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NEWS FBOM ALABAMA. Montgomery, November Ala., 10?1( p. m.?An overwhelming resistance meet ing is now going on at Estell Hall. Chas T. Pollard, Esq., President of the Wes Point Railroad, on taking the Chair, mad< a most forcible and telling resistance speech wbioh was most enthusiastically received Governor Moore was called to the stand He stated publicly that he would summor a Convention of the people, to meet in thir ty days. Our people here, and in Selma, are unani mous for resistance. 11 p. m.?The mass meeting at Estel Hall, is still in session. Speeches wen made by T. H. "Watt, E. W. Pettus, ant Hon. George Goldthwaith, all of whon spoke in favor of separate State aotion.? The speeches were all received with th< ? n .u* !a j. greatest entnusiasm. mr. uoiaiwaitu umu< a most powerful and eloquent speech, ai indeed did all the orators. Mr. Yancey has risen to the stand, aftei a cheer that shook the building. Judge Rice's resolutions, recommending f separate State action without delay, will be adopted unanimously. All party Hues are obliterated. All arc now unanimous. Never before was there suoh a meeting in Montgomery. Tee Latest.?Nothing was ever seer here to equal the enthusiasm of the resis tance meeting held here last night. The speeches of Gov. Moore, Judge Pettus. Judge Clanton, Col. Yancey, and Messrs. Goldthwaith and Rice, were received with tremendous cheering. The Bell electors, including Mr. Dawson, of Dallas County, are unanimous for secession. The resolutions adopted affirm the principle of separate State action, but express a willingness to copsult with the other Southern States. The people are a unit for secession, and Alabama will certainly dissolve her connec" tion with the Federal Government. A Voice from Virginia.?We copj the following from the Richmond Enquirer. It is gratifying to hear these sounds of encouragement. We assure our cotemporarj that South Carolina is going to act for herself, "and act, too, with prompt decision." South Carolina knows that the entire Republican party, even its moderate wing, aton<?a r>loHopH in naff all their nower to cir t. R I cumscribe slavery and pat it in a fair waj for extinction.? Carolinian. "It will be altogether unwise for tbe South to trust either to the presumed moderation of Abraham Lincoln, or to the presumption * of his "infidelity to his own party." We must stare the truth full in the face. The idea of submission to Black Republican rule, under any pretext, is as dangerous as it is degrading. The only question to be - decided at this moment, is that which concerns the most effectual mode of repellinp aggression. For this purpose, we should We a Convention of the State of Virginia assembled as soon as possible. We would also advise our sister States of the South not to await the action of Virginia or aDj other allj. Let each State act now for herself," and act, too, with prompt decision.? The path of safety, for the preservation ol the Constitution and the Union, is now the path of bold, unyielding refusal to submit to the invasion of Southern rights." Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi ' Moving.?A despatch was received here yesterday, by Mr. R. B. Rhett, jr., from Mr.. Barksdale, the editor of the Jackson Missmippian, stating that Gov. Pettus had issued his proclamation for the convening of the Legislature. A Convention will immediately be called by it. Gov. Moore, of Alabama, will call the Convention about the same time that the South Carolina Convention will meet. A despatch to the Charleston Mercury gives a cheering account of the meeting held recently in Montgomery. A reliable dispatch states aho that the Georgia Legislature will summon a Convention.? Carolinian, \Zth inst. Lincoln's Cabinet.?The New York Tribune has a dispatch from Springfield, Illinois, stating that the home organ of Mr. Liocoln in that place had announced, on the authority of Lincoln's friends, the following as the Cabinet of the Administration. Of course, under such auspicies, the announcement must be official: Secretary of State, William II. Seward ; Secretary of the Treasury, John Sherman : Secretary ol War, F. P. Blair, Jr; Secretary of the Navy, Henry Winter Davis; Secretary oi the Interior, John Hickman ; Postmastei General, Emerson Etheridge: Attorney General, S. T. Logan. The Unanimity in the Georgia Senate.?We clip the following from the Milledgeville correspondent of the Augusta Evening Dispatch : "A motion was made in the Senate to-day, to bring on the elec tion of a United States Senator. It was voted down without a dissenting voice.? This is a significant indication of the gen eral conviction that we must do something before we prepare to continue our relatioui with the Lincoln Government." "It Ends the Federative System.' ?"We feel at liberty to state now, public ly," says the Montgomery Mail, "a remarl made to us on the day of the Lexingtoi \Tr PlMrtVinMrlrfU in TnnltT ti opocuu yy mi. i/ivuaiuuu^j iu u< our remark that South Carolina would cer tainly secede on the election of Lincoln.? 'That/ said he, 'or the secession of an other State, ends our federative system.? All the delegated powers revert. Th power to coerce resides nowhere." ' Volunteers from Savannah.?Th Newman Guards have partictically tender ed their services to Sou.h Carolina. Another.?The Greenville Guards, c Tennessee, have tendered their company t our State authorities. And Still Another.?An officer i New York offers his services; and pledge a regiment of twelve hundred men toSout Carolina.?South Carol in ian. The Harper's Periodicals Prc scribed.?We learn that on yesterday a the book houses in this city, who have here tofore sold Harper's Weekly and Monthl publications, closed their accounts with th publishers and returned the copies on hand The last number of the Weekly opened wit a biographical sketch and full length por trait of Abe Lincoln, the illustrious rail splitter.?Savannah News, 10th insi The Hon. Edmund Ruffin a Minut: Man.?The Hon. Edmund Ruffin, of Vir ginia, before entering our Legislative Hall on Thursday last, stopped on his way thith er and was enrolled as a "Minute Man' and immediately mustered the blue cock ade.?Carolinian. Secession in North Carolina? a ) Raleigh, November 7.?The Governor f< - and Council are in session. The news war- 8i . rants the belief that the Legislature will be b t called together immediately. The people ri i are very much excited. The people of N. , Carolina are not opposed to supporting se- 11 . cession, if deemed necessary. r' , Resignation of Senator Hammond, s . ?Dispatches received here give the information that Senator Hammond has tender. ed his resignation, and that it will arrive t( here in due course of mail.? Carolinian, j i <% jfarfefile iitprer; SUITED BT f' ' SAM'L W. MELTON WM. W. EAST. L ; o tl 3 CONTRIBUTIKO EDITOH: e JAS. WOOD DAVIDSON....Columbia, S. C. j, r YORK VILLE, S. C. * , THBBSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBEB 15, 1860. w > ? ! LOOK OUT FOR THE CROSS I We have received frequent complaints about i rlisnnntinmnir the Enauirer to subscribers, with- w s out due notice. We have concluded, therefore, P' to place a blue cross mark on the margin