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? * " t \ 7' ' w- " :*j 4 r' * * i -* Jt .. . ? ?. ; . -f *> * J* * f * I lewis m. geist, proprietor. 1 An Independent Journal: For the Promotion of the Political, Social, Agricultural and Commercial Interests of the South. j?2 pee aestjk ie advaWe. 4VOL. 6. YORKYILLE, S. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, I860. HO. ^Sf wmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmammmmmmmmmmmmmmmm v (Paginal Ijodrn. ^Ir ^ For the YorkviJle Enquirer. WE LOVE OUR HOMES. BY MBS. LAURA GWIN. The banner of our land we love? The fire-eyed eagle strong and bold, That sits in glorious state above Our azure stripes and stars of gold ! But ere the rights we hold most dear, Shall under "swinish feet" be cast, The flag of goIdeD stars we'll tare And fling its fragments to the blast .' The memory of our gallant dead? The grand old patriot band who stood In Glory's van, and bravely shed In freedoms cause their dear life blood !? A common heritage we claim? We honor every moss-grown tomb ! But more than e'en this spocless fame, We love the altars of our Home! For Home our last life-drop we'll pour The Switzer on his mountain strong Ne'er loved his sun-kissed glaiers more Than we our land of flowers and song' Then let us draw our sabre bright For Home!?with loveandgladness lit!? Nor sheath it from the bale-fire's light, 'Til victory on its point shall sit! When neighing steeds to battle call A thought of Home will light each eye We will not view our altars fall? We dare not see our hearth-fires die! When the deep drum and bugle shrill Pour War's wild music on the air,? A thought of Home each heart will fill With strength to strike?and zeal to dare! Grern'ville, S. C., November 7th, 1860. CInDrills fag. southertTsecessionTNew York, October 30, I860. To the Republicans of New York Who are for the Republic: On the 6th of November, this great natioo, in her never-equalied majesty, utters the decree of her fate. Until the nomination of Mr. Fremont, four years since, the Presidential election, however excited, had never been diseased. The disease has intensified in virulence du-j riug the present canvass. We are now in the throes of dissolution. Union states-; men from the South have come North, risking position aod popularity at home, to J i awaken you to a sense of our common dan- | ger, and have returned, feeling that they 11 have made but little, if any, impression i| upon you. They have made their last ap-! ( peal. If you heed them not, they will noi, longer oppose the disunionists of the South. 11 Indeed, some of the Union speakers that j have been among us have gone home in i despair to take their part with the seceders. The patriots of the South have done their < duty. All now remains with the North. The practical question for your coDside- i ration is, whether the Cotton States can j secede without the consent of the Federal i Government. Few of your party are, 1 be-1 lieve, disunionists in theory; many of you i would not continue a line oi policy ioten-l| tionally driviog off the Cotton States, if in ! * ? 1 J - _ P L I tnc aoaouoninent 01 sucii poncy you surrendered nothing which you possessed, nor' compromised your honor. All that the | Union men of the South ask of you, is toi let the South alone. Why then drive her to desperate acts, making her feel her inde-' pendent power, and then retorting to her j just complaints, that this over-shadowing .^North will not be "bullied"'{ i. If the ultra sections of your party are; actuated only by humanitarian motives, why , not bravely begin the war on Cuba, where J neither constitutional pledges, nor hallow-j ed memories of patriotic ancestors forbid,' and where the condition of the Ethiopian I is so much below that of the "persons held | to service" in our country ? If with their j orator, Redpath, they are indifferent to the shedding of white blood, so that the negro is made his own master, why not begin! with the blood of the foreigner, and gallantly throw themselves under the guns of Moro Castle ? Why must our fellow-citizens' blood be poured out to appease the Congo fetich ? Moral responsibility is the only excuse given for this internecine cru- i sade, where not only not the slightest res- j ponsibility exists, but where the invaders! are actually under the most sacred compact | not to meddle. Mr. Lincoln, possibly, may not commit any aggressive act upon the South if he shall be elected. He may even disappoint his party, and form a conservative Cabinet, with such men as Wni, C. Rives atits head. But the Gulf States will have acted long before Mr. Lincoln's inauguration, and j they could not, ought not, to be influenced by the appointment of a more conservative class than the fair representative men of the successful party. The South looks to yonr military and militant Wide Awakes, to your banners, your speeches, your press, and your votes, and not to what Mr. Lincoln may say or do after his election. The South would feel no security in Mr. Lincoln's betrayal of his party were that probable. The only voice that can or ought to havt? weight with the South is the vote of the North. The Cotton States have in every conceivaKlo furin?hu fhpir f!nnpentioos. Lenisla , ^ . tures, Governors, and Congressmen, given us full and serious notice that they would regard the election of Lincoln sufficient cause for their withdrawal. I do not agree with tbem, nor do any of you, I suppose, j But our opinions are of no cjnsequeuce if! they have the power, and think themselves! sufficiently aggrieved to use the power.? 