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Washington News. WASHINGToN, January 1.-lon. I. W. Hayne had a personal interview witt. the C President last night. Mr. Buchanan listened Ij attentively to his proposition, and requtired t. him to put it for:wally in writing. Mr. 1ayne i. aw preparing it, but is in no hurry t.p sub mit it, as he considera delay important. e The RepzblIcans are pressing Ooercive ac ion in Qorgress. ilenie is said to demand the withdrawal i of Ld Federal troops from Fort Sumter. e I understand tnat Jefferson Davis has ad a dr,:ssed a letter to Gov. PickenA, bedeching the rts-toration of amicable relations with Ma- 0 jor Anderson, whom he has long known. He vouoeue for Mjor Anderson as being as hon. o orabe a, nhe i brave, .id for his not abusuig t< tie conli-lence reposed in hitn. He thinks .1 tihat free access to the market should be al- IT losJ, and that kind relations being restored, all would be well b It is currently reported this evening, in a well informed circies, that the President bas exp: ased a wilinguness to recognize a do fa.o Guvernmenut embracing several States. Several southern Senators called on Colonel U tyne to-day, and urged a modification of his views and demands, everytuing being im p.rt.amt that will, if p.sible. preserve peace. I am told by southern men that it is quite c possiblo that the propositions, as cumMILted a to writing will differ from those presouted t verbally on yesterday. g Seventeen thousand nine hundred pounds ( of powder were placed on board the frigate a Coustitution, at Annapolis, a few days since. a It 's believed that this step was taken to pre- a vent its being seized by Maryland. t WASHNoTON, January 17.-The President decided, yesterday afternoon, and the Cabi net confirmed his decision to-day, that the Present stalua of the fortshall be maintained. Tle President ha3 pereimptPrily declined to receive Colonel Ilayne, or reco.goize him in any official capacity. And while asserting tant the Fvderal Government will not pursue an aggr.n.iive policy, he declarea that, under I no circutastances, will Fort Sumter be yiel ded up to the authorities of Soutb Carolina. It is understoud that thia is the exact pur port -f the instructions given Lieutenant 'al bat ibr Mnjor Anderson. Lieutenant Talbot left this morning for Charleston. Colonel Hayne and Mr. Gour dil will leave shortly. N.,tuing new has transpired this evening In relation to Col. Hayne's mission. His room< are constantly crowded with di.tin guished pet ple, anxiously inquirinag for infor. mnao::, wit your Com u issiu er ie exceeding ly c."ious. L'ia-re is considerable excitement aning th- Black Rt-publicans at a rumor which i6 rie titre, that the President has resumed the pe ce p.licy, in oppositiou to the who!e Cab inet. The' Republicans are denouncing him to-night. A dislatch has been received by the Ala. haua delegation, from the Governor of that State, directing them to remain here for the prese't. .sn A'c-ro', Jan. 18.-It is understood .B. Greenwood will accept the -:-rior Department at the -:- . ne Southern men, I- -Me to cheek nlh munication to a.-. : T1here was another tive session of the Senate to-... - . ::,.a the President were severely handieu. y Abolitionists, however, carried the day. ... was confirmed by a vote of 38 to 13. Despatches. reeived here to-day from Char. leston, state positively that the market is open to Major Andersona and his men, and that every courtesy has been extended to themn by t'o State authoritiesa. This anno!rtament. for a itme, tookt the wind completely out o the Abi~lition saiis. President k~a.chanan ex p)rCes :1imself as highly graitifieda at this re turn of friendlly relatious ;3-et Charlestoni and Fort Sumter. Great confidence is ex pressed by Southern men in the judgment and discretion of Mlajor Anderson. The fresh meat and vegetables of Chiarleston are whole some, and it is understood that the Major umn proves the appetites of his command by two| laours daily exercise with hand erenades, the1 fuse-., of which are adjusted at proper diitances -sdtt .the tide. 1____ Es-g'Isftie. In the House, on Wednesas he, 16th inst., Mr. Jcssrsas offered the folloawing - Resolution, which was agreed to, and ordeted i fur conasideration' on Thursday: Rc.olced, That it is the senso of this Gen e1rl Assembly, that those B .tt-alioins in this State whic-h have furanashed a company or, companies for the organizauon of the Volun teer Regiment, authorizevd by the Convention, may be excused if they should nst comply with the requisitions of the Act passed by t'ais Legislature, to organize an armed mili tary force. Message No. 8 of his Excellency the Gov ernor was aninounaced and read as follows: STATE OF Solfri CAntI.LsA, EXCETIVE DEPART.MxsT, Jan. 15, 1861. To the Memnbers of the Se,&ate and House of 1&.presenttires: I have sent into the Senate a nomination of a portion of the officers of the first regi- 1 meet of enlisted men. Thae resolutions of the Conventio~n, that authorized the rai-intgd of this regiment, I consider as limnitintr me to r one~ or two regiments, containting 040 men I andl eight eornpanies, withoumt defining any ting futrther. Perhaps we may not need I a--other enlisted Regitnent, and yet I think u we will need two more Artillery Companies enlisted as regulars. The resobiat ions of toe Canvention confined rme to two R.-gimnems of eight companies each ; and in the Firsr. Rega ment I made two of the companties artillery. o. if I could Lave made a regime'nt of ten a companies, I would have made four ar'illeryp companies in it. I now desire to raise more *o Artillery Cam:uq.nie~s, and cuitme hem as a e Battalion of Artillery, under '.h. -m->mand of a Major, and. yet in the one regirAent. Trhe forts and fortifications neceseary in this State are on a large scale for our rsour- y ces, and if we arec to garrison them, it must ( be done pe-rmnanenitly. and for this purpase ja we require Artillary Comapanied. For gar-ri son purpose., the companies need not exceed h. sixty men. I raost respectfully recommnend tl that nuthority be given me to~ organize two u more Artiller-y Companies, regularly enlisted ii for a ternm not shorter than three years. Per. :a haps it :ughrlt bo proper to enlist another Reim nent for threec years, and if son, then, the p two additional Artillery Cotapauies might be i embraced in that. It maty appear too'Qxpe~nsive for our re- v souerc. to adopt this p~roposaitionl, but, ini all b probaielity, we will soon pass into a S..nthern Co ie.!racv. and~ the organization ot the~e s? Rae~in:.Ists'will be nothing more than wh-at I will be absolutely necessary to garrison and pr.,tect our extended sea-coast, anal, under ft the formation of a Southern Confederacy. ci they will be transferredI to the Gov-ernent. It is plain, with the fanatical excitement p~re vailing amongst tbe Northern people, that, if mi we expect to preserve peace, we must be A thoroughly prepared for any issue they may think proper to tender. 'rTe calculation as to expenses is not wo~rth a mei,uent's constidera~tin, compared with the conscious feling of safety arising from mnili- d< tary organization. A people who would heo - itate to defend their rights because of the ex penses involved, are not fit to be free. , I F. W. PICKF.NS. On moction of 3ir. Farrow, The Message was r'rerre-l to' t~ Cominnt.e- amn 4 Mili- . . I'an -tati-o, W-- th no(A *e ;.a .' m.,t thbe 110 se, on mora'i..t' .