MmwMm* . HOBX A. THOMPSON, Editor. -? R.A,TR0tft>SO?,fe. YO^KO, SV.R. IlOliCOMBBj ' VROrniRTORS. ?. -tr-.r- . . -. ._?..?-_. .. :: TBllM9?^$l.?0 pqr annum.-ln advance. If pay ment bo dolayod until after tho expiration of the year, $J. fot B\\ months, Tn ceW? in ndvgncc. ^?^AdvorlliVnichts InWtcd at tho 'usual rates. PI?KWS^C.JL^S. C.: Saturday Morning, May 20, 186?. Rain, &o. An nhundanoo of rain has fallon in tho inst tb xv days, in so?r.o .sections, tho reins have been unusually hard. There has also been %omo hail, which has given tho aira wintorish lemper. Crops genorally, took well-wheat is y?rttc?larly (Ino. . , - Tho Contest. The contending armies aro nearing each oth iSfj and tho shock canhot long bo avortcd. Har der's Ferry, Norfolk and Richmond aro tho points menaced by Lincoln's hirelings. Tho t/Onfodorato troops aro prop?red for thain tn large numbors. Maryland is crushed, but will rise manfully in the strugglo when sho cnn.-r Virginia is" thoroughly aroused, and bas 100,000 soldiers in tho-field. Tao disuiVeetion in Wes torn Virginia amounts to nothing. Tennessee is on lire. Sho bas appropriated $5,000,000, mulls raising 7^,000'mon. Kbntucky desires io ?mdn?ali? ja uoutt;ol position, bot cannot do so. Sho is arming, and will be with us before a great while. .-Civil.war ls th-o order of tho day n- St. Louis. Missouri, however, is for tho nth, With the excoption of St. Louis-lt is hopelessly froesoil. North Carolina, wo doubt not, has seceded b?f?ro this time. The war spirit, in the Confederate States, is on tho in crease. Thousands of troops aro rushing to arms I .. For the War ! Col. ORR, our distinguished folloxv citiabn, is earnestly cngagod in raising a Regimont of In . fantry, for soryico in tho Confederate States, du ring, tho.war ! Tho war is now a necessity, forced upon U9 hy those who ought to be our friends. Businoss is at a stand-still, and it be hooves every i man to put his shoulder to the wheel. Wo desire peace, but, if we cannot have it, let tho war bc pushed forward to tho accom plishment of a spoody peace. .'Col. ORR is tho ?nan fur such an'enterprise His ability is unquestioned, and his resources great. His position, too, wUl bo.of great ad vantage to those-who may wish to go into thc 6orvico under him. Already,a nmnbor of com panies havo responded gallantly to Col.'ORR'S call, and others aro forming for tho samo pur pose* This is a movement that bas our hearty 'support, abd WO commend it to those who desire te outer tho service of their country, in this &reat strugglo for liberty. ... Effect bf the Blookade. Tho Niagara, which gave notice of tho block ado of Charleston, !;us not boon all tho while nt that port. In lier abseucc, several vessels havo ooine ipr ladened with merchandize, cte Tho "old government" will havo todo better thau this, . or raise the blockade Wo aro satisfied that Great Britain and other commercial coun tries will not permit a "poper blockade " of our ports. I Should tho blockade bc effectual, what is to ho.tho effect? All trade, oxcopt such as may . pvade the vigilance'of tho blo?koding squadron, wilj bo cut off. Our imports will cease, os will also our exports'. The quesslon,. then arises, can wo live within ourselves ? We think thoro ?is no doubt on this point.. Truo, wo may bo denied some'of tho luxuries of tho post, and bo . forced to stand op our. own resources. Of this we ought not to complain. Wo havo long preached independence-lot us now practice it, and that, too, cheerfully. Lot us rather bo thankful that tho Yonkoos oro forcing us to do that which wc ought long ago to have manfully battled for' and accomplished-our commercial, ns well as politioal, I-XDKPKNDENCBJ. " Wo pro duoo the only groat staplo of tho earth. Wator power is abundant, and capital is at hand to put in operation manufactories of 41II kinds. Labor is plentiful, and the goniusof our people has. out j Gt fnilcd US. -Tho struggle that hos boen forced upon us is worthy of any Sacrifico, and all c?aseos ore chcer ' fully sacrificing upon tho altar of their, beloved country. Such a people, fighting for such a causo, cnn povor bo conquered, and will readily make any sacrifice' for a righteous success 1 ; "Northern.Patriotism." Tho telegraph for genie tima has brought us monstrous evidences of th? liberality of our . ri.Norlhorn brethren," if it is to bo boliovod. Much of it ls Untrue, and tho. balance only part" truo. Fer Instance, it was stated, with a great flourish of trumpets, that JofoKJacob Astor had givon $10,000,000 for war purposes; 1'ho truth is, he did not give anything. And from II vol ?able New York poper, we learn that only $23,2'|,L,000 lioyo bcqn raised to subjugate tho South, and this amount includes tho various Stifte appropriations, city subscriptions, ?fcc. Whilst it is not prudont tolindorrat?'tbe strengt b bf'dur enomies, much of their lu?d talk "and ii>poi"ing should bo taken for what they aro Worth. _ . . .. Vigilance. "'ijtorrtal vigilance is tho price of liborty." And thoro cannot bo too much vigilance exor cised at tiiis time, "say? tho Guardian, by tho pedptobttho "South. , .. .We, 8^o-it stated'that Geri.' Scott boosts that . ho is .?eguiarly. p?sted up in everything that transpire in Richmond and Washington. Tho Rfcumon.d i/isp'itch/ very properly,remarks that this 'informptibii can Only be sent by lotter through thef v/pst ofljcp or Adams'Express.- \i ?'?comm?od!* the inspection of all. lottors/and -tho d?ton*t^0n of nil BiispiCi?Us characters.. , - Com'm?'tcos of safety should be organized by .proper authority ip every oity arid t?vtn in tho Ctjnfed&rate States, a complote registration made of all tho inhabitants, with, their businoss, nriAiin?tion, ?kc- and a rl?(d'xM?irveij{anod main tat bifd'eyer tho conduct notion of nR who may bo-Bucnpcctcd. .Duty to. our conn try, and to ourseVvos domrthds some sitoh measures. War noVf existe between tjie two (teotldps, arid it mtyst bo ?eon that spies'obd traitors should not batfc art epp?'rrh?ity to bethiy us. He lM 1?. not-foi uti is against us! ? ._. ." Li usa Ab PpMATtoM.-TMr' B, R. Bostick, of f?hertevlih*. 0%, ha? presented Govern $Mjl^*)tii-:'thflok\fc?.')???':itfcourtnf?? do ifibgWcV* ?uterest^lu our Ooitoft. Th? lust number of Um Westminister Review (KdgRah) lins un ?rdelo ou the "Cotton Manufac ture of England," says tho Cometvatisl, which exhibits how deeply Brtglan 1 itt interested in thc .apply of, tjottou from tho Confederate States. The publie mind there is in painful anxiety on the sub ject. ? is feared that tho political convulsion that bas.rent the Unten in twain, and that seems likely to involve us in,-war, wi.U nlTeot the production of cotton so seriously ns to diminish or destroy their supply. Tho article was written two months or moro since, and of course, before tho startling I events that have transpired within that fimo. The I anticipated war hns actually begun. The United Stales hus begun it, as enforcing its laws, is con centrating largo armies, is blockading our ports. Tho Confederate States haye accoptod tho appeal to force, hnvo formally declared war, and aro issuing lettes of niarquo aud reprisal. Tho cry is, "to .'arms," from Maino to Tesas, and from thc Gulf of, Mexico to the JU?kss' of tho Nctth. To nil appear ances wq aro at tho beginning of' tho greatest war that this Cunt incut has witnessed. When intelli gence of these events .reaches F.uuop o thu cotton paido will increase. ' 1 . lt may bo of interest to our readers to under stand tho importance of colton to laidland, as it is viewed in that country, and wo givc.soiae extracts from the arl ?clo referred to. . Aller premising that, of tho three great divisions of human industry, Ag ricultural, Commercial, ?nd Manufacturing, that of Manufacturing is predominant in England, il proceeds: pTho Cotton Manufacture is at once the most important constituent and the most perfect typo of our special industrial development, and claims, par ticularly nt this period of apprehended danger, thc Careful and patient nttcution of tho public, sur passes in thc magnitude, and in tho regularity of its course, each other of our manufactures, and its influence upon tho work i nj: people of. these. Islands, whether material or moral, for good or for evil, is certainly unrivaled by any of them. Occupying more than one hundred millions pounds of Rritisli capital, affording direct employment to half a mil lion of persons, and indirect employment to three or four millions more, it supplies about a third of our annual export trade ; amt its branches in other lands, whether they be in tho nature of tho.opera tions by which tho raw material is cultivated, and thou brought to our shores, or aro extensions ol manufactures whose principal seat is with our selves, or aro thc agencies by which tho elaborated substance is, in a thousand forms, distributed foi the uso of a thousand tribes-misc the whole to fit importance perhaps uncipmllod by any tuiulagoiu system, whether practised by tho ancients ol' exist ingie modern times." llow is this great system supported ? YYhonci comes the supply of the *ruw material, withou which it all falls to the ground? From tho Con federate States, to a greater