University of South Carolina Libraries
??ml??/'' ? ' "^nSMflHIMMM? If fam??^VM JA L't'.'iiHrlm Jlial?M.Ll<3ig.'WIH TO|:|?^IMli|? ROB T. A. TH0MP80N, Sdltor. * ?.A.Tl?OMrSON,ll. YOUNO, W.H. I?onCOMBB l'HOl'BIKTOU?. . -.-^Y-V'-.-. ? - .. . ? ? r- ?- ... ?RUHrf-^t.?O por annum, in lulvnncc. If pay rfu)nt bc delayed until ofter tho oxptration ut' thc four, $2. For olx months, 7?'ceilia in advoticc. . 8t8r*Advo)f!ic.oinenta hjaoHobj nt tho usual rates Saturday Koruiug, Ijtay ll, 1861. ) Personal. It is duo" to tltoiH) who performed th.0 labor ec acceptably, to stato that wo wore absont lasi week, and that friends, who huvo kindly assist Od ushoforo, are entttfe.Mo the credit of send lng forth HO interesting a mt m ber of tho Courier The President's Messngo. Wo have surrendered muoh of our space th? week to%tho rory ekoollont mossago of Presiden? DAY is, and commend it to tho attention of oui rendors. It. is gratifying ^o see the principios hold by ?South Cat alina for so-many years, olab orated by tho Presidont, and sBO heartily ro eoivod by tho Southern States. Wo hayo m room for comments ; in fact, nono aro necessa ry,- Read it, and .hand your papor to youi . neighbor, y/, ^ The Volunteer?. ? The 7th Rogimcnt (Col. BACON'S).has bcei ordered to Aiken. Tho -Uh Koglmeitt (Colono , SLOAN'S)-will also go to "tho same placo. Col CAsri'8 Regiment has gone to Floronoo, and vol untcorcd for Virginia. Col: IIIONV Regimen will, it ls said, bo ordorod to Columbia. Fiv .or six thousand volunteers aro at or nonr Chai l?ston. Cols. KERSHAW and GREOO'S Regiments nr nt Richmond. Tho Rutler Guards have attache themselves to tho former regiment. Col. PETT QREW is organising ? Rifle Regiment, in Clim lesion,'for Virginia. Col. WADE HAMPTON, I Columbia, is also raising ? Legion, ' 1,000 mei , for tho same laudable purpose. Tho tionfedorato and border Statos are pou lng troops into Virginia. A Company Flag. We ave pleased to learn that tho LADIES of th plac? and Pondloton havo determined lo prosont , N;*?lAg,. made by thoir own. li amis, to tho company this place, commanded by Capt. .LIVINUSTON. . " will, wo doubt not, be worthy of thom and tl . cause. InVliich. lt is to engage. We learn (rom tho Carolinian that the patriot l idie i Of Pendleton aro making uniforms for tl Volunteers in Columbia, and also intond preset ing Capt. Kim-AntICK'S company with a flag, t honor to thc ladies for their noble devotion to rig und the cause of liberty. Tho Squadron Muster. Three companies of cavalry paraded at Pondi lon, on Saturday'tho 4th instant, under commai of Oon. GUYTON ; who, Wo loam, is a oandidat without opposition, for Colonel of tho Regiment Wo learn that a proposition is on foot, or li ^ Veen accomplished, to organizo a Brigade of Cs nlry, and tender it for service. Gen. GuirriN In co ni ma nd. It is.gratifying to see tho various arms of t Imilitary ..vicing with each other in their oftbrts nervo their State and tho South, in this liiOmoi ' > obs etrugglo._ The Fourth Regiment. . This Regiment of uoblo-hoarted men aro pi forming thoir duty gallantly. There is sot eiokn?ss amongst them. Wo are pleased learn, as wo do from a correspondent of tho J dorson InUUiyencer, that tho field officers a held in high estimation by tho men. The ci respondent says : " Tho ol?icors of tho Regiment aro indust ously engaged in providing for the wolfai comfort and health of the soldiers. Our m ? Colono], J. B. E. Sloan, of Pondloton, is.a coi toons gent loman and efficient officer, and vc popular with his command. His promotion gonornlly balled with satisfaction.. Captr Whittier, of tho Riflemen, is ntiothor deserv? of nil praise for his olfieioncy nod kind denim Or to those under his guidance." , Taken Out, Col.- AsnjionE, in a.- briof noto to us, sai " Tnko my name out of tho Courier as a can dato for the Southern Congress." General Intelligence. * Tfibro is a lull just now in war nows. Prcpa tion, however,' is going f&rward from ono omi the coiiiiyry io ibo other. Although un oil North is being made for poae'e, wc have no co dence in Hui result, .War-long, bloody and t porntc-*-eoems inevitable now. The legislature of North Carolina has calle Convention of her people. Tho election for d gate:; is rho 1 Sith, Monday next. Tho convent facets on. the 20th. North Carolina will bo a m. .? 'bor'of'tfic Southern Confederacy beforo the I ** t df Juno. Arkansas soceded oh Tuesday lasl - The telegraph reports Tennessee out of thc " conoorn," also. Tho good work goes bravely ? We'shall Boon* havo tho pleasure of making riamo announcement for Maryland, Kentuoky, ? ffoiiri and Rclawaro. The contest will be sod . against section-tho North against tho .Monti The result is not doubtful ! "# - The latest nows will bo' found In our oolw '"x ' .th^aVf'e^'. > ;V li-, Btr?wboTrios. We have had kindly placed on our tab flaucor of delicious strawberries. They ore only the earliest, but the largest we,havo Soo one measuring four- in ch o in cl rc um foro r Tito thoughtful donor wi li accept our th an ki <ho-favor. The Walhalla Hotel, t . K?pt by Mr. D" BIEMANN, is now in comp Condition, ?pd ready for tho reception of CO ii nv. It affords us plt?asuro t^'beat tontimor ffip'.politeness and attention of Mr. Ri KM and Indy, and would ndV?Po those in scare health, pleasure, br good.living, to give the ?all. ? / Wo ijNiect attention to hie" ndvertiaernei soother column. , ? ,,,,'/, <.