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Three Lives Lost.?A sad and painful occurrence took place on Monday night, the 4th inst., in Broad Kiver, at the Cherokee Iron Works. Mr. Win. W. Gaffney informs us that four valuable negro men, Albert and Tom, the property of Governor Oist, Sam, belonging to Dr. J. G. Gaffney, and Dennis, owned by Maj. Montgomery, attempted (without permission) after their day's work, to cross the river in a batteau, the river at the time being very full and rapid. Unfortunately, they were borne down by the current, and swept over the falls. They were heard from the shore to cry for help, but Mr. Gaffney says, it was impossible to give them relief, although every effort was made to do so. In the morning, Tom was found dead in the batteau, whioh had lodged against a fish trap; the bodies of Sam and Albert have not been recovered; Dennis was found on an is land alive. He says teat Aieert also naa reached the island, but he attempted to swim to the shore, and lost his life. This is a very serious loss, as tbey were all prime first-rate hands at the forge.? Unionville Times. Commercial Movement.?A meeting of a large number of importing merchants was held on Friday last 8t the Custom House, by invitation of Collector Colcock, to recommend a tariff to the Southern Congress at Montgomery. The following rates were recommended: Ten per cent, on all manufactured goods coming into the Southern Confederacy; twenty per cent, on wines, spirits and tobacco. Free list the same as under the United States tariff of 1857, with the addition thereto of live stock, corn, bacon, and all other provisions and raw materials. Tariff to go into operation 1st March, 1861. Warehouse system to be retained, and goods dow in bond to be withdrawn under the rates of the proposed tariff.? Charleston Mercury. Rifled Guns and Shells.?An Armstrong gun?a 100-pounder?was lately tried at Shocburyuess, England, at 1000 yards distance (a little over half a mile) against and old ship for a target. Piecesof paper twelve inches square were set up for special marks, aud were struck every shot. The experiments were made with shooting percussion shells, each of which exploded whenever it struck, and made a hole in the side of the ship about the size of an ordinary house door. This old ship was partially plated with iron, for the purpose of , testing the power of the shells. One plate , trnti Btrnnlr rtn tliA fldcpnnd snlit f*r>mnlf>tplv ? -- ?- ? 1 1 v i through, and the vessel was at last set ou fire with shells filled with molten iroD. Changes in the Names of Streets 1 in Mobile.?The Council of Mobile have 1 recently passed an Ordinance changing the ' names of various streets in that city. The 1 changes are as follows: That the name and 1 title of Main-street be changed to Palmetto I street; Massachusetts be changed to 1 Charleston-street; New Hampshire be ! changed to Augusta-street; Rhode Island be changed to Savannah-street; Connecti- 1 out be changed to Louisiana-street; New York be changed to Elmira-street; Verbe changed to Texas-street; Pennsylvania ] be changed to Montgomery-street. i Scott's Plans.?The New York Times t indnlcrps in thf* fnllnwinc ennrmrsorinor onti- i o ?- 0 p p J eipatioQS: s Further advices, to day, fiora Charlestoo, i contradict the positive assertions that Fort J Sumter is to be attacked this week. In t the meantime, large reinforcements of men c and supplies have been concentrated by r Government, ready to be rushed into Charleston harbor if the attack begins, and the first gun will be the signal for the sail- i ing of an overwhelming fleet to the rescue 0 of Anderson and his brave comrades. 1 - 1] The Federal Army Sounded.?The ? 3P Boston Pilot says : c Some military officers have been among i the United ^tates troops, in different parts of the country, sounding their feelings in ( regard to the present political crisis. A I majority have no clear ideas on the sub- A ject, but five thousand of the Irish are unwilling to make war on any portion of the ^ American people. Give them a foreign i enemy, and they will always be found in j the front rank. Among the Passengers by the Colum- ( bia, from New York, was R. G. Nevill, a ' member of the National Guard, 14th Regi J mcnt New York Militia. Mr. Nevill was r\f th o nflrf-Y? firnrl a colnto civ I 1. guns for the Seceded States, from the New I York Buttery, on Saturday, 9th instant, ? and he now couies to offer his services to South Carolina, and to report that many^ like himself, can be found in New Yofk. ? Charleston Courier, 18tA. Effects of the Crisis.?Friday and Saturday, the 8th and 9th instant, were two of the most calamitous days ever known in the commercial history of New York.? It is said that not less than ninety firms were forced to succumb to the pressure, and among them many heretofore deemed opulent?such houses as Freeland, Squires & Co., which has been in existence for a quarter of a century. A New York Salute in Honor of the Southern Confederation.?A salute of six guns was fired on the Battery ? rropfof^ornAnn in JiAnnr nf fVin civ ao. JSOW..WOJ ?'WIUVVU VI ,U^ t ceding States, and one each for the Hon. t Jeff. Davis, of Mississippi, Provisional , President, and the Hon. A. H. Stephens, of j Georgia, Vice-President, by S. J. Anderson, j Esq., and others of this city.?New News. Curious Coincidence.?It is regarded J as a somewhat remarkable coincidence, the r fact that, on the very same night on which ' Miss Cora Anderson, a celebrated St. Louis belle, was married, the steamer Cora A?derson, named in honor of the lady, struck a snag about forty miles above Vicksburg, ( immediately sunk, and will prove a total , loss. The Seceded States?When Admitted.?Only two of the seceded States? South Carolina and Georgia?were original members of the confederacy. The others , came in, in the following order : Louisiana, April 8, 1812; Mississippi, December 10, 1817; Alabama, December 14, 1819; Florida, March 8, 1845; Texas, December 29, 1845. The Massachusetts Legislature.? i The House has laid on the table a resolve ] to arm and equip two thousand volunteer ] troops for active service, and also tabled resolves containing instructions to the Massachusetts Commissioners now in "Waal ington. National Debts.?The national del of the United States amounts to about dollar and a half for each inhabitant, whil the sum of one hundred and thirty-fiv dollars each would be required from tl British population if they should pay their EDITED BY WILLIAM W. EAST LEWIS M. GRIS^ CONTRIBUTING EDITOR: WILLIAM M. MARTIN,.Fort Moultrie, s. i YOR.KVILLE, S. C. THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 21,1861 (IQF-Mr. John R. Allen, Post Master at Chester, Is c authorized agent; and fully empowered to receive tnom for this office, and eive receipts for the same. (Xjf~In cases where subscribers do not take the Enqciri from tlie post-office, Post-Masters are requested to nodfy i Immediately. THE YORK BOOK STORE Has our thanks for recent favors. Mr. Bear has all the books on the military ; and a lot < other good things. Call and see him. FATOR. We return our thanks to Judge T. J. Withers now member of the Montgomery Congres from our State, for a copy of the Constitutio of the Provisional government for the Secede States. THE TELEGRAPH IN CHARLESTON. When Fort Sumter is attacked?if it is to b attacked?it is desirable that the news shoul not at once fly to Washington. Would it not b well to seize the Telegraph office simultaneousl with the firing of the first gun ? N. C. MILITARY INSTITUTE. In the advertisement of the above institutio; last week, we inadvertently omitted a sentence The advertisement is now correct. The Faoult, consists of "Maj. D. H. Hill, late Brevet-Major U.S. Army, assisted by two graduates of Wes Point, two of Virginia Military Institute, am one of the University, of Virginia." SAll'L W. MELTON, ESQ. Our old friend and confrere editorial, ha placed us under