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? : fp'iiilSiC1 ROBT. A. THOMPSON, Editor. R. A.THOMl'SOX, R. YOUNG, W.H. HOLCOMBE, | PROPRIETOR*. TEUMS?$1 .rtO per annum, in advance. If i"?y| ment be delayed until after the expiration of the yoar. $2. For nix months, 7*> cent* in advance. 0^^ Advertisements inserted at the usual m t? ?. PICKKXS C. II., S. C.: 8aturday Morning, January 26, 1861. I To Correspondents. " Spectator," by reference to last wrnk'n paper, >vfll sec llmt lie lias been anticipated. His tribute to the spirit and patriotism of the 5th Kegiment is well merited. It is the more comullmonlnrr Inn r*<lmtmr no f zen of another district. " Spectator " has our thxcks for his attention. Thanks. Col. Z. C Pcfft.iAM has our thanks for important Legislative document*. The State Flag. The Legislature has adopted a State flag.? The Palmetto is to he <rreen, blue union, with white crescent. This is simple, expressive, and sufficient. Meeting on Saleday. The citizens of the District would he pleased to hear from our Senator ruul Representatives in the Legislature. Saleday in February, on the result of their official labors, and matters of a public nature connected therewith. From expressions of opinion on the subject, a general attendance of their constituents may be regarded as reasonably certain on that (lav. The Federal Capitol Is alive with telegrams of doubtful import, ' find rumors without mention. We copy such news from this point ns is tit nil reliable The President and his cabinet appear to be ! in a quiet state of mind. Congress is not doing much. The withdrawal or the Senators and representatives of five Vt. 'o'. leave the republicans in possession of both branches of the federal legislature. All hope of a settlement, by Congress, of present ,^...1, I,, nl .... Ao o quence, the border slave States arc preparing to ?o with the South. With the republican*, coercion is their favo- j rite policy. It is not dangerous until put in 1 operation. / The repulse of tho " Star of the West" is submitted to by the authorities at Washington, | with tho best grace they can command. The Empire State ! Georgia, tho ' Empire State of the South," has actcil with spirit and promptness. On Sat- J onlay last, the 19th instant, her Convention I passed the Ordinance of Secession by a vote of 208 to 80, being a majority 110! This act, we can well imagine, will settle the question of peace or war. With fiv States out of the Union, coercion will bo no child's piny ; nnd we con tmently Oelievo, unless nil reason has departed from the Federal rulers, that we shall now have peaeo. We heartily welcome Georgia into the Southern family of Seceding States! Now for the groat Southern Confederacy. The Secession of Georgia has been hailed with I demonstrations of delight by the people of the tho seceding States. Nowhere has it been more jubilant or heartfelt than in South Carolina. Tho Louisiana Convention was to meeton the i 23d. A telegraphic despatch from New Orleans, j dated the 19th, states that " two-thirds of tlio ' Uelegatca to the Convention are secessionists." Louisiana will be the Sixth Secession Star! From Charleston. Wc arc still without any definite intelligence in regard to the negotiation pending between this State and the Federal authorities at Washingtou. Col. Haynk has not returned. Tho desp itches to the Columbia papers is published : Cuam.BSTOJJ, January 17.?Reliable despatches received i? this city, state that the President refu ses to surrender Fort Sumter, but will not he aggressive. The status will remain the same. The Cabinet confirms his decision. CnABLKBTOS, January 10.?Lieut. Talbot returned to this city from Washington last night, nuiiwentto Fort Sumter this morning. He brought dispatches for the Governor, Col. Meimninger and Major Anderson. A United States officer and five soldiers have just come from Fort Sumter with dispatches for the Governor, but as he was absent an interview was had with the Secretary of State, Major Magratli. The tenor of the dispatches has not been made public. The Governor made a tour of inspection of the forts to day. In addition, the Mercury of the 10th, has the jouowing paragrnpn : "As inquiries are made in regard to the trntli of telegraphic dispatches concerning (he supplies sent to the officers of Fort Sumter, wo would satisfy all pirties by stating that there is not the slightest doubt of the fact. Provisions are sent them daily by the State authorities." Appearances arc more pacific ! New Advertisements We bag leave to call attention to tho advertisement of Messrs. Hkid & Shaw, Principals of the lleidvillo Female College. The institution is under admirable management, and deserves to be handsomely sustained. The reader will find sales and notices of an interesting character in our columns this week. Mb. Lincoln in Favor of Cokroion.?The New "York Tribune of Thursday makes the following apparently official editorial announcement. It will bo seen that Mr. Lincoln not only opposes any concession to the South, but threatens means of coer cion : " The question having anew been raised, we deem it proper to say again what we have said beforo, and we wish to be understood as saying it authoritatively, that President Lincoln is not in favor of making concessions to I he slave power, eithor pretended concessions or real concessions, nor in favor of any measures looking to tho humiliation of freedom and of