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ROBT. A. THOMPSON, Editor. R.A.THOMPSON, R. YQUNO, >Y,II." .?mCOMBE, ypopnisTOR?, TEHMti-$1,60 pbY nnnum. in advance. If pay tno?t bodolayod outil after -tho expiration of tlio Vear^fV.. For six months, 75 couta in advance. Advertisements Inserted ut tho usual ratos. PICKENS C.J?M S. C. : Saturday OETorning, M ay 18, 1?6I. The Blookade. Charleston is blockaded by tho Niagara, which carries fifty guns, aud has on board six hundred mon. Trading vessols aro nut allow ed to come into pert, and quito a numbor havo already been warned off by .* OhLAboV min ions on board tho Niagara. Wo much mistake the composition pf tho CharJestoninns, if they do not drlvo tho Niagara* from our waters, or capture ber. Thanks. ' Mrs. J. W. L. CARY luis our thanks for a plato of fine etrawberies, which, in thc kindness of her nature, sho has- presented to us. Wo trust td>o may enjoy tho pleasure of giving, and wo of roooivibg, for many long years to como 1 War Recognized ScorOsy has boon romovod from an Act passed by Congroas, recognizing the existence of war *botweon.tho United States and tho Confederate Statos, lind concerning Lottors of Marque, prizos and pciao goodj. Tho preaniblo to tho Aotrccitos LINCOLN'S nets and Proclamations, and tho necessity for tho Confederate' States accepting war thus com menced by him. .Jhe' Act author!/os tho grouting of Lottors of Marque and Reprisal, on certain conditions. A provi?O announces tho doctrino that " Prco .ships moko freo goods." Thirty di'.y$ oro allowod Fodoralyossols now in ports of tho Confederate Statos, for lawful commorco, to return to thoir homo ports. 1 Fivo 'por c'ont. of tho prizo money is ros ved as a fund in aid of tho widows'nnd orphuns of thone killed on privato.armed vossols, and for tho sup port of tho wounded and disabled. A New Company. J. J. NORTON, lisq. is notlvoly engnged in tho patriotic work of nuVmg.u company of volun teers Cir tho war now hoing wnged by our ono 1 mios. It is, he informs us, to roprosont tho first liattaUion, 2d Redmont, S. C. M., under tho re cent not of tho Legislature. 'Ibero aro many patriotic mon in this battalion who uro anxious to.bo lod against their enemies, and tho oppor tunity now offorcd should bo soized upon by thorn. Proclamations " Old Abo " is doath on proclamations, irre speotivo of tho Constitution, laws or justice. In tho National- -intelligencer of Saturday wc find ono, direoting commanders of United States ves sels to allow no one to oxoreiso authority on Koy Wost, Tortugas, and Santa Rosa Islunds, incon sistent with thc autbority of tho United States Ho authorizes a suspension of thc habeas corpus act, vitia tho removal of dangerous or suspected porsons from tho vicinity of tho forts. Ho has also const ?toted n now military dopart ment, comprising tho States of Ohio, indiana, and Illinois, to be undor command of Con. Mc Lollaud, with headquarters nt Cincinnati. This movement has special rcforonco to Kentucky and Tonnosseo, nnd tho control of tho Ohio and lower Mississippi. An Effort Is being mado by Mr. S. E. MAYS and others to raise ? volunteer company of infantry in this and (?reen vi Ile District. In fur thorn nco of so laudable an objoet, Mr. M.ws will address tho . people at Mrs. Barton's on tho 23d, at Pump kintown on tho 21th, and at Pickonsvillo on thc 25th May, on the- subject. The Expenses Thc Southern Congross has adopted tho fol lowing resolution : Resolved, That tho expenditures mado by tin State of South Carolina, for tho pny and main tcvanco of tho troops employed in the defonci of Charleston harbor, undor tho command o Brig.. Gen.' Beauregard, woro intended to bi provided for hy an act " making appropriation! for thc support of throe thousand mon foi twelve months, to bo eui ?ed into service a Charleston, South Carolina," undor tho thin and fourth sections of an net of Congross, " t< raiso provisional forces for tho Confcdcrati States of Amorica and for other purposes," nm that tho amount of such expenditures bo nud ited by^tho proper officer of the Treasury Do partaient, and that tho amount which shall bi found'due bo paid to tho Stato of South Caroli na from tho appropriation made by the ac aforesaid. J_ HANOINO ?' TRAITORS."