Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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( thora would i ' : " .md .-uousy of t ' f>r t'li: ill ] 'iicv.? i k ' \ulai el :is over, , 1 . i i - o.Vj.-;'!] to rule n ?) 1 ; ! >:uin<jc united li . ::Ji ! j)i*0|):irC(l to <1 : i I unite in do- a f/ < >u-y on tlio part / > ' : v inl < Sou' h ('.iro !'. :'. :;!! ur_r? hor l>v o ?... ; v and patriotism to ? i" : % .1 ' i: ! > strujrgh* lor our t! iMiin 3 1:1 j";i| sncc- ^ . - > I > v." i i I by our beloved a vri; a Comparatively C ts .r.- j pr> i vVilin-r.: nis::h inilit-iry . ti/.htia ?, v : >:i t'i ju'Stico of hor c <* > . n i ?!. : ?vii: ^ of Heaven, s i r;?i. . -i ; ' >i'romost t:> avcrhor i< ( r v.. '.I t:i'3 Federal Government, p i t\ t - iso.i;'. ncos that nny fol- a : . 1 is...11. I \v:!l not cuter into an f; t-> j .'ovo th-3 ri^Iitof a .. l?ly > :tcc<]o ft\>m tin: Union.? v;i . !> C'... 'ove.;. 1 that each State I1 , 1 .i :i:??:* a .v'iate, ;?ml not as an j! un.?r ?nl; . v. ? i:iui viduals, and tliat tlie i i.i n.' at.-. independent of the i , ii'-. ,:s I i ' any y ' ? 11 of this fact b > want- a ; it. 111 iv I)' t'oir.-.Ji in 1110 notion of North i' ,'na, which f:!al: t;-! not enter the Union ' until in . ! than ..r ?l'tei* it waf? formed by ? o." nino Htate.-i, which number 1 , .*; I by ' ! '-.invention that adopted | 1 . , 0-:i?titutio:i of' tin' United States. , t j t is tv i: '.hat a > provisi >na is made in t!ic tl ri > i'c ilis . living the Union, and it ' is . that the patriot-j who framed " t!i ii.: . it lient ii.rl no itioa that a loathsome ] i:i:itic ,j, i aiu'.-ivu in uy Aonneru ponti- ( < '( ! , would over ma':e it necessary for the of t!i(? Smith that they should dissolve :;w e.ynpnet 0:1 account oi its violation by 1 (.io i . : :k>ctio!i of the Confederacy; hue it 1 mu.it b remembered as a rule of universal iij.^iir.ition, that a vioh.tioii of a compactor j : ..!.! . ;. by one p-my releases the other l .Vty Iro n ii; binding obligation, and the |, only f(U .ii>11 i , who is 11 judge of the in- 1 jctiou. I'rom tiie very nature of tho case, ti ; \ a compact with sovereigns, there can ho no umpire, unless one is provided by the instru- 11 itself, mid in tho language of Mr. JcfTur- ^ i. jM, ' o:")h State must judge of the infraclion : he mode and measure of redress." <> A ou'.iip ofc between sovereign States, with ii tlie understanding that the majority should I put their construction upou it^t provisions, would not be worth the paper upon w!iioli it was written. Majorities need no protection, ^ tor thc-y c?n protect themselves, but minori- (l mm ?> ?>m > iHi iiimi .? ?i? ? n 1, , ties i 1101st upon eonntitution* to restrain the majority, ami to allow it to put its construction Upon the compact, is equivalent to giving tlicm the absolute power to govern thi> minor, i itv irrespective of any restraints. The simple statement of the case is this : each State filtered the l uion under the (Jon- | stitution ; the I Vderal (lovornment is the agent ! i?f the States, created for special purposes, iiid circumscribed ill its action by the articles i)f agreement, or in other Words the Coustitu- : lion. Whenever the Stales having the j?ower to control this agent, permit or command him lo violate tlx compact, each State, not having j ^urremlore:! ii- sovereignly, lias a right to re- . iixsi.^trato or withdraw ?s she may think prop r(aml no earthij pow.T the l ight to prerent her. It is urged l?y some as an argument against , ssion, that the existing < iovemmcnt would . >; destroyed by a St'te swelling; that the , vt iiui! laws would become inoperative mid lie wheels of Government stand still. My mswer i1- this, that in the exorcise of an unImbted right ami being forced to exoreiso it ?y the party that is likely to suffer, it cannot 1 > >!ii;>iai'i of the consequences of its own acts. I' Sou'h (Carolina secede, the Government ill be i:i no woivuj condition, except for a vvy short time, than it would have been if ^ outh t'arolinaj had never entered the Union, rliic'i is acknowledged on :i 11 hands she was nit huund to do. The idea that a majority must always gov rii, which has taken possession of the Northni mind, is-'s mischievous as it is falaeious, nd is contradicted by all the analogies of a lepuhliean government. If a mere majority ' ^ to govern, why have two houses of Con- 1 ress?a Se.iato and a House of I'cpresen;itiv.* Why j;ive the ('resident the veto O'.wr'! Why submit the notion of all throe i judicial tribunal? Why reijuiie juries i b) unanimous in giving their verdict'!? 'In* conclusion is irresistible that it is for ' lie prelection of minorities mul the safety 1 f the citizen, i may be asked if a minority lioidd govern. My answer is, no; but they liould he able, by constitutional restrict ions, . . . 1 restrain the majority from acts of injustice . iid oppression, fn the copartnerships forni1 by individuals, the majority is not per- -A littol to construe the article of agreement ' > t!ie injury of (he minority, but in tliis case " ,('! ,> !< -I <1 I<1 111 KViwf /?