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; iriJr? fj.oujij;:?!, ROB'T. A. THOMPSON, Editor. ft.A.THOMl'SON, U. YUUNU, W.lf. IIOLCOMBE, I'RxiMlir.TOK*. TERMS?$1 .-V) per annum. in advance. If pay- ! rtient 1)3il'jViypil unlit aflor Uie expiration of (tic | year. &i. tor six months, 7"> oent* in advance. ?tiP*.Yd"nrti?einent* inserted at the usual rates. PICKENS C. IL, S. : I Saturday Morning, February 9, 1861. | jjiijrSce tlio corrected tux notice of Mr. Oaky, j Tho Freshet. Oil F idtiv tlio 1st instant, duriiior tlio dar nml V * O - ?/ " at night, tlio rnin foil in torrents. As n consequence, on Saturday the streams were generally impassible. Much damage lias been douo to bridge*, mills, lands anil fences. Capt. 11. F. M uican's saw mill and dain, on Six Mile, were washel away. Tho bridges at ' l)iUanls, Socina, Hilis, and Gon. Oaiivin's, oyer Ttvelvo Mile, woro either washed off or i danvigod materially : an 1 so with tlic bridges j ovor Eighteen Milo Crook, near Popdloton.? The hridgos, over Three-and-Twont", nt ttio ! l^ondlotoo Factory and immediately below this ! point, mot the same fato. Tbo bridge ovor Con- j cross, at Mr. Stiiiiimn'o's, was alio swept away. I This is the oxtont of our information in rcla- ; lion to the bridge*. Lands have been greatly damaged by washes, i nn<l the wheat has nffo suflbrod much from tho ! Tlio froshttt hoa been general throughout the i State. Saluda and Broad rivers have been ! higher than at any timo since 1S52. Tho t Greenville a ul Columbia railroad escaped with- ; out serious injury. The Savannah river, at i Hamburg, on Sunday, was thirty-one feet nine incbea above low water mark, and at a stand.? Many sections of the State have not yet been 1' heard from. I The mails were nrovented from leaving tlii* 1 i - - i fdoco, in consequence of high vfator, on Saturday last. The Volunteers. A Regiment of volunteers has, as wc arc reliably informed, been formed from tho districts of Pickens. Anderson and Greenville, as follows: Capt.Kilpatriuk's Infantry Company, 1 " Livingston's " " V Pickens. " llollinasworth's" " I " Whitner'a Hillo " ~\ J - /Vshmore's Infantry ? Andcraon, " Dean ? " I^ing'* " ' j . " llnkc's Rifle " j i " Hawthorne's Infantry " > Greenville. " l'odo'a " " ) Making ten companies, averaging perhaps one hundred men each. The day of election has not yot boen fixed on, but it will bo soon. In this oonnoction, sea the names under tlio head of " Military nominations," in another column. Tho remaining companies, wo suppose, will form another Regiment j and tlmt atnn early day. Saledav Tliore was a general turn-out of our citizens on Monday, many . ing anr/ioun to hear from ! our Rcproaentativoa in tlio Legislature. The j day wns pleasant. At an early liour tlio Court room was filled. Ulam SltAitPB, Esq., our Senator, gave a synop- j sis of tho legislation of tlio country, and vidica- j ted his votes upon the various questions, which ' enmo before the Senate. lie thought tho taxcj exceedingly low iu view of tho revolutionary position of tho State, and felt satisfied that the generous constituency which ho represented, would r.ever complain of an increase of taxes. Mr. Siiaktb endorsed the course pursued by his brethren in the other branch of tho Assembly, nnd gave them great credit for their faithfulness in watching^ovor the interests of tho country, ani especially tho interests of their District.? Every nno seemed pleased with tho course of our Senator. t?> whom great credit is due for his .iw..i ~r u.. - t -ji iiiu lining viutioj uevuiveu | en him. Ct>l. '/. 0. Pui.mam followed him in a zealous strain for three-quarters of an hour. Ho indicated his views upon the crisis?gave cheering accounts from otlier .States, and expressed the bolief that the six seceded States, which were now represented in the Convention at Montgomery, for the purpose of establishing a provisional government, would present to the North such a formidable power that the Black Republican r.irty would abandon their policy of coercion.? led escribed the position of the various ports in Charleston harbor, and the relative strength of oach of the points which were now garrisoned by our citizen soldiery, lie thought South Carolina was in honor and principle bound to tftko Fort.Sumter, if tho Federal authorities refused to surrender it. lie endorsed the views Af tho gentleman who had preceded him, and with whom he had acted in almost every particular during their legislative labors, lie felt conscious of having disc harged his duties faithfully, and that the people wobld sustain him. rPL- Ol ?n* ^ mi: omitiii bina sdino property, l iio uape- i IieaUt land was hiil off nt $3,.r>Qr>. Death from Vaccination"We regret to loam that Mr. Samuel Lonpuit, a worthy citizcn of this district, (lied last week from the effects of vaccination. IIo had exposhimsolf mor? Minn wli? prudent, which in probably the cause of his death. Mortification took place on his arm. Lieat. B. F. Sloan. We arc glad t<> see, say* tho An lerson 0 ? t'.lt-', that t!>i-< gallant yoffijer, lato of tho | U. S. Ar.ny, haa bioa ap;>?intel to the position of 1st Lieutouan *. 