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^ Q ^ ^ 0 Ij ^ J r2 r| "TO THINK OWN SELF UK TUCK, AND IT MUST FOLLOW, \s THE "' NKillT THE DA V, TIIOl1 CANST NOT THEN EE 1ALSE TO ANY >! V V" BY ltOB'T. A. THOMPSON & CO. PICKENS COURT HOUSE, S. C. SATURDAY, MARCH Hi, 1861. VOL. XII. NO. 32. "V .. . ? - ? . ?r?L&?iri?P voevbw* fThe 8now. Silently down, gracefully down. Over tho forest and over the (own, Hulling tlio eartli in a pure wliilo gown, Wlifting to i?n(I fro ; Drifting, circling, edilying round, ! Comes the feathery snow. Oontly it fulls, qniclly fulls, Hovering lmts and covering halls, ituilding its miniature cities nnd walls Over the eartli below : Spreading in sheet*, and rolling in balls? Dancing, frolicking snow. fold nnrt hleak, frojion and bleak, Flying about in a merry freak, Twirling around tho mountain peak Down to the vftlloy below ; Losing itnolf in the rippling crock, Ficklc ami Heeling snow. Over tho ground, the frozen ground, Tlie crystal Hakes qliase each other round, Forming a valley or building a mound. When tho north winds blow, With its icy brentli and moaning sound, Drifting tho virain enow. Clinging to troes. Ilio cvergteen trees, Forming fftnHsf.i'? Sci?;tcred as the merry breezo ^ Rushing onward doth go; Losing itself In the snowy seas, ? Fuir rind frngile snow. Sweeping nwny, melting nwny, When the sun with its golden ray Into the arbor crceps to play. Where the violets grow ; Molting, casting, hiding nwny, Krai' md bountiful snow. PDUTWAh. Liverpool and Charleston Steam Shi*'* Proceedings of a Meeting Held at tho 11 ill of the Bank of Charleston, 22d februu }', 18G1. The meeting was organized by calling Cr. M. Coffin, KhCi., to the Chair. Mr. Coffin .1 l:~-i ~e .? .1 lliv UUjITb III i lie 1IICCII1I? 10 DC 1I)C adoption of suclt measures as will secure the establishment of h direct line "of fetcum ships between Charleston anil Liverpool. Proposals of a very favorable nature had been made to sonic of our prominent citizens, who, upon consultation, referred them to a Committee of persons of experience to exam iue carefully. This Committee was now ready to report. Mr. Mure, on behalf the Committee, then rend their report 113 follows : The Committee, appointed to consider the proposals submitted by Mr. Barry, on behalf of persons in Knghtnd, with a view to the est iblUhmcnt of a lino of steam ships betweon Liverpool and Charleston, bog respectfully to report: X. That, in common with the whole community, they recognize the necessity of n ste.im ship line to Kuropo, as a means of pre serving thc connncrcial importance of Charleston. 2. Tint upan a careful investigation into all tho details of expenditure, and a moderate estimate of the probable earnings of boats w jII adapted to this trade, they are firmly persuaded that such a line of steamers, judiciously managed, would pay handsome profits to the Stockholders. 3. That .tiie proposals submitted by Mr. Uarry are, in brief, ns follows : 1. The parties whom he represents, Mr. A. M. Weir, a very respectable gentleman of London, already largely interested in steam ships, and Messrs. Laird k Co., whose reputation as builders of iron steamers is unrivalled, will agree to raise in Groat Uritain one-half tho enpital requisite for this enternrise. if flin r.Mnnliulnr ~^ Tho proposod capital is ? 150,000, or nearly 8750,000. 2. A Joint Stock Company is to bo formed in England, under the Limited Liability Act, in which the Charleston shareholders will be on the same footing with all others. 5}. Tlio Company, once formed, is to build throe iron screw propellers, and to place them in n regular lino between Liverpool and Charleston. 4. The steamers arc fo be built by Messrs. LaiVd & Co., with special vfew to tho peculiar necessities of our pirt and its commerce. In the preliminary specifications it is stated, that * ton mors of 1800 tons measurement, capacity 400 bnles Cotton, (taking the balent 410 lbs.,) and with engines of 250 horse power, will cost .CtT.OOO each. (The horse . power in nominal under the admiralty rule.? Tho effective capacity of the engines so rated is about 000 horso poweV.) These proposals seem tG tho Committee to foe inado in good faith ; thoy ocrtainly emanate from parties entitled to tho utmost confidence. The means of information possessed, by tlwe with wliom the measure originated, is finch, that tlifiir willingness to tak6 half the risk should convitieo us of the intrinsic merits of the enterprise. Tho proposals are extremely advantageous to us; inasmuch ns if we avail ourselves of them, we icoure nil tho ndvnntagf-s ftf tho line to the commerce of tho port, whilo wo L-iv- I ^ %A .