-- M-. a; fladourae.l, to naeet ta,-muorraw at . -, LeCI~k ? Georgia Out of the Union! MILLEDGETILLE, Ga., Jan 16.-The State onvention met at 10 o'clock, this morning. on. Geo. W. Crawford, of Richmond coun , was elected President by acclamation. On the 17th, able and interesting speeches ere made by commissioners Orr, and Short from South Carolina and Alabama. No 'ecial business done. On Friday, the 18th, the Convention was eerot s.-sion most of the day. In the eniing ecessiun resolurions were passed by vote uf 165 yeas, to 130 nays. RDINANCE OF SECESSION PASSED. MiILLEDGVIt.LE, Jan 19.-The ordinance f secession was adopted by the convention -day at two o'clock, by a vote of two hun red and eight yeas, to eighty-nine nays. The rajority was one hundred and nineteen. The following is the ordinance of secession y which ,he State of Georgia was taken out r the Union: kn Ordinance to dissolve the Union between the State of Georgia, and the other States united with her, under the compact of Government entitled the Constitution of tthe United States: We, the people' of the State of Georgia, in onvention assembled, do declare and ordain, atd it is tereby declared and nrdained, that lie ordinance adupted by the State of Geor ia, in tihe coi.iention of 1788, whereby the .onstitutimn of the United States was ratified nd adopted, and also all acts and parts of cts of the General Assembly, ratifying and dopting a.mendaents to the .aid Constitu ion, are hereby repealed, rescinded, and 'ab ogated. We do further declare and ordain that the Inion nov subsisting between the State of ieorgia and the other States, under the title f the United States of Ameriva, is hereby lissulved, and that the State of Georgia is in he full possession and exercise of all those ights of sovereignty which belong and ap ertain to a free and independent State. TREASCRY LOAN. WAsHINoTON, Jan. 10.-The bids for the 1000.000 loan were opened to-day. The Bank f Commerce at New York, bid for upwarde >f the who:le amount, besides many others for arge and small amounts. The Bank of Com merce bid for 4,000,000 at 11 eentum. Nearly 11 the bills were from New York. NEW YORK LEGISLATURE. AzIAsN., Jan. 19.-The Committee on Fed ral relations reported reprobating dissolu ion; and deel-ing that the State will exert er strength to maintain the laws, and ex ressing the desire to avoid war by every neans consistent with honor. Thiey are wil ing to meet their sister States in a concilia. ory manner and remove the causes of com >laint. .A fter the admission of Kansas they re willing to form two States out of the re naining Territory under the Missouri re triction. KENTUCKY NEWS. LoaisiLLI, Jan. 10.-Gov. Magoffin, of iy., disapproves South Carolina's course but rill stand by the constitutional rig hts of the south against anti-slavery rule. He recom nends a Convention of the border State at -re, and asks the passage of anti-coer and an appropriation to arm ionists. The Comnmapder of t. - ~raphs to the Mayor of New hjn. ~housand t aen to :.ake Fort Pickens. ~rnmnent designis to blockade the Mississippi -er, and the harbor of Pensacola, Florida. REPUBLICAN OVERTURES. LANcAs-1:R, Pa., Jan. 17.-Prominent Re' >ublicans of this State recommnend that comn nissionmers be appointed to the border States, ,edging Pennsylvania's full pierfalrtnance of "r Constitutiotnal duties, and the repeal of ~he obnoxio~us laws, for tihe purpose of secu -ing the continuance of the border States in he Union. MAINE PREPA RING FOR WAR. Foa-.ATLsn, January 15.-A resolution was utroducia' ..the Lecislature to-day, setting rth the loyaltfoFitn'r, -.ceo~nptoanie.d b~y .n order that the Co)mmittee on Military At irs he directed to inquire into thme available trenmgth of the military force of the State. ith the view thait an exigency may arise for id to the Geaieral Government. MASS MEETING IN PHRILADEL~BHIA. PHII.AnEILPHIl, Jan. 17.--An immense mas neting of citizens, irre.<pective of party, was eld here last night. Resolutions in favor of 'naciliation,, instiead of coercion ; and peace :1l separation, rather than civil war, were dopted. MISSOURI STATE CONVENTION. S-s. ILouis, Mo.e Jan. 1.-The Convention ill has pa.sed the Senate by a vote of 41 to .The bill leaves the voters of the State to ecide at the election if the secession ordi ance, to be adopted by the convention, shall e xubmitted to the people for ratification or ot. The election is to take plac~e on the Sth of February, and the convention is to tet on the 28th of the same month. ARKANSAS STATE CONVENTION. .IMPsis, Tenn.,.dan. 1I.-The Legislature f Arkansas has unanirnously pass d the bijll ubmitting thme conventi en question to the pee le on the 18th of February. If a majority f the people favor the cojnvention, tho Gov ruor will then appoint the day. A PPsnmaT Prssicor..-We h-arn from psi. ate Samuel IB. Brewer, of the "Metropolitan iuardis," who haa obtained a furlough and at returned fromn th-: hea.lqiuarters of the ar y, at Pensacola, that on Tuesday evening tt, four Mu~.dre~d r.tnd fifty troops arrived at 2n Navy Yard froms Mibile and Mississippi, akin~g ini all at present stationed in that inn ediate vicinity one thousand men. There re now en route near two hundred more from uburni, T' akegee and Greenviile, who will robably arrive at the quarters to-night. Re. forcemenits, to the amo~unt of 500 men, are so hourly expected from New Orleans, as elI as some from Columbus, Ga., and Bar our county, Alabama. On Wednesday moring~i Commwodore Arm ronmg, of the Navy Yard,~left on the steamer ,yndoltte for Uostn. An attact is hourly expctod to lbe mnadleon ,a Pickenss. All parties are confident of sue uso. fur GJoy- Yates, of Illinocis, deivhiered his in. ugural on the 15th. It is the misost decidledly btia ln, anti-compromaise, anci. necession docu .int iince the criseis. I.- M --- SO It is said that the legislature of' Ohio on. ,rses the course of Preside-: Buchanan with rof enco to South Carolina, and pledge's the entire >wer and resources .af the State to maintain the nutitution and laws. f!!P A telographie dispatc~h from Wahington y:"The I) ,il is ;c pay ." Loet him take )l - 'uck: "--we thnk Le v-.;'- b.u' liqumidate TjP f ;. oru'<r of the Legi 1-t'-e, ., s'ilut' o-f e a gunms will' fired in bonor if each se-ced.mg etc. The rescorzr f--r rc :-ving .be number of tos . fift.