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BRFltE ??II'jije'JL I ROB'T. A. THOMPSON, Editor. BI'jkiimh?$1..jU per annum, in advance. If pay>111 bo delayed until utter the expiration ot the jir. >>2. For six months, 75 cents in advanco. HTAdverlliotiienls inserted at the usual rates. PIOKEXS ('. II., S. C.: Saturday Morning, December 22, 1860. Spcciat. Tbo Ki)tTo:t will ho a I.gent fur awhile. All IjMiiess cotir.ccicd w ith the Cum lYrcnii be trans- i Stcd with Mr. Vol".no, at the office. N\ o \v ill UUiiii on or before raledny in January. Thanks. IB The office is under obligations to a kind hidv tt.o-ul for somo excellent bfnudicd pnclios, Ir which sho has the thanks uiul good wishes all concerned. No Paper next Week. I Next week is Christmas, and it being a curium well established, from "time whereof the ' mind of man runneth not to the contrary " tbat no regular lal> r shall bo performed tbat week, we bid our friends adieu lbr the time, wishing them much joy and a happy Christmas. fThe Weather. For the past week wo have had almost every variety of w eather?cold and temperate, snow, rain, and occasionally sunshine?the e fleet of which lias been to mako our streets very muddy .i;o? .....i.i.. ?... iK. M.cti * r I'V vMUM \\J I Itl ll >. The Communication Front (il:\ssy Mountain, lias boon received, hut ^011 account of tlio absence of tlie F<ditor \r iI! not oppearin this week's piper?it being of n per* Honal cbaraeter we will not assume tlie re-pon Mbility (>f ils publication, but will retain it lor bis inspection. K Minute Men. We arc requested to givi notice tliat I here will bo a meeting of nl! the Minute Men of this \.District ut the Court Home on .Saturday the 'iOth inst., for the purpose of organizing Companies ami transacting such other business as may he necessary. We hope there will he a full attendance. The Convention. This iti the most important body of men tin t B has ever assembled in the State of South Curolina. They represent the Slate in her sovereign r< .N>uther:i at t!iis day, Oft 11 n&umo such a position, <>r at- 8i tempt to maintain it when taken, is puzzling to si us. The recent contest must have soured his e jfl temper, or his defeat lias made him malicious. 1 J T!io South should not heed such counsel, and ! we much mistake the teuipor of her peoplo if they do. If resistance is to ho maile, now is the ; tiino to make it successful. To follow the lead ; of Mr. 151:i.i.t would eventually terminate .n our < I disgrace ami ruin. The spirit <>| a tree ami t?rave people can never be swayed by such arguments as Mr. uses. Then, let them ' lead-the way by prompt ami matilv action ^ The Election for GovernorThe LegyJature, after a hard struggle, lias ( cleoted I'oW. W. Pickens, of Kdgolield, Gov- ) erifor of the State of South Carolina. Messrs. < , . i * i .Johnson", I!iiett and Jameson were voted lor I by their friends. Col. PickensJs n mnn of ] ability and experience, and withalj prudent in < "" "action. His friends claim that he is a man for ! the times, ami wo shall rejoice to find him so ; , I ami (jive him hi?^li |?rsji^o for success at this try- 1 ! inj; period. Col. I'ickf.ns li:?s hut recently returned from llussia, where ho has acted in the capacity of Minister troin (lie I'nited States. lien. \V. W. IIaki fk, of Marion, lias been elected Lieutenant (Suvernor. Georgia. The Editor, in Columbia, has just read u letter from Gor. Buowx, of Ga., addressed to a member of the Convention, urging prompt action by the State of South Carolina, through lioi- Convention. 11<> sava delav is danircrous. ------ J <=> I arid will have u bad efl'cct upon the fur L delegates to the (-'onxciU.-^/.tTin his State. Commit no Rash Act. It wonhl he very unwise to nttcmpt nt this stage of alTuirs to take, by force, the Forts in , the neighborhood of Charleston. It becomes a H people at all times to net with prudence and deliberation but more especially at this particular crisis does it become the people of the South ( thus to net. The eyes of the whole world aro HI upon thorn, watching and waiting with intense S JiitOi'CSt t'iO rCslilt 61 iliC Cwiiuicl ill \x iiit:ii tllVV ^ *,^ "ftrtT'CTigagod,.ready to approve or condemn their H9 course. Wo claim the right of secession as a Ipcacenuic rcmcuy, mm unuer I'xmung cneumHtaiicjs to be 1110 only guarantee fur our future safety. It become* us, then, in the exercise of this right to guard against tlie commission of any act that would have the slightest appear- , anco of a design on our part to trespass upon ' the rights <. . 'hers. Let us offer no insult, oithor by word o deed, to nrovoko our enemies to resort to hostile measures?let us ac? on tho defensive, I.et it not bo said of us that we gavotte first blow. I.et us pursue the narrow path ? ? i -s.