4tli Company of Infantry in iL? 4 c o ..it r\ i ? ? ? " * hid ikruiy ?ji ojuwi vuriMitia. ?? o 1001 aavnttOil that thi^is nn ox^ollcrtt appdrUmont, and sh>>utd j ourdnoniio* let " slip up>n us the dogs of4 war," j they will find tho right kind of inntorial opposed j t> thorn lioro. Lieut. StOAM is a native of Pon- i dlot ?o District; a rocont distinguished graduate of Wo it P.jint; ami, if wo mistake not, is now hastening homo to as*uin? his now and honora- j . b*l? position. A cordial wclcouc awaits him. j The 8tat? Flag -Again. Tho Legislature, bofure its n<yournmant, do- i oidod upon thrco sovoral flags, and, of course, our two former descriptions thereof, though then oorrect, -are now incorroet. We much prefer the flag last agreed on. Tho flold is dark blae, with a white crescent on the upper inner oor-?l nor, horns upward. In the middl 1 of the flair ? I a whlto Pal mot to. upright. 4( Wo tirft imlobtcd to the Charleston Mercury for a pretty design, printed in colors. Thr la it Ouhai* Sur^k.?Tho ship Losbia, seized a few days since wjth nine hundred negro*3 on board. on the C/UDBT) m Hu^po.tcil to be the ship .\Iontituk, of New York. She was wailing uiulor Fronoh colors. The nrtgroes wore taken into 21arannn by a Spanish war stoarofer. ' ' ' % * 0 t MVj 9 MMi' . it H + % rmr. , % L '* 11?miK M TTHfll I The Montgomery Convention. Tho delegates from the six Seceding States .act in Montgomery, A'.:;., or. Monday Jar.t. Hon. Robrrt W. Baiinwbi.l, of South Carolina, was oleeted temporary chairman ; aftor which, an impressive prnyor \v?s delivered by Hov. Hasii, Mani.kv, of (iu. On motion of Hon." U. B. Ruett, of South Carolina, lion. llowei.i. Conn, of Georgia, was elected permanent President by acclamation.? .Johnson J. Hooper, Esq. of Alabama was elected Secretary in tho sumo way. All the <Hegates wore present, except Hon. ( Jackson Morton. <?f Florida. In the courso of Mr. Conn's addross upon ta- i king tho Chair, ho said that (ho occasion that! assembled us together wan one of no ordinary charuetor. We meet as representatives of sov- ! 0 reign and independent States, who by solemn , judgment have dissolved all political assoeia- I tions which con nee tod them with the Govern- ' j input of the United Statos. It is now a fixed, . irrevocable fact, that tho separation is nerfeet. ' . com plot o iuuI perpetual. The grout duty is i ( now impoRod upon us to provide a Government } , for our future security and protection. Wo can | < nnd should extend to our sister Status?our Into j ( sister States?who nre identified with us in in? j j torest, foelhlgs nnd institution*. n cordial invitn- ! , ti n to unite with 11* in one common destiny.? j ( Hoinjt desirous. at the same time, of maintaining with our Inte confederates friendly relatione, , political and commorcinl. The usual preliminary business was then at- , tomled to. nftor which, the Convention adjourn- ] ed until Tuesday. , From Washington. ! i lie Uubatos in Congress arc interesting. but wo have not room for extonded extracts. The J Republicans, as a party, oppose all compromise or honorable adjustment of present ditB- j culties. j The border States are in convention. Should j their delegate* agree upon a plan of adjustment, it is not believed that Congress will carry it out. ! Lincoi.n in for adhering to the platform of , his party. Should he continue to do so, 110 ad- j justment can be made. See his letter in this j issue. It dispels all hope from this quarter. Tho President hits reinforced one fort in w~ i?- ? -i ?1 *" ? i .......... u iiuyo uu uonui iic win aucmpi to I reinforce other forta in the South* Then hostil- j it ion will commonco. " l Gen Scott ami tho President has converted Washington into a military camp. This armed j propnrfttion is to overawe Virginia, ami proparc i hv force for tho inauguration of Li n'COI.n.? What aspectaclc. for what the President i$ piouscd to call, a frco country 1 North CarolinaTht Legislature has perfected tho Convention hill. The election for delegates will he hold on tho 28th of February, at which tlino the question of " convention " or " no convention " will ho submitted to tho people. Tho ! convention is to moot on the lltli of March. ) It is now believed that the olil " North Stuto" 1 will g.i for i m modi ate notion. Her convention laccts too late for it to affcofc tho incoming Lin- , coi.n administration in any way. Thus, Lincoln will bo President of North Carolina as well as Now York, if ho is inaugurated. Pity 'tis, 'tia true ! , .?.] lay wood county, through a public meeting, has declared for secession. Liberal. > "Wo understand, sayR tho Anderson Intelligcncr.r, that Mr. James Harrison, of Andersonvillo, a venerablo, esteomcdcitizen and patriot, ( has contributed the snug mini of $500 to tho "Seneca Hangers" and tho " Palmetto Riflemen," of this place, for their equipment and outfit, lie sends tl.'s from Florida, where lie ruaiuun ior me most part. an<l wc learn that tin; i same generous donation from his purse ha* been J made to the fcause of Southern independence in j tho " Land of Flowers." All honor to such | evidences of liberality and true patriotism ! The Slave Trade The Convention of Georgia has unanimously j adopted a resolution in opposition to re-opening j tho African slave trade. Tlie Alabama and Louisiana Conventions have also taken action in the same way on the subject. The cotton State* are opposed to re-opening this trade. Hence, the j border States may have no uneasiness on this subject. This action will alsoshut tlie impudent ; mouths of Northern mon, who char ere that tho ! intention of the secession movement is to effect this purpose. ?? Virginia Is engaged in a last effort to