extent, limn we hat supposed. Tho author of the article, indeed, trie bard to bc persuaded that our monopoly in th ?iroduction of the raw material is giving away, am ie seems to bo sanguine that othor sources for it Supply will soon bo opened. Rut his own showing we think, is calculated to encourage him but lillie Jlis statistical table of sources of supply gives th following for 1800 ; during which England nbtnine Bales. From thc United States, 2,580,813 From Rni7.il, 103,050 From West Indies, 0,050. From Egypt, 100,069 From East Indies,- 502,852 From which it' appears that tho Conf?d?ral States supply considerably more than two thirds ( the whole. Rut what is more important, his tabb which runs back for seven years, shows n di m i nt lion in the supply.from all oilier sources, except iii Confederate States, tho supply from which has ii creased, during that time, from 1,007,000 bales I the number stated abofe, thal is, nearly 1,000,0t bales. - "Thc present consumption (in mnnnfocturiii| of Cotton," says the article, V umounts to 61,Ot bales n week, of which about 13.000 bales consi of American cotton." According to this statemei which is repeatedly made bi thc article, moro tin four-fifths of tho Biipply comos from tho Confide ute bluies. What would bo the consequence? to F.ngiot of a failure to get ocr supply? Tho Kevic aimil sneak : I " Whoa wo consider tho consequences tb I might ensue upon tho sudden dearth of Cotti I in this country, wc cannot but apprehend tl j mnraontous naturo nf the problem which o brokers and manufacturers are mfw called upi to eolvo, and which goos by tho name in pub discussion of tho question of notion supply. T evils of fumino, within a limited uren, mny mol libed by tho exertions of charity-, tho I suits of a pestilonco may soon disappear, b thc failure, even tho partial failure, of tho c ton. manufacturo would render capital and bor to nn enormous oxtont unproductive ; hoi ruptcy would bo tho portion of a thousand ci italists; starvation, thc lot of a million of lal rcrs. A break down in our greatest manuf turo would load to serious political dilHculti In such a case,.no private, no public benelicoi could stem tho tido of general wretchedness .A whole people would\p in beggary, n nat in numbers would stretch forth its bands bread, and rendered 'desperate hy its sn He ri i or maddened by tho machination of unprit pied demagogues, would tear down thc v tramo work of society, amidst tho ruins uf national greatness." Ono .wbuld suppose that a reviewer writ .thus, and acknowledging as lie does, in nm er pnssngo, " an almost -exclusive depopdu for supplies of cotton " on tho Southern Sta would sympathize with us, and extend tho bi of friendships. Hut be docs noir His min poisoned on slavery, or ho chafes undor d?pendance, upon us; or, which would moro to his credit, bc is intent, ns a stotosn on diversifying tho sources of - England's t plios,'by stimulating tho production of cot in other places. Whatever it bo, no frier word is spoken, but slavery-is stigmatic wjiieh furnishes, at present, according to own admission, the life blood of Kngla prosperity. He amusingly contends, aiul-so tq boliovc it,.that moro cotton would bo ra if slavery woro abolished bore,-and whito h substituted. - N - . But whatovor may bo Kngland'.s.dosires aro firmly persuaded that she is not only dependant upon the slavory of th? .'onfodo States, but will continue so fur an indefinite riod. '?. Whiit course,- undor tho press o/e ol torost, ?ho mrty tako in tlio great stru{.;^lo -tweon tho two sections of this country, rein .to bo soon. Tho right modo for England t 8iiroof a continuedesopply of cotton, is to M 1er weight on tho side of tho Confed?ralo Sb if it becomos necessary* AV 6 bolievo it not bo necessary. RAUUN.-A public ".meeting was held at ( ton, Ga., on tho 7th ipsfant. h: M. Bea Bsrt,., was colled.to the chair, .and Mr. A Coffo? requested to aotos Secretary," Tb Jcot of tho meeting \vas to appoint.delogat a convention, to meet at Milledgoville, in J . to noinini\to ? Candidato for Governor. On tioh ot Capt. John Beok, a committee of \vrore appointed, consisting of Messrs, W. I3 ford, B. B. Bqck, M. J^.Ki?g, Joseph Are and Jumes Iii tehee, to report business fo . a?libn.of tho meeting. 8nia cQmuiiRco roi and after a short nbsonco, reported tho fo lng names a? delegates td tho said Conven Mosern. H. W. Cannon, and John Rook, \ was ratified by'said mooting. A mootinj beholden tho Ist/Tuoiday in June to ri ; .yolunfeor company. V _ . S* - '<. -''ltpw'Tift?? Vw.sy.-At the "mooting .of ! 1 odiet ??onfor?