-The lottors written h; the Northern volunteers in Washington, to th' newspapers of their rcspcotive towns nnd village? abound in marvellous incidents and chnrncteristi oenceit. The following information ip oomiuuni ontcd by members of tho New York Soventh Hog -iment, and may bc true, although the Wnshingloi papers have been silent on thc subject : ' " Six secessionists worn caught yesterday 5 treasonable-acts, mid two men were shot this morn iqg at tho* Navy Yard. Ono is tot bo shot to-moi iww morning. Ho was In tho employ of tho Ord nanoo Department, and had befen sot to- work fill lng bombs,-but Instead of Qhnrging thom With pow der, he'put sand in thom. Several men havo bee arrested for loaring'up tho traok of tho railroad ' and they will be summarily dealt with." I - A letter from Annapolis, April 2?lh, say?: " And, rtow to give you an oxamplo of the pun ishmont traitors re?oive, we can soe'from where Ora writing, about two miles from shore, on th yard-aim of tho United States brig Caledonlfl two mon hanging-ono for smuggling provision and powder to the rob?is at Charleston ; the otho for piloting tho Seventh Regiment on tho Ch case peakVbar-with the intention that tho Baldino roans might get poSHCMlon of Annrfpolls b?fo? tho Hovonth could land. He was not auite ,ehnr ?nough for the boys. They suspected his inten lions, put him in irons, and convoyed him on bo?r the brig, and ROW ho ls hanging for his crime." The New York Day Dook asks : Do the Ad ministration hang mon charged with treason with ant trial ?"_ iNBi/RRKcriG.v IN RuA?AN.~-Tin eoljopne Aramcnala, from Rustan, roports au insnrrci tion in lltiAton by tho Indians. Fifteen Britie officer* are said to havo boon killed by tho instit 'gents. Capt. Dunn's West India Rogimcntba ? left for tho scene of action. Tho English- Opt oipnmont is to giro up the island on the let June,, politely, whether Honduras accepts tis tat. * Mi?ltavy MoVaments. )Vo attended the dross parado of tho Fourth '.'.cgimont, yesterday evening, sny? tho Culum hia duo! i niau, and w oro pleased to ohao. vo a great improvement in '.?mit drill and evolutions. After tho parade, tho Colonel nnuouuced that Col. J. P. Rood, of Anderson, would address the soldiers at night, from tho oornor of Main nud Boundary streets. At tlio hour appointed, wo wont up thoro. nud a largo portion of tho Regiment assembled to liston to thoir fellow-citizen. Cot. Reed ad dressed them in a speech of> about an Jiour, re viewing tho recent importent events, mid en couraging his hearers with tho hope of an ousy victory ovor tho uudiuiplinod, hulf-sturvod hire lings of tho North, whoso watoh-word was " booty and beauty." Ile remiuded tho Regi ment that a similar watch-word was used by tho British at the battle of New Orleans, where tho result proved that tho hireling soldiers of tho British woro nu match for freemon under tho command of General Jackson, for tho lattor lost but seven mon, while tho former woro liter ally cut to pieces ; and a similar late will await the hordes which Lincoln is about to pour up on us. Col. Recd stated that ho had just returned fron? v.Charleston, and on tho train met with Gen. Beauregard and Gov. Manning, on thoir way from Montgomery North. They gavo him most encouraging information concerning tho 1>rospect8of Success of tho Confed?ralo Statet, Jo also stated that a largo number of letters of marque had bein granted ; and that many moro applications were received from French, Span ish and even Ynnkeo subjects. The spenkor closed by reminding thom that Col. Orr's Legion, now hoing raised in tho mountains, would be with thom on tho field when needed, and expressed his assuranco that lils follow-eitizons of Grccuvillo, Anderson and Bickens would givo a good account of them selves. Wo learn that tho Fourth Regiment will leave, on Tuesday, for a camp near'Aiken, thoro to romain for a limo for tho purposo of instruction. EAST TENNESSEE TRUE TO TUE SOUTH.-All accounts from East Tonnossoo ngrco in repre senting tho people of that dividion as loyal to tho South. In every quartor military compa nies aro hoing organized for activo service against tho aggression of Northern invndors, and those too old or infirm for such service, aro frooly giving of thoir Substance in support of the good canso. Dospito what slanderers say of thom, tho people of East Tennossco aro giv ing practical demonstration of the fact that they aro thoroughly with tho South in this her period of awful peril. _ TUE 1ST REOIMENT S. S. YOI.UNTEEHS.-Wo stated last week that this Regiment hod gone to Virginia, 'fliis is a mistake. Throe hundred and fifty m?n accompanied Col. Gregg to Vir ginia. Six hundred nnd fifty preferred to bo honorably discharged. All honor to tho brave men who first responded to thc call of Carolina, and who for months, on Sullivans and Morris Islands endured tho privations of tho camp, and discharged faithfully tho duties of citizen sol diers. Only lot thom elect their own officers, and they'll fight for South Carolina and tho South any whero. NEW YORK ALREADY APATHETIC-Thc New York Herald is vory cagor for thc fray, and fours that Ynnkeo heroism may vory rapidly cool dowu unless put in a tight placo. In its issue of last Wednesday it says : Already havo we booomo apathetic; and, if tho President