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A REMARK*ELK SPEECH. ! "Wlien we consider ii?o iinui, the place nnd (li< do'.riii<?, llit' epeeell of Welldell | Plirips will >?.- iiri 'Hinnncil by nil tln> ?tiu*t re.' j uiarkable and liv. It was delivered ?>ri ilic '.'lli i11st.. at N'.-u I led lord, Mnss., and is flnn reported Iiv ,i correspondent of the lJoston Tr<tuKcri]tl; , Xk\v lii'.iiroRii, jlaF?, April 10, 1FG1. j Mb. Kihtok: Wendell Phillips delivered ft j lecture before on;- Lyceum hist eveiiimr, in-I totiJtl^^Kjlitioai in..ils character, in the course ! of wliicli' he ton'; occasion to comment on the ! iiowb just rcceive-l from Charleston. I send i you n specimen of Iiis brilliant and erratic j ideas, in'Iris own language. The lecture was > intel'i'iiiited liv freacent lii?a<>&: . - - : - V"Tlie telegraj>lj is 'sniil to teport to night tli.it the guns life filing either olit" of Fort' SutnUec or ")$l0 'l?'',at tiijnorrow'e breer.e j when it sweeps from the North will bring to ; us the echo of the first Lexpiglon battle of the j new revolution. Well, wTf'nt shall \ve e?y of Fisch mi hourt^My own fueling is a double one. { J.t is 3ih<* the triumph of. smlnces?rejoicing and . sorrow. 1 cannot, indeed, congratulate you i enough on the sulilijne itpeetublc of twenty ! millions of people chi'-atel in .1 twelvemonth ' xip to hoing willing that. their idolized Union, should riali a battle, should risk dissolution, in | oi Jor, HtJnny rieU", to put down this rebellion ! of tlavo Slater-. lint I nmsorry Ili.it n gun should be fired at j Fort Sum 1 or, or that a gun should be fired : from it, for this reason. The Adnlinislration at Washington know its time. Here nreneeries of Slates pirating tlie gulf, who think that their peculiar institutions require that th'ev s!:ecu)?1 h?v<* a separate government.Ti oy liaJ a right to <]u<*i?lu that question without appealing 1o you ovine. A largo boilj" of people, wuUieiiwit ti> make a nation,"have conic i to the conclusion that they vi'l Uav? a gov , eminent of n certain form. Who dctiies.jhem , lite tight? Standing with the principles t?f I '76 bell in J us, who can denytliem the Yight ? What is a matter of a few millions ?>f dollars or a few fort - ? It^is a mere drO? in the buck* ct ofithe groat ralional f|tioo'aon. It is theirs 'pistas ir.tieh as ours. I maintain, ojQi the principles of 'TO, thai Abraham Lincoln lias no right to a fold'or in Fort Sumter. question comes secondly, Suppo?4. \ve bad a ri^lit to interfere, what is the nood of ill You may punish South Carolina forgoing out of the Union. That does not bring her in. You nwiy siij^ue her.by hundreds of thousands of armies, but that does not make heraStnto. There-is no longer a Union. It, is nothing but boys' play. Mr. Jefferson Davis | i* angry, and Mr. Abraham Lincoln is nind, j o.iu uicj <hji iu ugm. < me, two or three vonrs hcnce,..if tl?o news of tlita afternoon is correct," we shall have gone through a war. spoilt million?, required the death of a hundred thousand men, and be exactly then where we (ire now?twA nations : n little inoro angry, a little poorer, nnd n great deal wiser; and that I will be the only difference. We m??y just as well eelllc it now as then. You cannot go through Massachusetts and recruit nteti;<to bombard Charleston or New Orleaus. T41c*isottheni niitid will not bear .it. You never cau make such a wdr popular... The lirst onset may be borne. The telegraph^may bring us news that A'idei'son has bombarded Charleston, and- you may rejoice. But the 6ober second thought of Massachusetts will.be, '"Wasteful, uiichrisliup,- guilty." The Korth never will endorse such a war.; Instead x>f conquering Cbarlest6n, you ereatc a Charleston in K.