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wisiam wheast.}proprietor8- &? Jabcpcniienf Jfamiljj Hcfosjpaper: Jfor % |jramotitm of i|e political, Social, ^gricaltaral aab Commercial laterals of % Jioutjr. |$2pebyeab, in advance. VOLUME 7. YORKVJLLE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 30, 1861. NUMBER 22. W,M gdta. r RALEIGH CORRESPONDENCE. Raleigh, N. C. May 22d, 1861. Editors of Yorkvllle Enquirer: The telegraph has loog ere this borne on lightning wings to every part of the continent the joyful news of the Secession of the Old North State from the Disunited States, and her Union with the Confederate States. She went out, and in on the same day?the ever-memorable 20th of May. Only about one hoar elapsed from the time of ber divorcement to the consummation of her marriage to the new nation. To North Carolina belongs the hcnor of having shed the A in T?ntrrvliih'nnorr r.fmorrlp ursii uiuvu iu viuvtvuiai^ "* wbb<w her Regulators drew British blood on the soil of Alamance before the battle of Lexington was fought. To North Carolina belongs the honor of making the first Declaration of Independence of the British crown; and to North Carolina belongs the honor of having passed the Ordinance of Secession from the United States unanimously, she being the only State besides South Carolina in which there was no dissenting voice. This good old State has always been sound on the "vexed question." Those men who kept the State back from ber true position so long, are with the South out and out. They are as violently opposed to A. Blinhin as the most wrathful South Carolinian. The venerable Chief Justice Ruffin declared in the Convention that he would vote for the Ordinance of Secession if the halter were already around his neck, and Judge Badger?the Hercules of the former Union party?asserted that he had rath er be under the rule of Queen Victoria or Louis Nopoleoo, or any other monarch, than to submit to the sway of Lincoln. John A. Gilmer, of Greensboro', who has been suspecUd of being unworthy of the name of a Southerner is no Quaker, no Abolitionist?nosubmissionist; but a South ern slave-holder, whose only son is now in arms against the Black Republicans. Mr. Gilmer says that he has been egregiousl y deceived, in having personal assurances from Lincoln that the policy of the Administration would be peaceful. So we might speak of the residue of the defunct Union party. But I must qualify these statements a little. I know of nobody in North Carolina now who is in favor of the old Union ; still those who formed the old Whig party are in some measure opposed to the Demcratic party even now, on the subject of taxation. The present laws of North Carolina discriminate in favor of slave property; and this lighter tax on slave property is right according to the creed of the Democratic party. The ad valorem, or Whig party, contend that all property should be taxed equally in proportion to its value, and this change will be energetically urged by its advocates. The doctrine is evidently popular in the State, and especially at this time when a war tax must be laid, and by this means the old Whig party will "till try hi regain that ascendancy in the S.nte which they lost some ten years ago. It will be perceived, therefore, that while the State is a unit for the South, there is still a difference of opinion as it regards questions oi * State policy. There are a few, doubtless, who do noi subscribe to the doctrine of Secession ; but who at the same time b- lieve in the righi of revolu'wc, and are as uncompromising for Southern Rights as the Secessionists proper. The latter, however, are gr^atlj in the majority, as was shown by the adop tion of a Secession Ordinance in preference to one which simply contemplated revolution. The Hon. Weldon N. Edwards?a name clarem et venerabilr?was chosen President of the Convention, which commenced its session at eleven o'clock, a. m. At about six o'clock, the two Ordinances were suei sively passed, cutting off this noble old State from the Disunion and linking hei fortunes indissolubly with the Confederacy of the South. The scene which then transpired was one of the most jubilant imaginable. One hundred guns were fired on Capital square, bells rung, banners waved, and the welkin was rent with the enthusias tic huzzas of the multitude. Wiree cheen were given for South Carolina?"the noblest Roman of them all"?immediately on the passage of the Ordinance. Just at this time it was announced thai t there was cannonading going on near Norfolk, and all present seemed ready to take the field in the cause of Southern Independence. Accordingly seven hundred brawny braves ff/im Old Ttin lpft tlip pitv bv the next train for the Old Dominion. The time for theii departure bad been previously fixed; but tbey were stimulated in their march by thp lumbering of the enemy's canoon on the borders of the Confederacy. BURKE. A Miserable Fizzle.?The Wheel ing meeting is over. The great ? BWern Virginia Convention" turned out to be anything else than that. It was opened with prayer by an Englishman, who, of course, has no love for Virginia. General Jackson made the first speech, and took strong ground against making any movement now for the division of the State.? John S. Oarlile followed on the other Bide. Bat Mr. Willey, of Monongalia, killed the sDabe by baoking up Gen. Jackson. No man of any reputation, who expects to remain long in Virginia, as we predicted last week, took ground in favor of revolution John S. Burdett, Carlile and Tarr, are the chiefs among the revolutionists. Men of State reputation will not hazard their good names in such a cause. There are about eighty counties in Western Virginia. Of these only twenty-seven ?one third?are claimed to have been represented; and of the twenty seven, Marion, Wetzel, Barbour, Wirt, Lewis, Jackson, Roane, Gilmer, Upshur, and various others, will give majorities against division and for secession, and therefore were mis represented Then there are Frederick, Hampshire, Berkeley, and perhaps other counties, included in the twenty-seven, all of which will give four to one for secession, and wnnld cripf? ten tn one against division. " n**w ?