of the a' l paper, four weeks before the time paid for ex- tc . pires. This will show that the paper will be lc i stopped, unless subscription is renewed. ' PUBLIC MEETING. * i The citizens of York District are respectfully and urgently requested to assemble at YORK j11 ' COURT HOUSE, on the FIRST MONDAY OF U DECEMBER NEXT, when they will be address N ed by Hon. JAMES CHESNUT, Jr., late Senator ftI , in Congress; Col. I. W. HAYNE, Attorney General of the State, and by our immediate Repre e* [ resentative in Congress, Hon. W. W. BOYCE, on the great political issues of the daj. The short time intervening between the call made by the Legislature for the meeting of the r Convention, and the election of Delegates to that Convention, and the important questions to be . . passed upon by your Delegates, have induced us . i to make this call, that every possible means may . be afforded the citizens of York District, to ac 1 quire accurate and full information upon the great points at issue. ^ tt. U. 1*1 CUA TT , J( JOHN T. LOWRV, Ci WM. C. BLACK, JNO. L. MILLER, J. W. RAWLINSON. dt ' Columbia, S. C., Nov. 18, 1860. th I f RESISTANCE! \ k( , Our readers will find in another column a n* I ft , statement of the general result of the Presidential election. Abraham Lincoln, the author of th ! the infamous "irrepressible conflict" doctrine, dj , and the representative of a purely sectional par ty, has been elevated to the Presidency, and Han h, , nibal Hamlin, a mulatto, the representative of w the negro in blood as well as in theory, has been ? called to preside over the Senate. That this declaration of hostility to the South, and of a I jfell determination to subdue our people, may be p j taken at its fullest and most suggestive meaning, ra I * So nKtoIrinrl t-ior-Tun tl v firnr trlml m inrr q/i ? lUXJUllljr .o vu.cuov. p.nv.,; " ' ^ ' * "? ftIn this emergency thas precipitated upon us, so pi , suggestive of terrible results to our people, it S( would be worse than criminal for any Southern St man to fold his arras in submission And espe- di cially would it be treasonable in a Southern fo journal, whatever may have been its object and 11 policy hitherto, to occupy any other than a pos- v< itive, unequivocal position. If it were simply a th political question, we might feel ourselves at lib la erty to pass it by, and pursue the even tenor of ti: our way to the accomplishment of the object for pt which the Enquirer was established. But the le issue presented is one of startling, domestic con- ai cern?a question affecting our lives, our fortunes, our honor, our homes and our firesides? nc a question in the solution of which are involved d# every interest, every hope, every aspiration, ev- af ery honorable instinct and every manly senti- ra ment ; nud new to he silent, now to temporize, til now to adopt a milk-and-water, non-committal, cu negative position, is to be false to ourstlves, to th those who sustain us, and to our country. Thus lit impelled, we speak out without a thought of hesitation, without a word to temper the full meaning of our declaration; and we run up to our fl>o uin<rtn Imnn-inanirinfr Iifp mvirnr talismanic motto: Resistance ! j 10 ^ SECESSION AND CO-OPERATION. lls The issue of separate Secession and Co opera ^ tion, which arrayed our people so hoily against ,t| each other in 1852, should not be raised at all in e? the forth-coming election. The action men now, cf stand on precisely the platform of the co opera 0l tionists then. The co operationists then opposed , South Carolina's leading the way out of the r( Union, because they said it would defeat their g( . measure?it would defeat concert of action?it n would defeat a Southern Confederacy. But no such a reason exists now for hesitancy and timid j, delay. Then the other Southern States said to C( South Carolina "don't you go out of the Union 0j at all?we will not be with youbut now they Cf i say "lead and wc will follow." This difference , in their positiou makes all the difference in the ^ nun.I ucincci. i.ivi|uc9i.uu n uiuu .uvu &| ? tated, and the question which is now upon our ^ . People. tc There will be no separate State action. The race will now be to get out first. Gov. Brown, of Alabama, in a speech on the 10th inst., said he would call a Convention within thirty days? 91 that is, by the 10th December. Our Convention tl ' meets on the 17th, one week after. With a week . the start, may not Alabamff wrest the laurels ? j from us ? Mark this, voters; there will be no 3 j separate State action. "We are with you," "we P u are with you" is heralded on every breere from 'J .. the South-West. 0 Mark another thiug : South Carolina, as soon y as she can in a dignified manner after her Con ? _ veution meets, is going out of the Union. The e people have spokeu. Look at the thing ! The g Legislature has not a single dissenting voice.? tl Its members before they were chosen, were con- h e suited on this question by their constituents all g . over the State, and required to take a position. Their voice then is the voice of the people. The ^ ,f entire press of the State gives assent. The Union - e 0 savers are struck dumb. Not one of them sylables a single objection. They have given up . q all hope. / ,s The event is upon us, then ; and why mar its 1 u sublime beauty, by springicg an issue, altogeth- 1 er impracticable? A few cannot control the a State. One cannot rout a thousand ; two cannot 1 ). put ten thousand to flight. Everything in de 1 [) devotion to the cause of the State and of the r j. South, invites acquiesence. Let us acquiese; 1 y and thereby brighten even the glorious pages d e that will record the birth of a new Republic. 0 I. 'SOUTHERN' SECESSION." n h We copy, on the first page, a vigorously writ' ten letter by George N. Sanders, of New York, I- addressed to the Black Republicans, on Southem Secession. Mr. Sanders was formerly iden>._ tified with the Democratic party, and for some E time was editor of the Democratic Review. Of late, he has been in the array against the ad- n s ministration of Mr. Buchanan, and in the can n " vass just ended, was a violent partizan of Doug- si las. Barring his sentiments in relation to Bach- li * anan and Douglas, the letter i9 altogether ad w mirable, and suited to the perusal of Southern si ten at this juncture. It presents the argumen >r Southern action in a strong, clear, oonclusivi iyle; and is the more to be read and pondered ecause it is a candid admission of Southeri ight and Southern strength, from a man who ii :eling and principle is bitterly opposed to us a respect of style and matter, and especially egarding its source, it is the best possible docu lent.with which to initiate the compaign fo outhern Independence. Read it. THE SENTIMENT IN CHARLESTON. The events which have transpired in Charles )n within the last ten days, or fortnight, ar estined to fill a stirring chapter in the pages o re future chronicler of our history. Such ex itement as exists there now, has soarcely bee: nown before within the memory of liviug men he vast majority of the oitizens seem to be i; ivor of immediate withdrawal from the Union fpon the announcement of Lincoln's election le officers of the United States Army attempt d to remove the Federal arms from the Arsena .. 