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It does; and this is the way the North has J been getting rich, while you have been just living comfortably; and nothing but the kind providence of God, in giving you articles which the whole world needs, has kept you from hopeless ruin long ago. no. vn. There is a reason why the Southern States should leave the Union, which will satisfy the most abject submissionists in the South, which I would not venture to suggest, if it were not absolutely certain that South Carolina will secede, and were there not strong reasons to believe that at least two other States will follow her ex.. ample. I would not suggest it, because the Abolitionists have never yet thought of it, and I would not remind them of it for all this world's treasure, if I were sure the Southern States would remain in the Union. I present it in brief, by itself, lest it should be overlooked in a long article, or be excluded from papers which will not publish long articles, no matter how important they may be. Do you know, people of the South, that the Black Republicans can, by the enactment of one single constitutional law, of twelve words, accomplish their aims to the full measure of their wishes 1 When I say constitutional law, I mean a law within the letter of the Constitution. Here it is; "No products of slave labor shall be exported from the United States." Congress has the power of regulating commerce between the United States and foreign nations. Congress did, in 1807. stop (by an embargo) (^commerce between this country and foreign nations, and that, too, on the motions and votes of Southern men; and that was one of the grievances of the Hartford conventionists. Congress may forbid the exportation of particular articles. How would you answer these arguments in support of such a law? Under such a law, what would your cotton, sugar, rice and tobacco be worth ? And what would the labor that produces them be worth ? Thank God, South Carolina is safe ! A. B. LONGSTREET. ***** tFrom the Southern Guardian. FROM CONNECTICUT. We had a high gratification afforded us a day or two since by Governor Gist, in being shown a letter from a noble son of Connecticut, full of wise and patriotic seniimpnts. and fixnressincr entirn annrnval of the stand which South Carolina has taken. The sincerity of the writer's view is farther attested by a check for SI,000 on New York, enclosed in the letter, with a request that it be invested in the new issue of South Carolina 6 per cent, stock, intended to raise funds for arming the State. This i9 a most sigrificant indication. It furnishes gratifying evidence that, as the writer says, the game is nearly played out and the reaction just at hand. So mote it V1*1 By permission of Governor Gist, we make the following extracts fom this letter. Uur readers, we are sure, will relish them keenly, as well as the Governor's reply : "Enclosed I hand you bank check on New York, to your order, for one thousand dollars, which you will please collect, and invest for me in the new emmissionof South Carolina 6 per cent, stock, proposed by her Legislature to raise funds for the defence of her constitutional rights. "Believing, as I do, that South Carolina has ever been one of the most faithful sentinels on the citadel of State Rights, aud that her watchfulnesss has been one of the main causes of preventing the General Mflt Government from verging from a mere agent into an absolute master through the operations of the old leaven of Federalism, under the various names that the demagogues of the North have seen fit to disguise it, I cannot but view the stand now taken by South Carolina as (he only onele/t to put down effectually the demon of fanaticism now and for all future time. "Had our fathers settled the matter in 1820, in strict accordance with that contract of the sovereign States, instead of basely compromising the rights therein secured, we should not now be fighting that battle, over again. In the present instance, South Carolina, 'asks for nothing but what is clearly her right.' Compromises will be offered to cheat her into the surrender of those rights, but as a friend to liberty, I beg of her never to submit. "The game however, is about "played out." The reaction has begun, and when the fog blows off and reason asserts its em pire, and those poor, deluded creatures see the fearful precipice to which they have been blindly led by Seward, Sumner, Douglas, Lincoln, and the like, then will these demagogues find New England, even, too hot to hold them. As sure as that night follows day, so sure will this extreme of fanaticism here be followed by the extreme of popular fury against the leaders of the miscalled Republican party, when the tumult shall have died away." The Reply of Governor Gist. Executive Office. 1 Columbia, S. C., Dec. 7, 1860. j Dear Sir: On the occasion of a fire in Charleston, a crowd was collected near the burnt spot, and a Freuchman riding up asked what they were doing ? The reply was that they were sympathizing with the sufferers. The Frenchman, pulling out 810, said, "I smypathize this much, how much do you sympathize ?" And we now call such acts French sympathy. For your substantial sympatny, be pleased to accept the thanks of the State, and be assured that the moral influence of your patriotic act is worth infinitely more to us than ten times the amount given in any other way. It will commend itself to every' citizen of our State, and after this no one will have the boldness, if he has the meanness, to refuse to contribute to the defence of his native State. The money shall be drawn and applied as you direct, and I am satisfied you will never lose a dollar. If we should be overrun by superior numbers and become a conquered province, some patriot will be left to conceal enough gold in our mountain recesses to refund the amount due you, with interest. I hereby acknowledge the receipt of ?H>ur draft for 81,000. With great respect, 1 am yours, &c. WM. H. GIST. Correspondence of the Southern Guardian. FROM ARKANSAS. Dallas County, Ark., Nov. 26. i There is much feeling here on account of Lincoln's election, though I do not think Arkansas will lead in a secession movement. If South Carolina, Georgia and other Southern States secede, Arkansas will be sure to 7 I follow. The Federal Government may at- i tempt coercion, and then will come the tug * of war. South Carolina will find many ' brave sons in all the Southern States who 1 will help fight her battles if need be. Sir, before the South submits through coercion, 1 her soil will drink the best blood of this 1 nation; and if it comes to the worst, we will make the last rampart of liberty the sol- 1 dier's grave. I find here, in our village, many iclio have pledged themselves to go with myself hack to South Carolina and as& to he permitted to fight under her banI ner. In Camden, Akansas, there is a comIpany of Minute Men, armed, EQUIPPED and pledged to assist any seceding State if coercion is attempted. In Arkadelphia, Ark., there is another, ready and anxious to cast their lot with any seceding State, and trust all to the God of battle for the cause af justice and equal rights. Companies with the same object are thick all fVi rnn fKo Stnfo Ynnrs. M. M. D. I {)c ftorkMIle ^rajrartr EDITED BY SAM'L W. MELTON WM. W. EAST. o CONTRIBUTING ED'TOB: JAS. WOOD DAVIDSON..