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W^PHfpaaios 01 ?.cli arm will bc re
?HP&fas Companies, ur.der their own offi
P?r8,.imii' the Legion will be^ndepjandeot,
a?.jffi?^ it can be. It will be ccmj&i?rod
snl>jecfto Call at any ti aio,' anp^ffwelvo
months if necessary,- anj^^any portion
Cnntains/^flwWieS"wLo wish honor?
able serrSagMPPa favorable organization
; cjg^bato'immediately with Col.
gBppRVat the llihs House.
IrBALTiMORE, May 2.?The Senate of Ma?
ryland have adopted a resolution recom?
mending the appointment of a Committee
to wait on the President of the United j
States, the President of the Southern Con?
federacy, and the Governor of Virginia,
?with the view of Bringing about someunj
dorstancUng^whereby civil war m^3^^
preyxjnteo!.
^Patriotism in' NASHrn-ls^^1*. t>
Powers gives nctico thatjF three
houses which he will letfree, to
the families" of men \a^S? ^to the ser?
vice; and WV.J. .J^teman, offers ton
houses for the saj^PurPOse. James Cor
bitt and E. #^Sie1, *"30 make similar
offers m^^/cheoi-s for these noble land?
lords of^Tilloj_
jx't Want an Appetite.?The
fratain Democrat is responsible for the
Jllowing:
A disappointed candidate called for an
"eyeoponer" in the Orleans Hotel. Sac?
ramento. The barkeeper speedily com,
pleted a cocktail, and was topping it off
-with' absynth. "What's that??what's
that?" demanded the man outside the
counter. "It's absynth, sir: it'll give you
a good appetite." "appetite, h-11! take
that stuff out; take it out! I don't want
no appetite?what's a feller want of an
appetite when he haint got money enough
to pay for his breakfast!'*
Portsmouth, April 26, 1861?Nothing
new here. The battery at the Hospital is
virorously prosecuting. There are about
800 troops there, composed of our own
volunteers and the four companies from
Georgia. There is a parade every even?
ing, at G o'clock, when the grounds are
thronged with ladies, cheering by their
presence and smiles the men who aro to
defend them.
Gen. Robert Lee.?We' have already
announced that Gen Robert Lee. lato of
the U. S. Army, has been appointed by
C^tiio Governor Commander-in-Chicf of the
'. '?;Army of Virginia.
Gen. Lee is a son of "Light Horse Har?
ry," of immortal fame, and is well known
as one of tho most accomplished officers of
?italate U. Hi service It was Lee who
engineered tue victorious march to Mexi?
co, for which tho greatest flunkey of the
age got all the credit. A more heroic,
Cnri3tian, noble soldier and gentleman
could not be found. We extract the fol?
lowing just tributes form the Lynchburg
Virginian and Alexandria Gazette:?
Richmond Dispatch.
. New York Brutality.?"Wo under?
stand that George L. Samson Esq., of Vir?
ginia,, now residing in New York, has
been threatened with mob violence in
that city, and under that threat compell?
ed to subscribe to tha war fond. He was
; .' also ordered to hoisl; the U. S. flag, and,
upon refusing to do so, the mob brought
a rope and threatened to hang him in?
stantly if he did not comply. The South
will loun; huve reason to romember New
York.?Ibid,
Tennessee Troops for Virginia.?At
a Southern-Rights meeting in Nashvillo,
Tenn., on the 22d inst, a dispatch from
Governor Lotcher. of Virginia, calling up?
on G?v. Harris for tureo regiments, was
read, as was also tho rosponco of tho let?
ter, stating that the troops would be ready
to move in ten days.?Ibid.
Tho war spirit has aroused the inven?
tive -genioiw of our mechanics in the way
of making more effective weapons. A.
few days ago we noticed a breech-loading
gun invented by Mr. Henry Stibbs, and
erdav ;we saw the model of another
pattern~niyvehted by Mr. J. W. Vanhou
tcn, which posseses some important and
peculiar advantages. It is quite'simple
in its operation. The breech has an ob?
long mortioo running entirely throug it
perpendicularly, Into which is fitted, with
great nicety, a steel chamber containing
the charge, Tho chamber is, supported
in. its position by a pin running under?
neath it, and removed by simply with?
drawing the pin, when it drops entirely
through ti e mortice of the gun and is
caught, in another mortice which runs
down tho trail of the carriage. The op?
eration is sr.mple, and can be performed very
rapidly, as with half a dozen of the cham
? bers the pieco can be discharged as often as
\ one can be dropped in. It also seems to
be secure from any premature discharge.
