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BY W. A. LEE AND HUGH WILSON, JR. ABBEVILLE, SODTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 26, 1861. * VOLUME VIII.-NO. 52,
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PROCLAMATION OF PRESIDENT DA.VI8.
Montgomery, April 17.?The following
proclamation was issued to-day : ni
A. Proclamation by the President of the tr
Confederate States of America : es
Whereas Abraham Lincoln, the Presi? w
dent of the tho United Slates, has by pro- aj
clamation announced the intention of inva- at
ding this Confederacy with an armed force, at
for the purpose of capturing its fortresses C
* and thereby subverting its independence, S
find subjecting the free peoplo thereof to pi
thedominion of foreign power; and wlieer- ai
as it has tiros become the duty of this Gov- it!
ernment to repel the threatened invasion tL
i a_ j.c j i - _r
wuu lu ucieuu luo rigiuo uiiu uueruus ui
the people by all the means which the laws d<
of nations and the usages of civilized war- te
fare place at its disposal. C
Now, therefore, I, Jefferson Davis, Presi- pi
<lent of the Confederate States of America, w
do issue this mj' proclamation, inviting all m
those who may desire by service in private t?
armed vessels on the high seas to aid this se
Government in resisting so wanton and
wicked an aggression, to make application b*
for commissions or letters of marque and is
reprisal, to be issued under the seal of these it
Confederate States. And I do notify all gi
persons applying for letters of marque, to ci
make a statement in writing, giving the fe
Dome and a suitable description of the of
character, tonnage and force of the vessel, w
and the name and place of residence of each d<
owner concerned therein, and the intended in
number of the crew, and to sign said state- is
roent and deliver the same to the Secretary w
a_ _ e L .r
*ji oitue, ur 10 mc v/onmor 01 any |?urt ui su
entry of these Confederate Stales, to be by p<
liim transmitted to the Secretary of State. fe
And I do further notify all applicants afore- O
said, that before any commission or letter of ^
^marque is issued to nny vessel, the owner
or owners thereof, and the Commander for
the time being, will be required to give ^
bond to the Confederate States, with at
ar
least two responsible sureties, not mteres- li(
ted in such vessel, in the penal sum of five ,]<
thousand-dollars ; or if such vessel be pro*- Ui
Tided with more than one hundied and ftf- to
... . ?. ..
ty men, tnen in tue penal sum or len tnousand
dollars $ with condition that the ownera,
officers and crew who shall be employed
on bopwdsucb commissioned vessel, shall w
observe tile law6 of these Confederate States tl
and the instrutrtions given to them for the "
regulation Qlf^their conduct*; that they m
shall satisfy ail damages done contrary to ?
the tenor thereof by such vessel during her {(
commission, nnd deliver up the same when fn
revoked by the President of the Confede- w
rate States. And I do further speeciallv 01
enjoin on all persons holding offices, civil "
and military, under the authority of (he s]
-Confederate States, that they be vigilant )t
and zealous in discharging the duties inci- c<
dent thereto. And I do, moreover, solemn- lc
ly exhort the good people of these Confederate
States, as they love their country, as *
they prize the blessings of free Government t
as they feel the wrong1- of the past nud c
the saiiow threatened in an aggravated form, n
by those whose enmity is more implacable, e
because unprovoked, that they exert them* e
selves in preserving order, in promoting 1
concord, in maintaining the authority and 0
.efficiency of the law?, and in supporting c
and invigorating all the measures which i
may be adopted for the common defence, ?
and by which, under the blessing of Divine
Providonoe, we may hope for a speedy, just v
ar.d honorable peace. y
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto li
eet my hand and caused the seal of the t
Confederate States to be affixed, this seven n
teepth day o? April, 1861. ?
By the President- ^
(Signed,) JEFFERSON DAVIS. ^
B. Toombs, Secretary of State. f
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* Conpkpbbate CpuBKNcr.?Among the ,
flbts passed by tbe Confederate Cojngress at ;
Montgomery, one prescriheing the rates at >
which certain enumerated foreign coin 1
shall be a legal tender which these States. '
English sovereigns of the weight of five t
panny weights, S grains, and a fineness of '
9155 are made receivable at $4.82. i
The French Napeleon (or'twenty franc I
piece), weighing 4 dwts., grains and of the .
fineness of .890, at $3.82. j
The American dollhjR, aLstandard fine- ,
new, weighing 412-1-1 grains and the Mexi- i
can dollar, weighfog-x-415 graips, ati^gaf :
thfr poenu of .8*9, ar?, received at 102
cents. ^ f, .
The five fii&c piece, Weighing 384 grains r
and of the flnenps# of .9, is receivable at
95 cents.
American silver of all deqorainations is
^made ? legal'tender for all sum# under teu
1 dollars America gold is made current by
the Confederate laws exactly as within tbe
Federal Union; and all the United State* '
laws for the organization, regulation and.