obligations for frequeut copie the New York Herald. Although his name hai disappeared from the Enquirer's masthead, Mr Melton is, nevertheless, a very valuable "Aid de Camp"?or rather "Privy Counsellor'?to us We take this occasion to thank him publicly foi the interest he continues to feel in our journal; 3 1 ~ amw n?iT\?nniottnn r\f fVio nor, &UU LU CApiXao UUI Ui^u a^tvvinwvu vi ?a*v MV? vices rendered us by his splendid talents, refined taste aud large experience as an editor. THE NEW PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. This fine piece of work is progressing rapidlj towards completion. Mr. Stevenson, the com tractor, informs us that it will be ready for ded ication by the first of June. The contract, however, does not expire, we believe, until tk( Srst of August. This ai-gues well for the did patch with which Mr. Steveusou, aud Mr. Walter, the architect, fulfill their engagements. The spire of this church is to be 147A feet high.? When completed, it will be one of the most beautiful churches in the up-couutry. THE WEATHER IN JANUARY. During the last month, we learn from Major McKenzie's close aud interesting observations, Kiofo wpco 193. nlpar d?vn and 181 nlnndv davs. rhere were 77 hours of raiu. The wiud was in :he S. 3 days; W., 8; N., 1 ; E., 7 ; S. W., 5 ; S. W., 3; and N. E., 4 days. Ihreefogs. One ileet, on the 13th. The coldest period was the norniug of 'be 1st; the thermometer stood a' 51?. The warmest, was noou of the 31st; the hermometer standing at GG?. These figures iniicate the accustomed variableness of our clinate. MILITARY ELECTION. We give below the result of the ballot in York Jietrict for Colonel, Lieut. Colonel and Major if our Regiment of Volunteers, on Monday last. ?he King's Mountain Guards balloted, but we iave not received their vote ; nor is that vote lecessary to determine who is elected, as that ompany has been excluded from the Regiment, 'he vote stands as follows: JASPER LIGHT INFANTRY. 7olonrl.?M. Jenkins 78 'Aeul. Colonel.?G. W. H. Legg 76 ., . fW. T. Ttompson 64 *ajor \ Joseph Walker 13 WHYTE GUARDS. 7olonel.?M. Jenkins 72 jieut. Colonel.?G. W. H. Legg 66 ,r . f W. T. Thompson 38 ^or> \ Joseph Walker 37 CATAWBA LIGHT INFANTRY. jolontl.?M. Jenkins t(i rAeut. Colonel.?G. W. H. Lepg 76 . ( W, T. Thompson 60 anjor. | Joseph Walker 16 These figures show a vote of 226 for M. Jenins, for Colonel; 218 for G. W. H. Legg, for iieut. Colonel; 162 for W. T. Thompson, for -Iftjor ; and 66 for Joseph Walker, for Mrjor. ? um v AN EXPLANATION. Owing to misapprehension on our part, we eel that an explanation is due to all parties conerncd, in regard to the new flag for the "Caawba Light Infantry," mentioned in our issue if last week. Money to purchase this flag was aised by the ladies of the North Battalion of he 46th Regiment?the Battalion represented >y the "Catawbasand some of our town lalies were requested to make the flag and receive jompeusation for the service. They refused to eceive pay, but readily consented to make the lag for nothing. It was the desire and purpose if our lady friends in the country that the flag ihould be wholly and exclusively their gift to he "Catawbasand we are instructed by the adies of "ur town who made the flag, to dis siaiui any intention or uesire on tueir pan to hare the honor of presenting the flag to the "Caawba Light Infantry." "'hey merely wished it ;o be understood that the flag had been made by ;hem as an act of kindness to the ladies of the >Iorth Battaliou. We feel assured that thisex>lanatiou will be entirely satisfactory. EXCHANGES. The Fairtield; Herald recently began its thirteenth volume with a larger number of subscribers than at any former period of its existence, rhe Triweekly Ileyister is printed in the same )ffice; and is a very thrifty, go-ahead little jheet. Our Columbia exchanges?the Carolinian and Guardian?are both thriving and prosperous dailies, and reflect very satisfactorily the news ol the day. Mr. Thomas Hall has become the editor ol the Anderson Gazette ; and Mr. W. W. Humphreys has associated himself with Mr. James A Hoyt, as one of the propietors antl editors of th< Anderson Intelligencer. We extend the usua greeting to both these gentlemen in their new relations to the press of the State. The Edgefield Advertiser is one of our favor ite exchanges. We notice in the last uumbei that the Advertiser received last week som< eighteen new advertisements. We are glad t< see this evidence of prosperity to this heartj and wholesome old journal. We pull off oui hats, and bow to you, gentlemen! and congratu late you on the enlightened liberality of you; people. The Charleston Mercury again mentions a facl 1- that indicates its onward and upward career ol prosperity. The offioo has been compelled from the constantly increasing patronage of the Daily )t and Tri-weekly, to purchase on of R. Hoe & Co'e a Double Cylinder Presses, of the latest and mosl [e improved model, throwing off upwards of foui re thousand sheets per hour. The fact is significant ie that fifty copies of the Mercury arc mailed daily S. to a town of Southern Illinois. The Mercury m has beeu established forty years; and the first ^ number, the middle and the last, vie in devotion to Southern independence. = THE CASH SYgTEH. p. We give below a paragraph from the Columbia Carolinian, which shows the propriety of adoptD. ing and carrying out the Cash System in the ? publication of newspapers: "The increase in the circulation of the Daily and Tri Weekly South Carolinian and the Weekly Ranner has been unparalleled in the history - of these journals. We have adhered to the cash m rules, and so accustomed to it have a large numey ber of our subscsibers become, that they prefer it to the credit system. Were we to abandon :B the cash system, we have no doubt that we would U9 lose a number of subscribers." _ Our own subscribers frequently tell us that they do not wish to get behind. The fact d is, it is much better to pay two dollars now >f and then, than to let the debt run on, and have in >,<? onH tn nav bit niorhf ten IIP twelve dnl lars. 3 We are very desirous to adopt this system in ' full. We have tried it sufficiently to know that it is the best for all parties. We have a few ^ names, however, on our books, who are behind hand in paying. We are sending their accounts to them ; and we hope they will respond promptly. Toe the mark; pay up squarely; then bere6 after begin the New Year with a kindly rememd brance of the printer, and it will never be a bure den to pay for your paper. If a different course y is pursued, "the day of retribution" will come, when it will take a "V." or an "X." to oanoel claims. Moreover, if you pay up, you will feel n like "a genteel gentleman always genteel." NEWS PROM THE STATES. y South Carolina. , Aotive preparations continue to be made in t Charleston harbor, for an assault upon Fort 3 Sumter. The Courier informs us that more hands are needed for the work progressing there ; and the Chief of the Engineer Corps of our State, by consent of the Governor and Executive Coun cil, has invited plauters and masters, who feel disposed, to offer the services of some of their slaves as laborers to tho State. Good quarters and provisions will be provided for the hands. Any person wishing to make a tender of slaveservice to the State, may address Major Walter Gwynn, No. 5 Broad-street, Charleston. The following paragraph telegraphed from I Washington to the New York Herald, shows the anxious state of feeling in Fort Sumter : Letters from Fort Sumter received at Washington from Captain Doubleday, one of the offi, cers in command, report that the South Carolinians have erected an impregnable battery on Cummings' Point, of railroad iron, and that a terrible fight can be made from that point. The strength of that position as it has now been made, and standing, as it does, five eighths of a ! mile from Fort Sumter, will enable the South Carolinians to do croat