the free Slates, no matter in what pretence they may be disguised, nor by what seductions they may be commended. " Tie believes, with tho great body of the independent freemen of the country?Democrats, Hell Sien, and Republicans?that the first duty to bo ono is to ascertain whether we have a government or not, and whether the Union is a mere delusion of the imagination to be dissolved at the first touch ill iimiiinjr, ur ? |^ic?b mm riuu jiuwur, competent to assert it self and defend itself against domestic sedition as against foreign foes. We havo reason to know that he perceives and feols clearly that this is the predominant question of tho time, I towering above every other/' Louhvim.r, Ky., Jan. 16?Floods havo occurred in the Mississippi and Ohio Rivors. interrupting telegraphic communications .South of Nashville. There are no moans of ascertaining the damage done at present, or how long tho Snterrcvption will continue. The Legislature. In the House, on the lGth, Gov. PicKfNsscnt in his 8th Message, as follows : I have sent into the Senate a nomination of a | portion of the officers of the First Regiment of enlisted men. Tlio resolutions of the Convention, that authorized the raising of this regiment, I consider as limiting mo to ono or two regiments, containing 010 men ami eight companies, without defining anything further. Perhaps we may not need another enlisted Regiment. and vet, I think, we will need two more Artillery Companies enlisted an regulars. Tho resolutions of the Convention confined me to two Regiments of eight companies each : and the First Kegiinent I made two of the companies artillery, ff f could have made a regiment ' of ten companies, I would have made four artillery companies in it. I now desire to raise two more Artillery Companies, and unite them as a Hattalion of Artillery, under the command of :j major. the forts and fortifications necessary in this State are on a large sc:ii? for our resources, and ii we are 10 garrison mem n must ne il:>ne per- , mnnently, and for this purpose we require Artillery Companies. For garrison p imposes the Companies need not exceed sixty men. I most ^ respectfully recommend that authority be given ' me to orgiini/.o two more Artillery Companies, regularly enlisted for a term not shorter than three years. Perhaps it might he proper to enlist another Regiment for three years, and if so, then the two additional Artilfery Companies might he embraced in that. It mav appear too expensive for our resour- | ,.na <1.:. -it ? - vv..- w lino |*i v|iv/oniwu, unv 111 ii11 |>rmm* bility, we will goon pa?s into a Southern Con- ; federacy. and the organization r?f these Ilejjiments will he nothing more than what will be ! absolutely ncccssnry to garrison and protect our extended sea coast, and, under tho formation of, a Southern Confederacy, they will be transferred to the Government. It is plain, with the fanatical excitement prevailing amongst the Northern people, that, if we expect t<> preserve peace, we must be thoroughly prepared for any issue they may think proper to tender. The calculation ?<? to expenses is not worth a moment's consideration compared with the con i?ctous leenng ot satoty arising from military organization. A people who would ncsilate to defend their rights becausc of the expenses inrolved arc not fit to be free. F. \\'. I'lCK F.N9. The Senate, on the 17th, passed a hill, con- j verting the Arsenal at Columbia and the Cita* j del in Charleston into Military Schools, giving ' their professors military rank. The house passed a bill to establish a corps | of Military Engineers, at a cost of $11,-MM).? ( Also, passed a bill from the Senate, to !c:"l '.ho name and credit of the State to the Greenville and Columbia Railruad Company in the adjustment of their debt. On motion of Mr. Puli.jam. the House pro- ; ceeded to the consideration of the report of the Committee on Claims, on the petition of sundry citizens of Pickens District, praying that John Calvin McDanifl he placed on the pension roll. The rep<>r.i being unfavorable. Mr. Pvi.liasi moved to amend it so that the name of this person would he placed on the pension roll at the rate of $00 per annum, during the remainder of his life. The amendment was agreed to, and the report as amended was adopted. The bill for the relief of debtors was taken up; and, after much discussion f?>r and against the measure, it was passed ; yon-' nays 39. The members from Pickens voteil for the Itill. Both houses of the Legislature have n<lopte<l a resolution to adjourn on Thursday the 2-lth instant. The bill to raise supplies has been reported, hut, at our latest dates, had not been perfected. The taxes are very materially increased. Tax on lands nro nearly tribbled; on slaves, $1.00 I each; $l00on circus exhibitions; lj percent 011 all interest made ; $'2.50 on carriages; ?1.23 on buggies ; $1.00 on gold watches; 50 cents .i.?c . o.i i? V'll P I I 1 W i II ItlVIIVC . V-UIU.l VII V/I Villus soM ; $15 on distilleries ; fees of all district office* are taxed: together with many other items not here enumerated. The intention is, to raise $1,017,486. Wo will publish the act when it comes i > hand. On account of the absence of the Speaker (Hon. James Simons) from indisposition, 11. 