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Business Cards, of a half-square orless, will bo inserted at 43 per year. For each additional line, 41. Announcements of Marriages or Deaths ; Notices of Religion* Meetings published GRATIS and solicited. ?3?** Tributes of Respect rated as advertisements. Obituary Notices exceeding one square in length, will be charged for the overplus at regular advertising rates. .'Personal Communications, when admins! ble; communications of limited or individual Interest, 01 recommendations of Candidates for offices of honor, prof it or trust will be charged for at from 3 to 10 cents per line. Prom Port Eoyal. The Savannah Republican has obtained direct and exceedingly interesting news frum Port Royal, through Mr. John Chap lin, whose arrest by the Yankees at Dawfnskie we noticed aboat a week ago. He was taken by his captors to headquarters, on Hilton Head, where he was kept up to Wednesday afternoon, when he was dis charged from custody and allowed to return. Mr. Chaplin left Savannah on Wednesday morning, 20th ult., and reached Dawfuskie the afternoon of the same day, his object being to. look after matters on the estate of Mrs. Dunn. Next morning he was aroused from sleep by a tumult in the house, and was about leaviog the bed when a' lieutenant and six armed men entereo the room and arrested bim. The part) were piloted to the house by a runaway negro belonging to Mr. Pope, on tbe same island. Tbe negro told them that Chaplin and live other white men bad oome to the island to shoot down all negroes, in order to keep them from falling into the hands of the federals. Mr. Chaplin was taken to Hague's Point, some six miles distant, and then passed over to Hilton Head, and to the# residence of Mr. Lawton, the head quarters of Col. Terry, of the Connecticut regiment. On Monday last, he was con ducted to Fort Walker and into the pres ence of Gen. Sherman. Sherman catecbi sed him with regard to his business on uawiusttie, aoa alter learning ic, expresseo regret at bis arrest, bat told hitn be woald be discharged only on condition of his ta king an oath not to bear arms against the United States; otherwise be mast go with other prisoners to Fort Lafayette. It was a common thing on the* island for the fede ral troops to say they would regard no oath administered by the Confederates, and as ' turn about is fair play," Mr. Cbaplio en U-red iuto the obligation with a similar re nervation. They tried to persuade hitn tc retnaiu, and offered hiiu employment at go.d wages; but tie declined. They alsr tuid him he would be hung should he return to the Confederates after takiug the uatn lie says he was kindly treated whilst uu the island and iutroduoed to most of the officers. They poiuted out the Wabash and Susquekunnah, saying it was they which did so much execution in the late battle. The officers told Mr. C. they had 25,000 men on the island, and he supposes the statement not far from the truth, as the tents were scattered over a space of about four miles square. He counted sixty-three vessels of all sizes, lying in the bar opposite Fort Walker, the name of which has been chauged to Fort Welles, in honor of the Liucolu Secretary of the Navy. The Lincoluites are loud aod bitter in the denunciation of the South Carolinians, and express a determination to annihilate them. Ttiey express the belief that there are pleuty of loyal men in Georgia. (Judge they will hud us all so ) Fort Walker was but little injured in the battle. The guns Wire much deranged by the fire of the fleet, but tney are all again iu position and the embankments iu perfect order. They have a large body of island negroes employed on entrenchments across the whole width ol the island, about a mile south of the fort, on which they intend to plant guns when finished. Tue uegroes have been promised lull wages for their labor. The eoilou wa: wasting iu tho fields, aud the ground perlectly white with the locks.. Tne uegroes were also employed in gathering the corn and potatoes and housing thetn. No houses had been burnt on the island, as heretofore stated. Ou Bull's Island everything was burnt before the inhabitants deserted it.? 'ine crops on Dawfushio are undisturbed, bur a portion of the stock has been driven o4- The Federal oiiieers spoke with much felicitation of the fine time they would have .?<iou reveili..g in tire splendid halls of Mr. tModdaid and Mis. Mougin, on Dawfuokic, wliioli iliey had selected for taeir wiutei quarters. 1'iie Federals told Mr. 0. there were tw< lleets now e/i route for the South?one un der General Butler, for an attack on Char lesion, the other uuder Burnsides, aud des lined for Savannah. They are detertninec to take boil) cities by land and sea attacks They are well aware of all obstructions ii: our channels, haviuz received full infor ' O uiatiou through spies.. They seemed to re oard them as no obstacles to their progress : ?. e'suukou vessels they would easily blow up Oy the u.d of their diving belis, anc their tugs would hud no hard job in pulling up the pilings. Tney seemed equally pos ted in ahairs generally oa the coast, anc Mr. 0. thinks from their conversation the\ get the b'avaunah and Charleston papert regularly, ti.oi.gh be saw uoue in the cauip Capt. Cuthhert, of a Carolina company who was oaptured at Fort Walker, wa *>ent iu irous a few days ago by sea to For Lufuyettc. Mr. Chaplin r.