1 Any serious reflection must satisfy an un-| warped mind that we cannot restrain them I if they shall resolve to act. I mean to say! that we cannot use force with any possible! success. Amos Kendall's two hundred, thousand men?nay, million?could not) bring back the seceding States by force,! without leaving them valueless. Masterly inactivity will be their success- ii ful role. No need of a single soldier against c our million. They have but to set their o negroes to raising sufficient corn and hogs c for home consumption, and it will not be ji six months before we would be at the feet d of the South, offering through your Repub- f; lican President, Congress, and State Legislatures, more than she now asks, with the p humiliation of receiving scornful refusal, p This is taking our situation at its best pos- n sible, supposing that we will have all the h men and money we require?the entire North e unked, and Deleware, Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky, Missouri, California, and Ore- ii gon, cordially co-operating. But the North g is not united, nor will Virginia, Kentucky il and Missouri, with their tobacco, nor Cali- o foruta, with her annual hundred millions of o gold, co-operate in any forcible measures o This great metropolis, with its forty thou- t sand Anti-Republican majority, so far from o j:? ?:n 1 A ;uuiug, win ue wry imcijr iu ucuiaic v York a free city as the only way left to S maintain its commercial supremacy. c The conservative North has not yet con- v templated the ease with which this gigantic e republic can be disintegrated. Her sons kand daughters have been taught to look upon our constitutional CJniou as a struc- 11 ture almost superhuman in its origin, and ^ indestructible; and with this confidence goes v a religious veneration for it, and a solemn 0 belief in our inseparable solidarity as a ? people. From the aged revolutionary sire, 1 down to the youngest urchin that runs a barefoot after the flag of our Union?from a classic Faneuil Hall to abolitional Tammany 1 ?from Alma Mater where the speeches of;t: Clay, Webster, Calhoun, and Crittenden,! are the vestal fires at which our sopho- J mores and seniors kindle their declamation, {I down to the introductory public school, 0 the Northern popular mind is trained to s revere the Union. e I know that scarcely a Nothern man be-ia lieves that the Cotton States can secede J1' without Alary laud, Virginia. iveutucKy auu j Missouri. There can be no greater fallacy. n It would be decidedly the interest of the b Cotton States to have those States remain out of the Southern Confederacy. They j ^ want no rival interests within their limits, e requiring tariffs for protection, such as are s( now springing up in the Southern border C( Satets. All they need is a monopoly of the a Cotton plant, to euable them to dictate their 1( relations with the rest of the world; and b the border States will serve as a rampart a against Northern crusaders; for.heKepublicans will be glad to let them alone, when ^ tbey 2nd that their blind and stubborn adherence to party has resulted in driving jut the Gulf States. They will then rcjollect, and, I fear, not until then,'that the Cotton States were part of a Confederacy to ? whose integrity every State, district, county and ward were bound?every Executive *nd Legislator pledged by solemn oath to j V * I _ auppviv. p We talk flippantly about blockading the Cotton ports. Such a blockade might last i month or two, but what is that to a brave I people, who feel that they are outraged ?? 13 Aud however partial the English and French G Governments may now, for sinister purpo- w ses, seem to be to the Republican party. | neither Government could exist six months without forcing any blockade we might im- ^ pose. u The Cotton of our South has, for the last L, forty years, preserved us from European;^ aggression, aud enabled us to be the haugh-1 a, tiest and most defiant nation iu the world. je Cotton is next to bread, because it is the'0 only means by which many millions are fed;! ^ and a stoppage of supply for a few months p would cause revolution in most of our Northern States, and in every border State of f( Europe. j t| Th f.? ic an ifJnn in thti Yor^ tKof ^ .n v..^, v..?u .-..viv ; e will be a contest about the inauguration and , u the public buildings at Washington. I take j e it that there will be no contest about the | a inauguration, aud that the Southern Con-! federacy would not accept the public build-11. ings at Washington were we to offer to sur- ^ render them. Their interests in the Lin- S( coin inauguration will have ceased before c it shall have occurred, and they will have a no need of expensive buildings for their a simple Government. The Federal expen- w ses of the Cotton States would be very lit- j( tie. They would want no army, no navy, ? no Custom Houses, nor postoffices. Aju-i,, diciary aud an efficient police are all they ! s would require, and most of this would be!(; paid by the respective States, as at present, h Jbree goods and tree snips would be tneir ( basis, and on our side of the line only, would the tax gatherer be met. The unrestricted navigation of the Mississippi ^ would be conceded to the Northwest, aud it is improbable that tliry would long con-|f tinue to pay thirty per cent, taxes on im- s ports to the North Atlantic Confederacy, j t Should the North not allow this simple jf and peaceful mode of separation, but re-:s solve to use force to bring back the seceding j v States, you will admit that we would not, j t in this event, be successful, if the South ? could command the most money?that in- i dispensable engine of war. Our Federal ? Treasury is now empty, or will be on the v 4th of March, relying on daily supplies i from imposts, which will be reduced 50 per f cent, by the loss of our Southern exports, t Our Federal Treasury could not count on c more than $25,000,000 a year from imposts v after the South had left us. We would, r therefore, have at once to resort to income, t poll and every other sort of