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Washington News. WASH1NGTON, January 16.-Hlon. I. W. Hayne had a personal interview witi the President last night. Mr. Buchanan listened attentively to his proposition, and req'tired him toput it forzi:lly in writing. Mr. 1ayne i., aw preparing it, but is in no hurry to sub mi, it, sa be considerm delay important. The Republicans are pressing ooercive ac 0oin in Uorgress. tl-ne is said to demand the withdrawal of ."e Federal troops from Fort Sumter. I understand tiaat ,lefferson Davis has ad dressied a letter to Gov. Pickea, be.eeching the r o'toration of amicable relations with Ma jor Anderson, whom he has loing known. He vruheae for Mjor Andersot as being as hon. orable a. ne i. brave, .id for bin not abusnig tie , i.limce reposed in him. He thinks tihat free access to the tuarket shk.uld be sal loced, and that kind relatiows being restored, all would be well. It is currently reported this evening, in well biformed circies, that the President has exp.- -Ased a Aiiliugnes to recognize a d4 fa.u Goverumeut embracing several States. Several southern Senators called on Colunrl H tyne to.day, and urged a modification of his views and demands, everytuing being im p.rt.at that will, if pozsible, preserve peace. I am told by southern men that it is quite pow ble that the propositions, as committed to writing will ditfer from those presented verbally on yesterday. Seventeen thousand nine hundred pounds of powder were placed on board the frigate Coustitution, at Annapolis, a few days since. It 's believed that this step was taken to pre vent its being seized by Maryland. WAsusa-roT, January 17.-The President decided, yesterday afternoon, and the Cabi nrt confirmed his decision to-day, that the present satius of the foLrtsh -all be maintained. Te President has perempt orily declined to receive Colonel HIayre, or recoguize him in any official capicity. And while asserting taat the Federa' Government will not pursue anl aggr.s.nve policy, he declarea that, under no circuistnces, will Fort Sumter be yiel ded up to the authorities of Soutb Carolina. It is understoud that thisa is the exact pur Port of the instructions given Lieutenant 'al b-at for ijor Anderstmn. Lieutenant Talbot left this morning for Charleiton. Colonel Hayne and Mr. Gour do will leave shortly. N.,tuing new has transpired this evening in relation to Col. Hayne's mission. His roou% are constantly crowded with uditin guished petple, anxiously inquiritng for infor maio:2, but your Commissiu -er ie oxceeding ly cauuious. L'iere is considerable excitement atnong the Black Republicans at a rumor %.hich i. r:,e lare, that the Prebilient has resumned the pe .ce p.licy, in opposition to the who!e Cab inet. Tbe Republicans are denouncing him to-night. A dispatch has been received by the Ala. hatna delegation, from the Governor of that State, directing them to remain here for the present. -7-0utIsTON, Jan. 18.-It is understood A . B. Greenwood will accept the :-t- i: :-rior Department at the - -1 -!1#e. Southern men, --- e to check CU"C munication to i. There was another r ~ tive session of the Senate to-...e: the President were severely hide.n Abolitionists, however, carried the day. m. was confirmed by a vote of 38 to 13. Deapatcbes reeived bere to-day from Char. leston, state positively that the market is open to Majoir Anderson and1 his men, and tha1t ever, courtesy has been extenhded to them by theo State authorities. This an nount.--ment, for a iluie, took the wind completely out of the Abs..lition rails. President Baczhanan ex p)resses himself as highly gratified ait this re turn of friendlly relations ;etwesun Charlestoni and LFort Sumter. Great confidence is ex pressed by Southern umen in the judgment and discretion of tiajor Anderson. The fresh meat and vegetable. oft Charleston are whole. some, and it is und~eriood that the Major im proves the appetites of his command by two hwurs daily exercise with hand rrenades, the fuise-. of which are adjusted at proper distances a; guit the tide._____ Le1uistsie. In the House, on Wednesiay, thue 16th ins.t., Mr. Jesiscr~s offeredl the following Resolution, which was agreed to, and orderzed for consideratioin on Thursday: Re.,aleed, That it is the sen~e ouf this Gen eral Assembly, that those B .ttalions in this State which have sucruahed a company or comipanuies for the organization of the Volun teer Regiment, authorized by the Convention, may be excused if they should n,..t comply with the requisitions of the Act passed by t'uis Legi-lature, to organize an armed mrili tary force. Message No. 8 of his Excellency the Gov ernor was announced and read as follows: STATE OF SOU'rH CAIIItLIsa, ExicenTrv DIEPARTMIENT, Jan. 15, 1861. To the Memnbers of thec Seate amld House of I&presetat~ires: 1 have sent into the Senate a nomination of a portion of the officer.< of the first regi u~nt of enlisted men. Thme resolutions of the Convention, that authorized the raisinug of this regiment, I consider as liimitintr me to one or two regimeonts, containing 640 mnen and eight eornpanies, without defining any tinng fuirther. Perhaps we may not need1 a--other enlisted Regiment, and yet I think we will nueed. two more Artillery Companies enlisted as regulars. The resolutions of the Convention confined me tom two R.-gimnents of eight cornpanies each ; and in the First Reg: menit I made two of the complanies artillery. If I could have made a regimn-nt of ton companies, I would have made four art.illery companies in it. I now desire tuo rayue more Artillery Comp:.nies, and unit': them as a Battalion of Artillery, under tha..->mmnand of a Major, andl yet ini thre one regir.ant. The fo.rts and fortificatiouns neesmry in this State are on a large scnle for our te:sour ces, and if we are to garrison them, it n.ust bo dlone permanenmtly. arid for this purp.'se we require Aruillury Compainies. For garri son purpose., the companies need not exceed sixty men. I tuost respectfully reeomtnend that authority be given mue to oirganuize twot more Artillery Companies, regularly enlisted for a term not shorter than three years. Per. haps it might bo proper to menlist anieher Rteimrent fori three years, and if so, thes, the two additionsl Artilicry Companies might be embraced in that. It miay appear too -expe'nsive for our re sore to adopt this propositioun, but, itn all prob.;lity, we will soon p-u-s into a Soiuthernu Coiie~raev. and the organization of these hRgimerts ~wiil be nothing more than what wili be absolutely necesrary to~ garrison and pr..,ect our extended sea-coast, and, under the formation of a Sout herni Confederacy, they will be transferred to the Government. It is plain, with the fanatical excitement pre vailing amongst the Northern people, that, if we expect to preserve peac-.., we must b'e thoroughly prepared for any eaue they may think proper to tender. The cAlenilationi as to expenses' is not worth a imomenlt's conrsideriration, compared with the conscious feeling of .szfety arising from inili tary organization. A people who would hes itate to defend their r~ghts -because of the ex penses inivolved, are not fit to be free. F. W. PICKF.NS. On motion of -Mr. Farrow, The M<.isas~e was referre'l tor the' Committe-- un t"M Mili - (t' cui ion mund .S'Ae-l:::II 1. p .9,I