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A. SIUKINS, D. R. DUittOE, & E. REESE, P 0 lR I E T0 1 KS. -.R M61 N O F S 17 1m S d '' c. -,611 0N T co lDo1.LA:: per ye.tr if i ii advance-TwO D.ui.t,.ut.< and 1-'irry Cesra if nit pai1 within ix upt.uth-anl Tua:x DoLL.tsi if nit ptid before the txpiraticn of the year. Sbtlscriptions out of the District must be paid for in :t.lv:fnce. 1IRAT'- 0F. ADVI-'.ITISING. All a.ivertisemtlnts will he interted at Osar Dot. LAI; ;'er Square (1' Mintion li..,s or less) for the first insertion, aid Fifty Cents for each subpeqniDt iniortian. A-.hcrtiscnects from strangers and transient peorsoL., paythle in adUvance. All others will be c .usi.lared %Lite- when Pal.1fr. Advertisement, nt having the .lesired number of intartions marked on the un'rgin. will bo con tinuaed until forbid and caurge.1 aecortiingly. T wiuse d.siring too .lverii,e by the year can dt. .o .,u liberal tertat-i: ihng undertood that con traclt for yearly a-lvertising are coufiued to the legitimt.,a businteee of the atrm or individual con tracting. C->ntract itdretrtisewents payable semi Al i coitsnuutit oinis of a personal claraeter, O',itrtatr N.,tico.<. tei-tirtit. Rtesolutions or Pro 1.-i.;f :lily tociety. Assuciation or Corpora ti -t:. wOillibe iar.1s withertisemnits. Anuouting a C:LtIdi-late tntit ins-erted until pitii t-.r.) Five id llars. Speech fron Senator Wiglall. This diiunihe gn uan was serenadedi it, Ciarletotn otn WNi t c-taL Y evenig. 1:t re pun.te, he deliv.ed the iblflowiUtg Tpeecl to extress to yviu itn words. antd thertI iteiot I preler th.tt %otu sho-tuld infer;*t ratlr thati lea fromn me, int anyv language iht Ii eld i s -. ir I ktttw that it wold be too theb!u to ex prebs the eelng which are now inelinig ul, in my leart-t c gratit:-d. antad tihe gratifia ton wahich I now fee1 rhtr thte great kindne, with which this coip[liment liasi been paid in. to-Iight. I havo returoedi to I native lamv celinag, as I Iav1e not Ielt for some titte past. that I was in Ity own coeuttry. [At.pla..S.j Iere, I ain no lontter a foreigner. [Lon.d ;ap plause.] By the Conastitutiotn of the Cotifed erate StaLe.4 thist day Voun lhave b4een-t kian e.iough to cvao-ir upnl tme th, rights )f citi-. zNsfliip. I Contiinued apiuse..J Tholungh borv a Siath Catolinat, I chanted tmy ailegiantee. and becae a citizen Of Texas, mituy, matn year< a;.o. By that ie--ple I wal trettiedl wit. great kindne.-s. and 11 Lh.e received fromtti tleb:i hands ltinor4 which I could relpa otly i the sitevre le ire to discharge the duties with suclh ability all I posens. Atid when i reached y;ur CitV t wo days ag. I was stiil a foreigner. though ill th hanaid of lny birth. To.dav, bi% the ra*ifice0tion ut that COn)tituttion, I ai ei titled to all the privile te. and immunities that I once enjoyed, and which aere mity heritage. [Apljdaust.j Ani wltett I think of' this, I say to) Wou agatm, it al kitndness, that linguargi fails to express the grattieation which I felat. under such a Constitution as you have-one that you ay well be proud of; and that your children will boast their ancestors hai the wisdom to fratme. What are its mnait features ? For the laIst three-luttrths of a cen turv we have been living unJer preciselt such a govertinict as you have to-day inau gurated, but a false constructiun has been put. upon it. [A voice: " That's so."] Unider a power to levy duties, collect taxes to pay the necessary expenises of the Government, those who were int the tmajority have formally co! lected money to defray the expenises of the Governmntt, and levicd taxes so as tnt to raise revenue, but to ot1r a protectiont to cer. tain favored interestsd. in thtis Constitution which you have to-daiy tnade yours anid initne. you have expressly provided that the people who live under it. never cain be taxe d except for the purp.oe of' raising suiflcent revenue to defray the necessary expenses of the coiu mont govertnienit. [Apphtuse.J We have cut oilf the sources of' corrttpuon, andi do)ne away withl the evils of theC systemn of internal im. provemnents. These formed a serious objec tion to the old Constitution. Anid you have in the preamble to your Constitutiona declared explicitiv that thais is a social compact into which you have enttered, anad a Federal com-* peact. aind thait it is a compact between States free. sovereign atnd( independent. [Applause.] These are some of the main features, but important as these proviasionas may be, there is one that. if there is a State entitled to credit for havinaz eng.rafted it upon the new Coinsti tution, I hazird the assertion that is the State of South Carolina. [Loud applause.] We have been waniderinig a very great way from thte principles of our fathers. We are Iorgetting thatL we are living under a reputbli ean t'orm of governmient. Wec hiave been heiu coming, day af'ter day, more and more denmo cratic (I use that term in its specific, ucechnti cal umeani: r.) In other Staites -niot here the people busve been taught the idea thati olfic-as were made for the benefit of the incum benats, and that rotation ini ollice is a thintg to: -be desired. Thecy have beeni claiming thnat mnen htld office too long, arid nort one hias re alized the fauct that otlic-es were instituated and'! established, tnot for th:a b-mtefit of the oflice holder, but of the peopte at large ; anid that when an officer was comnpetent to discharget the duties of his uflice, atnd didl discharge tit-m faithfully, tno reason texistedl for d:scharg-. iag him and raunninig the haaz~irdl of gettintgi a bad oficer. lt the new Conistittution, to-dlay ratified, it is declari-d, ftrti the highest to the lowest, except the Presidenit anid the eahinet, that all officers shall hold thteir uflices during g.2id behavior. Then when a Presidenatial eletiont comnes on there will be nto mniserable scramble betweena the ins an.l ou1s. Atad whtea I the President catmes to be itnuguratedl, anal I lays his hanl 1jon the Holhy GJospel of God. attd swears thtat he will dlischaarge thte dntties I dev-olved upon im~i by the Constitutiont uof htis ctuntry, ftithfilly tad truly, lie wvill have iot. tneniti rese3rvation a< to the ditributtion ohf the oflices :ian-mtagat those who~ emne andt claimt to) be the recipeiets of thaose oilie's, h-eau. thev rendered him i s.:riice in placintg him int that pcasitiona. This I regard aa the I. bowl of goldl in thte pict ure oif silver." attn maks inore distinietly thani anaytheing~ else ithe great excel I len:c-: of our Consi'ituttion, tad the great fiket tthat we art wi-er tan our anicestors. [A p- I plauase. Whe timte rolls ion, aund posterity coetiis to a tear thIais Contittu tion, dloubtless they will find that they are wiser thtan we have beeni. But we htave shoawn that wei ari : at h.-at up witht t hi pirotre-5 of theo age,. andi are n.,,.~u .-t '~ y-five yars ihid.r thani outr atn a-r, .vanit hainlg learne lsnom wisdomz. ;;it woott* he atr~nu to conilutde the fe-wI re::agrzks I hav.:li t i-ske ttt witho ut atl-| Indin jg .somtewh at tto athe piride which I hatve felt int tha courtse' myi gal lanat atad ntivye Si atte has pursaed itn thi.. great contest for libety~.r A.\phose.| I saty, wtithaout fear, favor, or dfletio~n, or the houpea or rewatrd, that bunt for a S .tuth Caurolitna thtis (day we wouald have bee-n diain. {Laughter antd aupp'anse.] Youn, fel. low-citizen..s, ytiu lad the wisdomt to pereeiv'ia atnd the courage to atciive this great wtartk. : Ulad the cotunsels of tmoiret pruen-tlt imt-n pe vaild. andl yout iaited tail !ihe foitth tel Marebha; hail yout rec'niz~j.-u tina- sht:wkh- lofie par'ty ; lhad y at featred to takt i sute with anti adlmintist raction yita had inta:Z:rantd ; had l vou olferede no eih,'ta ctions whteve'r; had r 'rontt faibiad at tie e'artiest paraca titlhe imion aet -jo have aeid the gr-at ti I: if :a : at'e having. such a liermi of ::.vei-nomatit ats i tiun hial Soth C~aroali-e.t !owtred he-r ih.: itne inetnt ora the onae-hundrithi~ f Itpatrt tif i-ta inch, t hi exi~stedl. [ hanti- at yi tntse ] To I lih:e gl'att r~ ot Setah Care lit:: c'e me the wem', mem-n of thi., gre-.t fti-t ILladte itiUnion i< ntiw 1 di.solve-I. ta l~ b: at i e.o: iion b as airi-ee deadtie'- of t hat ntavt ofi corpionlt -t. I 'hontix-r lake, a *.eiw C .if'derson has agrut imt~o M r.ei..ad i.en exoblaine . til.ce en.