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f <l\u Cancastcr CcDacr. | ?2 PER ANNUM Bly with . >i< wooden of eu?^|i paoing <lay. IN ADVANCE - - A | 3 /oiuilg tail ^nlitital Semapaptc?Braottii to tbt Jrto, litnatow, itbatatiw, agrirolttn, Sottraol Smgrantiitiiti, /onign nail Hooiwtit JtaU, anb tjjr J&arktti. I VOLUME X . LANCASTER C. II., SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 1,1861. N UMBER 1 %. [for tub LANCASTER LEDOKR.] 1 A meeting of ciliseus ?m held Rt / Craigsvillc on Saturday 13th inst, to take into consideration (be exigencies of these exciting and somewhat perilous time*. Mr. It. I), M Duniap was called to the Chair. It was cloarly apparent the demands of the times required more than was contempla'ed when the Craigs ville Vigilance Committee was organized. Dr. T. K. Cureton ofteieu the follow j lag pieamblu and resolutions, which weie unanimously adopted. WuivKKab, in the troubled state of political affairs, produced hv the bitter hostility of the North toward us?oar rights | and institutions?it is eminently proper i in us, for the purpose of protecting our 1 homes, our families and for the general 1 welfare of the community, to form our- ' elves into h company for tuci) protection; j , and we hereby pledge ourse'vea to nun , J tain each other in executing the object f of this company. Therefore ' Jiesolvcd, That wo the undersigned | r foriu^ournelven into h compHtty to take the place of the Craigsville Vi.ilunce 1 Coilttui tee, and to he called the Craigs | vtlle llotttr Guard. 2d. Jiraolved, fbat we assume the features of a military company and submit to the command of the following cflicurs : a Captain, First, Second and Third Lieu, tenants and o'.iter subordinate officers thai tuav be deemed expedient. 3 1. AV?o/ir</, That each member will ! piovide tiimself with such tire and other I . uiitij as arc necessary lor protection and | safety. I 41It JlfsohW, Tliat each metuher feels j limine.f strict y and honestly bound lo re* j port to the ollioers any person or persons known or suspected of entertaining opin 1 ions or expressing sentiments At variance ' with ihe peace, welfare and harmony of the community. 6th. lte.:oli'cd. That this Guard shall iv i/iirvion, namHti msiiiiit. JU. IJood, B. T. Kubinaon, and John J. Cr.ijf. m Tli* C*pt*in appointed lb* following person* sergeant*, Jobu li. Taylor, P. H. * Lindsay, Uichard II. Couqpnt, I>**?4 A. 1 ^ Tartar. Th* following w*r* appointed o| Corporals, A. J. Taylor, B? H. Crockett, Cl 6. M. L*iban. ?' Ordered that ll>* foregoing b? pobliih*d in lb* Liwcwiw Ledger. (j CmignvllK f?4 April lift. it S ? company pledge ounelve* to analain end ^ defend thai decision he it what it may. |13ih. JieaolvtJ, The Captain of the n Company shall act a* Chairman in the ~ meeting*. H 14th. /ifolved. In addition to the or- (| dinaty, the company may be called to ex traordmary meetings, alien thia inay he ( demanded by the Executive Committee, y or ly one of them and three of the tr.?m bera of tne con pany. 15tb Rttolvrd, Any of the foregoing w resolutions may he changed by a tn?j??ri tv of the company at any pf ita regular meeting*. On motion the chair appointed the fol '* lowing peraoua a coiumittee to nominate . officers. A %4 Theae gentlemen were nominated and (| pnanimoualy elected by the company : j, * John C. Footer. Captain ; Dr. T. K. 1 11 Cureton. 1st Lieut., N. B. Craig, 2J uieuv i b And J. J Craig, 3d Lieut. ' *< From (he Southern Presbyterian. The Chnroh and the Confederate States of America. Whatever diversity of opinion may have obtained ho to the propriety of so cession, lite uew Southern Government inust be accepted bv all a* a fact accoin plittlted. Tha old Union is irretrievably broken up. It is, as to us, a foreign ^ >v< eminent. W'tt cherish the glories of its past history, we honor its founders, we delight in its earlier associations, we de , ..i !._ ? > ? " * jnwic inu inifernuie iony O! those who dissolved it, we deny nil participation in llie guilt of its disruption ; ami with the ensign uf our infiatit republic?the stars mid tiie tri color, floating over our homes, 1 our tii-his and our temple*, we hold our late confederates as we hold the rest of innnknd?enemies in war ; in peace, fi lends. The Government at Montgomery i? a government iIt fucto, ami hv the laws of nations entitled to recognition hy the Slates of the world. That it will l?e at once recognized by the great commercial Slates of Europe, no one entertains the least doubt. As to us, it is not only a I government ilc fticlo, but a government it jure. It exists by virtue of tbe only | power that we recognize as capable ol :?tiletriiig the right to rule?the will of j the poople. Whether good or had, it is mr government ? we have inaugurated t?to it is due our allegiance, and to it j ive havo pledged the loyalty of a gener- j mis, spirited, educated and religious peo j pie. It is in fact a self sustaining rover ! signly. It lias the richest constituency, ! n proportion to numbers, in the world, j with a climate and soil letter than am Mher on tl.is continent, adapted to the ! [ foduct on of ail the luxuries as well a* -.ecr sauries of life, homogeneity of char- i icter atinuig the governed, and territory, f no more Stales come in, capable of >os(M(jitig, wiitioui inconvenience, thirty ..ill - -/ i-L-t .. . ' ii.6?m ever> other Bnlurdii} at Crn-gnville ?.l 9 u'clock f'T drill and to entry out ily intentions of tlit! organization. Oiti. Jitaolvtd, J'trttfiis applying for nieinbeisl ip innnt bo received by a vote i'f ti e Company. rib. lie wired, The Captain ball ftp point lot mailt csplaius of patrol hh may I e lo cfthary In carry out or pi-rlecl ibo ol jt-rl of llie (>n?trd. A company of pali? l lo consist of not Ic.-n tbau live juein|.er?. 8th. Jifstilrftl, l itnt each Captain of | ntiol be itqinnd to patrol the p act a hh Myi.ed Inm twice a wc?k and have the j p..v er lo artfat all auapifious white 01 t l*i k peraoiia and I-iing (hem heforotn execution coiiMiiiltee, whose duty it ahall he to indict audi nnnwhmenl on (lie |^uil ty us '.lie coininiltee may think the crime dewervea Olli. Jitsolvrd, Thai the patrol coinpa* ; iiiea lia\e tin- power to correct and punish ft!l slaves and free oegroa a* they may deem necessary?not however, in any tftrie. to the injury of property. 1 OiIt. Reaolvtd, That we pledge our- Stive* to tp?-c fi paititularly in each pan* vban' to l"> hiuI when lo return. 111h. iittolved, That all pedlars are prohibited from panning through our sec (ion of the District, or sttnmit lo such lilies miu penitiiiea nb lue executive com v mittee mav inflict. ^ 12th. fir sol veil, That the Executive ^ Committee rhnll cooeiai cf Beveii peraons, ( choten by the Company, they shall con (j tinue in office one mouth and they hlmli hare full power to decide in all cases, and u their decision shall he final : and ??e the ,, Tl?? company adjourned till Saturday fr ?Oth ioat. <J HiTrxntT OAiK 1 RAi ? ti At lb* hour appointed ibe Company 0| rat called to oider by Capi. J. C. Foster n in tbe Chair. By eote of the company 11 ]5 new members were added, p. P. *' Robinson was requested to act a* aecreia e| ry for ibis meeting. The following p?r* at eooa were unanimously choeen to com di pose tbe Eiecutiee Committee: D. P, Robinson, Dr. L Z Williamson, Dr. T. *4 t/ n o " " .... iniTM'iin oi unisonal.is. 11 unit h Ualii- I iet, iirirmiUtl Departments, an army, liuiii-y iiiul credit. It lias elicited the ( idmiraiion of the world, anJ it cntnuiamU he coulhlence of our own Country. Al eady wo love our ikw nationality?nil J >mlie? rapidly rally to it* support, and In.- feeling llutt pervade* the plantation i tin lis m ilint of r< jo'ci' g thnl we have , scaptd Irotu tie wrong and wranjlmg, lie fraud* and injustice. mid the luture ; terila of the American Union. I>1 Christian* leih-ct upon the oiuer. j , ffictency and harmoni of ail the depart- I , lieuts, upon the capability and accept..1 | ( ulity of the (-Itii rrs, upon the prudence i ( Hid wisdom of the Hiovihtonal Cougie*s, j lie rep-.ne ol society whilt.1 the revolution I ran in action, and the almost miraculous ! ( <1 lies ion of the Union elements in our ( nidht to the new order of things; and I , ecogniz- in a'l the hnr.d of God. We i , re this da) the Lilofi- ianeh of a l'rovi. It-lire ah special ah that \vliich opened the . ea to the despairing Israelilies. Behold i | that God liatli wrought ! Kespoimive , o a demand of the religi .ua sentiment ! f the land, the Provisional and Peruta I ent Constitutions recogmz- our nat'onal j ependence upon the sovereignty of God, j , iy i tr king ZJ a favor and guidance? ; i he Southern empiie submits itself unto i , he Almighty. The recognition of the j . iupreme Divinity is en graven upon the [ , u'or wall of the temple of Southern lib ' r rty. 'I fuse things being so, wliat is . hi- du<y winch at this moment is devol j ed with imperious emphasis upon all f llirislian men f It is to Consolidate the ! t siitiii eut of the Church in favor of the , Confederate Slates of America. This ( ?i!