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Y0LUME7 YORKVILLB, REPUBLIC OF SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 24,1861. " iMBfl
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? TO ASMS!
The war drum is beating?prepare far the fight!
The stern bigot Northman exults in lis might;
Gird on your bright weapons?your foemen are nigli,
And this be yourwatchword?1"We conqueror die!"
The trumpet is sounding from mountain to shore;
Your stvords and your lances mus* slumber no more!
Fling forth to the sunlight your banner on high,
Inscribed with the watchword?"VVe conquer or die!"
March on to the field, there to do or to dare,
With shoulder to shoulder all danger to share;
And let your proud watchword ring up to the sky,
Till the blue arch re-echoes?"We conquer or die!"
Press forward undaunted, nor think of retreat,
The enemy'8 host on the threshold to meet;
Strike firm, till the foemen before you shall fly,
Appalled by your watchword?"We conquer or die!"
Go forth in the pathway your forefathers trod;
We, too, fight for freedom?our captain Is God !
Their blood in our veins, with their honors we vie ;
Theirs, too, was the watchword?"We conqueror die!"
We strike for the South?mountain, valley and plainFar
the Sou ill we will conquer again and again;
n? J? and trlnmnh Id niirh
x1ci uuj vi doitouvu uiu ui?*m*|#u ?"
Ours, then, be the watchword?"We conquer or die!".
Ik? fil? mI ,fto?*!.
For the Yorkville Enquirer.
ABGUMENTS FOE SLAVERY.
THE PATRIARCHS WERE SLAVEHOLDERS.
THE MOSAIC INSTITUTES AND TEN COMMANDMENTS
RECOGNIZE ITJ AND IT
CAN 3E TRACED DOWN TO THE CLOSE OF
THE OLD TE8TAMENT CANON.
2. Id resamiDg the Biblical argument,
we advance to the position that slavery can
be traced in the history of the Patriarchs.
Two hundred years after the flood, we
And it appearing in the time of Job, whom
we presume to have lived about this date.
See Job 1:3, 15,16,17; 3:19; 19:16;
31:13. Let it be remembered that this
first historic slaveholder is pronouoced, in
inspired language, to be a "man that was
perfect and npright, and one that feared
God and eschewed eviland yet he held
his fellow men in bondage. Every Eibit
reader knows that Abraham, the father of
the faithful, was the owner of a large number
of slaves.
See Gen. 12 : 5, which exhibits both him
and Lot as having "gotten (by purchase)
souls in Haran." In Gen. 14:14 and 17 :
12, 13, 23, 27, the slaves of Abraham are
also mentioned, and divided into those
"born in bis house" and those "bought with
his money of the stranger." They are referred
to again in Gen. 20 :14?16 and 24 :
34. Thus this faithful Patriarch not only
nomad nlnvea Knf. mnsfc hfivfl had an im
mense number of them, at least tico thousand,
and as is probable bequeathed these,
in part, to his son Isaac, who is also represented
as bearing the same relation to a
" great store of servants." See Gen. 25:
6 and 26 :12, 13,14.
Jacob, also, had "men servants," or
slaves as the Hebrew word means, "and maid
servants," Gen. 30:43; 31:14,15 16; 32 :
5. That slavery was also extensively prev
alent in this period, is evident from the sale
of Joseph to the Ishmaelites. Gen. 37 : 26,
27; and from the proposition made by the
sons of Jacob to be "bondsmen" and by the
Egyptians, to sell themselves to be slaves to
Pharaoh. Gen. 44 :9; 47 :19.
8. The Biblical argument, also, admits
expansion by a reference to the Mosaic Institutes
and the laws not only authorizing,
bnt, also, regulating slavery among the
Jews.
The recognition of the relation of master
and servant, appears in two of the Ten
Commandments, whioh were formally de
livered to Moses. See 4th and 10th Commands.
In the civil institutions of the Jews, provision
was made for the operation of a regular
system of domestic slavery, and under
these, slaves were of both Hebrew and
Heathen birth. Those brought into servitude,
who were of Hebrew origin, are to be
distinguished from those procured from the
Heathen. The Hebrew was liable to do
menial service, under a variety of circumstances.
a. The daughter could be sold
by the father. Exod. 21 :7. b. Liberty
could be sold on account of poverty. Levit.
25 : 39. c. Debtors often became the servants
of their creditors. 2d Kings, 4:1;
Mat. 18:25. d. A thief became, in many
cases, the servant of him whom he robbed.
Exod. 22 :3. c. If taken captive in war,
he could be reduced to slavery. 2d Chron.
12 :8. /. He who had been ransomed or
recaptured from a Heathen, by a Hebrew,
could be again sold as a slave, to one of his
own nation. Levit. 25:48?53. But in
reference to these Hebreic servants, they
were all entitltd to release from servitude,
at certain intervale, except in case where
they refused to accept liberty ; then they
were to be made servants for life. See
Exod. 21: 5,6, and Deut. 15 :12, in both
of which it is distinctly said, they are to be
"servants forever." The times of manumission
were, 1. Every seventh year. Ex.
21: 2, 6. In this event it is plain that the
man servant alone went out from bondage,
unless he was married at the time of his
subjection to slavery, then his wife might,
also, be released with him ; but the children
were never released on this occasion.
The maid servant, also, sometimes enjoyed
this privilege, as is evident from Exod. 21:
7?11, but hers was an exceptional case.
2. When a material injury, as the loss of
? ?- o moo onf'orerl t.hp SPrVftD t
au CJK7 ui a luutuj h-m
(Hebrew) could claim his freedom. Exod.
21:26, 27. 3. Theyear of Jubilee, every
fiftieth year, brought liberty to every servant
of Hebrew blood. See Levit. 25 :39
?43, 47?55.
