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Too Good to be Lost.?Gov. Andrew, of Massachusetts, is in hot water about his t military order intended to menace the ? South. Among many letters of remonstrance t from patriotic military men in the State, i is one from Captain Charles H. Manning, ? of the Salem Artillery. He sajs: ? They, the Salem Light Artillery, are now filled with astonishment at the alacrity with which Massachusetts offers her ser- 1 vices in the work of war against her breth- 1 ren. That she who, swept on by political 1 rancor, proposed to shut up her arsenals { and her store-houses, and bury every mili- ] tary ensign in the dusty seclusion of de- J serted armories, while a foreign foe was sweeping our seas, destroying our towns, and devastating cur fields?that she should ' now rush to arms against those of her fellow-citizens who ask for a position equal | with her own under the confederation, is # 7 | as strange and unnatural as that national madness which vents itself in the horrors ot civil stnte. mat sne wno aenouncea and defied the Union, while it was in the hands of her political opponents, should now be eager to fight for its preservation, is somewhat significant. The Union Dissolved.?The deed has been done. "We breathe deeper and : freer" for it. The Union is dead; and with it all the hopes and all the fears which divided and agitated our people. It was a great, a glorious fabric; but its timbers had rotted at the heart. Without showing any ( symptoms of decay, it has fallen like a ce- : dar falls. No government ever rose as it did?none has ever so perished. From the cradle to manhood was a single bound; j from manhood to the grave a shifted scene. It grew up in the night like Jonah's gourd, and next day withered as it did. It went through none of the convulsions that marked the decline of other peoples. It was not overthrown by hostile invasion like Greece, nor overrun by Vandal hordes as Rome f was. Neither did it perish of inanition * like Egypt, nor was it conquered as Saxon 1 England was. It was without precedent ( in its growth, without example in its pros- f tration, it furnishes another memento to s the many funereal monuments which give 8 a sombre interest to the highway of time, upon which history, in after ages, will r ifo nnrn inonrinMnn TT **w ivu wn u luuvt* vw*vui * c Taming the Coercionists?The New c Orleans Crescent says : "What constitutes 1 an American vessel? There is no United States of America at this time, as the registers of these vessels read. It is suggested p that the New York and New England ship v owners had better keep very quiet. As for c Moses H. Grinnell, the great Black Repub- t: lican ship owner in New York and Capt. I Charley A. Marshall, they had best keep n very calm, and not be talking so fast about F advancing money to subdue the South.? I Two or three fleet privateers off Long Is- a land would soon make quick work of some ^ of their vessels, without interference from any armed vessels, particularly the present M dull and inefficient steam marine belong- 0 ing to our Iate venerable Uncle." w "Creole," the Washington correspon- h dent of the New Orleans Delta, gives the u following: "A waggish member of Congress asked a high official, who was ridiculing the Gov- h ment of South Carolina, to tell him the 0l difference between that Government and a, the Government o:f the United States. The r( Congressman being requested to answer his u, own question, said the one was a Govern- t( ment of Pickens, while the other was a Government of stealings. The official dis b' appeared." ai The Last Federal Troops Leaving j the Soil of Georgia.?Yesterday, at t half-past two o'clock, the U. S. troops, un- T der command of Captain Elzey, left this place for New York, via Savannah. Quite gL a concourse, of citizens was at the depot to ^ see our late Uncle's soldiers depart. Many ti of the friends of Captain Elzey and Lieuten- ti( ant Long crowded around these gallant ^ officers to bid them farewell. Lieut. Jones to remains among us, having sent his resignation to the War Department of the United States.?Augusta Republic, Feb. 2. ^ Queer Appropriation.?An Indian 8e squaw, roaming around the garrison at Fort ne Yuma, California, discovered twenty dol- ftt lars' worth of postage stamps in sheets in " the officers' quarters, and a happy thought 1D struck her. Shortly after, she created J0' quite a commotion by appearing on the parade ground stuck all over with the stamps, regardless of dignity and decency. The officer found that his postage stamps, intended for the mail, had been appropria ted to the female. ,, )|a>) al Four Governors in Four Months? es It is a singular fact that Indiana has bad four Gevernors since the 1st of October.? M Governor Willard died on the 3d of that sn month, when Lieutenant-Governor Ham- P{ . mond became Governor. He served till January 14, when Governor Lane 8erved ? two days, when he was elected to the Uni- |e ted States Senate, and was superceded by 1D Lieutenant-Governor Morgan. Four Gov- wi ernors in less than four months. ftC nt> An Armstrong Gun Landed.?An Armstrong gun of large calibre arrived here to-day from Europe, via Savannah. of destination is Georgetown, and it comes to so the order of Mr. Weston, a wealthy planter, ot who resides in the locality, fie has also d< imported one hundred and fifty muskets, CI at his own expense, for a voluuteer corps m in his own neighborhood.? Charleston >-or- st respondence of the Philadelphia Press. or g( Good Joke.?The city authorities of n? Marysville, California, recently passed an c? ordinance for the removal of outside stairs in that city.. While the Councils were in et session a few days after, the stairs leading d( to the Council Chamber were removed and v< the dignified members of that body, ac of cording to the Herald, were compelled as to "shin" down the posts of the building. c< Relieving tiie Fort.?Arrangements \\ have been made for the departure of the aj women and children from Fort Sumter.? w Twenty women and seventeen children v< will be taken to New York in the steam- H ship Marion, on Saturday. st We have no doubt that a similar re- hi quest for the men would be granted, to the to satisfaction of all concerned.?Charleston tt Courier. m ? S( Letters for Pensacola.?The Mont- fu gemery Advertiser says until some definite b arrangement is made, letters intended for Sl persons at or near Pensacola, should be directed to the post-office at Warrenton, Flor- g, ida hi The Ttpes.?A Southern editor, in at- < empting to compliment General Pillow as ' t "battle-scarred veteran," was made by ' ;he types to call him a "battle-scared vete- 1 an." In the next issue the mistake was 1 io far corrected as to style him a "bottle- 1 jcarred veteran." 1 Three young men were recently tried n Lampriere, Wis., for shooting at and atally wounding a dog, and the jury gave .he following written verdict: "All three guilty, plaintiff's damages assessed at sixpence ; and each of the defendants to have mother shot at the dog." Relieved.?Brevet Major General Dafid E. Twiggs, United States Army, has been relieved (at his own request) from the command of the military department of Texas, which command is devolved on Col. Carlos A. White, first infantry. It is said rifln Tmirtrto rvrnnnoflfl fn rnoin?n Luai VJI^U. ni^5? |/?v^vuvu vvs ftvwtgui EDITED BY WILLIAM W. EAST LEWIS M. GBIST. CONTRIBUTING EDITOR: WILLIAM M. MABTIN,.Fort Moultrie, S. C. YORKVILLE, S. C. THUBSDAY MOBBING, FEBBUABY 7, 1861. {fcty-Mr. John R. Ai.len, Post Master at Chester, Is ou mthorized agent; and fully empowered to receive money or this office, and give receipts for the same. OCR LEGISLATURE. The reader will find on the outside of to-tlay's Enquirer a list of the acts passed by our Legisature at its recent session; also the Bill for aising supplies for the present year. The bill 1 ;o incorporate the Gas-light Company of Yorkrille, was continued till the next session. CAPT. E. M. LAW. It affords us great pleasure to state that this , gentlemen, formerly a professor in the King's | fountain Military School, is now stationed at , Port Barrancas, Pensacola, as the Captain of a , Company of Alabama Zouaves. He writes to a ( riend at this place, that there are abont 1500 . Southern troops at Pensacola, who are making , .ctive preparations to attack Fort Pickens.? j fhis fort, he says, can be taken only at the sac- . ifice of many gallant lives ; but the noble sons if Alabama and Florida gathered there, will : ount it an honor to give their blood for the a- ( hievement of Southern independence. Mr. ( .aw is a worthy son of the Palmetto State. ] TURK VOLUNTEERS. 