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Prom the Montgomery (Ala.) Mail. Taxation and Revenue?Number 1. Editors Mail:?We have entered upon the real question involved in the second American Revolution. The question of taxation is the question of government.? The manner in which we handle it will decide, to a great extent, our future position among nations. The policy we adopt will in the main form that basis upon which the confidence of foreign capital will rest; and the action of the Provisional Government, on the matter of revenue, embraces the issue of peace, of money and of recognition. The peaoeful entry of the cotton Confederacy among the family of nations, the immediate command of money and the early recognition of onr Government, are indeed things which no statesmen can ignore.? And all these are now trembling in the balance. Free trade will give us all these. Free trade is in direct antagonism with duty on imports. Direct taxation is not necessarily involved in free trade. Because free trade is strictly consistent with a duty upon exports, and a duty upon exports throws the heavier weight of Government upon capital and property. We will assume in the first instance that we resort to duties upon imports Let us see how it effects the three great questions of peace, money and recognition. Looking to the policy of the Northern Confederacy, we observe that a duty on imports, on our part, is a death blow to their industrial interests. The Northern States must bleed to death, or they must conquer us, in order to^regain their markets. We thus add the element of cupidity and the primary law of veil-prustl Vttlll/U I\J U1C nutvu wuv Black Republican party will strive to concentrate against us. We declare, of necessity, a long line of territory over which smuggling will be carried on, unless defended by a chain of expensive custom-house stations, and an innumerable number of non-producing tax consumers The foreign importer will be subjected to two duties, or the risk of two duties?one levied v, by the North on the high seas, the other by the South in our own ports. Or we must support a navy strong enough to break up the blockade, or we must rely upon foreign assistance. Looking abroad we offer to foreign nations a conditional or qualified inducement, which may not be sufficient to decide them speedily in our favor. We establish a principle of taxation which, in the nature of things, inevitably leads to protection and wasteful expenditure. Id England we produce a result which must of necessity diminish our influence in Europe, because France is gravitating towards free trade, and her financial policy is dow in accordance with the views of London capitalists. If, howe.er, we establish the policy of duty on exports, we turn the cupidity aod self interest of the North against the war measures of the Black Republican party. ? Because under such a policy the North may still supply us with many useful articles in exchange for our cotton and other products. To that exteDt we devide our enemies and strengthen our friends. We can collect our duties on exports in our own ports, safely and without unnecessary expense. We throw upon foreign powers the onus of preventing the property of their citizens or subjects from beiDg taxed on the high seas. Our language to Eng-; land and France is "your goods shall come to us free of duty. The Northern Confederacy has no right to stop your ships and levy imposts upon the property of your people. If you thick fit to allow it, that is your affair and not ours." It needs no great aujuum ui luicoigui* iu auuuiya^ but -answer of England and France. They would very properly side with their own people and protect their own interests, which, of coarse, guarantees the recognition of our Government. Now, the certain anticipation of such re cognition by the great powers of Europe, would still more unite our own people.? Nor would it be without a powerful moral influence at the North. The certainty of our recognition, combined with the other causes to which I have alluded, would completely paralyze the arm now uplifted against us. The certainty of our recognition is the guarantee of peace. Because the North would have not only to invade our soil, which is an impossibility, but maintain a naval conflict with England, France, Holland and Belgium. And her deolaration of war against us, would at once exclude her from the free trade advantages enjoyed by other nations. As a war measure, or rather as a peace measure, the policy of free trade and a duty on exports must commend itself to the good sense even of those who, under other cir curastances, differ with me upon the abstract question of revenue and taxution. I have said that free trade will command the confidence of European capitalists.? The assertion is made, because it may be safely assumed, that London governs the money market of the world. Now, what is the position of England at this time ?? Why, sir, she is confronted with two evils of such magnitude, that there is really uo choice between them, for either will prove fatal to her. Her cotton industry and her cottoo trade, based upon this imperial industry, makes it absolutely necessary that she should have her ordinary and regular and permanent supply of American cotton. She must pay for this cotton. To pay for it in specie, will break every bank in the united kingdom. To lose her specie would be as fatal as to fail in her cotton supply.? She will, therefore, desire to pay it in manufactured goods. Under the operations oi free trade she can do this, and she will do it, and you will find her merchants sending forward their merchandize on their own account, and her bankers will be eager tc give us credit in London on our Govern merit, estate corporation ana plantation Beentities to represent the deficit. This will be so under the irresistible teudency ol trade to regulate itself, and of exports tc seek an exact adjustment with imports. Free trade in England is the standard rule by which her capitalists measure the capacity, future and w'sdom of new Governments. Go to a London banker and aBk him if any people of ordinary intelli gcnce and ordinary resources can possibly fail under the policy of free trade? He will answer you "No !" He will tell you that he is willing to invest in the securities of any Government founded in free trade, because be recognizes iu such a community the unfailing source of prosperity and power. Is not this confidence an important thing for us to gain ? Is not confidence the basis of investment of loans and money ? The action of the North in regard to the tariff now opens to us the opportunity of gaining to our side every political econo mist, every banker and manufacturer in England. The North, under its high protective tariff policy, will stand in woeful contrast with the free trade South. The action of Congress, therefore, in authorizing a loan and establishing an export tax to pay the interest and provide a sinking fund, is, in my humble opinion, a measure of the greatest wisdom; and it would be well to raise the entire revenue for the current fiscal year upon this basis. It will be taken by our own people, and I believe the planters will take not only fifteen millions, but thirty or forty millions at par. I make the assertion with confidence.? Outside of the security itself?these bonds will advance ten per cent, in six months? there is bound up in the placing of this loan, and iu the manner in which it is taken, a principle greater than armies. Most of your readers will remember the demoralizing effect upon Austria of the taking of | the French loan by the people of France, at par; the offers being in excess at par of the wants of Government. The manner in which that loan was taken, the rate3 at which it was taken, and offers in excess of the wants of Government, in fact decided the contest between France and Austria in Italy. Austria issued her bonds, advertised them in the old obsolete style, giving capitalists the opportunity of coming in and taking up the whole amount. They did so, but at a heavy discount, because capital ista will only take a loan at a discount? profit on the margin being their object.? Napoleon, on the other hand, with a clear appreciation of the moral force of public opinion, applied directly to his own people Local committees were formed in each district of France. He not only wanted the money, but he desired the moral force, more valuable even than money, of having the loan taken up by the people. Let our Government do the same thing. The North has gone begging in Wall street, paying twelve per cent., and allowing capitalists to shave the government by a tremendous discount on the face ot the bonds. ?ne Northern Union has even called on the States to endorse for it! Give our people the chance?give the great cotton obligar cby of these Statos the opportunity of doing in America what the French people did in Europe. We can deliver a blow that will entirely demoralize Abolitionism in the money world. Lot us not fear to strike it. I have said that this measure of raising money for the current year, by placing the loan among our planters, fixing only a light export tax for interest and sinking fund account, is oue of great wisdom. The fact that it relieves the people at once of taxation for the current year, and gives us one year Ot breathing time, is in itself a con-j j elusive argumeut for the policy. As to the ' % - ? - * I 1.1. . I bonds, tbey can be nypomecaieu oy mui planters in any Southern bank. The world has been told that we were | the friends of couimetcial freedom. Let us I show that we are. The world has been | told that cotton is king. Let us show that i it is. Europe has witnessed with surprise iaod alarm the discredit of the Northern rump of the late Union among its own people, and the miserable tariff-scheme lately enacted. Let us exhibit the confidence of the Southern people in their new GovernI inent, and proclaim free trade to the world. TEXAS. Tfleerapln-d to the Charleston Mercury. WASHINGTON DISPATCHES. Washington, March 6.?Noon.?The Inaugural is still the topic of ?xcited conversation among the political quid mines in the j hotel halls. The Abolitionists are delight-1 ed, and say that the ''revolted" States will soon begin to feel that there is a Govern | men* in Washington. ! Hons. Martin J. Crawford and John Forsyth, two of the Commissioners of the Confederated States, are both here. I have good reason to believe that Lincoln will hold no official intercourse whatever with them.? The more violent of the coercionists talk of arresting them as traitors, but Seward is too cunning for that A special messenger leaves the city to day for Pensacola. His mission is to an-1 nul all the arrangements made by Ex-Sec- { retary Toucey. The Republicans in the high places say that heavy reinforcements will speedily be sent both to Forts Sumter and Pickens. It is now pretty generally ascertained that Mr. Lincoln did not arrive in Baltimore in the passenger train from Philadelphia, but that he travelled either in the freight train or in the freight car of Adams & Co.'s Express. This accounts for the statements of the detective police, that no person corresponding with the description of the President elect came ou that trains ou which were the chief of the New Vork | police, Mr. Kennedy and other experts ? i The probability is that he came as freight in the package car, accompanied by a single companion disguised as a pedlur. Of course it is only a matter of taste how a gentleman travels, but in view of Liucoln's position before tbc North, it looks very much like sacrificing dignity to senseless timidity. '1 he names of John Sherman, John Hickman, and John C. Fremont, are spoken of in connection with the respective missions of Eugland, Spain and France. Fremont left for Europe in the last steamer from N. York, and it is said, was offered, before he started, a place in Lincoln's Cabinet, which he declined. The friends of Seward say that he is prci paring a plan of policy for the administration looking to the preservation of peace; but i fears are enterained that Chase and Greellywill defeat the whole scheme before it can be laid before the Cabinet, and ruin Sei ward with his party besides. The impres; sion here is that the new Cabinet is too . incongruous to hold together long, i It is thought to-night that Hon. J. J. . Crittenden will be nominated for the vacant . seat on the Supreme Bench, instead of Mr. | Black. In that event Mr. Black will prob f ably feel a little blue. > The Latest.?10, p. m.?I am reliably informed that Lincoln will peremptorily re1 fuse to receive the Southern Commissioners. ? It is said on the streets to-night that An. derson has been appointed Brigadier Gen| eral, vice Twiggs, but the rumor needs confirmation. ? There is a terrific pressure here for office, i Thousands of Abolition partiots, who are i anxious to servo their country, have suri rounded the White House doors all day. Washington, March 7. ? Senators i Hemphill and Wigfall have concluded to . remain here until they can receive official ; notification of