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Message of P~resident Davis. I TO ~fBCn-!i.Y: (a 1 C ; de'1e Slates: lt,~ itV CeA, awqit'l: h~j. iap-t'"d 'Itol 'J'I \"'::+" :ar::uaeaait hugi ba:aaa tt its sO nieari ti e v ieia-." tl ili-,- nrtO, thait we uni" nOwM able 1' i sitlao upi its gent-nrdl re'tl s. 1-3 rotruspe: t ii ..t! :" h:;htt ti th ea r wt - ot' our pea~p: 3t \with t+rntitaa..ha' ti. I', 1, .' :ata t r Lis kind i:l- it tea1'fksi I jaaait tha r ],ellait. A :aazlnaat : it-l"l, hi:ive raw ' rued the lah.'r1. a4t " h"" aag,.rieiti 'tj-. va ia:i-t ua a t naufacti.r = :ltavear so pt'ri~t':Ltu- :tom i .w. The tae'aessiti" s oaf the tiuaa,: l::LV.' cai..d' tilt. ,xis'eaCe na.-tJ 1,1a.'e.s oaf nia tahact ua-a*,. aRa iven a i re-l) it) :iIka.L tIII'! Ziel i'i I,! V t, 2 lrtoIofC ill S::lai' o.l iii all~ aaa ~l.a ar the ,teeessaries 311"5 e a1i "-'I I~f .' illia tthaii;s lvei, it)Crls'- ) a-:.: ta.au!lla - c-a:auazji:'-, a"11 %; are gradea . - l: It a- ,rin tn -al--pu:: adu .1 tile r .~t ofC t ..t n ot ad taa- t,; s uiala r tat ,icha miljL.arc store-, Sztant 1 .uli:a U :l lt a a~t ble for tear. " !'!{: ta;=.1)4 of thta ii; inc. soona to be iat &.'1ttraaa e ' 1tIe apjaraaiia!lt a e'i-iaer. hatve at i+:-ia'ii a 1ratl'leI i II-- taC e -:.itry anad shed a Iaa :re? ua;iaa it,* armas, thruga the trying ic'is tatuaes if ainure tiat iam 'atlh- rous cuanpali.' Ia. [whichenttle ouar hiae tul'aauters to our plaji-e, ahi our pratit ud'e. Froma its c011 .neneen1It up to the pre-utat period, the vizar has LfreiI eaaflaitlt -iliirgiaag its proportions andI expatnding its barultdarje , so as to inclo~de r&-w fittld.;. The conflict now extends fri-an the shores oaf the3 Chaesapeaake* to the confines at i is,ouri anad Aiz-a<":iu. Vet, sudden calls; i:zaa in rela~oAst pozints, fair military vid, it:.YO been~i we:, w\ith pronlia t ael enoughl, )1"t onalv toa ;ve:: cll.wt r. in thae Iilee of sare(aF 11~ntatars. hit also to roll back the tide of ila V~usaoaa fromt the 1) ,rdi-r. W hen a he war cola, iaenCtad, the enemay woreC ua'":'s-ea aof certainl strategic 11 raots and strong 1aiaca wit hintahde Cot.fiaaiialt States. TL-y greatlyv excled in ztuuiaare:, iti aviilable re saiua'te., andl int the stlini.ph nacessairy fair or" izaZea and wee Loaai 'rtea: the~ baysN, ana~l Il thet troost patt. t lo i" ay .-ice comnhmot lti bioth, were jha tlh-ir paa.S'itii. To tawet ail is=;. *er hall ta art.-ta. That oily :in armyl. in Ste ..tc': ava. it-:.A hilat al-oi the taiihtzaVr astaiti-ahtnints :'c-e.to:uv aa totuip atad pit a. in the livdi. It oaa.itt itaza--d. to lhe a l j.ct of grati aatitt, tat 11wa spirit 01: ' v. I atteers and iii jnt ai.-t Isia of the petli't 1 ave cuahleal us, undter l't on. dice, to grap lie suee:;ssfuiliy With those~ dJiliculties. A ? 'JCeatsia at a .t' gi- zl nui; victi: !Cs at Bietlaca, jlatll I~:aaa. 1 t.ri-'as, ;ru i'l lixtti, Lvt~sluitg ltiad jiehaao:at aos i eke th. La- it ma edl liii a. alita ga-a-e:1 a't ":tain, acid the uat. hail-"aa''e l i :st of ' t.ewera, baaaa.:ght Uuaa tai mollj . aid a li!t : I that is::. her eeitsMt It) for the sacred tight oaf ,etfgoaverzment atial th la irimil-ccs a at' tIt,::a~a'.1..a :"cur moare than even mnont~hs of war. the eiaecay have ntaut caa !y t ailed taa exttni tad e h sei citaatin o~ttf oa:" soil but now States and Terr ;aaries have bee'. atett. t') tiala) (.aatlia :a'\'at : ti le ita.-lead all the:l' thtizct,-a:"- )tiat-h of O"taalllott, tht hxim: beenti ahj'a.'a to as,;uaaa thle leiensitai and, taptan a fair tc:~..(at ,t 1, ,t.WL'ati the t .t be! laanrtctts aoWl.;~ I a ~O aai litar nvttits 1t::1! an:~ ia a.aaaatnuia. ell,: (Xata!taaate Sita-'" are, rcelati] ,a muc attieli sie'r niow than wit: the strugglve c~ommeniticed. Stina VauUil" at-, niititit, dt racaila' of Mis S' ::.i;,; ' _" ,ladtlti the 11'.a1 in taiN tace a"f a':i.. , .a 13' -al d4lli aia" witha a st int a-a--, ;t1 -'lil rta tV ..t: -.t-tn elVcs iltat a. :' *g-r-:at ca :a iii wlh~i,~ they ?are stru.: glitia. ay he circulated at par. Tnere is every It att-on to believe that the Colfederate T''ra' of Irv utes' are fast becominig such a ire:humi. .e pr cii ion that th se notes shall be co- j. t ertwih- into CouIfdtraty stuck, bearing eight i p er ceti. interest, it the'pleasure-(of the hol- b, er, inoures t hem agains4t a deprecii ' ion b i, )w th,. v:.le of th.e. t.iek ; and no consider- g t It! -*all in tla.. v:Lue iiee. be t'Lr4ed so loing Ib s the ir.:recst eimli he pur:ctuallv paid. Ti e y 1cun etl pay ment ,t' this iuterst -has been e' ecured by the act paoed by you at. the last 1 e'si, iiip,..Ilg .si.h t :t e tot taxalloll ts i uUst provide aauliiei.t lean4s for thal. p1r- tI; COr the sul'Ices-'li pr. leet"I1 i I' :hi war i i< indlltibl p: thCaeOlIt the 1liltils Of tlanllt U .arliin.2 1roop un,:il mli!itary supplies he fur- t )h4edI, as falr its possibe, nII aus miannCer ai e t,1 I tot nterp the comimen~ein imiercoutrs, t ),t a~cen our people, no~r place .a cht ck on Ir .heir protductive enllergies. To this Bund the i imeanls of trall.,pert:tinull fr 'n one section of C )Ur coluntry toI the tee i:r iust bet carefully uar'ietl and imlpr ived, and this should be, t tile obl 'ject eef anlxious cae. n tlthe patL of the State and Colifele:rate Gouvtrlnlents, so tar as they Lasty have p Rer over the u uect. We i have already two lilill syste:nLi of throu:hi tran)sportation from the northl to the outILII; one from Richmond alone, the seaboard; the' other through We-tern Virginia to New Or- 1 leans. A third might be secured by conple- t tinlt a lina i about fo.ty miles between Dau- I Ville. in Virginia, and Grensboro', in North I Curlint. The coinistetiol of this compara tively short line would give us a th:ough 1 route, from north to south, in the interior of the Conflelerate Stales, alid give us access to a populadon and to niilitary resources, frum which we are now, in a great measure, de barred. \ei should increase greatly the safety and caracity of our means for transportig military supplies. If the constructiou