-mained on the island a liberty, but uot to depart, until Wednesday last, when the followiug pas9 was furuishe* him: Benyard Plantation, Hilton Head Island, S. C., Nov. 27, 1861. Mr. John Chaplin baa leave to take hia boat and return to Dawfuskie Island. The pioket guard will pass him through their line to-day. Capt. D. C. Rodman, ? Com. Co. B, 7th Reg't Ct. Vols. Approved by Col. O. Terry. Gideon Starr, Adjt. 7th Ct. Vols. On leaving the island, Gen. Wright requested him to give his respects to Gen. ; Lawton, an old acquaintance with whom he graduated at WeBt Point. He expressj ed great personal regard for Gen. L., and bis regret that he (Gen. L.) should be eni gaged in suoh a cause. r Gten. Sherman sent word by Mr. C. to William Dunn and other planters on Daw fuskie and Hilton Head, that they must ' .1 _ 1_ -.1 1.3 return to tueir Homes) mat tue^ wvum uui be disturbed if loyal to the Lincolu Government. The Federals are erecting wooden buildt iugs on Hilton Head, and making other improvements that indicate a permanent , tenure of the island. Indeed, they say they intend to erect a city on the North end : that shall rival the finest in the South. Mr. Chaplin brought over from Hilton Head five of Mrs. Dunn's negroes. From the Savannah Evening News, 38th November. A Naval Fight in Our Harbor I Immediately after the arrival of the news on Monday morning that the enemy had made a landing on Tybee Island, and that several of their war vessels were anchored in Tybee roads, Commodore Totnall got bis little mosquito fleet?at present comprising three small steamers and one gunboat? ready, and in the evening went down to his anchorage near Fort Pulaski, where he: remained during the night. From Captain Cercopely, of the steamer Ida, who arrived here from below Inst eveoing, we learn that at about half past twelve o'clock yesterday, the Commodore, with his little steamers, sailed out aud gallantly at racked the enemy's fleet of six war vessels. Two of them being nearest and in reach, returned the fire briskly. During the enaapfiment. which lasted about one hour. o~o 1 'I some forty or fifty Bhots were exchanged) with the enemy's vessels. The'" shot and I shell from the eaemy flew thick and fast over and around our little steamer, but without doing aoy injury. No one was hurt on our side. The damage to the enemy is not known, though it i9 believed by those who witnessed the affair that some of our balls took effeot on their vessels. Finding it impossible to draw the enemy in range of the guns of Fort Pulaski, our gallant and intrepid Commodoro gave up the jnequal contest and retired to his anchorage. We learn that there was, last evening, six large war vessels ioside the bar, one of which, a very ltfrge frigate, wa8 towed in over the bar by a steamer yesterday afteraoon. We also learn that the enemy have estab lished their pickets all round Tybee as far up as King's iandiDg. We understand that the general ioipres-, tiou below is that the Yankees are concen-| crating their forces, and that as soon as they | have got a few mo~e vessels over the bar j chey intend makiog an attack on Fort Pu-j iaski. Wo hear it reported that they have also] landed troops on Warsaw, and have pitched j their tents on the island. If they have taken possession of Warsaw they will bo able to cut off our water communication with Florida. The movements of the enemy during the past few days indicate a purpose on their part to get control of this port. No time should be lost and no means neglected iu putting our defences in the best possible jondition. Now is the time for prompt and decided action. From Uie Columbia Guardian. ^o'jaawuuLuuit) jn.uapxi.ax. Two very eligible buildings have been procured. We would earnestly sqlicit supplies for this hospital. Contributions may be sent to me at this place. 1 will also receive and deliver supplies intended for any particular regiment or oocupany in this vicinity. To the extent of tny ability and the means plaoed in my bands I am willing to labor for the comfort of our brave soldiers, who have rallied to the defence of our beloved State, our homes, our altars, our all. Geo. Lee is here. It js generally conceded that he is the riyfit man in tk,e r\yht place. Would not the transfer of Gen.: I) II. IIill to our and his own coast have i given unbounded satisfaction to our upcountry troops,^ and also to the gallant , Xorth Carolina regiments, who have so' promptly and boldly come to our help against a wicked, but mighty, foe? Great activity in military matters prevails here Our soldiers are in high snir ? i its, and anxious to tuee} the enemy" on 'the j main. The 13th regiment of South Carolina volunteers is encamped at this place. It ( is a splendid body of men, commanded by bra*.-; and skillful officers. It will not disappoint the highest expectations of the couritry. good tnauy of tbia regiment are 3ick, but they are fortunate ia having t the services of such skillful, faithful and j ooble harted surgeons as Drs. Kennedy 11 aud Kilgore | I hud the pleasure, a few evenings since, ' I of witnessing the dress parade of Col. Dunovaot's regiment. As there is but little i sickness in this command, the companies were nearly all full. And I assure :you I '! was proud th'at York had Lancaster were 11so well represented in a regiment so iiu posing aud so well-disciplined. Tbe de"i termination is fixed deep in every heart, | and is plainly legible on every ccunteu. ance, at any cost, and at every hazard, by '! the help of God, to'drive the Yankees into 'jtheir "hidiog places" cu the water, if they ' j should have the mau)iqes3 to come out on '! the main land. Yours, &o , " J. MONROE ANDERSON. 