ii'-ittives, W:- '.s ad * -r5 p m.hie iii .se, on mn,,i--u '-- Mr. p.,adjounedtt, to umeet to-morrow atr i1. -r..lv.l5, Speech of Joseph Abncy, Esq. PC On Saturday the 19th inst., after the review of i the Battalion at the Piu House, and the address wI of Gen. BATRF, Jostru Ansuy Esq., nade, in sub- er stance, the following remarks: Pl Men of the Uppcr Jatialion of the 7th Reg.jint : l What I shall say to you to day, will have refer ence exclusively to the objects of your parade. From the orders just read in your hearing, you a in learn that each Battulion in the Brigade is re- a quired to furnish the State an Infantry Comipany, d and that the whole Brigade is expected to furnish L two Rifle companies in additinn. There is no provision as to what portion of either or both of w thepe last companies, any single Regiment or Bat- u talion may furnish. As there is no restriction r upon it, this Battalion, if it please. may raise as b well a Ride Company, as the Infantry Company it is bound to raise. Indeed I have the assurance c t that you have already nearly completed a Rifle si Company, of the very best material, which only d asks for a few recruits more, when it will be ready a] for organlsation. You will surely nta withhold d r the small number of men needed fur this purpose. g [ If you should be so fortunate as to comply with b the requisition of the Governor, and also to fin- tr ish the Rifle corps begun under such flattering 0 auspices, you will reflect great honor upon your- ti t solves and upon your whole Regiment. You have 0 already sent to the theatre of warlike operations, 3I one full and noble eompany, and your sister Bat- w talion has sent two. If therefore, you succeed in it your present efforts, the 7th Regiment *f itself i 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, L that will cover it with glory. of Neither is it unimportant to the perfecting of 9 e your organization, that you should have an eye 0 V to your Rifleg. The language of the military Bill n n in, that when eight companies of Infantry shall b e have been accepted and the two Rifle companies P thereto attached, then the Governor shall order the election of their Colonel, Lieutenant Colonel, and Major, and constitute them a regimenL. So e that, though the Rifes are not demanded in the call of the Governor, they would seem to be cou templated by it, as well as embraced in the Act of - r the Legislature; because they appear to be neces . ary to the formation of the regiment, and to the y carrying out of the intentions of the law. But it may be imagined that too much is do manded of this part of the " Bloody Seventh." I hope not. Fifty five Riflemen have already been . obtained, and only Twenty-five more are wanting . to complete their number, which added to Seven t ty-five, the complement of the Infantry company b - required, makes only One hundred men, that you y are now called upon to consecrate to the service - of their country. Do this, and this day your reg iment shall be re-baptized, and shall be called the Glorious instead of the " Blondy " Serenth. For, I am informed, that your sister, the Lower Bat talion will need no second call to enable her to organize the last of three companies, composod of b the prime manhood and chivalry of the District. Can you prove yourselves to be unequal in spirit to your chivalrons colleague of the same regiment? Can South Carolina, not obtain one hundred vol. untoers to maintain her fair escutcheon, and de fend her sacred rights out of this long array of young, and ardent, and gallant men ? I tell you young gentlemen, if you falter in your duty, in this emergency, the very women will jeer at and laugh you to scorn ! Upon my word of honor, if you hope to win your loves and your sweethearts, you must now show yourselves willing and capa Me of winning laurels on the bloody field of battle. - carted woman will accept a lover whose a .- when dangers thickenaround, alel her contry, her home -song has ever been, i in .. the bravo' u... troubadour for the ,.. his couantry. A little beyotnd n" of JoLts ItvAg, as st.ut and valliant a . ever brandlishod a blade. in deftoce of beauty hon. or, or country. A f, w 'tils bduw, in this samei - battalion, lived old . am: WA-rsos, who taught a [f Ber.sa hocw to fight, atnd who dlying nmild the - flashing of the enemy's guns, and in the moment nf of victory, bequeathed her us a ptrecious legacy to his noble Lieutenant, who, in like manner, has transmitted her in all her loveliness, to a umost I generous and heroic posterity. From your bat talion, in the darkest days of the IRevolution, the ,H Amiosmts, lion-heairted all, drew recruits to their 1 . hatt.:red zand:.k.s.od ti)n JIjxoi.s..M'ed,.annd .fought and died in the other Battalion o'f theI e "glorious Seventh."~--Why, nmy friends, aire .there notne of the dlescendlants of these immuortal r heroes in your ranks at this hour ? Ilow en-~ von keepi your places in the haek-ground when .:outha Catrolina, your dear nouriec land, entreats you to rally to her standard, in a cause ten times greater, I than that for which your fasthers, so lavishly pour-a s ed out their lives ? If you dily and linger bc f hind, the very blood ini your veins will rebel -against your degenerate spirits. It i4 your mother, invironed with many perils, that calls you, with resistless appeal, to her rescue. Manifest to the world, that you are not reereant sons, and faith less to the ties of nature. n" Show us hero The mnettle of your pastiure : let 'a ear That you are worth your breeding-; Feer there is noise of you so iaenn anid base, I That bath not nobtlo lustre in your eye." Do you need ex uIples, oilher than your fathers ? left you. to enkindle your ardor, and iincite you to uyour duty ? P'ardon me, the mention of only one. It is needless to remiintd you, that the two Blattalions of the Saluda regiment, amnd the uppler Battalion of the 9th regiment, almtost at the frt tap of the drum, affered nmo meni to the cause than were actually required of thenm. lunt this is Ithe high example I will hold upt to you,-au ex amptle that should take its place in history as equal. ling the most glorious instance of Greecian or Romamn patriotism. The Lower lUattalion of the 'th Regiment, mustered only ninety men ini its rinks, and to their iminortal honor, when thme call -. .f the Giovernor reached them, Setventy.six of that Ninety enr--lied their namets as voluntesr stldiers i of the pruud Comamonwealth of Soutn Carolinn. -i say the pir,,nd Comns-,nwealth, for a State may well lbe proud, whose citizens can yield such 'she dienice to her be'uests, un i can evince such entire devotion to her untarnished honor, and the ensigns of her sovereign potwer. Such nin act, mn of the Seventh, would make a bright chaliste: in the Isis tory osf the greatest petple on earth, and while . South Caro!it.a can fiud such ions to defendi her tag, all the abolition coborts of America could not make it trail in the dust. Imitate the men of -the Ninth. Let your neal be tired bey thoirs, anr3 your Stato shall joy and rejoice ait the courage and l..yalty yon will have displayed on the 19th of January.frn huvtea I know, rm brvtcI plainly see that you have more mcn ini line, who art, willing and axious to vultunteer, than the State needs for her service, but they atre reetrainedl from of'ering them. selves, by the feur of being placed uder offiers d:splesing t', them, and by thoir miisunderstandl -ings iu regard to company offices. It is a mis fortune, that a word should he said about officers, util the requisite numbers to constitute a Compa ny have been made up. There are times when patri otismshuul I be unealculatinig,iiand when isilashnees le should bte los' in love of country. Int my opinion, tt tis is one of there very occasions, that appteal to ee the most exalted sentiments ot our nature. Lect i the young especially, follow their own lofty spirits el and inclinationr, and they will lead thecm in the. ti way of true glory. I can sasy, I tr'ust, without si the imnp-station of uity~i, that nbo,~t for,~teen se ,years r e, wheni .nyv t.,'.