- ? o 7t aod therefore were most grossly and outra geously misrepresented George Seoseney, the only delegate from Frederick, acknowl edged that he had not been appointed by aDy public meeting, and said that he had ' come up through the dangers which envi roned a Union man in his part of the State" ?thus confessing that they are few and far between in that part of Western Virginia In fact, there were not fifteen counties (one tenth of the number in the State,) represented in the Wheeling Convention which will give a majority against Secession, rnd not ton that would give a majority for di vision ?Fairmont Virjinian. The Postage Act. An Act to amend "an Act to Prescribe the Rates of Postage in the. Confederate States o f America, and for other Purposes," Approved February 23, 1861. Sec. 1. The Congress of the Confederate States do enact, That so much of the first section of an Act entitled "an Act to prescribe the rates of postage in the Confederate States of America, and for other purposes," approved February 23d, 1861, as relates to sealed packages containing other than printed or written matter, including money packages, be and the same is hereby ' so amended as to require that such packages shall be rated by weight, and charged the rates of letter postage. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the second section of said Act be amended as follows, to wit: That all newspapers pub lished within the Confederate States, not exceeding three ounces in weight, and sent from^th-e office of publication to actual an<l uaKgMc subscribers within the Confeder; a^WWWs, shall be charged with postage i as follows, to wit: The postage oq the regu lar numbers of a newpaper, published weekly, shall be ten cents per quarter; papers, 1 published semi-weekly, double tbatamount; papers, published thrice a week treble that amount; papers, published six times a week, six times that amount: and naners. Dublish i / r r ' r ed daily, seven times that amount. And on newspapers weighing more than three ounces, there shall be charged on each additional ounce, in addition to the foregoing i rates: On those published once a week, live cents per ounce or fractiuo of an ounce per quarter; on those published twice a week, ten cents per ounce per quarter; on ' those published three times a week, fifteen ceDts per ounce per quarter; on those pub i lished six times a week, thirty cents per ( ounce per quarter; and on those published daily, thirty five cents per ounce per quar ter. And periodicals published oftener than hi moDthly shall be charged as news i papers. And other periodicals sent from 1 the office of publication to actual ami bona fide subscribers shall he harmed with pu.-? tage as follows, to wi : fho postage ??? 1 the regular numbers of a periodical, puh i tithed within the Confederate S'at^s, tmi \ccediug one and a half ounces in weight, ^ and published monthly, shall be two aud a half cents per quarter j and for every ad ditional ounce or fraction of an ounce, two and a half cents additional; if published ; senii-uionthly, double that amount. And . periodicals published quaiterly or bi ujol.;. lvs'A, be ch-rged two ceijfs an ounce ; ' and regular suo.-cribeis to newspapers and ' periodicals shall be required to pay one r quarter's postage thereon in advance, at the office of delivery, unless paid at the office where published. And there shall be charged upon every other newspaper, and each circular not sealed, hanbill, engraving, pamphlet, periodical and magazine, which i shall be unconnected with any manuscript ! or written matter, and not exceeditfl^hree ounces in weight, and published within I the Confederate States, two cents; and for jeach additional ounce or fraction of an ounce, two cents additional; and in all ca| ses the postage shall be pre-paid by stamps. . or otherwise, as the Postmaster-General shall direct; and books, bound oruubound, not weighing over four pounds, shall be deemed mailable matter, and shall be charg ed with postage, to be pre paid by stamps or otherwise, as the Postmaster-General shall direct, at two cents an ounce for any distance. A^Aipon all newspapers, peri odicals and^jj^n^is aforesaid, published > beyond the IraH^rthe Confederate Stated . there shall be charged postage at double , the foregoingspc "ified rates. The pnblish ers of newspapers or periodicals withiu the Confederate States, may send and receive : to and from each other, from their respec . tive offices of publication, one copy of each ( publication free of postage. All newspapers, unsealed circulars, or other unsealed printed transient matter, placed in any po*t 1 office, not for transmission but for delivery i only, shall be charged postage at the rate . of one cent each. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That , the third section jl the above recited Act be and the same is hereby so amended as to authorize thv Postmaster-General to pin videaDd furnish ten centsumps and stamped envelopes; and that the provisions, restrictions ud penalties prescribed by said section of said A :;, for violations of ihe same, io relat; ..i to two, five and twenty cent stamps and stamped envelopes, shall, in all respects, apply to the denomination ol stamps and stamped envelope* herein pro vided for. Sec. 4 And be it /inline enacted, Tii?n the proviso contained iu it.e fifth section oi the said Act, be so amended ah to extend to the Chiefs of the Contract, Appoint merit and Finance Bureaus of the Post Or' fice Department, the privilege therein conferred upon the Postmaster-General, his chief Clerk, and the Auditor of the Treasury for the Post Office Department, of transmitting through the mails, free of postage, any letters, packages or other matters relating exclusively to their official