..OpBllgWPMH ot um mint# At JJatwonega
aqd New Orleans are Adopted and reeoao f
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A medical mao asj^d bU lpgftl adviser
to iSjgjP* r.ffa >S<1
a oaai?Ur of valuable ?aa(F. 'X *fp 1
THE DEFENCES OF MOBILE.
It will be a work of time and some magitude
to effectually defend the various enances
by which hostile gun vessels can
isily gain admittance to Mobile bay. As
e briefly show elsewhere, the city can be
iproached by the Choctaw Pass route,
id by the way of Spanish river from above;
id, in fact, can be shelled by ten-inch
olumbiada on board a vessel laying off in
panish river, right opposite. The best
recaution of seourity against so disastrous
i occurrence, then, is to defend the city
self, without waiting for tho securing of
le passes into the bay.
The city can be quickly and effectually
jfeuded against a naval force by one batry
of Colurabiads, eight or ten inch, on
lioctaw Point; and a battery cf lighter
ieces on one of tho grass islands from
hich the Spanish Iiiver Pass may be comanded.
Then we should have a movable
Utery of effective pieces in the city itIf.
Wo do not urge that there is much proibilitv
of tbe city being attacked, but it
a patent possibility that it cnn be, and
is -vise to guard against it. Fort Morfin
was erected for the protection of the
ty, and tbe idea of its erection was to de?
nd the city against attack. The progress
modern warfare, as effected by improved
ar shipping, disappoints to a degree tbe
isign of that fortress, and other works are
dw needed. The object of Fort Morgan
the defence of the city, the object of the
orks at the mouth of Mobile bay, it is alp
worth protecting by works at other
lints?works?wbicb would bo more efetu.'il
for tbe purpose tban Morgan and
ai ues.?Mobile News, 16 th.
FIE STRIKING VIEWS OF THE LONDON
TIHES.
The London Time* says that the Southern
snfederaoy is "no longer a schcmc liuta fact."
continues: "Tiic United States of America
-e not in exktenco. A froo find slavo Repub)
occupy their place and stand aide by side,
stilli'd to bo rivals, perhaps enemies, while a
ii-d Republic, or confederation of Republics,
' the West of the Rocky Mountains, on the
rtile shores of the Pacific, is certain to assert
a independence at no distant date, (o form;
le neuclus of another powerful empire "
The Times speaks of the unyielding firmness
itli which the cotton States have pursued
icir scheme of independence, aiid flf thp North
exhibiting itself as a time Berver and trimer,"
anil of being foolish enonch to press
irward a protective tariff, in face of the
rongly avowed predilections of the South
ir free trade. To prate* about the exploded
tllacies of protectionism at a time like that
as to imitate the madness or the insolence
f Nero, and to fiddle while Rome wa? hurnThe
7hne? says, "if there be any statesmantip
in the North, or in the South, the diseoitfon
of the Union will be treated as an actmnlialiod
fartt 'I ori/1 ?? '-1
?mvi| hum wiou pivvcouo ob iu1"
>ws:
"The best tiling that can be done ii that
'h?cli will bo done, if North or South have
ny wisdom left to guide its couusejs. As the
fnion cannot be re established?and could not |
ontinue if it were?the only course left is to
lake the inevitable separation aa peaceful, aa
quitable, and as bloodless As possible. Neithr
the North nor theSoutfe can desire civil war
o settle their differences ; and the South more
ispecially, in the existence of the black taint
f Blaver}', which lias brought about the
atastrophe, has reasons far more cogent than
he North to deprecate the firing of a gun,
r the shedding of a drop of blood in tlio conlict.
Tbe Provisional Government of the South,
fhich has just been formed under the President
' of Mr. Jefferson Davi s? whose name has at
ast emerged out of the ohaos as tbe Wnshingon,
or rather as the Calhoun, of the new
iiovementn.has but to declare to the North,
nd to the several States of Europe to which
t is about to accredit its pmbassador, that it
lesires a neaceable icntriitlnn ?n trmiukla
? ?) ?
livisioo of the common property, as veil as a
air share of the debts and liabilities of the
iefunct^Uoion./o enlitt upon its tide the good
cis/ict of all tevtible avd practical men. The
North has odIv to refute the proposition, and
insist upon settling the dispute bj force of
?rms, to incur the ditapptobainOH&of the toarld,
ind put iUelf out of the pale of ordinary ?ymoathy,
a* utterly unreasonable and impracticable
Hlavery or no tlavery, it no longer the quetlion.
rhe quarrel lias^ outgrown its origirial incentive.
and the South. stron* nnnn?i. ? s*
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pleases, takes its stand upon its inlieroet right
to retire from partnership that baa become
iptoleratyp."