the confirmation of the secession of Texas. Their presence here at this 1 critical juncture is deemed very desirable by Southern men. Messrs Crawford and ' Forsyth, two of the Montgomery Commissioners, held a long interview with the Tex as Senators tbis morning, and dine with them this afternoon. Mr. Roman has not arrived. I understand that it is intended to postpone, for a few days, the opening of negotiation, although Wigfall was in favor of immediate action, in order to give the South a fair chance to take Forts Sumter and Pickens before they are reinforced. Rut whether the Commissioners present their credentials, late or early, the result will be the same; they will not be recognized. The new Cabinet was in session all day. A large number of nominations were agreed on, which are to go to the Senate to-morrow. The removals have already begun. A brother-in-law of Senator Douglas, General Granger, Reoorder of the General Land Office, was the first to be decapitated.? This was ungrateful, after Douglas' defence of the Inaugural. The rumor that Judge John A. Campl-vi ci n i i__ j : Den, 01 tne supreme v^ourc, uuu reaigucu, is a premature one. Col. Lay, whose resignation has been a source of deep chagriD to the Abolitionists, is a son-in-law of Judge Campbell. Crittenden has not beeu nominated to the vacant Supreme Judgeship; nor if nominated, is it certain that he will accept. He fears that the Abolitionists might defeat his confirmation, because he upholds the Dred Scott decision. Seward says that he is willing to make arragements for the recognition of the Southern Confederacy at some future time; provided in th? mean time, no settlement can be effected. Reliable dispatches received here to-day from Texas, state that Govorner Houston had resigned. In the Senate to day (extra session), Wigfall spoke in reply to Douglas. He said that it was nonsense to talk, as Lincoln did, of an "unbroken" Uniou. Scien stars were out, never, never, never to return !? He said that if the United States Govern ujt'ut uiu uut remove its iruups notu jl-uilo Sumter and Pickens, the Confederate States would. It remained to be seen whether the old Union should have a decent funeral or an Irish wake. Douglas replied, reiterating that the loaugal was indicative of peace. Wigfall asked whether an attempt to collect the revenue or to reinforce Fort Sumter would be considered coercion '( Douglas replied that he had learned from the best military authority that it would require 10,000 men and the whole American navy to do it, and that Fort Sumter had, yet, abundauce of bread and salt meat, sufficient for 31 days. There was no secret session. ! Washington, March 8.?It is now intimated in the best informed political cirjcles here, that if Seward should get control of the Cabinet, the Commissioners of the Confederate States will be respectfully heard. The Commissioners say that they are quite hopeful to-day. The communication with the new Administration, for prudential reasons, will be postponed for a few days, until the terrible outside pressure of the office hunters upon the Cabinet shall have diminished somewhat. Hod. A. B. Roman has not yet been heard from. He Is, I believe, on his way to this city. Adjutant-General Cooper, a citizen of New York, and a relative of Senator Mason, also Assistant AdjutaDt-General Withers, a c.itizen of Tennessee, have resigned. , Charles Jones, Esq., lately connected/ with the Register's office of the U. StatVs Treasury, has left for Montgomery. It is believed that several other prominent officers contemplate tendering their resignations. It is said that the leading men of the Confederate States are quietly selecting and making overtures to some of the best officers in the U. S. service. Ex-Attorney-General Black remarked yesterday that he would not be surprised to see President Davis and lady dispensing the hospitalities of the White House in less than ninety days. The nomination of Hon. J.J. Crittenden to the vacant Supreme Judgeship was a-] greed on in Cabinet meeting last uigtit.? | This is a decided Seward victory. Chase violently opposed the nomination. Norman B. Judd, of Illinois has been nominated Minister to BerliD. Col. L. Thomas has been appointed Adjutant-General, in the place of Cooper, resigned It is stated that one of tho reasons why the Southern Commissioners have not claimed recognition at once, is because Seward j has been quite unwell. I hear that an informal notification was givcu to Messrs. Crawford and Forsyth that a little time j would be agreeable to the Administration. 1 Meantime the Commissioners arc actively eugaged in consulting Southern meu here, ;and in effectual intercourse, having referjence to the object of their mission. Great ! efforts are beinir made to effect a Deaceful i 7 o - 4 J solution of the question of the forts and i revenue. In the Senate to day, Foster (Abolitionist) offered the following resolution : Whereas, Louis T. Wigfall has declared! in debate that he is a foreigner, and owes his allegiance to Texas and a foreign govjerumcnt, and not to the United States, therefore Resolved, That he be expelled from the 'Senate of the United States. Mr. Clingiuan, of North Carolina, offer5 ed a substitute, declaring that, as Texas is inn longer one of the United States, she is | entitled to no representatives on the floor ; of the Senate. Wigfall was absent when these resolutions were offered. No action was taken upon thein. The Senate then went into Executive session, and confirmed Judd, of Illinois, as Minister to Berlin. Washington, March 9.?There is today another shuffle in the political cards, and men, who yesterday hoped for peace, now say that we must expect war. It is reliably reported this afternoon that all the troops along the Western frontier? in New Mexico, Utah and Texas?have been ordered East with a view of retaking and garrisoning all the Southern forts. Cameron agrees with Chase in favoring an immediate recapture of all the Federal forts seized by the seceding States. Chase, it now appears, will rule the Administration, and Seward will, in all probability, be sent Minster to England in less than ninety days. Chase remarked yesterday that Mr. Douglas had wholly misrepresented the purpose of Lincoln. Chase says that the Administration means to "conquer a peace." There is nothing to warrant the belief that the Southern Commissioners will be received. It is said that their credentials will be presented on Tuesday. At present Douglas in their medium of communication with Seward. The New York Tribune, of yesterday, attacks