save tho Union, on the basis of propositions submitted by Mr. Prvo'r, and adopted by her Legislature. With this view, sho despatched n Commissioner to this and tho other seceding States, for the purpose of inducing them to engage in the enterprize, or commit them to a reconstruction of tho Uuion. ! Tho message of Gov. I'm.kens, and the action of the Legislature thereon, on this subject, appears on tho first page, and moots our hearty approval. Virginia cannot save the Union, as she terms It. T?. I? mlrflrt/lu uioo'ikvu. Asm u rceonsiruo- i tion of the Union, it is not now nn open question. ! Tito dissolution lias, wo tru*t, been final, and ! should bo perpetual. - -1? How it Works. The Abbeville Jtannev, in an article on tbe " Kffeet of the />o,orican troubles in England/' Hays; % . ' It i? said tlmt hundreds of thousand* >*fpoor oporativosin tho manufacturing districts of Borland are beginning to feel the pinch not only in their pookuts, but in their stomach. The order* that had boon sunt out from this aide last fall have been countermanded, and not a few of the merchants and manufacturers are either working on short ime, or closing up altogether.? \Vr.>rk is thin growing scarcer, and wHges lower, every day. Tho poor houses aro overrun, and \ applications for parochial relief were on all hands increasing. Some of tho laborers, indeed, are 1 said to be in a a tale actually bordering on positive starvation. And yet tho same journals ' which icoorif these distresses aro filled with htmdotations over slavery in this country, .just as j if tho sleek and well fed negro of the South was I not infinitely better off, in his worst flstato, thar, ! the poor whito slavo of England I" A.v Important Day.?Tlio Baltimoro Sun I nays: Monday next, the (th of February, ift | likely to become a memorable day in the hixto- j ry of the country. It is tho tlmn designated Jtir the assembling of dologatog at Montgomery, Ala., to form a Southern Confederacy, also for the meeting of delogatos at Wellington. In response to the resolutions of the Virginia Legislature, tn adopt *uoh measure* of compromise and conciliation as may again unite tho North and South, and thus restoro peace to the oouniry. On Monday r.sst also tho people of Virginia will be callod upon to choose delegated to a State Convention, and at the name time vote j on " referring " or "agsrinut referring" (he notion of said Convention to the popular tote. Tho Southern Bnnk of Now Orleans had nlaoo.l at tho command of the Oovornur ftf the Stato iho sum of $50,000, should it bo required by the exigencies of the publio .virvioo?the Governor "to aceept the'lonn oo ?uch terms for its re-linburjoment as ho may deem eyiiUblc." wr?nhhiiti iii i'imi Camp Life. W. A. leb. Esq.. of the Fret*i W. Q. pavi?, cfthc Jiza.ier / F. F. Wari.ev. of the ?Southtrner ; Mc4?ra. Fairi.ck ami Siiootbr. of Iho MixriOll S/nr: Mn<sr? I.nniu noil \li.pn?inil? >' ' tho Kingstrco S/ar; nnd A. J. lluou, of tho Flag, aro in cnmp ut Charleston. Mr. Lkf.. writing to hi* paper, has a word or two on camp lifo, its follows : " Si no? I lai?t wroto you we luue onfrorod upon ft rigid course of drilling, which I truM will in the course of time make good Poldiers of tho mo?fc i)f ub. Some of u? aro rather /aw rQcrtiii*. hut us wo have tlio right spirit, nnd ft disposition to learn wo w ill coon acqniro tho stop nnd hearing jf soldiers. As a matter ??f interest to your readers, I would appond the daily murine ofour luties in Camp: At half past six o'clock, a.m., ! iho drum t?eats the ' Kevielle." which awaken* j jh up to the roll-call. And after answering to the j ;ftU of our namos wo aro dismissed for tlu\ pur lose of putting our rooms in order. At half past r o'clock. tVic drum heat of '"Peas upon a Trcnoh- ' ;r," invites us to breakfast. At quarter j?:?*>t 8 , )'clock. tho Srjunii Drill commences and contin- . ics for three-quarter* of an hour. At 10 o'clock, ; Squad Drill in resumed, and continues till quuror nast 11 o'clock. After an intermission. Squad Drill is again resumed at 12 o'clock and contin* jcs for three-quarters of an hour. At 1 o'clock | the drum Hounds tho cull to dinner, " U >a*t ' l?eef." At 2 o'clock Conipa'tjf Drill commences \nd continues for three-quarters of an hour. At I o'clock tvc have the signal for Dress Parade, : when tho wlioli regiment is roviowed hy the Co- ! lonel nnd Stuff. and after the performance of va- ! rious evolutions, receive the orders for tho fd- ' lowing divv. At 9 olchnsk the " tattoo" is heat. 1 which invites us to roll-call; and at half past 9 I'olock, the "tups" upon the drum i? the signal for extinguishing nil lights. ' On Thursday lust, w e were dispatched with i ;\vo day'* pruvimon to Pelican's Point at tho | 'astern extremity of tho Island to relievo the Company which was stntionod ilicro. Here we ,vero required t> guard n brass T2 pounder, ineuded in conjunction with uitr muskets, to prorent the landing of any troops at this point: j uid hero cummonced our experience of tent life. I'ho Point is somewhat famous in revolutionary ! story, for tho doharkation of British troops ; | Hid to rev. ;t a similar importation of Uncle : win's Jontinentals, w.is the duty .unsigned us. l'he. ei.'MUy did not nppronch. hut nevertheless i ivo guarded this output with all the diligeneo j >f men, who awaited an advancing foe. Our | ;uns were loaded, our sentinels armed and postal, and wo had encli