Jt is unfortunate that the Republicans canoot
reaaoiv so sensibly about affairs as important
to their vital raterest and (heir domeslio
tranquillity, a? can a stranger whose interest
if only that pf 4 philosophic citizen of the
wpfl^. Every reflecting {pind npt warped by
party rancor &gd prejudice must feel the force
of thesf) statesmanlike r\*w*.-?Philo4elpItia
I'cHn*ulvanian.
It is a great blunder in the. pursuit ol
happiness pp> tc know when we hate, got
it ; tbat is, npt to be content nitb a reasonable
and possible fngaawe, it.
W ' -VS.. f
A new wifb.?'Boh, did yoq lifer tt\i\
my father will get married AgftMlWll
Easter 1'?''No, Tom, I did npt Does lit
get an old woman f,?'No; begeU a new
one.'
... ' 4. :.i.. / + ' ifi.tr
SpccKgs.?There is no greater obstacle
to suoces? than 'R
A WAR* BATH WAOgR.
Smith was a man who never permitted
himself to bo outdone ; he could do whatever
anybody else could. Smith met Brown
in a bath room; and Brawn, knowning,
the other's peculiar conceit, 6aid that he
(Brovn) could endure a hotter bath than
any living man. Thereat Smith fired up,
and a bet was made. Two bath-tubs were
prepared, with six inches. The fellows
stripped, and, separated by a cloth partition
each one got in and let on the - water
at the word?the wager being who should
stay in the longest witu mo not water running.
Smith drew up bis feet as far as
possible from tho boiling 6tream, wbile
Brown pulled out tbe plug in tbe bottom
of bis tub. After about balf a ininutp
quoth Smith
'IIow is it, Brown?pretty warm V
'Yes,' said tho other; 'it's getting almighty
hot, but I guess I can bald out a minute
yet,'
'So can I,' answered Smith. 'Scis-s-s!
?squash !?lightening !?it's awful!'
Fifteen seconds, equal to half an hour by
Smith's imaginary watch.
'I say over there?bow is it now 1'
'O, it's nearly up Co . the bilin' pint?O
!' AnAKfAfA/) t)lA /^inKnltAol oil. I
VUl HUOTl VI vu vuv uinuuuuui '
lain, who was lying in tho empty tub, while
the hot water passed out of the encape
pipe.
By this tinfe'Smith was spurging about
like a boiled lobster, and called out again :
4I s a y, over there?how is it now !'
Hot as the Devil !* replied Brown ; 'but
whew !?scis s!?guess I can hold out another
qiinute!'
'The hell vou can !' shrieked tho now
boiling Smith, who rolled oul and bolted
through the partition, expecting to find the
other quite cooked.
'You infernal rascal! vvhy didn't you put
the plug in?'
'Why, I didn't agree to,' said the im perturable
joker; 'why'u thunder didn't
you leave youra out J'
A Mississippi correspon dent of the St
T/inin Dnmnmt rpln^M lliA fnllnuMiinr nnnn
clote:
A negro roan from a neighboring plantation
has been courting our cook for a long
time ; bo came in the other evening, and
sitting down hesido her, began:
'What, Lincoln ia 'lected, and how you'll
see, you'll pee.'
'Well, what'll T see?' said she.
'Never mind, you'll see.'
'Well, v&rfJIIsee?'
'You'll see, you'll see.'
'Yes,' said the cook, exasperated beyond
all patience,'I'll see more niggers licked
thao m* ?-that's what 1*11 see.'
| A great poet say* lhat 'the mountains
stand fixud forever.' We know, however,
lhat it U do un<femmon thing for them to
sloj>e.
There are two classes of disappointed
lovers?those who are disappointed'6|*&fore
marriage, and n;or?-unhappy ones who'are
disappointed after it.
Dr. Franklin* savs that'every little fragment
of the day ehould be saved.' Oh, yes
the moment the day breaks, set yoqrtfclf at
once to save the piece*;
Mrs. Partington expresses her apprehension
that the people of Ute gold regions
will Klufl/1 frv diiolti 11 Tlia nniuta ??o
stanlly announcing tbe opening of antfther
vein.
Sometimes, in rousing upon genius in
its simple* manifest stations, it seems as if
tbe great Art of human culture consisted
chiefly in preserving the glow and fresh-'
ness of tbe heart.
Is valid cuit-cuat.?'Why, Sowerby,
what's the rontt?r ! You don't look quitesc
blue as you did. What bare you been taking!'?'Nothing
but my meals for tbe last
fortnight.'?*Ah, I thought you seemed ofl
your (physic.'
t?. 1? j- ?.1.:?4.-1 _!.! ..i
illb OMgOl Ullf^flO lo^uirillCU
care in the State of New-York and ih Up
per Pennsylvania, on account of Uie sugai
it yields. In I8a84he Slates of Ifew-york
manufactured twenty?foar thousand tons o!
maple sugar.
