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The Military Bill. That our readers may see, and understand for themselves, the exact provisions of this Bill, we publish entire as perfected and rati A BI.L CREATING A MILITARY ESTADLISHMENT FOR So0LTIT CAROLINA. R i! 'nartad by the S",nate and House of now met end sitting in Gen i Assewnbty. That there shall he raised. dimciplined and maintained for the r gul!r militarv seivice 6f South- Carolina, - otlier, and soldiers of different arms of thii service as hereinafter provided. SEc. 2. That thore shall be one brigadier :la:: :.V. the ce-erd staff shall consist of -* :.,:lwing, One adjutant-general, one .1 iLrterii-ter, one paymaster and one com isary, .. - taff officers shall be chiefs of their respt . -,ureaus for the regular ser vice, andl shiall have the rank and compensa iion of majors; and the brigadier-general shall n .tve t he authority to select one aid-de-camp from thei li'ntenants of the corps of the line he~revi!.fwr iiamed. . SEc. 3. That there shall be one battallion of l d.--rv. which shall consist of one lieutenant o*.,nel. oie battallion adjutant, one battalion quartermaster, one sergeant major and one quartermaster sergeant, and not less than four o:- more than six companies; and each com piny shall con~sist of one captain, two first lieutenants and one second lieutenant, four serigvants, four corporals, two artificers, two musicians, and not less than sixty nor more than one hundred privates, and one company oi arti!tirr wiav he equipped as a harnessed battery of light or flying artillery. SEc. 4. Tiat tuere shall be one regiment of infantry, whici shall consist of one colonel. one lieutenant-colonel, Untie mjor, one regi mental adjutant. one regimental quarterwas ter, one sergeant, major and quartermaster seargeant, and of not less than eight nor more than sixteen companies ; and each company shall consi.t of one captain, one first lieuten ant and one second lieutenant, four sergeants, four corporals, two artificers, two musicians, and not less than fifty nor more than eighty privates. SEc. 5. That there may be one squadron of cavalry, which, if organized, shall consist of one major, one adjutant, and one quartermas ter, oie seargeant major, and cne quartermas ter -ergeant, and two companies, and each e..,n1p.ny shall consist of one captain one first lieutenant, and one second lieutenant, four sergeants, four corporals, two musicians, two farriers, two artificers. and not less than forty nor more than sixty privates.. SEc. 6. That the regimental, battalion and squadron adjutants and quartermasters shall be first lieutenants in their respective corps, and receive pr-y and compensation as such, as hereinafter-provided; and upon detachments or special service, when regularly appointed officers of the quarterniaster's or commissary departments, art not present, the command ing officer for the time being, shall detail officers to perform the duties of such depart mOn's. SEc. 7. That the medical staff shall consist of one surgeon, with the rank of major, who shall be medical director, four assistant sur geons, with the rank of captains, and not more than eight junior assistant surgeons, with the rank of first lieutenants. SEC. 8. That all officers and soldiers named in this Act shal receive the same pay and allowances as have been given to officers and soldiers of the army of the late United States, and as defined in the general regulations for said army, published in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven. SEc. 9. That all the officers created by the provisinns of this Act shall be appointed by the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, bit should vacancies occur or rema~in unfilled during the recess of the Leuislature, the Governor shall have pow er to fill the vacancy, by commission, to ex tend until the close of the next session of the Legislature. SEC. 10. That all officers Created by the provisions of this Act, shalt hold their comn missions during good behavior, and the plea sure of the Governor of South Carolina for 5ie time being. rand all non-commissioned officers and privates shall be enlisted to serve for a period of three years, unless sooner ds charged; Provided, that nothing in this Act shall be const/ued as making provisions for the maint.enance of a military force of any kind, cotmissioned, or non-commissioned, for a longer period tharn shall be provided for be- the Legislature, in its annual appropria tions. SEC. 11. T hat the inCrease of strength from the minimnum to the maximum. as poie for comnpanies and corps, shall I.-, made by discretion of the Governor, ac. eling to the exigencies of the service. Sac. 12. That all officers created by the provisions othsAct, wh salbe charged with the disbursement of public money or the s .fe keeping or charge of public property. shall giv bonds for the faithful discharge of their duty in sums as prescribed by the laws and r.--ultions for the army of the late U .i-e.l Scates, according to their respective ranks amnd positione, and such duties shall be nerformed according to such regulations, with such modifications as may be ordered by the Commnander-in Chief to adapt them to the s.>rvice of the State of South Carolina. SF.C. 13. That the oficeers and soldiers which have been appointed and enlisted un der the provisions of reso:lut ions and Acts al ready in force, shall be considered as part of the 'force authorized and~ organized by this Act, the provisions of their enlistment for the term of one year oily, being valid in such cases. not withstanding the provisions herein befo re expressed. Se:c. 14. That th~e rules and articles by which the army of the United States is now roverned, and the regulations of the said ar my now of farce. shall be the rules and arti cle< and regulations for the army of the State of South Carolina. with such modifications as may be necessary to adapt the same to the rService of this State. AN ACT TO RA ISE SUPP'I.i.S FoR TH . YF.A R Co.MMENCING oc-roPR, 1860. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of. Representaties, now met and sitting in Gens eva' Assembly, and by the authonity of the .(wiet, Trhat a tax for the sums, and in the m041ner hereinafter mentioned, shall be raised aid paid into the Treasury of this State, for the usc and service thereof, that is to say): One dollar and thirty cents, ad- raloremn, on every hundred dollars of the value of all lands granted in this State, according to the exis ting classificationx as heretofore established; one hundred and twventy-six cents per head on1 all slaves ; three dollars on each free nie gro, tuulat to uor mnestizo, between the ages of fifteen and fifty years, except such as .shall ilearly be proved, to the satisfaction of the Collector, to he incapable, from mains or oth erwise, of procm: ing a livelihood ; twenty-two cents, ad relorenm, on every hundred dollars of the value of all lits, lands and buildings within any city, town, borough or village in this S:ate: one hundred cents per huindred tdollars on factoirage, emaploynmen ts, faculties and profes.,ions, including the profession of dentistry, and including herein Clerks of LCourt.. of Connnmon Pleas and General Ses sl. Siti<. Masters and Commissioners in yquity. Registers in Equiry, Registers in Mesne Co nveyanice,. Ordinaries and Coroners, whether in t he profession of Law or Equity, the pirofits lbe derived from the cost of suits, fees, oir other sources of professional income, except clergy men, school masters, school-mi+. tresses and muechanics; one hundred cents on every hundlred dollars on the amount of comn mis-.Ion, received by vendue masters and comi mnis.,ion merchants ; forty cents on. the capital stock paid in on the first of October, one thousand eight hundred and sixty, of all banks which, for their present charters, have not paid a bonus to the State; eighty cents per hundred dollars on the capital stock of any bank of issue, not incorporated by this S-ate, paid in on the first day of October, one thotusand eight hundred and siuty, doing busi ncsa by agents withiin the limits of the State; forty cents per hundred dollars on the capital toek ort all incorporated1 gas light companies ; m.a 4 a hadf per c'entumi on all premiums *. ., in this smate by incorporated insurance ..anie--, an by 'lie agenmci-s of insmuan~ce 1 .Jli and undlerwri tets without thme lini ,tt of th. S'ate ; twe'nty-two cents onm ' very I undred dollars of the amount of sales of js a'os was and merchandize, trmbracing all 2 Virginia's Proffered Mediation. On another page way be found the Reso tions passed by the South Carclina Legisla. a re in response to Virginia's last attempt at ni adiation. Ii, bringing the matter to the s tention of that body, his Excellency the T overnor, presented the case in a brief but h ,inted and conclusive wanner. We copy a s message on this occasion STAT OF SoTr CAROLINA, - Executive Department, Jan. 28, 1861. 