ten rounds of ammunition n our cartridge boxes. Here I did my first serrico in the way of standing guard ; nnd as I paced for ~> hours upon that surf beaten shore, ! with tho chilly winds of the Oeean blmrinir. nn. ! in iuo, " Whilst tho sentinel stars kept their watch in the sky." I fully realized, "What shqdnw* we arc: and what shadows ,wc por? *ue." ''Villi the morning however came mure I dice "ul thoughts, and a pleasant *' row" on I the water furnished a delightful solace after the I fatigues ??f the night. Our Camp was located near Trncsdolo's somewhat famous Oyster lied, I rind all lover's of the hi-valves, hau here u fmo uppurlutiity of gratifying their tistc*. Thin luxury however, was not sufficient to induce any | fit" us, to desire to prolong our stay in this drea- i ry spot, whore the myrtle bodies, cedar and marsh, constitute almost the entire vegetation, rind oralis, oysters and " tiddlers," the principal inhabitant*. Speaking of " fiddlers " reminds ine in this connection of our comrade, Mr. H. Rothschild, whoso accomplishments as i\ violinist are well known to most of v??nr readers, and whoso tuneful how has solaced mnnv a leisure moment in Camp. The violin struck up a lively air. ' Hands fur n cotillion." was announced, and sonio of the pa vest of the gay, danced- our adieu to tho Camp at Pelican's Point. We pave a salute to the Company which relieved vts. tired our cannon at parting, and marched uhocrfoll v along tho beach hack to our quarters at the Moultrie Ilou<ic?a distance of about miles." " Position of 8tate Affairs " Last wook, we referred to the disposition of SOUK- in the Stillrt to wiunm Mm l.? imiuoc l>u <li?l not ansault F irt Suintor. Tliu Columbia (luunli'xn was foremost in the party.? The nost day, It f.vover, after this article appoarb I, h-< rejo'vel inform xti m th it satisfied huu, and wrote the following, under the abivo cap tion : " \Vre wer? extremely gratified yesterday in hcin^ assured by a goutloumn just arrived from Charleston, whose means of information are ample ami umpiestionahle, that the g.cate.st activity and goal prevail in making preparations for taking Fort Sumter, and for defending the citv n.ii>I Imrliiir Tim ?n?l>.> <? >> s.-?* us, are far from beiii? remiss upon those jsiint*. They justly appreciate the magnitude of the interests intrusted to theiit. and are determined that, so far as in them lies, these great interosts shall not ho jeoparded by any, want of forecast or nerve on theirpnVt. ft is their purpose, and will he their plFirt, to avo'nl equally an iTtlfwise precipitancy and aruir .? delay. " Our friend intimates further, that the presence of a Commissioner in Washington just now may he accomplishing much for our euusc ? more than what appears upon the surface.? Wo earnestly trust that mie.h may he the fact, and that what hart appeared to us to he u questionable policy may bo fully vindicated by its happy results. News SummaryHon. F. J. Moses, Slate Senator from Strutter, Iihh been appointed a Commissioner from South I Carolina, to attend tho Convention of the peoplo of | Novth Carolina. The steamship ArUona, from | California to New Orleans, brings ?'2,04!),000 in j specie? M.ij. (Jeorjja Middleton died at Syra- I cusc, N. V., on tlio 10th ult., aged 91. He was ! the oMest Mason in tho United Slates Chris- I tians sometimes are bad enough, but the world is j worse.??.?The population of North Carolina is j 1,027,1 '.17.? ?Tho Branch l)ank of the State, at j ADueviile, is in operation. Andrew Rinionds, Pres- 1 idcnl; K. H. Wardlaw, Cnvlder; F. M. Mitchell, 1 book-keoner. A company ot' Minute Men was j organized in Cnrrolton, Ky.f lu??*w?ck. under the I influence of tlie gallant old soldier, Oen. W. (). ! Itutlcr.? Col. Kdward C. Anderson has been appointedordnnnceofticer in chief of (leorgi.i?; I It i* esltimntad that the election of Lincoln to the Presidency lias already cost the North four hvmdred and oighty millions of dollars. -Kansas has boon admitted, hy Congress, into the Union, na it is. Anti-slavery meetings have been dispersed in lloston and Syracuse, N. Y. Uoo.l, but ' n.w miiv) vnpv. oamui'i i;. next. renMfljr of the Navy, died in No* Yorkuu the-8th ult. ? Tho Anheville jVVic# iw informed thnt there in no poll tax in South Carolina. r*?The income of the ; South Carolina Railroad company, for this year, in $1,490,030.86 -The New Yorker* are attempting to prevent the exportation of arms and munitions of war to tho South. Itecollcof, non inter- > course in a game two can play In the months of September and October last, 0,4-8,000 ' bushels of wheat were exported froru tho.United j StntM to England.? .lames Ilolnn, of Graham- J tlllo, has given $1,000 to the Stat*.? ?-^-Kdge- j field hat* over 1,1 AO men (volunteeriO rondy to take the Hold. The population of Illinois lt? 1,728,- : 600. George W. Lunilrum, a lawyer of K?'gefold, Is dead.- ? Horatio King, of Now Vork, in ' Postmaster (Icheral. &A.V .fntinnnn tla?n?vil I Ii?s been elected Colonot, and Col. Th'onntrf J. ftlorer, Lieut?oant Colonel of (he 1st Kegiment of Volunteers, formed under (be ifiillUrjr act.??? A. J. Kkclion, wlio is charged with Killing J. W. McAlintor, io Greenville, on the Bint October last, Jut been arrested, and committed to jail. Ri.efbtd to (Jiv*.?The stm in the h??rons scntlors abroad his bonms. The fountain Bends forth its life-giving waters. The earth teomi . with its various productions. Tho birds sing ' for our plflAstir#. M?n should copy the exmnplo, nnu live for tho good of otl-.efs. lift is happiest who dots moH to ninko others hnppy. * ' ' r ' " Penning* and Clippings. M??hn ntflONATl'iM,.