#! I i'iimn..l #/-* ! \ lion. In a eompa-t between States, i mil 1110 nature of tin; case, tliei * can be no ibunal to decide violations of it, and tlio ;inody inu.it bo a dissolution of the agreelent, without any right on the part of the 1 i si j >rity of the States to prevent tho with- N rawal of any of the parties, otherwise might ' m!d make right, and a compact be an un- ? leaning and worthless piece of parchment. c It follows from tho views presented, that i ie Federal Government cannot rightfully j i s" i'oree to prevent a State from seceding r i )! < .' her back into the I'ninu : but, in the ngu ig^of the late Judge Harper ; " men avi?'.g arms in their lian ls may us? the*n 1 id I cannot too oarmVtlv unm iinon von i i importance of tinning the State at the > nlient practicable period, and thus be pre- I a red for the worst. It is gratifying to know i tut if we must resort to arms in defence of | nr rights, and a blow should be struck at 1 outh Carolina, before the other States move s p in line, we have the tender of volunteers | \?m all the Southern and some of the j inrthrrn States, it repi'u- pr-?:u j>! ly to our , i!ul ird and share our fortunes. I : urging the State tj arm, it i> not t > be ad^r^^d^n^^^^j^d^Vncclo^s ; bv ex ' that wo have sulliciont arms to u? c;" of soldiers that will probable bo iiec ; iry for some time to come, and many of I uv arms are of tli * most approved patterns; lit no on.'! can toll what a day may bring ' ;>rth, and it is a wise precaution to prepare i time. 1 cannot permit myself to I'Hiyvc j hat i;i the madness of passion :\n attempt t ,111 be made by the present or next admin- ! stvatioh to cperoe South Carolina, after so- , r cssioll. 1)v iv; I'll si mil1 1(1 ciii?iv?iii1i?i" in 1 til.i larbor defences, or by intorforinix with her : ' in port s <-r exports; but if I am mist-ilcon ( ii this, \v?: must accept the issue, and meet J ( as becomes men and freemen, who in all , b^ calmness of determined resolution, infill- i teiy prefer annihilation to disgrace. i \Vi' cannot penetrate tin; dark future; it ' nay be " filled with ashes, tears and blood," ' nit let us : > forward i;i tin- dis<diar^eof our | iitv, with an u'<wavering trust in Hod, and j consciousness that ally tiling is pcrferable > dishonor and degradation. ] < ii / <. .... M .1 . 1 ! , U t .v> i . I Xor;:.?'In addition to what has been said t' postal matters, tliu present arrangement | iii;litbc continued, by an agreement between ' . lie State and the Federal authorities tor a , ' ivon time, and until other States secede, nd the formation of a Southern (.'onfed.Ta- 1 y. when the whole subject can be intrusted i them ; and if no arrangement of the sort an bo carried out, and the (lovernniont iuist on considering the State still in the Knm after the ordinance of secession has boen i:isse:l, t'le present arrangement must cease, | ml so'.n * other, uncL'.r .St-.tj authority, be ! ubmittcd Pkteksisuho, Va.. Nov. 30?The largest looting ever convened ist this plaeo was hold i-"t night. ft was called by the friends of tho 1 'cdoral Union. It. U. Collier, Ksq., introduced 1 ('solution* of a tempoming character. udvocaing submission to Lincoln's administration, I nd expostulating with the Northern .States.? i Similar resolution.) were offered by A. Kelly. ? 'sfj. Resolutions strongly and decidedly so- ' ession in spirit, and demanding immediate 1 hate action, and tho joint action of the South- ; rn States, were introduced by lion. Uoger A. 1 Vyor, who supported thom in a speech of ex- j 1 n'M <<iurn v uiiii|(iuiiu<: itii<i |ni\vur, 1 111; auui- ( lionce went wild with enthusiasm. His rosoutiona wore ad pted l?y acclamation. Mr. Pryr paid a glowing tribute to the gnilantry and ] ?atriutism of Smith Carolina, which was tuinul- | nously applauded. Thus has Virginia upoken. 1 , Jockndes are plenty on the streets to-day. ! \ "\V.\ ii inot .n, Dec.18()0- -Congress assem- > 1 iled to-day, a quorum being present in both i louses. i In the Sonata nothing was done but the np- i ointment of a committee to wait upon the 'resident, to inform him that the Senate was I cadv to receive any communication he might ! : ic pleased to make, and then adjourned before ' o'clock. Xonrlv ill! the Seniiturn worn in heir seats. find good foeling prcvailud. In the Hoiho, after culling the mil. ^he Seni.. ....... ii... ...... rocced to business. A committee was then np- , ointed to .join tlie Senate committco to wait j>on the President-. Tlio solection of scats ocupied nn hour, which was marked by good feeing and hilarity. At a quarter past one the loose adjourned. Tsvo hundred members were present. All the l )uth Carol'im members, but W. I'orchor Miles, ore in their seats. The galleries were crowdd too . .?dng. The ntossogo will be Kent in < u-uiorr>w, at 12 M. * MMHBBBWMdi* iiiin iiiiiiiw tmm i>nm ill iinrf ~ * i-~~r ? ROB'T. A. THOMPSON, Editor. TKUMS?