1 We publish this week a list of the officers and 1 irivates of three of the volunteer companies ' rhicb have been raised in York District. The * ompany representing the North Battalion of 1 he 4Cth Regiment, numbers 84 men ; South tattalion, 78 men. North Battalion, 34th Regi- 8 tent, 94 meD. The South Battalion of this ^ Legiment is represented by the Jasper Light 0 nfantry, 9G strong?making a total of 352 men ' s the regular representatives of the District.? 1 inother company of 85 men, we are requested 13 3 say has been raised in the latter battaliots^ ^ rhose services will be offered to the State. The fficers will be elected on Saturday. We have ecn promised a list of its members for next n reek's issue. Still other companies, we believe, j, ave been formed in the District. Please send 0 s a list of names at an early day. 8 THE COURTS. e A joint resolution, passed by the Legislature. a as declared it inexpedient for the Spring Term ^ f the Court to be held on the Northern Circuit; ? nd as it is fair to presume that the Judges will n sspect the opinion of the Legislature, thus an- " ounced, our people may make up their minds ) do without ''justice," until October. ^ It is proper for us to say, however, that the 11 usioess preceding the Court will be conducted a 3 usual, inasmuch as, although the Court may at be held, it will, nevertheless, be a term ; and ^ :tions in the higher jurisdiction issued to this Cl 'tin will be brought to judgment next Fall.? he only tangible advantage enjoyed by debtors, ^ use other words, is that matters already in a lit, those cases which would otherwise have 0] len sued, and in the Summary Process jurisdic- n' on, will be postponed until Fall Court. Par?s who owe more than $85.71?which is the 1E nit of the Sum Pro?would do well, therefore, a< look out for Return-Day. ^ ? ?? ?? ? w THE TWO CONVENTIONS. n( The Union-saving Convention met at Washingn on Monday. Five States only were repre nted?namely: Virginia, North Carolina, Tenissee, Kentucky and New Jersey. New York id Indiana have elected delegations. It was 0? solved on the first day to transact all business secret session. No news, therefore, may be oked for from this Convention until its ad a urnment. a On the same day the Montgomery Convention tl et; Hon. R. Barnwell Rhett was elected tern- SI irary Chairman ; Hon. Howell Cobb, permamt President. Johnson J. Hooper?editor of C( e Montgomery Mail?was appointed Secretary, ta 11 the seceded States were fully represented, 07 :cept Florida, of whose delegation one mem- ^ ;r, Hon. Jackson Morton, had not arrived.? ? _ n,.v.v. uio i.:?~ a,? I. VyWUU IU 11 4 ~ OUUIW3 UI1 IUC VUttll, 4* I id that the separation from the Union was :rfect, complete and perpetual; and that the jj eat duty imposed upon them was to provide a overnment for their future security and proction. They should, he said, extend a cordial vitation to all the slave holding States to share to ith them a common destiny. The Convention tl Ijourned till Tuesday, after the usual prelimi- tc tries of organization. u FORT SUMTER. C< The correspondence between the authorities 1 ' our State on the one hand, and Major Ander S( C( in and the government at Washington on the her, in relation to the demand for the surren ?r of Fort Sumter, has been published in the tmrleston Mercury. We are now enabled to easu-e the degree of wisdom and statesman dp which have prevailed in our Cabinet. In tj. der to enable our readers to form an intelli- |Q ;nt opinion of their own, we propose briefly to t{ irratethe interesting purposes and circumstan- jt ;s of Col. Hayne's mission to Washington. V) On the 11th of January, Gov. Pickens demand- ft( 1 the surrender of Fort Sumter of Major An g ?rson. This demand was made in order to pre- u( ;nt the effusion of blood, and with the pledge j8 ' our State to account hereafter for the Fort g{ i Dublic nroDerty. Maior Anderson failed to )mply with this demand; but agreed to depute s< i officer to convey it to the government at rashington. Our Governor sanctioned this ! jreement. Lieut. Talbot, the officer deputed, q as accompanied by Mr. Hayne as special en)y from the State of South Carolina. Mr. 1S SI Payne's mission was a simple one. He was in- g ructed to enquire of the President whether he tc id ordered, or designed to order, reinforcements i Fort Sumter; and to say to the President f11 in iat the fact or the intention to send reinforceents, would, either of them, be regarded by ol outh Carolina as a declaration of war. He ^ rther carried in his pocket, a demand of Mr. uchanan, for the unconditional and immediate U irrender of Fort Sumter. tl When Mr. Hayne arrived at Washington, ten ;nators of seceding States, being apprised of re s mission, addressed him a note; in whioh :hey take the ground that South Carolina should, aefore initiating hostilities, await a consultation with those States which will be bound up with her in the issues of the future?"suffering with her the evils of war if it cannot be avoided, and enjoying with her the blessings of peace if it san be preserved and beg Mr. Hayne to delay the delivery of the demand to the President, until he could confer with our government for further instructions. This letter is dated the 15th of January. Mr. Hayne replied instantly that he was not authorized so to act; but would take the responsibility upon himself, under certain provisos. These provisos were that no reinforcements should be sent to Fort Sumter, and that the public peace should not be disturbed by any act of hostility towards South Carolina, during the pendency of these negotiations. These letters were conveyed to the President, and he was requested to comply. In his answer , to them, Mr. Buchanan took the position that from the beginning he was acting on the defensive, and was holding the Fort as public property which it was "his duty to protect and preserve." But Bhould Major Anderson's safety, said he, require more troops, every effort would be made to supply them. As to "acts of hostility," he could promise nothing, as Congress alone had the power to declare war. The Senators above referred to, transmitted the President's reply to Mr. Hayne. They expressed themselves as not satisfied with it, but thought no reinforoements would be sent; and Mr. Hayne concluded on the strength of their opinion, to defer the object of his mission until he could hear again from South Carolina. He ably argued, however, that as property, Fort , Sumter is in far greater jeopardy now, than if it , were in the hands of our State, with the pledge which he had the power of making, to account for it in a future adjustment between the two , governments. ( This whole correspondence was laid before Governor Pickens, who renewed through Secretary Magrath, his instructions to Col Hayne. Judge Magrath ably reviewed these letters, and j reached the conclusion that the real purpose of the President, stripped of all disguise, is to keep , ind defend Fort Sumter, not as property but as ( "a military post of the United States." This sonviction fastened upon his mind by the refu- , sal of Mr. Buchanan to accede to the generous > and peaceable proposal of the Southern Sena- ] tors, was strengthened by the confident belief : that troops were being secretly and stealthily ; sent South, for porposes of hostility. The opin- t on of the Governor, he says, as to the propriety i )f the demand for the Fort, lyis, therefore, not ( inly been confirmed by the facts which Mr. f ffayne's mission has developed ; but he now regards the demand as an absolute neoessity. The ( nstructions to demand the surrender of the j ?ort were