-ans t] -- -.. .i one e- - -e... e a . i. th W e-st ht r' . the ed ::i ::-r.ied the pa-ople .t :eou t.ar.a a: it w * -s '~ a n I e ta o:gr .iteno, th:it i3a~nuag f.tils to expess,a tat im lihtlning flashcd te neC tC o Wash-| Vessel Fired Into. Yesterday aflternoonm about three o'clock, while tie wind was blowing beavy from thei North ean t, a schooner crossed the bar, amid was beatiing up the Chanue! abreast of tihe beach of Morri.' Islaid, wheni she having at tracted tihe al'ttenton of soie of the sentiles, one ,f the butvrics fired several blank car tridges att her for the Purpoe of bringing her to, which tihe Captain of the vessel paid no :Ct tcntion to, but kept on iis himourc, when it shotted gun was discharged, the hall froim which it is supjposed .struck ier inl tie bulwarks, when she Ir.:t about and proceeded down near the har aid aichoremi. During tie firing, it is said that tie s<:hooner displayed the " United States ensign," but as her character and not her nationalitv wits inl queetion, she shouli inmmediately hav-e come to and liehl intercourse with the cormmaimner om tile ISiland, instemid of nctimg im it mainner that mproduced the impression that she initend . ed w force a passage. Sonri after the firiing f to.k place, a boat ~from Fort Suinter visited qMirrim' I-land, sient by Major Amnderson, to L make enquiry into the canmse of tihe. vessel hay. ing been sht at, aiml also to reqest permis J otn for his boat to p oceed tim the schooner; .ad it is reported that the boat did go to tie suspiciomis ves.el, but of this we have no cer tain informanttion. tAbout six u'clock last evenming the steamer (xGeneral Clinch, with Lieut. T. B. Huger, was sent from time city to look ifter the schooner .itl investigate her character, but after pro cteding so-mme distanmce down time channel thev - Were unable to discover ammything of her, and supposed she had gone to sea. As the wind wmts blowing very strong from the North-ea'st she will, no doubt, take a 8 3tmherly conrse.--Charleston Courier, 5th Afratirs in Charleston. When it beeame generally kntowm yesterday moroilig that the coluipamnies nmow oi dmluy itt Sullivai's iislamad had been ordered to fill up their ranks without delay, amnd that the reserves belongminmg to time severil corps were to join their comrades already on duty by tho 1.mnr o'clock boat, pte lfe begianl to speeiate as to what wits guinig to happen nmxt. 'l'he pullie etriosity grew more general upoin the arrival if' two of' the otlicers of Major Anderson's e. mtitmaand-Lieuteiaits Talbot amid Syer with a tla1 of truce. Thev were received by the Goverior and Genmerildlauregard. Licut. tlot, h-ving been appointed by the Govern m.:nmt at Washington as Asistanmt Adjutait teneral -ihr the district of Oregom, wvith or ders to repair t') that statim at once, desired iermissoit to leave the city to report himself at Wa,hington. Leave was of course readily trranted to him. with the understandimn that no otiecr was to be perimitted to join the garrison of' Fort Siuter to supply his place ; and, accumpaiied to time depot by Colonel Moses, aid to time Governor, lie h-ft Chmarleston by time two o'clock train of the North i'astern itailrad. Meanmtime, Lieutenant'Snyder had memntiomned the ftacts of the firing into the m known sciiooner (ILS dlCscribmed in our issue of yesterday,) and informmed the Govertor that the vessel in ques-,on was a Bt-stonm schooner, loaded with ice, and bonnd for Savamnah, and that -he had pt intio this harbor on account of stre;s of weather. lie furlier sail that one of the shots had paqssed through time schooner's sail. Lieutenant Smyder then re turned to the wharf in commpn;my with aim aid, and went back to the Fort. During his inm teriew with the Governor, the solliers who namned time boat had seized time opportmity to lay imn soumme coveted inimividual supplies of whiskey, tobacco, ctableis, and a host of other provisiems, making in all no less thanm thirty live packages. The police. however, had keit a bright eye upon the soldiers, and when the provisionminig wats cotmplete, they quietly seized aill time puackmages amid tramnsferred themm to time guard house. Ditrimig the whole of y'esteimy aftenmoonm all kimnds of rumors were rife onm time streets. A vagtue impressionm bad somehow got abroaid that the long agonmy of' suspenise mand imnactiomn was to be specedily anmd abruptly ended ;but how, (mr when, e r by whiose orders, nobody could tell. WVe hamve mmae diligenut inqjuiryi' anid, (in the aibsenice of oliiieia! inmtar'mmati',m whmich,. in a jummcture like this, is set !om maode public,) we de'em time folluwinmg ficets to-be reasonably eertai First. T1hat the stupplies of pmrovisins nnmd rmthe miils, hitherto f'urnmie'id regularly to the -garrisomn at Fort Sumtmer, are to be cunt tdf to. fday, amid that mmo further commiunanmienttimn will - be allowed betweenm Mjmr .indersom amid time :Governmmemit at Washmimngtomi. SSecond. That time troops at all time Stiate iforuificaitions mare now finailly disposed, cm iip Sped andic provided for, sm as to be ready for - actioni at m motment'ts warninmg. SThird. TIhait noi attack of many kinmd will lie -miade upon Fort Summter unti further ordler<, H Icu suich anm attmack shoulde. be provoked hvy -Mmajor Anidersonm, or by anm it temilt nm time i part of' his Governimemnt to brinig aid to thme Sbeleagumeredt fortress. I ourthm. Thaut thmese mneasuires are takeni at Sthe imnstammce of time Umcimerment of time Con r femderate Sttes, which has lost aill colnfidenmce F imm tihe pirofessiotis of time Linicolni Admiinis trat ion. f We have said thamt this informationi has noc -oflicial sanctionli; bmut we have trot giveni it without siftng thmorughly idll the ermmflictinmg reports pirevamlenmt last night. anid we thimnk mt -cani he relied muon as maffordinig ma tfair outlimne Iof the newit policy to lbe pursued henmceterth with regatrd to time " saucy seventy."-Mer emiry, 5th inst. Front the Samvaumnah Itm'public'an, 5tih imi't. Th~e Vessel Fired inito att Chmarlestonm. Simnce compyinmg thme article fr' mm thle Chfarles -ton Con~uie'r. die vessel fired imntm fromt thme fomrts onm Mormris' Islmid has arrived in omur port, anmd we are emnabled to give full particu lars of time affirm. Time schmoonier is time R. [I. Shannon, Capt. Metit, omf Boustomn, andu she was boundm for t his city withi a ca~rgt of ice, conmsignued tom A. llaywe od. Oni Wedhnesmiay she wmas shirnitmemd fomr rnanoy hmours in a demise fog, durimng which she drifted troughi misake over Charlestou Liar. Soon after time fog lifted, time Captain, n tot kniowinig his whereabouts, founrd himmiseif nearly abreast of tihe fort on Morris' !slanmd, andm while cogitating over his latitude amnd loingituode, lie was greetedl with a salute Irom -the Furt. 1I0 iimnemiately ran tip his colomrs --the stars anmd stripes--but that demonstra. tion sceeme d an unsautmfactomry answer to thmeir summonms. Several shots (t hirty-two's) were fired inito his rigging, onme of which passed thrmough his mnaisail andii anouther' through his topsail. Inm time midst of this ditetmma. mnt knoinmg where lie was or. time obje'ct of this hostile demonmmstrationm, a boat frommm Fort Sum ter camei to his relief, andl being~ imade acn miuited of the facts, he lost ino time in ptmt ting to sea. Thie schommner stufferedl no miat erial damammge front time shots, though onme ouf them caimme mit.,t unmcotmfortmably nuear the head of one of the crewi. Caplt. M. hinks therem is ino mis -tauke aboummt time Morris' Islanid boys b~eimmg ex celljemtntmarksmenm. Letter frmom Fort Sutmmter. Her~t'r.u m~m, A pril -.-Thie Guonmin Ad vrt'c'ix#r pubilishe's a letter fro~mm privatle John.i son McNeil, which say: thatt .Mlajor Anlder.!'a's commmamnd have enu'mgh tom i-mt amnd drimuk for fonmr mtonthms, huit that fuel is scarce. Nobotdyi ever knetiw how ma~ny imini we have. anid it is all mimunsemnse to talk abiout senidinug mnm aiid sujppli's; we mre all right it mhi l,inomm oinly will have thme mmmeibonie tom stundi, bmy is. C'.rrr.u . Jomta:.-.