--r-- vf, * COL. Sf A ?PINO, of Virginia, recently'i , . " /^aahingto?, inform* tho Richmond -JDhp tlintj iti .cnt^lng^through the strobe in nn o yfo???f'e&r*gentlemen dusty trav*l and panting wjth. hot haste. . Those ? ?ho "yVnU ' slt/dct bank?rs on their way t< . Whit?iltense, wbofttthe Nev/ York /feral ^eris ae hurry!ug 'tb.-Washington te offer i ?fa?izy io tile Ger?rn?n?nt. They wcro hi ? tok >he>*/ Oal Spalding learned, for a. ? diff?rant -putout*, vl*r tb invoke Lincoln t?e?Veu^ nabi?, toitbp hi? prtfob?ding?; foi ?V?s?i?t. at leant il? *bui? ?fbitration omi! trft&tor N?wl3fork ^?fd be ruinwl. Patriots. j tt is not pur into? lion to bo invidious, in nu y uotioo Wo- n.my tako of the gallant volunteers now in tho iiold or under orders, hut wo think j us tico requires that wo should- pur lieu 1 ur ir. o in Ono instance ut least. Mr. J OKI. JoNEs, of Piek Ons, and a. member of Captain Griflin's pompa* ny, isomer seventy y?a?s of ngd,-arid'.distin guished himself in tho war of 1812. l?o.wns amongst tho foremost to volunteer, nnd is'aagt r for the (ray .with our ouemlos. Wo montioa this ns a simplo not of justice, apdanoblo oxawf pip sot our young mon. May Mr. JoNJjs ho prosorvod to his country for many honorod yours to ooma. Tho Andorson Gazette, whilst on tho samo subject, says t ' " Col'. John.Martin, and Jnmos Jones, Esq., have taken tho ranks ns privates, mid refused nil official positions. Col. Martin wns n soldier in tho war of 1812-lins twico boon Sheriff of this District, served in tho Logislaturo nnd was ii member of the State Convention in 1852, nnd cannot bc lesa than sixty-five yours of ago. Mr. Jones ?3 a substantial tarni er-independent, and'wo suppose, not lesa than sixty years of j age." V . ? .?-.?.<?.-. THE Richmond Jjispatch has n provokingly pinin way of stating tho truth without any spe cial fear of offending our Northern friends." Tlj? Dispatch Baya: Every reader must remember tho vorboso and grandiloquent stylo in which tho late expe dition to Charleston was described by tho Now York pross, and any ono would havo thought from those accounts that Charleston ,wns to bo swallowed nt a mouthful. They sont tho most powerful Ileot over collected in ono squadron by tho United .States ; tboy sent six thousand fight ing men. and overy variety of munitions and equipments of war. And yet. Major Andor Son was made to surrender, (ind the mighty licet stood off during tho fight, nnd did not doro to land a man. nor Uro n gun, nor rniso n linger for his roliof. When Now York utters 'groat swelling words of vanity,' mon ought not to forgot tho lato illustration off Charleston harbor of premiso and performance." A VmaiNiA Mpt?fRH.-Thc following letter was written hy Mrs. Ann Carton, of Washington coun ty, to her son, who promptly enrolled himself in tho Mounted Rifles: Tho timo has comb. Will you go VNow, you cnn decide. Tho next dispatch will bo, you must ?. Your country calls, will you rospond now ? nth trembling hniid but unfaltering heart I ad dress you this, note, firmly relying upon Him who sways the destiny of nations, flo is able to de fend you. With nil thc timidity due to my sex, 1 nm'ready to olfor you up in defence of your coun try's rights nnd honor; Mid I now offer you, a beardless boy Of seventeen suminors, not with grief, but thanking God that 1 havo a sun to offer. May God bo with you* i j TUB NEW YORK SEVENTH REGIMENT.-The fol lowing is from tho Rultiniorc Sun, of Monday: Ono of thc members of tho Now York 7th Regi ment reached tiny city on Saturday afternoon, en tonto for his homo. Ho stated that when they of fered their services to ibo Government, it was for tho defence of tho Capital, nnd not to engage in a warfare against a Stole or States. Fifty of tho members refused to tnko the oath aft or roaching Washington,' and the remainder took it condition ally that they woro not to bo cnllcd on to go out of tho District of Columbia. Tho gentleman who carno to this city, says Hint thc feelings of tho rog-' imcnt towards the people of Rnllimorc aro of tho kindliest oharnclor, mid thal they could not bo in duced to invade tho soil of Maryland, or of the South, for a hostile purpose. Several of the mem bers of tho regiment aro natives of Rnllimorc, and tho respect of tho whole body for Rall ?moro is vory strong. 'MATTERS, IX NEW YORK.