-try, a conotry n.,t hatlf rr , s dear to us as So:uth Caroliua aloniuoc aid f r a Sthe services of tiin yo ing men in wiar, I entered h the r-.uks, wiihout he'itamion a~s a private. I roe I to bic thirdI Cori,oral, anid fronm third Corporal to lI third Lieutenant. From being third Lieutenant, It I ros .. e se...,.nd Linutonant, and at iinmartant li, riods of the .sorvice, Quarter-Master and C -_ issary of the Palnetto Regiment, as also, for a iile, from the severe casualties of war, Comm A of the 96 Bioys. These positions I obtained Sli y by standing firmly at my post, and by ieting Ml the part of a soldier. It is a source of pride me too, that I was never under arrest during e whole campa.igu, and that when I settled my counts with the Government for the diAburse nt of more thatn an hundred thtusand dollars, at Government, by its own showing, became my ibtor, and has so continued to this day.' Lieut. . B. WEYER also entered the ranks as a private, as appointed fourth Corporal, and by almost equalled fidelity, courage, and good conduct. so through all tho non-commissioned Officesto i Lieutenant of the same Company. If you are soldiers in heart, young men, and in summon the resolution to perform the part -s gned you, whether in hattle or bivouac, y ur ,serts will certainly be made known, and hon rs d rewards will crown your gallantry, and be towered upon you, without measure, by ur rateful and admiring countrymen. Ney, "e ravest of the brave," Murat, Macaena, au In uth, all those intrepid and invincible Marsh 11s E Napoleon, who bore the French Eagles in 1c iry and triumph through the gorgeous Capi ale r Europe-overthrew thrones and empires, ad >rting with the diadems of Kings, filled hole earth with the blaze of their fame and I ary genius, commenced their career as priv .es the armies of France. They eut their way with word to the temple of glory, and with the uiwed, icy mounted to its loftiest pinnacles. If yur suls are as great, and your aspirations are' as rge as theirs, answer to the summons of y ur tate, on the instant, and embrace the profei - n arms, for after all, our rights can never be taintained, or our independence secured, exe pt y the stout hearts, and the strong arms of a. I resolved upon liberty or death. ART~va SINEINS, EDIT03. WEDNE SDAY, JAN. 23, 1861. Religious Notice. Rev. E. H. LAxa, Universalist, will preach in be Court House in this place on Sunday next the 27th) at 11 o'clock A. M. Discontinued. The Post Office at Duntonaville, in this District, as been discontinued. Rev. D. D. Bitunsox requests us to say that his 'ot Office widress in future will be EdgefseldC. I., S. C. Ridgeway Association. Wr have been requested by the Secretaryof the tidgeway Association, to announce that there will e a meeting of that body on Thursday next, at 1 o'clock. Important business will be brought o the attention of the Association. Company Dinner. We are requested to state that the Independent tif Company, just raicd, will ho'd a meeting or drill, elections, &c., on Saturday next at the >ine House. There will also be a company dir ner n the occasion ; nnd it is suggested that contri ions of good things by the ladies would be thauk ully received and highly appreciated. Accepted. The Edgefield Heiuvar having tendered their ervices to tho State, the following is the note of eptance from the War Department: IxAn-QUARTEns, Jan. 15, 1661. SR: I am instructed by thc War Depasrtmecnt say, in reply to your tender of the Edgefieid Iussr', that the spirit which prompted the pa ' :-offer cennot be too highly commnend ed. - that shoulid ny occasion presenti '--alry can iatanit,) I, shil Const. tespectf ting Adj' sars. ill Poin. -iot gives - p lleasure. a of EdgeD. "Oni ves.. ahic'h was one of the most in. 'lement'dlays w<. ever experienced, Msr. Reuben tevnolds. a citiren "of this country, and an old uan, walked ten miles through the mud and rain, o vote the secession ticket, Hie was one among be irst of .,ur citizens to don the blue coeckade. : lokd a little the worse for the datmpening it rot, but dlry weather will make that all right. .hen we state that Mr. Reynolds is a native of iouth Carolina, it will in the minds of some people eenunt for his zeal. We go for patting hint on he pension list o.f t~e new Republic." jusg what mnisht Ihave been' ''' of tiers. It's Edlgeliehl all ,,ver. ?iib-, wal kedi 10 miles to, join his compantfy the ay efo'ire it left for Charleston ;and two or three thcrs walked' 15 msiles to unite with it at a station n the S. C. Railroad. Place him "in the lrind Sthe stranger," or where you will, an Edigelield Iean's heoart still fires with the hopes, the prospects nil the nims oif his boyhood's home. -Though the bartque be toss'd by the winds 'nd the waves, The needle still points to the pole." Mr. Oscar M. Lieber. After what was said of this gentleman's father 'ime weeks ago. and in which ire participated to oe extent, it is but right andI just that the same eitders should bear of the .sun's manifest enthusisism u the cause of South Carolina. It aff'ords us real leasure to know that Mn. OscAn M. Lituna has ukle 'in his armor fur the State, with an ard'ent etria~tion~ to be eqtunl with any son of hier.9 in is exertions for her defeneo. We learn that: he ras very aetive in the formiationi of the Coltumibia ompiiis', antI that his whole soul is with So ath irolia in her -present struggle. May Fortune aver bl endeavors, and may he win laurels that rll etndre to his honom :.nd welfare in the field -has so gallantly chosen. In the bright exem In of the son, we lose sight of any ill-advised ap 'f the father,-if indeed there be any real indatiin for the rumor in regard to the latter hieh reached the State, and which we were isinclined to credit at the lime. Masonic. The following Blrethran have been duly eleeteil t tficers of Frienuduly I-4d4, No. 23, for the p es. nt M isouic Year. . (1. Moar.r~v, W. M. J. W. lAtr.s, . W. W. F. Srrater, Tress. T. N. icar. Set'. SI.K M.rtar, D Wt.IA EL~tr.Yace, 'Tiler. X!. llling Louhe hava elected the followitug ffieesrs for this Masotsc Year. i. M. Y.uiuovn, S. Wi. B. ]J xa, S. W. T. L. Sutit, Sec. JOStIui P.esm,:rr, Treas. E. 1. Foiunasv, S. Di. M. C'oLKxxAs5, J. D). v. SAnt~an, Tiler. The N. Y. Herald. This pape.r was quoted at the South'during .he tat year as ati adovieate of Southern resista ,ce itLincoln's pirobalJe election. At all event), it, untinally and assidluusly iuddcd fuel to tho inue of inignation which that probability vas iidling. lint now, when the dleed is donc gad e Sotuth rises in her nmajesty, this greatt triek r ee tunu 1on0 our section. and withs nee"ui'ar v r ity upoin Sn.,thi Carilia, ail mttempg. to al. lraive, a :nperaste end ani intellig.nt No les son ipn ih- initular., -he folly, the n'io . n'ry thir tejion. Si ou ed be i's .suggesti( i,. d ~nned (as usual) lie its thrice. horsuh tip. d d p roitorud cinduttr. WSill Sou h-ern a ' Georgia out of the Union! MILLEDOEVILLE, Ga., Jan 16.