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Til -J. !J.D !J ,riJ.S fi, BOB'T. A. THOMPSON, Editor. w,JaU A rim\ii>ur>v 11 iwitMn ? ? i \n..\M| m.ii. iiui.i \ ?.m ill',, rnovRrETrtR!?. ' TEHMS ?$1.50 per nnnarn, i.i ft'lvnncc. If pay- ] bjW beaoU^.1 until after tho expiration of the year, S>2. For nix months, cents in advnnce< j - unvuvu iU ?'IC IK1IIIII I !Ul*M. PICKENS C. Hm S. C.: Saturday Morning, April 13, 1861. A Screw LooseTh? " E Utoriul correspondence," from Charleston, wis m:\iloI in thnt city in time for our Irtst papor, but failed to como through. Wo publish it this wook, " belftted'* as it is. fur the retwm that it jjivoa a cc.ndensoil report of tho f-Wpwowl i?K* of tho convention for the first week ( of its ac>sion. The roinuimlor of tlio proceeding* of the con- 1 vention, of public interest, appear in anotlior urtiolo In this issue. Important News. TU intelligence in our column* tliif week is of ? ! ' - wosi iiiijioiinni > cnaracier. i mil witlnn a low days, A peaceful solution of nil our difficulties was . promising. Appearances now, however, arc decide lly warlike. The government at W'ashiliglotj, it :<co?ns, has ouly been playing a deep game of deception for the purpose of gaining time. Warlike expedition!! aro fitting out at New York i imd elsewliero, ami over threo thousand troops , have been shipped. For what point and for what ' purpose, is not certainly known?further, than; that their domination is the South. The rumors from Charleston are of the most ex - i citing oharactcr. A conflict is cxpoctcd. Tliroo or four of tho volunteer Kegimcnts just formed ' baWbeen ordered to the city, and Imvo actually ] cached that place. Axdkrson's supplies have J Lboert cut off, at Inst. a minute examination of the fortifications I in and around Charleston harbor, wc lmv? wmn ' conclusion that Asokuson can neither be rein- j nor provisioned by his government, nntl tiint j 'S-tjorC Sumter must fall into our li:\n>ls. As (ho most reliable news, we copy the follow- j from tho Charleston papers of Tuesday last: j gj, War DicoLAtisn.?Our authorities yesterday evei 'wltlg racoived notice from liincoln's Government, a special messenger from Washington, that would be ma'te to su;>ply Fort Sumter with ??>,|WsSVtsteu41-u? L that, if this were permit ivd, no attempt would be made to reinforce it with men !? This mes3aao comes aimultjinoiMisl v will, < <>? ? i which we uudorttnnd is now otV our bar waiting i^^Sfdaylighl and tide to make tho effort threatened. X,. /Wo have partially submitted to tho insolent mil- i itfrry domination of a handful of men in our bay fbr/Over throo months after tho declaration of our independence of tho United States. The object of that self-humiliation has been to avoid tho effusion of blood, while sueli preparation was made as to render it causeless and useless. It seems we have ocen unaote, Dy discretion, forbearance or preparation, to effect tho desired object, and thnt now the is&ue of battle is to bo forced upon us. The gftgo is thrown down, and wo acce]>t the challenge. ^ We will meet the invader, nnd the God of Battles must decide the issuo between the hostile hirelings of Abolition hate nnd Northern tyranny, and tho people of South Carolina defending their freedom ?nd their homes. We hope such a blow will be ^.-Ktruok in behalf of tho South. In t Sumter and v;nnrie3ion harbor will be reme u. ^red at llic North us long as they exist ns a people.?Mercury. Cnpt. T. Talbot, who left i'ort Sumter on the r.th Inst., ostensibly to till an appointment in Oregon. returned last evening to this city, in company with one Mr. It. S. Chew, acting in tlio capacity of a peculiar and as yet undisclosed character. On their arrival they registered their names at the Charleston Hotel, tho former as ('apt. T. Talbot, U. S. A, and the lattor simply as from Washington. It appears tli.it whether there was truth or not ? iff f'lV statement that Capt. Talbot lmd been appointed to a post in Oragoju the readers of the Cauritr will remember that our despatches stated on his arrival in Washington he was closeted with tho cabinet, n d also held a long confercnce with uonorat Scott. Tho result of his departure from l'ort Sumter, howevor. is that-: instead of repairing to Orogon, Captain Talbot has returned with dispatches, it is said, for Governor I'iekeusand Major Anderson. Shortly after his arrival Talbot had a private conference with Governor l'iekons and General Beauregard. The result of tho conference has not transpired, Vut it is well known that Talbot and his companion received no permit to visit Fort Sumter. They ro- ' turned last evening by the 11 o'clock train of the Northeastern Itailroad to Washington. It is stahowever, in well informed quarters, that tho Ittspflftobes-flf** to tho effect that an unarmed storeship has been ncnttothis harbor avowedly, and in fact oxprossly stated In the dispatches, solely for tho purpose of victualling and provisioning Fort Rumter. Tho vessol conveying tho supn'.ios is no doubt Convoyed by a naval forcc intended to i>roto?t. tlm 'demonstration, ntul if need bo to attempt to oft'ecluate {t. Kvery preparation to meet such an event *ra9 immediately made by the authorities, and orissued to tho military to bo ready to move at the shortcut notice. Tho guns fired about eleven o'clock last night wore intended as a signal for the military to asscmblo at their respcoiive luu^te'i grounds. A private and reliable dispatch received yesterday in this city from Waah'i j'ton states that no attempt at reinforcing Fort Sumter with men, or to supply Major Anderson with provisions. w*uld he made without the authorities of the Htatc being first informed of the fact. Thnt notice has probably been given last evening by Capi. Tn'.boi. [Courier. The State Convention. After tho first instant, the Convention pro I -M -? ?"