1the Speaker and Members S of the House of Representatives: GENTLE.NI: His Excellency, the Gover- 2 r of Virginia, has transmitted to me the iclosed resolutions, passed by the Legisla tro of that illustrious Commonwealth. t It will be seen that their object is to induce ' ie Legislature of South Carolina to send on a omnmissioners to meet Commissioners-from irginia, as also from all the States that think roper to send similar Commissioners, on the e th February next, in Washington City, to a :nsider, and, if practicable, to agree upon e suitable adjustment of the great issues iat have been made in the Confederacy. t We are disposed to treat with the most I rofound consideration every proposition that 2 .ay emanate from the State of Virginia, and 1 ) yield to her almost everything, except -hat may involve vital principles. More i ban a year ago the State of South Carolina, < ctuated by the most sincere desire to do I verything in her power to avert the dangers bat it was manifest then threatened the Fed ral Union, sent a Commissioner to Virginia, i rho made an urgent appeal to her to step t )rward and devise some plan upon which the t tates imtediately concerned might act to ether, and save their peace and their rights, i nd yet preserve the common Constitution as blessing for the States. It was then thought i nnecessary, on the part of Virginia, to take I ny steps to act in concert with South Caro- I na. If our sister States bad acted at that eriod, perhaps something might have been one to secure new guarantees by which our eace might have been protected in the com ion Union. As far as the Northern States are concerned, icy have, many of them, often violated their bligations as States under the Federal com act, and the compromises that have been inde between the two great sections of the bnfederacy have been wantonly set aside. Ve have appealed in vain to their plighted ith, and the integrity of the covenaut. We are been traduced and denounced through beir pulpits, their press, their orators and beir statesmen as unworthy of equality with bema as States, and even as their inferiors in social point of yiew. Their people have t nited in overwhelming tajorities at the ro ent elections upon issues which openly in olved our peace and existence, to put into ower a party who entertain the deepest and f lost nalignant hostility to our institutions I Ad to our people. This is the greatest overt I et of the people at the ballot-box, from hich there is no appeal to any higher tribu al under our system of government. They ave agreed to place at the head of the army d navy a President, not for the protection f the rights and the peace of our people under common inheritance, fixed and transmitted y express charters from the very origin of ie government, but with open and avowed rinciples of deep and settled hostility, and ith pledges made by him at the head of a Dwerful party for the final extermination of istitutions essential to our power as a peo le, and to the peace of our society. We have been forced to resume our origi al powers of Government and to assert our parate sovereignty as a State in order to Aek that protection which we were compelled ) believe would not be given to us and to ur people unwder the power of such a party nd such a Chiel Magistrate. Under these rcumstanmces, however much I might be dis. osed to yield the most profound resp~ect to de State of Virginia and to any suggestion cum her, yet it is difficult to perceive upon 'hat grounds this State could agree to send om:aissioners to Washington to meet Coam issioners from the Northern States as well sfrom the Southern States. It aight only , seult in deeper and wider difficulties and i But I refer the whole matter, with great eference to your wisdom and decision, ho ing, in any event, that the kindest and mxost spectful reply may be made to Virginia. 'erhaps it is riot improper to state that this tate has agreed. through her Convention, to ieet Delegates from the other seceding Stat es SMontgomery on thme 4th of February. and ir Conivention has actually apipointed Dele ites to attend~ this meeting from these States. Th'le object of this Conivention of States -:t [ontgomery will be to form immiediatr'.y a ,mont governmmen:t foir the States that aave iceded, and by an eflicient organiza' .on to c:i re their pernmenit independence becyondl c reach of any contitngency. It would oh tiusly be impolitic for this State to send elegates to a meeting at Washington, ap- a u~inted fomr the same day, to meet States of' e North with any view to preserve or to construzct the Federal Government with t~ em, when we have agreed first to mtee't oura ster secedingr States, to whiom we owe our ~epest obligations, and feel bound by every' e to make no compromise with any other >wers until we have formed with theta ar parate and independent nation.( F. W. PICKENS. Abraham Lincoln. J. A. Spencer, of Wheeling, Va., addressed r r braham Lincoln a note with the foilowincg iestions as to the John Brown raid and the ,, red Scott decision :' r 1st. Had the jurisdiction of the crime corn ~tted by John Brown and others beenm sur nderedf to the Federatl Government, and dgent delayed until the Fourth oif 3larch0 ~xt, would you have exercised the pardoni g power'? 2d. D~o you regard the Dred Scott decisionh binding upon the people of' the Notrth ? A few days thereafter Mr'. Spencer received b, e following reply:h Srnatso'mr.n. January 2, 1861. a J. A. SPnscKRn, Esc.-Sir: I had resolved my mind to reply to no letters addressed e from any one, concerning the manifold 1 testions th'at have of hate gained a f'ooting mn ir distracted country. But as I have fre itently' had the same interrogatories pr'o- I unded to ine by others, and as your letter ems to be dictated in a spirit of kindness, eking informaation only, I have concludeda r the presenlt to waive myi resolve andh reply' t ving yo pemsso to disptke of my an- i ter as vout see fit. You :Ek :" Ilnd the jurisdiction of the ime conite by Briown andl others been a rrenldere0d to the Federal Government, and dgent thereon delayed uintil the 4th of archi next, would you (I) have exercised I e pardloning pow.er' ?" 1 answ'er: I hi: ye refully reviewed the testiimony in said casa d in miy opinion Brown conmmitted no of- t nc against the Federal Government mnert ag stich severe pui.mienct as lie received. m a most lie comunitted against the Federala uernm.ent was a i~russ misdemeanor. hand have been the Governor of your State 1 ight have pursuedl the course lhe did. Yet en then there were strong mitigating cir nstances. Brown was no doubt a mono- e anie on the sublject of negro slavery ; and a sich, close confinement would have been h are in accordance with the dictates of jus- ei 'e. gl To your second, I reply in the negative, na r this reason: said decision is hostile to thme tvancement of Il-publicani principles, art'id erefore attended with danger in a govern- a~ ent like ours. Hoping the above will prove satisfactory, I am, sir, your ob't serv't, Signed, A. LixcoL.