|?c? in Ibo North rooootly'the lng prayof contained tho following potiti ?fofarenob to tho Somborn ?'robolsand trail \ ?"Br?n'g.upon . them dostruetjon, arid wipe from the face of the country.1" This is ? { t , tv .'??'.'. '?Bk ' ? \ - ' * - " . Iinportaut Chang?. Tho Postmaster-aoriQral of tho Confederate States has Issued the following important ptoola iDfttion. Postmostora and others. will act promptly lo t)ii& malt or, which will piuwiil confusion : Whereas, by tho provisions of nil Act, approved Mareil 16, .1801. rind amended bjrtlte first soctioh of an Act, approved M.?/ \>.'180I, tho Postmaster Gouerftl of tho Confederate Slates .? is ant hoi i /.ed, on ami after a day to lie named by him for that purpose' to take the entire chnrge and direction of tho postal service lu tho Confederate States," I and all conveyance of mails within their limits, from and aftor snob day, oxcept by nuthoi;ity of tho Postmaster-General tjioroof, ls .thereby* j>rb hlbit'cd: .. Now, thot-efore, I, John H. Rcagqn, Postmaster Oeiieml. of the Confederate Stntos of Amcrlca.'do issue this my proclamation, notifying all postmns ters, contractors, and sproiul mid route agents in (he service of tho Post lillico Department, and en gaged in tho transmission mid delivery of tho mails, or otherwise in any manner connected with tho service, within tho limits of tho Confederate States of America, that on and after tho 1st day of dune next, I shall assume thc entire control and direc tion of tho postal'service therein. And I hereby direct all postmasters, route agents, and special agents within those States, and now acting under the authority and direction of thc Postmnster-Gen eral of tho l.'niled States, to continuo in thc dis charge of their respective duties under tho author ity Ycs'ted in ino by tho Congress of the Confederate States, in strict conformity with such existing laws and regulations ns aro not inconsistent willi tho laws and Constitution of thc Confederate States of America, and such further Instructions ns may hcreancr'bo issued by.my direction. And the said postmasters, route agents and special agents are also required to forward to lliis Department, with out delay, their names, with tho names bf (bc offices of which they are postmasters, (giving Ihc State and County,) to bo directed lo tho " Chief ol tho Appoint mont Bureau. Post Office Department, Montgomery. Alabama." in order that now com missions may bo issued under the authority of tbi: Government. And all |>06tim?stei% a.o hetVVy rbi quired to render to the Post Ollico Department al Washington, 1). C., their final accounts and theil vouchers for postal receipts and expenditures, u{ to tho 'Hst day of this month, taking care to for ward ..with said account? all postage stamps mic stamped envelopes, remaining on hand, belongiiif to tho Post Ollico Department Of tho United States in order that they may receive the proper credit: therefor in thc adjustment of (heir accounts; am t|iey aro further required to retain tn their pos session, to meet thc tudors of thc Postmnsler-Oen oral of thc Uuilcd States, for the payment of niai Bcrvico within tho Confederate Stale::, ::!! revenu which, have.accrued from the postal service prie to the said 1st day of June next. All contractors, mail messengers, and specin contractors for conveying thc mails within th Confederate Stoles, under existing contra?is witl the Oovcrinnent of tho United States, aro horeb, authorized lo continue to purl or m such service un dei* niy direction, from nhd nfter thc day last ubov named, subject to such modifications and change ns may bo found necessary, under thc powers yest ed in the Postmnstei'-OeUoral by tho terms bf Sat contracts mid provisions of tho second section c nn Act approved May 0, 18(11. conformable thcrcti And (he said contractors, special contractors nu mail messengers,' are required (o forward, wllhnt '.olav, tho number of their route or routes, til nature of tho service thereon, thc schedules of a rivals and departures, thc names of thc ollicessu] plied, and tho amount of annual compensation l< present service, together with their address, dirce cd to tito ''Chief of tho Coll tract. Bureau, Poi Office D?partaient, Montgomery, Alabama." Until a postal treaty shall* bo mudo with tl Government of the United States for the oxchaiif bf mails bet ween that Government and tho Govert ment of this Confedernoy, postmasters will not I authorized to collect United States po*t ii ge on mn matter sent or received from these States; ni until supplies of postago Mumps and stamped ci velopes aro procured for the pro-payment of pos