Id addition, however, to this class of servants,
who were of Jewish extraction, and
hence, having their term of service subject
to limitation, there were authorized in the
Jewish code of laws, other slaves whose
term of service was perpetual. The law is
un Levit. 25:44?46. "Both thy bondmen,
and thy bondmaids which thou shalt
have, shall be heathen that are round about
you; of them shall ye buy bondmen and
bondmaids. Moreover of the strangers that
do sojourn among you, of them shall ye
buy, and of their families that are with you,
which they begat in your land; and thej
shall be your possession. And ye shall take
them as an inheritance for your childrec
after you, to inherit them for a possession
they shall be your bondmen forever."?
Upon this, which may be called the Divine
rule, touching the enslavement of the Ham
itio race, styled here "heathen" and "stran- n
gere," we make the following comments.: t
A. That it authorizes the reduction of c
the heathen to slavery is too plain for dis- ii
cussion. The manner of that reduction is p
specified to be by purchase, gift, or inheri- f
tance Violence and fraud in the acquisi- t
tion of even these slaves, constituted the g
crime of "man stealing," and was visited c
with death. Exod. 21:16. e
B Such were to be real property to the a
owners. Proved by his "buying" them ; a
by their being called a "possession," an p
"inheritance" and "money," as in Exod. a
21: 20, 21; and by their being recognized C
as property in the 10th Command. This, \
by no means, implies that they were regar-io
1 1 ?J 4-J fAw fkair frnflf. I n
aea auu ireuieu as uiuic^, iui ?u?n r
mentas men, whose services were controlled o
by their owners, is plain from Exod. 21 :
20, where cruelty was to be punished, and ?
from Exod 20:8?11; 12:44; Deut. 16: j
9?12; 12 : 13?18, where they were to S
receive religious privileges as other mem- ^
bers of the family. j
C. This servitude was perpetual, as fol- 1
lows from the phrase, "shall be your bond- J
men forever," and from no provision being j
made for this class of servants, entitling S
them to emancipation, as in case of Hebrew c
slaves; and from their being held as an
"inheritance for their children after them."
D. The ownership here granted to the v
Hebrew master over his heathen slave, cer- j,
tainly entitled him to retaiD and recover n
him if he attempted to escape from his ^
bondage. This is deducible from the very n
terms of property used, which indicated a D
supreme right to the services of the slave; t
from there being no provision made for t
such a slave to escape from a Hebrew mas- y
ter; from the fact that for one thus to de- d
prive his neighbor of his property, by decoying
his slave from him, would have convicted
him of man stealing, which was con }
demned. and if allowed, in case of slaves n
escaping from one Hebrew tribe to another, e
would have soon put an end to slavery; t
from the fact that God sent back Hagar to f
her mistress, thus inculcating the princip'e r
of the rendition of fugitives. See fact also a
taught in 1 Kings 2 : 39, 40. There was, o
however, an exceptional case, in which the v
Jew was not bound to send back the slaves C
escaping into Judea from foreign countries t
and so from heathen masters. Deut. 23 :15, T
lfi, compared with 1 Sam. 30 :15. This p
was a specific law, and had special reasons \
to be enforced in the cases for which inten- c
ded. To return a slave under these cir- t
cumstances would be subjecting him to al- s
most certain death, from his oruel heathen I
master, and besides it would be banishing s
him from the religions privileges of Judea, c
and consigning him to the horrors and darkness
of heathenism. A law then, so well ii
guarded and commended by special reasons, r
13 not to be perverted into a principle of ac- 1
tion, in cases where there is no similarity ?
but contrariety of circumstances. t
4 The Biblical argument, also, receives r
illustration from the traces of slavery all r
through the Jewish history down to the ad- \
vent of Christ. It is found in the time ?
of the kings, as proved from 1 Sam 8 : 15, r
16, and 9 :3, and from its mention in the c
Psalms, and in the history of David and of \
Solomon, 1 Kings 10 :7, 8; iu the time of f
Nehemiab, chapters 5:10; 4:19, 22, and s
from the same book, 7 :67, as contrasted
with Isaiah 14:1, 2, it is certaiu that the
Jews, on returning from BabyloD, had over e
seven thousand slaves. And throughout (
the whole old testament there is not a sylla- ]
ble intimating either the suspension, repeal I
or even modification of the slave laws, en- (
acted for, and exemplified among the Jews. I
From what we have now seen, it is an i
inevitable conclupion that the institution of {
slavery, beiDg supported by Patriarchal ex- <
amples, incorporated in the civil code of I
Jewish laws, and recognized in the Ten I
Commands, and traceable through the Jew- j
ish history down to the close of the Old ]
Testament Canon, and not one word of re- I
buke or condemnation uttered against it or i
{its advocates, must have an implied, not to I
say, as we might, direct sanction in the I
word of God. How this conclusion can be I
avoided, and yet the facts be fairly inter- j
I preted is not patent, at least, to the mind of
PHILEMON. i
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The Forts Already Captured.
The following named forts have thus far
been seized by order of the Governors of
the States in whioh they are respectively located,
and are now in possession of the seceding
States:
Cost of
Construe- Cost of
tion anil JlrmuForts
and Location. Guns. Repairs, ment.
Fort Pulaski, Savannah, (la 150 .? 923,65'J 138,032
Fort Jackson, Savannah, Ga 1 I t 1*25,0001 11,880
Fort Morgan, Mobile, Ala 1 132 1,212,556 104,475
Fort Caines, Mobile, Ala j 89 j 20,000 66,473
Fort Macon, Beaufort, N. C I 611 460,000 48,920
Fort Caswell, Oak Island, N. C...] 87j 571,2211 72,711
Fort Moultrie, Charleston, S. C..J 54 75,301 48,732
Castle Pinckney, Charleston, S. C. 1 25! 43,807 23^906
Fort St. Philip,Louisiana j 124 : 203,734 10i,980
For, Jackson, Louisiana i 151' 817,608 123,669
| Fort Pike. Louisiana ' 49; 472,001 36,520
T..1-1I 1 1 4.325.089 777.248
Total cost of the above 11 fortifications'... .'..$.">,703,337 j
PENSACOLA AND ITS FORTIFICATIONS.