-i.i i??,i ; Bngni u HU M win?n.au ii.' iiii.11ijt ,u political safety and independence, ho dark cloud which is now lmngpolitical horizon shall have disnputll have the glorious consolation of conscience. If the sovereign Stato olina has a right to dissolve licr retho Federal Government, it certnina matter of courso, that no earthly iglit to prevent her when she deems odoso. It is a garb of safety which ins roserved to bhieid herself from * of despotic power, lint , if nffor we !. mt wo conceive to he our dutyf (and [ e,) an attempt uhould bo made to [ he lovers of freedom would rush , HHHHBF flvt'i-y direction to cur assistance. "Our! |ra beittg rfi'fifcd'wjth justice" wo would be I Southern Action. Tlio intelligence from Washington is very important. The address of tho Southern members of Congress gives assurance of their long desired co-operation. This, with other interesting news froi.. the Mima (punter, can be found in our columns to-day. Our DistrictWo arc glad to sou that tlic people of our District tiro coining lip to tlie mark, notwithstanding they have not had tlio opportunity of heariHg the political topics of tlie ilay publicly discussed as has been done in other Districts. Still there is a feeling of rosi.stanco * ery prevalent among Ilietn, ami oven thoje who were tit lirst strong I'li'mn men have gone so lii^h as to boeonie entitled to the appellation of " co-operationists." The young 1 ?nli"-s are opposed to union and the married ladies arc in favor of so ec>sioti. Editorial correspondence. Co1.1 mi:ia, I ec. IT, I860. J>r-<ir Courier: This city is now tlic eontrc of attraction from ail (juarters, and a line from your absent llditor may not |irove'unint crust in;* to your numci'i'iis and indulgent rentiers. \\ ? necessarily write in haste, and amidst excitement and no little contusion. On I-'ridny afternoon, we left home in the most inclement weather. We were hospitably entertained hy Mr. !!o? ik;n, at Pendleton, during tlie night. In passing iIjwii, we met a largo number of wag< ns, trailing to that point and Anderson. More than has attracted attend* n fur a period of time. Tho trade of Pendleton is improving rapidly, and so with the growth of the plaec. <>n our arrival here. Saturday, the Legislature was in so>sio::, d'seussing an adjournment tu Charleston in oon^eipiencc of the prevalence of small pox. On Monday, Col. Pickkns, the tiovernor elect was inaugurated. 11 is inaugural is spoken of in high terms. Should there not lie room for it in this number, let it appe.ir in your next. The Legislature agreed to lake a reeo.-s until Thursday next, and then meet in Charleston. \ our Senator and Members of the House are at their posts, doing good service to tho State and district, with the exception of Maj. Maxwi i.i., \vho has been for some days coiilined to his room with sir1:!! pox or variloid. Tho small pox prevails here to an alarming extent. Several deaths have occurred. It is said by the physicians, that, where vaccination | has been well attended to, there is little danger ; to bo apprehended. It is a loathsome, terrible disease. There are between lifty and one hundred cases here in some form or other. Tim (\i?i v on I ii .11 mot tit W <>'.?!< ,<-L- M tliic a M I.SDN was called to the Chair; fck^^ilele"jutes appeared, enrolled ^hJttheir seats. Three inef^fe?^JVesidciit. On the Bht^iarnwell, ^fcbnorted by ^^ud man. Bon HLn. Hti m need and passed iiiKOiimimvli/, tliat tlx* State | liould secede fortliwitli, tintl tlie ordinance of \ cession will be passed tliis week. AVc have | very reasonable assurance that we are to have i lie co-operation of the cotton States, and that as produced tliis wonderful unanimity! 1 I leave for Charleston to-morrow morning. t. ? ? j( Address I ( )I th' M' mlii'y.-: a! (''iii'/ff.is /it tlcir % Cuiix/iliH'itl.-;. I Washington. Doe. 1 "?.?'l'lie following is a re- , ..I- it... v;..? ,,,1,1,.,^^ . To ?ii it I'nx.sTiTi i nts : The iirgiumnt is ox- ' iiiusted ; all linpo of relief in the I iiion, through , ho agency of Committees. Congressional ]tj:i>la- | ion, or Constitutional tiiiicndmctil, is i-xSingni>Ji d, and we tfitsl the South will not tie deceived >y appearances, or pretence, or guarantees. In mr judgment, the Republicans are resolute in heir purpose to grant nothing that will or ought o satisfy the South. Wo. are satisfied that the iionor, safety and dependence of the .Southern i'onfcdoraoy?u result to lie obtained only hv e|>arato State secession: and that the primary abject of each slavcholding State ought to lie its | speedy and absolute separation from a I'tiiou witli hostile Slates. .1 I. I'nrrli. David Cloiiton. Svdalihaill Moore. J. I.. M. Curry, .1. A. Slnllwouli, (Representatives.) Alabama; A. 1 vorson, (Senator.) J. II. W, I'nderwood, I.. .1. (luviroll James Jackson. .1. .1. 1 Jones, M. .1. Crn\vtor<l, (Representatives,) (leorgia ; (1. S. Ilawkinv; (Representatives,) Florida; i T. Ilindtnan, (Representative.) Arkansas ; I? !"ferson Davis, A. 0. Brown, (.Senators.) \V. Harks- dale, O. It, Singleton, Reuben Davis, (Reprcsentalivos,) Mississippi ; llnrton Craiee, Thomas : Ruthn, (Representatives,) North Corolina: Jolm .Sli'lell, J. 1*. Henjamin, (Senators.) .1. M. I.an(Iriirn, (Representative,) Louisiana; I. Wiglall, J. W. 11eii<)>liill, (Senators,) J. II. Reagan, ( Represent n live,) Texas: M. L Rouluiiii, W. I'. Miles, J. .MeQitcea, .1. 