and his Cabinet do notaot with vigor before the en thusiasm has timo to ebb, tho opportunity will be lost forever, and tho next groat enthusiasm may bo started by some dashing ot ont iu a vory diftbront directum. THE following is an extract of a letter re cently received, iu this city, by a brother from his sister : M Virginia seems a long way for 3*011 to go from us on n campaign, nnd it is fortunate your constitution is good, and that you have had some training near home. You know us well enough to know that our anxieties will follow you, both in the quiet camp and thc battle field, and you will not take it amiss if I bog you to evade moro carefully tho great and sometimes overpowering tendency to idle habits of dissipation in camp lifo; but no, I need not t hus warn one whose inothor's yearn ing heart prays for him nightly. God bless you, my brother, and save you from tho snares ot' temptation. As for all else, I feel that wc must cheerfully submit to tho calls of our country. Virginia will be a healthy climate for you, and I have strong faith in thc brave ry of our troops to repel thc foe without much loss of life, so you will do yourself honor, and go, hearing thc cheerful hopes of your doar sister.'' PKOTBST ov Tilia NEW Yon IC WOMKN. A number Ol ladies, born in the Rorder States, hut now residing in New York, havo published an address to the Union Defeuco Committee of the oity of Now York, in which they soy :-"They wish to protest against tho deliberate nud systematic incitement and fostering, hy many of tho New York daily newspapers, of a oruel, savage, oud robber like spirit of war ; n spirit of bloodthirsty malignity and unmanly hatred, prompting to deeds of. murder and rapine; a spirit belong ing to wild mon and wild beasts, hut which ought to bo rebuked among thc citizens of a humane and free government. It shows itself most in the recommendations to moko war on helpless women and children. Tho editors of tho Tribune, Tipies, Courier and Sun, nof ono of them, it is believed, a native of tho State, whoso dignity they thus degrade, do not hesitate to urge measures that in volvo | inevitably tho destruction of entire families; tho laying waste of cities, by way of precau tion ; tho planning of raids into neighboring States to drivo out tho proprietors of tho ? soil, nud toko possession of it ^s a reward for military services. Their bestialities havo al ready provoked indignant comments from thc Canadian press, which, with tho fresh memories of Indian and Chinese massacres by England, pronounce tho lin ?ted- States Government in advance of all despotisms in thc extent of these proposals. It is respect fully suggested that thoro should bo n stop put to this " -~? ? . COTTON.-Wo havo received, by mail, soys tho Augusta Constitutionalist, from Gonzales County, Toxas, a stalk of cotton with " formn" and full grown lcavos, taken from tho flold, April 8d'. This is tho earliest wo have ever known, and betokens a vory favorable season and flattering prospects for 0 crop in that section. HELLISH SUGGESTION.-Tho Wcslohcstor Dotnoorat, reminds thcPcnnsylvania volunteers that Baltimore " hoff alway.? been celebrated for tho beauty of its women that " tho fair wera over tho reward of tho bravo," and that " Beauty and Booty was th. e watoh-word at NoirO.W'.,, / : Pennings and Olippiogg, FOURTH REOIMKNT, S. C. V.-P?rpons corres ponding with niombars of companies compri sing 4th Regt. 8. S. V., o?inmandod by CoK j. B. E. Sloan, Sv?ll address to tho caro of tho Capt in of tho company to which tholr ffieuds oro attached._ * GUANOS or NAME.-Tho Ano infantry oorp? hitherto so woll known ns tho " Mongher Guard," of Olmrlostnn, hnvo, by a unanimous vote, ohnngod their nnmo to tho " Emorald Light Infantry."- ^_ PHILADELPHIA, ?lay 3.-Tho Adamantino Candi? Fnotory of Mossrs. Timm & Co., and Soap Works of Mossrs. Van 1 Inger & MuKim, in this city, woro destroyed by firo last night. Two firoincn woro killed by falling walls,'and others aro supposod to bo buried in tho ruins. AFFAIRS AT NKWAKVC.-A Nowark ,-(N. J.) wr.iter says that their total manufactures have ben $23,264,213 annually, of which $10.000, UJO was for Southern trade. This is now w liol y dostroyod. Many concerns employ one-fourth ot thoir bands, while othors have stopped alto gothor. _ RICH MOND, May 7.-The Butlor Guards. Capt. Hoke, of Greenville, arrived bore this evening from Columbia, and havo boon attached to Col. Korshaw's rogimont. All well. Two MILLIONS-The available fighting force of tho- .South is about two millions of men. Lin coln will neod all tho help ho can got to'march through a country with suoh a dofonsivo force EMUR.VCINC-It is said that " tho cousus cm bracos seventeen millions of women." Who wouldn't be the oonsus ? A MELANCHOLY DEATH.