The number of chambers provides against
i\o difficulty of heating.?Savannah Re?
publican
Look Out !?Wo make an extract from
a letter received a day or two since, from
Hen^ersonville, to put our citizens on the
look <sat for suspicious characters.'
" Tf'e emissaries of the Black Republi?
cans aVe among us. They set fire to
Farmers mills on Tuesday night, and the
out-hou&s attached to Ms hotel on Wed?
nesday \jight. His loss is about ?1,200.
Be on tha look out. During the public
meeting %re a fellow, who was suspected
of being concerned in cutting down the
flag polo ai.Flat Rock, was troatcd to tho
ancient mole of locomotion, a ride on a
rail last night. T hajy; 1 n.nr>a oommittee,
known a3 th? '?Trotters,' aiTesTSetf'ttoe vi }
two more susoected of being birds' of tho
mie feather: What their fate was I
"not learned.?Asheuille News.
?o Dye Black.?Hang yourself by the
feck to a bedposi
'^icitch that,'"'
n'tlemetv dsafc
Tvitb. he^aste
ai||0Hnond
rough the
saw a party of
travel and panting
These were ithe Wall
ruankorB on their way to the White
!tjC Soo the New York;iZ<^ -
port's as
, . V' i. iJ in Heaven's name
ro
ston Iii?1 proceecDng"* "
lenf-t till sonie-arbitration could
or Now York would be ruined
Spaldinghadfrorn^^^h?i,
m N0S.__Tke city^v^fiiment of
Bo^i are offering tS? del ars per
monVh besides the i^'f government
toy to volunteersi^u^de the South
So" after allJF vaporing iibout the
thousands w]^0?2 ?ing everjrwhere in
the North ><^ sustain the government,"
seemsj*^ ^ *s Pa7 that brings out
(jl0se Jp?unteer3. But the money will
no^F^j, and when it is exhausted vclun
hg in the North will be a islow busi
A Present to Gen. Gwyn.?The patri?
otic and generous citizens of Petersburg,
tho "Cockade City," have presented to
Gen. Gwynn a splondid charger. The
horse is of a high breed, dark bay color,
and fully caparisoned in every respect to
suit the rank of his rider.
The Volunteer Regiments..?The sev?
enth and eighth regiments of the South
Carolina Volunteers -were reviewed in
Charleston on "Wednesday.
The Governor has thought it advisable
not to disband the two regiments at pres?
ent, but to order them into encampment
in tho interior. Tho seventh regiment
will encamp at or near Aikon, and the
Eighth at Florence.
Buchanan's Subscription 65,000.?Ex
President Buchanan has subscribed the
sum of S5,000 for the equipment of volun?
teers at Lancaster, Pa.
A private letter from Richmond, Va.,
states that 90,000 Virginians had volun?
teered to bear arms. So far'the authori?
ties had only boon able to enroll G2,000.
Gov. Brown's Proclamation,?Mil
ledgeville, April 26.?Gov. Brown has
issued a proclamation, which will appear
in tho Milledgoville_papers, prohibiting the
payments of all debts to Northern creditors,
and directing the payment of all money
into tho State Treasury, to bo refunded
with interest, at the end of tho war to de?
positors.
A Cute Transaction that Didn't
Pay.?The Savannah News, of "Wednes?
day, says:
" J. A.Brown havingclearcd the schoon?
er A. A. Handel with a cargo of rico for
Ponce, Porto Rico, on Monday, sent by
the captain a lettor notifying two other
vessels, the J. A. Brown and Harriet
Gardner, bound for this port with cargoes
from Cuba, and then off the bar with pi?
lots on board, not to enter, iia consequence
of which notification the vessels sailed for
Boston. The facts of tho case coming to
the knowledge of Sheriff B. L. Cole, Mr.
Brown was brought before Collector Bos?
ton, who, upon proof of his violation of
the law, enforced tho penalty provided
for in such cases of $400 in each case,
which amount, with ten per cent, dis?
count for bank bills, was promptly collec?
ted by Mr. Brown was, ws -understand,
afterwards waited on by a committee of
citizens who gave him till Saturday next
to arrange his affairs and leavo the city.
Right,"
The Philadelphia North American la?
ments the fact that so few of the North?
ern people are acquainted with tho use
of arms. Not one in a hunGrcd of the
filthy multitude who aro shrieking for
war in New York has eye? seen a gnu,
except in a shop window.