daties, or to the business of the Post Office Department, subject to the restrictions and penalties prescribed by the said proviso; and that this Act take effect and be in force, from and after its passage. HOWELL COBB, President of the Congress. Approved May 13, 1861. JEFF. DAVIS. The Convention of North Carolina. This body, the most important that has convened in this State since the one which set forth the famous Declaration of 1775. met on Monday last at 11 o'clock, A. M., in the Commons Hall of the Capitol. Con sidering that the election of delegates took place so recently, there was a remarkable full attendance of members, there being present 111 out of 120 elected. The body is a remarkably fine looking and intelligent assemblage, and in it may be found a good deal of the first talent in the country. Be fore the hour of meeting the gallery was densely crowded by ladies and gentlemen, and every place on the floor without the bar of the House crammed with male spectators. It will be seen that the venerable Weldon N. Edwards, who was bred at the feet of Nathaniel Macon, was chosen to preside over the deliberations of the body, and Walter L. Steele and L. C. Edwards chosen as Principal and Assistant Secretaries. Our report of the proceedings will show, that while there was some diversity of opinion as to the mode of North Carolina's severing her connection with the Federal Government, there was but one opinion as rn her dnr.v fn do sn. and dn so that dav.? ? J 7 J So, after a good deal of debate as to the mode she should adopt, a vote was taken about six o'clock, P. M., by which it was unanimously declared that all connection between North Carolina and the Federal Government, is, ought to be, forever and totally dissolved. When the President, in his solemn and impressive way announced the vote, there arose from the House, lobbies and galleries, loud and prolonged cheers. The Ell's Light Artillery, in anticipation of the prompt passage of the Ordinance ol Secession had, at an early hourof^he day brought down from the Instruc tion their splendid batt^^Wonsisting u: six brass field pieces, nnd ranged them oc the Capitol Square, in front of the Westeri portico of the Capitol. As soon as the Con Vention had adopted the Ordinance, th; loud-mouthed cannon proclaimed the joy lul tidings to tnc wnoie city ana surrouoa iog country, and instantly large numbers ol our citizens might have been seen hurry iug from every direction towards the Capi tol. In a few minutes the Capitol bell and the bells of all the churches united theii voices in proclaiming the joyful news. The Artillery, after firing one hundred guusic honor of the passage of the Ordinance, rest ed a few minutes. Then ten guns, one for each of the other seceded States, were fired, followed by three cheers for each ol those States ; then a whole battery and nine cheers for North Carolina ; and then, the fact that the Convention had adopted the Constitution of the Confederate Srates be in*; ascert.a:ned, twenty gUDS were fired it honor of that event. The enthusiasm of the lar?e crowd thai had gathered on the square was beyond uui oowi'ts of description. At night the mansion of the G->vernoi nnd the residences of several of our private itizens were brilliantly illuminated. Aftei which all hands went to bed and slept sound ly in the Confederate States of America.? Few people outside of North Carolina can say that they have been in one day the citizens of three distinct Governments. Until six, P M.t on Monday, they were citizen? I of the Federal Union. From that time till 7, P M., they were citizens of the indepen di it Itepublic of North Carolina; and aftei that, became citizens of the Confederate States of America, a Goverment which, we trust iu God, will exist in peace, prosperity, greatness and liberty until the last syll able of recorded time.?Raleigh Register, 22ml instant. North Carolina Convention. The following are the ordinances passed by the Convention of the Old North State. They were received with immense enthusiasm throughout the whole State : An Ordinance to dissolve the Union between the State of Xorth Carolina and the. other States united with her under the compact of Government entitled the Constitution of the United States. Wc, the people of the State of North Carolina, in^Convention assembled, do de clare and ordain, and it is hereby declared and ordained, that the ordinance adopted by the State of North Carolina, in the Convention of 1789, whereb) "the Constitution of the Uoited States was ratified and adopted, and also all the acts and parts of acts of the General Assembly, ratifying and adoptine amendments to the said Constitu tion, are hereby repealed, rescinded and abrogated. We do further declare and ordain that the Union now sub->isting between the State of North Carolina and the other States of America, is hereby dissolved, and that the I State of North Carolina is ia the full pos session and exercise of all those rights of sovereignty which belong and appertain to a free aod independent State. Done at Raleigh, 20th day of May, in the year of our Lord 1861. An Ordinance, to Ratify the Constitution of the Provisional Govri ntmt of the Confederate States of A mcrira. We, the people of North Carolina, in Convention assembled, d-? declare and or dairi, and it is hereby declared and ordained, that the State of North Carolina does ier?*by as-ent to and ratify the "Constitu ion of the Provisional Government of the 1 -oiilederate States of America," adopted at i Montgomery, in the Stare of Alabama, on i" 're 8th day of February, 1861, by the Con I cenriou of delegates from the States of South 'Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mis sissipp! and Louisiana, aod that North Carolina will enter ioto the Federal Association of States upon the terras therein proposed, when admitted by the Congress or any com- i peteut authority of the Confederate States. < Done at Raleigh, 20th day of May, in the year of our Lord 1861. From the Southern Guardian. What is the Contest ? In the excitement incident to the stirring 'events occuring around us, we are in danger of losing sight of the true nature, and some of the prime objects, of the conflict. For what is the South now so vigorously and manfully contending? Is it for the permanence of the institution of slavery? for the principles of State rights and State sovereignty?for equality and independence ?for our firesides and altars, our wives and little ones ? Yes, for all these, and much more. We ar?