of this road should, in the judgment of Congres, as it is in 'done, be indispensable for the must successftl prosecution of' the war, the action uf the Government will not be resti'ined by. the constitutional objection which would at tach to a work for olimmerci:l purposes, and vour a:tention i<e invited to Ihe practicability I seenri:z its early ('oliplCt-n, by giving the ::ettdl III aid to the company organization and a dilinistrati--l. If we Iamnd our muans and make jntli eions n1 if our resources it. would be dilicul: to fi.x a limit to the period during.which we coI~uld conduct a war against the advtr.sary whom we 1' en iu.ter. The viery e'oris which he inak:s to isolate and invade us intist. exhaust his mnean s whilst they serve to comn. plete the circle and diversify the productions of our ildustiial system. The recons tructioni which he seeks to effict hv arms beestllei daily inure and ire pal pahly inptssible. Not only the causes which induced us to separate stiil cxist in full fihrce, bult l:ey have Leen st rengtie: ; ando what ever u'uibt aiy have iing.rd in this inds of any, has4 beenu comtrpletely" dispelled by stub seqwintt events. If. instea d of b:-ing ai diso ltlell u1f a lagn, it were indeed aI rebellion in which we are engagel, we inight find am pe vindicat~on Ill thle:)t cu rC we have adopt ed in th- i Ies wbiii are noW being clue et IV the Unit(ed States. bOr peole look with contemi-dtuets~ aston iutllletL 0n thoa iie ui:h wo w hl b een' It iClj s", recently a.sciated. They shrink wite: aversion from the hare idea of r'C'en,'iig -;uel a tem:lection when thIev see a President Imk ing, w ir' without the a-Tent Of (ll I's-u bell they hld jolges threate:w!eemise they mIma4111,n1 the wr'it of i.it ja , oace to freemenl--whenl they; see justice anld haw Siamll d u4I nder thei heel ofIII nIItary auIIthor''iy, ande uprighl t men'l ande illnoi:-u'. womlIenl daegg edi to tistaat dut:egeonsI, uponfl the mlire' edict of a tese.pt-whwen t hey fi ndl t IIhis tole~rated, apphnied~i by pe:ople whoe hatd been ill the full enIjoyment of frveeom but a few mlonthsl ago, they believe that there mlust. he someC radical incomipatibility between such a people and thems~elves. With such a peopjle wc ma:y bee content to live at peace, but thec sep~ara-' tion is~ final; and, for the indlependlence we ha~ve' asserted, we will accept noI ablernatilve. Thle nature of the hostilities whichl tiley' have waged against us must be chareicterized a., barib~aos wherever it is I understoodJ. Th'iey ha~ve hombar~itdedl unfdeliIee viillages, withotuI givh.ile notice to wiomfeIn and childire a1. to ena ile Item to escapeI, anin I:one jitance Ise lected thIC e ight as the perIiodi wh.sin theyI mnight surpr~Iise theml mo'st efflectualii ly hils asleepi and uni:sspicious ulf datnger. ArzuoI amtl raim-ee, the: des:truIcion eef prev'i it . u.se and' pin perty, and ilnjuiCes of th~u mlost waLn t. n uharacter, ev.L0en po nIon-comhdtaauts, have mallrked1 their forays alone~g our bor'ders awlel tupon our1 terIritory'. Althlogh we ouiht to have been admonl~lishedl by theOse things that they were disposed to mlake war upon us in the moet cruel anld reClentle~S splirit, yet we 1 were nut [prepared to see thema lit out it large I Ilaval expedition witti tile conflessed purpo~lse not 01nly of p~lnder', but to incite a ser'viie 1 isturrection ill the mhlett 'ef us. 11' ther' coti vert their bold ies inlto in'.cndiaries4. andl in. volve 11s inl at spec1ies of wvar which ebaim~s imli, t:;ey mu:Ist epect to be tretetd as out-| laws amni endeiel of1 mank imi. Thee are toe re.p.:et, evenO in war, andI he who31 refuIes o l~I regatu theta :ori'its his eid''i, i ILCaue, to, te can~iLeei ias a prisoneir tof wa,' bult iUt eteC~t to) he delt wit.J as all oteder~ I hit not con~ltent withi viel'tingt' our righ't-, unetr tile hlav of nati'jus, at home.' the- hav e~estcode ! the~se i:,juil'es to us~ WILhm~ III her' jisdictions. The distinlgish1ed gen dtl..menI whlomn, ith t yourni arproval atl the hi t seiConh~ I I canais1;.,ied t1 repreLsenit thie Confedieriney. it cdetil our, have been recenutlyi seized by th cap~tainI '1' Li Univ:d Sitt:es ' ipI-wr Cen lb'prid i' ]iriti.h s'teamerL', Onl their ivyage from~l tihe lsenindI Sp:td-.:heep'r, of llavanalt to EngI.:itl~m. Theily hav'e thusi ' ia! mied at gceneral jur;sdiioni~l over the hiy! .sa ; anld eniterinI' a Jhritish .,!dp,. .--aiig un~de -iIts cotun~try's Ilbi vioiatted the rightsl of eb,.syt Ifor C'' mIn partL h1i.ta::r-dI even amIoU.I.t ba:'~rbari, Iy seizin~g tour mii~Sters whilt, undler th e pro'tetion~ an~d doilain of a nieutral naitict n. 'hese genitlemen'f were as mtuchl under th1e prtectionI of' thle L'ritish Go~vrmnlient, up) n beenI (Cn its lOil ; anid a cdlim on the hpart ol the United Stiates, to se ize them iln the~ streets of IL)Ioo, wold have~' been ast well foundled Las to aipprehendl themo where they weere taken. 1 allad the been~ mlalefactors, andL eitizens <.i the Uniitedt StateS, thlieycui leo!tt hav eel) a~rre.ted en a Britisht ahip or on Ih-iti.sh soit, unlIess undedr ti.e emIpres.4 priionSbl ot a treaty. and accor din:g to thedbirosa tiLLereinl provided fr the extradition of crimhina:ls. Unlt righlts the m:ost sacred seem to have Ilost a!' respect itn their eyes. Whelcn Mr. Ilaanlkner, at formner inrister of thet LUitedi Sta~e5 to Franiet, com~isionedlf~t, bef~ r; tihe ICee1ssioni of VirginliaI, lhisj native StaLte, re uned-.ini goodl faith' to Wastiigton to setdte uSiiislt5unts nd fultil all thle obligatdo:Is inll t .vbicth he had entered. heC wias perlidhioJu'ly ar-i estedi and impi'ioned in New York, wher ehiich hie re'portedl to his Govirmneni~'1t was yt bu.<ed. 'andis ele-ire to fulfil his trust toa ill 'Cnuing ll this wart we havie soneh'It no a id, and! prepjIart dI nlo allinn:: t, effenIsivo Ior de L'tlsi"'. aber.'ad. We Ilave itked Io.