-The papers continuo to ho filled with accounts of tho military move ments. Sunday's Herald bas three pages of a re port of a great meeting held tho day previous, at which Major Anderson wn9 present. Thc meeting wns held in Union Squnro, around tho statue of Washington, mid thc ting which Anderson brought from Fort Sumter wns placed in tho hand of the statue. Mr. John A. Dix presided, assisted by eighty-eight Vico-l'rosidonts and ton Secretaries. Among tho naines wo recognize roany of tho lend ing merchants of Now York, who have heretofore protended groat sympathy with tho South. Among tho speakers woro Messrs. John A. Dix, Daniel S. Dickinson. Fernando Wood nnd John Cochran. Major Anderson, attracted a good deal bf attention, but had nothing to.&ay, being "ovorcomo with emotion." Tho Now Yorkers aro lionizing tho Major, show ing him around thc city, having recopiions, vis its, &c., &o. Tho U. S. District Attorney lins called upon tho Judgo of ?he Cjrcuit Court for an order fora spe cial Grand Jury "for tho purpose of taking linnic dinlo action to bring to justice traitors and others in sympathy With the South." THE GIIAVE or WASHINOTOX.-Thc Now York Kxprcss thus feelingly laments tho separation of Virginia from the Union : VIRGINIA CONK!-Tho announcement yester day that tiiis old Commonwealth-so intimately associated with about all the past glories of our now unfortunate country-had declared for the Montgomery Confederacy, tended to intensify tho depression which weighed un ibo public mind, deep down under tho surfaco of thc delirium inci dent lo thc arrival of Major Anderson mid ibo do part ure of troops for Washington, ifnn felt that if they could part with Florida, Louisiana and Tennessee, ns if only a profitable business partner ship had been rudely dissolved, without adequate causo-they must now hid Ibo Old Dominion fare well with sentiments of a far different character. It is diffusait, it is impossible, to realizo, ns now realize wo must, that Mount Vornon and the grave ot George Washington are henceforth, to us North Americans, in a foroign land *, and that tho mother of statesmen and President s is no lunger cur inonu, but our foo!" . - *-* Cor.. J. FOSTER MARSHAL!..-*-Tho Montgomery correspondent of the Havannah Republican, writes: Gon. J. Fostor,Marshall, of South Carolina? has tendered to rresidc.nl Davis a Legion of Cavatvy, for' thc regular service, to servo tho' whole cam paign, at thoir Own oxpenso, and equipped and accoutred for tho ftold without any cost to tho Gov ernment. Ho personally advances to this end tho sum of ten thousand dollars, hoing the result of an accumulation of his labor for somo timo past, and devoted to tho advancement nnd prosperity of bis idea ol' happiness, namely : lifo in a Southern Con federacy, tjto . ? RESIGNATION 0? MR, JurtTtOB CAMPBELI..-Th? Rational Intelftgmccr, of tho 2d, says : Wo regret to announce to oar renders thal thc Hon. John A. Campbell has resigned his appointment ns' Asso ciate Justice of tho bench of thp Supreme Court of tho United States. That, tribunal losos in him a learned.Jurist ?ml ? faithful Judge, who, during thc entire pur i oil of his Qflloittl service, has Illus trated the quantics which must adorn the exalted station ho was culled to fill, and who, in his retire ment, will carry with him tho admiration oj his countrymen, oca,.not least, that cf tho?c who tr.ay fogret the sarnie of duty presorlboid to himself in tendonug his resignation, beonbee,'as ia supposed, of pending political compilent ions. A PATRIOTIC .FAMILY. -Judge LumpWh, ol tho Supfpmo, Court of Georgia, has id )lle BOT-! vlcoof tho Confederate State? at this timo, four sons, two sons-indaW, two grandsons, and six nephew*,_ " MIMTAHV Pbtt'Kftor VIRGINIA.-ThoSjnto pf Virginia can bring Into the field at least a hfln dred thousand ns Have unen a> there Pro in th? world, a>on<donieo,,.froin their Jnfanoy, to th? ' l uso of arni0,-??nd ready and willing to lay i dojvu thei* Hv?u Sp dpfim?1* of th?te.honw? .?.-m w?."'i fe Pennings and Clipping!. Put: ACIU.NO -Hov. S. S. Gaillard will preach at Bothel 3d Sabbath in May, instant; uiul nt Picken* C. >I. on 2d Sabbath in Jo.r.5. MAJOR ANDERSON-It is reported that this, .offioor, a New hersey man by adaption, has asked permission to take oommand of tho Jorsoy quo ta, and promises to lead thom into Fort Sumter, and that his wishes vi ill probably he acceded to by tho Ci over o mon t. So 6hy8 the Boston -AiUiSi i j MOUE ROUUBRIRS-They aro soiling in Phila delphia, monitions of war ?nd provisions in? tended for Baltimore^_ Ho ! JRFF DAVIS I LOOK OUT FOR YOUR SCA*.I> -A Senntor Spinola, of Now York, doolarcd, ht a lute publie mooting, that nothing should bo left to mnrk tho placo whore tho city of Balti more stood, save tho granito column ercotcd to commemorate Washington ; that tho bullion in tho blinks ls to reward tho volunteers, out of which an annuity of $5000 is promised to tho fortunate mnn who shall secure tho scalp of ono Joffor8on Davis. Tur. Xatminl