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Newspaper Page Textj iwi ?ic i-n'ineKion Jiventng jtfttct. "HOBODY HURT." HT 1. FORREST OOWAff. I liest, shallow minded Abel i speakest as the foolish women do ; ousand times ten thousand human tongues cho back the charge which I have made, about girls and whisker*, m?n, hou didst lately in thy puny speech; for Vl* sake "of manhood, justice, trutll, 't cry to hide the "crisis," wc beseech. n chilly Moiuc to California, Abe, >1 placid waters on l'acificecoast, ((^Atlantic's foaming billows; wild, Crv of miserV. <li*trrs? ?m1 wn? ic8 tbuudering up to drown thy, empty boast Strong hearl8>rt quailing for the coming woe, Wise lieadaoxhausted of their plans and schemo A bloody hon'd is writing on tho wall Iii gor\* liuce, that aH ihy wordbare dreanjjpu "Nobody huilf" why, man alive! Millions of weeping ones look up to God , For bread, which thou host wrested from the poor. Simply by being what tliou dar'st to bo. Thousands of once contented artisan*, Who earned a slim sufficiency for those AVl.o named tliem husbands. fathers, sons, , Arc perishing beneuth their heavy woes. '"Nobody hurt 1" yet on to Washington I You feel your way tlirou.lk bristling cannon, Abe, Freighted with messengers of death to- every heart. That willnot sell its birthright, and a slave be made. Tho tramp of soldiers and the clash of arms Coinc from the future harshly on mine **nr. And clonds of fearful danger may be seen, (fathering athwart our sky, and thick'nMig there. c And vet the liitu?Iiti>r nf ili? ;.TT?f Is on lliy lip?, nud cunning lies Come from thy tongue to lend astray , The human apses who on' thee roly. , Beware. Abe Lineolit';. let the North t Rejoice to see then nt the head of State; ] Hut.ere nnother winter's anvv shall fall. t The doom of Arnold will become tut fat? I i SPEAKING IN CHARLOTTE. ( From a ske'.ch of the remarks of (Jen. J. A. Young, nt the ratification meeting in Charlotte we make ifte following extracts: e "It is true, difficulties and sometimes trou- j bles ntlc-nd important changes. An officer j, sworn to support the king regarded his oath tl as still implying an ohligntion. But, if the ? king lias failed to comply with his part of the i obligation, ns was argued, very properly too, n during the revolution, you are to act as though ^ you were freed from the contract. Where .v?? i-- " " * * ..vw uui; icuui a ^onieoeracy, organized nud in motion, has been created by our sister Southern States. Their rights and interests '' arc identical with ours. ? It has been argued that South Carolina has ' acted with precipitancy, and prejudices have ^ been formed against her. For thirty years she r has demanded the recognition and peaceable 0 enjoyment of her constitutional rights, and her n lmporlumities aud protestations have been B disregarded, until this crowning act of the Kc* publican part}' has been consummated, jrhen a elie called a Convention of her people and * ACTED. For thirty years she has waited and deferred uction. She has moved at the prop- * cr time, and she did so without a disputing voice. Two of the roost prominent denominations, the Methodist and Baptist, approved tl them, and declared it was their duty ao to act t: The State felt that she was impelled to this r, course Dot only to protect her interests, but to 0 umuimu ner seirrcjpect, |] North Carolina has acted, and done aa ahe n thought was right, nod she will continue to do c so. "We are in bands with the North, but we will not remain so. p If men are levied to carry war into South g Carolina will you go I il (Answer by the multitude?No! never ! uev never! uever!) P But, if you refuse, you ma}- be ptinished a* traitors. (Voices?we will run the risk.) Michigan has offered the Genera) Government the services of her soldiers to coerce the South, which she was encouraged to do by the recent vote of Tennessee, the hesitancy of Virginia, and the undecided position of the rest of l the border States. If we continue thus un- 9i decided, we may expect a continuance of these tl demonstrations on the part of Northern fanatics, which will inevitably result in civil ? war. H Will you co to subjugate, Charleston under ? tlift Vnron J.itl la r. - ? ?. .W ? ?? lllVII M?3 UCIVIO tjvngrcw V (The multitude responded, never I never I never!) 0 PntPARATioxs at the Forts.?Captain O'llara f, with his compuny of regulars, fias taken charge ei of Foit Mcltea, and is'putting that fortification in a complete state ofvd?ferice. The Captain ^ served with distinction id Mexico, aod will ti add to his laurels thuuld an opportunity occur. ^ Fort Burraoea* I? fnllo j - t ^ tor a doge of sulphuretted irou to the Daniel n Web tier (a fa the Morrw'a Island buttery to the 1< Star of the J Vest) should stir attempt to reinforce Fort Picbccs. Col. X<6majc and xtaff, together with the Metropolitan Guards, ihe Weta?A>k* Guard*, tbe..Tu?keege Light Infantry, aqh the Zoua*es, j' took passage on tlia Lick Key* on Sunday. F -?'? >? 1' MASONIC. * At tha Annual Grand Convocation, of-the '* Most Exeelleot Grand Boyal Arab Chapter of ^ South Carolina, holden in Maaoofo H*}1 Charlesion, February 14th, UMH, tls? following;. T Companions were elected and ipatelled oflloera f* for theJaanjpg year; . . in M. JL A. G. Mmkey of Gharleaten, * . ? J^NMHigh Prieet h' H- A. Banisay, of Edg*ft?ld, Deputy u ^ of Pendleton, f< ' ? -mPWn' 0f *'? J w?. ' / '4? * * fe8B?? ? ??w?