\ ,mihtary' companyi in full muifomn as m'nm~ed omnt aushort tiimiusinme byv tihe Shmerif' mift Wormcestner county i, Md., to caip tuta 'g wuhichi was tain:hz.m sem's agamimmst the la. Th~e cum'impamnyi, ini a hamtteau, prm eedm'd tom the cuodli't. The caps~tain of the, himinyy wenmt bh' w andm gmmt mli a stove-pipe, ummumi: iim it e .nnonm sty le over' the bulwim ks. anmd .-tandminmg at: rie end wit hi ai big lump o if chmurcmmah lihed andu ;mriliing. 'Thie tmomenmt wasi critil uz. iiith eve ry advamt'giemmn thei -iide of the (e pitain uf theii pnzy, wvhues iraight Iened~ ny,. andi r~t airums loigI I hmi'i'epsredl * aipp;/ /he~ ,mol/h. Simu tl teniunenldy a be thlrtust t he chumek omf firme into, liie endm of the stoiri pipe te mi/i-! tar;'/ jumprd." nmeerh~oiordi, andm sinehm a "~ mlusingim abi out " ii and diving wa':s nemveri wi tnmes-.ed mn tme wyatm'rs of Wiur'm'tr'. It, i-u ni'uih-'m tim mumd' thasmt, ii line I hie wuai' win in. mnler' wt'"er, Ith,- --ptliin el' t!.e punmgyi hmmitedl sit :ui ini faurew u-li ho tie wauters' i f Marynnmmmmm, amid thai't, since timid miaimos advetnture, thme mimlitarmy company aforesaid, for beltaving so gallantly, h.. been callel the u ftova Pip. Invincibles. ngton that when the Star of the West crossec rour bar, and bad shots sent across'her bow. tnd when she displayed her bunting and yov :ounted thirty-thrce stars (it that flag, yo :ompelled lr td go oit agai:i. The Star o te Wt: t. crept into Charleston harbor, aut received a blow well planted between th U. a .tag-cred uder it. [Applause. F, .mi bat lime to this, the insult has not beet repeated. As to the questioni n)ow pendilmg - if the Federal Goverinent-National Gov -rnmnent I had better call it-does not remov4 theiln, you Aill do it for them. Whrt!.ei Maj,.r Andermin alil be shelled out oi itormned out. is a question bimply of expedi ency. The honor of South Carolina was vin dieated when the United States flig was fire( at, and it has remained vindiaeted, becau. they never r -entcl the insult dlfered to tha tlag. And it is a matter of gratification t me,0 as I have lived uider that flag, at d a y u have li% ed under it, and as I have foug tw:d.-r it, and as doubtless you have fought tin der the " stars and stripes"-it is a matter c gratification to ie that that flag nevcr wa tired at wtl itspuinity, until it covered i e:ew of Black liepublieans. [Laughter an' .\r. W i-fall then explained the public ne ee:.aixy ft r the ratification of the new Consti tution 1.v South Carolina, renmrking that i wa, seldom liberty was gained except at grea sacrifice. At Foirt Moultrie (.,aid he) th tree of liberty was planted, and it grew it rowth before the Declaration of Ilidepea ience was made by the thirteen co!o-es. South Carolina beCaie a nation ; South Car olina becane a people, and was free and inlde pendent Lefore the 4th day of July, 177C fit it was only accoinplished after scevei vears of .uil'f itig and of sl.e.lding of blood .tud if you suppo se this is going to be a incri 1holiday piarty, I believe you will be mi-ta ken ; antd I believe, also. yu will be ready t eiet the einergency. 'There is now in th, Uiiited States an athninistration that has im pelie uder the heavens. It is utterlv in: p is-itle fir any man to predict what thei will du, Lecause they are ti.emselves iii titte ignorance of any course of policy. The Iave ignored, in selecting a President, titterl ignoredl, brains and. broadcloth. I Langhter. Tlhev have elected a mani w.ose proules t.o.tt is, that he once sp!it rai!: for a living tild t..at lie has been captain of a flat-boat I Renewed laughter and applause.] Such L hi Chief Executive oilicer of the Union yot 'nve left. That man has no policy, and thl -nen about him are levoil it .state-abshilp Mr. Wiglall t:en quoii ,ted fron Saiuel I'epi i relatio.n to Charles the Second, his ignor alice of the British Conl itution, saying : "S the people of the United States have inagx rated a goverin aent, an1 put at the h1'ad o it a man who never had any experience it the managuement of thik or any other gov ernient, and before God I believe iacoinpe tent ever to learn by experience." I Laughte; and applause.] Onl the contrary, you have showin wisdenil in the Pelet.tion of our President-a man know well and love truly-a tuan who in tl Seniate of the United States, and upon th< field of battle, has shown himself always ti be a mnan-Jetlfrson Davis, who went fron he Congress of the United States to talk command of a Mississippi regiment, and be fore he returned to his homo he had givei the name to one of the arm in the service the Mississippi rifle. He combines all th great, striking and remarkable qualities o our o% n Calhoun, and of the scarcely les distinguished, though not less loved, Andrev Jackson-two South Carolinians, both re muarkable in their day and generation, but re markable for very different qualites. Jeffer son Davis has the wisdom and sagacity of th tatesman-has also an accurate knowledg Df the government you have niow inatugurate -has also the courage and discretion tof th solder, and I R now no rnan so cornpetent t inaugurate a goverunent, at such a timne, a Jesfl'erson Davis. There ar e those who tell you we will hav peace, but I believe it not. Fort Suttiter inan r may not be evacuated ; Fort Pickenso rua r mnay inot be evacuated ; but tatke my wort for it, the fort at Tortugias a. d the tort at Ke' West will not be evacuated. Take my wor< for it, the jurisdiction of the United State Governmuent never will be wi-htlrawvn fron New Mexico anid Arizona. Take m~y worod fo t, your Commiissioners and Mini'ters neove will be recogi~ized or r. ceived at Washinigton Take my word for it, that the Government c the United States wrill never attemtpt to re strain the citizens of the border States frou warring upon you on their own ind.viduv responsibility. Mr. Abraham Lincoln wd neithber cultivate peace nor declare war. an; widl not restrain the citizeins of that Govern inent from warring upon us, and raids ani robberies will, I believe, be of frequent oc urrence. I believe, thierefore, whilst th, Government of the United States will ueith er cultivate peace nor declare war, it wil place us in a cond tion, before long, wvher we w~ll be forced, in self-respect, to declar war against them. Then it is a matter of th ast conisequence that we should prepare fou t, and the tuost material mnatter is that c Mr. Wigfll then placedl the necessity c >rotny1t ly securing recognition by the Govern nents of' Europe in a strong and convincing ight, Nta ing at the samne tinie that Englanat 1.: France were ready to recognize theJron 'derate states as soon as t!.cy were convince< .here would be no reconstruction. Ini conclu sion, he said: And if we only keep our powder dry, ant lant enoug~h cern, and organize an arrny,. ru~t when the irost is (out of the grotund ntex prn again to visit that Northern climate mtd when I go I hope to) go ini the saddl 1aug!.ter and aphlutse.j " Twice have I sought Clan Alpine's g~en Ini peace; but when I corne again, I come with banner, f,runad anid bow, Ai leader beeku hiM murtal foe." [ Applaus-.] Therefore, in organizing this G3overinmenut et ts go into it with a heartyr god will. You Lae declared in the compai~ct between thi ;tates that s'aves are. property and entiled ti irotectio.n. You have decl are~d taxation here ,fer shall not be for protectiont but for rev~ -nne. You have declared that there shall b no di bursements for interntal iiunprov'einents fhese were the great, subjects of diff'erenc etween us. These are the gre t qjuestiuon hich tissolvedl the olil connection with th ,ther States. We have found that the oht oititution was impilracticabile, because it wa 1union tof States hostile to each othber. W :ve ntow f'orined a ounioni I etween Statte riendly, aiid I trust in God1 it ay not onl* se L inOre perfect uinioin, bat a perpetual one .trust the time will never comec when I shah eturn to my nattive hand anid not feel that uni entitled to a I the priviieges andt all thi untiie s of a citizeni of South Carolina. I thanuik you, fellow-citi-.ens, for the pa ieoce with which you have listenedl to rne have spiken mnore at length thatn I inutended Cries of " go ni," " go onti."] Iaving, its ive alredy aih, madie lihe-c remarks mior ns e.denso than I intended, anid yet tailing tt p iti e to the ir:et caumst, 'or tso myse-lf. ain toank you for 3Jour patient attention ud join in c'ongratulating the cotutry uplol he great conis'uimtr i'n whlich has beer chievedl this dauy ini thIe iadoptioni of the Con tittutioin of the C.oltoderate States. [lbond ud ilong contiintied apphlatuse.] North Ahmita. The iahiwinug re' hi: iins which Were unani 2., .