1 Coosawhatchie, Nov. 25, 1861. t Rolla, Mo., Nov. 21.?The advices y frotu the South were that Price had abani doned his positiou at Cusaville, and was moving towards Neosho. | Convention Between the Confederal States and the State of Missouri. Whereas, it is the common desire of tl Confederate States of America and the Stai of Missouri, that said State should becou: a member of the Confederacy; and wherea the accomplishment of their purpose is no prevented by an armed invasion of the te jritory of said State by the United States land whereas, the interests of both deman i ' that they should make common cause 1 the war waged by the United States again the liberties of both : Now, therefore, for these most desirab objects, the President of the Confedera States of America has conferred full powo on R. M. T. Hunter, their Secretary i State, aod the Executive power of the Sta of Missouri on Edward Carrington Cube and Thomas L Snead, who, after havir exchanged their full powers in due foru have agreed to the following articles : Art. I. The State of Missouri shall I admitted into said Confederacy on an equ footing with the other States composing tl same, on the fulGlluient of the conditio) set forth in the second section of the Act i the Congress of the Confederate States, ci titled "An Act to aid the State of Missou in repelling invasion by the Uoited State and for other purposes," approved Augu 20,1861 Art. IE. Until said State of Missou shall become a member of said Confederate the whole military force, material of w< and military operations, offensive and d fensive, of said State, shall be under tfi chief control and direction of the Presidei of the Confederate States, upon the suoj basis, principles and footing, as if sai State were now and during the interval, member of said Confederacy?the sai State force, together with that of the Cor federate States, to be employed for the; ; common defence. I Art. III. The State of Missouri wil whenever she becomes a member of sai Confederacy, turu over to the said Confer erate States all the public property, navj stores and munitions of war, of which sh may then be iu possession, acquired fro; the United States?excepting the publi loan?on the same terms and in the sum manner as the other States of said Confec eracy have done in like cases. Art. IV. All expenditures for the prose cution of the existing war, incurred by th State of Missouri from and after thosiguin of this Convention, shall be met and prov ded for by the Confederate States. Art. V. The alliance hereby made b< tween the said Confederate States and th State of Missouri, shall be offensive an defensive, and shall be and remain in fore daring the exi9tiug war with the Unite States, or until superceded by.the admit sion of said State in the Confederacy, an shall take effect from the date thereof, ac cording to the Drovisions of the third sec lion of tbje aforesaid Act, approved Augcu 20, 1861. In faith whereof, we, the Commissioner of the Confederate States of America an of the State of Missouri, have sigued ao sealed these presents. Done, in duplicate, at the city of Rich mood, on the 31st day of October, in th the year of our Lord ono thousand eigb hundred uud sixty one. (Signed) R. M. T. IIUNTER, [l. s.] E C. CABELL, [l. s.j Til OS. L SNE.VD, (l s] The New Orleans Floating BatteryLouisiana to the Rescue. The telegraph has already announce that, the appreheaded attack on Columbus Ky , had given rise to much excitement i New Orleans, and that Commodore Hollifi and his gallaot little fleet, with large reii: forectnents, were about embarking to th rescue. The New Orleans Jiee has the fo lowing on the subject: We are informed that seven Louisian Regiments and three battalions are soon t depart for Columbus, Ky., to reinforce th army of General Polk.' Several of thes commands already have their marching oi ders, and of one, Col Scott's cavalry reg ment, a battalion has already gone forward Colonel De Veuve's regiment is rtcruitio yet in this city, but is near'y complete The other commands are as follows: Ttiirteentb, Colonel Gibson, now at th [lj)wer fortifications j Sixteenth, Colorn ! Pond ; Seventeenth, Colonel Heard ; an ! Nineteenth, Colonel , Camp Moore I Eighteenth, ColoDel Mouton, at the uppe ! fortifications j and the Qrlestis rifle baital ion and the new battalion at Camp Lewi> These reinforcements will give Polk, in al seven regiments and three battalions of ir fantry, oue regiment of cavalry and fw tympanies of artillery from Louisiana, wit a strength of about 8,000 men?nearly ti many as the Dumber of Louisiana trjof on the Potomac. We wiil still have lei for home defence abuut 0,000 troops iu ck tivo service, and 30,000 volunteer Stat troops, with a reserve of ubout'hO.OOO ru litia. The floating battery, lying at the foot i Bienville street, was visited by thousand j yesteruay, and the wharf was thronged a day. It was iu charge of Captain O liar and M -dor, with a detachment of the pel can (guards. Capt. 0'l{ara goes down t j the raft for a few days, and duriog thei 'abseooe the battery will he guarded by dt tails from Company A We found a mor ster sweet potato ad jraing Captain O'ilam' tent, ami were curious to know its si^nit ! eance. On inquiries, we learned thai jearly io the morning, Captain O'ilara di: covered an ox swimming down the rivei and shrewdly supposing that it was a trai oruus beef, who wanted 'o run out to th enemy's fleet and supply them with fres meat, the Captain went out in a boat an towed his oxship to the shore, a prisoner i war, and made hiru a present to the Frt Market, io acknowledgment of which th committee presented him \yith the mau moth potato, which he intends prcsentin to the enemy at the first chance, from th mouth'?4*Upe of his 10 inoi: Culumbiads The Memphis Ap^aul says Co ouiodoi Flollius parsed through tint city ou tl 20th, en mute tot Columbus. iian S&~ Secretary Chase iutends appoiutin a collector for the port of Beaufort, as th Yankee Goveruuicut will make it a porti entry. te1 The Manufac tures of the South. j From the circular which we subjoin, le1 (says the Richmond Enquirer, of the 24th,) Le it will be seen that the Government, properte ly appreciating the vital advantages to be s, derived from the developement of the a w bundant resources of the Confederacy, is r- about to make the subject one of special i) inquiry and investigation. The statistical id result of the comparison desired to be iuiri stituted wiH possess the deepest interest to; st