Fort Washington.?This Fort, a few
miles below this place, has bocome a nui?
sance, should bo abated. As things now
aro, it has the control of the river, and
exercises with it a vast deal of insolence.
-.11 vessels aro inspected; some have been
fired at, and numbers turned back loaded
with wood.?Alexandria Swtinal,
Col. J. Foster Marshall.?The Mont?
gomery correspondent of the Savannah
Republican, writes:
Gen. J. Foster Marshall, of South Caro?
lina, has tendered to President Davis a
Legion of Cavalry, for tho regular service,
to serve the whole campaign, at thou* own
expense, and equipped and accoutred for
the field without any cost to tho Govern?
ment. He personally advances to this
end the sum of ten thousand dollars, be?
ing the result of an accumulation of his
labor for some time past, and devoted to
the advancement and prosperity of his
idea of happiness, namely: life in a South?
ern Confederacy.
The End of Unionism in Arkansas.?
The Little Rock Gazette, probably tho
ablest, and certainly hitherto a most un?
compromising opponent of secession, thus"
defines its position in the present conflict:
We fairly and deliberately, in the light
of day, and in tho exercise of our calm
and cool judgment, take upon ourself the
position of resistance to, and rebellion
against, tho present Government of the
United States; and if there be any who
wish to denounce us for this as treason
against Lincoln's government, or war
against Lincoln, we are willing and ready
to furnish them the testimony, by the
commission of an overt act whenever an
opportunity offers.
Philadelphia, April .28. ?C. I. Inger?
soll has invited Ex-Presidents Buchanan,
Pierce, Fillmore, Tyler, Van Buren and
Hon. M. Broome to act as arbitrators to
settle differences between the North and
South. There is but little expectation
hero of any good resulting from the bro
jeet. ri*T- ?
) despatcpfrorii--Concord, N. H. says
that Ex-?n?ideut p-g^ in obedierfce to
a despatch JJ^m ^ r^Wsoll, of Penn
sylyania, Mls gone ty fjjfcelphia, and
perhaps Baif L* 0fl ^ ?
ate between the'? nt ^fre
DOUtn. \ s< - ^
c ankt^? - Inf?tr-cr.
ajer.
fr?ifl the proprietors, from
; (j v^S^^^S81*0 of the Intelligence? 'will bo sus
I JejHtt^initi! their return from the c.unp. We
Stfpw tho limes nre hard, but Hint will not relieve its
from the want of money loprocced with the publi?
cation of tho paper. Wo arc unable In collect
What is now due, no new advertisements, nor new
subsribers that send the dollar, and to continue
its publication under the circumstances, would inr
evitably be a losing operation, tc'o much so for the
pockets of young-men, just emerging into business
contact with the world.
We arc sorry for this, but it is out of our power
to pravent it. It only remains for us'to take leave
of our patrons with tho best grace we can, with
the hope that the wars will soon be over, the edi?
tors back to their posts, and ail things ng?tin move
on smoothly. Our career in the present editorial
race has been too 3hort, we think, to call for any?
thing farther, at this time, so jurst imagine us be?
fore you, with hat in hand, waving a graceful, and
perhaps a final adieu.
To the Patrons of the Intelligencer. \f
With profound regret and. aficr serious reflec?
tion, weighing well the point involved in the case,
we have concluded to^uspend the InieWgcncer from
this is -iie u^l our return from the- sjrvicj of- the
State, unless satisfactory arrangements for it3 pub?
lication call be made in tho meantime. The rea
'sons which actuate us in this course arc two-fo'd
and conclusive. The expenses of the office ans
materially increased by our absence and the in?
come proportionately decreased, owing to the
etringciit times and non-paying customers. Un?
der these circumstances, we arc left with no alter?
native but to discontinue it3 publication tempora?
rily, aud make the bent of' existing and surround?
ing events. When the country will need our ser?
vices in tho tented Cold no longer, we shall then
rolura, and taking up the pen in tho placo of the
sword and title, give our undivided attention to
the IntcUigtncir and seek to merit the continued
favor of friends and patrons. Of course, subscri?
bers will lose but little substantially by the delay,
fo.i the entire volume or year will be given I hem
when its publication is resumed. Besides, a large
proportion of-our readers have been receiving the
paper nearly a year, and have only a few moro
numbers due them. But we will not impugn their
patriotism, generosity and love of country so far
as tC' even insinuate they will be greatly dissatis?
fied with our course, when tho necessity is brought
about onlg by both editors having donned the uni?
form of the "Palmetto Riflemen," and are seek?
ing io defend their section against tho invader.