%/ id miiittfoal f-lly..!.. - ?? ? J . HUM* WHO HHIUWIIIK Cdfl | j derations : When the ?vill of God in j, it is mii obligation of Chtintiann ( v not merely to acquiesce, but actively ? > co operate. We have reason to be- ( eve t)int God iiMS sprung into being h ( rent SimIa, desalted to develop the high si it po of civilization ; to become the t dministralor of liis purposes touching ( tie Africsn race?the trustee of the Goa ( el lor lliein, Mild the grand protest not ( gent lor sustaining and diffusing liis ( Vt/rd. Il so, who Imll hinder the , n*reh of the divine array t Who shall t til to net iu harmony wt'.b the Lhvsn* | : ill ? To displace thin Government would he ? > imperii the peato of Mil our coiiua uriu | es The Mt'einpt would he madnese.? [ iDsicby would be its inevitable result. * !p to thin moment the people have , arce'y fell the trauaition from the old t > ti e new government. Common life ( a? a trn'y been ruffled upon tbe surface, i >.construction is an hopoesn an would ? a tbe enterprise of re building the solar j rstein, with onediall ita planetn retired R oin tbeir sphere*. Now tbe Church o' j tod stands beneath the sheltering wing 0 F a uohle Constitution. All of protect on that she asks or needs at the hands j, F secular power is guaranteed in the ( ew organic law. Kite is free to (iiltii her ^ irrsd rni-sion ban*alh the light end lib< -ty of this new political g>orv?the ori it constellation of the Southern heav* is. What would she ho? what could j ie do? amid (be wild convulsions of a I ), itmhd, weiring people I l>ei, therefore, j I* Halug of our State* Stand? gland by n rr omgrnt; ttond by authority. u Tt! I- s ? " ' ' nm rnfuiuuon n*? i?i?dy bj ih? Cbureinw. 1 ?io hoi wn il ?r?*lna lha nam*, and poaiiion, *nd , il tniiu of politician*. till I am ?u?a that i i< 4r auci?M i? chvcfly attributable to tb? L ipport wbu-li iLay derivad from tbe co>?ration of tiia moral aantimeol of tha unlry. Without that embody irn *a it tl I>riou*ty did tba will of Ood. tha anler o 'ia? would h*?? been a future At a > ra fact, it I* already historical, that the ?? h*ratian common ty apatoiwad it with 1 i< noariiabia nnanhpity. I p The voice uf (lie Christian body is, as j h general rule, too little heeded in poii I tics. One reason in, it is not heard, ar.d it not heard I t cause not with distinct* | ness uttered. Tl.ey shrink from the strife ! and polulion of the canvass?they leave , the thir gs which are said to belong to , Ciesar tt?o much to the mercenary and i trained legions ol Ciesar. In '.itnes like j these upon winch we have fallen, the opinion of the Church upon political ques . lions, when unanimous, and freely declared, is far more potent than the tricks of the demagogue, or the eloquence of the renowned orator, or the oracular ins.ructions of the retired sage. The renson is, '.b it our church lu-ing sound, has the con fidence of the irreligious world. Let the Church know this, and realize her siren^m. She should not now abandon her own grand rreation. She should not i leave the creature of her prayers and lai j ttnrs to the contingencies of the times, or , the tender mercies of less conscientious patrons. She should consummate what she has I begun. For, whilst our Government is inaugurated, let it he remembered that | its peimaneiuy is not secured. We have |>as*id the crisis of initiation, and upon the assumption (hat we have no war, hut few perils remain to bo encountered.? I One does yet remain, and that is the per- j il of re action. I know that the Govern- ! mem of the Confederate States com mands the tespect and affection of the J people, and yet il is possible that change i or vacillation of opinion may endanger its permanency. It is against a possibtl ity, rather than a probability, that I would guard. Many of us in the seceded States left the Union with reluctance ? some with horror and shuddering. We linger about il w uh memories, ah, how fond ! It was our gh ry nine?it is not llliW ntl r hlitilliu *l*l? ia? f"..*-. ii.. .? -I 1 ..... M.u< . .HIP irriil^ HUi Ul'fUl j ? it bleeped1. The confirmation of all | new (ro\ci i.ini ins iuvoiui> necessarily sum* jostling of business relations?*otue t cliangc ol L it.i :??some shock to esfab1 | lii*li oj> -ioiiH?some ?ucritic* in some lorin i or shape. \V * me not lit* (rum lliat > odious leiic'it of all free Sialts?dema ! gogism It in v >c;iv*n :Tim lump of pop* uimi sulTinge, and stimulate tlm slumber j ing disaffection ( f li..j ro'ers. Upot. our j bolder* lie Slide.* at'll tn'.hraOd by the seduction* of the Federal Union?most | mfiuc uliiti, loo. I ecause of a community , of historic sy mnalhies and pit sell inter' j esta. Their cxainji H may arouse lioatiii ty to the new Government, especially if j from h11y cause it i* compelled to make | ttraf'ts upon ih* pockets or ll>o forbear i?nce of t!'c peop.e. 'Iheso meie lniiis may serve to show lb at t*. action i* possible. It is tbo voca- I Lion of tlie Church to forusisll the begin | uihgs of disaffection, by concentrating the upiniou ol tlm re'igiour part of the peo [>le, hi f?vi>r of li e uucotulilioHul permanent independence of our section. Now j s it asktd bow liiis is to be done ? I Migg.sl il.at every Christian should i [?ut li .