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Carrespondentce bctweaen ?[ajor Ander- sq so, and His Excelency Governor b Pickens. I The folloiwing is the proceedings of the Legislature, at the evening .essioAn, held on S E''E I NG SI'ssl1N.VC The II.nse re-a:nbled at 7 o'cleck. The Speaker announced the foliowing Spie Special Comm~lit~ee ton M'et'.tgt r...ulber four I 11's Excel!eneV the GVr:-M.vrs. J. F o r. w. W. C. lack, T. 1. Fra.,r. d. .M. De- t Sa.-I- nre, J1. J. Pope, Jr.. Rtichiat d Yeadwn, J. Tre Stea ste sent to the IIcu'e the bill to a'ter anol auend the t.*nth iectiol of the first b ticlef h.: Constitution of the State of t Sntl Cn:lina. The bill wa- read the third thne, and passed by a vote. of 9'I ayVei 4 amys. The title was c::anged to anl Act, aad sent to the Senate. .--*.sp"1.,ane, - e><. i! .i1t.z.,r Anderson eantdil his Exc.:.' -icy (iorernor Piciens. Me'.age No. 5 of is ExIclency the Gover hor Was am.iunz;:ced, :id read. a, follows, by his private Sec:-:ary, N. T. Watts: I 'haIve received froin M.\aj.r A:i-leren, comiln in indin:. tie (.ite I S!:tte.4 tm: at Fort .11tUer, an extraordinary' c om iction, a c'py of which is he rewit h eeloised, and also my rei.lv. With the nie-s nOw ituneliatily at m1y ca1turnand, I hall eudeuivor :o dit iny idty. F. W. PIe( rKss. Mr. F.,rrow muved the initediate conAsider ,Ation (if I ie mes.C e. Mr. Bl.-mtwt move-i that the doicuments be . read. A.reed t). Ti.e conruniation of .Major Anidvr.,on was . thien read, as wioows: . tU T , his.~ Ex.-li/ney !ec (sr.<:.' ntkCrlItu S:: -TWO . y. ur hatterivs fived this 1 I ,il :.: ap-dl an itit:.rined ve-se.+l. bearing the d S' of mi.: p.vernnen r. A. I have not ieeni I Ii,:;il- inot w-.ar l:ac I.he.1 ieelnd el by S m.h C orl.bie1 ara-iit the Govierti:ent of the Uni- t: V-.1 State' I cvanITIt lt think that t hi.. los- r.h til .act w:: cmnittel without your--anc:ion fi e au'h-:ity. U'wh-r that hip.e, and that w al.Tte, did I refr:aIn friiln opening fire upon your; *iativriere. I hav thle honor, therefore, to reapectfllv a.,k whether tle above men ononie at--.one, I beli--ve, without a parallel i the i. of m i ulnitry or any' tpt.iivr c:v~lizedGveinat-4ncmai1e inll - x Iiience tie yor is!nrtions; and to notit'y you, m if it be no!it disclined. tiot. I tmuat r..gard it a< an act of v';r, and thait I shall not after a re:vionalde itimt for I Le re!:urn of my inessen- L permit any ves el to pasis within ranrge of w 1h y.~llus1 ofilly hit. : rder to tave. as tr a.s ill ny luoer. the S'.eddfieg of "..4 Itd. I he;:- that you will havre - 11.t goti t1i--at'on of thi., imy d i 01 ion to all con cera6ed. II ipi.:, howevir. t hat yo iar answer tany be .such a< w% ifi jtify aI further contin uslie of I*ithi.rb--arance in mny part, a I have the ho. .r te i, Very respetfuilly, Youir i blideic't -e: veanit. (.zned ) ik iwr:a: A ym:uss. i f to- 1-1 Ar:;ery I'aited State., .\nn' ti IaZni.. S-r: aOvF Sos.v 4VV. av. Sr.m:u or~ So'r-ru C.uazoz.aN. ) .En:utr-rv&: t)rrc-;: Iluitaaaurts, s i Charla'esron, W. h .Ina.. I 861. ) s:r: Your letter ha'< I-een receivel. In it 9 VonE 1a11ke certai, statem-_nt,; which very t pl..i-'i.y .hw thait you have not been fulle in- a O:nncd by voiir -,veIrnment of the priais. r'e-hwo-t< wh'kh no < xst betweeta it and the I State of South Cirui'i i e. Official inifortnation 1has been co-nifticaeted to) tue Gov'er'nent oft the Unaitedi Stes that the piolitical cin 1!ectirm her~etc-fr exi-ting between the State 15 of 8,tl' (Carofir-a and' the Staes which were tu;ncmen :at thc United1 Stattes had' ceasedl; and tuat the State el Sounth Caro!Na had ree"nmed P r.!:a ;-~ nmenr it haed delegw!-.1 to t he United a Int anaticipcation1 of the Ordinance of "te.ces- h a on, ofi which the President of the United S-ates had otlicial n,.titicatioin, it was under Stoodi by him a thatt s.endiung any3 rea.inforcemnents if troo;jl' ofl the United States in the harbor of Charia'e.4ton, woustld bet r. arded~' by the conia ssttute~d autrhorities~ of the State of South Car- s olina as an act of ho'stility, arnd at the saey tonae it was utnderstocd by hirn that iany P etiaiige in t he occupa1)tion1 oft thec forts in the s harbor of Chrarlest..na, wouldl, in like mnanner be rega.rded as ana act of hcitility.. Eithser or . both of these events oiccur'rimg dnuring the pC- .g iokd in which the State of S.,utha Car'olina c constituted aL part eof the United Stats, was then distinctly notified to the President of the Unaited States as an act or acts of' hostility, a becaute either or both would be regarded, h anid c.old only be intenaded to dispute the a right of the, State of South Carolina to that S political indiepenidence whic~h .ahe has always .1 aiverted anid will always retaein. tt Wheatever woutld have been, during the nli cont'mueanee aof this State wh'ile a ruemaber of dl the Uoited Staetes, an act of hostihaty, becarmne aLt muech rnure soi wheln the Stater of South Care, lisn had diuoed, all coannectionel with the P' ia'ernmentz. cf the Unlit'd States. Alter thes. A aecession of' the state of South Carolina, Fort e.< Saniztetr continued in the poassession of the ti Unaited States. Hiow I hat fort is at this time ru in the' possesision of tihe troops of the Enited Sr:.es. it is not nowie ::ecessary to discusa. It p4 wE! .gi ned'~ :ta t yhat the oceucuey of theat ti 1'rt hasa ie'en rec::rdeud by the State of' South 'n (C;aredinv s the first act of po..itivet ahsty 01 co,:n.alittedI ii's the troop-' of the. L'ait.ed Slates wi:hin the h'mitis of' thjis State, aid wias in thais rt lihlht rgardled as~ soi univt(Ulocall thait it occe- YC si',r.edi the termtinationl et' the negjotiation then penadings at Washing:oin between tia-. w~ Comrau.+tonr., of the State of South Carolina amll the Presidenct of the Unied States. s The at temipt to r'einloe~rce ti~e troops no0w ill }'. rt Sumter, ear tol re-takie and re-.utne po - ' se..,iOn1 of th Iriors wijthlin the~ waters of tiis tL State, which yoau abandonhmed adler spiking t he - gu.- phieced t i.ere, and :hicng eotherwise tunch t damzage. ca'umat heC regarded by the authori- t1 ties of the Stae as indicative of any other purpose than the coercirm of the State by the zamed force or' yiour Gosvernttnenat. To repel such an at te'mpt i, too pilainaly a dnt~y to allow. it to bse disecn-s'd, tiaid while defending it ti waters thie aunthoerit ie's of the State have been t1L careful to condulct the afi'irs of the State so in that no ac-' howiev.er' nece.s-sary for its de fenace, &houldl lead to a u-eles~s waste of life. Nipecial nagents, thereforesr, have been off the Jaer, to warn :dl :a;.proachinig vessels, if armed a or unartued, andc iaavmg troaops teo reina~hrce' the foirt on boaird. not to enter the harbor of e C;lnurlenthl onad .special orderas have beenr givenr to tl:e commllamliers oif aell the forts and batte- ~ rics nout to lire at such ve.-sels until a shot w-es fired a~css their bow, woinuld wara themt ofiLL ter rhitiucn of ' he State. .Under the-e c;re'nm.,tatcee.,, the Star oif t he W'esh, it is an elb-rstood,~l thi-s mosring attemaapre. to eter~ tisi :arbor wiSt:1 tr:I on b0ar and~ez',t~ ura'aig tired intil. The~ as i-, p--rftily jit<.!iied by 11e. In re-gar.l te youtr throat ian r.gaerd to' ve-se-s ina toe0a rrbior, it is only ne.'cs-aary tob sav' th'-.iat yo mai jmI~e eify.'ur re'glummiibi:ity.a th- --:f wich ta cl ner~;JIina I, in piirrec't en isa.ev w1~tito . r:,:t a nd ~am hi f . t.l'he wich~i' you 1pro; - - ect ~adt, i:em hlad a pa~ral- ~ Jll in: the ristar si-' f say comiitry, or. be recoin ededs -ith *ny' sit''-r puripose oftyur tio)vern an'1lt th'a'n 'that of impolea ng ip'in t his State the cloition' of a coniner'Ci prov u'oe. 4 Mr. Mulhas aafered the followtng resolu- w .ak IpJ n e any ampt tr.ifret etrioops f.et e Gove'a.ranmen't of the te Sates . :h'jir 2. 