Keowee courier. (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, April 13, 1861, Image 2
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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
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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
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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 ??
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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.
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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!
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". 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 "
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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.? !
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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
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