mischief. The work on . Fort Moultrie has also been pushed forward rap( idly, aud its strength is now such as will withstand the guns on Fort Sumter successfully. Great preparations were going on among the Carolinians, aud every day gave them more certainty of success when the attack on Fort Sum ter is made. The troops in Fort Sumter continue in good health and spirits, although very . much annoyed by the South Carolina authorities. Another volunteer in the service of the State, has met with an untimely death by accident? Mr. Jas. C. Allen, of the Abbeville company. Mr. Alleu and a comrade were playfully chasing each other through the hall of the building in which they were quartered on Sullivan's Island, when Mr. Allen came in contact with a bayonet on a gun in the hand of another companion.? The bayonet entered the right eye, penetrating the brain ; and he survived only a few moments. The remains of Mr. Allen were conveyed back to his bereaved home, and interred in Upper Long Cane Graveyard, two miles above Abbeville village. We have been in this burial-place ; it 18 a spot ot touching loveliness. There the young soldier of Secessiou will sleep sweetly beside the sacred dust of the Revolution; and the old and young of coming years will read hi9 epitaph, and rehearse the sad story of his fate to each other, and love liberty all the more dearly for its price. Florida. One thousand Maynard rifles, 50,000 ball cartridges, 180,000 primers and 400 percussion muskets have been received by the Magnolia State. The Legislature, before its adjournment on last Saturday, authorized the issue of $500,000 in treasury notes. A Stay-Law was also passed. TLe convention will soon be reconvened by President McGbee. Pensacola still remains the centre of interest on the Gulf coast. We have stated elsewhere that several U. States war-steamers are in Pensacola bay. The Montgomery Advertiser of Saturday, makes with some degree of probability the importaut statement, that the commander of one of these vessels has peremptorily ordered Col. Lomax of the Southern army, to cease throwing up earth-works for Southern defence. Col. Lomax is said to be a spirited man, aud likely returned a flat, negative response. " If so, hostilities may have begun at Pensacola, before this date. North Carolina. Our neighbors along the line, and especially Mecklenburg, have gone to work in down-right earnest to put North Carolina out of the UnioD. As we predicted, the fire is spreading among the mountains. The papers contain numerous calls for public meetings, anu accounts 01 otners which hare been held. The movement has rived its way through the Legislature, and has reached the people, who will "rally to the rescue'' as they did in olden times at Watauga, Guilford Court House and Alamance. Gov. Ellis is having an order for 100,000 dollars' worth of gun carriages, rifles and other munitions of war, filled upon a thirty-days notice at Newark, New Jersey. The Legislature has laid the coercion resolutions of Pennsylvania ou the table as offensive and unworthy of notice?as Gen. Dock ery, a strong Union man, said, treated them, "with silent contempt." The election for "Convention" or "No Convention," is next Thursday. Virginia. Up to this writing, we have nothing of marked i interest from the Virginia Convention. This is accounted for by the fact that they are "wait iug for something to turn up" in the Peace Con[ ferenco at Washington. The anti-coercion feeli ing is said to predominate among the delegates, f They have, however, elected Mr. Janncy of Richmond, an ultra union man, as President of ' tho Convention. The paragraphs this week, . about Virginia, are "high and dry." . Tennessee. ? The election returns for Tennessee, show that I a majority of 50,000 is opposed to secession, r and 20,000 opposed even to calling a convention. Only two secessionists, it is said, were elected throughout the State, r Arkansas. } Capt. Churchill and Capt. Danley have been > commissioned to purchase arms to the extent of r $100,000, for this State. The secession feeling r spreads; and the best men are offering for the convention. We expeot to announce the secesr sion of Arkansas in our next issue. New York. t The news from New York city is interesting ' this week. The seizure of Southern arms coni tinues. Some time ago twenty-eight cases of r Minnie rifles intended for Alabama, were disi trained in New York, or seized for debt in retal; iation for the Stay Law of the former State.? Alabama has recovered these arms under a writ : of replevin ; that is, the case io to be tried by ' law, and if Alabama loses it she returns the ' arms, if not she keeps them. It appears that Gov. Brown, of Georgia, was i out generaled by these faithless Gothamites at last. The declaration that the arms had been given up, for the seizure of which reprisals were made on New York vessels, appears to havo been false. Policeman Kennedy retains ten cases still, ac.d refuses to surrender them except by a legal process. The other twenty-eight cases (there were 38 in all) were obtained by the agent of a Connecticut arms-manufacturing com pany, under a writ of replevin ; and the "contraband goods" are said to be on their way to \ Gov. Brown. It would be well for the South i henceforth during this struggle, to remember 1 that the Northerners are a tricky people. The New York Herald closes an article on ' "The New Southern Republic?its Programme - J T"? M iL. t ~ A ana .rurpoBes iuub . uc muoi, iiiereiore, uumoniBb the American people to prepare for the calamities of a civil war, and for the ruinous experiment of a military despotism at Washington." In another editorial the following significant and striking paragraph occurs : "It is indisputable that the interests of the so-called Border States will compel them to become a part of the new Southern republic; but it will te oqually for the benefit of the Central States, including New York, to identify themselves with their Southern seceding brethren.? The new Southern constitution foreshadows legislative enactments which will exclude Northern fabrics ai d commerce from Southern ports, in order to divert capital from other uses into the crea.tion of manufactories, South of Mason and Dixon's line, which may successfully compete with those that have hitherto supplied them with merchandize. Commercial treaties with England and France are also to be anticipated, as among, the first active measures that will be consummated by the Southern confederation. A death blow will thus bo struck at Northern trade, unless those who are most immediately concerned in the maintenance of our prosperity, possess the ene -gy and wisdom to avert the shock it is on the point of receiving. The question has to be settled, whether the people of the Central States of the Duion will permit the aggressive fanaticism which has boon engendered by the Massachusetts school of abolitionists, to ruin them irrevocably, at a time when five-sixths of the voters of those States deprocato the incondi arism which has reduced the rupublio to its present condition. Between the coercive schemes, civil war, and military despotism, with which reDublican leaders arc menacing the country, and such a bond of uniou as is suggested by that new Southern republio, to those who have not joined it, New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey will necessarily choose the latter, if the voice4 of the people can make itself heard." PROSPECTS OP COERCION. The appalling certainty of war in the event of an attempt to collect the revenue, administer the laws and hold the public property in the seceded States, does not seem to diminish the madness of the Northern government. They are bent upon a "rule or ruin" policy. That this is the fixed current in which events are rapidly running to the stormy sea of the future, take the following indications: 1. Lincoln in several disgusting, "slangwhanging" speeches, 6ince he left Springfield