1u-fvdftrtrder. That the General As- a tubly learns with pride and pleasure of the ccessful resistauce, tis day, by the troops this State, acting under the order of the overnur, to an attempt to re-inforce Fort Litetr. 3. Reo/redfirther, That this General As -ibly entirely ap-proves and endorses the niunication ot the Governor this day made M.1:jor Andersona. 4. Thsadforther. That the General As unbiy pledges itself to an carnei, vig.roui Ad unthe-itating support of the Governor in iery eume udtopted by him in defence of le honor andl saf'tv of the State. Trhe renolutions being put, there was a uni :rsal ave. Mr. luist moved that t he word unaninutsly - inserted, which culled forth another spon mteous aye. . Shortly after, Message No. 6 froin his Ex dIlency the Governor, was teceived and read, follows: EXLCTIVE OFIcE, JaU. 9, 1861 Sthe &nue und House of Representaives: I have jlst this nioment received, under a hite fl:-, fr.om Maj,..r Anderson, cominand .L -t Fort Su:nter, anoth.-r iote, at Copy of liell aeottie'pane this. I ilnkilLe JVIj granted the pern.ission de re..!, ani direted every ficedity and courte.,y 0tin d1 to the beua.rir of bai., i-patches .maeln. TJiut) for his Govri: mtaenit g'ntt;g atd mti~.F. W- Pien: . s The f h-owing is the 5econid Coilikunicatioin Maji.r Anider.-on: lb:.ue~w usFOR Suwtrt:x, t Jantary 9, 1861. j G-,vcenw.r o Souit Carolina: S i: I have the honor to acknowledge the ccipt of your connuunication of to-day, and say tbat under the circuniNtalnces I have Nemled it proper to refer the whole natter my governiment, and that I intend de.err ,;; tile cour.,e indicated in maay note of this oroiing until the arrival fruni Washiiltounw 1.f e in.,tructioni. I may recei- e. I I-ve the Iim' :d1so to expr- the hope that no ob reltions tvil! be placed in the way of and mt you will do ine the favor 1f giving eveCry ility to the de'pMrture and return of the -aier, Lietu:cuant T. Talboit, U. S. Army, ho has been directed to inake thejourney. I have the honor to be. very respectfuilly NMj ir U. S. A. Coinutnanding-. On naution of Mr. Furrow, the essage of t u Governor, and the c-jianulicatiJnls o: ajor A:tierson, wt re referred to the Cowa ittee -0n Fioreign Afliairs, and ordered to be inted. A resohition from the Senate in relation to e adjournunent of the Geueral A-serably, 1 un ..iution of Mr. Edwards, laid on thei ble. Un mnotion of Mr. Fort; the lion-e ad irned at quarter to nine o'clock. t Alabania State Convention. MON-rmioW.Uav. A!a., Jan. l1.--The follow is the ordinance .f secession, as adopted s the convention to dai AN OnniZNANCE, dk.solve the Union exi:ting between the State of' Aiabima and the other States, uni tel under the compact styled the United Si. tes of Amnerica: Wit :am:.S, I'he election of A brain Lincoln it ilnniibal lianilin to t he t-lies u 1re.si- 1 :.t and Vice-President of the United States Amnerica, by a sectional party, avowedly ,tile to the dojiuetic in.stituti.us, and to the e ace and security of the peolle of the State I Alabana, following upon the heels of' nany d daterous infractions of the Constitution the United States, by Inany of the States d peope of the northern section of the lion, ia a political wrong otf so insulting and acing a character ais to justify the people the Staste of Alabamna in the adoption of .Iit and decidedl merautes for their future ace and Fecurity ; therefore, Sec. L. Be it declared and ordained by the otde of the State of Alabama, in convention amleild, that the State of'. ' ...,. ea otate, and over the p'eo- 4 e thereof', dlegL'atedI to the Goveriment of e Unidted States of America, be and they are rly withdrawn froni said Government, d are hereby resunned anda vested in ther ople of the State of Alabama. Sec. 3. Aud as it is the desire and purpPose the people of Alanbama to mneet the slave lding States onf the South, who approve of ch purpo.,e, in order to framne and revise a rtanent forin of goveruinent, npon the iiciples of thu Govern:nient of the United ~ates See. 4. Be it also resolved, by the people of labatna, in convention assetubled, thiat the atesolf D)elaware, Marland, Virginin, North, ro!ina, South Carolina, Floriht, Georgia, i~Neisippji, Louisiana, Tlexas, Arkansas, Tfen e-se, Kentucky, and MIissouri. be, andl they e hereby invited to mneet the State of Ala ua~, by their delegates, ott the fourth day February next, at Miontgomnery, in the ate of' .\labaina, for the purpose of counsu! ton with each other, as to the most elfec :a mode of' securing concerted and harino ois action, in whatever nicasures may be :emed uoat desirable for the comnmon peace ad seeur'ity. Sec. 5. And be it fairther resolved, that the resident of this Convention be, and he is rey instructed to transmit, f'urthwith, a py' of' the pire~ikable, ordinance, and resolu-t ns, to the Governora at' the several Statesr tued. Se-c. 6. The said resolutions, done by the .pie (of thme State of' Alabua, in convsen nt assermibled, att lotigoitnery, this eleventh y 'if January, eighteen hunmdred and aixty3 The foregoing pirearible, ordhttinace, andi 'suhttionis were adop'~ted by the folwmg~ te: Ayes 61, nays 39. A iter' the adoption of the ordinance the hall as openied to visitoars-. An ininense ntiass mun.tting Is no0w ini a m in front of the C:;pitol. 1 )iiniahed 'jperation dlelegate-; are pledging their con-' tuetuts, as~ a unit, to siaatuin the sCession. ~presented by thle ladie.s to thne convent-. m, antd now waiving ove'r t he Capitol, ,taidst e trintging of b~ells, tiring of cannon, amid in nso enat.asml. The Southern Confederacy. The following are thie resolutions, ke., rela ~e to a Southern Confederacy, as passed by e South Carolina Convention. We find themt the Charlestoni Merenry, of Jran. 8: TnEC RisoLerioN... Re.1sleed!(, F"irst : Tihat this convention do ,p)oint a comnmisioner to proceed to eh of' e ahiavehioldhing States that nily assembflell in netion, for the pu rpioe of hayitng our or nanee I' aecession before thme samme, and' re-' cetfully invitinag thteir co-operation in thet raation with us of' a Sou~terni Conif'deramcy., Second : That. our cottuniissioners af.,re.isaid i :further aiuthorised to submit, on our part., ec FeXderail C. nstittion as the batsm of ai rav-ial~ Go''ver,,nment for auch State's as ml have withldramwn th-:ir connectioJn with se overniiLmnt oif the Uniteid States of merica: Prori-Iedi, That the 'aid P'rovisional oerment, and the te;nures of all oflicers id alppit tments aingunder it, shall cease atd tditermuine ini two) years from theL 1st day J uly ne'xt, or' whmen a permanenI~tt Govern at sall heave buten oro.inised. I haird! : Thant t le said Conanmissioners be; thorisedf to invtec the secedinig States to1 :et in :onivetionl, at such time' :ad place a~s a ti,- a,:reed upcon, for ihe purpose or fbrm a nd J.utting in mtotion sitch Provisionial v:rument, and so that the aid Provisional overnent sfh i e organised anid go intoi eet at 'the earlient period previous to the hi of .\arieb, 1 51; ; andI that thme saime con-l' ntiont of seceding States shall provide forth-' ihm to consider' and1 propose a Constitution dl phait for a permnanent. Govermntt fori ': States, which pro'posedl plan shall be re-1 r:-d lb' k to the' s'xvral St'ate conivenstionis I Fourth i: 'I h-ut cight deputka.4;t shl beleet I .y baliot by this convenitiont, who shaull be ties as may be appointed by the other slave holding States who may sceedl from the Fed lral U;niou, for the purpose of' carrying into lfect the foregoing resol utions ; and that it be recotomended to (ie said States that each State he entitled to one vote in the said con -entioni upon all questions whiclirmay be voted upon therein ; and that cach State send as naiy deputies as are equal in nunber to the uumber of Sena:ors and Reprsentatives to vhieh it was entitled in the Congress of the [nited States. Till-. VElt'TIPs. The following tiare the deputies elected to epreseat. South Carol ina in the proposed con .ention : Hon. It. 13. thett, Sr., lon. It. W. Barnwell, lion. Jamies Chesnut. Jr., lon. C. J. Memminger, Ilon. W. P. .Miles. lion. L. d. Keitt, Hion. J. Withers, lion. W. W. Boyee. Washington News. W s1SNGTO , J.iuary 10-4 p. m.