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8umtcr bo considered uaeroly in regard to its preservation as a piece of property claimed bv the United States : or the contimmnon r?f its retention be referred to .1 conclusion derived from the " obligations " which " high Ohnstian and moral duty " would make imperative ; it* they wero appealed to, as they should bo, in this ease, as the sole and proper guides for those whoso conduct involves the gravest responsibilities. Tlio ae-juieso in . ? of tlio President of the United States in tho " nrrnn?c?uncnt or understanding," by which he would ho prevented from sending reinforcements to Fort Snnitor, was intended, and so declared, by the Senators of the scoedinjr States, to be bindinir upon him, in case of the ncf/Uiescence of this State in certain measures which 111oy proposed this State should ndopt. With the concession from tlie State of South Carolina, they evidently expected a concession from the President of the United States. And they proposed that in the interval which was necessary to enable you to receive a renlv from the (Jovcrnor, the President should not send reinforcements to Fort Sumter; aiul that certain facilities now enjoyed by Major Anderson and his garrison at Fort Sumter, should be continued. The replyof the President, therel.:.. _.\r. i a . i iuiv, umiiiiin mo m iu>;u, nut uiny ui HIU i general proposition, to abstain from doing un til tbo loth day of February, tlie day named by the Senators in their letter, that which, whenever he attempts, he knows will be regarded by the State of South Carolina as an net of war; but he refuses also to abstain from attempting this act, even during the pe..J ? - 11 mm uwi-nMiry ll) UIIUUIU yuil 10 COUlIUUlUCrtlC to tlio Governor the proposition of these Senators. All that the State of South Carolina \v;ts desired, in the letter of those Senators, to do in relation to Major Anderson and his garrison, it had done ; not in its Acknowledgment of any ri^ht on the part of the United States, hnt in the discharge of the suggestions of courtesy, and with a desire not to visit nnon ------ J - Major Anderson and liis garrison the consequences of the irritation which the conduct of his (Jovornment was so well calculated to produce. Nor would the acquicscenco of the Oovcrnnicnt of the Ignited States, in the forbearance required from it, have done more than to have secured the status, in which all matters within the harbor of Charleston were ?:? t ?i.- o. ? i. civ vii 10 UIIIU) I?y |*U11/III^ U|llMl tliu OlillW an ouligation not to attack Fort Sumter, and upon .the Government of the United States an obligation not to rciuforce it witli fresii troops. With the supplies which Major Anderson and his garrison were receiving, with the facilities which he and his garrison enjoyed in regard to the mails, no pretext for interference with the harbor of Charleston could be found, except in connection with the right claimed to rcinforce the troops at Fort Sum tor : a right which, claimed by the 1'resident, as involved in a duty, would farther involve a necessity that he should determine, when his duty was to bo discharged, by his exercise of this right. It is true that the President, in his letter, intimates that no reinforcements will be sent, because Major Anderson has made no such request, and feels quite secure in his position. It is not, however, to bo forgotten, tiis<t, upon a recent occasion, when it is understood that Major Anderson did not call for reinforcements, and may he presumed to have felt thou as secure in hi:5 position as ho docs now, roiuforceinmts were sent to him : nor was it the fault of the Government of the United States that they did not reach him. Thii proposition thus made to the President of the United States, was the act of Southern Senatois, unsolicited and unexpected.? Tt was the evidence of a generous impulsa which, having animated them in the continuance of their connection with the United State:*, as long as that connection could be maintained with regard to the rights of the States they represented, was exhibited, even in the mo nent of their final separation, in an anxiou-> desire to avoid collision and strife with those whom they could not recognize longer as their brethren in that political Union which had been terminated. The moderation of the terms in which they asked the acquiescence of the President of the United States, will be long remembered. Their request was simply that he would abstain from those acts, which were unnecessary for the purposes he professed ; and were surely calculated t ) develops the ills he declared himself anxious to avert. At this period, and under such circumstances, it is not only important, but indispensably necessary, that the Governor should correctly understand the position which the Government of the United States intends to occupy towards this State. And the corresponU'liioli lino il.rt Munuu, hmiv l? IIIIO jflUIIUt>VM HIU ivjiu I Ul tllU President, serves to dispel much of whatever doubt may have hitherto existed. It' the President of the United States desired only to protect Fort Sum tor as property, what higher assurance of its safety could he have found than in the pledge of the State of South Carolina, that it should not bo attacked ? If it w is not to be defended as proper , but as a military post of the United Statu*,.then, indued, it would be "a manifest violation of his duty " to a^reo not to reinforce it. The assertion, therefore, that it is only held as property, is inconsistent with those requirements of duty, which the President alleges to be obligatory upon him ; but which are obligatory upon him only in relation to a military post. The flovernor is, therefore, forced to conclude, that, stripped of ! ill I disguise, the real purpose of the President of the United States is to keep find defend PortSuinter, within the limits of South Carolina, as a military post of the United States. This conclusion of the renl purpose whiph controls the Government of the United States in relation to this State, is not the less a res dt of the position which the President of the United States has assumed in relation to the position which the Senators of tho seceding States have ger -.ugly mode, than of tho actio!