thus renewed in stronger terms than c >efore ; and Mr. Hayne was advised to commulicate the President's reply, without delay. , The telegraphic dispatches from Washington j itate that Mr. Ilayne made this demand on last t Thursday. We expect to "hear the conclusion r if the whole matter" very soon. Mr. Hayne ( las acted throughout this entire mission, with ^ hat statesmanship and patriotism which will 5 nake York ever proud to honor him as'one of ter worthiest "natives to the manor born." ^ the: chari,e:ston mercurt. ( Our thanks are hereby tendered to this emi- 8 ently able and consistent Southern Journal, for D ts card enstamped with a cut of the new Flag e f our State. This flag is, we believe, the de- ^ ign recommended by Mr. R. B. Rhett, Jr., the 8 ditor of the Mercury; and is just such a design P s we would expect to be matured by this taBte- n al and accomplished gentleman. It is a blue * eld with a white crescent in the upper corner h ext to the flag staff, and a white palmetto in be centre. It is without any union. A The patronage, the Mercury assures us, exten- 1 ed to this paper within the last four months, is * ruly encouraging both to the proprietors, and as c n indication of the sentiments which animate ti be Southern people. Within this time, besides a ie transient sales varying from 600 to 1,000 c opies per day, 1332 names have been added to je list of the Daily's, and 476 to that of the Tri- o Veekly't, subscriptions. The Mercury further & ssures its readers that for the future, no pains f< r expense will be spared to make it the first t< ewspaper of the South. a Any word of praise from us would be needless w i behalf of this long established and leading a ivocate of Southern freeuom. It has played h kea tier of "Armstrong guns" against the bul- h arks of our enemies. But its present merits, w 3 less than its past services, entitle it alike to bi terflowing coffers and a Palmetto crown. tc - hi HEROIC EDGEFIELD. This noble old District deserves the palm, the iken wreath, for her princely generosity to the tate, in this "the crisis of her destiny." She is given the State a Governor?F. W. Pickens; W Brigadier General?R. G. M. Dunovant; and ' Colonel of an honored Regiment now in acve service?Maxcy Gregg. The Advertiser, fti >eaking of the troops she has raised, says: Edgefield has three full companies in Colonel le regg's regiment. Edgefield has six more full Q1 jmpanies raised by volunteering from her bat hi lions under the Military Bill. Edgefield has ^ le Rifle Corps ready under said Bill. Edgefield is one Corps of Cavalry, accepted by the State. nd Edgefield has three other volunteer Cavalry st orps and several companies of infantry ready gf id officered for the Bervice. This makes about 50 men already received, and some 300 more v< :ady to be received when wanted. If this be a gi ttle ahead of the foremost, we can't help it. N THE BIRTH-DAY OF WASHINGTON. 0, The Charleston Courier, with its usual good iste and refinement of sentiment, suggests that ie 22nd of February, the birthday of Washing in, "be the date, from which the official terms , le uder the Southern Confederacy be commenced," . irresponding with the 4th of March in the gov- . rnineut of the late United States. Every per ^ >n can see at once the beautiful propriety and immemorative patriotism of this suggestion. ^ iberty and the memory of Washington are nked in eternal wedlook. ^ NEWS FROM THE STATES. dl South Carolina.?The State of Virginia, it irough Gov. Pickens, transmitted to our Legis cf ture, before its adjournment?which did not 1-- Ino* Cohir/loif o enrino rtf vt>Qn. TC 1&C piauc U Li 111 laCJW UUIU1V41 *j 1? OV44VW v* itions inviting South Carolina to join the Con- si jution which met at Washington on Monday to 01 jjust the differences between the North and C outh, in order to preserve the Union. It will M e seen by the annexed resolutions that our Leg- bi lature regarded the Uuion as really past pre- ^ :rvation : Resolved, unanimously, That the General As :mbly of South Carolina tenders to the Legis- pt (ture of Virginia, their acknowledgments of the gi riendly motives which have inspired the mis- 4t on entrusted to the Hon. Judge Robertson, her ommissioner. . th Resolved, unanimously, That the candor which F< i due to the long continued sympathy and re- pi pect which has subsisted between Virginia and pi outh Carolina, induces this General Assembly nc > declare with frankness that they do not deem advisable to initiate negotiations, when they |h ave no desire or intention to promote the object th i view; that the object is declared in the reso- ec ition of the Legislature to be the procurement he f new guarantees to the Constitution of the be nited States. m Resolved, unanimously, That the separation of th le State of South Caroliua from the Federal 9e nion is final, and she has no further interest in is, le Constitution of the United States; and that jo le only appropriate negotiations between her mi id the Federal Government are as to mutual a ilations as foreign States. pe Resolved, unanimously, That this General As an lembly further owes it to her friendly relations with the State of Virginia, to deolare that they ] iave no confidence in the Federal Government of , :he United States; that tho most solemn pledges )f that Government have been disregarded ; that ? inder pretence of preserving property, hostile j ;roops have been attempted to be introduced in- ( to one o:f the fortresses of this State, concealed n the hold of a vessel of commerce, with a view * to subjugate the people of this State; and that ( iven since the authorities at Washington have ( been informed of the present meditation of Virginia, a vessel of war has been sent to the South with troops and munitions of war, concentrated < on the soil of Virginia. I Resolved, unanimously, That under these cir- j cumstances this General Assembly, with renewed assuranoes of their cordial respect and esteem for the people of Virginia, and of high consideration for the Commissioner whom they have ( sent, declines entering into the proposed negotiations. We have consulted with several of our Legislators upon the policy of attacking Fort Sumter, and they seem to be divided in opinion. Dispatches from Washington state that Gen. Hayne has made a formal demand of Mr. Buchanan, lor lib immeuiaie uuu uuuuuuitivuui aurreuuer. Moreover, more extensivo and important preparations than we feel permitted to particularly mention at this time, are certainly being made to attack it, if not given up. Whether this will be it is not yet fully known. We fear delay and equivocation and double-dealing will be the reply to Mr. Hayne. Mr. Buchanan evidently does not wish to "face the musio." Nobth Cabolina.?Last week, there was a oasc of small pox reported at Raleigh ; it is now said not to be spreading at all. That seems to be a region not very subject to contagions.? The desire for diseuthrallment, which has become epidemic at the South, is gaining ground slowly there. Thos. L. Clingman has been reelected Senator to Congress. The Legislature has passed a resolution declaring that North Carolina will go with the Sontb, if sectional difficulties are not speedily reconciled. That "if" is the "forlorn hope" for the Union, which "scotched" the North Carolina Legislature, for more than a month, on the Convention bill. It is an idle hope. The Union is gone. Would that our sister State could receive this fact, as i basis of action ! We believe the Convention jf her people will?and secede. The North Carolina Legislature has sent Com missioners both to Montgomery and Washington. I"hc delegates to the former Convention are Thos. Etuffin, David S. Reid, Daniel M. Barringer, Jno. M. Morehead and George Davis ; to the latter, M. W. Ransom, Jno. L. Bridgers and D. L. Swain. The design of the one is to save the [Jnion ; that of the other, to construct a new Confederacy. This looks very much like our lister State was "looking two ways for Sunday." 