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Brilliant Strategio Move of an Eastern Shore Military Company. The Easton Star, of Tuesday, relates the following extraordinary military exploit upon the authority of a traveller: A short time ago, there was raised a very handsome uniform military company in one of the towns in Worcester County. Some time after the company had become quite familiar with the drill, an oyster pungy, from New York, anchored in the waters of Worcester, and commenced catching oysters, contrary to the laws of Maryland.? The fact coming to the notice of the Sheriff, he forthwith went to work to capture the pungy. To 'make assurance doubly sure,' he bethought him that the new military company would be the best posse comitatus he could summon ; accordingly, the military was ordered out in full uniform, properly officered and equipped, with (gunB shotted' ready for action. Arriving at the shore, opposite the pungy, it was decided to put the military in ambush until the 'overt act' was committed, in order that there might be no mistake about the proof in the Court of Admiralty. The military did not have to wait long behind their masked battery, made of cedar bushes, before the overt act was committed. The New York captain, not having the fear i of the Worcester Sheriff before his eyes, i and being anxious to load his pungy, very soon put down his rakes, and commenced i to draw up the contraband bivalves. This < was the signal for the military to advance to the charge. The Sheriff having given t the wink to the officer commanding the i militarv. that gentleman eave the word, w 'forward, march,' and the company was i soon on board of a batteaux, making direct- i ly for the 'prize.' In the meantime, the captain of the pnngy discovered what was i oat, ordered his decks to be cleared, and prepared for action, resolved not to surren- i der without a struggle worthy of the days 1 of the immortal Paul Jones. When the military got within about 100 yards of the ] prize, the captain of the pungy, being with- I out swivels or columbiads, drew out a piece I of stove-pipe, and placing it upon his (ca- i boose' commenced to sight it at the military, i which at once manifested symptoms of dis- I comfort, evidently disliking such a terrible I gun to be pointed directly towards them. The hesitation manifested by the milita- I ry encouraged tne captain 01 tne pungy to i press matters to extremities, and calling t j i one of bis hands for a chunk of fire, he commenced to blow it, and the sparks fiew I in all directions. This murderous proceed- 1 ing of the savage captain brought the mili- s tary to their feet, ready for the most des- < perate deeds of daring. The moment was critical, with every advantage on the side r of the captain of the pungy, who straightened up, and at arm's length prepared to , apply the match. Simultaneously as he thrust the chunk of fire into the end of the ( stove-pipe the military jumped overboard, 6 and such a 'slashing about' and diving was never witnessed in the waters of Worces- J ter. It is needless to add that, while the military were under water, the captain of ! the pungy hoisted sail and bid farewell to the borders of Maryland, and that since this marvellous adventure, the military c aforesaid, for behaving so gallantly, has been called the Stove pipe invincibles. From the Southern Guardian. 11 Our Public Credit. The following interesting artiole is from the Montgomery (Alabama) Mail. There ate indications everywhere throughout the Confederate States that the fifteen million loan will be eagerly taken up as scon as the bonds can be issued. The fact is a most significant one, too, that these bonds are in such demand 3t par, while those of the old Union are with difficulty sold at about nine ty cents in the dollar. And although Southern patriotism has much to do with the alaority with which these bonds are offered to be taken, the certainty that no investment could be safer has attracted to them the attention of capitalists looking only to a pecuniary return. We invite attention to the entertaining article of the Mail which follows : "The Coneederacy's Bonds and Credit ?Nothing can be more gratifying to the people of this country, than the comparative standing, financially, of the Confederate States and the Yankee nation.? 5 Those who predicted, some months ago, ] that we should not be able to man and equip a revenue cutter, begin to show signs of as- \ *? *-i ,1?j e . iUUltJUUK'ui at iuc uccauujtc ui iuc ucun of the people who have, all their lives, 1 claimed the right to rob their associates; ' and still more at the indications of the con- ' fidence in the financial system of our young 1 but vigorous government. It appears that s the world, the moment we cease to allow ( ourselves to be plundered, understands that 1 we have a most reliable basis for material ( prosperity. The "Old Wreck" hawks a- ^ bout its paper and sells it to Shylocks at a 1 ruinous discount; the young confederacy * intimates a loan of fifteen millions, and 1 corporations and individuals, men, women 1 and children, hasten to assure themselves of a portion of it. Within a few days we have heard of sev- ( eral inquiries to a large amount for the ( Government bonds, although it will be late ( next month before Mr. Memmiuger can be , prepared through his agents to offer them. One gentleman that we hear of desires to ( invest the snug sum of eighty thousand dol- . lars in securities so firmly based?others ( ? ? .1 APA L 1 desire smaller sums, aown to tne e>ou dodos, , which the industrious youth, who has laid ! up his pocket money and odd earnings, de- : clares he will have. The sentiment of con- : fidence, in this State at least, in the Government and its proposed loan, is boundless : United States stock was never so eagerly sought for as Confederate State bonds will be within three or four weeks.? And we trust every dollar may be taken by our own people. Capitalists from abroad would snap up the whole iustanter, but the Secretary of the Treasury has most wisely arranged to diffuse the amount through the masses of the citizens of the Confederacy. It is right that our people should have preference in the matter, as they ^ertaiuly have the most ample means to absorb the entire j amount. One other fact: We know it to be true that a single wealthy gentleman of this Confederacy, supposing that this Government might be, for the nonce, straitened for means, offered to advance it tico hun dred thousand cash, for purposes of defence; and if necessa/y to have it increased by his friends to double that amount?the whole to be without interest, and at the convenience of the Government. He was inform I ad, we learn, that the Government appreciated his patriotism highly, but that its means i and credit were fully equal to every demand upon them. 1 Such facts are most significant. Our present Government is, in the words of Senator Bayard, "the collective act of the collective people of seven States," and, he might have added, inhabited by a people who equal the best in the world in patriotism, intelligence and wealth. In short, in the homespun phrase of a backwoodsman, whom we heard expressing himself about the young Confede: acy a day or two since ?