0..11: ? >? 1 106 Cliy, iu r un iUUUill JC uu uuunau o iniauu ad for that purpose a sloop was sent to th arbor; but the sloop was compelled to returi ithout the arms?the citizens resisted th lovement. On the evening of the 9th, 'hey ha< a grand secession rally" in Institute Hall, witl arm speeches and enthusiastic cheering; ap Dinted a President and fifty Vice-Presidents ad sent a committee of three on a special trail i Columbia, to instruct their delegation to urgi amediate resistance. On the same day in com lemoration of the reopening of the Charlestoi ad Savannah Railroad, the military turned out sitors from Savannah were received, ant jeeches made for disunion. Everything then is the ring of a Southern Confederacy aboul Banners float from the windows of tbi ewspaper Offices, Bank Offices, business bousei jd across the streets ; and devices expressinj le prevailing feeling of resistance, greet thi ,'e at every turn. Ten thousand oheers foi lorious old Charleston! B. C. PRKSSLEY, ESQ,. We ara permitted to copy the appended ex nct fiooi a private letter written by Mr. B. C resslet, of Charleston, to a gentleman livinf i this place. Mr. Pressley was a co-opera onist in 1852; but, like hundreds and thou mds of his party, he now raises his voice foi ssolution: "The dissolution of the Union is now inevita e. The co operation which I so long and ar jntly hoped and fought for, has come. South arolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida and, per tps, Mississippi, will go first, and in less thar ro and a half months The rest will come "bj " 1 __ _ mi. XT id try." we snail nave no war. me norm ire uot go tr war with us. One year's war ol lat sort would raise the masses there, who ould not be able to get work. The shoema srs, broom-makers, plough, bucket and nick ix makers for the South, to say nothing of the rger manufacturing laborers, would have tc arve or rebel; and the capitalists there know at the choice of the latter would be a terrible ly to them. I, therefore, fear no war witli em. They may talk strong just now ; but ir ss than six months, they will press with eager iste to make a favorable commercial treaty ith us. This is their certain course, unless od has given them up to madness and self des uction." THE LEGISLATURE. This body after various resolutions and aendments bearing upon Southern resistance? me of them looking to co operation, the ap ninfmont nf onmmisninnpri to onr Ristfir slavf fttes, &c., and others looking to immediate jparate State Secession?has passed, without t ssenting voice in either House, an Act calling r a Convention of the people to meet on the ;th of December. The election for this Com sntion will be held on the 6th of December, it ie precise manner as for members of the LegiS' ture. We have not space to spare for the en re Act, or we would insert it. But let th< ople of York remember the 6th of December t them rally to the polls ; and lot them vote ti man for resistance to sectional rule. The Legislature adjourned on Tuesday a >ou; to re convene in regular Session on Mon ty, the 26th of November, at 7 o'clock in th< ternoon. The subject of arming the State, .ising supplies to meet the demands of tht rnes and receiving volunteers, was referred tc immittees, with instructions to meet during e recess, mid report by bill. The act to re ive Batiks was put through on Tuesday. ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S MERCY. Pending the election, Northern newspaper! isured us that Lincoln would issue an addres: the people, proclaiming a platform of raoder ion, and seeking to quiet the alarmed South bj isurances of tender mercy. A dispatch frort pringfleld informs us that he is silent; and t< 1 inquiries points, for an answer, to his speech ) made and published during his memorabh invass with Douglas?speeches in which th< lious principles of the eternal conflict betweei ack and white labor is proclaimed?speechei seking with a malignant, devilish hatred of thi nntla ararJ c* firm ntirlvinc f] P tPl* m 1 fl n tO TAT ""'"I ? "- ? J---D r her subjugation to the bitter and bloody end Even if Southern men were stupid enough t< epend upon his treachery to his party ; if the; mid be craven euough to Ijck the liand of th< pprcssor and sue for his mercy, Lincoln signifi mtly and silently scorns to extend so mean i >on. Mercy is not in bis platform?not in hi eart. Shall we be told to wait for it ? To cring ad beg while expecting it ? Like a dog, wist illy to whine for the crumbs that may chanc ? fall from his table ? God forbid 1 SENATORCHESNUT. On Saturday morning Senator Chesnut sent in multaneously to both Houses of the Legisla ire, his resignation, as United States' Senator, here is not a single leading man in the whol tate, who is raising his "Peace, be still" to th iropest of indignation and resistance whiol ervades our loved Palmetto. There can scarce r be a doubt, now, about the State's going ou fthe Union. The following resolution nas passea 0011 [ouses: Resolved, That the resignation of the Honor ble James Chesnut, as one of the United State euators from South Carolina, he accepted, an liat what under any other circumstances wouh ave been regarded with regret, is now recoj ized as an act of loyalty and devotion to th Itnte of South Caroliua. Mr. Chesnut left Columbia immediately afte lis resignation, to address the people in diffei ut parts of the State. / DEFENCE OF THE STATE. The $100,000 set apart last winter for armiu he State, have been ordered by the Legislatur obe expended forthwith in procuring small arm nd remodeling muskets now in possession c i." ? ? ? i? ions in the spirit of the Governor's Message, fo eceiving 10,000 volunteers, &c , and one askinj he appropriation of $1,000,000 to the State' lefence, have all been referred to the Committe n Ways Means, and the Committee on th lilitary. The establishment of a permnnen ailitary Bureau is in contemplation ; also, th emoval of such legal restrictions on Banks a rill, it is thought, give free play to the arouse pirit of the people. THE PRESIDENT'S POSITION. Mr. Buchanan has said that he will coerci unification, but not secession. He has deter lined not to fill the vacancies made by the re ignation of Federal office-holders in South Caro na?future events will decide his course. To ards other Southern States he will assume th ime position. t GEORGIA. e News from Milledgeville states that the Legislature of Georgia, whioh is now in session, u endorses the lotion of our Legislature ; and that B a special message of Gov. Brown calling for a Convention of the people, was received with treP mendous applause?everybody endorsing it. It is significant of the feeling there, that United r States Senators Toombs and Iverson have both resigned, and the Legislature refuses to go into an election to fill their vacancies. A dispatch from Savannah says: "The State of Georgia, from the mountains to the seaboard, e is determined to resist Lincoln's election." An other on the 9th from Augusta says : "A meeting is called here to-morrow night, which will be n managed by our most conservative citizens, and decided measures looking to the secession of D Georgia will be adopted." A third from Augus'* ta of the same date says: "Meetings are being held all over Georgia for the formation of corps ' of minute men, and enrollment is going on ac' tively." A fDurth from Augusta says: "Dele' gations of Georgians are visiting South Carolina, e and South Carolina delegations are visiting this a State." Georgia, it is believed, will call a cone vention immediately, and gc for resistance. 