1 Well, well, she will stroll into the Southern [ Confederacy a year or two hence "like a school- ' joy, with his sachel and shining morning face, 1 ireeping unwillingly to school." I Georgia.?Gov. Brown, in obedience to the 1 pishes of the Georgia Convention, has instructed Mr. Boston, Collector of revenues at Savannah, o pay over no monies to the Federal Governnent, until further orders. He has accepted he Collectorship in view of this fact; and the Jeorgia flag now floats proudly over the Custom louse. We have seen it stated that a portion of the >4ople in some of the mountainous districts of Jeorgia were disaffected with the ordinance of ecession, and designed seizing the U. States uint, al Dahlonega, and holding it for the Fedral government. The last number of the Air 'Ant Ecglc, published at Gainesville, contained ome general remarks, designed to reconcile the eople lo the action of the State. From this it lightbs inferred that discontent exists; but re are entirely satisfied that there is no prevasnt disaffection. Alabama.?S. J. Judge, the commissioner of ilabama to treat for an adjustment of the relaions between that State and the government at Washington, as foreign powers, is now in that ity. Mr. Buchanan, it is said, will refer him , o the course pursued with South Carolina, as n indication of his "treatment for the disease" f all the seceding States. A very sad and painful tragedy has recently ccurred in Baldwin county, of that State. A j Tr Wn Fnrrliuh wpnf rn \fnhi1f? with a rlrafr V, )r $60,000 on the bank of that city. He failed e 3 get the money, and supposing it lost forever f nd his family impoverished, returned home o rith a heavy heart; and in a fit of morbid met- r ucholy, or insanity, cut his own throat after a aving massacred three of his children. The p opes, the domestic joys and the speculations a: hich hung upon this large sum, were suddenly ti lasted without a moment's warning; and it was p >o much for him?he fell a victim, perhaps, to p is own air-castling fancy and overflowing heart. c Louisiana.?The Convention of this State, is b ow assembled in New Orleans. Dr. Palmer, v irraerly of Columbia, opened the proceedings a ith an impressive prayer for the South, on the tl rst day of meeting in that city. But little of p ,e business of the Convention has transpired, d i all tiieir important work is done in secret vi ission. The Military Board has been reques- E ;d to report what they intend to do. The re o uest was made immediately after a resolution tl id been tabled to send troops to assist in ta tl ing Fort Pickens. The Convention has chosen ti ilegates to Montgomery; and refused to in- T ruct them, either one way or the other, in re- tc ird to reopening the slave trade. Louisiana h ivy prcperly believes in an untrammeled dele- S ition. t( The U. States Mint and Custom House at it ew Orleans were quietly taken possession of i last Friday. ' b Virginia.?The manly and decisive resolu ol ons of our Legislature in reply to Virginia, are leetiog with much favor, so far as wo have b arned, among the warmest friends of the South w Si i that State. And the standing army at Wash- ^ igton, the guns "pointing inland" at fortress t< [onroe near Norfolk, and other coercive demon- 01 rations on the borders of Virginia and at the Jj ortli, s.re likely to make the secession movetent almost unanimous in the Old Dominion.? tl he Washington Convention which met on Mon- 8 ly, and in which Virginia takes the lead, will, tj is said, demand the evacuation of the Federal w ipital aud the forts of seceding States by Uni- w id States troops. Meanwhile, Fortress Mon>e, novr manned by a garrison of 300 men, is ci lortly to be reinforced by troops from Govern- g1 -'s Island, New York. The Virginia State jj onveution, whose delegates were elected on a| [ouday, meeting while the rod of coercion is c< randished above them, will doubtless remove 11 ie State from the Union. ^ Maryland.?The Baltimore correspondent of n< ie Charleston Courier, in a recent letter to that re iper, declares that Maryland will go with Vir- tr nia, if she secedes, and that too, before the . h of March. He adds : J? If so [if Maryland and Virginia both secede] V ie inauguration of Mr. Lincoln at the present ( ederal Capital can never take place. You may 2,j it this down as a fixed fact. We have been Ltient, enduring and of long suffering, butcan>t be forced to separate from our best friends, rr I speak knowingly when I inform you that pre- w' miuary movements are now ou foot, looking to ." e assembling of a Convention, in such an . nergency, independent of the Governor, incase ' (should still persist. Maryland, thoughshe P? ! the lust, holding out in hope of jast compro- J ise for the Union's sake, will not be slow when e hour for action comes. I think I may asrt in fall confidence, that our Chief Executive , in all respects, true to the South, but anxusly hoping for a suitable adjustment whioh er< ight snve trouble and expense, has exercised wonderful degree of patience. I know him rsonally. He is as firm as a rock, but sound p ,d courteous. Abkansas.?The people of Arkansas on the in [8th instant, vote for "ConTention" or "No A Convention," At the same time they elect dele- 01 pates, each of whom is made a special messen- h: per to carry the vote of his county to the capi- tc al; so that if the State goes for "Convention," n< .hey will all be at Little Rock, and will convene p >n the 25th instant. By the 28th or 30th, we tl ixpect to announce the secession of that State, n Kentuckt.?A Frankfort correspondent of ;he Cincinnati Commercial writes in a sad strain n to that paper recently, saying that 'South Caro- tl lina madness is becoming epidemic in Kentucky.' A Many men, he deolares, who a few weeks ago ii would have been insulted if accused of being g disunionists, now openly and unblushingly ad- 1 vocate immediate secession. He cannot under- 5 stand it. The people, he says are interlinked c by the ties of commerce and blood with their t neighbors and kindred in the free States of Ohio ? and Indiana. He is very sorrowful; and calls t it a pestilence that has transcended its proper 1 bounds. Kentucky has rights to maintain, and p her sons were born and reared freemen. This r explains the raging of the pestilence within her r borders. r New Yobk.?A reaction appears to have taken t place in parts of the Empire State of the North, t At Albany and Syracuse both, Union meetings I have been held which passed strong anti-coer- I cion and conciliatory resolutions. Abolition r preachers and factionists were hissed. Both j the meetings begged the border slave States to ; appeal to the Golf States in behalf of the Union b of our Fathers. The republicans, however, s have held a meeting in New York city, in which t they passed the most uncompromisiug, radical a and coercive resolutions. They say that the b heart of the country now cries out, not for com- ti promise, but for the man to exert the powers b that be, and with an unconquerable will to de- E fend the country against rebellion and compro- n mist. Lincoln, they say, was elected fairly by n the people; the people have reposed in him a fi great trust which he must not, cannot, will not, * betray. They concluded that the authority of the government cannot be resisted by any por- fi tion of tbe people without the guilt of treason? " an abhorred crime. So, the "irrepressible con- p flict" is beginning to rage among our Northern g brethren. f1 Illinois?A gentleman of Illinois has offered T to the governor of Alabama 2000 bushels of corn y for the use of the State troops, at 30 cents per 9 bushel; or, if it will at all embarrass the State, * for nothing. The President elect, display.? his p liberality in another way. He flatly denies the y report that he has written to Republican Con- ^ gressmen, recommending conciliatory measures; tj and says that every body may be assured that tl he will give the country a Republican President " and a Republican administration. The Yankee e papers jye beginning to describe Mrs. Lincoln's o oersonelle. One of them pays: w "In person, Mrs. Lincoln is of medium height J and slightly inclined to embonpoint. She has soft eyes, dark hair and fair complexion. Her Iress was a brown or oak colored silk, with f rravish flowers and leaves. It was made