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r p i. . . J . " t i 1 J ! TOI 0 DUiiJ.'rt., HOBT. A. THOMPSON, Editor. 1 n.A.THOMl'SON, R. YOUNG, W.1I. IIOLCOMDE, 'j HlOrKIKTVHS. f ? i TRUMS?Sl.'>0 per ntmuin. in tvlvatice. If pay- ' ment be tlelnyctl until alter tlio expiration of. the t year. $2. For nix mouths, 7"> cents in advance. I ffcjyAdvertisements inserted nt the usual rates, n PICKENS ('. II., S. as Saturday Morning, April 6, 1861. ? message ot tne Uovernor to the Convention. j." This mos'ug<\ wit:oil \vill bo found oil our;,, fir.it page. wo regard uii able production, and u oo mm end its perusal to tlto attention of our rondo ra. _ u Saleday. Nothing of intorest occurcd?fow persons Woroin attendance, and hut little p^ppcrty pass- V cd under the Sheriff's hummer. i a Some two or three negroes were sold, and nt " very low price.", this resulted, however, from the " fuot that the sivlo w;i- forbid, a: id the t>egr?es j; claimed hy some otlior person thun the one fi?r o whoso debts they were sold. The duv passed off 11 -..'-.I - ' ?l'u.uny, aim mo crown uispctsca at un early 1 *" hour. I ty Albert Stansell's Sale. r, "'Vo learn through a frioiul, that at the sale of b Un | :i?porty of Albert Sliiiinoll, deceased, on c< Wednosday the .'tvl itist., Corn brought from 7"> " cents to $l.0f) por bushel, and stock of all kinds " sold at good prices. ol The Fruit- j |i WoMato 1 in o>ir last issue that it was thought j our fruit was all killed. A\'o arc pleased to loarn, however, through our friend "Sub rosn," . \v that he finds the living germ, nr.d expects to sec j his trees richly laden with tho sweet juicy poaoh. We h >po our kind and courteous friend p incog, m iv rcall/o his fruitful expectations, if si>, wO shall, as in the past, draw upon bis gene- ei rosity. tt Rev. Wm. G Mulliuix. Tho hist sail tribute of respect was paid to tlio j, memory of this good man on Sabbath last, at w M mnt Zion Church, by n funeral oration pro- 0! itounced 1 ?y tho llov. Mr. Carlisle. Wo arc st indeed sorry that tho force of eircumstancos pro- b Velitod nur nttondanco upon tliat solemn occa- "f jsion. Tho deceased left this District in the fall of 185'J, to the great regret of his numerous j* friends, and settled with his family, in the State !' -of Mississippi. He was, however, permitted to livo but a short time io this new field, "death w came 011 apace," and in bleak November of last w year ho was borne a lifeless corpse to his nativo s, District, his belovod Carolina. Ilis remains << were ontombed mur Mount Zion Church with u Masonic honors, where ho now bleeps tlio sleep vi of death. 1'oaec be to his ashes ! ill Tho Constitution adopted by Mississippi. j}. We learn from our exchanges, tho gratifying ct intelligence that the Convention of the State of it Mississippi has ratified tho Constitution of the fc Confederate States by an almost unanimous vote. This being tho fifth State that lias ratified that ^ instrument, tho Constitution, by its own provision,'is now in full force, and is the supreme law ?r ii,a 'hi. : - ? i .1 . ? < . - tl yri niu iiiiki. inure in in) ci mm wnniovcr ()I US ratification by tho two remaining States, .South ^ Carolina and Florida. p Our Convention- 1,1 Wo regret to soo that considcrnblo di.scrcp- j ~j ^ , <uicy of >pini?:i oxists'ns to tho policy of ro-op- ^ ening tlic African slave trade, and also because ^ of tho want of a law prohibiting, not onty the imp trtation of slaves into tho Southern Confed- j, cr.icy by States which have not secotlcil, but 'n utterly rejecting all non-slaveholding Stales from j 1(| forming an alliance with oilr Confederacy. I 1; to the Constitution, iniirht I rti -a* wo, think, lie very properly made at some fu- | ol turc tiino. Wc do not wish to hear the cry of j ' division lioro at home It would be a ' sweet | morsel" in tho mouths of the Block Republi- " cans, ami act as a stimulus to the accomplish- " r- Hiejvi of their fiendish purposes. In tho Ian- s gnago of tho gifted and eloquent l'r.E-TON, in his spcooh bofuro the Virginia Convention, let ! 11s have but "one voice," one voice in ovory thing that appertains to tho glory and perma- c nenoy of this grand cortege of Southern Statos. i o Wo ascertain since tlie above was written that j c the Constitution has been ratified by nn almost n unanimous majority. g _ ? n Virginia- 0 We are ploasod to see this grand old Common- ^ wealth indicating sighs of secession. On Thurs day, tho 28th ultimo, tho Convention at ltich. mond adopted tho following preamble and reso- * lutions by a vote of 93 tp 21 : ? " Whereas the people of Virginia, In Coriven- 11 tion. aro now openly considering whether they e shall resume the powers delegated by them to ' tho General Government, and aro almost unan- il imous in tho opinion that the oxorciso of such right in the recent and present state of tho Country. by any of the States, should not lie Fought to bo controlled or followed by a resort to a force, and the failure of tho President of the 11 United States fully to explain his intended poli- 1 <cy in this respect gives just causo of mistrust: a Be it therefore f Resolved by the General Assembly of Virginia, That under existing circumstances, a proper respect to this Commonwealth impera- . tively