3 THE GOVERNOR OF MISSISSIPPI. In a speech at Macon, Miss., on Friday last, Governor Pettus said, "that the sam6 wire i which conveyed the electric flash that brought e the intelligence of Lincoln's election, the next . instant should carry back his proclamation con, vening the Legislature of Mississippi ; and he . warned them now, if there were any members of j the Legislature present, to be prepared to set j out for the capital of the State the next minute." DAY OP' FASTING AND PRAYER. 8 Next Wednesday, the21st, has been appointed 9 a day of fastbg, prayer and humiliation before 5 God, in reference to the important events which 8 are transpiring around us. It is to be hoped r that Christians of every name will observe it, all over the State. When a British officer discovered Washington on his knees, it made his heArt sink within him, and the last spark of his courage in the work of British misrule died out. * Patriotism as well as religion calls loudly for * this observance. TEIE TYRANT'S PATE. p "Cresar had his Brutus, Charles the First bis Cromwell," George the Third his Washington ; and the North should have profited by their ex, ample. 1 THE ISSUE. Resistance, prompt and efficient, to the ad- 1 r ministration of Lincoln, no matter if it amounts 1 to an eternal severance of the bonds of the Union, Hia not moral v ft fililu with OUT neonle it is A Tit ( "W -V. wy J I r - -- cessity. The past is the criterion by which to judge of the future; and applying this test, we ' are overwhelmed by the evidences which admonr ish us, on every hand, sternly and unrelentingly, > that our only escape from utter destruction is to 1 dissolve the Union. We feel that our people are \ fully aroused to a sense of this startling truth ; that they are fully informed of the dangers of 1 > their position, and of the means by which alone they can be averted. But lest a question might be entertained upon this point, we subjoin a summary of "Sou thern Grievances and Dangers"? taken from the Savannah (Georgia) News. Read it and ponder. It has about it the ring of that mettle, which is now sounding the alarm from the mountains to the seaboard of the Empire State of the South : Mr. Editor: I offer a few facts and remarks for the consideration to day of all who intend to take part in the meeting to be held at Masonic * tr-ii .- _:_u4 nnii iu inguu Those who oppose the policy of secession (and i I believe we are all in the South agreed that a State has the sovereign right to secede) say that the election of Lincoln is not a just ground for the"secessio?, because, say they, it is not an 5 overt act. It is true that in his election by oth. ers, be commits no overt net, but I would ask in all candor and fairness, what is the nature of ' the act of those who elect him ? Let them reflect on the following view of the case: t 1st. Lincoln is elected by a atr.ctly sectional vote. 2d. He is elected by a purely non-slave hold' ing voie. , 3d. lie is elected by a party having but one . principle in i a political faith, and that is hostility to slavery in the South. 1 4'h. He is known to be the author of that ex 1 pression?so pregnant with wrath to us?"the irrepessible conflict between black (slave) labor and white labor." 5th. He is known to have declared that slave ry must be extinguished. 6th. No reasonable man can doubt for one i moment that either Mr. Lincoln or his support 3 ers will abandon these views when olothed with power. 7th. Thirteen Northern States have nullified J the fugitive slave laws of Congress ; have passed i laws to confine any owner of a fugitive slave who j goes into the r borders to recover him, under the laws of Congress, with imprisonment at hard labor for froto five to fifteen years ; have denied J the use of all jails and public buildings to any ? arresting officer, and punish such officer as they punish the owrner of the fugitive slave. 8tb. Mr. Lincoln's followers declare their de8 sign to be to extinguish slavery by Constitution e al means, if possible?if necessary, by force.? _ The Constitutional means are : 1st. By getting control of the Executive.? [The first grand step towards our ruin, in their 3 programme, is complete in the election of Linp coin.] 2d. By the control of Congress. [They have B so far succeeded, by their balance of power, to elect a Speaker of the House unfriendly to the i South.] 9 3d. By the control of the Supreme Court.? [If the Judges of that august tribunal are Black K Republicans ] HD. liy exciuuing slavery irom me ierriioe ries, by Congressional legislation. 5th. By gradually pressing down on the border States?Virginia, Kentucky, Delaware, Maryland and Missouri?until the expense and anxiety in protecting slaves in those States shall make them valueless. Now, let us see if - any thing has been done by the last named means: 1st. The In.st census shows a large decrease 6 in the number of slaves in Maryland and Dela e ware, aud on the Northern borders of Virginia, b Kentucky and Missouri. 2. The late election for State officers in Deleware shows the vote in Wilmington, the capital, 1 to be: Breckinridge, 506; Lincoln, 456; Douglas, 228; and Bell, 341. , a 3d. On the upper borders of Virginia and Kentucky, Lincoln's electors were regularly nominated and run. 4th. In Portsmouth, Vn., the Wide Awakes s have recently established a club numbering 100 d men. 1 r.L i_.i ,i... ?< ir. :? * UlU. Aim uu iiie uurucra ui rvcui.uuuj', it 10 ; well known the Black Republican strength is 6 rapidly gaining. 6th. In the State of Missouri, a slave State, F. >r P. Blair, a Republican, was elected to Congress by an overwhelming majority. 7th. We fdl know how many insurrections have been attempted in various States in the South, instigated and planned by the followers ^ sof Lincoln. g 8th. We know of the John Brown raid com e mitted by those of his followers who are too ea 8 ger to abide the extinction of slavery under Constitutional forms, and who are in advance, em* ploying the persuasion of force ! 9th. We know that by the census of 1850, in r that year alone, one thousand and eleven slaves were taken from us by the underground railroad, ^ for which the South did not got one dollar in re8 turn. Those slaves, at the prices prevailing e twelve months ago, would be worth largely over one million of dollars! 10. We see that negroes in Virginia are to day 11 from twenty to thirty per cent, less valuable in e the market than they were three months ago, s and the depreciation is solely owing to the prospect of Lincoln's election. 11th. We know that ia 1850 (by the census) y one thousand and fifty-three Elaves were manu mitted, and manumission is owing to force of Northern opinion and teaching brought to bear ? on our people, and our young men sent there for education. We know and-see all these things and much !