-The Statl Convention met at 10 o'clock, this morning [lou. Geo. W. Crawford, of Richmond coun ty, was elected President by acclamation. On the 17th, able and interesting speeche were made by commissioners Orr, and Short .r. from South Carolina and Alabama. Ni Tecial business done. On Friday, the 18th, the Convention wa n --eerot se.-sion most of the day. In th< avening secession re.,olurions were passed b; a vote of 165 yeas, to 130 nays. ORDINANCE OF SECESSION PASSEI M ILLEDGEVILLE, Jan 19.-The ordinanc of Recession was adooted by the conventio! to-day at two o'clock, by a vote of two hut ,]red and eight yeas, to eighty-nine nays. Th mrajority was one hundred and nineteen. The following is the ordinance of secessio by which the State of Georgia was taken ou of the Union: An Ordinance to dissolve the Union betwee the State of Georgia, and the other State united with her, tinder the compact < Government entitled the Constitution < tLe United States: We, the people of the State of Georgia, i convention assembled, do declare and ordais and it is hereby declared and ordained, thi the ordinance adupted by the State of Geoj gia, in the convention of 1788, whereby th Constitution of the United States was ratifie and adopted, and also all acts and parts < acts of the General Assembly, ratifying an adopting amendments to the said Constitt tion, are hereby repealed, rescinded, and 'at rogated. We do further declare and ordain that tb Union now subsisting between the State i Georgia and the other States, under the tit! of the United States of Amneries, is hereb dissolved, and that the State of Georgia is i the full possession and exercise of all thot rights of sovereignty which belong and al pertain to a free and independent State. TREASURY LOAN. WASHiNOTOs, Jan. 10.-The bids for ti 5,000.000 loan were opened to-day. The Ban of Commerce at New York, bid for upward Of the whole amnunt, besides many others ft lerge and small amonuts. The Bank of Con merce bid for 4,000,000 at 11 centum. Nearl all the bills were from New York. NEW YORE LEGISLATURE. ALBAIY, Jan. 19.-The Committee on Fe< eral relations reported reprobating dissoli tion; and declaring that the State will exei her strength to maintain the laws, and e: pressing the desire to avoid war by evei means consistent with honor. They are wi ling to meet their sister States in a concili tory manner and remove the causes of con plaint. ifter the admission of Kansas the are willing to form two States out of the r maining Territory under the Missouri r striction. KENTUCKY NEWS. LoCIsILLM, Jan. 10.-Gov. Magoffin, 4 Ky., disapproves South Carolina's course bt will stand by the constitutional rights of it Sunth against anti-slavery rule. He recon ruerds a Convention of the border States -"re, and asks the passage of anti-coe and an appropriation to art delegates * . - U. sionists. The Commapder of the: L- - graphs to the Mayor of New u18u thousand men to take Fort 1Pickens. a ..J .cu nur su .ucn A L'AcidI U.3 ernent designs to blockade the Mitssissip river, and the harbor of Pensacola, Florida REPUBLICAN OV ERTU..RES. LAycasT?:R, Pa., Jan. 17.--Promninenit R publicans of this State recommend that com ruissioners be appointed to the border Stan pledging Pennsylvania's full performnance her Constitutional duties, and the repeal the obnaoxius~ laws, for the purpose of see ring tbe continuance of the border States the Union. MAINE PREPA RING FOR WAR. ' Fa-rLANr>, January 15.-A resolution wi intrduci o~thegislature to.dlay, settir forth the loyalhy ol Mcine -c.o.nimeri *1 an order that the Co)mmittee on Military A fairs be directed to inquire into the availab strength of' the military force of' the Sutt with the view that an exigency may nrise f< aid to the General Governnmnt. MASS MEETING IN PILADELBH IA PHIL.ADEL.PIIL, dJan. 17.--An im mense ma: mieetinie of citizens, irrespective of party, wa held here last night. Resolutions in favor coneiliation, instead of coercion ; and peac finl sepuration, rather than civil war, wvet adopted. MISSOURI STATE CONVENTION. S-r. Louzs, Mo.e Jan. 1.--The Conventic bill has passed the Senate by a vote of 41 1 2. The bill leaves the voters of the State I decide at thme election if the secessionx ord niance, to be adopted by the convention, sha be submiittedl to the people for ratification < not. The election is to take plaice ona th ldth of February, and the convention is I ieet on the 28th of the same month. ARKANSAS STATE CONVENTION. Me xvn is, Tenn.,.Jan. 1 7.-The Leg.islatur of Arkansas has unanimously pass.d the bi submitting the conventi.,n question to the pe, pie on the 18th of February. if a majorit of the people favor the convention, the Goi ernor will then appoint the day. A PAneator PCssAco..-We l-arn from par vate Samuel B. Brewer, of the "Metropolita Guards," who has obtained a furlough an just returned fromu th-., headquarters of the ai my, at Pensacola, that on Tuesday evenin laist, four V Mudred r.ntd fifty troops arrived the Navy Yard from M'bbile and Mississipp mnakinig in all at present stationed in that in mediate~ vicinity one thousand mnen. Ther are now en route ntear two hundred more from Auburn, Truakegee and Greenville, who wi probasbly arrive at the quairters to-night. it inforeuetuts, to the amount of 50I0 men, ar also bourly expected from New Orleans, n well as some from Columbus, Ga., and B~ar bour county, Alabama. On We.htm-'day mornmingi Commnodore Armi strong, of the Navy Yard,'left on the steazue Wyandoattc fur liosto~n. An attact is hourly expectod to be inadeo: fx; P'ickens. All parties areconfidenit of suc css. fler Goev. Yates, of' Illinois, delivered his in augural cin the 15ith. It is the most decidedi; Atsoltio.n, an ti-eumprotniao, anti 5ecesiionl deo ument sinuce the crisis. pai- It i1 said that the legislature of' Ohio on dores the course of Preside-:: Enehanan with ref srence to South Carulina, and pledges the entr ponwer and rescureos af thu State to maintain th contitution and las p!' A telographie dispatch fromn Washingtor u:"The b'vil . ii pay." Lot him taik ijT f n/ rd' r of the J.agi -it'm:'c, i sslut' in tea :n guns will% ~ fired in honor af each se":ed.s retc. Thbe res: s. f--r rcs:-eting .be number a' I'. to ft.-en, is t.u prevent thme too great walte 0 Great Enthusiasm in Augusta. On Monday night we had the utisfatiun of witnessing a continua:ion, enlarged and improved, of the demonstrations of rejoicing by the people of Augus'n. It was a settne of brilliancy and cn thusiasm lung to be remembered. The whole of Broad and :many houses on other streets were beautifully illuminated up to the third and fourth stoories,-Lhe bright white lights presenting dia. m11nds, stars, semi-circles, crosses, squares, &c., in great variety. The pavemnents re-sounded to the tramp of thousnids.