tatclli</enccr says : It is under stood that tho force now in Washington is fully eighteen thousand mon. Tho entire force to ho kopt in tho city proper will bo forty thousand mon ; but there will bo largo camps nt conve nient distances, each perhaps equally largo. WE are told by old Washingtonians, that at this time tho press of Washington is as com pletely muzzled as that of Paris is hy Louis Napoleon. They dare not publish anything nv fleeting upon the Lincoln Qovorumont, which it fast assuming the shape of o military despotism Outrages aro eommittod by tho soldiory, whiol are he vor soon in print. Privnto property ii tnkon for tho use of (Jovornmont, citizens threat oiiod by rabid Ropublicnm* with tho direst von goanco', and others orderod lo lonvo tho oily no froo man duros now to express an opinion. FROM MISSOURI-Tho Atlanta CommonwcaW of Friday hist soys .that a messenger from tin Governor of Missouri to Prosidont Davis passet through Atlanta that morning, for tho purpo* of soliciting aid in taking tho arsenal nt St Louis. Tho sanio papor states that provision to tho amount of $500,000 havo been purchase) in Missouri by Prosidont Davie, for tho uso o tho Confedorato States army. AN UNKALUIIRIOUSCMMATE-ThoEufula(Ala. Spirit says ; " A handbill was < ciliated a fc\ dnys einco in our city, stating that our climat was very unhealthy at tho present timo td tims gentlemen whose residences worein the'Nord A fow hours after its appcaranco thc omnihu was crowded with passengers, and not a str?ngt has been socn in our city since." GBOROIA VOLUNTEERS-Wo hoar from big authority, that Georgia is pouring in hor trooj from nil qunrtors, nod rapidly passing them n to Rich mond. Some t.. O thousand Goorg troops aro said already to havo passed ovor tl roads, and sovoral thousand are on thoir wu from Alabama to Richmond. It is said tin all Georgia is perfectly alivo with cnthnstns and with a united determination to save tl Southern States mid to dofond thc Southci country. FROM TENNESSEE-Tho Governor of Tonne soo has oalled for 30,000 volunteers. Tennoss has acquired tho enviable soubriquet of tl "voluntoor State," and tho is not now likely forfeit -tho reputation so gallantly won in tl war of 1815, the Florida war, and tho Moxici campaign. Gen. Pillow has taken chargo tho dofenco of Tennossee, in tho vicinity Memphis. IliitRMNus.-Tho city government of Host aro offering twenty dollars per month, h?sid tho regular government pay, to volunteors invade tho South. So, after all tho vapor! about tho thousands, who wore rising ovoi whore in tho North to sustain thc govoi ment," it seems that it is thc pay that brin out those volunteors. But tho money willi last, and when it ?8 exhausted volunteering tho North will ho a slow business. Cnoes IN LOUISIANA AND GEOROIA.-Tho c ton and sugar plantations in Louisiana prom a fino crop, und tho whont crop of Georgin likoly to bo a vory Inrgo crop. Wheat iiPso parts of Georgia is now fully headed out, ii com is up and growing woll. TIT FOR TAT.-Lincoln's mon at Cairo o turod astoamboat with $175.000 Worth of ar and ammunition on board for Tennessee 'I people of Tbnnessco aro retaliating by soi/, overy Cincinnati boat that pnssos up tho rive A VRiVATB l?ttcr from Richmond, Va., stn that 00,000 Virginians hud volunteered to b arms. So fur tho authorities had only b ablo to enroll 02,000. MISSOURI FOR THU SOUTH.-Extract fret lotter from a gentleman, in Jefferson City, ? souri, dated April 20th: "Missouri will bo with old Virginia in days. Wo havo no Union mon in this S outside of St. Louis. Military companies forming all ovor tho State, and Gen. Ho told me to-day that ho was issuing ovor hundred commissions to volunteer coin pa daily." _ SUICIDE OF A NAVAL OFFICER.-Commet Lloyd Bv Nowell, of tho United States Nt committed suicide ac tho Morohant's IL Philadelphia, Friday morning, by shooting 1 self through tho heart with a Colt's rovol A CAUTION.-Tho Riehmond Whig say We bog to suggest to all Southern paper* propriety of omitting all montfort of tho m mont's of troops within our borders. ' A *\ to tho wiso I . RAILROAD FINISHED.-Tho Alwbnhia Florida Railroad, connecting Montgomery Pensacola, lias boon finished, and wo learn tho cars cnmO through from Ponsacola fo first timo Thursday. TRUE AS GOSPEL.-Tho Providonco (R /W.vaunts tho superiority of the organizo tho strength and tho resources of tho C.mi ate States Government ovor tho stripes stars, and says. that Jeff Davis .has a,' treasury, bravo and skillful offiooiv, and a . supply of all tho matorinl of wari" u h dbuhts, wnothor the United; State? rosily f ?nyityi?g d'e.s?rvlng of tho tia mo pf "g? m.?nt'' at Washington, nod says that Li is" little bettor than a clownA ; ' R ESION ATioNs IN TUB M A ttl NE Cottrs.--] Honry B. Tyler, the Senior officer in' tho M C?rpB, from Virginia, nhd Rroyet Major G A. Terrell, resigned on Mop day? ami ai i tn\ Bloh mond ^hnrsday, find;'tendered' J J?jweoUro 4Ufr MtvhjOT, 0 . * ? ^ - . f .i. -jJ^ajJggttBt.'