our people, establishing?as we think it fully will?to their satisfaction, the entire le and unqualified ability of the South to suste tain herself independently of the North, rs Mr. Calhoun is reported to have said that of the South, if thrown upon her own resourte oes, would be able to supply her every want ill wholly from the products of her own soil, irr tnn^ tro orn nnnfii-lanf flinf frVin nf fViaf. r? j, assertion will be conclusively established,! should the blockade oontioue for one year >e more. It was to the diversion of her oapal ital and business energy from commerce to ic manufactures which the war of 1812 oceans sioned, that New England owes the vast uf prosperity 6he has since enjoyed, and we 11 are quite sure that the blockade and its neri cessities, io stimulating the energy and ens, terprise of our people, will be attended with st equally fortunate results. We trust the inquiries of Mr. Memminger will be promptri ly and comprehensively responded to, not y, only by the Mayors of cities to whom they ir may be adduessed. but by private iodivide uals possessing the desired information, te The task of collecting and arranging the it statistics thus obtained, will be entrusted, le wo learn, to Mr. J. D. B. DeBow, editor d of DcBow's Review, whose ability acid exa perienco offer the fullest assurance that the d report will be both interesting and valuable, i- Confederate States of America, ir Treasury Department, Richmond, November 10, 18R1. I, To the Honorable , d Mayor of ? -, 1- Will you be kind enough to-furnish for il the use of this Department, if it can be Ciobtained, the information asked for below, ii at the earliest convenient date ? c What branches of manufacture, or other e industry, if any. within your limits, whioh 1- did not previously exist, have spruog up duriog the existing. war, aud to what exs tent, aud what enlargement has been made e of previous manufactures ? ir If nn nhsnoos Imrn lalrnn nl?<?A in tinnr f- -- "" "ft? v?? { ? j i- manufactures, please, if convenient, give any faeiB relating to such as exist in your i- neighborhood, e Your obedient servant, a C. G. MEMMINGER, e Secretary of the Treasury. 3 Sons of Temperance. d The Grand Division of Sons of Temper>. ance of South Carolina has just closed a ?. harmonious session in this city, it being ii the annual session The following members were elected and installed officers for s the ensuing year, viz: d Rev. John Cum?eper, G. W. P. d VV. J. Cook, 0. W. A. W D. Cook, G S. i. G. S. Bower, G. T. e 0. D. Lee, G C t A DeLora, G. Sen. Rev. A. G. Stacy. G. Chap. The following places have been selected for the meeting of this body for the next year: Cheraw, 4th Wednesday in April; Greenville, 4th Wednesday in July;Co lumbia the Wednesday after the 4th Monday in November next. Among othor imd portant business transacted at this session was the unanimous adoption of the followu iug preamble and resolutions: is Whereas the politioal union which oace i existed between the Northern and Southe em States of the then United States of ! America 1ms been permanently dissolved ; and whereas the members of this Grand a Divisiou are well satisfied that any longer 0 intercourse with a people who have exhiK; 1 e ted a bitter and unrelenting hostility to its our people and their institutions is incom r patiblo with our best interests and degra1 ding to ourselves I 1. Resolved, That this Grand Division g does hereby sever its connection with the - National Division in the United States of America, and declare its independence or e the same. ;1 2. Resolved, That this Grand Division d recommends to the other Grand Divisipns ; in the Confederate States of America to r take early action qpqn the sqbject of these I resolutions, and hereby invite a oonven1 tion of delegates from all the Grand DiviI, jsions iu the Confederate States ai Atlanta,| i Georgia, ou the first Wedoesday in May " next, for the purpose of organizing a Nah tional Division for our own Confederacy, is Resolved. That the Grand Scribe be, is and he is hereby instructed to send a copy ft of these resolutions to all the Grand D.ivisions in this Confederacy, t* T;h. following delegates were appointed i to the proposed Convention at Atlanta :? lion. J. B. 0 Neall, B D. Townsend, A. ?f M. Kennedy, S. S. McOully, Rev. Jno I- Oulpeper, Rev. A. G Stacy, D R. Bartoo, ii Jas. Topper.?Columbia Cfuqrdiyn. i CLOTIiINQ FOR TIJK YANKEE PRISON0 Etis?-General Wool, at Fortress Monroe, ir has received from General Huger, at Nor?. folk, the following letter, authorizing the i. sending of clothing and other articles of 's comfort for the Yankee prisoners : 1 Headquarters Dep't of Norfolk, t, November 9, +?tU i S:r.: I consider myself fully authorized j r, to reply to the inquiry made in your letter J t if the 8th instaut. My governmeot will i i! allow blankersaod other articles of clothing) L nfliiocc'i ro fni? flin of nriuonnrj nf ! |] iivvtacui j iv? u?v< wiuiui V v> pu^vuxiiu v | a war to be sent to them. Auyauoh articles! ?! you may send to uie will be promptly for j ?u warded to the Southern Express Company, a-{ami money may be sent to. pay the freight! j jhere, or may be paid uu delivery, g j Very respectfully, your obedient servant, it- Benjamin IIuoeb, Major General Cjuunanding Department, oi Major General John E. Wool, Corn10 uiauding Department in Virginia. The New Vork Herald says of this arrangement : ig T e Quartermaster General of the Uoited i#6tjktes will provide blankets and clothing of for the prisoners of war, and forward them through General Wool, in accordance with the terms of the letter from Geo. Huger. It is farther ascertained that this arrangement has been accomplished without compromising the Government whatever. Proa the Atlanta (Georgia) Confederacy. A case of considerable interest is now pending, and comes before the Confederate