-Mr. GcorgoBelongil tor, n privato in tho Chorokco Pond Volun teers, says tho Edgofiold Advertiser, fell from tho ears on his roturn homo and was instantly killed. Ho was about 28 years old, very robust <\ good soldier, and a good follow. His fate was indeed a melancholy ono. ONE DAY.-No man knows what a day may bring forth ; what miseries, what good, or what ovil, what afflictions, what liborty, what bonds, what good success, or what bad success, a day may bring forth; and, therefore man need UVOry day bo in thc closet with God, that bc may be prnparod and fitted to ent?rtalo and im provo all tho ocourronoos, succossos, and emer gencies, which may attend him in tho courso of his lifo. WANTS ms NAME CHANCEO.-An excel loni citizen of Memphis, Mr. G. N.- Lincoln, has pe titioned tho Legislature t I .vo his name chang ed. Tho petitioner alleges that his father and grand-father woro first rate pooplo, but ho non deems his patronymic unendurable. A C ll A ll LESTONIA N IN DURANCE.--Wo loan from good authority that, among tho Southern ors latoly arrested in Washington, and who an now (ionlined in thatoity at tho morey of a bru tal Abolition militia, is John W. Richardson, i nativo of this city, where ho has many friends Por a number of years past ho has resided ii Baltimore, until culled to Washington to nccup; a position of responsibility at thc Navy Yard. RIFLED CANNON.-Thoko destructive weapon arc being made at " Leod'a Foundry," New Ot leans, which can soon supply thc Conf?d?ral1 States with any quantity of those superior guns Tho riflo cannon used against Fort Sumtet from Cummings'*} Point, has been placed o: biard tho Linly Davis, and will likely uso a blockading squadron ns a target, in oaso thc appear off Charleston bar with inferior guns. RICHMOND, Muy ?.-Threo more fires brok out last night, in different parts of thc oily. They arc attributed to villainous incendiario: Tho eiti/.ons of Richmond aro exasperated an havo instituted vigorous measures to ferret ol tho vile scoundrels und bring them to condig punishment. Thc authorities hnvo (letorn)iur to keep in readiness a largo armed force for tl protection of thc city from all prowling spies ? ruffians, At one of tho Ouriflagrntions, a neg] woman and a number of horses wore burnt to death. LET THEM COME.-A Boston paper says.th New England, if necessary, " will pour hov 1 ginns in the South." If she does she will ble< at ever}' pour. SUPPLIES GIVING OCT.-There is a diflicnl in Philadelphia in obtaining a proper supply bread, in cnnsen,iicn^c of tho demand for t sustenance of ibo troops on their way to Wa* Wigton. It will soon bo transparent, that whi nil parts of tho country suffer from tho prose suite of things, tho North comes in for its fi share of distress. A Brr OF SPICE.-Tho New York papers ti teeming with accounts of regiments being wu fcred into sorvico. Before long they will ho a chanco of recording how they wore puppet I ont of sorvico. RETIRES.-Hon. Howell Cobb, in a letter tho Athens Manlier, declares his intention I retiring from public life at tho expiration of \ present term of offieo. I STEALINO,-Tho Now York Journal of. Vc merce lifts up its voico against tho many w aro manifesting their love of 'Lincoln's Gove ment by enriching themselves with the mm contributed for tho war. Tho complaints of tl paper authorize thc belief that this plnndoi carried on lo a large oxtont. AN UNCONQUERAIILK PEOPLE.-Tho Alex dria Gazette justly remarks that no free peoj i who know their rights and bra 'determined I m ni n titi u them ; who act on tho dofonsivo t I seek nothing hut the maintenance of their o j independence; who say, "lot ns alono, and will not quarrel with you," oan bo coo/cod, c qnorod, or subdued. They inay, at first, h hard.knocks and meet with rovorsos. No n has a right to suppose that tho fortuno of \ will always bo favorable Rut, in tho end, t will bo successful. Tho civilized world will on their sido, in sentiment. A VETERAN PATRIOT.--In tho Athone (( Guard?, there is a goutloman 73 years of i Ho was an Orderly ??orgonnt in tho war of li and has three sons now in the service, tw< whom aro nicmbors'of tho Guards. Tho ni of this venerable coldior is Richard Hughes RIOUT.-Tho people of Kingston and R gold, Ga., have denounced Brownlow's Ki ville Whig as an Incendiary ?licet, and for don their respective postmasters to doliver 1 BOSTON, ai ay ll.