- contending for the very existence of civil liberty and republican institutions on this continent. The success of the experiment is at stake, and we are responsible for the issue. From the very origin of the government of the United States, there has existed a party hostile to the peculiar and distinctive principles of the Republic. This party was represented in the Convention of 1787, which framed the Constitution.? The advocates of a consolidated national organization?a strong government?strove persistently to engraft upon the Constitution a provision for the application of force by the General Government, to compel a State to obey the laws, and remain in the Union after it had once become a member. But the proposition was promptly rejected, as subversive of the principles upon which all Republican Governments are based? the consent of the governed. This party, originating no doubt with those who never were entirely satisfied with i the change from a Monarchy to a Republic, has been in existence in this country ever ' since, sometimes under one name, and somei times under another. But whether known Mas Federalists or Whigs, Know Nothings i or Black Republicans, their principles have always been the same?they have always I been opposed to State Rights and State , | Sovereignty, and in favor of consolidation. They are now in possession of the Govern, ment of the nineteen United States, and I j they give the best evidence of their inten! * ? ? *" fKa n)\A?n/ifA* r\f tlinf rMDArn. | liUU IU ouaugc bug vuaiawi?gi ui tuui gv?v?u i i rnent.^JWfc^ declare that sovereignty res' sidqiijBiot in the States or the^people, but , in the Federal Government?that the ma jority must rule, and that if one or five f; States, which happen to be in a minority, i refuse to render a willing obedience to the i dictates of President, their citizens are to be anjjteJs&frized as outlaws, and hung ! as tm^S/und rebels. the Government is losing all the characteristics of a republic, and assuming F those of a monarch, or despotism ; and Mr. Lincoln is to day as virtually Emperor of the United States as Louis Napoleon is of i France. Lincoln has been elected by the r people, it is true, and is called the President; so was Napoleon elected by the peoi pie, aud at first called President. But, gathering around him a standing army of : mercenary soldiers, so soon as he felt secure : in his position, he threw off all disguise, filing ntiflnmpri fhfl filJtt. ns hp hAd lnn<r en. s!jojed the prerogative^'Emperor. Lincoln ! is surrounding himflfelf with mercenaries, and nsurping absolate power; and, if not soon checked^!?, too, will, ere long. I a j i cli>hi) to the title of m.ire than President. He is 0'it restrained by the laws or the I Constitution. He violates both with im punity. The Constitution expres-ly provides that ''Congress alone shall have pow " er to declare war, call out the mililia, make i treaties," &c. But what cares Mr Liu coin for the Constitution ? He declares I war upon what he is pleased to call a part. I of his own dominions, proclaims a block i ade of their ports, and calls out 75,000 tuili tia to carry out the infamous programme I And instead of meeting with rebuke for this1 Sjiiross and unblushing usurpaMou of power. II his course is endorsed, and he .is cheered |on by the glad approval of his infatuated followers. He is overwhelmed with offers i of men and money from ex-Presidents, t judges, governors, legislators, clergymen, merchants, manufacturers, mechanics, draymen, beggars, and free negroes. i Thus, all classes willingly bend their necks to the yoke, congratulating themselves, no doubt, that they are now about to demonstrate to the world that "ice have a government." The people of the North, having thus sanctioned and endorsed this i outrageous usurpation or power?tins total disregard of law and constitutional obligations?it is not to be expected that a man of Mr. Lincoln's calibre will willingly resign into their hands the reins of government, and voluntarily retire from place and power. Thus, the Government is rapidly tending to a despotism of some kind. The univer- I sal prevalence of licentiousness, infidelity, and mobracy among all classes, unfits them 1 for the enjoyment of free institutions. They 1 are already ripe for the change, and it will surely come at no distant day. The friends of free government then may well look with interest and in anxiety, upon the contest oovr going on. Should the Southern States 1 be born down in the conflict, and have to 1 submit to the condition of conquered prov- 1 inces of the North, the fate of republican 1 institutions on this continent would be s?aied. The sun of liberty would go down in darkness and gloom, and freedom meet 1 with an untimely grave. Hut the South cannot be conquered ? 