A vaanrr ?adv comnlitined that aim hnri
lott part-of her ear-ring, and sb? thoughi
it mait b4Mf* been nt ohbrcb. 'A bac
place, idim, to bare lott your bearing at,
naii} aq old servant to wbbtn aba VM rpla?
f!h/v liaa '* ' .<
'Wt
Good tbupb#.?Good temper u . thi
philosophy qf the fce*rt?agem oftbe iqp
within, *rboM r*j|*re refjeoied oft al
oo&ard object* f ? petpeUwtl wja*Wne,irti
> parting warmth, )ighl,vacd life toaH^rjU*
m
~ Ev^rv beet U'tfgbt by
1 -good deed* p^ftatgw) frjeq^
I iiiiiiiMirniliYttj; "'iiiT'-'
SERENADE OF THE RO?. $OQF$B A.. %&YOE.
Tlie orrival of the lion. Roger A. Pryor, ol
Virginia, at the Chnrlestou Hotel, last night,
took his friends by surprise. Notwithstanding
the absence from the city of so large a propor
tioo of our citisens, now on duty nt Hie harbor
bnitertei, quite a large concourse assembled
with a brass band in front of the portico of the
Charleston Hotel, and stirring stains of Dixie"
and the MarstllaUc, succeeded by hearty calls
for "l'ryor," finally brought out that gentleman
Just as he appeared, the line of the
companies which had just urrived from Clarl'-na
and Keitthaw came iu sight. They, however,
were hurrying toward* the boat, and
could not hear Sir. Pryor's speech. As the
sound of their drums died away in the distanse
air. rryorrose, and, niter the cheering which
had greeted him hud subsided, said :?Charlestor^
McrcursSouth
Carolinians'. For this demonstration
of your regard, I beg to return my grateful ae
knowledgments. I am here in Charleston in
pursi^auce of o pledge, voluntarily given, that
so soon as I might be able to release mygelj
from certain very impprqtive engagement? in
Virginia, I would com? hither, and upon ll}
soil of South Carolina, o(Ter jp p.Sfaon tho tribute
of my infinite admiration. (Applanw.)?
Gentlemen, ever since 1 was capable of thinl;ing
upon political affaire, my studies have been
directed, and my judgmeut has been determined
by the authority of the great statesman o!
ooum uaroiiuo, juries ol "gQ0d,',!gand loud applause,)
but never until this crisis did I appreciate
the character of South Carolina in all
the grand proportions of its true worth. (Renewed
applause.) Alone she trod the path o
revolution. For three mortal mouths she stoo<3
solitary and assisted, not on ly a mark for th<
vituperation of her adversaries, but, unkind
est cut of all, the viotim of the unjust auspicious
of thoae for whom she was contending.?
Alobe for three mortal months she stood exposed
not only to those moral attacks, but to al
me physical power of this once great Cotifederation.
Yet did not her gallant heart quail
never did her check blanch. (Applause.) It
qll the compass of my very limited reading 1
cannpt recall any exhibition at all adequate l<
this in the true elements of tho moral and sub
lime, Leonidns, at the paw of ThermopyliB
suggests the ouly equivalent to Soqtb Cnrulim
to day, ooutending for tire rights of freemei
ogainst the horde of Ittnclc Republican barbarians.
(Applause.) But she took the step
and when she took that step?a step mor<
momentous than whioh transported Crasar be
vond the waters of the Rubicon?when Soutl
Carolina, on the 20th of December?-yes, ai
the 20th of December?declared herself tori
from the infectious embrace of the digracefu
and disastrous confederation, she di(J not Jiuo*
that one solitary Commonwealth would extern
to her sympathy and succor. Nevertheless
she stood firij}. Oft is it told in pld EjigJf\nd'
story that the field of death is the way.t<
glory; and now is South Carolina flCouC t<
reap the reward of vqlor enlisted in ttie cans
of truth and justica. Gentlemen, I thank yot
for that; 1 thank you especially that you hav
at last annihilated thip accursed Union, Jap
plause,) reeking with Abruption, and insolen
with excessitf TK. ank God, 1t4$|*
lust blasted and riven by th? lightning vratl
of ap outraged and indignant people. (Lou
applause.) Not only is if gone, but gone for
erer. (Cries of "You're right," aqd applause
In the expressive language^/ Scripture, it i
water ?Rjlt upon the groand, which cannot b
gathered up. (Applause.) Like Lucifer, So
of the Morning, it lias fallen never Jto rfs
again. (Continued applause.) For tjRtpar'
gentleman,'if Abraham Lincoln and Ebtoriibi
Hamblrn, to-morrow, wei*e to attfioate thei
offices, and were to give mc a bl#ftk sneet c
paper ,to write the condition of reannesatio
totiie defunctlfnioiu. I would seornfplly sj&r
the overture. (Applause.) And' ^|?y, gentfc
tlemen? Why, fellow-citizens?for I anticl
pate-but a very little i? salutiqg you as follow
citizen^"?(loud-^ppliMW*)?why, because ou
grievance "has not beeu^on the gSQUrid of? th
insufficiency of th? guarantees so nraob .*? tfi
unalterahla rierfi rtt # ? tin / A .