age.within tho Confed?rate States, all potslag must be paid in money, under the provisions of tl first sect ion-of an Act approved March 'ist. 1801. Given under my hand and the seal of thc Post Olli Department of the Confederate States of Anim ca, at Montgomery, Alabama, thc 1 Ul h day May, in the year 1801. JOHN II. REAGAN, Postmaster-General. In addition, wc give n synopsis of tho new p( office laws: No mail matter is to bo sent to ni Of the non-scceded States, except Kentucky, Mai land and Missouri. l"ivo cents will bo charged for every single seal letter conveyed over a distance of less than fi hundred miles within thc limits of the Southe Confederacy ; and for tiny dislance exceeding tl point, double that. rate. Drop letters aro chnrg two cents each. Newspapers published within tho Confedcn States, noi exceeding two ounces in weight, a sent from tho ollico to subscribers within tho Ci fed?ralo States, aro charged us follows: wcekli ten Cents per quarter ; sointrwcoklics, double ll amount ; 'pupers published six limes a week, si: cont?, and dailies seventy cciits. Periodicals published off oner than biennials si bo charlad ns newspapers. Books, bound or unbound, not weighing o four pounds, shall bo charged ai (wo cools nn on: for any distance. Double (ho rales specified In* these Acts shall charged upon all newspapers published bey mid limits of tlio Con federa to Stales. Thc franking privilege is abolished, except ii] matter relating exclusively to tho business of Post Office Department. . 'i'hc letter registration system is also abolis! .Persons having United States postage ulai would do well to return Hiern to postmasters, i can send them to Washington ami get credit tin for; whereas, if they arc not so disposed of, they bo a loss tu the holder. Sl'KUlW,ATlON8 ON TUB WAR.-SoiUO of Pennsylvania papers aro alroady hinting t parties in that State, who ntfcot an extrao nary patriotism, and aro rampant for \ have only in view tho "pickings and.at bigs." Tho Harrisburg Union thus oxpre itP?lf : .'"Within a day or two revelations of an founding nature have boon made, which g show that unprincipled men, aro turning whole; afluir into a grund speculation,- in legislativo investigation is* freely talked ii Wo ato told that the contractors who are'' engaged in getting un clothing for tho a hnvo turned tho' w'.olo operation luton gi speculation, and aro milking a nico thing o It is said thal they charge tho State for i military coat n?tido $2.-6, while they pay women who dotho work only seventy cont Hundreds1 ol'women who ?ire .wealthy 1 volunteered to make up thotie garments wit pay. and yet for ovory one that is tunic Homcboiln rcoelvos tvvo 'dollars and twenty coiits; Tho santo may bo ?aid of evoryt oise, even tho manufacturo of shit IP. Mat is purchased nt.o certain'pride, uiul bills w certain por cen'fago ,nddod are rendered, w p?r,CQptngd isof .course, fobbed by sbmoboiJ Oho firm tn Philadclphia.had an pffor to dit of a' largo quantity of cloth-by -making ou pf thcsp bil's, but ?eilig honorable'mon tho fused to become itec0i???rio3 to such dishono proceeding*, and lost the salo'of thoir in?r< diso." _ U^?? FAOTSV- "Whoa oui* d?mobted enemies chulo to starve put tho South, thoy ignoi cousus returns. Tn v1850.. tho Simth.raj*i 000.051 bushels of peas nod beans, tho 1 only 518,033 bushels.-the South rato?d 37 jjl2 bushels Pf a.wept potutuos,.tipo. North 1,122,323 (bp*hol.8n-tho South raisod 315 000 ;busnola Jof ind inn cor n, tim. North, 000 bushels-the South ?nisod 2l6,31*2f,??l of Yico,-tho NortB 500 lbs. Tlio val??o < live Mucki of tho'North, that yeal*, was 2\>? ?00, that of tho.South $40,000.000. .Ko* tbafc rtoarjv twice as rohny. 'mnpjh* denian itt thb Staten ?f the North, ns lp ?ho ?SIM The Norlh cannot -starve opt tho Smith, cart maintain otfr nrmy lrt?ger^hart tho if The Copfetlerate Foroea ". Tho.following'not-has boon passed'by thc Sou?hornOmgrfess, nod approved by Prosidout DAVJS ? It i? an important low, whicsh, tliouglr not at tirai popular, WHf?bo ib?juo?fc effeot?vo. und benofjchil to tbo B?rv?oe of too country : Whereas, war exist? ' between/tho United' States und tho.Confodornto States"'; und whore IIB, tho public yr&f?ur? nmy roquiro thof reception of voluntoor forces .into, thc sorvico nf th? Cnn feUorufu States ?Knout tho forbiolity and delay, of ,Ibo cull upon thc respectivo States. Sue. 1. Tho Congress of tho Confederate States of America do enact, That tho President be authorized to receive into sorvieo sbon coin ! panics, battalions, or regiments.. elthor niount -?meuron foot, as may louder themselves, ond .he may .require,- wit?i?nt the delny of o formal ? oull upon tho respective States, to servo Air such time as he mov prescribe. , . I Sra. 2. Sued volunteer (orcos as mav be oo'1 cept?d. under ?this not, . Oxcept ns herein differ? j, ontly nro'vidod, sholl be organized In. accord-1 aucp with and. subject to all tho provisions of tho I uotTentitlcd "ari .not to provide for" tho piiblio dofenoe," and' be Ontitjed to all tho allowances "provided therein ; and when niustorod into ser vice may bo attached to such divisions, brigades or regiments os tho President may direct; or. ?rdored upon snob independent ur detached service ns tho President may deem oxpedicut : 'Provided, howeverThat' battalions und regi ments moy be onlistod frohi Slates nul of Ibo Cutifcdoracy ; and tho President may appoint oil Or tiny iif tho flold officers thereof. SEC. 3I Tho "Pr?sident .-Imll he authorized to commission all office is entitled tn commissions nf such volunteor forces us piny be received un dor ?bo provisiotis nf this act, and.- upon tho re quest of tho officer-con) inn piling stieli volunteer regiment, battaliun or compnny, the President may ntttich a supernumerary ofllcor lo ouch cunt p'Ar/v detailed from the regular anny mr that purpose and for such time as tho President may direct. . . . FROM NORFOLK. -Tho people of Nm bilk nre fortifying evory approach to tho city, and troops ore pouring in daily! Tdioy Iinvo declined al lowing nny steamers to- ontor their port, not oven to bring tho mails, a? tho ononiy will there by gain a knowledgo of their purposes. All communication is now cut off by the bay. No visitors aro allowed at Fortress .Mooroo, but its garrison is very strong, numbering about seven thousand men. .' HARDSHIP.-Col. Coceornn's Regiment-thc Sixty-Ninth-bad a bard time going to Annap olis, tbero being 1.1X7 men aboard thc Adger. which can only comfortably transport ono half , that number. Five mon jumped overboard on tho trip and two were drowned.. Fivo were brought info Annapolis in irons. As a result of chango of diet, climate,' and being crowded lo suffocation, tho men became literally crazy. The mareil of tho 7th was, also, according to tho Trihune, a hurd one-100 mon foll from sun-stroko; the heavy knapsacks, weighing thirty pounds, worn nil thrown away ; fourteen men came buck with thc Hallie, fruin tho effect of that march. Tue LON DOM TIMK-.-Tho Now York Herald is disgusted with tho views of the London Tinten and its correspondent. Mr. Russell, tm American affairs. The Times and Mr. ltussoll aro beginning to got n glimpse of tho real state of things in this country, and hence thc peev ish complaints of tho Herald, which tho Times will probably regard about as much os a first class locomotive d >es the yelping of a Scotch tarrier. * POWDER MII.I.S IN SOUTH CAOUI.INA-In an swer to a question in tho Charleston Courier, " A"LeiLat- ibero is a powder mill in South Car olina ?" Mr. C. II. A". Wood ill announcus tho fact that tbero ure two gund mies in operation in Pickens District, one at tho custom ontranco of Stump IIuuso Tunnel, on tho Rino Ridge Rail road, and tho otbor three miles oust of Pieken? Court House. Mr. W. .states .that be bas used tho powder from both these mills, and knows it ?to bo of good quality. PROCLAMATION pf LINCOLN SUITRBSSKD-It is stated from Washington that tho proclamation of martial law in thc District of. Columbia, and in Maryland, was suppressed, " from motives of policy," immediately aftor it was posted up. Tho proclamation divided Maryland into a num ber of military districts, which wore also to bc under military rule, and tho offence this gave is said to havo boon tho causo of thc suppression. 1 Tilt; SOUTHERN POSTS-The Now York Daily Xetci) soys it is tho opinion of tho ablest officers in tho Federal Army that the fortifications seized by tho Sontborn States cannot be rc taken ; that tho defences of the Belize aro im pregnable and that Fort Pulaski cannot bc ! reduced by nny Hoot or army tho United States can send against it. |. DESTRUCTIVE HuauiOANt, IN "T?NNr.?.w.s-On j Saturday ovening last, Dyor County, Tenn., was visited by ono of the most destructivo hur ricanes known in tho history of Tennessee. Tho burricano extended through tho entire 'County, from South to North, in some places fifteen miles in width-prostrating houses and .everything before it. Tho damage tu property ! is ?inmenso, anil ns far as ascertained live per I sens had bcon killed. It is almost impossible to-travol. from the blocking up of the roads by the fallen timber. CAN'T STAND A LONO WAR.