$1.50 per annum, in advance. If pty* | mc >' ' o delayed until alter I lie expiration of llie j year. For six months, 75 cents in advnnce. fjr" < n'tUcments inserted at tlu? usiiiil r.itr<i- i - PICKENS C. H., S. C.: Saturday Morning, December 8, 1860. Governor's MessageTlio Message of 11 is Kxcelleney, CJov. flii-r. v. ill bo found in our columns this woe!; Its^reat length lias excluded much other matter prepared for this number. The iuopsage is spirited, issuming hold positions, and maintaining thein vviui auuiiy. some of JI is Excellency's recon>-| Herniations moot our cordial approval, whilst I jthcrs do not. Hereafter, we may comment j more at length on it. In the meantime, we ask for it tlie attentive perusal of our readers. SaledayMonday was a very inclement day. Conveniently. the attendance here was small. Very ittle property was sold. See Sheriff's sales in another column, and ither new advertisements. SnowOn Monday last, snow fell to the depth of j ievornl incline. Since, the weather has heen 'xccedingly disagreeable. Winter lias begun n earno<t. Death of StockWo learn that postured stock, including hor- 1 ;c<. have died to some extent in wic District re- i rently. The disease seems not to 1 >e well mi- I lerstood, hut is supposed to originate from cat- ( nir bliglit ,'d corn. Free SchoolsTl... lJoard. at its recent meeting, resolved to neet only twice o year, viz: on the 4th Monday ] it April am the Itli Monday in November each our. Teaehors, who ilesire locations in the ! )istriet, should file their petitions with the Secretary of the Hoard, in the usual form, when , heir* school commence*. Rates of tuition for ?oor scholars same as the present year. The Blue RidgeThis company has suspended paymen., being inaldc to sell State bonds at anv nrh-o Tnla ! vili ti<U| to the severity of 111o pressure in our )istriot which is already I*n<1 enough. The lontruotor* will l>u paid in Slate bonds, winch ire porfe ly good, and tin: host investment that i an bo. made by our citizens who have capita' hi hnnd. | The TimesThe depression in monetary and business en :les throughout the country is general and disistrou*. First, the Northern banks suspended, ivhic.h brought down witii them many business louses and the banks South. Since our last, lin JinIIv.- ..r il.Sa I ' w. ... O lumu liuiv ."UKjlCIKIVII S|ll!C!t' mvmcnt, ami we hear on all hands the cry of no money !" The bills of our banks', notwilhitnnding tlio suspension, arc good, and should i >q wo treated liy the community at largo. Our >anks are as solvent as they have been, at any ime, lor years. How li'iig this procure is to continue, we eaniot pretend to predict. Possibly sutlicicntlv ! >iig to bring ruin and want to the door id' man v. . Synodn "i of South Carolina net in Charleston on the *J8th ult. Itov.J. L, I is.iukpathh.k, D. 1>. was elected Moderator, j iii<I llov. .J. J,. (Iiii.vfiDu; stated C!"?*k. The LegislatureThe proceedings of Tuesday were nnhupori\ 111. In the Senate, on Wednesday. the President mp>in!cd Messrs. Palmer. < Siirlin^ton. 1 .c-csne, ; M ises, IJlicit nn<l MazveU, the Committee on i\ is-t a 1 A rra n semen ts. I Ion. !. W. Ilayne wns reelected Attorney IcneraU without opposition. 0. I>. .Melton, Ksrj , was re fleeted Solicitor >f ilie Northern circuit. Tlie fnll'iwinjr gentlemen were re elected Com- | nissinners in r.quiiy irom tlieir respective (lis- j riets: S. J. Townsend. Marlborough : l>. 15. 'ainnbell. Laurens: Silas Johnson, Newberry; ?. T. Atkinson, (ioorgetown ; IX floudcloiik, iiicin : ). 15. llc.ity, 1 lorry ; J. II. I'feiA'Son, {icliland. A l?ill appropriating $100,000 for the purpose if arming t!ie Stale, has been reported by Coinnittce. At. a Regular Communication Of Pendleton Lodge, No. 3 I, A.\1'V.M.\, liold n their Hall on Wednesday evening. Novcmier 28th, the following officers wore duly elected o serve for the ensuing masonic year: (! kourtp. Skaiiokv, j>. j/.mu.k rmcaisorv, ?.*. w.\ A. II. OiiKsisii, J.*.W.\ M. S. McO.tr, S.-.D.*. (Ip.o. W. Fi.'m.f.uton, J.'.D.\ II. I>. Moonk, Chaplain. A. 15. H.ltVdf.n. Tyle John J. Lewis, .Secretary. \V. If. I). 0 a i i.i. \ it n. Treasurer. Moving?Moved. TllO Vm'KvllIn /''u/u/ivi-f lit o / - * - icle on public meetings in the State ami nonii inliona for tlie Convention, says: 'The reniler will ohsorvo that most of llie Dls- j nets here mentioned belong to the tipper ami niddlo portion of the State, 'i'ho feeling is (jiially warm down about Charleston, and among )n? ri<'f? itlmiloi'd r?f llm uhu./iauJ '1M./. ?a(vs: "In conversation with members of tlie Legislature Irani all part*) of tlie Slate, we learn ' lint I lie delegates to t Sic Niute Convention will be mammons in favor of separate .Slate action.'^? And did c#cr any one who reads this article, see <ni:h unanimity?sv h determination "to do our July and leave the, consequences with God!"