-Columbia, S. O. YORKVILLE, 3. C. THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 13, 1860. THE PRESIDENT ON SECESSION. We lay before our readers, to day, the portion of the Mr. Buchanan's Message which relates to Secession; and, we doubt not, they will give it an early and attentive perusal. His heart is evidently with the South. Brave and honest as he is, he must sympathize with an injured people struggling for the right and the just in spirit, even to the tearing down of itb lettered corruption and defilement. He denies the right of Secession. At the same time he denies the right of Coercion. He refers the whole matter, however, to Congress. Meanwhile, he will administer the laws, and collect the revenues; but declares that he has no righ t to do the latter by means of revenue cutters. According to Mr. Buchanan's position, it is evident that, as there is no law now for the 'dirty work," South Carolina, when she gets out of the Union, will have to be whipped in, under an ex post-faclo law. He simply regards the government as defective just here. We think not. We think that our forefathers wisely provided for a peaceable rupture, in case we could not live together. Such is now the case. Right or wrong in the eye of abolitionists and Union-savers, we that feel we "have our quarrel just" in the eye of God ; and we will "go ahead" with a firm tread and atrusting heart. OUR FREE-NEGRO POPULATION. The Legislature of our sister State did one , good thing last week, in passing a bill to prohibit the freeing of slaves by will. A memorial from Currituck was offered to compel free negroes either to go North, or to go into slavery. This memorial is, also, in accordance with the genius and spirit of our institutions. The theory of the South is, that the negro can do better, protected as the white-man's slave, than downtrodden and spit out of society in a state of nominal freedom. The theory of the North is, that the negro ought to be free to -work for himself, and also free to freeze to death or starve.? The free-negroes of the South should choose their lot?one way or the other. There is no mid-way ground. The lot of the free-negro either North or South, is a hard one; because he is out of his sphere. He is thrown loose upon civilized so ciety, at best a white washed barbarian, to be crushed beneath its mighty energies and activiities, as the Indian has been. Only a few centuries ago, the negro was taken, a wild and naked savage, from the deserts of Africa. Providence has brought him to this country to be Christianized and saved through the bible-insti tution of negro servitude ; and as a granite basis, to "raise and support" the marble temple of the noblest civilization the world has yet known. This is plainly the will of God. Africa is the negro's proper place of freedom and debasement ; America was set apart for his slavery and amelioration. SECESSION AT WASHINGTON. A paragraph from the Capital to the Richmond Enquirer, holds the following pertinent and suggustive language : Two hundred men are enlisted here for South Carolina, most of them clerks. I am told there are hot secessionists, members of Congress, from Southern Illinois.? They say they will split the State and go with the South. It is well understood that Washington will be the capital of the Southern Confederacy, in case we all go out, as we must do in the end. Montgomery, Alabama, has been spoken of, but the holding of the old capital will give us prestige abroad, as if we held the battle ground. England is expected to mediate for a peaceful separation. Any serious diminution of the cotton crop, such as would result from civil war in this country, would ruin England. COMMISSIONERS TO SOUTH CAROLINA. Mr. Buchanan, it is said, regards secession during his administration as a reflection on him- ' self (!) and, therefore, begs the Southern members of his Cabinet and the leaders of the Demo- , cratic party to aid him in urging South Carolina to postpone action until he has retired to private life (1!). He has sent Wm. Henry Trescott, assistant Secretary of State, a native Carolinian, to make a solemn appeal to Gov. Gist. It is said that Governor Letcher, of Virginia, is also i arranging a commission to proceed at once to i South Carolina, urging her to delay her contem- i plated secession. Ex-President Tyler, Senator i Hunter, and Hon. W. C. Rives, will probably be the names indicated. Similar steps have been i taken by the Governor of Kentucky. VicePresident Breckinridge, Hon. James Guthrie, , 1 mi . auu ucumui vi nicuuvu, lire bpoaeu 01. TD18 action is to be followed by all the Executives of the border States. It is said that Thompson, Floyd, Cobb, Jeff. ; Davis and others have acceded to this request; , but two prominent members of South Carolina regarding the President's plan of delay, as "a , deep laid conspiracy to prevent disunion," have , telegraphed and written to Gov. Gist to hold fast, and go out promptly Gov. Gist has sim- , ply nothing to do with the matter?it is the business of the Convention alone. It is too late to influence that. Two thirds of its members, perhaps, are committed to prompt and final secession. DELAY-AS ALLEGORY. Once upon a time?as the story tellers begin? there was a fleet of fifteen vessels out on a stormy sea. It was a pitchy dark night; but they were nearing a broad, deep harbor, and a great pharos?or light-house?directed each ship in the safe way to the shore. Now the winds and the waves had scattered them all about; but one was far ahead. Those behind did not know where each other were ; but they all knew where the foremost was, for they could see the flag at its mast-head flutter and flash through the storm, [ in the light of the pharos, or light-house. Moreover, to those behind, the cliffy and dangerous parts of the shore appeared like dense clouds on the horizon ; and, in spite of the breadth of the | harbor, they were in danger of drifting to the|l rocks on either side, and so perishing. Bat the ihip before could see the dangers, and shun them. Notwithstanding these facts, the pilots of the binder ships began to cry out to the one ahead? "Wait, and lets all go into the harbor together" ; Mid, forthwith, called to each other "come hither ! come hither!" In those old, old days, men had "lungs of brass" and the voice of a Cyclops ; and you may depend, the pilots, who roared with all their might, could be heard. Their cries, however, were wisely heeded not; and so that pennon, streaming away up in the Btormy light, guided all safely ashore. We doubt not, if the foolish calls of the pilots had been listened to, in their efforts to get together on the dark Bea instead of the luminous shore at the light house, the ships would have been scattered far and wide, and wrecked upon the rock-ribbed coast. THE NEW CONFEDERACY. The N. Y. Herald's Washington correspondent says: There is no use disguising what is before us. Cool and sagecious observers see no prospect of avoiding a rupture. By the 1st of February, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and