>-Wo lonrn thnt Lieut. W. IV. Uofre*. ?if tlio Ordnftitbe Doj>nrtnionf. nnd I.iout J. P Joncp, ??f tho 2<1 Artillery. Unitftd States Army. hi\\ ! resigned. Mr. Bnggs in u mitire of AuguM*, (In. a uecnciT.?JUlia*. Mellon. Into City Miirnhnl of Detroit. Mioh.rui. lint ?'>n<? to Charleston, nnd enli?tc<l n* Lieutenant in on? of tlie companion of t l>c Moe?i>init troop*. 11 o is 11 nfttive <?1 Detroit nni| lii* fallier. n Mnjnr in tho rojsnlnr urmy, wns killed in tlic Florida Seminole wnr, .Tuk Types.?A Southern editor, in nttompt. in? to nompliniftnt den. lMllow us tv ; Imttle?cnrrod veteran," wn? marie hv thrt typ*** to onll mm ft tmt tie-scared veteran." In the next isnno the uiistitUo whs so fur corrected as to stylo Itiin a " bottlo scarrcl veteran. OfT or thk Union.?Fivo State* have already jiasse-2 ordinances of Kcoe?Hi<>n. Tho following is the area in nfjimro milo" of tho Stoles that havc seceded j (ifnriin.5H.000 ; Fl?pi|in.fi9l2fl^; 8-.><ith Carolina. 28.000 : Alabama. 50,722 : Mississippi, 47 151?making a total of 243.141 square mile*. The territory embraced in tlseso five States is larger by 39.O0O square miles than the empire of France. ami is just twice as lftrgo as Great Britain and Ireland. ? >i. Skvt Off.?The oiti/on-j of Norfolk. Va., on Monday last, sent off from that city J. Russell Dawson, who, it was ascertained, had voted (or Lincoln. C? . . ? Tl.^ 1 I f ?t n o.m.is.? iiit- imn lano <11 mo * lirpcntor estate, which w':ii sold on last M-mdiiv, wivs tin* Kotaw (AIn.) Otisrrrrr. of the Rih. hmujrht very liij^li prion*. The land sold fur thirty-firo dollars |ior ncre?ami choice nogroett brought from $ 1.800 to $2,300. Corn, $1.50. Indiant.?Tt is a winpilnr fact flint Indiana ha* had four fJovnrnors since the firfct of Octobor. fJov. Willnrd d'ed on the 3d of thnt month, when Lieut, (Jov. Hammond became Governor, lie served till January 14th, when Gov. Lane wn* inaugurated. Gov. Lane served t?vo days, when he was elected to the United Stales Senate, and wan superseded hy Lieut. Oov. M.iroton. Four Governors in less than four months. L>ui5tii.i.r. Jan. 'JO.?The Legislature has utmost umi(iiiinMt>iY nuopicu mo v ir^inm resolutions. f>o iiioililuvl as to rcipiire the Federal (lovernment to profoct slavery in Territories now hold or hereafter acquired Smith of 30"* SO', nhd to guarantee tlio transit of slave* through tlio free State*. Counteri'kttrr^ Auuf.vteo,?Three counterfeiters wore nrrested in Montgomery. Ala..' on Monday last, having in their possession a Inrpe ilnmher of twenty dollar counterfeit bills on the Merchants' Dank of Now Orleans. Pead. ? Her. .Trthn Talbot, well known in Northwestern Virginian* Fat her Talbot, n Methodist minister, <1 ? <] in Lewis comity, Va., on tlic l"th int-t. Ho had bcco a traveling minister f.ir 67 years. New Ori.c.vvi, January .10.?The following j.-?-inivui?Mi io-u;iy were nun-en i?v me ii'iuisutnu State Convention. as IVlcgntes to the Southern Congress, to bo hold on tho 4th of February. ?t Montgomery. Alabama : For the State at large ?John Perkins and A. Declouet. For tho 1st District, C. M. Conrad ; Cd, I). F. Kenter; 3d, (Jen. Kdward Sparrow; 4th, Ilenry Marshall. St. Ij-hms. January oO.?Tho House to-day tabled the Senate's joint resolutions f"r vending Commissioners to Washington on the 4th prox.> and adopted strong resolution*. denuuncing the course n{ the New York and Ohio Legislatures, in tendering aid to the Gettoral Government to coerce tl.o South. A " Sei.i,."?Kockland, Maine, was in a fcr mont lust Saturday wo ok over tlie rumor that (ioneral Scott had boon killed in a <luid with Toombs. " Tho boll* were tolled nnd the streets filled with r soiled people," who finally went home, laboring under the impression that n " nale " had taken placo. Tur. C.\t'"E is Mitvruts.?On the 22d iu*t. there was un iinnlense demonstration in Memphis, in honor of the seceding Suites* Tho -Irolanche. my> ^hat the torch-light process ion was the largest that over took place in the South.? A private letter to up states that the profession Was nearly two miles long. The city was illuminated. Ei.rcm* ok Senator.?On Thursday lust, ?ays tlie Raleigh (N'. C-) S/mi'lar<l, the H ot. Thomas Ij. 0!iri<rmnn, di^nnioniHt, \v:ii elected ft Senator of the United States liy the Legislnturn of this S;ato. for nix years from and uOcr tlio -4tli of Maroh next, 'fhoro was nu organized opposition to Mr Clingiuitn. Dk.ATU ok Ex G'vkrnor Lutoiikr?Ex Gov. Rihert l\ Letcher died in Frankfort, Kentucky, on Thursday night, after u protracted illness.? lie served in the Statu Legislature many tonus, and was some years in Congress, In I.R-10 he was elected Governor of Kentucky, Iteaiin his competitor. ,Jud?c French. hy nti over whelming majority. Subsequently ho Was appointed Minister to Mexico hy President Fillmore. Duration ok Likr?By calculation, it i* shown th.it of 1000 individuals, 23 die in their hirth; 277 from toothing, Convulsions and w >rn?s ; 7 in mea-les ; 2 women in child birth ; 195 of consumption. asthma, and other chronic complaint* ; 250 of fovcr ; 12 of apoplexy, and 41 of dropsy. Or. in another point of vinw, of 1000 persons, 200 tlio within tho first voar, hO in the second. 