\ha., odo nolt aittord l, v i dencoe of the :inou'red def-e; tin ini that .cet'ioni tiow::rd1 an i'c.'rred. That whih: we pite. r lihat ii tle 0C..nui ent..n h:-sit't i have si''ubtitted i:i I' ta ttimb'r vot,.ye. t he t, by~u~ o'tt. a~idt Oraeha s wietr..t wn rom~ the siortu the C~ot fede.ratte Staotes, whicth l::s boeen :stifie I b'y the C.uonvetionl of A!:hiam., is i 1011m iitit of the wisdom of its imak er, andi at we c'rtdiatlly endolirs every word, senti .,i.t A ..rreipuuutnt at Watshin;;ton, Ut., .iayi ni '::! I tv. but't u.. eg Iirve. sild v.-ry high. p->irtiin. Ti. : eiuhritI r'm:;r:k e to the oro w.1 Important from Washington. WAsnITIroN, April 5.-The newspaper re ports, that the Commissioners from the SotAh arn Confederacy have taken or rentcd.a:pri rate I usqe in this city, is simply untrue. They do not, by any means, consider -them. selves fixtures hcre. The New York Ercning Post .ays it is ru mored that the Government agents who Were s-ent to England and France for the purpose of ascertaining the feeling of those Govern ments in reference to the Southern secession movement, have returned, and report that both of those Powers set their faces against Ihe Southern Confederacy, and that they' will in no manner recognise or assist it. The same also says iL is reported that the President of tihe United State4, and kis Cabi net have determined to take immediate and vigorous nicasures for the enforcement of the laws at all hazardt. The Government has chartered the steam ers Baltic and Ariel to carry troops under sealed orders. The Baltic will carry Blarry's company of Flying Artillery -fnd uinety umen ; and the Ariel will carry seven or eight companks 01 Infantry and Mt arinies. These ve sels will sail onl Sunday next. The frigate Powhattan goes to sea to-thor row morning, fully equipped and provisioned, and will probably take three companies of troops. The impression at the Navy Yard is that Forts Sumter and Pickens are both to be re inforced. Tie revenue cutter Harriet Lane sailed to-day. A company of one hundred men on Gov ernorld Island, has received marching orders, Other companies will speedily follow. There are now over twenty-six hundred troops at the different stations in this port, (continues the New York Post.) The Ex;iress says that it is supposed, ini well inforned quarters that Texas is the Obint where the troops will be landed, and that they are to be sent out as the request of Governor Houston, to repel the Indians in that State. The Commercial says that a committee of leading Virginia politicians, have had an in. terview with the President and Secretary of State, and 'were assured mo t positively that the President contemplated no hostile move inents, and that he should not attempt to col lect the revenue, for the simple reason that Congress had withheld from him the power to do so. The steansbip Atlantic has al-o been char tered, and cleared this afternoon for Brazos Santiago, Texas, with provisions and stores. An informant, who is usually reliable, states that tLe Administration intends concentrating aIl the available military and uaval forces of the country at Tortugas and Key West; thence troops will be supplied to Fort Pick ens; and if that point is attacked, troops are to be taken there from Tortugas, in o der to resist tihe attack. It is believed that there will be a sufficiency of warlike movements to cause the border States to join the Southern Conflederacy, as the Government cannot now recognise its independence by treaty. Another infortnant states that a part of the pilan is to blockade the Missi sippi, retake Ship Island, and perbps other stations in the South. Another informant states that a large amount of army and naval stores, including even miuuntain howitzers, have been shipped hence, by express. to Fort Hamilton. These movements look to land as well as Sea opera. tions,. Nine Republican Governors met in conclave ere hast night, but the result of the meeting is unknown. Several Agents of New York b -nkers here telegraphed home to-day that a collision is in evitable. Time whole city is in a state of intense ex citement. Wasnisec.ToN, April 6.-Lieut. Talbot, of Fort Sumter, arrived here to-day from Char leston. The Pawnee will receive her orders on ar riviig at Norfolk. This vessel left fom the S.uth this morning with 250 men. A genmtlemnan who has just, left the Presi dent, says that. hze stated in a nositive u*4-mier ait.. .L... sannnhitstraltion wiltl not, lknuer any circumnst ances. insti tutu hostilities, bumt that in, oinsiluenmce of reliab~le repnrts that the Con fdleraite Stat es had determined to attack Fort Pickens, the present movement is intended to repel such an attack . -.-. D) sracrive~ ~t Fintsi.-The extensive and aluabe steam mill e.tablishmnent of Mr. John ]irmwn, at Liberty 11i1l, was destroyed by fire tin Simmday morning laist. The establishment hadl just gone into operation, and enmbraced, im additionu to a steam saw and grist mitll, a amd was a very great convenience to the com nmuity. Thle property destroyed, together with building, &c., is estimnated at S1,000, ad not a do;tar mnsured. The fire is up posed to have been accidental.-Camden Jcur Ges. Encunto.un.-The following coim plientary resolution, introduced by Mr. Ianekel, has been unanimously adoptei by the Convention : " 1,.ored, That the thanks of this Co.n ve-ntionm are hereby respectfully tendend to Gen. B-.auregard, and to the officers icting under himi, for the very delightful and ighly inte-resting visit to the fortifications injhar leston harbor, on Saturday last, atforad to this Convention by their courtesy." SerwiA . No-rice.- iformation wared of Iohn II. W~alker, a lad about 16 yearsdd, f> feet 4 or 5 inches, black eyes andl hair, peaks and moves slowly, is a little round-shalder ed. e left Cokesbury School, Abeville D~istriet, in January last, without the howl edge of his friends, and without mneamn and as not bieen heard of since. It is sup~osed from his dispositionm, and some words token to his school-fllow5, that, he haq goc into the military service, either in this or so~e one if thme Western States. i Any iuformation of him or his wheretouta will Ibe mnot. gratefully received by 14 dis consulate mn'ther amnd sisters. Addres' Mrs. Martha A. Walker, Cokesbury, S. C.,ur 0. W. Turner, G rahaim's Turn-Out, S. C.. Fae TIaAns is NEw Yong.-A cortspon dent writing to the New York Post &a : The idea of the necessity of forming, free trade leagne has already been acted upt, and ome is in process of formation, counting-nong its co-operators some of the most inihntial merchants of the city. As unity' of acthm and concentration of inmluence is particuilay de sirable and essential for the purpose ofllfect in the object to be attained, all the who feel desirous to co-operate, or who feelhem selves iinterrosted in the formation of .ich a league, having for its object the practid ad vanicement of the doctrines of free tra-, can attain all inmfomtion by apply1 ing at infi.e f Simon Stemn, No. 39, WVall-street. DevTy oN let.-The Mobile Rlt4mein an article on the new taritr, says: "So much has been said about the fty oni ice that we cannmot eoneinde this withmousome passing allusion to it. The $2 per tonnmpor ted ice amounts to about one-qjuazrter euit a po11mal consuntption, two) third., of all le Ut iig lost in, wastage. This amount istmall, o t hi av- rage p rice oft ice is so loi thait rw will teel the tax at all, anid none sur-ient Iv to imatke it a hardship. To thme Confierate ouve imen~it, on the oithmer hand, thmi.s k will bring, ascrdi ng to competent auithioles, a rven ne not less I hain a gniarter ni lion liars, is ast least 125.000 tonts are iaminnamllt .mnpr 'el into the Conmifederate States-qi e'n um portant item to a unew Governimeit tun-r thme eiesiy oh amaking '. ar pre~parations I ..ru or -rms: ncseni E~m m':es-Thie miipress Enmgemzic is said to be in a sie ot !erp et ail terroir aboumt I le comilition *t her omml. IHer mmind~ is totterinig. At one iniimet ihe i or set tig otut on aL pilgrimmage I the Iol Lawil ; at anlot heur, she is ab'orhtinm all I .he vmy r~ s of .hpirit.rapinmg ;thmen th Em erur Ii nd. her ini a 'tate of~ nervous affalon i. is it li~ were~ ani abs'ohite bumrdenm to lit It sai I iham she seriotusly doubitts wheti it i liahr daiy to leave her hushband amnd-hild d go inmtto a conmvemnt. ET Why i.hould Abrahatt Lincoliid t diflicult to get his life insured ? I4use ARTHUR SIMKINS, EDITOR. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10,1861. The War News. The vane of telegraphic intelligence now poi to the prubnbility of-a warlike issue between South and the Black Itepublican govornment; i this time it appear:. cliable. See the news hiave just obtained. It aecords with a remark made by a So Carolina Officer in Augusta on Sunday even last. He was his on way from Montgomery to Cl loeston,--lirect from the forumer place-and si that the Confederate Authorities firmly belie the country was drifting into a war. The pres intelligence confirms the opinion. It is now to be hoped, above all things, t every llow struck by the South shall be effecti and to this end our Confederate and State auti ities cannot be too unceasingly active. It is only way to prevent the inaguration of wi sprenal 2trife and bloodshed. -. -e-. ,20- Feeltina csete in Agricultural Departn should of course be read keatim Lente. Beech Wland. The home reader knows that this is a misnon The part of Edgefield thus designated is not i.-land. Streams nearly surround it, it is tr but in tuany places they are mere rills and do connect antirely. It is therefore not even Un lawi island. Yet it is, and always was, a sort of insula Comuniiiaity, a socitd independency,-louking home for its pleasures,-satisfied with its own sources,-genial in and of itself,-and full of I pitality to strangers. These charactoristics h marked the Beech Irlanders so peculiarly, that readily think of them (s Islanders, caring no dispute the name any more than the dignity excellence of their ancient province. Mention has been made by us. of the Beech land Agricultural Club. It is a feature of province that deserves high c(neInndation, an a model worthy of imitation by every rural ct nunity. On Saturday ls.t, being present at of their meetings, we heard the neighbors disc the subject of a planter's education ; and we 1 only say that they handled it like men. The i cussion wits worthy of record ; but this they chew, having aisolutely set their faces agi reporters. The object being to elicit the viewi even the most tiamid and sensitive, the debates things among themselves, to go no further. Wi ever doubt we may entertain as to the propri of this regulation, there is no doubt that the Be, Island Agricultural Club is a first rate instituti They eat a social dinner too uvery time tl meet,-which is once a month; and their C House and other arrangements are jurt ags tl should be,-plain, comfortable,-enough for purpose,-no uore. Senator lIAimoND is a member of this clubi shows by the cireful ituprovemuents around his ble mar.sion of /ledliff, that he has as goo right to raise his voice amongst fartners and pla ers as amongst sena-ors and :tatesmen. We to say though, that in the debate alluded to, a mn younger member of the Club,-a chip (f the block,-decidedly bore off the pali, not only fr the Senator but from all the rest. Yet the disc sion was admirable as a whole, and should h been heard to be appreciated. Honor to old Beoch Island. Long may people dwell together in the bonds of agricultu fellowship and good feeling! Agricultural Club. A pro~position is naoat, to establieh an Edgenl Agricultural Club after the manner of the Be Island Club. We trust it will he carried oul fruitiotn and fructification. But to become an tity, it must have a beginning. Ergjo, draw the articles ad circulate the list for subiseriber once. Propositionl to Painut. to etmploy a pa inter antd aetnd himt over the .<ta to paint the mnemblers of the Secesrion Conventi Wemove an amendment, that the Legishiture all the people lie painated,-at leadt so far as tI approved and endorsed the Ordinnnce of See sion. But perhaps it is advisable to postpone whole matter until tther expenses are paid. " The Palmetto Flag." Some independent spirits have established a |per in Philadelphia, called "' ThIe P'almetto Fla It is a very neatly pritnted piaper atnd promises he yniite a genteel advocate or Right anal Tru Its pulrpoase is " to adlvocte the recognaitiun of t Southern Confederacy hy the goiveronmen t at Wa: ington anal by governmtents elsewhere," and esr cially " to help overthroaw the faction now in pl sessionl of the governiment of the so-ealledl Unit States." We gladly laeo thme new paper up aur echanage list, and shall watch its course wi interest. 'lThe Place r-or the Capital. Althoaugh it hais beent endeavoread to give Al hama the prestige of pireferetnce in the laocatiotn the tnew Sauthecrn Capital, yet it has cartainly r been sto decided. Nor will it be, so fair as Mot gotery is concerned. The suggestian has been made to us from a d tinguished quarter, that the Southern goaverntme should assemble in the summter ruaanths ; that t winter seasont at the Saatth is the butsy seiason himue, wher. till lanatters aend other pecrsons desi to be in perstonal siuperinltenanice of their domate ti afiairs :that with us summer is the season vacatian, when tinms cani be ea:-i'y atforded, I reareetattive~s and visitaors, tai thme muaater of Col gressional legislatioan: that writh the Nor~n in ti recent goavertimient it -ras just the reverse; witer every thing with thenm was laocked up i ice and it was therefore the very period tha uldl best spare fromxt hatte dutis,-stnd hieta tte use oaf that seaso foir governontt paurpatses. Is not the suggestion of aumumer Conigtesses gaoid one ? And if so, where shoubal we local the Capital? Th'e answer must be, in sonme cou healthful situation nontr the muntains. Alaban: offers one such at Huntsville;t Georgia one, a Atlanta; and South Caroalina one, at il Pen'adl< r un. Start noit at the tmentioan of sta hunmble vlage. It wouldl baa a noblle latc:atioan for ou Southern Capital. It has the ust charming mmer climates. It looks out upoti our grandoa Sotteronimouttains. It is accessible by railromzi and will lbe easily so (when the lilue Rtidge Ron s campletedl) to till ptarts of the Soutth. Atnd ya anint,-perhaps miore thtan all,-it wais the hion of C.uours. Wi bin a few miles aif the villa, sFort 1/1ll; andl it uuighat well become the Mce of Suthatlern freutten. Make P'endtetona our sea 'f Governmnent, attd our Conagresses will legislat in the samte glorious a'maoephaere thoat inspaired th intelleet whiase reasoninag has brought on th Southern Confederacy. " Let Them Go." Such is the capltiiat of an article we copy frot the Uiteid States Ecaaooanit, anal to which liar iutlar tat tenltiion is diireted. The Ea'coomit seetm I ta waver :a lit'le last week, but ntow rights it ell tao the blast anal drives a'truait tao the psort 0 otmon Senrte. We tare gluad to flai astr gaoau ~iniin oaf this papler vindaic'atedl. Its views it his cse reflct (we doaubt taut) the wisheas tum iailtns of thae ha.-ine. men oaf New Yoark Citj af tall pairies. It is their I/'a'porter atnd A deartinea ts aresenit pousiiion. thierefoare, is a strting inidie't ian oaf thue couarie of the p-alitical current North garThe trantd IDivi.-in af the Sons oaf T1emi. erate of Southa Carailiana will mieet at Saamatter eat edtaeaday, the :20 liofa Apl, taut .-evean o'clock. g '(J-Geo. N. Saunmde'rs' telIegraphtls tas fol.aIuv lhe Newi~ Yoraik imtpoirtingm mierchiants will .1 be rutined.li unle.ss ttha- promptlyt t efuseo to nlliy iii' tniill taczt, andi plezatl int j~t,iien in the~ i disalttin aif the lion~~ and thet. unO tr'ise the cities of the Cotnfederate States nil be one continuous warehouse of Europe , goods. " Breakers Ahcad." As a sample of the impudence or the Now Yo:1 Times, we julblih elsewhere a shvirt piece entitle' i" sjtopped it Stennsboat." Read it. It would 1 - cauatie, if it truly met the case. To show that i loes not, we quote from a .subsequent article : the same paper, entitled "Jreakers Ahea." TI first sentence in each paragralals will itlicate tl ets nature of tle. e breakers and completely upset t!i he steauboat ligure. Here they are: d Brentr 5i. I.