Florida will be out of the Confederacy. By that time, they will have consummated such an understanding with France and Great Britain as will enable them even to set Federal coercion, should it bo attempted, at defiance. They will insert in their Constitution a clause prohibiting the importation of Africans, which will tend to conciliate the border States, and in a short time every one of the latter, except Delaware, perhaps, will join the Southern Confederacy. This denouement is considered so certain, that already the minds of statesmen are almost exclusively turned to projecting the means and conditions of reconstruction. OUR LEGISLATURE. The following bills have been read one or more times in the Senate or the House : a bill to incorporate the York Gas-Light Company; alpo the Presbyterian Church of Yorkville; a bill on selling liquor to slaves; a bill to have dead timber near public roads cut down ; to amend the law on house-burning ; to regulate (perhaps diminish) the compensation of tax collectors ; to extend relief to debtors (for the purpose, likely, of preventing forced sales during these hard times of secession and suspension): to provide for a separate Court of Appeals (made an Act); to repeal the law punishing Banks for suspension; a bill to alter the sheep-and-dog law; to provide for a coast police; for a foreign diplomacy ; a bill to put all the laws relative to patrols in one Act; to raise $500,000, by the issue of bonds, to be placed at the disposal of the State; to enforce attendance on drills ; to raise a military force; to increase the powers of the Ordinary; and a bill (reported) to sell free-persons of color into slavery. The annexed enquiries have been made of the appropriate committees: whether further reg ulation is necessary to prevent free-negroes from carrying fire-arms ; whether it be expedient to change the present free-school system into a common-school system ; whether "stimnlant liquors" should be inspected before they are offered for Bale in the State ; whether South Carolina, after secession, should levy a needful revenue (to be reported on by bill or otherwise); what the new State House will cost; and various enquiries looking to the temporary suspension of that work, its steady progress, or the expenses to be incurred?first by suspension of the work, and secondly bv its continuance. Mr. Rhett offered the following resolution (agreed to) in the House on Saturday : Resolved, That in view of the secession of S. Carolina, within a brief period, from the Federal Union, a special committee be appointed, to consist of seven members, for the purpose of considering and reporting, at an early period, what measures of extraordinary legislation may be necessary or expedient, in reference to foreign and domestic trade and other subjects, growing out of our new relations with the Federal Government and other nations. The two houses cast a joint-ballot for Governor and Lieutenant Governor, on Tuesday. We herewith append a statement of the pay and rations which are to be allowed to all?both officers and privates?in the active service of the State: for the infantry service. For Major General $200 per month, 6 rations per day. Brigadier Gen. 165 " 5 " Colonel 125 " 4 ? Lieut. Colonel... 100 " 3 " Major 85 " 2 " Captain 60 ? 1 " First Lieutenant 40 " 1 " oruuim lJicm... *>u x Third Lieutenant 30 " 1 " Serg't Major.... 525 " 1 " Q'mastcr Serg.. 525 " 1 " Drum Major.... 520 " 1 " First Sergeant.. 20 " 1 " Second Sergeant 15 " 1 " Third Sergeant.. 15 " 1 " Fourth Sergeant. 15 " 1 " First Corporal... 12 " 1 " Second Corporal 12 " 1 " Third Coiporal.. 12 ? 1 " Fourth Corporal. 12 " 1 " Private 10 " 1 " Musician 10 " 1 " FOR THE CAVALRY SERVICE. Each officer, non-commissioned officer, private and musician, shall provide their own horses, and 'shall be allowed the Bame pay and rations as are allowed to the infantry service, with the addition for forage for each horse employed in said service. FOR THE ART1LLEEY SERVICE. Each officer, non-commissioned officer, private and musician, shall be allowed the same pay and rations as are allowed to the infantry service, wun me auuuion oi iorage ior eneu norse employed in said service. Each artillery company shall furnish their own horses. Each sergeant, corporal, private and musician, who shall be called into the active service of the State, shall be allowed two suits of clothes, two caps, and two pairs of shoes, in addition to the pay and rations hereinbefore allowed. The commutation of each ration shall be 30 cents. The commutation of forage for each borse, $8 per month. The commutation of clothing for each soldier, per year, shall be $15. TEXAS AND GOV. HOUSTONl Gov. Houston, of Texas, refuses to convene the Legislature of that State to call a Convention. He has said, however, if the people wish it, he will not stand in their way?he will re sign. Meanwhile, meetings have been held* in all the principal towns; and resolutions adopted in favor of disunion. The Lone Star flag is everywhere to be seen; and the talk is, in some quarters, that Texas will set up alone-star government. She has tried one Union. It has failed. She will not try another, therefore.? However this may be, her people are rife for secession ; and they will have a convention. There is a general understanding among the members of the Legislature, that they will convene in extra session on next Monday, without a formal call from Gov. Houston. The Legislature will call a convention to meet, likely, on the 8th of January. The convention will secede. Secession will result in a new Union with the other seceding States. A PRETTY SIGHT I The Lawrence Courier?a Whig Journal of the Bay State?gives the subjoined graphic account of an Abolition meeting held on the 2nd instant, in Boston. Boston is the abode of sanctified professors, and puritanical snobbishness. She boasts of her literature and learned men? of her high degree of culture and refinement; indeed, as has been said, thinks herself "the hub of creation." Look, now, on this side of the picture: The Abolitionists had a meeting in Tremont Temple, Boston, on Monday forenoon, ostensibly for the purpose of ascertaining "how shall American slavery be abolished." The hall was filled, the majority appearing to be opposed to the Abolitionists, and the presiding officers were elected by them. Fred. Douglas, J. Stella Martin and other negroes essayed to deliver abolition speeches, but they were hushed up, and Fred. Douglas was pitched out of the door of the hall into the street, as was also F. B. Sanborn, of Concord. So much confusion prevailed and the prospect of a row being evident, the ri meeting; was dispersed by order of the Mayor, i( and the hall was closed. Ci GEORGIA LEGISLATURE. " The following preamble and resolution have passed the Georgia Honse of Representatives, t< by a vote of 101 yeas to 27 nays, and been forth- 0 with sent to the Senate: b "The grievances now affecting the Southern $ States must be effectively resisted. The inter- g, ests anc. destines of the sl&veholding States of this Uni on are, and mast remain common. The n secession of one from the Union must, more or b less, involve and affect all. Therefore, cl