15. Boyi.eston, Esq. has been elected Speaker, pro Ion. The following has been adopted by the House, and sent to the Senate: Whereas, in consideration of the fact that tlie Commissioners of the Poor, Ilonds, Bridges, Ferries, and Public Buildings, of the 1 >istriots anil Parishes throughout flu State, arc required by law to meet on the tird Monday in January, and make such assessments upon the general tax as may be necessary to supply tho wants of their various Hoards; anil as the exigencies of the present crisis have made it necessary to . increase tho general tnx to ;; considerable extent. by which the assessments of the various Boards aforesaid will far overrun the amount necessary to supply their wants, it is therefore IkPSiftl Mil Thnt tlir* (1nm 111 i < wi 1111 r? vq r.f tlio ; Poor, Koadf, Bridges and Ferries, ami Public I Building, for the various Districts and Parish| os throughout the State, he required to meet in ! their ordinary capacity, on or by the first Moni day in March next, to make such reassessment as may be necessary to raise supplies to meet their various wants. Young Volunteers. The Charleston Courier, of the 21st inst., says: " fieiijamin C. Rawley, of Spottsylvania, Va., aped 1(1 years, was on a visit to Petersburg, Va., when he heard of the occupation of Fort Sumter, ami the probability of war against South Caroliha. lie immediately sent his hcrso home, ami set out for Charleston, walking a great part of the way. irn nis arrival norc, anu uie report 01 ins intention, Col. .1 oh it S. l'reston generously undertook to equip him, and he is now awaiting response front hint to be enrolled as a recruit under Lieut. W. Hampton Oibbes. "Columbus Daniel, IByearsof age, has reached the city from Nashville, on a similar mission, and i has been enrolled by Lieutenant (Jibbus. An Ultimatum. There is a plan now before the Committee on i Federal Relations, in Congress, for an adjust! nifnt. It proceeds from the Mouse of Delegates j of tli'; Virginia Legislature, and attracts much ] interest in political circles. The idea emanated from Mr. Pryor, Congressman from Virginia. ! This plan, it is understood, receives the cordial endorsement of Messrs. Crittenden, Douglas, Iireck in ridge. W. C. Kives, and other distin; guished gentlemen, embracing all shades of j Southern nnd conservative opinion. The plan is: 1. There must bo some definite and concluj sivo settlement of the slavery question, or aepa1 ration is inevitable. 2. The Crittonden compromise is proposed, ; as amended by Douglas, as the basis for a fair I and honorablo adjustment. 3. Tho appointment of ft Commissioner to i each State of the Union, to confer respecting tho J action of Virginia, and inviting a response to this proposition for conciliation. 4. A strong appeal to the Federal Government to stay its hand, and avoid nil act* which may load to collision pending the meditation of Virginia. 5. An ftppenl to tho secoding States to prej serve the existing stains, and abstain from all j acts which might precinitato collision. Mr. Pryor declares tliis plan is the least Virginia can take. A dispatch from a distinguished source in Virginia says : " There can bo no doubt that this plan will pass both Houses of tho Logieda I uiro." ' | Similnr movements will be mado in tho Leg ielaturen of Minnouri, North Cnrolinn, Tenne* j 80* and Kentucky. Arrangements are boinp I made to that end The Statement Of Mcssru. Milks nod K*itt,?two of our Congressmen, in relation to the " plcdgo " of Preoident Bnchanan, coneerning the fort* in Charleston, has been published. It was made at the request of tlic Convention. These gentlemen corroborate folly 'he statement of tho Commissioners, which leaves the President in a not very enviable condition. Wo make room. f(?p nn extract or two from tho " statement " of Messrs. Kkitt and Mimes. as follows: " Tho published debates at iiie very commencement of the session (of the convention.) contain tho evidence of our good faith. We trusted the Prosidcut. We believed his wishes concurred with his policy, and that both were directed to avoiding any inauguration of hostilities.? We w ere confirmed in our confidence, and roasv. . ? i - M..VU * vui W.UJI uj a n^iiiiu.iiu I'U'lll WHICH took place subsequent to our interview. He allowed his premier Cabinet officer, an old and tried friend, to resign, rather than yield to his solicitations for the reinforcement of the garrison at Charleston. We urged this as a convincing proof of his firinhess and sincerity. Hut how have wo been deceived! The news of Major Anderson's cony produced a sudden and unexpected change# in the President's policy.? While declaring that his withdrawal from Fort Moultrie to Fort Sumtor was " without ordors, linn contrary 10 oruers, do yet rciused, lor twelve hours, to take any notion in the matter. For twelve hours, therefore, without nny excuse, he refused to re lemn his plighted word.? No subsequent nets on the part of our State? no after reasons?can wipe away the stain which lie suffered to rest upon his " honor ns a gentleman," while those hours, big with portetiloOs cvonts. rolled slowly by. " His Secretary of war, impatient of a delay, every moment of w hich he felt touched his own honor, resigned. lie did so solely on the ground that the faith of the Government?solemnly pledged?was broken, if it (ailed promptly to undo what had been done contrary to its wishes?against its settlod policy?and in violation of its distinct agreement. The President nccented*his resMmntiiin wi?liAi>? II'. did not attempt to disabuse tlie mind of his Secretary as to wlmt was tho