demands that no movement of arms, or increase of armament, or troops of the General G tvernment within its limits, should ho author- " ized or permittod by tho paid Government, anil c could not occur without seriously hazarding tho public peace. ' Resolved, That tho Oovornor communicate J tho foregoing resolution to tho Progidont of the < United States." ( Jn addition to this^ we find the members of f that Convention paying the highest compliments t to mo gaiiant omio oioouin uaruiinn, and urg- * ing tho pooplo of tho Old Dominion to take ' ilioir loatinios intc their own hands. ' WASHINGTON, April 1.?Tho Tribune's upociul j Washington correspondent says that tho Pres- I $dent reserves to hintsolf tlie ultimate decision I of thrt qu38tion in regard to reinforcing Fort < Sumter, tihout whioh tho Cabinet wore unani- i with one exception, two weeks ago. I)if- \ foront views havo recently been presented, not | without loavsng impressions favorable to (bo feasibility of introducing tnon and supplies. The.e>rreflpond8nt adds that several Iqa ling na^aloffioere exj resi a belief that the batteries , guarding the entrance to. Charleston harbor , fe might bo run by steam without more than ordinary risk. > but agree that^tho ontorprise should be oxecuted at night. - This view is entertained by th? ag*ni *ent to make a porsonal in?pcction for tho BtitiofiVflviori of the ndminisimiJoii. - l?MMf il > IliitaWMMWMWWMMIMi i ,M Oar Soatberr "orto. Wo clip from tho Daily *> tut hem Guardian ,ho following observations, and also extracts rout its oschung?? t " A special dispatch te the Guardian bus nleady acquainted our readers with tho fact (hut 'resident Da*is has issued a requisition for >,000 troops, via : 'J,000 from Louisiana, 1,500 rom Mississippi, 1,500 from Alabama, and ,000 from Georgia. Tho destination of these roops is Ponsacola, and the object to tako Fort tokens, if it is not surrendered under tho demand of the Government of tho "Confederate States. A nrtmbor of tho troops from Mississippi and Louisiana have hy this time probably arived at I'ennucnla, and the others ar? on their ra'y under marching orders. President Davis, (i this instance, is acting with his usual promptess and sagacity, and in lion. llragg, now in I uminund of that station, he has one of the ' lost energetic aud accomplished <'flicers in the j rmios of either of the Confcdcruoics. " Tho reinforcement of Fort l'ickons seems to ave been settled upon hy the Lincoln GovernlOIlt." About Fort Sumter and Major Anderson, wo ud tho following dispatch in the Tribune: " The assignment oi' Major Andorson to tho Postern Department of tho Recruiting Service, ftor the 30th of .Juno next, has no reference to j is present position at Fort Sumter, nnd no sig- ' itiennen as to the intention of the government i incoming his withdrawal from there. The o'd off.corn f>r this duty are detailed evo.y sccnd ' tar under the supervision of the commandlg general. If there lie any good reason why icy should he employed olsowhero, others arc ubstitutcd. In this particular case, if Major inderson should be relieved from Fort Sumter, o will assume tho rcci uiiing duty, but the, arungement does not necessarily presuppose that o is to bo called from that post. It is merely Dntiugent upon the relief. All the spoculaons, therefore, which hnvo been predicated pon this abstract fuel are erroneous, for it is cry well known here that it was a mere matter P nuilitin I.r wlii?li o.-nt. ?l.~ c r ,,r . ...v/i. v.vn mil uuvruiury oi ?> nr ml in> knowledge uutil his attention was called > it to-day." Tiik European Fleet.?We find the 'aris letter to the New York Times, which as referred t? ill our telegraphic dispatches, ) Friday morning's issue of that journal.? f the .statements made therein bo true, the j urpose can only be for the protection .of their tvn cominercc, and to see that their vessels utering their Gulf States shall not be molesid. After stating the facts as already given i the dispatch, the Paris correspondent says : "The precise object of this licet it will bo npossiblc to ascertain, nsit will probably sail ith sealed orders. We may surmise, howevr, that it is intended as an audience for the ruggle which is soon to take place between rothers and friends in the I nited States? i a sort of escort of honor for the funeral of ic great Republic. Tho idea is said to have cen provoked in the English Cabinet by the (dignities offered to a British subject or sub;cts in the Southern States. Wo do not ippose, of course, that the fleet goes out ith any hostile intent; its stftusiblc errand ill bo the protection of English and French lbjeets. But it is tho custom to send fleets of observation," when any great war is goig on in a foreign country, and while obscr- I ing, to pick up any little advantages that lay offer for themselves; or when the symiitliy of the fleet is all on one side, to send aat's now and then accidentally between the intending forces, as England has twice done i the lati> Sicilian war, so as to protect a sufiring friend at the right moment." Lamon in Cu.vumjston.?The Charles>n correspondent of th/j Richmond Dispatch ives the following incidents connected with to visit of Lincoln's envoy t*> Charleston : "Col. Hatch, Quartermaster