With Ihis explanatory card, wo bid farewell for a
season: IIOVT & HUMPHREYS.
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John T. Homo?Again.
Tho " Madison County Republican," a paper
published at Anderson, Indiana, was . handed to us
last week, in which this dclcctablo piece of human?
ity is exhibited as the most abused of God's 2 crea?
tures. Had nornc gone to the North and iold the
truth, ho would no doubt have received sympathy
and aid from the mad fanaticism that reigns there,
but the utter recklessness of his falsehoods, shall
if we can effect it, debar him from it. Home says
he was robbed of two hundred and twouty-fivc
dollars in money, six hundred dollars worth of
tools, and five hundred and scvonfj'-nine dollars in
notes, took his wife and children from him, took
him to the woods, and gave him about one hun?
dred and fifty lashes, and all for uttering a few
Union sentiments.
These are the principle mistatcments of Home,
but there arc several minor ones equally devoid of
truth. . The facts of the case were published at the
time in the papers at this place, but nauseous as
the imbject is, wc wilt substantially repeat them.
Horao was arrested for uttering and writing alolir
lion sentiments, and convicted upon tho most irre
fragiblc proof, and then by his own confession,
when he was informed that ho must leave. Hin
notos were assigned by himself to secure dcbt<
that he owed here, but what money he had on
hand (thirly-scvcn dollars) was not touched by any?
body. Ho was then offered fifty dollarsSnorc and
his tools, or one hundred dollars and to lcavo his
tools. Ho chose the latter alternative, so that
wit i fifteen dollare aud fifty cents given to ht3 wife
and daughter at the depot, he left here with one
hundred and fifty-two dollars and fifty cents, given
to him openly by tho friends of his wife and
daughter, and,not one dollar was slipped into his
pocket by Union men as he states, for there was
not a Union man here to do so. Horno was then
informed that whenever he would send fifty dolhv.-s
here, that his tools should be scut to him, and thiat
premise was made by such men ns he knows wou ld
[ fulfill it. As to the whipping, he received twenly
lashes with a single strap, instead of one hundred
and fifty with a double strap as he states, and he
then acknowledged that the citizens of this pla;c
would have been perfectly right in hanging him,
as he was a traitor to his country, and thanked
them fur letting him off so lightly.
As to his assests left hero, when his tools arc
sold for the most they will bring, and if all his
notes should prove good, ho will still lack two or
hundred dollars of paying out here what ho owed.
That big spree told of by Horne, has never 3 et
come off, and probably will not, until he returns to
take part in it, when it will bo closed by Home
himself, dancing at the lower end of a tight rone.
These are the material facts of tho case, and will
be attested when necessary by all the citizens of
this place, and not being one of them, wc will say,
that thcy^ are equal in respectability in moral
worth to any community in this, or auy other
country. If any reasonable, correct thinking man
of Indiana wishes a correct attested statement of
tho case signed by the citizens here, they nan
probably get it, by addressing the Ilun. Jami:s L.
Oan, or Gen. J. W. H.vunisox, Anderson Court
House, S. C.
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Sain, Crops, &c.
We have at last got a.good rain, and it has came
in time too, to fully rcsusitatc vegetation, and en-,
able the farmer to proceed profitably with his
work. jJvery hand should now be put to work,
doing all that can bo done, make every blow tell,
and with a fair season, we may expect their labors
to be blessed. The times are stringent we know, but
that should incite us to greater perseverance. We
are in hopes that the national buffoon at Washing?
ton wiU socn eithcr-rclent or get well whipped,
when our boys can come home again, and enjoy
with us the fruits of our labor, well content to live
under the blessings of peace. But let what will
come, wc can have the satisfaction of knowing
that our condition is, and will be far better than
that of those who arc now pouring out their thou?
sands to cut our throats. The South can sustain a
three years war better than the North can one,
and then recover from, it in a fourth part of the
timo that they can. - I
WaWbe xnistri^6."1 7? wnfitently expect
to setter the"^?? le?l0?s ?* tkc fie1^ of
Yir^'nia a***^1"^'anU> as "t"c ^*P~ scatters the
^^^^Toaves." Shoild wo be disappointed, end
I jj^'Iocusts1' ?rr^ra over our Southern land to de
^WeS? our substance, should the Vandals overrun the
country to. burn, pillage and destroy, they'll have
to kill all the men of Southern birth before they can
1 gratify their fiendish desires.