true position of the Government. AN'hat a spectacle does the President's vnscillating and disingenuous course present? lie allows one Secretary to resign rather than abandon a policy which be has agreed upon. Scarcely have a few short weeks elapsed, and ho accepts the resignation of another. rather thin adhere to that very policy, lie makes an agreement with gentlemen which, while he admits that they have faithfully kept it on their part, he himself evades and repudiates. And this lie does rather than redress a wrong?correct an error?what ' o hiniscjf cmifriJors an error?committed by a subordinate, without his orders, and contrary to his wishes !" The speech of Mr. ex-Secretary Fi.ovd. on the fourth page, is conclusive against the President. Turn to it, and read what he says. Criltenden'8 Compromise. The proposition of Senator Chittenden*, of Kentucky, for a peaceful solution of present difficulties, is a re-enactment of the ohl Missouri compromise line to the Pacific, with the following resolution : 1. 11csoln'tl, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America. in Congress assembled. That the laws now in force for the recovery of fugitive slaves are in strict pursuance of the plain and mandatory provisions of tho Constitution, and have beon sanctioned as valid and constitutional 1?v tho judgment of tho Supreme Cjurt of the United States ; that tho shareholding States are entitled to the faithful obser ivnce ami execution of these laws, and that tl.oy ought not to lie repealed. or so modified or changed as to impair their efficiency : and that laws ought to be made ujr wit; pumKiimeni ni uio?e who attempt, by rescue of the slaves, or other illegal means, to hinder or defeat tlie due execution of said laws. The Senate, by a vote of 25 to 23, struck out the above; when, on motion of Mr. Ci.auk, republican, the following substitute was inserted in its Mead : " Jicsolved, That the provision* of the Conj stitution are ample f>r the preservation of the j Union and the protection of nil the national ini tercets of the country ; that it needs to be obeyj ed rather than amended, and that an cxtriCntion from our present danger is to be looked tor in strenuous efforts to preserve the peacc, protect the publio property, and er.forco tho laws, rather than in new guarantee* for particular difficulties, or concessions to unreasonable do i manUs. " 7tV.WiW, Tlint all attempts to dissolve the present Union, or overthrow or abandon thn present Constitution, with the hope or expectation of constructing a now one. arc dangerous, illusory and destructive; that, in the opinion ol the Senate of the United States, no such te<joiv Btruction is practicable, ami. therefore, to the maintenance >>f the existing Union and Constitution should he directed all the energies of all the departments of the Government, and the of forts of all good citizens." These are coercive resolutions! The Weather Has been changing from bud to worse. Larg< j quantities of s'.eet has fallen, followed by a genera i freeze, with cold F.asl wind and rain. It rfisein | bled the icicle freeze of 18")8, but did no damage. I The weather is now more moderate, and the tnui deeper! The Charleston Courier is now in its 69tl ! year, and is as full of life and vigor as nyoung i ster of twenty. The Courier is one of tho bes conducted papers in the State. It perhaps hai no superior nnvwhere in its news and commer eial reports. Tho daily is $10 a year; tin Triweekly, $5. May tlic shadow of our rcveret | name-Mike never grow less. The Pkopiikt Grcki.ky.?Tlie New Yorl Tribune., in October Inst, thus exhibited his snr prising sagacity. lie predicts liow culm ant quiet everything will be after Lincoln's election " It wil bo pleasant ami instructive to se< j what a quieting effect, like that of oil pouret upon the waters, tho eloction of Lincoln wis j have upou tho agitation just now of the politi cal elenients. They (the Southern people) liavi not the slightest intention of giving any pfftuti I cal efTcct to those threats of secession, or forci blc resistance to the inauguration and adminis trntion of Lincoln, out of which some of ou ; city papers are striving to create a panic. Thi election over, they will hasten to shako off i suspicion fatal to nil their future projects. Thi avowed disunionists will shrink into a little fac nun iiiioui. iia numerous and intlucntml as ou | Garrison Abolitionists, wliilo the great bulk o 1 the Southern politicians will ho too busy ii | looking forward to nevr combinations, and ii schemes for re-establishing their lost influenc at the North, to hnvo any time or thoughts t spare for disunion projeots. After the storn | we will have a culm. Military Kxcitemint im LonsviiXK?Th Louisville Journal snys tho military spirit o Kentucky is being fully aroused by mmj warlik : aspect of tho times, and that just now the tall I all turns on military affairs. Tho formation ci r~ --I? -r -i - > lftiuiun ir? inu uruor in mo nn1 whether Kentucky shnll or slmll not be the bnl tlo ground in the civil conflict which seem# inc pending, rIic in not likely to lack in the necei nary forco to defend ' hor altars and her flre?. Military companios, it adds, aro being rapidl . formed and tho work of rocruiting goes bravol [ on. Turn of thk Water,?The widow of Obadia Gorman, who represented tho State of Now Yor in the Senate of the United States from 1809 t ; 1813, died Sunday, in tho Syracuse poor