-Pres dent Buchanan and Gen. Scott have liith ex iressed their gratification, this norniig, at he rarrow e:cape of the Star of the West on he morning oif the 9th from the batteries on lorris Ilaid. A lar-e imniner of the Southern members till in C. .nireas, c..iled, in a boidy, on Pre.i lent hn1chnmaii ye-terlay (Wednesday.) and arnestly protestel mpiint sendin-r any rein 'rcements, or any vessels of any kind to) the iouth, uIle-s the detlrmilned lilicy of the Idministration was to provoke a bloudy and lisastrous civil war. (fen. Scott has gained entire control over lie policy of the Administration. President [uc.anuan alfect< great surprise at the idea hat tihe hatteries in Charleston harbor should itave olpenied fire upon the Star of the West resterday morning. The Constitutiom newspaper, of this morn ,Ig, published a letter from Vice President 3reekinridge to the Governor of Kentucky, irging union antug the Southern States as he only escape trum civil war. Senator Davis, to-day, opened the ba.ttery hinst lihe President. His speech is consid -red to hive been the ablest of his life. Even he Northern Denocrats applande!d it. lie llounted the course of the Administration elative to Sith C.trolina. and su.stained the atter. lie implured the Repulhicans to save he country. the terrible effects of civil war. WAan wTo., January 11.-An altercation, rhich occurred yesterday between Senator aoma and Gemieral Scott, is quite the town alk. It -1ppes that they were both present it a diintr party last night, when the conver :itiom turned uponti the fate of the Star of the Vest. Mr. Toombs said that if the vessel ad ibeen iunk, ie wished those who had or ered her to Ciarleston had been ont board of ier at tie time. This drew a sharp rejoinder roni General Scott, when Mr. Toomnbs gave tim the lie. Scott. it is said, promptly rose o relent the insult, but was restrainmed by lie gentlemen present, and every eilort was itde to hush the mitatter up. R1umior says, owever, tlhat the e:d k not yet. The President regrets exceedingly Ander on's first .ote to Gov. Pickens. Mr. Bueha an thinks it woild have been better if An ersoni had comiuicated with the Govern. mit here befeire w itiing it. If the Administ ration detenines to rein irce Andersont at all hazards, it is under too I that the Brooklyn will lie outside the rior and shell the b:tteries, hile theHlar iet Laie is to escort the Star of the West to 'ort Sumiter. Lieut. Tatlbot irrived to-day, and hiel a mg conference with the President and Gen ral Scott. Ile reports that Fort Sumter can old out two tiotths; that it has iplenty of ntod w ater and a supply ,f fuel, but that coal imtich ieled. I understand the conclusion to send supplies umider the prnotection of a ai-otf-wur, at all haz-irds. Every part of he harbor has been clo~ely examnined til thme harts of the Coast Survey offi':e, which are ow in the possessioii of Genm. Scot t. Aniderson's forbearance in not firing upon orts Moulte and Morris is highly rapproved. Ion. P. F. Thoma4. %-- '- ' " .. ,.2 uen. Scott anti enator Toomnbs last night, Senator Gwin of ~alifornia, separated them. Rumour says that iostile notes have passed. W.isnHtNGToN, Jan. 12.--The steamship Star f thbe WVest was struck by t wo balls, one on he bow and the second on the starboaird Larter, betwren the smoke stack and etngine >eam. Nobody was hurt. The steamuier truck oni the bar twice in conming out and eeni at nibt. two steamiers cotmig out of ;larleston itirbior, sujposedl in pursuit. The amte night the Star of the West spoke thme hip Emily St. P'ierre, frtomt Liverpool for :harleston, which hado been refusedl admit anice in conseqpuence of having the American hag flying. When leaving the harbor the tar of the West receivetd several plartinug shotits omu Morris Islande, but all fell short. The :eneral feeling ont board now is to return to) :arleston with the proper means of defence .nd efl'ect a landing. Thle Cabinet were in session until a late iour last night, ctnmsiderintg the dispatches >roeght by Lientt. Tatlbot. According to aip tearenices the Admtinistrationt wilf mnaintain t present ptosition towards Souith Carolina. lin the Senate, Mr. Seward, in his great peech, saidl that there culd be no such thinig 4 peecable keessC.ioni. le advocates the re eal of the personal liberty bill, and said that he Conistitutmiont should never be so altered as i give to Congress the plower to abotlish slave y in the Staites. The territorial qutestionm hould be settledl by admuitting all thec present 'erritories as Staties, anid Kainsas with the Vyanudotte Constitutioni, amid that lawa should I eniacted to prevenlt the invasioin of et sate by another, and that there should be wo l'acifie Rail Rolads, onte Northern anid le Southern. In time House, thme Mississippi muetubers p~re ented their letter of withdrawal. The Navy Bill we up. Mr. Pryor wanted o strike tt four miliion for pay of oflicers .d mencm, tand lie said that lie woumld sink the lavv', rather thtan it should be used aigainst iis countrymen. Hie said that the imnbeeile 'hninistrationm was controlled by aim aspiring oldier, unid lie warnmed Virgintia against im-~ iattdinmg daniger. P'residenmt's Mescsage. W~rsitso-rosN, Jant. 9.--The Presidenit, in uis iessage to Conigress, says that lie regrets hat mattei-s, instead of becomiing better, are rotse, anmd hiope is dltiimished. Alluding to ie condlitioni of Sotith Carolinat, lie says thmat here will be no other aterniative but to colleet ie revenuite, atnd protect the public property, a far as practicaible. Under the existinig laws, is dulty is to excnte. I he .,ays t. thle opeinmg of the sessioni he :dllt ttIetion of Conmgress to thme damn. grs to th lie.I;ion~i, andl reconnmmded suchm nea:sretS of rel ietl a. he believed wonuld have ie effect of tramtjinilisinig thie coun try, and ~ave it freut the perils in whieb it is m-e'iE-s.. y anid unmforuntately plat:al, It is not ne.i :eSSry to repeat. b'.s opinion anid recomn nen lation, as his conlvictiont theni experested is un h:hanged. Tlhie righmt andty ouetemltr n ival ftirees aaimitythosewhno ilegaly ana .:Fedheral Goveirnmen~tt, mare clear andt. inudis. mtibte ; biut thet prt-sentt stmite of thinigs is i,vonid tihe F~xu-entive conitrol. We tire ini thet zidt oif a great revolution ; and lie recomn. nenmds to Cuunress to meet thme presett -nergencvy ; tie themi is reserved the power to kla~hre war, and to remove the grievances liat mighlt lead to war, and restore peace to h.- cunttry-oni thtem rests the resp. nibiiliiy. A fter eutogisineg thet blessintg conferred b~y hit Union, lie says: Shotild it peri-ba, thme -aizimity will be as severe ini the southmerni us It the northertn Slates. The setcession tmove mnent is chtielly imade in am apprehensi .,n as o t he senittiments of the north- - States. Let he questiont be tranusferred tfrom thme political maemblly to thet ballot box--thme peole will -dress grievanlces. Inm Heaven's nme let ie trial lbe madoe hefore we pluntge into revo ' in. There is ito alte-rnative. Let us hmave *!-e tmin- would that South Cairolinia had lie appieals to Coungress to say ini their might hat tho Uznion shall. and must ha nraerved by all Constitutional means. He r.