40 in the third, and 24 in the fourth ; and within the first eight yr-ars of life, 455; or almost one-half of tho number arc cut off by premature death. A Fashion L<.no Nkkped?It is stated that the latest " fashion " announced from Kumpe is that of drossing very plainly when itoins to church. Some of tho ladies of tho first circle go op to worship in plain oaliec. It in thus Bought to encourage tlio attendance of the poor, who have hitherto withheld their prc.senco for lack of ' Sunday clothe*." Tur. Errccr in Philadelphia.?The Philadelphia /'/r,v.t, .-.alimenting on tho effect* of the panic, buys that within the last nix week* not less than 15,000, and perhaps 20,%0, pofftons in this eity have unexpectedly been discharged from situations where they have onjoyed the privilege of enrning their hread iiy the sweat of their brow. Ihroctly and indirectly. probably not lees than 50,000 persons depend upon (he exertions of these operatives for subsUtcnuo. Hioti PniCf. kok Sf.avgs.? At Linden, Oft., recently. at auction, a nogro woman and tWn children brought $1,000; ono woman and eh'.ld brouglii $1,540, and the laat of the four $1,1130, The limine< are an high as any that huve boeri iiihuu 111 tout wuuiy tuV nt l^imt twelve month* past. New Oftf,*?.*<?, Feb. 1.?Tho New Orlennt Mint And Coxtnin House were quietly titken in charge by tlia State authorities yesterday. Today, tho officials of ibu now 0 iverntncnt t?>v>^ the oath under tho proviftions of tho Oidinunoo Louisiana Mu? Ixjok OutI?flroolv ?mr?*o In announcing heriodepondcno? the Now York Tribune give.* tho chivalrouj Croolos of tho Pol Jean Stnto thin gentlo warning: 80 L'luiaimm has acceded, nnd haa ever graciously proclaimed that the navigation of th< ivUiMiHftipfii nhnll ho frco. We van tell thcaufe tPtir traitors of that State that tht ^roat North West, and Indeed the who|?r country, will nevei owe to their permission the right of* naing thai river undisturbed.. And whatever nnayb6?aiij of tho older Statea, and whatever may he theii final destiny, odo thing in certain, and that ii tjmi I<ooialnna, which we bought and paid for and which U necessary to an, ran never go ou1 ef the possesion and control of the United Staton until the military fe*nufc<>a of the United Statei have bi?in annihilated. Tho tfflth mnv aa wel bo undoratood and appreciated in liOtiisiaaa-firat an last? ? . . - \ >> "iiI'lVii iV > 'i i~ I.. < ti i>?na'.w From Washington. WASfflNCJTON, February 2.?Col. Hnyno, I Inst CTeuine, Kent his final ooimnuniofttion to thu Prcttidcut, demanding the surrender of i Fort Su tutor First. On tlie ground of the fright of eminent doumin vented in tli? uoverejgn', Secondly. On the ground or the right of ; the Korproi<?n to eondoinn property fiu* public ; uso, by ninkipg duo eonipencition therefor. Col. Huyne. in his coimntinkvitionj ottJoinen j the independent sovereignty of the ?tate of. , SnnfVi . (^iirnlinn mill l!iin enrripx will) \t tlift ' , - I - - ' first proposition. lie then nrprutto, nt eousid-' crahle length, against tho position of the Federal Government claiming tho rijrtit to protect Fort Sumter as properly } he shows the mode 1 adopted to secure this protection to ho unwise and absurd, and contends that the Govern* j ment is fully insured against the loss of a i single dollar in surrendering tho fort. Ho i also assures the President that any attempt, to i reinforce it will be considered (? declaration of iw,,r- - ... I Several distinguished gentlemen read the communication before it w:>h submitted, and ( pronouccd it c.onc!u.?iye and iinnnswerable.? 1 ! A Cabinet meeting was held this (Saturday) I morning, to consider it. ! j ' It is generally anticipated thst tho Presl- i J dent will merely reply that ho will transmit j the demand to Congress*. In this way he will j b?i able to answer the argument iti 3 special j message , without giving tho, ai|tho,cities of South Carolina an opportunity for n rejoinder. Capt. Duncan. N. Tngrahnm, of Kosr.tn fame, yesterday sent his letter of resignation ! to Secretary T nicey. Touey declined uco?'ptiingit. and begged him to reconsider. Jiut I | understand that Capt. Ingnham is not to be moved from his purpose. Kven the cocrcioni ists do not disguise their regret at losing tho i irnllant Int?r ih/im. Ilolt, to day. ordered a snluteof thirty/our j puns to bo fired frmn tho Columbian Armory. ! in honor of the admission of Kansas ns a State. Tho Pacification Uordor State Convention will assemble here to-morrow Tho Commissioners from Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio. New Jersey, Delaware, Rhode Island. Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Maryland 1 arrived to ni?rht. Tho Virginia Commissioners Arc in caucus at Mr. Tyler's rooms. Tt is understood that t #1...:- - r< ? ?MI L . niv.ii uiov HIUYC HI VlIU \y?lll VIMIHIMI Will Of! TU I introduce fi resolution i finrii?? the right of the l"\jderyJ (.Jovcrnn.cnt to use forco !ij::iin.