, "-V "" ,l?l
planse.) Inasmuch as llipy wouU not fulfill, tb
stipulations o^ the oT3 CoQstitadltoa, jpuch lei
*if? they carry out any guarantees of etrqqg?
import to the of the South. An
' therefore I intone you, aqd I ra*ke it, in sore
sort, a persona] appeal?personal so far aa
tends to our assistance in Yirginia-^I do inyoli
yon in yoiif demtfiati ations of popular opinio
in your exhibitions of official^fSkiQtt to give n
countenance to this Idea of reooopti-uction.i
(Matty voice*, ^mphatfeally, 'never,' and ap
1 plause.) In Virginia they all say, if reduce
to the dread dilemma of thia memorabe site
; native, they will espouse the cause of theS<n}t
? as against the interest of the ^fort^em Cot
'federacy, but the^whisper of reoo^sUtaolioi
and they say, Virgiria must abide in the pfj
_:ik st.? !.i ? ?*?At- - -
iuiit mvH mo ii|p? vi revuiiB^ruciiqg mo UOIO
which yqq h??e annihilated. I pi^yott* ge<
tlemen rob them Qf that pie*. Placing tot!
' world that upon nQ oqn<}itlQni and qnder id
; circumstances, will South Carolina ever agai
f enter into political association with the Ab<
Htiouisto of New England. 1 iCrjpf of "Nefej
sod "applause.) Gentlemen, r~ander?t*nd, aim
J hare been in Charleston, that there is eon
apprehension as to the crttipsate decision
' Vn^nia in this crisis. Now, 1*1, not bVi
1 suthorifad'.to speat far Virgin!*^' wish
' 4pd I,w*s. If SO, I would put her
. IS o'oloelf to-Right. (TreMeftdooii'?ppUns0.)<
fiat I bid yqu?andi speak^o words of mo
sober truth?I bid yOrt^di?aff(fcatl eppfehensi)
M to the ultimate 4Uitu4e of Old Virginia
* this Cftntrove^. Give tts old 1^7 time.'
(Lao|bt?r.) She cannot Bfrve wit}i tfijrtfgiiii
1
. U,?4 *ppl?u.e.) Pirter, ?>mthlyt ^ tl
. <xig?DOi?* of !)pr potillpn, MtMUd OB'tUf U
; d?tyWo04ctiftnc;!i
t* ^0dtotrm<;ui4 iaw&h* ' hit op
i tyoa *?*e eltcUd. lUmerober f? fUkt? '^ f)
I P* ^{A^ 'lliidlk^;
But,, but p? dljfo
... ii umfi ww
And I will tell von, gentlemen, what will put
her in the Southern Confederation in less llion
" an hour by Shrewsbury clock. Strijke jtblowt
(Tremendous applnnsr.), I do not meifrl't&BAy
any thing for effect upoo^milltary operations.?
I am but a poor civilion, who uever sat a squadron
in field?
"Nor the division of a battle note
More than a spinster."
But I wr\3 speaking with respct to the political
effects of revolution. The ve.y moment
that blood is slied, Old Virginia will tnoke
common cause with her sisters of the South.?
(Applause.) It is impossible she should do
otherwise. In conclusion, accept my word for
| it, the moment the conflict begins Old Virginia
will dispute with South Carolina the prece.
deuce in this great combat. gentlemen^
whether or not that be so, if is impossible bi\t
Sputli Carolina and her sister States will triumph.
(Appfause.) They ape contending for
everything dear to the hedrtt of free men, aud
Qf fair wopen. TJipy are contending'lor liberty,
for right, for truth. Tfiey aro conteu^'
ing for the heritage of liberty transmitted by
F their revolutionary forefathers. It is imposai1
blc their glorious enterprise shall miscarry. I
1 veipouiber when Sir Philip. Sidney, returning
' from the Netherlands, and describing to Queen
' Elizabeth the chances of sijcpeyj in the fa'
mcuta struggle of the Hollander*;, apeqking of
1 tl\e spiriu whioh animated all classes of tlint
people, said: "Madame, it is the spiritpf God
and is invincible." Jn like manner I say to
yqq, gcn^lernp" p.f South Carolian-robserving
the tempef Vr l)ich animates the ppoplp of tUH
gallant State and her allies, "It is the spirit
of God, acd (9 invincible." (Cries of "Good,*
and applause.) Gedtlemen, 1 do sincerely wish
, 'I lilM t&f Strength to make a more adequate re*
tfl^nTforlhe haudsoi^p compliment which you
tonvo -"aecoraed, not to me, but to tb? State of
which I am an unworthy representative.?
(Cries of "go on," "go on.") Th^nl; yoq, gentlemen,
but it is . impossible I should go on.?