(age it and size it, and it beats 'em all!'" Important from Washington City. Washington, April 5.?Lieut. Talbot, it is understood, will accept an office here and not return South. He will probably be made Assistant-Adjutant-General. Intimations of a decided character are given out in official quarters that the Administration does not intend to blockade the ports of the Confederate States in order to colleot the revenue, though endeavors are made to keep every movement secret. The Confederate Commissioners are still of opinion that Fort Sumter will be evacuated, and say they have the best reasons to believe that the Administration yet means peace. Another messenger, it is understood, will be despatched to Charleston by the Government on Sunday, though a sudden change in this respect is not improbable. Hon. John M. Botts and two members of the Virginia Convention visited Mr. Lincoln to-nigbt, urging a peace policy. An unusually reliable informant states that the Administration are concentrating ill available force at Tortugas and Key West, whence it will supply Fort Pickens if attacked, and take over troops from Tortugas to repel the attacks. There will be war enough 10 cause the Border States to secede and join the Southern Confederacy. Then the government will, as it cannot now recognize the independece of the Confederate States by treaty. Another informant states thai part of the -i? ui?tUn [Jiau iO lU uiutaauc hjc tvi loaisotppi) auu igtake Ship Island, and perhapB other stations. Another source says that a large imount of army and naval stores, including seven mountain howitzers, were shipped hence by express to Fort Hamilton. These ook to land as well as to sea operations. The agents of New York bankers here :elegraped home to-day that a collision was inevitable. The whole city is in a state of Intense anxiety and excitement. s The steamship Atlantic has been qjrar;ered by the Government, and cleared for Brazos this afternoon, with provisions and itores.?Special Despatch to Charleston Courier. The Strength of the South.?The Fennessee Baptist publishes some statistics vorthy of attention. It says : The South has 850,000 square miles nore than the United States, prior to the tcquisition of Louisiana, and is as large as Jreat Britain, France, Spain, Prussia and \ustria. Her population is four times as arge as that of the colonies at the com uenceiuent of the Revolutionary War, and s sixty per cent, greater than that of the ffbole United States, when we entered up>n the war of 1812. She has 9,000 miles J rnVi i aL Uitno V>aa?> mninln ktlllt n lamuauj itiiiuii ua?c uucu uiaiuij uuuifi with her own capital. In the six years end-j ng I860, the South built more miles of ailroads than the West, but did not exhaust ier means in their construction. The West was prostrate, while the South was never in i better condition; aud in the crash of L857, we saved the North from ruin bysendng her 1,600,000 bales of cotton, which were sold for 865,000,000. The stren 'h of a people consists in their wealth?in the excess of production over jonsumption. For the fiscal year ending Tune 30, 1860, the United States exported ;o foreign countries 3316,220,610, excluling specie and foreign merchandize re-exsorted. Of this amount S214,322,880 are ;he exclusive products of the South, that ire not and cannot be raised at the North; >5,071,431 were furnished by free, and >96,836,299 by free and slave States. Adling oue third of the 896,836,299, the joint irndiiet of free neero aud slave States, arid ;he South furnished 8246,59S,313 of the iggregate exports. The commerce of this 3ountry is based upon Southern productions, ind exports are the basis of imports. One article aione, cotton?of which we exported last yearS191,806,555?is said to be King Through the Crimean war, the late and present war in Italy, and the revulsion of 1857, cotton has maintained a steady and remunerating price, while other articles iave undergone violent fluctuations. The Manufacturing interest of the world is dependent upon it; aud every man who wears i shirt is interested in slave labor, because jotton cannot be produced sufficient for the vorld's want without African slavery. The japital invested in the cotton trade, in Great Britain, is between 8300,000,000 and S350,300,000. She consumes annually S120,300,000 worth of cotton goods, and one:hird of her entire exports consists of cotton *oods and yarns. ? A Fresh Water Spring at Sea ? Mr. W. A Booth, the coast pilot of the revjnue cutter Harriet Lane, reports theNjisjovery of a boiling freshwater spring at sea, off the ooast of Florida. He says the spring is situated twelve miles, North by East, from St. Augustine, Florida, and sight miles off shore. It boils up with great force, and can be descried at a distance of two miles. When first seen it has the appearance of a breaker, and is generelly avoided; but there is no danger in the vicinity, as there is five fathoms of water between it and the shore. Ten fathoms of water are found to the seaward, but no bottom can be reached with the deep sea lead and thirty fathoms of line at the spring itself. The water iu the spring is fresh, and is by no means unpalatable. One peculiarity about this phenomenon is, that when the St. John's River is high, it boils up from six to eight feet above the level of the sea, and presents rather a forbidding appearance.? This spring has doubtless deceived bun^ 1 Unnialrt wi?