% MPHT IHK nnir I HO C(Wt. It itt tilso but too certain that if with onr profound conviction of the importance of ateam communication with Kuropo, at a momont when that importance assumes the proportion of a vitol neefywity, we decline to seiae suoh nn oconwion of establishing a line, .not only will foreigners undervalue tho honesty of our declarations, but wo shall lose so much consideration in our own eyos and thoso of our neighbors, that similar projoct* will hereafter seek other communities, and wo shall bo left in tho repose of sn inglorious inactivity, forgotten and condemned. On tho oilier nand, ft prompt and v'lgoron* prosecution of tliia enterprise to a sueoesaful teruiinntion, will not only accompliiili tlio immedinto cud in vlcW, but will invigorate the comnoetoiul energies of our people unit oatobl'wh a prestige in their favor, whioh will bo of no iUtle conscf|ucr<!e in the future now opening upon the , Your Committee would therefore propose : i Tlmt a Committee of twelve bo nppnintcd j by tins meeting to make a subscription list, and solicit subscriptions to the enterprise, upon such conditions ns will agree with tbe proposals submitted by Mr. Barry. M. Bkiuiy, Chairman. lloDKRT Muhk. I'iikd'k RiouAitns. Oko. S. (,'AMKHON. \V. L. TRKNUULM. On motion, it was : i mwimi, i iihi mo i/niirmnn ot tlie mooting .should bo vx officio Chairman of the I Committee. The following gentlemen compose the Comj mittee under the above resolution : (?eo. M. i Coffin, Esq., Chairman ; Theodore IV Wagner, Esq., William McHurncy, Esq., William C. Hee, Esq., William C. Courtney, Esq., William M. Sage, Esq., ltobert Mure, Esq., ! Francis J. Poroher, Esq., Fred. lliohards, Esq., Henry (Sourdin,Esq., Win. Lobby,Esq., ' J. Clough Farrar, Esq. ; Prospectus of the Liverpool and Charleston Steam ship Company (limited), of Liver pool, incorporated under the Joint Stock Companies' Act. Capital, XI50,001). In 15,000 shares, uf ?10 each, with power to increase. This company is proposed lo be formed for the purpose of establishing ? direct line of steamers between Liverpool and Charleston, with power to call at an Irish port for pnssengers. It is designed to build three iron screw propellers, specially adapted to this particular trade, and affording the highest dejip'o of comfort and convenience to the traveling public. Negotiations have been commenced with Messrs. John L:iir<J, .Sons & Co., for the construction of such steamers, each of which, it is contemplated, uill he of about 1800 tons, builders' measurement, with n pair of cngin.es of 250 horse power (collective), costing j about ?17,000. It will he expressly stipulated that these vessels shall bo of sufficiently light drnuglft of water, with capacity to carry about 1000 hales of Cotton, and with suitable accommodations for first and second class passengers. A careful estimate has been made of the. probable expenses imd earnings ot the proposed liijo, based upon acenrate and reliable data obtained in Great Britain, from wbieh it appears that there is every reasonable prospect of the stock being a highly remunerative investment. This estimate has been examined by persons possessing a practical knowledge of the commerce of Charleston, and has obtained their unqualified approbation. Parties of high respectability in Croat 1 'uin have undertaken to raise half the pr< 4/Osed capital, provided the rest can be obtained here. Payment for the stock will he required in five equal instalments, at intervals of not less than two months. First pay ment to tlio builders will be mad 4 whun the contmot is sijrnod, The articles of association will bo drawn ! up in such a manner as U> .secure to the stockholders in this country, equal privileges with all others, and will bo subject to the approval of such persons in Holland ns tlicv may designate. The Company will be registered under the i/milted Liability Act, which protects the shareholder from any liability beyond the amount invested. Dkcision in tuk Cask of tim: Fuuitivb MmOKItKR Andkuson.?Tlio fmal decision in the case of Anderson, the colored fugitive, * tf :i. / ? ' * </?.? mil) it V UFi:iU!l, nil 1110 ltllll inst. The c??urt sustained tho docigion of the C;iurt Queen's lhnch on tho question of law, and was unajiiiuous in discharging the prisoner on a technicality in tho commitment.. Anderson is, thorcforo, set at liberty. Great joy was manifested, especially among thecolored population. Anderson was claimed not as n fugitive slave, but on a charge of murder perpetrated in Missouri. He was a slave, but ran away from his master in that SWite, was pursued there in its territory by a wliifrt ninn nlin umiu A ...I..