Court in Knozvilleon next Monday. In that oity, owing to the number of disloyal persons in the country, it was decided that no one should leave the place without a passport j and the Military Board, charged with the matter, adopted as simple and unexceptionable a process as was possible to enforce the regulation, with as little vexation and delay as possible to all persons traveling. They drew np the form j of a pledge of fidelity to the Confederate I Government, which they simply required every traveler to sign?do matter whether he was a Uoioniat or Secessionist, and thereupon a passport was granted. The Register, of the 13th says: Mnj. F. S. Heiakell, one of the oldest, most well known and respectable citizens of Knox county, residing some ten miles from Knoxville, on Monday applied to the Board for a permit to leave the city, but refused to comply with the regulation above stated. The Board under the circumstances, deolined to give him a permit; whereupon, he undertook to leave the city without, but was arrested by the guard upon the road and brought into the oity. Maj. Heiskill, who is a Union man, very . freely expressed bis condemnation of those proceedings, and made such comments upon the streets as led to is3nance of a warrant for his arrest by Confederate States District Attorney, upon the charge of inciting rebellion Consequently he was examined yesterday before Commissioner Reynolds at the court house?Hon. L C. Haynes appearing as his oounsel, at the solicitation of his friends and relatives. After hearing the evidence in the case, and the arguments of the attorney general and the defendant's counsel, the commissioner decided to hold Maj. Hciskell to a recognizance^ef-twenty thousand dollars for his appearance to answor at the term of the Confederate Court, to be held in this city, beginning on the 4th Monday of the present month.?Atlanta Confederacy. News About tue Harbor.?The steamer Chesterfield, Captaio Flyan, being in the Confederate service, was yesterday employed iu attending to several matters of military importance in the neighborhood of the oity. She took to a neighboring island a large number of able-bodied laborers, 1 who were brought here by their owners from St. John's and St. Stephen's to aid in placing the city io a thorough state of defence. We were much pleased with the appearance of these servants, their clothing being of the most comfortuble deseription, 1 their physical development good, aod eve- ' rything about them gave indication of good ' management on the part of their masters. Their owners weut with them to direct 1 their labor, and to seo that they were prop ( er!y oared for. While the steamer was ] landing them, several heavy columns of 1 smoke appeared to the southward, which 1 was supposed to arise from the fields of pat- 1 riotio planters who were busily employed 1 in burning King Cotton. At this point 1 the Calhoun Guard, Capt. Dawsoo, were 1 camped, their tents being pitched in a most ' pleasant spot, andjhe soldiers were busily engaged io attending to their duties. They 1 are employed ia guarding an important ' road. 1 The Chestcrfichl, after discharging her 1 freight at this point, proceeded to Fort '' Sumter, near which past she used up a part of the day ia laying a new telegraph wire. ' The line previously put down did uot en- ' dure, and this new wire was prepared with ] great oare, and was yesterday most sucoess- 1 fully placed in position by Messrs. Alexau- ' der, Saville, Hobbs and Deuby. A gun 1 was fired from Fort Sumter, and one also 1 from Fort Moultrio, on the oooasion ; and I on the return of the Chesterfield to the city ' a salute was fired from her by some amateur artillerists. The forts in the bay appear to be in excellent condition and in complete trim to ' meet the enemy.? Charleston Courier. The Governor's Mes^ge, TV very recent meeting of the Legisla- ' ture, at which Govornor Piokens submitted 1 ( his views in full of State policy, rendered j another message almost unnecessary. But the attempted invasion of the State has ( caused him to give a few more observations ( and advice. Tho fact of the successful landing of j troops within our borders has very properly occupied bis attention, qnd hg cdmmuui- . cates the. fact t^nd tho rcaaonable deducible ! inf0renoes. That such defences as were 1 prepared could not keep out au immense .' fleet are very apparent, when it is oonsid 1 ered that the distance between the battc 8 ries was three and a quarter miles, and the 1 nrmami>nt sn innnrisidpriihlii Thfl immfliiaA. ? ly heqvy atqaament of WdcoIo's flcot could * not bo successfully opposed?four hundred 8 guns against foriy. He alludes to the condition of affairs in ( the revolutionary times, with a fair contrast j of the present. We reoeutiy heard a gen j tletuau from Beaufort mention that the c Governor had iuformod a Committee. from [ that place that the batteries could not protect them but against marauding parlies? t. that should an attempt be made by heavily ? armed vessels, they could land and over ? come any of our defences?but that then ^ an army of large force could prevent any advance oa Charleston or the Staty. ^he result of t^e l^te attack shows the Govern- ? or's foresight. We have no douht of the t future. t His financial recommendations are spe- t oially worthy of legislative consideration.? 