taxation, to t keep up our present expensive machinery 1 ?not to speak of the conduct of an often- i sive war. Oo the other hand, all the South would have to do, and being then less taxed c than they are to-day to sustain the present t Union, would be to reverse our system of c taxation by imposing an export duty of r twenty-five per cent, on their Cotton, tobac- p co and rice, and they would draw from ev- a ery portion of the world more gold than e they would want for a defensive war.? J Twenty-five percent, would give them more a than one hundred millions a year, and if t they wanted more money they might make j c t fifty per cent.; for the world, and espeially ourselves, would, nevertheless, be v bliged to buy their Cotton, rice and tobac- t o. The European nations would not ob- t ect to this mode of taxation, as their pro- r nets and manufactures would be admitted S ree of duty. a A Southern Confederacy is thus a very t racticable thing, and the ambitious Re- v iublican leaders will find the brilliant do- 1 ainion at which they grasp perish in their f iot breath, before their hands have touch- c d it. < The South has been driven by the North c nto a cold analysis of the worth of that a rand Union which had a halo of immortally about it, and they are on the very verge s f declaring, that, in the present condition t f the Northern mind, they are better out } f it. The brave and gallaut Douglas, af- t er having made an unprecedented canvass v f the Atlantic slope, and of the Lake and t lississppi valleys, has goue to the Gulf t Itates, risking everything, to assure the ex- 1 ited people of that section that the North, t riiatevcr the appearance may be, will in the t nd return to her Constitutional obligations, r >hall his words be sustained The Republic might still be saved intact, I f the North would at once look the danger r ul in the face. The dread view would ? rarn us and save us. It is true that much c f the evil that now throws its gloom ath- t ?art the country, is traceable to the crazy v ntcrmeddling of the wretched old man now 1 t the head of Government, but our cour- e geous and enlightened people should show c hemselves superior to any mal-Administra- c ion. a Shall future history say that this splendid a ear of 1860 was the culmination of a gi- f antic but shadowy glory ? Or, wise in r. ur own day, as our fathers were in theirs, s hall we again warmly grasp hands as in t very previous agitation, and move forward, ccelerating even our present progres as, of j housand men a day, a hundred miles a ear ? We have been so prosperous, with othin<r to let or hinder us?with such no- p le sympathies in the hour of calamity, in lie day of war, and victory, and peace !? t Vc have felt ourselves every man a soverreign, when we trod Europe's old. stifled, :ruggling soil; an American has been re 9 ogoized as carrying in his individual sphere n epitome of his glorious country. And o ; is all gone ? Has it passed away? The r est and purest patriots South believe it? t nd he is a madman that does not fear it. i To create the Union was God like?to v estroy it is Devilish. 1 Your fellow-citizen, a GEORGE N. SANDERS. t From the Charleston Mercury, 8th Instant. DESIGNATION OP FEDERAL OF- t FICERS. |t At the opening of the District Court on It Wednesday, His Honor Judge MagrathU residing, after announcing decrees, asked j! there were any motions to be made or orers to be taken by the gentlemen of the t to T-T Annr fKon nelrar] J ? tko Q ?ai piCOCUb. MIO lliUll uoa^u II l/llt V rand Jury had any presentment to make, 1 hereupon R. X. Gourdin, Esq , Foreman, lid: c May it phase your Honor:?ft is under- t :ood to be oue of the functions of the r [rand Jury to make presentments of nui ^ inces, and to suggest to the Court and to ; le country such reforms in law, or in its a dministration, as may to them setui prop- j r. These presentments are predicated up ^ n the stability of the Government, and are v esigned to promote its gradual and steady j rogress to the highest civilization. Hence t ; was the purpose of this Jury to lay be- t >re the Court some matters suggested by ] be indictments submitted to them ; but the ^ vents of yesterday seem to render this un- ^ ecessary now. The verdict of the North- , rn section of the Confederacy, solemnly ^ uuounced to the country through the baljt-box on yesterday, has .swept away the ist hope for the permanence?for the staility of the Federal Government of these uvereign States; and the public mind is it onstrained to lift itself above the consider- |t tion of detailsin the administration of Law j { nd Justice, up to the vast and solemn issues j i rhich have been forced upon us. These 1 ;sucs involve the existence of the Govern- i lent of which this Court is the organ and ( sinister. In these extraordinary circum- 1 tances, the Grand Jury respectfully de- 1 line to proceed with their presentments.? i ?hey deem this explanation duo to the j zourt and to themselves. t Thereupon His Honor addressed the 1 I rand Jury as follows: . The business of the Term has been dis- i c 4 _ .1 J: ioscu or. .anu, unuer ormnary circura- | tances, it would be my duty to dismiss you o your several vocations, with my thanks ] or your presence and aid. But now 1 have j omething more to do, the omission of vhich would not be consistent with proprie- < y. In the political history of the United states an event has happened of ominous mport to fifteen slaveholding States. The . State of which we are citizens has been al- ] rays understood to have deliberately fixed ] ts purpose, whenever that event should ( lappen. Feeling an assurance of what will , >e the action of the State, I cousider it my t luty, without delay, to prepare to obey its s vishes. That preparation is made by the ^ esignation of the office I have held. For c he last