*ifa*?w?;;; iJmKf**""*'?rCVA**t4*' 0,w 1 ^ ^ '^*B* I $$6ebille firess. ABBEVILLE, S. C. W. A. LEE, EDITOR Friday Morning, March 1, 1881. EXTRA COURT. Tim extra coui t of our District wm in session Monday and Tuesday of this week. Judge Wardlaw presiding. Most of the unfinished business was disposed of. m , ^ < RETURNED VOLUXTEKBS. Lieut LvrnaoE, Sergeant WniTt. and Private L. II. Russell, of Capt Perbin's Companv, at the Moultrie Hoafce, returned * few days ago on abort furlough. EELldlOUS We arc requested to announce that Rev. M. ? Fakrow will deliver&t) a discourse on the sub- ! ject of "Sunday Schools," next Sunday even- 1 ing at the Methodist Church. The publie are 1 respectfully invited to attend. ' -? ^ > < fci I FLORIDA CONVENTION. 5 The Florida State Convention met on Tues- \ day, the 26th of February for the pvrpose of , receiving the Report of Delegates from that , State to the Southern Congregant Montgomery, , Ala. , , THE ^FLOATING BATTERY. The Cliarlestou livening Neat of the 25th ' ult. Bays": The structure building at Marsh's wharf, by J. Marsh ?fc Son, was launched this ' mormntr at 8 o'clock in tlio nrst?n?o r>f o 1....- I t ? ? i number of spectators. It descended into its i Jcslined element with no accident or mislmp ' whatever, and now only awaits some few addi < Lions and the placing of the guns to be in a ' >tate of completeness for action. ( EMBASSY TOETTBOPE. c It is well understood" that President Da- t ms thought Mr. Yancey entitled to ?ny thing vithin the gift of his administration. He, c hercfore, gave Mr. Y. choice of positions who n iae selected the position of one of thrt>n *m- - >Q8an<Jors to tlie European powers, to obtain v lie recognition of the independence of the t Confederate States. J, NOTICE To"oUR DEBTOR8. 1 We would earnestly request those indebt- ' J to us to come forwnrd and make immediete P laj-ment. We Lope that all who do not respond J' efoie Court, will, then do so, as we competed 0 d liHve money. If it was in our power to ? .-ait for our money we would cheerfully do so. I1 "hose interested, we hope, will not fail to call t the Pres* office at an early day and settle heir dues. 41 n ? 1( PRESIDENTIAL BENT, , The Montgomery corre*poudent of the Char jston Evening Newt saya that the committee Cl f citizens to day obtained for President Davis he handsome residence of CoL Harrison, as be future White Honse. Th? nrmmJ. >> ? ti ounding it are extensively and tastefully laid Q ut, but the exorbitant rent of $5,000 dei&nded and given, does not reflect very credit- ( lily upon the patriotism of the owner. Thir- ^ by-three and a third per cent on an investlent is a piece of good fortune rarely met ^ rith, but as Lorry of Tellson's would say, it is business." Possession will be given next y reek- si HOT TO BE* ACCEPTED. * Capt. Richardson, of dumte'rf has received ? lie following note from headquarters, in relo- 0 ion to enlistments from the volunteer force b aised, organised and accepted under the act d t ?!.?. Ti.il.il? *? 't-' v..^ ^ioioiu.c jor iuit purpose. We pub- n ?h it as-infq'rmation. as wa understand enlist- ? tents have been made out of the volunteer ompaniea already accepted: Headquakters, February 21, 1861. Sib: The obligation incurred by officers and rivatea in entering the military service of the tate. under the "act to provide, an armed miliary force," is binding for that period, and ny recruiting from the volunteer force into je regular will not be recognired by this de- ^ artinent. T>~ -1? i/jr vruer 8. It. GIST, ol Adj't and Insp. Gen. of S. C. c< To Capt. Riciiabdsoh. p MESSB8. WABDLAW, WALXEB ft CO. N We are pleased to learn tliat Messrs. Wabdyw, Walker &. Co., of Charlerton. have re- ^ imed business. We clip the following from ie Courier in reference to these gentlemen : n A IIaPPT R??m.t I < nn? oft? 1 n ... -w ?vw VICCII wc ICCUIU V n event which affords us more pleasure than a: lie resumption.of business by.an honorable and j igh-t< >n?u house, after a temporary embarrass- | tent or suspension. Such merited good fortune has attended and w swjsrded one of our lafga Cotton firms, most ol ivornbly known to a large aefetion of upper Bt dVolina and to many correspondents in other . tales. In tbe general embarrassments of the ite season this noupe was temporally opmpell-. ,f? J to interrupt aottve * business but^siidh'" ffin is estimation in whfeh all the partner*, were aj8 eld thA^tbB-eonfideDeeof friends and credi>rs wai'fetained wfthofet ab?tem1>D C br que?- C( ion. ' i' f! It will gratify miu>T even whp are not dfre'c- b< iy Interested lo'le'S?nrthatatM&Trepresentaltres f the commtfcial integrity of Charleston have ?coverecLfrom fh<>b.hrieftn??M-nnti?- -? 01 owjn fStl business; <J?jtiis?d, we hope, for a D >Dg career of prosperity. t< THE STATE- 7 PEB CENT. BONDS. p We wodlfl calf'the attention of this and ad- D >Uriog Districts to the advertisement of the Q, resident ot the Bank of State of .Sboth Coro- #1 na for a loao of (675,000 biaring an interest D, r 7 'per cent, per annum. The bondsijr'Hl be load in sumaof $60, (100 and $500, thus ena~ w ling peraooa of moderate means, as well as the ti H>iM AA?lIt?ka4 fA 2 ? im- - - ..w iu us waenu." he eeearity u empje, bejsg tbi pledge oi .the G ith of tb?8ut? forboih principal ?q<l it0r??lt Tiv? Stftte with her accustomed HbE?ltty, io?t?ad of J?vyi$p e direct tex to piece srMlf oaj?Wtt$Mog,s<uU?> npoa- her eon* ? edrenoe only loen, to be reloaded in full }tb interApert-fromlhi^hoWeTer, we >el euored tliet erery -loyal eitijrtb .