for Washington, has said that it his purpose not only to protect the forts now held by his govern- ] ment in Southern waters, but to retake the forts, i arsenals and custom-houses which have been j seized, to collect the revenue, and in every way to administer the laws in the seceded States. i 2. The present Administration, controlled in a measure by General Scott, is preparing the i :? rnu:? ? <J?UIipil.lgU. IUI3 ID OCCU 3. In the fact, that Washington city is overrun with Federal troops ; that war steamers have been recalled from abroad; that Fortress Monroe, Harper's Ferry and other military stations along the "border" havo been reinforced or occupied ; that war steamers loaded with armed men and bristling bayonets have been sent South; that forts Taylor and Jefferson commanding the entrances to the Gulf, have been placed on a war footiug ; and that the "Home Squadron"?oomposed of the Bainlridge, Dolphin, Mohawk, Crusader, Water Witch, Wyandotte and Daniel Webster?is now either in, or near, I or on the way to Pensacola, or perhaps the latter I to Charleston. I 4. The Northern Congress is fully given over i to the policy of the incoming administration.? t An appropriation of $1,200,000 has been lately f made for the construction of seven sloops of war 1 of light draft?suited to sailing in Southern t waters. f 5. The fanatical temper and the radical opin- j ions 01 .Ltincoiu IIUU UU pttrijr, ICUUGt TTOI m- c most inevitable. They hate our institutions with "a perfect hatred"?the growth of long years, the result of ceaseless and violent agitation. 6. They hate us more cordially than ever for what we have done since the 20th of December. We have broken up the den where they deposited theirj plunder. Their plans to make us their slaves ht.ve been defeated. The whole Northern mind ban been suddenly robbed of its cherished hope of the glorious Union that brought such countless blessings to them?though a despotism and curse to us. They will rush madly to war. LINC01.N ON THE WAY TO WASHINGTON. The hitherto tongue-tied President elect of the "Untied States," is said to have asked a atsunguisneu tvcncucaian just oeiore ue ieu ( Springfield, if the anti- coercion resolutions of t the Kentucky Legislature embodied the real sentiments of that peeple. The Kentuckian replied, 'Undoubtedly." Mr. Lincoln replied: "Kentucky then must prepare for war.1' He is t determined to stamp and hallow the Union with I the crimson seal of fratricidal strife. Since his de- i parture from Springfield, he has made speechos ( at Indianapolis, Indiana; Columbus and Cincin- s nati, Ohio; andjPittsburg, Pennsylvania. These c speeches breathe out threatening and slaughter ' against the South, and especially againBt South c Carolina. ' At Columbus he said, "there is nothing going j wrong." ">ve entertain amerent view9, dui j nobody is suffering." "All we want is time, r patience and reliance on God, who has never j forsaker. this people." , At Indianapolis the significant portion of his c speech ran thus: * s "The words "coercion and "invasion" are t much used in these days, and often with some , temper and hot blood. Let us make sure, if we can, that we do not misunderstand the meaning 1 of those who use them. Let us get the exact defi- 1 nitions of these words, not from dictionaries, | but from the men themselves, who certainly deprecate the things they would represent by 0 the use of the words. What, then, is "coer- o cion ?" What is "invasion?" Would the march c ing of an army into South Carolina, without the consent of her people, and with hostile intent r towards them, be invasion? I certainly think 1 it would be "coercion," also, if tho South Caro- s linians were forced to submit. Bui if the United ^ States should merely hold and retake its own forts and other property, and collect the duties on for- 1 tign importations, or even withhold the mails from 1 places where they were habitually violated, would E any or all these things be "invasion" or "coer- . cion?" Do our professed lovers of the Union, but who spitefully resolve that they will resist a coercion and invasion, understand that such ] things sa these on the part of the United States ^ would fce coercion or invasion of a State? If so, thei r idea of means to preserve the object of ^ their great affection would seem to be exceed- r ingly thin and airy. If siok, the little pills of 0 the homeopathist would be much too large for it to swallow. In their view the Union, as a family relation, would seem to be no regular * marriage, but rather a sort of "free love" ar rangement, to be maintained on passional attraction. By the way, in what consists the special Hacredness of a State? I speak not of the position assigned to a State in the Union by the Constitution, for that by the bond we all recognize. That position, however, a State cannot carry out of the Union with it. I speak of that assumed primary righ of a State to rule all which iB less than itself, and to ruin all which is larger than itself. If a State and a county, in a given case should be equal in extent of territory and equal in number of inhabitants, in what, as a matter of principle, is the State better than the county ? Would an exchange of names be an exchange of rights ? Upon principle, on what rightful prinoiple may a State, being no more than one fiftieth part of the nation in soil and population, break up the nation and then coerce a proportionably larger sub division of itself in the most arbitrary way? What mysterious right to play tyrant is conferred on a district or country with its people by merely calling it a State ?" At Cincinnati, Mr. Lincoln addressed himself in great mensure to the Kentuckian3. His remarks were very kind and fraternal. He quoted from the only speech he had made before in that city, in 1859, wherein he said : "When we do, as we say we will, beat you, you perhaps want to know what we will do with you. I will tell you, as far as I am authorized to speak for the Opposition, what we mean to do with you?we mean to treat you, as near as we possibly can, as Washington, Jefferson and Mailinnn treated von?we mean to leave vou a lone, and in no way to interfere with your institutions?to abide by all and every compromise of the Constitution. "In a word, coming back to the original proposition, to treat you, so far as degenerate men, if we have degenerated, may, according to the example of those noble fathers, Washington, Jefferson aod Madison?we mean to remember that yoa are as good as we; that there is no difference between us, other than the difference of circumstances. We mean to recognize and bear in mind always that you have as good hearts in your bosoms as other people, or as we claim to have, and to treat you accordingly." He then added: "Fellow Citiiens of Kentucky?Friends, Brethren: May I call you such? In my new position I see no occasion, and feel no inclination, to retract a word of this. If it shall not be made good, be assured that the fault shall not be mine." His Pittsburg speech had a somewhat differeut tone. He said : "W%en I Bpeak of the political condition of the country, I shall say nothing to disappoint the people, who do not generally understand the troubles at the South. There is really no crisis except an artificial one?there is nothing to jus tify their course?there is no crisis but such an one as could be gotten up at any time by a tur buleut people, aided by designing politicians.? My advice is to keep cool," etc. Alluding to the tariff he said : "The Chicago Platform contains a plank ^ which bethought should bo regarded as law by the incoming administration. In fact the plat- 1 form on this and all other subjects should not j be varied from, as this was what the peoplo understood when asked for their votes." These urn ahnnt alt the ideas that he advanced " in the four speeches. Keep cool, protect the public property, administer the laws, and let 0 the seceding States alone, but tax them, is