Seward rather sharply, saying that < his policy will demoralize and ruin the Re- i publican party. Washington, March 10.?A Cabinet 1 meeting was held last night. It is known that the discussion bore upon subjects other than the appointments to the remaining 1 fat offices. The condition of the Southern posts held by Federal troops engaged deep attention. Scott and others were present, i From official information recently receiv- I ed, it appears that there is great dissatisfac- I tion prevailing in the Army?even on the < frontier. A large number of subordinate ' officers have resigned, and many others aVe ; preparing to follow their example. The Secretary of State is better to day, and will be able to attend to his duties to morrow. ' Washington, March 11 ?An official letter was; received from Major Anderson, 1 yesterday, in which he says he has only fifteen days, subsistence and wood. The 1 question has, therefore, arisen with the Ad ministration, whether an attempt at reinforcing shall bo made, or the fort abandon- 1 ed. The latter course, it is thought, will be adopted, from inevitable necessity, and by the j.dvice of Gen. Scott. There is, 1 however a conflict of opinion between the Republicans on this question, but no concession in Cabinet council. The Cumberland and Pocahontas have, according to official advices, left Vera Cruz for Norfolk. The Powhatan is on the way to New York. The Macedonian is now the only United States vdfesel left at Vera Cruz. Latest.?Washington, March 11?11 P. M.?Reports continue to prevail respecting the contemplated evacuation of Fort Sumter. They may be true, but it is certain that the President, up to 8 o'clock, to night, had given no such order. Prominent gentlemen, however, say they have information satisfying them that such a course will, from necessity, be pursued. The Confederate States' Commissioners did not see Seward to day, but will make their formal application for an interview to morrow, probably. The Senate, to-day, debated the resolution expelling Mr. Wigfall, of Texas.? Messrs. Clingman and Hunter assumed that the Senate had no Constitutional power to expel a member, except for disorder or misdemeanor. Mr. Mason showed that Senators owed no allegiance to any power except their own States, although sworn to support the Constitution, yet to owe allegiance to the Federal Government violated allegiance 1 to the States.?South Carolinian. 8k* tafrim. YORKVILLE, S. C. rHUEHDAY MORNING, MAECH 14, 1861. (&J-Mr. Joas R. Allen, Post Maxtor at Chester, Is our authorized agent; and fully empowered to receive money for this office, and give receipts for the same. (ig- In cases where subscribers do not take the Enquirer from the post-office, Post-Musters nre requested to notify us immediately. QETTLE UP!?ALL PERSONS indebted to tlie undersigned l>y open account, previous to the FIRST of JANUARY 1861, (ire hereby requested to . close the same by NOTE at an early day. L. M. CRIST. THE ^DALLAS CONNECTION.^ \ We hive received a private letter from another friend in Dallas, who speaks enthusiastically of the proposed railroad conncc- : tion between Yorkville and that place.? i He says that it is the object of the Gaston people to extend tho road so as to tap the i road from Charlotte to Lincolnton ; and i perhaps it will soon be extended to Newton, i t.ho nonnle of that eountv are anxious to i I?I * have a conucction with Dallas. He adds i that this ruad will prove to be the most lu- i crative in all this region of country. i This letter informs us?and we have rc* I ceived the same notice from other sources i ?that the people of Gaston will hold a railroad meeting at Dallas on the 23rd ; and it is desired that York be represented there. A cordial invitation to be present, is extended to any and every person who feels an interest in this important enterprise. The earnest agitation of this project now, under the pressure of the hard times, is but one of a thousand evidences of the awakenecl interest which is felt throughout , the mountain regions, in greater facilities , for travel and trade. All around us, from < Itabon's Gap to Salisbury and Dan river, ! tho arteries of internal commerce are push- , ing themselves into the ancient dens of the < boar and panther ; and ere long the retno- 1 test valiics of the Blue Ridge, which have , listened for ages only to the scream of the i eagle and the cry of the wolfe, will be made ' vocal with the neigh of the Iron Horse and ! the busy wheels of teeming industry. The i Blue Ridge railroad is but the exponent of 1 & desire throbbiog at the heart of Western ' Caroline., to tap the prolific trade of Tennessee and Kentucky. The citizens of Greenville and of Spartanburg entertain a like desire j nnd the extension of the Green- 1 ville acd Columbia railroad, and of the 1 Spartanburg and Union road, is perhaps 1 only a question of time, and not of importance The "Western Extension" with a : destined termination at Rutherford, is designed to divert trade from Charleston via | Yorkville, and to feed Wilmington ria Charlotte. The latter town is rapidly out stripping us in prosperity. Why? Because it is alive to the incalculable importance of railroads. Charlotte is thrusting i forth these magic conductors of trade in ; every direction ; and they enlarge her business as naturally as the innumerable rivulets of the mountains swell the majestic current of the 13road or the Catawba. The practical question for Yorkville and York District to decide now, is, whether they will suffer the present opportunity of promoting their welfare, to slip through their fingers. The neighboring towns are competi ng with each other for the mountain trade. Shall we let it go without an effort on our part? Dallas desires a connection with Yorkville. Her road would be valueless, if it terminated at the line. Her people are now aroused. The acquisition of their charter by Mr. White, was a bit of unlooked-for good fortune. All they lack i now in Gaston is the hearty co-operation of our citizens. We sincerely hope that they will recaive it in unstinted abundance. We are aware that some of our citizens i prefer t. railroad to Shelby. Granting this I preference to be judicious?and of this we i have our doubts?the thing is at present impracticable. It requires conoert of ac- 1 tion to build a railroad of any length ; and < no one is dreaming of a road to Shelby at { the present juncture. It is farther, too, to < this town than to Dallas, and a road thithc would cost much more money. The peopl of Shelby have no charter for a road to th