Resolved, That, in the judgment of this Gen- t| eral Assembly, any State in this Union has the sovereign right to secede from the Union, when- b ever she deems it necessary and proper for safety, honor, and happiness; and that, when a State 1 exercises this right of secession, the Federal Government has no right to coerce or make war ri upon her because of the exercise of such right to secede; and should any Southern State secede from the American Union, and the Federal n Government makes war upon her therefor, Geor- a gia will give to the seceding Southern State the t| aid, assistance, encouragement and sympathy of her entire people. And should the 8tate of b Georgia, secede from the Union, by the action or * theConrentionof her people, to assemble on the Sl 16th of January next, she asks the like sympa- . thy and assistance from her Sonthern sisters which she hereby offers to them." h S NORTH CAROUNA LEGISLATURE. ^ A bill has been referred to the Military Committee, authorizing Governor Ellis to purchase ^ 5000 Minnie rifles, 250,000 ball cartridgei, 10,000 boies of percussion caps, &c., &c.; and appropriaiing $175,000 for the purpose. The ^ Legislature has not elected a successor to Mr. t Clingmnn in the United States Senate. We are 0 heartily disappointed with their proceecRngTlast r week. Almost all their time was dribbled away in petty bills and elections, while scarce a t thought seems to have been devoted to the gnve and mighty future which is rushing to our em- ^ brace. No call of a Convention to decide ; almost no preparation for an emergency; an incubug I seems to reBt upon the Legislature. flHSSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE. 3 This body has adjourned after calling a Con- g vention to meet on the 7th January; and trans- g acting some other business of importance look- | ing to the co-operation of all the Southern States i in the formation of a new Confederacy. The j Governor was requested to appoint as many Com- ] missioners, as in his judgment may be necessa- j ry. to visit each of the slave-holding States, in ] order to secure concerted action for the common ( defence and safety. j TELL THIS TO THE UNBORN"! A letter-writer from Washington says:?I saw j a beggar sitting on a stone yesterday, cold as it was, reading the President's Message. < i EXPULSION. A Georgia exchange suggests that we hold on ' to the Constitution and the Union, and exDel the i Northern States from the present Confederacy! With due regard to the Editor's opinion, we 1 think he is "milking the cow by the horns." A CONFESSION. j President Buchanan, in his Message, says, 'I , confess that I still greatly rely upon the good sense and patriotic forbearance of the Northern people.' Yes, and the Bible tells us to "confess j our sins and forsake them." J MECKLENBURG. \ This birth-place of the Revolution, where the 1 banner of Freedom was first thrown to the breeze { on our continent, on the 20th May 1T5, is true to its "ancient renown." A large and most ] respectable meeting of her citizens has sent up a 6et of stirring and trumpet-tongued resolutions ' to the North Carolina Legislature. The fire has t broken out there. All hail, classic soil of liber . . 1 ty, true to the past and the present! GOV. GIST. The Edgefield Advertiser proposes that this patriotic and christian Statesman and Chief be elected the first President, or Ruler, of the new Republic of South Carolina. He has inspired us with it feeling somewhat akin to veneration by his high-toned purity and unswerving integrity as Governor; and we could trust him most readily to pilot the ship of State over the stormy seas on which it is now floating. He is brave without rashness, wise and prudent without timid caution, and therefore "the man." HEROIC. A lady writer in the Charleston Mercury, offers two hundred dollars for herself, and a hundred for each one of two daughters, as the beginning of a subscription by her sex towards arming the State. This money is not to come out of thu pocket of the husband and father ; but is to be saved by curtailing expenses for dress and amusement. Such patriotism is worthy of the women of any age. Thrice are we armed, when such heroism flashes out in the acts of our women. A laurel wreath for Charleston and her women! THIRTY-THREE' AND 'PROTECTION.' The House Commitee of one from each State, fl to whom was referred the part of the President's message on Secession will "hitch," it is said, on that part where the President recommends "protection" "o slavery in all the Territories of the * Union. The denial of this right to Southerners to settle on the unoccupied soil purchased by our common blood and treasure, will be an "overt act" and an outrage. The committee of thirtythree?which Southern members call a farce? will likely be weak and stubborn enough to drive the most conservative Southerner on it to the wall. ( THE LAST SESSION. A Washington correspondent of the New York Utrald says :?The idea that this is the last session of our National Congress, is becoming familiar to thousands. Visitors at the White House not uncommonly leave with the remark that they have just looked on the last President 01 me UDuea oiaies. xne citizens 01 rriiauiug- j ton, who see ruin staring them in the face if the e Union should be broken np, look upon the signs ^ of the times with undisguised apprehension. It c is a fearful responsibility now devolving on the ( North. Unless a large united effort is there ( made, and promptly, there will probably be two s Confederacies before Lincoln's inauguration. a "THUNDERS OF THE VATICAN." The Northern press, both religious and secular, for the last few weeks has been reeking with 1 the vilest charges, and the grossest threats.? c Some say, the Secession movement was merely a u scheme of the politicians to defeat Lincoln ; * others, that it is the work of a class bont on re- ^ opening the African slave-trade; others still, that "the money changers" havo done it to ere- ? ate a "panicand still others, that it is the ^ mad work of ambitions men who are too weak ^ f to acquire a broad national reputation. All these are wilfully blind to the paramount cause ^ of disunion. Yet they are the very men who c threaten coercion. Sumner says Massachusetts ' is ready to secede. Senator Hale has made a speech that has caused furrows of wrath to gath- ^ er on the brow of every Southorn member. He 1 says that those who are preparing for secession, * must also prepare for war. Messrs. Brown, ^ Iverson and Wigfall instantly met his sugges- 3 tion with defiance. The Republican members ^ of Congress will make no concessions ; and Sew- n ard is said to be preparing to make "a great Y speech" at an early day. He is to be their b Achilles in the fight. They are making a tre- h mendous fuss. The President's message has excited one universal growl in their ranks. They ? think Mr. Buchanan is in his dotage. They think 1 the South a set of enraged barbarians. They a ive, they threaten, they bully. Meanwhile, de it us see what "aid and consolation" Mr. Lin - uc dId, when he gets into office, will find a bank- ct apt treasury. es Ihe Treasury has refused, for want of funds, Li 3 pay the members of the House, their dues.? di ?nly about $200,000 have been paid to mem- a ers since the beginning of the session. Some in 60,000 duo for pensions on New Year's day, 1( ave been ordered not be paid, unless Treasury w otes (to the amount of $10,000,000 is proposed) tl e issued promptly. None of the clerks in the ifferent Departments will recieve a cent for lis month's services. Poor Uncle Sam, we fear g e is too poor to buy his grave-clothes! MILITARY DEFENCE OF THE STATE. ^ Three bills?one to establsih an Ordnance Bu?au and Board of Ordnance, one to raise an * rmed force of ten thousand men, and one to - -? O A AA AAA *L - .,]!? iiae ,jiui/,uuu uu iuo ouvlc a uiouib tu uuj aims, mmuniticn, &c.?hare been before the Legislate. They have received one or two readings ; ut neither of them has as yet become an Act, re believe. The groatest difficulty in the way ? eems to be the manner in which the offiaers of a he armed force are to be appointed?whether n y the Governor with the concurrence of the [! ienate, by the Legislature, or by the soldiers C. hemselves. The whole force will likely consist f f one Division, divided and subdivided into K trigades, Regiments, Battalions and Companies -the GeneralB of Division and Brigade to be K ppointed by the Governor or Legislature ; and, si a case an officer is killed or cashiered, his place ^ o be filled by the next in rank below him, and j-J very officer even down to "dog-pelter" to rise ? a regular gradation. The $400,000 will be aised, not by direct taxation, but by loans od A he credit of the State. We have no doubt that ,11 this "stock" will be speedily taken by the w latriotic citizens of South Carolina. ci )ELEGATES TO THE STATE CONVENTIOIT. fa We give below, as far as ascertained, the re- ^ ult of the District elections for delegates to the u itate Convention. The original nomination has n teen elected in our District; and they are "out e .nd out" for secession. If any District or Par- e sh in the State sends up a milk-and-water dele- n ;ation, we will mark the fact in some way. Wo, lowever, do not anticipate any such thing. We n .re now satisfied that the people will be as unani-^ ^ nous for secession, as was the Legislature in 8 ailing a Convention. The following are the c umes of the delegates for? York.?Col. Wm. B. Wilson, Dr. R. T. Alii- * ion, A. Baxter Springs, Samuel Rainey, Sr., and p Dr. A. I. Barron. Richland.?William Hopkins, Maxcy Gregg, ;x Gov. James H. Adams and Wm. F. DeSausiure. h Lexington.?Col. H. J. Caughman, John C. J Deiger, Gen. Paul Quattlebaum. Fairfield.?Ex-Gov. J. H. Means, Maj. W. S. r.?ia? it n r. UJICO, AX. KJ. ISO! V LO. ^ Greenville.?Rev. Dr. James C. Furman, Col. Wm. H. Campbell, Dr. James Harrison, Perry ^ E. Duncan, Gen. W. K. Easeley. There was &n opposition ticket in Greenville. Five boxes 11 leard from give 686 for secession; 60 for the a Jnion. The town-box voted 446 for secession, p ,e 8 against it. . ^ , Charleston.?A. G. Magrath, W. P. Miles, (ohn Townsend, R. N. Gourdin, H. W. Conner, F P. D. Wagner, R. B. Rhett, C. G. Memminger, 1 }. Manigault, J. J. Pringle Smith, I. W. Hayne, j r. H. Honour, R. DeTroviile, T. M. Hanckel, j. W. Spratt, A. W. Burnet, W. Middleton, T. 1 L Simons, F. D. Richardson, Benj. H. Rutledge, Jdward McCrady, W. A. Pringle. ^ Christ Church.?Peter P. Bonncau, W. P. Ihingler. ' Orange Parish.?Judge T. W. Glover, Hon. e j. M. Keitt, Donald R. Barton. 7 Lancaster.?Dr. W. C. Cauthen, Dr. R. L. >awford, Rev. D. P. Robinson. A friend writes is that the whole vote cast was 569?about half a he strength of the District. b Laurens.?H. C. Young, H. W. Garlington, ^ V. D. Watts, Thomas Weir, sr., John D. Wil- . iams. All elected without opposition. Barnwell.?L. M. Ayer., W. P. Finley, li Iraham, Lawton, Gen. D. F. Jamison. p St. Matthews.?John Wannamaker 175; Dr. j. Dantzlerl65; Dr. A. Darby 165. There beng but two to be elected, the tie in the last two 0 dtiates their election. "S Chester.?The following gentlemen were elect- g 'd to the Convention: A. Q. Dunovant792; Thos. tfoore 768; John McKee, sr., 780; Richard c Voods772. il Abbeville.?T. C. Perrin, Edward Noble, John c I. Wilson, Thomas Thomson, D. L. Wardlaw, . lohn A. Calhoun. Saint Andrew's?E. M. Clark, A. H. Brown. Saint John's Berkley.?W. Cain, P. C. Snow- b len. -j Saint Thomas and Saint Dennis.?J. L. Nowell, r. S. O'Hear. v Marion.?W. W. Harllee, W. B. Rowell, C. tl ). Evans, A. W. Bethea. A Sumter.?Maj. A. G. Spain, Revs. H. D. Green md Thos. R. English, and M. P. Mayes. Pickens.?William Hunter, Andrew F. Lewis, ii lobert A. Thompson, William S. Grisham, John 1( daxwell. These gentlemen, we are pleased to , earn, are all disunionists, and will vote for seession. 8 Prince Williams.?John E. Frampton, W. F. ii Iutson. jj Anderson.?Hon. J. N. Whitner, Hon. J. L. )rr, J. P. Peed, R. F. Simpson, B. F. Mauldin. Clarendon.?Ex-Gov. J. P. Richardson, Ex- y lov. J. L. Manning, Dr. J. J. Ingvaham. e Kingston Parish, liHorry."?T. W. Beaty ,070; W. J. Ellis 1,070. Opposition to secesion 28. " Darlington.?J. A. Dargan, E. W. Charles, I. _ >. w lison, J. :u. jLiiomopt). / Edgefield.?F. H. Wardlaw, R. G. M. Dunoant, J. P. Carroll, A. J. Hammond, James c L Tompkins, James Smiley, Wm. Gregg. c Williamsburg.?A. W. Dozier, J. G. Pressley, t: I. C. Logan. St. Helena.?Robert W.'Barnwell, J. D. Pope. e St. Bartholomews.?E. St. P. Bellinger, E. R. tl lenderson, M. E. Carn, Petec Stoker. e Marlboro.'?E. W. Goodwin, A. McLeod, W. ). Johnston. Spartanburg.?S. Bobo, J. H. Carlisle, Wm. 8 lurtis, B. B. Foster, B. F. Kilgore, J.'G. Lan- t Irnm. . v St. Peter's.?Langdon Cbeves, B. H. Rhodes. St. Stephen's.?T. L. Gourdin, J. S. Palmer. e St. James Goose Creek.?John M. Shingler, 3. P. Brown. Union.?3. M. Gadberry, W. H. Gist, James a Feffries, Sen., J. 8. Sjms, Sen. MERE-MENTION. a Gov. Moore, of Alabama, has appointed Col. " lohn A. Elmore, of Montgomery, a Commission- 0 ir from that State to South Carolina. Mr. El- b nore is a relative of Hon. Frank. H. Elmore, r leceased, who filled the unexpired term of Mr. 8 lalhoun in the United States Senate. The a ladets from our State at West Point, have re- y igued their appointments, and will be home at ,n early day. The total amount of proper- ? y in South Carolina is estimated at $342,526,1R7 her annual nroducts. at S52.725.382. You * oay put this down in round terras, as four hun- r Ired million dollars. The importation of f Iry goods at New York for the past month is 0 ralued at $5,797,000, which is nearly half a mil- a ion below the importation of November, 1859. 