^ nlv>M?4 fOA n o areas, WOO uave uasui) jjuu ui/uut uvuj, us they thought, imminent danger, and reported seeing a "rock with water breaking over it." The Haniet Lane has passed through it several times, and water has been drawn from it by a bucket thrown over the side, and when drunk no unpleasant taste or smell has been found. Its position and harmless characterhave long been unknown, but now the supposed danger has become, as it were, "a well of water in a barren 'and." High Life in Washington.?An intelligent correspondent of one of the New York papers gives the following description of Lincoln's last reception : "The reception at the White House was one of the poorest ever seen in Washington. Some of the strong-minded women from th< West insisted on dancing the Rail Splitter's dance, which consisted in simple walking ir zig-zag manner from one side of the roon to the other, as though they were following a split rail fence in the dark. It certainlj was the most undignified and childish per formance ever seen in the White House.? The faces of Senators Seward and Camerot were red with shame. In receiving hii friends, and in shaking hands with hit friends, Old Abe does the business up lik< a regular rail-splitter who had just gon< through the marriage ceremony, and waf receiving the congratulations of friends.? In his reception he labors harder perhaps and goes through more hard work than anj six ordinary men could stand. Westerr admirers fancy all his movements are beau tifully Frenchy." CALL. TO BATTLE. BY WILLIAM W. EAST. Hark! hark ! hoar ye not o'er the hills ringing past, With the speed of the wind?aye, the swiftness of th< light, The shrill, stirring music of the bugle's wild blast, Calling freemen to arm, and to gather to the fight ? Yes ! we hear, and our hearts leap to know If the fray Is as holy as the strife of the memorable men Who at Moultrie, and Cowpens, and Eutaw, won the day And gathered like a storm in the dark Watauga glen. Oh! ye know that the cause is the same that has e'er Lit the fire in the hero, bard, patriot's eye ; And the mountain-born goddess of Freedom will bear The flag of the Palm and the Crescenton high. Tis enough !?and we come to the bugle's wild call, With the speed of the wind, and the rushing of the hlast And the first in the welcome affray who shall fall, Will be pattern and guide to the middle and last. Fare ye well, mothers dear, sisters gentle and sweet, And ye lovetf ones who halo the heart's secret place! Our glance shall speak triumph, when first again we meet Or die noble hue of death crown each brow with Its grace 'Tis for you and the land of our birth-love we go, 'Neath the flags ye have made, while they float in the sky And whenever they trail to the ravenous foe, Yc may know we kept the pledge to defend them, or die 8ke #3S|sm YORKVILLE, S. C. THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 11, 1861. {|g-Mr. John R. Allen, Post Master at Chester, is on authorized agent; and fully empowered to receive mone; for this office, and give receipts for the same. In eases where subscribers do not take the Enqcirei from the post-office, Post-Masters are requested to notify u immediately. ^ RE ORG A NIZATION. Intelligence, received from private as wel as public sources, leads us to infer that the sentiment of the citizens of the Confederate States everywhere, expressed on the rail roads and steamboats, and at the hotels ol every city, town and village, is entirely op< posed to, and that nothing is farther from their thoughts, than reorganizing a common government with non-slaveholding States, on the basis of either the old or new Con stitution. Who does not rejoice at the bare monfinn nf ftiia plntincr fant ? A a poirloncr ~ b v w that the heart of the South, the whole South, is in this revolution, we are told that North Alabama, which some have thought, and many of the North have said, was disaffected, is now entirely reconciled; aod that this very section of country was the first to respond to the call of Pres. Davie for 5,000 troops for the immediate service of the Confederate States. The planters of Mississippi, in 50 miles of Memphis, are undergoing the inconvenience of trading with New Orleaus, as far as it is from them, rather than patronize a city, which, although secession itself, belongs to a State which has sunk, almost without an effort, into a death-sleep of submission. This shows that even the thrill of indignation and resentment which succeeded Lincoln's election, has not yet subsided; and furnishes good grounds for the belief thac opposition to reunion with free-soil States is unanimous, and for the hope that it will everywhere be deep and lasting. Tbe fact is, a desire so early as this tc return to the injurious and strife-begetting connection, would argue shallow convictions and fickleness; or would show the man entertaining such desire, to have been from the first, an enemy of the Southern j cause at heart. We have few, if any such, ! at the South, now. Even those who dreadied the separation in the beginning, are now jconviucedthat it is our wisdom andredempI tion. The < powers that be" at Montgomery are moving forward with as little thought of turning back, and as much confidence in our future, as if the government had been "on its feet" a century. For thirty years the South under the old government, wronged and plundered as she wus, felt, like Ireland, Hungary, Poland and Italy, that she ? 1? ..f .. was mu were cippuuuu*?e ui a uatiuu. uuc is now a nation within herself. We have a country that we can claim as our own; a government which will protect, and not enslave us; and wise, high-minded, just statesmen, under whose wholesome rule we feel at home. And the long-suppressed instinct of patriotism rises everywhere togreel this happy state of things, with a spontaneity, freshness and ardor, that excites oui admiration and fills us with gladness. Il is high time for <<the world and the rest ol mankind" "to acknowledge the corn." WARLIKE INDICATIONS. By private advices from Charleston, we learn that orders for the concentration ol 5000 of the volunteers of this State at thai point, were issued on Monday. The first five regiments are probably included in this call, iu the order of their numbering; embracing, among others, all the volunteers of Cbestei and York. The cause of this sudden movement has not fully transpired ; but the supposition is, that the troops are for the protection of oui batteries in the harbor on the land side.? They were constructed to resist an attach by sea; and those on Morris Island are, perhaps, peculiarly exposed on the rear, sc that they could not well withstand an en counter, if the enemy should land in surl boats at some obscure iolet, and march up on them. The activity which has prevailed for ? week or two past, in the United States ar my and navy, has excited the anticipatior that an attempt is about to be made to re inforce Fort Sumter. The peace measure! supposed to be put on foot in regard to this fnrtress. were all Drobablv a rusede nuerrc t r > v to throw us off our guard. And the state rnent that the movement of troops and ves sels Southward is to protect the Texas frontier, is, doubtless, also a mere pretense, The Tribune of