line, and are not offering us the least c< operation. It is doubtful, if they wante one, whether they could push a chartt through the North Carolina Legislature.The question then is, not which is prefert ble, a road to Shelby or one to Dallas; bi whether a road to Dallas is desirable at al Of this there can be but one opinion. The Columbia and Charlotte road, an the South Carolina road, are both deepl interested in the consummation of this er terprise. For this reason they are likely I take stock in the road, if it is not all s< cured beforehand by individual subscri] tions. We design enlarging upon this ide in a future article. ^ CAROLINA^HCOMESPUN. Our thanks arc hereby tendered to Ja G. Gibbes & Co., for a suit of Horcespu manufactured at their Cotton and Woole M111 n r\ an r nnlumkin WT a a ti a VlO/1 a!' 17 ji ii i c ucai vuiuujuia. tv g nave uuu \j l Buit made up, and donned it for the fir time on yesterday evening. The cloth one half of wool and one of cotton, an makes a very handsome Spring vestmen Many who have seen the pattern so court ously sent us, admire it very much; an the goods are likely to become popular i tbis locality. For our part, we experience a feeling of pride and independence, in pu ting our Buit on, that an editor might we envy. "This cloth may be purchased at 50 cent per yard ; and we repeat the assurance i our readers that it makes a very neat an pleasant robe for Spring or Fall. There no reason whatever why it should not b come extensively popular in business ci cles, both for its cheapness and its fitnes These mills should be a lucrative inves ment. Iustead of that, the Company ii form us that the profits are eaten up?I use their expressive language?by a con mission of $15,000 per anoum to Ne York houses, to sell their goods for then They thus pay a clever little fortune evei year, to get their goods into market! Th is a tingling shame. The Company suj port 500 persons?citizens of the State expend from 830,000 to 840,000 per montl yet can scarcely sell one fourth of the goods at home! They "guarantee satisfai tion, and warrant their woolen goods I outwear by 33 per cent, any similar gooc of Northern makeyet Southern me chants and Southern buyers, multitudes < them, have never seen these goods, n< even ascertained the facts in this article. We venture to suggest to some of oi merchants, to secure an agency at once fi these goods; or to purchase a small suppl; and test their sale in this market. The are bound to sell, whenever their price an quality become known.* If the goods wei extensively advertised, and ageocies estal lished with the merchants of the up-coui try, we are satistied tnat tney wouia noa ready sale among our people. We know number of citizens, young and old, in a most every District from York to Picken ?the right kind of men, too?who ha^ worn Rock Island or Salem cloths for tl last two or three winters. Many of tl wealthiest and most influential citizens < the up-country pride themselves in wearin homespun. Quite a uumber wear thi which is made on their own looms; and a ?we believe no man need be exceptedare ready to patronize any Southern firi jvhich exhibits taste, skill and tact in th manufacture of wool and cotton into clotl The firm of Messrs. Gibbes & Co., man fest these qualities; and are deserving* unstinted patronage. Our readers on th farm, in the work shop, behind the count* and everywhere, would do well at least I examine their claims, before gulling then selves with a suit of moth-eaten cassimeri or other Spring goods of Northern or E* ropeau manufacture. Those who wish I investigate the claims of this company ai requested to call upon the proprietors < the Enquirer, both of whom they will fin invested in a suit of Carolina Homespui FLAG OF THE SOUTH. Wc have a miniature pattern of the Fla ' ? * 1 ? 1 L_ iL . (vtiicti has Deen aaopiea oy me ooaiaer Congress for the Confederate States; an will be glad to show it to any of our frienc who may call. The Flag Committee, ( which Mr. Miles of Charleston, was Chaii man, thns describe the one adopted: Your Committee, therefore, recommend thi the Flag of the Confederate States of America ihall consist of a red field, with a white spac sxtending horizontally through the oentre, an ?qual in width to one-third the width of th Flag. The red spaces above and below, to be < the same width as the white. The Union blu extending down through the white space, au stopping at the lower red space. In the centr >f the Union, a circle of white Stars, correspor ding in number with the States in the Coufedt racy. If adopted, long may it wave over orave, a free and virtuous people. May tb :areer of the Confederacy, whose duty it wi then be to snpport and defend it, be such as l endear it to our children's children, as the fla jf a loved, because a just and benign Goverr mcnt, and the cherished symbol of its valoi purity and truth. THE HORRY DISPATCH. Messrs. Gilbert & Darr have estat lished a new paper at Conwayboro, calle the Horry Dispatch. It is edited by Jo; T. Walsh in a very creditable style. Th whole paper locks well. The editor in th first number thus speaks of Horry District "Hitherto, Horry District has been r< garded as the ultima tliule of the State, an we hazard the assertion, that there are ver many persons of intelligence in the State who have but a vague idea of its locatior With the exception of the Bench, the Be of the Eastern Circuit, the zealous missior aries of the Church, and merchants in th City of Charleston, there are but few wh have any knowledge of the existenoe of th town of Conwayboro'. It will be one c our objects in the editorial conduct of th Dispatch, to cultivates better acquaintanc between the District, and the rest of th State. Besides being a border District, : is geographically isolated fiom the neigl boring Districts by the waters of the Pc Dee, and our most convenient communis; tion with a Railroad, can only be accon plished by a journey of forty miles. Hai ing such a location, and so difficult commt nioation with the rest of the State, we cai not wonder that we are so little known.The Waccamaw River upon which the tow of Conwayboro' is situated, affords us a easy transportation to Georgetown, Charle; ton and New York-. A flourishing tradt has for many years, been carried on b< tween this District and New York in Navr Stores, and we have been more directly cor nected with that city than with Charlestor Vessels of modorate tonnage, load and ur load at our wharves, carrying off the pre luce of our forests, and bringing in return ?oods and supplies