-en, is t. prevent the too great waotu of Speech of Joseph Abncy, Esq. On Satuarday the 19th inst., after the review of the Battalion at the Pine House, and the address of Gen. BArTa, Josru Ana:y Esq., made, in sub stance, the following remarks: Men of the U5pper la-'atlion of the 7th Reginent: What I shall say to you to day, will have refer ence exclusively to the objects of your parado. From the orders just read in your hearing, you learn that each Battalion in the Brigade is re quired to furnish the State an Infantry Company, and that the whole Brigade is expected to furnish two Rifle companies in addition. There is no provision as to what portion of either or both of thepe last companies, any single Regiment or Bat. talion may furnish. As there is no restriction upon it, this Battalion, if it please, may raise as well a Ride Company, as the Infantry Co)mpany it is bound to raise. Indeed I have the assurance that you have already nearly completed a Rifle Company, of the very best material, which only asks for a few recruits more, when it will be ready for organisation. You will surely nit withhold the small number of men needed for this purgose. If you should be so fortunate as to comply with the requisition of the Governor, and also to in ish the Ride corps begun tinder such flattering auspices, you will reflect great honor upon your solYes and upon your whole Regiment. You have already sent to the theatre of warlike operations, one full and noble company, and your sister Bat. talion has sent two. If therefore, you succeed in your present efforts, the 7th Regiment of itsell will have responded to the very first call of the State with six full companies of gallant young men-an exhibition of promptness and patriotism, that will cover it with glory. Neither is it unimportant to the perfecting ol your organization, that you should have an eye to your Rifles. The language of the military Bil is, that when eight companies of Infantry vhal have been accepted atd the two Rife companiei thereto attached, then the Governor shall orde the election of their Colonel, Lieutenant Colonel, and Major, and constitute them a regiment.. Sc that, though the Rifes are not demanded in the call of the Governor, they would seem to be con templated by it, as well as embraced in the Act o the Legislature; because they appear to be neces sary to the formation of the regiment, and to the carrying out of the intentions of the law. But it may be imagined that too much is de manded of this part of the " Bloody Seventh." I hope not. Fifty five Riflemen have already beer obtained, and only Twenty-five more are wantinj to complete their number, which added to Seven ty-five, the complement of the Infantry compan: required, makos only Oua hundred men, that yor are now called upon to consecrate to the servic< of their country. Do this, and this day your reg iment shall be re-baptized, and shall be called tho Glorious instead of the " Bloody " Serenth. For I am informed, that your sister, the Lower Bat talion will need no second call to enable her t( organite the last of three companies, composed o the prime manhood and chivalry of the District Can you prove yourselves to be unequal in spir to your chivalrous colleague of the same regiment Can South Carolina, not obtain one hundred vol untoers to maintain her fair eseutcheon, and de fend her sacred rights out of this long array o young, and ardent, and gallaut en ? I tell yoi young gentlemen, if you falter in your duty, ii this emergency, the very women will jeer at an laugh you to scorn ! Upon my word of honor, you hope to win your loves and your sweethearts you must now show yourselves willing and caps hie of winning laurels on the bloody field of battle h1earted woman will accept a lover ihosi -n when dangers thickenaround - all her country, her henm * -- song has ever been in . the bravo ' . . troubaudour fors the . his co~tumry. A little beyoni ni. of JoLta. Rtvir, as stout and v.alliant a .. ever brandlished a blade in dlef,'sce of beauty hon or, or country. A ft w -nil.i bd.w, in this sanm battalion, lived oldl .\. rS W Avsos, who taught Bt:s.sa how to fight, and who dlying amid thi Ilashing of the enemy's guns, and in the momen of victory, bequeathed her us a precious legac: to his noble Lieutenant, who, in like muanner, ha transmaittedl her in all her loveliness, to a nits generous and heroic posterity. From your bat talino, in the darkest days of the Revolution, th H~oross's, lion-hearted all, drew recruits to thei shattered ;anks;-,.isJ thed Ip.os95.. Er'ed,.n fought andl diedl in the nther Battalion oif th gl'orious Seventh."- -Why, my friendc~s, nr thcnra none of the dlescendants of these immnorta heroes in your ranks at this hour ? 110w can yot keep ytour places in the back-ground when Soutl Carolina, your dearnt iec land~, entreats ytou ti rally to her standard, in a cause ten times greater than that for which your f.ethers, sos lavishly pour ed out their lives ? If you dually and linger be hind, the very bleood in your veinis will rebe: against your degenerate spirits. It is your ruother ivironed with many perils, that calls yoiu, witl resistless appeal, to her rescue. Manifest to the world, that you are not recreant sons, and faith less to the tie' of nature. " Show us here The mettle of your pasture: let us erear That you are worth your breeding-; For there is no of you so mean and base, That bath not noble lustre in your eye." Do you need eXm~lelS, other than your fathere left you. tot enkindle your ardor, and incite yot to your duty:' Pardon me, theo mention of onxly one. It is needless to remind you, that the twi lattalions of the Saluda regimnent, and the uppe Battalion of the 9th regimuent, almo.st at the fir, tap of the drain, oD'ered more melt to the cans than were actually required of them. lunt this i the high example I will hold up' to you,-an cx ample that should take its place in history as equal lig the most glori'.us instiance of Greecilan 0 Romann piatriotistm. The Lower 13attalion ot th< Jth Regimaent, musteredl only ninety men in it: rnks, and to their immuortal honor, when thme cal) 'f the Giovertnor reached them, Seventy.six of than Ninety enr-.lled their namles as volunteir soldier of the piroud Comrmtonwealth of Somuti Carolina [ sny the p,mlg Conmm.,nwealth, for a State tma. wll be proud, whose citizens ean yield such 'she dietee to her behests, aul can evince such entire devotion to her untarnsished honor, and the ensign of her sovoreign power. Such an act, men of the Seventh, would make a bright chapte: in the his t.ry of the greatest pieople on earth, and whil South Carolina can find such sons to defend her lag, all the abolition cohorts of Amuerica coule not make it trail in the dust. Imitate the men the Ninth. Let your cteal be fired by thoirs, ant your State shall j'oy and rejoice at the couragt and l,,yalty you will have displayed on thu 10th of January. 1 know, from obsurvatien, I plainly see that you have more men in line, who are willing an~ aious to volunteer, than the State neuds for ber service, but they are reetrained from offeriag themu selvey, by the fear of being plac.:d under ofiier: dspleaing to themn, and by thoir mrisunderstandl ugs in regardl to companly oflce5. It is a mis. fortune, that a word should be said albout officers, until the requisite numbers to constitute a Compa. tny have bean made up. There are timues when patri. otism should be uncalculating, attd when seltishness should he lost itn love of country. In mny opinion, this is one of these very occasionS, that appieal to the most exalted sentimountsato our nature. Let the young especially, follow their own lofty spirits anI inclinations, and they will lead thenm in the way o.f true glory. I can say, I tr',st, without the imrpetationl of vanit, that about fo'ltcen years i ;e', when ny e..ontry, a country not h.alf s. dear to us as Sa.:th Caroliua alsm., wh;lo fir the services of theo yo ig men in war, I e:.tered the r-.uks, without he' tation: as a private. I ros" to lie th:ird Corporal, end fromt thiird Corporal to third Lieutenant. From being third Lieutenant, I r--- to be ...,,.md Ltiutonant, anid at itonortant periods or the service, Quarter-Master and Co m mispary of the Palmetto Rugiment, as also, for a while, from the severe casualties of war, Comm - er of the 96 Boys. These positions I obtained s1i ply by standing firmly itt my post, and by icting well the part of a soldier. It is a source