W?i extract tho above from the "Pee Dee Times,"
and 'rill add by way of improvement, that they'ill
[ have to kill many a man too that ?was born on Nor=
tiierji soil. Many of us came here when young, have
married Southern wives, raised Southern families;
havo arrived at n proper knowledge of Southern in?
stitutions, Southern feelings and Southern Rights,
and jre too must be annihilated, before the hordes
of No'.'thcrn fanatics that now?biuzsrd like?hov?
er u pon the borders of our land, can quietly enjoy
tho spoils of a conqueror. We would not lightly e
[ jeet from thcctorclicuso of our memories the scenes
of oar childhood and youth, but whatever anguish
it aright cost us under other circumstances, there is
not a doubt as to what is our duty; and that duty
wc ;;hall perform1 tho it may call us to cross swords,
or lock bayonets with those of our own blood.
All of onr male household who are old enough,
arc now in tho service of the "Confederate States,"
whan they are swepj. away, wc stand ready to take
their places, and battle, until the la3t drop of the
blcod Which has so long coursid through onr vein3
siurfl have besu poured out upon Southern soil, and
^fith every confidence in the justice and equity of
cur cause, we nnhesitatingly appeal to the God who
shell judge between us, to defend the right.
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#2?? The "Editorial Correspondence" by W.
W. II., should havo appeared hist week, but ar?
rived too late for insertion in that issue. We think
it will still be of some interest to the numerous
friends of our Lieutenant.
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I>o you like strawberries ? Well so do we, and
?wc assure you that those sent to tho ofiice by
o .ir frieud, Mrs. 33., were most delicious, and elici?
ted a vote of thanks from all hands. They were
the finest wo havo seen this year. May the fair
donor never want for a good supply.
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Editorial Correspondence.
Camp BoQtET, Columbia, S. C, April 29, 10G1.
Dear Intelligencer : It wa3 our purposo to have
written last week, but to have done so, would have
involved the necessity of neglecting other and im?
portant dutic3, as to our future punctuality we
make no rash promises at least, not until wc havo
'jeeomo most thoroughly iuitiatcd into the myste?
ries of camp life. It wa3 thought necessary last
week, fj-om the crowded and compressed state of
V Camp O'Connell " to divide the command, a de?
tachment tinder a Lieut, are now quartered, as the
heading of this article will indicate at Camp Bo
quet. The origin of this poetical soubriquet may
be traced to tho multitude of exquisite llowcfs
which decorate different portions of the otherwise
barren walls of Barracks ; votive offerings of pa?
triotic iadics to gallant soldiers. At all times aud
under auy circumstances, theso manifestations of
kindness would impress the heart with deep feel?
ings of gratitude, but under present circumstances
a new mode of expression must be invented to
give uttcraucc to the deep and unqualified appre?
ciation felt by the recipients of such favours.
Every day witnesses additional acts of kindness
upon the part of tho citizens towards the soldiers.
Since establishing ourselves in our new quarters,
wc have to acknowledge (and it is with great
pleasure) favors from Mrs. Noivni, her neice Miss
Maky D-, the editor of the Carolinian, and
and many others; matrcssea have been tendered
for tho benefit of the sick, which were politely de?
clined, through^car of adding too numerously to
tlio sic/: list. Edibles which the veriest connois?
seur could not improve upo:i have made our hearts
glad. Wo wifT say-en ;j,iesant, though it might
have been as appropriately said elsewhere, that
this city challenges the world for tho beauty of its
daughters, which u equalled .only by their patriot?
ism and unselfish devotion to the cause of their
country. Few will leave it without cherishing
deep.and lasting impressions of the warm-hearted
hospitality of its citizens. There are at this time,
wc believe, near two thousand two hundred (2,200)
volunteers encamped about the city. Being a
member of the Palmetto Riflemen, we sec but little
of the other companies, consequent upon the man?
ifold duties which wo all have to perform, pre?
cluding a frequent" intercourse one with another.
A call was made during last week upon the differ?
ent companies composing the -1th Regiment Tor
volunteers for the Confederate service, the Pal?
metto ItitTSMEX responded with a will ta tho call;
we believe not less than seventy-five (7")) signified
their willingness to go any where it was thought
they could best serve their State, or the great
cause of their country. Other companies re?
sponded with equal promptness with the Rificnien,
and are ready, willing and impatient to meet the
invader and teach him that the successful culmin?
ation of our efforts in the victory of Sumtcr i*bnt
the beginning of the cud of this war of sections.