-mnen, wimen, boye, girls, babies, and noryrot. Indeed these la.t were the most jyous i:part of the exhibiition, shouting in eo .tiney at every ascension of rockets, or explosion of pepleri, and especially exercised with broad eacehinations ns some medley rush of masked cow-bellow-gians, with horns, tin-pans and super annuated drum; ne .t swe.ping by. Then catne the procession of the Fire Compr.nies interspersed with bands of music, the men all henritng torch lights and the engines in a blaze of glory, with varied transparencies dangling above and around then, and muottos in red and bUie conspicuously upheld. Every where indeed the nanmes of Geor. yia, Sutih Carilina, Florido.. .'inppi and Altlntuma met the eye, accompanied with glow ing words of fraternity and encoura-geent. But it is uselee to attempt the deeription of it scene such as Broad Street preioted on thiA tne nmiorable Monday night. It was a glorious en dorsement of the verdict of Geurgiau's Convention by the good old city of Augusta. All honor to her s4piritedl people ! Georgia has gone nobly to the work of her political disenthralmont; and her sons will put their shoulders, unitedly, to the wheels of her progress. We should have mentioned at the outset that Five hundred guns were fired by CAr-. GnAiU nr.'s corps of Artillery in the afternoon of Mon day and immediately preceding the earnival scenes of the evening. A Noble Liberality. Besides the donations to the State hitherto re corded, among which was one of ten thoumand dol lars, we observe that other liberal patriots are coming up, in this most substantial manner, to the help of the common cause. . From the Xerrury wo clip the following ac knowledgement: STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.) ExEeUriVr: Orrice Treasury Department, - Charleston, Jan. 14, 1861. J flis E.celleiry the Gorernor: Sti: I have the pleasure of reporting to your Excellency the donation of two thousand dollars to the public service of the State, by a liberal and patriotic citizen of Georgia, who desires that his name should not he made public. ltespec'tfully, (Signed) C. 0. MvxMtNGERt. From the C.urier we take another: STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.) EXeC-riv O rFc. Treasury Department, Charlestvn. January 17, IS61. M4is Etcee'ency the Uorernor. Sta: I have the pleasure of reporting to your Excellency a donation of two thousand dollars frot "A Combabee Planter," for the purchase of any necessary articles of comfort for the benefit of tls different garrisons stationed at the forts about the harbor. liespectfully. C. 0. M Iaxtntaxt. In atliion to these, a free-hearted Georgian has offered to supply for three inauths any coin puny of 7 imei gtintg inito cur .ervice. There atre many citizens of South Carolina able to do this u ch cut of their abndance. We entreat them to ponder well the examples before them. Butler's Opening of Groceries, &c. Our old friend, W. P. B., having becu left al.,ne by all his hands,-gmne t sodgering.-has decatup Ied from .1Janurg and returned to his old corner in this village. lie is now opening a large and Isuperior lot of tiroceries andI other goods. andl will sell at ai lower seale of priee thian heretiofure re cognieed in this anarket. All persons de.,iring to .... ,,...,i..,... i .. .. .:...... ...mI soireiover entirely tree troom sectionalt bmras, and ::is manoment mecri-s the patronatge of~ all elever ,e phi every where. Trhe Only Chautmce. If~ a re-construiction of the Goverinent of the late l'iiited $tates bei pissibile or desirabbsh:. it is evident that force ennt neve'r effec't ie. Cierciomn will but widen the breaich nd increase the hostil ity of the sectionts. This is the real opinion ,f the wisest mesn of the ansy. and is in confsrmii:y. with views lung ago promulgated by the most able tatesmen ofta past generaltin..\ ..:Y Ayit~fl n .lax it.ros anid .Axti&W J.tessox aion:g the number. But whi: is coercioin ? S.-mte wouldl senm to -c'iam it..~hg an armed invatsi~ o~f thme sece ding~ .States andl an atctual entsti-.:tt .f their citi ?.a~s its rebiels. This is coercinn with a vengennene. Yet there is another phaise of thik instrius idlea which the Southi will regarid as nio le.- euercion than poeitive war ::id inivasioni woubil he: it is lie frcible col li-tioni of imaiioi~it, oniods coming in to siouthiern porte. in coitte'rpt iof the aiuthoritv andl in violittiotn ofl the rigThts oft Staites that htave ieclared thietiaelves iindepend~ent nattiontalilit lTis will he ;s..ked ui1.0u everywhere suth of ithe P.lototmtr- as the moieit degratd ing fo~rtsi f cioercient; heeniuse it implliies tht our Sta te~s a-e reentsat proviinces antd imust pay tributte. whether or nest. to a governmnt in which they have nteithter lhirt tier hit, but which they have -detuity abjured. Si uni.-itakealhe a dlenontstratini oif lyrianny swill be unore in.-ultintg thani open and dlreet war ;and it is mtore earnsestly atnd vioru..ly to b~e re~til, froms the facet of its inivolvinig the vitait iy of the great tfoutntioni pritnciples upon whtich our hopes of r..ln an I seurity__dert".l. Im Nkmng 11,.r f dcioni, the co!leelioni of revenue is nut to bie slturred over as a matter oif coutrse which will take platce peaoceabily. Sit far frot it. the country may be aanured that nsi disgrace cioulid he regarded muore idebasing, andu ito insjuiry uwore heci nuns, by the peilile of tihe South, thamn such an attemplt. It man~y be furth- r saidi, that no catuse will more ceotnphletely batis toigethter the wh ode nmaterial anid mssoral strentgth of our sectioin, thanut the first palp-psble miovemtent tiowartds the exercise of this mnost odious feature of Blacsk Rep~uhlicani pol icy. What thent is the onlyv chtance of re-constructi-au. it itny there lbe? IWe ventumre the atnsw'r. that it ii enly to be fnmd in i the admniwin of the rightt of sec~iltn an i in the recogtnition by the U. S. governmn t of the die forito government- if the South. With Ithie aidiins tind recogit iont, pieace aind friend rship mtight piis~ibly ensue. Without thetm, it tuuti ston be said of the late Federal Union, - Trijat ftit." Antother W1ise.-acre. Iwild tirade againt 5eces.-oin with I Iei conclu~siin that tie Mot n-il Ia: eneird i, hier oin dici uiti sis-ad then sagaciusly addil: -We fear (?) I btie result, we saty. for thse simiple rea suit thsat even int thse Soauth itself sltivery for at lung itime past hits rithier 6'ent tuirtd by itS ,tores-. rn ttii hendfended;~i andi the conciosn~ess iif this will, to. loing mts it exists, prouve a 5ourco tif weak fnss. to the whtole Sotith." A Morceam ot' Logic. Thme Edinburg X,:re, of the 22nid uit., tatkes tup Mi. Bicuin.tu's Messasge andi comntroverts one or two) of its poisitionsl with great sungi froidI. As an illustration of that paper's clear coinprehensiom f it politiet system, ebew the following: '"The Southermn ate rtot 'Sov ereigtn States,' as IMr. liuebanantti stays they arc. Th y are tart of is Uionm nndti as suchl bth Notrth and South atre eqmaly connecteid with the existence of .-lavery. Mr. Unebltanimnis r.ssertionm of time independenttce of tie separate .