- k A at WE -ro PAaT wivut MosTy itaos?- p. >hing is more certain than that, reconcilia. mr in failintr, Virgintia, too, will be out of the cion befomre the 41th of' Mareb,. Oh' all oilher . utes, we of the North should must regre(t f rting with the Old D~omiinion, in wh~ose soil e the bones andt dlust of' ihe Fathner of' his! intry. Nu tst we civ.e up the grave of' Wash- i tnI. s aimout \'ernon to b~e taken fromi 1h ? Answer', ye Itepumblitni patriots, whoip cc a1 higher valiue iuon tihe Chicago plat. r m that up~on U nion, conciliation and pecace f Ila u-w vYo.k Jlrese. aill Washington News. WASINGTON, Jan. 31.--The Alabama Com issioner, Mr. Judge, will to-morrow commu cate with the President, with a view to en r into negotiation for the permanent posses. on of the Federal property in that State. he President has determined not to receive im, and will refer him for the present to his etion in the case of South Carol na. Gen. Scott was to-day before the select Con. iittee of Investigation, on the alleged pro ,eted invasion of Washington. His evidence as very lengthy, and some portions of it are iid to confirm the rumors of an attack. Col. Hayne to-day laid the ultimatum of ;outh Carolina for the surreader of .urt oumtcir beforc the President. The President not. expected to answer immediately, and ie result will not be determined for some d ays. 'he President will probably seek to evade, or t least postpone the issue, but escape is im ossible. The coercionists begin to feel decidedly un asy. Everything is pointing to the certain Aid successful consummation of the great outhern Confederacy. The Toronto Leader, acknowledged to be lie ablest exponent of English sentiment in ritish America, is out in another powerful .rticle upon the dissolution of the Federal Jnion. It re-asserts, as a fact that cannot'b.e loubted, that England will promptly recog. kize the de facto Government of the South irn States. This is a terrible blow to the Abo. ,tionists. Despatches from Virginia represent the ex :itemen there as intense and increasing. The )id Dominion folks don't relish the idea of he big Columbiads of Fort Monroe being urned against them by the tools of Lincoln. It is now said that Hayne will break off tegotiations,and leave here on Saturday. - The Secretary of State has declined to ad. nit that the secession authorities, in posses. iion of a commercial port, have any power to rrant clearances or receive the payment of luties. In a letter to Lord Lyons, he defines he position of the Government. He declares hat the laws of the United States will be re rarded as in full operation. . Mr. C. T. Haskell, of your city, reached Washington this afternoon. He brought im yortant despatches for Col. Hayne, the pur )ort of which is understood to be certain res >lutions passed by the South Carolina Legis ature, on Monday, in secret session, demand tng as the ultimatum of South Carolina the nmediate surrender of Fort Sumter. The nstructions of Governor Pickens are to the diect that Col. Hayne will act in accordance vith the spirit of the resolutions. Col. Hayne vill comauunicate them to President Buchan ma to-morrow. Col. Hayne, however, declines o give any information of their purport or esult. \VAsUIcrON, February 1.-Tt is reported hat Col. Hayne, having received dispatches rom Gov. Pickens, has brought the subject of he evacuation of Fort Sumter before the Ad. ninistration. Horatio King was nominated to-day to the senate as Postmaster General. From the New York Express. England and the Southern Confederacy. The news from Toronto to-day, that the 3ritish Government intends to acknowledge he independence of the Southern Confedera y as soon as it is regularly organized and nakes application in due diplomatic form, reates a profound sensation in the city. The journal which makes this anndunce nent-the Toronto Leader-is high official Luthority, and of its correctness, in this case, he most intelligent of our people here do iot appear to have any doubt. The General Convention of the Cotion states, it will be remembered, assembles at dontgomery, Ala., on the 4th of Fedruary. 6 morth in advance of Lincoln's inauguration, L'he programme is, to organize a Provisional overnmnent at once. wvith Pres5idlent, Vil~e ?resident, etc., and then dcspatch ambassa lore to England and France for recognititm .s an independent power. so as to he ready :onsequences, whatever they may be, ur. Ier lhe Republic for regime anby March 4th. The cautious and very diplomatic speedl of he British Premier, at the Southampton . n 'r-r, on the 91h, strongly sdv.erse to kor -now unquestionably means much, in thais onnection-and the meaning may be inter cation--besides recognition--in case we go a work cutting one another's throats, and lowing one another's brains out. rhe Louisiana Ordinanace of Secession. tai Ordinance to Dissolve the Uanion between the State of Louisiana and other States united with haer uinder the Compact entitled the Constitution of the Unmted States of A merica. We, the people of the State of Louisiana, Convention assemibled, do declare and or n, and it as hereby declared and ordained, hat ordinance ptassed by us Nov. the 22d1, 777, wherebay the Constitution of the United tiale of Anmerica, and the amendments to tild Coanstituitiont, wvere adopted, anid all laws aid or-dinaances by which Louisiana becnane a iemnber of the Federal Union, be and the tine are hereby repealed and abrogated, and bce uniotn now subsisting betweea Luuisiana aad other States under the inme of the United tates of Aamerica, in hereby dissolved. And we furthoc. declare and ordain thatI Lie State of Louisiana hereby resumtes the ightsa ancd powers heretofore delegated to the lovernanent of thte United State% -af Ainerica. cad her citizens arc absolved froma allegianice y' said goveritnment. And we further declare and ordain that all ghts acquired and vested under the Coansti Ition of the Uanited States, or anty act of otarcss, or treaty, or any law of this *State, ut intcomtpatible with this ordiaance, shall ntnaint in force, atnd have the same cifeet as this ordintance had ntot beeni passed. Tu: Tam.LEDY i. A t.AiaAA.-The suicide r Wait. English, iai Bald wvini County, Alabanma, rier killicng three of his chaildretn, on thte 14th ast., has been ntuicedl. A letter iai the Pen icola (Flai.) 4)/bsrrer, gives further partica trs of the horrible affair. It says: " He weaat to Mobile with a "draft on the ink of that city, calling for $60,000, which efailed to get. Supposing it lost forever, id himiself and famtily iampoverished, he re arned homie with a heavy heart. On the rst eveninig after his return home, he ordered ae nurse to asseaable the chaildren in the par-e r, which she did cnot suspecting his nmurder us initenttions. Asuoan as the nturse lad left ec room lie apphroachied the cradle ini which y htis younagest child, an iantntniune monthls d, and cut its throat fronm ear to ear. The urse happeneaed to look thrugh the windowt rtd saw what. hec was doiaag, anid hastened to ae gardeni where Mrs. Eniglisha was supeari. a uding some work, anad gave the alarm. Mrs. .started for the htouse ini all poissible baste, .cd eantered the ptarlorjutst as ate had cut the ruat of the tird child, aand was ini the net cuatting bis owan. Rushing forward, she :ized htim by the arm, tad castiaag a woeful ok iat thte bleedinag and mangled forans of his iildren, demanided hais reasoan fbr kilhing them. i e gecatly pushed lier away, sayig at the t mae that it was nll for the best. Before she ,tld get to himn agan he adne a lick at hje roat, compalletely severinig thejucgular vetn, td ihiliaig ianto a chair, gavg way by degrees td fel dead up~on the floor, surrounaded by ce bleedinag forms of his innocenat chaildren." No Gou as 'rat Coss-rrtirncos.