full. with flounces, fitted well, hung gracefully about ^ ler person, aud trailed just a trifle. Her bon t( iet was of black silk, trimmed with cherry riboon, which with a dark mixed shawl, neatly fitting kid gloves, and a rich lavender colored / parasol, completed her costume." ^ The Chicago Democrat, asserts that a plan is brewing to collect 100,000 Black Republicans at E Cincinnati by the 2nd of March ; all of whom lt ire to be well armed, and ready to march upon j Washington oity on the 4th, if any effort is made j :o prevent Mr. Lincoln's inauguration. They p ire, also, to be prepared to go in any other di-' ^ rection, where Generals Scott and Wool will ead the way. We suppose this is about the S ast we will ever hear of this so-called "mon- J T> iter convention." ^ New Jersey.?A bill has been introduced in- p ,0 the Senate of this State, puuishiug as felony Q he delivery of arms and ammunitions to secelitig States, or for enlisting in their service.? ^ Phe punishment is a deprivation of citizenship H or seven years. " D LINCOLN'S POLICY. The policy of Abraham Lincoln is war for the ^ reservation of the Union, in order that he and Y lis party may rule the subjugated South for the J' xtermination of slavery. He has said nothing. -5 le has done nothing. Besieged since the day f his election, by office seekers and newpaper R eporters, he maintains an imperturbable silence ^ s to the course he will pursue. There is a fell gfl urpose in this persistent reticence. The Unionavers are at work now to distract the South, ^ 0 retard preparations for a conflict of arms, to revent the secession of the border slave States. jfl| lincoln means to let them work as long as they ar an. When they have done all they can, in their Q1 liud zeal for the Union, to place the South diided and defenceless at the mercy of a compact nd serried host of enemies, Lincoln will thank J. iem for the "aid and comfort" given him, but resent such a "horrid front" that all their reams of peace and hope for the country, will J. anish, as if touched with an encbauter's wand. A. Bf fnseen and unseeing, behind his cloudy pillar ^ f silence at Springfield, he does not at all realize q? le proud, the uuited, the chivalric rally which CI le Gulf States are making to rescue their liber es from the grasp of an infuriated depotism. yj he thunders of the earthquake which rocks us S. ) and fro, have not reached his far away western S. ome. A consolidationist, a zealous hater of the ~ onth, a disciple of Jackson, he is determined jyj > invoke against us the dogs of war kennelled F. 1 the loins of the abolition party. P? That coercion is now his adopted policy, may e easily inferred from the following manifesto C. f the New York Tribune: W "Stand Firm.?The question having anew / een raised, we deem it proper to say again what ' <j e have said before, and we wish to be undof^ tood as saying it authoritatively, that President incoln is not in favor of making concessions M > the slave power, either pretended concessions At r real concessions, nor in favor of any measures D. loking to the humiliation of Freedom and of 9* le free States, no matter in what pretences do ley may be disguised nor by what seductions Jley may becommended. He believes, with the V? reat body of the independent freemen of the dil juntry, democrats, Bell men, and republicans, A1 lat the first duty to be done is to ascertain hether we have a Government or not and Ac hether the Union is a mere delusion of the im- ha giDation to be dissolved at the first touch of J. :tual hostility, or a great and vital power, as Ca Dmpetent to assert itself and defend itself a- Cli atrial- fftrnlrrn fnna wfi h Q rnnonn In lrvirvvrr fnr .x,x^. ..X. ^...x. ,V ?mn ? lat he perceives and feels clearly that this is lap ie predominant question of the time, toweriug J. bove every other. Indeed, of what avail is any T. jmpromise or any arrangement whatever until 'ol be first established tbat the Union of the States ah id the federal Government are something real M< id living, and not a precarious sham, built of Jo! ithing more substantial than parchment and E. id tape, and existing at the mercy of sneaking Ne aitors like Floyd, or noisy ones like Toombs. Ian No compromises, then ! No delusive and de- A. ding concessions ! No surrender of principle! T. o cowardly reversal of the Great Verdict of the Sai xth of November! Let us have the questiou Sre questions settled now and for all tirne!? T. lere can never be another opportunity so good J. the present. Let us know once for all wheth- son the slave power is really stronger than the We aion. Let us have it decided whether the Wr exican system of rebellion can be successfully troduced in this country as a means of carryg an election after it has been fairly lost at the j lis. It wdl be time enough to talk of redress- . g grievances of long standing and of minor nin usequence, after this startling novelty has gra en disposed of. Let us first vindicate the ( ijesty aud assert the power of law in general cee amendments of particular laws can be consid HU(! ed afterward." C0l Lincoln's party is with him. They are pre- cu.1 . trie ring in Congress to invest the President with g0, 9 power to call forth the militia of the States Bla i certain cases; and this means coercion. The I dministration is at present with him. It holds j i to forts on the soil of sovereign States which ive seceded from the Union. It even attempts | ) reinforce them. It forewarns foreign powers ot to bemean themselves towards us as indeendent States in any way. It is preparing le campaign for Lincoln; and Lincoln says, "he 'ill work the machine as he finds it." These are plain and unvarnished facts, whose leaning he who runs may read. They, mean hat "times to try men's souls" are ahead of us. ind is it not well for us ? Without trial there 3 no success; without contest, no triumph.? lamson was shorn of his locks when asleep.? 'hank Heaven, the South is awake for once! ? deanwhile, there is a duty for every man, wonan and child of us, to do. It is allotted to he young men to fight. Gallantly, all over the Itate, from val'uy and glenn, from our river lorders and mountain fastnesses, are they ralying to the bugle-call of South Carolina, the libroch of Freedom. "Man must arm and wo nan call on God." Nobly are our patriotic natrons and maidens?worthy offspring of a evolutionary ancestry?doing their part. The other gives up her son. me wire gives up ler husband. The lovely maiden gives up the over who is just ready to lead her to the altar, ilven the widow gives up her only son, and gloies in her desolation for the salce of liberty.? dore than this. Our ladies are actually engaged n numerous parts of the State in making scarfs, mnners and heavy uniforms for our "citizen oldiery;" and a number of them have offered o quit 'heir homes of ease, elegance and luxury, nd nurse the sick and wounded in the day of sttle. How proud, how exultant, we are at hese thrilling facts ! Who would have them lotted from the pages of Carolina's history.? tut there is plainer and sterner, but no less rolantic and heroic work still to do. We can ot better say what we mean, than by quoting rora the Mobile Register a paragraph, with which re close: "We offer a word of advice to our planting riends, and it is plant corn ! Plant twice as inch as you ever did. Sow oats, wheat, barley, ye. Do not butcher any more of your lambs, igs or calves. Allow them to attain their full rowth, but have plenty of corn and provender o fatten them. If you have poor land, sow it o grass, or some small grain, or otherwise proide as much pasturage as you can??