The Palmetto's have b<?en several times compli?
mented?twice by receiving invitations to parade
before the young ludies of the Methodist College.
Through the indefatigable and untrying energies
and attention of Capt. Whit-neb, they aro winning
golden opinions, and attaining an enviable repu?
tation for their proficiency in the art Militare. In?
deed thoy were beginning to be vain of their at?
tainments until they witnessed the precision with
which the Arsenal Cadets performed tho most dif?
ficult and intricate evolutions.
The Butler Guards arc, wc believe, returned the
crack Company " of the 4th Regiment, and one
of tho companies that iiave transfored their ser?
vices to the Confederate States. But as Sergeant
James has doubtless furnished you with matter
more interesting and more in detail?for <he pre?
sent, wc bid you adieu! W. W. II.
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From Baltimore.?Our latest dates
from Baltimore, by mail, arc to Tuesday.
The Sun has the following :
The city, yesterday, was again quiet,
though there was a greater number of
peoplo on the streets than during Satur?
day and Sunday. There was no excite?
ment of an)'- consequence, and the police
records at night showed that the people
arc disposed to assist tho police in the
preservation of good order, by refraining
riom anything that may bo calculated to
produce excitement. But few arrests
were made during the day, and these for
trilling offences. A perfect good feeling
appears to prevail throughout the city,
tmd the excitement of the past week hav?
ing almost entirely subsided, most persons
having turned their attention to their pri?
vate affairs, though ready at a moment's
warning to respond to a call of the au?
thorities, should necesity require.
The Savannah JS'cws rejoices over tho
arrival in that city of a cargo of ice from
Nova Scotia, tho first of a Tike fleet, and*<j
says Yankeedoodledom can freeze up now
and close their ports, if they wish, as wo
are independent of them even'for their j
great staple. ' ?
Extracts from tlie ColamlAa Press.
Special Despatch to the South Carolinian,
Charleston, May 2.?The news of the
secession of Tennessee was enthusiastical?
ly received in this city, JBells arc now
ringing and cannon fifing.
Montgomery, May 2.?in the Congress,
to-day, Mr. Wright, of Georgia, introduc?
ed a bill authorizing the President to ac?
cept volunteers without the formality of
a call on States; referred to thcMilitary
Committee. ;
Mr. Bartow offered sundry resolutions,
which were unanimously passed, express?
ive of the Southern Confederacy to Gen.
Beanregard and the forces of. South Car?
olina, for their gallant and successful ser?
vices in the bombardment of Fort Sum
ter.
Mr. Bartow offered a bill, which was
passed, providing for the appointment of
as many chaplains in the army as the
President considers expedient; the sala?
ry to be eighty-five dollars per month,
without other allowances!
Alexandria, May 3.?-Troops are still
pouring into "Washington from all quar?
ters of the North and West, and rumors
of an attack on Alexandria are rife.
The bridges on the Baltimore and Wil
miugton railroad, lately destroyed are
being rebuilt.
Maj. Anderson left Philadelphia to-day
for Washington.
Montgomery. May 3.?A-model for a
seal of the Confederate States Govern?
ment was offered to Congress to-day.
Congress' will hereafter meet in the
Hall of Eepresentatives of Alabama.. The
business in Congress is generally unim?
portant?as most of the session was held
?with closed doors.
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Montgomery, May 5.?Congress was
in secret session all of1 yesterday. The
injunction of secrecy was removed from
an act passed providing for tlie formation
of a regiment of Zouaves.
A resolution* was adopted albwing all
persons in the slaveholding Stales desir?
ing patents to filo caveats with tae Attor?
ney General.
Gen. Beaurcgard and Mr. Ruisoll, cor?
respondent of the London Times have ar?
rived here.
There is nothing new hero fron. Pensa
cola.
Alexandria. May .5.?The citiiens tiro
very much excited by a statemcit that
Alexandria, Virginia'will bo occupied by
federal troops to-morrow, who will ad?
vance from Washington by tie Long
Bridge. f
Five transports, with men aiji muni?
tions, passed up to Washington t>-do.y.
Lincoln visited and inspected he navy
vard to-day.
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Mobile, May 5.?The Coninentals.
ICO strong, left for Montgomery to-day,
and there .were also on'board tiv-sloamev
several resigned federal militari officers
from Toxac, intending to offer heir ser?
vices to the Confederate StatesLJovern
ment.