* support of the Southern Gowrtii 1 merit, on tli* (doting of obedience to God. I.ebun give to ins politics the force of t religious principle. When tLis is done, lie w |l ret ] ers!?i*tiil), consistently and aiili a careful selection of means best ulapted l<> li e end. Under the in?pira> ion of a motive so elevated, we will ma li 1% oreic< me the influence of prior party ' )r?ju.iiccs did committals. With manly rituku*?a upon ail suitable occasions, lie iliouhl avow hi* convictions. 'Ibis is no ' one for dignified reserve. Neutrality iow is moral treason. It is at this mo iH-nl as in licit a rel gious duty to sustain 1 llH ( lUVl-rir litl'ii 1 aa il ? ? a-vl.-* > vft ia iu uvrntn uitJ iklUili. 1 lie Ark of the Covenant en' ' lamps with the bos'* of the Cotifedeiate 1 ilatex. Woe he to him who will not do end ins own fireside, Hiid aland by hia ' ?wn ai'.ar. Calmly, yet visibly and linn ' y, let tlx lake position There are hut tvo poaitions poxaible?for or against our :*jui (*>*?ar.d lever was it truer than 1 iow, thai he who ia not for oa ia against 1 In. if wo have war, which God forbid, l will ho a aacred war, for if tlie South I x subdued by the Federal Government, ' hen ia Christianity vanvuisbed by intidoh ty ' The religious press ahould "cry aloud 1 ind spare not," aa you have done, Mr. ' Editor, fciir.il the organ* ol ihe Church ' o silent when political luala, coiuhined tilh ii fidulity, are heaving up the fouo ' Ulioria of social order, and tearing flown he pillars i f revealed troth t The pul' < lit ix ordinarily above, as it ought to he, ' he region of political discussions, hut 1 ?hen go-erumeni i arc making and hieak ng, and tho truth of (tod imperilled, the * acred ministry should, with guarded pru> 1 lence, in public ami in private, aflirm >ur right and denounce our wrong. ' The iudieatories of the Church should, ' ii my judgment, officially endorse the < roverino-nt, and all good man should ray for <(a permanence and peace. 1 Macon, tia., April )0. N. I SoCTH Carolina limors roR Vihoin * a.? Gea. M. L lto"hain will start with | i - x .if and regiment'thia Berlin for Ucbiuond. lh# men ol' Col. Greg^'a 1 o#, well disciplined cj^iiiienl bare vol? * liieerfd witli ijj.. gi??ie* enthusiasm.? * len. MiGowa-i's brigade hare also ten. ' ered their services. From two to tbr#e lioua.iljil of our men ere rendJf end am- * >(] to oe on i ha march to assist the Old K/inikiun.? Courier, * ditawkp.- w? lanro that owing to ^ bo pnsei.t warlike e.pect of affairs, an t rder Itss to da? I mp issued that such I e-??is now iu Cbrrlfitus harbor as are ? *i ?<) to N<-rih*tu por's, are to be de* l ?in?nl ae hostage* for i be aatetj of our < wn Dipping.?mrrtmry. W?(| " jrj? A* -)* '*& Quizzing a Jew. Nine persons sailed from Basle down the Rhine A Jew, who wished to go to Kubalampi, whs allowed to come on board, Hiid journey with them, upon condition that he would conduct himself with propriety, and give the captaiu eighteen kreulzers for his passage. Now, it is true something jingled in | the Jew's pocke), whon he struck his hand against it; but the only money there was therein was a twelve kreuizer piece, for the other was a brass button. Notwithstanding this, he accepted the of ler with gratitude; tor he thought to himself, "something may be earned, even i upon the water. There is many a man ? I 1- * 1 - * '* 1 who uas grown run upou the KUine." During the first part of the voyage, the passengers were very talkative and merry, and the Jew, with his wallet uta der his anu ? for he did not lay it aside ? w as the object of much iiiirlh and mockery, as, alas ! is ofien the case with those of his nation. But as the vessel sailed onward, and passed Thurigen and Saint Veil, the passengers, one after 1 another, grew silent, and gaped and ! gazed listlessly down the river, until one ; cried : ' Come, Jew ! do you know any pas- | lime ilia', will amuse us ? Your fathers must have contrived many a one during j their journey in the w ilderness." "Now is the time," thought the Jew, "to shear my sheep !" and he proposed ! that they should sit around in a circle, | and propounded various curious ques 1 lions to each other, and lie, with their ; permission, would sit with them. Those who coulu not answer the questions should pay the one who propounded them a twelve kreulzer piece, and those who answered them pertinently should receive a twelve kreutzer piece. This proposal pleased the company ; I and, hoping to divert themselves with the Jew's wit or stupidity, "each one [ urLuiI nt i?l,ui *-' ? - - -1 - .?... mm.uviii, ntiniClCi IIIHIICCU IU ' l<is li?nd. Thus, lor example, (lie first nuked : "I