Pensacola bay has rare properties as a
harbor. It is now accessible to frigates.? J
The bar is Dear the coast, and the channel
? . I
: across is short aDd easily passed. The harbor
is perfectly land-locked, and the roadstead
very capacious. There are excelleot |
positions within for repairing, building
and launching vessels, and for docks aDd
dock-yards in healthy situations. The supply
of good water is abundant. These 1
properties, in connection with the position !
KorW qc rpararrJe fflA nnasf;. h&VG ill
vt tut? UttlV/Uij v-w ? ~ J
duced the government to select it as a Na- J
val station, and a place to rendezvous and ,
repair. The upper arms of Pensacola bay
i receive the Yellow Wateror Pea river, Middle
river and Escambia river, eleven miles
i from the Gulf.
SANTA ROSA ISLAND. ,
Santa Rosa Island is situated East by .
Northwest by South fourteen leagues, and
completely shuts out Pensacola from the
sea. It is so low that the sea in a gale
washes its top. It is not more than one- i
fourth of a mile wide. The West point of i
i this island is at the mouth of Pensacola bay. i
i The latter is not over one and a quarter
mile wid6.
5 FORT PICKENS. 1
The principle means of defence to the i
aouth of Pensacola Bay and the naval staion
is Fort Pickens. This fort is a first
lass bastioned fort, built of N. York grante,
and situated on low ground on the East
ioint of Santa Rosa Island. Its walls are
orty five feet iD height by twelve feet in
hickness; it is embrasured for two tiers of
;uns, which are placed under bombproof
asemates, besides having one tier of guns
n barbette. The guns from this work radi
te to every point of the horizon, with flank
nd enfilading fire at every angle of apiroach.
The work was commenced in 1828
nd finished in 1853. It cost the Federal
government nearly one million of dollars
Vhen on a war footing its garrison consists
f 1260 soldiers. Its armament, only a
iortion of which is within its walls, consists
f?
Guns.
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orry-iwu puuuucr iruu
'hirty two pounder iron guns 17
'hirty four pouuder iron guns 49
ixteen pounder iron guns 5
'welve pounder iron guns 18
irass field pieces 6
truss flank howitzers 26
leavy eight inch howitzers 13
'hirteen-inch mortar 1
leavy ten inch mortars 4
light eight-inch mortars 4
lixteen-iuch stone mortar.- 4
loeborn mortars 6
Total armament 210
The fire from this work completely covers
the navy yard, and in case the latter
s held by the Federal authorities, it would
iot hold out long against Fort Pickens.?
'he bar on the exterior of the Bay is three
uiles distant, and beyond that there are
io facilities for a hostile fleet to lie in safe
y. All the forts in Pensacola Bay are ere
his gariisoned by Alabama troops, who
?ere invited there by the Governor of Fioria.
FORT M'RAE.
This fortification is situated on Foster's
Jank, and guards the West side of the
aouth of Pensacola Bay. It is a bastiond
fort, built of brick masonry, with walls
welve feet in thickness. It is embrasured
or two tiers of guus, under bombproof casenates,
and has one tier en barbette. Its
rmament consists of 150 guns and in time
f war requires a garrison of 650 men. The
rork cost the Government about 8400, 00.
Its guns radiate at every point of
he horizon. It is a very effective work.?
['he full armament of the fort is not compete,
but a sufficient number of guns are
n battery to make a very good defence in
onjunction with Fort Pickens. Below
his fort is a water battery, which mounts
ome eight or ten guns. The interior of
i'ort McRae is provided with the necessary
hot furnaces, offices and soldiers quarters,
aagazines, &c.
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s on the North of PeDsacola Bay, and diectly
frootiog the entrance to its mouth,
rhe work is erected oo the site of an old
Spanish fort. The fort is a bastioned work,
milt of heavy masonry, and mounts 49
;uns, and in the time of war requires a garisouof
250 men The.vrmamentofthe work
8 fully mounted, and its magazines are in
rood order. In tha rear of the fort is a
edoubt, which is auxilary to Fort Barran;as.
Some extensive repairs have recently
)een completed oq this redoubt, and the
lanking howitzers of scarp and countericarp
can be mounted with very little labor
the north carolina forts.
Fort Macon protects Beaufort, N. C.,
ind is situated on a bluff on Bogue's bank,
me and three-fourths mile from the city.?
[t commands the entrance to Beaufort har>or,
having full sweep of fire on the muin
shannel. The opposite entrance to the
larbor is Shackleford bank, one and a half
niles across. The fortification is of hexagonal
form, has two tiers of guns, one in
jasemated bombproof and the other en bar
]>tUe. Its armament consists of twenty thir;y-two-pounders,
thirty two twenty-four
pounders, two eighteen-pounders, two 12
pouuders, three field pieces for flunking defence,
twelve flauk howitzers, eight eightinch
howitzers (heavy,) eight cight-inch
howitzers (light,) one thirteen-inch mortar,
three ten-inch mortars, two Coehorn mortars.
Total, eighty seven guns. The war
garrison of the fort is three hundred men.
This fort, however, is sadly in need ol
repairs; the masonry requires pointing in
many places; nearly all the iron work, such
is dnnrR and window fastenings, are rusted
away. One of the wooden bridges across
the ditch is decayed, as also the shingled
ontire slope of the covert way. The shot
furnace is useless, the store rooms need ren
ovation, and the roadway requires to have
its embankment repaired, and anew bridge
to be built across the canal. The wharf,
having its piers undermined by the sea current
and its wooden superstructure much
decayed, requires to be rebuilt. The fortiScation
cost the Federal Government hull
a million dollars.