-comndsend Congress to devote themselves to prompt a< tion, with views to peace. Divisions on th line of'360 30 is suggested as calculated t produce adjuatulent. It was an iiputatio on the members to say that they will heaitat for a nionient. The danger is on us. In sei eral States, the forts and arsenals have beei seized by aggres*ive acs ; Congress shoul endeamr to give the diflie Ities a peacefi solution. le states the reason why he had refraine from sending troops to reinforce the forts i Chile--tou harbor, believing this would hav f'urnjisled a pretext if not a provocation o the part of South Carolina fur aggression. Referring to Anderson, he says that tha oflicer coul.d not, before he left Fort Moultrit have held that post forty.eight or sixty hour Ue had warned his country of danger-fel the duty iaithfully, though imperfectly pe: flormed-he was conscious he meant well fo his country. A i -ro F:.oti).-We understand that i i- very likely that a proposition will be intro dwd into tile State Legislature, offering aiq oit troiopa and money to the State of Florida Florida oes not possess very ample resources nor i- the laden with "the spoils of the Foil eral Gvtrn ent.' I1er population is ver: pars.e-not amLIounting to one hundred aut lifiv thotail. Of course this populatioi woultd not Ihe able to arn and lortify the State. however pa:triutic her citizens might.be. I is but right, therefore, that the other southeri States should tener soie aid to " gallant ;t tie Floritla," thus preventing her secession ur dinance from becoming too deeply dyed w t. blood.-Charlemtdn Mercury, Jan. 9th. Much has bsei said about -' precipitate at lion" in or by South Carolina, but a disintar ested historian, writing after a proper lapseo time, will he constraiied to state that nothi very precili:tute was done, during the meinsii ab!e Decem'ber of 10t0, except the retreato Maj. Anterson. This was the most precini tate retreat which ever was suffiered under teu American fIg.-Charleston Courier. Qtle tttiir+ ARTHUR SIMKINS, EDITOR. W EDNESDAY, JAN. 16, 1861. Special Favors. Our individual -,hanks, andl the thanks of ou eommnunity, are due to the M1srs. W urILLoCe, t, Mr. DOI-TIC, and to our old friend, J. L. Mims, al of Augusta, for ready assistanice in procuring in telligence for the private Edgefield mail. Sudden Death. Wx regret to learn that S. UnaoAnwATrn, Edq. died suslenly of an Apoplectic fit en Mondav oirniing last, at the residence of his nephew, Mr G. W. linOw.mWATn, where he had gone the dai previous, in perfect henilth, on a visit. The de ceased was one of our m1Ast valued and useful eit lizon, and his nany friends will be pained ti hear of his audden lemise. For a number o years he hid been acting in the capiacity of Msg istrate, which ofice lie filled with much credit ti himself, evincing unusual business qualifloations and generally adjusted legal differences, whei sumittel it) him, its the satisfaction of all partiem lie was eamphativally a pence-maker. and as suel will ie long remeni.-red. Yet, :aa! in the wids of hais usefuness, he is taken frot among us, ant has gtine to reap the rich and lasting reward e an honorable and well-spent life. -40*- * - Town Council. At an election for Intendant and Wardens o the Town of Edgefield, on Mutnday last, the fol lwinag gentlemien were elected. Intemdint--TI. C. IBr sr. W~ardens-Z. W. CAntwn~i, R. T. Mixs, LEwI Josane, W. W.~ Anaxs. his rec-ruiting flag to al who seish t .harge of a bramve aah~or. All Ihope Gone. Senator Suwasnn's speech in tile United State Senate oin Ssturosy last, baniebed all hope of1 speedy settlemient of the pendling strife. Senato Toosias in a dispatch to the Coniuti~a onaliht, dates Washinsgttan, Jan. 12, lays: " Sr.wAns's spece puts an end to all hope of adjustment." Our Volunteers. The " Edgefieldl ltitlemn"~ arrived in Charles t.'n on Monday morning thie 7th. They remaine< there two or three danys, and were thence s~hippec to Sullivan's I.-Iandl, where they are nowt all well and rendy for laction if necessary. Jun: T. Gnaav was ac-cideantally shot with a pistol in Ila hands of a brother soldier, a few ay since, bu the woundl, we are glad to state, is not at all ser) otus, nad it is thought he will he up and answerina to) the Rtull call in a shlort time. "The Hlambhurg Minute Men," undler cowumani of Capt. Wxa. Si:n:s, and Lieuts. Gao. Rontyso: F. C. BArnrmu r.d Ilesav ExY, numbering cvi t0l mu .n, and thle " Cherokee Pond Volunteers, Cap. It. M,:urm:rn, and Lieuts. D. L. Sima and' .m. P. lk-rI.?Zn, n~ubOrin~g nau about 100 mseri lft Hamuburg for Charleston oan the 5th. Bothle tese spirited Companies are comnposed of li loking anal gallant msen-men mnade of the righ material. Edgefield may well be proud of he Vdunteer Corps now ini the service of the Stat< When the oeens5ion require! it they will do the) duty. On Wedlnestday lust, the llamburg Minute Me und the Chlerokise Pondl Volunteers were marche on beard the .steamer Excel for secret service. TL le.. accounts; we haive of thema we find jn the ami nexedl dispatchl to the Cotutuaaist: Can t.,:5-rUs, Jin 10I.-The Ham.nburg comlpuu ar Minute Men, under comanmand of Cnyt. Ss-anc: is statiion..d about .'ae mite frtm Fort Moularie. A4 present, nio unoI is allowed to vi~it thema, buit wlhe last heard fronm, 'hey wore all well andl in con pratively gtod spirit,. Froms the Chaarleitoni Ueurier of the 10th, we larn with sorrow that P'rivate SInnEy WEEsCs,C te '- Chi'eokee Ponda Volunteers," on Wcdnesda lat, " fell through the opening above thin entrant into the Arsenal, had forowust, upon tho grount When takeni up he was inssesible. Dr. Georgoe Pulser was immedliately called in, and adinih tered to the unfortunate younmg marn with promp' una5 andt skill. ie reenih td sio externsal injur3 xepsOmeI scratches and bruises, but fromt h syptomsa the physician feared that the conses sion liad prloduced conlgestion of the brain. W~he last heard from, there was no abatement in th unfavorable symlptomss, andl the worst fears we: entertained as to the result." $air- The republicans ill Conigress have recniva psrivata dispatches from Lincoln' stating that I iue uint applaointedI Simn Cameron, of Penn~ylva itia, tu his Cabinet: also, that he ( Linicoln) hams re ceived several letlers from Virginia, revealing well.plnnsed pilot to, prevent his inauguration the fourth 'if March. p9 Three coimpanies of trto'ps have been a1 d~ered to Washington from Fortress Monroe, V pZa- Jon. Jacaob Thumnpson, ton the 8th, r signetd his conmmission as Secretary of the Interio in the griouind of an allegetd hbreach of understan ing with thme President, that no troops were to 1 sent to Andersen without the dleternmination heil imade knowni to the Cabinet, andI that he was a infrmuead of thi. depairture or the troops in ti steauship Star of the West, until the infurmnatit was punblished in the piapers of thiaq morning. gg The Sub-Trenaurer of Charleston has ii fsumad thie Goveinulent that the authorities thei forid his paying any mere drafts. gg In the Senate, on the 'itha, Mr. Clark Missouri introduced a resolutiona favoring the ei freement of the L,ws perpetuating the Union. d1ar-The election of delegates ini Texas for t1I State Convention shows a majority for secession r-The citizens of Mubile have subacribe enn nna rle, tk. derence or the eiv Response of Edgefneid. In obedience to the call from llend Quarkrs, I e Edgefield responds, by volunteers, as follows: Yot Lower Battalion 10th ltogiment, 115 imen. as f do do loth do 75 do citi do do 7th do 55 do our Upper do . 