General, took ol. Lamon over to the fort in the steamer lanter, by order of his honor the Governor, k! the ('onimandcr iii Ciiief, Gen. Ucaureird. On arriving in the eitv again, as tlie loosier put his loot, on the wharf, he turned i Col. Hatch and asked him what was the re. High-bred gentleman, that. Hoft.skJ Gov. Pickens for a body-guard ; that he ad received two letters since he had arrived i the city, stating that he would bo assassin^ed. The fact was, that no man in the city now that lie was the man until after ho. had t pplied for tho guard. The ehrks in the { Itice at ihe hotel swear that no letter uitino i irough the office for the " Kurnol," and i iat the hotel-keepers themselves knew n?t horn he was until after ho was put under unrd. Tic also stated that he came here to ee Mr. linger, the Postmaster, and not to cc Major Anderson. The man was scared, nd hence he lied. The servants at the hotel [iid his clothes were not made to onlrr?the aterer said that he wore an old swallow-tail nat, bought at a " slop shop," and that no no wan a t/i/lilnutn who did not have his ' lothes made fo order. An elegant (lovernlcnt that?bankrupt, corrupt, defunct, disraccd, and ignorant. For mercy's sake, beg 11 Virginians who have any respect for the Id Dominion, if not for themselves, not to die office under such men.'' Thrkatenkd Nullification at tiik fortii.?The New York Commercial, at no time a staid old Whig journal, but now ltenselv republican, earnestly calls for an stra session of Congress to repeal the Morill " wood screw " tariff law. It hints that F not repelled, nullification may be resorted o at the North. Here is its language : " The people of the North are undoubtedly law-abiding people, and they will obey inch rather than evade or defy the laws."? Jut tV.^ir commerce is their first interest, nd if a high scale of import duties iscnnrccd at their port , while impos itions are dniitted free or with a comparatively nomnal duty at the .South, there is grave reason o fear that one of two temptations will bo 'ielded to?-cither the law will be evaded, ind systematic smuggling will be resorted to, nr the laws will bo set at defiance." PltKSKNT OF a LOT (W FlItK ARMS FIIOM Scotland.?There arrived at New Orleans, >nc day last week, the ship Nelson, from Livirpool, 1.dving on board a consignment of fire irins and munitions of war, sent as a present :o tho city of Jackson, Mississippi, by Mr. fames Smith, of Glasgow, Scotland. Mr. 3mith is a Scotchman, who camo to this jountry, resided several years in Jackson, and ihen returned to bis native land. He voluntarily Hunds per ship Nelson, from 1/ivcrpoo!, ibrco cases and one cask, containing 25 Quit* man rifles, with sword bayonets, 1 six-pounicr gun, 50 rounds of shot, 12 rounds of canister shot and 12 canisters; and, not to do tho thing by halves, ho paid ilio freight on them across tho ocean to thnlcity. ' ^ MeMi'iiis, Tonn., Match 27?Vivo hundred Mississippi trpops pos?ed through here fur Ponsucola to day. Tl??y had a military reoepuuii aim won* ontniisuiwicftiiy received. Nkw Orleans, March 27-*-Two compnnieH of Zona vest left for Penftitcola t<>-<lny for active service. Mobile ndvlcei ?ay IhRt trooopi unci munitions nra constantly moving to PonsneoU.? Comoaoiw were cXpcclc.l fjrom North Alabaran. ? ? ^?-~r~r- ? " i .mi| Fenuintfa and Clippings. Si.avk IIuno.?The Anderson IntvUiijcA^o" of las' week informs ue of the trial and conv.ic- nu tion o'? slavo. tho property of Col. Jesse Mc- 08 Gke, for 1 ouse-brcaking and attempt on his ou master's life, lie was scr.ionpcd to bo hung on op yesterday, tho 5th inst. foi * 7,?' ,, no Importing turougm Charleston.? lho mcr- ntj chants of Now Y<?rk nro writing to Washing- ('], ton, stating that unless Congress holds an extra 0V1 session to repeal the Morrill t ? >?, they yill import goods by the way of Churlo. ton. be* The Washington papers say tho Sou thorn l< Commissioners have boon dicing with the for- ^ eign Ambassadors. It is scon l>y everybody in j Washington that the Commissioners nre on ,]is term of intimacy with tho French and English ' Ministers particularly, which makes the most coi ultra of tho negro Republicans look bluckcr ami the meaner and more savago than usual. mi ?- _ yd Army Officers Resigned?The resignations ( of Assistant Surgeon W. A. Carswell, <rf S. C., r0.. and James H. Berrier, of Georgia, and of Brevet mj> CM Tjieulnnnnt. I Tumid Borland, 5th Infantry, 1 of Arkansas, a son of cx-Seiiator Solon Borland." c,.() have been received at tho War Department of the United States. ' t? 5 A Conditio*?The Oxford (Miss.) /?/< //0(] cer protests against Tennessee entering the Southern Confederacy, unless she will produce ^0J) the scalps of Senator Johnson and Uepresentn- . live Ktheridgo as an evidence of her sincerity. Sevkkai, United States soldiers in Washington wi?ro on a spree on Monday, and became nf very disorderly, and gave cheers for Jefferson Davis in the strcots. Tlicy were carried to tho , watch-house. 1 ? i fori C. Y. Utocs, a well-known merchant of Ports- nox mouth, Va., fell through the Imtchwny of his | store on thh Oitli imt mill ii-naiiiut-ntl.. . 11 ' - ? , IM?1 IMOitlllllV 1M1IUU. .. - * the A rbi'out to the Massachusetts Legislature 1 shows that tlio Quartermaster General had or- tlia dercd 4,000 overcoats, 4,000 knapsacks. 