* ... ue?u?u u> nib >vmi uiukou uoors in co.isiuering the pormanont constitution of tho Confederate ^ $to?ea of America. On Friday tho 5th, ft final vote wiai taken 011 ratifying tho instrument, which resulted in yen*l'l<fC; nays, 161 The ? delegates from PickeoJ voting yea. The Convention has made all necessary changes in the Statu constitution, conforming it to that of tho government of the Confederate State*. Tho Convention adjourned on Wednesday last. When tho injunction of Bocrcsy has been icui?/f0V4 ? will IW1 11KiOCUUllI^j?, WW llUl^ IIIIYC something more to say on the subject. Off for Charleston On the reception of the startling news from Charleston, on Wednesday last, Col. Z. C. I'ui.mam loft for the scono of action immediately If tho sword hp* to ho drawn in dofence of his .native noil, ho is anxious to he amongst the foremost in the flght. His patriotic conduct will, we douht not, ho rowarded by his evermindful and generous constituent** 1 MV. C. W. ftitLArp, a printer by trade and in our employ, also left nt tho seme time for the &T??fne point. He is a member of one of the Columbia volunteer companion, which has been called into service. May he bo successful with ^ his " shooting " irons 1 Sit.UJ, Pox at PHitADir.ririA?Tho ravages oi (ok icrriDto iiihcw? apponrs w? i*s on me in> r*w?e. There ware tf#on?y-foi?r dofttim reportA c ImrinR the mail pox on board ie at The Bine Ridge. The hridgo over Sen>H't? river, nt f'lirnKY's is sufficiently ndvnncod to completion to ailov tlio iron to be laid down and tiio cars to pnsi over. Thin difficulty surmounted, the couipie tlon of thn rrniil t?? W?lk??l!.? ? !H ?? _ _ ? < ? IU own U\ effected. Suggestions have boon mado, that tho nuj*pi cious event should ho celbrntod by tbo pooph of tho district. What shall ho the resporfse ? The completion of tho road to WnUittlhi cannot fail to have a most happy cffcct on thai section of tho 'listrict, ami \vc believe to the whole surrounding country for many miles. The U S. Supremo Court. This Court lias always been looked to as a repository of tho constitutional rights of the country ; but it. too, will soon bo ab litioni/.cd. There is already n vacancy on the bench of the Supremo Court. Judge John McLean departed this life last week, which miikes a second ; and Mr. Justice Gami'UKU,, of Ala., is about resigning, making a third vacancy. Thcso vacancies will ho filled by Abolitionists, who will override tho " I)red Scott decision." Thus, one by ono, arc the planks of the old government falling out, to' which the bonier States have been clinging with a pertinacity perfectly surprising. Friends! throw off your burdensome yoke, and strike for freedom ! LettuceFor the first bunchcs of lettuce Unit have found their way to our table, we are indebted to the kindness of our neighbor, Mr. U uikrt Knox. lie will accept our thank* f.?rt!>e mimic! Military. fJen. McGowan has appointed Ihc f Mowing gentlomon to composo h'-s Brigade Staff: James S. Cothrnn, of Abbeville ; Brigade Major, with the rank of Major. John V. Moore, of Anderson ; Brigado Inspector. with the rank of Major. J. lvincaid Vance, of Abbeville; Brigade Commissary, with rank of Major. Dr. Paul Baric SI >an, of I'cndleton ; Brigade Surgeon, with rank of Major. \V. K. Eiislov, of (ireenville; Aid do-Camp, with tho rank of Cnptnin. Win. II. Parker, of Abbovillo; Aid dc Camp, with the rank of Cnptnin Gen. McQowan has also issued the following order, dated .March 1C?, lRfil ; Fir.il. Headquarters of the 1th Brigndo composed of troops raised in the Patriots of Edgefield. Abbeville, Anderson, Pickens and Greenville, under tho " Ajt to provide an Armed Military Force." will be for the present at Abbeville Court Ilonso. S.coiul. Tlie Colonels of Regiment* will forward to this office. forthw ith, full returns of the strength and condition of their respective commands. And hereafter the/ will make monthly roturns, on the first day of each mouth, until otherwise ordered. Third. The Colonels of Regiments are also particularly charged with the important matter of dr'll and instruction of their respective commands ; and to this ond they will require Squad drills as often as practicable, and Company drills at least, onoo every two weeks, until otherwise ordered. i- T -Jl Jw niiiiiiO 111 XUU1H. Bombuy pa porn to the 12il? Fobruary have boon rceeivcii, detailing horrible accounts of the famine there. We make an extract, as follows: " Horrible accounts reach us from the Northwestern Provinces, of human beings dying nt the rate of 400 or f>()0 a day ; while the deflation