The truth is, I have exhausted my voice in
Virginia in canvassing on this very issqe, arid
was advised, nay commanded, by my physician,
to indulge myself id some recfeation, and
therefore it is I have the opportunity of this
' visit to Charleston. You must e*om? motn.
night however, repeating to 3:911. again tlil6 cn~
couraging declaration that old ^irgihii} is with
1 you, gentlemen. Hprgenius, her vqlqr, her
1 '(dharactenv'are with.you to-day ; and etfen be ?
fore she gqes out, if it is requisite_thut you
should have sympathy amli-sqccqr. J guaranty
e sho will precipitate her-sans upon tlie pluins of
South Carolina in nqmbors adeguate to any
' emergency. (Tremendous apptause.) I bid
* vau ffOUil illtrllt. fellnw eitiianft* MrtnToiuo \
I 'Is tiiis your oijty suit, iffllty? it's rather
' shabby.* . *
'Ob no, IH#got another,'
' 'Where
B
9 'In court.'
o 'Here is yojjr rnony, dolt, and tell me
e why TOur raacalljfT. master wrote me elgha
te^pn letters about'that contemptible sum.'
e 4I'm sure T cafPt ftll, but t you1!!" excuse
t m?, sir, I'gfless it was because seventeen
? did'i, fetoli 'it/
i?;! ? <??
| . A marr acqu rig* more .glory by *
ing tb'ap by siting others.
] Of what use is it that a woman- can
? "'*' * 4
e prate about Bacon, if she caQpot cook
o porkI
.
t Wnftctji is the queen of roses in the garj
den ? "The rose of the watering pot, for it
r rains over ell the otber&
n' Happiness mast -arise from onr own
d ienfppr and actions, and; not immediately
u frhin'mtu OYtarhfllS?An/ll?inno
' There are sorae hurpnn tongues which
nave iwo sirjes, liice that ot certain quad"rupeds,
one swootbj the other very " rough.
*' A sporting conundrum.?Why 13 ?
^ bad shot like-.an amusing fellow f?Be^
lf cauw'he is the b?jr to feeep th$'g?ma:alive.
d 'V ' tig*
ie Kindnkss.?A word Of kindness is selit
dom epd&en in vain?it is a wed which
:e qvln dropped by chance springs flow n
?r* ? ? 1
?
- An In^ortaot reason for bepeVoleoce is,
tbat though ymi may forget your ofri jo;
d from feeing ?o ?#ctUtoraed t& lb, tbfl joy 9)
Th otberajflj^?e*er^fltj#iiBg new,
- v 1 'v .,<?*? Li ' -i . ?sHj
Goop-NATuaa i*ApfiUiiy a*af
^ age la atfapt but ^bollfey lyncl of^Sjrt^
n $|? >^hfe7jS -tP^?
>: <*met wrimltjtt ;.
' <. ^ i /.' .? ,t t. f,^
rr, New often dread proverly the more, the
ii? farther tkey ar& rprao ved from. it, hs . the
> more J^ddy the, height to whith bimj
r\ attained, tho flora frightfulyawM. tb? gull
- *'"r'oj vo->
^ fol1a?rfag
V> ? ? seB?r^U^jr?r-3r pM<? tS^boB
tj- idtfasir teioimltioa etf.ib* UrtnlimwidtwyTnn
HATTB&S qStSJ^OTTE.
We olip the followipg-ffem Ibe Charlotte F
liilllttin, of the 18th instant: ?
Yesterday morningrJn accord a nco wUh 13
a notice givet} throy\g^ tl'9 JptlUctin&Vb c
| citizens of Mecfclenhiirg assembled to cpn?
I aider aud determine what course-to pursue c
under-.existing circumstances. ""'It' was a
! large meeting and but one seotimpnt wag
entertained aud expressed?resistance to the c
authority of Abe Liucoln. *
On motion of Wra. Johnson, Win,
II. Myers, Esq., was called to the Chair and I
Thomas .G. Gillespie, E-q., was requested j
to act as Secretary. Aj
Thp meeting being ovgapized, the Chairman,
in a few pertinent remarks, stated the
object of the meeting, introduced a y
letter from.bis Excellency Governor ^llis, H
calling fur volunteers for service.
\Vm. Johnson, Esq., being called on,
$}>o\te uppu tbo prgseat state of affairs, giv
ing a Biiccinct revie** of the engagements S
in Charleston, and clearly pomied out the v
d^ty of the yjtizens of Mecklenburg,,.the
cradle of jihertyt>?B& concluded by offering s
the followhig t^l0lion8, ^hich were unaoi- i
mousty adopted'(f 'j, ?
jReiplvcd, That all tfoe goad citizens of ,
the County bo requested to meet at the ^
Court House, at 10 o'clock, on Wednesday
ne*t, ?nd ibflt t^e magistrates of the County
and the military are particularly requested
to attend, for tho purpose of transacting ^
public hiisiposs of importance, in view of
the present alate ot the country.