1 Twelve millions of frozen, armed in the holy cause of liberty, fighting on their owd 1 soil, and in defence of all that men hlod 1 dear, can never be subjugated by the mcr- 1 cenaries of Abolitionism I'mting our trust 1 in the God of battles, a<id nerving ourselves for the confl'ct, let us strike for liberty as nr.!;- freemen can strike, and success will ' abundantly crown our efforts. BUSEHItJS. ! Cokesbn^v. Mav 6 1861. - ' / Col Robert Lincoln Anderson.? ' The Montgomery Pout, referring to Cul. < Anderson's speech in Philadelphia, says: We are a firm believer in the acts of Prov- < idence, and auroe with Anderson that eve- ' ry act perfomed from the 20th of Decern- 1 * ber, has been regulated by Providence. We believe that the secession of South Carolina, the turning back of the Star of the West, the preparations made for the defence of our harbor and the final capture of Fort Sumter, were all regulated by Providence; but we cannot believe that he had anything to do with dismantling Fort Moultrie, with the cowardly midnight retreat into Fort Sumter, with the attempt to reinforce that Fort, with theplantingof Columbiads pointing t<*the City of Charleston Our opinion of Providence places Him far above such matters as Anderson seems to think were regulated by Him. We admire a religious man, and above all things we admire and respect a religious soldier, but we do think that Anderson has tried a little too hard to prove to the world by words, not deeds, that he belongs to that class. He has played so often upon ?:'c,harp with a thousand strings" that we think it is nearly "played out." Archbishop Hughes for Peace. The opinions of Archbishop Hughes up ou the civil war, which have been looked for with much interest, are given to the public in the Metropolitan Record. We extract a portion of the remarks : Above all the wars, a civil war is the most deplorable and tbc most destructive in its consequences, both to the victor and and vanquished. Its progress is marked t'7 ruin and desolation. It gives a loose rein to the worst passions of human nature; rapine and carnage, though horrible to gaze upon, though terrible to witness, cannot be compared to the moral evils which it inflicts upon society. It is not in civil strife that the nobler attributes of our nature artshown ; the mind of man becomes hardened and callous amid scenes of blood and de m. . c r.. 1 vuaiuiiun. jliju uauaiwuu nuui a pcuuciui republic to a military despotism is more easily effected through such a medium than people suppose. Mankind are pretty much the same in every age of the world. Material civilization, it is true, may develope the mind and sharpen the intellect, but it does not purify the aspirations nor elevate the moral nature of the race. * * We have heard a proposition made by a prominent speaker at the great demonstra tion which was lately held at Union Square, that we trust was either not seriously entertained, or had its origin in the excitement tif the moment. It was uotbing more or less than a recommendation of the policy which England has pursued towards Ireland. The speaker expressed himself io favor of taking away the plantations from the Southern owners and bestowing them as land bounties upon the Northern soldiers. The idea, as we have intimated, is not an original one, as it was partially carried into effect against the people of Ireland, and as a means by which that people were to be utterly exterminated. For our part, we protest against such a wholesale system of spoliation?a system which is ?i?i - * - j *?i .i : i:.. caiuuiuiuu tu jjiuu^c tiiu uuuuu^y mcii-uumbly iDto a war that this generation may never see the end of, and to arouse feelings of hatred and revenge that may live through centuries. The proposition to which we have referred is, however, comparatively mild in its character when compared with the suggestion that has been published in one or two of our New York daily papers. It is nothing more nor less than a proposal to incite the negroes to insurrection, and by so doing to precipitate the Southern portion ol our country into all the horrors of a servile war. This would be to re enact cc our own soil the fiendish brutality recorded in the history of Si. Domingo. It would be to rouse the savage nature of the negro a gain9t our brothers in race and blood; it would be to countenance atrocites and barbarities at the sight of which our whole country would stand appalled; it would be to encourage the whole black population of the South to rise in arms against the whites, to murder women and children, to massa"re helpless infancy a-d age, and to give a iicense to the excet -es and cruelties which characterize all negro insurrections. * * * * * Have we now sunk so low in the scale of humanity ? Have wo so far forgotten our obligations a.- Christian .oen, even before we have fairly entered into the heat of the conflict, to calmly tolerate or sanction a proposition as fiendish and as inhuman as that against which the elder Pitt raised his voice? God With Us! It was the blasphemous saying of some sreat warrior?we forget now who?that God always took sides with strong regiments. We are satisfied, from all our readings of history, that God's justice prevails over all?and, whether it is the weak or the strong, that, in the end, He will sup ^ A_..AL aL _ J_Li A.1 iL - * L port me irum, me ngin, me pure, me just. We are not to determine what His judgments shall be from the casualties of a single hour. We believe that God is with us. We solemnly believe that a most Providential care has guided and strengthened us thus far against the blind rages of our enemy; that, even in those respects in which we fancied we had lost an advantage?as in Anderson's abandonment of Moultrie and taking possession of Sumter?we were mistaken ; and that the very strategies of our enemies became the secret of their overthrow. And so of all the falsehoods of the Northern press, and so of all the mean, cun uing trickery of the Government at Washington ; and so of almost every event since the beginning of our struggle for peace aud independence. The strongest fortress in the country?supposed to be too strong for ill the power of South Carolina, under a <igo uf mouths?is overthrown in thirtythree hours. The fortress, so impregnable ind so eagerly seized upon, becomes a rattrap, from which the ruts are smoked out. Even the military vanity, which iusista up)? saluting its flag at its overthrow, with me hundred guns, is rebuked by an explolinn trlnnk /i. ikn rrlo.m nnM>il linou dian were lost duriDg the bombardment.? Verily, it' we needed sinus and auguries, we have had tbem, and of