for our merchants. Ha Charleston heretofore offered as good ;r Naval store market as New York, we would : le have long since been intimately connected ie with that city. Since the secession of the )- State, the trade with New York has almost i d entirely ceased, and some vessels have been I ;r loaded for Charleston. We are assured that i - the late action of our State will beneficially I i- affect the interests of our District, if it only it serves to bring about a more direct and con1. stant intercourse between it and our Queen city. For many years our people have ald most solely engaged in the cutting of tim- i y ber, and in making turpentine. Farming i- and the culture of o 'r lands have been alio most entirely neglected. This we think is to be muoh deplored, for our lands are genii erally well adapted to the production of sa Cotton, which, with our noble river as a highway for its conveyance to market, would I J t* ? __ l. nave secured ior us, a mucn more prosper ous and independent condition than we now 9- occupy." n THE BOEDER STATES. lr The Southern Congress has adopted a st resolution to enquire into the expediency is of prohibiting the influx of slaves from the d border States, except when accompanied by t. their owners, seekiug a permanent residence e- within the limits of the Southern Confedid eracy. If this resolution becomes law, it in cannot fail to produce an important effect id upon the destinies of the South. In all t- the non-cotton-rai3ing districts of the borili der slave States, the peculiar institution is held to be valuable only as a nursery for s. the slave market o? the Gulf States; and, to of course, if this market be cut off, the inid stitution receives a stunning blow in those is localities. Many of the noblest sons of e- Virginia and North Carolina express a der termination to leave their States, unless they s. secede, and come further South where they t- can find defence for their rights and proa tection for their property. This deprecia to tion or slavery, aDa depletion 01 tne siavery3 sustaining population, will together have a w powerful tendency to abolitionize (be border a States and keep them out of the Southern y Confederacy. is The fact cannot be ignored, that in Delap ware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, s; Tennessee, Kentucky and Missouri, there i; is already an element of opposition to the ir peculiar institution. This party will in0 crease, absolutely with the decrease of to slaves in value, and relatively with the exIs patriation of the friends of slavery. If the r- resolution, then, be designed to stimulate jf the border States to action, we must regard ir it as a failure. We may thereby strengthen the South by the emigration of her friends ir in those States; but we leave their territory >r at the mercy of Union-worshippers and abf, olitionists iu the shell. a LOCAL AFFAIRS. 3. The Knickerbocker j. Is at Beard's Book Store, a Court Week. a Court was called on Monday. No Judge 1- being present, the jurors were dismissed s, without any business being done. Jurors re for the next term will be drawn on Saturle day ie To Tax Payers. By reference to an advertisement in to2 ring's nnmr. if. will hn sr>an t.hnfc Mr. VVvlie w , ?J ~ I?I? 1 J ? 111 will commence the collection of Taxes on H Monday next. He has been prevented ~ I from beginning sooner, by not receiving the m necessary books at an earlier day. ie Military Appointments. ]' W. Beatty Smith has been appointed 3d Sergeant; H. J. Allison, 4th Sergeant, and W. W. Patterson, 5th Sergeant, of 10 the Jasper Light Infantry. J. D. McConJr nell, Gr. R. Burris and William W. East, 0 have been appointed Corporals. J. J. Coward, Color-bearer of the company. Patriotic. Mr. Rose, President of the King's Mountain Railroad, has tendered to Capt. f Seabrook, & free ticket for all the members ^ of the Jasper Light Infantry on the line, j in passing to and from drills. This is altogether praiseworthy and patriotic; and i we wish the road a tenfold return of prosg perity for its liberality. D The Rock Hill Chronicle, d We have received an extra from the of 18 fice of the Chronicle, stating that the pa | * per has been discontinued. Dr. Thomasr* son announces its suspension after this fashion : "This little scrap is sent to our it subscribers as the remnant of the residue " of the remainder of what was once the d Chronicle" ? The King's Mountain Guards. , ie We have received information indirectly, (1 from the Adjutant and Inspector General, * to the effect that the King's Mountain ( 5 Guards will either be attached to the 6th ft Regiment?which is highly probable?or, in case of a demand for troops in the field, :o they will certainly have a prominent place g in the picture. Order out your men then, Captain, and drill them with an eye to the battle fields of the South. MERE-MENTION. )- The amount of Northern manufactures d sold to the South in 1859 is estimated at 3. 8240,000,000. The New Orleans e Commercial Bulletin understands that e Judge P. A. Rost, of that State, has been : appointed by President Davis, and confirms ed by Congress, as Commissioner from the d Confederate States to France Gov. ' y Pickens has declared martial law over that 5, portion of James Island known as "Fort ' i. Johnson," and extending a half a mile on tr all sides from the wharf on the island. i- We are credibly informed that Governor 1 e Brown, of Georgia, has attached the Noro them Stock in the Macon and Western ie Railroad, amounting to about 81,000,000. 1 )f General Campbell, United States ' e Consul General to London, has resigned ie that position, and is on his way home to ' ie Texas. An enterprising New York it "party" has taken a contract to pave the * l- streets of Havana for S500,000. The ,o CTimtacillft /"Ala Advocate informs us that ,v,! v. / i-1 several prominent gentlemen of that place, l- who were not of the immediate secession par/ ty, are about to raise, arm and equip, at their l- own expense, a regiment of volunteers, for 1 l- the defence of the State against invading ' - forces. A lady writes from Washing- ' n ton that Mrs. Lincoln is somewhat young ' n looking for the wife of a man of 52. She ! 