*Ul feel it O prt^H^e ea ?a)**formjvd U ad >r the proUetleo of- c^ther^io ft lie, beg fere? of 4?Ut Ve aeed^erSho fbr-' , a fiti ? ^ I*' GEORGIA GUNS VS. YANKEE 8HIPS. We find iu theSavauuah papers of Saturday the order of Goy. Brown, directing the seizure of Hi* New York vessels in that, port The order irf directed to IL K.Jackson. ?nd ns ihe object is of intercut, we transfer a portion of the order, which explains this second seizure of? vessels. After referring to his former seiz ure,' and saying that on the strength of a tele graphic dispatch from Mr. Lamar, hisag?>i)i, lie had released the vessels then in the custody of the State, he proceed*: Hi) - ncgreiuug uie necessity which compelled mc to resort to a menus of redress which, whilt< natural and legal, might interrupt the eom? merce between the two Stated, and exposo to temporary hohilsliip individual citizens of New Yofk, whoso property, under tlio laws of nn tions, is subject to seixure for sucli outrag a committed by tke nutlvorities of their own State, though .they may disapprove Bud-condemn theui, I was determined not to occupy the position of au aggressor for a single tjiour. 3o soo?, therefore, as I was informed that the authorities of New York had made reparation fur the robhtrv. I ?i? ? lease of the vessels. Siuce that time I direct- , lid Mr. Latnar to have tlio guns shipped to Savannah, that they might be delivered tq their owners, lie now informs me tbat lie de 1 nanded their shipment, and was informed by be Superintendent of the Police of New York 'hat he had changed his mind, and that he would 1 lot now permit the guns to be shipped; but I :hat he would order further seizures of what le is pleased to call "contraband articles." "Twelve days have passed since I mailed to .lie Governor of Now York the communication ibove rofi-rrpri In anil I ? ' louse ftom liioi. lie lias not only refused, .herefore, to order the restoration of the property of which liis police had plundeied our citzens, within the limits of his own State, on a lemaiul sent by telegraph, but he hss neglectid and refused to answer a written communiation upon the subject, sent to hiin through he regular medium of the mail. "While 1 held possession of the vessels eeiz vj, ...j iigeiiL ?ub imormca mat me guns were t the command of their owners. Acting up? n this nseuratice, I ordered the release of the easels ; end n.y agent is row informed tlmt he officer in possession of the guus has changed it mind, and that he will not now permit hem to be returned to their owners. These acts show very clearly that it is the settled olicy of the authorities of New York to subset our commerce to a surveillance which we uniiot with honor submit to, and to seize upon ur property and plunder out cilixena at ilipir leasurc. "Under tliwc circumstances, I feel that I. as lie Executive of Georgia, would prove recrent to tlie high trust reposed in me by my fel>w citizeus. were I to refuse to collect their igbta against such unprovoked aggression, by 11 the means which the laws of nations, or the onstitution and laws of this State, Lava pined at my command. "It therefore becomes my duty again to died you to call out such military force as may be ecessary for that purpose, and to renew the rprisnla, l>y tlit: seizure, ua soon ns practicable, r vessels in the harbor of Savannah, or other roperty in the city, or elsewhere within yonr ;nch, belonging to the State or to citizens of ew York, at least equal in value to double le amount of the original seizures made by ou. You will hold the property so seized, lbjeottomy order; and it will be released 'ben the guns in question (together with any tber property of ourcitizeua which has been, r may in the meantime be, unlawfully seized y the authorities of New York) are Actually Slipped from the harbor, and are beyuiid the jach or eontrol of the police of the city of i n w Vnrk a?? IKa o. - * _ ? w. M, w? -MU UUCIIUI IVltJ Ul IllUb OlBbC. Respectfully, ?o "JOSEPH E. BROWN. "Col. HeKut R. Jackson, Ai.l de-Camp. "Savannah, G?." GETTING READY. We clip the following paragraphs from the ew York Trifctme of Thursday. Those who iterlain the idea that we are not oh the verge T war, will find it difficult to otherwise ac>uot for the extensive militarv and naval pre arations, now progressing with activity at the forth: The ordnance authorities of the Brooklyn avy Yard have not oftener been busier tban ley are now. Batteries for the Perry Savanah, Harriet J^ne, and other vessels, are being repared and will soon be finished. The arlaments of the aieam frigates Roanoke and Vabath are to be incVeaaed to four guns each, nd the batteries of the Mohawk and Crusader ill be put in a moat efficient state. The atoclc r shot and shell on hand is large enough to ipp]y any contingency. Captain Gansevoort is got the entire department in the mostperet order. The United States steam frigate AfUtittippi, now almost ready for sea at Boston. Her ...lit:., i i.-*t ? -? suujuuu uois i>cen reported to me authorities, ad oilers for her immediate outfit ?re said to s in contemplation. Another detaohment of reoniiU hit Arrived a the Island, and one of the United States Tftgpons has left for Carlisle, where they are > be drilled and fitted out for regimental dur. Orders for the departure of a considerable ortioo of United States troops from Goyeror's Island are daily expected. At present rer three hundred men are on the ready list, sd atnbttfance material for a foree of that amber is susceptible of almost immediate use/ . it said that three officers are'detailed to go . ith the solders, whoso destination has not inspired. A steamer took prpasoe from Fort Monroe to APPOIXTXXra OF HlS EXKmLLOrCT. Hkadqoabtkm, February 28, 1861. The following jappointmefotS bare been made j bUExaellency'Uor.Tiekena: Geo. M. I* Bombam, of Edgefield, M^jor?D?rtl. ander the 1?W Act forming -a rblun ler organisation Cor 10.000 met. . P. H. Nebtevof gumur, Brigadior-G?B?ml [' L O Rhatt, IfcU of the United SUt?