-Whten Al. ander Hlamtiltont returned front Philadeholtia, ier the foranation of the Federal Cotnstitutioan, was mect itt the street by the Rev. Dr. hlog -s, who said to him, " Cul. Hamilton, we are reatly grieved thtat the Constittutiocn makes no eantion of the Supreame Being." " I declare," said Uatmiltoin, "we forgot it.'" We hope, i liwe are to have a coanstitution to Southern U ,nfederacy, that the existence of Suapreame leintg atnd our depenidencee on himt, ill atat be iganored ; for, if the powers that be, e ordained of God, it becomes them to a': towiedgelim as the grena Lawgirer in order p secure his blessinags acid guidance, aind the irmcanence and prosperity of the Govern-I cent.-Ccritian unde. Ne, are neuthir Putrianaicnl taor sutperstitious: ad vet we have very little doubt bitt the~ dowi-t II mof the Amneriana Goveranment, ay be tra al to Ithe fact that God anid his maoralGoern eini ha ve been~t critnitnlly ignaored an!d dis enied by a large pcatriitm of. thte A americann pe.o U. Bth ri!eras ~and saubjects seemc to :hatve acetic-ally discatrded the doctriane of at or I Ii g Pr'o,. idenena. We t rust thic present ea taitotus cotnditiona of the country will each If a lesson on tis ubject.I Lrticles of trade for 5ale, barter or exchange 'the products of this State, and the unmanu-| ctured products of any of the slaveholding lu states of the late United States excepted)It rhich any person .shall have made from the lirst of January, one thousand eight hundred I and sixty, either on his, her, or their capitail, at or borrowed capital, or on account of any G person or persons as-agent, attorney or con signee; ninety cents on every hundred dol- pl lars of the amount of sale-, goods, wares and h merchandize whatever, wlich any transient person not resident in this State shall make in any house, stall or public place, whether I the said sale be made by sample or otherwise; twenty dollars per day on all circus oxhili tions; five dollars per day for representing D publicly, for gain and reward, any play, com- ei edy, tragedy, interlude or farce, or other em- ti ploymeut of the stage, or any part therein, or for exhibiting wax figures, or any shows t of any kind whatsoever, to be paid into th.' C hands of the Clerks of the Courts respectie- V ly, who shall be bound to pay the same into p the Treasuries of the State of South Carolina, 4 except in cases where the same is now re- L qirued by law to be paid to corporations or a otherwise ; one-tenth of one per cent, on all t monies loaned, monies at interest, all monies invested in the stocks or bonds of any other : State, other than the bonds or stock of this r State, and other than the stocks of the banks t and railroad companies of this State; one dol. % lar and fifty cents on every one hundred dol- t lars of gross receipts of all commercial agen- a cies within the limits of this State ; thirteen e cents on every pack of playing cards sold in t the State; fifteen dollars on every billiard ta- e ble within ths State used to and for raking v the revenue therefrom; one hundred cents on f the hundre4 dollars of all the salaries, inclu- 8 ding publi offices, (except officers of the Ar- g my and Navy, and wages over the sum of a five hundred dollars,) from whatever source a derived or paid in this State. u SEc. S. That the President of the Bank of a the State of South Carolina be and he is i hereby authorized and required to issue, in p the name of the State of South Carolina, four d thousand five hundred certificates or bonds, .p o1 the value of fifty dollars each, two thous- t and five hundred certificates or bonds, of the value of one hundred dollars 'etch-, and four t hundred certificates or bonds of the value of 0 five hundred dollars each, to be signed by the i said President and countersigned by the 1 Cashier of the said Bank, bearing interest at ( seven per cent per annuum, payable on the i first day of July of each and every year, at f the Treasury, A'nd redeemable thereat; that I is to say, the four thousand five hundred cer- t tificates or bonds of fifty dollars each to be t redeentable on the. first day of July, which t will be'in the year of our Lord one thousand a eight hundred and sixty eight ; the two thous- u and five hundred certificates or bonds of one c hundred dollars each, to be redeemable on v the first day of July, which will be in the p year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred r and seventy, and the four hundred certificates a or bonds of five hundred dollars each, to be s redeemable on the first day of July, which v will be in the year of our Lord one thousand n eight hundred and seventy-two, and which I said certificates or bonds shall have suitable a coupons, to be signed by an officer appointed c by the President of the said Bank, attached a thereto. : Sec. 9. That the said cer'ificates of bonds, t and the respective coupons thereto, shall be p received at the Treasury of the said State, as v the same shall respectively become payable, p in payment of taxes and other debts due to 11 the State of South Carolina. I SEc. 12. That in case there shall be requir. ed for military contingencies a larger sum of n money than shall be raised by the taxes herein s provided for, and the issuing of the Treasury , notes also provided for, it shall and may be t lawful, opon the request of the Governor of c the State, for the President of the Bank of a the State of South Carolina to issue and put c in circulation notes or certificates in the form r hereinafter prescribed, of such denominations, not less than one dollar, as the said President fi may think proper; which said notes or ccr- v tificates shall be receivable in payment of C taxes and other dues to the State for the sums n therein expressed: Prot'idsd, that the whole a amount of such notes or certificates shall not r exceed the sum of three hundred thousand c dollars ; and the sai2~ notes or certificates shall he in the following form, viz: "This d note or certificate shall I:- received in pay- , ment of taxes and other dues to the State for r - dollara,'' and shall be signed by the , President and Cashier of the said bank, orr such other person or persons as the said Presi- n dent and Directors may appoint for that pur- a pose ; and it shall be lawful for any banks in this State to pay or deliver out and circulate g the notes or certificates issued in pursuance of this Act, That the .Iresident of the Bank ~ of' the State of South Carolina shall pay the e drafts of the Governor, countersigned by the member of the Executive Council charged s, with the Treasury Department, for any amount t! not exceeding the anmount of' such notes or v certificates issued and pu't in circulation j by the said bank. That the twenty-first sec- I tion of an Act, entitled "An Act to ratise sup-. plies for the year commeuncing October onier thousand eight hundred and twenty-three, t; ratifed on the twentieth dauy of December, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-three," d b? re-enacted and henceforth declared of't force in the words following, that is to say:p " That the Treasurers of the State shall be e required hereafter not to receive any tax re turns which shall not be made in strict con formity to the instructions of the Cornptroller General. That the Treasurers of this State be instructed to receive, in payment of taxes, the bill and nmotes of' all the b'anks of this A Sate, mnless, in the opinion of thi- Comptriol her General, it shall become unsafe to receive 'I the bills or notes of one or more of such I) banks, in which case he shall he authorized o issue instructions to the Tax Collectors to a reiuse the notes of such bank or banks." r From the Charleston Mercury. Volunteers from Literary Institutions-- ir The Governor's Views. IIEADQtUARTERs, January 29, iS01. am 7o Hon. (. C'annon : Sa: I have just received yours, in which 1 you say that "a number of the young men a Wofford College have volumnteered and oined a company in Spartainburg Village," and you " re.,pectfully