* of the Presiuont of the United States in regard to other Statas which have soceded. And it is considered by the Governor to be his duty?on which the State of South Car olina will so acknowledge?to regard all hostile attempts tnudc by the Govoi*nmcnt of the United States upon any State which has seceded, as attempts made directly upon this State. Thero is no doubt, that at this moment hostilo j purposes, by the Government of the United States, are in operation/ which nfTect Florida or Geofgla. Tfc docs not admit of a doubt, j that an armed vessel of tho United States is now transporting, with tho purpose of landing troops of tho United State* upon tho soil of one or fnoro of tho Stages which have sccoded, with hostilo intentions towards such ' Stno. Another eypodition, tho existence of which fa imdlfrt^ined, but tho precise nnturo of which i? more, concealed, has been undertaken for a iDce pnrposo. And thn{. wlric.b gives to thc^c hostile attempts a complexion tho least inviting is, that thoy aro secretly undertaken, and their execution covertly attempted, amid professions of an earnest desire to avoid collision ; to save tho waste of life; and fulfill the highest obligations of 1 morality. While tho Commissioner deputed by the State of Virginia is honestly urging upon the authorities of this nnd other States to avoid all occasions of collision with the | Government of the United States; and, while from the same State another Commissioner is attempting to recommend the same counsels to the President of the United States, j a hostile expedition is on its way to attempt the coercion of a State, when the Government of the United States seems to listen to the sujigeft:ons of pence from that ancient Com mon wc tli. The Governor regards it as a happy cir cunisiance mat 111 acicrring to tlio wishes ot the Senators who have interposed in the mission with which you were charged, their good intent has been rewarded, in leading to that declaration from the President, which, in every seceding State, will he. regarded as equivalent to liis declaration of war against tlicm ; and thus save them from the coosequenccs of a generous, but misplaced confidence. Nor is it proper that it should be understood, that what the President is pleased to consider a proof of his forbearance, should seem to have the acquiescence of the (lovcrnor in the correctness of that construction of his conduct, under the ciroiimstniiwio nf o case, wholly unjustifiable, *?nd more tlian ag<rr;ivntin<r. It is not fur tlio President of (lie United States to seem to consider the repulse i of a vessel sent here with reinforcements, as the attack of the State of South Carolina upon an unarmed vessel. If it had not the armament of a vessel intended for war, the loss excusable was the attempt to introduce, under the shield of a peaceful trader, armed \ men for the purpose of executing the orders of the President. It was not only a hostile , demonstration, but, while hostile, ib was ati >- ' ' nui<i|Ht-u in uc iiinuu successiui unucr a ois ruise, which, if it had secured the result which was desired, would have left nothing . but the mere success to compensate, for the | sacrifice of tho proprieties with which it had compensated for the sacrifice of the proprie, ties with which it had been purchased. I The opinion of the Governor, as to the ! propriety of tho demand which is contained in the letter, with the delivery of which you arc charged, lias not only been confirmed by the circumstances which your mission has developed, but is now increased into a conviction of its necessity. The safety of tho State requires that the position of the President should be distinctly understood. The safety of all the seceding States requires it. ns much as the safety of South Carolina. If it be so. that Fort Sumter is held but as property, then, as property, the rights, whatever they maybe, of tho United States, can be ascertained ; and for the satisfaction of tliose rights, the pledge of the State of South Carolina you are authorized to give. If Fort C? i - - ! - < 11 * - oumior is not neiu as property, it is hold as a military post; and such a post, within the limits of this State, will not be tolerated. The letter of the President may be received as the reply to the question you were instructed to ask, as to his assertion of the right to send reinforcements to Port Sumter. You were instructed to say to him, if he asserted that right, that the Statu of ,'outh Carolina regarded such a right, when asserted, or with an attempt at its exercise, as a declaration of war. If the President intends it shall not In? sn iin.li<r?t.