* 1 rmy, now on the WjftUrn frontur. Brfgedi?r- . ( Ml fv tlA niMi'1 S?ma?l McGevran, of Abbeville, Bri*ftdier- ' taerkl for Uu umeA * A C, 0VlW^^# Mifbto3r; .fi#k?dier. anentl for the eame. .v |Koaitu - - , WSSomamBSuS! 7' irEWS FROM FORT 8UMTER. The IVfiiff Pre**, of MidJIftowp, New York publishes tlie following extract. from ft letter written by on officer in Fore Sumter to a relative in orange county: Fort Sumter, S. C., February 7, 1801. Again public interest aeems to concentrate upon u*. ami the issue seems i<? he near nt. land. Wf> are standing at our guns, our port fires lighted, and silently awaiting tln> attack. The prepartion troing on around us are almost, compie ted, and, judging from the incessant activity manifested, tliey are determined to pi-ecipi mm nit* nmick upon us without Uelny. Their batteries tit Cutnming's l'oint arc nearly r?*udy. Tliey work at them nil night with two or three hundred hands, and their homb proofs for iho protection of their eu . ore well made and very strong. 1 was on the bnrrbet this afteroon with the, chief engineer, and .we studied their works long and closely, will^.our glasses. I counted six heavy guns that bear directly on us from two points; the mottnrs cannot be seen. The work is covered first by heavy planking, on that pand is thrown; heavy timbers on tlio sand, and on tbe timbers railroad iron. Our r-n:.? .? - - - oiic..--, ...iiiiiy uii pucu it piruciurc, will be Harmless, and will have to tire a long time before any impression is inad.\ Their two heavy batteries are connected by a covered way, two hundred yards long, and behind tins inortars placed. My own belief is that they will not bo able, even in concentrating Iheir fire ou ono point, to effect a breach in our walls for a long time. It is not certain that we will return the fire of these batteries, but will probably fire at | Moultrie, now made exceedingly strong, and destroy all the houses on Sullivan's Island within reach of our guns. All steamers passing will bo fired into when the war begins. Maj. Anderson is determined not to waste a single shot or shell. The Carolinians are busy in constructing rafts, ?fcc., on which to float down upon us and surround the fort, seeming to forget that they come for a mile and more under our heavy guns, which will tell n fearful tale. I believe honestly that we will make a creditable defence of Fort Sumter in spile of the hordes who will come upon us. [We here omit, as possibly detrimental to the , unninu[^ Llie manufacture of a number of "infernal machines," which, when used, will have a certain and terrible effect on the enemy.] We are moving into the bomb proofs. The hospital arrangements will be completed (o morrow, and a room selected to carry in the wounded, sheltered from the fire. In case of a breach and usault, it will be repelled with the bayonet. We expect to repair by night the damage done to our walls in llie daytime. 8tajjding"committees. The following is the list of Standing Committees in the Southern Congress, at Montgomery, Ala.: On Executive Department ?Messrs. Stephens, Conrad. Bovce. Shorter, and 'Rrnnke On Foreign Affair*.?Messrs. Rhett, Nisbef, Perkin, Walker and Keitt. On Military Affair*.? Messrs. Barlow, Miles, Sparrow, Keenati and Anderson. On Naval Aff'nirt.?Messrs. Conrad, Cliesnnt, Smith, Wright and Owens. On Finance.? Messrs. Toombs, Barnwell, Kenner, Barry and McRne. On Comvicrcr.?Messrs. Meinmini??r f!rnw. ford, Morton, Curry and Declouet. On Ju<iiciury.?Mefirf. Clayton, Wither*. Hale, T. K. It. Cohb and Harris. On Postal Affair*.? Messrs. Chillon, Boyce, Hill. Ilurris and Curry. On Patent*.?Mewra. Brooke, Wilson, Le w je, llill and Kcnner. On Territories.?Messrs. Cliesnut, Campbell, Marshall. N is bet and Fearnc. On Public Lands.?Messrs. Marahall, Harris, Fearne. Anderson and Wri??J>>. -- - ft""* Oil Indian Affair*.?Messrs. Slnrti^, lliile, Lewis. Keitt ond Sparrow. On Printing.?Messrs. T. It. It. Cobb, Harris, Miles, Cbilt'-n and Perkins. * On Account*.?Messrs. Owens, Crawford . Campbell, Smith and Declouet. On Engro*sment.? Messrs. Shorter, Wilson, Kenan, McRae ind Barlow. Great Distress of the Setticrs in Southwestern Kansas?A despatch from Atchison says that a messenger from Hunter County, Kansas, 200 miles from there, arrived on the night of the 14th, imploring relief for the inhabitants. The despatch says: Snow has fallen to the depth of 18 inches on a level. The cold is intense, and stock of all descriptions is dying off with fearM!1 rapidity. Most of the inhabitants are reduced to buffalo meat alone, and not a team is able to make ? . ? w juuinojr inru'jgi) ine snow. The messenger walked twenty-six mi leu before finding a track after leaving the settlement, and seventy miles before reaching Emporia, where he took a stage and came on here. The mails on the route had not been carried through for three weeks. Owing to the great depth of the snow and the intense cold, horses and cattle are dying aloug the ro^ute. Goods were abandoned in tbe middle of the prairies. The teams had died or gives out, or the limbs of the drivers bad become frozen, and they hadtoseek refuge at the' nearest settlement to save their lives. One man will lose both of his legs, another both of his hands. < The Osage Indiana had attacked a party of the settlers, who were hunting wolves for their skins. The Indiana filled two of the settlers. One they burne'4 ftbd beheaded; the other they srfalped. "Pbjxvk Boa."