of pride to me too, that I wits never under arrest during the whole camipigu, and that when I settled my accounts with the Government for the disburse mont of more than an hundred thousand dollars, that Goverument, by its own showing, became my debtor, and has so continued to this day.' Lieut. L. B. WzYxa also entered the ranks as a private, was appointed fourth Corporal, and by almost unequalled fidelity, courage, and good conduct, rose through all the non.commissioned Offiees to be Lieutenant of the same Company. If you are soldiers in heart, young men, and can summon the resolution to perform the part is signed you, whether in battle or bivouae, y ur deserts will certainly be made known, and hon rs and rewards will crown your gallantry, and be showered upon you, without measure, by ur grateful and admiring countrymen. Ney, " i bravest of the brave," Murat, Macaena, an in truth, all those intrepid and invincible Marsh g1i of Napoleon, who bore the French Eagles In te. tory and triumph through the gorgeous CapialI of Europe-overthrew thrones and empires, Td sporting with the diadems of Kings, filled whole earth with the blaze of their fame and il itary genius, commenced their career as priv es in the armies of France. They cut their way with sword to the temple of glory, and with the swod, they mounted to its loftiest pinnacles. If yu souls are as great, and your aspirations are'as large as theirs, answer to the summons of y ut State, on the instant, and embrace the profe' - of arms, for after all, our rights can never bc maintained, or our independence secured, exe pi by the stout hearts, and the strong arms of a 0. ple resolved upon liberty or death. ARTHUR ISmEINS, EDITOB. W EDNESDAY, JAN. 23, 1861. Religious Notice. Rev. E. H. LAina, Untiversalist, will preacehit the Court House in this place on Sunday nexl (the 27th) at 11 o'clock A. M. Discontinued. The Post Office at Duntonaville, in this District has been discontinued. Rev. D. D. Bitsaos requests us to say that hi Post Office t.ldress in fature will be EdgefieldC HI., 5. C. Ridgeway Association. Wr have been requested by the Secretary of tb< Ridgeway Association, to announce that there wil be a meeting of that body on Thursday next, a 11 o'clock. Important business will be brough to the attention of the Association. Company Dinner. We are requested to slate that the Independen Rifle Company, just raised, will ho:d a meetin for drill, elections, &c., on Saturday next at th, Pine House. There will also be a company dir no on the occasion: and it is suggested that contri tions of good things by the ladies would be thauk fully received and highly appreciated. Accepted. The Edgeficld Rusera having tendered tbei services to the State, the following is the noto v acceptance from the War Department: H xAu-QL'UArEits, Jan. 15, 1861. Sia: I am instrusted by the War Departmnen to say, in reply to your tender of the Edgefieli llussary, that the spirit which prompied the p: * lofer ennuot he too highly commended -that 5houl atit occasion pres.en '--aIry cau istant,) I, shal Conat. .tespectf ring Aetj' sers. -4 -.e- +- -- ill Pois. -lot gives . pleasure. p. s of Edgefis " On vea.- which was one of the most in lement 'lays wet. ever expierieniced, Mr. Reubec Renolds. it citirsen of this country, and an ol man, walked ten miles through the mud anti rain to~ viote the secession ticket, lie was one amen; the first of our citizens to don the bluec cockadl It loeoked a little the worse for the dampening got, but dlry weather will make tLhat all right When we state that Mr. Reynolds is a nattve Stth Carolina, it will in the minds of some peol account for his zeal. We go for putting him o the pension list of the new Republic." Just what ruight have be'en' 'l of R ats. It's FEdgetield all over. JUIe, walkedl 10 miles t', join his cepny th Iday b~ef'ore it lefi for Charleston ;nand t wo or th.re Iothers waelkced 15 mies to unite with it at a statio Ion the .9. C. Railroadl. Place him " in the ltn .f the stranger," or wrhere you will, an Edgefiel man's heart still fires with time hopes, the pirospect and the aims of his hoyhood's homne. " Though the barqlue he toss'd b'y ihe winds 'tn Ithe waves, The needle still points to the pole." Mr. Oscar Ml. Lieber. After what was said of this gentleman's fathe .:me weeks ago. and in which we participatedt some extent, it is but right and just that the sim readers should bear of the son's nmanifest enthusisten in the cause of South Carolinat. It affords us s'en pleasure to know that Mn:. OscAn M. Lwanr ha buckleil .n his armuor for the State, with an nrd'en dletermination to bie e.imal with aiiy son of her4 1 his exertions fir her defence. We learn that h was very active in the forunation of the Coluiti o:panlies, antI that his whole soul is with S Carolina in her -present struggle. May Fortin favor bi<' endeavors, and may he win laurels thta will endure to his honor and welfare in the fiel :s has so gallantly choscn. In the bright exszm pe of the son, we lose sight of any ill-adviie stlp 'if the father,-if indeed there he any reu foundtiiin f.,r the rumo'r in regard to the hattei which reached the State, and which we Wer disinclinetd to credit at the time. Msteiouic. The following Brethiren hatve been duly eleete Oficrs of ,riitd./p L-u'?:t, No. 2S, for the p es ant Masonie Y'ear. 5. (1. Mlout.:v, W. M. J. B~I. HlI nts, J. W. 'T. N. U i.':T. See'. S. P'. Duste i, S. .. Ii. M. Out~m, J. 1). Jots Ruteiurs, 1 diewar.!g. MAax MAruxwTw, Ji WIL.LIAt EL~r.~suu, Tiler. 3. lt'llng Lodge have elected the followjua Ofiers for this Maisonie Y'ear. G1. M. Y~uatouir, S. W. B. Dl; xa, S. W. T. L. SuirTu, Sec. Josmtmui Ptouiarr, Treas. E3. II. Fostw, S. Li. Mat. ('or..xxAN, J. D. Ivie. SAnm'L.x t, Tiler. The N. Y. Herald. This paper was quoted at the South'-during th east year as an radvocate of Southern resista ce to Lincoln's probiable elect ion. At all eventi cintinually anti atssid1uously ndedi fuel to thr tlme oft ind~igtationi which that p.robabilit~y 9m en ikindling. Bitt now, when the deed is done , n the Soth rises in her majeety, this greaet tricks: heet turns a:1 'n our sect~ion. and with Med ias se.riy upon So'ith Csrioliun, and attiimp.e te rea:1.e brave. ai :emperate raud ano intelligrunt peo a lesen upon ih' meedil:tm, lie folly, the incur ta bankjr of ther ne.ion. S, oun ted he its sulgge~tie a cd e'n ntimnted (as tusuai) lbe its thrice hiors':n ip p:-dt prpi ieic'r i.udc cindutrtr. Will Sou 1.ern .o longer continue to patroini.e this flagitious eel b. Latest News from Washington. WAsuroINGT , Jan. 20.-The Georgia Delegation will probably withdraw from both House- un Tuesday next. There is no truth hi the report that Alabama had requested her Cougressional D.legation to return to the floors of Congress. Not one of them have been present in Congress since the passage 1 of the Ordinance of Secession by their State Con vention. JAN. 21.