low innny soft-boiled eggs could the ; giant Goliath eat upon an empty atom acb ? All said it whs impossible to answer that question! and encb paid bitn twelve kreutzors. lint the Jew said : 'One ; (or be wbo ! lias eaten one egg cannot cat a second upon an empty stomach and the others paid h in twelve kreutzers. The second thought : 'Wait, Jew ! I will try ) ou out of the New Testament ; and I think 1 shall win my piece. Why did the Apostle l'aul write the Second Kpistle to the Corinthians ? The Jew said : 'Because lie was not in Corinth. Otherwise, he would have spo; I ken to them.' So he won another twelve kreutzer piece. When the (bird saw that the Jew was so well versed in the Bible, he tried him in a different way : 'Who prolongs his work to as great a length as possible*aod still completes it in lime V 'The ropeiuaker, if he be industrious,' said the Jew. In the meat) while they drew near to a vi'lage, aud one said to the other "That is B.iinlach.' 'I'lli-n the fourtli asked, "In *alint month Jo iIih people of Hiwnluch out the ieHht V The Jew said, 'Jn February ; for it lias onlv twenty -eight day*.' The tit;h said, 'There are two natural brother*, and still only one of iheio in my uncle.' The Jew Haiti, 'The ur.cle is your f.ith nr's brother, and your father it not your uncle.' A lidi leaped out of the water, and ihe sixth *>ked, 'What fish have their eye* nearest together ?' 'J he Jew said, 'The amallest.' The seventh asked, 'How can a man ride from H isle to Heme, in the shade, in summer tittle, when the sun shines.' The Jaw said, 'When he comes to a place where there is no shade, he must Llismounl and go on foot.' The eighth asked, 'When a insn rides in the winter time from llerne, to Hade, and has forgotten his gloves, how must tie manage so that bis hands shall not free*.- ?' The Jew said, 'lie must make fists out jf them.' The :untli was the last. This one ask* Ml, 'How can five persons divide llva rggs, so that each man shall receive one, end still one remain in the dish )' Tbe Jew said, 'The last must take the litli with the egg, and he can let it lie there as long as he pleases.' Hut now it came to his turn, and he ( lelermmed to make a good sweep. Af > ( ter many preliminary compliment*, he ' sskvd with a mischievous friendliness, ' How can a man fry two trout in three j ( pans, so that a trout may lie in each pan f' No one could answer this, and one af 1 *r the other gave huu a twelve kreuUer j j since. I I lint when the niotb desired (hut be ; | >)i?'UI> 1 solve tbe riddle, be rocked to sod , , ro, shrugged his shoulder*, end rolled Sis , yes. "I aiu a poor Jew," be seid at | est. , Tbe rest cried, 'What bas tLat to do , with it T' Give us tbe answer f "You must not take it a miss, for I am i poor Jew," At last, after much persua ion and many promises that they would J In bim bo barm, be tbruet bis bands iuto I tie pocket, took out one of the twelve < ireutier p*ecue that be bad wop, laid it * ipon the table, sad said, "I do not know i tin answer any morn than you. tiers t ire my twelve are unarm.' When tbe others beard tbeee words, t ' \ i A* f- - ' ' a* i - tliey opened their eyes, and eaid litis was scarcely according to agreement. Hut as they could not control their laughter, v and were wealthy and goodmalnred men ! [ and as the Jew had helped them to while ! ^ away the time front Saint Veit to Schal- j H ampi, they let pass,' and the Jew took ( with him Iroin the vessel?let a good I s arithmetician reckon up forme how much j the Jew carried home with him. lie had 1 a twelve kreutzer piece and a hrass button ' * when he came on board, lie won nine | twelve kreulzer pieces oy his answers, t nino with his own riddle, one he paid t hack, and e ghteen kreutzets he gave the 1 j caD'.ain. Major Anderson at Hew York?Statement of Captain Doubleday. The steamer Jiullic, with Major An' I derson and his cuinmand on board, j reached iho Battery at New York on , Thursday, nt 1 o'clock. The following account of the arrival in given by telegraph, together with a highly colored j statement of Lite valiant Doubleday, one j of Anderson's officers : I "She had as sbe came up tlio flags of . Port Sumter and Furl Moultrie flying.? j Mhj. Anderson, on landing on the Hat- I tery, was received by an immense crowu, ] and bis carriage was surrouuded by the ' people, wbo expressed in cheers and otbi er demonstrations their admiration of bis j conduct. He was followed by an im | < im-nso throng through Broadway to the | > Brevoorl House, where no joined his j t wife. | i Captain Doublcday says that the de I mand to suneoder Fort Sumter was made ? on the 11th, hut was refused not only by j * Maj. Anderson, but by the unanimous 1 1 voice of the command. j ? On Friday