Friday, says that 2,70C troops have been concentrated at New Fork, ready for embarkation. The Times, of the same date, says that "dispatches from Wash, ington render it probable, to say the least, that the revenue laws are to be enforced in Southern ports as well as Northern." The Tribune of Saturday says: "A powerful naval and military force sails from this port to-day to reinforce anc protect the United States possessions in tht South. The Collins steamships Atlanti and Baltic, e nd the Vanderbiltsteamer 11 linois, have been chartered, and, in com paoy with the frigate Powhatan, will sooi be on the high seas, bearing ample soppliei of men and provisions to the point most ii danger. Whether that point be Pickem or Sumter, we cannot at present say." That these hostile manoeuvres look to th< reinforcement of Fort Sumter, first an( foremost, we infer for these reasons : 1. A feint of its evacuation has beei made. That we regard as simply a "deoo; light" to lead us astray. Happily, it ha not done so; for every body at the Soutl has lost all confidence in the honor and sin cerity of Lincoln's administration. 2. Jforty thousand bags ror sana, sixteei double-bank surf boats, several hundrei oars, carbines, tent-poles, ammunition, sup plies, &c., fcr a long campaign, had put t f sea from Washington on Monday. Capt Meigs on embarking, replied to an enquiry "You'll know where I am bound into days." The pretense that these troops an for Texas is further shown up by this para , graph from the Columbia Gvardian o Tuesday: u We have private information that las evening, at 11 o'clock, a fleet was supposei to be outside the bar. Eight large gun were fired an a signal for the concentratior of the troops." 3. Lieut. Talbot was permitted on las Saturday, to leave Charleston, and repor himself at Washington; and he was appa rently glad to leave, on the condition, too , that ?io one was to return to fill his place.? The transparent purpose avowed for hii leaving was, that he was ordered to the re ' cruiting service in Oregon ! His real de < sign in all probability was to pilot a land ? side assault upon our harbor defences. Hi is perfectly familiar with the harbor anc * surrounding coast; and is the very man ti give Lincoln invaluable aid in thissneakinj and treacherous enterprise. Those surf boats and sand-bags, too, will be highly use : ful in this undertaking, but in no othe r probable movement of the skulkers that wi can surmise, i The reasonable supposition is, that war * steamer.; will assist Fort Sumter in enter . taining our batteries nn the sea-side ; whili ^ surf-boats loaded with soldiers compass Mor | Kris Island to attack them on the rear, anc , smaller boats attempt to throw reinforce 5 ments and supplies into the Fort. Sixt; tons of caanon balls left Boston for Nev p York on Saturday; which was, doubtless , to furnish those war steamers with ammu ! nition. The war seems inevitable; "ant let it come" ! ADOPTION OP THE PERMANENT CONSTITUTION. The Charleston Courier of Saturday say that the State Convention, "on Friday after noon, after five hours' discussion, took a fi nal vote on the ratification of the Constitu tion of the Confederate States. The vot< I was taken by ayes and noes, which result ed : ayes 146, noes 16. As the injunotioi of secrecy was removed, it was our intentioi to have given the names in this morning'; , issue; but as it is thought some metnbe i might desire to change his vote, it has beet deemed advisable to withhold publication.' This news will be gratifying to all ou | readers. Those who prided in the unpar alleled unanimity with which South Caro t lina has acted heretofore in the cause of th< ( South, would have rejoiced to have seet the Convention unanimous. But this vote all circumstances considered, is a strong at , testation of their patriotism and public spir it. Many who desired to see changes mad< in the old Constitution, have yielded thei; | individual preferences for the sake of har innnv TV Mnnnf, fail tii hi> seen hv all. tha ( we have the best Constitution, that of oui , fathers not excepted, on record; and w< | are truly rejoiced to chronicle its adoptior , by our State. South Carolina is the sixth State to rati fy this compact. As a matter of interes we publish the date of adoption by the re spective States, and the vote thereon : , Vote. State. Time. Yeas. Nats. Alabama March 13, 1861, 87 6 Georgia March 16, 1861, 96 6 Louisiana March 21, 1861, 101 5 Mississipi March 30, 1861, 78 7 Texas March 25. 1861, 68 2 i S. Carolina. ...April 3, 1861, 146 16 i We have now, de facto et de jure, ir i six States, a Southern, a slave-holding Con federacy. And never before, in the history of the whole world, did a governmem i launch into being and start upon its career i with more opposition from abroad, or mor< harmony and confidence at home. Oui i patriotism should, therefore, 6pring to olasf it in our arms and give it our unyielding ; and uncaleulating support. "A friend ir i need is a friend indeed and he who stands firmest by the infant confederacy struggling ; to fix itself among the nations of the earth is the greatest and best of us all. A far seeing and thoughtful poet has said, tha ; "the government the best administered, i.( best." With such men as Davis and Ste ri ? ? i vc .. il. l-l pnens, <jodd ana luemminger, ai tne uem of State, and with a constitution built upot the principles of right and justice and prac 1 tical common sense, and which will there 1 fore administer itself well, we may look for ' ward without doubting, so long as we prov< ! worthy ofsuch national blessings, to a caree 1 of unexampled prosperity; and our chil 1 dren's children will glory in the boast "Here equal laws have sway." i FOREIGN RECOGNITION. , If we are not much mistaken, the ques tion embraced in the above heading, is jus now the one of paramount importance t< : the Confederate States. Will the leading , foreign powers, at once and without hesita > tion, recognize our separate national exist ence, and thereby promote the prospects o f peace, by disarming the hatred of the North - ern States? Or will they hesitate, anc thereby cause Lincoln's administration t< i hold on to Southern forts, until galled an( i.- j i j ?j??? : insulted ueyuuu cuuuiauuc, ujc uuuui i i forced to appeal to anus io order to accoro . plish her independence ? 