1). Ashntorc, (Representatives,) 1 South Carolina , Washington, Dee. 1">.?The lion. Daniel S. Dickinson has been tendered the post of Secretary Great l-cprct is expressed in all circles nt ilio resignation of Gen. Cuss. (ion. Scott has expressed the opinion, Mint additional forces should be sent to .South Carolina for (lie protection of tlio public property. The I 'resilient, however, is s-t i 11 opposed to any such course for prudential ron Jon*, :ind heing nppre- J hcusivc that it would augiiciit the present excite- ; mailt. The publication of the manifesto from tliirty members of Congress, from Alabama, Georgia, ! Florida, Arkansas, Mississippi, Texas, Louisiana, and North and South Carolina, has produced u depressing effect on the conservative sentiinent here, and many declare as their opinion that a large portion of the Southern people arc opposed to any compromise. i. ! . I...i.... 11, l.in !iiia.i>1u 11. I? it"! HI I I C ? l IUIV IMIUJJU l/UU^III.) Illl Vlivi.l ,v make ii coercion speech next week. Several conciliatory measures were proposed today in the committee of thirty-three. Speeches were made ami opinions wore interchanged, but no decisive action was reached. The coiamittec has adjourned until Monday. 1 >ikr* ok a Hrokkn Heart?At New York, on Saturday night, Mr. George U. AVinnns, one of tho (ire telegraph operators at the City If all. died at his resilience in Troy street, after an >11ti'oss of short dura ion. Information of his deatliMyns soon ufterwnds communicated to his mother, Mary Winnns, who has for some time past ffiitcd oh house-keeper for Mayor Wood, at his c?My rosidonco, cornor of Twentyeighth street anVJ I'iftli Avenue, and on receiving tho news, slip became greatly agitated.? Having partially Veeovcrcd her composure, however, she doterminsd to accompany tho messenger to her son's lious^but, while endeavoring to nut on hoi; bonnet nn^ shawl, she suddenly fell to the floor and oxp'nrq>d immediately. St. Louis, December %J-. 1800 The latest news from tlio border is toStlie effect tlmt Montgomery hafl not been iitVMnuiul City for two ^veok?. (ion. Fro^Uuid Vlotormined to station jh|tt?oompnnlen of-epvlrwy and <v battery of nrHfe^two points oppoAjto. Honrhon and Lino H|Ui tlin MLrlW Pennings and Clippings. Charleston, l>ce. 1">?Sales of cotton to-day I <>00 bales, at prices running from 8 to 111 cents, i The market was generally unchanged. i ( Jovewvor's Sai.auv?The salary of the Ciov- I ernor of Smith Carolina has been increased by ! the Legislature from $3,500 to $">,000. President! ai. I'roc \mation?Tho President i ha-t appointed the 4th dav of January next a* u , ! ,i?v ..r i ? s.i. ? ! view < (' averting the ' fearful diotro^a end pan- . ic now threatening iliu country. Tknnksskk?(inventor Harris has-issued a proclamation calling an extra session of ilio Legislature! of Tennessee, to meet on I lie 71 It lanuary, the same day on which the Virginia Legislature is culled together. The Legislature of Kentucky will also, probably, assemble at the same time. Si'spensii \ ok Pi'iu.ic W'ohk?On Saturday, the hands em, '.oyed on the United N'ates (..'a pitol Lxtension, were discharged. The entire >f this is I lie want of funds to eontinue them in fervice. This deprives a large number of wording men of means to support their families tin ring tin: approaching inclement season. [ Wuxhinylvn Slur. Hogs?The Chattanooga. Advert i ?)', of Dec. 7, says: We notice that the pa.-i lew days 11 considerable number of hogs ha\e pussed through to the South. About 8,000 liuvu already boon shipped. We hear of no sales at this point. The prices asked, 7(<',Xc. not, is altogether too high for speculation or safe in\e.-tmont. Pii1i..\OKI.fitia, December 13?The l.'nion meeting here to-ni^ht was a urcat aflair, attend ell hv tens <>f thousands of people, and comj?i iein-x Ili<' best eiti/.ens among iis oflieers. The | resolutions promi.-c to concede everything ami any tiling to the South to prevent secession. Nk*v Oki.kans, l>eeember ! >?The Senate of Louisiana ha? passe I the Convwntion bill. The Mississippi ('otnmissioncr has announced the action of that State, asking co-operation. A re- | (solution requesting the (Jovernor to commnnieate with other States was adopted. | _ . \ IKOtM.v On Elt.?The Xorfolk (\ ;l.) -Ir;'lts is "credibly informed " that the various offers to tiovernor Gist, of South Carolina, of the l : . r r:-..:..: : i I'vi *imi o?:i i kt." *?i ? 11 ^,1 ii I?UI>, 111 rase Mir .should need tlieiu. tilrcaily embrace bands comprising in tbe aggregate about lti,00O, men. Nkiv XoimnntN IIrri iii.ii-.?The Washing ton correspondent of tbe Richmond hispatr/1 says: " A plan is on foot to form a new republic, including all tin- Stales except New Kupland, which will be transferred to Canada.? 'I'llis is talked of seriously ; but it never will to | done." IIo.ME I.\l>t:iTNI>!'N( I ?AVt! llllVO heOll shown . a piece of carpeting from a loom in thi.-> section, which will coinpare favorably with that of manufacturing countries. Tlio material is common but substantial. The work is well put together, ami combines tlio qualities of durabilit? and homespun beauty. Tlio good old days "1' republican simplicity, we trust are rapidly returning.? Hock llil/ C/ironir/c. Sevkkk S.sow-Stohm and I*'*ss or 1.11 k?A letter from .Sterling. Illinois, (luted the lib inst., s'aies that a tcrrilic srnxv.storm w;n then ruj ging in that vicinity, the railroads heing all Mocked up. A gentleman, just arrived these j from I'unver City, Kansas, reports that four j men, formerly residents of Sterling, hinlbo^^ frozen to death on the |'L"s, the l.-it i11>t. i ^^^t\utTtcT'i.AH?A lady of lioston, j'. iluss., writing ton iricmt, sny>: .