- a lrecg d -d e''' ini the seoat famihy of natis h1 hea:%uantages of inletrcouse te mul~tl mongs;t nations, and seeking to establish di- a place that intercourse nnder the regulation I I public law. il 'erlhaps we had the right, if we had chosen excreb;e it, :o ask to know whether the. u -ineiph-. I hat blockades. to be binding, must elffectual, so t-111m l ai innouneed by the ' -at powers of Eutpe, at 'Paris, is to be mnerazlly enforced or applied onII l to articeu r pa, ties. When the Contcder:te States, at | yur la-t session, became a party to the de-c aration referring to this principle of initetrna uatl blw. whichel has been recognized so I mle )a puliris. s and uovcrntnents, we ccr ily suppose I that it was to be universally diu ced. The cu-tomar law of nations is made up f their practice, rather than their declara- t ons ; tnd if slelh deciarations re nily to be fereed in Iarticulat instances. at the pleas re of thbuse who take tihem, then, the coin wt-ree of the warb'l, so tar from being placed ider the argulttion of a general law, will be uome subject to the caprice of those who exe ute or .suspeud it at will. If such is to be he co'urae of nati.'ns, in rea:nd to this law, is plain that it will thus become a rule ir lie weak anl not for the strong. Feeling that such views mu.-t be taken by he neutral natiuns of the earth, I have, there ure, caused the evidence to be collected which toves completely the utter inefficiency of he proclaimed lyckade of our coast, and hail direct it to be laid before such Govern nents as shall afford us the means of being ieard. But although we should be benefitted by he enforcement of this law, so solemnly do :lared by the great powers of Europe, we tre not dependent. upon that enforcement for .he successful prosecution of the war. As ong as hostilities continue, the Confederate states will exhibit a steadily increasing ca acity to furnish their troops with food, cloth ng and aris. If thev should be forced to forego many of he luxuries and some of the comforts of life, ,hev will at least have the consolation of knowing that they are thus daily becoming more and noire independent of the rest of the world. if, in this process, labor in the Lnfederate States should be gradually di verted fronm those great Southern staples, which have given life to so motch of the corn meree of niutkind, into other clhaunel4, so as to mlake thetm rival producers, inste d of profitable customers, they will not be the only, or even the chief, losers by the change in the direction of their industry. Although it is true that the cot-tan supply From the Southern States could only be total ly cut off by the subversion 1)1 our social'svs tem, yet it is plain that a long continuance of thi- blockade might, by a diversion of la bor and an investment of capital in other eml ploymaents, so diminish the supply as to bring ruin tpion those interests of flreign countries, which are dependent on that staple. For every laborer who is diverted from the etl tureof cotton in the South, perhaps four times as many elsewhere. who have find sh-iste-nce in the various employments grow ing out of its t1 , will be forced also to change their occupation, while 1the war which is waged to take from us the right of self-gov ,rnenet can never attain that end. It remnains to be seen how far it may work i revolution in the industrial system of the world. w Cih may carry snileriit to other andas well as to our own. In the mtean ii, we shiall continue tbis struggle, in hum le dcpefndInce upon Providence, from whose leachin g -riiiiy we canot conea!ul the se rets of our hearts, tind 10 whose rule w1e L'ntidlentoly s lu it cure destinie s. For tie rest we shall ee.lenl upon ourselves. Lrtylai-t is ahvars waon. wlere the:. r. exists tile incOinquerabole will to beC fra-z; and we have reason to know the strength thaut is given, by i ecliousi USense0, not ontly of the miagniitude, but of the righteusner~ .' of or easeO5. JFF-EItSN DAV.S. The Fight at Piketoni, Ky. We s aiw t his morning a gerntleiaun from Baulh sountftry who patrticipated in the fight neiar 'iketon on the 8th inst., with at portion (If 3neral N- 1son's cojimand. lHe aussures us romt his own p~ositive knowledlge, t hat there 5 not a word ot' trith in the repor at of that ioihthen-iri Maiysville and Lexingto~n to be Norhe njaers, and copieda by us Satur lv hat. 'Our informnant, wvhotm we kno y to be relia le, gives us the fallowin~g intierestinig part ie tun Fr-iay rn-rning, the stau inst., Caip. by,: oft West Liberty, Morl~ganl couty~l, hr li-reion of Col. Williotnn', whio wa-, with his ounmlandI of some h 100 toI 1(iit nien st ationedrl Lt 'iketon, to which point, they had lle-n ack from Priolh.iari, proceee.- toI a point mn lie Big Smady, cal leda the "Nairrows," about lifteen miiles fromt Pike-t.n. A fter lpar immIlly brniung a bidige across a ravinol, to reent the passage of the enemy's aurtlery, he brave Kentucky im-ouatmiaineers pe hemselves on Ithe hill-side, where theiy conl eal-d themselves hehinid logs, rotcks. etc. The enemifly aproachedl caurtilosly, but eeinog notlhingm itn the way, proeedei d inito the narronwn withi thir forcee. W hen they r-eachi d an :irt.pt ang~ le In the road., at a preconi eted signod mour blys aopenjaed a ltm-nlerIIns i:e pon01 themi, which we~5 kep t up fbr a fill iud anl hourii. The Yankees were signally elsed~Cl, mu:d wit 1.dre undv oer cov-er of their .ilh-rv. wilicht .,belled the hill .sidec with, bit itl im c-:'lIt , hiowe'ver,. They thent at tmpted (I Ilank our meni by- hiliing the hill, when munpt. Mmay witha-Irew. hi% comand to aL pJoint cih.:rei lter had IIlaneda thir h~orse.s, and re unced to'lPik.,toni .11it los~s duitn the on 'a! nant o ly 5 kil'!:uid 83 wdainded.~ A millg tho-e im dlist iJ1..ui-heell themnselvems imthe tiigt bytheir gallantry and daringa our a mnitet innm the nalmesl of Capt. Thomasut dfra Co~tlt~ ., aad Caplt. hIlawk~uism l- Bath. hle IIe m et L bralve as lions, andIh~ biin al f the lirac'ck shots, every tima- they raui:,ed h,ir riules au liessain bit, the dust. A miiui iwho was senlt ?fter theII iht to as er-tain iams to th eiaxtemnt of t he einmy' loi, tpeted lay actual ecaunt, 2I0 killed analdaout 5 wounded. Twentty-eighit of t he dtead :mtkee-s wet-e seen laying ini onlae. (On Saturdlay mortniing Col. Williamts, fee!