the mo9t grateful jharacter. Yes ! we solemnly believe that a Providential interposition is about to rescue U9 from the cormorant tribes that have been fattening so long upon our substance. We /' have made them great and prosperous!? And they know not the source of their own bi prosperity! They "crammed and bias- It phemed their feeders." By tariffs, naviga- tb tion laws, internal improvements, and in- fo fernal appropriations, they swallowed up all our revenues. In their vanity and pride fr of heart they mocked at God?forgot him ar ?mocked at us?and now seek to destroy .Jj us! Shall God suffer the guilty, the pre- N sumptuous, the vain glorious, the usurpa- Q( tive, the aggressive, to thrive, and triumph f0 over those who have only been too submissive? No! Their insolence nearsitsend! They have reached the length of their ted- C( der! Henceforth, the South alone shall fe reap the large benefits and blessings of ti Southern culture and industry. May the great Father of the universe keep us, while tl enjoying the marvellous blessings of our c, own sectiou, from anyundue pride of heart! al May he keep us always duly mindful of h Him who is the great source.of all! ^ s! Charleston Mercury. ai - r( The Spirit of th e- South. aj H. B. Hayward writes to the New York ^ Examiner, through the Southern Rural Gentleman, of Grenada, Miss. : Suppose you take a note of the company _ just about me; its captain and Grst lieuten- e ant are promineut members of the bar, and ]( one of them a late United States Consul to Cuba. In it you will find physicians and tl planters fifty years of age, and boys of six- t< teen?men of families und wealth. ii The one next West is captained by an b acting judge, and members, in its ranks are I doctors, lawyers, merchants and planters, it some near fifty, and some worth hundreds e of thousands. Do you suppose you can ii conquer such a people as this ? A people, 31 too, who feel they are fighting for all they ri hold dear on earth. Suppose you step into g the neighborhood below me. Do you see a that old man there, with a head as white as ? ever nieu's heads are, and with a counten- ^ ance that betrays a will no earthly power lean bend, yet mild, with a Sharp's rifle in ii : his hand, and blanket on his arm, ready to a j march to the defence of his rights ? That | man 18 a minister or the (iospel?an ambasisador of the Prince of pe$ce, who for fifty 1 years has bowed at the footstool of sover- tl eign mercy, and plead for sinners "with a groanings that cannot be uttered," and who o can count church after church of his own v raising, to attest his fealty to his Lord. J His three sons?his only son-in-law, an t eminent lawyer, and the only grandson old 1' enough, are all mingling in the strife. Do C you expect to conqucrsuch a people as this ? ^ if you do you are insane. Let me give e you a fact. c A few days since, as the First Lieuten- ^ ant, Orderly Sergeant, and a few others of s the company about me were moving into f muster with colors flying, and drum in hand, g ' as they were passing a plantation, two lads * i plowing in the field, when tbey saw that t i Virnrinio flnn? l/iui) ftio Krao7? otnnnnrl fhoir 1 horses, and mounting them dashed up the ? road to join. The old man who was walk- I i iug across the field hastened back,, and the negroes seeing the flag threw up their hats aDdshouted huzza! for the Southern flag; * and while conversing there a moment, a rifle 1 i crack was heard at the house; the Lieuten- I ant knowing the family, and aware that i there wa9 not a white male member of it * but was present, asked who should be shoot- 8 i ing at the house, why said he, "it is the' c old woman preparing for war." And such 1 ' are facts all over this South. One spirit 9 i actuates this entire people, and they will be * free from you or perish. 9 Major Anderson's Slaves.?We find c in the New Orleans Delta the following 1 I letter from Judge Cocks to Major Ander- * son It is proper for us to say, that the ^ negroes were bought by Judge Cooks out r of a negro-yard,jwbere they had been placed d by Major Anderson for sale to the highest bidder, without the privilege usually al- j lowed families of slaves of choosing their j own masters: New Orleans, May 16, 1861. ^ Maj. Robert Anderson, late of Fort Siim ter, S. C.?Sir: You hold my three notes ^ for $4,500 each, with about 81,000 accuIn f i n f o fnof nil /Inn in f Kn mnr,f Vi r\ f III UIUICU IULCICOIj till U U U 4U kUC UJUtlkU KJI ^ March, 1862, which notes were given iu j, part payment for twenty-nine negroes, pur- ' chased of you in March, 1860 As I coo- ^ sider fair play a jewel, 1 take this method to notify you that I will not pay those notes; ^ but as I neither seek nor wish an advantage, gj I desire that you return me the notes and the money paid you, aud the negroes shall | be subject to your order, whioh you will j find much improved by kind treatment since tbey came ioto my possession. a I feel justified in giving you and the pub- S| lie i his notice, as I do not consider it fair q play that I should be held to pay for the p( very property you so opportunely disposses- r? sed yourself of, and now seek to destroy bi both their value and usefulness to me. 1 bi ask no more than to cancel the sale, restore Sc to you your property, and let each assume hiu original position; then your present ef- b< forts may be considered less selfish, because iD at your expense, and uot mine. at John G. Cocks. m From Tennessee.?From a gentleman from Tennessee, who was in our office this le morning, we have learned several interesting facta in regard to that State. The crops si are excellent, and far in advance of the ra same date last year. From appearances in now the farmers anticipate cutting thirty w bushels of wheat to the acre, and the reap- se ing will commence in a short time. He th states that the reported streosth of the Uu- be ion feeling is decidedly false, and factsgiv- an en by him prove it conclusively to our mind, fi* Voluuteers