morning, at 3 o'clock, the rebels sent word that the tire would be i opened in an hour. At 4 o'clock, the , ' tire opened on us from every direction, | ? including a hidded battery. '1 he fire i opened with a volley from seventeen nior* I f tars tiring ten inch shells, and shot from i 1 thirty three guns, mostly coiumbiada ? I We took breakfast very leisurely. The * command was divided into three watches, I c each under the direction of two otlicers. j I After breakfast, they immediately went i to the guns, and opened 6re on Fort j Moultrie, Cumming's L'oint and Sulli . c van's Island Iron Battery. Cummiug's j 1 l'oint Battery was of immense strength, > ? and most of our shot glanced off. Major i v Anderson lefused to allow the men to . >' turn the guns on the parapet, on account ( of such a terrific tire being directed there. There was scarcely a room in hoi I Moul trie left in a habitable condition, and sev- ? eral shots went through the Floating ^ Battery, hut it was hut little damaged, L Two guns on the Iron Battery were ills* '< mounted. A man was stationed, who H cried shot or shell when the rebeB tired, l' and the g-Vinson was thus enabled to ' dodge. At first tbe workmen were re u luctant to help to work the guns, hut aft l' terwards served most willingly and tffec? tually against the Iron Battery. The ? barracks caught tiro several times on Frl ^ day, hut were extinguished by the efforts l' of Mr. LI art, o! New York, and Mr. Lv' lt man, of Baiumore, both volunteers. w On Saiuiday the officers' quarters caught file from a shell. The main am? o wern burnt and the magazine was actu- n ally surrounded by fire, and ninety bar- P rels of powder, which had been taken out, were ll.rowu into the sea. When K the magazine was encircled by fire, all c< our materials were cut off, und we had ! eaten our last biscuit two days before.? P The men hud to lay un the ground with ^ wet handkerchiefs on their faces to pre> K' vent smothering, ami a favorable eddy of ft wind was ail that saved our lives ! Our ? Cartridge-bags gave out, aud live men were employed to manufacture them out 1 of our shirts, sheets, blankets, dec. ft ' will take half a million dollars to repair " Fort Sumter's interior. Most of their *' shot weie aimed at our dag. u Dkatii or C. Matiikso.v, K?si?We ci are again called upon to notice the death ot another highly eslesmed and worthy S citizen, who dieu at the residence of his son in law, Dr. T. W. McCaa, near Gains ji ville, Alachua county. East Florida, ou Saturday, April the 13th, 1801. C Mr. Mdtbenon was one of our oldest and aud most prominent Merchants, and for P many years had lived in ou* midst as an honored and beloved citizen. His death D will be severely felt by a large circle of relatives ami friends. Truly, we are an D afflicted people. ilia remains were brought to Camden L) on Wednesday last, and on Thursday Ins funeral took place nt the Presbyterian Church, of which he was a member; the services were conducted bv the Pastor, Kev. S 11. Hay, and hu remains were followed to the grave by a very large pro- 8i cession of relatives and sympathising friends.? Camden Journal. Ordkiiko tu VlBOlMIA.-?Th? DeKalb Ride Guard*, Capl. T. L. Bo)kin, have been ordered by tie Governor )o prepare ? for immediate service in Virgin1*. They l| prill leave at once?likely in the morning ** is tunny n? can be collected, ami not wait *' for the whole Company, aa the men are D< icatteted over the District.? Camden Journal. -? a aa wm et Good Nbwa from Nohtii Cahoiini.? hi The Richmond Dispatch aaya :?"Geo. iaoaon, of North Carolina, arrived here II aat evening, and report* that every Fed ly iral i><tat in thaL Slat* haa been t*lr*n ? \t tnjetlaville Arsenal 70,000 stand of o( irrca wert captured, including 28,000 of pi be moet improved pattern. The Old Nonh State it tafe for the el iootber* OowWeraej. tr Distinguished Arrival. The traiu on the Greenville Railroad I esterday brought down Prof. T. S. C. i iO*ve, the celebrated aeronaut, with his . alloon. lie attracted much atteution, ' < md his account of his rapid trip from i Cincinnati was scarcely believed, until he j i howed papers from that city of the ilOth , 1 nst. We had the pleasure of a long converat ion with Prof. L., whom we found to >e a highly intelligent gentleman, and a i try pleasant companion. From him we j ihtai.ied many items of interest concern' i ng his voyage, which we would be glad | o publish at length, but the crowded itate of our columns prevents, tie left Cincinnati on Saturday morning, at 4 j'clock, passed up the valley of the Ohio ! river to Virginia, with the intention of landing near Petersburg, but after crossing the Alleghanies, a current bore biro SotfHi between this range and the