housi She was ninety yoars old. Newt Summary. The Legislature of Virginia has passed nticoercioti resolutions, ?ud appropriated $1(000,000 to arm tlint Slate. ?"A Combaheo 1'lnnter " contributes $'2,000 for the use of the State in her present troubles. The troops on board the " Star of the West" were landed at New *'ork, and went into winter quarters. Judge Smal I'V ,*f ll?n IT S Pnlirl lit \'nw VapU rlmrnna lltn ! grand jury there that South Carolina has coniniiti ted treason in secc<ling! The King of Prussia : is dead?Uaeta still holds out The working j men of New York have declared against coercion. -Missouri has cnllcd a convention, as has Arkansas : A public meeting in Philadelphia resolves for peace. A patriotic citizen of Georgia, who desires that his nauie should not ho made public, presents the State with $2,000. Iter. N. II. Conns, Episcopal llishop of Alabama. is dead. Col. Our made one of the most brillinnt effective speeches berorc tbc Georgia Convention, ever delivered by him. Pennsylvania is getting frightened?she is for a convention with the border Slates. The county Courts of Virginia are raising funds, and arming the people. P. K. f.a7.\ncs, Ksq.. of Charleston, has given $300 to the State. Cadet G. E. IIay.nf.swoutii fired the first gun nt the " Star of the West" ?honor to him Mrs. Susan Catkrs, wife of the Itishop, is dead. The population of the five seceding States is over 3.000,000^ Can they be coerced? Messrs. w A. I,ek, <ff the J'rt*x; Wm. C. 1)avis. of the Jiantur, ami F. F. Waki.f.y, of the Southerner, arc in the ranks of the volunteers in the service of the State. Pennings and Clippings. Wai.iiai.i.a?Mr. J. W. F. Thompson hns l,??? 1 i?. l??. i m t 1 i IM tu viwivu i ii iciiuii ii 11 mm UIIUHI j Schroder, E. Rra*ten, I). Bictnann. H. Y. II. 1,'iwerv. II. V. 1'ieper. and II. CJissol. Wardens | of the flourishing town of Wnlhnlhnllrt. Attention, Yoi.vntefrs?The Yoluntecr* of tlic Upper Battalion of tlie 2d Regiment, will meet at Wulhalla, on Monday next, for the purpose of organizing their Company. Meeting?A meeting will lie held at Wolf Creek, on the 9th February, for the purpose of ' completing tho organization of n company of " Silver drays." in the 5th Regiment. Others who desire to join arc requested to nttend. li iuisviu.F.. January 17?flov. M?;G ifiin, of Kentucky, in his message t<> the legislature, disapproves of the course of S ?uth Carolina, but will otftml liv? tlm ni\ncltfnHnn-il rntlitu nf #!?/* j South against nnti-slavery #rule. lie reenm, mends a Convention of tlie border States at lialI tiinoro. asks tlic passu^o of anti-coercion rcsolui tions, and an appropr aiion to arm the State. Hrmvvi.vo Dis.wiii.ities?AVo are pleased to ! observe that Senator Ilall, from Wilmington, ha* introduced into the North Carolina Legislatnre a bill to amend the Constitution of that State, bv removing the disability from pevsons I of the Jewish faith, who are now prevented from , holding office by provisions of the Constitution. Col'i.d not i It ? Hinton Rowan Helper again attempted to deliver his lecture on "The Two Systems of Labor," at Clinton Hull, in New York. Monday evening; but the trustees nliiQOrl f Itn lifill u iri I n u t 11 ? t? (^mln ? l??r rro orou-il - assembled, and Colonel Titus, of Kansas celebrity, was arrested by tho police for loud talking. One Sf.nsibi.e Yankee?The Albany Artpis pays: "If disunion must come, let it cunc without war. Peaceable separation is a great calamity, but dissolution, with the snperaddc 1 horrors of internal war. including tho ruin of business, the destruction of property, oppressive debt, grinding taxation and sacrifices of millions of lives, is a scourge from which, let us pray that a moroiful Providence may protect us." Mr Uueckivkiihie?The correspondent of tho Now York 'Vribuut says: "Mr. Breckinridge is now fully in the counsels of the conspirators, nnd is relied on bv them as one of j the effective managers of their movement, fie j is deluded with the idea of being President of the now imaginary Confederacy, and no longer , affects nny sympathy with the friends of the Union-" ' fien. TV E. Twiogs.?This brave nnd gallant officer has declared hi.-) purpose to adhere to the State of Georgia, and will resign his position in the present army whenever the State shall scccdo. Extreme Coi.d?In some sections of Huston ! the thermometer stood at 30 degrees below zero ! on last Sunday. j No Concession* ? A te<t vote was taken in the Illinois Legislature, on the 10th instant, on Mr. >; Crittenden's compromise proposition. The He publican majority voted down proposition* cm, bodying them. Infant .Ciilrcu Msmreksimf.?The recent I Lutheran Synod of South Carolina adopted tlie following resolutions: ' Itesnlved, That our delegates to the Goneral Synod be instructed to request that body to make an effort to revive j through the entire Lutheran church in this | country, the apostolic custom of constituting in? I fnnta whn li.ivn Konn Kfintivml pai/hI ii* mnmKn!