-^- V - t-* ji wu dh? up ny^ipamy tor the Snu'.h. Tliprefvru, it sc-i ins to nic that tlu inauguration of war is not only a violation of,ori|\piple but it^3 a violation,of exjfefjiency. * To for disunion in Boston ia-to be an Abolitionist. To be ngainet disunion uKtb 6e an Abolitionist to-day in the stress of <Q)iarleaton. Now, Hint very state oftlnnga thirwa that the civilization of the two citiea is utterly Antagonistic. ^Vhat is the use of-trying to join thcni ? Is /.!) i aliam Lincoln capable of making fire- nnd powder lift ijown together in peace? if ho can, lot him send his anny to Fort Suintcr nr.d occupy it. But undt-rslripd me. I beliere in the Union exactly ns y/>u do, in the future. Thin is my proposition: "Go oul, gentlemen ; you arc wel jvui eiu|)ir??mice iu ' i.ct tliem try the experiment of cheating with ode hand and idleness with the other. 1 know that God has written ' Ijaitkruj.tc)" over eneh an experiment. If you cannonade South Carolina, you connonndo hoi into the sympathy of the world. I do not know ty>w lAit whaUn majority there is on my side; but I tiiow Ufiiw tj^at if the telegraph speaks true to-night, that the guns are echoing around Fort Sumter, then a majority is against us, for it will convert everv m?m into a secessionist. Beside*,' there is another fearful element in tho problem. There is another torriblo consideration. We can then no longa?^?tend to tUa^Llack race at tlie. South our Best sympathy rind our best nid. TV|L stand to-night nt the hegining of an epoch "wticifi mayj^ c tlie peace orlTia ruin "in a generation in its bosom. Inaugurqto whr, we know not wi:erc it will en<f. We are in no condition t'od&k ' Tlin SnnUi J -? ^WJB5JT?- ~ jmwv arc rich. Tlic poor man can ddHivice the injury to Hie rich mail that the rich can do to the poor. Your-yealUi-"jljfta safely on the bosom of Ihe ocean." Ail Kew England has it^ mHiol^MkiM; The Korlh tfU^f?ji,*very -sea with South,lif\ po but she can tiny tlio privaU&rs of cvJHPrnce to nr?V on Pnni? i** ' *' * , ... j??..8woy?Bjm-wn?n wealtli qnitreln Willi pM'Cfty.' ' _ Proven to deepair, tlic Southern St^ej jon^r t&jMtor/iiri# bijh'frrt'frfy.. ty^the poorerf ii* New EiiglAuTa <^|oy -i< a UjyfC of tliQ civilise<l.rwofH M*?BOUtir6in plmwh New. >nifre tb?i? tho contrary, w? hold ^ ^ ^4"d Sri'telMy of Stntf.'^In is not mnJ enough to i(ii*tIi(MO States lus'i into battle, lie. knows 'liraI the age of liuHetii is over. II a gnn ^bjBred 1, TO'tjoi^iiern water*, it is fire J at the tr.hnrves of Now YWk, nt the lionk vaults of'Boston, at the money of the North. It. is meant to | alarm. It is policy, not sinceiity. It means [ concession, ari<] in twelve months you will nee this Union reconstructed, with a Constitution like that at Montgomery. New England tuny indeed never he coerced into a slave confederacy. But when the huttl..? ?r a i.?.!..... t :?i- ? ? ' ? I4UICUIII lire eunctl, Aim cum ? prunii?os worse? tli nn Criten?)cir? nrc idopted, New England inoy claim the right to secede. And as sure as & gun is fired to night at Fort Sumter, within three Je*?ra from to-dny you will see these thiity States gathered under a constitution tw'oj.V dainmable ? that of 1767! The only hope of liberty is in ^fidelity to princi pie, fidelity to peace, fidelity to~lheslate. ' Out of that God gives us nothing but hojve nod brightness. 