suggest that they be in released and permitted to form a Company of mn Students, to be at the coimmanttd of the Goy- at Lrnor." I mnoht cheerfally acce:'e to yo~ur m~ sugge~tion, and take this occasion to say that qi it would be a deep itnjury to the State to p, hase our literary institutions broken up by at the young nmn going into the active military se ervice oif the Staite. Their constitutions are f uot sufficiently matured for either garrison gi life or for field exp~osure. Bes'des, we are si leeply interested as a State, in training our youths in the paths of intellectual culture, ce so as to prepare them to maintain the high 5t position this State has ever held, in those Ji] uoal and intellectual struggles, which are asM ssential to our independence as is the pro- ti resion of arum..C The daiy is comitng 'wheni we will require am he services of all ini diflerenit departments, fe ad one is equamlly honorable with the other. ti [t is a mistake to suppose that the y'ounlgT nen of our Colleges must push forward now G to the ranks of the ar my, or they may never I igait have an opportunity. The day, in all rm noability, is comning~ when there may be ei ccasions, perhaps too frequnent, when they et will have a fair opportunity for distinction ; mi it any rate, the true road to permanent dis- as :inetion in any pursuit of life, is thorough ft repartion and~ education while young. ti I have the honor to be, . Most respectfully yours, fo F. W. PICK ENS. a< Mssissm' -rAKCs HEat Fon-r-he2 for t at in ship Island, Mississippi, some twelve miles 'roma Biloxi, was taken possession of on Sun lay, the 20th instant, by Capt. Iloward and ibout fifty men from Jliloxi. There were at he fort several United States officers and ibotut ffty laborers, who offered no resistance. N L'his is the only fort in Mississippi, and was tit lesigned to be one of ,t be stron~gest on thme i outhern coast. - St Dv.:.ixo Hon-:1Eu iN:.-We rcgret to arn lar of the burning of' the residence of \Jr. tichard M. W hiiie, residing at the villay.: i'fi; reenwod. The fire occurred onm Fridaym us ust. and was purely accidental. We undler- ph land that most of the furniture was saved.- for .bnilln Banner. Elst Jan. _ ARTHUR SIMXINS, EDITOR. WEDNESDAY, FEB. 6, 1861. pir- From severe indisposition Mis. Btmr, we earn, wr.a unable to resume her sebo 'i exercises s stateu a few weeks since. But her health is iow much improved, and on Monday last she pened her school near IHorn's -Creek Church, rith a good prospect of quite a number of lupils. The Edgefield Bar. The proceedings of the meeting of the members )f the Edgefteld Bar held in the Court House on Vonday evening last, to pay a fitting tribute of respect to the memory of Gzo. W. LA-nmux, Esq., ias been received, but too late for this issue. It ill afford us pleasure to publish them entire in Dur next, together with the eloquent and feeling remarks of Jos. Aaxzv, Esq., and Col. M. W. (4AllY. Edgefield Female College. IT will be seen by reference to our advertising columns, that the Fall Session of this College will terminate on Friday next, and that on Thursday and Friday there will be a public examination of its pupili. Exercises will be resumed on Monday, 11th, the beginning of the next Session, at which time it is confidently expected large accessions will be made to Mr. G WALTNEY's present flourieh ing Institution. Call on the Sheril'. We have been requested by Col M. W. GARY, to state that he has placed the money received of the State funds, for the contingent accounts of this District, in the hands of Sheriff Jones. Those interested will call on Mr. JoNvs for a settlement. Religious Notice. REV. E. 11. IAKE, Universalist, will preach at the Court House next Sunday at 11 o'clock A. M. Feb. 4th, 1861. Military Appointment. J. J. SPInat.s, Esq., has been appointed Aid to the governor of Alabama, charged with the special duty of assisting in the direction of Military af fairs at Head Quarters. No more judicious ap pointment could have been made. However our old College comrade has been misrepresented and traduced in the late Presidential campaign, we always know he would be in the right place it the right time. A Sad Accident. On the night of the 21st January, Capt. DoVo LASS ROBERTSON, of this District, bad a very val uable negro woman burned to death. The unfor tunate woman was sitting near the fire, when her dress caught, and before the flames could be sub dued she was so severely burnt that she died in a short time thereafter. This is a sad misfortune to Capt. RonsItTsos. A Large Hog. Mr. ABRAM RrtLA4n, one of our oldest and most independent farmers-one who invariably raises his own bacon and corn at home-killed recently one of his largest three year old shoats which weighed fiee hundred and thirty-fiea pouid# nett. This porker weighed gross 642. Who can equal Mr. RUTLAND in the rearing of large hogs. Masonic. The following gentlemen have been elected and installed Officers, of Butler Lodge No. 59, for the present Masonic year, viz: Dr. D. SumAnn, W. M. M. W. CLAnY, S. W. T. Bt. Bnow.Nzy, J. W. S. S&ortsy, Treas. J. IL. G oocxsi, See'ry. 3. R. SurvuI, J. D. L. 13. HIAztLE. Tyler. The State F'lag. The Legislature Monday night (says the Chur texton .Vkery. of the 31lst.) ngain altered the de sign of~ the State flag. It now consists of a blue ieldl, with a white palmetto tree in the middle, upright. The white eresetit in thte upper Ilug sta corner rem:sins as before, the horns pointing upwa.d. This may be regarded as finail. Error. It appears that it wns a mtistake of the Wash ingon Cvanfteuttin, to conelndle from any thing vet oard that Englanid wi I lie tardy in acknowledlging the indepiendent government of the South. The ery reverse is thle piurport of intelligene fronm that quarter. This correctiont is here madec, be :ause we publi'ed last week thte Constitutfion's nistakein view. -I .-.-- 4 Our Volunteer Comptanics. We publish this week the roill of thet two comn sanies furtmed iu the 7th ltegitment, . U. M., itt rccrance with te req1uisitiona of thle Militairy hill. Next week we will publish the list of the two :omanties formed itt thte 9th Itlegitment. The tjlieers of thtose two Coanpanties arc us fl ows: U,.jPrr I1attaion~r,, 9ith Regjiiinet. S. ('. if. Capitai-i,. M. TA .nutur, 2ndu Lieutenuant-ll. G;. Siant.est, L~ower Battalion,, thl ftegqi,net, S. C. if. The Wect Season. No cotntry was ever blesused with mnore copiouts htwers than the South hus received duritng the ast eight weeks. lt in a bslessiug atnd shiould be et as such. Without it, our crop for the currett year must have failed. Now, the uarth att last fully aturated antd her dried foutnt~sins arc replenished. ow, we mtay look forwardt with good courage to' i ample return for agrienltural labor rightly bte towed. laut in spite of this blessed a-surance the reater is desperately gloomy, and all are looking xiously for one of thto.ie "long intervals of loudless .utnshine" whlich WisttniO-ro Intvis, rnoutced a ebaracteristic of our Amnerican wiln er setson. To Itaise Supplies. Tie Act of thte Legislature to raite supplies for) he year 186l is aL tmatter in which our people are u inuch inaterestedl, that wre copy it in full upon tother column. It will be seen that t.ttr ta xation Ssomewhat increased ; hut who is he that will sy, ,w'y The tuan1 it ot to be found in itll our oatmmnwealth. haad it been tent titmes more oner us, and had the circulustancees of our position e;irehd that it should be so, not a mnurmnur would ae been heard ;-For while we are skeptics antd utidehs whenat cient is eznkedlfor tribu tle, we are the rue believers when wili*n are an~ldfor defree. Executive Appointments. The Iuhlowintg appointtnetts by the G;overnor rere confirtmed b~y the Senate Mlonday night in Executive session:l R. G. 31. Duanvant, L'rigaieir-General. 1 WV. D. Desaus.-ure, .Major of Cavalry. N. G. Evatns, sr.. Cnyptniin of Cavalry. Watlter tGwynnt, Major, E. 11. White, Capltaina. J1. 