-J ng his iniiity to tmake a standm against the veiw-helniing numnbers ofithe e-my' approach rg hin, commence a~l~li retreaut to -on Gup. )mle o his mien,2 'a mem1beir of Capt. Shaw um's comnpany, whio hamd litered blehind, wats illed by the advatnce stcout of the enemny arly that mnorning. Thi.<, with t.he l a killed ud wounde-d ion -riday, comprlises the total j5s of Willimunln. fin Frbllay I st, thme 15th inst., jtust one rek after tile light neari~ Piketoai, Col. Wsil amts wias located. about four iiiles from 'onn id Gap. li- adj buen re-iin brced by a t otiin of Cul. Moorme's regimienat, from Abin~g. on, amnd- Was- dlaly looking Ion stiflicienit rein- a ,remieni s to entable hin to sutes-sftully hold 'a Iinid Gap against the Yan~kees. The mountineervs were flockinlg to hIlm in rge numbaiers, and1 hourly accessions werec Geera-ml I lumpilhrey MarLsham~ll hiad .tarted -iml Wythilh lorb~ Paoumi1 lulp, ealy itn the -eek. lIar expecled to) be fabilawed imunili tely by one or iwo regimenti oaf inifanitry and batItery of rtiler. Col. Williams lias ino tillery) wtevr. in A parnt of Cal. Maonre's re'guimenlt,-at s~Abing. I 3-i, hal just received thein arm-ts ali Frid~ay mi:, amll .ve-re en inig readyc to s.L. utimami |I A gola :wm I NurJTr' i sI cJu v.-W e le-urn fr-om t' tivate letter Lu IL fritud here, that a liag of j 'erry from the Lincoln fleet. The purport of! was to extend a procuitation froini the des ot Lincoln to all loyal citizens to returnatal wi ceupy their houses idin plantations ; that they ho i not cutme to make war upon the loyal, Di c., but to protect all good citizens. I of Capr. Eihitt, who received the party, re- tr: lied thut he knew no persons with such ideas tth ' loyalty x they had, and very properly de- te fined receiving the proc:amat.ion. tnl Abe Lincoln is reckoning. without his host ni f he calculates on finding Union men in the b \tlantie Southi to wI:ich his grand Araada is M ent.. The iket imy take and possess a fev 1e slamds otn the co:st %with in reameh of their ship of ;uns, bt they will neither find foothold on ci he mainland, or be able to subjugate men wl vhio know their rights and can defend them. ju -Cluttmbia Sj:ith Carolinian. rm ---.- ol (en. Sherman's Address. d, After landing and taking possessioit f the fs orts at hiltnu Head, Get,. Sherman isnued the C ollotwinug address: To TII. PEOPLt OF SoUTI CAtIiLINA. pl In oiedience to the orders of the President e of" the.e United States of America," I have landed on your shores with a small farce of d nationial t roops. The dictates of a duty which, under these n circumstances, I owe to a great sovereign 0 State, and to a proud and hospitable people, 0 among whom I have passed some of the pleas anti St days of my life, prompft me to proclaim that we have cotme amongst you with no.feel- ti ings of personal animosity-no desire to harni your citizens, destroy your property, or inter- h fere with any of your lawful rights or your social and local institutions, beyond what the causes herein bridly alluded to may render unavoidable. ti Citizens of South Carolina, the civilized world stands appalled at the course you are pursuing; appalled at the crime you are com mitting against your own mother-the best, I the most enlightened, and heretofore the p most prosperous of nations. You are in a P state-of active rebellion against the laws of " your country. You have lawlessly seized t upon the forts. arsenals, and other property belonging to our common country; and within your herders. With this property you are in a arms, and wzaaing a ruthless war against your constitutional Government, and thus threat ening the existence of a Goveriment which you arc bound by the terms of a solemn con pact to live under and faithfully support. In f doing this you are not only undermining and p preparing the way for totally ignoring your owin political and social existence, but you are threatening the civilized world with the e odious sentiment that self.government is ire p"ssible with civilized man. Fellow citizen<, I implore you to pause and reflect upon the tenor and consequence of e your acts. If the awful sacrifices made by the devastation of our property, the shedding of fraternal blood in battle. the mourning and " wailing of widows and orphanis throughout ' our land, are insuflicient to deter yon fram further p:irsuing this unholy war, then poin der, 1 beseech you, upon the ultimate, but not less certain, result, which its further progress must necessarily and naturally entail upon I your once happy and prosperous State. In- c deed, can you pursue this fratricidal war, and continue to imbrue your hands in the loyal r h!o,,d of your eountvrmen, your friends, your I kinsmten, for no other abject than to disrupt. the Cn::ti.erac y of a great people--a Con fed- } er:e established by your own hands-in or der to set up, were it possible, an independent c Government, under which you can never live in peace, prosperity or qutietness' C:rolinians! we have come atong yon as loyal imeit, fully imtpre:,sedl with our constitu tionial obsligation.t to thte citizens tif youtr State. Those obtligations shu~ll be perormedit~ as far C as~ itn outr po'wer. lUut be noit dleceived1. ~The C obligntion of suppr tessing atrmed cotinhiinatio::s againtst the constitutio.nal authiori- s is par~a mnoutnt to all othters. ]If, itn t he performtance ~ of tis duty, other minocr btut important obli- I gationis shotuld be in tany way neoglcted, it L iut be attribunted to tlte neces-ities of the case, because rights dependent ott thte laws of the State must be necessarily siubordinate to military exigenices created by insutrrectioni and Brigadier Gi-e raI Comm nandinug. Ileadqujiarters. G. C., Port Rtovni, S. C., Seizurc of Salt by thte Governor. Milledgeville, Ga., Nov. 18th, 151. $ Commitm*rqti G 'ral, efc: j Coi. :-I