--Tho Now York 7/ firo upon port Sumter, for the purposo of fboreby exci ting the public mind in the Northern States. Tho Qifitito'iojoiaes In the success of tho dovice, w hioli. in ?ts low cunning and inhumanity, Is ul- ! together worthy of thc "powers that bo" at j Washington. MACHINERY FROM IIARVKR'S Fenny- Must oft tbo.niocbinory from Harper^ Forry has arrived | in Richmond under tho charge of accomplished machinists, who will prooeod at once to put it ip working crdor ?n this pl?op. -With this ma chinery old Virginia Will bo oiinblod to turn pdt a? fino muskets and rifles us arty that are, to,l)Q bad ?ir lliis.country or K,iropo. , st>E.\D-The Abbeville pnpof;.! announce lhj> death of-Mr. .Ripien Thordon, an ?god and re I j^c?ted citizen of ti\at darlot, from (bo olfoots* ? .Of wllOppilig COligll^- ' ^ : ' / I ApM<'tTF.nT*-)fho followiiig ' gontl?iuoii havo ! boonadmitted and enrolled -.aif-Alter ueytt :n.fc' taw'for this States B, P, Barron, (j, M. CW %R, 0. O/?I^dorsoj,,. J. R,-Lugan, A. ?, to>: .> tty, % Shu?d.. . 'tiici-ijx^.^i':':'j'.;1...1 "r" '- v?1 u-'.'>!.?'>..'. PeoolugB and Clippitag? * RKI'OUT. - See tilt? Jtop'ort of tho Conimh?*ion? or? of Hoads of t|io ?Hi Iloginiont,S. 0. M.! on our fourth pago. Dani?nb'.-^Vlio. Spcvrtftnbnrg J&jjrtfl "nv*. that Jorry Ailbert wu? drow'pcd in Kooroo Uiv or, rit WolYord'e ?houls. on Hp? 7H? inlett. ' IIKTIRBD.-J. N. Otifdozo. Ksq.. of Charles ton, who has boon for nearly fifty yearn, honor ably and .usefully eonnootei? with tho press, of that ol ty,-lifts rotired from tho'editorial" depart ment of thb .* E?cntny News." * CATAI.?OUB-V>ro ha?e been flavored w.i.th tho catalogua ?>f the Col lim bm Fomalo C"llogo. Tho number of stud?nti? ts 188. Nov.. VmvMartin i.s President of this institu. .a, which is in iv flourishhig.condition;_ . ,' . GREAT WATBRFAix-Duripg Hid hito expedi tion of Dr. Livingston?? up tho, Zambesi, in Af rica, ho measured tho height and broadth.of Vic toria rall?, on that rivor. Tbeii^ height is 300 foot ? broadth, 2.000^_ CAPTwnB 7Mi'oh News. TUB.MORRILL TARI FJF-V HOW IT Wxm -Tho pritotical working of tho Morrill Ta now in toroa in tho United Stoi?s/is beginn to bc felt in tho Northern oities.- Tho wi facts aro not published, but occasionally get a few of them in such staunch jour ns tho New York Ni*, wt*. That paper rep tho arrival from foreign ports, botweon 1st and 8th of May, of sf vessel*. . Of th 21 uro from British po l^lli fi-otii Uri hromon utid Muliigu, A rfd rba?(|cpt l>ic .ottttb.r?WipX-ft.^oo?^io^bratl??.- ' .... - . VAjj'vh. x. ' ji ; \\ 1 ' '. 1 ". ' -'*i ' ?*l i ?*"'1 iVji' vrj>? ? i'C^ ? ? ' Telegraphic).News front all Quarters. PORTBMauTii, May O.*-Partie? from Pig's 1 Point, this morning) report that there were 'sixty desertions from the regular forco at Fpvt, I Mooroo lust night, in spile of the vigilance bf [ 'Abbe's servants., One of the esoaT^idesaOirnm that muoh ?dissntis'frfc'tio'u "exists in bojh brunolies of. tho servico-In the navy, bo enusothb mon oro converted into t|iieves; in 'the funks bf tho volunteers, on ?oW?nt of miserable connu issiiry hfrungemebt^, ?md tlio added fn?t that when they enlisted it Was ex clusively for tho dot'ciToe ot' tho Federal Cap itol and not for purposes of invnsioft. AI/KX^NURIA, May l?.T-The s?boon.er In dian wus scizod hero to-day by the-Pawnee und sent down, the Potomac,, without being .porntittod to la (id. . ~B? ' j /ri M?.H v., M ny . 18-. Boss \V i o a ns wos not li berated.unconditionally j ho was compell ed to give his.word of honor not to act openly or CoVcrtly against tho Administration; --Travoris opon n?w to all points'North west of Washington.'/ WASHINGTON, Moy 18.-rl'Jx-'Gov. Heeder, of (Cansas notoriety, has been appointed Bri gadior-Gencral of tho Irish Brigade tendered by Maj. Mulligan and accepted. .. ANNAPOLIS; May 17.-One huhdred men Of the-1 ?th New York Uegimont, with two pieces of artillery and three days rations, havo gone down the Buy to retake tbc.Suiith Point Light-ships/ ST. Louis. May 17.-'A detachment of volunteers surrounded tho. tuwn.of "Pbtosi, on tho Iron Mountain Railroad,, on Tuesdaydast, ' ju consequence of ii difficulty between the se cessionists und Unionists. Tbirteoii Union families had arrived at St. .Louis, who.had been driven IVotii t?ii*ir homes on tho Piieilio Railroad, General Price orders tho militia to organize iininodiately tb march under thc flag of Mi ssouri. . SV.VSIIINOTON, , May 18.