? Here are incn who have mingled with nil tlie people id' " (lie Urnat Kepublio," and men who liave lived at home all their life; men old, and | incn young; i nion men and millilicrs; co-opera- ! lionists ami secessionist* ; fanners, doctors, law- | yors, judges, statesmen. divines?all ready "with ( rme voice and one mind " to hurl delianee in tlie ! teeth of millions of tyrants, and, if need he, give ( nnothnr Thcrmopylro or Lexington to history. We ! ilo not hi\y that every man in our State is a hearty j endorser to the irrevocable end; hut thee is no I i|Utstion timt the State itself, and tho ovcrwht lining majority of her people, arc for indopenuf ncc out of the Union." Ood has given hei people I freedom, which they cannot enjoy under the sway r\f n ???ntinnnl nviirinA 4 lm f l/nnu-o >'? - ii eootionnl fanaticism tlint knows no abatement. I They fcol tliat it U botier in uiu fflan bo fdrcvcr [ degraded in llioir own eyes, in tlie eyes of hdnven j and of posterity. Tlioy feel that the oslies of their I forefathers would rise from their graves, and condemn them it they did not resist. They feel tlint their causo is just nnd right. Therefore, they arc strong?unanimous; and tliey will crush coercion " as a strong man would an egg shell," or be^rushed in the attempt." Lincoln Monkv?Tho doprceiatcd Illinois currency is now generally known among bankers nnd brokers as " Lincoln money." i inniMimri mum Peunings and Clippings. Ai?i>tiKsf?After tlie 1st of January nejtt, (lie address of l'ov. W. IJ. Singleton w ill bo Picfco* town. An Oi.ii Wkddinu Kino.?One of tlio editors of the Kingttreo Sittr gives an interesting report of u visit to Columbia. during the .Slate Fair, and remarks: In our perambulations through the Hulls, among many other things . wo noticed a relio of inoeh interest. It was tlio wndillnnr l inn* nC ?Iia n?n?l.?? h h ?mv imwiuvi *?? w. VIIIIII'UII. Tho motto inscribed is "A virtuoua wifo preporvoth life." A Larok Family?Mrs. Marv Unllor died in A\r1Ijo county, Vn? last \ve<\Jc. Sho was in her ' K4tli venr?had been married G7 yeai>?bad' 1*2 children?02 grand children?124 jjreittgrnnd children, and 3 gloat great grand children. La : :k Fins in Ni.\v York?Loss $500,(100. ?A lire, involving the destruction of properly valued in tho aggregate at over half a million , of dollars, broko out in Now York soon after ' midnight of Saturday, in the largo brown-stone warehouse at the corner of Church street, occupied by M. Stone <fc Co., dry good dealers and importers. I'mon Serrcu?Ho,i .Jo)in J. Crittenden made an eloquent speech, a few days ago. in mi, iijjiiiiiM ?vt'VKSiuii, anil hi luvur oi the Union. Washixotox, Nov. >()?The President hopes j that South ('iiVoliiiu will appreciate the delicacy if his position, ami nut force the collodion of i the duties by the Federal (government. Ho 1 will maintain the laws, collect the. rcrcniiei and | protect public (t.ioveriinient is meant) property, j Stumped envelops niny }^o outride of the mail. TnHOX'ro. ('. W., Nov. MO.?The decision in I ' the .extradition case of the fugitive slave and 1 1 murderer Jones liar, l i. cn -till further postponed ' for a few il-ivs. The court to-day was crowded, i ami much iiiteiOft manifested in the procccd- < injjs. Many colored people of both sexes as- I seinbled in and around the court house, ready i i to rescue the prisoner in ease the court decided to hand hint over to the United States authori- < lies. } Amkiiii'ax Mkrciiaxt* ix Knc;i.axd Me^rs. ' Tlioroton .t- 1 ' . ' .... . < ., ikiiii'iaiiM iin:rcm;uis ;H ! Manchester. Knglaml, from whom n eompro- | 1 misc of 1shillings on tin? pound win accepted | j in lflT>7, voluntarily paid the additional li\e | shillings on die n?l inst..iind have thus dischar- i god the whole of their obligations in full. Cii aui.kston, Dot*. 3?The sales of cotton to- j t day amounted to 1,(100 hales, ar prices ranging ' from S to 11 cents. I S.\i? Arr.mii?Tiik Hkiukok a Pay?Wo loam from-thc Chicago Jnuriinl. that a young couple naniL'il John l.yth; ami Mary Jane Spooucr, were allied in marriage at Harrington Station, on .Sunday, tho iHili inst. ami proceed, <1 on Monday, full of hope and happiness,, fyr their new home in Minnesota, where the hti.-hand 1 owned a valuable property. Armihg at I,a ' Crosse they stepped on hoard tho steamboat i " iiniinn lor ot. I'liul. and in promenading the | ^ ilcok the young husband accidentally lost. his'1 footing and stepped overboard. All efforts to , ' rescue liiin were unavailing, and the. young and | ha|>|<v hride of a few hours before returned to ] Iter home n discons date widow. s N.v Am ii;nt Turk iji.mvn Down?The well j ( known "Old Kim." of Somerset, Mass., which j grow :icar the iivcr, in the centre of the village, | ? and supposed to be from 400 to 500 years old, j was Mown down a few nights ago. in a fierce ' ' gale. It was one bundled feet in height, and ^ the girth of the trunk was (iC feet. Soitii Carolina Uonkkrf.nck?The regular t annual session of this body will commence in j v the city of Columbia, on Thursday. the loth of i n December. Monday and Tuesday, preceding, I' w ill be devoted to the examination of the el- ss- j a n.. \v?.i. ' m. ; - - Mvvmvioi.tn ? iiv l V lilCCt 1 Hif Will ' * take pluco. _ Jfl ?M.V s"i V kit s?hs! 1 A>.m .< i a t i M ras-An. fj tiK'lii Oiti'min^ham, Regent <>1 tltc Mount \ or- i mm A.