1.000 f]ir pairs blankets, 200,000 hall cartridges. ,'100.000 je| percussion caps, for tho use or tho military. Faii.urrs and Suspensions?The Boston Com- j tak mercial fiulh'tin's list of business changes gives twenty-one failures in New Yolk, five in Pliila- late dolphin, two in Boston, ami twenty-one in other 40( places?a total of forty-nino for tho woek. 0jTim Great Eastern?Bv late advices from j teri Col. Mann, it nppenrs that this mammoth steam- C er will anchor in Hampton Roads in one or two >Scc weeks. She will only remain thoro a short stat time and then leave for Charleston, whence she .10S comes again to tlio Roads.*?Xoi[folk l/ity Book. rj A NrtPANCR?Tho Wilmington TTf.^ahl pays: ceil " Fort Sumter has become a nuisance to tlie stoi American people, and ought to lie abated hv 1 ;lii(] Lincoln, or Gen. Beauregard, immediately, if >\ not soonor." ^(j Savannah and tiik Conpederatr Loan?The ( hanks of Savannah have taken five hundred f(llthousand dollars of lite loan authorized hy tlie j j? Congress at its late session. Havana vs. New Yori..? As bonded goods woi can now, it i stated, lie warehoused in Havana OI, at the nominal duty of one per cent., that place j.(] is likely to become the chief market for the slip- ,, ply cit* European goods for the Southern trade, in the event of a ruplurc with the federal gov- SU1 eminent- ""A . n,y. . 1 T. Jf.Ft-. Snriu.ocK, Ksq.. the present United (|;S( Slates Surveyor for tl>o port <>f Cincinnati, has |((t boon tendered the position ?>f Consul from the *?. 'Southern Confederacy." for ihe Northwestern r States, by Toff. Davis, the oflk'C to bo locntod at J^c' Cincinnati. vic< ArroixTMRNTs nv ttjk Seckrtakv op tiik y Trkasiky.?Tito fallowing appointments* have lieen oiiid" l?y the Secretary of the Tivasnrv of '"'V the Confederate States: J. A. Williams. Col- O' lector, Rte| liens'in, Mis*.; Tlii>nms linss, (!n|- bee lector, Athens. A hi.; Walter A. Onndtmin, Cul- A lector. Holly Springs, Mi.*s.; L. L. .1 >nes. Col- atc lector, Ilerniiml-i, Miss.; Samuel Hell, Colleetnr, .y^j. East Port. Miss.; F. K. Slinckelfuvil, Collector. ? Atlanta. C!a.; Charles 1'. Polk. Collector, Cor- .. .. inth, Ala.; \V. '1'. H ihinson, Collector. Chester. l,1' S. C.; W. T. Bartlett, C 'Hector, Florence, S. C. ? tioi (Visjtvfi to Sontt C.wtouv \.?Wo lunrn that the tardino's of North Carolina to assort her in- |j1(! ilepondCi'co of Al? l.tii.n rule, has determined many of hf-r wealthy citizens to remove their , families, ami efieots* fr? in the Ftnt.?. Ainoi.(.r " ' iH.irr*. we learn iuat iticunni i-.iiin<-ioo, .. j woiilthy citijccn of Koe.khigliain ooui'tv, 'n'onds 1 removing to nnr l>i>trirt. Mr. Kllingtou is n | L litrge tolxicco inanufaelur"r, ami intends rnnnr- ' Qui inn his tobacco screws and prestos to South Car- nv< olina, and manufacture tobue.eo from. the raw material- Uofridcs beinga g?<itlotimu<>f means. ;CL,| wo learn ho is the trustee of tho Omfglas citato in North Carolina. 1'liis estate botorgs to Son- k>lK ator Dotiglnn' children by bis lir*l \p('e. 0,"| [O'rrcncitl'' Hntvt'prhe. our ? li id Grain at tiie West.?It is.stutcd^thttt among v0j; tho immense rjuantities of grain no\i^j[? store at ( tbo \Ve*t, declined for shipment to l>iilTalo and . , Oswego, on tin; opening of navigation, there i* ':l' nt present stored in the great wnrohou-os of 'J" StnrgOH, Buckingham & ('<??. on tlrt? Illinois a 1: Central Depot grounds, in Chiengo. the Amount pat of nearly si million mid n /ml/' bushels of grain. ! In warehouse " B " there arc ?1-1.585 bushel* ' UJU of spring wheat, 567,534 bushels of barley, j 7,873 bushels of oats. Total, 801.1 IX bushels, I . ' At* l?v weight 'J2.(VV2 tons. In warehouse " A " 1 13 f there are nearly 70.000 bushels of grain, and \ tho quantity will increase. until the amount. in s-nn the other is reached, unless in u short tif)?o own- j of ers commence putting it on board vo-wclsjn the J "u" ___ > fro I.vtf.n from Texas?lirthvmcnt of CJorrrnOr *'K! Houston.? fOonorrtl Houston lias retired from tlio 1 Kxocntive chair and turned over to JjiQut Clnv- Dit ernor (now acting Governor) Clink tl.o aruhiven arr of his office. The Action of tho Convention lias pj been sustained by tlio Ilousonf Kcpjoditatives ji of tlio Texas Legislature. On tlio 20th nit, the j(i latter body rins&od, by a voto of .r>3 ayeu to 11 navs, tlio following: V Whereas, the People's Convonrion now in v,c session at Austin, in proscribing an official oath lift' for all State officers to take heibro exorcising in<; tho respective duties of said officers, did no nore j()r than their duty, nnd if any Stjito offioor has rofus<>d to tako said i>ath, lic.iolficd, -That it is tlio sense of this House that any. such officer has deposed himself, and ' ( that the Convention has deposed no person or 80:1 persons holding office undor tho State Govern* I nent. ^ I tli< Lincoln's Fiuht Mks&aok.