9th do 98 do the The other battalious are not beard from yet. bet The lower battaliun of the 7th has now one full etl'e company and a large part of another at Charles- bili ton, which will account for its comparativuly small nun t exhibit. Ther will bo no drafting in Edgefield. pre The Crop of 18111. This is a serious subject fur the Soutb. and one tv. t that should he cared for with at much promltuess t*ll: Y as the very defonse of our soil. We maid bare the tlv. means of subsistence for man and beast, and we fo hould have the means of meeting our moneyed f r exigencies icithin ouratnelces if possible. This can- in t not be done to the full, unless iumedi:to arrange ments be tmade to 'pitch' a ,fae crop; and by a t safe crop we mea une neither too extensive nor too limited, partaking largely of a provision ebtar peter while as niuch devoted to the muin incotte ,Noss chance,-cor,- eircuttistances will warritt. It is thought by suie that our citizens will be called to the baatIletieldl iu numtbers. But, be this ' as it tuay, enough muert be left to superintend the its!) I corn aid cotton fields. We int and wili have a jaiti stamlitig plice. In this polic .-hould lo included the masters of paniitatlins (-r their oversoers. Of . couree many tuore than these will be left at home this to preserve the arder and quiet of the couttry. ef We only urge that these should be of the number who remuain. A planter or a farmer may (and are Ahauld) send his Sons, his nelahews, his unmnarriod Nor or unemployed kinsmen of any age, to the service Flol - of his State, to do battle if need be. But his own f etreful eye und his own quick perceitions should * be busy at home in his plantation or farni. Every producice arable tacre of land South of the Putu- pre tnac should be put itn cultiratiun this year, and it oft should be urged to its highest capacity of produc tion. The last two years have beeti unfavoralle dist fur crops in the South. It is probable thiat the pro present will be an unusially tite one. The wet wit) and freezing winter gives laromise of tin laundlant lt crop year. Now let all buckle to ini tue. Gce-up tha and geo-ho frui. the begiting. Drive steadily on through the sonzon. It is our iuterest und our duty to do this. Unless we do, our war-path will but be the wore arduous. A full crop of corn. rice, tobacco, sugar, und eontam, will give as much r real strength to our cause ias many legions of cn armed men. like I lure Alabata is out the Union. tor MotstioIxy, Jan. II.-The Ordinance of Se- "ga eOssion was passed to-day by a vote of-ayes 61, thle? noes 39. There are greatrejialciugl in consequence. itI .. .Q- *_ - a Si Florida Is Out of the Union. pi. TALLAHNss:, Jan. 11.-The Cunvention of the antd people of Florida, at half-past tweIvo o'clock, to- you day, adolated the Ordinance of Secession, by a cot vote of-ayes 62, noes 7. The Ordinance is on- terr conditional, and takes effect iwmedaiately. aga The cannon tire boomting in honor of the event, abs< and there are general public rejoicings. ' +--+- into Mississippi is Out of' the Union. Jactsox, January, 9.-The Ordinance of Seces sion passed the Convuntion this afternoon by a witl voto of S4 to 15,. dliv All the prominent places are illuminated, aud . there tire enrnest demonstrttions of joy, with firing of ucaon aud explosiins of fireworks, etc. tal r The Commissioners from South Carolina and Alabama were in- ited to seats on the floor of the .<Iti Convention, aumid great applause. r Efforts to postpaone atCtion were voted down, - there being laut fifteen votes in favor of such a couirse. The Ordinaince will be unanimously signed tt to-maarrow. Good News from Louisiana. ,a")a e'w flnr.r..eys, L.C , Jan. 11.-Forts Jackson Utn Wehaie . Hamburg Minuote Men until we get a '----- ... We will thank Capats. Sturt.s ad MuLI~tiwx-rxa .iii rto furnish us full and correct lists of the member' p oaf their respec'tive campanies- houlia gg Frotm a letter tat the Conaa.'turionaiert, d a-ti. ted Charlesttan, 11th inst., we take this extract: aa There is gun need of drafting, anal will he tione; an - moare volugnteers are aaffering thian we kgnw whatt "l" tat do with. One of the Edgefaid cenipanies would pubti haveo beeni refu'aed if we hadi known it before they the left. Six rentdy itt Abbeaville, aar~d tanly one takun' anti Edgeticild has maire thant furntishged her quita." . 'ama Gu aro.- A Frienda Of Tihe Soauth " 1Y twriting to the Charleston Xereauy from Washing. /he . ton, strongly re'ontmentds the use of yutn ct'tanaa Nor ,and gives the followintg pliaini directiaon for prepar- ats, I lug it : .et -*1y itmmearsinig the cottaan lbre iu a mgixtutre oat life,. equal parts of 'ming nitric uaeid aind tat itulpahurie tfor a mait (aif spa. gr. 2,00,) it is at. ogtac conviaertedi inta ati raauu acartaon, a miaterial mnore etletive thanm the best gutnpowder, atnd which cana he produced at a cost of fifty per cent. less. -~t Truae.-The lamte Journ~aal agaitn hits oil thte times truthafutlly thus: C *...--Soaiety will ie utore tlaunagltfual, thi ag tiwiter." Sat s'aid a brillitat wotnau taf taashiungt ha n r us, the oter day, anad it. meantt somnethitng !Ite- ieal 'dades tha' withdrawai of the utore genaiai antd lively evil, Satutherna elementt fram the tmixtutre, there is~t aig r ahngust universal imphroesitn of "seriaius titnecs a feelinig that our country is paissing throungh a~ hear grate crisis of htistotry, anda a certaitn setnso ot re- alut p joasibility under bontiad bel'n ers" ml 0*" iI-1asty ierreaat-StOme writer for a New . - Yojrk ptaper gives an iecont tat Naj. A strtnsox's 28t tiight frutm Vort Maouttrie nhbich we have ntot scetn elsewhere. It lais:the aIt is saidi Miajor Antdersoan way alarmed b~y cont three ratckets, let off fromti te etad ofi Sultirtia,'s -islanda, whieb he suplpoled to be thes ?ignai fair ala a.ttack. This,. however. is not gettertally credited; Ct baut that hie certanly left 10 great basteu, is evidrin- Miu e- eed by mtany thittgs. There were left behind int W. If thte oficers' quarters, htats, botoks, cots, etc. The ypinnto was aipen, the muisie au the floor, and the ~ stool overturtned. Noh NoLetters. otie The peoplle needi not enqfuira for letters lay oaur lai viihago exptress, as we get nothing hut ptapers itt that waty'.a ~In this coannection we would gnek tihe cittzensd to - betar with our P. M. Mr. R.tsAv in ay mistakes nt that have occurred or tnay occur ini delivering let- A n ttters atnd papiers. lie has been quiite sick fair somei. the e -dys is still sutferitag ; and his adeputy ii not yet .dA"~ mat All Gesteratls.mt At a linac like this it is tot' mtuch time case that nun tirll tare geaaer'ala. Majair (ioaho/taul thainks thaletrt wit, e saght taa lae taikeni to-night. Catptain C'.atio'aaa is Coi. of mapiniotn that we ought to get every thing ex teanvely retady befoarehantd; wihl Colonel liiner"'"~ chit a haas a paeculinir platn of hais tawn which alatme cea time save the city. No doubit every tman haas a righmt to mnaiiin his owvn plintiont, attd an eajgnal ri.;ht to r2 criticiUe the poalicy aaf thotse int authotrity. Yet it a . is ce'rtaitnly a ritght thtat shotulhl bec exercised dlis . Iteetly. In this pearilaus emtgergency'3, it is dlitcult 2 r, tat say what is wise anal what is ratsh withotut all the Yen - iights tefotre us wrhich those getntlemten poassess ls awoarn at the hehnt utf State. Upan thaem rests reat the heavy responsibility of the ratsult of each gd t sltp ; ttad they shmould beg bairne with, in all thtey fl e 'a, patiantly andt det'erently'. It wilt naot dto for kent n all tat baegenoral.s, unaless we wohi see contfusiont dr~a aend distuny in our eattpl. Y't like the rest, we gutt too woulf put itt these few wordls : .hnake thae Mor'- 2 erie kslaari defruaces us pon-teapul a pmonale. Cha ' ; Juall.