about the programme. There is no crisis?nobody hurt yet?no suffering nmong the people?all n will come right in the end?treat the Southern- 1 era as brethren but make them submit to the rod ' T of federal power, and the Union will be preserved : these are the opinions that are to guide ' the new Administration. Fiddle away, Nero ! ^ ,,t? Si NORTHERN SPECULATION. "Major John P. Heiss, formerly of Tennessee, has returned to Nicaragua to settle there permanently. So satisfied is he with the cotton ri raising experiments made upon the high and ^ healthy interior lands of that region, that it was his purpose immediately to put a hundred acres ? under cultivation for that staple." C The paragraph at the head of this article, in li Jicates one direction which the Northern mind P Is taking, in its eagerness to circumvent and master the South. Never was Phillip of Mac- D edon more anxious to crush the energy of advan- p sing Greece, than are our enemies to subsidize the wealth of our sunny land, and cripple its ^ prosperity. The better and wiser portion of jr them reject the lawless raids of a Brown or tl Montgomery, to render our property valueless ? and to retard our onward march ; the more pru- ^ dent discountenance coercion; but they all with q one accord, unite in their desire to plunder the si South for their own emolument. Mr. Ileiss is a Tennes9ean?a Southerner? j but the paragraph, we believe, came originally tl from a Northern paper; and the idea intended ^ to be inculcated is, that free white labor can n juccessfully cultivate cotton on the high and tl liry table-lands of Central America. A favorite t( ioheme of the Abolitionists, since they can no ? * ai onger plunder the South through an unequal 8( ind odious Tariff, will now be to people the South-western territories, Mexico and Central P S1 America with free Northern cotton-raisers ; and c] io hem us in on all sides, prevent the spread of T >ur institutions, and become our rival in the oroduction of the world's great staple. We g :annot be so blind as to suppose that they who t< lave fed upon our bounty for forty years, will ei 'old their hands in submissive aoathv now. a nercly because we live under a different gov- " smraent. If when we were their political breth- p *en they made a stepping-stone of us ; now that u ve are foreigners, they will put their heels upon ^ >ur necks if they can, and invite all Europe to h he feast prepared by Homestead Bills, rather fi ,han let us occupy one foot more of territory on his continent. ei Their desire is to confine slavery to the pres si ilave States ; and they will doubtless make eve d y attempt to abolitionizo the border States if 01 hey remain in the Union. "No more slave- jt states" was the battle-cry, when it robbed us of b >ur equal rights in the old Union. Now the bat * le cry will be, "circumvent and destroy." " b MERE-ME.VTIO.V. b The Mesilla Times publishes a oall for a Conrention of the people of Arizona, to consider the )ropriety of forming a State Constitution, with a riew of applying for admission into the Southern te Confederacy as a sovereign State. They ri lay that Lincoln was very much flattered re sently by being takeu for Louis Napoleon. It | vas the long waxed moustache that led to the 1c irror. Hartford papers contradict, by au- d' hority, the report that Col. Colt will establish a >istol factory in Georgia. He is now making ti 100 pistols a day, and GOO revolving rifles a Sl nonth. Contracts for 10,000 rifles, to be com- ai w >leted within a year, were concluded at Sharpe's f0 ifle factory last week There are now ci 1,064 inmates in the charitable and criminal in titutions of New York city. A late emitent citizen of Virginia used to say that Seward je tad a vulture look. Colonel Pitchlyn, the fa- p] nous Indian chief now in Washington, who is, 0] ike his race, a keen observor, was asked how he 0j iked Seward. He said he was very much disjointed in him ; "that Seward had the face of H , crow, the voice of a crow, and walked like a row." The French Government is now se- ?' le iously considering the propriety of proviutng ai he whole of the French army with revolving six m hooters. The infantry would wear it attached 8* o the belt by means of a hook ; the cavalry at ^ he right holster. It is stated in the Eng bl isb papers, that at Liverpool lately several Anerican vessels have been registered under the j! Jritish flag. It is stated' that a consider- g, ,ble amount of salted fish and vegetables have fo ately been shipped from Boston for Charleston. 81 ?wo vessels are loading with ice for the same p] lestination. Some mischievous wag, one uj light, pulled down a turner's sign, and put it a! ver a lawyer's door; in the morning it read, 1)1 'All sorts of turning and twisting is doDe here " b< The Census is just now being taken in cc Switzerland. The Registrar of the district in which the chateau of Arenenburg is situated, tas returned in the list of Swisscitizens "Prince jouis Napoleon Bonaparte, temporarily absent." 1 The Greenville Enterprise announces the death ' if Capt. H. Lee Thruston, a promising young 1 awyer of that district. Captain Thruston was ' l graduate of the Military Schools of our State, * ind was a member of the Military Commission ippointed under the Act of the Legislature in 1858. For many years he commanded the Bat- J er Guards at Greeuville. The New York < World states that arrangements have been made 1 n that city for the building of several gun boats j 'or the South, and that'others already finished < lavebeen bargained for. Joel E. Matthews, i ef Dallas county, Ala., has offered the services ' jf two hundred negroes to the Governor of Ala- ; bama. In addition to this, the same gentleman ] deposited in the bank of Mobile, on the 23d of ; January, $15,000 to the credit of Alabama for 3tate defence. The citizens of Montgomery, Alabama, have determined to present i to the present Congress the "Montgomery Insur- 1 ince Building"?a large house of some twenty er more rooms?for the several Executive Departments of this Confederacy under the Provis- 1 onal Government. A correspondent of the Pensacola Observer writes that there are two old soldiers in camp at Warrington Navy Yard?one belonging to an Alabama company, "who is seventy years old, and who challenges competi- ' ion for the performance of duty and endurance generally with any one within twenty years of lis age." The other?a member of the Lowndes Southrons, of Mississippi?is seventy two years >ld, and offers a challenge to any one within wenty years of his age, to run, jump or wrestle, ind if he is an enemy to the South, to fight him i mortal combat. Commodore Duncan N. mgraham, South Carolina Navy, has received a lummons from Government to repair to Mont;omery, doubtless with a view of obtainining lis valuable aid in the organization of the Navy or the Confederate States. The Savannah Republican, of February 13th, contains an adnirable editorial on lengthening the terms of ffice-holders. It recommends the extension of he Presidential term to ten or eight years, and he final retirement of that official, on a pension. Mechanics out of employment are rapidly withdrawing their deposits from the Savings lank in New York City. For several days the un has averaged ten thousand dollars a day. ' Some Manchester houses have adopted the aost sensible way of solving the Cotton supply [nestion, by sending a special agent tiv South lornllnn fni> OTominafinn onrl innnlpina ? ? V. 