1I. Trttpier, Captaint. F. I). Lee, First Lieutenant. tG. WV. Earl, First Lieutenatnt. John McCraidy, First Lietutenntut. J1. W Gtegorie, First Lieutenant. Mu nificenst. Joel E. Mathews has given the Governor of Llabana 270 bales of cotton the piroceeds of which re to be used for thte State. This tiet is going the rountds int three short lines. .et is tadd twice three thereto. Two hundred and eventy Alabaa hales will weigh 13.5,0010 lbs., nd that , mnultiplied biy InI etS., will give $13:,50n. I hree timeo~ thtree for Mr. Mrrui: ws of Alabama ! par- The Alhatma Cuonvontion in secret ses in lil the night of thIe !!Sth utlt.. adopted a e,,tntinl inlslructinlg the Diepntios to thle dohntht-t rn Ciogress to e'tabtlishi a iouthert Contfederney. irever preventt thte re-opetnitng of the African Express from the Editors -0 ArU'STA, Feb. 5, 18t1. IJear Advertiser : Your news envoy arrived here 'esterday evening by wrater. The river is very igh,-all over Hamburg ;-as far out as the brick mouse next to the old high-water-mark warehouse. Lfter waiting sone time for it to go by. I plunged a and drove through. Our good friends, Messrs. toEnr BUTn.a and RoDERn LAuAn kindly its isted me, the latter taking iy better half over in . boat, while the former went with me in the car. inge :s navigator. Maty thanks to both of them. MNly wife not enring to try it agitin until the riv. :r falls, I drop you this note. Herewith I send you a Cour-er of yesterday. [t contains the Executive Documents as to th< Fort Sumter negotiation. They are very interest. ing, and if you could give then in toto would b very acceptable to our readers. But this is nexi to impossible at the late hour when you will re. ieive this. Suffice it to say that Col. J. W IIAvs:'s delay was occasioned by an appeal fron the congressmen of the other seecling Stater. L T. WIrUFALL's name at the top of the list. The deprecated action in the matter of Fort Sumter and, as co-workers in a common cause, asked it postponement. But the whole negociation, owia to the indecision of Buchanan, results in nothing Poor old fellow! he is almost an exemplifneatici of the Latin phrase, "E.e inilo nih1i fit." I declines to do any thing and shuffles the whole af fair otf on the Congress. So the demand for th Fort stands refused, to all intents and purposer Our authorities feel it so. Col. HArxg is to be i Charleston to-day, and it appears to be the con elusion that Fort Samtcr msrat be taken. So loo out for stirring news in a few days. I send you a Constitutionaliet from which yoi may get some interering news. Yours, in baete, THE EDITOR. P. S. Mrs. Gov:Rnon PIeCENs is expected her to-day en route for Texas. Freshet in Savannah River. Fron the Augusta Conastaittionalist of Tuesday we gather the following in relation to the freshe in the Savannah River: On Friday last, heavy rains commenced fallin, in this vicinity, and continued until a late hou Sunday night. These rains must have fallen ove an extended vpace of country, as we hear of sorl vns floods in the upper part of the State; whilea this point the Savannah river was higher on SuE day last, than we have known it to be for som years. Indeed, for several hours, on Sunday las there was much apprehension among our peop] that our city would be overflowed; and every pr paration was made to protect property, as much a possible, front injury by the flood. Goods wer moved out of cellars, and from lower shelves; prc visions and water were laid in, in dwelling housei for the etergency; and draymen and laborei were employed about the wharves and elsewher in conveying goods to places of safety. Fortunatt ly, however, these timely precautions were not re dered necessary, as yesterday morning the rive commenced falling again, though it is feared tht it mny be again swollen by the rain of Sunda night. But we hope that these fears may prov groundless. As it is, ii great deal of trouble hi been cnused, and no doubt some loss occasioned I the people both of Augusta and Hamburg. The river reached its greatest height about darl and was at thirty.one feet two inches above lo water iunark. In muny places it overflowed il banks, and in the uipper part of the city reache Jones street, and on Marbury street came in as fa as Springfield church. In iaiburg, the water cawame in through th back way, and yesterday morning several portion uf the town were iuiundiatedl. In the vicinity the hotels the water wras two or three feet deej The track of the South Carolina railroiad was mauch injuredl, a short distance from town, that th eight o'clock train of cars did not go out yestei day. The Edgefield stage was also detrainedi this city, in consequence of th~e high water. WV understand that the drainages to the railroad swi lie repaired, ini a daay or two, nd that the trait1 will seen resume their regular trips. Can We Forget Thecm? Ma. BAn~iSInA tLC, ed itor of tire ./Ini4.rippier and who was a zealous secessionist from Norther Democracy in the Charlestoni Coanventionm, no' turns his eyes towards Nurthern Democrats, anl is maoved to speank of them thus: "Whatever may haetide thre South, we will ale ighat taa reamemb er the t rue unda grallant spiritsa lie Northi whi ..t'.d upi to indlicrat e truith aiti jusrtice iin our behalf, wihen thrift anid poipularir; waould have hiddhen them join the aggressive mutl titud~e. Ini nal paos.ible adivirions, imuatationis :ai reaonastruecitinS, we vet hoape tab stand i~t then iinder trhapier skies. IIenar haaw ione of thease lia ble Noarthe raers tralks to the P'hiladhelpahia NortL Amilerician, in airswaer to irs threat of airmis ragrains the Soautth if it shraubll adare escenpe fraom its yoake: - her us tell liae North Amierienn--andl we pa fr saomaa ofi the thotae and .-itnew of ihe Northa-tha when it faorces such a wrar, sio unmaacessary,, aini jauitaous mnd criili, it will have a bhlady eam aut hero ini thre North, beforu its bhrack hannrter: cLnai irs Widle-A wake armay shrall rerach the Saoutha I~lrnek Repubtlienna sesctiaona:isma and incerndiarisin save as bitter anda determinead eneieis here na they have thaere-mren ithei will resist negro guv ariinment rnal a nregro war to thre last pgrsp of life ishoul:f such terrible wrar comre. then every North rn city will lbe tranisfrrned intoa enrta.'" It is to be haoped that these Northern patriots aludedl toa by the Jlutripan will noat ahuail be '.rc rhe blast of Blacek Rtepublicanisma. Ouar tri imuph will rassturedly Ihe theiar., haowever distinec he govern::nenats of the sections may be. hlnel Rpubrlicatdstu well kno~ws ihis. llence its deter niriationi to use its -resent lower against th< Au.ith. Drave the lack demaoni, irrue democrat: >f the North, :and a litila while your feet will be ilpuni hai nreck. 'Temp tin g. Shlda war baatween the Naortha anal the Sooth > the result of the rnetioni of the Southern States thrat a telmptinrg field to baold advenrturers will bh >fferedl to the tein thausrad spairits of plundae verynhecre. The le.e ttrai,,aaa will have ineb ar xemphlificaatoan as was scarcely ever befire wit essed. llear the Mobile J/ercusry oin this tempa~t rag subject: A PiowiinlcL. Uart.w.nt rfn otn:ari~ Uvsrnias or M.rtges.t1ia lb:r-utsA.