- /. is a I low iat their very .'riranti ,.itioni. (Oi . ii ather grtuntd, tatn in. being memhe Ir ,.i a o. .:,bti-n--::as :hc Scathi any .ht to detmandi the r- --:::n oif fugiti, e:ves? ine i sit m i their i nir~y in Mar i-ut mis ltoni - :ise Frie and ti-e. Shave St.;t's ca .jtihti in :ch htrs ats men:.is of I hem Ut,. -. lie y r nas every right to interfere with titis sweet and ... ..acdmestic i.aintutcn o f shivery Georgia an Indepeudent Republic. Our people, (says the Augusta Denmocrat of Sun miay last,) were almost wild with enthusiasm, when It dispatch from the State capitol yesterday, an nounced that the ordinance. which bevered the cionniection of (isorgia with the Federal Union, was adopted at 2 o'clock, by a majority of 119 votes. The news spareatd over the city with almost electric ralpidity, and crouds of eager citizens TI were seen at every cornered nil along the streets w tingling their gratulatiou at the anspicioui and fr glurious result. St.on the deep thunder of artillery aidl the ringing of bells Added their loud notes to swell the voice tf triumph. The seenme at night was exciting and brilliant v beyond any former occasion. At short notice hun- ti dreds of houses were illuminated and Broad-street, a especially, was all ablaze with light from windows, tl bonfires, sky-rockets and other materiais, while the whole city was boisterous with the beating of t< drumus, the roaring of cannon, and the deep-round- b, ing tones of the large Tower Bell. a The military were out in their gay uniforns and they ndded to the interest of the occasion by firing d twenty thundering rounds in honor of independent G Georgia. We annuot particularize the many ob- p jects of interest which presented themselves to the it eye. g The streets were thronged to a late hour with S adtniring and rojoicing spectators of both sexes. 0 Augusta has thus given a spontaneousv ratification t4 to the acts of the Convention. el All honor to the great old State of Georgia! Well done say we to her chosen delegates in Con- a ventioan !a A Stern Picture. ( Ir was in the South r arolina House of Repre- n sentatives, on the evening of the day in which I Asuntsox had declared his int.:ntiun to open his I batteries upon our boats, in retaliation for the u firing of our troops on The Star of the W'ext. The correspondonee between that officer ani Governor e PcKtr.ss had just been read amid the almost d breathless attention of the entire assembly. At I length it was finished, and war, unmistakeable ( war, at once stood out in bold relief to every mem- b ber's mind, as the only " next step " it was possi ble to take, if approving the course of the Com- i1 mander-in-chief. The stern silence that followed the reading of the correspondence was soon bro- I ken by the distinct accents of a member proposing s certain resolutions of approval, decided and em- t lilatie. Without debate and without a faltering remark from any part of the Hall, these resolu- i tiuns were adopted unanimously, and it was so ! expressed onetheir face by special motion. I From one who was present we learn that the o occasion was indeed impressive nnd imposing. i There was not a heart that did not beat in high I accord with the martial ring of the intelligence.- i not a face that did not glow with the resolve to a dare the worst. It was a moment when men cared not to interrupt the prompt vote of the body by i words of untimely rhetoric, but to their stern i duty at once addressed themselves. And we here enter upon our record the resolutions which were passed, and which Mr. MNtULLL of Marion had the honor of presenting. We do this, i not only because we have neglecteL heretofore to ! ,place this demonstration before onr rkaders, but beamse it is one that gives promise of a glorious reciprocity of confidence between our State au- I thtrities in disMhaIrging thp arduous duties of the 1 ri.,is. Read the Re.;olutions: lleuolred, unimtninli4y, That this General As- i semnbly looks upon any attempt to reinforce the troops now in possession of Fort Sumter, as an act of open and tndisguised hostility on the part of the Government ot' the United Slates. Itevorred further, unsaionasy, That this Gener al Assetubly learns, with pride and pleasuro, of t the successful re.-i.t:ance this day, by the troops of this State, acting under the orders .)f the Gover nor, to an attempt to reitnfurce Fort Sumter. . )lCen'tre-d further, ,ui~umly, That this Gen er.dl Assembly entirely approves --' -limn th ut the Rtesolutionas. Rara: Aves. Our vi'ion w.ea gladletmedl the otlter ay by the .iiilht of two tienmt yountg ladies in our streets, withmut /oops. All praise to thmenm'for thus step ping indmependenitly out of this e-xaggrated fash in,-for thus secedling front Iloop-duot. The Emtpresi Eutgenie, of F'ranece, is said to have done this long ago: Yet few, if tany, hamve fiollowed her exmpllCeton this sidec of the water. Three years igo a hooped female would have been scare-crow, andm' so will such an onte he three years henee. It' is a gmood time tom droip the .skel'tonm delusion at the Smih, as we mre dloubtless dep.--mient wholly on tme Nor:hm for the mam~nufacture ot' the article. iti tmay lie. as SAL.ty Sil.tena.u-s says in the farce, " the coolest kind o' thinmg," bumt it is certaintly false to natitre, antd conseqtuently to tmrue grace mandt beaummty. To pirove' the latter part oif the pro positioin, we ask mmny one to think for a umomtent of a Rt.ctmL, per~mintinmg time ehi.mreter of Nml//ri, ir of a Bo.i rAo singinmg the: role mit NommauA, in hioofs. We fear we are' treaimng on delieste ground itn re .pet to cmertaint ladies who reirmard this~ article of dress indisienmsibile to their pieriOnal prsemtmubility. Tm)'suchi we wouild smy, unhoopi the hoops gradmu ally, and no onme will observe a change,--exc~ept fmr time better. For time Amvertiser. 'Memorics of time Past. I'mn p1 almine in twilighmt nmow, 'j is evmning hmomur is ner ; Anm4 time tickinmg clock, andi nind's deep tmtan - - 'rn;l1 tb-in 5'oumi I ke-t . My thomughts griow s.I1, mandi smdider still, As the mdarkmess gathe.rs roumnd, And thmrmmgh time dutsk I see time leaves Falil silent ti time groummnd. Ammd ii'er mym heart i lmmte'.iness, .1 mem'ries of mthe patI Inm forms like im iso in vi-imius seen, Thmeir tm'v sha lows eamst. My tchildhol in its imnnocencee, MIy y-..mmth tind mmanhiomd tomi, Withm nuiselesns tremmi before me pass Sum -cessive in review. I See moy dear old hnmneste.t-l reef, Whmere I .-penlt my first life, Before I knew there wvas for mm Or surriiw, pain or strife. One spot I mark nomt famr fr,;m thmence, 'TiS tmy demar mothier's gramve, Atnd o'er it non-mm 5wLep winitry blasts, Andm wein~ig wi'lows wive. lhm: /mhe is nowli a 5mintedi spirit 1mm yon bright worldl of iighmt, Whmere nioughtt of pain is ever fell, And nmever co~m.:s time night. Metiimk.< see her biendi on nie 11er deep andi tenider eves, As stars', time guriamn saints oit earthi, Look idowntwardl frimm the skies. Oli! whenm I thimnk if thomu wert here, Dear shmouldlst thuim lie to mie, How dlo I mourn my ilonely- hit, And. mnther, Sighm for thee ! Decar immther, that I were with thee, Inm thmy pure, bmrighmt abmode, Whter. noghit ol' sill ean e'er corrupt, Nor sorrow e'er corrode. " When shalnml I reachm thy happy hmotmi And bie l'orever leut ? When shmll I see mny Savm ' ae Amid itm His bocuta rest ?" Eitt ceamse, my se~mmh, thmy mmourmmfml straina Si' aithi's bmri.;ht pledge' is given?: - Tham' all whomm live arighdt whilst hero 51hall mteet ag-hii ieniven. .\tnl l.