-*-Vhestoamor Pombi sailed to day with reinforcements, provis and munitibna, for Pori Monroe. * * Cpj.unmA, a. 0., May 10. |SjGl. ' . Dear Courier i- I was unable In my la>t let ter to report tho rosuftof tho proposition to vol untoor for thc Oonfodornto Stntos. When tho proposition was mudo to. our Regiment, (tho 4th,) it was responded to by tho Butler Gdnrds, Palmotto Riflemen, tiiid Calhoun Mountaineers; together willi some scnttoritig members of other - companies. Tho Calhoun Mountaineers continuo to enjoy good health nod cheerful spirits, with tho'oxcep tion of two,''only, who uro in'tho itospitivl tyt thia time. On visiting our Regimental Hospi tal yostorday,' I,found a groator numbor of pa tionts than I'have soon thero on any previous occasion. - Wo-i infolge tho hope, hpwevor, tlint wo will soon bo able to dispenso with tho uso of tho Hospital altogether. What little sickness wo hayo had is attributable tu tho ?rowding of too many mon in old- and badly vontilatnd houses. Our Rogimout will, in all probability* be romovod in a few days, to Aikon. In tho list of thc inembbra I gave ybu of our company, in my Inst-,"I omitted tho nantes o'f j Richard Lewis, jr., and John D. Perry, whoso names bad nut hoon placo 1 on tho " Moss" Roll," from which I mudo tho list. My boult h has hoon failing fi>r thc past Wo wooks-so rapidly, indeed, that if I am not soon blessed with a change for tho bettor,' I shall bo compelled to sock a moro congonial olimo. In haste. Corni issAHY. Coi.iuiniA, S. 0., May G. 1801. Mr. Editor: Through thc columns of your papor, wo, tho undersigned committee of lite 1 V Pjokens Guards," commanded by Captuin W. j W. Hollingsworth, wish to return tho thanks iif j tho. Company to tho many kind friends of Pick ens, for their generous hospitalities to us sincb our arrival at this placo-Columbia. Kind friends of Pickons, wo aro now, as you all know, at this placo doing servieo for tho gallant mid glorious little Palmetto State. Wo aro proud that wo aro her servants; and, rest assured, friends'at homo, wo will toil for her with willing hearts, remembering, ns we do, that wo hnvo wives, sisters, muthera, fathers, brothers, friends und all, for whom it will bo our glory and pride to win bright laurels of re nown. To our many dear friends at home, wo Would say. though 'tis true, wo aro separated from thom, vet, ?till, 'tis pleasant to us that memory retains you nil, and you uro fancieil often in all tho beauty and grandeur of un changing friendship. Lot our' lots bc what they may-that nf wc .1 or woe-wo shall never forgot tho gallant little District of Pickons, but wdll say as nur last words, Heaven's host blessings rest upon tho fair daughters ami sons of Dickens, and may prosperity attend thom now and forever. Kind friends, one and all, wo return for the Company their si noora apd heartfelt (hunks for tho many presen io of eatables which you have honored them with ; and, rost assured, they have appre ciated thom as tokens of great regard from you to them. To our friend, J. Wost Walker, we bog him to accept the thanks of the Company for dis de licious cake. And may his lifo ho blessed willi health, and may his futuro duys ho brightened with tho sunshine of prosperity and happiness. Respectfully, JOHN H. BOWEN, 1st Liout. J. A. HAMILTON, 2d Lieut. J. M. Ft RUO, M. D. G. Y). ROUINSON, M. D. S. \V CLAYTON. Cbi.it M nt A. S. C., May 3, 1801. Tho Twolvo Mile Volunteers, commanded by Captain Griffin, tender their thanks tn J. W. "Walker, of Pickensvillc, fer a very Inigo and handsome Cake presented to said Company. J. W. SINGLETON, 1st Lieut, in command. "Pickena Guards." The. following is a I Ut of thc commissioned and non cont missioned officers, and privates of tho " Pickons Guards," Company I,-Uh Reg iment Si C. V : omcrcns. W. W. Hollingsworth, Captain. John* II. Rowen, 1st Lieut. John A. Hamilton, 2d " W. Pickciie Hunt, lld " Jasper N. Hawthorn, 1st Sergeant. Warren J. Pennell, 2d " John W. Gilstrap, 3rd " M Thomas Smith, 4th " John A. Hinton, 5th ?' S. Herbert Williams, 1st Corporal. ' W E. M. Richardson, 2d " J. Thompson Hinton, 3rd " William A. Young, 4th " David H. Templeton, 5th " M\t YATES. J W. IL Allgood, J. II Ariail, Reuben Ar nold, J. J. Relton, J. M. Relton, G. W. Elnkoly, S. II. Rowen, W. T. Rowen, Thos. Barnett, Richard Burdine, W. Cr. Bhissin gamc, Berry* Rlaekwcll, W. L. Barrett, Thos. Rates, G. W. Boroughs, J. R. Cantrell, W. G\ Cooley, Henry Couch, R. II. Clardy, S. W. Clayton, P. E. Gason, William Cox, W. P. Dodd, J. J. Dodd, Jeptlui EniorsonjT. G. Fennell. W. J. M. Ferguson, J. M. Field, M. D. , William Gibson, W, T. Garvin, F. L. Garvin, TEuns Hunter. I). T. Hopkins, J. J. Hammett, G. A. Hendricks, W. M. Jameson, W. J. King, Jacob Kctmomoro, W. W. La them, J. S. Lathem, Joseph Lawrence, J". L. Lawson, W. A. MoDow, R. F. Madden, E. M. Maddon, Jacob Miller, E. K. Mullinnix, J. A. McWhortor, J. R. MoWhortcr, G. W. MoWhortor. G. W. Massengill, S. M Neal, J E. F. Prince, J. F Prinoc, T. F. Pilgrim, S. Pilgrim, S. A Perry, E. A Purry, G. E Rob inson, M D, P. M. Summcrell, A. E Smith, W. T Spencer, J*. R Slovens, R. F. Todd, G. M. Thompson, L. I) Thrift, J. R Taylor, L. M. Taylor, Gi F Williams, Franklin Wad dell, Rcnajah Williams, W. A. White, P. E A. Williams; A. M. Young, E. M. Young, Elliot M. Yates. ANNAPOLIS, MA"Y13, 12 m.