is not Avon limited to the vast expanse of country from Lucknow to Lahore; for talcs are now told equally appalling of the extremities to which the population of the native State of Travancore, in the South of India, are reduced by the drought, which has caused all the fruits of the earth to wither. According to a Cochin newspaper, mothers in Travr.ncoro arc selling their children as slaves for Cd. oaeh, that thoy may have wherewith to purchase bread, if onlv lor a singlo day." The Nkw Yoiik Kkrai.d ox the War I'iioshbi'th.?Tho New York Herald, of the 5th, gives the following opinion : " We think it very probable tliaf if Mr. Lincoln does not very soon procure I lie repeal of this Morrill tariff, or recognize the Confederate States ns a separate power, or proceed to show that tliey are \ still a part of this Union, lie will be pushed to the I wall by England and France, in their recognition j of tho Montgomery Government. Wn think that I Mr. Lincoln, impressed with some such conviction, I >8 preparing to do something; and wo snspcct that I tho war faction of the Cuhinpl Ima IIM""! for Mr. Seward, ami that civil war is to lie our portion. Tims we intoi-pro', not only litis warlike article of tlio Courier, hut I lie late extraordinary editorials of the Tribune and Times. " Gentlemen may cry peaco, peace, but there is no peace. Let the American people prepare for a civil war." A Pit bus a st Fact.?Tito Lynchburg Republican says : " It is a pregnant fact that at no sin glo stage of the presont sectional difficulties, has a pcace proposition come from tlio dominant par xy .^orui, amiongn thatsection linn been nil tlic time ilio aggressor. In every instance. the South lifts como forward with tho olive branch of peace in her hand, though wronged and insulted in every shape and form. The appointnient of the committee of thirty-three in the House of Representatives came from Mr. Bote lor, of Virginia. The Senate coinmitteo of fchir i rcuu uuoio fro .n Mr. IV.vcl! :;f Kentucky. Thf Crittenden resolutions wore from n Southcrr man, and tho Peace Conference at Wa?liingtor came from Virginia. They hare nil been spurt) ed and spit upon by tho North, and now pool i old Virginia is still upon her knees begging tlx Black Republicans for (l id's sake to give hoi J Home excuse to rcnmiu in fellowship with them I Should not these facts cause the blush of shumi ! to mantle tho cheeks of ovei j U'l-s Virginias I and the spirit of indignation to fire hi*heart?' Thr. Woutii or a Good G.\im>rn.?Who hn ; mado the estimate? not ono in fifty. Wo be liove that n well cultivated pardon will yioh ono-tl|jrd, if not hnlf, tho support of n family Tho potatos. turnips, beans, cabbages, pens parsnips, carrots, strawberries, &e., all of whicl arc tho produots of a good garden, constitute . large portion of man's roost wholesome food,? And, it wo would give moro attention to thi branch of husbandry, a"d furninh our table witli better vegetable*! our families would u* loon incut, and consequently be more healthy happy, mid lung lived. The subject (a worth; of oar attention. Kxtra Court.?An extra Court of Coniinoi Plea*. Ac., will b? hold atQreehrillo C. II., 01 Monday the 15th day of July next, to contlnu three week*. ... , Acn.?^The &?nthorn CongrcM, at Montgom ery, pae.-ed, at its recent aessiun, oqc hqndroi and one afite! ? S# ". f."-.~r.T rr".:.'"rjT?'? The New Confederacy. , Tho (JovOrflnient and pboplo of the Conledorr ate States, by thoir prudent nation and unnni? inons councils, havo commended themselves most favornbly to the nations of tho Earth.? ) Even (tome of our late confederates do praise us, nnd foreigners are discussing favornbly tho 1 propriety of acknowledging our independence. ' j Tho rentier will be struck wilh the following nr- j I iivio irom 111c Jiangor, IMamo, Union: mie of i the host conducted papers in the NortlivKuM.? ; Our readers will doubtless appreciate it highly : i " Wore we to venture a prediction, we would any j ttint we here have the germ of a Republic which [ history, at no far distant day, will record as the most powerful ami wealthy of ancient or modern times. It will grow, and that too rapidly, by additions from the North, from the South and from the West. Its government, purged of every notion of consolidation, no Statu will hesitate t<> lake shelter under its wings from any fear of losing its sovereignty. The burdens of thnt government will be light. It will be administered according to thr> Southern idoa. In the exerciso of its powers 5t will be confined within tho legitimate sphere of the Constitution. It will not be used as an engine : of corruption. It will not lm mwl ?? ??> i..ui^n- ' ! inent for exercising those projects which belong j only to State governments or Individual enterprise, j It will buiM no railroads and ennuis. It will nii dcrtnke to buiM up no manufacturing interests at J \ the expense of other interests. Hence its bur- i dons will be light, and consequently the trade will be nearly or quite free. . Capital, which lias for the last thre<r quarters of a century been aggregating in Northern cities, will begin to run Southward. Hy degrees. the trade of j Iloston, New York and Philadelphia will decrease. ; whilst that of Charleston. Savannah, Mobile and New Orleans, will proportionally increase. Tinnii- | I gration will also turn thitherward. The North has j lost, irrevocably lost, we fear, her largest and best ; customers. Our future we may read in the past ! of Canada. Negro sympathy, which has of late , j been so active with us, will !n a few months more i | bo like a tale that is told. \\c shnll hear no more j of slavery 5n the South than wo now hear of il in Cuba and llussia. From New Knehtnd, at least. . 