3- is richly dressed, wearing a rose-colored ! !, silk, and is otherwise handsomely decora- ] ted. She has a very fair complexion, dark \ il hair, and a pleasant eye and voice. Mrs. 1 i- Hamlin is quite young?far below 30?a i. lady of small figure, and like the Presii dent's wife. Miss Harriett Lane eel- < ) ebrated the close of her uncle's administra- i i, tion by being married, on Monday, to Jas. i d Carlisle, Esq., the most brilliant lawyer in a New York city. Miss Lane will be thirty- j i four years of age on the ensoiDg 29th of t May. The total population of New I Mexico is 94,088. Hon. M. Antonio Ote- i ra has a project oo foot for the benefit of | the territory, which does not meet with | universal encouragement. He has proposed I to his people, through the columns of the \ Santa Fe Gazette, a confederation of New ] Mexico, California and Oregon, to be called the Free Pacific States Edward C. | Elmore, Esq., of Montgomery, has beeu ( appointed Treasurer in the Treasury De- , partment of the Southern Confederacy. | EDITOEIAL "iNKLINGS. Forts Taylor and Jefferson off the ( Southern coast of Florida, have been rein : forced with Federal troop3. Capt. Brannon at the former fired a salute of 34 guns j nn Wqshinorfnn's hirthdav. The United vm j - - i States flag floats over all the warehouses of Key West city, with one exception. All the vessels engaged in surveying the Florida coast, have been ordered to Washington ; and no war vessels are to be seen in the neighborhood. We obtain these facts through the Charleston Mercury's Key West correspondent. The dwelling house of Mr. Thomas Ashley was entirely consumed on the night of the 25th ultimo, and he and his wife very narrowly escaped an awful death. The crime has been fixed upon a negro carpen- , ter, who makes great pretensions to piety. : The boy was in the employment of Mr. A. at the time. He had before stolen some tools, and acknowledged to the theft." He first owned, then denied, the crime of set ting the house on fire. He was tried on the 5th instant, convicted, and is to be hung on the 22d instant, at Darlington. Mr. James Legare, a young South rt i;? i __ j : Vjuruiiua puut auu must ui piuimae, { who died some time ago, is said to have made a chemical discovery before his death, ( by which cotton can be wrought into a kind of paper, which makes a singularly excellent and durable and cheap roofing for houses. The Charleston Mercury urges upon his friends to secure patents for this and other inventions, deduced from Mr. : Legare's chemical experiments on cotton. ! It is very desirable that every possible use of cotton should be brought to light. It is understood that Lord Lyons and M. MoTcier, the British and French ministers at Washington, have determined to inform Mr. Lincoln's administration that a mere paper blockade of Southern ports of , entry will not be recognized by their respective governments. The Northern government, then, to effect their plan of exacting a revenue of the Seceded States, must have vessels eoough actually to blookade every one of our ports. This is one , important point gained. If Mr. Lincoln could talk or write the South into the payment of Caesar's tribute money, he would talk himself hoarse, and wear his gray goose quill out. An actual blockade will not be quite so convenient, and a little more expensive and dangerous. Mr. Lincoln's inaugural has called forth a great number and variety of comments from the press and people of the whola country. South of the dividing line, it appears to be generally regarded as a declaration of war; though some?and we confess ourselves among the number?regard it as a very wishy-washy and equivo cal document. The radical republicans say that they feel that at last they have a <joo ernment at Washington. The New York Herald calls the inaugural "a crude performance," abounding in traits of craft and cuouing; while the Tribune says that there is but one opinion in political circles as to its ability, directness, candor and purpose. The Virginia papers have raised their bristles at it; and even the Richmond Whuj? j an old per se lover of the Union?is begin- ' ning to speak out in the "sic semper tyran- 1 nis" tone. NEWS PEOM THE STATES. South Carolina. Two Dablgren guns, weighing each 29,000 pounds, and several mortars, are said to have arrived during the past week in Charleston. One of the guns at Cumming's point has been fired against Fort Sumter ; "accidentally." The Charleston Mtrcury < of Saturday, thus speaks of the incident: "At an early hour yesterday morning, 1 while the gunners were firing blank cartridges from the guns of the Iron Battery 1 at Cumming's Point, one of the guns loaded with ball, the men not being aware of the ' fact, was discharged. The ball struck the wharf of Fort Sumter, close to the gate.? t This, it appears, caused some excitement in ( the garrison of Sumter, for three or four of 1 the ports fronting Cumming's Point were i soon after thrown open. No warlike reply ' to the unintentional shot was given, how- 1 1 t * A 1 A 1 1 X 1 ever; ana aooui two noursaiterwarasa Doat < was sent over to explain the occurrence to < Major. Anderson. The Major received the i message in good part, and thus the matter I ended, after having caused no little talk at < the harbor forts and in the city." < The Courier announces that the soldier ? who smuggled the ball in the above gun, t has been arrested. ' Gen Beauregard has been re-arranging I the troops in the harbor, and the guns of I the batteries. The largest guns are now ' placed so as to protect the forts from an [ enemy at sea. This alternation is significant to us. It is evidence that reinforcements were expected at the time of the change; and that the policy of President < Davis just now, is not to "repel the inva- ( ier at once," but to resist any further invasion. Gen. Beauregard is said to be win 11 _ ni mt. nmggoiaen opinions in v^nariesion. iu? ( facts of his life, given on another page, j ahow a cool head and a sound, discrimina- j ting and independent judgment. The Courier learpa that 147 bales of cotton were destroyed by fire, at Florence, { Darlington, on the Wilmington and Man- | Chester railroad on the 3rd?the Sabbath j before Lincoln's inauguration. The new line of Steamers between Charles- | ton and Liverpool, is receiving much sup port both in this State and across the Atlantic. These light-draft vessels are already in process of building by a Scotch 5rm, to carry 4000 bales of cotton. Parties in Great Britain have agreed; to take half the stock; and the other half is nearly ill taken by citizens of Charleston. The project is now a triumph. Direct trade is in the ascendant. All hail to these dawning evidences of Southern enterprise and independence! Florida. Lieutenant Slemmer has recently been engaged in erecting a sand battery on Santa Rosa island, about a quarter of a mile eastward of Fort Pickens. The steamer, Wyandotte was engaged all day