* I - I -* I of tho church, and they be treated accordingly ; and (lint fur this purpose books of registry bv all the churches, headed " Infant membership by baptism for , in which shall be inscribed ' j tho names of infants baptized, with the names I of their parents opposite ; and that tliia Synod , j enter at once into this arrangement." - I Rf.rioned?Brevet Major L. 1$. Northrop, 1st t : Regiment IJ. S. Dragoons, resigned hiseon>min' sion several days ago. The resignation has i been accepted. Ho is a South Carolinian. Accepted?The Secretary of tho Navy has accepted by telegraph the resignation of Lieut. ' 1 Chapman and Master Mills, of the Brooklyn.? These gentlemen are both from Alabama. t Thk road ambition travels is tor, narrow for - ! friendship, too crooked for love, too rugged for j honesty, and too dnrk for science. : Panther's Captured?A citizen ?f Webster ? | county, Va., captured, on tlio Cth ult.# two I large panthers?ono measured from tip to tip ! : nine feet and six inches, the other six feet and - eight inches. Pretty good for a new country. Explosion or Teeth?Explosions of boilers, . cannon and carbines arc not uncommon ocour. renccs. but whoever heard of teeth exploding. r Such phenomena, however, sometimes tako Q place. A correspondent?W. II. Atkinson??( ? I l?iu J" V/WHIWJ, Mil vv CHPCn VI IVUUI l> exploding, fie attribute* those to the cxpansion of gases in the interior of tho teeth, hut r how theso gases wero generated we are not ii.f formed. 1 Patriotic?We havo missed tlio Kingstree I Slar from our exchanges for several weeks pnst. e On inquiry, we learn that the editor. Mr Lo 0 gan, his foreman and printers, have all taken II up arms in the servico of tho State. The pa^ per will consequently be suspended for several 0 weeks. ' f IIon. James L. Orr, Commissioner from 0 South Carolina, arrived in Millodgeville, floor k giu. on Saturday last. lie was serenaded ant1 'f saluted at nf^ht, and to (ponded, says tho Ftdt d rol Union, with great wnrmth and oloquenco. t- Changeof Namc?The name of tho Unitec i- States Hotel, in thin city, is heroaftcr to bo tin " " Southern States Hotel." Tlib Federal Unioi y novrspaper, published nt Millodeville, Oa., 11 y soon to be changed to tho Southern Union. [Augusta Constitutionalist. h Petmsik'Ro, January 19 Nearly 1,0(M k pounds of powder and 2,000 pounds* of sho jo and shell sent to Charleston, by special train to b. dav. Thcv were from Tcdorrar works, b* orde I of Gov. Pickons, * ? 1 1 1 1 , IHI.II !" .1 " . _ IMMI.IJI I Georgia. Mii.MOaevii.LE, January 19?The Oonvcn- | tion lias been in secret session nil dav. Hon. H.'II. llill introduced a substitute for the Ordinanco of Secession, but it was lost. Mr. Hill subsequently voted for tlio Ordinance of Secession, declaring that as Georgia was determined to secede ho would go with her and share her fate for weal or for woe. Judge Linton Stephens (brother of A. II.) paid ho waa opposed to t!io Ordinance, nnd that ho would not vote for or sign it. Ho saw no just reason for its adoption. The motion to postpone the operation of tho Ordinance to tho 3d of March, was lost, by a Tote of .30 minority. Hons. A. if. Stepl ions nnd II. V. Johnson wcro among those voting against tho Ordinance. A roinliihnn u'na ndimtA<I nAnttmiinrv tKn .. v.. " * present postal and revenue ?}?lein until ordered otherwise; also. continuing nil civil and Federal officers for tlio present. The Ordinance of Secession was ordered to lie engrossed on parchment, and will be signed on Monday, at noon. Mi i.i .EuueviM.K. .January 10- -The Ordinance I of Secession was adopted to day, at 2 o'clock.? I The vote stood : vcub 208 ; nay? H'J?a majority i of U'J! Mn.i.F.Doerii.i.e, .January 21?Explanations are lieing made by leading coopprationiMs this morning, in the Convention, which show that tho ordinance will be signed almost if not quite unanimously. MiM.EDasvif.LK. January 20.?Gov. Brown yesterday communicated to tlio Convention the threatening resolution* adopted by tlie New York Legislature on the 11th instant. After j their reading Mr. Toomhs offered the following: " Resolved unanimou-dv. as n response to the resolutions of New York, That this Convention tiighly approve;" of the onergctic nnd patriotic condnet of the Governor of Georgia in taking possession of Fort Pulaski, through tho S'ntc troops, and request hitn to hold possession of the same until the relations of Georgia with the Federal Government he determined l?y this Convention ; anil a copy uf this resolution is ordered to ho transmitted to the Governor of New York." Adopted UllUtillDIUIHlV. Augusta, January 19?This city is brilliantly illuminated to-night. Cannons are firing, bells ringing, and the greatest enthusiasm and rejoicing prevails at the secession of Georgia. New Orleans. January 10.?Mayor Manro, of this city, has replied to an inquiry from C?d. Oliase, tlie commander of the Florida State fircos. saying tlint two thousand men could he raised in the city in forty-eight hours, for tho assistance cd* Florida, if the latter State would furnish tho necessary equipments. The Governor has requested that the forces l>e sent iiumediulo1 j*. G.eat exoitcmont prevails liero. Large meetings will he held tonxirrow. The pilots of the harbor of l'ensaeola Imva been prohibited from piloting any United State* vessels into the harbor, under penalty of death. There is a vessel ashore fifteen miles east of Fort I'ickens. She is supposed to be the Supply store-ship, with olScei of the Navy Yard aboard. It is expected that Lieutenant Slimmer, tho ..r l\.-? ?in *? vniuiitiiMVl ui 1"h g. hiii nuhuiurm i lllll fortification. The Florida State forces huvo twenty-live heavy guns ready for pervicft. 