^-Tho messen ger of Gov. Hicks, to Gov. Lotoher has re turned, from Richmond. Ho says Virginia expected 00,000 Confederate troops by Thurs day last. Gen Butler with fifty mon and twc pieces of ordnance, left' this afternoon on Bomo important secret service, going in thc direction of Baltimore. MOIHLK, May 12.-Mr. AV. IL. Russell, the American correspondent of tho'London Timen visited Forts Morgan and Gaines tb day, accompanied by SOVOrnl prominent oiti Benn. Mri Russell .mado several importan! suggestions JtO Col. Haidee regarding tho for tifioa tiona, gathered'from h is . experience ir tho Crimea, and scorned wei) pleased witl Hardee's command. HQ says Ilardeo is ovo Try inoh a soldior, Tolographio Nows from all Quarters. . i * CIIAULEBTQN, May ll--ll.. 80, a. m. Tim,United States shearn frigate Niagara lias arrivod,. und anchored off tho bal-, wjpajo sha con bo seen plainly fjro.m tho Riittcry. Sho j oftrries fifty guns, mid fl?x. htindrcd mon, mid will blockade the port. .Sho draws twenty four foot water, and bijt nineteen foot cu ti 'cross tho bar. A Mt>NT<to;\iEUY> May Vi.-It improbable that Congress; will adjourn within tho next ten days, and meet nguiu au .July, nt such 51acoas?oircumstanocs may render necessary, 'hero is nothing now. from Ponsnedla, and nothing of .unusual .interest transpiring in Montgomery. ANNAI'OMS, May ll.-About twenty shots woro exchanged last night between the Cotv federato or seeos.bon soldiers and the picket guard at Camp Rutter. The Raltipiore train on thc Utiltimoro and' Ohio'Railroad' was stopped by Virginia troops ten miles west of Frederick, Maryland, and oxnniincd. Tho samo thing will be dono to ov.b.ry western., train horoaftor. Four hundred virginians are strongly posted for the purpose. A train of western cars, With a lot of horsris nnd'bno hundrod beef onttlo, bound to Raltimoro, was captured nt Harper's Forryi . . : LOUISVILLE, May ll.-A battalion cf Louisiana troops . left Kiohmond on tho 8th, on secret sorvioe. Alexandria was occupied by 1,000 secession troops. - ? ' . NEW VUUK,May . tl.-Tho steamship Great Eastern, with Li typool d?tes tn the afternoon of tho 1st instan 1, Via Milford Ua von, lins arrived. Tho sales of cotton at Liverpool for thc three days before hor sail ing amounicd to 30,000 bales-spcoulalors, and exporters taking 11,000 bales. Hewett's circular roports on advance of | siiioe Friday -the - market closing quiet and steady. Middling Orleans 7y. Tho Manohester-tid' viocs aro favorable, Flour declined 6d. Wheat steady. Consols 1)1 1 J. The Diplomado Comtnissioiicrs from the Confed erate States "of Atneriea had 'roached hihg land per West India steamer. Mt', Grego ry's motion, in the Houso of Cuni mons", rela tive to tho rocognition of tho independence of thc Southern Confederate States, Was postponed for two weeks. American vessels homeward bound arc insured at four guineas, covering war risks. MovruoMKitY, May ll.-Tho Exposs Company commences running to Pensacola early next. week. There was nothing of in terest publicly done, in Congress to-day.-. ALEXANDRIA, May ll.-Thu United States steamer Pawnee slipped hor cable late this ovoning, at tho Washington Navy Yard, and dropped down to Alexandrin. She How lies off tho city, close, to tho wharves, with port holes opened) and guns run out. WASHINGTON, May ll--It is rumor? ' that tho Missouri State, troops, under Gov ernor Jackson, have invested St. Louis, and some eight thousand, under Ulair, ure de fending tho city. Large numbers of-Con federate troops, with heavy ordnance, arc concentrating nt Alexandria. A large Con federate force is marching towards Harper's Ferry, lt is supposed that a heavy ibreo is on the way into Pennsylvania to cause a di version of the F?deral forcea., WASHINGTON, May ll.-Get mil McClel lan, of Ohio, hus been appointed commander of tho Department of Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. pALTIMOtlK, May H.- It is reported that tho mountain forests on tho Maryland side of thc Potomac have been fired. Col. Dimmick is mountingCplum'biadsand barbette guns on the land side of the fort. Thirteen hundred troops from Perryville. have moved townrds Washington. In the Legislature, on Thurs day, S. Teackle Wallis, of Baltimore, sub mitted tho report of the Committee on Fed eral Relations. It declares that thc wai waged by tho people of tho United State.