Annapolis, May 3.?The Maryland
Senate to-day, by a vote of fourtjen ayes
to eight noes, passed a resolution ^point?
ing Governorifleksj Bsoldpl T. Cambers,
John ?. L. MeMahon, Thomas jFinans,
Thomas G. Pralle. Louis Lowe i\d Wal?
ter Mitchcl, a Board of Public Sajty. A
deputation agreed to by both Ernies, and
consisting of Otho Scott, IiobenM. Mc
Lane and Wm. J. I'oss. receive'; a com?
mission to proceed to Washingm, and
ascertain whether any becoming rrange
ments are praticablc in connectifi with
the maintainancc of the peace ail honor
of the State, and the security of itjinhabi
tants in regard to occupation dits soil
and tho property of the State b)- ie Gen?
eral Government.
Patriotic Conduct of a SiAre.?A
slave in Lexington, Virgmin, has blunta
rify commenced taking up a suhsription
among his colored friends in thj place,,
for the relief of the families ofpldicrs
?who have gone to fight the Nortlirn Ab?
olitionists. When last heard ofae had
raised the sum of $100.
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The Threat.?The National 'RqatuU
can" in its issue on Thursday, i Wash?
ington, thus announces tho policimd the
purposes of the Lincoln Goverrtent:?
w There is to bo no pace except Don the
basis of the nnqalifiod submission!! those
Ln revolt. There is-to be no retention
of any protended Southern Coniieracy.
There is to bo no peaceble asstfc to , a
separation of those States. The^overn
ment is to be maintained, in ta plain,
straight-forward way in which ;1 Gov?
ernments are maintained, by coeion.?
Tho loaders of the conspiracy a to be
driven out of the country or to Wanged.
A VOICE FROM OLD LINCOLN, (NV ABE.)
Extract from a letter from a yowjman in
Lincoln, iV. C, to his uncle in is city:
" I am on the eve of departn/to assist
in defending the rights of the frith from
tho aggressions oi a lawlcssfrorthern
horde." Tlic South has stronqirms and
bravo hearts to defend her an^hcy must
and will do it?must let " Ololbo " and
hia myrmidons know that we (the South
are a people " who know our/ghte, and
knowing dare maintain them:'I belong
to a company formed here pled ?; the
Southern Stars," and we waijto illumin
ato Washington with gunpfder. Our
old friend Mr. S., in a disc<rse to the
volunteers 3-esterday, propcd to torn
Washington into a penitentif. Where
so much villainy has bee concocted
would be a lit phicc for the spiation of
of crime. Our company ives in the
morning for Raleigh; wher/we will bo
ordered from there we do/Ot know?
wherever duty calls we wilje found.
If it be my fortune to di0n tho field
of battle, let me " look proiy to heaven
from tho deathbed of fame
A dispatch, dated Harrisbg, 27th inst.,
says:
" The English Minister,brd Lyons, a
few days since, dispatchedls first Secre?
tary to tho Montgomery ^ernrhent, on
?important business. It ijnderstood he
carried information to J:. Davis as to
the position which Engjd intends to
assume towards the ConfVrate Govern?
ment,"
Tue Blockajhsu. Fleet.?Wo cxtracfl
the following information from the Wash?
ington Star of Thursday . evening last,
which is the latest paper recived from
that point: -The Star is one of Lincoln's
minor organs, and. we presume, keeps
pretty well posted up in the coercion
movements against the South. The threat
that not a bale of cotton will find its way
to market is all gammon, so long as the
navies of England and France ride ^thd
seas, and their spindles and loems decant*
a supply of raw material:
We learn thaf?g, dozen vessels of Com?
modore Stringman's fleet wiil very short?
ly put to sea. It is 'to consist of at least
fifty war vessels of various descriptions^
accompanied^ by sufficient steam trans?
ports for the accommodation of a land
force at least 20,000 strong. Thus it will
prove sufficient to make an efficient block-a
ade of every inlet on tho Southern coast"
into which any vessel drawing six feet of
water might otherwise enter, while it will'
devolve on the disunion authorities the?
necessity of keeping in arras, feeding, &c,
distinct armies sufficient to cope with tho
land .forces accompanying it. in or near
Norfolk, Charleston, Savannah, Pensaco?
la, Mobile, and New Orleans. Or at least
an aggregate of 120,000 troops stationed
for the protection of those Jmportant
points alone.