'he New York Tribune gives us this pleasant" nformation : The country will be glad to learn hat much activity prevails at" the Navy Yards, r ,nd that several additional vessels will soon be ? eady for service, and will be employed in re- t oveiing the forts, custom houses, arsenals, and a ther property of the United States. Mr. r Villard, of Troy, N. Y., is in Washington with a a aammoth petition from the women of the coun- e ry, to be presented to Congress, asking a set- a lement of the national difficulties. The e 'exas State Convention has passed an ordinance c avoring the speedy formation of a Southern F lonfederacy. The Convention has nlso elected jj even dtlegates to the Southern Congress. t PRESIDENT DAVIS. ^ The Edgefield Advertiser of the 13th instant, o emarks: "It is said that Edgefield, S. C., is ? ae rightful claimant of the nativity of Jefferson ^ avis, Provisional President of the Southern c onfederate States." If this be so, South Carona has the honor of giving birth to the first P resident of the Southern Confederacy. ? In the annexed interesting sketch of Mr. g 'avis' life, Kentucky is claimed as his birth- n lace: ^ "Few men have led a life more filled with stir- j, ing or evetuful incidents than Jefferson Davis, ti native of Kentucky, horn about lfiOfi. he went _ i early youth with his father to Mississippi, i ten a Territory, and was appointed by Preai- 8 ent Monroe, in 1822, to be a cadet at West oint. He graduated with the first honors in 0 828 as Brevet 2d Lieutenant, and at his own re- f, uest was placed in active service, being asgued to the command of General (then Colonel) a achary Taylor, who was stationed in the West. S( a the frontier wars of the time young Davis ? istinguished himself in so marked a manner, r lat when a new regiment of dragoons was form a i he at once obtained a commission as first 0 ieutenant. During this time a romantic attachtent sprang up between him and his prisoner, j le famous chief Black Hawk, in which the lat- a ir forgot his animosity to the people of the U. 0 tates in his admiration for Lieutenant Davis, n nd not until his death was the bond of amity 3vered between the two brave men. ^ In 1835 he settled quietly down upon a cotton c lantation, devoting himself to a thorough and a Systematic course of political and scientific edu- t) ation. He was married to a daughter of Gen. {] aylor. e In 1843 he took the stump for Polk, and in g, 845, having attracted no little attention in his c tate by his vigor and ability, he was elected ^ ) Congress. Ten days after he made his maidn speeob. Soon the Mexican war broke out, t( nd a regiment of volunteers having been formed ^ 1 Mississippi, and himself chosen Colonel, he 'signed his post in Congress, and instantly reaired with his command to join the corps d'armce. nder General Taylor. At Monterey and Buena < ista he and his noble regiment achieved the jldier's highest fame. Twice by his coolness t( e saved the day at Buena Vista. Wherever re was hottest or danger to be encountered, sj lere Colonel Davis and the Mississippi Rifles n, ere to be found. He was badly wounded in the irly part of the action, but sat on his horse e] :eadily till the day was won, and refused to _ elegate even a portion of his duties to his subrdinate officers. 0 In 1848 he was appointed to fill the vacancy e( i the Senate of the United States occasioned 0, . 1 _ .1 CI !_Li I 1 O.tA y ine aeam 01 uenerai opeigut, auu iu iouu ri as elected to that body almost unanimously >r the term of six years. In 1851 he resigned his seat in the Senate to f, ecome the State-Rights candidate for Governor, ft m was defeated by Governor Foote. b In 1853 he was called to a seat in the Cabinet q f President Pierce, and was Secretary of War uring his administration. In 1857 he was elect- j 1 United States Senator for Mississippi for the irm of six years, which office he held until his g jsignation, on the secession of Mississippi from le Union. C( Personally, he is the last man who would be se icted as a "fire-eater." He is a prim, smooth inking man, with a precise manner, a stiff, solierly carriage, and an austerity that is at first l irbiding. He has naturally, however, a genial fr imper, companionable qualities, and a disposion that endears him to all by whom he may be irrounded. As a speaker he is clear, forcible, ad argumentative: his voice is clear and firm, ithout tremor ; and he is one in every way fitted ir the distinguished post to which he has been lllCd- 1 vi VICE-PRESIDENT STEPHENS. The Montgomery correspondent of the Charston Courier, speaks as follows of Mr. dteaens, the Vice-President of the new Provision1 government, as he appeared on the morning re ! his inauguration: ^ The personnel of Mr. Stephens is very striking, th e has the appearance of having undergone of eat bodily anguish, and his advanced age and p< ay hairs contribute to give to his eyes a restss, nervous movement. His size is medium, id figure remarkably slim. His forehead is th uch wrinkled, and his locks flow over the loulders, which stoop very much. A habit of S< earing the hat advanced to the left, gives to as is whole contour an oppearance at once remark- St e and prepossessing. ^ ce Expectation rose on tip-toe as Mr. Stephens at Idressed the chair, and expectation was much so sappointed. His address was confined to a of ateful return for his complimentary vote, and r the manner in which the desire of the Con- so ess had been expressed. He referred to the to obable arrival of Mr. Davis on to-morrow, and th eferred that he should address the people m pon the state of the country. There was much or iplause at the conclusion of the address, and it one sentiment pervaded the bosom of the tii jople, that the noble Georgian was destined to ga : such a functionary as his successors in office op uld not err in imitating. CpTTON SPINNING AT THE SOUTH. ti The subject of spinning oar cotton into n 'yarn," instead of sending it to Europe in the ^ raw state, is now beginning to receive considerible attention at the South. It is claimed that :he saving thereby, in the items of waste and ^ :ransportation alone, would amount to $50,000,)00 annually. The New York Commercial and Shipping LUt says: h "Few people are aware of the immense loss if Southern wealth, incident to the transporta a :ion of the cotton crop to Europe in the present "raw" or "lint" form. It is sent forward as a Colonial product to England, where it is spun nto yarn (or thread), and then re-exported from Dl the Continent of Europe to India, China and South America in immense quantities and with ? a corresponding enhancement in value. It is the lint which makes valuable the coal and iron of " Great Britain. The great industry of England is the cotton spinning industry, and in this branch of manufacturing tha United States are pet destined to supplant all rivals. 03 The idea of shipping the American Cotton crop in the form of "yarn," or "thread," the . writer tells us, is now receiving the earnest at- 11 tention of practical men in England, Germany ?nri Ama.inn Tha .lilT...... tk. A raerican Cotton crop in the "lint" and in the "thread," is the difference between a crop of low "ordinary" and "Btrictly good middling," " or 2J to 3J- cents per ponnd. This fact alone, it is urged, should arrest the attention of all who P are engaged directly or indirectly, in the trade, and secure for the "spinning project" the consideration to which its importance eminently en- ^ titles it." P For the Yorkvlllc Enquirer. N c, _ .tl BROAD RIVER LIGHT INFANTRY. t! Officers.?John S. Crosby, Captain ; S. E. e Carroll, 1st Lieutenant; Allen Crosby, 2d Lieu 8l 'enant; S. A. Kell, 3rd Lieutenant; A. H. Farr, 1 lit Sergeant; E. G. Fcemster 2nd Sergeant; J. c 3. Bigham, 3rd Sergeant; James Brannon, 4th n Sergeant; Robert Harshaw, 5th Sergeant; W. A. ti Kays, lit Corporal; W. P. Wylie, 2nd Corporal; d [. T. Summerford, 3rd Corporal; S. N. Smith, C Uh Corporal; Thos. Mitchell, 5th Corporal; S D. Davidson, 6fA Corporal. ti Privates.?Thos. Allen, C. M. Allen, W. Al- " en, T. Allen, A. Blair, 8. Blair, jr., J. R. A Chambers, John Childers, C. H. Christmast, A. is }lark, Wm. Crosby, D. W. Crosby, D. H. Crosby, o\ ff. G. Davidson, W. F. Dye, J. E. Feemster, Jas c< deemster, 8. M. Feemster, R. J. Foster, J. J. 1? Jilmore, J. S. Guy, G. Hancook, 8. Hardwick, r. G. Hetherington, W. E. Hill, N. Hill, D. M. ni lope, J. R. Jenkins, E. Jamieson, W. Z. Kell, A