-t it be thy ciefa emplol~y 'Tu weep~ no't o'er time pamst, Bust dli the good thou tind'st to do Latest News from Washington. WAsursaoTY, Jan. 20.-The Georgia Delegation vill probably withdraw from both House- on 'uesday next. There is no truth in the report that Alabama iad requested her Congressional D.legation to return to the floors of Congress. Not one of them iavo been lresent in Congress since the passage >f the Ordinnace of Secession by their State Con vention. JAN. 21.-The Senators from Florida, Missis iippi and Alabamoa withdrew to-day. There wad in affecting scene. Mr. Slidell moved a rvsoluti-sn of cea.nrc to the President, in relation to Hiolt's appaoinntment. The News From Charleston. From Charleston papers of the 21st we gather as follows: Both branches of the Legislature have pas.sed a resolution of some importance to this District. It is this: Reaolred, That it is the sense of this General Assemb*, that those Battalions in this State, which have furnished a Company or Companies for the organization of the Volunteer Regiment, 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 Magazine in or near Charleton, into Militar- Schools. Bill to affer 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. QLATTLEBA'UN it will be seen that the Legislature will adjourn on Thurs day next the 24th inst. From Georgia. MILLEDaEVILLE, Jan. 21. The Ordinance of Seession has been signed by all but some dozen members of the Convention, A. H. STEVEis, LiN ToM STEVENS and 11. V. Jonxsox being among the signers. The following resolution by Mr. Tooxaw, was unanimously adopted: Reolced, unanimously, 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 demonssrations of joy were making at the Capital of Georgia on the evening of the 21st. From Alabama. The State Convention has appointed as Dele gates to the Southern Cotngress the following gun tlemen: Messrs. SMrru and W.us.nK.rI for the Statt at large, and Messrs. McRAn, Suoi-rTn, CiT.vo HALE, Cnaar, Lv.wis and FEAnY from the Con gressional Districts. The Convention being nearly all the time in se cret session, little or nothing has very recentl3 transpired. From Virginia. The fullowing resolution has pssied both house: of the Virginia Legislature: Rtsulcad, That the interests of the Soutberi States are the interests of Virginia, and that n4 reconstruction of the Union clan be petI i:ianentt : vatisfetory which does not secure to each sectiul self-protecting power against invaiun, by thi Federal Government, or by States. I 4 From New Orleans. Nr.w OR.EAYs, January 19.-Mayor Munro, o this city, has replied to an inquiry from Col Chase, the commander of the Florida State forces sying that two thousand men could be raised ii this city in forty-eight hours, for the assistance 0 Florida, if the latter State would furnish the ne in iaairienion eaum 'a tue "a -zav: 'The Joint Commiaittee of both H[anscs of thi Legislature, oni Saturday ntighit, nmade c.hoicea oaf: lag or ensign'iuitable ta be haorne bty Situth C:ara' i. The Cwmmittees will report, the result oif theil labors to.tday. The flag chosent will consist of plain white ground, with green P'almnetfo tree ii the centre, andl a white crescent in the Left uppe corner on a square blue field. Brilliant Programmiie. -' - rTimn'gfift~t-ii fr~3ren I Mr. Dov:Lus for their defection en~~i te causeC of Northern domiiinatio~n, gotes tin to 01pe up at paLrt of thes policy ttf the in-comt~ing Adminis tration. Sraw~id, is t) lbe /'rmier oif course; anad as sch, h~e will fake the entire muanaigement of tl1i dhifliclt problem that no~w awaits solution. Sirw Annt is the mtan fur the fimles, anti the uan/y m~a whot can control1 the tetrnpeast toa a liuippy termina ion. Sr.want is the all.powerful polhitieial neero manteer, who will wave his wanda over cte elenment; of discord and command, " Pentee,-be still.' SwAnci is the demni-god, whlo will shape the coma motitns ,,f peoples~ andl Status to tihe ends o 1.'nin andl Ilaa Rtepublictan glory. Sawuti' the Great I Ain, whose sceptre must previiil Ie whosoever will say nay. This hero worship of the Tbonel is pr:,sitivell astounding froma its very absurdity A t a time hiki this, when the full heart tof the united Southi throbig for indepenerace, ani'. when it is noto ritas that the author of the irreptrersile coifice is as stench in the nostrils of all true patriots North a<4 well as South,-to talk of Sr wAmnn as th (;.' A.cyl~i- .r.- ar.eZJld-he grievously insultingi it were not disgustingly stupid. But ho~w dotes the sapient toad of thie Tone, make out hair case ? Heuar his perogrammne anal hi submissive: Mr. litenamseAN, having miade all this trouble cannot and shall not quiet it. All lhe can dor, is ti push right forward in the task of coercion. i/ has the bull b~y the hburns and must necesscarih' put forth all his otlicical strength during the re :uminng six weeks of his term. In other words le mst press ina~tte'rs to extremes5 against lhb South. ic moust recapture the forts. fte nus coleet the revenues. IIr imuit seec, :4tiall hazard. hat the I'nitedl States Govecrnmient asserts an' masintains itf.s kuvereign:ty ntgainst the ecedinj 1tles. If Soutihern bloodl shall be required ti this nd, it inust be spilled. .hIr. JInanana hal o alternative butt to go on with thet swoird uim torch in vindientIion a f the inisulted authority a the Cntral Power. 11e is not in a piosition ta, di terwise,-not be. Bait. gh-rittus vision of the Tinw!s just Iwo short mionthts downw the vista u changeful events, bebhld the e~xaltedl AnanAu L sc'ix andt the immauloate 7lI.l.t.1 %lEtwAhuI a piroach ! Their~ rolbes are of spaotler.s at hite, au n r holy hainds tare the enmblemsi of pauwer itn trtinead with the chaplets of peace ! They~ ctin to say, by athulrityt thait BcnA5CAN's unught; deuds sball le arrested. An angelic host of Ahm litionsts are in the back-groundl, readly tau sin; basanas to this misimn of Love. The flow u lood is tot be stoppedl. The capinlg wounds a the Suth are to he healed witha the btlsmamo u lcack ltepubliennismu. The secedinag States tare ta be reclaimedl fraom thecir treusona bay a course of~ stay ereig concessin such :as the world has never wit ssel; and all this, " rethout thae saacrtajire of un p-icie, oar of~ anga posiiona essential to the raalitli ytaa,b ul frutiona af the rictory the~y (the Bluecl liepub lians) ha cc acheirced." T Ihe wretchaed schaeme is, to induact the mtartat aumies of the South inato potwer, having thli brocad phyblieteries embllazonted wvith fnilse partlfe inus of ih:l ytmptathty, while inwardly theay .ir rvenig welves. Anad this pattent gnmei 9 .aoi p rroposet. to allay iudigntion at the Sou-o, ito u 1;luel.. It,put,l;uniona~ at tI~te Snb uad finally t rulahe lb. hti:.ies a f a free and a iar...v utoh:.. m s ver~ cf'rinlery a hesr-f..eal .a iihis ?W e v.:r typteLIiry itseilt io tar:ai? "Get thet beiai' mae, Satani," is tide int outa ary responlse a ....... t...e A merican heatrt to such rank dunlieity Then when thou bast a good fight fought And laid thine armor down, Thou shalt receive eternal lire And an immortal crown. RUSKIN. Interesting to the People. Our kind and considerate member, Col. QUcaT XnAL'x, favors us with oan interesting letter ich we would be glad to publish in full; but DU the very late hour of its reception we are 'mpelled to be contented with