1 tlie sceptre of empire lias departed forever, and i itli.it through (lie folly of Iter own Hons." Extract | From a letter to the Editor, dated Collin county, Texas, March 8, 1 SO 1 : ' Jacob Ai.kxanukr, formerly of your district, , died here on the l<>th of February last. "Times arc hard. Politics run high, with great excitement about secession. We have fine weatli- j cr. Winter has broke. Whoat crops look fine, ; and the prospect is fair for a good crop. People. j I generally, arc done planting corn. We have the i hest of nimtiiiwa n?,?v " * ? ? ? Predicted Twentv-kour Ykars Ago.?It is 1 ii remarkable fact thnt the present secession ' movement was foreshadowed just sis.it hu< occurrod, in a work called (ho " Partisan Leadj or," attributed to the pen of Judge Upshur, of 1 V irginia, who was killed by the bursting ??f llw Peacemaker. In that work, under the guise of a novel, it was professed that coming events , were described. The (Julf States, it was d<)? I scribed. had secede 1 in consequence >f theelec- j tion of a Northern President, and Virginia and 1 other Harder Statos wore about following *uit. 1 An attempt was made to form treaties with fir- | ,eign nations, and frco trade wa< established, j which gave the South an unexampled career ?>f j prosperity. The current of evenU twontv.fmir ! years Inter has given these predictions the form of fulfilled facts. Boston. April 0.?There is great activity at the Navy Yard. Over 800 men are employed. The Bainbridge is reai'y f<?r sea and the crew j are waiting. The Minnesota, Mississippi and j Colorado aiejnenvly ready. Commodore String- i hnm is expected here next week. New York, April <?.-?Abundance of army , stores woio sliinnml lust ni.rlo <>? ' ii- -? ?...? 1iiu j steamer Atlantic, which is now about sailing, with 91)0 men ami a dctatehment of artillery. Four guns ami forty men camo to t*?is city from Fort Hamilton to-day. I Washington, April 0.?In a semi-official correspondence it in stated that four light steamers, the Water Witch. Wyandotte, Mohawk and Crusader, will ho lined with double* banked sand-hag*, and taking aa many men a? they will hold, will run the gauntlet ?>f the Morris' I?h\l)d batteries to supply fort Sumter. An awful storm has heon raging all day. Al'RUj ta. April 9.?The Mississippi 1>i igade, ' eighteen hundred strong, arrived at PonsncoJa I on the 7th. Nearly four hundred Oeargia troops pn?seJ wi-migii .Montgomery Jor l'CiiMicola within the j two last days. Cii w:i.baton*, April 7.?(Jon. Benuregard today positively notified Major Anderson lliat l?ia supplies and all communication will lie cut nfT from in ir.y. F-;rt Sutntor is virtually in a ' state of siogo. j Charleston, April 0.?The excitement lias i somewhat suicided. About five thousand ; troops arc now stationed at the respective fortij ficutions. No signs of any Unite 1 Sutton ve*| sols yot. Kvorylhiiig. however, is prepared 1 for action. ! F.x-Senators Wigfall and Chesnut, and Gov. I \ f .? i .... - I .illuming nave oeon appointor aids to Uen. ! Beauregard, nrul went on active duty. Hon. Ivlin 11 nd IlnlRii. of Virginia, has shonl' dere.l a rifle, and ^tno into the rank*. The | greatest ardor prevails, and it in difi'mult to know who is going to stay at home Qiiari.kst >s. April 9.?AflYirs ronmin quiet on the surface here, hut deep feeling pervades the community. Prodigious preparations nro progressing. Senator Wigfall, of Texan, is serving as a common soldier; A rifled Oaiiiiwii Ii.in uiTiVC-J. Mr. Jamison, President of the Convention, delivered a furowell speech to-day, on the pass* * ' age of ccunpliiuoulary resolutions hy that body.' r I The Convention will adjourn to morrow. } j No war vessels are outside, so far m known. r | ? r Richmond, April 9.?A resolution was adoptB oil in Convention this morning, raising a cominittco to inquire into the policy of thfc Prosi? dont. Mossrs. Preston. Stuart and ltanriolph, commissioners, left for Washington this morning. " Norfolk, April 4.?Wo have reports hero this ovening of a disturbance among the work^ men at Fortress Monroe. They aro said to hnvo ' raised (he Palmetto under the walls outside, and dared the soldiori to interfere. n ;\p.Hr YOKr., April 8.?Tin ntcamer Harriet _ I.niie f?ailotl for tlio South tills afternoon, flymp; t tho stufH and ntrip*s ln?ttad of tho flng of tfte n nteniner. Tltc Vixen ha* gotto to tho Navy e Yard. L.irgo tdiiptnsnt* of anny ntores were , put aboard the IUSnoid and li.ilhc to day. 1 " I.VTKU ?i ATIAN * I. Drtn PinUT ? IIhiIai' #?.:? hcarl, tlio New York papers inform their r?