it. Lanier, P. Lanier, Wm. Lanier, 8. L. Love, ? fohn Lominack, E. M. Lockhart, J.G. Minter, J. te dinter, H. Moore, J. Miller, J. L. Miller, H. B. n feal, E. Owens, R. E. Parks, M. Parks, T. J. w 'arks, J. Plexico, R. Plexioo, H. P. Price, J. pi 'ursely, Wm Rainey, Sen., Eli A. Ross, J. Rob* T rson, W. T. Roberson, E. G. Russel, S. Sanders, tr r. Sanders, J. A. Sandlin, J. Shearer, W. B. (hearer, T. W. Stevenson, W. 8. Traylor, R. M. Vullaofl. Wm. Warlick. W. J. Wilson. J. T. Wil* tr iam's, W. M. Whitcsides, J. F. Whitesides, Win. w Vhite. th Mj Amendment* to the Town Charter. -fr Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep w esentntives, no met and sitting in General As- & einbly, and by the authority of the same, That he Town Council of Yorkville shall hare power .0 impose an aunual tax on all stocks owned by al my citizen of said town, either in his or her own ight, or in trust for another, (rail and plank oad stocks excepted,) and also on the value of 'r ill stock in trade, not exoeeding ten oents on iach hundred dollars of the value of the same ; dso a tax on all pleasure carriages drawn by P wo or more horses, not exceeding three dollars ^ ach ; on all carriages, buggies, rockaways, and W1 ither vehicles drawn by one horse, and kept for re leasure, not exceeding two dollars; on all dogs oe :ept within the corporate limits of said town, Pc lot exceeding two dollars each, to be paid by Pr he person occupying the lot upon which snch 00 log or dogs may be kept; on all slaves kept be vithin the limits of said town, between the ages Pc f sixteen and fifty years, not exceeding twenty ive cents each; and the said Town Councit shall 00 iave power to enforce the payment of such taxes 43 >y like process as is provided by law for the 10 olleotion of the general State taxes. That the Towa Counoil of Yorkville shall have lower to make contracts for lighting the streets f said town with gas, either by subscribing to te he stock of any partnership or corporation or co anized for such purpose or otherwise, and to c* lake payment for the same out of any moneys P elonging to the corporation. That the TownCouncil of Yorkville be, and is at ereby, authorized to use the jail of York Dis- ^ rict for the confinement of all persons they te lay be authorized by law to commit: Provided, oa 'bat all costs and expenses inourred thereby hall be paid by the said Town Counoil. That it shall be lawfnl for the Town firm noil no f Torkville to bring to trial forthwith any of ? Bnder against their ordinances who may be a a ransient person, and who may be suspected of . n intention to go beyond the limits of the town, in o as thereby to esoape the process of said te< louncil, unless such person shall give satisfrcto- a3 y sorely for his appearance at a future iay, ra nd to enforce their judgment by the same pro- at. ess as is provided by law in other eases. J?1 That in cases where the said Town Counoil of "orkville is now authorized by law to impose *e< ny fines or forfeitures for the violation of their i,? rdinances, or for exhibiting any plays or shows rithout license, and to issue process for the col- ?? jction of the same, they shall have power, a? rhere it is not otherwise provided, to tax and aj* ollect off of the offender the same costs-as are ' llowed by law on like process issued by a magisrate, or from the Court of Common Pleas, as 8e tie case may be; and any person who shall 8? xbibit any plays or shows, within the limits of us aid town, without having first obtained a li- ")r ense, shall be liable to pay a double tax, in the. ey iscretion of the Council. That this Act shall continue of foroe for four- on sen years, and until the end of the session of le Legislature then next ensuing. to ,,,,, as Tpletminhpri tf> the Hhnrlpflt/in Mprniirv. SOUTHERN PROVISIONAL CONGRESS, ve Montgomery, February 12.?In the Congress ^ )-day, the standing Committees were annonnoed. th The President read a dispatch from the Louiiana Convention, cordially approving the nomiation of Davis and Stephens. th A design for the seal and flag of the Confed- 8a rate States of America was referred to the apropriate committee. sei A resolution was offered, ordering that, until f0( therwise provided, the several offioers connect tb< 1 with the collection of the customs in the porta ha f the Confederacy shall be continued in their sspective offices; referred. Q0' The following resolution was offered: an Resolved, That the Committee on Foreign Af- re< lira be instructed to inquire into the propriety 30' nd necessity, as soon as President Davis shall e inaugurated, of sending Commissioners to the fovernment at Washington. Montgomery, February 13.?In Congress to ay, Vice President Stephens presented model evices for a flag and seal for the Confederate tates. They were referred. Hon. A. R. Wright, of Georgia, presented a iflti ommunication from Mark A. Cooper, offering al le Etowah (Ga.) Iron Works as a suitable place ir the foundry for the Confederacy. Referred. Hon. J. L. M. Curry, of Alabama, said that ti? e had several memorials from Alabamians ani amed with a similar view. ca' Hon. C. M. Conrad, of Louisiana, offered the as8 illowing resolution: Resolved, That the Committee on the Military ma id the Committee on Naval Affairs be instruct- ne| 1 to include in any plan they propose for the ganization of the army and navy, suitable pro- reE sion for such officers of the United States army <la: id navy as have tendered their resignation of *'o: ieir commissions in consequence of their adhe- 0d on to aoy or all of the Confederate States. The resolution was adopted. the Hon. C. G. Memminger offered the following *1" isolution : Resolved, That the Committee on Commercial ?ii ffairs be instructed to inquire and report upon < ie expediency of repealing the Navigation laws 1?? ' the Confederate States, and have leave to re- the >rt by bill. S[a The resolution wa9 adopted. be Hon. Walter Brooks, of Mississippi, offered wa e following; J Resolved, That the Committee on the Flag and eTe :al be instructed to adopt the report of a flag PN i similar as possible to that of the United F&1 ates, making only such changes as may be ne- lhe issary to distinguish easily one from another, Ma id to adopt a banner with the stars and stripes ^ i arranged as to correspond with the number urJ ' States in the Confederacy. 8qi Mr. Brooks accompanied the resolution with Fe< ime remarks, in the course of which, alluding 1 the stars and stripes, he said: "That flag is pr? e idol of my heart, around which cluster the Prc emories of the past, which time cannot efface dei cause to grow dim." " Hon. W. Poroher Miles opposed the resoluin. He said that, from his youth, he had re- the trded the stars and stripes as the emblem of 1 ipression and tyranny. tal The debate grew animated, and at the sugges- otb ion of Mr. Stephens, Mr. Brooks withdrew the ssolution. Congress then immediately went into secret ession, and nothing of its proceedings has yet suspired. Montgomery, February 14.?In the Cougress ) day, six model^ for a flag for the Confederate tates were presented and referred. The balance of the session was secret. It is expected that President Davis will be ere in time to be inaugurated on next Monday. Montgomery, February 15.?Congress to-day ppointed a Committee of six to make suitable rrangements for the reception and inauguration f the President The inauguration will take place on Monday ext, at one o'olock. The Chair stated that he had received a com- J lunication in relation to the purchase of vessels ^ ir the Provisional Government. It was referred * > the Committee on Naval Affairs. ^ Mr. Fearn, of Alabama, presented a letter dative to a new projectile, approved by scienfic military men. It was referred to the Comlittee on Military Affairs. An official copy of the Texas Ordinance of ecession was then presented with the credenals of the deputies. Only one of them, as yet, rrived. Objection was made