~ Increase our stock of cattle, hogs, sheep and goats. In hort. reconcile "it to yourselves to get along rith as little money as is possible for a year or wo, or three, to come?economize in every de artment; put your wives and daughters, and our infirm female slaves to spinning and weavig; plant as little cotton as possible, for you rill have but an indifferent market for it, for a ime to oome, and for the sake of your country, hat is about to pass through a severe ordeal, take bread and meatOur soil is rich enough 3 feed and clothe, not only our people, but our nemies, if we will only reduce our cotton crop ne half. Remember that a time of prosperity rill return, after we achieve our independence, rhen we will be the richest people in the world. iet us meet the present crisis like men?let our lanters resolve to feed the country, without uying a pound of meat or bread from cold 'iends or open enemies, and alt will be well! ? hat man who plants the most corn will be the est friend to his country. Remember this, plan;rs, and do your duty ! f YORK VOLUNTEERS. \ The "King's mountain Guards."?NorthS Battalion, 34th Regiment. \ Officers.?Andrew Jackson, Captain; Joseph Hack, Lieutenant; R. A. Caldwell, 2d Lieu mant; A. B. Black, Ensign. G. W. Thompson, st Sergeant; H. S. McArthur, 2d Sergeant; J. . L. Gill, 3 d Sergeant; J. A. Bell. 4th Sergeant; ohn Wylie. 5th Sergeant; G. W. Moore, lal Cor oral; A. Hardin, 2d Corporal; J. H. Quinn, 3d lorporal; James Robinson, 4th Corporal; Wm. fatson, 5th Corporal; J. L. Howe, tith Corporal T? . 7 a 4 /la A Xr ill > AlfcS." ? Aumi.-g, nuui'j i ni iumu uii);, amuel Allen, James Black, R. Bolin, B. Bolin, . L. Broom, J. Bridges, W. P. Bridges, William rown, H. Broom, Andrew Beheler, Ed Bird, D. lark, J. Clark, W. G. Cobb, Francis Deal, Josh, 'illingham, F. Dover, M. Dover, John Elliott, , W. Downy, Jonathan Fitohet, J. C. Faris, J. . Gardner, J. W. Gardner, John Gasaway, W. . Gordon, Robert Griffin, R. A. Hagans, James [. Harvey, S. J. Harvey, D. J. Howe, J. W. [enry, E. Hardin, M. Hullender. J. L. Hardin, , William Hardin, J. L.Jackson, John 0. Jackson, . H. Jackson, W L. Johnson, E. R. Johnson, . P. Knox, Thomas H. Lynn, Thomas Martin. r. Martin, Henry Moore, W. A. Moore, Blantou [oore, J. B. Moore, A. F. Moore, M. J. Moore, oung Neel, Joseph Mnrphy, S. L. McArthur, jhn Pursley, D. C. Patterson, Aaron Peeler, pbart Robinson, A. Ramsay, Charles Simmons, R. Smith, John Turney, Robert Vennble, G. Walker, William Wbitaker, Andrew Wilson, obert Whisonant, J. H. Wilson, Starnes Wylie, avid Wallace, Jacob Wylie, John Winter, R. Z. ilson, Jas. Year rood, G. W. Young, W. Ram y, J. Ramsay. lie "Catawba Light Infantry ." ?North Battalion, 46th Regiment. Officeks.?R. H. Glenn', Captain; H. A. Walce, la/ Lieutenant; S. L. Campbell, 2d Lieuten\t; W. L. Thompson, 3d Lieutenant; James Aienn, Is/ Sergeant; A. A. Barnett, 2d Sergeant; H. Barry, 3d Sergeant.; J. T. Thompson, 4th rgeant; J. B. Tate. 5th Sergeant; S. D. Simril, t Corporal; J. R. W. Wallace, 2d Corporal; C. Stewart, 3d Corporal; VRobert Latta, 4th >rporal; W. R. Glenn, 5th Corporal; Geo. W. ason, 6th Corporal. Privates.?J. P. Anderson, W. N. Abernathy, R. Adkins, J. M? Barnett, J. J. Barnett, A. , Barron, B. F. Boyd, T. M. Baxter, John 0. irnes, J. B. Brown, J. H. Barry, D. F. Barnett, . J. Bowen, J. V. Choat, J. R. Cook, N. B. impbell, D. T. Cook* W. E. Campbell, R. W. loat, J. H. Calhcart, W. J,Cullender, J. J. Diony, W. G. Finley, B. F. Fewell, J. W. Felts, , Fihlev, S. A. G^nn, J. H. Qlenn, S. H. Glenn, . F. Garrison, Thomas Grier, T. J. Hudlcstone, J. Hutchison, W. G. Johnson, D. M. Johnsou, W. Jnckson, J. H. Kfncaid, L. L. Laney, J. S. cKenzie, W. R. Moore, W. A. J. McCoilum, J. . McCully, R. H. McCully, S. A. Mitchell, R. cCaw, A. A. McKenzie, J. A. McCarter, Jas. Nesbitt, J. W. Pierce, G. A. Patrick, R. V. itrick, L. D. Quinn, W. B. Poovy, J. A. Stewt, J. J. Simril, J. Timberlake, J. F. Wallace, , S. Wilkenson, S M. Wallace, L. R. Williams. G. Wood, W. D. Watson, J. S. Wright, W. H. ard, T. W. Youngblood, 0. N. Youngblood, A. jtfrwood, B. P. Bryson, J. R. Warren. 'he "Whyte Guards."?South Battalion, 46th Regiment. Officers.?A. E. Hutchinson, Captain; T. B. eachain, let Lieutenant; J. S. Williamson, 2d eutenant; James Raiterree, 3d Lieutenant; D. Moore, Is/ Sergeant; J. N. Moore, 2d Serint: Leopold Levi. 3d Sergeant; W. M. Gor n. Ath Sergeant; W. T. Hanna, 5th Sergeant; * T. Shaw, 1st Corporal; J. A. Henry. 'Id Cor e ral; J. M. McDowell, 3d Corporal; J. S. Saner, Ath Corporal; W. B. Dunlap, 5th Corporal; fred Moore, 6th Corporal. u Privates.?J. M. Adams, Wm. Adams, W, J. ' Ikins, Wm. Aikin, D. M. Allison, W. G. Beckra, J. M. Black, E. Blackraon, R. G. G. Boyd, b T. Brown, H. Burnsides, A. L. Byer9, Harvey p rter, Samuel Carter, R. P. Chambers, I. N. n irk, W. B. Cline, Thomas Collins, E. D. Craw d. J. C. Crotfson, James Daniel, T. N. Dun a ), Wm. Elkins, Perry Ferguson, Wm. Findley, A W. Garvin, W. H. Gray, Dr. R. C. Hanna, J. tl Harrison, J. C. Hicklic, T. D. Henry, R. L. si hnson, G. M. D. Jones, M. H. Kennedy, Josi E Lock, T. H. Marks, V. J. Massey. M. II. G :Cammon, Robert McConnell, John McDowel, ii seph McGarity, A. B. McClain, J. F. Miller, ei R. Mills, Wm. Moore, W. R. Murphy, R. H. E ely, John Nelson, J. J. Nichols, J. G. Now bi id, J. F. O'Neall, H. N. Owens, S. A. Parker, n W. Poag, T. W. Richardson, R. G. C. Ried, J. Roach, W. D. Rogers, Allen Ross, N. M. | tl idifer, J. J. Shaw, W. A. Steele, sr., W. A. i H lele, jr., W."Smart, M. Sparks, 0. G. Stewart, tc W. Sturgis, T. S. Tipping, C. C. Westbrooks, q' A. Westbrooks, T. C. Williams, J. D. William ai i, W. W. White, J. H. Whitesides, James Jt. w stbrooks, Wm. White, James J. Wilson. J. A. tl en, William Ferguson. y tl THE LEGISLATURE. ttl from the Charleston papers of Tuesday morg of last week, we take, the following para- ^ ,pbs in regard to the suspeireidn of tne Courts : bl 3n motion of Mr. Boylston, the House proded to the consideration of the resolution ? rgesting the inexpediency of holding the p,' irts of Law and Equity on the Northern Cir- ' t, amended so as to include the Middle Dis- 1 5t, and laid on the table this morniDg. Mr. piston said if the gentleman from York (Mr. cr ?k) desired to offer a resolution excepting t0 :bat District, he woald accept it. "If that gen- t ileman could speak for York, he would notify b him that he could not speak for Fairfield. s Mr. Black replied that he would make no com- c promise, and that he knew other Districts than s York desired the suspension of their Courts.? 1 He moved that the resolution be laid on the s table. ( The motion was not agreed to?ayes 17 nays 26. c Mr. JohnL. Miller rose and said : I regret t to differ with my friend and colleague in regard c to this matter. There is a wide difference between us. I was absent a few days ago when j the resolution for the suspension of the Courts t was first brought before the House. Had I been J present I should have voted against it. The fl more I have thought upon it the more thorough- i ly am I convinced that there is evil in it. And t allow me to say, sir, I do not advocate the resolution of my friend from Fairfield, because it is t a question in which the legal profession are in- ( terested. I regard it as a question of right and i justice between man and man. A suspension of 1 the Courtsis a complete denial of justice. Crim- t inals, guilty or not guilty, will have to lie in jail t till the fall term of the Court. No one can < doubt, Mr. Speaker, but the regular sitting of the Courts exerts a very wholesome influence.? ( It is a terror to evil-doers. 