time I have, as a Judge of the Uuied States, administered the laws of the ( Jnited States within thelimitsof the State if South Carolina. While thus acting in obedience to a sense i if duty, I cannot be indifferent to the euro- t ions it must produce. The Department of! c if Government which, I believe, has best js uaintained its integrity and preserved its ? mrity, bus been suspended. So far as lit uu concerned, the Temple of Justice, rais-! t id under the Constitution of the United ;t States, is now closed. If it shall be never1 s igain opened, I thank God that its doors f lave been closed before its altar has been, c lesecrated with sacrifices to tyranny. j c May I not say to you, that iq the future 1 rhich we are about to penetrate, next to ? he reliance we should place iu the good- < less of that God, who will guide us in the ight way, should be, our confidence in our State, and our obedience to its laws. We ire about to severour relations with others, ' >ecause they have broken their covenant 1 pith us. Let us not break the covenant we ' mve made with each other. Let us not orget that what the laws of our State re- ' Iuire, become our duties. Aod that he ' pho acts against the wish, or without the 1 lommand of his State, usurps that sovereign ( iuthority which we must maintain inviolate. 1 To you, gentlemen of the jury, I may 1 peak as the representative of the juries 1 pith whom I have been connected; and to ' ?ou I now give expression to that convic- c ion I have always had, of the fidelity with r phich the responsible duties of jurors have I icen here discharged To my brethren of ? he Bar, whose uniform courtesy and aid v lave made my official intercourse and duties a he sources of pleasure and instruction, I ? ender the assurances of kind and grateful ecollection. To the officers of this Court, with whom have been so long and pleasantly coniccted; to the Attorney of the United States for this State, whose ability and filelity in the discharge of his duties merit he highest commendation ; to the Marshal, vhose zeal has ever kept pace with the obigations of his office ; to the Clerk, whose ixperience has ever been generously exerlised in the business of the Court; to all ither officers, who have invariably been exict in all they were required to do; with ill of whom my official relations have been >roductive of the highest gratification; I iow tender, as the last official act which I hall here discharge, my kindest wishes for heir happiness and prospertiy. At the conclusion of these remarks, His lonor laid aside his gown and retired. A committee of the Bar having been aplointed to wait upon the Judge, Mr. Wil* :inson, as Chairman, requested His Honor o resume his seat for a few moments. Mr. fames Conner, District, Attorney, rose and ; aid : I May it please your Honor : The officers ( f the Court, io parting with you, desire 5 oe to express to you their deep sense of 1 he kindness and courtesy which has so ^ iniformly characterized your intercourse ( pith them, and to return to you their thanks * rhe feelings which prompt your retirement, ' .re shared by them. To some of them [ here are considerations of overruling im- 1 lortaoce, the force and propriety of which io one can dispute, which must prevent 5 heir action at present. No such considers' 1 ions affect myself, and I have now to an- ( lonuce to your Honor my retirement from he official position which I have occupied : n the Court during your Honor's admin- ' stration. My position has been one in- ' solving much labor, and, at some periods, 1 io inconsiderable responsibility. I have 'ndcavorec. fully to discharge its duties to 1 he best of my ability. For all that has ieen done I have neither apology to make 1 lor explanation to offer. The record is dear and speaks for itself. What the fu- ' ure will bring forth, none can tell. The ' easons which have governed me in the 1 jrcsent step, are satisfactory to my own 1 udgement. It is neither necessary nor 1 ppropriato further to allude to them withn the walls of a Court of Justice. To rour Honor I atn indebted for a confidence vhich has lightened my labors, and for nndness which has rendered agreeable even ! he most arduous duties. For myself and ' he officers of the Court whose organ I am, 1 ! beg leave to tender to you our warmest vishes for your success, and that your fu- J ure may be as fruitful of honor to yourself, md useful to the State, as has been your ' east judicial career. <? ?. Letter from John Laurens, Esq To the Editor of the Charleston Mercury : i ["he crisis in our affairs requiring a public ixpression from all holding Government i T deem it. due to mvself to state mv josition. lean perceive nothing which equires officers of the customs to retire 'rom office at the present time ; on the con- i ,rary, every consideration of the duty we )we to the community, renders it obligato- ' y upon them to defer their action. Their etention of office is in aid of the commu- i lity. Their resignment would practically i mspetid all commerce, and be equivalent to I v blockade, as nothing could enter or leave ;he port. I shall await the action of the State, and i n any event, shall stand or fall with her. < Not being a leader in her councils, I await < :he call of those who are, and am rendy at i i moment i;o obey. Until that call be made, I [ see ueither wisdom nor patriotism in any ( ndividual action on my part. ' JOHN LAURENS, Naval Officer. < Charleston, S. C., November 7, f&60. < mi ? Resignation of Hon. W. F. Colcock. i ? To the Editor of the Charleston Mercuru : \ ? ? J _ ,/ Dear Sir : The inquiry has been frequently made of me, "What will you do if Lin;oln is elected ?" My reply has been, I vill answer when the time comes. The ime has come, and I now say, I will not ;erve under the enemy of my country, and