\ ragged j| ittio urchin came to my door not Ioiijj since, ask- j, ng (or old clothes. 1 hn tight hini si vest and ttiirof punts, which 1 thought, would he u comortahlu tit. Voting America took tin? garments j ^ ind examined each, then with a disconsolate (| uok, sa'u! : "There ain't no watch picket!'" | y From tiii: Aistric Rkcions?A letter to Henry " irinnell, Ksi|., of New Vork. front (J. l'\ llali, j n ?f the American expedition, now in the Arcti; ^ tciis, announces the loss of one of his vessels, ;he schooner Kcseuc, mid his expedition hunt,-' ' luring it xioleut gale. (.'apt. Hall lta<l diseoxor- I ."1 a bed of coal on Frobiidier bay. I Tkriiiisi.k A: ruw?Tkiikk Mi:.v Ku.i.cn?On i I lie li-S t !i nit., a desperate nll'ray oeenrred in ' what i-i ealled " The h'trip." in Newton county, ! .Mo., in wliieli three men. Rev. J. J. Baxter, a : Mr. .Morris and a Mr. Rogers, were killed;? 1 'J'lie nfl'ray grow out of a dispute about a land ! r.l.ii in. . I P.inawav Match ? A happy pair of mules j itttiK'licu to a country wagon, Mmuling hclorc ; , the Customhouse. run away yesterday morning, t ami throwing the \v:>jr< 11 on ore <>f the shade l trees in front of the Presbyterian (,'hureh, sue- : eceded in In caking it and stopping themselves. j i Thev uoic forthwith arrested and lodged into', t tlie hands of their driver. Gaston. X. C., Dceoniber II?A free negro, named John Seott, struck a death-hlow to a I white man, at this place, on Friday evening < last- Mr. liynuin Harris was the man murder- ' ed. They had some, difficulty ahont a horse. < Thi! wound was a terrific one, inllieted with an i axe, cutting him across the face, and ranging i down through the breast, lie lived but a short , : time. The negro will have to pull hemp, no > doubt, w hen caught. r>KSTIIL-<TIVK 1*1 KK IX 1'ltOV I l>KXl'K, Ix. I.?Oil Thursdav evening one <>f the largest buildings i -i. . . .i... ii.. ,,:.i it.in i : I?f H* I lit I I '' > I'll III U ISJI'lllg, !? I it' o and Calendering Company, used lor blenching purposes, was partially destroyed by tire, entailing a loss ol' about $80,000, upon wliieh there is an insurance of about ?3;">,O00. 'I'lio sufferers are the Providence Hair Cloth Company ; .Samuel W. Hartshorn, lamp wie.king manufacturer; I>?>xtor X. Knight, who carried on the linger Williams Hour mill. Aiuikstkh?One Stephen II. Klliott, iilin-t Price, who, says the Charleston X< tcs, in 18.?8, ! was sentenced to sevf>n years' imprisonment in Nashville, but broke out shortly after his introduction into jail, and has been at lar^o ever | since, was arrested the other tlay by Officer 1 licks, ami is now ready to proceed to Tennea- | see and occupy the position which the State has j ; given him. X*..... I 1- . 1\ .> It 1 ~ r.?? * 'ii i<r. a of it i nun; ihi*u ijvuii , about thirty suspensions hero in the past few j weeks. Thcv were not failures, however, as j they arc all so]rent ami able to meet their in- ; ; debtedness. The suspensions were principally ' Cotton Factors.? (burin-. ! Thenton, N. .J.. Dee. 11 ? A great Union Convention, composed of all parties, assembled j i here to day. Commodore Stockton was chosen ' ' President. Resolutions and an address, more ! Southern than National, were presented. New | 1 Jersey is disgusted with the Black Republicans, i Drowned?Mr. John Howard, a well known | citizen of Alexandria, niul (it one time Captain i of one of the Alexandria and Washington stca iners, won drowned Monday night by tlio up- j ' setting of a boat in the Potomac vivor. Official Vote ok Arkansas?Tho following was tlio official vole of Arkansas for President: llreckinridgo, 28,832; JJell, 20,0(14; Dougla*, ;"i,227. llreckinridgo over Bell, 8,638; ovor ' both, 3,111. w \?)iiN(!Toy, Pee. 10?Mr. fiuchr.nun has changed his Cabinet programme. Attorney(Jonornl HW-'k will bo Secretary of State in place of>(ieA Cap*, and lion. CfiWeb Cuxhing will prolmhjf he appointed to tho vacancy ifi the MJ?u\t occasional by tho dcalb of Mr ' J . % Washington, I)e<jombor 14?There la good reason to beliovo that Gen. Cuss intends to retdgn as Secretary of State. Indeed, it is reported tlint the President has hi* resignation before i him. but will endeavor to dissuade him from re- j signing. This is probably true. i/\tkst?It i" said that tho principal causo of > Secretary Cass' resignation was the refusal of the President to strengthen the fnrtifioniinim in Charleston Harbor; tlio former believing (lint | the present force there was certain to ho sacri- t ticed to the fury of the secessionists. The Pros- | identsaid ho was well assured that no attempt ! will he made on the fortifications, unless reinforced. lie. therefore, considers that Col. An- j derson and his men stand in 110 danger of attack. Nkw Ori.fans. l)eceml>or H?The Joint lie- 1 solution, organizing the Military of the State,' line IttlCUItil f lilt It llnltona A 1..11 1! ?... ? lino I M wwi II I 1'Hirrii, /\ mil V 'II lltM'U i iii^ nil goods (Vein tlio North after January, was referred to a Special Committee. Tlio Message of tin; Governor of Mississippi, with resolutions in regard to the appointment of a Commissioner to visit the slave holding States for mutual conference. was also referred to a Special Commit; ! tco, Mr. Adams, the Commissioner from Mississippi. was in attendance at the eapitol The prospects of secession are brightening. Xkh Yohk. I'oe. 1 (*i?A meeting, held yesterday. appointed Kx-President V'ilinore. Hon. ?iroetie V.'