-Our village is dulh, particularly at byI f uighmt. I large proaportion of the knock-about, au - stir-aroued part of our community wentt ofi' in the 2 Edgefield Rifle coarpsa atnd thec young tmen whot ro.-R atain doat. seetm to feel like futa just notw. We tire were over the other tightt aler our email, and re ally the twtt loatked dark andt lonestme,-two oar ing d three lig::ts only bursting aroundl the entire pilaza, saia I *nverjmwprwo~hetmp. sai 64 The World" Blatant. hat canting und self-inflated humbug, the New k ll'orld-(God save the mark !)-hns become urious as it is impotent in its threata of coer by the North. Ignoring the true nature of cause'nt every step, and1 basely Calumniating South from coluwin to column, it is evidently t upon all the mischief its miserable tools can t. As a ingle instance of its utter unrelia y, we mention a declaration in one of its lust kbors to the purport, that Southern leaders and ses have duped the1 "ignorant creatures around u to expert, in their ioor, dumba way, a black ,lic" upon the iuccees opf the Republiean Par Witness the mean fatlsehooad, brave and in gent freemen of the South ! and mark for the %r the knave who thus seeks to dishonor you his covert of security. ith this clumny on its brow, the same paper o same article has the effrontery to aildress as " Friend. at the South ! brothere in blood l e-ci::enis oif this geit republbie !" But ihmme ely, forgetting its tone of whining hypocrisy, .-mIe delectabale "brother in blooid" shifts his Mime with a fieility worlby of P'rtenoo, and, ing upon you with scowling phiz and awful uralis-(Angepls and Ministers of grace defend -threatens you as a mastr,-villiies your ittie motives,-denonnces you as traitors, and a over you in terror-,- the porodligious an icement:" There is no mistake,-detersitna is the word. The people are deternined that Union shall stand, and that its laws shall be ree." 'hat people, thoun mundane madman ? Here the pecopole of Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, th Carolina, South Carolina, G eorgia, Alabanma, ida, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, ouri, Tennessee and Kentucky ;-you do not end too mean the ieple of these States. What le then, thou latant metropolitan elf? There the pe.aple of Calafornia and of Oregon, and le other mere recently fortned States:-yuu ot wean them. As for Calaftornia, she is so nt and so peculiarly situated that her own livities to disunion have already been watched interest. While the other new States have lier time nor inclination at present to do more take care of thenselves. Again then we ask stupility, what peeople ? It is not the North t ; for they are a peslople satisfied with their resources and prospects, which wiil not le inished or retirded liy a dissolution of the )n. They are a "hlrdy free-born race" who appreciate a struggle for right and justice that which heckons on the South at this june. . They kneow that the Southern States are noot ean not lee otherwise than good neighbors to 3, in ter cut of the Uni-an ; and they eancot le tied lay your absurd assumption in regard to utlern control of the umouth of the Miss:p11. They are a jrectical not a fanaticl people ; one of their greatest leaders has already told that " the revolution in South Carelina is pete." and that any attempt to conquer her itory, cr to use any oilier than civil pracesses ist her citizens must be followed bay disunion lute and irrevecable. 'hat people then ? we wauld once tore hammer your beclouded cranium. You caennit cny it .e Democrats of even Ohio; for there PCn VAL.ANi.4t1i -'ive you the lie direct. So i New York, Massachusetts, and nearly all the sicns of the Ncrthern Demoerny lircper. Nto, -it is nune of the good and true Detmorrats of North that will nid aend abcet yon in your brags 'nion-,or itn 0t/il hf:orde. But it is veur :k Republican allies, your traitors to the Co. tion, :olur woodeltinuneg New Ecglanlers, Spiritual rapperrs lercanac, yoeur Higher itlmsatoles. ywnr Turitl depenclants. your G y. uent Iltaod-sucker-, your calico and shoe andl tal barta.icl hnd biueket ilalufacturerrs, velur un rud ralilwlly 5tockholdeers,--thse are ycour le whod nre so virtuoeusly "adetermihael thlat the a shall stand antd that its laws shall lbe en shams Ilnd ruin in anly attack for ally cauI5e I gaovernmenit with 5luch muride dlwellilng es anda out-buildings as thtere :plift their tdat. freemts to the etaritpruredl gaze ofeilice-hohller.. ostsitde oif this single regmenct of Ameiriennl uplhere, surely thlere is tnc tther teln mtiles re tromll Madine tea Pen~nsylvnnlin where tlce lRe. icn will lee endeorsedl as the peoplle ot orth praoper, itch less as the ple~~l of thet e sectiaon ab~ove the lalrnllel of Virginin's harn bounary. t of one thintg the Woraql/ the Flala e andl thme . t may b~e neauredc: It it sa, chance thact thet h1 shouzld lay iany stranlge dlelusicen unite aiginlst here is thiroughoucet the leruole Soutth but oneC int und11 cne resolv,-unad It is tco lease all. propclerty nnd. unt ildnn-icy. ra ther thcani submiit ,neC mhomenCt to thle rule of Ann.:Ax Leneeut.e his myirmidlonis. Thek )Iernlld i Thae Trlsnulle. Miscellaucous Itets. 7' The Goevernlor caf Tennessee, ir. lais Mns to' the Legislature, reconalllendis that thae qules of ex~ilig a Stte convenltion be l-ft to the le. lie ays that thle remnedy fcor the paresenlt reflus:ll whereof Tuennece sheauld maintain Llualiy inl the U-nilln, or lher indepcendaence f it. lie recomnmendls the organizatioan of the l, anal the puIrchallde of armis. *- The Texas S:ate conveir.a: *~-ets ithe Jitnunt~ry. 7" The follolwing~ genitlemzeni were electead bcy state Couventioni as Dalegactes to a Southern grese: ccc. . It. Rhett, R. W. Buirtnwell, 11cn. Jame> 'nut. Jr.. lion. C ti. Meniminpglr. IIum. W. P'. WV. Uoyee. ~y Wae learn fraom thec Ch-ra.-tc-anu eajo thc IinSh., thalt Mr. R. L. Hhlnes, ot the Carailina it Infantry, was aeciedentally shot and killed by7 of the sentinels at thle Garrisaon ect Castle, :kny on the night of the 7th. W Hion. J. L. Orr paedlSl through Augusta on iredy last, on his way teo Milledloville, as5 Cim riccnr tao Georgia fromi this State. Wi' Thce Charleston Mlercuary of the 9th, ha follwing notice of the arrival of our "c RZ. A cmplany frean Edgefieldi, under the corn. d of Capt. Cicero Adlams, nivead Tusadny tng, atnd have enlisted for six miothts. The~y her aboaut eig'ety nloble, clever mell, ameing e, as a parivate, is a son of the late giallnut Pierce M. Ilutler, of the Palmetto Regiment." g Over six thousand melcLhanlies were ali. ged from emloitymaent in Cincinnati during past week. .a Fiv volunteer comupanties left Muntgomne. l the 9th, for Pensacoln, Fln., it is uniderstood o reqluest of Giov. Perry of that State. SWe have now befoire us a letter from a rabe lady, says the New Orleans DrlIcn, the surviving child of Gen. Nat. Greene, who has hod the aidvanecel age of eighty, in whlich, ressing one of her descendants, she uses the Iwing nole langutage: Raher than hecar that Fort MIoultrie was ta from South Carolina, I wo~uld lhave :::yself ged there and sit on the parapet until the last was tired." SMrs. Robert Andaerson, whlo arrivedl in rleston on Saturdaly evetning, i~th inst., is no1w, ermission of the Governor, with her husband 'ort Simter. W The Petereburg E?raesa states that Major ert Anderson is not a Kentuckian, hut a na cf lllckinghatu County, Virginia. 