Fort Caswell is a first class fortification,
of a hexagonal form, built of massive Northorn
granite masjnry, having two tiers ol
nuns under bombproof casemates, and one
tier of guns en barbette. It is situated at
the entrance of Cape Fear River, two mile?
from Smithville. Its armament consists ol
12 32-pounders, 22 24-pounders, 4 18i
4 1rt ? J *1 /? IJ _!
pounaers, * impounders, turee ueiu pieces
for flanking defences, 6 flank howitzers, G
jight-inch howitzers, (heavy,) 2 ten inch
mortars and 2 Coehorn mortars?in ail 87
guns. The work is surrounded by ditchas
and advanced works, and is in eve
ry particular a first class work. It cost the
Federal Government 8571,000. Its war
garrison consists of 400 men. The work is
generally in very good condition. A change
is required in its armament, so that more
guns may be mounted upon the gorge ol
the main work of the covered way, as
these portions now bear directly upon the
channel, which has shifted from the East
to the West shore. New platforms for these
guns will require to be constructed. The
battery Johnson, mouting ten guns, situated
at Smithville, with a magazine, is aux
ilary to Fort Caswell.
Another Fort Captured ?The Pal
metto Flag Waving over a Connecti
cut Fortress !?Treason in Connecti
cut !?Our citizens were surprised yester
day morning, by discovering an immense
Palmetto flag waving from the walls of Fori
Hale, near the mouth of our harbor. The
flag bore the secession emblems?a palmetto
tree and a lone star?and was hoisted on
a fifty feet staff, so that it was visible for
some miles around. The Government some
time ago removed all the troops from Fort
Hale, and the harbor and city has since
then been entirely defenceless, so that the
traitors had easy work in seizing the fort.
Intense excitement was created by the appearance
of the treasonable emblem, and it
was universally declared that it must come
dowu. Fortunately Fort Wooster, on Beacon
Hill, commands Fort Hale, and it can
be easily demolished, should the garrison
(which rumor says is composed of Southern
students) attempt any resistance. In the
language of the New York Express, "Woe !
woe. Alas ! alas I"?New Haven Journal
and Courier.
Correspondence of the S. Carolinan.
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Charleston, January 10,1001.
Yesterday morning, the Coast Police Act
was ratified in the presence of the Senate
and Bouse of Representatives of the Independent
Republic of South Carolina. This
was the first Aot ratified after the passage
of the Ordinance of Secession. The usual
formula of ratification was departed from
The Clerk of the House of Representatives,
J. T. Sloan, Esq., and the Clerk of the
Senate, Geo. Wm.E. Martin, stood in front
of the President's desk. Mr. Sloan Bigned
the Act, and passed it over to the Clerk of
the Senate. He read the title, and announced,
"An Act to establish a Coast Police
for the State of South Carolina," ratified
in the 85t d year of the independence of
the Commonwealth of South Carolina.
The appropriation bill was brought up in
the Senate to-day. It appropriates upwards
of $1,400,000.
A word about our military preparations.
These are going on rapidly. Morris' Island,
which is farthest out in the channel,
is fortified at several points. The Palmetto
Guard, of tibout 110 men, a brave and
able company, is stationed at Morris' Island
Light-House. They are nuder strict
orders, commanded by Capt. Middleton.?
All lights on the island are extinguished
at 7. p. m. The companies cook for them
selves?L believe that Uorporal L. a. Webb
is chief cook for the Palmettoes. The companies,
I believe, do their own washing and
ironing, if there can be said to be any of
the iatter work done at all. All seem to be
in fine spirits, and make merry over their
hardships. Their female friends in the city,
seem to bo very attentive to their welfare,
and cart loads of good things are continually
being carried down to them. At Camp
Emmet, on the upper end of the Island,
the Irish Volunteers, Capt. E. Magrath,
are statiojed. This was the company that
gave notice of the approaoh of the "Star
of the West." At Fort Morris, five companies,
among whom are the Vigilant Rifles,
the Citadel Cadets, Washington Light Infantry,
German Artillery, and the Zouave
Cadets?in allabout3Q0 strong?are placed.
About 150 msn are stationed at Fort Johnson,
500 at Fort Moultrie, and 250 at Castle
Pinckney. Various dragoon companies
are taking care of the island. The foroe in
the harbor is estimated at about 1,500 men.
There are good forts at the mouths of the
various inlets., and these are under the pro
tection of the Parish troops.
The ladies in Charleston seem to be very
patriotio. Wherever a depot for the reception
of goods to be sent down to the volunteers
is opened, there may be seen piles
of boxes, bags, and bundles, piled up, to be
sent down to enliven the hearts of the military.
Fair hands are employed in preparing
lint, bandages, and bedding. Everything
that can possibly be of any use to
the soldiers, is immediately done up and
sent down to them.
Do not think that the citizens are in the
midst of such terrible calamities as Northern
papers have placed us in. All suoh
, troubles exist only in the imagination of
their reporters. We have no mobs here !
Our soldiers are quiet and orderly. We
have no starvation staring us in the face !
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lllClC in u picuijr lu cab picutjr \jk wujivic
for the outer aod inner man.
The Governor sent in, to day, to the Le,
gislature, a message, proposing to raise two
more regiments, to be enlisted for three
. years' service. I do not know, nor is it
known yet, what action will be taken upon
it. The Senate went into secret session upon
it. The House, it is probable, will cou|
siderit in open session. MEM.