htave learnted t hat the"re is now a ut considranble quantity of salt int thbe depot of at the Cent radlRailroad at S:avtannah, andh I ha:ve e no i tiled M\r. Adlamis, thle Siupetrintenidant of a, the lioad, that lie is requiredlii ti etint it in the .S.fot sub1 jecit to you.ir iorder~, for. thIt use of the airmv . You are hterehy intstrited i to take charge of the salt, atnd give .M tr. Adams tt our receiplt for it. Whten the ownters prne- p Sentt their claims von will pay eauch live dol- . lrs per sack, which I consider jttst ctom atinI. ii A;we shi:il ne'ed a very e..,t.iderablec qtuan-i li it~y inr jlmbli u, yoju will itniiem tme of anly n' wbilt ihyo maty fimi iniIt l :uil of sp(cu- ii latsrs or tiraderis whott are sellin a. ;t more thtan ivye dItollars pier sacik wvi th frieit irtn Sa- vi vanntah adde.d, atml I will give vou directionis h: a- to the seizitres niecessary to be mtadle. No 'v sizures' will be~ mttale of anyv suppilies ini the hnd~ts of peirsonis whlo are sellhiung to thei 1pe- e pl at live dollatrs per" stc-k withi freighits fromtit attalnnahied. I fee~l it is gross inijustice v the cottrol of articles of a:duite necessi ty, ei tt sell thtem at the enuirntiis pr:iees noiw dfe- p; maded ini the marhetkt. The Cinstiitution of iis Suite ehtar3y pries t hit piVal cprnip-i h brty may bie taken, for pubtlie usec by paying ri rel it miy duty, whent tany netcessariy iir: ici na a cotntrolleid by au fewv peso who deamutfl 1.l nd unijusst cesattiont lfor it, to authiirize ti is ti se.izo int the hamitis if thoise whou ask it lie highest prnice- .such suplcies ais may lie 01 iededl ihr ptu/s/e use., atnd paiy the ownlers .I very mtneh regrt, the neces.sity wich-l pa ency, 1but, a setnse oft dtny comettli me to ais- c umiti the responsib1 ility. It' the coniituited Io ithotri tics do not, initerfere-, bt. wil pI~ay tni n< le pat.L of the State the hiigh prices dlemtand-l T d by uitipatriolic specutlatrs, t he cost of thle N uittjteu tnecessanry in minitain our armty will hi oft swell th le purblic: debt. to an e~tnrmtous w mrdntent, andi as the high pirict's paid by thet c: tat c will conitrol thc mtarke~its ai comtipel Its v itizens5 to pay as muchel, pirovision'is wil b le su laced out of the reach, of thei piotor whIo Ia- er >r for their daily bread, antd much btuffering th mid misery miust lbe the result. o I shia'I use tall the power vested in mue by tht ie (Ionstittiohn andl laws of t his State to prec- tha ett these dleplorabhle results. . h \ery respeictfutlhy, <f-., 'it dOSEII E. BROW)~N. to T'he Macont TiccyrupA~ says:I It wil beis seen by htis P rochlatittion tha-t " hei Go vernior has. seizedl a isiantity of salt in c-ltvanab. for ie use of the troops, wh1ichh alues at live idllars a sack. We tunderstanid t ha~t lie tsalI so seized belioitgs to onie of our terebtants, aind coisth am sevetn ilo! lars pe depices, onei of1 iurt readlers a~ks iu- to call vy be: to-;eroor:. atteit'tnt n the i-oi freighets pri hargedt' 'mt lht- Statei v-:il,'d andu ask htimto . eact, thetm dowin to a rate con itusultate itch the strinigettcy of thle timios anid the setar- I A ts or re.. r Sht rhe Yankee Invaders at their Work. On Wednesday last Mr. John Chaplin took th him seven negroes, and want in two ats to the plantatio~n of' his auntft, Mrs. tinn, on l)awfuskie Island, f.,r the purpose bringing away such proparty as coulh be .9lmrtri. On We~lnes ay night he, with e negroes, occupie-l Mis. D's dwelliny. in uding to leave when the tide favored in the rninag. About two o'clock yesterday mor og the door of the house was broken down a party of ten Linco'nite, who captured r- Chaplin and five of the negroe., and c m pyd them from the island in a boat. Two the negroes escaped-one, who was in the liar of the house, fled to the woods ; another to was sleeping in one of the chambers, taped from the second story window, and nning ti - point on the island, where he tained a boat, came to the city yester Ly nmorning. Before leaving the island he w the Yankees leave in their boat, with Mr. htaplin and the five negroes on board. This is the manner in which Gen Sherman -oposes to give protection to private prop ty. Since writing the above Paul, Mrs. Dunn's iver, who escaped from the cellar of her >use when it was broken-into yesterday mor ing, has arrived in the city. He states that i leaving his mistress's house- he crossed ver towards Mr. Stoddard's place, Melrose, eeping himself concealed in' the bushes. rom his conea'almnent he saw a number of re enemy on Mr. Stoddard's premises, direc ng the servants in driving up the cattle and orses. They had two mules. in one of the lantation wagons to haul off their plunder, ad one of the ollicers was mounted on a fine rse belonging to Mr. Stoddard. Paul links they carried off all the stock and the >ur negro men who had been sent down by r. Stoddard to bring off the poultry and ther property belonging tohis negroes. Paul earned from the women on Mr. Stoddard's lace that the Yankees were going to take ssession of Dawfuskie Island, and that they ould have a guard round it tonight. They sked many qnestions of the negroes about to neighboring islands, who lived on them, c. They also desired to know the distance f Fort Pulaski from Dawfuski.-Savannah yews, 22d. Fron Richmond. Riau iMos, November 22.-Congress yes arday in secret session cotfirmed the ap ointment of J. P. Benjamin, of Louisiana, s Secretary of War, and ex-Gov.' Bragg,-of forth Carolina, as Attorney-General. Bragg niers upon his duties to-day. Congress met this morning. A. 11..Stepl ns in the Chair. Prayer was offered and e Journals read. Congress then went into ret session. Nothing of interest transact d this morning. RietnutoN, Nov. 23.