whether South Carolina secedes, concedes >r submits, I will resign my office. WM. F. COLCOCK, collector of the Port of Charleston, S. C. Exciting Times in Savannah.?Savannah, November 6 There is intense :xcitement here. Large crowds havegatbsred in the streets. The pervading spirit imong the masses is resistance to Lincoln's idministral.ion, and everywhere that de- ermination is manifest. A meeting of t he citizens has been called for to-morrow c light, and the call has nearly one hundred s iignature9. A large crowd, assembled in f ront of the Ncxcs office, gave three hearty sheers for Judge Magrath on the reception 1 if the intelligence that he had resigned t lis office. Savannah is all right for secea- w lion.?Special Dispatch to the Charleston tc Courier. tl ^ s{ ME. BOYCE'S SPEECH. t\ We annex the remarks submitted by << VIr. Boyce, in responce to the call made lpon him by the citizens who serenaded lim Tuesday night at Columbia : Mr. Boy ce said : I thank you for this ti nanifestation of kindness, and attribute it ot ,0 the deep interest which you take in the fa present condition of affairs; indeed, the si :ondition of our country is suoh as demands C i . : 1?o. 'lie euiuuau uuuaiueiauiuu ui cvuij iu*ci ui lis 'country. Id all human probability, as he nominee of the Black Republican par- w y is dow, at this moment, elected President ci if the Uuited States. From this fact a- tl: ises the greatest question which we, the 9C jeople of South Carolina, cau possibly be cc sailed upon to decide?one which I hope gi ve will consider and determine among our- a< ielves in a spirit of fraternal kindness, with illowances for the opinions of all, whatever ft hose opinions may be. In my opinion, m he South cannot submit to the election of o! [uncoil, because he is the nominee of a cl lectiooal party?a party confined altogeth- " sr to the Northern States It was not into C mch a union our ancestors entered. It vas not a Union of one section, dominant iver another, that Washington, Madison, ^ Rutledge and other great men entered ; and f there is no other objection, this alone vould be sufficient. Why continue in a 11 [Jnion where we are to be subject to anoth- e: jr section ? This is not the only objection Cl ,o this party. Besides beiDg sectional, it s a party filled with animosity to the South ; lt t is a party which bates us, which would 9' ielight in our ruin?a party which would a: ejoice to see the torch applied to our dweling. To such a party, why should we sub 15 nit? If we submit to this, we will sub- a nit to even greater evils. It is a party founded upon a system destructive to our whole sooial fabric, and which would re- 1J luce the beautiful South to a howling wil- P lerness. Can we submit to such a party? c tn my opinion, we should not. You ask ^ aie if that party hates us ? I tell you, yes. a For proof of this, refer to their societies j a 100k to their press and their public speak- 11 3rs; look to their sympathy, expressed not C inly by mobs, but by representative bodies n n their courts. As evidence of this, John ^ Brown bells toll with all the pomp and cir- a jumstances of pageantry as if a great mar- *1 ;yr bad suffered. When we remember 11 what Brown intended, we understand their iympathy towards us. The question, then, ;9, what are we to do ? I" In my opinion, the South ought not to * - Ti? . 1 . c suDoit. ir you intena 10 resist, tne way ? ;o resist in earnest, is to act. The way to 0 jreate revolution, is to start it yourselves. D [ think the only policy for us is, as soon P is we receive authentic intelligence of the 1 election of Lincoln, for South Carolina, in 1 the quickest manner, and by the most di- v rect meaDS, to withdraw from this UnioD. S rhen we will submit to ten millions of d Southern men whether they will take sides ^ with us. They cannot take sides with our ^ enemies, they must take sides with us.? C When an ancient philosopher wished to in 9 eugurate a great revolution, his motto was a [<to dare, to dare, to dare." My advice then is as our best policy to dare, to dare, a' to dare. To submit to the election of Lin- A eoln, is to consent to a lingering death.? b For my part, I will never consent to that. u The "Irrepressible Conflict" in g n Tit Ti ^ NEW IORK?C5HOUK.1NU IUUKJJCK.?HIS u jtated that intense excitement prevails d throughout Orange County, New York, in e coosequence of the heartless and deliberate o mnrderof Phineas T. Wood, Esq., a high- d |y respectable resident of Goshen, by a fi black demon in human form, on Saturday v evening week, for no other reason than the t; unfortunate man was a Union or fusion r man, and, therefore, opposed to the hypo- v critical Republican pretence of negro a equality. The New York Express says: ti A Union meeting was held in the town li on Thursday evening, and after the ad- 1 journment, most of the people having gone home, a gang of black ruffians, some fourteen or fifteen in number, made a furious ^ attack upon a handful who remained in the a public house where the meeting was held, h The negroes being all stalwart, ferocious o fellows, out-numbering the whites, sue- q ceeded in dispersing the latter, leaving c their marks on them in many a wound? o the negroes remaing masters of the field.? J The news of the outrage spreading, the o white men returned with fresh recruits, 6 and administered to the negroes a severe t chastisement, after which every thing was d quiet. This took place on Thursday even- o ing. On Friday, one of the negroes, thirs- c tiDg for revenge, paraded the streets of " Gloshen, with a rifle in his hand, saying he sl 1(wa9 goiDg to shoot a d?d white Democrat," and bawling out that "every Democrat ought to have his throat cut." Peo- P pie thought he was not in earnest, and did d not mind his threats. The negro then, b tvith his gun loaded