JRewlvccl, That the County of Mecklen^
burg will support a company or companies c
of. fQlunteers, as may po.w hie o^fief-e^fter e
required* by the Governor,
On- motion, the meeting adjoHftypd, to *
meet at 10 A. M., on Monday next.
Pr. C. J. Fox, qne pf our most prominent t
and inPuential uiti^ena, whohaa^upta lues- t
day nfturnoou last, been a firm and cousU*
tant advocate of the perpetuity and support *
of t^e Fedpral Union, came out boldly and 1
unqualifiedly in favor of resistance, pledge c
ing bis ljfoj bis honor, in defence of the
"South and^bPF iastifjitiopB pgainst the as- j
saulls of Btifck Republicanism and Abra- t
ham-Lincoln. Peafening gppianse sue? 1
ceeded the announcement. 1
Thj^0harlotte Grieys,'' made up of the "
young mefr of Charlotte, sent a despatch: (o *
(JbyernorUlirai' offering their aerv.&ek to ^
the State. 'They paraded the streets and
displayed their"* proficiency in. military tAc- *
tics,finder the cotpmapd of Captain JS. 3
Ross, , . V J-jTheJIoraet'a
Nest Riflemen, a veteren 1
corps, under coifljnand of Capt. L. S. Wil=- ?
lianW, also tendered their services to the _
Governor andheld theselves ready to march'
ai a moment's nonce.
Cleveland has also tendered ber men for
immediate ftervfoe.throngb.ber.Representative,
Mr. Burton, and all are an;ioi|8-U> occupy
a place-in, tbe picture and near the
flashing of the guns. i
lo Charlotte, the "question is, 'Who shall
stay at home?' ?. ? *
The Wfer bps just cocpmenced. The Con/
federate flag floats from the North Carolina
Military Institute and several private buildings,
apd every one stems anxious,to baste
to the defence of the Btate and titfire possession
of the forts.
i/Phe following ordety were received last
evening, nod at tire-hjjnr of goin^to prow,
it was understood that tbe HorbeiaV Nest
Riflemen would leave.fof (he point de*~
signnted, by. this nfght'a train, at |0 p*
clock i *
1
I^cutiv# .Office, Ajpril 1^> 1861.
Orders liave been i&uod. to Co!. Bryce l
for a company to go to Fort Caswell,
1 Aa nf finrnlina \fililorir
Institute, will report at'fkrt Casfcell for
Rt once, j? W? vSLLISt I
v *** i^gAM ^V8?, $nJtt^*Ury.
^ Tbes^emoh are {t'Ab<l|r pol.
j. jp>S. \Vyiinra?, and is tria<$*?uj?ef Ofebegt
B&ttertt men tp be $ufllbS?? Meckkn.
burg/Cow qty?:, Jhe honor of "the'-$?Ate iflft
1 suffej^np det|iuoeqt in tbetr baqd*.
< * : *'% . -* '
, Gla? Ca?*.?A patent Eu ^een.-km out
by A. Hubert ao44Fg ' Lteg^in
Belglaii, for malting small dafra ?nd 6KMB?t ^
, " to ppiyf&Wfa *?'??& \
* 4Mo W46lti Aire gallon* .and
J iteSVmM T% blow t}?e mould i
' of wood or iroo/tbe tftoafroeirig in *tWo parte
. of ihe'ftttn, of ttfrjMU^.'1 ^ oert#|n portion of ij
litf'noltep gt^as i? iotrqcjqced jnto tbe mould
f WfWW Vl.'l ,) gilooan . At{ :Vlw. ^:
COLUMBIA PRICES CUBBXHT.
TAMS, per lb. ltf-a lg
IACON, Sliouldero per lb. . Wfa 14$
Sides per lb. . . . 14'? 15
lUTTER, Country- Rerlb. . 20 a 25
aGodlien, p.er lb. 38 a 86
ANDLES. Tnllow, per lb . . t'2 a
Spe^/n, per lb . . 40 a CO
Adamantine'per lb. 25 a 80
tOFFEE, Cuba, per lb ... 14 a 1$
Logunyr, per IV." 1^ a _ lg
Klio, per lb. . 16 a J7
Jayo, ner lb. . . 20 a 25
!ORN, per bushel, . . . .115a 1 3$
EATIIESS}, per lb. 4? a 50
LOUR, i>fe\y pef bbl . . . 8 50 a 9^6Q
County, per bbl. 7 00, a 8 til)
RON, per lb. . 4ia 8
Band ond Nail Rod, 6^a 8
T?Tk iV* 1.1 1R
iter iu. . . *-* ? ??
lAClvEKEJ/, tip. 1 per keg, a 2(5 a 3 od
(GLASSES, N. Orleans, pe^gal, 66 ?- 60
Mn3covaU<vpergn1, 3<^a 40
Cuba, per grtl. . . S3 a 35
'ATS, per bushel, .... 75 a 80
J5AS, per busliel, .... 1 20' a 1 25
HCE, per bu^liyl, 3 tfO a 4 QO
ALT, per 8<^ck, . . i V5 a Si 00
TEEL, Blistered per lb. . . 7 a 12
German, per lb. . 1-1 a 12
Cast, per lb. . . 17 a SQ
Spring, per lb. . . 9 a 10
PIRITS. Brandy, Cpgnao gftl.8 60 a 7 00
Branay, omestic, gal' 76 a 1 25
VHISKEY, It}"?, per gal. . . 50 a 1 00
Cocnt per gallon . 60 a 70
iUGAB, Loaf anACruqhecl prtlb 12 a 1.?