. ISronson, and Mr. Richard Latham, a Committee to visit the South for exiiostulntiun. t SritiN(JKiKi.i). Ii,L.t Doc. 1"> ? Kdwnrd Bates, of Missouri, hold a long interview with Lincoln. to-day. It is snid Ilint Lincoln formally ! ottered him the post wf Secretary of the Interior. Hales is strongly opposed to secession, and | says it is treason, and niUft lie put down hy the authority of the Federal Government n't all j hazards. XfcW Out.KAN's. l>oe. 1-1--The unaniinous ac-' tion of the Louisiana Legislature in passing the i Coll volition Hi!!, i? considered here ?y establish iii^ uir ui immuuiuii; c^jmraiu iicuuii in tliis Stale. After the State lias resumed her sovereignty, ; a call for a general Convention of the slavehol- I dint: Slates will lie issued. The feeling in favorof secession is overwhelm- ' in;;. The legislature has appropriated $500, 000 fur armin" the State. ? Och IH:i.K'iA'riox?The fallowing paragraph is from a Washington dispatch : "The S mill Carolina Delegation arc nnani- i minis against any attempt to interfere with the collection of revenue or the Federal property , in the Stale, until every attempt at negotiation , with the Iieneral (loverninent shall have boey1] exhausted. No additional force is to be eiifnl. .v?.l ..i. <..iv ..I' tl.rt f.,Hv Jr. t 11 rt ..n;.rl.lw...|../.l <>f Charleston. ('apt. Foster, the engineer in charge, is merely currying on the work v/liich lie commence! la*t September. Thcryhave been no new ni'.jvcnicnts." | MAim.ani>?The correspondent of the New i York '/'inns, at Washington, says: " Information lias just hern rOccivcd from Annapolis, j that Gov. Hicks is determined to cull the Mary\ land Legislature to consider the national crisis. ; If iMaryiaml and Virginia go with the South.it ; is contended that the District of Columbia will be in the Southern Confederacy, and the South will claim the Capitol, which may lead to a civil war. Li rent efforts are being made to prevent such disastrous result?." Washington, Dec./It)?Washington is in . despair. The property-holders and (loveVninent ^^jiab^iu-e in absolute dismay. N'o one sees 1 vo<t Into* nre going^^^WiiiiHHT now guiiranteos, \ ,r. nt no one exports IImv will 1)0 granted. This j , roeess, how ever, is ncecssnry t?? he gone i uoiiiili, to prepare their po'-plo for n Southern ' onfodornoy. The most alarming rumors are ! w i eiroulation. Soino .?jiv .Maryland and Yir- tl iniiv will seize upon Washington, and the city j > f Now York will go into revolution within i J lirty day?. (Jeorgc Law is on liero from "New > i 'orl<. and openly proclaims that Now York city ! , Hist he a free port. The New Kuglnnd .States i ro threatened with isolation. Tl.u New York- l1 rs say they will not consent to give the sinull ' ' i'ow Kngland States equal representation in the | r< icnato. This gravels the New Kngland men u ot a little. We arc upon tlie eve of the great- ! s >t events in history. Danger is apprehended j ll l.ii'iiliiwr till, Viift Ik ivnwlot'll Sllllos I HMII ...v gaiiist secession. Ho is t>sii< 1 to Ijc as fierce ; * nd angry as Achilles was. This is the lighting I lcment of tho North?tho millions of fierce I j mrderers on tho head waters of ilie Mississippi. | j rho President is urged to send troops to the I y 'harlestoii forts. Hp is very anxious to avoid | | ilooilslied, hilt tlio danger is that ho may not { ie firm enough to resist the pressure upon him. T, however, you can avoid a collision now. tho 1 oneert of four or five States will diminish the 1 hances of war. , t Washington, Hoc. I I?In .some quarters tho ( issurnncos that South Carolina will not resist . ho Federal laws until the expiration of Mr. Huchaium's term are regarded as mere promi- ' es to quiet apprehension in official qua* 'crs. J The public mind is more excited -night I than on any previous occasion. Early in tho < lav, strong h??|?i*h were oxcitea uisu njc cmiicr- i iative movement among tlio people Xorth an<l j South, together with concessions in the com- i initteo, would form the basis of an amicable ; adjustment. but the resignation of Mr, Cass I iinil the resolve of Southern extremists to hc- J cept no compromise, nnd (logged silence on the ! part of the Congressional Republicans, pro- | duced a depression among the most hopeful that unn scarcely bo conceived. it is reported, but not confirmed, that Sccrc- , tary Floyd strongly coincided with Mr. Cas* as | to the necessity of reinforcing Fort Moultrie, j believing that, otherwise, Anderson and his j handful of men would he sacrificed. There nro conflicting reports as to the nu- : thority of the President for the belief thnt no ! present attempt will he mode against the Fede- i ral military or judicial authority in South Car- | olinn. The Northern elements of our present city population believe the die is east. and aro looking to fi>rco of nnns in a brief period. The adjournment of the Committee ot l'hir- , tv three until Monday is interpreted into the fnctthat there is no hope of an amieahlo a<l-1 justment. Thi?. gloomy as it may appear, is the reflection of