by the thousands are tendering gc their services to the Governor. Gov. Harris made a requisition for three thousand meD, and forty-seven thousand responded, lei The war feeling is running high, and one B\ hundred thousand volunteers could be had or if necessary.?Montgomery Advertiser, 18 th re instant. dc on Powder Mill in Arkansas.?The a i TnnlrcAnrtArf ( a *?lr ^ T1 ay n 7/7 am ttu o nAm/)nf> uatoovu^uiu y jLjlo* oajro u purruci mill has commenced operations on White River, turning out 2000 tbs. daily, and se: that another can be put into operation Di within a month capable of manufacturing a 1 1000 lbs. per diem. M v. , ,>v *" V r A Regiment of Indians.?The Peters lrg Express tbufi refers to the regiment of o idians, three hundred strong, now among c< c forces of the Confederate States at Nor- A lk: tl "These stalwart sons of the forest are t< om the county of Cherokee, N. Carolina. ? id under the skillful training of General a ickson, a dintinguished member of the o - - " * nu l._? I. orth Carolina senate, irum ^ueiu&ce, oicjij )w read; for immediate aotioa. A more)fa rmidable looking body of men, we are r iformed by a gentleman who has seen lem, never have been congregated on this mtinent. Not one of them is under six J et in height, and* being built in properon, they look more like modern Sampsons 1 ian anything else to which we can compare ? iem. The rifle has been their constant t impanion almost from infancy, and tbey t re confessedly the best marksmen the world < as ever seen. They shoot running or 1 ending with the same unerring certainty, c ad load and fire with a rapidity which is t ially surprising. Each man oarries, be- s des his rifle, a scalping knife and tomaawk." ^ Ex-President Pierce on the War. -The Boston Post publishes a letter from < x-President Pieroe, which conoludes as fol- < )w8: j "The very idea of the dismemberment of I le Union has always been to me one of * srrible significance. Still, if it holds a place 1 i the inevitable march of time?if the no- ' le fabric must totter to its fall?there is, humbly hope, no inexorable necessity that ? ruins be stained with gore. If ourfathrs were mistaken, and time has developed 1 a our system, or if the madness of their ' 3Ds has planted there, the germ of an ?irepressible conflict' whioh forbids us Ion- ' er to live together in peace, then in peace 1 r.d on iust terms let us separate. Fearful ! ~ * * ... * i rill be the responsibility of those who rould cast the last element of human woe 1 -that of arms for fratricidal slaughter? ' 3to the general chaos. The wisdom of lan fails?may God in mercy guide us." Important from the Gulf.?Arrival ! f the British Fleet There.?The arrival of j he Karnak from Havana, via Key West, t New York on Friday, brings intelligence . f great importance. The British fleet, j rhich Lord John Russell announced in the louse of Commons tho*)ther day, as having ' teen dispatched tqjfettrflulf of Mexico, to ook after British^^^Rts, is reported oil Jape Florida. TtWIWrth American and ( Vest India squadron of the British Govrnment is under the command of Rear Ad- , oiral Sir Alexander Milne, K. C. B., whose lag-ship is the Nile, a 90 gun screw-steam- i hip. He has under his orders a force of . ourteen ships and two hundred and twelve ( ;uns, all of which are available. A lienenant from ooe of the vessels had pot oflf o one of the reefs to inquire if the Styx lad been at Key West, from which it is nferred that that vessel is in the neighbortood. Ben. MoCullouqh.?The > "Southern Jonfederaoy" gives the following descrip ion of General iMcCullough's personal aplearance: "He is six feet high, slender and spare milt, but athletic and firaily knit. Go is ibout forty-five years of age; his demeanor |uiet, and has none of the tiger-like fierceiess of appearance that many have suppoed him to possess. His size, height and veight, the glance and color of his eye, the >tyle of his dress, his hair, beard and feaures, all resemble the far-famed and invin:ible Garibaldi more than any other man n the world, except the veritable Guisseppe , limself; and McCullough is not a whit belind that celebrated Italian patriot, in couage, skill and ability as a partisan comman- , ler." , A Determined Spirit.?Among the dississippi troops, which left for Harper's i'erry on Saturday, we met with one gen leman who has had the misfortune to lose lis right arm from near the elbow, but who, ltbough rejected as unfit for service, has letermined to follow his State troops, and j ake part with them in whatever conflict ( hey may be engaged. He fought gallant- L y throughout the Mexican war, and de , lares that be is jet man enough for any { alf-dozen of Lincoln's minions?the aim < f his rifle being as unerring as it ever was le pajs his own expenses, and is ready to icrifice all he possesses?a considerable ] jrtuDe?in driving back the invadere from , ur spil.?Lynchburg Republican. Gen. Lee.?There is not probably in the ( rmies of any country in the world a fiuei v ^ecimen of the gentlemen and soldier than t en. Lee. In his profession he has oo su ( erior, and when his preparations and ar ingements for the great struggle come to 2 known, it will be seen that nothing has \ een left undone which the utmost re c >urces of military genius and wisdom could ? iggest. His devotion to Virginia is uu j; sunded, and never, since the days of Wash- ,j igton, has she had iu the field a nobler [, id more eifioienc representative.?Rich- b and Dispatch. c Albeut Pike and the Indians.?A |i tter from Little Rock, Arkansas, says: 0 "Capt. Albert Pike has been coinuiis 3 oned by the Southern Confederacy to \ ise and equip a regiment of Indians foi >? stant service. The captain is an idol ol ith the Indians on oar border. He has tl cured to them so many comforts, and ti ey are so fond of hinry that he has often ieo urged by them to become their chief, id he can readily procure a command ol tr re thousand of them if necessary. He ,n les at once to the