3 We have all the while discredited the ru 3 mors in regard to the evacuation of For , Sumter; because such an act on the assum - ed ground of "military necessity," woulr - greatly benefit the South abroad, and t< i the same extent degrade the Northern gov , emment. All the foreign journals whosi I opinions have reached us?not exceptinj , even the organ of Exeter Hall abolitionisn i ?say that England and France will cer tainly recognize the new Confederacy wher , established dc facto. Sumter, Pickens i Tortugas and Key West, constitute the verj last foothold of Northern power in the sece ded States. Is it reasonable, then, to suppose that they will abandon all, or either. 1 of those positions, until their abandonment ? becomes an unquestionable "military ne2 cessity ?" We think not. But Sumter and Pickens are for all practi cal purposes, already in our possession.? i They are commanded by fortifications and s besieged by troops, sufficient to take them i in a short while by regular investment.? 9 The Confederate States are de facto a strong and well-ordered government. If our con3 dition is properly understood in Europe, 1 there is no serious obstacle in the way of our speedy recognition. But the abolitioni ists and the liberalists there, have been <f bitterly prejudiced against the South by s long years of misrepresentation and vilificai tion. Seward, the Northern Secretary of . State, has, we are told, adopted and will carry out a plan on an extensive scale, to i have us again grossly misrepresented abroad, 1 and no means will be left untried, to build . up mountains of difficulty in the way of our 0 recognition. In calculating the prospects, therefore, , of a speedy and peaceful settlement of the 1 great difficulties which still surround our e infant government, we cannot keep too - steadily in view the fact that all Christenf aom is and will remain opposed to us in sentiment. Harmony amongst ourselves, t ardor for our cause kept burning in every I heart, and a readiness to submit to any and s every sacrifice?"the unconquerable will, i and courage never to submit or yield." until the end for which the revolution began t is completely attained?are necessary to t convince the world that sooner or later our - separate nationality must and shall be ac, knowledged, because three millions of free men, reared to govern two races, never can s be deprived of the right of self-government. Late news even goes so far as to assert - that England and France will not recognize - our independence. We see no good reason ? to believe this statement. The fact is, 1 they have not yet, perhaps, come to any ) final conclusion. We, for our part, have y no fears on this score in the end; but the - delay may be such as to necessitate war.? Every moment of hesitation will increase r the insolence and duplicity of the North, -* AWnnMiMA^iAM nn/J mnK kn 3 auu uuo CAaopnaiiuu auu vrai-o^niu ui iub South. It is to be hoped, therefore, that the love of peace, as well as a due regard for the material interests of all concerned, 2 will induce foreign powers to speedy recog nition of our Confederacy. FORT^SUMTER. j Gen. Beauregard has posit.vely notified 7 Maj. Anderson that supplies and all communication will be cut off from bim, from i and after last Sunday. Fort Sumter, then, j is now in a state of actual siege. This is precisely as it should be. We should meet no-compromise with the most extensive pre7 paration, and lying duplicity and deceitful dalliance with the spirit of the most manly, s opeD and determined resistance. The Northern loan has been bid for; up wards of 830,000,000 were taken, much - however, at 93i; and we much fear that b this abundance of money which is found to . hp in the (rrasn of the Northern Govern " o r - i rnent, though at a tremendous sacrifice, has ) somewhat addled the brain of Lincoln.? b We are told that the coercion policy has at r length triumphed in his cabinet; and it is j said that the administration contemplate ' land as well as sea operations. The probar bility is that Fort Sumter will be abandon ed, or rather Maj. Anderson will be left to - withstand a close siege as long as he possi; blycan; and that all the available naval ) force will be concentrated around Pensacola, , and about the mouth of the Gulf in the neighborhood of Tortugas and Key West, - to overlook the movements of the Francoj English fleet, when it comes, and to assist r Fort Pickens in case of an active engage meet. t It will be a politic measure for Lincoln r to retain possession of Sumter, in order to ; keep our troops and munitions concentrated ) at Charleston, and to prevent them from cooperating with Geo. Bragg to drive the - enemy from the coast of Florida. The t same reason makes it highly important from a South-side point of view, to "hurry up the cakes," and "take the Fort " We are v glad, therefore, that Pres. Davis and Gen. Beauregard are rapidly bringing on the cri sis ot evacuation or expuis'on. Border States submissionists have said that we were eager to get into war in order to force their States into secession ! The moderation and delay which have prevailed in regard to Sumter, make them appear simply ridiculous in this assertion. If bloodshed was all we wanted, we could have forced that any day. The truth is, South Carolina has all the while desired what she will probably yet obtain ; and that is, a bloodless surrender of her fort. NEW YOBK CITY. As an evidence of the prostration in business circles of the Metropolitan city, the N. York Daily News of a late issue, says that the topic of conversation is not now of "a falling off in business," or "the tightness of the money market," but of "the destruc tion of trade." The "man about town" i editor, in a casual stroll on last Friday, n/Mintorl fnrtv.aiv nlnr>pq ttf hnqinftRS 1 w?-w- r , without taking any special pains to make a full enumeration. If the capital-holders are thus swallowed up in the "political and financial chaos," the threshold of which the New York Herald says they are just entering, what must be the condition of the laboring classes; and what will be the condition of all classes, monied and poor alike, when the Morrill Tariff actually prohibits trade from going to that port, and the quasi. war-peace policy of Lincoln robs Wall street t of its last million ? j Already we have an account of a riotous t mob headed by three ring-leaders, named . Mike Walsh, Michael Gray and Patrick . Gaynor, striking for higher wages, and asf saulting other laborers who refused tostrike . with them These riotous proceedings are 1 instigated, possibly id part by a greed for ) higher wages, bat more probably in most 1 cases by a state of want and penury border9 ing on lingering starvation. . , Many, very many, if we catch the truth from the press, have been turned entirely . out of employment. Notwithstanding this t sign of the inability of capital to employ la. bor, the laborers who are now at work, 