<\d<jr* i that a match botvreon Rosie, of Brooklyn, find i Boss, of Liverpool, England?the "champion B doge of the world *%? was fought in Brooklyn on Tuesday ovening. for $250 n side. Ten tho*t? I. sand dollars, It id paid, changed hands on the :j match. Bess won In thirty minuter., There - was ftboot one thousand spoctators prosenU ' riiTh>i?ii AitfBii i. L.W'I 1.1. "*n / Pennings and Clippings. Cotton?On tho 8th, 1.108 bale* of cotton wore sold in Chnrlc?t?n n't 8 to 14 cents per lb. War does not nflfbcl tiio prico of cotton very much. Death ok Mk. FrEan.?Rov. Thomas Frean, native of Ireland, died in Columbia on Sunday j last, I'ohcp to llin nulie*! Not IJ.\d?A wag toll.n of a boarding bouse j keeper \rtn>.?o coft'eo was s>> woiik tliat it oouhln't got up tlie? spoilt of tltu coffee pot. Tlicrc wasn't ! ovoii grounds for complaint. j 1 Fish Stohv?A large salmon was cnttgbt in tlie Hudson rivor near Albany. NT- Y.. ii duV or J two ago, nnd a silver wutcli found in its stomuch. ' Qi.n Auk."?TIio Wellington Rfti/rs fays ( that Lincoln is reported to have said to a Oonfi- I r ..? ? - ... m inim n-'.emi iiio otncr ony, " 1 nm utterly ?.!is- j gustvd, nnd nni mighty ?iok nnd tired of the \ whole thing." Why don't lie resign ? lit iirk \t.?F. T. Leake, of MltaWsippi. roeently tendered for tho uso of Mississippi, nnd ? Hji) to the Confederate JStntos. Eati.vu i. -Ut\?The Republican* nve beC tming seriou-dy concerned nh nit tl?o Prosident's l.enlth, in view of the Inedssiint demands j made upon him by the greatest throng nf greedy idHee seekers. nf ovot'v line and stripe, that ever bosicgel tho city of Washington. OlRce seekers killed Presidents Harrison nnd Taylor, nnd miy shy " 0! I Abe." Tho Lird'ft will he done ! Titk .u Tat ?(.Niarlos Sunrier. United S:n?es Senator from Massachusetts. snys he "is sin- ' eeroly n-dmniv?d of his country." And ymir couii* try sincerely returns Iho compliment. Makks of Cu\iiAcmi.?T!io in in everybody likes h generally si fool. 'I'lli m t:i nob ??1 y lik?s usually a kna* e. Tim in in who lias friends who wuuhl die f >r him, an 1 f >e.< wit > w.>nl<l lmo tii sue him broiled alive, is usually a man ?n some worth ami foreo". Mkxicxn Invasion ov Ti.xas.?Dn'paU-hes from New O.-loans, dated thy -1 instant, state 1 that Col. L*\ird hud boon reliably informed from Matamoras thatOcu. Ampudin, with 3,000 Moxleans, was sixty miles off, m;irchjn;? on Brown*, ville, Texas. Ampudin had dispntuhed an expro*? to Matnui iras, with placards and hand j hills, declaring that Texas belongs to Mexico, nn'l tint as nhc l.u? n> longer tin; *upp ?rt of tliot Federal Government, now is the time to retake | her. Koinforcemonts in largo numbciS were rapidly joining him. Drpaiitl*re"ktiik Commhm ?xkr5.?1The stonmship Ilahann, Cap?. Mi'.Oonnell, snys the Now Orleans Delta, of the 30th. will leavo'. this morning. f>r Havana. The Hon. Judge It >st nnd Hun. Win. L. Yancey, together with Walker ; Fearn. of Alabama, Sivetary nf Legation, go out on her, en routs ti? the 0 >urt* of Europe, to represent tho Confederate State*. PlSCoNTINUANCR OF AV Ol.ll Jol'RNAf.?TllO I'riinsylraniaii nowspaper. whieh, for more than ! twentv voars. was ro-rnivl.'il -n iIia iiPB.ni ..r ii.? ! .* - * - - --- ?- ? ?.?v " "" j National Democracy of Pennsylvanian, lias been discontinued for want <>f patronage. Anotiikh Fihf. ?On ln?t night pays (hoOliarI ?tto (N. C.) Huff-fin. of Wednesday, nt half nasf ei^h.t oYI ick, the alarm of lire was given, j an<l on repairing to the spot wo found Mr. Tims. I \V. Ocwbv'rt barn in flames, hem" liio wixli lire ! that has occurred sine last Friday evening. T > uk llfsa.T?The slavo of Col. Jcsso ; McGee, of Anderson, condemned to donth for j hnn*ft burning, Ac., will bo hung on the first Friday in May. Terriiii.f. Scene.?Two hundred bandits were j recently be'.ieadcl in China, by rivil bandits. 1'ont ItuVAi. P.\n.r.o.\D.?Tlio thirty-five mile ' e ntrnot, for clearing and gradation, on this j road?from its junction with the Chiirlcf4"n i and Savannah Railroad to Al'.endulc, Bain well i...? i...~.. : i-.? > - I ivi?'IMI.? livt'll u nuniuvi IU IIIU WCH'RIKHVII, \ enterprising firm of Druno & Singletary. Candidates.?Tltere are fourteen camli-lates f >r tax collector, in OrcenvHle d:slrtot J Xf:w York, April 0.?The Mourner* Ilaltio ni.il Illinois, taken up 1?y the Lincoln (Juvern- 1 inent a* transport*, wont to sea this morning, j II ARRl;<Di;R<j, April *.).?The G vcrnor ?*-ks of | the Legislature $500,000 f"V tho pu'ohuvo of , anus f<*r thu State. 1 MA .! . ... I iso Tov. April p.?>ixiy tons, cannon brill* j left tlio Arsenal at Wutortown, on Saturday, f.ir Now York. New York, April 5.?Tlio fint. of lliin city. | any* that is. i* rumored thut tlio Government i agisnt.s wli ) worn i?oiit to K'ightnd and Franco, lutvo returned, and roji ?rt iliat Im(Ii tJ >vefuJ wonts sot their faces against th? S mthcro Cmifori e racy. and will in no wiso rooognizo or inM>t it. That tlio Frosidont and Cabinet have determined to take immediate anJ vigorous mensurea for the enforcement of the lawn, at nil luv/.ard*. 'Ihe fi*igato Powlia'an g.