-<t the secodiug States. If tliis proposition should be rejected, ? general holt of the Commissioners of the Border 81,-iVO States is anticipated. Tlie Kentucky Commissioners nrc also in caucus. "They say that Kentucky demand-'. ? full and final settlement, or she will forthwith join the Cotton State movement. It stems to be generally admitted that Virginia will 1 mainly control the Convention ; but nobody hits the* slightest hope of any satisfactory adjustment being arrived at. The President is evidently maneuvering to J pain time. He lias not yet officially aoknotyl- j <?dged the receipt of Ilayno's communication, I but in conversation be has expressed himself j o? ploased with its tone, pronouncing it '"able, dignified and courteous.'' Meanwhile the military movements of Scott and Holt arc. progressing bravely.? Within ten days over four hundred troops and a large number of horses and pieces of ordnance have been added to the nlre.ndv for midahle garrison now watching the goo?f people of Washington. Another lsirpto body of troops arrived this morning. The Baltimore train, to-night, brought more-Artillery, nrns ntid ammunition. I suppose the next thing to be done will bo to follow out the mihl su?rgestioii8 of the Tribune, by declaring martial law, and throwing all the *'traitors" in irons. One of ourcrnek volunteer companies lately procured a small howitzer for practice.? The other day Scott got wind of it, mid benevolently ordered it? transfer to the XJnitcd States Arsenal " for fafe keeuii??r." - nflicks, tho semi-Abolition Oevernor of Mrryland, will be c**mmed before the Tronwm Committee to-morrow, relative to the itllogod conspiracy of tho secessionists to pounce upon Washington. Tbe Abolitionists bero are terribly alarmed lest tbey should not brt able* to inaugurate Lincoln. They arc not satisfied with Seott'n precautions. They want a WideAwake army. In rather strange con (rent to theso bloody preparations,-is a pnaco movement which I iioar will bo made in tho Ilouie to-morrow.? A resolution will bo introduced prop<*?inff a | National (Convention of adjustment, it will ; end in smoke. - [ Sp& iitl DrxjHitch to Charleston Mercury. wa8illn<?to>f, February 3.?I nm reliably informed that President lJncbnnan has informed Colonel llnyne, in reply to his letter in reunion to I'Ort Funltflr, that he lias no power, express or implied, to negotiate for tho sale or transfer of nny ptop^ty belonging to the General Government That nil suoh Hpplications must he undo to Oongreflf, who idone possesses the powor to dispose of such property. Governor Hick* testified before the Speeiid Committee on Treason ycrterdav, thnt lie hnd some ovidonon tllft iiivnou.n ftp tiliu ?;? ?. : " """ ? ? j was contemplated by parties in Maryland. . More troops* arrived to-day. The Inst In" stalment makes n total of 800 Federal truops now in Washington." [Special Derpntch to the Charleston Courier. Washington, February 3.?A Joint Committee has been appointed by Congron? to count tho electoral vote. In the Senate, yesterday, Mr. Chandler, of Michigan, presented a memorial, imput ing if I the United States is Ac facto a Government, [ nu<i if no, praying the arrest and iinprihon1 moot of tlie Commissioners from tho seceding 1 State* Also, tho arrest and imprisonment of I ?!.- : e a .1 /? ? >nu v/uuiniinmuHur iroui nouill unrollim, Slid 1 nil who claim that she is nn independent rov1 ereignty. A nuinWof private bills were iutroduecd | in the Senate find passed. Several unimportant bills were discussed and postponed. In the Ijiouso, tho $25,060,000 Bill wn* 1 passed. The Defioidncy Hill was dobated.? Proceedings uniiuportar*. i Washington, February 3.?The Peace > Conference met to-day, and resolved to hold - scorct sessions in future. It is thought that ' Kx-Presidcnt Tyler will bo ehosen President. t Adjourned ugtu jto-morrow. l! WASHINGTON. Fflhrnnrv 4.?T-rr. r tionnl companion of Fedotfaf troops arrived in this city yesterday. There arc now about > 800 here, ? 1 Washington, February 4.?Sonitore RliJ dell pod Jlonjamin, of IjOimmaimi, withdrew 5 from Congress to day. , t Mr. (JlirjguKir* delivered * speech,i? which h? defended the Houtb. n~......... rt'tt*' - ,,-i. it , j Mist.vk.hn Views of a Southern ConFKDERACY.?An opinion prevails nnioog tlie 1 Republicans that in tho event of the South- I orn StHtfH seceding and forming r separate 1 Confederacy, they would bo unable to command influence and credit abroad, litis i* a mistake. A Southern Confederacy would enjoy ns much credit its might bo required either in London, Paris or New York. i'htf mere fact.of it? being the only great cotton producing country in tho world, and w?having llu> xvfirlrl iinon it.' woiild Instirn 4# thin; and however prosit the repujrnaneo of (H the Knjrlish to the institution of alavery, it ^ will ho h long time before they leave off wearing nliirls because tiiosc useful articles happen to he manufactured from slave-grown cotton. In order to enable the Confederacy to raise an ample revenue it would be only necessary to impose an export duty of a cent per pound upon the staple product. Cotton consumers would have no alternative but to sub iiiii, jinn more is no uouot tliey would Uo so willingly. Moreover, tlio Southern States aro pos?e>8<:d of more mineral treasures than may Ko generally supposed. The mountains of the Northern slavirf taton abound in coal and iron more than the liritish Tidauds ever did ; and yet coal and iron made Knglantj what she i?. .Missouri is particularly rich in this respoet. So is Georgia. Hold is found in sufficient quantities, here and there, over tlio etitiro territory, to yield a larjse profit beyond the expense* of mining, .and there are many other nalunil :idv:inl:ipw? wliieh might fro fciitfm,.r.,(<wl ... IIx. . ?<?VU u.f uvivu^mi^ 11/ iiiif* rnTimn. [.Vnr York Il'.