* upon the people of the Confederate States b unconstitutional, repugnant, to civilization and sound policy, and subversive of free in stitutions. A protest is entered against thc war on tho part of Maryland, deehuing timi she will take no part, directly or indirectly in its prosecution, and tho assertion is made that Maryland desires the peaceful recogni tion of the independence of tho seceded States. Thc present military occupation O? Maryland is protested against tis uiiconstitu tional, oppressive and illegal. Tho final res olutions assert that, under existing circum stances, it is inexpedient t<> call a fcovcroigi con volition of the people of Maryland at th ii time, or to take measures for the imm?diat* organisation of tho army and militia. Tin report closes by proposing tho ndjournmcn of the Legislature to n day to bo named. The report was adopted in thc House of Del egates by a vote of yeas 40, nays II. Tin resolutions wore tunde thc special, order lb this morning in thc Se?ale. RICHMOND, May ll.-Tho Pnlmetb 'Guard, Capt. Cuthbert, arrived this morning all well and in fine spirit*. They havi joined Col. ? Koralta w's regiment, Gen. Leo is now noting with great vigor He holds command of all the L'oiil'edorat States forces iu Virginia. Soward, tho abolition Secretary of State received yesterday a dispatch from . n No\ York finn, .asking whether their vessel could proceed to Norfolk to take in a cargo o oott?n. Soward replied thtjt they could not adding that "similar requests' had beeb rc fused iii tho cases of foreign vessels." r Tho editorials in th'o English papers, rein tivo to tho reduction of Fort Sumter hy th South Carolinians, arc decidedly favorable t tho South. . r A hugo falling off is noticed in tho arri vals, at the Now York hotels. The shoo bc gins to pinch in Wail strcot. , Tho newspapers fnmi tho cotton and minni facturing districts, in England nil urge th recognition.of tho Confcdcroto States. It is stated on authority that tho officers c, tho United States army foapfurod in Tcxtu who wore rolcnsed on parolo conditional vf on their not bearing arms against tho Cm federato States, wdll bo. requested to ronb thoir obligations to tho Govern mont. A? r< fusnl to tako tho oath will bo cause for thoi immediate dismissal, Tho Abolition Sqcrotary of tho Intern has determined to withhold .pouaiobs in th seceded States, and thu benefit of tho Pei > sion and Patent hiwa. 1 An Abolition Convention is to meet . t 1 Whooling to-morrow''(Monday) tooudouv? to moko a now State out of western Virgil ia. Thirty-three counties, will bo represei i ted. Two companies wore mustered into tl ? United ,Statca service at Whcoling, Tl . calculation of tho Abolition traitors there ; to elect a Govornor, Legislature, bto.,.und . assume nil tho functions of a BOVofatJ] i Stato. i Howard stated to. n gentleman who-assurt . him pf tho determined feeling io Kow Yoi , to, sustain tho (U. S.) Government, and th onergctio . action woro expected of tho Gov- if eminent, that " tho peoplo would ho /.veil j satisfied with what would take pjnoo in a few . days."-Sj>ec?iJ (o Churlcn(on Mcicm-y I ALEXANDRIA, Moy 10- Sherman'* hat I tory, with three companies of Ibo PhiMel phin ..Greys, of tho First l\musylva,nln rogi- ? monti uria\Dvo oompnuies Third U. S. Infant. # ry, 1600 in ali, passed thiougli .JJalti'niore, jj laud arrived ot Washington last hight. Np demonstration of any, kind was made in Uah fi timoro. Four hundred regular cavalry, un mounted, arrived in Washington, from Car- J lisle Panuoks this morning. Eight hundred <J. Virginians ?nd Kentucky troops uro encamp- . cd upon tho .' Maryland shoro, Oppositei Har. i por's Ferry, and w'cro fortifying ?ho heights. I Two comp- des from Pnltiirtore, and QUO from Fred 'iok City, numbering QUO hun died encl?, went to Harper's Ferry yesterday. The- Fonusylvania Legislature has passed tho ,? threo ni?Oi?n loan bill, and authorised thc raising of fifteen nioro regiments. . i Tilomas Francia. M.cnghor has joined tho ^ ; Sixty-ninth Now York regiment,nt Washing ton. Tho position gf Ciililbrnia,v ia cousin* ? ercd very doubtful as to ?ist?ining Lincoln ? in his wiir policy. ? Fourteen Wcstorn Vir ginia counties hilve appointed dologntos to a Union (.'onvolition. Two thousand stand of arms have been received at Wheeling. [ (Jfoiiyier. ALEXANDRIA;' May 1.0.-Seward will, in his instructions io Adnhis,, the^. Abolition Minister to Knglnnd, .Vepeut more in detail the instructions given to Dayton. Tho Now'York (.'ouriiir unil Enquirer ' says that it has assurances from Seward that tho war-will begin in a few days, rim! from . Ill air that troops will beseht to No'W Orleans. We have important nows from Maryland. A body of Lincoln troops passed through -Baltimore about t h reft o'clock yesterday af ternoon. lt was dune in this way : A fleet of United States vessels'were first observed from the wharves of ?a Ililli OTO .coming up the Putnpsco river, ultddr the guns of Fort Mcllcnry. The vessels were the steamers Maryland. Philadelphia, thc lee Hunt and three propellers, under convoy bf thc flu rf! et 4?frp Lane war stefi'mer. ' Tho fleet had oh board a total of about two thousand seven hundred mon. Tho transports approached the wharf at Whetstone Point, and lauded tho troops there, while the Harriet Lane stood off with her port holes opened-to protect the landing. As soon ns thc debarkation of thc forces was . completed ibby Were transferred to special trains and passed on towards Washington. All is quiet now nt Washington und Alex andrin. There has been no movement to oc cupy Arlington heights.