1 finding gaunt hunger and raggedness at ) their doors, are clamorous for higher prices! . The Morrill tariff is claimed to be the cause i of this state of things to a great degree; ; and "a free trade league" has been formed i under the pressure of necessity. This picture of distress (and it is very i moderate) in the great monied and commer, cial centre of the North, should make our r citizens cheerfully bear the comparatively . light ills which have fallen upon us of the . Confederate States. While too, as the Her, aid says, the North are just entering upon the period of their ruio, the South, like the sun scattering the clouds of an April morning from his head, is beginning to ascend a clear sky of prosperity and glory. We of the South have every reason for rejoicing, or at least for contentment. Both, so far as we know, prevail. - ? MERE-MENTION. Madame Huate de Yterbide, widow of the former Emperor of Mexico, who was executed in 1824, died recently in Philadelphia where she has lived since her husband's execution. George Little has been appointed marshal of North Carolina, by Lincoln. The Grand Division of the Sons of Temperance of South Carolina will meet at Sumter, on Wednesday, the 24th of April, at 7 o'clock, p m. Quilp wants to know whether the initials, C. S. A. mean "Can't stand Abe." From the Austin correspondent to the Houston Telegraph, we learn that Ex-Governor Houston made application to Gov. Clark, on the 17th, for the pardon of a convict.? So it will be perceived that General Houston himself recognizes Clark, at least, as Governor dc facto. The Vicksburg (Miss.,) Whig of the 30th states that from fifteen hundred to two thousand dollars were collected there the previous day, under the tariff laws of the new Confederacy. The Boston Commercial Bulletin reports eleven failures at New York, six at Baltimore, seven at Boston, and twenty-three in other cities, during the week ending March 29. It has been suggested that the words "Jehovah Nissi"?"The Lord our Ensign"?be written on the white, or middle bar of the Confederate States Flag, as a proper motto for the South. A champion runner challenged another to run with him, agreeing to carry ten pounds weight, leaving the choice of what he should carry to his opponent, whereupon the latter chose ten pounds of full blown bladders. We learn from the Edgefield Advertiser, that "Mr. A. A. Clark aod others propose to establish a Piano Factory at Newberry village. The'scheme is considered by many not only entirely practicable, but as holding forth the promise of quick and handsome profits. We wish it success. Capitalists would do well to watch this chance. The company will probably be formed at an early day." The total indebtedness of the United States Government, on the 7th of March last, was 874,985,299. There are at the present time on file at the War Department fifty thousand applications for positions in the army of the Confederate States. Pretty good number, that! ? TORTUGAS AND KEY WEST. The whole interest or the war question is and bas been for some time concentrated on Forts Sumter and Pickens. This has caused the public mind, in a measure, to lose sight of Tortugas and Key West, which we regard as of far more importance, both politically and militarily. A distinguished Abolitionist of the Senate, before the extra session adjourned, said that the former two of these positions might be surrendered peaceably, but before the North would give up Tortugas and Key West, they would go to war. He claimed that the North would hold these fortifications at all hazards and to the bloody end, for the protection of their commerce iu Southern waters, as England holds Gibralter at the mouth of the Mediterranean. This idea canoot be entertained by the South, and when the time comes to demand their surrender, they will be demanded. They are far more important to the North than Sumter and Pickens; they command the entrances to the Gulf of Mexico, and are, therefore, an indispensable necessity to the freedom of our commerce, and the dignity of the Southern Confederacy. The U. States will anxiously desire to retain them ; the n .? ? 1 .1 ttti , t x? ooutn must nave cnem. >v nen ice ume comes for them to exchange hands, it may the beginning of bloody strife. EDITORIAL INKLINGS. The suggestion has been made that the mail service in the Confederate States be suspended on the Sabbath day. We would add to this proposition, that it is also desirable to suspend the publication of oewspapers, the operation of telegraph wires, and the running of railroad cars on that day. There certainly is no reasonable excuse for these things, which are, therefore, as much encroachments upon the purity and sanctity of the Sabbath as other worldly employments. It is a national as well as individual sin, not to "remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy." The rumor which we mentioned last week in regard to the establishment of Spanish authority over the Island of St. T\ a ; .? A ^ A rriL ^ JJOmiDgO, is turning qui, to lkj true. rue Spanish flag was unfurled on the l^th ult., at St. Domingo city. A Spanish fleet of three vessels, or more if necessary, is to sustain the movement. Ten thousand troops are to be sent from Cuba and from Spain. Hayti, it is said, will be managed iu the same way, and both Islands will be annexed, if the plan succeeds, to the Spanish Dominions. The Dominicans hate issued a circular, calling upon the people to arm, and resist the invasion of their liberties. The Haytians will do likewise; and the result will, in all probability, be a war with Spain on one side to secure, and St. Domingo and Hayti on the other to resist the annexation of those islands to Spain. The Columbia Guaraian informs us that attempts have recently been made in that city "to seriously injure the efficiency of the fire department, by entering the engine houses, cutting sections of hose, and filling up the locks of the doors, so as to obstruct the prompt efforts of the fire companies to extinguish fires. These attempts i 1 i-.J? 1 were tortunateiy discovered yesteruay, uuu the diabolical object of the perpetrators foiled for the present." The Camden Journal says that the steam-mill of John Browne, at Liberty Hill, Kershaw, was recently burned?a loss to the owner of $10,000.? Though the cause is supposed to have been accidental, yet the great number of fires occurring in all parts of the country, leads one to suspect that something is wrong.? Charlotte, Laurens, Sumter and Kershaw, have all very lately been the theatres of disastrous fires. What is the cause ? Can it be merely accidental ? Two or three weeks ago