-rahl. NimriiKHN MKN IlKi-ust.ui TOFIGHTTUB South.? It is said that the I J? if tod Ht?t?v recruiting officer* find ditfi u'ty now in filling' op the ranks with men. Notwithstanding every town and cify in the North contains hundreds or thous.uiJ.-j of able-bodied men who arc idle and without means of support, they do not care to accept the invitation to go into the army. We b.'nr a groat tfeiil of talk nmnng mo nruent platform Kepublionn.H about eoeroinft thu secessionists of tho South by means of Northern soldiery, but tho iudioations .ire that tho fijrlititijr in to bo done mostly with tho tonguo. Fow car* to- enlist with a prospect of ongapinpc in a civil war and baring to fijrht not only fyrjny, but to keep tho government together that thor<?' may n treasury from which to draw their y^y.~?I(dvhertrr (A*. J.) C'nion. TKNKKSSKK MOVINO pon Secession.? Hon. Senator Borland, a distinguished oo-op orationist of Tonncsstso, writes to his paper, tho Memphis lOmjuiror, from Washington eia.. I ! ? i ? ? 4 - . in wiuoit no auvises tno people ot Tenneshoc to net immediately* Tli.it "war is nt tho door." That Tennessee must go with the North or the South. He says : As to Andy Johnson, Knierson Ktheridge, and tho few who, iit the base hope of ?cttinj? office under Lincoln, sympathise with them in their ]>luck Republican proclivities, lot them emigrate, before the fate of-tho tories of the Revolution overtakes them. Hilt :ls for Tennewto. as n Stnte, and I)?>0 out of every 1.000 of Iter people, arc all Southern in principle, in interest, in honor, in fooling und in destiny. As such, every man is expected to .1.. 1.2 1 * ? * * uu iiis uuiy?ana woo to linn who lulls to do it. Time was when wo might fnir^y and safely differ ninong quvsolvcs upon qnos(ioiiK of policy, hut that timo is now past ; the issue upon us is one of life and deuth ; nml to doubt now which side to take, is to ho damned.? The enemy is at our ihxir, and hQ.who is not or u* is against us. As Attack ox Was^imitox.? \ .despatch from Washington to tlco Alexandria Otizrifs, miv:? : ' It i< nmv ascertained, from relinlilw amiree* in Richmond. flint tl?c course pnrflned 1 >y (Jen. Scott in ordering troop* to this city. and in his nropo?od n inonntration liore of iilS avuilahlo force. U owing to the information ho h;is rooeiv* t? c<l from tho right quarterMint if, in the rt|?pronc.hing election for momljcrs of tho Virginia & Nta>e ConvonM >n. a nnjority is ch non in favor of Mooes-inn. that Convention," whan a*HAiiiM? I i on the l.'lfh" nrox?rn>, liy virfuo of tho p >\rer* ve? "t toil in itself, will HUpersoie Qo*. Lmelior, tho , sitting Legislature, ami order the armed volunteer oooinanie* to seize and ImIJ p i session of Mi ft National Ca;>itid>?:hence the organization of the minute men and tho arming of ,tpu separate counties. Halkioii, Feb. I. ? ,V resolution in now under S? consideration in the Legislature delarihg that, in en30 sectional difficulties are not speedily reconciled. North Carolina <C%*iII go with tiie South. 'The Military Hill comes next. i The Commissioner* from this State to Alabama. u<t r..? \i. ?r * .... i.KMM^lHunT^ nr-?j|i v. I Ill>80 11 pjK??T) [ *< I to WufUingtou will prtibi\l>lv limve to m^rriAv. AH is jr>iiix on quietly. I'rupurutiitnn'to-elcct Delegatus t? tho Statu Con volition aro pmgro**- , ,nK- . . . *' ^ . .. i Oool) M ATKttI AT. VOU SOLOIKRB.?A lottcr from Warren tot i, I'lu., to tlic I'oftsucola Ob fcrotr, tlitis doscribcH a private in one of tho companies 1 -1 t'rofcrtwr l>uy i? just nix ond a linlf feet high in hit* Mocking*. llin weight L? thrco ^ nundrcd nnd (V11 4>;>u?d*, ttud lie measure* A seven feet in tliju.pirlh. lie ie the tallest and blgjffMt mnn in the repiincnt,nnd ia noted for hm {{rent stronpth a? well as for his hrt^o proportions. lio Iihh been knofou to nhooldcr ft a nix hundwed bnlo of cotton, nnd has frequently taken ? whifkey barrel by the chines, nnsed it nt arms' k Cjth, and drunk at the bun# hole, ()u one v. crtsion ho thre*.? n?nn- j| tang pony nud his rider over a toiiriiH fence. For thjs offonec he was tried /ind eonvietrd ) in the Circuit, Court of Lauderdale County,, I i a ? J ?> ? * * i uiiu iiupu uvo nunareu dollar*. ThiH remHfi*- (il | able man .is the .ynungf.st, and- sfmdht-t of seventeen brothers. IIin father in two incites taller than ho'ia, hut hot > thiok?nct. ,'Hi? brothers aro tidier, but nnno of them ntc w sto^t ?8 tho 1'rofcH.Hor. It is ntcossary to remark, that his father has been tv>;ftft married, nnd hns eight ohlldrun hy hi* first vrif?> and | I nine by hia present wife. Tho IVotusaor in the I'rinoipnl of tho Marion Lligh School, and is.u learned man In every son:jc *>tf tho world. He is a master of six langt|iif*,ta, and ns a mathematician ho hna , DO superior. I Id is, besides, one of the best mou living and is noted for his good -nature. II* lever had but one fight in his life, and , then ho killed a horse nnd nenr'y murdered a MHM* As Armt fa Ojwkrvation.?Tho Chicago Dtiniocnil ?rtjr? thnfc a iiiovamont it on foot to call a nionntcr Kenublicnn Convention pf 100,000 U)Qn, to bo odd nt OiAciAnetron the 2d of Match, The del og* tea of thia ^0 Coovention are expected to bo armed *ud equipped for any,necessary nervioe, end will hold theipeelvts in reAdtoea# to (^o to Washington oity on the 4th of Mnroh, <e>|t in rfbv 4 other direction whore Generals Boott end Wool may order ^hena-to wovo. , , ~ , Amah In a hector towards Opd, and a ' | ' coward towar d mow. m