public sentiment to-night. Mchdkiiix Ciiehtbrkikld.?We aro informed tliat a pedlar named Oppcnhcim, was cruelly murdered in Chesterfield District, nt n j)lace about nine miles from Chesterfield Court House. It appears that Oppenheim was at the residence of Dr. Mncfarlan, scllini; his i wares, when a notorious character named Jim | Drown, induced him to go to his house and exhibit the content* of his pack. Drown se1aa^a/1 ?irnidlt nf mAv/i1tnnr)ivA nfFnrinrr in payment one of those illuminated bills wherewith it is the custom to advertise rjuaelc medicines. In declining to receive this worthless paper, Oppcnheim so incensed Thrown that ho threatened to kill him. The pedlar immediately fled, but was pursued by Brown and shot, lie lingered about eight hours. A coroner' inquest was held, and a verdict of murder was rendered against Brown. Ho is still at large, however, and threatens to shoot any ono that tries to arrest hi A.? Carolinian. EvkrT morning we enter upon a new day, .iaj . vim/ *liii an unknown future in its bosom. I ?-- J o ' -I Thoughts mny bo born to-dny, which mny never bo cxtinpruisbed. Hopes mny bo ox! cited to-dny which may never expire. Acta mny be performed to-dny, the conaequence of winch may not be realized till ctenffoy. **"*%. ,.j 1 ..V / South Carolina. It was but a few years ngo, comparatively/ [ . 1 that the people of the South began to observe, 1 with serious apprehensions, the rapid gr< .vth J of a party at the North, whose cardinal, in- M deed, only principle, wiis a relentless war upon a system vital to the interests of the $outn.^| The fueling of antagonism towards this " "I'ti JH slaverv " nartv was. of eoumo. vcrv <n>niM-alH throughout tho Southern States, hut no whe was it more intensified than in tlio StaUw^V, South Carolina, whero the people, ever si^^V^ the great Calhoun became their teachej^M^^ governmental .science, have been a unit timent. The Carolinians?rich and n slaveholders and non-slaveholders?are niunity of statesmen. Nearly cvenj^^H citizen knows something of the thcon^^V^.^j^ institutions, and many a poor, Iioiiios^^ot^j- (( farmer or cross-road merchant is m<^^Vl|||_(i|.||| match for your smart New Kn<;lanil^^V| , ' ? i i . ^ > inin a in spite ot his Harvard or 1 ale tr^^Vpolitician \\'i< (liiVotinn tn rwilitinu ?? ?i - i e .1 ^^Pinnig. and largo majority ot t.Iio eitr/.ens otA liua, however, have more than knowledge about i'ederal I ?!?J(.-Vi./"""f catcu citizens rank auionir ,... , llieedupubl.e men. At no period JV|u. Rn{ ((f turn has South arol.na a^Rec ?i(i R , sisters in the Inderal (.... wi i ? i v c<. . i ...^^ pcnied before her jewels. Mo Mate has "iit^^v, i -,i , i , .... ... 'T.^Wpitol without her brilliantly with jxems tl^Mf,',. i 11 , J , .^^Vtered all over more ways has been. 1 he UHI?i,_ i , . J mi.- .JV"1 "he, and so it alLaurenses, Mou tries, ?t, i>: i ., I. * ' J^^utlcd"cs, I inekneys, ot the devolution ^J*irjons,and Ileywards , i wiT' ;OW.l,dvs*ro place to the Call,onus o! lol-i. I Jurinir UHT ... i/. n- , a n, oiiiima, miu vjiiuiarus Hunk and TarilT, Jjwlic <^r?r;i( struggle with the 1 i :i 111 i 1 ton, Mi'l Poinsett, Preston, P.utler, fought loflfliu, and later, IjOgarcand men of the pibattles in Congress. The Mngrath, Me:nj^Kont crisis, Hoyec, llnnnnond, nut, Orr. lk'Vl^Biingi'r, Uhott, i'icUcns, Chesthcir pio?lctV^l^prucn, and < 'hers,are not behind lout, or thepr'*^L()l.iS *1(1 the vigor of their intelHccauso *?f tliVHounilityor their statesmenship. nians luve alWaMr jrrCi,t leaders, South Carolidents upon thcsi*^ been the hardest of stunient, and prcciseKPyital <juestions of governhave -diseussed '^Piv fur 1115wwcim ?!...? while others hn,H|lusv <juestions thoroughly, Southern States, M c not, is it that the other eommou iitterest.?[K,U|,J South Carolina by ifonlidingly trans? ;imj common sympathies, /the Southern nioM',.r to )lor the leadership of] It was bccnu.sc cool reflection, thaHj,cr tuiiid vis nnulu up from , live years a^o, thH) South t'trulina announced, ^the authority of l^t .she would not submit to ministration. Slim, sectional anti-slavery ad- j rlnfeat .if 1'roimii.M - ' ? sinu so previous tu tlio , ' over since. N\ and she lias reiterated it declarations have ;,n know how licr earnest I cm press One yflhecn received by the Northi say, there was uloar ago, we will venture to above a hundrcdH,t pne Republican, and not who would ad mi Douiocrats in the North, Carolina was in H for, an instant that South I ...i.> i i. * ' -? I |,nn-i^ nu^uvu " earnest. 'J lie mnsaof our; I with making a the idea. She was charged I NorthoVn soiiti11)H0r?-ilj 1 o outcry t<> frighten I " unruly child,Some called her an "vaporing" i?f hi others talked about the case, the inevitall.). politicians, and, in every ' famous anti-nuHimlu general Jackson and his Llraggcd on to givMication proclamation were thv nar(M> force to the taunts which of tlie little State. This lcu uuuui^mh^h a nil ma certain I v^iiiiiitii 1 i > > i leir conceit. (J^^^^^^^^Novombor last, *"K iCw York 7V//yBij,.^iul to be staggered in , ( ^ptcil by the inWy a wool; previous, the yll< epartme'nt, deelail,^ in the ili|?