-sociatii'ii, lias removed her residence to I Alexandria, Va, which will he th? proper ud- 1 dress fur all communication!? until further notice. Our friends of the press favoring tlio oh- i jectsof the Mount Vernon Association, will oh- e ligcl.y extending this notice. t CIkkat Hatti.bin Pnist a?The Persians have recently fought ti great htittle with the wild Turcomans, who depredate on their northwes- | j torn Iron tier. About the lirst of October, Prince ! Mir/, a. with lO.ll(K) infantry and -JUUO cavalry, ' attacked th? Turcomans near Moro, and. after ,, a nine hours' light. completely o\erwhclmed j tlirni killing some *1000 and taking about the >| same number prisoners. They also took great ^ numbers of horses, camels and urni5. The I'er- v sian loss was considerable. ; | Smai.i. Pox in Col.llllsia.?Ooi.t mi;i.\, Nov. 7 1 ?The li .ard of Health report three eases of s Small Pox. 'J'lie patients have been removed ' to prevent the disease from Kpreadi*g. There j is little or no alarm on the subject. P.\inpl'i. Oe'et'RnKNeF.?lion. Kdwnrd Y. Hill, ^ of (ieorgia, was stricken with pnrnlysis while v addressing a meeting of the people at l.n (1 range ! a lew days ajjo. lie survived three di.vs in mi ! . " i i unconscious state. Richmond. Va., Nov. 30?The nionpy market J was easier to-day. North Carolina notes nro ( I taken ft per cent. discount; South Carolina, 10 i > per cent, discount; I'aliimore, 1 per cent. pre- 1 miuni: Philadelphia 1 per cei.t. premium ; New ' York, 5 per eent. premium. Specie o to 0 per * cent, premium. t Fire in Xi:w Yokk? A lire, involving the destruction of property valued in the aggregate i nt half a million of (1< liars, broke out in .now i ( York, about one o'clock on Sunday morning, in | thn^argo brown-stone warehouse at the corner ,v of Church-street, extending the entire length f of the block fiom Warren to Murray-streets. Novki. Tiiavksoivino Proclamation?Tho ^ Mayor of New York has issued a proclamation, 1 ( recommending the observance of the 2i)th as a I ( day of thanksgiving ami prayer, adding the I ; somewhat singular remark that, " in my judg- I incut, the country either in its political, com- j | inercial, or.financial aspect, presents no fen- ; | lures for which wo should bo thankful." ] l\>r ri.ation ok Kentucky?We understand (| that the population of Kentucky, as reported to | I'. S. Marshal Pohoney hy his assistants, is 1,- ^ 12t?,000, being an increase of about 17 per cent, in the last ten years. Augusta, Nov. 28?At Louisville (Ivy.) a i " meeting has been bold, irrespective of party, j ' which has declared that Kentucky has common ' cause with the slave Slab but does not do- ' upair of her rights in the Union, as Congress is ! ' oppoFuu ici uincoin, omi will insist on (lie repeal ! of the Northern Nullification laws. Kentucky 1 will stand hy the Union until there nre. aggrcS- I siotis inoro intolerable than revolution, and j 1 urgci the South not to net precipitately. Virginia Mii.itahv?The Richmond Enqui-1 rer lias instituted investigations into tho nrina- I inament of Virginia, and finds that tho Stato possesses 53,0(>U muskets. '2,GOO rifles, 2,300 sabres, and batteries numbering 250 piece*, bosides cavalry equipments and other useful articles ; whereupon the Enquirer figures up the east of organising a military force, and declares that " 100,000 men arc ready to spring to arms at the sound of the first gun." '1 he Enquirer, I in conclusion, says : .< rut. n ? iiio vtovornor, tho Artjntnnt-UenoMl ntul ! tlio Commissioners, nro lionfiin^ thoir licst energies tq tho arming of tho Stnto, and old Virginia is now ready for tlio worst if tlio worst should onme. I\Thaf ire havn't got, we hate the jyowrr to take, from Harper'* Ferry, Old l'oiiil Comfort and (ro.ij>orf Navy Yard." K n Spirit uf tho T'CiC*. From (!roroi.\.?Coi.lmhis. Salurdnv. Nov. -4?Tho demonstration made licro today was tlio greatest ever scon in Western (Jenrcia. All the merchants closed thoir stores and joined in the pnitiossion. Kings and hauliers wrio suspended on the streets, tho military mid Southern Uuard paraded in proccrfinons and Oanluni were tired as n salute to tho Southern Confederacy. Messrs. Yancey and Kico spoko in the morning to a crowd of tlvo thousand people. ( John Cochrane, of Alabama, speaks to-night, with Senator Ivewnn and Mr. OrnWfovd. Nine-tenths of tho people- -men. women and children?wear the disunion cockade. The secession feeling seems to pervade all classes. Larue Ml.KTIXC? Dm inirllin wniilf ihkI lni'nn tiixl imposing meeting* Imvn Upon held in ilio cities of Uriflin, Macon and Columbus. (in.' In Ilio latter, linn. Win. I,. ^ nneey pjioke, undtlio greatest enthusiasm prevailed. Six hundred minute men with tlie blue eockado were in pro- ^ cession, and all tlie business houses weie closed. In Maeon and (?i iflin great feeling prevailed. At the inootiii^ in Columbus, aiming the letters received liy tlie chairman was one from Senator Hammond, in which he said "that South Carolina would secede on t!io 17th December, high and dry. and forever." Fuom Makyi.anh?Uai.timohe. Nov. C7. 12 in.?The Palmetto ling. made after the pattern of those in South Carolina, is floating to the i ... ? ? .... l/l?;?