-,. ... ? uj iiniumuil, The latter tlion escaped to Cnnndii, where he was arrested, and his delivery claimed under the Ashburton treaty. The Canadian Court had determined to order liim to he delivered up to tho American authorities, but the nn'ifdavery men, under the balief that the charge of murder against him was only a plea to^ct liim back into nlavery, ni plied to Chief .Justice Coekburn,of England, who issued a writ of habeas corpus directing that Anderson be brought bofore him in London. 'l'his writ, however) has boon substantially disallowed by the Canadian Cu\irt, which issued its own writ after that from Jjondon, and bns now settl d tbe question without allowing the case to be transported thither, by discharging the prisoner on a legal quibble.? Thus is a murderer in thfe eye of American law set free on a mere technicality in Jiritiah North America, and tho Ashburton ticatybe - ? ???v*?i j/viwi V itllV v?ilinui(lll VM1I 13 lwvc admitted thnt substantial justice required tho surrender of the prisoner ; but to (ret rid of the obligation of the treaty they fall back on aomo real or pretended blunder in tho form of commitment. f/knkral Bkauukoakd.?This officer ban {tromptly entered upon his duties. The Chat*eston Courier of tlfc f?th says : " Brigadier General IJcauregard, in company with his Excellency Gov. Pickons, who whs accompanied by several of his aids, visiI t?d Fort Johnson. Cummings' Point battery, j nnd-Morria' Island bnttcry, on Monday morn ing. xney returned about six o'clock in tho evening. "Wo lenrn thnfc Gen. lloflfcregnrd was very niaoh struck with the great amount of work that hud heon done, and the genoral orogress j and strength of tho fortifications. Tliey did not tW Port Moultrie, but Oen. Benureeard 1 ?xpre?(H>u perfect confidence Unit Fort Sumtor eould be reduced, and that it Was ft question only of time." ' * * f An Independent Postal DepartmentMany do not understand why it is iiccorsu- { rv to raise the postal rates in the Confederate j j States. The truth in, that, even under the I United States Government, the South paid as much, probably more, postage, with letter postage Ht three cents, than she will under j tho Confederate Government at the five cents rate. The reduction of the rates, unless accompanied by a reduction of expenditures that will balance with receipts, does not make the tax one cent lighter. It merely transfers the cost. The tux 18 the same, whether (lie five cents bo charged directly upon the letter, or three ccnts directly upon the letter and the remaining two cents upon something else. This was the way that cheap postage worked under the I'nited Ht.itos Government. I The l'ost did not flust.iiu itself, ami had to be supported by a portion of the revenue derived from the tariff on imports. This was but a part of the euni> <ig policy of the manufacturers of the North to get protection by raising the tariff. Their policy was to put down postage rates to nothing; and transfer the whole, cost of this Department to the tariff i on imports, nnd the more extravagance there was in the Department the more protection they received, because the higher would bo ino tarnt. J lie following article from the Now Orleans Picayune, gives some very useful .statistical information on this point: The Southern people, and indeed, the whole people of the I'nited States, have hitherto paid much more for the mail transportation than the post office receipts exhibit. Within ten years they have paid directly from the treasury nearly fifty millions of dollars to make up the deficiency of the direct contributions in postages pai 1. Cheap post 'go has thus boon supported by direct bounties at the rate of nearly five millions a year. The Fed- i oral post oflieos cannot he carried on without | these large annual contributions, and they