" The operations of tho fleet alone thus
bid-fair to monopolize the attention of alL
the military: force the disunionists can pos?
sibly keep in the field, unless they pro?
pose to abandon to tlie United States the
cities we name above. That not a hale
of cotton or a cargo of the other Southern
production can "seek a market through -
any Southern port is to become a fixed
fact within one month from this day;
and without tho proceeds of the sale of
their crops, the disunionists will have no
means whatever of procuring military
supplies of any discription ; for they do
not'produce or manufacture them, it will
be remembered, and their wealth is by no
means in money.
MilitaeyPisplay.?Our military friends
improved tho fine weather of yesterday
by a general parade. The first was at
ten o'clock in -the morning, when tho
Third and.Fourth Regiments, under Cols.
Sloan and Foster, paraded as a Brigade.
They marched .down Main Street to tho
Stale Hou3c, and "then returned up tho
street to their quarters, thus giving our
citizens a good opportunity of viewing
them. Wo were pleased to observe ui
great improvement in their drill sineo
they have been here. Conspicuous among
them were the Quitman Riflemen, StaU'
Guards, Butler Guards ar.d'Palmetto Rifle?
men. The last namcd company attracted
universal admiration for their fine bear?
ing and excellent Inarching, though they
were at the extreme rear, and out of hear?
ing of the music.
In the altcrnoon, the Congaree Moun t?
ed Rifles, and the Richkmd Rifles, both
honorary and volunteer, paraded, and
went through their_cvcdutions to the sat?
isfaction of a large crowd of spectator:;.?
The Butler Guards also had a parade.
The correspondence between Seward
and the Governor of New York shows
the intention of the Lincoln Government
to wage a protracted war?a war of sub?
jugation.
They are determined to retake?-or at
least try to retake?all the posts and forts
that have been captured. The Richmond
Enquirer hears that General Scott, on
Tuesday last, told a distinguished citizen
of Virginia, most unequivocally, that the
Lincoln Government intended to retako
Harper's 'Ferry, tho Portsmouth Navy
Yard, and indeed, all the other late Uni-'
ted States posts now in the hands c? the
;' rebels," be the consequences what they
may. v-; -
From Missouri.?The Atlanta Common?
wealth of Friday last says that a messen?
ger from the Governor of Missouri to
President Davis passed through Atlanta
that morning, for the purpose of solicit?
ing aid in taking the arsenal at St. Louisv
The samo paper states that provisions
to the amount of ?500,000 have been pur?
chased in Missouri by President Davis,
for the use of the Confederate States army.
From Pensacola.?There ['are about
8.000 Confederate troops at Pensacola.
The work of erecting ^batteries at all
points within reach goes on briskly and
assiduously, thouglyt is understood that
they still lack some days'of preparation
to enable them to open effectively. The
unfinished gap i:i tlie railroad to "Mont?
gomery, wiil be closed up by the \'\\ of
May, which will enable our .Govemment
to transport some heavy siege artillery,
which is grcatl}- needed. About twenA?
Columbians, most of them of eight>iiW!T
calibre, and two or three mortars, are al?
ready mounted. The other artillery is
ostly 32-pounders.
Great enthusiasm was manifested in
Savannah, on Thursdajf; over the despatch
announcing tue secession of Tennessee.
The gun, ;tOk! Secession," in Charleston
also proclaimed its -welcome of the grati?
fying intelligence.
ScliOol Notice.
npHE Trustees of the Audcrs?n Classical and MiIi-?
I tary Academy have the pleasure tu announce to
the public that they have secured the services of
the Bev. Amikht A. Mouse and Mr. William R.
Raxsix to continue the Exercises of the Jostita
tion. Mr. Moese b? well known to the public as a
competent and eScicnt instructor. Mr. Rankis's-?
testimonials are entirely sa?si'actory to the Board.
JBST" The Exercises'of the School will be re?
sumed on Monday next.
JAMES L. OUR.
Chairman of the Board.
April Ii; 18G1 Cfi' tf
USTOTICE.
THE Comaiissioners of Roadi: and Bridges having
returned the Bridge across Saludn. River, known as
Gooley's Bridge, to HIRAM COOLEY, notice is
hereby given that application will be made at the
next session of the Legislature to obtain a charter
for the same as a- Toll Bridge.
March 28, 18G1 32 3m
COTTON ADVANCED!
ALL having accounts upon our Books will please
come forward and settle, either by note or cash?
we would prefer THE CASH. Our Books must bo.
closed.
ENGLAND & BEWLEY,
Anderson, Jan. 10, 1861 21 tf
sm msmsm
Neatly and ex'g ditiously osecutei at this ?See