Blue liidge. A little before 1 o'clock, be came lown near tho line between North and South Carolina; but finding himself at ,00 great a distance from any railroad, lie \sceuded again, and next came down at Pea liidge, in Union District, at 1 o'clock [> ni., having thus traveled, by the course ib pursued, about 1,200 miles in nine lours. This, we think, is the fastest lime yet made. From Pea liidge, Prof. Lowe was con? rcyed to Unionvtlle, where be remained 111 til yebterday morning, when lie came lown to ibis city, with the intention of joing on immediately to Washington, nit on learning that there was doubt of getting through, be changed bis route, md will leave this morning for Louisville, <y., where be has located bis residence, 'ia Augusta and Nashvilie. The balloon has a diameter of 42 feet, a 44 yards in circumference, 55 feet from op to valve, und will hold 40,000 feet of JHS. The result of this experimental trip ;ops to confirm the belief of Prof L. in lie entire iiractieabilitr r?f num ; ?.? J J | lis great enterprise, to which he lias de? j oteil so much lime and money, that of :rossing the Atlantic in a baloon. This le w ill probably attempt during the coning summer. Prof. Lowe kept a journal of incidents luring his entire trip, and has promised is a detailed account of the aaine as soon ia practicable after his ai rival at Louisille, which we are sure will be of much nlerest to our readers.? Columbia South Carolinian. DEPARTURE ok t1ik FlRST lilfOIMRNT if South Carolina Volunteers for 'ihcinia.?The First Regiment of South htrohna Volunteers, Col. Maxcy Gregg, ;fi yesterday afternoon for Virginia to id in defending the Old Dominion frotu lie giasp of Lincoln and his Abolition orde. It was the intention of the volnteers to have left on Sunday night, but tat was impossible. At an early hour a large number of ur citizens repaired to the depot of the oriheitsiern Railroad. P. was rumored wit certain ladies of Charleston intended i present the regiment, with a flag, upon liicti tliey had exercised all their artis. c ability. In fact, the military were all xpeclation. It was known from expedite that the ladies could and would roduce something that would be worthy f inspection. Consequently the large atheritig which greeted their arrival exted no surprise whatever. Col, Grkoo'h regiment, or rather that ortion which volunteered for service in 'trginia, amounted to between live and x hundred brave and eflicient men. We >und them in the best of spirits. Not ne of them but was ready to leave nine and friends for the "tented field." hey arrived from Morris Island at a late our on Sunday night, and expected molentarily to hear the whistle for their hiptrlufh. RmaIi vaInrt"tip #??*! ' _ WIW ?vv? linu III nuc V |> It in mind lo perform It in whole duly > lilbfully. They are fighting in a just r nu?e, and muat succeed. * Tim following gentlemen compose the t *.affof General M. L. Hosiiam . Colonel W. C. Mokaony, Deputy Ad* it nit-General. L Lieutenant-Colonel W. D. Simpson, c hrisioo Inspector-General. ( Lieutenant-Colonel A. P. Aldrich, ( division Quartermaster-General. ( Lieutenant-Colonel K. K. Boylston, , 'irision Commissary-General. < Lieutenant-Colonel J. N. Lipscomb, c ivimon Paymaster-General. r Lieutenant-Colonel J. MoF. Gaston, t iris>on Surgeon-General. I Major S. W. Nelson, Aid de Camp. e Major Ker Boyoe. Aid de Camp. , Major E. 8. Hammond, Aid'de-Catnp. f( Major Wm. M. Gist, Sergeat Major. Captain T. Clay MaddoX, Assistant ? iirgeon. r 8. w. Milton. rocisum?w*'"" , / I ?^ ISTacaation of Harper's Ferry. t Hakprk's Ferry, April 19, 12 A. M. 1 -Ala quarter past ten o'clock (o night 1 i? Unitcd Slates soldiers at lierper's arry ll-l froiu the Government buildings 'ter selling on fire. This was done when I r> Virginia troops were here, and none u re here now. Most of the shops are now p timing. The United Stales soldiers cross- ii 1 the bridge into Maryland in great tl sste. b Later.?Auousta, April 21.?The a I ti a * * >irp?ri rerry Armory dm oeen partial- l< burn. 1 The 8u?u troop* hare got domomioq b r ftOoO Biota mutkela and a largo ?up. ? y of guopo^der. a Tb* Mary lander* bavo barot lha bridge a >000 Baltimore, to preveul Northern a oope from paaaieg Booth. 