-An of i'ial dispatch 'as received here from Pens::c laFriday tight, -hich states that the firing ceas.ed on both ides at 7 o'clock at night. in consequence of lie darkness and rain. The casualties on our ide, are 4 killed and 10 wounded, principally m Fort McRae. The eneny 's firing was oor. Nothing has been heard from Pensa ol to-day. Congress was not in session to-day. It is ported that Col. W. Montgonery Gardiner, as bleen :tppmintel Brigadier-G eneral. Tie B:aItimore Sn of. the 20th inst., has een received here to-day. We gather the allowing itetms of foreign and Northern ac tnts from it: The steanmship Norwegian has arrived at ortlund, -\iaine, with Liverpool dates to ivtnl r -rh. She brings no cottunercial itallIigenee. TIhe London TIimes expre .ses the em phatic pinion that the treconstrucetiont of the Ainet i an Utnion i; imnposible. A teliegraph.i diispttch frotm Barntestown, ov. 18:h:, :;:ts that the locomon'tives and mna hiery beloan~.;ing to the Baltimore andl Ohio ~ailway have beetn tremoved by the Confed rates in the directi..n ofi Winch~ester. The rack lfor 20 miles has beent taken up. The Washington Star, of the 19th, sa hat the Navy D)epartmetnt < pects to hecar >mtorrow ftromt the Gulf' the probable takiang !' Pensacola and the Navy Yard by Coi. liar erBrown. 'The Noarthern jounrnals are jnabilant at the rrest of .Minister. .acon :id Slidell. 'IThey ill be sentt to lias)tn. Thtese jonrnals eon ier that Great .lritait will not regardl the rrcst of. hese gentdemten as a tmatter of any !ions5 considertat iotn. A gent lemaan -just arriv.el htere says that iie Federal ihrete in thle neighboarhood tof dxandritra consists of 80~ regima.:.nt.,, tnany of 'ih nre skeletons, with li cavalry re'giments, Iso skeletonts. anda 19 batteries, lHe coansidl rs hea indlications in titvor of arn early' entgage - Wmdhingtons New~s. We condense tromtt t hae dispatches and let rs oaf thte caresponidents of' thte Northern apr the f'ollowintg sutnnar'y of' news fronm fThe atrmy o ulicers generally ridlienle the ient oft .oittg itto win ta r gnaarter'. Th'ey be' ivethat the Stth Caro lin at ~nd Ge'org ia gimttents have bteen with~drawn': to the rei-h'f) The Nvy Deartmetha. putrchased 22) ..sls.ice Congr'e'.'t itatired1. and stilli is ttot entongh for the) necess5ities of the ser lionta. A. WV. Bradford, wht~ ots just been aeteid G ov.-rnaor aaf .ryland hby the loal dz'/'ntt tat that S:tta, is itt the city. This sit has re'otnce to advattc'ing the loyal in -rests oaf .\aryhooal, and to saeenre a perfect ait tat actio~n between thea Suate attd Gov-. 'amtuettt. lie visited'a the Presidlent in cotm ny witht theti lh'tn. lteverdy J'.1ohntsont. a Iwing toa fh lie ttvueninces whticha wotuldl tc:iocaied to t(h Govt'trnment lav the itet ipatont o) lf tat'ftttjo iattn the ri':irtoad he seen aialtat imtore aand t htis eily, shouldi any' SI t'iadgaes, ('aen. .Miethl'lat has~ est ablishted a ra'ng guaard overa thet' r aud, extenaditng th~e en at distantc ht' nnat the cit.ie's. 'The se'inti las are all w iiti haiIintg distuance of' eachx fher. Senatot' Simntt et, oh' Rhode Lolatnd, has ar rutd in Washtingf tn, :ta.'cab!y to a pt'ev.ious ogrammte ;anaauntced in thet ile'ra, and~ iat rmtaed thte G3overmaneat a.that he had atisatc'h ia vessel f'roma I 'ros'hiettce fiat the b~ao thI, aded withi varions kindtas tat article's of' prtime cessity, such as~ sug~tar, com-, s~d:, shoeas', & e. e vessel wvill mtaka: her htalinig alotng theft rth Cairolinaa cas.t at. snehl pointts ais matay deemned aidvisabale by her conand tauaer, andl ere' atn exchantge oft t he at'ticles' whlichi she rt'es can bt adaea. 'The carg''. is a mo-st lale onei, tattl, shtould the exfaae"ition prova~e cues-f ti, wvilI aricly remuane rate the parties gaged ini it. (O th'rs are ntow fiat intg ott in e Natrth, antd wilt. immed'aiately follow upf thte e jutst st ated. Gn);e itemt oat the car-go of' e vesseI sett by3 Sntitaor Simmon1101,., is ti,tat0 s atnd I 200h bushetils of' staIt, whtieba is per ts tmote needaed amnotng thte rebels fthan :any ..r ar icle aof' consumptt.ont. Ts this tnot cot ning ft taitots rater eartly '? Theli flags 'tcatred at. Portat Raayal, arc now use as eatainas itt the Natvy Depnsatet. It is ~fstedl that t he Confd ate'l''forca'e ott the stern shtore of' .\ar'yhand has beeni incire'as. aboat.15(10, and that Gaen. Dix has sent a aeral forcee ta destroy thearn. Ihe Secretary of the Navy has dlirectedl i a nationl tsahute be fired front each Na Yaa, throuatghtout thae Unaited St tates, ex ssivett o ft ~hih gatitiction of' thea coun-t ,at the capit)titre of P'ort Ilt'i. i [teen thotnsand taarea tra.ops will he im datcly dii''atched to) reinforco Generall1 ...n..,,'.,.omunad itt Sctn C arolna. I, '. John Cochrane delivered an address t his regiment on the 13tb, in which he said, We should-use every means in our power to subdue the rebellion. We should take their cotton and sell it, or burn it, as might be best, and seize their armes ani munitions of war;- confiscate their property, and, when necessary, take their. lives; and as their slaves are used as an clement of strength a;ainst us, we should not hlesitate to take them, and, it' iecessary, t. place arms in their hands that they might resist in establishing the rights of a common humanity." [John is certainly getting very desperate.) Senator Cameron and other prominent individuals Were prescnt, and they all warmly cheered 4c John's" speech. ARTHUR SIMKINS, RDITOR. WEDNESDAY, NOV. 27, 1801. On a Visit. We have had the pleasure of greeting our friend and fellow-townsman, J. E. BAcON, Esq., of the staff of the 7th Rog. S. C. V. He is just from Richmond where he has bee n ill fur several weeks. His health is now gradually improving, although he is still unusually thin and by no means strong. Ho expresses much doubt as to the probability of any general battle upon the Potomac,--but thinks if one occurs at all it will be in the vicinity of Evansport. Richmond as usual was filled with hundreds of varying rumors from all parts of the country. . --* Capt. Shaw's Company. We have just learned that the election in the combined commands of SHAW and LAMAn, to which allusion is made elsewhere, has resulted as follows : T. P. SHAw, Captain. R. G. LAMAR, 1st Lieutenant, M. Ii. HUNTER, 2nd " J. C. S. SnAw, 3rd " The Captain informs us that the Company will be ready to leave on Thursday of this week. Inviting Sale. Attention is asked to the notice of the sale of the estate of Dr. J. H. Burr, deceased. An op portunity to purchase some of the best trained workers in the district is hero bffe-red. That long credit ton is nn item of importance these times. It is needless to say, that the tract itself is one of the most desirable in the whole country. Cattle, hogs, corn and provender, will speak for them slves. Notice This. The Commissioner in Equity for this District requests us to state, that, owing to the difficulties of the times and the stringency of the money market, the sale of the Odd Fellows' & Masonic Building is postponed until further notice. An other advertisement ;rill appear in due time, should the sale be thought advisable. Concert Proceeds. The nett proceeds of last Thursday's Concert, amounting to forty dollars, were duly turned over to the Treasurer of the Ladies Association. at this place, for the benefit of Col. BACOX'S Regiment. It-affords us pleasure to state that fee dullare of this amount was sent up by Mrs. Geo. Roatssox, of Ha'atburg, to represent herself and family in the effort, they being with us in spirit though ab? sent in body. We submit that this is an excellent oxtmple and worthy of imitation by all who feel an interest in such occasions un-l are prevented from attending. Did such a spirit possess our en tire commtiunity andl vicinity, much more good would ho dune. But there is no occasion to comt plain; the ladies and gentlemen have generally tune I out in a most patriotie -nanner. And last Thuredl cy's audience, especially, made up' in qual ity whit it lacked in quantity. Caught. It is gratifying to know that r-ome of the ras eidly thieves in this vicinity :ro being canght. Mr. Jssies M. 11A aisuas and otherescan.e up with two of them (negroes) a few nights atgo. tOne ws immediately taken; the other was successful ly traced to ia den which they had occupiced to. gether for ai iength of :ia-e. In t'he den wias found a newly killed ho g, of large sirae, with its head cut oil, and which the thieves ra'.d they had taken fronii Mrs. Le-snv's place. Fire. The Steam Mill of .Mr. IsAAc Bow,.ras of this Ditrict wass de:stroyed by lire on Satturday night nust. We regret to recordt so. seritus a loss. 'I he cause of the tire has not been well aireertained. Look to Your Saddles. Saddle-skirts are said to tuuke the best of all shoe-soles. A gentleman who h~leed his horse in ths villatge <.nc night dtiring the past week, f..und upn mo.unting to return home, that his sadle was minna the skirts. " A word to the wise is Correction. The conatinued list of illamiket contrib~uttrs hay ing been ir correetly statedl last week by some per versneis, of the mischievous types, we again lrent it dtuly curirected', and with additions: For. h'tkc 'li ien. Mrs. Eliza C.otdwin, 1 Blankets. Mrs. E. W. Rioot, 1 " Mrs. .J. A. land, 2 " Mrs. WV. S. Mobley, .2 " Mrs. Lewis J. Miles, I " Mr~r. L. 1I. McCullough, 1" Mrs. Elirza Bacon, 2 " 1ter. L. 1U. Gtwaltney, t ". Mrs 13. L. Penn,, 2 " Mrs. It. Hi. Sullivan, 2 " Mrs. W. F. Durisoc, 2 " Mrs. Joih~n Moloy, 1 " EdgeLteld Ladice' AId Association. 18 " - For, the , Ebl1,ik-ld Ilu eutr'. Mrs. Jas. P. Wells, 2 Blankets. Mrs. Wmn. Bilackwei:, - 2" Mrii M. 11. Ward, 2 " R~ev. L. 11. t wtuey, I " Mrs. WV. WV. Adaims, 2 " Mr-s. 1-. O'Cotnir, 0 " Mrs. W. F. ]Jurisoc, 2 " We hlave new recivedl, in all, seventy-four bh ~ukets fo'r the Xinerly-St.re~ l ire and thirty sir. fr the Edfr-fiI l'/uasa. Those intended fur Ca pt. U3t.ANO's Cooui any have been forwarded. We will forwardi the lot we have received for Cat. Ulrxien at n early day,-probably on Mon day next. Thiirty-fotur umore blankets are needed to till the number specified by the Captain. Wtill tnt others of the friends of the )leetsare come firwardt with miore blaniketti, or coverlets of any kind, before the box is made up. Whether they received1 blankets from the loverinient or net, or soldiers in Virginias ne-el ull they can get. Think -of them those coldl nights, on the ground, beneath tents, within sight of mountains. The very winds, as they whistle bcy, seem to say, i. sendt the boya moere crini." ;g-- It is sail that the a lventuruus robot who risitedl tall the posts of the left wing of Lincoln's ermty Saturday htm, und r a writteni ptemit from geCle-lln, wits no le:s a i~o sot age thatn the fat n..s Wigfall. To Our Soldiers. The thermomter stands this morning at 38*, and ice has been visible on the pud-muddles and in the horse.troughs. We man imagine that it is cold enough for three blankets of a night in tents, even with our coast soldiers.;-how much more so, with those of you upon'the border. - What a Gino for killing hogs, to those who have them! And they ireto't so scarce as they night be. You may be.Eure the corn is going liberally to the hogipeus all over this country. Every bushel that can be spared will be converted into bacon, if the frame-work of skin and bones can be procured to meet the demand. The con sequence may be, that meat will not go to very extravagant figures, while corn will be in high demand again next apring. We learn that it is getting back to the dollar notch already. Cer tainly, flour lias ceased to full for some weeks, and is now fairfy on the rise. There is very littie local news this week. The new companies for the coast are progressing slowly b!.t we believe surely.