'I hose in relation to developing the industrial rcsouices of the State are particularly [ worth the notice of the members. If there r ever was a time in the history of South t Carolina, when every energy of her oitiaeas c was needed, hew is that time. Tne enemy t is oiose by and we need every effort to rule 1 him out. Our latest advices seem to indi- t oate an utteuipt to advance on the main, c where they will find some trouble. i Carolinian, j Kentuoky Independent. ru88elvillk, Ky., November 26.? The Sovereignty Convention, which has been in session here for three days, finally adjourned this evening, after the transaction of business of deep and vital importance to the freemen of Kentuoky. A Declaration of Independence and an Ordinance of Separation were adopted. A Provisional Government was organized, and consists of a Governor, Legislative Council of ten, a Treasurer and an Auditor. George W. Johnson, of 8oott, was obosen Governor. The Legislative Council is composed of the Lyons; John W. Crockett, of Henderson ; James P. Pates, of Barren; James S. Chrisman, of Wayne; Phil. B. Thompson, of Mereer; J. P. Burnside, of Warren; H. W. Bruce, of Louisville; J. W Moore, of Montgomery; E. M. Bruce, of Nicholas; George B. Hodge, of Campbell. The following gentlemen were appointed Commissioners to Richmond: H. C. Burnett, of Trigg; W. E. Sims, of Bourbon; Wm. Preston, of Louisville. Other offioers will be appointed by the Governor, with the advice and consent of fhfl TiPcrialatioo Drtnnnil * ?vjijiUfWWfv vyasiauuu* Alt Executive sod Legislative power are vested in the Governor and Legislative Council. Acts dono by the Provisional Government shall have the concurrence of a majority of the Legislative Counoil, and the Governor. The Counoil may fill vacancies. No member of the Council shall be made Governor to fill a vaoancy. The old Constitution and laws of the State, exoept where inconsistent with the acts of this Government, are declared in force. Sixty-five Counties are represented in the Convention by more than two hundred members. The proceedings and final aotion of the Convention excited great enthusiasm. The Government goes into operation at Bowling Green immediately.?Special Ditpatch to Louisville Courier. Opening a Cotton Port. The Yankees profess to believe and announced that by obtaioing possession of Hilton Head and the harbor of Beaufort, they have "nnened a eotton nort." and Lincoln, it is * i r ?' ' said, is about to make Beaufort one of bis ports of entry, and appoint a collector. We are of the opinion that the office of the collector will be a sinecure, and that all the cotton exported from the port of Beaufort could be Exported in a fishing smaok. Seriously, is it not one of the absurdest ideas of all the absurd ones that have appeared to enter the brains of the Yankees, that they could find on the coast of South Carolina, one man, that would export a bale of cotton or become a customer for Senator Simmons' Rhode Island notions ? ? For thirty years the people of South Carolina have looked forward to the present day?for thirty years they have been pre paring fot the storm that bas burst npon as; for tbat time too the fathers of this State have been instructing their sons in the lessons of the true State Rights principles and doctrines, and impressing upon their minds that their highest duty was to resist the march of despotism, the early neps of which were first discovered by them, rhink ye that suob a people will barter their rights or sacrifice their principles at suoh aa hour as this? The patriotic fires that light up our seacoast, as hundreds of thousands of dollars are given to the flames, ire a sufficient answer. And the people of the whole Southern ieaooast are animated by the same spirit ind governed by the same patriotic principle, so that if the invaders even have it in heir power to take possession of islands ind harbors, they and those who might detire to take advuntage of that possession will find that instead of opening cotton porta they have sealed them most effectually.? Guardian. A Picture of Kentucky. The New York Times frantioally appeals to the North to resoue Kentuoky from :he Southern vandals, and painta that fair and in such glowing colors as these : It will he strange, indeed if Kentucky,: iftor wearing for half a oentury the historic and blood bought appellation of the <dark and bloody ground," should, in these ater years, and in the dreadful civil war )f the republic, earn a yet more deep stained title to its historic fame, foit the pralestined doom of all the fairest lands of :arth that they shall drink the deepest of \qman blood, as they do also of the ohoiieat dews and rains of heaven; Kentucky s one of the garden spots of earth?mild n climate, exuberant in fertility, pleasing he eye by noble pasture land, and gladden* ng the hearr. by teeming wealth of hold md fruit and Sower- Sijoh homes are seen lowhere else, eaoept perhaps in England? iq lordly are the mansions, so large the exjanse of well trimmed grazing land, so fat md fine the herds that browse and rest beleath the friendly shade. It is a rare md grodly land. Its traveled citizens, in -be pri(> a- d satisfaction of their patriotsm, often call Kentucky the "ftuly of the Jnited States"-r.so. jjquhy are its skies, bo rc,Qial its airs, so prodigal its cultivated ield, so bright-eyed and joyous its maidens. Such is the State that is now to bo struggled for. On its fair bosom are to be fought, tot only the battles that determine its own lesliny,- but the battles of the godless amlitiou of other nonulatioos, seeking there o iry their bloody issues. How Tike It ily, indeed ! The latter, the battleground if Europe, and fertile with the blood?waeriag of nations. Kentuoky, the doomed heatre of the dire struggle that rages beween the American States. East Tennessee.?We have been hap >y to meet with Col. Swaq, one of the Hep esentatives elect from East Teonessee to he Confederate Congress, who is aow in iur city for the purpose of advising with he Government us to the state of things in iast Tennessee, and the best course to be aken with'reference to it. We are happy o learn that the disaffection ia that regiou s by no means extensive.?Richmond Dit latch. From the Islands. The steamer Gen. Clinch, Capt. Dexter, , arrived here on Satorday night from Jehos- 1 see Island and neighborhood. The