11\ the Legislature of Mississippi, tlie Committee on Southern Confederacy reported a scries of resolutions to provide for a Southern Confederacy and the establishment of n Provisional Government amongst tho seceding States, and also proposing tho assemblage of a Southern Convention at Montgomery, on the fourth of February proximo. Montuomk.uy, Ala., January 10?There U troincuduous enthusiasm here to-day over tlie action of Georgia in passing the ordinance of secession. Everybody is in high glee, and in all quarters nothing is talked of but Georgia, her glorious action, and a great (t " t... ... ...1i -1.. ? - jvuiiiv.au vniiiiuuill^. i lUIIJUHIillCIV Uil | the receipt of the news cannon were brought ! out, and repeated discharges soon spread the joyful tidings far and near. Thero was the greatest excitement and joy manifested. Even the old co-operationista shared in the gcnorul jubilee. The .State Convention has appointed ns delegates to the Southern Congress the following gentlemen : Messrs. Smith and Walker for ihe State at large, and Messrs. Mclt:ie, Shorter, Chilton, Hale, Curry, Lewis and Foam from the Congressional iJistriets. Tai.i.aiiassee, January 17?Tito Governor has appointed Delegates to the Convention ??f tlie S tuthcrn States, wliieh is to Assemble nt M.mr gomery, Ala , <>r? the 4(h proximo. 'l'hoy areas follows: (Jon. Jackson M >rt-?n. Col. J. Patten Anderson and Jump* Power*, E?q. Richmond, Va., Jaiiuury 20.?Sb.vatk. ?The report from the Committee of Federal Relations was amended 011 Saturday, nominuliug the Commissioners to be appointed to the Southern States and to the Federal Government, as well as Delegates to National Convention proposed to be called at Washington. The report was agreed to, and the following res? 1 nt ion was adopted : JCt'*olvc<t, That it nil ttic efforts to reconcile the unhappy differences between the two sections of tho country should prove nhortivo, then ever)' consideration of honor and interest demands that Virginia shall unite her destiny with lier sister slaveholding States. The House of Delegates concurred in the report and in the amendment proposed ns above. The House also adopted the following : Jlciiolvcd, That the interests of tho Southern States arc tho interests of Virginia, and that no reconstruction of tho Union can bo permanent or satisfactory which docs not sceuro to cach section self-protecting powci : u.. ?i.? i.v.i?1 a ? n^uuiow uiy.i^umij uj viiu ruuuiiii uuvuruiiiuiiv, or by States Pauis Fashions for January.?The Parisian belles pay their visits this Benson in neat nnd quiet dresaes tho stuffs generally adopted for winter wear being robes do fan taisie, plain or broeadud, and poplins are alst in favor. Merinos nre almost discarded or account of tbeir flaccidily. The fashion foi bonnets allows ample room for the display o individual taste, and the most iniDortant re (juircments for this artiolo of dress arc, tha it shall sot well, Huit the expression of tlx face, not, add to tlio years of the wearer, ant . be without pretention. Those of black vei vet, with n rosette on tho loft-h&nd side, aiu of lilac silk and black velvet, are tho inos i popular. Adjourned Forkvkr?Judge .Tonor, of tin , United Statei District Court, yesterday after . noon, announeod from tho windows of the Cour I Room, in the Custom House building, that th United States Court, for the Southern Diatric of Alabama, was "adjourned fnrevorl" > [3?obila Advertiser. j What Coercion Means?A member of th Pennsylvania Legislature, named William* | mado a violent speocb on Monday, calling fo dnirviuii, iiini ilccii'iiiiig tint* tlic L.iisn must b I reconstructed, ultimately^ by tho re-admigHio j of tho seceding States "as conquered pro* t inces." A Ilia uastino?Mossr*. Noilson, of Glasgow have lately cant a solo plate for ono of llandolp A, Co.'s. marino engines. The casting in twer ) ty-on* feet oight inchc* Jonfj, twenty foot wid< t ami eight feet high, and weighs fifty-nino tun p* (of 2,240 lbs.) It was cant in a pit outside ( r the foundry. It is ono of tbo largest casting over made. ' 7 ~ . . . . . A Washington Items. Washington, January 1H.?In the Senate, I to-day. tlio v?t<j on Mr. Crittendeu'a resolution* I wa? reconsidered, and tlio subject vrn* mnde tlio order for Monday t?ext? Tlio Kansas bill was 1 then debated. T? tl.n I l.titaA tlin A I'm W lull U*'IB .lnlmlrt-1 Mr. Sherman opposed civil war. but said tho I Government must protect its property, Jlo I charged South Carolina with being the cause of H the present difficult*. Mr. Crawford defended Ihe honor nnd rook} faith of S?nth Carolina. Flu said tlinfKt any I timo aftor tho sixth of November shec"uld h'ftvo W ' i>ei/.ed nil the f<?rr-* in the harbor of Charleston. but she had no desire to excite hostility; slio profaned ponce, nnd sent fence Commissioner* ' to Washington. Immediately after tlirir dopnrlure, Anderson n?*iimcl a hostile nttitudo, tints violating tlio faith nnd pledge of the l'edcrtil Executive. Messrs. llnrr nnd Sickle* donio.l that any pledge lind heon given. Mr. Crawford sitid the then So-.rotary of War had resigned under a misapprehension of facts, of whom none could now l>o informed, and mbseqocntly the Socretarv of the Interior resigned ^ on the same ground. There were two witnesses that a pledge had been given. The bill wan subsequently pawed. Washington, January 18?