have constituted a tax to that extent upon the 4V-.i~ -e .1? :i U uvtv; v.UiiiiiiiliiilJ IUI IIIU aurviuu Ul UIU lllilll. It liiis been frequently urged ?t Washington oily that it \v?tul?l Lit necessary to raise the Federal rates to four cents, in order to reduce this li<*:ivy charso. The Congress :it Mont( goniery lias decided that the post office c>tnbJishiucnt <>f the South shall support itself, and has adopted rates with that view. The l'ustal Committee at Washington city Pound this excess of expenditures over receipts in the six States of the Confederacy, during the year 1850. to have been $l.GG0.595, nnd |-hod shaped their estimates sous to meet this deficiency. Hut tins Bum is largely over-stated by the Postal Committee. These figures arc taken from tho returns of the Post Ofiice, Department, and these, as wo have had occasion to show, are not reliable data for computing the amount and cost of postal service within the States. The tables themselves, as furnished to Congress, contain this caution : " Tho entire service and pay are set down to the State under which it is numbered, though extending into other Stales, instead of being divided among the States in which each portion of it W08. it, therefore, happens that a large amount is charged on these accounts to tho Southern States, and taken into the estimate for deficiency, which will not need to bo .provided for. In the report for 1858, for example, the cost of the California mails is numbered as a Louisiana route, and the expenditures charged go to make up the Louisiana deficiency. So of the rivor mails, the transportation on the whole line between New Orleans and Cairo is charged ns a Louisiana expenditure?so of other steamboat lines?nnd the amount of steamboat service for the year is st-ited nnd charged at 900,288 miles for Ijflufoinnft. | If |o nluin 4 1* .?* ? * *.?? ? ... i. ?v io I'ltnii, UI' HIIUK*, I'llill HllfUL'VlM Ull'M! services can be so separated that the distance for which the trails are transported within these States, and the costs of said actual transportation arc separated from that beyond the Confederacy, there will be a larye deduction in the apparent deficiencies, cstiiur'ed by tho Committee in gross at 81,600.595.33. It is nerhiinn nrndent to nrnviiln f. .r llm whole at onco, to guard against a possible deficit, and pi event tlic necessity of direct appropriations. Tho Southern Congress. In the Congress, on Tuesday, .Mr. Miles submitted a report upon the fi:i<r of the confede, racy. The concluding paragraph of the report describes the flag adopted ; " Your coininittce, therefore, recommend that the flag of tho Confederate States of America shall consist of a red field, with a white spaco extending, horizontally, through the cent)-?, ?:;d e'tjus! towic'.th to one-third the width of the flag. The red space, above and below, to bo of the same width of tho white. The-Union blue, extending down through the white ipaee Hiid stopping at the lower red ?pace. in tho centre of the union a cirele of white stars corresponding in number with the States in tho Confederacy. If adopted, long may it wave over a brave, a free and a virtuous pcoplo. May the career of th*. Confeder ncy, whose duty U will then bo to support nnd defend it, bo suoli us to endear it to our children's children, ns the flngof n loved, bocnuso n iust and benign government, and the cherished symbol of ita valor nnd truth." Montgomkuy, Mnrch 7.?Mr. Clayton reported a bill providing thnt in the event of n conflict with tho Northern States, or tho refusal of that government to recognise the independence of the Hoalhorw confederacy, no court in the Confederate States shall take cognizance e *t... t'. :-- ! ?' V? ? ? nmui Ull UJf VlllU'lin Ul t IIC \J II null I States against citizens of the confedcrrtoy/nnd that all such suits now pending ho dismissed. A resolution was adopted, authorizing the President to instruct our Commissioners to Kuropo to Onter into a treaty for tho extension of intcrnf\ticyud copyright privilege?. Braxton Iiragg was confirmed ns Brigadier Oenorat. Wm. J. H?rdeo was confirmed ns cotoncl of tho first regiment of infantry. M<mv tt little makes a uiickle. From tlio 0 ilvoatatni New. Feb. '24. Important from Texas. [After the secession of Texas, the conven- ' tion appointed Commissioners to treat with \ ( en. Twiggs for the delivery of the forts in