to the muzzle, proceed- tl cd to his home, about three miles out of a :he village. At tins time Air. wood nap- p sened to be coining aloDg on his way to " joshen, seeing whom, the negro came out, F ind deliberately leveled his gun at him.? P The gun missed fire, whereupon some words tc massed between Mr. Wood and his assail- h int, after which the latter, unheeding the S emonstrances of the unhappy man, repri- d ;d his gun, and shot Mr. Wood dead on 'i ,he spot, the ball taking effect in the back e' if his head. The miscreant was subsejuently arrested by the authorities, and '2 :onveyed to prison. ? ?? ? m Flao for the Southern Republic. ?One of our most wealthy and influential nerchants, who has given the subject much fo ionsideration, suggests the following as a lu luitable and appropriate national banner hi or the Southern Confederacy: ct The ground entirely blue, with a golden G Palmetto in the centre; a golden rattlesnake cc wining round the stem of the palmetto, li ith its rattle sprang, head erect, and rngae protraded. Ia the backgrouud, to le rear of the tree and stake, a golden )read eagle, and a single golden star in le upper right corner, with the words Room for More" on the opposite.?Charston Mercury, 8th instant. The State Riohts Flag Thrown to he Breeze?During yesterday morning lr citizens thronged the business thoroughres, expressing their determination to rest Lincoln's eleotion at all hazards.? rowds flocked around the Mercury offlice, Dparently the priocipal rendezvous, and i the resignations of the Federal officers ere put upon the bulletin board the extement was intense; people began to link, in earnest, that "the South would ion govern the South," and the bright )untenances of all classes of our citizens ive assurance of harmony in their future 'lions. The most exciting incident was the unirling of the State Flag of South Carolia, from an upper window of the Mercury EBce, which was greeted with vociferous beers, proclaiming, in trumpet tones, that the colors were to be nailed to the mast." Charleston Mercury, 8th instant. Warnings to the North.?The New ork Herald of Monday, the day before le election, has quite a number of articles d communications from the South, warnlg the people of the North that the Southrn States would act in the event of Linoln's election. Notwithstanding all these ley have recklessly disregarded them, and , remaius but for the South to show that be was in earnest. The Herald, in one rticle, says: In South Carolina the Legislature, whicly i to meet to-morrow, will, perhaps, within few days, prove to the most incredulous lot that State is in earnest in her protesitions of resistance to an abolition admin itration. AiaDamaand Mississippi, under rovisions of law, will each hold a State onvention should Lincoln be elected, to ecide for their people between submission nd secession. From Georgia our advices, Imost without interruption, run in favor of umediate and active co-operation with S larolina. These indicated States, once in lotion, will necessarily draw into the league 'lorida, Louisiana, Arkansas and Texas, nd the league thus constituted will be uite sufficient for the permanent dissolu ion of this Union, peace or war. The Anti-Slavery Press.?When we ook over the North, and especially when re notice the press of this city, we are ometimes astounded that all the people do ot vote the Black Republican ticket to a aan. There are in this city eleven daily apers published in the English language; wo in the (ierman, and one in the rrench. 'he Courier and Enquirer Commercial Adertiser, Post, Times, Tribune, World and !un and Abend Zeitung are openly and istinctlv abolition, or ami-slavery. The lerald, Express, Journal of Commerce, Jews, the Staats .Zeitung aod the French Jourier may be set down as tacitly antilavery?that is, we understand that they dmit that negro "slavery," as it exists at he South, is absolutely wrong, while they eek to repel attacks upon it, holding that, ar the present at least, nothing better can e done with the negroes. This is, as we nderstand, the present attitude of all these Duroak If we are wrong, we shall be lad to be corrected. For tbe purpose of ur preseut argument, theu, it may be set own that every newspaper in New York, xcepting only this journal, either directly r indirectly admits that the fundamental octrine upon which Southern society is ounded?viz: the abstract right of the rhite race to hold the negro race in subjecion?is wrong. We only hold that it is ight. We set up no claim on this point, le suppose, which will not be cheerfully ccorded us. In fact no one seems anxious o enjoy what is regarded as the unpopuirity of our position.?New York Day 3ook. 4??M The News of Lincoln's Election.? Testerday, November the 7th, will loDg be memorable day in Charleston. The tea as been thrown overboard?the revolution f 1860 has been initiated. Intense though uief ezc'tement prevails throughout the ommunity. The Government officials, as ur columns will show, have resigned.? i'rom early evening on Tuesday, until two 'clock the next morning, the Mercury ofce was crowded with anxious expectants of he news from New York. All day yesteray our bulletin board was surrounded and ur office filled with a continually flowing rowd. At twelve o'clock was unfurled rom our windows and stretched across the treet a red flag, with the Palmetto and be Lone Star. A shout from below, and svice three hearty cheers, greeted its apearance. The Association of 1860 immeiaiely assembled, and arrangements have non mode for n nnhlip meeting, to pndorflp ie action of the Legislature in the call of State Convention, to assemble as soon as racticable. The feelings on all battels is >r prompt separate State action. The 'ederal officers who have resigned their laces, are expected to address