-/,i: lljUII liur MITCIK AS H WHS llOlSIClt. It was saluted with tremendous cheering. The feeling fjr secession is growing stronger in Ma- , ryland every day. The greatest enthusiasm is manifested Vor tiic en use of Southern lights ami ! Southern independence. A rnt'STA. November '27 ? I >?. ?psitehes rnecived in this city from IiVckson, Miss , state that tho Legislature merely organized to-day, and the ISovernof's Message was delivered. Its tone is uncompromising. The meinheo are unaniim>us IV)r setxfision. I'll 11.aim* i.rn i a, Xovomher II'J? Business of a 11 lescrintions is vcrv clofl lu?n? |.'v .>i-vii.!n.r ?. ;it do at si stand still until the Southern troubles \ro arranged. Missusiri'i?An iinmense meeting of Missis'ippians was held last week at .JuckVon in that State. Speeches were made by (!ov. I'etlus. lion. A. (i. Brown, dudgoUholsuit, Maj. Harkslale, and others. ltc.-olutions were 'adopted expressing a settled determination never tositbnit to Abolition rule. The lu*i resolution is as bllows: l'(,snli'ci/, That wo sympathise fully with the )Cbpl(i of South Carolina, leeling that their auce is our cause, and that whatever may be he tina 1 detciinitiation of the people of this ' State respecting their relations to the existing Jnion, we cannot but regard u blow struck at south Carolina, or any oilier Southern Statu, as i blow struck at us, and that it is our duty to \ tppose and resist any s-.ticnipt. from any iptar- 1 or, to molest her or them in their efforts to es- 1 iiI"- imm uie bucuomti tyranny about to l>c inLUgUI'Utcil. The. Alisusta Hanks t> Suj<i'i:ni??Augusta, i Joccinbe.r 'J?it is gonorall.v ouiu'odvd lieic that ill our banks will suspend on Moinlay morning. >ne suction of ilie rui-cnt IJai.k Ai:l susnemls ( lio Irjjal collcctiuii of all debts until December *?!' W amiincton, I>ee. 3?A I uuiii mooting was irojoctod hero auion^ tlio Senators ami Ucprecutativcs for litis tuoning; but it was indotilitoly postponed at the suggestion of Senator 'ritiendcu. 'I* r\ 1iihown Ul'T OV JvMI'l.iVMENT?TIlO NfWl i oik Journal <>J' L'uiitiilei<v thinks it would | robably ho no exaggeration to estimate tin; : lumber of persons thrown nut of employment inee election ilny, m lIo.lHK), a large proportion f whom are young women. One .clothing es- I iibli.-dimeht in New York lias discharged 1,01)0 ' oil; men; a lui I establishment has dncluirged ! on ly 1,000 ; a saddlery linn hits reduced its I live about ;>00; and Curtailment is very generI. At especially. the crisis is severe- j ^fer't, on account of their extensive commotionsi ith the Southe. n Undo. The Statusm en or Geouoia Speaking Out. ; ?We 11: d the following document in tLc iMiledgevillo 1'ahruJ limm of Tuesday. {1*1.0 iiiiucs appended are worthy of attention: We reeommeud to the Joint Committee on he stale of the Kopnhlie, the passage of a bill illlilli* > ,.f J.n ..r , H " - ? V. , | u moot at an I'urlv day, und wo rccoinnioiid as i , proamblc to (lie hill, \Y herons. tlie prc-ent ori.-is in our national j lluirs, in iho judgment of 11>i^ tumoral Assemily, demands resistance; mid whereas it is llio irivilogo tind right of thi) sovereign people to letcrmino upon llio mode, measure, nnd time of neb resistance. Therefore be it enacted, &c. losopli K. Drown. Alexander II. .Stephens, II. fooinhs, .Joseph II. Lumpkin, Diehard F. I<yon. 'hallos . Jenkins, by I!, 'i'oonihs, J. \V. A. ianford, llonry 1<. Donning. Garnet Andrews, vinton Stephens, Martin J. Crawford, Denjanin I!. Hill. l'Yaneis S. Dartow. James Jack- 1 ">n. Thoft, U. II. (,'ohb, llerschel V, Johnson, IHi II. DaMer, John II. Howard, l^lFi i \f W t CM I v'f:T * V W .* I.I..I !.j?Tho President is in rcccipt of numerous otters from various leading men in the Cotton State, saying tlint secession is no longer a specilution, but ?n absolute certainty, ami urging lint to oil or no resistaneo to peaceable separnaiion. as it would do no g^(nl. but involve bis I \(lniinistrntion in disgrace. Tlicy promise to et him close up his term without unnecessary | rouble, provided ho does not interfere. Only s mo letter of a largo number has breathed j Jnion sentiments, and the writer begged that o?A.v ui 1.1 i.~ ...i.~.. .i - l n?vw niiuiUM i;t- kiinuil ill unit* IU ill J UOt lliu eudcncy of things. Private advices of reliable character from : lYxns state that the Li.ne Star flag will hp again j aiscd there, and that Texas will organize a j inveriiiiicnt for herself. One I'nion having 'ailed, she will not risk attaching herself U. the j iccond. Her ilepresentatives now hero rather j avnr the idea, should dissolution take place. Senator Latham having arrived, the Pacific : IcprbKcntatlves are to hold a meeting, with a i ;icnv to issuing a joint address to their constit- | lents, urging a separate Confederacy, including I California, Oregon, Washington, l:uh and Now j dcxico. The action of tho Mississippi Senators and Itoprcscntativcs wns not altogether unexpectod j iere, as letters from Senator Davis to President lluchanan lind developed tlie whole plan of proceedings in advance. It in believed tlint tlie lleproHcntutivo* of several otlicr States will fob j ?w suit, after arriving hero, during tlie present | veok. ?. From Kansas.?Leayknworth. November 20 | ?