his churge. lie agreed to deliver them. In the meantime, the government at Washington publishes an order, striking in disgrace from the roll of the army the name of this veteran officer ; and, at the same time,appointing Capt. 11MI * iL 1 ??i urn iu tnu couimnna in iexas, who refuses to delivor up the various military posts.] The steamship Clon. Rusk, Cnpt. Smith, arrived to-day, P- "' ? bringing part of the artillery and stores at Brazos, tjen. Nichols came back on her to obtain reinforcements. The Rusk, with the schooner Shark, arrived off Brazos Santiago Island, Thursday morning, 21st instant, about ten o'clock.? Tho trip was made without accident or trouble. The steamship Arizona was inside the bay.? A pilot came off and informed the commander !...? 1 L..i 1't " o ? ... ? VUIIV JJIC'U. 1UUIII|)8UI1, U. O. 7V., Wltn Cfgll- I teen or twenty tuen, was on the Island with I three pieces of artillery?a long 24 pounder, a 42 pound howitzer, and a brass piece? loaded and pointed so as to command the approach to the landing ; and that he would resist any attempt of the volunteers to land.? Col. Ford, (ion. Nichols and Mr. II. Waller and Gen. McLcod went ashore, leaving instvueiious that if a certain ilag was hoisted on the Arizona, the llusk was at once to en tor the bay and conic up to Brazos Island wharf. In about nil hour, the signal was given from the Arizona ; the ltusk, which had not anchorod and kept steam up about a mile and a half from the Island, proceeded ou her way; entered the Bay, and slowly approached the wharf. The volunteers immediately landed, marched up, and drew up into line. Lieut, pi > - x noiiif.Mtni ri-uuivgu ino new comers courteously. The United States flag was saluted by tho latter with the buttery found in position. As the last gun was fired tho United Suites (lac was h m!ed down, amid deep silence? Limit. Thompson being evidelnty much moved. Ilesiniply bade the officers farewell, and at once left tho Island with his men.? The Lone Star fl.ig arose as rapidly to the flag stalT's summit, and w.is greeted with cheer upon cheer by the battalion until the close of j the Texas national salute of 22 guns. The | troops took possession of the roomy barracks, i and then wont to work disoharifinir their I stores, bagging, _etc., from the Rusk. In the afternoon, Col. Ford, Gen. Nichols :tnd Mr. Waller proceeded to Brownsville ? about 28 miles up the river, by land, we believe? vv th the intention of having an interview with Capt. Hill, who commands tlie United States troops at Fort Brown?about 200 men. On Friday, the battalion' wont to work with a will to place the park of artillery, carriages, shot, etc., on the steneier and the sloop. A battery of Held artillery had been removed by Cnpt. Hill's orders a few days before. The bnttalion arrived just in time to prevent other orders, ho had given, being carried out, to destroy the gun carriages, munitions and other artillery stores and equipage, which abounded at Brazos St. Iago. A party of 50 men were on their way from Fort ! Brown., to carry out this project, when met ' by Lieut. Thompson and his party on their i ur-.v l.V-f ?..j v ii. _ ) The llusk, we loara, brings up four twentyfour long guns, two forty-two brass howitzers, j iiud two mortars, with equipments eomplctc, ! mid 600 cannon bull, shells, ete. The Shark, I which will be up in a il iy or two, has five of ; the twenty-f >ur pounders and two forty-two , howitzers, with oarrnM'iwj, munitions, etc.? Six of the twenty four pounders, two mortars and a full supply of shot, powder, etc., were left with the battalion. On Saturday evening (Jon. McLeod returned to the Island from Brownsville, and informed the battalion that there was a probability of the IT. S. troops ut Fort Brown c >ming down to (ittick them. Tho men received the information cdmly, and with an evident determination to tesist any such attempt to the last extremity. Guns wqre placed at the outposts; extra guards posted at every available point, and all slept on their j Brm?, ready fur instant service. To the (?al- | veston Artillery was conceded the post of lion- j or. The I'ort Bend Rifles were detailed as ' pickets. The same routine of duty was per- i formed on Sunday, 24th. On Monday, the engineers, Messrs. Lnu- | ton and Clapp, made a survey of the position, with a view to the ninkiug of entrenchments, i which were to beat