_?Uti i^UBBBlWl JJWWlUiJi? C?AB.voTKRinic.?r-Q?nvPlllovir, lo?ng JipO\>| ratsing a B.rigade of Volunteers for'tKo South? ern army, spun* mossngo to tho not??!" Pawn Brownlow, requesting hhn to servons &|l*]rYlt4^|*v*^ Tlio " Kovorond'' individual repliod in oharao teristio stylo, saying : 1* Whoo I-shall havo madcap tny mind to gb,fo?lIell, 1 will ?ut my throat, nnd go direct, and not' travel /onad by way of tho. Southern Confederacy." Wo hopo ho will try thp oxperimont, Whothor ho Sup cucded In roaching his domination .or not, hy so doing ho would rid the lund of hispreson.ee -."a consummation most devoutly to bo wish ed," ; _ . AWFUL CATASTROPHE.-A. despatch dated Erie, Pennsylvania, April 18, says An awful ootastropho hrtppon?d Inst night on tho Buchan an farm, in tho o{\ region?. Tho gas from a spouting . well took tire and exploded, killing 8ovon mon. Among thom Was Mr. House* an ox-mowbor of. tho Legislature Tho iLiehanon farm, on whioh 100 wells aro yielding oij, is now in ilnmcs, as nil tho wo'ls nra now on Aro. Tho lois in oil, dorrieks, Seo., is immonsc. DISTRESSING ACCIDENT.-Nenr Middleton, In Hyde Comity, North Carolinn, oh tho 17th ulti mo, .a young inuit iinmod Snmuol Ball, neoi-1 dontally shot himself while drawing ? wad from a gun, when tho gun oxploded nnd drove1 the ramrod through his face into his brain. Ile survived but a few hours. THE COST.-The Unitod Stntos Treasury real ized over $100,000.000 from tho salo of lands given by Virginia and Georgia. This is moro than all wo paid to Friinec, Spain nnd Mexico for Territories; At tho boginniug, tho Union had no Territories but thoso. Tuitouoii THAVBI. TO THE NORTS;.--Tho Pay .lino botweon Norfolk and Baltimore ia ;;ov running regularly as horotoforo, onrrying all tho Mails, North and South, with its usual puno tuiility. Passengers will experience no incon venience or delay, by this routo, but can make tho usual connections from Charleston to New York via Norfolk. . . Noam CAROLINA.-Tho Convention hill, which, wo reported as having passed the House, : unanimously, has sinco passed tho Senate Thoro woro threo negativo votes. The election of delegates will, therefore, tako plac? on tho 13th instnut, und tho Convention Will meet on tho 20th. j Kf.i'kisAt.s.-Thcdotemion of Momphis prop erty ut Cincinnati, heretofore nuticod hy tele graph, naturally provoked tho Inhabitants of tho first named city to mnko reprisals Tho stouiucrs Lady Jackson, Captain Samuel Dean, from Cincinnati, and tho Citizen, from Pitts burg, were both winced on nnd informed that they would bo detained nt Momphis till such time us tho people, of Chiolhdi ti forwarded thc goods illegally arrested. DEATH OK PROMINENT CITIZENS.-The Clinr loston papers aiinounco tho death of Col. Ed ward B. Bryan of St. John's, Colleton ; also ol Mr. Samuel S. Farrar; of Charleston. TUE Alexandria Oaxetle says: Wo oannnl seo. entertaining tho soiithnoulH towards thc I Southern pcoplo which they now profess, wli.v J tho Northern people, should wish to live will thom one hour under the sanio government. Tho South knows that living togethor is no lon ? ger ngrccaolo, or even possiblo. Why not agroi j to separate in peace? Coi.. TENCH C. CAUSON.-^Wo regret to loan tho doath of Col. Touch C. Carson, Ho diet at his residence in Creon vii le District, on Sal nrdny last, after a protracted illness. Col. Cai son atone timo represented Spnrtnnburg Di.? trict in tho State Legislature, and was niuo beloved hy our pooplc. THE THREAT.-Tho Nntional " ?tepublica?, in its issuo on Thursday, in Washington, thu announces thc policy and thc purposes of th Lincoln Government : " There is to he no pene except upon thc basis of tho unqualified sui mission of thoso in revolt. Thoro is to he n r?cognition of any pretended Southorn Confia .crnoy. There is to bo no ponccahlo nssont to r?paration of thoso States. Tho Govornnici is to ho maintained, in that plain, strnight-fo ward why in which nil Governments aro mail tallied, hy coercion. Tho leaders of tho coi spiracy oro to ho driven out of tho country < to be hanged." STEALING WORKMEN.-It is confidently h licved from lalo advices from Pensacola, iii the twenty negroes stolen by a United Stilt vessel fruin Tul-luga?, are ai work nour Fo Pickons. PENNSYLVANIA AND MARYLAND.-Tho Govi nor of Pennsylvania, in his messngo, d?chu that Pennsylvania will opon a passage from tl North to Washington, as essential to trade ill transit, und that whothor Maryland is in oro of tho Union, nb hostile soil will ho porinitt to lie botweon tho Capital and tho States loy to tho Union. . Nsw JE::SEY GALLANTRY.-A juting la/1 formerly of Georgia, wns expelled from t Grove Street Baptist Church, in. New Jere City, hist Sunday, for 'playfully displaying a cession badge MEXICO.