(Jen. Harney and Governor Mcdary arrived j it the Fort this morning, and leave for South rn Kansas to-morrow morning, with one hunIrctl dragoons and two pieces of Artillery, Cftp1'iio Huiti in command. Troops hare started for Fort Kiloy to tho mimo Just itmtioii. Tlio two divisions will rendezvous at Mount Citv sixteen miles from the Misoonri Stato lino. Soorccry is preserved by tlio officials regfmliiij: the plan of operations. Montgomery acknowledges the commission of tlie late murders his hand is charged with. Ho stated that no fugitive could bo taken hnck to Missouri, and said hu would continiio his operations against, tlmt State, and Arkansas and Tex ur?. 11 inu triH>|>n umiiu n^iiuixi nun ill mrj;o bodies lio would dorigti thoin, but would wliip any small parties. Mexican Cotton.*?Three yearn ago n Aninll quantity of (lie *ood of Mcxican *ilk cotton una brought to New Orleans, and tlio variety has been cultivated nt Waterpool, Ln.. a few hundred miles above Now Orleatio. A shipment of quito a number of bnlon lint been this season received at Now Orleans, and Mold for 22J cents per tb. The Atopic npprofichfch the quality of Sea I?)and cotton. ; w Muss Meeting at Bachelor's Retreat. A IDU98 meeting was held at llaciiclui''* Re * a t. i\ i.;,? Lt I rem, ?>. *J.. OH rMIIHKIIIV, I'mmwi ? , 1< uu, Cupt. Win. Steele was called t?? tho Chair, niul Dr. W. 1) jMo\\'imrivjr >'C<|Uc.<?tvti to nut n.? Secretary. The Chairman slated, in iv lb\T clear, ' plain and ftointcd remark-). the object of the meeting; aftm* which. Messrs. 0 Lowi*. Itov. J. It. Zimmerman. Hev. Wm. McWjinrjcr, \V? j U. Marshal, ainl other!?, heiii# culled upon, addressed the assembly, all of whom were iti favor *.>1 MTt'NMIUIl. The following preamble and rcf??lnli?>lif? wore oll'ored l>y Ktfv. .McWIioi'ci- in bchall ofa Cuinin it loo. wliieli wei'O unaniiiiuiisly cil, viz : Wiirkk.ir, tho humiliating. though nut alto- ^ gfthcr unexpected i 11 tol|iptcuc<; Iiiim reached its, tliat Aliniiii Lincoln lias been elected to the office nl' President of these I nil oil States. by llie I>1 in- . republican party?a party confined entirely to the geographical limit* of the nonshivchuldiiig .Stalos. ami bitterly ininiionl to the nooitil svslcni, ami (loaioxt rights ami interests of the lavoliolding States : a system, rights titiri interests confirmed to them by the sacred bonds of the compact made between tho Stales at the formation uf the Federal I'nion : a party pledged I'.v the platform of its principles, deliberately e.\juosfcd, adopted and pminolgcd, in coinen u"u llfst.'inliluu. in p io iii km' 1110 siavoupilllll^ Suites of miv participation wh'athoover. in tluj uoinmoi. Tei i-itni'ir.v, pin vIiiim'iI l.v nt lenst nit ecjual f haro of their blood ami treasure, ami saerod to thoiii by the compact of Sjiiites; a party, known, liy itprincipal lomters and exponents. to have for its' chief aim the power to force tln> "ahtilition of slavery, ami the crpmli/alnm of tlio white and Uack races, accord in j; to their faba theories of philosophy and religion. and contra- , ry to our matured idea* < ' what is jusf, humaneami wi>e; a party containing in its ranks hordes ready I?y every diabolical means, to excite, in j* "'.iv sliivo States, to iiis11rreetii*n. hnrnili^, plun- y der and niurdor, though it may possess >liWrfF* well-meaning;, but misguided n'dbcrcnls^-!'!? party that has alieady .-h'>\vn. by its perl'v^fy towards iii.. ^1,.... il l'... ... .1 , 111 vM.nin^ a viiiivnuiiii; i?? iiiu I'rcHilency of t<te I'liiled States, mi principled in shameful \ i>> 1 :iti<>11 of llio rights of those States. (iiuliM* tlio Constitution, that it can n?v more l?o trusted than the most ticacheroiis anil nii|irinci|ili'il enemy, iiml tliat it will not scru|'l (having the power) to reduce the inilepundeitco of these Slates to absolute ami provincial dependence, to burden tlicin with oppressive taxation, under the name of lawful revenue, and to deprive them of all voice and power in the general a Hairs of State. And, whereas, ijnietly to aciptiesce in the election of their can- t iliilate is to insure the future complete triumph I of this party in its possession of all the departments of our general (.5 iverninent, our ontiro ... I.:: i . * .-uwji.h'1 ion in inuir uciiriiuiivi! arm Humiliating rule, and a future more difficult ami pori(uus? elV.irt to free ?>nr-olvo.i from its power. if nut im possible.?undMliOfO tilings Hoi lieing likely to follow, i*, to fay tin: lea.-t, degrading to our honor ii11<I dignity as a sovereign Nate: Iti'xiflml, 1 ,\7, 'i'liat wo owe it to our honor st11?I rights, as tl;?' people of a free and wjvoroijjn St a to, to the .Cut uro w i*l 1 being of our predominant race, and ??f" (lie subordinate raeo, of which, l>y l>ivinc Providence, we are this guardians, to 111c ciuifc of national and constitutional liberty on ibis continent.'and in this, world, and to this preservation from future anarchy, ni'.d from destruction of sound and healthful republicanjwll, w?.