\>:'lit stylo a- | ' '> 'harleston lia)borIv"u|u:i\ who does its liu.ny ; 0 IC eoplo of that eii.J t\i:)t a revenue cutter oil c0" tul make " blue i would sulTico to scare the 01 uses." The ai tur oUt of their five senses, ,00' uto the South t'it shades as sc;treo a:) blue harW.towards einbiV, was, uf course, copied' u. leoplo against thtf,.?lina paper*, and did its ,ll! Sorth. Storing the feelings of the. 4'J Well, since the a dominant party at the . 0 urit v ?>li!ct)<d l,inl ll1' icople's ideas of Sti ,y tlmt the Northern ma- I vhut changed. It to the J resident, j hat she menus whal?il, ('urolimi have some- j : vill refuse to acluii.L<ro'.icraHy admitted now, I en he new President. M^hc says, and that she 01 ainty <>f this convi<Bl(>(l<rc the authority of sl lie present eonimeiV]( is the growing ccrsay, however, the iHlon, that has occasioned lt Jetoher, instead of panic. Stranuo to . iture, have turned wiLto who sneered hist c' ies. iSoutli Caro)inaBv>Lttting their discom- . " just now. The profy\^;r ridicule into cur IUT IKIII1U, vy nil! JMIKHV^^ieClUCUl^' bos a degree of intciKAily coupled with her 11 we hardly supposed mf last month, evin- ; J Hut wo must not forgiHhiWn her action, that is one doubt left. (> I capable of feeling. 1 rariea pompously deeBtulinention that there prove another Jackscifln wf our oily eoteu'po- ' olina will " hack out,' jus-1 that,Lincoln will i There is a groat deal that South Car- i the Northern mind abo^&tcl Hhe did before. History tolls us that it|ftV|fnoranee abroad in lina, but the General BVI the affair of 1812. ' ceded. A hill was pas^Ejfls not South Cavoislature, nullifying the ft>m'ernmeut, that re-! feet February 1. Mr.^^^by the Statu l?0g- j tnc t'.'Vlir, HI VIOW OI to RO II"" * " I forced upon the covin (Hi ',wiy, the author of , stopped forward, h;?stil^^B\n? alarming crisis compromise, which prov(^ky \by liis measure, Carolina, and brought And introduced a her nullifying ordinance^M avceptiblo to South bo roinoinborod that thc^Rxdit tho roponl ot were not united then jlut it must alHO 1 IP O H I C il. . Q?..Ia ft uiiro imijomy. ii ^oiiHnoopic 01 mu omm rccedo in 1832, how nmHH'hc nullifyers "hod it now, wheu her pcop^^Hi Carolina tlitl not man ? ^Hh less will she do If there is any one (|ii:flBk arc united to a icans admire more than nn^^P For that reason, amid t^HAty that the Ainer that luia, been rained uponj^ftthcr, it is "pluck.' the last twenty years, tlu^Hie tirade of bbusi isted among her detractorsHlSouth Carolina f" respect. Ilate her, ridicul^Brc has always ex they can never forget hc^^Htt latent lecling t rocs, and the self sncritic^R) her as they maj | sons, in the hour of trial. long lino of b< ; ican war broke out, the n^Hng spirit of hi ; Carolina Volunteers was foriHB When tho Me: ! ft wont to Moxieo 1,100 KJfcgiinont of Soul back 340 strong. Its Colg^Ked in two wcell I Butler, its I jicutcnant-Colon^^&trong ; it cat i ?Kn AAmmiuainnoil Ad'mnra n^^^Hrw.1 frltA Cffllljl tlio rank and file wore lefl^HHl, neatly nil i gates of tlio City of Mcxico,^flKl two-tnirda i " pluck" of South Carolina^Hfl behind at t wear cockades, in ChavlestBBM to testify to ) ' tho kinsmen of the hemes The men v | Rev and Chcpultcpoo. Can to-d?y, Whether or not, South <H9gL of ^olini , cipit?to in hdr action at tii.'sBBSui'Mbo c$f.rc j not discuss in thia artlolo. (^fl^Wnrofintv is ] j to a gallant and high-mirfJet^^^wo nmid tho present Rtorni of dctifl^^St iff but jus one voicc at the North should flHk people, t | them justice.?N'. )". ftoy /{ofl^Bttotion, at I raised;' t mm*S,* suoommuno* > atj ,1) m. rou TDK KKotVBE COURIER. Meeting at Dxcusville. S- C. W DACUSVII.I.E. S. 0., Doj. lo, I800.? W At n mooting uf tlwoitl^niof D.icusvillo nnd W vicinity a Fl.lg wus hoisted with :i Ioiio S ftr nn I ; Palmetto Tree, with tho inscription, SoOOsI pioit," flouting sixty foot in the breeze. . J On niotinn of J. A. Robinson, tho .mooting i was culled to nrdtir. *J. M. Ponder boinjr culle 1 t> j the Chair, and A. .1. Anderson requested to act , as Secretary. The Secretary was requested ?<? | explain the object of the meeting, which he did in a few hut very appropriate remarks, Warmly iulv?,eating the necessity of forming themselves into a Company In he tendered to the (l.?vevnor for any services the Stale may demand : whereupon, a large Company was immediately formed, and the following officers were eiectdii: A. J. .Anderson, Captain; Jeremiah Robinson, 1st Lieutenant : W. I*. Hunt, '2d Licutcnau', il. II. Hunt, 3 1 liio'tlon tiit ; O. II. C. 8ni.li, I t Snnmniit -I SI I ... I o l o . . ?->. minium. ~o OUI'JgVlllll ; ?l. U-diinsur., 3d Sergeant; J. II. Anderson, 4th Serjeant. Alter the Company ??? f inned thoy marched in platoons uround the Flajr tlint whs in tlie hreey.p. unit gave three cheers lor the secession of South Carolina. and expressed tlicin5cl ves. fioin tho Imst information. that Smt'i Carolina will se< ed j lYoin the Union, nnd held lliein o'.ves reads to stand hy imr beloved St te at nil hazard*. to in ?et any emorjionoy what-" ever, to the end nf tlici.r lives and fortunes, lot. what will eoine. I. M. POXOEll, Cnai,rman. A. . A \ i?i:ii.h >n', Secretary. From Columbia. Tho Gu mloui in spc ddng of tlu a 1 Irenes delivered before tlie Convention by the Commissioners fr.ui Alub.iai i and Mississi'>i>i I says : Last night, after the re assembling of tin* State Convention, the President introduced