?Robert Lincoln, son of tbe President eleot,- who*is known now as *'Prince Bob," n destined to dike hie peculiar mark, and be remembered by the people wherefer he goes. Of tbe many good things told of this bpy in Buffalo, on Saturday, we heard the following: A few days since, when Mrs. Lincoln was on* h?P vtv liAm? w?L ? --j ? *?r?j KMCfl. ded by her sdn Robert, she found herself at Bpffalo without a psM over the State Lioe Railroad. For that link in the chain of railfray between New York and a ad Springfield. , do provision had bMQ.fitda. After Mrs. Lin-. tbln bad taken her seat in the ears at Buffalo, iorHhe West ber son Bob entered the office of IbV# Brown, the gentlemanly Superintendent of the State liuf Railroad, and In-" qoired if Mr. Browntwas in) Mr. Browa re* podded, add inquiredwhat was wanted ? Hi^iuUrrogator addressed Uim In anbetan* tJ?UJr the folloiriog langafcgt: "Uj ttjuat i? JBob Liacoia: I'm*of Old Abe?the old Vdman io in the c?M raiaing b?U laboot bar prtiw - 4 with you would go ou? tfurreqi?Mfcj? pjifft t??nabl? ijh*.Idhaolo and family* ^WNTtf) : :' , * ' - * . WAR TERMS. ,?$ The Columbia*! or l'nixlisj^ .(pronounced poy-zan) is h lnrge gun, deigned-'priucijifilly ' for tiring sliells?it l>eing fair more accurate than the ordinary short mortar. \ A inoriar i* it very abort cannon vritli i Ip.rge bore, some of tliem thirteen inche* in diameter, for firing shells. Those in use in our nrmy are set at an angle of 40 degree?, ami the range of the i-hell id varied bj altering the charge of powder. The. shell in enured io explode at. just about the time that it striken, by means of a fuse, the length of which id adjusted-to the time ?>f fliglit to be occupied hy the hull, which, of course, corresponds with the range. The accuracy witb which the time of the burning of a filte can be adjusted by vary ing it-s length is surprising; c?od artillerists {fenerally succeeding in liavrng their shells explode almost at the exact instant of striking. In .loading a mortar, the shell la carcfully placed with the fuse directly forward, and when the piece is discharged, the shell ie s<r completely enveloped with flime, that the fuse in nearly always fired. The fuae is made by filling a wooden cylinder with fuae powder, the C3'linder being of sufficient length for the luuguat range, lo be cut down shorter for shorter ranges as required, ,n A Duhl^rcn gun is an ordiaary cannon, except, thiil it is made very IhickftfUie breech : for some three or four feet, whon it tapers down' sharply to less than the usual size. This form ' was adopted in consequence of the experiments ' of Captain Dahltrrcn. of the U. S. N?v v. Imv. la ing ehown lliat when n gun bursts, it usuall'$j t giveswny at the breech. The Niagara is armed, ' with these guns, nnd at the Brooklyn ni>i^ yard there are sixty, weighing about 9,000; pounds encli, and six of 12,000 pouuds woight| each, the former of which are capable of curry ing a nine inch, nnd the latter, a ten inch jshell a distance of two or three miles; nnd tlieve U onn gun of this pattern which weighs 15,910 pounds, nnd is warranted to send ail eleven inch shell four miles 1 A casemate is a stone roof to a fort made sufticieutly thick to resist the force of cannon baits, and a casemate gun is one which is placed under a casemate. A barbette gun is one which is placcd on the top of the fortification. An embrasure is tiic hole or opening through which guns are fired from fortifications. Loop holes are openings in walls to fire musketry through.?Scntifie America. THE FLOATING BATTERY. The following is a description of the fiualing battery in Charleston, ns given by a correspondent to 11 New York paper: It will consist of a huge platform ot pine beams, about fourteen inches square, powerfully framed and bolted together and adapted to float upon the water. At one end thick planks <-f the anmc material and similarly fastened, stretched upwards for about twenty feet, at an angle of perhaps seventy degrees met at the top oy a shaper nnd shorter one, from the summit of which a bomb-proof roof will slope to the rear of the platform, joning another short projecting anglf cncloeing the battery on that quarter. The taller end, faced exteriorly with three or four thicknesses of railroad iron, and provided on the inside with a lining of sand bags, or cotton hales, is intended for the receipt of four cannon, foity-two pounders, prolridinu from orific?-< cut for thut purpose. Twwed down to Fort Sumter, anchoring almost beneath its wul s. when the attack shut! r.n.?