1 It has been recommended that all church- d is offer up their united prayers in behalf of the f Convention, on next Sabbath. Wm. H. c jivingston & Co., of New York city, have reused to fill an order from Messrs. Henerey & Co., of Charleston, amounting to the poor sum j if $53 13. The plea is "the position of Charleson towards N. York and the North generally !" t The New York Tribune says: "The Pesi- J lent's Message insults reason, outrages humaniy, falsifies history, and defies common sense." t calls President Buchanan a liar. The ^ Vashington correspondent of the N. York Herald ays that the members from South Carolina, y Llabama, Georgia and Mississippi, drew pay and S lileage to this date, which leaves the Treasury rithout money for similar service to other mem- r era." A dispatch says: The President ii as given assurance that he will not reinforc e the b arts of Charleston harbor. Maj. Anderson, at 'ort Moultrie, has not asked for more troops.? ti 'he best feeling prevails between the garrison \{ ,nd the citizens. It is estimated that the A ipreciation throughout tip country in the vali of flour, wheat, cotton, wool, corn, State seirities, railroad and bank stocks, negroes, real tate and other property, since the election of incoln, is not less than two hundred milliont of illars. A dispatch from Washington says, prominent manufacturer of Massachusetts, now i Washington, declares that in thirty days 10,000 operatives in his State will be out of ork, and that a great reaction is going on in le public mind there. LOCAL AFFAIRS. lection for Delegates. The following is the result of the election in ork District, for Delegates to the State Convenor About fourteen hundred and fifty votes ere polled. The first five are elected : in= T? f\> F ? ? ij a r3 * F ~ ? > <' > ? ? o w PRECINCTS. J r > 7* 2 m 2 5 g 2 5 ? ? f ? ? * 2 * : : : ? : : : : ORKVILLE, 310 238 230 184 28Ql 106! 44 LLISON'S 22 20 12 18 24 7| 12 ING'S MOUNTAIN 5 5 00 5 4 OOj 00 RATTONSV1LLE,. 34 35 37 29 27 16! 2 OYDTON 43 44 43 42. 43 2' 00 r.INTON'S 33! 38 37 3fi' 25 30! 00 LARK'S STORE... 17 21 21J 18 14| 14 00 BENEZERVILLE... 53 39 46j 51 27 32 ; 00 EEMSTER'S I 5L 34 50 43 33 33 41 ORT MILLS, I 115 105 103j 121 34 86 00 ERR'S 32 46 25 | 8 36 10 44 OVE'S, I 61 55 55 i 54 7 51 11 OORE'S 29 29 29 29 29 00 00 OCK HILL ' 133 95 82 121 5 143 00 HILOAH 84 68 69 . 69 3 l 74 00 MITH'S I 39 34 34 34 301 10 00 LAY HILL ! 69 83 ; 66 81 56 ) 42 2 fYLIE'S STORE...I 59 67 , 53 ! 47 54! 19! 38 OATES' TAVERN.; 51 46! 47; 47 43! 5! 00 cCONNELL'S | 46 40 j 41 j 23 8 ( 39 j 23 Total ;il286 116211120|1060 ; 784j 739 | 217 n Explanation. Rev. R. A. Ross requests us to say that he as urged time and again, but refused, to be a andidate for the Convention. Notwithstanding lis, some of his friends, for whose partiality e is grateful, determined to run him anyhow.? if this determination he himself knew nothing, ntil about noon of Wednesday, the 6th; and lany of the people, not until after the day of lection. As soon as he found it out, he requestd his friends to go to work, and get him as lany votes as they could; for even then, at that ite hour, it could hardly be made a respectable umber. He does not regard the vote cast for im?and, we suppose, properly?as any test at dl of his popularity in the District. !?det for the Arsenal. We are gratified to observe that our young if- m TJ OWDbmau, iur. x. u. vvyu, uus rcycivcu uu ointment to the Arsenal Academy at Colombia. ? ro. 1 noituti. Messrs. Logan and Meacham, near the Depot, ave sent us as fine a specimen of New Orleans lolasses?new crop?as we ever tasted. We are bliged therefor. Those who love Masses, call! iood Cotton-Picking. Mr. Geo. Byers has handed us the result of a ay's cotton-picking on Col. McCaw's plantaion, which is hard to beat for this high latitude nd late day of the season. Here it is : Little 'eter, 160; Milly, 159 ; Demey, 150; John, 43; Joe, 140; Charles, 140; Ben, 135; Big 'eter, 135; Cornelia, 130; Adeline, 125; Kate, 20; Mary, 120; Julia, 120; Eliza, 120; Cinda, 20: Edv, 100. Total?16 hands, 2117 lbs. 'nlon Prayer-Ma eting. We are glad to say that a "Union Prayerleeting" of all Christians and others who wish 3 attend, will be commenced in Yorkville this vening, at the instance of President Anderson, 'he meetings will alternate between the churches f the Methodist and A. R. persuasion. They re to be weekly?on Thursday night?and will e only three-quarters of an hour long. Mr. .nderson will conduct the first one, at the [ethodist Church, this eveuing at early gasghting. 'eraonal and Patriotic. Hon. Augustus W. Burton, of the North Carlina Senate from Cleveland, passed through orkville on Saturday last, for his home in helby. He is a resistance man of the longest alibre. He says that be will leave the Senate, ' the Legislature of his State does not call a onvention of the people. He spent but a few ours with his friends and relatives of this place. By the way, we learn that a paper is soon to e established at Shelby, to advocate secession, 'ho material for it, we believe, is at the Yorkille Depot, now. Has Mr. Burton "a hand in ae pie !" l Drive into the Country. We threw aside our "Falcon" last Friday evenag?we put on our boots and Sunday-coat?we tctded from town, office and all?and a brisk rive of eight miles mountain-wards, with a mack of the news and a letter from "a friend i Texas" as we went along, brought us to the ospitable residence of Maj. Myles Smith?and ar what ? Why, an old-fashioned singing party, rith the rosy-cheeked, round-limbed, full-chestd lasses, and the strong-lunged, clear-eyed oys of the "blue-hills." It was a taste of 'merry Christmas times" to us. Such singing' -clear, ringing, elastic, thrilling ; there was a reshness, a heartiness, a life in it, only of the ountry. Ye, who pine over your pale faces and ough out your incipient consumption in airight rooms in town; you ought to havewitnessd, as we did in the whole event of the singing, tie magic influence which out-of-doors air and xercise work upon the eyes, cheeks and voice, 'hen, the cheerfulness, the freedom, the uuretrained naivete that prevailed, were refreshing o see among the happy people; and all the thile impressed us with the truth so beautifully xpressed by the poet: "God made the country, and man made the town." Many and many were the young folks there; nd Maj. Smith and his estimable lady?whose ery face and form remind us of the stately dames nd sires fo the Revolution?presided over their louse in the whole-souled and generous spinn f old-time hospitality. The "ebonies" vrere usy in waiting, or else in displaying their "ivoies" or otherwise manifesting their intense [ratification. Had Mr. Buchanan been there, nd seen the perfect security that reigned, he rould have "eaten" his late message, where he gnores all the grave and grievous wrongs of the louth, and refers the secession excitement merey to a vague sense of fear and insecurity. We alked with the people; and there seems unaninous readiness to defend our rights at the point if the bayonet. New Centre is a pleasant part if our District; the country is rolling and hilly ; ,nd the landscape views are frequently cbarmng to the eye. We returned to town on Saturlay morning much gratified, and heartily thankul for the kindness of this drive into "the hill lountry." CONTRIBUTOBIAL. fourth of July. Mr. Simonton in the Legislature, in enumeraing the bank holidays, ignores the Fourth ol uly. We wonder why. We don't see it. The Columbian Confederacy. Four weeks ago, our readers will remember, re suggested this style and title for the new louthern government about to be inauguarted. When "Rome was the world," the prondest cply to a foreigner's challenge, in whatever land I might be made, or in whatever tongue it might e uttered, was?"I am a Roman citizen." When, in the years to be, we wander in dieant lands, wo hope to reply to the same chalange, with