the Edgefield Advertiser accused the Home Journal of "toadyism in the direction of Lincoln." We had failed to see this, although we read the Home Journal usually with a great deal of attention; yet, knowing the Advertiser to be one of the closest readers amongst our exchanges, we concluded it was so, and resolved to keep a bright look-out to see if this hitherto high-toned Journal, the delight of Southern as well as Northern liter ati, was stooping to the low and vile filth of ? abolitionism. We do oot yet know that the f Advertiser was mistaken. It has, "howev- v er, been contradicted "distinctly and em- 8 phatically" by a Southern writer (?) to the Washington States and Union. We sincerely hope, for the honor of letters if for no higher or more practical consideration, that Morris and Willis, both of whose names are wedded to American literature, will ' keep the Home Journal where it has always been heretofore, entirely above suspi- v cion. Let us have amidst the unbrotherly r and contemptuous depreciation so universal 1 at the North, at least one paper that 'floats ' to us simply upon the breast-deep current of human sympathy.' * No State has so many public men in 1 high position just now as Kentucky. Presi- 8 dent Davis was born in Todd county, Ken- 8 tucky, io 1808. President Lincoln, was J born in Fayette county, in 1809. Vice J President Breckenridge, was born in Fay- 1 ette county, in 1821. Senator Crittenden, ^ the great pacificator, was born io Woodford ' county, Kentucky, in 1786. James Guth- 8 rie, the Chairman on Compromise Resolu- ' lutions iD the Peace Conference, was bom ' in Nelson county, in Kentucky, in 1795 * Joseph Holt, the war-like Secretary of War, is a native of Breckenridge county. Major Anderson, was born in Kentucky, in 1805. , Dr. Breckinridge, brother to the ex-Vice President and a native of Kentucky, one of { the first theologians of the country, has ^ been reviewing pretty sharply, Dr. Thorn- ] well on the state of the country. ] The American Agriculturalist thus 1 describes the method of making "Apple > Russe "Aunt Sue says, this is a very stylish < but simple pudding, prepared as follows: < Make some apple sauce, very sweet; spread i some slices, (sides and bottom,) then pour i in your apple-sauce, and bake until your i bread and butter is nicely browned. When I done it should turn out of the pudding-dish < all standing, but if you are preparing it for company, it is almost sure to turn out ker- i slump !" NEWS FROM THE STATES. Arkansas. We had the pleasure on last Thursday of meeting m Yorkville our highly esteemed J old friend, Joseph H. Black, Esq., the Junior Editor of the Little Rock True Democrat, who is on a bridal tour, visiting his friends and relatives in this State. Mr. Black informs us that Arkansas will cer- ' tainly secede in August next; and his opin- i ion is entitled to much weight, from the position he occupies as editor of the leading j paper of the State. All South Arkansas is | right now?that is all below the Arkansas river; and all above will come right, or enough to carry the State for secession. South Carolina. j The Convention which was to have ad- , journeJ on Saturday, postponed its adjourn- ( ment indefinitely, owing, it is said, to the | war-like indications. , Another vessel was fired into on Tuesday, , the 2nd instant, near the harbor of Charleston. There are two or three statements in regard to this transaction. The truth appears to be, that it was a schooner heavily laden with ice, &u., and bound for Savan- j nah from Boston. About 3 o'clock in the ( I afternoon, owing to stress of weather, she was seen enteringthe harbor, with no colors flying. When she came within range of the "Star of the West" battery, a few blank cartridges were fired across her bow, to bring her to; but without heeding these, she ran up the United States flag, and sailed on. The battery then opened upon her with ball. It was supposed that one ortwo struck the vessel, when she altered her course and anchored near the bar. Ander- | son sent a messenger to Morris Island and threatened, that, if the vessel was struck, | ho nmnld nnon his hatteries: he was al- , .. _r? , I lowed to send bis boat to ascertain ; but al- ( though a shot passed through the schooner's ' sail, no damage was done. It is not thought ( that this schooner contained reinforcements; ( and she was fired upon, simply because she , presented a suspicious front, and aoted un- j becomingly. To the last this vessel seemed , to be anxious to conceal her true character , and intentions. , It is said that everything about Char- , leston, is in complete readiness either to ^ attack Fort Sumter or to resist any attempt to reinforce that fortress ; and that the most , active and vigilant precaution to prevent ] any surprise, and a regular investment of ( the Fort, have been adopted at the instance of the Confederate Government. I The contract to build a Hue of steamers to run direct between Charleston and Liver- j pool, has been completed. Messrs. John , Fraser & Co. have been appointed the agents of the line for the port of Charleston. As it will require nine or ten months time , to construct these steamers, arrangements, ( it is thought, will be made to run a temporary line until the time of their completion. { Direct mail facilities, a medium of direct travel for visitors to Europe during the ] summer, and direct and regular commer- ( cial intercouse with England and France, j will at once create a sufficient demand to . authorize the establishment of the line.? $ Success, in every way and at the earliest practicable date, to the enterprise ? Representatives or members of Northern houses, says the Charleston Courier, arrived { in that city on Saturday and Sunday to the ( number of twelve or fifteen. Some of them j avow their intention to look around as to the advantages of establishing branches, or removing South. ' Virginia. tC A motion before the Virginia Conven- " tion, on the 4th inst., to submit a secession ordinance to the people in May next, was lost by yeas 45, nays 89. This is not re- , garded as strictly a test vote ; but the J Unionists are greatly rejoiced at it. It may be considered doubtful, therefore, whether that body will even submit a secession or- ( dinance to the people. Whioh party does this prove to be afraid of the people? The Convention adopted a resolution opposed to 1 the formation of geographical sectional par- 1 ties; which means that they cast a digni- ' Ged frown upon secession. They passed another resolution declaring that the legiti- * mate use of the forts &o., is to protect the 1 country against foreign