_ men te, thi* forinnhle*battcry is expected to be of signal service in effecting a brcacb, while its peculiar construction hum* caiit-e the ball* of besieged to glance aside or mitigate the damage. dome by tliem. With these butteries, ami those oP Pelican's Point, Fort Moultrie and Johnson nil ready, with what cannon and ammunition we have, we hIinit be |>i'epnrod to make a final demand of tbe (Jovernnioiit and of Major Andersoncfor the surrender rt'f Fourt Sumter; and in the crent of their refusal awaiting pome cloudy uight to put the question at the caution's mouth. HO CAUSE OF ALABM. The cotton scare ia ?ngloud, as has heen al ready observed, ia entirely without any good cause or foundation. The fallowing para- ! graph from tile Savannah Republican, in a few words satisfactorily proves this. It pays: , "As regards the apprehended falling off in the production of the staple nt the South, come what may,.peace or war, it will never be sufficient to affect materially the trade and com' raferce of the world. The whole calculxtion of deficit is based on erroneous data. They forget 1 the peculiar character of our institutions, the permanency of our industrial system, the fact < tliut Ihe labor of the South is not,*s elsewhere, the fighting element of the State. ^ When wore occur in Europe or at the North, you take the laboring men from the plough, the workshop and the factory to fight them. Production to the extent of the force required moat accordingly cease. In the Southern, and especially the cotton growing States, the case is entirely different. A wholly different system of labor prevails. Our cotton fields are tilled by slaves and Georgia alotie might send twenty thousand troops to thgffield, without (finishing her production of the staple to the amount of a hundred bales. We'll make the cotton, and enough of it. and EnulanH mm* roltT nn ?K5? The great question wilt beHow ia she to get it f This ?lie must settle for herself, though wo ? will do our part to the best of our ability. We i are not a seafaring people, and have for the < present do ships war to look after our io[l*r- t est.in commerce. If she will send ber mer- f chantmen to take our cotton, and-iier war ma- I rine to protect them on the seas, ebe need feel i no uneasiness on the question of ? ootton sup-' 1 ply." - i - . \ More Istwlkkhf.nce in New York ?Wa are ( pleased to see by the following that the police , in New York are still vigilantly overhauling ( packages for the Sontk.^ We hope the Govern- ( or of New York will reward them for theif energy and activity. For the good effeot it woold have in interrupting oar trade through * Non.hem-'pbrta, and forcing it through Sooth* i era ports, it woold be well for Gov. Pickens to I encourage them by a similar token of approba- " tion The Charleston Courier, of Monday, ? "Illegal Seiiche.?A small' invoice oftmflfe- ' was lately received iu New York, for i bontofit ^ .thia oity. Thi? box contained only ahot gmre J and purling guoa, made to prittU'ofjtr, and, g tbare'waa ?otking ia i n b at could be eooeider- f nd military. 8uah is the vigilance a3# frtnness *' of the Custom Ik-nse at Police Detective* i<? J, New York, that thia box weeppetff^Und oVjir- ?tl banted, and waa ao caieleaaly fepaalred thM w tba gnoa were all injured,, and aprne nearly dea- d troyod, and some of the cartridge caeea and ^ other couteuta abstracted." Queet.?Ha?<j you wen that big Indian u? * Srtije "Charofcrc Heraady K' SOUTHERN CONGRESS. Mo.ntoomehy, February 21.?Mr. Cobb, today, ottered a resolution thut the Finance Ci>ni mittee be instructed to inquire into tlie expediency of laying aff export duly on cotton exported from the C\/federate Stales to any foreign country oilier than the ports of this Confederacy, which was adopted. President Davis sent in the following noininations for his Cabinet, whieh were confirmed 1 by the Congress: Secretary of State?It. Toomlfe, of Georgia. I Secretary of the Treasury-^Ci (J. Memminger ! Kotltli r.n.i.n? ' Urcrt lury of War?Lvf'opo Walker, of A Inliainn. X _, M-'I'Ntoo.mkuv, Wbcuju'y^ 23.?Iii Itip Congretu, to day, n ree??Utw^j^^a3 adopted, instructing the Coiiimi^i?9|9^Kjre into tli<^pr?-8ent o fi??. Mr. IthetJ^^^^^^^^Ftlint flic Committee ro^^^^^^^^Knent Constitution on e n The^^^^^^^^Kecrcsy waa removed from J tlio tho following up? j ?Ilcnry ' A'ltotncy-Gen'ertil?J. P. Benjamin, ofLouisi nbiu- ' * " Com mitt hyj&5 to Wathhigton?Messrs Abro men, of -tyjjjjfcinrin, M. <f. Crawford, of Georgia John Fo'ravK, of Alabama. ' It is jjBtjred that S. It. Mallory, of Florida, wietary of the Navy. ^ KJBLICAN VIEW OF JEFFEBSON DA- ! , R^BiBos'.on Aduetliitr, an able Republican eayi that if it had do other evidence, WHBfaugural address of the new President of the "Confederate States" is proof of Ihe tin? j Usual wisdom with which the nenn! ' ted wlicn tliev clected Jefferson Davis to t> at ' office. It credits hirn with as marked n combination of the qualities most need for his woik as any revolutionary leader ever exhibited and adds: As the leader of the cotton States in their mrverucnt against the Central Gevernniei.t, 1 whether the controversy is to be carjied on by civil measures only, or by sterner methods, . which he professes himself prepared, though unwilling to resort, this Government con d have no more dangerous enemy than Mr. Da- . vis. and this fact, we believe, needs to be more widely recognized than it is among our people. ' Because Mr. Davis has led the extreme South, | many have come to regard him as possessing the personal qualities and weaknesses of the fire caters" lint Mr. Davis is. on the con- | ' irnry, cool-lieutJeil, far-sighted nnd not hasty. I Whrtt he says or docs is not the result of crazy | impulse, hut ot cool determination, and is cup piu-ted notliy the temporary strength of fienzy but by real intellectual and moral power. In short, lie is an antagonist who challenges re- i sped ns well us the utmost vigor nnd caution i in opposition, and oho whom any statesman iniglit rejoice, tcv encounter in a high national content, were he of any country save our own, 1 and were the matter iu debate anything except the Upiou. , COLUMBIA PRICES* CURRENT. HAMS, peril) 15 ft 18 BAt,'ON, Shoulders per lb. . 