. The U. S. Arsenal at Chattahoochee
Taken by State Troops.?On last Satur,
day evening Col. W. J. Gunn, of the Sev,
enth Regiment Florida Militia, reoeived orders
from Governor Perry to proceed at
once to take the United States Arsenal at
Chattahoochee, containing about 5,300
noundsof Dowder. 10.000 of lead. 120,000
' C f ' /
[ musket cartridges, a 6-pounder, 57 muskets,
cannon balls, cartridge boxes, &o. The
Young Gunrd was ordered out on the errand.
On arriving at the Arsenal, and be?
ing informed they had reached the point of
, destination, and finding no meD to resist
their attack, they seemed to be not very a,
greeably disappointed. Sergeaot Powell,
? who was in command of the Arsenal, appeared
much mortified at having to surren,
der, but, having only two or three men,
i was unable to make any defence. In a
spirited and. patriotic address toCapt. Jones
and company, he said that, had Lc their
number of men, they would never have entered
the gates of the Arsenal without first
, marching over his dead body. He was
. pained to see other than the United States
i troops occupying it, but from want of force
, was unable to prevent it from falling into
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I lUCir LiciuUB. luu otaio auu otupcD noiv
f taken down, and the lone star flag hoisted
i in their stead.?Florida paper.
Hon. Robert Toombs.?This eloquent
and distinguished statesman arrived in this
| city at eleven o'clock last night. A large
concourse of citizens, Minute and Military
meo, greeted him on his arrival with loud
and vociferous cheers, and friend Meredith's
cannon opened its brazen mouth and spake
in unmistakeable tones the heartiness with
. which the welcome waa given. Mr. Toombs,
being called for, responded in a brief, but
eloquent and soul-stirring manner. He
! said that within the past forty two honrs he
: had left the city of Washington, and in
i what a condition ? The Cabinet torn with
discordant opinions, and the President proi
oeeding still io his vasoillating career?each
rtait^ of the sun witnessing a change in his
policy. When he left, the President had
issued orders for coercive measures, and
before six hours we might probably hear,
the thunders of Federal despotism against
Southern independence in our neighboring
Republic. The news of the result in Georgia
had carried emotions of joy not only to
Southern men in other States, but to our
friends in the North. Everywhere he had
been met with demonstrations of rejoicing
?in Virginia, North Carolina, and the
proud Palmetto Republic. Ho brought all
these,sand laid at the feet of Georgia, to
which he owed unfaltering fealty. He
counseled unity of action, and the burial of
past differences of opinion, and the issues
of the late oanvass, in the waters of obliv:
rT i ? ? i . f . . .it
iuu. ue urgea ms inenas to iorget oia
party lines and feuds, and to come up as
one man to tbe defence of the honor and
independence of Georgia.
He thanked the assemblage for the warm
greetiug which they had given him.
Augusta Evening Dispatch
Statement of Captain MoGowan.
Tbe following is an official aocountof tbe
trip of the Star of the West:
Steamship Stab op the West,
New York, Jan. 12, 1861.
M. 0. Roberts, Esq.?Sib: After
leaving the wharf on the 5th inst., at 5
o'clock p. m., we proceeded dowu the bay,
where we hove to, and took on board four
officers and 200 soldiers, with their arms,
ammunition, &c., and then proceeded to
sea, crossing the bar at Sandy Hook at 9
p. m. Nothing unusual took place during
the passage, which was a pleasant oze for
the season of the year.
W? arrived at Charleston bar at 1.30 a.
m., ol the 9th instant, but could find no
guiding marks for the bar, as the lights
were all out. We proceeded with caution,
running very slow, and sounding until about
4 a. m., being then in four and a half
fathoms of water, when we discovered a
light through the haze which at that time
covered the horizon. Concluding that the
lights were at Fort Sumter, after getting
the beariugs of it, we steered to the Southwest
for the main ship channel, where we
hove to, to await day-light, our ligths having
all been put out since 12 o'clock, to
avoid being seen.
As the day began to break, we discovered
a steamer just in shore of us, which,
as soon as she saw us, burned one blue
light and two red lights, as s'gnals, and
shortly after steamed over the bar and into
the ship channel. The soldiers were now
all put below, and no one allowed oa the
deck except our own crew. As soon ap
there was light enough to see, we crossed
the bar and proceeded on up the chanuel,
(the water bar buoy having been taken
away,) the steamer ahead of us sending off
rookets and calcium lights, until after
broad day-light, continuing on her course
up near two miles ahead of us. When we
arrived about two miles from Fort Moultrie,
Fort Sumter being about the same distance,
a masked battery, on Morris' Island, where
there was a red Palmetto flag, opened fire
upon us?distance about five-eights of a
mile. We had the American flag flying at
our flag-staff at the time, and soon ufter the
first shot, hoisted a large American ensign
at the fore. We continued on under the
fire of the battery, for over teu minutes, several
of the shots going clear over us. Oue
just passed clear of the pilot house. Another
passed between the smoke stack aod
walking beams of the engine. Another
struck the ship just abaft the foreriggiug,
and stove iD the planking, while another
came within an ace of carrying away the
rudder. At the same time there was a
movement of two steamers from near Fort
Moultrie, one of them towing a schooner,
(I presume an armed sohooner,) with the
intention of cutting us off. Our position
now became critical, as we had to approach
Fort Moultire to within three-fourths of a
mile, before we could keep away for Fort
Sumter.
A steamer approaching us with an armed
schooner in tow, and the battery on the
island firing at us all the time, and having
no cannon to defend ourselves from the
attack of the vessels, we concluded that to
avoid certain capture or destruction, we
would endeavor to get to sea. Consequently
we wore round and steered down the channel,
the battery firing upon us, until their
shot fell shirt. As it was now strong ebb
tide, aud the water having fallen some
three feet, we proceeded with caution, and
crossed the bar safely, at 8 50 a. m., and
continued on our course, for this port, where
we arriveu tuis morning, alter a ooisterous
passage. A steamer from Charleston was
about three hours watching our movements.