to the reception of these redeotials, on the ground that the Ordinance of ecession of the State of Texas had not yet been itified. The delegate present, Mr. Gregg, was aally invited to a seat in the Congress, and the apers submitted by him were referred. Two model flags were presented and referred. The Congress then went into seoret session, nring which an Act and a Resolution were assed, from which the obligation of secrecy was smoved. The Act continues in office all officers onnected with the collection of the oastoms at tie time of the adoption of the Constitution of le Confederate S.ates, with salaries, powers, to., as heretofore, provided the compensation ball not exceed $5000. Collections are reuired within two weeks. Collectors are to exeute the same bonds as heretofore, and subordiates are to giv<: bonds one week after collecon. Officers are required to take an oath to isoharge their duties to, and to support the institution of, the Provisional Government. The resolution adopted continues in offioe, unil otherwise ordered, several officers connected ith the collection of duties, until the 1st of i pril next; and the Secretary of the Treasury i instructed to riport a plan, to go into effect a the 1st of April, diminishing the expenses of Electing the revenues?diminution to be at iast fifty per oent. at each customhouse. Montgomery, February 16.?A number of todel flags were presented to day and referred, communication about missiles of war was also A iforred. A bill was reported from the Commit- f so relative to citizenship, prescribing uniform lies for naturalization, the caption only of hich was read. Applications were made for i * l. . ? . ? ihuu auu vupjrnguM) wmou wore reiorrea.? be balance of the business of the day was anaacted in secret session. SECOND DISPATCH. Momtgom*rt, February 16.?President Davis' ip from Jackson, Mississippi, to Montgomery, as one continuous ovation. He made no lege iao twenty five speeches upoa the route, reining thanks for the complimentary greetings om crowds of ladies and gentlemen. There ere military demonstrations, salutes of cannon, o., at the various depots. The Committee of Reoeptioo, appointed by le Southern Congress, and also the Committee >pointed by the Montgomery anthoritioe, met resident Davis about 80 miles from the city and rmally wrloomed bim. Two fine complies om Columbus, Georgia, formed au escort to oelika. The cortege reached Montgomery Fri ly night at ten o'olook. Salvos of artillery eeted his approach, and a verj large croird sembled at the depot hailing his appearance * ith tremendous cheering. President Davis, 1 turning thanlcs, said that he was proud to re- " ire the oongratulatioa* and hospitality of the ople of Alabama. He briefly reviewed the esent position of the South. The time for mpromise, he said, had passed, aad our only ipe was in a determined maintenance of our isition, and to make all who oppose us smell mtbern powder aad feel Southern steel. If leroion should be persisted in, he had no doubt i to the result. We woald maintain our right self government at all hazards. We ask oothg, want nothing, aad will have no compiicajns. If other States should desire to join our wfederatioa, they eau freely come on our , rms. Our separation from the old Union is mplete. Nocompromsib;ho BoooasTaaorios m bb how bhtb&taihbd. [Tremendoas apause.] A large crowd awaited the Preeident'e arrival the ?xahange Hotel. The ladies were equalenthusiastic with the gentlemen. At a qaurr before eleven, in response to enthusiastic lis, ho appeared on the tialcony and said: Fellow Citizen* and Brethren of the. Confederate ates of America?tor now we are brethren, it in name, merely, bat ia fact?mea of one ish, one bone, one interest, one parpose, and identity of domestio institutions. We have mceforth, I trust, a prospect of living together peace, with oar institutions a subject ofproDtion and not of defamation. It may be that this morning opened with alouds, mist and < in, we shall hare to encounter inconveniences the begining ; but as the sun rose, lifted the ist, dispersed the cloads, and left a pure sunjht, so Heaven will prosper the Southern Conieracy, and oarry us safely from sea to the rbor of Constitutional liberty. [Applause.] tus we shall have nothing to fear at home, bouse at home we shall have homogeneity. .. We re nothing to fear abroad, because, if war ould ooiiie?if we most again baptise in blood e principles for which our fathers bled in the ivolution, we shall show that we are not deaerate sons, but will redeem the pledges they ve to preserve the sacred rights transmitted , and show that Southern valor still shines as ightly as in the days of '76?in 1812, and in ? ery other conflict. T _ !_# I I 1 aL_1 L?-J i was mioriueu uy menus mat jvur itxaaness ly required that 1 should appear before you, tigued, as I am, by travel?hoarse and unable speak at length?and I came out merely to sure you of my gratitude for these maaifestarns of your good will. I oome with diffidence d distrust to discharge the great duties devold upon me by the kindness and confidence of e Confederate States. I thank you, friends, for e kind manifestations of faror and approba>n you exhibit on this ocoasiau. Throughout j entire progress to this oity, I hare received e same flattering demonstrations of generous pport. I did not regaid them as personal to pself, but tendered to me as an hamble repre- . atative of the principles and poiioy of the Con- I ierate States. I will devote to the duties of % b high office to whioh I hare been called all I ve of heart, of head, and of hand. If, in the progress of events, it shall become cessary, and my services should be needed in other position?if, to be plain, necessity shall luire that I shall again enter the ranks as a Idier, I hope you will welcome me there. Now, friends, again thanking your for this inifestation of your approbation, allow me to 1 you good night. Telegraphed to the Charleston Mercury. Washington Dispatches. Washinotoh, February 12.?The Abolition s to-aay express meir willingness ior a generConvention of all the States. The Virginia Peace Commissioners pronounce s a frivolous pretext to prolong the negotians until Lincoln shall have been inaugurated, d say that if the present Peace Conference 1't agree there will be no use in any other ambling. rhe Southern Border States are firm in de- ' nding a final settlement. And yet they now irly all acknowledge that this is impossible, rhe case stands thuB : Twenty-seven States nain in the Union of these, twonty-six are reired to ratify any amendment to the Constitun, provided the seceding States are oonsiderstill to belong to the Union. Twenty-six J il never unite in any such ratification; and, on i other hand, Congress will never recognize i independence of the seceded States; and thus ire is a dead lock in the matter of a oomproje. Congress is rapidly pushing through measures king to hostilities. Tyler says that be has i assurance that at least two of the Northern 4 ktes will go' with the South, if a single blow struck by the Government at Washington tords the subjugation of the South. ^nnhnnftn snpnt n.n hnnn ?itk TdIm laaf ming, and thanked him for his intercession in iveniing a collision thus far. The Old Public nctionary is quite delighted at the prospect of ire being no blood shed antU after the 4th of roh. Che Virginia and Kentuoky Commissioners ;e the withdrawal of the garrison from Fort enter., They argue that if it be true that the ieril Troops are kept there for the protection Charleston, Charleston does not desire their taction. The Commissioners ask why should taction be forced upon them? But the Presi>t steadily declines entertaining their request. Che President has issued his proclamation ling an Executive Session of the Senate after i 4th of Maroh next. M iVashinqton, February 18.?Lincoln begins to ^ k out. He made a speech at Indianoplis the ter day, in which he said that he meant to '