14-Ju 14J 1 Sides per lb. ... 14 a 15 BUTTER, Country peril). . 'itI ft 2.5 (Joslifn. per lb. 83 ft 35 CANDLES. Tallow, per lh . Via 15 Sperm, (> r lb . 40 ft M < Adamantine per lb. 25 a oil COFFEE, Cuba, per III * . . 14 a 15 Lttgunyr, per !b . Ill a I'A ii io, per li>. . . . lb u 17 Juvu per IU . 2U a 20 CORN, per liuslifl 1 15 a 1 25 | it. iiniv-.->, |?ei- m>. ... 45 t\ Si) ' FLOUR, New per bid . . . 8 S'i a y 50 j ' Country, {>? ! 1>I?1 7 oC> a B ?>n ] ! 1 RUN, for U>. ...... 4An ? ! ' Band mid Nnil Hod, 6 ia 8 j{ LARD, p.-r ili . 14 a 10 I ' MACKEREL, N.i 1 per keg. 3 ^5 a 3 50 | MOLASSES, N. Orient)-. per gal. .ij? n fcO j Musco/ifl.i, p.-r g:il, ;-t74fi 40 I' Culm, per gal. . . 33 a .15 ! ' OATS, per liu?hel, .... 75 a SO 1 PEAS. per bushel, . . . . 1 8" a 1 25 I ] RICE, per luisliel, 3 60 u 4 00 I j SALT, per sAek \ 75 a 2 00 I \ STEEL, Blistered per Ibu . . 7 a 112 | German, per lb. . 11 a 12 ! Cast, per II). , , 17 a 80 ; ' Sprinj, per lb. ..9a 10 ' SPIRITS. Brundy, Cognac gal.3 50 a 7 ?>o Brandy, oinestic, gal 75 a 1 25 WHISKEY, Ry?, per gal. . . 50 a 1 00 Coin, per gull.m . CO a 70 SUGAR, Loaf and Crushed pr lb 12 a 13 1 New Orleans, per lb. 8 a 10 TALLOW, per lb. 10 a 12J | SWEET POTATOES, pr buslU 00 a 1 25 IRISH POTATOES ... 2 75 J Mayor Wood Lectures Lincoln-.?.Mnvnr ?J Wood's address of welcome to the Abolition s President, upon his entry into New York, is 1 too good to be lost. It was as follows: < Mr. Lincoln : Ae Mayor of New York, it be- 1 :oroe? my duty to extend to you nn official wel. t :ome in behalf of the corporation. In doing \ to, permit mc to say that this city has never of- f lereu Hospitality to a man olothed witli more < sxalted powers, or resting under graver responlibilitiee, than those which ciroumAtAiicea have levolved upon you. Coming into office with n iismembcrod Government to reconstruct, and i disconnected and hostile people to reconcile, ' t will require a high patriotism nod an eleva- ' Led comprehension of the whole eountry and 1 ts varied interdsts, opinions and prejudices to so conduct affairs as to bring it back'again ' :o its former harmonious consolidated pntfcprosperoua condition. If I refer to this tonin- ?!r if. la ~Kf'*** ' Jfork is deeply interested. The present politi- ' Jul divisions haye sorely afflicted hor 'people. ^ ill her material interests are paralyzed. Her ' mmmerclal greatness is endangered. She is ' .he child of the American Union. She has ;Sown op under its maternal care and been fos- ( *red by its paternal bounty, and w?fear that t if the Union dies, the present supremacy of f (few York may perish with it* ToTyou, there'ore, chosen under the forms of the Constitution as the head pf-the Confederacy, we look Tor a restoration of fraternal relations between g .be States?only to be accomplished by peace- a ol and conciliatory means-raided by the wis- ? iom of Almighty iiod." c rxiNCK dob.?ine wow xorK Evening Fotl indertopk to contradict the reflet that old IbeVsoQ and heir was rather a "fast youog nan." The Rochester Union tails a different el tory abaqt Prince Bob's habits, and illuatratea f U remark* aa folldws: When old Abe started from Springfield, he. ? ;9ve a carpet b?f7, and told hi that it P ras his especial and aole duty to see it safely n lelivered in Waahington. The b*? contained ? pnie private paper* of the President elect, Wl tlje'Ibnngural Meawig*. At Ibditfiqiapoli* lv? a ot light and lost the carpet bag.' It waj| Bot ? >und# and tbe Preaideutial paj-ty left Without v It u yet missing. There is, however, fb- t| Iher copy of the message in exratenoa, ao that , lr. I.inmln mill W. - ?-* *- * ' - \ ? ~ r-" "** ^ wuipriiwi iu re?wnw !>? or wrrt* A new one; Mrr Liaooln was ?* ? ***& -CarejeMneM of life ?on: Hot Bob id Rut ?ppe?r.to oere'maoh about the ranter, ^ ndreninrked thxt the ojd man might m well sold aboivt tl)<? *' Ca*?o* jW-Alde?on<tf (Jo., of iiobrle.-: J r? ndw T.*y bnj^in^^t,.? e.anon b*H?, # tape *bot, and other like articla* for the Bute. 11 bey wy that Jn e abort white thej *H1 be bf? to east gun? if reqv^red. I Mn. Prkvtoji, of Soiitii Cauoi.in.s.?On nil hands we hear one unqanllificd and enthusiastic expression of prni&e'and r.dmiration of the great ad ress of the Commissioner from South Carolina to the Virginia Convention. It, was worthy of his heroic and noble Stntc, worthy the blood-of Patrick Henry, worthy the great occasion, power, poetry, were all combined io this magnificent effort. At one time, who!* audience was in tears. Some of thcae men o| iron, unused to the melting moot], but the Prophet had struck the Rock, and streams af sympathy gullied forth. Greater even than the potent sway of the orator was the in(luenee of sincerity, his manlinom. hi? *?n? * ?? ' ? I VJ and elevation of cliarncter No politician, however (rifted, no man wlio lind ever been at all in public life, could have ao captivated the confidence nud respect ns well ns the passions of an audience. Can Virginia turn her back upon lliii great, disinterested, unselfish soul, and be beguiled to lier destruction by the smooth seductions of Win. II. Sewardt? liirhmond Ditpatch. Asothkii Ski/.uiik ok N F.w Yottk Vi:isn.s.? Up to the present time the arms seized by tho New York Police have failed to conic to hand, or even to be delivered into the possession of the Agent of the State in New York. There is no prospect of (heir recovery, according to present appearances, and the Governor has determined to resort to other means of reimbtirt ing our citizens for their loss. Under his order Col. Lawton seized, yesterday, the following vessels now in port, belonging to citizens of Kcw York, and placed them under a military guard: Ship 1Martha J. Ward, 708 tons, Capt. Hinckley, consigned to Brii/ham. Baldwin A Co., and loading for Liverpool. Bark Adjusla, 495 tone, Cupt. Euell, consigned tu Mullcr Michcls, and loading for tiueenstown and a market. n-:.