In justice to the officers and crew of each
department of the ship, I must add that
their behavior while under the fire of the
ba'tery reflected great credit on them.
Mr. Brewer, the New York pilot, was
of very great assistance to me, in helping
to pilot the ship over the Charleston bar
and up and down the channel.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
J. McQ-OWAN, Captain.
Incidents of the Affairs of the Star of
the West.
The Richmond Dispatch makes some
very handsome comments upon South Carolinians,
in connection with their course in
firing upon the Star of the West from Fort
HT /Mth?tA mUiln ??n Jam r?\ino nf
1UUU1U1U, vruiIC UllOUblJ UUUC1 vug guuo vr*
Fort Sumter:
The oonduct of the defenders jf Ft. Moultrie
ought to satisfy the most sneering enemy
of South Carolina of the mettle of which
her sons are made. With the assurance
that Fort Sumter would turn its tremendous
batteries at once upon their little fort,
and convert it into a slaughter pen, if they
fired upon the Star of the West, they fired
nevertheless, and forced the steamer to
give up her errand. What was there in
the unmolested and unmenaced movement
of Major Anderson from Fort Moultrie to
Fort Sumter, which compares with the
nerve that was required to fire upon the
Star of the West ?
The New York Evening Post also has
the following:
One of the officers hazarded a joke soon
after we left the Charleston harbor. "The
people of Charleston," he remarked, "pride
I themselves upon their hospitality; but it
exceeds my expectation. They gave us several
balls before we landed "
We too have our joke, which we will :
likewise hazard. i
There is more in the remarks of the Dispatch
than possibly it may have intended.
The guns of Fort Sumter are within point
blank range of Fort Moultrie. At the time
that the guns of Fort Moultrie opened upon
the Star of the West (which by the way, '
was quite out of their range), those of !
Fort Sumter were ranged with all the pre- J
cision that mathematical skill and instruments
could effect, directly upon each gun
of Fort Moultrie. When the firing from
Fort Moultrie began, it was fully expected
thatit would immediately be returned, with
interest And here comes in our joke.
When the Star of the West turned tail,
and it became evident that she would ap
proach no closer, the young fellows under
orders became clamorous and eager for "a
shot anyhow." "Well," says the Major
(Ripley), jumping upon the parapet, "fire
away, boys, butyon'll all be io in five
minutes." The boys did fire ; but the Major's
prediction was not fulfilled.
Maj. Ripley was twice brevetted for gallantry
duiiugthe Mexican war.?Mercury.
Response of the North.
The following resolution was adopted in
the House of Representatives of the Pennsylvania
Legislature on Saturday, by a vote
of 50 to 26. Read it.
Resolved, That we affirm the dootrine of
the Chigaco platform as expressing the sentiments
of a large majority of the people of
Pennsylvania, and that we have no reason
to ignore it. We do not believe that anything
io our political condition demands
concessions on our part.
Immediately r.fter the adoption of the
foregoing resolution, another was offered by
Mr. Bowyer, of Berks, for the appointment
of a select committee to report a bill to repeal
portions of laws of Congress. This
resolution was indefinitely postponed, by
?yeas 49 nays 26 ! Thus, says the Richmond
Dispatch, answers Pennsylvania to
the petition 456 feet long for the repeal of
these acts !
The New York Legislature has passed
the following resolutions:
Whereas the insurgent State of South
Car; lina after seizing the post office, custom
house monies and fortifications of the Fed-'
eral Government, has, by firing into a vessel
ordered by the Government, to convey
troops and provisions to Fort Sumter, virtually
declared war:
And whereas the forts and property of
the United States Government in Georgia,
Alabama, and Louisiana have been unlaw
fully seized with hostile intentions :
And whereas their Senators in Congress
avow and maintaiu their treasonable acts;
therefore,
Resolved, If the Senate concur, that t':e
Legislature of New York \t, profoundly impressed
with the value of the Union, and
determined to preserve it unimpaired; that
it greets with joy the recent firm, dignified
and patriotic special message of the President
of the United States, and that we tender
to him, through the Chief Magistrate
of our own State, whatever aid in men and
money may be required to enable him to
enforce the law3 and uphold the authority
of the Federal Government; and that in
the defence of the Union, which has conferred
prosperity and happiness upon the
American people, renewiug the pledge given
and redeemed by our forefathers, we are
r'eady to devote our fortunes, our lives and
our sacred honor.
Resolved, If the Senate concur, that the
Uninn-loving citizens and representatives of
Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Caro
lina, Kentucky, Missouri and Tennessee,
who labor with devoted courage and patriotism
to withhold their States from'the vortex
of secessiou, are entitled to the gratitude
and admiration of the whole people.
Resolved, If the Seuate ooucur, that the
Governor be respectfully requested to forward
forthwith copies of the foregoing resolutions
to the Presidentof the nation, and
the Governors of all the States of the Union.
The question was taken on the adoption
of the preamble and resolutions, and they
were adopted by 117 to 2
With four States out of the Union, and
with the certain withdrawal of others, the
above is the position defiantly assumed by
two of the so-called "Middle States," and
two of the most powerful. What hopes remains
of any "adjustment" with such a
people ? None.
The popular branch of the Legislature
of the Keystone State has reaffirmed the
infamous doctrines of the Chicago platform,
and that of the Empire State has declared
in favor of coercion.
Here are two States, the commercial cities
of which have received, for many years,
a large portion of the profits of Southern
trade; yet we see that even the great commercial
interests of these cities are overslaughed,
and are powerless to stem the
surging waves of fanaticism. If the two
States quoted have thus responded, what
may be expected from States and communities
not so deeply affected by the withdrawal
of Southern trade ?