-w>il it ia or, to avoid any misconception hereafter, that ho. should be informed of the manner in which the Governor will feel hound to regard it. If the President, when you have stated the reasons which prompt, the Governor in making tho demand for (lie delivery of Fort Sumter, shall refuse to deliver tlie fort, upon the pledge you have been authorized to make, you will communicate the refusal, without delay, to the Governor. If tho President shall not be prepared to give you an immediate answer, you will communicate to him that his answer mav be transmitted, within a ren souahle time, to the Governor at, this place The Governor does not consider it necessary that you should remain in Washington longer than is necessary to execute this, the closing duty of your mission, in the manner now indicated to you. As soon as the Governor shall receive from you information that you have closed your mission, and the reply, whatever it may be, of the President, he will consider the conduct which will be necessary on his part. To the Senators who have so generously interposed in this matter, the Governor desires you to express the satisfaction he has experienced with the interest they have exhibited, and the concurrence they have manifested, in the earnest desire which has governed him, in his attempt to secure for the State of South Carolina its just rights, without the waste of life or loss of lil jod. If other counsels shall prevail with the Government at Washington, the Governor feels that, whatever unhappy results may follow, his efforts and the efforts of those Senators will have been earnestly made to avert them. A cop)' of this note to you, the Governor desires you to address to those Senators. It will not be necessary for the Governor to mal e any further communication to you than this note. To this he desires me tu add the expression of his thanks for the manner in which you hove executed the duty with wliinl) v/?n u//?ro J"** ? Very respectfully, yours, Ace., fee., A. (J. MAOHATII. To the Hon. T. AV. IIaynk. Tub Position ok North Carolina.? In our St:ito {* 0031(5 the other day says the j Ashvillo (N. 0.) News, when the Convention Hill was under discussion, Mr. Faison urged the importance of fixing upon an early day foe the election of delegates. JIo said if North Carolina did not take some action, and that soon, her position might be most admirably illustrated by a story he heard in. Arkansas last year while traveling through the wilds. He rode up to a !o? cr.bin and inquired the news of a man and woman who were standing outside, the door. Tlio man told bim th?t they had just had a bear scrapo, and had butchered a big bear " lie killed a boar?" said the woman, i'j tcrrupting licr husband. " You had no hand in the matter, for while I was killing the bear you were aafcly locked up in tho hiy chikt peeping through the key hole." This, said Mr. Faison, is the position of North Carolina. While tho other Southern States *ro killing tho bear?fighting for Southern Rights?North Carolina is locked up in tho " big c.hiit" of " Watch and Wait," peeping through the key holo, waitiog for the flght to end before ?hc pokes her head out.? He wafl ashamed of the position, and he besought Senators to talk less and act more. r" - Ifj-IE ?plMi^u ROB T. A. THOMPSON, Editor. K. A.THOMPSON, R. YOUNO, W.II. HOLCOMBE> rKUI'KIETOIlS. TERMS?$1.50 per nnnum, in advance. If payment ho delayed until after the expiration of the year, $2. For six months, 75 cents in advance. Advertisements inserted at the usual rates. PICKETS c. ir., S. C.: Saturday Morning, February 1G, 1861. Our Prospects. It may gratify our frion?l.-t to lioav, that, sincc ! the first of January last, we have mlded over one hundred names to our subscription list, which, from the first, lias been healthily increasing. The cir- j dilation of the Courier is now about aixtcen I hundred, weekly. With present arrangements, wo aro enabled to m.? i..??? "! e..v. me uirai intelligence, uringing Washington, I New York, Montgomery. nn<l othor important points, within three days of most of our readers. J With ail increasing circulation, may we not reasonably ask an increase of advertising patronage; and, with our facilities for obtaining the latest news, will not our friends continue to add to our | , subscription list if xixecuuve uocuments Crowd our columns this week. Mr. IIaynl's letter, demanding Port Sumter, tlio reply ?>f j Mr. Ihu.t, and the rejoinder of Mr. IIayne, will appear next week. These will complete this correspondence. What is now t?? he done ? South Carolina has ' made every eff>rt peaceably to possess l'.o-t j , Sumter, and has failed. It is regarded by some ns the duty of the t? >vcrnor to take it by force, at this tune, but we are not of that number. To | | arrive at a just conclusion in tho premises, it may bo necessary to go back for a time: j After the act of secession, tho Convention sent Commissioners to Washington, to treat fyr the delivery of the forts and tho adjustment of ail mutters between tlie two governments. All know how that negotiation tormina ted?itfailcd. Shortly thereafter, Gov. 1'iokkns sent Col. IIayse to domand the delivery of Fort Sumter, as property belonging to this State by virtue of tho sovereignty which sho then exercised. Still, I the President refused. Upon the failure of this mission, not, i> few ; believed it the duty of the Governor to ti^ke the f >rt by force. We do not think so. If the Governor had made an unconditional demand for tho fort, and been refused, then tho honor of the Stato might require that the sacrifice he i now