- more ; and most of the evils have occurred in . the last four years, under the administration of Mr. Buchanan and a Democratic Congress. Then what are we not to expect in four years, e now, under the administration of a Black Republican ? It is answered by the Union men, who are waiting for the overt act, that Mr. Lincoln will be powerless, because the Senate and House of Representatives are against him. But the evils I have enumerated were not committed by the Senate and House. They have occurred in spite of that body, and in spite of a conservative, Democratic, States Rights, Constitution-obeying President. But I reply that it is not true that Lincoln would be powerless. One of the most serious complaints against the Executive of late years, has been the vast power of appointment lodged in his hands. He basin his control near fifty thousand appointments to various offices. Is this no power ? Can fifty thousand men do no harm in influencing public opinion ? In circulating incendiary documents ? In making the mail a sluice of poison and death ? Has Lincoln no influence with the Senate, with the House, with his Cabinet? There is one view of the case in which he indeed has no power; and that is to do us any good. If another raid is committed, he has no power to suppress it, and the South must at last stand ready to defend herself against her friends of the North who have elected Lincoln. The only power he could use is to suppress an insurrection?the very last we would ask him to exercise?one we would never call for. But the srreatevil which will befall us is that in four yearn' tubmittion to Lincoln's rule, the tone of Southern sentiment and principle and honor will be demoralized and debased. Wo will not?we cannot?escape the debasement which inevitably fixes upon the heart of every man and every people who tamely submit to an acknowledged wrong and injustice! Is it not a wrong that the evils above named should be in flicted on the South ? Are they not unjust ?? He who will submit to disgrace once is less prepared to meet it when it comes the second time. He who will not resist one act of degradation, need not nerve himself to resist the second. He who will submit to the rule of one Black Republican President will never be prepared to resist the rule of a hundred more. His spirit will be broken. His self-respect is weakened. To be ruled by a defiant foe is to be disgraced and dishonored. To submit to be governed by a man whose political faith proclaims us his inferiors in civilization, in humanity, in principle, in morality, in Christianity, and in honor, is to be de graded?and he who degrades us has committed already the overt act against our honor. If we will not secede to save our honor we should never talk of secession to save our dollars and cents! MERE-MENTIOX. It is stated that the Southern capital annually disbursed at the North, amounts in round numbers, to two hundred and thirty-one million dollars. A few days since, Messrs. Allen and Dial imported by the John Fraser, about four thousand dollars worth of ironware. On this they have to pay one thoasand dollars to the Federal Government, through which it is disbursed at the North. The Carolinian calls this "an apt illustration." David Caledonia, an eccentric Scotohman, 76 years old, whose manners showed good breeding, and who lived with no other companions than some thirty dogs at New Orleans, was found dead on Monday week, surrounded by his mute pets, which were licking his face and hands. Five thousand minnie muskets were dispatched from Washington on the 8th instant, to some place South. They are intended, it is thought, to supply quotas due Southern States. Gov. Pettus, of Mississippi, in a speech last week at Columbus, being asked what he would do with the fourth of July in the event of disruption, said he would make a new one. The official vote of New York cily, as published in the Ilerald, is 60,845 for Union, and 82,241 for Lincoln ; making a total of 93,086. Majority for the Union ticket, 28,604. Four years ago the Democratic party polled seventy thousand more votes than the Roni.hiii.iin now. it noils seventv thousand less. The principle of Popular Sovereignty was then its platform ; now, a slave code for the Territories is its doctrine. The Montgomery (Ala.) "Mail" publishes a dispatch from Apalachicoln, stating that Mc Queen and Mcintosh, Federal Judges of Florida, will not hold office under Lincoln. The Mobile Tribune of the 9th instant, calls a meeting of all in favor of organizing a battalion of cavalry, to be offered to the Governor-of Alabama. Lincoln is said to take things coolly. He keeps quiet and mum. He will, it is thought, issue a conservative proclamation to appease the South. The Stock market at the North is much depressed. Money is very tight, and the Banks refuse to discount to any extent, owing to the excited state of the country. A dis patch to the Montgomery Breckinridge and Lane Club, from Nashville, Tennessee, dated 5th instant, Bays: "The Bellites are having a torchlight procession. Oue of their transparen cies represents Mr. Yancey as being baDged, with the words, 'Doom or lancey?me Aiaoama Traitor.'" The returns fro n 79 counties in Georgia give Breckinridge 35,000 votes.? Bell 34,000; Douglass 10,000. CONTRIBUTORIAL. Hall Columbia. The secession of South Carolina seems now to be a fixed fact. A Southern Confederacy seems to be probable. We have a name to propose for it. Columbus was defrauded when this continent was called America. Everybody recognizes the wrong. We can make an offset to that, by giving his name to the choice part of it. Besides, this Secession emanates from Columbia, S. C. as its central point. Herein we find a double suggestion. One is that Columbia be the Capital of the Southern Confederacy; and the other is that the Confederacy be named and known as the Columbian Confederacy, or the Republic of Columbia. Political. South Carolina has been making history for the last ten days. We leave the Legislature and its details to other hands. Items in that line will be found in the news columns elsewhere. In the unanimous action of such a body at such a time, it is to be hoped that the citizens of South Carolina will ooncur to a man; and when such a voice has spoken it is patriotism to second and sustain it. Across Main Street has been waiving for several days now, a banner having inscribed on it? Immediate Separate State Action. And that is the sentiment of Columbia. Other banners are elsewhere with other devices, but this one speaks the sentiment of an undivided people?an epitome of the politics ol South Carolina, shall we say ? Our citizens, as a people, apart from Legislative deliberations, have been addressed nighl after night, commencing Monday the fifth. Som( have been serenaded, and spoke in response tc the compliment; others were called upon, being known to be present; and some have been called out for reasons wholly unknown to us. These have addressed the people in the streets: James Chesnut, M. L. Bonhara, R. BarnweU D)..n Tomaa TT Adams T. .T. Warren. James D. Tradcwell, R. B. Boylston, Allan iVac/arlanl F. J. Moses, William W. Boyce, TP. E. Murtin, John Cnningham, W. D. Simpson, M. P. O'Conner, Edmund Ruffin, W. S. Mullins, F. Gaillard, W. Z. Leitner, F. W. Fickling, J. H. Screven, John