the meeting ) assemble as soon as the Legislature shall ave acted. Charleston is not behind the tate, and will play her part in the grand rama now before us, as becomes her intelgcnce, her stake and her civilization. On very lip is the stern Cry {:vive la liberta I" The city of Charleston looks to its legis,ture, as far as lies in their power, to see lat the commonwealth receives no detrilent.?Mercury 8tk. Excitement at Columbus, Ga.? Coimbus, Ga., November8.?Noon.?Asaite of one hundred guns is now firing, in cnor of the resignation of the Federal offi:rs of South Carolina, and in honor of ov. Gist's message to the Legislature, re>mmending the secession of South Corona.?Mercury. The Governor of Georoia Recom mends a Convention.?A letter was re- n ceived, yesterday, by Gov. Gist, from Gov. C Brown, of Georgia, stating that he had ad- I ded a clause to his message, recommending the immediate call of a State Convention, a We hope the citizens of Georgia may move n promptly, and sever a connection which trammels not only their property, but that a of every other Southern State. Let public spirited men rise to its consideration, as a t great matter of public policy. There is no reason why the New Egland States and i some others should be any more prosperous ? and flourishing than the Canadian provinces, and they would not be any in advance t of them but, for the long and systematic 1 operations of the Federal Government, through which capital, and with it popula- v tion and power, have been accumulated t there. The longer the Union lasts, the o stronger and more hostile do our enemies I Become, we Dope toe leading men 01 Georgia and the other Southern States, ir- 1 respective of old Federal parties, will now 1 think, speak, write, and act for the interest, safety, and independence of the South. ?South Carolinian, 9th inst. FROM GEORGIA. Savannah, November 8, 11 p. m.? Our citizens to-night, in response to a call in the morning papers, held one of the largest meetings ever assembled in this city. On motion, Capt. John M. Anderson wap called to the chair, and Mr. C. H. Way | was called upon to act as Secretary. , The following resolutions were moved by Capt. F. S. Barton, and seconded by Col. Henry R. Jackson, and supported in an eloquent and patriotic speech by John W. ] Law, one of the Bell Electors for the State i at large: I Resolved, That we, the citizens of Chat- t ham County, do hereby ignore all past par- I ty names and issues, and do cordially unite i on the following Resolutions : t 1. Resolved. That the election of Lincoln t and Hamlin, to the Presidency and Vice t Presidency of the United States, ought not, < and will not, be submitted to. < 2. Resolved. That we request the Leg i islaiure to announce this opinion by resolution at the earliest practicable moment, and to communicate to our Senators and Representatives in Congress, and co-operate with the Governor in calling a Convention 1 of the people to determine on the mode and < measure of redress. 3. Resolved, That we respectfully recommend the Legislature to take into immediate consideration the passage of such laws as will be likely to alleviate any unu-. sual embarrassment of the commercial interests of the State, consequent upon the present political emergency. 4. Resolved, That we respectfully suggest to the Legislature to take immediate steps to arm the forces of the State. 5. Resolved, That copies of the foregoing resolutions be sent without delay to our Senators and Representatives in the General Assembly of the State, who are hereby requested to lay them before the houses of which they are respectively members. The Colonial flag of the State of Georgia was raised this afternoon on Green's, Johnson's and Monument Squares, in the presence of immense multitudes, who were addressed by severaj prominent speakers. Great excitement prevails here. Capt. Barton, Col. Jackson, Mayor Jones and others, are dow addressing an immense crowd at Johnson's Square.? Charleston Mercury. Subdue the Slaveholders !?This was the old Abolition, as it is now the Republican cry. The State Journal, yesterday morning, in an article rousing the Republicans to the polls on Tuesday next, speaks of "the miserable and insolent band of slaveholders," who "must be subdued, not because they are slaveholders, but because they form a despotism intolerable to every section"?a band of "three hundred thousand petty tyrants." It is because these slaveholders must be onhftnoft that, the votes of Northern men : are claimed for Lincoln. This is the argument of the Republican organ in Ohio, while such men as Tom Corwin are making overtures to the slaveholders, and assuring them that Lincoln will enforce the fugitive slave law, admit more slave States, and in all things administer the Government so as to secure all that the aforesaid "petty tyrants" claim as their constitutional rights. But the Journal shouts?Elect Lincoln and subdue the slaveholders ! In this it shows the dominant spirit of the sectional Republican party, under the lead of Gid dings, Chase, Seward, Greeley & Co. 0 pen and undisguised war is declared against slaveholders as a class, for their subjection or extermination.?Aew York Day Book, 2nd inst. France and the South.?The New York Courier des Etats Unis of Thursday, 1 has an article on "The South and France," ' from which the following is translated : < If our information is correct, overtures ? have really been made to the government of 1 France, to learn if, under certain circum- 1 stances, she would consent to take under t her protection the commercial neutrality of ? some point on the Southern coast of the ? United States. The answer has been that ? questions of the kind cannot be solved ex- * cept in view of accomplished facts, owing to ? the entirely different aspect that they may ? wear according to circumstances. ? To Hon. Alfred Huqer.?Sir : In I view of the announcement which has been g made this morning, of the resignation of ^ many Federal officers, we desire to express v our opinion, that the interests of our State and community would be jeopardized by the resignation of the Postmaster here.? a We, therefore, request tbat you should not c resign until .'