-" The e::neiment of a hiahl we protective Tnriff( ot the heel of the last sesion < Congress, willmut the elightest prosvisin utde fs ith itS enfurcemtent. ai it the very litle when secea ing sion was so fully mnaturel its to iidiente its chara< ter anl pmrpose. was an act of reckless folly ut ar- paralleled iu our legislative histoary." ii, Breieker V'. 2.-" Whatever nuay le the uit td mate aims o4f the secelinlg States, a present ito] ent vantige is of the utmost imisportance as a lever fu future operationm." Itre-aker No. 1.-" The seceding States have : hat at disuadvantage in fiircpy Courts." re ; Breaker No 4.-" .-t hoie and atbroal. we a or- already feeling the ef!'ects of tiurgratuitous fully. the Jirenwker Yu. 5.-" Never wais s nation in grea do- er eiboarratistent." JBrewker Ko t.-" In the utnantimos, how is it Governueut to be sustained ?" ut, Anti with this poser the Time coseloles. Now we confidently tubmit that it has knocke the steamboat illustration iuto fits, and1 has cletrl poin ted out at leaet slime of the breakers that at er. 9., swatili Ciapt. Lincoln's boat beynid redeip an tion. How indeed could it be otherwise, when -e1; is, notoriously, Uut " A crazy boat and a crazy ceT-, u- And the Captain he is crazy too." tel Forty-Two Years Ago. Vt A gentleman of Ealgefield sends for inspectio re- the following mercantile curiosity. Perhaps son OS- of our hard ware friends of Augusta anl elsowhet sve will smtsilu to see this reminisceonee of Irmiunionger as it was in 1819. It will be observed that iron ito nongers used to be atso balladtoangers now an Lmd then. We colly e.rtiethia figuoratina frotn the orig nal, raerely ul-serving that the rierecs were in th Ts nature of an enda;rsetaent. Of their quality tlt the retader must judge far himself. They seem tohav i extracted the lie wter fr61ml JasiN at anty rate. 'Ut- ArGUSrA, 28th July, 1310. lste Ma. JOHN ANDEIL(ON, uss Ilorat or WILL AM BONES, rill IsIotTrat 0r IIotosEinY, llARtw.tR. AN li,'- 17rlrt. . es- I V1F re Plane.............................. $1,75 I Jnck do .............................. 1,1.! n t Sauta thiig dt ....................... 87 I of 1 Oil 8 ume................................ 1,ht'a are I Rule......----..... -.........- - i7 at- 2 pair llinges............................ 2.00: 1 dz. Knives and Forks............... 5,50 eLty 5 lS. Bar Lead........................... 511 ela 1 Cast Steal tian Saw.................. 2.25 Lll. 1I got als. Jam-t iia Rum............... 2.62j I Jug for do .................. 62i key Receive4,Payment for W. B. the J. A. CRAWFORD. John Anderson, my jo Jahn, if you do want 1 thrive, d You'll buy from me a Fore Plane to cost one ses Ito- tntv-five I a A Suoia'tijg and a Jack Plane two dollars mor will be: An Oil Stone and a two foat Rule will cast tw ust furty-thre' : tel Two pr of llouks uand Jlinges rid a dozen Fork Uld 11al Knives, A Iland Saw anl some Bar Leal will cost te twenty-hive : US- A gallon aud is half of Rutn to 18.56 will go, tre And that's the suui you owe mite, Juhut Anarsti Iusy ji. ier - The jttg was dedueted frnon the bill irpe'.i ral "i' - Adoption by South Carolia of th Cots. stitustion of the Consfederaite Stattes. el Wes atre bhappy to place ons retcordi the fac ch thsat thse Caunstitt 'stn tof the Cotnfe~deratte State to was yestaerday adoptbed int the Conven'tio " Soth arolna y alarge masjority. The em mu- bodied sosvereigty of the State has thust givelt upi its ation ' tto the. work wrhich has5 beaen t.t sat restuh of' thes. aoltective. delibi eatins of sevel State-s. Hanvintg givent the iirst imputlse to lth ball of ra.volutions shec has aded lay hser atru the coutrageous counsels whicht we'rae dletssed eu to, L.ts j 5,r.t i aa a.n-tmmfl sate tle te, Inovemtenst. 11cr ptart itn thtl. mti'Covmet wa an. no~t that of' barren ressolve, bust oh' energzes i sid action. I Ier voilce setst l'ortht the tintt oh sep: ey raition, tad she protnyptly armued her'iself a.: thtofic, i' olne baecamte nset'e~sary. N. he ontly tis, she fidteredl not when site wast moe, aced by the thsreat of' subjtugation.. Shte inetnr real large piecuniairy obligationts tao sustaint bIt msatuly positiont. Shte cablled her cit1izenu.s fronat her remtotest borders inato mtilht'.ry tarray. liet a- examsple was like a trumopet catll to Lte ttpa Sthelt', asia the victoary wvas won as msuch' i.) to hear daring as the steps to .success were takai ht. by- ta wise delibera'tin, anid undtaer a se'tse 01 lae well ma:suretd respsonsibility.--Chasrles:uit eC- -- ~~ ** * S-roma 4 Sri:umocr.Theworltd seldom in g a grumstbling reserved thou~ght or twaa tand it. requtires no extra-aeuta: ear-trumtip:t t hsesar nsuterous friends of peace and comntttst n sense msurmsur somsethting to the aeffect thast, whtile. it is alil ijttite corr.et thsat Ftsct Ster~ be given tip, antd so on, ty "' don' t like the a- idea'' of' Souths Catroliusiant extas ion ovr of what they will call our defeat. It isn't ni e ot to be crowed over-nosst byV any mea'tns. As d vet thtere. are ina.staneese when thea discredit ut 'taches far mtore to the crow-er thatn to the crotwe'-if such at passiVe lie atllowable. Many y'ears ago-abouit the time when old ttArch-Secessaionist Hayniiie wasy sa risinig yo-mtsg Si .e-eater---a .\ississip1pi ste'amea.r wats p.log t her s'tatelv1 anda sts:e-rsoomi way doItwn' the eFasthesr oh'Wa'zters. Suddent'tly therte shott off. -. 'romtt shorte a very tmsioratble little scow. miann. erad lay two imtputl.'ive anal chivalr'ie sotns oh 're p~ iudiators, abumhtlytb clad ins rogh whisky antd nto hat s. Right totward the lmt ws sf the steamecr tditd they rtow, :ss it' botumtl foir " the edeaths b' w-'>od oadIby water." toet by the ol "Sco~teht lsinilht. The~y were hati led. *h'.l ltnted to-emssed-bust its vain. Wbens. seeing that Y isothing else wrolbl avail, thse Captaina ordlered a the mai~n at the hlsmsu to bat.k. At oncee went tup lirotm the chtivalraous aid imaputl.,ve sons of a rpusd iatin ast wild ery af triumphta, " So.ppes~d e a stitemboat, -!'' We air , byv patrti.ara requtest. thta ht. shsot explives~ with wi.i. 'the tri umptjhsant shlt was ,t.'timetated. at tct nnotthedenied that the chtivalrous~ getn tlemn i theseo ofseces~.ion, htave tsuccee ed, for a short spatce, its ma'kintg tihe great steam a boat United Stttaes back wvater. Rat her thant r rtsn thsem dhown into thsststaute of disableent 1 A muerican ly knowniw as "everla.,tinugly smsh t ed," Ciat. Linucoln huts htumantely behal usp his course. 01f cotsrse there will go tsp f'romt the Icivabrie cowards an otry tof tipsy triumnph:. Th aestoppedl a steamsbosat for' a short time. Thecy have, like the loweit orader of * kniaves, parotptly avaiile'd themoselves oh' thse C good nsaturse anti magnsanimtity osf thteir bet * ters, toi play supon theis to t heir oawn advan t ae Thy have " stop.ped a steamisboat" sisuuch good maiy it do them.--N. Y. 'Timaes. tions whtich ha~ve beet nsade int regaurd to the probable dtecisiont of thse Admssinistratiots cons cernting thse Ssuthern f'orts misust lbe receivedt withsgrainss of' allowa'nce. Theb p[intt of' en harrassmaentt casncernsing Faort Susmter', in thIe Praesidenst's tmimsi, it< annsountcedl withi entirea canidor, i's, that if' it ae yie~hled anda thse ["ed eral authiority lie tus withI tiwn undier teal r osr .sutppo~ed necaaessity, simailar re'asonss maay lie u trgedas ito i Faort Picka'ns ;atnd othser poiints, whiicht are tnot consasideretd itn the Ssme.'~ at"go ry. Hie hats neaver entlainued thte idea oh' abatn dostinsg thle psrisscipl 'annionsced in the Iinaugua rob, andai it' tlse mailitar' tiecessi ty shotulds be ac ca'pltd as to Foart Smin'tar, it wili hie faor r'euiasn wsjhi will its no way afet.'t , asnd whtich will no1t lbe hseld tat a~ply elsewhere.--N. Y. TIri bunte, :!d insst. Unm~i Pstict:s rott Nti~tnoi.:.