-The Senators from Florida, Missis sippi and Alabinaa w drew to-day. There was an affecting scene. Mr. Slidell moved a resolutioen of eensnre to the President, in relation to Hiolt'i acppointmient. The News From Charleston. From Charleston papers of the 21st we gather as follows : Both branches of the Legislature have passed a resolution of some importance to this District. It is this: Rexotred, That it is the sense of this General Assembt, that those Battalions in this State, which have furnished a 'ompany or Companies for the organization of the Volunteer Regiment, i authorized by the Convention, may be excused, if they should not comply with the requisitions of an Act passed by this Legislature, " To Organize an Armed Military Force." Certain bills had passed their ird reading and had their titles changed to Acts. They are these: Bill to convert the Arsenal at Columbia, and the Citadel and Magazino in or near Charlcston, into Military Schools. Bill to aWer the law in relation to house burn ing. Bill to alter and amend the Charter of the Ham burg and Edgefield Plank Road Company. By the letter of Col. QUATTLF.AL'M it will be seen that the Legislature will adjourn on Thurs day next the 24th inst. From Georgia. MILLErCEYILLI, Jan. 21. The Ordinance of Seession has been signed by all but some dozen members of the Convention, A. H. STEVENs, Lts TON STEvENS and It. . JonaNsox being amcong the signers. The following resolution by Mr. Tooxs', was unanimously adopted: Resolced, unanimonsly, in response to the reso lutions of New York, referred to in the Governor's Message, that this convention highly approves the energetic and patriotic conduct of Governor Brown in taking possession of Fort Pulaski, by Georgia troops, and request him to hold possession until the relations of Georgia with the Federal Govern ment be determined by this convention, and that a copy of this reeolution be transmitted to the Governor of New York. Groat demonsarations of joy were making at the Capital af Georgia on the evening of the 21st. From Alabama. The State Convention has appointed as Dele gates to the Southern Corgress the following gen tlemcn: Messrs. SMtT und WA.K:t for the Stato at large, and Messrs. McRAr, Suon-rin, Cuna.ToN, HALE, Cunny, LEwis and FEArn from the Con gressional Districts. The Convention being nearly all the time in se crot session, little or nothing has very recently tranrpired. ----..- - Front Virginia. The following resolution has pasled both houses of the Virginia Legislature: r Jetsoleed, That the interests of the Couthern - States are the interests of Virginia, and that no reconstruction of the Union c:aan be per manent or satisfactory which does not secure to each section self-protecting power against invaion, by the Federal Government, or by States. From New Orleans. NrI'W OnLt.sAe, January 19.-Mayor Munro, of this city, has replied to an inquiry from Col. Chase, the comumander of the Florida State forces, saying that two thousand meni could be raised in this city in forty-eight hours, for the assistance of Florida, if thu latter State wvould furni,h the nc Lne eanarieeni ..eonrin e- wue mou -neyn: a'- The Joint Commuittee of botlh Houases of the Legislature, onx Saturday night, made chaiine uof a lag or enisign'itable tee be bnei lay Seiuth Carno bi. The Cumittee wvill report the result of their labors to-dacy. The flag cholSenc will consist. of nc plain whito ground, with greena Palmoette tree in the centre, aind a white crescent in the left upper corner on a square blue field. Brilliant Programme. I Mr. D)on:LAS faor their defection Trs~au te cause aef Northerna domluinatione goes~ in to open upj n part of the policy elf the in-ceeming Adminis L~tration. Sa~wA ue is t-> lbe Premer of course; iaud., as satch, he wilt tacke the entire nmanaagemenit eof tile dilicult perolemn that noiw anits soluation. Ss:w Ant is the maen foer the time,', acid the onaly manc wo" cean contreell the tempae.t tie a haappy termina tin. Sr.ivuAao is thec all-powerful pollitiea i nero manener, whon will waive his wandi over the elements of discord andl coanmaandl, ". Peace,-be still." Sa~wAnn~ is the deami-geae, who will shape the comn motioans of peoples aind States to the endsl of r aiiin aned flack Rlepublican glory. SrxavAnnt is the Great I Asu, whose seetre must prevanil let whosoever will scay nay. This here, worship of thu Tisnes' is positively Iastouading froaa its very absurdity At ai time like this, when the full heart elf the unaited South i., Sthrobing foar indeperdlence, and~ wheni it is noto ius thcat the authea: of thu irrepreseihle coulliet is na steuch in the niostrils of nil true patriots, North aes well as Sreuth,-teo tailk of Si~wAnan as the Gr-. aieg- .addhie j. rievouasly uutigif it were taut disgustiaagly stupeid. But how dices thae sapienat hued eaf the Tiae Imake out hair *ase ? Ihear hais pirogrammne anti he -subaissive: Mr. Ren.tAA, having maatde all this trouble, Icanneot and shall naot qjuiet it. All lee caan doi, is to push right forwacrd ini theo task oef coercion. 1/c ahas the bull hby the berns cad must necessaarily put forth all his ailliciatl strength duriaag the re unaining six weeks of hais terma. In other words, ie must press inatters tea extremaes aagaeinst the ISouth. lie must reenipture the ferta?. //e must -collect the revenes. le mst see, rct aelI haazards, that the U'nitedl States Govaernmienat asserts anal mantiains it.i rovereignaty augaintath laccedinag ISt.tes. II Southcero bloiod shall lee reqjuire~d to this ocad, it umust be .-jeilled. .1/r. Jiduheaan hats no alternative but to go oan wih the sword and torch iu viindiicetina f the inasultled nuth lority of the Conatral Power. 11e is not inc a pasition tea dio otherwise--ot, lie. Bait, glieriouts vision of thec l;ne I just I wo shaort moneathas do~wne the vista of chngeual events, behold~ tlhe exialtedl Annaa.a L~rcuY suetd:1he inuinccalatt e1 W:.t.i SI*wteinn aplroach !Teeiir roble~s are of spotlers u hite, ancd iia heir holy hatnds aere the eamblemcs of piower ain trtwiedl with lie chapluts of peace ! Theiy ecme to say, bay authoirity, that ]lecnisa.tx's nauaghity deeds shall lha arrested. Au anigelie host of Alao litionists are in thao batck-grounda, reendy tea siaag haesannai to this mxission eof Love. Thec tlow of laod is toe be stuppied. Thec gapinag wouaads of th Seuth arc to he healed with thae baelsamc of llack Rtepublicnismn. The seceding States aere to be reclamed froma thecir trensona lay a course of~ scey ereigu conicessiu such ats the world bias never wvit anesseel; and all this, " withut the werujiie n/ uey cpijcile, er of anye poasition essential to the culidi y ,l ull fruietion ef thec rietory they (the Blluek Rpablicanis) hoare ocieecd." aThe wretchecd selceme is, tu iinduict the nmortal teeieaLs of the South iinto poer haviang their -broad pehybieteries embhlazxoned with false perofes iens of filial sympaithy, while iwnrdly tlecy acre raveiaing waolves. Anad tis pntent gnmae ow pro~posedl. to atlaey iudignaiondl at that Suan:. ao -neec 1| cLul )lieausleunain aitl ther .Vrei. .eial fincally toe raale thei d!':ti:.ies ef a frcee anid a hnr.v.e per' V :s ever cf'r..ietery ~l h~are-.ee I .as th~is? Wa evr icy prei--y itselt : t eo i v ii? "Ge dt thet beainl fae, Sactec," is tiue inl oinntaary reapose' aaf every true. A merican hecart to such rank duplicity. Great Enthiusiasn in Augusta. On Monday night we had the satisfaetiou o vitnessing a continuat, ion, enlarged and imaproved if the den:.onstratinus of rejoicing by the peolh if Augus'a. It was a scene of brilliancy and en busiasm lOng to lie remembered. The whole o 3road and many houses on other streets wer icautifully illuminnted up to the third and fouri torie,-the bright white lights presenting din nnas, stars, semi-circles, crosses, squares, &c., ii ,reat variety. The pareinents re-sounded to ti, ramp of thousatuds.