Sunday, in conveying water to the United States 'hips outside. Lieut. McNab, of the Eu?aula Rifles, being anxious to fiud out what 31emraer's men were doing on the Island, ' jrocured a boat and went over j he was jlaeed under acrest by the authorities of 3anta Rosa Island and sent to the navyfard. North Carolina. . , We have not seen a full official return of :he late election in North Carolina; tut ;he^lr7 Valorem Banner, (published at Raljigh,) of Monday, says : "It is a fixed fact that Convention has been voted down by from 1,000 to 1,200 majority." We deem this fortunate for the Secessionists, as there was a number of counties which voted for Union and a Convention, (rov. Ellis has declared his purpose to convene the Legislature to call a convention; and manv of these Union delegates will have to change their tactics, or be thrown overboard, in the new election. We have said all the while that the people of North Carolina would be right if the issue was fairly presented to them. They have been cheated. A convention will now be called in the only proper way; and that convention, purged of the subaiissionists, will, we venture to predict, have the State out of the Union in three months. Alabama. The Alabama State Convention has transferred all the United States' property within the limits of the State, and all other military matters, to the supervision and direction of the Confederate government. Mississippi. This State has levied a war-tax of 50 per cent on the State-tax, and authorized the Governor to borrow 82,000,000 at ten per cent., payable in one, two and three years. Fourteen companies have been regularly enrolled in the service of the State; and numerous applications are being made con3 fcAnt.lv Arkansas. A majority of sit votes have been cast for Unionists, for president, secretary and door-keeper of the Arkansas Convention. Fort Smith, hereibre strongly Union, has been converted to secession by Lincoln's inaugural. This precious document may have bad a similar influence on the convention. The Monticello Sage says that Sooth Arkansas is right, and if the de'gates of that portion of the State cannot prevail, . they should at once agitate the division of the State, making the Arkansas river the dividing line. This, or kinded ideas which may be developed outside or inside the convention, may force that body to submit a Secession ordinance to the people. Unless ('outside pressure*" is used in some way, cither through Old Abe or the secession party in the State, Arkansas appears likely now to remain awhile longer in the Union. Louisiana. Gen. Twiggs has appeared in New Orleans, vindicated his surrender of the United States property in Texas to the State authorities, and said if life and health were spared, that he hoped to take sides with the South in the impending struggle. The Legislature of the State has nassed a reso lutioD, approving his conduct. The Senate has passed a bill appropriating 3500,000to defend the State from foreign invasion. The Haytien government has extended an invitation to the free negroes of Lousiana to emigrate to their island ! So says >lr. Jas. Redpath. The agent in this "sweet" business for New Orleans, one A. Ackerman, has been taken up and put in jail. The New Orleans Delta, speaking of a letter from Redpath at Boston, to Ackerman at New Orleans, says : "The original letter is a very showy affair, / emblazoned with a pink heading, and having dags, cannon, drams, sh.p masts, anchors, bugles, trumpets, with the following words around and about them: LIBERTE. . EGALITE. REPUBLIQUB D'HAITL Haytian Bureau or Emiobatio*, No. 221 Washington street, Boston, Nov. 26, .-I860. This is to certify that Ad. Ackerman is appointed Agent of the Haytian Bureau of Emigration for New Orleans, from this date to January 1, 1861. His duties simply are: To inform the free colored people of Louisiana of the invitation of the Haytien Government; the offers it makes to emigrants; the character of the Government; and the means and ways of getting to Hayti. He will aid Capt. Pierce in procuring passengers for his ship, the Laura. JAMES REDPATH, Uenerai Agent or emigration (appointed by the Government of the Republic of Hayti) for the United States and Ganadas." Texas. The people of Texas have ratified the ' secession ordinance by a majority of 40,)00 or 50,000; and the convention has formally declared the State out of the Union. Gov. Honstoo, it is said, will neither resign nor take the oath of allegiance.? Port Brown has been giveo op, it is stated, ay Capt Gill; bat the Gamancbe Indians \ ire making depradations on the Northern Frontier of the State. The Legislature lias authorized the organization of mounted ;ompanics; and the famous Maj. Ben. McDullough has sent troops to the upper forts, ind addressed an appeal to the young men ;o organize two regiments of Rangers armed with Colt's pistol, and a light rife or doubleDarreled shot-gun, and on a good horse, and ^e ready to make the Camanche feel that rtliA T? a n/vAK i a of KaotiA An f Ka nnoiinn*' n V "LUC Jivaugci 10 at uuuig uu tnio ^/laiuu ?" jain. Virginia. Many are the ideas?9ome fantastio e- ] lough, and some genuine in devotion to the South?now struggling for the mastery over ;he good old ."mother of States and states- ' nen." We are gravely told that the subnissionists of Virginia openly advocate the ipinion, that the Gulf States will voluntari- * y return to the old Union, so soon as they lecome convinced that they will receive no '' illiance, aid or comfort from the border ilave States; and we are as solemnly advised * o attack the forts and inaugurate war, merey to convince these willingly and hopelessy blind Unionists, and to gain the nominal Tiendship and alliance of those who would je our enemies at heart! If Ephraim is joined to his idols, let him alone. The South wants nothing but ready, willing, Jevoted friends of revolution for the sake of iberty. She will surely never engage in var to force a hollow triumph in any borier State. The indications at this time, however, ire more hopeful than ever before, that the people of Virginia will of themselves, without any factitious aid from abroad, soon inhievft thftir inH#>nAnrl(in(?A Mr. flarlislfi. it is true, has made a speech in the Convention, against secession, and endorsing Lin- ? coin's inaugural j and the convention adjourned for that day, pending the discussion of anti-coercion resolutions, without coming v to a conclusion. This is evidently, barring 4 a few individuals, a body of dead men, and its proper label would be "stagnation."? *; -