made to possess tho fort. Guv. Pickens i had no authority to make such a demand, and, therefore, made none. As the President considered the fort " property," merely, his Excellency only offered to purchase it at a fair price? nothing more, nothing less. This, wo conceive, is the true position of this vexed question. If tho possession of Fort Sumter, l?y a handful of men, had invoked oither the dignity or honor of the Stut.e. tho convention would not have adjourned without another' In.. . s' - - - 1 cii'>ri. nt least, t< got rid of the difficulty. Tlic birth of the new government of the Con| federate States of Nuth America has happily ! rid us of this difficulty. Wc now look for a peaceful solution of the matter. Gov. Pickkxs has clone his duty nobly in placing the State in a position to defend herself, assert her rights, and maintain her independence. It is right, too, that every preparation should be made to capture l'ort Suurtor.? If all other remedies fail, force must be resorted | 111 l?\,r? SniMift*. ? '? v vumui n IT Ilium llil* U. Effects of the Freshet. The recent freshet was general throughout the State, and extended to tlioJSouth-wasJt. The damage has been heavy t-, wheat, bridges, fencing, Ac. The S'.iiloh cut. on the Blue llidgo Railroad, has been nearly lllled by a land slide. This will i delay the arrival of the cars at WallinUa for | boveral months. Election in Virginia. T.irt Republicans lire jubilant over the A"irginiu election, claiming it us a "Union victory but tlio press of that Stale deny this. A majority of the delegates elcct arc "conservative" moii. They ure fur secession, however, before the 4th of March, if u fina' settlement of the slavery quostion is not made before that time. We d>? not believe itoun he made at all. Tennessee also elects "Union" mdnl1tind votes " n? convention," according to the few returns received by telegraph. f ? ? - uuv. maiming. The address i?l' II?n. Joiis L. Manning. Commissioner from South Carolina, before she State Convention of I^ouisiana, on the 2">th ultimo, has been received. It is brief, pointed, anil j characterized by the conciliatory and manly ad| dress of tlie author. A better appointment could not have bee:i made, and \vc are pleased to see that Gov. Manning lias discharged tho delieato duties of his mission so satisfactorily to Louisiana, and so honorable to himself and tho State that commissioned him. Secession iu Texas. Texas seceded l)y a largo minority, and the I enthusiasm of her people knew no bounds.? j | The Governor, tho Legislature,. Supreme Judges and Commissioners wer*. present du ing tho proceedings. Tito Ordinance is ao>-' nip^nied hy a elanso submitting tho quoation to tl.%people for ratification or rejection. The vote will 1)0 taken on tho 23d of February, and. if adapted, will go into operation on tho 2d of March. Gov. Houston has recognizod tho lcuality ol 1 ttie Convention of tlio i?o<?plo, and declared Iuh attachment to ihc South, as well as his desire to pee Texas join tho Southorn Confederacy.? If no Confederacy is formed, he propones tlmt Texas shall set up for herself as an independent Republic. The news of the secession of Georgia, Florida, Alabama. Mississippi and Louisiana, has created much excitement in Northern Texas. The action of the Convention will bo rutiiied i by un overwhelming majority. wrKnnsns will certainly socedo, wliioh will 1 nmkc the eighth Stffe for the Southern Confeder1 ncy?one muro tlmn n minority of the hIuvo | HtlllCo Trade of Charleston' 0. W. William* it Co., "f IIuyno-Ktrect, in tlicir report of February 4th for tho Sou/hern Christian Adeocute. way : " Notwithstanding the continued unsettled political affairs, there has been a decided improvement in business. The Charleston merchants aro preparing themselves with ahiplc stocks. Sovenil ships direct from Liverpool, with assorted cargocs for this market, have ?rrived. Wo prcdict a good spring business." IIoMKsru.v?Two of Portsmouth's (Va.) fair daughtors appeared in its stroets Tuesday in horn Of pun, and the goncral verdict was that they looked charming. CoPFKR IS BkTTRS IIraTKM THAN GROUND? The Turks employ no miil, but beat the berry with wooden pestle* in mortars. When long uaed. the pestles I ecomo procion, and bring groat prices. I The New Government. Tho Cou gress, at Montgomery, is working harmoniously. Iir adopting rules, it wan doter- I mined that all votes should be taken by States, i each Stato casting one vote. Thore is wisdom in thid. : Congress nits with c!"c;l d ior.*, r.nd only the results (if llinir ilnliluirntl.iim ?,? ?? nnM!?.l./i,l Wo give such items as we find in the papers: Fobrunfy 7.?The .Southern Provisional Congress hrts adopted tlie Constitution of tlio United Slates fbr tho S milicrn Confederacy, with tho addition of an ninondment proclaiiningyJcc tradr. with all the IcorUl I i The Congress to-dity icoeivod nn official copy , ] of the act of tho Ahihanm Legislature, appro- j printing $500,000 for the support of tho I rovi- j ' sionnl (lovernment of the seceded States. February 9. ? lion. .Jkhtkson Davis, of Mis- I I sissippi, to-duy, unanimously elected Pros- I | idont, and Hon. A. II. Stk?'iikxs, of (Jeorgia. ] ( Vice President, of tho C>>nl'edorato States of i North America. 1 , l tt'?jt o ?* i t l? i t* o ? !??* 1 imi 1 manifested I?v the outsiders to-day, and tho i Convention hull and gallery were crowded. , M Memminger pre.