-We attended thse sale y'esteray of a likel lotofn re. it tle ca s weizhting abatut forstyt pontds (a Igirl an'd btaya) sil for 01 a u'wads ohf .1:(!00 ear'h, while fellows froms 1$ in 3t y'e-rsasld (fiehd hans) bsrousghlt hirota $1 .1001 tat $1 7001. 'ThIis adaes noa t Slsem tidiente, any) itisgiv intgs as~ to thIe .steurity aof thes. instt itt iasn. A be List. catoin wit Is till his rasi!.:plitilting ntoraaietv ywousldit sell fa r hid' the moneysi' ins Chiscaga.--Warres tn Cliper. f.O Lieutensant .tryaomn ing t steamesr Vyandotte, died at Pensacola on the 3d I., of ri..:. fr.3d For the Advertiser. MORRIS I4LAND, March 31st, 1861. DF.tu Cor.oNrt.:-Since I last wrote to you, the i?;fl#'ie, have moved their quarters, by order of Col. Giauca, from the lazar-haouse-I use no ineta :.hor-in which they bunked. about I wo miles cast ward, anl one nile.this ,i'le of the channel Light hiouie. There are other Companies here besides the R1icnci, and, in a short time, this spot is des tined for the llead.Quartors itf the whole lIegi - ment, with perhaps the exceptitin of the Rhett r artiid, Cast. WAI.Kr.R0'. Company, Which isUt - pretent stationed on Janmes' Hland. The boat - landing too. I presume, will be moved higher up, for the eake of counvenience; and, in fact, a tug - has already steatnel up the crooked inlet to Xine - gar 11i, nud is engagel in inserting piles for the r purpose of taaking a quay. When we first re moved, a gobodly amount of confusion resulted from the neglect of the Quarter-mister in not 0 measuring off the Ppace properly for the pitching " our touts. . Thie difficulty, however, was speedily obviateil. The water here we find rather better and elseer ut hand than that which the Iland af e fords at the West cud. The nwodiny operanli 1-y which it is obtained tuay be stated thus, premising that no knowledge of Rhabdumancy is a desidera tum in this case. A round 1-it is excavated from four to tive feet in depth, in thu neigbborhood of a u cluster of myrtle bushes, any number of which unit the sorriedi palhetto flourish on this part of the Island, and into this pit is sunk a tul or bar rel with both ends knocked out, into which, through the sand, the water soon oozes to the deith of two or three feet, and in a li'tle while becoutes indifferently potable and pleasant tasted. a rho rand apparently acts as a filter by which the 0 water is deprived of its saline properties. As for i the site itself n which our tents are planted, the V only idea I can give you of it is, that it is a sandy - campus of no great extent, covered all over with I sand-knobs or spurrv, like so mnany mammoth ant. hills. On atal between these rpurra are the tents In this place, for the rest of our term of enlist C ient, or until such time as the Convention shall D <een eapettient to disband the Regiment, do we, in ill likelihood, remain. In connection with the foregoing remarks, it is lue to Capt. DEAx to state that he approves him. self worthy in every way of the position which he i fills, and deserves much praise for his zealous efforts to ImCiorate the hardships incurred by the nitber. of his Company in the service. The .noc Linguage, I am proud to declsre, may be extended to each nd till the Officers in the Com piany. Yesterday was a day of jubilee. It was pay day, and the money dibursed was the first funds uf the public fill that the Volunteers have re ceived. Even the uniforms were not distributed antil a few days ago. Each Volunteer (private) received the ataount of twenty-two dollars for two moaths' service-a sum which seemed terri ily disprop->rtionate to the services rendered atd the privations endured. One dollar per month of the ubovu tun was withheld for contingencieF, to be paid at the expiration of the service, if seen 3 proper. The delay in the payment of the Volun teers was occasioned by exertions that were made to have the pay-rolls made out by the Army Regulations, and not according to the Act of the Legislature in the premises. For a private, ne cording to the Army Regulations, the pay per mouth is eleven dollars, while the Act only makes ,provision fir ten. The hard-earned pimy of the boys will quickly go, as Robert Browning says, for the " Choicest eates, and the flagon's best tpilth." Yesterday, the Members of the Convention vis iteud the Island. The various Companies were fuirmeil on the shell besptrinkled beach several rods above the Dahlgreen battery for Dress Pa rude. The lotng array of glistening hnyonets mlea very imtposing and warlike appearance. The Secretary of State and General BsaAtreon were present. I an still of the impiression that tGen. ]Sr'tent:.Aht,, is the nieel 'man. The French, you know, havea *aying: "Il ni'y i point ,I'A..m,,- necnaire,-tbere is no such thting~ ar a n- cessary man. In the nmain. I believe this to. bto true. LBut I th'nk BF.AL'cunctu is n excep t. tit the rule. I think ho ins a necessary man. .A t alt events, it enitnot he gainsayed that he has -so fortified the harbor that any attempt to rein force Anderson will be signally checkmated. I agree with lIen Johnson, " If the hell have tiny sides the elapiper will find 'emt." The evacuation of Fort Sumnter still rematins a ritidle to which none cant play the G~dipus. Wilt that "tomrn' never conme? The lhlttimuore S'ui is contilent that .\ndersoin hss been ordiered tu thte Nen port (Ky'.) larracks to ma:ke recruits. It is also rumored thait the term of enlisttnent of twenty of Ander ont's 'siibliers will expire in a few days. Should this intelligence prove trtte, it wilt ultimnnte in the evneuation of the Fort as a mantter of pure neces .-ity. Cola. A. IL. Dr:Atu and A. J. HI~msownz looked in upion us this muorning. Such kindness we are no t backward in appreciating. Our best wishes' attend1 those gentlemen. May their shailows never grow less. Truly ! W. I. A. Fromn Marylanud. The following is an extratct from at letter addressed to a ge:.tlcenan in this cit y :" The good and tute tmen of the State of Maryland watch with interest the proigress of' the new government. There are many brave heattIs antd strong arms which burn to strike in be half' of Soutthern r'igh t, and who~e cheeks are suffusedi with Crittson, and their souls con sumned with indignlationh, because of' the equiv ocal position Maryland has been mnade to assumne by the teachrery or the ignorance of ione man.-Southern Republic. Virginia Convention.4 Rre.-mttosom, April 4.-The Contvention adlop ted the third resltution of the mnayinty report opposiing the formuation oaf geographical sec tional pa~rties. Thhe fourtth slightly amended was under' -considleration when they took re E v'xis'; SEsstoN.-Thec fourth resolution as amtende'd was adoptted. Theln fif'th wvas amended and adopte-d, biy dechtiring simply that the legitimnate use of' the forts, &c.. is to pritect. the country aga'nst s. forei.:n force. It was rmoved to .tke out the whole and insert an ordinance oif secession to be sub mnitted to the people itn May next. Yeas 55 nayls 89'. TIhet above w ant strictly a test vote but thte Uioniist~s were tnuch rejoiced.i T[he Conuventiona thecn adjourned. Tlm:u b:vENUEt FI.A.-We learn that on Wedn:'sday last the Revenne Flag for the n C'onf'ederate States wa adopted, Dr. II. D). il Capers. of South Carolina, havinag presented a design for it which was considleredl very stuitatble. It tmight bie described a< follows: Th'ree broad bars, arratngetd perpendmienlarly instead of l'orizointally, as ini the Nationial lt:g.--The colors are. conscentively', lue, whfi~e atnd red. In the blue bar thtere are seven stars, ratnged in a circle. The flag. with the exception of the arangemnent of 'the e. colors, v'ery usnnch resemtbles that of the French nation.--Mont. Advertiser. So.rrmtNx Misstos -ro Niw Mttncco AND.. A tu izusN.--The alimwl~i Inte//ipneer', says: T1he paperis of te dayv announcwe that comn mi-sioner's fro~am thn State of Tekxas (whtethiern ('flicially' tippointed or voluantettring their per vices is not stated) are no0w pre'senmt in the Territories of New Meicko and Aa'rizna. for the purptose of ttrgintg tihe mIhabitats to nakeb connnon cause wvith the seceded States. It P" is saidl that the cinisslioners' htave issutetd a vry tearnest addr, ss to the peolek of these at teritries'O. anid thtat their appeal settms to et hatve beena well received. 