-mnen, women, hoys, girl iabies, and ntryrotv. Indeed these Iat were th, nust jioyous part of the exhilitilon, shoutiug in cc tney at every ascension of rockets, or explositi if poppers, and cspeicially exercised with broai achinations as some medley rush of tmaskec iow-bellow-gian.s, with horne, tin-pans and super Lnnuated drum us .t sweeping by. Then ain he procession of the Fire Companies intersperse vith banils of music, the men all benring torel ights and the engines in a blaze of glory, witi raried transparencies dangling above and aroun hem, and muottos in red and bite cionspicuouvl; ipheld. Every where indeed tie names of Geor lin, Suith Carolina, Florida. .11 sjii an Alaboana met the eye, accompanied with glow ing words of fraternity and eneonragemnent. But it is useless to attempt the de-ription of icene such as Broad Street presented on this in morablo Monday night. It was a glorious en lorsement of the verdict of Ocurg'a's Conventio by the good old city of Augusta. All honor t her spirited people ! Georgia has gone nobly t the work of her political disenthraltoont; and he sons will put their shoulders, unitedly, to th wheels of her progress. We should have mentioned at the outset thi Fire hundred guns were fired by CArr. Girna. ary's corps of Artillery in the aftertion of Mo: day and imumediately preceding the earnivi cenes of the evening. A Noble Liberality. Besides the donations to the State hitherto r corded, among which was one of fen rhtmnand do, lars, we observe that other liberal patriots at coming up, in this most substantial manner, I the help of the common cause. . From the Mereury we clip the following so knowledgement: STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.) ExEcLrinv Orvie Treasury Department, Charlestmn, Jan. 14, 18t1. J lls E.elleny lte G'ocernor: Silt: I have the pleasure of reporting to yol Excellency the donation of two thousand dolla: to the public service of the State, by a liberal a: patriotic citizen of Georgia, who desires that h name should not ho made public. lteeperfully, (Signed) C. G. Mtxxxana. Froto the C-iurier we take another : STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.. EECU-TIVE OFmerr. Treasury Department, Charlestion. January 17, 1861. 1i1; E.eeileicy the UoirUrnr: SiR: I have the pleasure of reporting to yol Excelleney a donation of two thousand dolla from "A Combahee Planter," for the purchase any necessary artieles of rouifort for the benefit th-e dilferent garrisons stationed at the forts abo the harbor. Respectfully, C. 0. MtNurs ita. In alldition to these, a free-hearted Georgi: ha" offered to supply for three ui.utis any cot p;:ny of 7; men going into our service. The re inany citizeris of South Carolina able to i this much out of their abundance. We entre them to pender well the examples before them. Butler's Openintg of Groceries, &c. Our told friend, W. '. B., having been left ali h all his iands,-gone a sodgering.-has d!ecnu ed from Hamu':rg and returned to his old corn in this village, lie is now opening a large ;i superior lit of G roceries and. other goods. aind w. sell att a lower scale of prices than heretnforer cognised iu this tuarket. All persons desiring iireiover enufrely tree ironm seet:inat bias, ar is momentt nmeri-s the patronage of all e!eva ceple every where. Thei Only Chaucne. It' a re-.construtctionf otf the i 'iveritinen t "f t lte Uni:edl Sttes hi. poisile or deisirabbi:. it eidei~Lnt that force can nevrr effec't ir. Ciuerch w~ill lbut widen the bireach and incren:.e the busti iy of the seetism. This is the teal opinion aif ti wisest mena of the day, andI is in conaformi~y wil views long ago promtulgaited by the tiust ah' statesmen of a post genaertion.i. .t:.X A~tirt 11-A .ros and MAsunl:w Ja~cssus am~ong the nuihetl B3ut whi: is ioerciion ? A.me wouldl soefit lteIko it~g an armued invaision of the seec ig Staites nnI un acvtual caistiiein iir their eis z:-ngi na rebels. This iaecoercion with a vengeune Yet there is another phase of this m.instrius lihi which the South will regard as noi le.-- eaeb thnu puitive war a:nd invasion woubil be: it is il forcible icollection of impolust, on ::oods cofninigi an in violbitiion ir tihe ri;;hts of~ Stts thatt Ia dc.aedl theinselves indlepiendent natiinal iti This will be~ inked utpou everywhere sauth ofl t' Potimaa. its the mioct degradinmg formu it ofeereb'; beetuse it implies thatI our Statte.' :ie reensa: provincies andl tmust pay tribute. whether urni to a goveronment in whi they ha~ve neither pa nor hit, but which they have siheimly abljureC S'ti uni,-takceable a dleunnatrautioni of tyrainny ur ie moreO in...ultin~g than ulpen and d:reet war ;am it is morte eariaesi ly and vi:ouitisly to be re.-iit from the finet of its involvi:ig the vita'ify of 1 great tfoumlation priincile5 tupont which liur hop atf.-~aanlseutlt _depeictl. .h han tl ..or ofdoecio, teco!!eetiion of revenute n't Io ho -luirred o.ver as ai inatter of enurse whit will take place peaceablly. So far friimt it. ti ountry tummy lbe asured that nti disgrace eniuldi reared tunic dlelasing, andl no injury mnore hat nous, by the pie'.pIe of the South, thasn such attnitpt. It mai~y be furth- r shi, that nii can; will maitre cotmnpletely bandl together the whoa maiterial an-! mori:tI .<trength of our section, thii the first paflp-ihle mo'vemtefnt tomwarids the exure: of:his muost odious fceature of Ilhte!c lipublie; poldicy. W'ihaft theta is thme unv lymane,: tiC re-construictie jimmay there lhe? We veture the iinsw'r. that it is enily tou ~o-d in the atdmnioin oif the righat of scsth an I in the recogntition lay the 1i. S. governmne ot the die for'to government- of thme Suiutth. WI thie :admiissioni and recognfitliin, peae' andi frki shp; fni-;it poissibly enisue. Withiiut them, it at soon be snid of the late Federal Union, "' Tfru Anothuer Wiset-aicme. The Scut tish .'imferlean d'j--:'t, N. Y., eil' w~ill tirade :agauiist secession with i:.: conclusi thnt t~i': Sonth mrill I .t1'cf oca by hecr oawn dii him: ;-nd then saigaciuuly adt t: -We fefar (?) this result, we say. for the sitmple re son that even in the Sooth itself sitsvery for a loi mnri thiou d,-feuded ;nda the comnciousnfess oif t! wil, si' lung as it exists, lirtve a source ol' urea eS to the whole South." A Morceau of Logic. The Edhinburg .ei-e, of the 22nd uIt., takesi Me. Utenf:Auc's Mesage andl controverts one tw ot' its positions with trea~t sury froid. As illustration of that paper's clear cotmprehensic f nrpiit hini systenm, chew the following: nThe Soufthiern are irot *Sovereign States,' Mlr. liuchnanan says they aire. Th y tare hart of Uilon, aind as sach boith North andl South eqt:ly connected with the existence of slaver M tr. Unchaniiiain's r.ssertion of the indepndnlace t.e separnte . '. ' is a i low aut their very "r~tar s.'tiont. (ti s.h -i her gitund than a.; beil mer ~lc r - f n '.:- ,tl':n'-. . haui :hte S thm a tat to deifmandi the re t.initin of fuigimi, echv I: :e, Si iaihi in Sinte.s u i'hidraw 'rnn t'ie Uniut ~ta'.d o-.iy f i,'..,e t th-:iy at l.ibet~y to en .w. r nt hei prpe y in -arts iht 's lI ci htt.ndu., as5 n:en b..i: 'f hie 1-.. -n. lhe Nor iias ut-ery righut to interere with tihis tweet ai Georgia an Independent Republic. r Our peolcie, (says the Augusta Denocrat of Sun tiay last,) were Ailmost wild with enthusiasm, when a dispatch from the State capitol yesterday, on nounced that the ordinance, which evered the connection of Georgia