-onlod a bountiful model ' of n flag, made by Sontli Carolina ladies. It lias a bine cross on a red Hold, and ?ovon s'ars I are on tho cross. It is highly admired. Mr. | Memminger also presented another model, by a | gontleman of Charleston, with a cross and fifteen stars on n field >>f stripes. A committee lias been appointed to report on a fla>;. seal, arms and motto for the Confederacy, J 'fbe President lias been directed to appoint 1 Committee* on Foreign Affair*. Finance. .\Iililiu*y ami Naval Affair#, Jiulicinry. Postal nf- 1 fairs, Commerce, Patents ami Printing. 1 A r?j-?oluti>?n wa* umtninvmslv adopted, up- ' pointing a Committee of Three of the Alalia* 1 ma Delegates' to inquire ami report, on what ' torin> cnitnhlo buildings in Montgomery enn ho I procured for the use of the several F.x ecu live 1 Department* of the Confederacy umlcr the Pro- 1 visional Government. A hill was passed, continuing in force, until | repealed or altered hy tlio Southern Congress. ' all laws of the Unito<l States in force or uso on 1 the lirst of X ivemhor lust, not inconsistent ' with the Constitution of the Provisional <.? ?v- 1 eminent. I*. is understood that under thi< law a tariff will bo laid on all goods brought from tho United States. A resolution w?* adopted, instructing the Fi- | imnce Committee to report promptly a tariff for i raising revenue (or the support of tho C?ovoruuient. A resolution was adopted, nutlior'uing the up- i pointmcntof n Commiltce to report 11 Constitu- i tinn for a permanent Government for the Confederacy of States. MoNTU'iMKRV. Felimnrv 0?.1ft r? ? ?Tl.o Constitution of the I'ro^islonjil (J ivornmont has 1 been printed, an.. . notv niudc public. Tho ' prenmble'fnys: We, the l)cputios of lljc aoforei^n and independent Stales of So^jh Carolina. Georgia, Florida, Aiubanm, Mississippi and Louisiana, : invoking the favor of Almighty God. do here, in [ behalf of tiico Stales, ordain and establish this Constitution, for the Provisional Government of j the same, to continue one year from the inauguration of the l'rosiclent, or until t> permanent ' Constitution or Confederation between the said 1 States shall bo put in operation, whichsoever ' shall first occur. I The seventh section of tho first article if! as ' follows: The importation of African negroes from any foreign country other than tho slavoholding Slates nf the United States is hereby forbidden, and Congress is required to pass such ' laws as shall effectually prevent tho same. The second section provides that the Congress shall al?o have the power to prohibit the intro- ? duction of slaves from any Stato not a member : of this Confederacy. Article fourth and third clnuso of second sec- ' lion provides as follows: A slavo in one Sta'o escaping to another, shall bo delivered up on j the claim of the party to whom said slave may , oolong. by the Kxocutivo authority of tlie .State | in whicl) such slave shall lie found: and in cusp | . iif anv abduction or forcible rescue, full compensation, including tlie vnluo of the slave ami all ousts and expenses, shall be mado to the party l?y tbo {State in which such abduction or rescue shall take place. Article sixth, second clause. provides that the Government hereby instituted shall take immediate steps fur the settlement of all matters be- ' tweon the States forming it and their other late "ontertorntes of the Unitcil States in relation to ! ?i.o public property ami the public debt. at tlie , time of tlicir withdrawal from t|iem>* Those j States hereby declaring it to lie their wish and , earnest desire t<? adjust everything pertaining to 1 the common property, common liability and , common obligation* of tlmt Union, upon princi- ' nlCH of ri?j;l t. justice, equity and good i.iith. All the other p inions of tho Constitution are j almost identical with the Constitution of the United State?. ' A great demonstration is going on here. A ! complimentary serenade was given to the Hon. 1 A. 11. Stoiihens. which brought him out, and ' he spoke for sumo time in an eloquent mnnrier. ?n n - " ' ?? Him irvniR write an abstract >t Stephens' | speech. Messrs. Chcsnut and Kcitt, of South [ 1 Carolina, Conrad, of Louisiana, nml others, ' spoke, and tlio demonstration was still progressing. ' One hundred guns were fired on Capitol Hill j this afternoon. February 11. ? At 11 o'clock, to-day. a committee was appointed to inform Hon. A. II. Ste* j phens of his election. It is reported that lie ( will at the request of the committee, announce his reply in open Convention, at 1 o'clock. Mr. Conrad'u resolution, appointing ? <"?m* ' ntittee of live to report a l?i 11 to establish un Ex- i ecutive Department for tho Ci)nfeileracy, was , adopted. Mr Stephens' resolution making Naval and , Military Committees separate, also appointing Committees on Public Land*, Indian Affairs < and Territories, was adopted. t The Congress has done Well. If the poople ( rojoiced over secession, how much more should , they rejoice over the inauguration of a strong | and vigorous government for their support and | protection, with full powers and nmple funds. Three cheors for tho " Conkkokratr StatKs or , ix>ktii /vmkkica, " ana tneir gallant i'lesulent j and Vice President! Congress will remain in session to mnke all meossiiry laws; and then proceed to the important work ?><" forminn; a constitution for a permanent gorftrnment. i Hot Reinforced. Rumors, that Fort Sumter had heon reinforced, has beon current with us for eoino days.? They aro doubtless untruo. Tho Charleston Courier says: Mllixh ovnlfft mnnf wna nrt non.1 ! - .vm.x/..v ?.?