|ji ...M. i..i II I*.? i ..... vv . v.oir?, uiiiiuui VlUlil > i JIM IUIIIJUI Vl!ci'uacliiiicutd ?>( this party upon our rights and lihcrtle*. /.Y T!</. Tlmt we rejoice at the spirit, promptness niul unanimity of the (icneral Asr-emhly mill C'hiof Kxeoutivo of our State, in ordering a Convention to iiilu|it measures fur tlm execution ul' this high purpoM*. I'rxi)/ml, Titat hi1 ln'gin tn porceivc plainly that tliu slate States, Iii!ii?j5 now numcrically tiie weaker Miction, ami having intcresis ontiiely different from the stronger, anil State policy J dillcront ami irrecnncilahlc.cau tin longer enjoy ' equal rights in the Union a> it is nt iuvkohi constituted, and without some change in its orjranii' .structure. /.'/ sn/rrtl. !//<. That wc see no way to flceuro this organic change. or our future liberties tilt I independence, hut by the oxeni*e of tlio hotcreign cupncitv of our .State in withdraw ing I'rom the present Inion ; but we are willing to trust our right* and honor to the discretion of all nur delegates, in Convention as>etnblit'd, under tho iuiure jruntance ?t iMnm: wisdom. I,'rsi>lrnl, ;">//(. That wo will p.'UV tll.it t'.IO rt.nl ui' mitii'i>s anil ilio God of our fathers, wli<? buttled' lov us in tins days of our revolutionary Hlrujjjrle--', and has ;?ivou us all our past |iv?>spei'i(\. will mercifully direct all tlio deliberations ami decisions nf our Stale Conventions to salutary otitis, and tliat wo will support its action, though ut the peril of our lives ami fortune. ( it wus moved that tlie Chair n)>)> >ii>t a Committee to nominate delegates for the State Convention. wliieli committee consisted of Captain tr.i..->t....... w... 'p.....?i i>_.. \f~... M Kin. icuui, ituv, ?? iii. .m- ?? minor, Jo*. Slielor, wlm reported die following as suitable) persons in represent the DiMriet in th? Convention: Col. A. 1'. Callionn, Capt. John Maxwell, W:n. Hunter, Capt. Win. Sluolo, anil A. 1". I,e\vis. On motion, resolved. tli:it the Kroirce (Junricr ami /if if It illtjf IlrruUl lio rei|no3icd to publish tlx* above preamble and resolutions. The meeting then adjourned sine ifir. W.M. STICK Id-!. Chairman. W. I>. McWiiortkii, Secretary! Public Meeting at Fair Play, S C At a meeting nt' the citizens of lliii neighborhood held ni l air l'lny, Dec. 11. iSiiO. t'npt. A\V. (ilouti wiih callod to the tlliair and .Mr. I). K. Stribliug requested to nol us Secretary. Uy request the Chairman (jailed on Mr. W. T. Cleveland to address I!ie meeting on tlie political topics of tlie day, who responded to the call made upon him in n very ablo nml forcible speech, petting forth the wrong* of the South and her present. dependent condition in the Union in?languagenot. to be misunderstood, and urging resist nine by the immediate accession of (|K, State Jnnt lie I'll ion, an the last and only veiiict*y 1?^ us, to maintain our rights and liberties "s freemen.? The following Vrcmnblo and Hesolut'""* were then oll'crod by Mr. T. .f. Sloan and unnniuioiWy adopted us expressing the sentiment of the meeting. Wiir.itK\s, by the election of Abrdiam Lincoln 10 tho Presidency, the administration of the tlovornment of these United .States, has. fallen.into tin* ? hands of ktlie IHflick ltepubiiean party, whose set ...iv. iiiiiti uiuiu uuucy, jinn ever nfi'" 'o wair Upon tho dtmrust rights ami institution* of Hie? Southern peoplv, ami will -ultimately o Terwhehra our rights, ir not tlr.vi, resisted in its destructive march, licit Itcsolved, 1st. That wo deem it high time ll;at we *h?'?M tako our dcnlinlos frotn under the lunula ol" this miscellaneous mob of crazy families nnd conscience stricken traitors, ami place iluni umhr tho controll of our own true and brave spirits of tho South. ??1. Tlint in the furtherance of this end, It i* ihe.undispulcd right as well an the highest interest I of tho Southern .Stales to secede from a Union in which their equality is denied, and t!>ey are exposed to tho treacherous, ferocious, ii>il fiendish i hate sf this Clod forsaken abolition party at tho ; North. I 3d. That v(e heartily endorse tho prompt ncI Hon of the Legislature in calling u Convention of tho people of (his State, for the purpose of tfljftCt ,<iK mi} wmiurawui t'roin tho corrupt nml rotten i Union. Itli. Tlmt the day ha* arrived when our Strtto should act promptly, decidedly and fearlessly, r(J; gavdluss of t'ltlvseipiene^K, and at any and nil hazards, and that a tuiluro on her part'to do ?o; 'ilk" not ouly ho destructive to' our <foMt fights And . Interests as ;i free r.nil sovereign people,' Ml dl?i graceful In tho eyes of all freemen. ' . fit!i. That the thanks of this nioeting b? extendoit t.. M- ?' i. i icvoiuiKi Tor the very nblc inntructlvo n<ltlr?Ks wldch he hua delivered u? on 1 the present ocension. I 6th. That I ho secretary ho required f& forward j tho proceedings of thit meeting to tho Ptotnct , pupor for publication. . " iOn motion tbo meet5nt' tfion ndjourped. A. Nf. OLKNN, Chairman, y 1 I) S .;n?n^^HCrtuiy. # / |