Wallace, M. W. Gary, John C. Hope, J. V. Moore, I. W. Hayne, W. D. Porter, B. H. Wil son, T. J. Glover, W. H. Wallace, 0. M. Dantzler, H. Adams, W. M. Foster, Carlos Tracy, William Wallace, A. G. Mngrath, W. F. Colcock, James Conner, A. P. Calhoun, II. Buist, Maxcy Gregg, A. C. Garlington, and W. Whaley. Those italicized were called for more than once. Of all these we have space to mention separately only a few. Every phase of feeling we^ represented in the mass; but one sentiment seemed to animate the whole?Secession now. Edmund Ruffin, the Nestor in the camp of re sistance, is from Virginia. His own State not ri quite ready to move, he comes to ours to be tl with it in secession ; and, if there be danger in e: the movement, to meet that with us. He is an C old man ; and the long white hair that distin- e guishes him in the crowd, shows that his feeling fl is at least not the efferveeence of youthful im- o patience. vi Among the young men who have shared large- tl ly the attention of our audiences, M. W. Gary, a of Edgefield, stands prominent. His position is in the front rank of secession, and his ground n the highest we have heard tnken. He calls for f( secession even if Breckinridge were elected? a that the time for separation has arrived irres- is pective of special issues?that the permanent g relations demand it. His speech in the Legis- b lature on Friday expressed his views in a most s< logical and impressive manner. d Allan Macfarlan, a Representative from Ches " terfield, is a native of Scotland?one in whose u breast b ' The fire of ancient Caledonia burns f< and as stanch a South Carolinan as we have s heard. t Minute Men. - '' This organi2ation in Columbia has reached P about the number of Tennyson's immortal Light g Brigade?six hundred. Musical. c Last week was decidedly a musical week with ? us in Columbia. b The Cooper English Opera Troupe was here ,? all week (and more) at Kinsler's Hall. Miss ^ Milner was the particular star of the Troupe.? S Her Norma, with its stately passionateness, was a perhaps her best. Her Amina, in La Somnam- P bula, was fair; best always in the sleeping 8 scenes. None can soon forget the pale blonde ' beauty as kneeling in unconscious dream, she ^ tore the floral pledge of love, bud from bud, and 1 dropped the petals on the floor; while the tender'' wail-like melody softly told of the suffering and C enduring heart within. Her Adina in the Elixir '' of Love, was less successful, but sprightly e- a nough. None of the other "lyric artists," as t the hand-bills term them, seemed to us remark- 8 -?-i- fl HU1V. Joseph Hart Denck, a native of our city, gave n a concert on Wednesday evening at Athenaeum 1 Hall. Young Denck is thirteen years old; and ? performed on the Piano with skill equal to the 2 best living Pianists?so those say who heard * him. We did not. The concert was quite suc-v^ cessful. But Patti has been the gem of the week.? Her concerts on Thursday and Saturday even- t ings at Athenieum Hall were the musical treats 1 of the season. Adelina Patti is an American singer, though born in Madrid. She has been taking New York by storm. A contemporary ( says of her?"The divine Adelina, leaving the I North prostrate at her feet, marches to the con- J quest of the South. Hence she goes to subdue ^ Europe." Patti is petite, brunette, and sings J delightfully. Her Sweet Home was exquisite.? ' Like Paine the author of the song, Patti has no i home. The Echo Song was fine, but not aston- j ishingly so at all. Patti is sprightly and young ; J but she can never inspire that madness of en- ^ thusiasm that Picolomini awakened wherever j she choose to wave the sceptre of personal 1 witchery over tho spirits of men. As an artiste, ' Patti is doubtless Picoloinini's superior; but she wants kindness of heart for a popular singer. Signor Lotti, the young Tenor, sang delightfully. Signor Ettore Barili, the Baritone, j wa9 well received. Strako9ch, the Director, < was himself at the Piano. ] Agricultural. Of the Fair we cannot speak this week. Columbia, S. C. J. W. D. LOCAL APPAIRS. Oil upon the Waters. "" Wedesireto pour one drop of oil upon the troubled waters^ before they become roused by the tempest of party strife. The Convention is called for the people to decide the destinies rf this Union. We all feel that the cup of our 1 wrongs and grievances is exhausted ; and that ( the dregs remaining are bitterer than wormwood ] and gall. We are > unit as to the measure of re- f dress?namely, a Southern Confederacy. Let uo be united, then, as to the men who shall rep- ^ resent us in the State Convention. Let us rise i as a neoDle above Dettv differences, and vote |' this time for men rather than for measures. We J cannot all have our preferences ; and he who will i not yield cheerfully to the collected wisdom < and patriotism of the community in which he ' lives, is worse than a Squatter-Sovereign.? t Let up bring out our Cincinnatuses; let us unseal all the living fountains of "pro-bono-publico" patriotism in our owu bosoms; and thus ' present to the world the sumhlime spectacle of a people laying aside all minor differences in the hour of peril, and crowding shoulder to shoulder, and breast to breast, to the altar of their 1 common country. Who would have it said of York in the future, that she brought the apple 1 of discord to this feast of the gods ? The ballot-box is called the place to fight the 1 battle of liberty. Let it not be made the soil, now, in which we sow" the dragon's teeth. Minute v_A companyoi"Minute men" has been organized at McConnellsville, in this District. The ? following gentlemen are the officers elect : W. ? ?? i rt tr urttl: ' IS. iUCUODIieil, Uapiaiu ; u. xv.. iTiiuauia, ui? Lieutenant; John T. McKnight, second Lieutenant ; Robert M. Burris, third Lieutenant. The company resolved to uniform themselves in homenpun; and to arm, drill and prepare for active service. Let the homespun idea prevail everywhere. I A Day at the Garrison. We passed last Thursday most agreeably with the Officers and Cadets of the King's Mountain Military School. Their annual examination was in progress. We were pleased with the manner in which the self-reliance and real merit of each pupil was brought out. We will illustrate this by the examination on Mr. Simms' History of South Carolina. The leading topics discussed in the History, were written on slips of paper, and placed in a hat, from which the members of f the class to be examined, two'or three at a time, drew at random the topic which fell to their lot. TIUotoe r?ivon a few minutes to col t lect his thoughts on that subject, after which he i arose to his feet and discussed it, not in (he > usual form of question and answer, but without ! interruption or assistance from his teacher.? 