%?? w.iuovvi a uynuuy. in | | tory credulous circles, by a roport that Fort Sumtor had been reinforced. Wo do not bulieve it, hut our renders can decide for themselves. We Imvo had conversation with a citizen who left Fort Sumter on Sunday, and had been engaged there (and at Fort Moultrie) since November as a workman. ilo roports forty-four laborers and ninetynix soldiers, (officers included,) remaining in tho Fort, with a lar^e supply of provisions.? . Of thoso ho specific*, according to his knowl?r... i 1- ?- --J > " ? uikicio ui jxirK itnu [>C'JI, HVO i hogshead* of molasKOs, two casks of vinegar, with largo, supplies of flour nnd potatoes. The i supply o? fuel, which was good, had boen lately increased l?y ft drifting raft whioh was scoured, i As to tlie arms, oi?r informant reports five i Columbiitds, 10 inches, in thejArd, mounted on I granite, two ranging toward* the city, ono to- I wards Sullivan's IsUixl, and ono towards Fort Jo.inson. Thero aro also four Columbiads, 8 inches, hearing on Fort Morris, throe of tho ] t amo calibre on Cumminga' Point, and four thai can be brought to bear on Mount I'loasnnt or Sullivan's Inland at choice. No reinforcements ' in iucn "httvo boon received. 1 HWlilLuM'm- J'llH . '- HI'1'VILI'.UL'J' 1* .PI'lUtEl Joseph E BrownWe have had occasion, during !'?<? Gnb?rnstoriul administration of this gontleinnn. to commend his course asChiof Excoutivo of tho groat Stato of Goorgia. lie is a man of dooidod ability. and has tho ftrmnoss to carry nut any moa>uro imu ooiunniuus iuwlf U> Ina judgment and wisdom. Since tho initiation of tho soccssion mavomont, no man, in our ImmMo judgmont, lias i .. . i. r_ ?i._ . . /i ... it.. U'MHJ H"? iiniuii n?r VIIU U1 VJIilV. DII'IITX.? lie has been untiring, ami has freed the State, over which ho so ably presides, of every federal bayonet mid federal officer* Georgia is, in evo" ry sense, free and independent. A few days ninee, tho police of Now Y->rk refused to allow tho shipment of arms belonging toUeorgin. Thin act filled ?ho Soith with iniignation, and net Oov. Bk >wn to w irk. Ilo ordered Ool. Lawton, of Savannah, to seize and luild livo vessel'* Indulging to New Y >rk, then in port. This brought the Republicans to their senses. Thoy immediately shipped his arms to Savannah. when lio ordered the voxels to ho reen sod. All honor to G iv. IJrown. While on this subjcot, wo subjoin tho following compliment to his Kxoellcncy fro n the editir<?f the ,'t>iVi7 <>f //? ? Zyrtfh : We cno..ot but admire the skillful and oneri*e*i*? manner in which (i >*\ llrowu manages ind controls the public alfairs of Georgia.? lit) takes counsel of no men's lear- ; listens to iiotiiuiil suggestions of dehiv : wait" for no cooperation or compromise, lie torus neither to the right luind nor to tho left, but proceeds ri^ht onward to vindicate the honor, and protect tlie right of his (i ivernmeat. lie exeoutos his [duns with the nerve of n soldier and the skill if nstn'csman. lie defies the tin eats of Pede rill power, and laughs his enemies to scorn.? lie is full of .lucks >ni<>n will and conrnge; possessing wisdom to drnise. and b-ddoess ami sagacity to execute. Ho has much admini^tralive capacity, and, in our opinion, is m >re litte<l for President of a .Southern Confederacy than my other man in the S uith. ? ? ?Late Foreign N<. ws Tlie diiar'Hiin announces the arrivals of steamer* from Europe, with news and date.* to the 20th ult., hat from the pressure on our columns j to day we can only give a xvnopsia of it. The most active exertions arc being mado in France | to place the arinv in the most cIRcient condition j ?an addition of seventeen regiments of infantry being provided for. The French journals ienv, however, that these preparations are for i\uy specific, object, and assort t^iafc thtsy t'.re inn do cimply'nxu measure of precaution. nnd to l?o in roadlnoss for any sudden contingency which may nri*o in the spring. Warlike measures are also on foot in Denmark, in view of i-ortain menaces from the Court of Berlin.? The whole of her troops arc being supplied with rifles, horses are being purchased, soldiers are Ljcmg called from furlough, and the furtifteationa of critical positions are boio?>; carefully examined. II stilities at G-mtn wore still sua|>eii<loii, but it wm intimated that tho fire would probably be renewed very sixm. Affairs thro' ut Italy wore quiet. The English press do vote* atten'ion to the Uato of political affair* in this con try. The frnulon Times has an article on the probable Jisruption of mo Confederaoy. It conelndo-> is follows: ? | "The North would have a territory a* straggling a* that <d' 1'russla. and the Western re* 'inn would soon find it advantageous to dissolve ts union with the Kasfern. In tho meantime. .11 ?l.? . r .1-- vt \\r ...t i ii? l <> imu iiviirnin inn iiiiiT iTiinn woum no ill he grnsp of the Southerners. Instead of exploring tho inhospitable regions in the neighbormod of the British frontier, which would bo all hat remained to the North, tho slave-owner* would eiirrv their 'undeniable property' into lands blessed with every advantage of climate, toil, and mineral wealth. Texas has territory mough to make three or four groat States.? NTew Mexico is nbout to be admitted with sla?? institutions. Arizona will follow. Mexico j must in a few years be conquered, and tho Southerners, lords of the most mngnificeut domain in tho world, would control the passage be- ! Iwocn tho two oceans. In .short, if the Union lots South Curolinn go. .here is no saying what may go with it. It is cry well to speculate on the return of an ering .