In view of these manifestations, is it not
a vain attempt, through the medium of a
National Convention, to reconstruct the
Federal Government ? The two sections
are now being divided, and the division
must be permanent and enduring. The in
stitution of slavery will be the basis of tbe
Southern Confederacy?a basis which the
people of the Northern States, from education,
and from the supreme control which
fanaticism has secured, never could or
would recognize. We believe this to be
the confirmed belief of the great body of
tbe people of the Southern States, and,
therefore, a re-union or a reconstruction is
simply impossible.
To preserve this country in its greatness
and prosperity, and to secure the perpetuation
of a sound republican form of government,
a separation is indispensable. Together,
there would be perpetual strife?
separate, each seotion, managing its affairs
in its own way, there would be no obstruction
in the way of their individual prosperity.
It would be the interest of both to
live in peaoe and friendship. Living thus,
they would be powerful in defence against
foreign foes and might defy the world!
The true friends, then, of the establish
meat and perpetuity of a republican government
on this continent, are those who
now advocate a peaceful separation of the
two sections of the late United States.?
Columbia Guardian. I
Mississippi Seceding.
It is stated that the scene in the Con- |
vention of Mississippi, when the ordinance ,
of secession was reported by the Committee, 1
aud came up for consideration, was highly
impressive aud solemn. The following is
the ordinance, as reported:
An Ordinance to dissolve the Uuion be- (
tween the State of Mississippi and other
States united with her under the com
pact entitled "The Constitution of the
United States of America."
The people of Mississippi, in Convention
assembled, do ordain and declare, and it is
hereby ordained and declared, as follows, to
wit:
Section 1. That all the laws and ordinah
ces by which the said State of Mississippi ,
became a member of the Federal Union of ,
the United States of America be, and the
same are hereby, repealed, and that all ob
ligations on the part of the said State, or the
people thereof, be withdrawn, and that the
said State doth hereby resume all the rights,
fuictious and powers, which by any of said
laws and ordinances were conveyed to the
Government of the said Uoited States, and
is absolved from all the obligations, restraints
1 1 1 . . 1 T1 1 t TT
ana duties incarrea to tne saia i^eaerui uoioD,
aDd shall henceforth be a Free, Sovereign
and Independent State.
Section 2. That so much of the first section
of the Seventh Article of the Constitu- i
tion of this State as requires membors of
the Legislature, and all officers, both Le- <
gislative end Judicial, to take an oath to
snpport the Constitttion af the United
States, be, and the same is hereby, abrogated
and annalled.
Section 3. That all rights acquired and
vested under the Constitution of the United
States, or any actot Congress passed in pursuance
thereof, or under aoy law of this
State, and not imcompatablc with this ordinance,
shall remain in full force, and have
the same effect as if the ordinance had not
been passed.
Section 4. That the people of the State
of Mississippi hereby consent to form a
Federal Union with such of the States as
have seceded, or may secede from the United
States of America, upon the basis of
the present Constitution of the United
States, except such parts thereof as embrace
other portions than suoh seceding States.
The "yeas" and "nays" were ordered.
Slowly the Secretary called the roll, and
each member responded in a tone that indicated
deep, intense emotion, but a firm
and earnest purpose. Tears gathered in the
pups nf nparlu evfirv antor and sneetator of
the solemn ceremony. When the call was
completed, and the President announced
the result?ayes, eighty four; noes fifteen
?a profound silenoefor some time prevail*
ed.
?
Mississippi Retiring.
The following is a correct copy of a communication
from the Mississippi delegation
in Congress to the Speaker, resigning their
seats:
Washington Jan. 12, 1861.
Sir : Having received official information
that the State of Mississippi, through a
convention representing the sovereignty of
the State, has passed an ordinance withdrawing
from the federal government all
the powers delegated to it at the time of
her admission into the Union, it becomes
oar dut7 to lay this fact before yon, and
to announce that we are no longer members
of this body.
While we regret the necessity which impels
our State to the adoption of this course,
we desire to say that it meets our unqualified
approval, and we shall return to her
bosom to share her fortunes, whatever they
may be
We have the honor to be, very respectfully,
OTHO. R. SINGLETON,
WM. BARKSDALE,
REUBEN DAVIS,
JOHN J. McRAE,
L. Q. C. LAMAR.
Hon. Wm. Pennington,
Speaker of the House of Reps.
What Louisiana is going to do, may
be beat inferred from the following comment
on the Convention election, taken
from the Picayune, one of the strongest
and most unyielding co-operation papers in
the whole South :*
The vote in this city prefigures the result
in the State. The chief hope of the
favorers of united Southern action, as opposed
to immediate disunion, was in carrying
the city for the co operutionists. The
canvass of votes, which shows twenty immediate
secessionists to five co-operationists?a
majority of fifteen in the Convention
from this parish?settles the point, that
Louisiana will be with seceding States us
fast as the forms of making the enactment
by ordinance can be got through, at the
Convention, on the 23d. The developments
around us, in every direction, are
sufficient indications, however, that this
was only a question of time. The sectional
majority in Congress and the triumphant
Republicans of the Northern States, have
so willed it, that there is no Union party
left in the Southern States.
Guard the Coast.
It is stated that the notorious Redpath,
John Brown, a son of Ossawattomie, and
some 13 colored passengers, have chartered
a brig to proceed first to Jersey City, and
thence ostensibly to Port-au Prince. The
Boston Transcript, however, says:
"It would not surprise us if Redpath
and some of his associates were found, ere
long, making a dash upon the coast of
South Carolina. These men are capable of
almost any aot of daring, and they will be
found as difficult to catch as Montgomery
on the frontiers of Kansas and Missouri.?
There is more method iu their madness
than in that of old John Brown."