7 A facrmer chargemd a Ilired mans with hav. inl ifentsive breath ; "l thunder and lightning,' the raan, t" do you exyect a man to breathe I. ..o... .t .t. .oa... a matk,. e BY TELEGRAPH Latest News from Charleston. The Charleaton Courier, of the 14th inst., says: The negotiations and currespondence between Fort Sumter and the Executive Headquarters, 1% hieh Legan on Friday, as we have reported, were euitinued or renewed on Saturday, and many ru :mius were afloat concerning the objects and re sults. It is useless to mention such rumors, as the truth will be known as soon as compatible with the public service and sound policy. Col. ISAAe W. HAY a.:, under a special cummis sion fronm the Governor, and Lieutenant HALL, with dispatches from the Commander of Fort Sumter, left on Saturday afternoon -for Washing tam. Rona:nT N. GoUvtnr, Esq., followed in the night trair of Saturday, on the Northeastern Rail Road, with a comminsion from Gov. Pzcxxs. And again: Eight of the laberers who havo been detained in Fort Sumnter for some time, made their escape on Saturday, and reached the city. It is believed there are thirty laborers who are still detained ngainut their derire and consent. The saitme pialer says: We ure infuormial that Hlxxty MeLLENS, P. A. AvttLa. and N. L. CosTI: have been duly ap. pointed, respectively, as Lieutenants, first, second and third, in the service of the State of South Carolina. The .ercury and the Courier both give eheer ing accounts of our brave volunteers now at the seat of action. Col. Gaano's Regiment is now complete, being compvsed (so for as we can gather) of one Columbia company, the three Edge. field companies, and companies from Abbeville, Fairfield, Newberry, Darlington, Union and Ma. rion. Frn a gentleman (a citieen of Edgefield) who left Charleston on Monday, we are happy to learn good news from our Edged eld companies. He saw Captains A i>.us. M1nnIwrirHEit and SPIRKs, and all the men, both on Saturday and Sunday. They were all well and in fine spirits, had good quarter* and plenty to eat. A few were suffering slightly from vaccinati.n, but nothing serious. Our coin punies nre full, and there is no foundation for the rumior that some of the men had left without per misriin'. Capt. Ai)Ass, with a number of men, was throwing up defences in view of hostilities. Latest Washington News. WAsna-roN, Jan. 13-S . m.-Seward's speech of yesterday is pronounced by all parties to have been a sal failure. The Republicans now admit that there is no further hope of compromise, and Gen,. Scott duclares that if the South is united, war would be abtisurd. That the South will be a unit, no one here any longer doubts. About 200 United States troops arrived in the city this morning and were quartered at the Ar wiry Barracks. The object is to make a military displny calculated to intimidate any attempt at invapion. It is now asserted that the Stor of the West will not lie ordered back to Charleston, but sent to where, it is believed, she was originally destined, fortress Monroe, on -he Chesapeake Bay, Virginia. But no movement will be mads for the present, in view of intimations in official quarters that Major Andersen has sent further dispatches, anil that the Cahinet is soon to lie put in ceamunication with the authorities of Siouth Carolina with special ref. erenee to this difficulty. The Star of the West is announced to have ar rived in New York. She has been visited by an immene concourse of people, though nothing is said of the extent of damage dune her by the shots from Morris Island Battury. The Miesiwsip.pi Delegation have withdrawn from the hlouse of itepresentatives. Mr. Barks dale presented the letter of withdrawal, signed bay his collenigues and himself. Messrs. Davis and Brown etill retain their Seats in the Sernate. Virginia Holds a Convention. D,,.,,saxn. Jan. 13.-The Senate last night Fo~rt Barrancas andl the Navy Yards are in poe. Sessioni of the Floridians. The U. S. Troops have taken refuge itn Fort Pickenis, a very strong re treaut anid said to ciommiandl the hmnrbor. Last ate coutitt left it douabital whsether Fort Pickents would be attaiekedl. Mr. Troomebs. This distimnisbed Geoirgian arrived itt Augusta mootday night anal was receivedl with enthuyiasti' ,retn. Herepaort. the Admniastration at Wn'ash injtaan still vueiillta tig atnd unadecidled, ail ays the South mus t husten the woark of her own suhn tion. Great Georgin. The fulle~st statemnent yet given of the vote in ticairgia is from the U'oa ituuioall-, and etands thtus : For imnmediate sere,sion........ 175 delegates. Fur cooperatioan.................'JM delegates. Not Cert i..........................S delegates. Counties not heard friom, eleven. It is bielieved that- the Southern Emupire Stat. will secedle on the 1ith instant or very soon there. after. Niaw gii on, if you like it, with your gatne of corcion. Whtat a Lie! We find in the lDuston l/ermld, in an article "Mutters at Chtarleston,"~ amtong nutterus false laonds, thme folliwing~ whoppiler: "Thme Newarl Yore Taiuue Iearns, thriugh a pri ate letter fram a pet f.erly re.pie.ctablte source in Ciarlestun, limit the ather dhay a bodly oaf twettty Minute Meni trimt the coiutry entered a large pri tate hiouse in thl.~it ity adl idemantded dinner. A iaitner wa, given themso. :andi then they deniantded tetn idlais each.s:.yinag that they hiad not! cume to Carlesatia tar niothinag; andi the mietm.:y was fur ;.2- T/.- l'to.I is g'ratifying to see thait onr citizens are contimmiing it: gaiod earnest t he buziines.s ef a nightly patroal. It s n nelI thiat they ,Ihould be unf nly stricet. Since Ch~ristm~aas we think there hias bee:i saome laxily ia the miatter ; aind we tear it is rather sin yet. We thus judge from the fact of havinmg givenl twao negro tasen asses to gai to the village on Sunday last, limited to dark, itad yet both of them were aout until late at night. This they would nut have ventured to do twu weeks ago. pa Hion. Alfredl Hluer, Pustmnaster of Char lston has written to the Pu~stmaater tGeneral that lit hols himself responsible tao the Federal Gomv eninent for the revenues aecruing fruin his otlies for thme piresenit. Tihe poastal arrangements will therefore continue uncahanged. fat- It is reported that the several forts on the conamt, as cell as oilier property owne-l by the Fed eral Government, have been taken positasion of by the Govertument of Florida." ylg Gosvernor Banki clused a ditnner-table seech at lBoston, on the 3d instant, with the fol lowing sentimsent: "~ The gallant Majoar Anderson, f Fort Sumter; may the peule' give hint the honor he deserves, and God give the United State. Government courage to back him." pg A cotimpanty of Volunteers from Abbieville, utder cointnind of Capt. James M. Perrin, left for Charleston, ont Wednesday Imst. The Lieuten ants are A. M. Smith, 1,t ; John G. E.lwaurds, 2nd, atid A. J. Lythgoe, 3rd. The company numibers 99 meon, of wthom seven took the first honor in the South Carolinma College. ipr By order of Gjen. Scott, a detachment of Uited States troops took possession of the Sub. Treasury. Post otlie and Custom House, at St. Louis, Mo., on the 11th. pg On Tuesdlay week, eight or nine persons passed through Raleigh, N. C., on their way North from Souti: Carolinit, ini charge of Adams' Ex. press, with their heads shaved. gg" The latest foreign aews represents the cut a marktat firm.. For.the Advertiser. As the State of South Carolina has seceded frem the Union, and stands ready to join with other States in the formation of a Southern Confeder acy-it is useless now to waste words about the necessity of immediate and energetic action; fur all true mon South of Mason's and Dixon's line, have made up their minds on the subject-and the sentiment is spreuding over the entizo Southern States like a fire in the woods. As resiAtance is determined on, the ode of warfare becomes a matter of grave consideration, and should be discussed at every fireside. And here. let me add, that the ladies of the Soulh (God bless them) are often found to