-sister, but experience shows that secessions, vhen once made, arc not easily recalled. It is lie nature of cracks to widen, and both at tlie J ??* ^ - t -? mm ??j!hi inero are masses ot poopio no anient in the advocacy of strong measures Jo irevent n disruption. that tho President mnv jo forced into active measures. Fur our own >arl. 'rhntovor opinions Americans may have if Knglish policy, wo hep; to assure thorn that, n this country, there is only one wish?that he Union may survive this tcrriblo trial.? Should Providence decree it otherwise, we ear* mstly pray -that the separation may ho an ameahle one. Civil war, in a flourishing country md among n kindred people, can never he con* emphited withou' ?rror l?y a nation liktf ours, md wo trust that neither tho violence of tho ii-ople nor the weakness nf their Inmlpm wit I I ring this calamity on the American Union.*'" I Later English papers arc nervous on the sup* >ly of cotton. They manifest a /.oal that hIiowm heir depondcnco on our staple, nnd its valno to i? and the world. Their idea is, with the revontion going on here, the English markets canlot ho supplied by us. Without this supply, evolution will bo upon them?their operative* roust havo bread, or they will have blood Flic English government has been approached >n the subiect. It irives n.sBiiriin<?r? tlml ?li? c.in. mla of that nation iit every country will in jtiiro into and report the fjnititity.of cotton that jan ho had. Amorionn ship* at Liverpool aro hoisting the British (lag and sailing to Charleston for cotton, bringing tho cash diroct. With the North nnd tho bulanco of tho world ilepondenton us for cotton, it would be strange, indeed, if wo did Dot* havo poacc, and that a permanent one 1 Marsiia. Hyndersov tiik. Crisis.?Marshal Itynders made a speech iu New York tho other ilay. We rpiote from it a single passage, which lxM 11 olitv tv w I? f? ?*n tlia - True Democrats at tlio North will nover tight against the South. Jf that is treason let them indict mo for it or if it is mUprison of treason, lot mo ho ?lou' / indicted. '1 ho Democrat who would fight ng. .n*t tho South is moro than half a Republican. if a Democratic company of volunteers go South to subjugate tho South, I say to thcin, you aro traitors t<? your country, and I trust tho destroying angol will pass over Sou in the night time, like over tho ho?t if onocharih, and that tho rising sun will loot, down on the uptur. ju faces and fixed, glaring tyos of your corpses. A Voico?" You aro a political demngojrue." Ryndor*?I won't go on till that man is put nut. Aro you afraid to put him out; you <1?d cowardlvsot? fMnn is rmt. out. Thrp/i ntinnM nro given fur lljnrfcrn, who proceed*.] Who brought this trouble on our land? Not our?dre*. We had no hand in diniiolvlng (he Onion. We did nil wo could to avoid theno t.oublos. But if war oomnn. and I have to fight, I will flght to the death for South Carolina.-*[Hurrah for Uynde;-?l] Tnc Western Carolinian, published at Pranklin, N. C., has changed editors. Mr. C. D,. Smith give.-, place to Rev. L. F. Sii.kk. Tiio Carolinian declared iUelf for " KqtinlUv in the Union, or independence out of it?* We \Vish it ?ueco*!?. WfriiHiilIWi illllil " mmmmwrn~m+ I NflWfi 8nnim?rv. The Charleston McYHufi/ tmya that the Stat? Convention will be assembled at an early day, " witli a view to tlio action of the Congress at Montgomery." Pmibtful. we think Wm. II. Trescott has been appointed Commissioner to Tennessee. ? \ spy lias been caught in Charleston, examined, and ordered to leave tlio city.., Tlio Cliarlestonians, after much excitement, arc having nil Inrr riinn wni'lt. -Snow hns fallen , Norili doe|>?"' >linu it hfta been known fortert years. I Hopoil will cool off our Northern brethren.?; I J. H. Kershaw Iiijm been c|eetod Culunol; J. I). (Handing. Lieutenant Colonel t and Dixon Barnes, , Major, Oftlio ?j. llegimont of volunteers.- The ; F.(<iwait (Oa.) Iron Works liuvo been sold to Messrs. Cochran, Shorter and Illicit, for $luG,000 This Siat?- ami Ueorpiu nro rpcnlvinir ahiiL hIioII and powder from the Tradegar Works in Virginia. Gov. Pickens has proclaimed mnrlinl lawover Sullivun's Island. A diabolical ninrdor was committed on (lu* person of George Sawyer, in Lexington district, by two of bis negroes. One is to be hung, the other whipped. Tlib Northern ^ people insist that Gen. Scott is to be poisoned.? Don't believe it. Thousands of the people of . Kansas are suffering for bread?there is a fauiino ! there. Maj. II. I.ee Thnnton. of GrecnviJie, died last week, lamented by many friends . James Griffith was drowned, in Greenville, during the recent high water. ?The " Pence ConfcrI cilce.''' in Washington, lias done nothing, but sit with closed doors. Mrs. Gov. Pickens and I daughter reviewed the troops at tort Moultrie, ; recently, on horseback ! CtlANOF. ok Kn<ii.i-i? .Sevtimknt.?.Tlio iV. ! Viuicx says : ' Tito last until from Bu rope (by tlna Arnbfn on : Saturday nmrnitij*). indicates u rapid change in I the views and in>pro-<*i.