-Puriv.Lrsus -We rare happajy tao Ih.: iniformedl that ini case rarq ret aaf coeraionr is uattempltedt niainst iany Souttheri irate, thrat :hu Goivernaars'af all the secedaing State; ill hae prehairedl to grat letters .o Miarajne uni tieprisuil to arnmed ad iannaed shipis, brigs. steam rs, &c.. as privaitecrs, to wage w.ar ragainst the L'nitedl Stares flag in evicy sea. The result of thi, siil be, that the brave .. ahLlinations will be in ritedl to aL feast that will liternally .,hnatter Yuinke nieresas arid credit, ats their ship'paiang is rclhly th iraini sprinig of all their intecrests. Notingra car ni m..re effectural thain this; Minie rifles rana sowie kirives are linocnt werapmns ini comaparisonr Miscellaueous Items. gg Adlvices from Texas state thiat thre Hious ras legalized the cornvention under fire hill -ights. gg* JAs. Boi..t u, Esrj., of G riahumnville, 5. C. ra senrt to Ihis Excellenrey, Gaoy. Pickens, a cheel or $1 ,fttt to bje aplied toa the wants of the State pd Gen. llarney, it is statted, will commrana be military in thre District of Columbia uoan the aecasion aof Lincoaln's inaruguration. ES Thre Legislature adjarurnedl on Monda) light, the 28th, after a long and laborious Session p.0 Fort Nell, a inmall, bitt strong little fort yinig on P'anmplico River, between Washinrgton C. ., and Panmplico Sarunad, has been seized by itiacuns of the former hplace, and thre pialmetto tlag aised over it. j'g Hon. R1. M. T. llunter decllies a nomnina. ion for thre Virginia State Convention. Elyir Torn Broock, the famous racing man, is it few Orleans. p&~-A Liverpool paper naotices the shipmienat oi wnity rifled cannaon for Chatrlestonr. Neiher thn amar of tire vessel nror thre drates of thre shlipmarent, owiever, re given. pa- The smnal 11oax has entirely disappearea ro Columbtia-no new erises in several weeks. gg The citizens of Muonticellor, Frairfield Dis. riet, hnrve subascibedl SI,5 fair the beniefit of their -.aunater Comany~aa tnow oi nnhlivias Islanid (raw muachr hrri the cit izenis aof IM-igeiehld conrtribu-l :d towatrds thre relief of their Voalunrteer Corps I.......y i-an ..aciveaervi-h of the State I' BY TELEGRAPH Southern Congress. MoN0roos)nar, Ala., Feb. 4.-The Southern Con gress assembled here at noon to-day. All the delegates are present, except Jackson Morton, Esq. of Fleorida. Jion. Robt. W. Barnwell, of S. C., was chosen tewporary Chairmnan. Rev. Basil Manley then delivered an impressive prayer. On motion of Hni. R. B. Rhett, of S. C., Hon. Howell Cobb, of G a., was chosen permanent Pres dent of the Congress by acclamation. Johnsofn J. Hooper. Esq., of the Montgomery (Alin.) Xal/, was chosen permanent Secretary, also by acclamation. The usual preliminary business was attended to; after which the convention adjourned until to-morrow. Latest Washington News. WASINGTON, February 3.-I am reliably in formed that President Buchanan has informed Colonel iayne, in reply to his letter in relation to Fort Sumter, that he has no power, express or im. plied, to negotiate for the sale or transfer of any property belonging to the General Government. That all such applications must be made to Con gress. who alone possesses the power to dispose of such property. In the Senate yesterday, Mr. Chandler, of Michigan, presented a memorial, inquiring if the I United States is defacto a Government, and if so praying for the arrest and imprisonment of all I Commissioners from the seceding States. Also the arrest and imprisonment of the Commissioner from South Carolina, and all who claim that she is an independent sovereignty. A Joint Committee has been appointed by Con gress to count the Electoral vote. February 4.-in the Senate to-day, Messrs. D Slidelel and Blenjamin, of Louisiana, withdrew. Mr. Clingman, of North Carolina, made a speech in defence of the South. The Peace Conference or Border State Conven tion, assembled here to-day. It resolved to hold its sessiona in secret in future. It is thought that Ex-President Tyler, of Vir ginia. will be chosen President of the Convention. r The Convention then adjourned until to-morrow. r Two more companies of Federal troops arrived here yesterday. There i' now a military force of about eight hundred men. Kentucky News. Lornsvs.a, Feb. 4.-TheSenate passed resolu e tinns appealing to southerners to stop revolution, and protesting against Federal coercion. The. Legislature will re-assemble on the 24th of April, 0 to hear responses from sister States, and to make an application to Congress to call a National Con vention. RUMORED FIGIIGTING AT PENSACOLA. Nxw OR.5:AxS, Feb. 1.-(via Washington.) There are flying reports here to the effect that fighting had conmenced at Pensacola, in conse. quence of the sloop-of-war Brooklyn attempting to land troops at Fort Pickens. The reports need confirmation. Letter Fron Moultrie. 0 Our thanks are rendered to a member of the Riflenen, for the subjoined interesting communi : cation. We hope he will repent his valued favors MorN.Tnit. HoSE, Sullivan's Island, Jan. 27, 1861. DeAt COL: I presume you have heard, ere this. r all of importance that concerns the "Eh.fleld Rijleinen " since their departure from the Village c up to within a very few days, and inasmuch a, s the greater portion of what I should communicate fon that head inns most probably been anticipated. I apprehend a reiteration of the details alluded te m night render this notice too wearisome for inser. etion in your columns. Suffice it to observe, every " Rfl/eutn "is willing-willed and heart-whole in. athe performance of his duty. and rcalize to a Sproverb Massinger's beau ideal of a soldier con. 1tained in Lady Aliworthy's admonition to Well b iorn in the "New Way to pay 01.1 Debts:'' --- " andI, fur his country'fsak ~* T-e run upae n th cannon's mouth undaunted:; These are the essential elemuents maake up a soler ; Not swearing, dice, nor drinking." aOn thne 22d our Company wans ordered off to Hot V sland to guard the howitzer which defends Peli enn Po"int. This is a duty which the different Ceemplanies dlisebuarge lby roitation. The Island is Aitunted about three und a half mailes fronm tht. .\Mloultrie Ilouse. our pnresemnt comufortule barracks. lleow it came by the umm it bears (Ilog Island) ii. past coi'jecture, unless it derived it from the por. poises (hog-fish) that may be seen tumabliang alony I he sh,'res, 'or mo're likely from its being perhaps tormierly the resort of wild hocgs. Here the vol. uteers are furnished with st-utnch, commodious tensts, and everything wonts the appenrance of a re-gular enap. Truesdale's mn;;::ient oyster gardlens are conveuient tu the ezane j'ment, and yo'u mlay eaLily imiag'nia that had the dlays we spent there, viz.: thne 22ndl, 23d. 2-4th anad 25th, not proved unusually rainy atI temopeatuous, all would have went " merry as a mtarriange bell." We were relieved by Capt. MEIItwLerIxn's Comaptny on the 25th, and returned to quarters. It is reported that ini a few dlays ten of our corps will be calledI upon to volunteer to assist in work. :n; the guns of Fort Moultrie, in the event an" emergency should reqguire their services. I will indlicatte soine of the reasons why it is[ concludled that Fort Moultrie is not altogether un-| prepared to compete with Fort Sumter. In the first inlce, Major AYDnusoN's garrison is composed of only about seventy-fire men. Many of these. we are credibly tassuredl, are ripe for mutiny-n smaall tnumbher have deserted (seven I think)-and|( some have actually been thrown iuto chains in|. conscriuetnce of' their retusenl to fire upon Feertj IMoultrie at the er'ticeni jium.tutre the cannon of F..rt Morris w ere let loose upon the Staer of the l li'et. In the second ilace, it is the unmanimtous opitnion oef etnginteers ittd artillerista thatthe lowerj[ tier oef guns in Fe'rt Sunuter cttnnot be brought tojt hear upiona Fort Meoultrie tat all. In the third pIJnce, it is nuuthentically sta ted thtat AsNnat:soy lears not| tihe first sinegle maertur with which to cast a shell,I a regiect in which we mnanifestly piomss a vast ado::tage. in tihe fourtht plnece, Fort Sumnter ie conantructedl precisely in the shape of atn octangonalt spnitteoon, a foermn bi ich is peccu'itnrly unafanvorable i 'en aneun~t of the accumalntion of' stmnoke sad the perooncedne'ss of thne concussietn, niaking it im possible feor the guns to be plied mnore than two houecr. at a time-the smoneke blinding and suiffoca titng thne gunnters, tand the violetnce of the concus-i sion peroduncinig free bleedinig at thne no~se. In the fifth and ltast plaice, AetnEnsoNi is well nigh desti tote of feol, ind his suipply of provisons unlcss re plenieheed, will not entable hint to hold out for more tha'en six months. When