.he State assumes, in her sovereign capacity, the management of her postal arrangements.? Charleston Mercury, f *** fi Election Returns.?The indications iow are that Breckinridge has carried every Southern State excepting Missouri and Kentucky. Mississippi.?The returns from Missisippi indicate Breckinridge gains. The aajority will be heavy. No returns have been received fromTex3 or Arkansas. Sgs.Louisiana.?Breckinridge's plurality in v his State will be about three thousand!^ Alabama.?The returns so far received ndicate that Breckinridge will carry this State by a large plurality. Florida?Returns from Florida indicate hat the State will go for Breokinridge.? [*he majority claimed is four thousand. Cienrmn. Th? elpntinn r a trims nnmn in ery slow. The impression is, viewing reams comparatively, that Breckinridge will ibtain a small majority over Bell and )ouglas. .? ' s4r Maryland.?Private advices from Maryand say that she will link her destiny with ler Southern sister States. United States Assistant Treasurer. ?B. C. Pressley, Esq., United States Assistant Treasurer, who has been absent from ;he city, returned yesterday in the Savannah train. We are reliably informed that lie now repeats bis previous declarations, sot to hold office under Lincoln, under any jircumstances whatever. His official trust svill be resigned so soon as the sam$ can bS1 lone with due respect and regard for the present excellent Chief Magisttate,by whose appointment be holds office. Charleston Mercury$ j* naii * Southeun Confedebacy.?Charleston, November 9 ?The representative of one of :he Imperial powers of Eorope, in view of . ;he nro8Dective separation of one or more he Southern States from the present Con-flfe* 'ederacy, has made such propositions in air ranee for the establishment of those rela10ns between it and the Government about ;o be established in this State, as will inrnre a future supply of cotton for that powjr, which their growing wants for that artijle in the future will require. This infer- Tjf nation is perfectly authentic.?Columbia Carolinian. Support to South Carolina.?The following is another indication tb%t the eyes of the South are uow upon Sooth Carolioa, and that she is to be the Sardinia of this political movement. It waaadcbefeed to Geo. Simons, Speaker of the Honse' : Washington, Nov. 7.?The Washington National Volunteers proffer their services to South Carolina, iu case ot her with-. .,. drawal from the Union. Sojatjiera* men here are with South' Carolina,-^SotUk Carolinian, 9<A instant. From Tennessee.?The following,.despatch from Tennessee was received it a late hour last night, addressed to our editor and proprietor, Col. R. B. Rhett, jr. We immediately forwarded it to him for a reply.? The despatch is from a prominent gentleman : Knoxville, November 8.?Will Sooth '? Carolina accept volunteer companies from Tennessee. Reply instantly.? Charl&ion Mercury. ' . ?m~ The Disunion Feeling in Alabama. ?A citizen of Barbour County/ Alabama, a writes: "Our people are becoming mote excited every day. The most prominent Bell men are for disunion in the efent of Lincoln's election. The oountry is waking up, and as tfte crisis approacnea, tney are oiore determined. Justice and right are ou our side. God is with us, and I believe all will be well. -7C-? ^ States Gone for. Lincoln.?Waeh- ; * ington, November 7, ai m.?Despatches received here clearly indicate that Lincoln has carried Pennsylvania, New Yorfc, Illinois, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New * Hampshire, Ohio, Rhode Island, Vermont, Indiana, Maine, Michigan?making 158 electoral votes, and six more than is* necessary to elect him. The Legal Profession at Columbia. .** s ? Columbia, November 8.?There .was a full meetiog of the lawyers of this* city today, at which it was determined to return ^ ^ forthwith all Northern claims sent here for collection.?Charleston Mercury. . Fireat Williamson;? Heavy Loss. ?We regret to learn that, on yesterday morning, about 2 o'clock, a fire appeared in the third story of the west wiog of tlrtr William8ton Hotel. It progressed with'' such rapidity and had advanced-so far, tha$ ^ no human aid could have arrested it. The entire hotel?a large three story building ?and several adjoining buildings on the premises were consumed, together with the s i c - m n entire contents 01 tne lurnuure. i ne names were communicated to the store of Mr. B. F. Maulden, which, together witE'a portion af his goods, was destroyed. The following buildings below the hotel were destroyed : an unoccupied store, owned by Mr. James Smith; the Central House, together with the furniture, owned and occupied by El. R. Hudgins, valued at $10,000, no inlurance; another store, occupied by Pickle ind Richardson, loss $6,000, no insurmce; also, the residence of Mr. Rikle, ind a dwelling, owned by James Smith, lpon none of which was there any insurmce. The hotel and furniture were valued it $60,000, upon which there is an insurince of 36,500, all in Northern insurance iompanies. The loss of Mr. Maulden in tore and goods is estimated at 910,000; 56,000 insured and 91,000 in goods saved. Pbere seems to be no doubt that it was the fork of an incendiary.? Carolinian, 8th. The Governors of New York, Ohio >nd Indiana, have each selected the 29th if November as Thanksging Day. A printer never ought to back out rom an "an affair of honor," because he is ikilled in the use of shooting sticks.