-? " Honest t ftn' AI.1 ?t-H - 1 ' vmu ^\u<j suni i?s maiden message to the Vj' Senate on yesterday. ft refers to tlio corros-1 ,,1 pondence between tlnv war department and ! ,'r Mnjor Anderson during the time that the lnt- i tor hud been in command of Port Sumter.? ,u The President has " come to the contusion " sc' that it would be inexpedient to publish M?j. * Anderson's dispatches. ft is 'cheerful to .ol j know that the second Washington ha? arrived lu at a definite conolason about something, even ; if it is not go important ns othor matters now fr< j before tho powers at Washington. Perhaps (j, wo may ascertain, one of these days, tho policy of the administration with n^urd to the 0b Southern Ckinfedernpy. hot us live in hope. co Tho J/incoln administration has "come to a nu conclusion" at. last. Tho sooner that tho party which put that administration in power comes to h conclusion the better it will b? fpr (,hc country. A*cto York Herald. s an J >.?!!!"""? I y ' liiUKTif!' iriii^i ititiiMi I i Prow Washington. ki Washington," March 28.?'Mr. Latnon's | jort to day was tho sulycrt of Cabinet J doling. It coniirmg the p>uvious dispatch- : d from Majoi Anderson, that hoeahuot hold y bmuch longer. J\I ? . Luiuon gives it ha his , ^ inion that it is almost iw.possible to roiu- | tl oo tho garrison at Fort Sumter. 1/c left n order with Major Anderson for tho evncu- s" on of tho fort, but will probably return to C arleston in a few days with orders for tho Cl \cuution. 1 The Cabinet meeting is understood to hhvo * ' Dn unanimous in advising the withdrawal of ) troops from Sumter. i d Although President Lincoln has refused I ol make public Major Anderson's dispatches, ; P s known that there is no ground for alleged ! orepnneies in them, as has been charin'il ol rho Con federalv Commissioners have rc- j b ved no intimations of any reply as yet to j tl ir demand for recognition, but have deternod to comply with the advice of their Co- w ninciit tn t irry here awhile. "? Col. A. Pudley Mfttin left to Jny for liu- ^ ie, quite hopeful of the success of his ssion. S fho Senate has adjourhed sinf. i7ict nrtd 1 w wds of disappointed politicians are leaving. ' 11 T. K. HarVoy, who w;is nominated to-day I w Mini top to Portdga!, (find since confirm- "I ) was once a P arlcstonian, but for tho hist i l!l 2nty years has been a resident of Washing- i" i. lie is a newspaper correspondent, and 01 ) been editor of the Philadelphia 'North icrica v. Washington, March 31.?The Secretary hi the Treasury has issued positive orders to | ,v 1 United States Collectors at ports on the i A io !lll(l M issistiitmi I'i l-nva ?n nrinpilBn -ill III - ~.rr. V,. v. .... | nigh impoiteu goods on which no duty is | V4 v or h:id been pre 'ously collected. This, ' I" i*fleet, makes theiii p6rts of entry without ; '' nuthority of an act of Congress. | [ have been informed for tho huudreth time, ni t Fort Sumter will be evacuated within tu ce days. It is alleged, piivatcly, that tho J to tiy was caused by fear of disastrous influ- | 1,1 e on the New England elections, which | c place on the 1st >f April. i uf W A8I1 lNd'l'ON, Starch L'O.?During the "i s Kxeeutivo session of the Senate about m ) nominations were confirmed, nearly 11 ftv ',r which wore sent in bv the President yes- M lay- . jen. V. in. llickey was elected Asisstant retary of tho Senate, and not Secretary, as |u ed. Asbury Dickens retains the latter '-s it'on. se The Postofliee Departuient, under the retly enacted provision of the law, has re*ed the mail service between Georgetown I Lexington, Missouri, to six times a week, t G I'lic events in the South arc occupying tl?o miiiistration to (hiy. . (1' Lane, recently confirmed as Judge ai Alabama, will, it is said, endeavor to bold Court ?t Athens. L'lio receipts into the Treasury last weclc ' c upwards of $000,000. The not balance *>1 hand was upward of a million and a half lars. I'ho trial of Captain Armstrong, for the ,! render of l'eusacola navy yard, is still pro- '' ssing. dueli anxiety is expressed respoeting the 1,1 ribution of the building of the seven steam ips-of-war ordered by the last Congress.? I C4 ollicial action has heen taken on the snb- P' l'x.sides, the appropriation for that ? ^ ^ will not be available till after the first di July. ^ iVapminc.ton, March <10.?The Governit order to remove the guns from IJellona !,t i.,) Foundry to Old 1'oint Comfort has '' n revoked. >'*' iVamiiniiton, Mnrch SI.?The ConfederCoiiiUiJssiu!ier,< feel no uneasiness as rerls the uvueuat on of l'Wt Sumter or the iforeenu lit of Fort Pickens. They are y satisfied in regard to both these points. P1 y are striving to achieve a peaceful solu- u i of the difficulties, by ' rooming the cdy wiihdiaw.il of the Fed el' ! roups from P( limits of the Southern Co ederaey.? ?y feel confident that tins <!<ni<hru!um can " ncGOnip'ishid by managing this coinpli- ^ d l.r.siiiess with skill and ability. v'l.-w v.Mit- at->n 'im . -1 .1 i..m . wni*, 4'iiiicn -.y. lilt: jsu'imi hill]) 111 ikcr O'ty, lYo'ui llayannn, Murch 25th, nr- tl; ?d hero tu d.iy. w Uucli excitement existed there on tl>c sub- g< t. of the annexation of St. Domingo t<> tl tin. If. cents that n system of Spanish A ignition Mas been going on fo that island, as igrauts Ining instructed, when the proper al o arrived, to hoist the Spanish ling and in- w :e the protection of Spain. O bis was done . 0,1 the Kith, much to (ho aHoni.