Lin- 1 oolnites had not got beyond Fenwiok'a Is- I land, and no event of importance bad trana- < spired for several days in that vioinity. The planters on Hntohinson and Fen- < nick's Islands have all burned their crops < and removed their negroes-. These places i are located in St. Helena Sonnd, near the i the Ashepoo river, and are easily approaoh- i ed by the enemy's gnnboats. i Later.?A private letter, dated the 29th < nit., has been received from Hutchinson's < Island, stating that on that day one of the < enemy's steamers had approached and landed a force of two hundred men, who I broke into the overseer's bouse and plun i dered and carried off everything valuable i about the premises. They then proceeded ' to the residence of the proprietor, the door of which they forced open, and demanded from the servants the keys of the wine eel lar. The wines, however, had previously been removed. The marauders, after committing some further petty depredations, skulked off to their boats, fearing, proba' bly, a surprise. Immediately npon their departure, the torch was applied to the buildiog containing the crops, and soon little was left upon the rich plantation exoept heaps of smoking ashes.?Charleston Mercury. Washington, Nov. 29.?Large numbers of Lincoln's Congressmen had arrived for the meeting on Monday. The reports of the Departsmenta are voluminous. A Boston paper says Slidell and Mason are pleased in being allowed to read the ' , papers at Fort Warren. They have made the acquaintance of the political prisoners, and are allowed the liberty of the garrison. The Yankees are jubilant over the affair at Tybee, and the surprise and rout of the piokets of Radford's Cavalry by seveb hundred Federal cavalry, at Drainesville, the other day. They publish tho official report of their success. Burnside's expedition is nearly ready.? ; Ten regiments are afloat. There were sev- 1 enty desertions from one regiment after 1 payment. A fhir<4 mannA ifrnA^ifinn nndor flunf. David Porter, of eighty vessels, is making ready. i The European intervention in Mexico is oomiog to a head, and it is now certain that the French ships-of-war vrillreodez voas at Havana between the 15tb and 20th of December. I The Canadian Press on the Mason , and Slidel Capture.?We perceive that the Canadian press still continues to make i unnecessary bluster about the arreft of Slide!! and Mason. The fact is that tho most of the Canadian journals are direct'.y hostile to the government of the United States io this struggle against rebellion, and they make the oapture of the rebel envoys a pretext for showering their abuse upon the , Federal Government, and making'as much j bad blood oat of the matter as possible.? 1 They resemble a pack of dogs yelling aaJ ucujjr' \jthw twtvrt vw(*/ icr* Toe Dispatches.?The Norfolk Day 3oofc says it has hoard that the Y&akees lid aot get the dispatohes of oar couimisioners when those gentlemen were arrestd. Prior to the arrest, the dispatches, to> ;ether with Confederate diafca for Urge aaounta, had been put into the British mail ag aod were not molested. The Day look does not give its authority for the tateuieot, which we hope is true. Washington, November 22.?So far 9 ascertained Lord Lyons has taken no otion on the subject of the .Mason aod tide!) arrest, nor bad any conversation on ie subject with the State Department. The New York Pott says that English itters state that the British government jfases clearances to Federal vessels hivig cargoes of arms and monitions of war. It is stated that no less than 7,000 iqu uiot at Poeahontas in this State io 48 ours after the news was given them that iiocolaitos were marching on that place, nned with shot guns, rifles, &c , to repel he invading foe. Gray haired fathers and tripliugs (as one, of abont fifteen summers aid, who was armed with a scythe bUde) rere ''going to kill some of them dera fankees."?Clarendon, (Ark.) Standard. A Stinging Company.?A Memphis laper, announcing the arrival of a company if volunteers from Piaquemine, Louisiana, ays: Jr'-'All the officers had sword belts male ot attlesaake skins, while the privates wore r nttie-snake rattle in their caps. V \ barking, and making all the noise they can " at the sight of a stranger, till they are silenced by a word from their master. When they hear bow muob more moderately the ( English press discuss the event about which they are so clamorous, they will i slink away, with a suppressed growl.? , Those who have the authority for talking < big and threatening, are usually the very | people who sound the loudest trumpet.? ( As neighbors, if not frieads, the journals j of Canada ought to have some regard for ( truth, reason and decency in their discus- ( sion, and not allow their passions to run entirely away with their prudence.?Hew York Herald. 1 |>n < Incidents at PoaT Royal.?A cor- * respoodent writes us as follows: A foray was planned into the enemy's country last night, which resulted very successfully.? For some time'the enemy had been "ex- ^ cursioning it" in large parties to Ball's Is- t laud, distant some five or six miles from a this placo, making it a depot for runaway ( negroes and plander, and a station whence ( they oould be transferred to Hilton Head. Last oight a party of thirty or forty went ^ down, under command of Capt. Kirk, with muffled oars, hoping to secure some "food i for the halter." The Yankees, however, i had exercised to laudable a prudence that o they had all retired to their stronghold on o Hill ton Head- By slipping rapidly and t sileatly up the bluff, however, they succeeded in astonishing some forty "oootrabands," p who were politely conducted to the boat, p and returned to their lawful owners. Hev- p ing applied a match to the oorq house, (the k cotton was already burned,) and looked in e vain for a Yankee physiognomy, they returned to