-It is understood that Hon. A. H. Greenwood will accept the pnrt-folio of the Interior Department, at the urgent solicitation of Rome Southern men, who hope, through him, to be able to check , any precipitancy on the part of Buchanan's Administration. Greenwood is a strong cooperationist, but is opposed t.i eocreion. Holt declares that his views have been misunderstood in the South, and that he is not ; responsible for the existing state of tilings.? lie is much mortified at the scene that occurr1 cd in the lOxccutive Session of the Senate, yofiterdny, and yet it is said that to day's do, imrs in the Senate were but a repetition of ; those of yesterday. I llaync has postponed rending in liis coinnii)nii>:ition to 111<> President until Mond.iw j In the House of Representatives, to day, Sherman made a regular war spccch, calling i boisterously, in allusion to the .Morris Island affair, for protection to the United States flag. (Crawford's reply was a inastcrly defence of i the course of South Carolina. He fastened ! the responsibility of the whole affair upon the Federal Administration. Ilis speech proj dueed quite a sensation. ! Reagan, of Texas, left here this nfternoon | for home. Ilo goes back to urge Texas to act wttn promptitude. Wash i no ton, .January IS?The Senate consumed most of tlie day in secret session, discussing Holt's nomination as Secretary of War. A desperate strntrjrlo, accompanied by an exciting debate, ensued on the jr cp<?. ition to conGrm. All the (Julf State Senitorf, including lvcrson, of CSeorgia, Slidcll nt:d Henjainin, of. Louisiana, bitterly denounced Holt and the President. Mr. Wigfall, of Texas, s:tid he could produce facts to prove that Holt was in favor of J VVIi'lUIUII. Mr. Powell, of Kentucky, denied Mr. Holt was in favor of coercion. lie said Vie know thiit lie was not in favor of corn-ion. The Republicans to a nuin defended the Administration. They voted in a unlit] body in favor of tho confirmation of Mr. Unit, nnd his nomination was finally confirmed l>y a vote of 83 to 13. ** Mr. Reynolds, of New York, in the House, is engaged in preparing a bi|l which lie intends to introduce, providing that whenever the President becomes convinced tli.it lie cannot succeed in executing the laws, and collecting the revenues of the scccding States, he. shall bo authorized to abolish clI ports of entry in such Stiites, nnd bldck ide their harbors so as to prevent trade. washington, .January l!j.?The rolusal of tin; co-opcr itionisU in AJabun-i to xi^n th<3 Ordinance of Secession, ocoisions much speo* ulation hern, ami the subinisJouistS an I Union-savors arc quite ulatcd. The Alabama delegation will lonvc liere on ..Monday, for home, regardless of the telegraphic despatch requesting tliem to remain. The impression this morning is, that the mission of Col. Hay no i? in statu quo. Why the South Carolina authorities should nppcjir to delay, excites surprise. ibit. the avoidance of bloodshed is very gratifying to those Southern Senators and members who desire to re-construct the Union after secession.? There ure very many such who would use .secoftsiun ns a species of bold party taetics ? ii - i>i -i. i? ii B^IIIIKV mc JJiaCK IVCpilOUCaUS. Tlio news from Georgia creates excitement in political circles here. The Republicans abandon all hope of Louisiana and Texas. The foreign ministers deny asking the opinion of tbo Attorney-General n reference to tlio clearance of vessels, They sny it is a plain question of international law, and their respective Governments will protect their rights as neutrals, whether it will be agreeable at Washington or not. The House patching Compromise Committee gains ground here on account of the temporizing action of Virginia. Scott's control of tbo President has reooived a check, and the Republicans are furious. Wahhinoton, January 20.?'Miles Taylor, , of Louisiana. Phelps, of Missouri, Rust, of Arkansas, Whitoly, of Delaware, and Wins. low, of North Carolina, join in the minority report the Committee of Thirty-three.? Tbo principal noints are the adoption of tbo Drittendcn resolutions as amendments to tbo 5 I l% *1 : 1 11 * * * viviioiiiutiuii. xi (.mi* snouiu uo rciuscu or 1 rejected, tho dissolution is inevitable, anil r stops will bo taken to o:dl a Convention of tho Stato to divido tlie Federal property, to settle > tho terms of commercial and sooial funity, 1 and a perpetual arrangement respecting tho r navigation of tho Mississippi. f ^Special Dc*put?:h to Charleston Mercury. Washington, Janunry 20.?Col. Isaao W. Havno, Commissioner from tho Stato of ? South Carolina, has sent, his communication vo tho President. It contain* nothing of : imnnrfnnftft rxnnnt. tlmt. nffnifa in r_ ... r. ...... ........o ... remain in ttatu quo. A company ot' Sappers and Miners arrived in tho city to-day, from West Point. Anotho cr company will como to-morrow. It is not - known what disposition will bo mado of t them. 0 The Ueorgia Delegation will propsibly with1 draw from both Housca on Tuesday next., There is no truth in the report that Alabama had requested her Congressional IJele0 gntion to return to tho floors of Congress.? ^ Not one of thcui have been prPKonl in Con0 gross since tho passage of tho Ordinanco of n ' Secession by their State Convention. ! CSpecial Despatch to Charle*ton Courier. WASHINGTON, January 20.?The action r, of tho Virginia Legislature creates intenso h czcitomcnt here. The # question in now '* brought to a |/ractioal issuo. Tho Iicpubli' cons declare that the North repudiates the *f terms that are proposed- Tho Southern ,, men aro satisfied that the North will reftwo, ' and that a separation must take plnoe. . >