-Thero lins hoon nnothor minis rial crisis at tho Mexican Capital. Sonor Mi has been appointed Minister of Finniioo, n Gen. Zorngo.n, Minister of War. Sprnmo ox-Promior, Diaz, had made an unsuccessful tempt to 08oape. Gold minos of fabulous ' tont aro said to have been discovered on i Isthmus of Tehauntepee. PATRIOTIC CLEROY.-Tho Hov. N. A. Okos of tho Protestant Episcopal Church, iq Norf, bas joinod a troop of Cavalry, and Hov. I O'lvoof, tlio Roma? Catholic Priest of t town, is tho Captain of a volunteer compa When God thus calls upon tho ministry tb fbnd tho holy causo, it.must prevail. A PRESENT TO GEN. GWYNN.-Tho pntri arid generous citizens of Petersburg, tho " O ade-City," have presented to Gen. Gwyr splendid charger.. The horse ts of a high br dork bay color, and fully comparisoned In bi reepoot to ?nit the rank of his rider. AN HoNORAni.R ExcEi-TipN.-^Ifon. D. Vbbrjjooff, Homoorntio Congressman of Indii nmde a speech at Otrooponstle tho other din which he ?aid,.' amongst other good things ; say t? you,-my justit, tionti, that, as your rosoiitaUvc, 1will never vote.' ono dollar* mnnV,orvpjte \gun,to the Administration'of. A ham Lincoln, .to war upon tho South, te e . doa th and desolation' to tho fand ?f Wasiiirtfl ? ' ( ? ' ALL lliG? i-^ojiovnl Houston is out for Tox ns and tho' South. calle upon his foUuw ?i ti zoo.s of Tex us to respond to Lincoln's ordor " lay 'down Jholr arma nnd dlsporsoj'', just ns they rocjpondod. flt San JijointiHo Santa Anna's ?rdor tc HtirrondOr thoir arms and their llvoa into his hards. _? TURKS MEN KILLBD-<-WC lonni from a pns . tfdngwr from. Philadelphia, that ono day last week nt lIiivr?doGrflQO, thron of tho .Northern vOlnutoors \Vbo woro marohod from tho North refused to po aiiy further; assigning ns a roason that thoy did not voluntoor to go Into a war of Invasion upon tho South. ".Af) officer .who.was Randing by Instantly ont and hacked two of tho hi on topiee?s. A third, -who took thc snmo grounds gnvo vent to a' ni'rtidar oXDrcs'sloh fur tho Union, ont lils owir thront from oar .to enr, rather than oljow himsolf to bo hnokod In piceos. PRINCE Ai.i nici) IN TUB WEST INDIES-Prlnco Alfred. arrive?! at .Kingston, Jnnin.ion, in tho linoof-bnttlo-ship St! George, on tho 2d instant, lie was enthusiastically received.. Addrossea woro proaontod to him by, both housos of th? IiOgislnturOr and a regular round of bnlls and othor amusements was in progross. FLORIDA-Tito Florida State Convention mot at Tallahassee .On tho 22d inst., nnd unanimous ly adopted tho Cohfodointo States .Constitution. OMAHA, N. T.; April 20-Tho Nobrnsltlnds bonrdod to-day. tho stoamor Omaha, and declared that that boa} should not remove tho troops from Fort Randall. A difficulty onsucd, " in which . four woro killed, nnd a immboi: wounded. BALTIMORE CUSTOM HOUSE-Tho newly ap pointed collector of tho port of Bulliiiioro lind not apponrod on Monday to take possession of ?h? office, and sovornl of tho other nowly ap pointed 1 custom house officers have refused to accept their coinn?lssipng. Mone MEX-Lincoln has called for" 83.000 men, in nddition to tho 7?,000 mou already callod for. F \RHARISM IN NEW YORK-G. II. Lamar, Esq., President of tho Punk nf tho Uopublio of New York, nnd for many yours a rosidontof that city, lately reAigncd that office. Soon lifter resignation lie was waited on by ii cotmhittco of tho oitiaons, nnd ordered to leave tho city by n specified short timo. FANATICS-Thoro nro. throe women in tho Ithodo Island regiment. Two aro drossod ns bloomers, tho other ls hnbitod in a blnnkot. Their hnir I? out oloso lo thoir sculps. DisoapERLv SOLDIERS;-Tho Washington S/ar, a half organ of Linonlnism, says: '. Wo henr Humorous camplnints of rospe?tublo families being grossly insulted by so ir o of tho volun teers now here, und it is ipiif j timo tho officers should put these men under stricter disciplino. A too freo uso of liquor scorns to ho nt tho bot tom of this mischief. GONE TO MONTOOMEKV-A dispatch, dated Harrisburg. 27th instant, says: "The lOnglish Minister. Lord Lyons, n few days nineo, dis patched his first * Secretary to tho Montgomery government, on important business. It is un* dorstood ho carried information tu Jeff. Davis ns to tho position which England intends to as sume, towards tho Con federate Government." KKTIMINKD-The College Cadets havo returned to Columbia nnd roso med thoir studios. They are ready, however, for any cnll that may bo made on them. GREENVILLE AND COLCMUIA RAILROAD-The stooklmldors mot in Colombia on thc 3rd hist. Tho former Proshlont and Directors were unniv imously reelected for thc enduing your, viz : Hon. T. C. Perrin, Pr?sident ; nnd Messrs. V Matteo, T. M. Cox, J. N. Whinier, J. P. Peed J. F. Livingston, .Charles Smith. John Bo)tor O'Noall. Simeon Fnir. Robert Stewart, Join M. Allon, CG. Mom minger nnd Daniel Blake Directors. PRESIDENT DAVIS AS A MILITARY MAN.