with the Federal Union, was adiaited at 2 o'clock, by a mrjority uf 119 votes. The news sprend over the city with almost electric rapidity, and erouds of cager citizens were seen at ecry coruerld all along the streets mingling their gratulations at the auspicious and glorious result. Soon the deep thunder of artillery and the ringing of bells added their loud notes to swell the voice tof triumph. The scene ut iight was exciting iand brilliant 1 beyond any former occasion. At short notice hun dreds of houses were illuminated and Broad-street, . especially, was all ablaze with light from windows, b bonfires, sky-rockets and other mmterials, while I. the whole city was boisterous with the beating of 3 drains, the roaring of cannon, and the deep-sound I ing tones of the large Tower Bell. I The military were out in their gay uniforms and , they added to the interest of the occasion by firing . twenty thundering roundi in honor of independent Georgi.c. We cannot particularize the many ob . jects ot interest which presented themselves to the - eye. a The streets were thronged to a late hour with . admiring and re.joicing spectators of both sexes. Augusta has thus given a spontaneoug ratitication M to the nets of the Convention. o All honor to the great old State of Georgia! o Well done say we to her chosen delegates in Con r venitioin ! A Stern Picture. t IT was in the South Carolina House of Repre. sentatives, on the evening of the day in which - Asuiasos had declared his int.ntion to open his d batteries upon our boats, in retaliation for the firing of our troops on The Star of the li'ent. The eurresiondence between that otlicer and Governor Picc.:ss had just been read amid the almost breathless attention of the entire assembly. AA length it was finished, and war, unmistakeable e war, at once stood out in hold relief to every mem 0 er's mind, as the only " next step " it was possi ble to take, if approving the course of the Com inander-in-chief. The stern silence that followed the reading of the correspondence was soon bro ken by the distinct accents of a member proposing certain resolutions of approval, decided and em phatic. Without debate and without a faltering ir remark from any part of the Hall, these resolu tions were adopted unanimously, and it was so d expressed onktheir face by special motion. Is From one who was present we learn that the occasion was indeed impressive and imposing. There was not a heart that did not beat in high accord with the martial ring of the intelligence, not a face that did not glow with the resolve to dare the worst. It was a moment when men cared not to interrupt the prompt vote of the body by words of untimely rhetoric, but to their stern ir duty at once addressed themselves. o And we ere enter upon our rocord the resolutions of which were passed, and which Mr. MULLIS of ut Marion had the honor of presenting. We do this, not only because we have neglected heretofore to Ln place this demonstration before our rkaders, but because it is one that gives promise of a glorious re reciprocity of contideuce between our State au re thorities in discharging thp arduous duties of the at crisis. Read the Resolutions: aevolred, unacuninma/y, That this General As sembly looks upon any attempt to reinforce the troops now in possession of Fort Sumter, as an act of open and undisguised hostility on the part 'c of the (goverument of the United States. p- Jesolre-lfurther, nunniniota/y, That this Gener er al Assembly learns, with pride and pleasure, of the uccessful re..istance this day, by the troeps of "this State, acting under the orders cf the Gover. il nor, to anl attempt to reinforce Fort Sumter.. e- Jhaeclced further, unc'ianknan4, That this Gen to er.d Assembly entirely avoroves - - c~~e~!, ci ot the Rtesolutions. IRarw Ayes. Our vision wacs gladdlened the other day by the Ssicghlt of two neat young ladies in our streets, ,rlthout hoops. All piraise tic them for thus step. pcIIing incdependcntly out of this exaggerated fash icon,-for thus seceding fromc Hocop-donm. The Emticpress Eugenuie, of France, is said to have dlone h this long ago: Yet few, if any, hacve fcollowed her example on this side of the water. Three years ago a hocoped feumale would hanve been scare-crow, .and soc will such an on'm be three years hence. It r is a goo.1 timie to, drop the .skels.toin delusion at the Southl, as we are dloubitless dep--ndenct wholly on the Nordlh focr the ma,:nuctu~..ire ,.tf the article. It ucay bce, cas S.Lv. S.I:en~c ui~s snys in the farce, ~the coolest kinid o' thing." lbut it is certainly t~,le to, nature. acnd conseqjuently to true grace candc bceutyv. To prv the latter pacrt ccf the pro e lsition, wo ask any one to thinik for ai miomen~t of a R.remau pers->nating the charnieler of (.enli/r, cr of a dos rAu; siniging the role cof NXc~.t, in lcocps. We fear we are, treadiing oin deliecte ground in re . -pect to certainl ladhics who rerard1 thcis article cof dre.<s indispcensile to their pceimmal presentabhility. Tco such we wouild s:ay, unhoopl the hoccps graduc ~ally, and no one will otbser've a chang,--exeept rt for the better. For the A dvertiser. .1 Memorices of the Paa~t. * I, I'm 1til alcone in t wilight nocw, sqe evencing houric is neacr ; An;) the ticig clock, andi w ind's deep meoan * . re1cll tljidsciuiti I he~-'~ P iSMy thccughts grow s.tl, and sadder still, hAs the dlarknuess gathers rouncd, ii Atnd throcugh the dusk [ see the leaves eC Fall silenct toc the grcund. And ccer my: heart ini lccneiness, 8.ccl mlem'ries ocf the ldc.t. In fccrm.- like thc .3u in vi- ions seen, Thceir m'sc'y sh.' lccws east. se My childh.>ol in its itinocenee, mi My y.mcth and mcanhcood too, With noiselesct treadc b~ef.,re me p'ass n. Suc -eesiva in review. I ace liy clear old homecste.ld roof, Where I spent my lirst life, cI. efore I kncew there was for mne Or sorriw, painm or strite. - One spot I mcark not facr fremu thence. 'Tis my~ dlear icnthier's grave. juAnid o'er it noce Sweep wintry blants, Aud weepcing willows wave. ,lin: delc is nocw ac sain ted SPirit Inc yon bright wocrldl of iight, a iWhcere no~ughi t' pain is ever felt, And never Ccmei the night. Methuinks I see her bend on me a- 1 ler deep) and tendcer eyes, g IAs stars, thce gncardlian sainits ct' earth, TLook downward fromc the skies. k- Oh! when I think if thicu wert h~ere, Dear shcouldlst thccu lie to me, How dou I mcourn myc Icoely loct, .And, moither, sigh fcor tlhee ! IlP l)ear miocther, that I were with thee, or In thy pure, bright abodcc-. in Wchcere inut of~ sinl can e'er corrupct, Nor sccrrow e'er ccrriode. as "When shall I reach thy hcapp3 hcome a i And bce forever lelst ? ri Whcen shall [ see m~y Savior's fiuee, .t Aind inc His bosom rest ? 