once erected. On Sun day, General Nichols and Col. Ford returned j nnd on Monday at one p. in.', the Husk left for home?it being understood that Gen. j Nichols was going for reinforcements. We have not yet seen Gen. Nichols, hut we learn that Capt. Hill received him, as Commissioner on the part of the State, most uncourteously?denouncing him nnd his men as "traitofa;" threatening to h*vo him arrestj ed as one ; further avowing his intention to ! j have tho General arrested hy a civil officer;' saying no would send lor tlic two hundred men at ltinggold llurrackH (nt Hio Grande city") and inarch down and take hack the Tglaiid and the Federal propert}'. Oen Nichols was ouiui but firm throughout the Interview. Ono of the officer* of tho expedition writes us : " Wo know nothing yet of what has occurred nt rtan Antonio betweon General Twijrgs a?d the State forces; hut the officers at Fort Brown?those who arc chatty?sny Hint unptnm Hill will ntitobcy any order General Twiggs might Bond -to him to turn tho fort over to us and ovaounto tho country.? Wo will await reinforcement* hero. If wo aro attacked, the fight will bo desperate. Our men are ready for it, and their minds nro mado up to roust to tho last. Tho command in in excellent condition ns to hoalth and discipline. " Thn Mexicans on tho othor aide look on eagerly. Their men of property are with us." j The battalion polled 31 J} votes on the 23d i ?all for secession. Tho -judges were partie- ( ular that none but those having a right should vote. At I'oint Isabel tho vote wns 10, j all told, nnd all for secession. At Browns ville 122 votes polled, 91 for secession. Important from Tkxas?Nkw Okl.kan8, Mureh 0.?We have Inter and important news from Galveston. The revenue cutter Dodge has beeu seized by order of the Texas State authorities. The federal troops at Fort Brown were preparing for a determined resistanpc to the Hangers. The Texas troops were concentrating around the post preparatory to an attack.? Fort Cooper had been taken by the Hangers. From the Spartanburg Kx press. For the Southern Congress. Mesars. Editors: A new and brighter era h?8 dawued upon the history of the South.? Our connection with the United States has been irrevocably severed. A Southern Con- j federac.y has been organized, and the new Government will soon be put into active operation. And ns onr people will soon be called upon to elect a member to the Southern Con press, wo uep icave, respeciiuny, to nominate Hon. J. I/. Orr for that position. Tho distinguished ability with which Ool. Orr so recently represented this Congressional District I in the National Councils of the late United States makes it entirely unnecessary for us to say anything about his eminent qualifications for the office. Tho great reluctance with which his constituents suffered him to retire is evidence of their entire confidence and approval of his course while in their servico.? For some time past Southern members have been in a minority in the Congress of the United States, and conscauentlv onlv notnin silly tilled scats in that body. J>ut the ease j will be different in the Southern Congress.? ! A new Government is being inaugurated and we need the services of our first, best, and j greatest men to assist in shaping its destiny. | And though we could not do otherwise than I acquiesce in the wishes of Col. Orr to retire from the Congress of the United States, wc j now, however, claim and urge the right of I the people to call for his services for the pood | of our country in the present eventful crisis. We hope that the changes in our political relations will induce Col. Orr to consider the question, and that he will regard the call of his fellow citizens for his services as imperative upon him in time, like the present, even ut tho^aorifico of his personal preferences, feeling confident, ns we do. that his return to public life at this time will be hailed with great satisfaction by the people of our State, and of the whole South. Sl'AltTANBUKU. $75.00 Hkwajm>.?On Wednesday, L?