J oh 11 A. Klinore Ksq., Commissioner from the State of Alabama. Mr. Klinore announced that as to the inodo and measure of tlio remedy for our existing evils, the State of Alabama coincides with tin' views entertained by the people ot' Sunlit Carolina. lie Mtiil tliat if the issue of war was brought upon us, ami the right to secede was denied, Alabitua was prepared to argilo that question with steel. lie said that the State llights party of Alabama has had jt-> struggle and contend with the Opposition since ISoO until now, when they were Itjl I ready to stand by South Carolina, lie Renounced, and was so requested to annouttcito this State by tin; (iovernor ot AlubujHM, that that State would secede when her (Jwl~ vention met on the 1 1th of January, byII'1 majority of forty in the Convention. It wajs .11 ... iiii 111. jn.i tain, no sniti, that there should bfi' no delay, no faltering now, on the p;nrt oB' & South Carolina. The Convention shouql nlr pass an ordinance tit' secession to talro e#" i'ect nt some future time, but at onp?l?-f" lie mi id that it niitrlit have the semblanilc y faltering if they passed an ordinance of pro.' 1} pcetive .secession. Mr. Kliuore was frequently applaudctctl ' rinjj the course of his remarks.* ('. Iv I looker, Coinaiissiouer from Jli" issippi, having been introduced next, i dressed the Convention, lie expressed ?'s Uiatiiicution at tlio courtesy and hos|iititl-v "" /V"' rowivod nilicit Ilis arrival hei'rt" ,?I of ti.o ??...,?|.s unanimity tfoi sentiment that cxVsuU !1*-m in the people of Mississippi mid Sow^i* jlina. Ho said that ho had heard ti:?t -'< the inaugural address of the ( Juveraor t, aud that there was not one sentiiUJiit taincd therein that would not h.ivo reeoivthe same plaudits in Mississippi that it nivctl here. lie then argued at some length the right secession ; that the States in the begitiig had signed the ('uiistitution and eiitertlie Confederacy as States, and that the nventioli which had framed tint ilistru "* * 1....... nt never intended to obliterate Dune iii?rr. He stated that at a rcecnt county Cuiintion, when it was Miuouneed that South irolina had eleeted secession delegates wit ? tire uuanimity, the large assembly rose an le man and announucd th;vt they would and hy .South Carolina, conic weal or woo. He said that at one time ho had thought would he hi tter to have eoncertcd action iionu: the S nth^m States, but ho wut? now ^ mvieted that the separate and independent ction of each State was the ^sropcr course.? t' the Federal tiov.nruineiu aouuiu n/.hv?, aid, t!u; principles upon which the governneiit was founded, unci attempt coercion, he first federal pun then was lired woulil^1 >rng thousands of willing hearts and strong inns I'roin Mississippi, to the aid of South Carolina. Mr. Honker is an eloquent and effective speaker, and, like Mr. Kluiorc, was frequently applauded. The President drew attention to the following resolutions, which had been offcrrcd by Jlr. Inglis previous to the recess, and on which the yeas and nays had been called : ' ' :? :u ?|ir> r,n5nion of tliis Vftt, J 1141V II I.- III. Convention that the Statu of South Car-. /I olinri should forthwith Recede from t!io L'ederal Union known hh the United Stutos of Amcrieu. . I JifiAtiltwd, That a committOO of-? member* (be appointed to draft..<tn ?>fd'iiriiico. prgjjor to he adopted hy this convention, und in order to ricuomplish tlie object, all individual . , j members desiring to nub '? to draft xor ' j scheme for such ordinance be requested to < 'mind in the same, without delay, to sni' committee. Jivtolced, That tlionctof the (Jonoral Assembly of this Statu providing for the assembl ! ? i... ?, > tliA <uiino ing'of this Uonvoimvii uu iyn?.vU . conuuittoe, with inatructioux to cousjdor. und ' | report thereon. I B The resolutions woro nduptcd unanimous- ' r ly, tlio blank boiop filled with 7. Tho . amendment was rccoived witli nppluuso. if ? I Position op I'iiiudkmmiia JUrmucAsn.? otf*' TI?o Pepublinnn Centrnl Club of Philiuli'lphia w 3" j held ft mooting on Snturduy ovftping. A )r of resolutions, offered by ft ommiHeo nppoint s- ' lit i?. previous mooting wns brought forward. bjWF't / th nftor ft longthy debnte thoy were referred bi l8f to tho ootnmiltee, with instructions thftf thovff^/l onflo < Atronsor in ropublionu ^"' jnonts."?^ j n? The resolution* merely rtrtlerftt?" ? nuvum,,,-^ . tho Chiopgo platform, hot fJitidut exprefsinjlia very <Ieci<l(><l (lotflrmi"??"l)uMaml ny thn W-s of suit* of tho republican'triumph. Tho <Utl>BJ? ,lic > took a wiilo rang* A ntt?r?l>or <>f tho upoHk^B p til* i ?rcro unoqiiirocptly in fnvor of fioacoahlo neormL f),0 Bion. others "8 *tronuo?nly oppoerl to it. nrt> nroaidon*'*!?8' '! >1 t" he u oilers tou(|, rlmt vhileiyf , | | he* ??' ?>f,t ft ?H*unioi?Iht, he \rn| in favor of nil!! ; low^PC Carolina of any other Stuto to #o Out dra i P,lP''>n w'"!n?v?r 'ho felttho laws loo oppv jH - tp i,? M'oro a member of Con/jrn^*, ] & ?. ... . will ykould introduoo nn nntondmout to the U?nt?UR? line by vr|?Kjt nny Stnt$ could & out of j,nt I (Jnion v i?oti?*er ?)u? deem* the Fedora) G?i<mB '?|?|>l"C??ive. mtiiM. Kennedy tp<>k^9 . admiration of gonillop lfnlo'n Inte violoul /ipeJHB |^nt! j,,0,,ri.v ft'1 <fp?-?sod r.tiy oon.:csf)iuu toj^^