- Tho diplomatie corps aro anxiously' waiting tho ' course of events. It is rumored that Frunce hus an agent traveling throughout thc South. Provisions and stores from thc West bound toBaltiinore are stopped, at. Harper's Ferry. Thc expenses of tho War ' Department aro enormous, and fears havo arrisen of raising sufficient menus. ... Gen. Hair, of .Massachusetts, a prominent actor at Annapolis and Baltimore, is dissatis fied. He had been promised a higheV rank and was disappointed. The troops arc 'be coming mutiniousj bad fare is ussigned us tho reason. The New York Seventh Regiment,.on Fri day night, hada mock , funeral-'over their junk. [Highly important !] Daniel 15. Sickles has been made a Major Gcncral. '. . v ' v - Tho New York Tribune is beconiing alarm ed, and says that Virginia is full of' troops, arin ed and crjuijiped. NKW You it, Muy 17.-Thc British steam ship Karnak, from Havana via Key West", ar rived hore to day. She reports the Yacht Wanderer iis having been taken by the Uni ted States Steamer St. Louis for the Federal Government. Tlie steamer W. H. Webb had arrived at Havana from New Orleans under tho Uuitcd States flag. , v" MONTUO.MKUY, May LS.-Arkansas was admitted otic: of thc Confederate States to day. Tho following delegates ave pf estent : ll. W. Johnson, ?. Rust, A. lt. Gnrlitlid and W. W. Watkins. H. F. Thoiunsson, another delegate, will bc hereto-morrow. CHICAGO, May 18.-Stephen A. Dpnglas is seriously ill . with'typhoid.fever, mid, il is feared, will not recover. RICHMOND, May 19.-Gen. Seott has ar rested in Washington a citizen nuino: Wood, ns a spy from the South. Many other arrests havo been made but it is dillioiilt to obtain reports. Thc Herald's Washington correspondents report that- tho European advices' indicate a marked abd in crelisijig proclivity in England and Franco towards tho interests and oauso of the South. If compelled to take sides, these powers will declare for tho South, on account .,of tho great interest involved in freo trude-and com mercial resources, and will, if possible, avoid nny division otherwise ns to tho mond or po litical issues pf tho American question. Lt is again asserted that France luis'confi dential agents'and observers in the. South, giving full information; political and ^com mercial, ?t is believed nbrpad also, that im portant privileges' will bo extended by treaty to thc commerce, shipping- arid man ii factures of tho "powers first recognizing tho Confeder ate ?States. . It is now piainly evident that Lincoln will endeavor to deni' with Missouri ns he hus donrt with unfortunate and, prostrate Mary land, establishing a military government in 'nil respects. - ' Tho release pf-Ross Wimms by Gen. C.nd walbider has created- great ind iguaUorV in Washington. ' . . ' BriOooY Fi OUT IN SAN A'UOUSTINK TUX-, AS.-A gb'ntl?pian of this city, says tho Now Orleans Crescent, has handed us the following \ account, sent t'O bini, of a t^riigedy which oc curred in Sun Augustine, oil the 27th ult r . John E. Love and Aloxnnder Chundy had a difficulty, mid on Saturday they met at thb ball alloy and renewed it'. Chundy fired at Love, abd they then called their friends. Love rccoived three shots, Chundy. soVoral, and th?y;>both were killed. Dipk Bullock,. Hort Wood? und-Sandy Horton' word nil badly wounded on. Love's side, iipd, DpU Chundy on the other sidfc. Jim. Wiitor'mnu received n mortui wound uo? oidentally. .Ho \vns not dead yesterday, bot it was supposed he would-dio. Aman who WaR trying-to stop thc. fight got a,bullet in. bis' leg. ' - : 1 There v/cro thirty shots fired, and th?.ma jority. Lnndoi7tand, rook' effect; Lovo And Chundy both fought*us long as. they . ppuld stiind,. mid both ; expired very soon, They nil ps?d their pistols and knives, I un derstand. : . ... . ; The, letter does not state thc .nature of "thc qpnrrol jvli'mh ended iii tfiis bloody .tragedy. Tiii?? diavo -had a ?> big' scare, " nt New York, itseems, Tho Satpr'dn'y papors^?Vlteh .'tim fallowing,' under tho hoad o. astound* ( lng developments,'^though sou-o pf,?l?cn^'4o'' bhiro they doi\vt belie ve jv word of it : ' ,' Of lato, 'Superintendent Kennedy, of tho Polioe DotipVtinoiit, has been tn ioepipf, pf lot: tera furbishing uifbrfnidjoo thut thafo was u ? during nttpntpt on dopt to destroy thisotfcl otb* oj' oUWsNoVth, mid by .an jis^opln,tic?h $t?pwn ns tho Knights bf 'tho" loddon Cir.ol?u> 'yes terday, Mr.' Kc ii n e'dy received, another letter .fr.Jin a party In tSt/ Louis, .sottliig^ .f?rth lho sj??infl f?ipt that had been.. previously forwarded to Ijiib, willoh Mi*. Korinody hns evpry robson to behove *iH"bo .?tt?nip^ ?li^?d, ft faVor? .?'6)a^irtunliy;off0V?:. ' ?t-BOdmi.tbjttt at .ino, timo i^reak wuti Tirado in th.o CfMott '?t|?ot}?oi/' tho city/w'tiB to bo