nation." b ***** at Ge.v. Wool at Fort Monroe.?We to irn from Hampton, says the Norfolk Zh7y Y oofc, thatMaj. General Wool, who, under ders from the War Department, was di J cted to proceed to Fort Monroe to con- tl ict operations there, arrived at Old Point N i Fridaj, and assumed the command under tt 3a1ute from the fort. tc ^ S( Military.?By a western paper we ob- tl rve that George Butler, son of the late n< p. Wm. Bntler, of this State, is captain of large company of Rangers, in Sonthern J issouri. A second son of the same fami- as The Texan Rangers?As an instance f the kind of riders these Texans are, a orrespondent tells the following incident: l loaded revolver pistol was thrown upon tie ground, the Ranger pots his horse up 3 full speed, and as be passes picks it up rithcut slackening speed, throws himself la Cammanchc on the side of the horee pposite to his enemy, being invisible to im, and under the horse's neck, fires each arrel of his pistol successively in the dieotion of the enemy. Southern Funds in New York.?The few York Bay Book, of Saturday, says: Southern fhnds are improving in New fork. The brokers put down the bills at irst at the rate of 60 per cent., but finding hat the people were not all fools, they have teen letting up. To-day North and South Carolina money can be sold at 15 per cent., Virginia at 12, and New Orleans at 10 per lent. It will be better than this before nany days, for Southern banks are to-day ounder and safer than Northern ones. Lincoln's Brother-in-law.?The Elaleigh Standard of Wednesday says: "Lieut David N. Todd arrived in our ;ity on Sunday last. Mr. Tood is a native )f Kentucky, but has been a resident of New Orleans for the last eight years. The gallant lieutenant was appointed by President Davis, and has been ordered to report jo Col. Holmes, now in command in the Dape Fear region.- - He is own brother to Mrs. Lincoln the wife of Abraham." Minie's Directions for the use of bis Rifles.?In a lesson of aiming, given by the chief of battalion, Minie, the gist of his instruction was this: "Always press the butt against the sbaulder in aiming at a ear object, (without the hausseO raise the shoulder, in order to bring theiUursight up to the level of the eye; inHHf at a distant object with the higb^^Wf^nwer the shoulder, so as to bring the top of the hausse on a level with the eye^^^^ Not on a "waa^BtorijJiHSPbe Goshen (Ind) tire following statement of the milit^ status ot Elkhart Couoty: Twenty old flint muskets?breach load- % ing; twenty ramrods, ten cartridge boxes; Four umbrellas, two thousand nine hundred ind sixty pocket pistols. The muskets are eery old and entirely unfit for service, but :he poclcet pistols are perfect, with the exjeption of corks. Seceding Wives?The Norfolk correspondent of the Petersburg Express writes : Mrs. Commodore Pendergast, who is a Southern lady, is still in Norfolk. She refuses to join her husband at the fort?says she will never live with him again, and it is reported that she will apply for a divorce. The wife of another reprobate who is at the fort, is in Norfolk, and has a pistol loaded, with which she says she intends shooting her liege lord upon sight. Another Terrible Earthquake.? In addition to the six thousand lives lost by the earthquake at Mendoza, South America, it is stated that San Juan, situated ooe hundred and twenty leagues north of Mendoza, had been nearly destroyed by the same earthquake, with an estimated loss of three thousand lives. The earthquake approached from the direction of Valparaiso, and great anxiety is manifested to hear from that quarter. Powder Mill at Kingston, Georgia. ?The Rome Courier is credibly informed .L . 1 I f J .LT7! A mat a company nas ueea iormea an Kingston, of which Col. John D. Gray is a prominent member, for the purpose of commencing immediately to manufacture powder. The saltpetre cave near that place contains an abundance of nitre almost pure, and scientific men will soon turn it to immense value to our country. Andrew Jackson Donelson.?The Vicksburg Whig, of the 15th inst. says: "We are delighted that this gallant old patriot, after cliogiog to the Union until further devotion would compromise Southern honor and imperil bis native State, has announced bis determination of going into active service and drawing the sword given iiim by General Jaoksoo in defence of the , South." "Coercing" a Circus Man.?Dan [lice's circus flotilla was menaced by the uob at Ciucinuati on Friday night last.? rhey demanded that Rice should hoist the Union flog instead of his own. He repell- id corercion, brought a howitzer, charged vith slugs, to bear on the in b, and defied hem ; put on steam and stood for the Kenucky shore, where he safely moored. The Batteries of Fort Somter.? iVe were informed yesterday that there arc iow no le?s than fifty-three heavy guns uounted on Fort Sumter. Among them i the large 10-inch Columbiad which Anlerson had elevated in the tcrrepltin pointug towards the city. This, we learn, has een placed en barbette ?Charleston Mer ury. y, Woo. Butler, is a captain in the service f South Carolina, as the histoiy of Fort umter will show. A third brother isCapt. I. C. Butler, of the Edgefield Hussars.? fephews alike of Col. P. M. Butler and f Commodore Oliver S. Perry, these genemen bid fair to make their mark ou the mes.?Edgefield Advertiser. Western Finances.?The currency oubles out West increase rather than dilioisb. Kentucky notes were thrown out y three of the Cincinnati Banks on Friday, ia tne rest win roiiow example, perhaps, i day. At Chicago, exchange on New ork is 30a35 per cent, premium ! ^ 16^ A New York paper says that twenty toasand of the loveliest women in the orth?yoang, beantifal, and tenderly nui> ired?have offered their services asojwSes i attend the invading aMayST'iHjcoIn.? ome villainons editor out West' suggests lat a great many of them will probably sed nones before the campaign is over. Folly nses silence for a mask as often i does wisdom. * A r