>th ! February, Samuel Lumpkin procured, under ! false pretences, a horse belonging to the subscriber. He is published in the 3fatonic Voire and Titling a, published in Louisville, Kentucky, us an eschpc from jail in Camden, Ala., on charge of attempting to abduct a negro Said Lumpkin is about ?J5 years of aso. 5 feet 8 or 9 inches in hcicht. stout built, dark comploxioned, with heavy black beard, and some of his upper front teeth out; says he is a lawyer and practiced law and taught school in Texas. When last heard from, was about Columbus, N. 0., and professed to be a recruting officer in the army of South Carolina. Tho horse stolen was a tine looking dark chcsnut sorrel, age unknown with certainty, but supposed to bo about cijrht years ; a small white spot on riclit hin. and ? .small scar on loft; on 0110 of his upper front teeth is a black streak, as if the tooth was faulty ; white streak down the face ; paces under the saddle, and rather cuts his gait in the hind feet. A reward of i?7;">,00 will bo given for the uiau and horse delivered at Spartanburg Court House, S. C., or ?50,00 for the horse. Any information, by means of which I can obtain possession of the horse, will bo liberally rewarded. 0. k. 1-ykmino. Wo clip the above noticc from the Spar tauburg I'Jjpre$s of the 27th ult. This man Lumpkin paid our village a visit a few weeks sinco, when wo were so unfortunate it turns out,) ns to have made his acquaintance. Ho came into our office, as a Mason, and ap- j plied for a lonit from the Lodge at this place. An examination, however, proved that he was not entitled to such benefit. IIo told a long, plausible and very affecting story, and wo wcra so credulous as to believe him to the amount of a 11 V," When wo first saw tho notioo, wo wore loth to believe it, from tho fact that wo were unwilling to acknowledge we had been " sold j" but the ovidencc was too strong?tho description suited him toe I well to admit of a doubt as to his identity.-? j Hois oertainly tho most Consummate scoundrel (always excepting J. 0. Stanley, whom l our citizens have not forgotten,) we have over seen. While relating his story, his chin and lips quivered with emotion, and tears actually came in to'his cyos. From the perfection and ski!! to which ho has attained in villainy, wo prcsumo he is an old sinner. We ; offer an additional reward of #lif> to tho man , or men who will arrest and hung him, or de? liver liiin at Spai'Janburg C. II, Wo do not charge Lumpkin anything for thi " puff," nrid hope that our exchnnges will bo liberal enough to extend the notico. Ho guid lie i hailed from Oglethorpe county, fleo. r r T? ? 1 i j/uurenxe.vuic norma. i ? > ? Ijirrr.K Hot* (Ark) Maroh 5. David Walker linn been' elected President of tho! convention by a majority of six votes. E. ('. j Boiidinot wa<> elected Secretary, J. 'J'. .Tones Assistant Secretary, nut] Hammond door keep- : cr. These gentlemen are Unionists. Nkw Yon ft, March 5.?Tho steamship Empire City, of the New York and Havana lino, has been chartered by the United States Government, and is now taking in provisions and srmy stores. Her destination has not transpired, but, is believed to be somewhere South 4 ? From Washington. WasiijnutoN, March (>.? I i tho Senate, Mr. Dixon moved that the usual number of copies of the inaugual address be printed. Mr. Clinguian said, though voting for tho printing of the address, he could not etidoreo its sontimout.s. lie believed, if carried out, they would inevitably lead to war. It was u war document, hostile to all plans of peace. Mr. I>ou^ln8S said ho considered the inaugural eminently peaceful I Io'J^IbVcJ tltat the Administration would ho inbred by conservative peaccfulneas. The South had nothing to fear from a 1*resident whoge luaugural was so conciliatory aud mild uudernuch peculiar difficulties. lie, Mr. D, could not see how the President could carry out one portion of the law and noji'oet another, lfe did not understand how he could collect the revenue in one port and pass hy another. Mr. (Mingman made a rejoinder. Mr. AYijrfnll then obtained the floor, and the Senate vjvm iiiiw rjAUtuuvu nun.MUil. Major Anderson lias boon tendered the position of Brigadier General in the United States Anny, lately held by Gen. Twiggs. Senator Seward's son was confirmed to-day as Assistant Secretary of State. Tlmi o iPAiicii and it is believed the subject is under discussion in tho Cabinet, ns to tho practicability of a paper blockade of the ports of the Con borate States. It is probable that the foreign ministers will be sounded upon this <|uostiou of international right, and to wlu*t extent the great powers would respect .such a proceeding. Washington, March 7.?In tho Senate, Mr. Wigfall, of Toxas, made a speech in re sponso to Douglas's of yesterday, llu said it was all nonsense to talk as Lincoln did of an unbroken Union, when seven States liad gone out, never, never, never, to return, lie warned the government, if it did not remove tlio tro?