The tagremlen t w-ts made. b.-tweent the Seer-. turrv i f War, who ha.I no righat to mtake? i', a. t!e bi a'ers of the mnrbl at Charnle.s.tn, wvho land no power to ke.-p it."~ How -rt TEt.r. Ft: nst Er:--.-M. Labiche, a reh-mi-t at Loutvie-r. has lbam an t ay way of discoverin~r whlethecr ev gs ar siuund or tnot. Hei maake.s av .alutiont of' uhihiide of sodaium (com-: tmeo- sal?,) of a specifir' gravi-y represeted by 1.0 tt (w ater breittg I .00t.) If tin egg, thrown ittothis solution. sinks to the bot tom, it is fre.4h enouatgh to be boiled itn the shell ; if it does net sink g r.ite to the bottom, it is stih it to be eaten, hut not tunde.r that form; and it' it swims on1 the surface, it is decidedly spoiled. DEs5ERTans FROM Ta. ' EDER.AL l . Tie three hundred sa- ors sent torn l~ares .n t. Portsmouth N. H., for the sloop of~war Mreedonaian on Tuesday Tast, occasioned the omieers considerable trouble in managing bhea:, while in the ears. Notwithstan~dintg all th ir u.w irtions, however, about fifty of thteim managed telnde thte vigilantce of their keepers, and escapedr~ after the ears s p. e I, b. umping o t of the car-witndows, the docors 1 eing locked. S.,veral of thetm have since been recovered. Domnus' Ft asT ' MEa:os*'-Dab '.-.: his :ir isession a a m-t ml or of~ t : -, Lia t:are. was cauigh wit - V a -;each 11 w.as ". redI evye." t)..r ninekv day, he p- ceedintgs h,,d:a. rath..r .ad, and Dobbs h.-n rath -rtirsy he e- m~euded to go ove r to t <hot-'i an I d a dink. As Dobbhs r...e to ave t :- h di. hie taughbt the Spea:ker's ae. The Sp -oke -.u po.ied~ lie intenlded to address the house, -*ni annoisunced in a low voice. "Mr. Dubls !'' Dobbs startedl as if he -ad been shot. The assembled wisdomn of the State htad their eyes fixedl upon~ hia. li po1ulled out his pocket hanrdkerchiecf to wipe awaiy the perspirationi, aaud feeling it necess:ary to say soumethuing, he thuntdaered onit: I. Seconid thle m.' tIitm." "Teei no m.a.tioni befotre :he house," said the Spea!<er. Thec silenee was breatless. itobbhs aonlal not think'i of :ainthing taa say. Bunt at bt~rit idea cani.e to himi:, anad hea finish e.l with: " I mlove ta) adjoutrn." lThe- motion dhrin't go, buat IDabbs dlid, atnd n'tthitr ml.>re wa:s 'eent arf hti:n thit r'ny his .-.;::m --i ail t he. a stli -.a.l .*1. .ta.. ,ir..t hin erri..s to~ the~ Goavern -r or~ Ah1a.