extracts from it. CnAnLasToN, S. C., 20th Jan. '61. Cot.. A. Sixxiss,-ear Sir: Times have been !ry exciting here indeed: but the p-esont situa in of things has produced quite a change. Con quently,matters are somewhat quieted, yet every ing is on the look-out. The excitement has caused Legislative business i progress rather slowly. The past week has te chiefly spent in discussing the Appropriation d Tax Bill upon their sneond reading. I here ive you the assessmaent on a few important items: n Slaves, $1,60; Land $2, ad valorem; sales of oUda 27 es., transient $1,00; Town Lots 38 eta.; roressiAons $1 ; Salaries, fees, labor, &c., exceed g -,00,00, $1 per hund; Carriages, 2,50; Bug ieo, $1,25; Gold Watches $1; Silver do. 50 cte.; tallions and Jacks, $5; Distilleries, $15, and ther things in proportion. Reduced Tax Collee >r's commissions to 65 per cent. on former per mtage. The troops are generally well, Lin high spirits, d are now faring very well; anti many of them re iousiuu to take Fort Sumter. Col. l&AVNE, who carried the dispatch from the overnor to the President, has returned, but has ot made known any facts relative to his progress. t is also stated that Lieut. HIALL has returned to t. Sumter, but of course we know nothing of the iesage he brought from the President. A Bill is now in progress, authorizing the-Gor rnor to raise another Regimint of Enlisted Sol iers, and two more Companies -of Artillery of nlisted Troops, and to unite the four Artillery ompanies, and form a Battalion of Artillery to e commanded by a Major. If this project pre ails, no doubt but that at least some of the Vol nteers will be discharged. - Our Speaker (COL. JAs. SIxxoNs) was taken ill riday morning; so much so, that he declined his eat. Mr. R. B. BOYLrTOr was elected Speaker mporarily. I have not laard from aol. Sixoss his morning. We learned by -c'egrap!; yester. tay evening that Georgia passed the Ordinance of ;eession at half-past two p. m. yesterday, by a majority of 119: I think now, with all possible peed. a Convention should be organized by the eceding States. with a view to the immediate ormation of a Southern Republic; If things can emain quiet until this can be effected, I think we iro safe, without much probability of bloodshed. Croups are pouring in almost every day, from the ifferent sections of the State. While all the exis ing circumstances present a rather favorable as >eet, yet, we are, and should be, preparing for the worst. It is now 12 o'clock 1., I have this moment eturned from the wharf, where the Boat Oiris eft for Sullivan's Island. I saw Judge Durisoe, who is going over, to return to-mcrrow. Rumor says this morning, that Maj. ANDEnsox tas sent a message to our Governor, saying he rihed to go North to see his wife, and that he leired that no hostilities should be exercised du. ing his absence; what the reply.of the Governor rill be, or whether or not this is true, I cannot ay; In fact, I doubt it, as many reports are cir tilated, that are entirely erroneous. Yesterday a Resolution came to tle House from hie Senate, setting ap:irt Thursday the 24th inst. . the day of adjournment, in which the House onurred. Therefore, if nothing of an extraor iary nature occurs, we will return to our good - enm rhreaout'a of the "EaI,/yeed Il ijfemen.i." And ight here, let mue on the part of our Company, 'eturn our thtanks for the comfortable manner~ in hich we were conveyed to Hlamburg. Had It teen otharwise our arrival in Charleston wouldl aae been delttyed at least twenty-four hours. As was we took a through ticket, and were in the ity twenty hounrs after we left. Never can we orget our parting from you all, on that holy abatht daty; and whatever our f..to may be, rhether to stand as sentinels upon the seta coast f our belove* little Rtepit.lie to ward off danger rom thtose we l,.ve, or tot strm the ramparts of he insulting foe, we wilu he.ckutsnd on.tu do our uty by the fond recollection that there urthose, re have left behaind, whose hopecs and affections re centred upon uts. Die55 their dear souls ! May hair haart.- soon: lbe gladenaed by the sasfe retturn t the Edgetlelad lloys.~ The beautiful co'ers presented by the fair ladies f Egefi~, nare the pride of~ ourn Company, and ne may rest assured that kV e:.lled to battle we till be sure t'a pineeC themt" near the flasbing of he runf".:' tie enemy. ti, ur ar:al itt the City we were qutartered at he .tn.-.-laan JJ,,ri, which was patriotically given -,.r :hec use of Volunteers by the three ladies who tre the owners, andl took our tmetals at the Psatll .n. Ot Wtaedneay we reteived orders to remove ,o Sullivan's L-land. Youa recolleet it was on that ooritg the Farts tired on the Star .af thea Weal, md as the b--ats pttssed withitn range of the guns . Ft. Sumu.r. many an eye was turned anxiously awarls her lofty walls as they frowned grimly town upon us. .Uta pase safely, atad landed in te Island, where we are quartered at the Muul rio House. This is a large Hotel used as a place if reort dlus::g the sutumer mouths. It is eitua ed about two hundred yards frome Fort Moultrie, mm ueditly ont te beach. I haave only to looak at to see the broad Atlantic stretching away as 'ar as the eye can reach. Our quarters are pleas at enough, atnd we have plenty of provisions. he fare is a little rough, it is true, bat we remenm ser that we are soldiers and must reconcile our ieves to it the best way we can. There arc about five hundred men in the ]Iouse at this time, and necar one thousand on the Island. Edgefeldl is higlaly honored by the State, sever i ir her sons tare in offices of high responsibility. Dr. Err li-AsI, the Surgeon of the Regiment, i always promptly at his post, and is winning Iau res for himtself by his gentlemanly depotment. Capt. CtCcano ADAxas, as senior Captain, is the taomander of this garrison. G. A. WinnD.AW nd A. P. Brr.n,. sian of the gallant Col. Butler, have recei't dcommissions in the State army soon tao be organtized. .A'nyx Penn~tx, Esq1., has been spointedl Quarternaaster, with JacoD YottOaontt, Ass.,talat ; N. L. GlaYrrtY is in the Hlospuital De p rment. tand A. P'. Bera.ex. whom you all recol lea t, on earing that our Compnmny war in Charles tont, returnedl fromn New Orleans, joined the Coin piany ne received an office. I understand that our Company is roon to be statioed at the uppaer end of the Island. The teient ii now fulil aend one Compasny over, and the cry is stilt they come. Our situation is very much exposed, .being in fll view of Fort Sumtter, which Is only onte nnl a haif miles awazy. Shuldd Aaineasexs be fool hardy enough, he could scon blow this house to pieces. The fortieations at Fort Moultrie are pushing rapilly to compa1letion. Two hundred negroes are now nt work there. Other batteries are being throwun up, in order to defend the harbor complete ly. We are not apparehen:.ive of an attack. Too many of the Saoutbern States have and will secede. ien. Scorr asays if the South is united, a war will be absurd. I:t whattever may come, thue Independent Re pubhlic must iutiv -:. and it 's to be aiccrely hi- .d, that the now eietitr~t flag of the enemy, wil soon trail in the dust, before the proud ban ner af our glorious littc State. More anon. * R. I wt ite this amid the confusion necessauily inci en to the barraeks of volunteers. -~