1 This is the mode of testing the real advancement made in all the various branches of study. We were assured by Maj. Jenkins, who blends ! with the many good qualities of the gentleman i and soldier, the merits also of a successful edu, cator, that he constantly impresses it upon the , mind of his pupils, that?to use his own language?"they must stand or fall upon their own , merit." We heard Prof. Jamison's French class; and Prof. Seabrook's Latin class on the Bucolics, Georgics and ^Uneid of Yirgil. Both did well; and in both the same rigid demand was made upon the degree of substantial improvement atI toinci liu tho mi nil. Even the mis rdacement of fcW,uvu *v r~i *- I a French accent, or a slight mistake in the use of | a French word, would call from Mr. Jamison a j "next"?thus showing that his standard is the highest attainable proficiency. His examination was conducted in a kind of dialogue, in 1 which he would speak in French and require the a meaning of his words in English, or vice versa, c in English, and require a French translation. I This method is quite severe. Mr. Seabbook so a oonducted his examination as to draw out the | fi Ichest charms of darling old Virgil. One of iie best testa of advancement of the pupil, or i fficiency of the teacher, in the matter of Virgil, icero and that style of classic authors?"covred all o'er" as they are with the "insensate owers," and impregnated with the rich aroma i f poetic fancy?is the inspiration of listeners rith interest in the noble study. Judging by his test and our own feelings, Mr. Seabeook nd his class did "passing well." In a case where all did praiseworthily, we rould make but one distinction, and that only or special reasons. Cadet M. M. Seabeook, rho leaves us now for the Citadel at Charleston, ] ) entitled to the meed of the faithful and dili- ; ent student who has toiled upwards with a rave, high, hopeful heart, and won from his intructors the priceless guerdon of a proud confience and smiling approbation. We saw him 'weighed in the balances" of a searching and nsparing examination?at once an honor to imself and to his teachers?ftnd he was "not aund wanting." We commend Mr. Seabeook imply to his merited place in the Citadel; and o the bright future of which his pleasant counenance, his admirably balanced head and his raiseworthy diligence as a student, are the lowing signs of promise. We cannot conclude this notice without reommending to teachers and students, male and smale, everywhere among our readers, to strive ravely and hopefully after the highest standard f excellence in education. The efforts put )rth to this end by the King's Mountain Military chool in its sphere, and the severe discipline nd study consequent, are far better even for the leasure of the school-boy, thai! the leveling tandards and indolent, miserable sham-work rhich are too often inflicted upon the people.? jet the aim be high?higher?highest! Veather Statistics. The weather report of Maj. McKenzie, for Ictober, states thAt, during the month, we bad o all 17 cloudy days, and 14 clear days. The verage temperature of the month was warm for he time of year?with, however, two or three everely cold days. On the warmest day, the th, the thermometer stood at 84?. On the morings of the 15tb and 16'h, we had heavy frosts, 'he wind was S. 5'days; E. 9 days; W. G days; J 1 S K 2 davs: S. W. 2 davs : N. E. days ; N. W. 4 days. The aggregate of rain ras 47 hours with the depth of 4.10 inches in he rain gauge. .y' The General Result. From the telegraph anu the mails, we compile he following as the general result of the elec ion. The official returns have not yet been leard from several of the States, but the partial eturns received indicate the vote in our table: incoln and hamlin. breckineide and lonnecticut 6 lane. llinois 11 Alabama 9 ndiana 13 Arkansas 4 owa 4 Florida 3 >Iaine 8 Georgia 10 dassacbusetts 13 Louisiana 0 Michigan 6 Mississippi 7 dinnesota 4 North Carolina 10 lew Hampshire 5 South Carolina 8 lew Jersey 7 Texas 4 lew Fork 35 Maryland 8 )hio 23 Virginia 15 Pennsylvania 27 Delaware 3 ihode Island 4 ? Vermont 5 Total ,* 87 Wisconsin 5 bell and everett. Total 176 Kentucky 12 ?????? 10 JLCUUCOOCO OOUOLAS AND JOHNSON. Total 24 lalifomin (doubtful)...4 Oregon (doubtful) 3 Missouri (doubtful) ...9 Total 16 RECAPITULATION. Electoral Vote*. For Lincoln and Hamlin 176 For Breckinridge and Lane 87 For Bell and Everett 24 For Douglas And Johnson 16 Whole Electoral vote 803 Lincoln's majority over all 49 The New York Herald says: "We consider t perfectly safe to set down Lincoln's lelectoral rote at 176. The news from the Pennsylvania October election, operating upon the divided Democracy on the Pacific coast, may perhaps ;ive him, also, California and Oregon. Maryland pricking her tars to the resistance hu-I '? J:~.: ?I I-,. Kim fee. a UiSblUgUiauVU Jltljinuuci, n uv >u u .u. jelf an "overt act man" has declared at Washington that "many portions of bis State are ac:ually converted into a grand military organization, in anticipation of resisting Lincoln." He says that within a few months seven dragoon sompauies have been formed in the single county jf Anne Arundel, who are admirably drilled ; ttid that there are more than a thousand "minite men" in Baltimore. For the Yorfcvllle Enquirer. niE SECOND ANNUAL FAIR OF KINO'S MOUNTAIN AGRICULTURAL SOCIBTY. Pise Grove, Tuesday, Nov. G, 1860. The Society met and was called to order by the President, A. Hardin, Esq.. Several new memiers were received, amongst whom was the anniversary Orator. Samuel W. Melton, Esq., who, >n motion of Wm. Ellis, was elected an honora 7 member or tne socteiy. The time having arrived for the address, Mr. Helton was introduced from the stand, and de ivered a very able and interesting speech, which inchained the attention of his hearers for near wo hours. It was replete with good, common lense, and we think was properly appreciated by hose who heard it, for "none speak of it but ;o praise." We think a few more such will bring Lbout a much desired revolution amongst our 'armers. Dinner was then announced, and the congregation repaired to the tables, which the ladies bad lupplied bountifully with good things for the jccasion. In the afternoon, the stock and articles on exhibition, engaged the attention of the different examining committees, wno maue meir reports, in effect, as follows: Best Stallion, ten years old, (Thickety,) Wyatti Lipscomb. Best Stallion, three years old, (Monarch,) Hiram Lockhart. Best Stallion, two years old, (Monarch,) William Wessen. Best Colt, one year old, (Monarch,) J. H. Austell. Best Saddle Horse, seven years old, (Rattler,) Jefferson Black. Best Jack, ten years old, (Spanish imported,) William Oates. Best Mule Colt, one year old, G. Ross Whisonant. Best yoke of Oxen, Maj. H. Borders. Best Pig, three months old?weight 130 lbs. (Essex and Cobbet,) Capt. J. W. A. Hartness. Best specimen of Corn, G. Ross Whisonant. Best specimen of Potatoes, G. Ross Whisonant. Best specimen of Turnips, Maj. H. Borders. Best Pumpkin, Galbraith Hambright. Best Cabbage Head, Galbraith Hambright. Best Bacon Ham, Mrs. E. S. Black. Best specimen of Butter, Mrs. E. S. Black. Best Quilt, Mrs. S. H. Anthony. Best Home-made Jeans, Miss Unity Whisonant. Best Jeans Vest Pattern, Mrs. Martin Ham bright. Bust ilmihle wove Counterpane. Mrs. Eliiahpth Huff! Best check Couuterpane, Mra. M. Hambright. Best embroidered Vest Pattern, Miss Mary Deal. Best embroidered Scarf, Miss Sue Borders. Best Pin Cushion, Miss Sallie Deal. 3est Collar, Miss Sallie Deal. Beat Home-made Linsey, Mrs. G. R. Whisonant. 