'ihe ntarrativ'e addsm that the cotmmiissiotners were intvitedl to at- 1 C tnda conven'tiion, enlled to tm -et at Mesilla, '.te the pitiri>.e of takitng ito consideration thi precsentt plsitical criais of' theo counltry-, tand a it was cibiten'tly believeid that its mnenmbersi" wotuld adopt somte plans for carryintg out the i"' muovetttett conit emplaiht eid. |'Tl .A tsos.-Sam,. a tnegro abo~ut 19. yei~arsi oltd, 'i a tlthtproperttY of' Mr. 1Iear'v II. llidlav. wa< tried la Lin the :i0th of Mairch, fi' buraining the dele ling l.onse oif Mi'. 'Thos. )bradhama of' this din tict. The jury returned a verdict of " guilty,n gi and the negro was sentenced to be hung'on wt LATEST NEWS. The Beginning of the End. The orders which soue dispatches and accounts have been acticipating for several days, (says the Charleston (erier of the 8th int.,) have now been issueJ, for the suqpen,ion of all supplies le tween Fort Sumter and the city. This step is nt.t taken too soon, but we believe of the use and im provement we have made by the delay we canrit sny with some that it was deferred too long There is reason for believing that the reports of ord-re from Wu ringtem for evacuation have ouly been designed to deceive and beguile. Fortuna'e ly, they have failed in that, so far as vigilance and preparations on the part of the State have been concerned. The complication aid difficulties growing out of the occupation of Fort Sumter, were caused by an act of Major Anderson, on his own responai bility and without specific orders. It seems to be the determination of the powers of Government that rule -at Warhington, to leave to the same dis cretion, and to individual responsibhily, the set tlement of this question. We shall soon learn how he will decide under this grave alternative. All sons of the South must and will approve the step which has been taken after long and un. appreciated forbearance. Until further orders from Montgomery, the usu al mail facilities will be continued. Major Anderson, on receiving the official notice fromt Gen. Beauregard's messenger, Intimated that he would farward his reply by nine o'clock this morning. le stated, however, that he had ar ticipated the order for some time. This, although an important step, does not ne cessarily inaugurate hostilities. It will be remem bered that the communication between Fort Sum ter and the city, for two weeks after the removal of Mjor Anderson to Fort Sumter, was withheld from the garrison, and no supplies allowed to be furnished. In deference to a request of Southern Senators and Representatives, friendly relations were again restored, and Major Anderson permit ted to purchase and receive his daily market supplies. It is said that the garrison have been obliged, for the Inst few days, to use some of the flooring for fuel. The Naval Preparations at the North. Our telegraphic despatches inform us of the sailing of the steamship Atlpantic, with 500 troops, a company of horse and several cannon ; also, the depariure of the U. S. steam frigate Poithatan, and sloop-of war Parenee, and that the steamship Ilboior and brig of-war Perry sail axt. The At lraetc and Ii6nois are merchant steamers, drawing at least twenty feet water. The Pacnee and Perry draw from ten to twelve feet water. We learn, also, that the screw frigates AHinneso to and Colorado, and side.% heel frigate Jfiseissipi, are nearly ready for sea. These ships all draw over twenty feet water. If there is a fleet of smal. ler vessels, their names have not transpired, and it would require a very diiigent search of the U. S. Navy list to find them just now. We take it the Gulf is the destination of Commodore String ham's fieet.-Mercury, Sth inst. From the Augusta Democrat of the 9th Inst. Washington Affairs. WASNIGTO;v, April 7.-The Commissioners ap pear to be impressed with the belief that the ex pedition fitting out at New York is principally in tended for Texas. A special dispatch- from New York received late last night contradicts the re~ignation of Ma jor Holmes. * Joahnm Morriscy, the Prise Fighter died in New York. Intelligent Army and Navy officers are of the opinion that the hulk of the New York expedition is destinedl for Texas, to operate on the frontier, atgainist the Mexicanr and Indiana., anal to reoe euyy Brasos and Fort Brown. Also the portson the in~dtun fronieir, where acco~rding; to the aoflein.I in foarmation they ILave received, they will -be re with a cordial welcome from the set'lers. It is believed that the battle between thec two Confederacies will be fourght ott Texan soil. Capt. Meigs, when embarking said in response to an tnquiry, you will know where I am bound in ten days. Amnong the stores ship~pedl are faorty thouasand bangs fair sand of tunusual strenrgth, several bun drted horses, forraging carts, sixteen double bank boats for surf landing, several hundred oars, car bines, tent poaleS, canvass and ammunition of all kinds for a long campaign. From the Special Dlispatchr to the Constitutiornlist. Affairs in Charleston. Cna.ir.~vos, Xjpril 8.-The Convention is still inr session, buit the genernl opinion is that it will ndajuru in ibdnry or two, arnd perhaps to-maorriow. Nothing aof interest trianspaired to-day a', fuir as I could ascertnin. There are miarkedl demonstrations in military alaarters whlich inrdiente that acrive n~ovemnents of .-omie sort are nenr at hranda. A day or two rany dtevelupe matters of interest. GL~Ona6t. Electron inr Augusta. On Mornday last flon'v. II. MAY, Esq , was elect al Meayoar aiver Fomnt lHr.onurr, jr., by 465 ma iarity. Tire aratire Citizens' Ticket was successful. T'he aladerrmen arc A. r. Rioherson, J. T. Gardner, C. F. Lewis. S. D. Heardl, WV. A. Evans, J. V. it. Allen, T. W. Flemaing, J. D. Sniith, G. T. Barnes. WY. H. Go.,daiceb, A Webister, and J. H..Hurll. From Newv Mexico' and Arizona. The St. Louis papers state that late advices re reived froii New Mexico announce the taking of 'ort Marcy by the citizen soldiery. Governor ,ttesenrn beaded the mroveument. In brief, New l1exico hias now united her destiny with Texas rid the South; and the same would be true of k rizonra. Shipment of Cannson Balls. B3oavos~, April S.-Sixty tons cannon balls left hre arsenal at Watertown on Saturday for New aork. Movements of U. S. WVar Steamers. Nr.w Ynnx, April 8.--The U. S. Revenue Cut er Harriet Lane sniled for the South this morn rig. She hadh the stars anal stripes flying instead f her revenue flag. The steamer Vixen was sent the Navy Yard to-dhay. Lnarge shipments of army stores have been rand~e aboard the steamers illinois and Battle, to. ay. ______ ______ Direct Trade. The erfect of the Tariff of the Confederate States, heriatinig as it doaes on .mportatione from the non. eceading Stattes, will ranke it necessary fair our rarchnts to obtain a portion, if not all their sup !ies. direct. We are gratified in being ab!e in state that sev red of the lerading houses in our city are moving they shbouldl in this directiorn. Prominentamnong ae nueiar, is the old and well established house George W. Williams & Co., Wholesale Grocers linyne-'street. This, tirrm, we understand, have try recently nmaade nrraingements for the importa ran aif severaldargois o-f Coffee, from Rio do Ja. -ira, for tire ensuing sumnmer aind lull trade. Thee birig l'eat Indaianl, and the schooner II. /. ell, are loading ror South America with lum :r anal ice, and are expected to return to our art with from eight to ten thousand bags of coffee r this tirrn. Messrs. Williams A Ca., are albo 'ranging to establish a line of schooners, to 1 e uloayed In the West India trade. One of the embers of this house will lesavo for the Isliad oft aba fur thre purpose of establishing suitable stats, and for the pureihase of a supply of sugar d molasses for their large trade. These gentle s.- bring to this work laing experience and every cility for the accompeilishmirent of their objects. liey are faithfully douing their part to rtnder inrleston commercially indlependen t of the Nor:l:, dwe sincerely wish them every success.-C/.ar, *$r Fiane woil in its perfc-tioan cannot le own ott fat sheep. Hone' fine sheep kept for mil growing purposes, are nmost profitable when apt in gond stara arder anly