Tt hehnovea our State authorities, and
the people aloDg the exposed portions of
the coast, to look oat for these piratical i
bands, and everything should be in readi- ;
ness to give them a warm reception. When i
caught, let them hang as high as old Off- 1
sawattomie. . -f i
Virginia for Secession. a*
The Washington correspondent of the NV
Fork Times states: - r'f - i
"I am informed by a member of the Virginia
Legislature, who is a strong Union
man, that a great change of feeling has taken
place there; whereas, sir weeliff4%$ * ^
more than two-thirds of the people of the
State were for Union, now not three in
twenty are for it. Secession seems to be
getting control of the State rapidly, afid al- 4
though be denounces it in the most unqualified
terms, thinks the State wilt inevitably
secede. The idea is rapidly gaining ground
among the people, and cannot be cheeked;-'
We have testimony from different parts
of the State, through channels that ard'above
suspicion, all confirmatory of the fact . that
the popnlar feeling in Virginia is over- f
whelmingly for secession. Nothiog has
contributed half so much toward the developementof
this feelio^ as the coercive 4 {.ioy
which Mr. Holt uud Genera)-Sdoti: have
adopted To this extent the LfeuttJoiot- jfcGeneral
and the ad interim Seoretarjr of
War are efficient secessiod agents.; If they
proceed during the next two weeks as tbey>
have proceeded during the last tea daysv
we predict that the border slave States will f .
be like the cotton States?a unit for secfl^-V
sion. The change in Virginia is stmptomaticof
the revulsion which the application
of the force doctrine will produce in Mary^ ,
land and Kentucky: Tennessee, already jjyfe'
follows close after Virginia.-^JFasAin^tod
Constitution.
Post Office Correspondence.-?Washington,
January 15.?Information having*
reached this Department that, un^er an
order of the Governor of South Carolina,
the correspondence between Major Anderson
and his command is subjected to the
surveillance of the post office and a
.t # rtt m#.. tt i* t >^imF a'*
tnomy 01 unariescon, mr. noit nas t
dressed a letter to Postmaster Hager, x<?: kiog
inquiry in the matter. He replied
that when the communication between the
city and the fort was first iuterraptedi under
intense excitement and in order to a- "'Lm
void collision between unauthorized parties, A
a distinction was made by order of Gov.
Pickens, in two instances, between official ^
and private letters. Relations subsequently
to this decision seem to have been reconsidered,
and I now send matter to Major
Anderson and his command under sealed *
cover, and shall continue to do so as oppor- v *
tuuity occurs, and I do so withont smveillance
of the post office or other authorities/
Volunteers.?Chester District, small *>
as she is, has already raised near five hundred
volunteers. Six excellent companies
have been organized and officered within
her limit*, and have been accepted by the
Governor. They are all ready to
the shortest notice to Charlestonj ortoauy
other point where their services may be
needed. The Rifle Company prev^pnsiy
organized at this place, when notified thsfr
they oould not be aeoepted as a Rifle Company,
disorganized and formed themselves;on
Saturday last, into an Infantry Company
to be known by the name of "TbV
Chester Blues." This is a fall company
and is composed of oar most worthy'Jritv*
zens, ten of tbe members being graduate. #
of literary institutions. But as we'afe ^
member of this company, we have no further
comments to make, but publish the
names of officers: E C. McLure, Captain,
E. T. Atkinson, W. JI. Gill and beriisd|p
vin, Lieutenats. ? Cheater Standard: *
.. : nt<i t-?' '/?
Contradicted.?The reported' alteres
tion between General Scott and Mr Tdbmbsr_.
is authoritatively contradicted. There was^
but eight persons at the table on the occasion,
one of whom, a well known gentleman
of this city, says there was not thejeost
foundation for the report. The fecte are as
follows: Geu. Scott, Senators Toombs and
Benjamin, and others, dined at the house
of Mr. Corcoran on Wedueeday, and tbe
Southern Senators denounced the Unm #
with insane passion. Mr. Toombs wished
that the Star of the^ West coold be souk; *
but no discourtesy was offered to Ger,*fcrt(
Scott, and no difficulty ensaed. General *
Scott has authorized a denial of the re|ibrt
which has been oircolated.-r-.iVew York
Expras. " .
'
The Foet Moerjs Firing.?A Torres- *
pondent of the New York Evening Post,
who was on board the Star of the West,
and who gives a rambling account of h6r
trip to Charleston bar, thus speaks of the
firing from the Morris' Island batteries :
"The military men on board highly com
plimented the South Carolinians on their '
shooting in this first attempt. They say it
was well done; that alt whicti*wa8'needed
was a little better range, wbioh they probably
could bave.obtained in ajfew minutes^' _
Their line was perfect, and the opinion is
expressed that some one bad oharge of^fche t-' *
guns who understood .his business/' "
: " ' / . . ;
The Armament or North Carolina.
?The Commission for the purchase of arms, .
appointed by the Legislature, met in Raleigh,
on the 12tfrioat. It was composed of
Governor Ellis, Col. Tow, of the Hillstxh
rough Military Academy, aod Maj. HiU, of
the North Carolina Military Institute. It . '
is not proper that . the kind and quality of
the arms should be generally known; but
the people of the State may rest satisfied
that the purchased arms, together with what
we now have, will make North Carolina one
of the best armed and equipped States in
the South.?Charlotte Bulletin.
The Pooe op New Yobk.?There is
terrible destitution in New York. The
Day Book "says : "It will be seen by our
police reports that six hundred poor people
sought lodging in the station houses. last
night. Thousands are suffering for the
want of food and clothing; many are dying
?actually dying of, starvation. We report
another ease to-day. Meantime, preparations
are going on to make war on the
South because it cannot recognize the bles
siogs of negro equality."
"Relief" foe Sooth Carolinians in
the Massachusetts Legislature.?
Boston, January 15.?Mr. Taylor introdused
a resolution in the House, to-day, appropriating
a sum of money for the purchase
of provisions and stores for the relief of
"our suffering fellow countrymen ip South
Carolina."