a purer than Roman pride?"I am Columbian citizen." Let the Columbian Confederacy oomprebend ai our whole South: and as a united people we will ?' U I take our place among the nations of the earth. Columbia will be a aynonyme for this "our own gj proud land of the South"?the rich sunny land * of our glorions clime?the clime of the gallant, ^ the true and the brave?the home of the fair, it "Where the flowcra ever blossom, the beams ever shine, ri And the virgins are soft as the roses they twine." gj Last Saturday's Carolinian suggests "Southern Confederacy" as a suitable name; it also b' mentions "Columbian Confederacy," being ignor- ^ ant no doubt of the fact that the name had been already proposed by us, and had reappeared 1< in perhaps every paper in the State and among 11 them the Southern Guardian of this city. tj A Williamston correspondent of the Carolinian, a under date of December 6, proposes "Columbia Republic." * The Williamston correspondent also has the air of one ignorant that his idea had been al- n ready presented in a better form. That is to say, the Williamston correspondent ^ of the Carolinian and the Carolinian itself ig- I nore us. We are, accordingly, very much ignored. Rma.ll Pat. t The Board of Health will call it Variola.? Up to the present time, (Tuesday), we hare heard of five veil authenticated eases of SmallPox. Of these, two hare resulted fatally.? 1 There are some other cases not yet decided on. j The Board of Health has faithfully reported j every case that has been officially (by the attending physician) returned to it as variola. b We have inquired of members of the profes- g sion, and feel safe in assuring our readers of the following points: 1?Small-Pox is communicable only during its eruptive stage, and then mainly when fully developed 2?To contract the disease at all, either direct personal contact, or immediate inhalation of 0 breath or effluvium, by confinement in the same b room, is necessary, Therefore? f< 3?To pass in the street by infected houses, * or to live even next door, involves very little if t' any danger. a 4?Small-Pox is as incontestably contagious * ?catching, in the popular meaning of the word t ?as any disease in the whole domain of Nosology. E 5?Vaccination is a reliable preventive. ? 6?A certain preventive is?to keep out of 0 the way. s 7?There is no certain way of knowing whether a vaccinated person will take the disease or s uUb, except tu ?ppiy it ogam. xnenv u do eneoi ? follow, he is considered safe. Some say it lasts 2 seven years; others, twenty-one; others, a thoui c and. t Literary, *An article in last week's Borne Journal, of * New York, reviews the poems of John W. Over- I all, of New Orleans, with high praise. The po- 6 ems are ready for the press, and will appear soon we presume, The specimens given prove Over- ' all to be one of oar most gifted southern poets. The Blue and Gold edition of Mn: Osgood's t Poems, purporting and claiming to be "com c plete," is a fraud. It is incomplete. It is in 8 fact a reprint of the edition of 1845?five years ? before the author's death. ' * Woman's Friendship. Willis of the Home Journal, with, characteristic facility of expression, says: "While a woman of genius is unlikely to be loved, she is, of all human beings, the most exquisite susceptivity for a friendship." Case of Conscience. Sheridan Knowles is just very much exercised on account of moral scruples upon the matter of , his earlier productions. He acquired distinction ( as actor, dramatist, novelist, and lecturer, and ? made arrangements with his publishers to re- ? ceive an annuity for life upon the copy-rights of his works. Then, recently he turned preaoher: and his conscience becoming sore on the matter of accepting the annuity, it being the wages of : sin, he is in a strait. What should he do ? It 8 is a nice point for the casuists. A case in some respect similar occured in ^ America. Captain Ingraham, the author of "Lafitte the Pirate" and many other second-rate c novels, at length became a preaoher and labored ( manfully to suppress his youthful works. Secession. Before another issue 01 the Enquibe&, South Carolina may have become a separate sovereign- * tySo be it. t It becomes every good citizen now to be es 1 pecially circumspect in observing every iota of J the law, so that no occasion of violence may j arise. One drop of blood may involve a whole continent in war. Let no rash act on our part be afterwards referred to by oar enemies as the cause. Let them have no handle to blame us.? If a war with the General Government arise in the North, and be precipitated upon us, let it ^ come; but let our hands be clean of even the im- * putation of lawless violence. Let Carolina's robes of State be pure from any stain of outlaw blood. This is of all others not a time to "hang 1 a peddler." The man who raises an arm in riot C should be shot down in his tracks as a traitor to his country. When war comes?if come it must?our people are ready for it?ready to -i the death, man by man. t Nextweek we are to hear the charge-command 1 from the lips of our State Convention :? < "South Cabolina !?Forward?quick ttep? 1 guide centre?march I" < And our separate nationality will be consume- 1 ted. < The God of Bight is with us, and we are safe. Vive Columbia I ( Columbia, 8. C. J. W. D. ' 1 For the Yorkvtlle Enquirer. NJ, S VIGILANCE ASSOCIATION. J Z i i.:? V-.1.J i. r A LUetJUUg TTU3 UC1U aw UVlu?oua uuuivu, au ' York District, on the 30th ultimo, for the pur- 1 pose of forming a Vigilant Association. Maj. 1 J. M. Wallace acted as Chairman, and Robert ' Guthrie was appointed Secretary. A Committee ' was appointed to draft resolutions, which were 1 read and adopted unanimously: < 1st. Resolved, That we, the undersigned, do 1 form ourselves into an association, to be known . as the Bcthesda Vigilant Association, for the purpose of protecting our homes, families and ' property, and for the general welfare of the community, and we pledge ourselves to sustain i each other in carrying out the objects of this t Association. I 2d. Resolved, That the officers of this Assooia- ? tion shall consist of a President. Secretary and t Treaaurer, and an Executive Committee, to con- ( sist of twelve men, to be chosen by the Assooia- f tion, to which all matters of importance shall be c referred. I 3d. Resolved, That the Association shall meet { once every two months, and all persons wishing to join the Association shall be voted in by ballot. 4th. Resolved, That the officers shall be elected every four months- by the members of the Association, and they are required to meet c monthly, and transact all business that may be , referred to them, having full power to decide all cases brought before them, and their decision 8 shall be final and conclusive. 1 5th Resolved, That the President appoint as , many Captains of patrol as he may think necessary to carry out the object of the Association ; I a company of patrol to consist of not less than t five men. 6th. Resolved, That the patrol companies have the power to arrest all suspicious white persons and bring them before the Executive Committee for trial. 7th. Resolved, That each Captain of patrol be required to call out his company for duty once 1 a week or as often as he may think necessary. 