3est Axes, D. Fronabarger & Co. Best Shoeing Hammer, D. Fronabarger & Co. 3est Leather, W. G. Austell. Best Printing Paper, D. Fronabarger & Co., Buffalo Paper Mills. The articles on exhibition this year were com laratirely few in number. The farmers of our ection have scarcely a place jo the pioture, iwing, perhaps, to the drought of the past season. But we think we are warranted in saying, that ome of the ajock that was exhibited, was as ine as could be found-anywhere in the State.? The fact in, we saw nothing on exhibition, bat prbat was good of its. kind. Good order prevailed?and the ladies are entitled to many thanks for the interest they manifested in the exhibition, as well as in the piclie they famished for the oooasion. L. A. HILL, Secretary. LATESTNEW& Colombia Market. Novembib 14. There has been some improvement in oar market for the past two days, with light sales--a mounting to oaly 94 bales. Extremes 9@10$c. Resignation of Senator Hammon-i. ' Redclivfe, November 11, 1860. ? ' -.w- 5* To Uis Excellency the Governor of the Slate of South Carolina: Permit me to resign, throngli^ you, my commission as United States SenatQf from South Carolina. Respectfully yours, JAS. H. HAMMOND. From Mississippi. Jackson, Miss., November 12.?Got. Pettns has issued his Proclamation convening the Mis* sissippi Legislature on the 26th inst. A Con- ' vention of the people will be immediately called * to take prompt measures for secession. The popular sentiment is believed to be overwhelm ingly in favor of prompt action and secession.? South Carolina must act promptly and independently, and will thereby strengthen the common cause.?Mercury. Georgia Legislature. Milledgeville, November 12.?Ben Rill, in the Senate, and Lester in the House, advocate the call of a Convention, to which all Federal affairs are to be referred. , Still Later.?Mr. Hartridge has introdaced resolutions in the House, declaring Georgia ont of the Union. Mr. Sprayberry has introduced a similar bill, calling a Convention to ratify secession. Both referred to a Committee. Senator Toombs' resignation to take effect" in March, unless Georgia secedes. Milledgeville, Nov. 18.?No important actiAn Koa waf Knnn to lrnn Kw tlia T.atnalahifP A "v" "l*? J"* ? "J -Convention will be called. Lost night, a strong secession speech was made ?y Thos. R. R. Cobb* To-morrow eveniug, the Hon. A; H. Stephens is expected to make a conciliatory speech. / in Sii ? From Alabama. Selma, Nov. 12.?A very large and enthusiastic resistance meeting was held here to-night. Co operation resolutions were voted down by ten to one. Resolutions calling for the speedy and separate secession of Alabama were triumphantly carried. The "election of Delegates to our Convention is fixed for December 24th, and the Convention itself will meet on the 16th of Janu?7 -.ji, j y From Georgia, j- - j.< We learn by a private telegraphie dispatch that ihe Military Convention, in session at aftlledgeville, Georgia, representing fiity-seveu companies, on the question of the immediate secession of Georgia, voted two to one in favor of the measure. The minority was in fiaVor of resistance, but -doubted the expediency of the resolution.?Guardian. -tfZ> ' m>? 1 " Secession Sleeting In August a. ' The Augusta papers report that one of the largest assemblages ever Held in that city, eon venea on the mentor tne tutu imuni. rue toilowing is among the resolutions uaanimoasly adopted: Resolved, That the only redress is.imgtedists secession from tho Union. < Col. John C. Snoad acted as Qhairmao^ and W. D. Russell as Secretary. The following gentlemen addressed the meeting:" T. C. Cone, E. J. Walker, W. W. Montgomery, W. H. Wheeler, Esquires, and Drs.^Poaghty and Hill.?Carolinian. ' Serenade to Col. Athmort.-r-Col. Ashmore was serenaded last night, at the Congaree House, and respondtd in a very definite, decided and eloquent speech. He said South Carolina must '! )w ihku uu ?u:p uacKwacM, iu uesii'nu or ituer now, would involve her in eternal infamy. He hoped the Convention would meet and take South Carolina out of the Uaiou. After he concluded, Mr. A. W. Thompson, of Union, spoke and said "he was for prompt eeces ion from the Union. Major W. D. Simpson, Gen. Gnrlineton and others also 9poke.?Carolinian, 14fA intt. More Volunteers.?Every mail brings tenders from volunteers to South Carolina. Biltimore offers a company of one hundred men, New Jersey five hundred, and individual applications for milirary appointments are uumberlese.?Carolinian, 14tA intt. Aid for the State?the Bonds at Par.?We learn that the Board of Directors of the Bank of Charleston unanimously passed a resolution, yerterday, offering to take one hundred thousand dollars of the State Bonds, to be issned for military purposes, at par.?Charleston Mercury. Florida is Ready.?A letter from Gov. Perry, of Florida, to Gov. Gist, informs him that Florida is ready to call a Convention as sooi^AS ifci* known that a majority of the eleotoratfamme ror i?incoin.?uarouman. i*in mtt. -,r , &" " jGL Otdtrt Countermanded.?The Charlotte bulletin says that several of the leading merchants, who have recently sent forward orders to North* crn houses for additional supplies of gpoda, have countermanded them by telegraph. That is right. YORKVILLE PRICES CUBREHT" CORRECTED WEEKLY BT DARWIN k JBFPERY8. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 18?0. Cotton.?Our cotton market the present week has been characterized by an unprecedented dnlness and depression. The market opened at prices ruling as high as 10?c. for fine cotton, bat very suddenly declined to 9c., making.* -decline of full ljc. per fib. This checked operations. In fact, for several days past, there has not been a bale offered on the market, consequently we are unable to site reliable qnotation?N>at would re mark that by the latest news from Charleston, the market there was active, resulting in the sale of 2800 hales, at firm prices. These advices will strengthen the demand here. Flour, $3 75; Corn, 85. Proclamation. WHEREAS it is proper and becoming a people who acknowledge the hand cf God in every event, and bow in reverence to His will, and who desire to imitate the noble exeqiple of their forefathers, not only in resistanoe to op* pression and injustice, but in supplication for Divine aid and counsel in this momentous crisis of our country's history, to implore a continuance of His favor and interposition to, protect and sustain us in all trials we maybe called upon to undergo, and the dangers to which we may be exposed. Now, therefore, I, WILLIAM H. QIST, Governor of the State of South Caroliaa, in obedience to a resolution of tha General A** sembiy, appointing WEDNESDAY, the 9tant, as a day of Fasting, Humiliation and Prayer, mafce this my proclamation, inviting the. clergy and people of all denominations in this State jo assemble at their respective plaoea of worship, to implore the directionan^ blessing of Almighty God in this hoar of difficulty, and to give us one heart and one mind to oppose, by all just and proper means, every encroachment upon our rights. Given under my hand and the seal of the State, at Columbia/on the 13th day of November, in the.year of our Lord one thousand*lght hundred and sixty. WJi. H. GIST. Nov 16 46 % - It Ij'REsH NORFOLK OWSTEItsT? Just Receivedby> J. F. AYCOCJL