*-Tin Clovclnitd (Ohio) Plaiudcalcr, in Spooking of (hi South nnd its rulers; holds tho following compli mouin ry to Provident Unvis' military finalities: Th? South linvp got plenty of talent and pluck Thcro is no discount on. that. Davis is ono of (In best military men in thc world. He ls literally i son of Mars. Tho son in-law ol' (ion. Taylor, od uentcd at West l'oint, had it command in At?xico WAS afterward Secretary of War, hu know? Iron books nil tho theories, and from practico oil th? nrls of war? Ho knows all tho military men of tin North nnd of thc world. We never shnll forget tin ftt'st time wc called on him, merely to pay our ro spools, while Socrotn.vy of Wnr under Pioroe. ' Al though tv total stranger, ho took us to n map hang lng on the wall, representing (lie Crimean country and on which ho hud traced in red linc's tho eu onmpmonls, works, ditchings, mid other op?ration of tho allied armies {'?en besieging Sebastopol. His eomitonanco glowed when describing tho font of generalship lhere, .dlsplnyed, and wo Icnrnei from him in tlint short interview nil the peculiar! tics of the Knglish, 1'renell nnd jtijsshm modes o warfare, their ri t itary disciplino nnd miliinry mon Ho evidently sighed then to bc a Napolooii. A. En.vNU CONFESSION.-Thc Now Yuri Tipies must receive credit, nf lea:-, for afranl and full confession ot* tho objects with w'hiel lt?? party nndertnko war On ?s. Tt says (th italics arc its own :) Uar, Muvr-oite.i', liberales iJic, slave. Th North havo been most reluctantly forced jut this ooiitost, which, in tho,already diminWhe Value of its "property, has oust it a grcnte sum than the value of every n cirro in Virgil ia. Wo aro not going to omi it till wo h'n.v guarded Against tho recurronoo of a simihi outbreak, This is the talk of;tho mnn ( business, the manufacturer-and tho mCrohan who in the outset were almost unaiiimo\! against any step that threatened hostilitiei and sympathized to a great extent with tli South. All now call for a final Willemen A DV?NO CONFESSION.-A Baltimore nj per gives tho following incident of thc batt! of Friday j ; * ?" " A resident of this city was forced by tl rush of tho orowd in.close proximity to or of tho soldiers, lld'raised his gun, und t king dcliberAto nim, pulled tho 'trigger. Tl enp oxploded bu t; th o gun foiled tb go dff. The citlzcti rushed forward, mid seizing tl musket, plunged tho Jbnyouct almost dntiro through his body. . . " tfjid soldier, who was an. Irishman, fell tho ground, and was carried to 'the sidowal where ho nsllqd thoso nrottnd bini to boar wi ness ' tliAt ho thankod his God, although' 1 was .dying h i nisei f, that his gun hatf uot e ploded ; that ho hovor desired this servie nnd wits prossod Into', it under throats denth j* that tho p'eoplo of Baltilqh^Q, d right, and that tho rest of tho troops deserv hfs ^fatO.' At tho monmot Qk* d?atir ho i ponteo;,ips protest against this unholy waru o? brethren,'and said ho justified tho peor of Holtiiiioroj nn4 that ho np? his coMrac lind boen led to believe that thc rjoop?o of ll 'tiuiore th??iglit" "ifti?etly. upon po)iticf?lv<s? j?o.ts as (ho people of Mos^hviiiotkW!:.' . i ' ?' '..? ,' .. " . ' '. ' . it t , ? * "J^JW."?!.11" Itfi'f ??*!"J ********** ll I ) I JJ, f'ott T.tlK K BOW KR coin I KU. FHIBND Tiidill'sbN j Allow iu>, .\hrough tho I .ooluinns of your welcome vltiitor, .to givo dud fi rospoot,to tho tc nob ors and students.of- Claro- -j mont Academy, for tho vory grout loiprovepio?its * .undo hy tho teuohors, mid tho rapid,;'portas- . ; mado by thc 6tiidontB( In tho ?hort tftj'u of tliroo months in ))iU ins.tiiutipii, hy introducing to your Humorous rendors, thc exorcises bf tho " May Day Porty,'* whioh took phicoon Friday, tho3i*ddny o? Mnyt boin*; summoned to attend at ab carly hour i . >. . Tho first thing that attracted our attention Wn.s a bo?ntiful Prih'notto and O?iifederijto Flug, gallantly waving ovor tho Academy, indicating mit only tho troo spirit of Southern patriotism in.our young g?uiloiiicn, but ?\lupiu.our young ?> ludios. Sirtiiv'tho examination vory . npproprb ately coniuicb?ed, wld?h, ' wd aro glad to say, surpassed our moat sanguino expectations. Aftqr- tho' oxanjhirttfon and dinner, tho stu dbtlts, furmod a beadtlfiil procession, bearing a very attrnotlvo hi(iy:polo in front, ibo gallant Hag proudly waving overhead, whilo tho Btu donts sung a inbl.idious'strnin, as thoy passod lu front of the audience. Compositions wore ilion re?d.'.nll vory good. Among those of particular noto, that wo pbsorved closely, wns that of M s . Laura M., on "Tho Pcuutics of NnHiro;" Misa ? Mary,M> i on VHop?," and M'ISB Julia M., ou ''" ." The' .liivos of tho Houri." Thou-apooehes '? W.MO dc'?vorcdi hy holli the li'iys and girls, ult * tospootublo ; those of W. T. Abbett and S. K. S Dendy wore remarkably well dclivcrod. Tho " Qucon of M.\Y " wm then crowned, by Mies Blanche M., Miss Faiinio P.. Mi? Mury M., Mi??? Mr.ry Miss Murgarot 1),,. Miss Julia M., .Miss Laura M., and little Li/./.io and Har riet, winch was lionO with flint grnoo, dignity, and case, that rivilla thb.