- 'The Adcertiser gives another man to the -ranks in the person of Mr. E. Iuse, who is a member of the Company forming by Dr. L. B. WEvaR. Having dismissed his school, he is in readiness to obey the summons to armscwhenever it may come. LAMAn and Sunw have united their commands, and have left the Captaincy to an election; Whichever moiety gains the chief officer, will also take the 3rd Lieutenan cy, leaving to the other moiety the 1st and 2nd Lieutenancies. We have not heard the result as yet. Our Concert for the soldiers, last Thursday night, was honored by an elegant though not very large attendance. It was a pleasant evening to all concerned,-certainly to those of us on the boards, as we were greeted and applauded beyond our deserts throughout. Major Brmtan and Capt. GanY graced the occasion with their presence, and were the observed of all observers. They are now in Columbia in attendance on Legislative business ;--we are not apprised of their further movements. The health of the District is very good, so far as we can hear,-and everything goes on pretty much after the same old sort, except that it is ex cessively dull both in town and country. The only relief is to be found in partridge-hunting, squirrel-hunting, and the like. Last week we had the pleasure of taking t1c field along with Dr. Wx. DcnT and Mesers. J. A. Dozien, PATILLO BLALOCKc, Jonx L. NICuJOLSON and JEu BLr,-* six guns in all. The result was 49. partridges, one dove, and sundry rabbits. We hunted over Col. BAcox's race-track fields among other places, and our thoughts naturally reverted to many if you who used to visit this spot on-cool November mornings to see the horses exercise. By the way, the Colonel seems to have made a very good crop of cotton, corn and peas; we have seldom seen better corn-stalks on pine land. The Fort Pickens fight is now absorbing aton tion here, even from our own Port Royal affairs, although there ceases not to be felt the keenest desire that the enemy many lie made to laugh on the other side of his mouth for his imnuilent os.-- - eupation of that fine harbor. aut 'onv this is to be effected, does n ;.en' In the nean time we are hoping that BuAco will give their pride a fall at Pensacola, while we reserve our demonstra tion on the coast for a time when we shall be pre pared to make clean work of it. We should have mentioned last week, in speak-. ing of the military movement progressing under the cnll of Gen. MotAasi:, that Captain Jossren Anar.r, who unites in that call, is similarly em powered by the Governor. 'Two b-dter officers and soldiers than these heroes of Churuhauseo are not to be found in the District, and we doubt not that a sufficient nun.be-r of conmpauies will s-en fleek to their standtaid to enable thenm to lead forth another Regu.ment to tho field before the Clh ristma, holidays. In this connection we should by ino meatns omit to mention, that Capt. CROMNLnf an Col. Jso. QrAmTEnrxt have each a Company nearly ready for this part of the serviee. This will be bringing old Saluda up towards her toll prporti-,n of the great work in hand, and we feel nasured that ihe will in like manner ci-tinue to respiend while she has a man to send out in her blialf. Caipt. B. M. T A.IF.urv was in town the other day, but left before we wcrc taware of his having beten here. Capt. J. E. P.Acos his also ju~st art ired, and we arc off~ to hear whtat news be brings from Vir giia. Adieu! . CAlt-v. Wrv. War.Kent, of Newberry District, aid Capt. A. P. lit TL., of Edgenield,- have for wrdedl from Suffolk. Vat., the vote of their rca pective Companies lfor macmber of Congress in the Old Fourth. Whether or not these ballottings ecn be concidered ina proper form, they certainly evineu a high appreciattionu of Gee. BossAlf, andl we gladly giv~e publicity to the eoimplment. The vote stood in Capt. WAtrett's Ca;npany: For om.ut.8S9-all; in' Capt. llrvs.rn's Company: For Borsut x 89, for CAuI,1rs, 1. We append the notes iccotmpanlying these returns: "C~txi Il1rix, 1st S. C. V., IDear Sir :-Wilk this i for wardl the residt of an electiomn heldl this dlay by my Company for a meber to reprem.~nt the 4th Congressional Dis trict of Soauth Ctarolitna in the first Confederate Statecs Congress. It is proper for ite toi state that, although we were awatre that the L.:gislature of South Caroli na has made it- pirovisiun for troops in the fieldl to cast such a vote, yet we could not forego the p!eastre of assuring our old, well-tried and faith titl Representatire-the gallant Bosnix--of our - appreciationt of his valuabile varied services: and have therefore east an uunnimos vote for him; ad without disparaging the merits of other gen tlemen in the flid for the same office, we conti lently trust he will not require the vote of Capt. Beri-r.n's and liy Coutpany to return him by a handsome tmajority. Long may be live to merit ther confidencae and support. Very truly, your obedien' servant. WHIT. WALKrER, Capt. Cown'd'g Rhati iuuard," Col. Greggi 1st Reg't. S. C. V." " C~u e ra,:, Suffulk, Va., Nor. C, 1S61. Dear Cl.--Abhove you will find the result of the election held in miy Company for member of Cogress from the Fourth Congressional District. We do not cxpect it to aid Gen. B~osnulf but we give it simply as a testimony of appreciation. Rtespectfully, yours, A. P. BUTLER. The Late Col. Burt. T he Weceklya Mliniisippiaon notices in terms of deep feeling the fall of Col Brnti, of that State, at Lesbtirg. Extensive arrangements were made fr his funeral ceremonies at Jackson, in which the ivil and utilitary authorities united. Col. ltewr was a South Carolinian by birth, and an Edgeeld man by extraction. We subjoin a por tion of the Jiisisippan'e remarks: " In the udeath of Col. Burt, the South has lost an able and gallant warrior aiid Mississippi one if her most chivalrie and valued sons. -At the recent election for State officers, he was unani iously re-elected Audhitor iof Public Accounts. We have heard the suggestion made by a liberal minded and patriotic lanuter of this State, that soie one whose circumstances, capacity aud wil ingness enabled bhim to discharge the duties of h Auditor's office be selected to the post, andt he profits of the oflice fur the cemuing two yetars, fter deducting its contingent expenses, piay of lrks, &c., he tiorned over to the widow of the amonted hurt. The suggestion is a creditable mnd patriotic one, tand we diaro stay would muout hheahtrty endorsemetit aif the people." $!&'There were two native Souzthl tCiI1~0 a he bombardir g ilect a't Port Roayal: Comnman