>ps from Forts Sumter and Pickens, the Confederate States would do it. As to the old lition, it remains to be seen whether it. shall have a decent huicia <>r un Iri.sli Mr. I>ouglas replied, iciterating that t!: ftinuirr.ral was indicative of pence. Mr. Wigfall said on attempt to collect tin; revenue or the reinforcement of Fort Sumter would bo considered coercion. Mr. Douglas said he had the hppt military authority for saying that it would require te 1 thousand troops and the whole American navy to accomplish it. They (Fort Sumter ami Piokcnes) have bread and salt suiSoicut fur thirty-one dnys. Washington, March 8.?In t!ie Si.mle, Mr. Foster, of Couucuticutt, offered thu following : Whereas, T.. T. Wijjrfall declared in debate, that ho i.s a fotpigncr, and owes allegiance to Texas and a foreign government, and not to the United States, therefor';, Kesolved, That ho' be expelled from tho Senate. Mr. Clingman offered a substitute, that na 1Ti>V ?v; ic n/\ liMtirni1 /it'A nV i}\r% 1 slie is not entitled to a representative on the floor of the Senate. Mr. Wigfall being absent, no action was taken. The Senate, in lixccutive session. confirmed N. 15. Judd as Minister to IJciTur. Adjutant General Cooper, a citi/en of New York, and a connection of Senator Mason, and Assistant Adjutant General Wither.!, a citizen of Tennessee, have resigned. Charles Jones, Into in the Register's oilico of the treasury department, has left for Montgomery. It i.s believed that several other prominent officers contemplate sending in tlieir resignations. The Southern Confederacy i? selecting and making overtures to tome of the best offiecr.j in t!ie United States service. Secretary SuAvard has been quite unwell tofl.'iv Miw<r<5. lOrtpevlli nn<l < f ? i w '?wA #\>??? . .f* thoCouimissionersfrom theConfedernte Htnte.-, arc here, hut have ns yet mode .no communication to the administration, owing to the sickness of Seward and informal iuformation that u Uttlo tiiuo would ho agreeable. I The Commissiorturs are actually engaged in j consultation in cITectual intercourse, having reference to the object of their mission.? 1 Great efforts are being made to fe fleet a pe leefnl solution of the question concerning t'ie forts and collection of the revenUo. j liiti< >.\i>iKit Gknku \1i1)kai;kmiakd.?An | officr.tl order from the War Department of I South Curojinn introduces and installs in eowtI inand Hrigadier-llcneral Ueauregard, of LouI isiana, who lias been appointed and assigned j to this station by the " Confederate " ifuthori. tics. (Jcncral Beauregard is favorably known I to many Carolinians, who served witli hiui in i ; Mexico, where he .earned his laurels. Ho ; : was a cadet of IS.'M, and began service in . the En gin coin in 1838. His brcVet as Cap- I tain was acquired by gallant conduct ::t Con- ^ '1! treran and Churubusco, and in less than si i j month he earned the brevet of Majorat Che- ^ ! pultcpoo. ,v This accomplished and distinguished offi- jJ i oer was also a olass-mato at West Point of 1 Major T rapier. Ifo has not only acquired famo as a general officer, but a high reputation as an engineer, and dm 'tig his service in the United States Army has gained the con- $ tidenoe of tho whole country. (Jeii'.rul Hcaurcirard is in the 11th vi?nr nf 1 i * !?'< ^ j . J f touTur, / | ? ? ? !M S10N8 <?v Wrath.?As the Republicans become more lirmly seated in nuthonty from the submission of (ho border States, ilu^- fi$co-.ne insolent in tone and more menneinj* in thoir threat*. At (ho last night of the sea- ''/id sion of the United States Senate, Mr. (hit- J tendon, who mode an imploring appeal to (ho Black Republicans for forbearance, was- not treated wit.li dex-nt rc;poct. Submission had ^ not goftuned (he huartu of those who arc do- ^ i <11*11 k 1 I t <1/1 f A IM'll'o .! ' L.,\l *1 " ' iv.u.ium. u? ! ? %?. mv, uuiuwi i u;uj li.M'Ii* humiliation. Such iftc Minoog the paMjiUic* of submission.?niutj Ncux. UBiTKn.vTKS.?Tbo Xntion.il Tntelliguifc^J^S leitciMtcs its oft<m? expressed objection U> thft policy of " coorcion," rind its bolirf thqt jmch policy can bo sustained. . r;