- tr i i - ? ?" ~ ? - - ij. iiuruiu, consignee! lO V?. Li. it Co., and loading with lumber for Sunderland. These vessels are of sufficient value to males up a good portion of the loss,, and we presume llie Governor will forthwith advertise tUcm for sain at the expiration of thirty days, unless the arms rhall be laid down in Savannah in tl*e mean time.?Situ. Republican. Affairs at Pf.nsacola.?We copy the following interesting paragraph from a letter to Lho Columbus Hunts, bearing date Fort Barraueas, February 13: "Sunday, another bearor of despatches for Fort Pickens arrived, and was passed over to Lite fort. His mission must have been a peaceful one, for since matters have somewhat changed. The work of mounting guns on Pickens is stopped, and also Ihe work eoinc? on at the Navy Yanl. Lieut. Slemmer sent a note lo Col. Forney, who has succeeded Col. Lomax in command, demnnding thai no more guns hU'Hild be mounted upon the battery which bears upon his fort. As the demand was made in conformity to the armistice, which ia understood on both sides, it was regarded as right, nnd the work upon the Lattery was nuspendcd. The rumor here i?, that the fort is to be held invtil the 4th of SJarcW and then peaceably delivered over to the officers who demand it in the Daiuc of the Confederate States of America." SlIIFMRNT OF AKMS FROM NKW YORK.?TIlO N'-w York correspondence of the I'UiladclpJiift Li J'/cr writes; The State police have been so Absorbed with ilie ceremonies of the Lincoln reception, that Superintendent Kennedy hns permitted at least 'hu??* >(2ii0.()ii(i worth of arms and ammunition io slip oil" hi a steumer which soiled on Thurfrilny for New Orleans, (jtun-onrringes, rifle*, revolver*, percussion caps, UoJ^lzers and c:mtU equipage constituted the shipment. Tli'-se goods, 't is qnderatoud, are on Toxaf\ it-count, Sut the purchase is negotiated through i lioiwe in New Orleans. A portion of these ire de-tine.) for Galveston, some for Indianal* rind 30111 e f>r Austin. There is al*o good rea-i 3??n t<> believe that the last instalment of th? $2iio,00U worth of like merchandise, which ivns innii']fat-tiired at an establishment not far from New/irk, N. J., on account of Gov. Kill*, of North Carolina, was boxed up and forwarded to liultimoro, via Philadelphia, on ihe very I ruin whifth followed that on which was tba I'rcl'ident elect. Mr I.inrotn ^ ?i Tiib Bust Platform Aktkr All.?Jt willb? noticed in the speeches of the President and Vice Presidentelect that they have no faith in ;he Cabinet which is shortly to assume execuive po ?ers, in the new Congress, the fossil Peace Convention or the politicians. They put ,heir trust in Divine Providence, and, we prci mine, lake the New Testament for their plat :orni. The doctrine there inculcated, "peaca >n earth, good will to men," is just the very lest for the present crisis. Mr. Lincoln and hi* idvisers will find that it will work much hotter than the Chicago platform. So let them itick to Divine Providence, and cut the politiliana nH" ?aI !??? Mouk Warlike Missiles for South Carolina. ?Scarcely a day passes that we do not sea wagons freaking beneath the heftvy loads of ihot and shell piled npon them. Yesterday ;here arrived by tho tram from Richmond 4IS hot, weighing 26,f8Q pounds, and 271 (hell, weighing 24.119 pounds. Aggregate weight )f these death-dealing agents, 60,809 pounds. I'hese^we are informed, constitute but a drop in the bucket, as compared with what is yet to some. Tho two immense mortars which went lown last week are intended for Fort Johnson, which commands a fair sweep to Fort Sumter, iome five or*ix more, even larger, will short* y reach there. Duties ox Northern Goods.?^Collector Ool <ock yesterday received from the Secretary o'f lie Treasury the follwing despatch, npltuw orv of the operation of the Tariff Aet: "Montgomery, February 12. " W. F Colcock, Collector, OAarletton, 8. C.: "Goods imported from any of the United itatea whioh are now not of this Confederacy, ire exempt from dnty without relation to tha ime of import if the goods were really purhased on or befor* the 28th instant. C. G. MEMMINORR. Secretary of the Treasury." Orr fob .yUAWJWTon.?Beven oat loads of hot aud shell, wbioh oamo over tbe road from \ liohniond, Monday, were again put in motion, eaterdsy, ou the Peteraburg Road, and dea tehedLo Charleston, via Weldon and-Wil* ilngton. We understand that there are two lolumbiads building now in Richmond'for Alabama. These d^atb-dealing monsters are of Dormoas eixe, and when properly managed rill scatter death and destruction all around b#m at a distance .of three Or foqr nHce.?i** trtourg JSixprte*. Tii* Fiiaq or Mtuueirci.?The eonr^nUon of ered the following design for ^be fl?g o/.fclUiasippi; A flag of white grj>5?^ a Msgao '1 tee in the ce&trte, ? b}us field in the uniwr >ft. h#nd cqrtfih-, with * white ?Ur in the ceo- t re?th^ flag to be flniehed with * redyb^M#,/ nd a red fringe fit tlie extremity of the 5Mt?Vlirjr OtiiitH. 1 ' -

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