we contaider all these thitngs, atnd that if we act consttanthy on the qui aece every hoepe oef reinfortcemtent must hu preclu deal, it will speeeily be ediscoverced on whaat a dlinmy foundattioun all the twinedele with reference to the unimp~regntability of Foert Sumater rests. tiibralter too, forsootha, was unimpjregnable, and so was ther Castle of San Junan d'Ulloa and Sebiastopol. a In addition to the hprepatrntions for defense at Fort Moultrie, there is likewise a bomab-peroof re doubt thrown upi a short dlisttunee frnom tine Fort feor the purpoese oaf casting shell. T'his redloubt is sturrounded hby a moat filled with water for extity- ~ gtuishinag shells. Some doubts however, exists as C to whether the moat will unnwer the purpose for ~ which it is inteneda. Major Rmran:v anirms that instances hnave been known of shells ex ploding un der water. If this be true, the taunk in the centre e of Fort Sumter will not afford much protection. Ian consequtence of its spittuon-shaape, every shell h as soon as it desceneds rolls immiediatelv into the tank ; but If the water does not extinguish the shell aned prevetnt its burstitig, it had tas well inot be there nat all, unless to supply the garrison. As fort anythning else, Aytnensos oft contrse has the su- t: perieority. his metnal is weightier-hnis columbliads being 12 ilnch, Intn poundners--those of For t Maultric i: heing 1,4 poeauders. Ihis compnlemetent olf guns is 1201 all miounted. The walls are repoertedI to be 1S feet t< thick, the various interspaces being titled with con- '2 erte-at c'ompositiona of eement, shells, and rub. tl ble.steone. Moe .-lan,. A. d f1Y The Revenue Cutter Casa, has been Eur For th' Advertiser. A 'Mother's Prayer. BY S. A. I. e're had five darling boye,-but two of them were left, Dr first to 0God, we gave the three,-and now v e are bereft, ur all are gone, and none are here-prompt at our country's call, 'e've yielded up our only ones-we've given up our all. ur manly boys-our cherished sons-for whom we've wept and prayed, o whom we every council gavo-on whom our hopes were stayed; or now life's meredian ire have gained, and age is stealing on, nd we had hoped on those to lean, when life was on its wane. heir honored sire, how oft has he God's holy book removed rom its most treasured nook,-the lible that we loved 'he one that was our mother's gift upon our bridal day, 'he time we made the holiest vows that human lips can say. [ow sacred have those vows been kept, none but our God may know, :xcept our own united hearts, of all the throng below; lut this I know of all things else, our doting hearts have striven, uar children's mind as best we could to point to God and Heaven. 'hough they are young In years, oh God! not twenty and eighteen, 'hey still had given themselves to thee, and on thy arm did lean; or years ago with hands enclasped they stem'd the yielding tide, lo consecrate themselves to thee; Thou who for them had died. ?reserve our sons, oh blessed Lord ! each precious darling boy Che father's long expected stay, the mother's chiefest joy; Che sister's pride, the servants' hope, the sons who we believe ffould never condescend to do the thing to make us grieve. knd theu our country, God of hosts-on Thee we can rely )h ! may our banner stay unfurled with victory on high; We know that thou our rights can prove, that thou art ever near, rhou art the God of Battles-ever ready is thine ear. )h prove our rights, show to our foes-those rights they would transgress, rhe brand of Cain be on the brow of those who'd not redress rhe wrongs that we, their brothers feel, the sor rows that we bear, rhe long endured-the crushing pressed down from year to year. N'ot only has the cup been filled, pressed down and running o'er, Pregnant with ills and blasted hopes, and persecu tions sore : still would they taunt our trampled ions, with foul dissenting strife, and force our grieving hearts to unsheathe the fatricidal knife. Fhe Holy word of God has said offenees need must. come, But woe he unto those by whom thiey are to us brought mne; Ele will ayengc a nation's rights,-lHe has avenged before, >hen to Hlis holy mandate we will kneel and Him adore. luTio ornat a ~ 1 i o onr treasured ones 3nce little curly headed boys and now our manly sons ; [t seems as if a vulture's beak was gnawing at may heart, But still I would not havc thenm back crc they per. form their part. Ko, rather wouldl I have them dead, upon the bat tie laiz, V'ould have hsay darling only boys numbered among the slain ; ['uan now to think they wavered once at Carolina's call Ees, let thema die for her, oh Goid-if needs be let them fsll! am no Roman matron, but Carolina's child, (o trnitoruis ser-ent's tougue has charmed, or love of case beguiled:; for lethean draught hath steeped my soul that I int ydet sit, and thus ignore my native woit, its sovereignty forget. nud now I call upon ye all, the nmothers in the land, ipon the altars of our rights we'il lay both heurt and hand; l'e'll dedicate our sons anew to imn who reigns above, .nd next to Him who dwelleth there, the country of our love. Ros.s Comoxt, .Jan. 8th, 1861. For the Advertiser. At a mneeting of the ci-izens In the vicinity of loud Hiope Church, Edg~efield District, on the 18th an. IS61, Mr..!. M. WarT was called to the Chair, ud B. B. McCAtv reqjuested to act as Secretary. On motion of Mr. Janxv MoaisA, the Chair. iun appointed a Committee of three, viz: Joux E. Ansiv, Jarntv Moais and A. RICE, to pre are and replort a Preamble and Resolutions for ie consideration of the meeting. Th1e said Committee, through Mr. J. MORCAY, ubmittcd the following, which was unanimously dopted: WusmaAs, It becomes every Southern commu ity to exercise the utmost vigilance in the pro rction of their persons and property against the aideous, dark anid dangerous deaigns of all ene ies to our peculiar institutions. Therefore, be ii Reaolred, 'That impressed with :.his belief, we, he citizens of' this community, do hereby resolve urselves into a Committee of Vigilance, for the urposo of detecting and examining all such sus ected and dangerous persons, who may from time a time, be found engaged in any effort to carry ut their evil intentions In our midst; and that nech member of this Committee repaort to the Chair san all such persons, whe, upon conviction, shall *e dealt with, either by indlctment in the Court of lessions, or in such summary manner by this Coin sittee, as may he 11irected by the advisory Com, tittee. That the advisory Comnmittee consist of hie Chairman and four memubers, whose duty it hall be to appoinit Patrul Complanie, within our ounds, and to patrol as often as deersed expedi nt, and that they shall meet at the call of the hairman of said Committee, and determine all uatters which may he laid before them by any euber of this organization, and their decision hall control our action In the premises. On motion, the Chairman apmpointed JEnny' !aaAN, A. Rica and Jonsx Rcsnvox, to nomi ate Oflicers of the Advisory Committee, who re urted the following gentlemen as unanimously bosen to serve twelve months, viz: H. H. Mlav ax, Chairman; Jonx K. Asv, DAvtW Mi'x, ons Woovax, Joux5 Gi..tza. Resohred, That we pledge ourselves to each oth. rin carrying out these objects. Res'dred, That the proceedings of this meeting apublished in the Edgefield Adrerrieer. J. M. WITT, Chairman. B. R. McCanv, Sec'ry. Hligha-drawvl-ic, By reason of one of those little inevitables, a :pographical error, an exchange is made to say: " Among the novelties in New York Churches a hydrawclc engine for blowing the organ.'' A plain drawl is bad enough, but when it comes I a )igha drawl the thing is next to intolerable. here are some dIrawlers in church music not a tousand miles from this our sanctum,--Fomo low rawlers, and some high drawlers,-the murderers ad murderesses!I-we always feel like choking emt a little. These will doubtless hear with d~e -kIs of this by (high).da.wi huhl.-ve.-n