foes; and this 1 means, if anything, that Virginia will re- ' sist coercion. i Texas. ^ The exciting news has reached us that Gen. Ampadia, of Mexico, is marching with 3,000 troops on Brownsville, Texas.? He claims that Texas belongs to Mexico, 1 and that as she has no longer the support \ of the Federal Government, now is the time i to retake her. He had circulated placards 1 and handbills to this effect. Col. Ford i will, perhaps, take oharge of him; and ? rhip him back to his own country Amindia was only sixty miles from Brownsille, at the date of this news?the 2nd infant. LOCAL AFFAIRS, Jharleaton Advertisement. We invite attention to the card of Messrs. parties & Stillman in another colamn.? rhis is a reliable and enterprising firm, yorthy of liberal patronage Oar merchant eaders will find it to their interest to give he card their early attention. ["he Weather in March. - ' ' From Maj. McKenzie's weather reports, 4 ve learn that during March the thermomeer varied from 26? to 83??having stood it the former on the mornings of the 6th ind 19th, and at the latter on the 2nd at loon. It rained only 5 hours, or 1.42 nohes, during the month. The wind was 3., 7 days; W., 9 ; N., 2 ; S. W., 3 j 8. B., 3 ; N. W., 5; and N. E. 2 days. Very iigh winds prevailed daring the month, on iix days?namely, the 3d, 5th, 9th, 18tb, >1st and 27th. These facta do not verify the old saying :?Maroh comes in like i lamb, and goes out like a lion." CHESTER CORRESPONDENCE. Chester, S. C., April 9,1861. Jditora of Yorkvlllc Enquirer: This bright and balmy day cheers us af,er nearly a week of olouds and rain. This rloomy weather commenced with a severe riail storm, which passed over our town on last Tuesday evening. Although many of ihe hail stones were as large as partridge aggs, yet no material damage was done. It is with sorrow that I record the death )f Mr. Thomas McCuIly, a prominent merchant of this place. This sad event occurred on the 5tb instant. Mr. McCuIly was i native of Fairfield District, but married in Chester, where he has been in business for the last several years. He has been in declining health for a length of time, and hence his demise, although deplored, was not unlooked for. Thaaa nro nnf oorii nrnanArnnn f.tmAA fnr A.WWOW WW. .~.J v r --the Baoks, as will be seeo from the fact that the Bank of Chester bas recently declared a dividend, at the rate of only five per cent. But even this, is better than could have been expected, in view of the financial pressure which prevails so generally. You may have observed tbat books of mbscription will be opened on the 17th md 18th days of this month, at the Bank )f Chester, for the convenience of those ;vho desire to participate in the Loan of Five Millions for the Defence of the Confederate States. Here ia a ohance for yonr arge capitalists. Tell them to come down ind display their patriotism by the tender of a few hundred thousand dollars. Our citizens were on the qui vive on last Saturday and Sunday, supposing that an ittack was about to bo made on Fort Summer. The operator in the telegraph ofiioe bad received instructions to remain at his post until mid-night on Saturday night, and then all day on Sunday uutil 10 o'clock, p. m. We were much at a loss to koow how to interpret these directions. Something unusual was evidently on hand, and yet we could scarcely believe that the dogs of war would be let slip just at the approach of night, and on the eve of the Sabbath.? Nor could we think, from oar knowledge of the present state of affairs that immediate md decisive action was called for. It ia generally admitted tbat Major Anderson cannot he reinforced, and tbat his supplies ire Dearly exhausted. To hold him in olose liege for a few days must give us possession if the fortress. Why.then should we grow impatient, and purchase with blood that which soon must fall peacefully into our hands ? A change in the schedule of the Charlotte and South Carolioa Rail Road has deprived us (in some measure) of the privilege if manifesting our hospitality to strangers. We have been iD the habit of furnishing three meals a day for hungry travellers, but )ne of the daily trains has been discontinued, and the others hastens on in the morniog and at noon after paying us but a flying visit. And as for the York passengers, they breakfast before leaving yonr benignant hosts, and those who visit you of coarse wait for dinner until they reach your tables groaning with the good things of this life. We are thus growing beautifully less. Sic transit gloria mundi. Our only hope of renown is narrowed down to the collection of Customs, and that will perish when Old Rip gets fairly awake, and gives old Abe the slip. We have had no insurrections nor burnings in our town. All is as perfectly quiet as a summer's evening. May the smiles of peace ever cheer us. But this garrulons gold, which I hold in my hand, must be made to hold its tongue, or it will tell you all I know. Market Reports.? Cotton.?A fair < juppy?Extremes 7@1U. Bacon?Hog round, 12?@13; Hams, L5@16; Shoulders, 12*; Sides, 15.? Corn, 81. Coffee?Rio, 17@1B. Fl-our? oer bag, 83 75@$3 85. Lard?14. Mo asses. ?Cuba, 40; N. 0., 60@65. Oats, 80@ 35. Sugar?Brown, 9*@10; Clarified, Ll$@12*; Crushed, 13J@14. Salt?per ?i, 87 75 DAMON. 7U\y?k J V*? P. S.?A dispatch which is supposed to )e reliable, has just been received, statiog hat this Regiment has been ordered into mmediate service. Guarding against Reinforcement. 'Moultrie," the Charleston correspondent >f the Columbus Times, in his letter of the 28th ult, making mention of the precautionary measures that are being taken by he troops of the Confederate States to present any reinforcement of Fort Sumter, lays: "The mounted companies are o-i duty aong the coast to prevent troops being land- " ;d near Charleston of a night, especially ,hoso that are dark and rainy. A strong larbor police are on duty, to prevent the reinforcement of Sumter by stealth. To ittempt it in day light, would be like the , Indian's gun, cost more tnan it comes to. "Last night the officers at the Charleston College were practicing with the Drumnond Light, with the view of lighting up ;he harbor around Fort Sumter. The exjeriments were on a small scale, and proved latistactory. It is to be tried again to-night, ffith large lights. Should it prove successul, it will close the door to reinforcements >f any kind." A Mammoth Pig.?There is now on exlibition in Bangor, Me., a monster hog, vkich weighs 1,600 pounds, is 9 feet 8 nches long, 7 J in girth and 3 J feet high. [t was raised by John Roberts, of Brooks, I n Waldo County. It is probably the Jarrest hog in the world.