'iBit eense, liy se-uil, thy icournful straini Since~ faith' bcright p.1ledge is hgiven yTicac al lco lice ncrighlt whilst hero - haill meet acgain ini henven:. An cx let it he thcy cicf etap~lccy Ti'o we... not o'er the pacst, ut, n doc the goocd thotu find'st to d~o I ko long na life sall lst. Then when thou hast a good fight fought And laid thine armor down, Thou shalt receive eternal life And an immortal crown. RIISKIN. Interesting to the People. Our kind and considerate member, Col. QcAT T.EDAUx, favors us with an interesting letter which we would be glad to publish in full; but from the very late hur of its reception we are -rompelled to be contented with extracts from it. Cu.ur.svoN, S. C., 20th Jan. '61. Cut.. A. Sixxts,-Dear Sr: Times have been very exciting here indeed: but the p-esent situa tion of things has produced quite a change. Con sequcntly, matters are somewhat quieted, yet every thing is on the look-out. The excitement has caused Legislative business to progress rather slowly. The past week has been chiefly spent in discussing the Appropriation and Tax Bill upon their second reading. I here give you the assessment on a few important items: ;n Slaves, $1,60; Land $2, ad valorem; sales of Goodet 27 eta., transient $1,00; Town Lots 38 eta.; Proressins $I; Salaries, fees, labor, &c., exceed ing $300,00, $1 per hund; Carriages, $2,50; Bug gies, $1,25; Gold Watches $1; Silver do. 50 ct..; Stallions and Jacks, $5; Distilleries, $15, and other things in proportion. Reduced Tax Collec tor's commissions to 65 per ent. on former per centagp. The troops are generally well, in high spirits, and are now faring very well; and many of them are auxitou, to take Fort Sumter. Col. If ivNE, who carried the dispatch from the Governor to the President, has returned, but has not made known any facts relative to his progress. It is also stated that Lieut. HALL has returned to Ft. Sumter, but of course we know nothing of the me-.sage he brought from the President. A Bill is now in progress, authorizing the-Gov ernor to raise another Regiment of Enlisted Sol diers, and two more Companies -of Artillery of Enlisted Troops, and to unite the four Artillery Companies, and form a Battalion of Artillery to be commanded by a Msjor. If this, project pre. vails, no doubt but that at least some of the Vol unteers will be discharged. - Oar Speaker (CoL. JAS. SI0.to1) was taken ill Friday morning; so much so, that he declined his seat. Mr. R. B. BoYrSox was elected Speaker temporarily. I have not heard from Col. Szxoxs this morning. We learned by Telegraph yester. day evening that Georgia passed the Ordinance of Secession at half-past two p. m. yesterday, by a majority of 119: I think now, with all possible speed. a Convention should be organized by the seceding States, with a view to the immediate formation of a Southern Republic; If things can remain quiet until this can be effected, I think we are safe, without much probability of bloodshed. Troops are pouring in almost every day, from the different sections of the State. While all the exis ting circumstances present a rather favorable as pect, yot, we are, and should be, preparing for the worst. It is now 12 o'clock 31., I have this moment returned from the wharf, where the Boat Oirls left for Sullivan's Island. I saw Judge Durisoe, who is going over, to return to-morrow. Rumor says this morning, that Maj. ANDERSON has sent a message to our Governor, saying he wihed to go North to see his wife, and that he dlesired that no hostilities should be exercised du ring his absence; what the reply.of the Governor will be, or whether or not this is true, I cannot say; In fact, I doubt It, as many reports are cir culated, that are entirely erroneous. Yesterday a Resolution came to the House from the Senate, setting ap-art Thursday the 24th inst. as the day of adjournment, in which the House concurred. Therefore, if nothing of an extraor dinary nature occurs, we will return to our good some ot na, iu inau )u i. . - -. - d whreabouta of the "REdgefield Iliflee." And right here, let me on the port of our Company, return our thanks for the comfortable manner in wieh we were conveyed to Hamburg. Had It been othiarwise our arrival in Charleston could have been delayed at least twenty.fouir hours. As it was we took a through ticket, and were in the City twenty hours after we left. Never can we forget our parting friun you all, on that holy Sabatha day; and whaatev'-r our f..to way be, whether to stand as sentinels upon the sea coast of atur beloveO little Republbe to ward off danger from thotse we love, ur to storm the ramparts of the instulting foe, we~ wtI bIe ekeosd on.to do our duty by the fund recollection that there ure.loe, we have left behind, whose hoipes and af'ections arcecentre~d upon us. Diess their dear soula ! May theair hearts soon~ be glatddened b~y the safe return .f tha Edtgenld Boys. The beautiful co'ers presented by the fair ladies .f Edlgecled, tire the pride of our Company, and they may rest nassured that k eriled to battle we ill be sure t., llee them " near the flasbing of the gunts".: tie enemy. I), .jutr narr.val in the City we were quartered at th e.ln.-.-;eu, .'lore/, which was patriotically given ;.r he use of Vo.lunte.ers by the three ladies who are the owners, tandl took our meals at the Pari ?nt. On Wedneisday iu reeived orders to remove to Sullivan's I.-land. 1 'it recollect it was on that :norning thu Fo.rts tiredl on the Star ',f the W1est, sand as the b--tsts petnsed within range of the guns oft Ft. Sumter, many an eye was turned anxi'.usly towardis her loufty walls as they frowned grimly down uponl us. J~tut-wa paeed safely, anid landed on the Island, where we nrc quartered at the Moul trie Ilouse. This is a ltarge Hotel used ras a plnce o resort during the summer months. It is situa ted about two hundred yards from Fort Moultrie, immeditely ont the bench. I hiave only to lo'ok *.ut to see the broad Atlantie stretching away as far as the eye can reach. Our quarters are pleas ut enough, anda we have lelnty of provisions. The fare is a little rough, it is true, but we remenm er that we are soldiers atnd must reconcile our selves to it the best way we can. There are about five hundred men in the House at this time, and tnear one thousand on the Island. Edgeielad is highly honored by the State, sever al of her sons are in offices of high responsibility. Dr. Er.SET- lli.Asa, the Surgeon of the Regiment, is always promptly at his post, atnd is winning lau res for himself b~y his gentlemanly deporment. Cat. CzcEao AnAMus, as senior Captain, is the cemntander of ti's garrison. G. A. Wanntaw and A. P. Brvt.ER, son of the gallant Cole Butler, have recei' edl c,.mntissions in the State army soon to be organized. Auxan Psais, Esqj., has been tippoitted Qutartermuater, with JacoB YOrscat~oon, Assstaii.t ; N. L. d RIFtN is in we Hlospital De p ttmntt tatid A. P'. BUUr.Ent. whom you all recol e' t, son haearintg that our Caomptany was in Charles ton, returned from New Orleans, joined the Com pany nud received an uflice. I understand that our Company is roon to he statioed at the upper endl of thu Island. The Reiment is now ftull and one Coumpanay over, and the cry is stil! they come. Our situation is very much exposed, being in fll view of Fort Sumter, which is only one andl a half toiles awaty. Should A samasox he fool hardy enugha, lie could soon blow this house to pieces. The fortifications at Fort Moultrie are pughing rapily to comletionl. Two hundred negroes are now at work there. Other batteries are being thrown up, in order to dlefend the harbor caomplete ly. We are not app.rehensive of an attack. Too any of the Southern States have andl will secede. Gen. Scorr says if the South is united, a war will ho absurd. ll~zt whatever maty come, the Independent Re public u.-t sutva -:, and it is to be rinecrely hurs!, that the no0w dietmit flrag of the enemy, wil soon trail in the dutt becfore the proud hran nr of our gleriotus littce State. More anon. - R. I wa ite this amid the confusion necesaaily inuci -.e n toihe larraeks of volunteers.