-lloworoil .Cniif?dornto Stntos of America. 1 Afier'a ph ii so. filled willi oxcollont music, Mr. C. L. U'dlingawoYth, tim *> i principal, npponrcd boforo gsnih! nddrexsod tho audience on " Tho Virtuous Kduchtioii of i Youth,*' in nn interesting, forcible, hud ol?? qnont ninnner. Mr. ll. A.. Hawthorne wns then introduced, who acquitted himself honora bly, painting out' tho vnluo of education, ti nd nt I tho samo, timo exhibiting that pntriotib spirit I thnt hoconies a man of tlio timos. Then cunio t our old friend and worthy tbllow-oltinon, Maj. John. C. Miller, wdio highly co ni pl i ul ?int od tho tho'young ludios for their noble performances, pointed out dooi lo 1 iinprovcmontj inadb by tho 1 teachers, spoko of tho condition of our, country, ' and retirod liko a vot'crr.blo patriot. . . Upon tho w-holo. w i bog leave to any.that nil \ tho exercises woro marked with that Order, j beauty, pobl?nos-;, m ?ral ro??ueuioat and Intel- ' ligence that spooks volumes for tin ahilitio* of our tendiera. Respectfully submitted. TltUVTEES or C. A. Claremont. May dib, 1801. Telegraphic News from all Quarters. WASIUNOTON, April 20.-Governor Pur ton, of tho. State of Delaware", has issued a proclamation, recommending y the formation of volunteer companies for the .protect ion of the lives um) property of the people of the State against violence of tiny Soit to whioh they muy bc exposed." For these purposes such companies, when formed, will be under the control of the State authorities, though not subject tb be o/dered by tho Fxeeutivo into the United States' service, the law not .vesting in him such authority. Theywill, however, have the option of offering their services to tho Ol en ora I Government for tho defonec o? its capital und thc support of tho Constitution and laws of thc country. PitKDKUir'k, April 28.-Senator Milson, of Virginia, who is tho guest of Col. Kpnkol, the representativo of this district iii the late Congress, was serenaded here last night. Mr. Mason responded by saying that lie was herc accidentally. Ile could not, with .pro priety, speak of Maryland politics. Ile could sppak only of Virginia. He could say, however, that thc reconstruction of tho Uni?n was an impossibility. Virginia sym pathized with Maryland, ' n'nd he intimated tint Virginia was disposed to-oxhibit it prac tically. . ; Col. Kunkel snid that the North,denied oh riatillo fellowship to the Southx Thero was no social or politicni sympathy between thc people of tho two sections. .Tlio pcoplo 'of Maryland would submit to bc governed by the action of her legal representatives. ' ; ;Mr. Prooko, President of tho Senato, Speaker Kilb?urn mid others, jv ero also sere naded, und responded' thereto. ! Hon.' llcvordy .Johnsonis'here. If o hos in bia possession u. letter from President Lin coln relating tb nn nrniistico of' sixty days with the United SiaicH. Ar.KXANtmtA, April 20.-*-Liucoln issued the following proclamation to-day : Whereas, for tho . reasons .nssigned in my p'roblniuiition of tho 10th instant, a blockade of the ports of the States of South Cnrolinn, Georgia, PieridvAhibaimi, Louisimin, Missis sippi mid Texns, Was ordered to b?estabj?sh ed ) and whereas, ?ince that date public pro perty of tho United Stott 'ins been seized, collection of roven (io obstn. ^cd,' nnd thc xluty bf c?iumissioiicd'oilicers of tho Unitad States while engaged in ox^euting orders of their superiors, have been arrested and'held in cus tody ns prisoners, or hnv'c been' iuipriaoned in ' tho discharge of official duties, without duo lognl process, by por.sous chinning to iicVun dcr- tho nuthority of tho States of Virginia, and North Carolina, nn efficient blo?"kndo of the ports of those States will also he estab lished. ... CHARLESTON, Mby 2.-Tho news of the secession bf Tennessee wns etithusinstibnlly received.in this- city. Pells nre now 'ringing and ciiilnqu firing. " '. HidiMONnr May.2.-A private *dcshfltch received in this oity> t'o-dny says that Tchiicg soe bab passed r.n Ordinance of Soceeajon by adargo ipnjoVitv. . ?.'?'.. ' MoNTc.oifF.uy, May 2.-Tn tho Cohgroo^ . tp'dny. Mr. Wright, of Georgia, introduoed a bill authorizing the President to pcbopt.v^?n toors without tho forumlity bf ffi^wL birt States j referred to tho Military Committee Mr/ Bai'toyr offered sundry rbsbliitypftB/ wliiQh woro nnnniyiously pasftcd, oppressive of the thanks bf. tho pcopld.of thp ^bu.thmn Coufodprooy tb Gen. Beauregard np<S tho for ces of. South. Carolina, for their:,?nll?nt nnd suocassful 'services ip tlio Vohibfir.dinciit of FortSdiptcr. ' Mr. Pavtow ofTeved h bill, Which' vrty fis?-, ed, proyiding'fof tho appointuicnt of n.rronny oiinplnins in thc trmy os the President oon /sldeia oxpiiQlcnt ; tho Salary to be oighty-flvb dollars per hronth, wltlioiit' oth?? ?Uowaneo?; ' WA.sU?K?foN, "May a.-^tlio' Sberetary pf