>o< to sea to-morrow, fully equipped and provisioned, and will probably tako three o-nnpanies of troops. Tlio Impression at the Nnvv Yaril in, that Forts Sum; tor nnd Piukqna will lx>tli ho toiijforccd. The Oovornmnnt hu.? e'.inrtorod the 3toamor? ! Baltic nnd Ariel to carry troops under sealed j order*. The Baltic will curry Barry's CfunpnI ny of flying nrtillery and itlnoty inoo, nnd the | Ariel seven or eight companies of Infantry and marine;?. Btth ve??el* will nail on Sunday. ! Tlio steamer Harriet Lane sailed to-day. A company of one hundred men on (Jo*crnor'n Island havo received marching orders.? Others will speodilj* follow. Tlioro are now over twenty-six hundred ' troops At different stations nt this port. Tho Kjjprcx-i say* that it is auppnsed in \rollinformod quarters, that Texas is t)io point ' where troops will ho landed. They are sent j outnt the request of Uorernof Houston, to repel ; tl'.o tv .\siiinot ?n. April Tlio a?uthorn (Join- | missioner* to-day received from tho Depart- i mcnt nC State tiie reply to their oflioiul com- | municatioi.. Seward declines to recognize thorn, and rofu?e* to ftolt) any communication with them ot.'ior than an citizens of tho United State*. It in now placed hcyoud nil possible dotiht that the attempt will ho mado hy tho United Statos Oovornmont to throw a foil supply of provisions into Port.* Sumter and IMcken?. Tho great military and naval preparation* now going on nui?fl coercion. All dinguise in now thrown off. Thore will he a collision in lens than a week. Nkw YdKK, April 8?Wnr preparations on a largo scale continuo unabated. The navni rccciving ntutiom have boon reopened. Tho frirr*to Konnako has bocn floated out. It is aaiu 'hat M>o goon to fort Pickens, and thonce to Te*aU, to assist Houston in tho event of oivU wnr. Tho steamers Freeborn ?ndi Yankee j have been ohattered by the government for n } ahorfr voyfigo. They probably go to Fort Humj ter. Lieut, Kamnouf, 4th Artillery, U. S. A, land other office**, haro resigned. I r.n.r.i,*.!,.,,.r r '? ii.ii.iii .. From Washington. WabhtKoton, April ir.?Lieut. Talbot, it is understood, will noeopt an office here nnd not return South, lie will probably bc.iundu A; ?istant A?dju tip tO en evw 1. liitinuitioiiH of 11 decidcd character are given out in official quarters that the Adniiuis* trntion does not intend to blockadc the ports of the Confederate States in order to collect the revenue, though ondeavovs uro uiado to keep every movement secret. Tlio Confederate Commissioners are ?<till of opinion that Fort Sumter will bo evacuated, and nay tliey have the best reason to believe that the Administration yet means jwac Another messenger, it is iindctatood, will bo despatched to Charleston by the.(jovcrrinient on Sunday, though a sudden change in this respect is not, improbable. Hon. John M. IJutts and two members of iho Virginia Convention visited 31 r. Lincoln to-night, urging a peace policy. An unusually reliable informant states that the Administration are coneeytralintf nil available force ^it Tovtugas and Key West, whonco it will supply Fort I'ickei.s if attacked, and take over troops from Tortugas to repel the attacks. There will be war euouuh to oh u so the Border St.ites to secede ivml join the {Southern Confederacy. Thou tlio Oov01*11 moilt will, as i? cannot now, recognize the independence of l!io Confederate States \>y treaty. Another informant states tlw.t p-trt of tho plan is to blockade. the Misshsippi, and retake Ship island, and perhaps other stations. Another sonrco says that a large amount of army and naval stores, inelndinir seven nionn tain howitzers, were shipped lienpe hv oppress to Fort Hamilton. These look to land as will us to sea operations. The nerents of N? w \'tii lf h:inl<cr? ln?ri< t<>l. pgrnphcd homo to day that a cyMisini) was iurvii able. The whole city is iu a state of intense anxiety ami t!x? :tt*inot>t. The steamship Atlantic h:w been eim.teied by tho Government, and cleared for Hraaos this afternoon, with provision? and stores. WASHINGTON. April <>.?1 Talbot has arrived, and will iinmedintoly begin iIim ili?charg'! of his Antics as A.sai.-;t:iiit AdjutantGeneral. ('apt. Holmes, 1 *niI**d States Army, has resigned his com mission in fconse<jii<Mice of the coercion movement. Oilier odicers are talking of doin;r the same. A special Cabinet me< ting has been called to consider, it is alleged, reports of tho highest important;?* The I'nitcd States steam sloop Pawnee nailed from Norfolk tliis morning, with 2f?() men. She is to join the Mjiladron now titling A. .4 X* \' * * ?>m iii .^r\v i urn, in :i uny <>r so. Tho deputation IVoifi the Virginia Cons:ervntivOvS, wlio called on tho President, yesterday, have reerivid no yntisfi .ctory nssursii ce as to the purposeH of the Administration. A irentleinan who hits just visited Mr. Lincoln, informed me (hut tho President fissured him in tlic most positive mnnner th:st the Administration will not under uny circumstances commence hostilities; hut. in consequence of reliable inionmition (hut tho Confederate States tlireateiud to ettack Fort Piokons, the present, movement is intended.In r pi I sueUn demonstration. The < lovcrnnicnt poems to have conic to r> determination, iti (ho language of n Cabinet officer, (i? ho known only ly its acts. Kxtremc solicitude i.? everywhere manifested relative to the movements concerninjr Forts 1'iekoiiB and Sumter, and the tear is expressed that n Collision may he precipitated. It is said that the Commissioners of the Southern Confederacy have sent nnjjry nies ?nlids to the President in regard to the proa cut attitude of affair.