1 can see nothing in < the condition of the country requiring asuspen i sion of the Courts, and I undertake to say, sir, I that the people of my section of the country i neither expect nor desire any such thing. I can ! see no good to result from it; on the contrary, a vast deal of harm. It is wrong in principle and will be pernicious in its consequenoes. I 1 shall, therefore, vote for the resolution under consideration, and hope it will pass. The question recurring on the adoption of the resolution, Mr. Black raised the point that there was not a quorum of members present. The Speaker, after a count, announced that there < was not a quorum present. Sixty-three mem- 1 mers constituted a quorum, but there were only fifty-six members present. From the Charleston Mercury. Washington Dispatchea. Washington, January 28.?The sudden sailing of the corvette Brooklyn with troops for Pensa cola, continues to be the prevailing topic of conversation. Everybody now is convinced that the Administration is striving to play a double game. j A collision at Fort Pickens is hourly anticipated j here. _ ( Ex-President Tyler and Senator Crittenden j held a long interview this morning- Both are , indignant at the act of the President in sending ( a war steamer South, in violation of his solemn | pledge to maintain the status quo. ( In the Senate to day, Mr. Donglas introduced an amendment to the fugitive slave law, which, , when considered, will, he says, thoroughly and effectually obviate all the objections to the pres ( ent statues. Senators Slidell and Benjamin, of Louisiana, < take no active part in the proceedings. They are awaiting the official announcement of the ( secession of their State to resign. Secretary Dix has instructed the commanders s of revenue cutters, if attacked, to make the best { possible defence; bat if overpowered, to run the vessels ashore and blow them up. I Washington, January 29.?The resolutions j of South Carolina, in reference to the Virginia . mediation, are denounced by Northern men as { insulting to Virginia. Southern men generally , pronounce them logical and proper. ( The demand of Col. Hayne for the surrender ( of Fort Sumter has created much feeling. Col. , " i 1 -- : ? _:.u .u? ? iittujru u>m uu .utuiticw itibu tuu i i doiucui. wv day. I understand that Buchanan trill refuse his demand and refer him to Congress. A telegraphic dispatch from Senator Mallory, of Florida, addressed to Senator Bigler, of Pennsylvania, and Senator Slidell, of Lousinana, says that the State troops of Florida, Alabama, and Georgia will assault Fort Pickens as soon as the Brooklyn makes her appearance in Florida waters. Senator Mallory begs to know whether It be true that the Brooklyn is destined for Pensacola. This dispatch was sent to the President at a late hour last night. No reply has yet been made. Some persons think the Brooklyn has only beeu ordered to warn Government vessels against entering Pensacola Bay. Ex-President Tyler left for Richmond this morning. Washinotos, Jnnuary29, 8 p. m.?ThePresi dent declines answering the enquiries of exSenator iMallory as to the destination of the Brooklyn. Before leaving, ex-President Tyler demanded of the President to know whether or not _it was true that heavy guns are being mounted at Fort Monroe, pointing inlaud. 0 The President answered that he would make inquiries io relation to the matter, and communi- g cate the result of his investigation. It seems that the Cabinet now acts without q the knowledge or consent of the President. General Scott to day obtained permission of j the President to order three more companies of fj Artillery to tnis cuy. cerore meoruer couiu ue a is9ued, however, the permission was withdrawn q All parties are denouncing the weak, vacillating g ind treacherous policy of the Administration. a Col. Haynesays that he is anxiously expecting j i special messenger with dispatches from the Jovernor of South Carolina. _ c Senator Douglas' new fugitive law provides a trial by jury, and in the State from which the t| ilave escapes; and in the event of failure, to g lecure the value of the fugitive, to be paid out C( >f the treasury to the owner, and the Attorney 9] Jeneral to recover the amount from the County ^ >r State where he is lost. Washington, January 30?10.45 a. m.?The President has replied to the dispatch of Senator dallory, of Florida. He says the Brooklyn has tj ;one to Pensacola; that she will land provisions g it Fort Pickens, and then lay off to assist the ort with troops, should an attack be made up ,uit- . . ti There is intense anxiety this morning at the Jxecutive mansion to hear from Fort Pickens. jE In immediate conflict is anticipated by all par a| ies. I( I have it from undoubted authority that the ft lommander of the Brooklyn has been ordered to t| ;eep a strict watch on all the movements at the 0j 'ensacola Navy Yard, and in the neighborhood Q, if Fort Pickens. In the event <ff his discovering rhe slightest preparations for an attack, or of g ,n attack being made, his orders are instantly o land the artillery forces for the fort and bring t| lis own guns to bear upon those who make the ittack upon it. jj Washington, January 80, 9 p. m.?My dis- g latch of yesterday to the Mercury, stating that layne had made the formal demand upon the * 'resident for the surrender of Fort Sumter, was jE :orrect in every particular. jj Col. Hayne has made the formal demand for the w ineonditional surrender of Fort Sumter. As yet r? he President has made no reply; but it is known n well informed oircles here, that the President lolds that he has the right to reinforoe the forts, ^ ,nd that he will neither say nor do anything ^ hat might be construed into a relinquishment of w hat right. It is believed here that reinforcenents will be sent to Fort Sumter and to the ? ither forts in the South, so far as the resources fr if the Federal Government will admit. fa The following dispatch was sent this morning, w iy a number of distinguished Southern men, ^ thorn I will not now name, to Gen. Chase at 'ensacola, to Senator Mallory, and to the Gov- ^ mors of Georgia, Alabama and Florida. fa "The Government here is utterly treacherous. ?( ?' We think you should act as you think best, 0f :ithout regard to the promises or professions from Qf Vashington." j/ Washington, January 31.?The Coeroioni9ts egin to feel decidedly uneasy. Everything is ointing to the certain and successful consumlatiou of the great Southern Confederacy. an The Toronto Leader, acknowledged to be the co blest exponent of English sentiment in British St .merica, is out in another powerful article upon "t be dissolution of the Federal Union. It re-as- go erts, as a fact that cannot be doubted, that gr logland will promptly recognize the de facto by ...nA.nmaiit r\f tlia Smithonn Ssfaft-a Thio la a r\f arrible blow to the Abolitionists. The shrewd- in| jt of them fully understand that the course of to ngland will be that marked out by the Leader, an ut they were unprepared for the startling anouncement at this time. els General Scott was to day summoned before hi| le Treason Investigating Committee of the ly !ouse of Representatives. His testimony is said i have beeu very entertaining. He exhibited th< uite a large budget of anonymous letters, as Sti i excuse for his having made Washington coi hat it now is?a military camp. Most of nit lese letters were full of terrible threats, and le old General seems not to have recovered ad! oin the effect of them yet, for the troops? ca: tillery, infantry and dragoons?are pouring lai i upon us yet. Two full companies of artillery 1st e expected from Fort Hamilton to night. All or ie public buildings are now garrisoned with do ue jackets. ha Dispatches from Virginia represent the excite- ha ent there as intense and increasing. The Old tio ominion folks don't relish the idea of big mt jlumbiadsof Fort Monroe being turned against em by the tools of Lincoin. by All hope of conciliation and compromise was th< ushed out by Seward's speech in the Senate Mi day. He talked right out, and admitted that coi he policy of the incoming Administration would ie to offer the Cotton States the alternative of ubmission or subjugation. The whining politiians who are pursuing the "reconstruction" cheme say that this is the "darkest day yet." 1 This speech of Seward's is considered here as ettling all doubt as to the secession of Virginia, xoggin, who ran against Letcher as the Whig andidate for Governor in the last eteotioa, is tow running as an immediate secession csndilate for the Convention. The Hon. A. B Greenwood has declined the jost of Secretary of the Interior, offered him by he President. He takes the ground that his Itate?Arkansas?is likely to secede very soon, ind that under such circumstances, it would be mproper for him to accept a seat in the Gobi- t let. | The Secretary of State has declined to admit " hat the secession authorities in possession of a iommercial port have any power to graat dear- | { inces or receive the piyment of duties. Tn a etter to Lord Lyons, he defines the position of ^ he Government. He declare that the laws of J he United States will be regarded as in full iperation. Washisotoh, February 