-dimcnt of the cks and natives. When tho news reached re vana, the frigate lllaneo, full}' armed with tl irgo number of regular tloops, was dis- F ched from tho Island on the 23d, and two w i'W frigates will soon follow with OOUO re.g- ai rs. , fi \ large naval and "military force of 10,000 al laid to be on the waw from Spain to Cuba, tl 11 is stated that llayti will soon share the (! le fate as St. Domingo, with tho consent ai France. h \ million of dollars lire said to bo rii route '1' m Spain to aid tho metal circulation on w Island. fi \kw York, March 31.'-?Tho steam sljip at niel Webster, from Tcxtia vin Florida, has n ived at this port, and reports that sho land- v nt Fort Jcflcrson, 'Jortugflfl, Companies it una in., 01 the I'irst Artillery; and ut w rt Taylor, Key West, Companies T. and d of tho same Regiment. ller Texus nd- k es state that the Indians were committing u /pc among the peoplu on the frontier, kill- t< ; ninny, nnd running off tlieir stock. MaSibley chastised some of the savages. C'ortiuna, the noted Mexican rubber chief, '/ s understood to be waiting the departure of " 5 troops'to resume operations on a larger r< ilo than heretofore. w New Yf)!ik, Match 29.?A Paris letter to " * Now York Times states that the French | ^ ti English Governments nro having fitted j t a powerful fleet 6f war steamers for the 8| Jited States. The su^pestion came from igland. France is to furnish threo first- ' v 1-1 ? - " ?? r..^.ivn, oiivi u.ip^ q fiiucn y per nuinbor. Tho flyet are to a:?M with |' sled orders. n Spain t8 preparing to send a formidable ce to the Gulf, thouph she la not working concert with England and Frnnco. J1 Nkw Orleans, Mnfoli 20.?Tho advices h nn Ponaarohi arc to tho 2Gth inat. Tho : f> nitcd Statea jjteaincr Brooklyn hod left, and it wan supposed she had pono to Key Y.'est to a tain proviaiona. Tho Confederate troops ' ? ntir.ue arriving at Pcnm-ola, and will.soon > nnbor 5000 men. a Dories.'?About ten tlmusuhd dtdhira ?*ero n lleoted at Vioksburg. Miss., on Tuexday? J souufc of duties on goods lunded thc.-e. , unniwtnn wiiiiu i m,i. ? ..m* 'he Southern Forts?Tortngat and Key West. In tho United States Senate, on W iiie?ay, >lrN Ihcekiniidge moved tu take up his solution to remove the troops of the United Hates froth tho Confederate States, and called lie yous and pays oh hi* motion. If thin uition should 'provaiP he would accept tho ubstituto offered by tho Son a tor from North Carolina. Tho vuteon this motion he should onsider to he ft tost voto ou thin question.? f Senators iutcud to express opinions against lie proposal, or desire to Oppress uo opinion, icy will vote down the proposition ; if they o wish to express opinions, or are in favor f the views of the resolution, tliey will supurt the motion. ?>Ir. Uico (Democrat) would accept the reslution offered bj- tho Senator from Kentucky, ut should hesitate as to tho substitute of ic Senator from North Carolina. That was niiig a little too Tar. lie did not ppreeive hat right tho Senate had to ondertake to IvisC tho President in refoi'oueo to the colctlou of tho revenue under existing laws. Mr. Wade hoped the resolution of the enator from Kentucky (Mr. Breckinridge) ouhl bo taken up, and that they should live a ffjv.are vote upon it Por one. he was illing to give his opinion of what the policy f the Government ought to be. * lie did ot know what the policy of CJoveniment is, *vh.it if will t.n ?mf u?m,uui tght to be, ami would like tin opportut.ity do so. Mr. IMcc said that tlio Senator from Ohio id not disappointed liini. llo know that umitor to bo a brave, hold, outspoken ninn. 8 to the matter of advising the President regard to the collection of tlie revenue, ho dr. 15.) felt it to be going beyond tVo proper 'o.vinco of n Senator. In a case where the resident is to act under the authority of w, l.c should not undertake to interfere, id ho regretted that the Senator from Kcocky (Mr. llrcckinridge) had gone so far as indicate a roadinets to accept the amendcut of the Senator from North Carolina. ^Ir. Clingn.an wished to get an expression the Senate on both points viz: the reoval of the troops and collection of revcle. 'J he President, undOr -existing laws, is no power to collect rever.no in stveding t.:tes, and ought, not to UiaKe the attempt. Mr. Rice did not think it proper fot the tf) fi<Ivis:o tlwi 1 >||>V nttcrs which involve tlio execution of exr i ling laws. It is tor him to act in Mich en- J s tor himself. Whilst up ho would inquire ! the Senator from Kentucky, (Mr. Breckridg'o,) if his resolution extends to the isnds to the South of the main land in the ulf States? If it includes those is!?.,mls ^ (Mr. 15.) wonhl never advise the with awal of the troops from them. Key West id the Tortuvfits are not within the limits of ie Confederate States, and in no respect heiijj; to them. They arc the property of this nion, and will he kept and defended hv this nion at all hazards. Mr. Breckinridge said that his resolution mply asked for the withdrawal of the troop*; om the limits of tin: Confederate States.