--Afc rc uri/. 1 LKXIXUTON, VA., May 0.-Tho county I court of Pockbridge this day npproprintcd S2f>,000 for ? rmi hg and equipping thc volun teers of this country. Ar.KXANimi A, Mny 12.-Tho United Stales war steamer Pawnee lies oft* our wharves, (having dropped down from Wash ington hist night.) She has her port-holes open, and hor guns run out. Herds of beef cnttlo now occupy tho grounds of tho Smithsonian institute iii Washington. Northern troop continue to arrive in that city in numbers vnrying-frOni 1,000 to 8.000 per day. Many of ilie-fode ral forecs now in Washington nre of foreign extrnction. A regiment is to day quartered ' S nt tho Annapolis Junction, composed mid olficorcd entirely by Germans. Geilornl Scott is not unaware of tllb military force bf the '^ South. Ycsteidny he told.one of Iiis "friends that Virginia alone could, within ibvty eight hours, courent ra to twice ns ninny troops upon Washington na Werfli nlready enrolled und mustered in'the service ol' Lincoln's Ad- (j miiiistrution. Several regiments left Washington within thc last two or three days for the Relay House -their ultimate destination being Harper's Ferry. Mr. Sanford, agent of Adam's Ex press Company, arrived hero on Thursday, with 8700,000 in specie for tho Governmbbt, from New York, under an escort of fifty of the ?Jd United State's cavalry. ... A battery commands the ' rail rond ut the Point of Rocks, twelve miles below Harper's Ferry; while the bridge across the Potomac * M is confiiinlided by another buttery. Pnrties range thc oountry for fifteen "milev north and cast and west ; and also, upon tho slightest i alnrin, communicate'by a syst Om of signals J agreed upon. . .ST. Lr LIS, Mny 12.-Yesterday, Gen. j Frost, commanding'a brigade of Stato inilitiu, at Camp Jackson, unconditionally surrender ed upon the demand of the. federal troops.: Pronto was tendered, but doolincd. upoii tho ground that taking the oath would imply that they have boon in arms against tho' federal ? authority, which, they denied.' ' They were finally vclensed, however. While tho State troops were drawn up be tween two linos of Union t.roopst stones were thrown mid pistols fired nt them One shot took offed in tho leg of Capt. P.luulow.sky, who. in falling, gave tho order to fire,' which was obeyed, and two wbmbu- ?ind sevornl chil dren were killed, and about twenty other per sons wounded: 'rho greatest exuitcmont is prevailing. Tho llcpublienii uewspnpors wera threatened by the .mob. Tho Grent'Eustoru, which arrived at Sandy .Hook yesterday, it is reported, Imp been chartered by thc Govern, ment ns a transport. ; . - . Thc Steam Gun presented by Mr. Winnu?, of Paltimore, to the Southern Confederacy, was yesterday o iptured.hy thc .fedora 1 forces nt lOllicott's 'Mills. . '. At-KXANOUiA, Mny 18.-Thirty-seven thousand troops now in Washington' city.-'- . Desertions,from tho fodoruf army nie punier on*. .Several runaways from Virginiaiwe're arrested to-dny in . Washington'. The strimer Pawiico, lying riff Alexandria, te day, mbntit \ed two ndditioniiPguns. The. United Stnfba steamer Mount Vernon stomped opposite' this city to day and communionted Wit I; thc Pny> ncc. The'Unitod-States Pi?stunister-Gcncrill has uiado preparations for tho trnnsprtvtutiou qf~ mails" .between- New Ybrk, Fort' Pibkqhs aiid> Havaniin, by tho federal government stonmora.'*> . The Convention of I^ovthwestern Virginia met . to-day. Whocling purposes forming a b?pnrato S.tnto, It is rumored hore thnt ov?r, * thirty counties aro representad-proceedings' unknown, " ? . ? Virginia and Un, i ted States troops aro rop idly concentrating. Harper's Ferry and 0 th. er defensible points in their possession nto for tified by Virginians. A fight is hourly nntio iplited. Tho rumor in reference to thc iOsur robtiort jn Kentucky is unfounded. Wtown's dispntohes from Ponnsncola, ? fafeK ved in Washington on yesterday. ( ST. LOUIB, Mny 12.-Another tragedy oc curred Wt night. Tho flomb Guards Were i niurohirig through tho strcots, followed by n crowd hooting'ond, hissing them, when a boy fired a pistol iii their rear. The company im i mediately flwd upbn tho ohwd,m tUo wUol? ;