8th. Resolved, That we pledge ourselves to put down all negro preaching, prayer meetings, and all congregations of negroes that may be considered unlawful by the patrol companies. ' 9th. Resolved, That the patrol companies have the power to correct and punish all slaves t id free negroes, u they may deem proper; as jthing herein justifies any patrol company to jure any person's property. 10th. Reulvtd, That we pledge ourselves to ive no general passes; each pass to specify here to go and when to return. 11th. Ruolvtd, That each and overy Captain r patrol be famished with a copy of these resoitions, which they must show to all persons ssiding in their neighborhood and request their gnatures. 12th. Rttolvtd, That each Captain of patrol e required to make a return to the President wnthly, and report all persons who refuse to do uty. 13th. Ruolvtd, That we will prohibit all pedirs from passing through our section of the Disrict, unless they be legally authorized by law. 14th. Ruolvtd, That any of the above resolu,oos may be changed at any regular meeting by majority of the members present. 15th. Ruolvtd, That the officers do duty equal > any of the members. On motion, it was Ruolvtd, That the Chairman appoint a Comlittee of ten to nominate officers for the Associion. The Chairman appointed J. S. Bratton, >. A. Gordon, E. A. Crawford, Philip Lindsay, 7m. Hanna, Green Sandifer, S. G. Poag, S. G. lemphili, John M. Moore and F. E. Moore. The Committee appointed by the Chairman to lominate officers for the Association, presented he names of the following persons, who were hen elected by the Association for four months. For rrendent?Maj. J. M. Wallace. " Secretary?J. 8. Bratton. " Treaeurer?D. A. Gordon. Executive Committee.?Samuel Rainey, Sr., Villiam Hanna, Green Sandifer, Alex. Pagan, A. Erwin, 8. G. Hemphill, Philip Sandifer, Sen., J. C. Tippens, James McDowal, Daniel D. doore, R. M, Lindsay, E. M. Byere. Ruolved, That the proceedings of this meeting >e published in the Yorhnlle Enquirer. On motion, the meeting adjourned to meet on latorday before Christmas, at 10 o'clock, A. MJ J. M. WALLACE, Ch'mn. Roubt Guthbii, Secretary. For the Yorkville EnquflfrT' MISUTE COMPA2TY. Agreeable to appointment, the citiiens of this ommunity assembled at Philadelphia Church, o take into consideration the propriety of the )rmation of a Minute Company. The meeting ras organized by calling J. Clark Knykendal to be Chair, and requesting W. T. Crawford to aet s Secretary. On taking bis seat, the Chairman cry ably urged the propriety of such forma* ion under existing circumstances. Thirty-five tames were enrolled, with assurances of many tbers who were prevented from participating n the present occasion, by the very inolement 4 tate of the weather. On motion of J. H. Crawford, a Committee of even was appointed to nominate suitable perons as Officers of the Company. After any ofce within the gift of the Company had been de* lined bv the Chairman, the Committee nrenented he names of the following gentlemen: W. E. Jhatnbers, Captain ; W. A. Alexander, let L'.euenant; John C. Kuykendal, 2nd Liextenant; )aniel W. Moore, 8d Lieutenant, who were lected. The Company then adopted the name of the 'Home Guards." After the necessary measures had been taken o form and maintain patrol companies through* iut the community, to arrest all suspioious charinters who may appear in our midst, and investigate their business, the meeting adjourned to neet every alternate Saturday afternoon for Irill and instruction. J. CLARK KUYKENDAL, Chm'n. W. T. Crawford, Secretary. LATEST NEWS. 01 From WMhtngtOB. Washington, Dec. 11, 1860.?In the Senate, resolutions in faror of a reduction of the army >f the United States, and the admission of Kanias, were made the special order for the 18th initant. Congressional Committees. A committee of one from each State has been appointed by the House, on the subject of seceslion. Mr. Boyce is the member for South Carilina; Mr. Hawkins, for Florida. They both >egged to be excused from serving; but the louse refused to excuse them. The Senate is liscussing the appointment of a like Committee >f thirteen. Colombia Cotton Market. Columbia, Deo. 12. The sales for the past two days amounted to iO bales. Extremes 8} @ lOo. Charleston, December 10.?There was a good lemand for cotton to day, bat owing to the very educed stock on sale, buyers were compelled to imit their operations to 1,097 bales, at fall and irm prices?middlings 10 @10jc. Extremes 1 @ lljo. Tbe Montgomery Bald. St. Louis, Mo., December 9.?A dispatch to he Democrat says that Gen. Frost had been to ?ort Scott and held an interview with Harney, rbo stated that Montgomery was entrenched at tlaine City, with three hundred men, and was letermined to show fight; It is believed that, hrough the combined forces of Frost and Hartey, Montgomery and his whole band will be aptured. Arrival of tbe Steamship Europe. Cape Race, N. B., Dec. 11.?The 8teamship Vuropa, from Liverpool for Boston, toached at his point to-day, with Earopean dates to the 1st instant. The sales of cotton, for the week ilosing with her departure, amounted to 70,000 )ales?of which speculators took 8,500, and sxporters 4.6UU. Prices for the finer grades rere firmer, and the trade demand buoyant. All inalities slightly advanced. On Friday, the 30th alt, 10,000 bales changed hands, at firm and fall prices. Fair Orleans, fjd.; Middlings, 7d. Oca c0h0rx88i0sal Dmeqation.?A Washington dispatch says: Messrs. Miles, Bonham and McQueen, of th? Soath Carolina Delegation, called upon the Presiient to day, and bad a long and earnest consultation with the old gentleman on affairs relating to South Carolina. He intimated very plainly hat he must enforce the laws, but did not intend ;o resort to coercion. Resignation of Senator Cobb. A Washington dispatch to the Charleston Cornier says: Washington, Deo. 10.?The first comptroller his morning delivered the resignation of 8ecre;ary Cobb to the President. He leaves for bis lome in Georgia on Thursday. He was not preset at the last three Cabinet Councils. It is ru? nored and generally oredited that Postmastergeneral Holt, will succeed him. But well inormed parties point to the Hon. James Guthrie, >f Kentucky (formerly Secretary,) as most likev to he annointed. Secretary Cobb leaves on riendly terms with the Administration. Louisiana. The Mercury of yesterday has the following theering dispatch: Baton Rocqe, La., December 10.?The Louisiana Legislature met here at 12 o'olock to-day. The message of Governor T. 0. Moore was read imid great exoitement. The Governor recommends the immediate acion of Louisiana, so as to be out of the Union )efore the inauguration of Lincoln, and that the Jtate Military Board should buy and distribute irms among the people, for which purpose he sails for the appropriation of half million of doltrs. The Governor also asserts the right of se:ession, and counsels unity of action among the ilaveholding States. In the Senate the Convention bill was introiuced. In the House a resolution was introduced fixing the time for the assembling of the Convention early in the month of January next.