possess More self-sacrificing patriotism than their lords and wasters. Let us not then fail to enlist their active co-operation in our cause. There aretwo prominent modes of warfare: one by the use of gun-powder and Sharpe's Rifes, (so highly recommended to the Churches of the North, by Rev. Henry Ward, Beecher)-the other is by tho most rigid economy in avoiding as far as possible the use of Northern manufactured articles. The Northern capitalists and politicians have led their -laboring classes to believe that there Is an "irrepressible confiet" going on between Southern capital and Northern labor, while the fNet is exactly the reverse; the conlict really Is between Northern capital and Northern labor. and has been kept in harmonious thrift by nothing else than Southern patronage, and the 1roduct of Southern capital, which is slave labor. With hold either of these from the Northern States, and you will soon see the "irrepressible condict" looming up in every town and village. That agrarian spirit which eries aloud for equality among men, has its seeds sown. broadcast over New England, Now York and Pennsylvania. Had Mr. SEWARD, with his exalted talents sot 'ut to reach the Presidential chair by advocating the doctrine, ThatSouthern institutions were safe guards to Northern stability-that our mutual de pendeuce on each other, our diversity of climate and soil, and slave labor at the South, were bonds of Union which ought to be cherished by all men as a sure means of preserving a perpetual and har monious Union or the States, and reaching the most exalted position amongst the nations of the earth; We say if he.had adrocated such 2octrines with the same success that has followed him in his adverse course, he might have enjoyed the enviable position of being the saviour of his country, and the chief Magistrate of the greatest and happiest nation on the face of the Globe. 11ad HORACE GRErL.Y followed the some course, with his practical talents and misguided zeal, the people, both North and South, with one voice would have proclaimed him worthy of th'otice he now so much desires to fill (Secretary of State.) But alas! these men have aided in producing wide-spread discontent, and a revolution which no human fore-cast can see the end of. The only cer tainty about the matter Is, that the "irrepressible conflict " is bound to be between Northern labor and Northern cpital. And these men, great in intellect, with a host of other abolition politicians and fanatics, will be held up as marks for scorn and reprobation, as the worst enemies of their country, or be cast dunn into utter oblivion. We commend the State of South Carolina and all the Southern States for tho arming and pre parations for war they are making. But while we do this, we would be recreant to our duty if we dlid not appeal to the .od sense of the whole people of the South, rich and po--r, to the palri otic matrons, to the fair maidens of our country, who are seeking partners for life, and to the pat riotism of every free man, to use every effort in their power to punish those who ought to be our rriends, but have proved to be our worst enemies. Let us " carry the war into the enemy a camp," b~y abstaining from the use of all articles :mported or manufactured by them, or ruised on Northern *ir Western soil-however inconvenient it may be -let us set to work and turn our faces against the 'roducts of abolition labor. A fe "numerating a few articles with' whi - ... av w ...arnearu ac ogether Northern toys. 'Jur men can save their fine broadcloth coats by a 5uit of Aciepun for ecery day, until matters are -in arranged that our own merchanta can import !..r us direct. If we go at it with a hearty good trill, regardless of a little additional expense, we enn in less than a year makce all our shoes, kats, .tce., for our negroes. Who cnnnot get along for a wo or three years withoiut paurchasingc a Northern '-arriage ior buggy ? We can miend up '.ur old ones tand have new inadle, arid haone.stly miad'e at home. istundreds of men can testify th~at ti.o very Lest vehicles they ever had were mad'e at home. Charleston and Greenville, Coubia and Augus ta, andI many of our villares manufacture fine and lurable carriages andl luggies. The writer of this has within the lust twenty years, purchased three Siuth Carolina muade c'arriaiges, two made in dreenville, the otlher in Charlesto'n-and in point if elegance atnd durablility they were unsurpassed by N..rthsrn w-ork. If it were known that South -rat Rail-r..as would patronise Southern work hiop:-. thcre' wcelid be. no lack of capital andisrk mt-.n to build all o'ur Locomotives and elegant P~~npr Cars. We hope it is 'arent that this species of war tare, peaceale in its lt.erations, will lead to a state of hapipy indepeetce at the South, and by its sconomy plaice uts financially in a positio~n to pay for artming the State and building steam ships to carry on ',mr future axtendedl conmmerce without enmbarrassment, or the creation of bonded debt. HOMESPUN. OBITUARY. Dnz:n, int Etmanuel t'onaty, Ga., on the 28th of flecembier, Mr. JONATHAN WEVER, late of E.lgefieldi District, in the 25th year of-his age. tieneratus, hirare, warm-haearted friend, fare well ! Thy sojourn on enartha was brief, yIt thaou hiast mnade friendls whot will long romnember thee t--r thy true mnatnly bearing and high-toned social q1uaiiies in haai.py days past and gone.. May thou rest in eternatl p~ece in the brighter and better. worldl beyondl the grave, " whore again we hope to grreet thee." IL Dtr.. Decembter 31st, 1SGO, Mrs. MARY F. NOlttS, in 27th year of her age. Ehie left a l'ereavrd hauslund and five little chil dren, aith a large circle of relatives and fritiuds to tm'urm their-loss. Site was a devuted wife, a fortad mothesr and a faithful friernd. Oh! it weas ind~ted very lanrad tio part with her whoem we so dlently loved. Per mild tand amiable disposition, and kindntess of heart to~watds all with whotns she held itntercomurae, won for her unqualified reslect undl esteem. Among a large faamity connection site wtas the ol-ject of ardenat and affectionate re gardl. In the hallowedl scenes of domestic retire maenlt, in the discharge of' he.- tet.der duties of aife and mouther, her virtues shone forth with in creased lovelitiess. It was ini this sphere more pairticularly that the delightful ir.luence of her chaaractvr was seen and felt. She had been a miemba r of te Baptist Church fi-r several years, and walked hunmbly and consistently in the paths of religion tillithe close of life. In this view her ebaracter was i~ne of striking interest and beauty., A nt eek undi lowly follower of the Cross, s-he was' unohtrusive itn her habits and opinions, and -sid but little except to her dcarest friends on that .tnbject of all others nearest to l'er heart. We shoulid not grieve for her, for she is now partici paating in the jioys of Pitt adise, mingling her sweet voie*in that heavenly choir, singing anthems of praise to God. " Friend after friend departs ; Who bath not loat a frend-r 5 There is nao union here of hearts, That finds not here an end."4 A Ttac: Farmnn. ,Dtao, near the City of Tampa, Billaborough County, Florida, on thu 16th December, 1860, of Croup, JOIhN JULIU.S, eldlest son of Andrew G. and Mary A. L~aTaste, aged 5 years, 4 months and 1' days. And on the 23d of saine moath,of same disease, CHIARL.ES EATON WALTER, their youngest and only surviving son, aged 3 years, 3 mntths and U days. Dr;ranTED this life, on the 25th December last, at hier mother's residence, SA RAl11 ANN FRAN CES WA LINGTON, wife of Mr. Silas 11. W'raling ton, in the 27th year of her age. The deccared left a husband and two snall e~i! t. en ooasnm. heran. Bh. =as a d~mutiknai