1.?The first prisoner if war, Lieutenant Jewett, arrived from Pensajoin to-day. He reported to the War Department that he was released upon his pArolo of honor, bat does not oonsider it binding, as he made no reply on receiving his passport. The Secretary considers his case a novel one, and will take it under consideration. The Louisiana delegation will, retire from Congress on Monday, whether an offioial copy of the Ordinance of Secession be received or not. Gen. Scott, this afternooa, visited the barracks now in course of erection in the different wards of the city. He subsequently paid his respects to Owen Lovejoy, of Illinois, who boasts of being a negro-thief. The occupants of a female school here were turned oat'to day, and their buildings were filled with Federal sol- # iiers. This has incensed our citizens beyond measure. Senator King of New York, assured Governor Bragg of North Carolina to day, that when the war began, no peace would follow as long as two t flags floated. The Abolitionist are bent oa war. Horatio King, now First Assistant Postmaster-General has beeu nominated to snooeed Holt in that Department. It is believed that the Abolitionized Senate will confirm him. In the Senate to day Latham, of California in a speech on the subjcot of the President's Mrssage, attributed the present troubles to Northern fanatics, but declared that secession was an illegal and unconstitutional remedy. He said that coeroioo could never subdue the South.? California, lie thought, would remain in the Union. The whole speech was a very oloquent jffort and much applauded by the galleries.? The rest of the session was consumed in the transaction of unimportant business. Washington, February 2.?Col. Hayae, last jvening, sent his fluil communication to the President demanding the surrender of Fort Jamter. First. On the ground of the right of eminent loraain vested in the sovereign. Secondly. Oa the ground of the right of the lovereign to condemn property for public nse, iy making due compensation therefor. Col. Hayne, in his commaoication, assumes ;he independent sovereignty of the State of Jouth Carolina; and this carries with it the first >ropositioD. He tbeu argues, at considerable ength, against the position of the Federal Government claiming the right to protect Fort Sam,er at property ; he shows the mode adopted to tecure this protection to be unwise and absurd, ind contends that the Government is fully in '?*vu 'igMuni %uv iuoo vi ? mugie uu.iar IU 'ur* enderiug the fort. He Also assures the Presiient that any attempt to reiaforce it will be ioasidered a declaration of war. Several distinguished gentlemen read the jommanication before it was submitted, and I jronounced it conclusive and unanswerable. A Cabinet meeting was hold this (Saturday) mornng to consider it. It is generally anticipated that the President sill merely reply that he will transmit the den&nd to Congress. In this way he will be able ? answer the argument in a special message without giving the authorities of South Carolina to opportunity for a rejiinlor. Capt. Duncan N. Ingraham, of Kosta fame, yesterday sent his letter of resignation to Secretary Toucey. Touoey declined accepting it, and jegged him to reconsider. Bnt I understand hat Capt. Ingraham is not to be moved from his jurpose, Even tbe cosrcionists do not disguise heir regret at losing tbe gallant Ingraham. r Holt to-day ordered a salute of thirh/'four ;uns to be fired from tbe Columbian Armory, in tonor of the admission of Kansas as a State. Washihoton, February 3.?9 p. m.?The Paificatiou Border State Convention will assemble lere to-ra ?rrow. The Commissioners from Virinia, Kentucky, ladiana, Ohio, New Jersey, lelaware, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, North larolina and Maryland arrived to-night. Tbe Virginia Commissioners are in oaneus at Ir. Tyler's room. It is understood that their rst move in the Convention will be to introduce resolution ignoring the right of the Federal tovernmeui to use icrce againsi mo seceding rates. If this proposition sboald be rejeoted, general bolt of the commissioners of the Bor- ( er Slave States is anticipated. Tbe Kentucky Commissioners are also in canas. They say that Keatnoky demands a fall ad final settlement, or she will forthwith join le Cotton State movement. It seems to be enerally admitted that Virginia will mainly ontrol the Convention; bat nobody has the lightest hope of any satisfactory adjustment I eing arrived at. The Israelites of South Carolina. The Israelites of South Carolina are am mgst ie most faithful* and patriotic of the people of oath Carolina. On every occasion of difficulty nd danger, they have exhibited a devotion to ie State worthy their well Known characterises of a hatred of oppression, and a dauntless jirit to resist it With an eqnal right to enter ito all the offices of our Government, they have bown themselves competent to fill the highest, o tbe late Senate of the United States, they lrnished two Senators?being one sixteenth of 1 ...A. ?UA QA..*? a.J UA4L JU uuuicnuai yuwcr m iuo ocu'uc,?ouu uuiil r these Senators were from the South, and both f them have been foremost in vindicating the ights, interests and liberties of the Soath. Mr. enjamin and Mr. Yulee are worthy tosit in any ssembly of statesmen in the world. Indeed, 9 ie former, in intellectual ability, was not surassed by any pablic man in the late Senate of ae United States; whilst his fidelity to the i tate he represented was as illastrioas as the reat ability with which he defended her. Re- m iutly in N. York Dr. Raphaall has defended us i one of the mostpowerfnl arguments put forth orth or Soath. Here, in South Carolina (as, e belieTe, everywhere in the South), our Is lelite fellow citizens have promptly thrown V leir whole weight to sustain the 8tate ia the reat contest in whioh she is engaged, to save '? er lit irties and institutions from the rathlesa espotism of the Northern people. They too ell understand the Old Testament, and that randest of all revelations for the condaot of ten, the Commaadments which God gave them ora Mount Sinai, to be carried away by the lse philanthropy of a spurious fanaticism, hich, born in infidelity and ncrsed by sectional itred, has broken up the fairest fabric of free jvernments the world has ever seen. True to teir God and true to ,tbeir native land, they ithfully exemplify the motto of our State, ' mimu opibxuqueparati." In expressing these linions, we know that we but echo the feelings the great body of our people.?Charluton treury. Interesting Correspondence. The Charleston papers of Saturday bring ua * i important correspondence between Mr. Colck, Collector of that port, and the Secretary of ate, Hon. A. G. Magrath. The former wishes o know what course be is to pursue in case the vernment at Washington takes the same "A ound in relation to vessels and cargoes owned ~ citizens of the adhering and seceding States the late United States, as they have in notify; Foreign Ministers will be taken with regard J all payments of duties here as mispayments, d all clearances as invalid." The reply of Mr. Magrath is very able and iborate, and, as a State paper, will add to the ;h reputation Judge Magrath has already jastearned. After going into an able preliminary view of ^ 3 new relations created by the secession of the ite, he malces the following points, which are odensed and arranged by the Charleston Eot13 News: 1. Tbat the government at Washington should here to the role they have laid down in the je of Peru, under their construction of the v of nations, that a de facto Government exs as regards vessels of foreign powers entering , clearing from this port. The rule then laid , p wn was "that in a civil war, where one party s possession of a part of the country, and there s officered the local government, the jurisdicn of that party is perfect, and foreign vessels ist conform to its decrees." 2. With regard "to vessels which are owned citizens of States whioh are still members of A 3 confedaracy known as the United States," r. Magrath states that "such vessels are of arse bound by municipal laws of the country