>ns which our nnfortu ! na'c domctic difficulty if making on tlio public mind of Kughmd and l'rmifle, mid tlio danger to Asnercan credit now soem?, that whereas tlio first re^pomie Wat ndvetve to nil sympathy with tho Southern *ee??!jfflfn. the second thought j is that the movement Jiii* assumed such proportion* a-? to render tho siifinndiate recognition j of a separate Southern power bv tho two great I commercial 8 at us of Western Kuropo inevitu| hie. An article on this subject, indicating | suddnn change in tho temper of Kngl.tHh sentiment. from the London Times, copied into onr paper on Saturday morning, attracted much at| toiition and remark on tho Stock fcxchangg \lu- TK I .1 I : - I .1 1 I ? IIIV UII > , HUM nutUll'CM IIIU IHIMny III IM1stness circles jjenerully that, something should [ lie done in the Convention of (lie Middle nncl ! II >rder State.. hi Washington, this week, to nrrcst the further progress of secession, nml to avert the alternative of constituting two Confederacies out. of our pre?e:it common Union.? Thil' the eh:?nj;e in Knglish sentiment, foreshadowed hy its leading press in London. proceeds from .Mrtiieliextcr rather than Kxeter Hall, and ! grows out of the alarm in regard to the Cotton ! supply, rts opposed to tlio mnnifc-'tations in this I nM^Sj .J- I I... ? -1 r ,1... Jititisli Kingdom. doe* not tlic loss imperil tho credit ami consideration duo t?? the whole of this country from Knrope. nop remove the stinj: of the invidious comparison instituted hv tho Iiondon Times, in tin* leador referred to, ngrtinst tho coutinorcc and trade of the Nortlv ami Northwest. !* iWkr or tiik South.?The following extract is from the speech of Senator Hunter, of Virgiuiii : The eijrht seceding State? alone, possess a 1 fprritory more than three time.* as great as I Fiance ; more than six times a* largo as l>rusj sia, ami nearly nix limes ax larj*c as Knglnnd, Scotland, ami Ireland put together; while the i alliance <>f rlio other Soitliorii ami lwirdtsr I States would increase the territorial extent of the S"iithern Confederacy more than one third. | Can a country like this, occupied by a people who from their childh??>d have heen nccustomeil to the most,manly exeruise. and the frea u-e of flro-arms?hold, lnirdy. rostive under unlawful control?and numbering within ita borders 1,800.000 men capable of hearing arms, and who, with a few week's warning, could marshall at every assailable point in hands of | and 1(H),000?can. I say. wuch a country, and ho peopled, be overcome . by any foreign ; foe? The idea is pimply absurd. I C >NVRVTI?*N' I'jI.KCTIOX?TIlO Votes. enVt the j Oharleston Courier of the fwh. f ir a uvMnbomf ! tlie Convention, in place of II. \V. (Conner. deI ceased. will he conntod thin dav, and the result officially announced. A< to the result, h nvev' er. it is kn >wn that over seven hundred votes were given, and nil for .Iainft3 Conner, Esq. Intvdatiovs are causing great ravages in several parts of Kur>i]>e; Frumc, Spain, nnd particularly Holland. In this lust country tho dykes in northern Brahnnt are heing broken, wholo villages uro submerged, nothing, hut tho ohimnoy tops heing left to the view, anil tho oattlo is heing *l?ngh*or<'d to prevent their beiifg swept awaV by llooil. ? til 11 raw Dxjiaoks?The N iff Orleans Picaf/ww states that Mr, Arthur Choppin, who ^of?t one of Iti-j legs in a Oidli-don on the Cnrrolton Hail Hoad. has obtninnd in (he Sixth District *;oim, a voruiei ot c^o.wuu ogrtinat thu Company. ParD'?nri>? J. Q. A. 11 with, pentoneod to l?o hnrig in South Carolina on tlio Srttli imt.f hns | bccH pardoned by Gov. l'icke.ns, on oynditiou of leaving the Ntato. ' Forming?Volunteer companies are forming throughout the State of N ?rtii Carolina, to ho , remly for nny emergency tixcopt coercion. ' Nortii Cakoi.ina?On Monday a romilution passed tho Hots <2 ;>f C tiirnon>t hy a ;mr?i)mvoM vote that, " in uu<o of a failure to efftwt a renin..r ?i .r.iu ...t,:... v* _.i , .inn-.iii" inn ? ill'olina would jr i with ti., idnvoh-dding S ntou." A " Middle (.' mfadonmy " <1 > *< not appear t?? have many advocate* in thi> Siato. ii will ulho pass tlie Senate unanimously. Hrtrock-siov op Statrs to Foreign Powers. ?It in suggested by n lending N<irtlrurn Senator, thatnuuh Stales a? have boon nci|uir$i! by/ negotiation from other notion*, aim have sooeded from the Wninn, bo now ee<led back tothuir original poftfonsorx, thereby flccuring the co-nporntion of those Q'tvprnnifnt? with our own, and punishing nt the a:, no time the refractory States.?Neie Vork Tin. \ Good. Lot tlie Statu <|' Now York bt given to tho Indians, who have novur hcun paid fur tlrcir land*.?C/i'ir. Courier. The Timor ok CiiAKi.FfT ?TUo Chnrloston Courier informs iih thai any S'Hirhcrrt de<tlcrn visiting Charleston soon, will find good niipnlion nnd good torins. Largo additions have r>eoo made to the stocks of loading houses in tte\orHl dopurtinonts. *%Coof.nt?If six orsoven States, sav* tho T?n* don Stnr of Jannarj 15th, hnve not the right to A-.l ? I vifiir-iivuio '? aupiuaic itTiiUrilllUII, wo RIIOW HOC) I on what principle of r'r^lit tho Aniorican Ui.'on I constituted itself by no ^ration from tlio Briu.di orown. T?rr?Women ar? ?aid to have ntrnnjeer at| tnclnnont* bur. men. It in not no. Strength I of atlaclimont id ovinced in littlo tiling. A I intin i# often ?t!?ob(ti In an old hut; hut did j you ever know of a wnm&i) having an attaoh| inont for an old bonnet ? j Port Smith, February 7.?The Arkansas i Htuto troops took poA*cfl*ioD of the United ! fitetos arsenal at Little Hook. oh Baturdar 1 ! night Inftt. HrRiNoriRLD, Feb. 11.?Lincoln ?iirtcd from this plaoo thin morning 5le delivered f a fi;w farewell reincrka. Politics woro not ^ wontionod. * Mkmpiiis, February 11.?Return* iiidlente largo IJuion imtjoriticrt { *!?>, a majority ngiiioat a Convention of tk?f people. i