*. Thero is great excitement in tho Ropurt meets. The Powhatan Mailed this afternoon. The l> MM., f a ..--; . ?..?** m \i* ' J IIV.M. J lie luIlDWllILT -information, relative to the vessels which will probably fso South, will b?> interesting. The Minnesota is a steam frigate of 8,200 tin?, carrying forty puns. She was built in lb5f), nrid*has been lying in ordinary in Boston.? The. JYrry is a carrying six filths and 280 tons bivi'iftii; she is fitting out at tho Brooklyn Navy Yanl. The Powhatan is? first class steam sloop, of 2.415 tons; she carries eleven guns, and is at present .Otnehed to tho Home Squadron. The sloop-of-war Cumberland is tho flag ship of the Home Squadron, and has been doijrg duty (it Vera Crux. She is 1,720 tons burthen, and carries twenty four guns. Tho Pocahontas is a SPCOUd class Stcnill sham. She w.is by tlio Government in 1855, and Iiiih boot ai ached to the Homo run. Sho carries live guns, and is GO I tons burthen. She m ?t Norfolk. T|io bri?_r Dolphin is iilso at Norfolk, where she is lyinir in ordinary.? Like the Perry, she is ot' li^rbt draught, beintr hnt 2'24 tons ; she canif.-i {'our guns, f Special Dc*puich to Uhurlcslnn CuttrUr. Nr.W Yoitli, April G..- li is reported and denied tli.it Major Holmes, commandant r.t Governor's Inland, has resigned. Also that Major Johnson has resigned. BaVry's Artillery is aboiird the. steamer Atlantic. The Powhuttan has biM'n ordered to Fort Hamilton fc?r troops. Capt. M. M and a company of mechanic* from Washington, left to.day for parts unknown, (jangrt of men are ?t work on tlic Wabiish, Uonnokeand Perry. lJisides nine hundred troops, a number of long clinker built boats are shipped on board the Atlantic and cleared for liruzos. The Illinois boa steam on ; it is reported she will load with stores and troops nt nitfht. The Powhattart, with five hundred troops, orosscd the bar to-day, Loiind out. ?? Wf ' Montoomkuy, April 8?No hopes of peace are entertained hero. It is under*,>>od that the answer to our C'oiumi^ionerH at Washington has been unsatisfactory. Despatches- havt been nuui iu Gwr^iii ?iivl Iv/uiorariM, for additional troops A collision itf expected I within forty eight hour* Offers of volunteors front tlio border Stntei I and the Confederate Stales continue to poui I in?about 7,000 from tho former, nnd frou I the W^st nbout 2r000 Iitdinn wnt't iors. Fron the Confederate <3tntw? the offers are over whelming. Changes in the Georgia ConstitutionA correspondent of tho A urjtttta Omirfi (HtfnnalJdt notes the following ehnrtge* ii the CoOfiUtUtloQ of (icor^ia, which will b Htibmitl'jd to the pooplo for rntiUoutidn in Ju I t -..i - IJ next; Tho mont important change* propoa.vV nro 1. The reduction of the Henato ftoin oh hundred and thirty-two to torty-four incm born. . t* .. . ^ 2. The .ftnpointnMirrt of Judge? of tlie He promo *ud Biipc-rtor Courts bj f.b? fiovornoi with iho consent of two-thirds of the 801 tnfr j Tho formot are no*- rlootedby th? TiCginli tuny ittof th'o latter bjftfcq^^lc of tiiti t - V*. ? ,r, " * a**"""' respective circuits. <{. The provisions, oh to tlie new counties, require n votogf two thirds of Lot!) Houses t? iiuike new counties, or alter boundaries.? The old simply required u majority vote. 4. The Constitution is nuide amendable only by n convention. Tlio old ('onstilu'ion 1 was ninendable only by u two thirds vote of both Nouses in two coiiHceutive Assemblies. f>. The right of taxation is limited to certain purposes,* viz : The fuppnrt of govern ment, payment of public debt, the oommon defence, !iud other objeetn expressly grunted in the Constitution. , 1 he Lcgickititrc llicn lifts no internal iniprovc.iient power,: St: to aid to mil rood* find canals (that fruitful fouric of tomiptiui) is thus denied. Among the objects of expiow? gvrint fe tlio right of Appropriating niomy ft r the education of Oie people. #>!> ..t ? ?r? iii??v,n \iiiiviviiwv yji v|'niiuu i.rs m the pro pi icty of tlii.s exeeption. At ull events, the two Constitutions, in this partieulur, ftrc crjuiViilctllfi. No law cnii eompel any person, involnntari!y, to aid ?ny milrimd or any other internal improvement!*, (i>ilve in pities.) i The eo'.npx'ii^sition of mom-bet's of the (General Assembly is x<*?1 by law, and no Assembly o? ii raise'its own eo.npeiisatioi). i Any donation ur motility requires n twotlsird vole. The <jr;uit of hank eha-f-'i's, amU of tiso rjd.t of suspording specie prymcnt, requires a two third vote. As ( > apptvpri tioitfi, tlie (lin'ovnnr inry so vor l is veto?approving :oino. ami di>;pprovinir other appropriations in the. same bill. (5. 'i lio hill of rights is iii soino poets rnlarirod, and it- pviii< iplos d.vhuvd to have tlic foroo of Constitutional prw,i)'i.v's. One of t !:? >* provisions is us fellow# : " Ijiiws sin u'd lii vo a poiHTul opcralfo.n ; J -mi,] no gonerid law j-luill hr varied in a partic; nli.r r:;>v t y fprcial It uisI: (ii i|. cxo.cpt with consent of all pi-r^i ns to he ?f t btod thereby I'?.