- ? ie supposed that those limits include the urti'jraa and Key West, hce:mso TortugaiV id Key West are in Florida. But if any jnator chooses to amend the resolutions he dr. 1>.) had otfered, so as to exclude those aces from -,ita operiition, that would ho a ibiect for grave consideration and deliht rate seussion. He (Mr. B.) did nut consider ie inelusi )i) of those places in the objects oi I ic resolution as essential to the public pence this time, . ml would l?e willing to see io: e forts excepted from the scope of the solution. lie hoped yet to see a r< union nil tho States back again, but tlmt could jt be until all the troop* had boon removed out tbo seceded States. lie hoped therei ou!d be a new I'nioii f<und<d on tbo old rinciplcs (if t!.c Constitution. Put if an liiutiito scparat'n n kI>< nld take place, ho Upcd tbo ('t)ioii Stales would not copy tlio , ilioy of Orvat Hritain and bold places as j noetic points?Hl.c Uibraltfir, for iiistrnce j 0 would a/roc to c\ecpt tbo foils at Key ' 'est and Tort ujp-.fr. ' Mr. Hieo was in favor of peace. Tf tbo evUeu i i.it.o ?. ill t r.:: going, he wished ioy would go in peace. Ho would give loin the forts on tlicir immediate coast; lie ould divide tbo navy with tbctu ; bo Would ) further, and, if necessary, Would relieve icin from their sliare of the public debt.? 11 this he would do to secure peace. Put, 1 to Key West and 'i'ortujrfifi, the North will ways hold tlieni, for they belong to it. lie ould not give up those forts under any cirum-.tnnecs. Mr. Douglas should vote to bike up the 'solution, lie thought it would be wise in ic President to withdraw the (roops from ort Sututer and Port Pickens, because they ore the only points where collision could ice. But the resolution of the Senator oin Kentucky goes for including the forts i Key West and Tortugnn in the limits of ic. Confederate States. This position lie j Mr. lb") deniof. Tbo f'nnfV-il.?i-!i?*? K?-ii?? I - I re n revo1utiorr,.iy Government, ami can old only ~wliHt they have in netutil possession, hey enn tflk.o nothing by ilnplicstion. He islied tho President to remove the troops om Bumtcr nnd I'ickens because those forts re for local defence alone, nnd \vc enn linvc o object in holding them except with the lew to inching them the basis of future milary operations against tho seceded States, hich ho did not suppose was a policy intoned. But he would not pro* a resolution net nowlcdging that this revolutionary Governlent of the (\lnfodcrntc .States have a right > Key West and tho Tortugas. DISCOVKIIY OFSkchkt ARMS.?Too Jfmtred. TviiHihaicks in tin, W'wuh.?Wo have ) out possession several samples of a murders instrument, souio of a large nnmborr of 'hieh the following account is given by the icrchant in Washington City who Imp thoin >r sale. lie says they woro brought to him y a man of the name of Bailey, who lives Dtnewherc in Kuiyfnx county, with instruoions to sell them, lie soys Bailey informed im that he found them seoreted under a pile f leaves in tho woods, or in somo out-build?g. There were nbout two hundred of them i all; nearly n hundred nnd fifty wi!ro deposited for sale, ns nbovo stated. The wenpon jtspjf is in form like a totimawk, except that tliC puJt opposite tho blnde ? beaten out into u Rhone apiko or apeur, lightly curvcd inward, and terminating in u harp point. Tho bhtdo in five inches long nd thrco inches wide at the odgo. Tho pike or apcur i>Brt is four ipohfS long. A tout bundle of osh wood, two feet long, is tery atronpy iuKerscd ;.r.d scoured by js^a ix and a luilf inches long. Tho handle has I i rim around the ond to prevent it from being Irawn through the handa of tho holder, Tho octal is considerably runted by the exposure. Altogctlicr these ore fearful coupons foe * V ? -C , J' | I * > '/ * * s" T IV HhwftVSxfr .1 t n" tl IW 1lM> >i4 hand to band eneountcr. Their imbibers *nu thoir ?eoictioq, flnd the weapon itself, iiulU ca(,o an extensive scale of murderous purpose, and point to tho agchts cxpcctcd to bo ciu* ployed. Whether thoro^rc other military depositories, we know not. Jhit circumstances hnvo hceu mentioned to'us which will justify distrust. Mysterious and suspicious looking boxes have been received, here from the North, und taken into the interior. Inquiry is already on tho track of Homo of these. lUit the,discovery of such deadly weapons under sue h circumstances and in such numbers as above.Muted, is of itself suflicient to awake the utmost vigilance of our people. Who arc these, that while good men sleep, aro collecting in our forests, and by hundreds, depositing the instruments of wholesale murder? A soldier who served :'t Harper's Ferry and became fnmilliar with the' weapons captured at John Brown's mountain depot, says that t the appearance and the finish of these battleaxes, iind of the handles to them, are precisely similar to those of Jlrown's pikes. Jjike them, also, tbese do tiol contain the name of the atrocious manufacturer. | We have deemed it. due to the public to make known these facts, as revealing the necessity for a greater vigilance than wc bureau yet difj fayed, and for an adequate military preparation. When we obtain fuller information we will recur fo the subject. r f/. . ..i,( r . c? . ?oo.7 . ? ^ >11 i <.?.j ?J.H met. Tea Yell 's Imports of Cotton- k Tl\v cotton trade ot Great Britaiu, vastns * i nre the proportions it lias nlnady reffehod, is, like, most other branches of trade, tftoadily on the increase. Whilst Holland's imports of cotton are ofilar^iilg, her consumption proceeds in ail etptal ratio, tho amount by tho trade in 18GU being 2,002,000 hales, or *308,. 