BlufftoD, arriviug at dawn. ^ [Charleston Mercury. ^ The Fires of Patriotism !?At eleven 3 o'clock last night the heavens to the south U west were brilliantly illuminated with the pntriotio flames ascending from burning ^ cotton As the spectators witnessed it, ^ they involuntarily burst forth with oheer after cheer, and eaoh heart was warmed as with a new pulse. Such a people can never be subjugated. Let the holy flames con * tinue to ascend, and let thedemoosof hell, a who ootne here on their diabolical errand, S learn a lesson and tremble. Let the toroh tl be applied whorover the invader pollutes our soil, and let him find, as is meet-, that i< our people will weloo ne him only with de n vustation and rain. Our people are in ear ti ne?t?men, women and children?and their ? ?HI an o aortfo/l Hiilnnanat. rtaunuut'3 win wu?u-4 ?o ? u*v>v?? to God, crying aloud for vengeaooe agaiost! ^ the tieuds in banian shape who are diagra! j oiog hnroanity, trampling dcwQ civilisation, a and would blot qqt ChristUoity. ^ Charleston Courier. South Carolina CoastCharleston, Nov 29 ?The patriotic * planters of the seaboard are hourly apply* iog the toroh to the cotton and rice crops. Some have authorised the military authori* p ties to destroy their orops, to preveut the c savage enemy from getting possesion The s plantations on North Edisto and neighborhood, and elsewhere on the coast of Caro* r lias, are one sheet cf flame and smoke. a Action of the Synod of 8. 0, at \bbkville C. H., with Reference to CHE state OF THE COUNTRY ?The folowing resolutions were offered by Re*. J. 3. Thornwell, D. D., end unanimously a- iopted: ?? 1. Resolved, By the ministers end oilers composing tbis Synod, not in their ecjlesiastical osptoity as a Court of Jesus, but n their private .eapaoity as citizens, and a convention of christsin gentlemen, that our. tllegianoe is due through the sovereign State to whioh we belong, and shall be reo? iered to the Government of these Oonfed3rate States, as long as South Carolina re- 'Cj mains in the number. v 2. Resolved, That the war whioh the U. States are now waging against us, is unjust, cruel and tyrannical, and in contravention of every principal of freedom, whioh their fathers and ours bled to establish. S. Resolved, That we are firmly persuaded, that the only hope of eonstitndoual liberty on this cootineat is ia tbe success of the Confederate cause, and that we pledge ourselves, and we think we may aafefy saythe Presbyterian people of these States, to uphold and support tbe Government in every lawful measure to maintain oar rights and our honor. 4. Resolved, That we heartily approve of the appointment by onr President a day of fasting, humiliation and prayer. Oub Pbivateebsmbn.?The Washington correspondent of the Baltimore Sun '' writes: ./ . . 4 The arrangements made by the ConfedBtate Government to hang a namber of Federal prisoners in ease of the anticipated condemnation and execution of privateersmen as pirates, brings that matter to a practical issue. The privateersmen, at the late trial in New York, were not found guilty, tbe jury having disagreed, though there was no want of evidence as to the facta.? The Uoited States District Attorney intimated that ho should oak for a new trial, bat it is for tbe Executive Government to determine this. Upon another trial there ma; be a conviction, and nothing hut the intervention of Executive olemenoy oan ?ave the oonviots. SFT"7ITO F AS V 1MVSS Pnft#t?HA?? A - few days sinoo Col. Forrest, of the ' Fur* rest Rangers," & splendid regiment, statiooed at Princeton, Caldwell county, hap. peaed very conveniently to arrive with a portion of hie command at Fort Ferry, on the Ohio, a short distance below Casey vi lie, while a steamboat was discharging some 14,000 worth of floor, bacon, &o , belong, ingto the Federal Government, and intend* ed for the use of the Yankee troops in that ^ vicinity. Col. Forrest very kindly offered to take charge of the shipment, and had it forthwith loaded into wagons which he,-^ brought with him to Princeton. Just as' the wagons had disappeared over the bill, a Yankee gun-boat appeared at the landing but too late to do themselves any good or the ('rebels" aoy damage. Not a pound if freight on the boat belonging to private individuals was interfered with.?Louitvilli Courier. Hff Richmond, Nov. 26.?President Davis >* (o-day sent a message to Congress, in executive session, concerning the secession of Missouri, accompanied by an able letter from Gov. Jackson; al-o, the act dissolving the Union with the United States, and in act ratifying the oonstiMtioo of the Pco*^ visional Government of the Confederate States, and a convention between the commissioners of Missouri and those of the Confederate States Congress nnanimousy ratified the convention entered into be* ween R M. T. Hunter and the com misdoners for Missouri. Look out por Cocnteopeits ?We sere shown yesterday a counterfeit 610 bill m the Bank of Cape Fear, Wilmington, N. j. By observing the bill it may readily be leteoted from the genuine. The names of .he President and Cashier on the latter are written, while those on the eoantetfeit are tngraved. The vignettes on the counter* eit are also badly exeoated, the hands of he reaper not being visible. The eyes are Jso dotted as with a pen. The only wriiog oo this counterfeit is the number and he word Washington. The paper has a ;reasj appearanoe.?Charleston Courier. Bubnthb Cotton.?We are authoried to contradict the report of orders havng been issued from headquarters, or any f the officers, prohibiting the destruction f cotton or rice in danger of falling into he hands of the enemy. The commanding offioers at all of the ex* iosed points on oar coast have received positive iastruotions to barn or destroy all iroperty which cannot be conveniently ta* en away, and is likely to be seized by the