\v fi.r tl.is would affect Ideal legislation ! ?.c;:v :>s to spot-is I road Inwp, ci unty right* !<> control licvi^ci", Ao., <S;o.?wo do not fully ' ni il> i>f.ir.d. | i. I,very IjsII is to l>e restricted to one sub|j?vt iiialtT. FiOiriflitti vo diwtbiliticH for in| corporal rig small companies arc enlarged, the I power beiujr turned over to the coin's. l'jli'otions io the (iooor.il Assembly ;iro to be viva nbr. Pardons roi|uiro :i two third* | vote. All rets requiring two thirds vote must I be passed by t ho yens i?nd nays. In other oases (lie yens ami nays are taken | only on CHll.of one filth of the members present. As each cull costs time and expense, , tliis is ;iii improvement. It would b<! n captious c.:ll which was not desired by onofit'lli of the body. 8. The census is- decennial, instead of fepj tennhd. It Would ho well cither to havb the Ftato j and general ccimti.* at (lie wnne'time, to avoid i cvnoiisc. or rl?n tn 1 ?* f !?*? r%tm ? /fl ii J avfn.lii? I . r - r V ' divide the otluy, so that bvery live years, I ho i?no or tin; other should occur. (5. Tlic supremo- court may sit in one or m>ro j'l.icrs. i:s by l?\v determined. The old Constitution required not less tIilii? five places for its rossion. 10. There is n provision for it ehnripc < f voiiiic?tli: t is, for tlic trial of oftcnoes in :i I different county where a jury cannot behs'd. Alabama RiflemenMr. Coosc, the n: tnr di.-t. in his 41 Letter from Alabama," rcl.ites some tents of shooti:ij?. which wc commend t > the attention of nil members of rifle elub.s : # " Another feat is* ' ttireiidlnjs the needle.' I An nujjor 1 <>lc. is pierced through the eentro ! of nti uprig! t board : tho orifice is just lartro ! enough to allow ? ball to piss without touehiii^r; and it in eXpcctcd to p:iss without touching. A third in still more exciting?' j?jiu(TiM,? the PAndle;! It is performed in the ni?ht, and tlic darkness of tho scene adds h wildly ess to tho au:u>oinent that prently enhances its interest. A calm niirht is chosen ; half a dozen ends of tallow candles and a box of mat'dtpR ore takbn out into the Held, whither the upvoarii us party of stalwart youths repair. One of "then takes station bv the murk : a stick is iIiumi noi'iioiiiliMt'iii-ln ! the ground, on flie lop of which n piece of | candle is fixed eithor in n pocket. or by means ?if a few drops of jrrenso A plunk is snt np { behind Ihe pnndlc to receive l>alls, which ?ro nil carefully pie.Uc on! after the spurt iMover, b-Miicr much too.valuable to ho wasted. The marker now li;rh(s the candle, which jrlitnmors like a fcehlofltar, hut just visibln nt Mio spot whefo the expect uit party are ptnndinrr. Vjaeh one carefully loads his riilo; sonie mark the harrd with a line of chalk to nid ttfl sijrht in the darkness; others neirlcct this, und seem to know the position of the 1 pea ' by instinct. There is a sharp, short' crack ami a lino of jliv: j a !>ti!c CkiUu of rises perpendicularly upwards; unmerciful shout of derision bails tho unlucky marksman, for tlio candle is still twinkling dimly and redly qs before. Another conthbmtlv RUu cords; tho t Is suddenly extiujrifished : his bull lias cut it off just below tho (hunc.-? Ti???, Won't do, tlic test is to piniff th<v?Vj)dlo wit)tout pultinjr' it o?it. A third now steps up; it Ift n.i friend Jones, the overseer on the plan In lion wbcro I out reside;; be ift it orwelc ?bot, and wo nil cjfperl- ixfi rthinar superb now. The marker hug, rtplhccd tho lighted candle; it is nj'^wod to l.tfrri few? miuutes until the wick hiiabeconle lon;r. Tho dimncxs of tho lijrht at Irujitb nnnounooK its readiness, nnd the marker cries ' Fire ?' A; J moment'* brcotblees s'lenco follows tho tbi?Fi? I ?..j * . - ? ? 1??u rv|MMbj II uuiiujju W(HJ Wtt'll IC? p:iHH HjVMlr tlio djutnnt uli'ani, fljnd the dull* red Inul s puddo.jily becomo wUito nnd ?pnrklih|X - , Hijrht good !' f:ric? tho nmrkor > tin* bull lui* KiKi?<;d through tho ncnlre of tho fl nno> i?od > Snuffed tho cnndlo/ nnd Ir-opa urtd shout* of . imiUnsn riiif* thftmeh tlx: field, nnd ccho from I the? Hnrroundinjx forcnt. This oxtmotdini.iry font ?? usually performed two or tlirtfo tiinca s in oycry content of skill. , r comrt)on exploit in 'bnrVinpr off' n ? M|Uirr<?l. My worthy friond Moior Vanncr, ? i th^othqr d?y, nt iny request, p^rfi?rm*<l.tli(V. -1 A co\ijilo. offox squirrel* Wro plying fur'up on n towering befcuh !n tho vnril, little suspecting w'hf?t won coming 4 for the benefit *f floiehce." My friend went in end hroftfllit " out Ins trimly viflo ; wnited ? moment lor one 1 of tho Httlo fr?nlty pontlonu-ri to bo rightly n 1 plaocd. for it is needful to tlio font thai tl>o | equirrol should be clinging to the l?r?rk of ihfr. tree. Tho fir?t ?hot wn? ft f?ihjrc. Xh<* | urmirr^l Ml '>?' ' * nr..,), nn?KU| L'UI) ll> Wi'K J11CTCCU 0 -with ih?> hull, which wn? not. tho objoft.-^'' J'crhujm tho crraiuro lmd movod a llttlq n?jl<?* inaUnt, m pcrl nps tbo plantoi-hfld wan loft l" cwreleMity *Qpfldent; however, ttcttlo. w?.? r?" :^p, and he took euro that tho .^otfyL';' ' i iwo^ld bo all rixht.;1 The bnHVtrrtck tlio1 'trunk of tho trod just bcn'H th tho Kolhrof^-' IT tho fctdiwrt, driving off n picco of the- bnfk us %y * t r ZJ$i?S. -U \