New Orleans, per lb. S a 10
'ALLOW, per lb. 10 a l&l
wttw-ru/YTATirrcsj i nr? ? i 9X
Kjaril'OTATOjia \r.yy"."" " " 2 75
'HE GREAT EHQLI8H RBMBB?
SIR JAMES CLARKBTS
^lfbra^c^ fUftt
"ROTECTED LETTERS
BY ROYAJj PATt.xT.
Thii roedipino is unfailing in tba
ure of all tlioee painful ftnd datrgproqs f|i$qsea
incident tfl the fengftle
It moderA^s nil exccsaca and removes t*ll fib
truptiona. from whatever cause, ana aspeeay
ure muy to relied on.
Tf) CARRIED LADIfiS
14 peculiarly suited. II w ill, in a (hart time
ring on the monthly period with regularity
CAyTJON?Thepe Pills shpuld nqtbe take&
>y females that are pregnant, dming the first
hr.ee months, as they are sure to brjpg
arriage ; hut at ^yery other time, aud w
y otfapr Cusp they are perfectly safe.
In all cnass of Nervals and Spinal Affcc^i^s
'aifl in the Back and Limba, Heaviness, Far
igue on slight exertion, Palpitation of the
Ienrt, ?f Spirits, Hysterics, Sick
iesctaplje, W.lutes and all' the painful disease*
ccasioncd Uy iv disordered system, these Pills
trill effect ft PHTP when ill other means bftYe fajl
d. FHlWirpp?iflP3 In the pamphlet arpflnd
package, which ahpuld be carefully pr^erve^.
A bottle cpntftiqingv fiO pills, ftfl4 P?cM?4
ritH tha^ovetaSfcfjfiiil^^tnp flf pppafc Brite'l
an beeentpojt fredTor atffjtl poBtageatamp?
0enerftl agpntforP".B., Job $Jo8es,Rp|Jfleefc!F
861&fa ^]it)evjljp by PRnftid.MefppchHp,
)r. I, Btpnclji.janq 0. Allenl ?d3'?H PWgr
;ists everywhere. Van Scliack & Griersoq,
3harle?tnn, Ag6Qta* 13t
O AN DID A^B 8 .
? .. Ji
For Ordlpary.
JOHN A. HVNTER,
Col. J. Q. P^SPN,
JQHIT W. LESLEY,%
KATHANIEJ. MpC4KTS, E^}.
ForBherift
ROBERT JONEB,
William g, steal,
For Clark.
JAMES A. WARPLAW.
HWI1
^ ?
HISS NARY J. BARRY,
At the residents tip Mrs. WaUon,
PQB^ElQSSIJZt#,
IfefPERF. the iappepare4 fop MANTUAtMA?-?
KING in the tteate^Htyla, and atreaxtnable
prices. Alao Chj]4^tan?B<J GentUmen'f'
Clothe Shjrtf, Pip,
FcVruary 1,1861, 40. 8m
IMPQfcTAHT TO ,
<- *i?aac isi
Rieiwn mvmtv
iwiiviuuvj,iv |iiv|
Richmond Co,, 6ft, ,
t* 'it $'*
C' 0NT1NUES t3. rojyuifeptve WOOLLEN
* CLOTH al 12f ?ot? p*? W4 for PUfft
and 16 for Twill^fiofllcf* ewry. mmm-m*
ocfitlh* Wool The eiM?a?i^ ftpd MDitftQtig
iftcrwtex the PVo^ory hue epjojed
(bp yt*n putt uwrt the Proprietors (bitr lb*
article of Wlnttt ttotMrig for jjfcgroM, mtt&
by them, '"* not bfi& eurpftesedby any Cloth
rfnde pr Sr??H?. i . '
"Htcetft exteneive itopiovsqpnU,* and other*
now being erectedr enkbt* o? to keep o?>4tjra
KUMai'd ?f ifop QqodV*?*'4? iM*# *? r?w
delivery. At*. ; > ' . ' '
IPIimterMT oth^ilfcoitfeywjA to ee?d oe
JVo^li^be madejptqgotlu ?aa MBd it diftj
una dortr taww*ftiy. jr Mat airtjv
oenV for fi?rry