000 hides over 18o9. So industriously is her manufuctuiiug power plied, that, with inevrnsed imports, we find tho supply on hand bclo\ the relative averageamount, the stopk on tho i.st instant amounting to but 1,145,000. In fact, tlio . upply of thoyoar 18GU is found inudc<juxto to British rcfjuirciucnts, and now, tltjit thepro&pcet of 11 more extended market for Knjilish goodd presents itself, it is not surprising tliiit tlie manufacturing interest should have t.ik??n nlarni ut even tlio rumor of tincertainty fis to the future udoouncy of present Hour (SO* of supply. There is nothing in ( our American advices to show that the next cotton crop, if thcseiisol. he propitious, will not he hirper than tlu.t of 18(30. It i,s worth while, to look to (lie extent to which tlio I'nit? d States have answered the demand of Kn rlish manufacturers the last ten years. In 1801 they ( \jio|tcd to England 1 ,.'>1)0,000 hales ; jn 1802, 1.702,000 bales ; ill 18051, 1,031,000 bales; i:i 1801. 1,677,000 bales; in 1805, 1,020,000 bales: ill 185(1. 1.75.X. OCX) hull's; in 1857, 1.482,000 baits; in 1858, l.0,1,000 bull*; in 1859,2,098,000 bales'; iii.d in 18(>J 11 io amount roachcd 2,5l;;2,000 hairs'. The immense increaeo of Into years in tin: L'nLtcd States supply, will not I'n il to excite nttout ion in this retrospect.? There bus boon nu occasional falling off in a year's supply ns compared with that proceeding, but tlie whole inereaso in this sti! tod period amounts to no loss than, 1,187,000 bubs, to from 1,<1(55,000 in 1851 to 2.582,000 in 18C0. Tlii! exports of Brazil to England have decroiieod in this time 7.000 bales?tb:'t is, from 109,000 ball* in 18nl to 102,000 in jtfm 1800, though, it should be stated, that i i Ib59 hor*upplics were 118,000, and in 1857, 108,000 bules. the highest amount yet resized. The Wof-t Indies have do'fbled their produce in the hist ten years,-but only frou>. 5,00U bales in 1851 to 10,000 in 1800';; Egypt has increased its British BuppVy in thelast ten years fruiu '>8,000 bales to 1 lO.IUH' ; and India from Bi-'O.OOO to 508,000 bales.? The total number of bub* import" d by (!rent Britain in I Mi!) amounted to JI..-U17.7000 or 5:58.C00 bules over the anii.unt mporled in1859, and 1.101-,000'bales overt^o receipts of 1851, nil increase almost c< mo ponding to tbe increased imports from the I'nited States, tlm.^of 1S0U exceeding those of 1851 by 1,1st,000; looking for .the balance, we ibid it in tho inerrMKc i.r l?il!n .,i:?- t? ?' . _ -t ... aiimui rn| Jiliva IUI IIIC same time.?Srienfific. Anifrirtw. Tr.uitnn.r. Sck.nk in China",?The Canton I'rrjw gives tin; pu. 'ouhlfsi nf a frightful execution, l>y wholes-ale, of Canton river pirat<8, l<y the Cautoneao authorities. The pirates, with their lorehas, were first enticed out of the river, hnd tlien n military and naval force ^ was >-t:?tioned ten or twelve miles below Can- '* ton, to prevent their aseendingthe l iver above that point. The pirates attempted to get past this-Ktation iini body, hut were, only partially Fuccesxfu!, while the Chinese Commodore pursued and destroyed those who-did. Tin. I'ret Mya: Early in the morning of thc2U:t it w?p evident, from Llie packed throngs'o.n the great hridgo. und tjie huhhith around, that something strange and novel and exciting had occurred. About nine o'vluck, Homo of the mandarin warhoats had come up with two nrr/oR and two hundred captured pirates.? The Iwttrr tl>oy eoi.nniei'i-ed to laud, ciich uiniiuodorngunrdof-.it feast fyur nmrines, 1 heiuinu drawn swords, xpenrs, iiiiitcltlyckH or pportiogg^y flad#.* Tho captives wore inn-" torriblu plight, stripped and flaked, hands tied with awful tijjrbtiic.s.s behind jthgir baei**, nnd ' ft>et scarcely able In walk, while tliey were. driven alhng with the mow barbarous.savage- j ncsk, Kight or ten hud been beheaded oi> their way up the liver, and two or throe jusfc. , as they were fthOved on there, fir showing , ) fight and their reluctance. to wove on. 4'1.0jr heuds. of those unfortunates were slung ew '' poles, and swung before the eyes of the fie- ? } muinder, as. a token of what awaited th^m . very shortly. Whan nil had been lnlulfod, they were marched across the bridge to fW..' northern end, iiml-on the way, atf if to gra&fyllio pubUognzc, tlic hoi-da of four wenidtybr eratcly chopped off, and their corpsea into the river below. ^ SfS$ Thirty of the captives wore cxocuted ofefW' . northern gato, when the remainiiip 170 > carried around to the south gate. The tjjptk was short;, one after the other the whoJOobt were beheaded, and in half fen hour thq j*4pea, troops, and staving uiob wote d?8pc]j$*l. Tho cxecujionora, of whom there were several, vied to seo who could do tho Inrprsfc amount of wotkj dtio succecded in cutting off (13 bends, for which he would r?ccivo what \?e wquUI consider ft.handsome tlonccur, ?? * 500 onsli is civon for each Caput. Cfltapo; dore Woo, tho hero of the day, vcnt^jlio tribpuul with n bluo button, but retuvftaito bin fleet with n red ono.boqored aud opffijycd by all hisco'umndirimt. 'ffy. . 1* M^irrli o J . ?I/unl House modified nn<Vprv?s' d tho Sertf?W>f?*W^?' tiou instructing th? <ttiveru6r of Yirgif$* prevent the removal of tho gtvnfc at Uoflltaflv Foundry, beyond the roach of th<? 1 thorrtiea.