0 Southern Priyateers. We are not at all surprised to see the excessive sensibility manifested by the liepublicHU press at the project of tilting out privateers by the Southern Confederacy. They cannot deny that >rivate?u> ing was their own main reliance against Ureal Britain in the war of the Kevolu" tion and in the war of 1812, and the ink is scarcely dry upon the flat refusal of tllH Ampr'lCan (Inunrnmonl .vwu wwiiiilicilh IV/ HCVCUC IU the proposition of the Ponce Congress to p.ive op privateering, a refusal wliicb was applauded to the echo by every newspaper in the United States, by none more than tbuie who now have the impudence to denouuce the employment of privateers by the Southern Confederacy as pi) racy. They ueed not expect by stigmatizing by bard names a practice always adopted by nations which have no navy, and especially bv the United States, to intimidate the Southern States from organizing a "militia of the sea," as privateers have been hitherto admiringly des? ignated by Northern journals. Nor will their threats of the yardarm have auy effect upoo brave men. That is a game at which two can play, and for every militiaman of the seas thus bung up, the South will hang in like manner the first two prisoners -that fall into her hands.? Our arrogant and heartless enemy shall not be permitted to depart from the regular rules of warfare, except at his own peril. The Philadelphia North American flatters itself that since the introduction of steam, privaleeriug will not be as efficient as formerly, because sailing vessels can themselves he easily overtaking by steamships-of war. Even if our slowgoing national vessels were always sure of a dead calm to enable them to over haul a clipper built sailing vessel, which their experience on the African coast does not verify, what is to prevent the employment of steam privateers ! The use of sleatn is now so universal that it will be as easy to cover the ocean with fast-Bailing steamers as it was iu 1812 to employ sailing vessels. The War News from Baltimore^ Baltimokk, April 20.?In the collision that occurred here yesterday seven citizens were killed and about a dozen others wounded mote or less dangerously. The people here are resolved to present the passage of Northern troops at an/ cost. The stone bridge at the Relay House, on the line of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, nine miles south of this city, has been rendered impassable for trains. The long railroad bridge of tree?el work between here and Philadelphia lias been broken down, so that no mora Vankee soldiers can come by that route. We are preparing to drive back the [Diode Island Regiment. Ross Winans, of this city, offers to [dace $7,000,000 at the disposal of the Jonfederate States. Sunday Mousing.?By news from Harper's Ferry we learn that the United States Armories at that place have been partially burned by the garrison, which hen tied to the Maryland side of the Potomac. The Virginia Stale troops, upon coming ip, obtained possession of 6000 Mioie uusketa, besides a large quantity of gun*, xiwder and valuable military equipneots. A messenger arrived hereon Thursday 'rom the Mayor of Charleston, V*., to dr. Oarrett, the President of the Baltinore and Ohio Railroad, instructed io demon! guarantees from him that no troops ihould tie permitted to pass over the main item, and that no munitions of warshonld ie suffered to be removed from the Arseial at Harper's Ferry. If these guarauees weie not given, the messenger was luthorized to atate to Mr. Garrett that lie bridge at Harper's Ferry would at nice be blown up. Letters have also been vcexcii irviu iiuiueruun mrmeni on 106 oute to the effect that if any troops were illowed to pass over the road, the bridges vould at once be burned. The 1st uroimknt or Sooth Caro.ima Volontrkus.? In response to the all for iroopa to proceed to Norfolk, Vs., Tolonel Muxcy Oregg'a noble regiment, the first to aiep to the (root when Son b Carolina resumed her sovereignty,) hae, villi ita usual esprit du corps, answered aye," and are, doubtless, by this time, >n their way Northward' The ball of evolution rolls onward ; the field of a?? ion grows larger each day Kre long be tread of aruied men, the booming of annon. and the rolling fire of musketry, rill be heard at the White House. A sw days will determine whether "there i a Government at Washington or not," titd we know foil well if (be 1st Regi* nent of Volcnleers hava an opportunity, hey will settle the vexed question in bort order. May it be tbe privilege of he cilixen soldiers of the Palmetto State o show tbe South the way to Washingoo.?Mercury. General Scott to br Superseded t is said that a oraxy man by the oa me if Brownlow, who publishes s small pa* i?r io Tennessee, sod is called the "fight ag Parson," has bean nominated to bead be armies of Lincoln, whenever they can gotten ready to retake Fort Sumter, nd whip the eight little rebels beck into ayslty to the glorious stars and stripes, 'he parson, however, although known to e pugnacious, is, unfortunately, afflicted rith modesty, that quality which highly done a woman, hut ruins a man, and ays be has "perfect confidence it the bility of General Seou to conduct tkle rar and triumph ia the eed, m