1 h ^tooii tifire is sure to be ruin j Correspondence between General Beauregard > and Major Anderson. lIt.\!>cji)aut*Eiis Provisional Army, C. S. A. Charleston. S. C.,*Aj?ril 11, 1661. 2 IV M. Siu: 'Hie .Government of the Oonfedesatc Stntes has hitherto foreborne frouilny hostile demonstration agnin?t FottrSumter. in the hope I hut the Government of the United Slates, with n view to the amicable adjustment ??f all questions between the two Government?, ar.,i j lo avert the calamities of war, would v'.un- ! tartly evacuate it. There wns reason at one time, to believe that such would bo ifto course pursued by the Government o^.the United State*, and under.that impression my Government tias refraiii^3"fr6m? J?? jkiug uny demand for the surrender of the *\?it. But the CoufcdVtfV.e States can no Jongcr delay assuming actual possession of a fortification commanding tho entrance oydbe of their j harbors amlr.a??i..?n i?. i ' ? ..vvvcohi j wo ivduuiciiuc auu sccun,yv I Of. orJcred by the Government of the. Co?;.iedcrnte States to demand the evacuation of Foft Sumter. My Aids, Colonel Cllesntlt and Catif.nin-X.tie, nro authorized to .make such demand ofryo3? All propei^'faeilitfes will he nlt'ord^ed for the removal of yourself and cominitud?togeter with company'and property?to any post inahe Waited States.,which you may scluou The flag wpftfo- yon ha'vo tipheld so long, and with so muethTortitnde.-^and nnilfr I l?o f rii iof tWlw/# ? -? ?1 - ..j 1*15 viin.-miraimiuei',, uitiy ue 'rffcluted by you on taking it dow.n." Colonel Chesuut and Captain Luc will for n reasonable time.await yonr answer. I nnu, sir, very reapeulfti.ty, your obedient servant,** .G. T. UkaliikcJ\no. Brig. Gen.'Conijiianding. Major Robert Audersou, commanding at Fort Sifmter. Cliurlestori'IIiirboi-, S. C. i ' IIkadquatitf.rs, Foot- SLTITER, S. C., | April 11*4861. To Brig. Gat- O. T. Beauregard, Cawmandiuy Provisional Army, V. 8. A.: . General: I fiaye llio honor to acknowledge Hie receipfflf ydnr communication, demanding tlie evacuation of (his Fort, and to say in reply, lliorafn tl??f if in " ? ' * *1* ?1 L * ...v.vW) ? IO (I Mt.U'iini Willi WIllOll.l I'C- | grct tTiat rn.V eense of honor and of tr.y Obligation to my Government prevent my compliance. Thanking you foe the ffiijwt manly and oour- I t*oU8-tertn? proposed, -rind for the high compliment pajd'tfte,,v ' "1 remain, general, very reapectfnlly, your obedient servant, Robkht AKdemok, Major IT. S. Army, Commanding. HkAi>QrauTr.us PiioywiosAfc -AjsMVi C. 8. Chiirleslon, S. C., April Ifl, 1861, 11^*. M. Major Robert Aiidaygfcl, .CoMmandiug at Fort Sumter,, CharletUm Harbor, t: J Major: TncotisoqueuOo of the verbal ob.*er vntions made bv von to mv Aicl?_ ^Iomk nut and Lee, in relation to the conation of your aupplien, and that you would iu a few dfcys'W starved tyit, if otiV gnna did .notVatter j-otf toipleec*. or ^ords to-(liyt effect, nnd dgei* riDg noiuseless effusion of btood^ 1 communi'ca'tcd both -the verbal obaervatiou and your written unswer- to my communication to ray Government. If yoii will ptate the time at whivh you will evacuate Fort Sumter, and ngreo that fm-Jthemeantime you will not use vour guns against up. unless ours nhaH'be empfoyed agaio?? Fort Sumter, we shall abstain fronr. opening flVe-upon yon. Colonel' Chesnut and Capu Lee are authorizedJby me to enter iul'o mich aq agreement wilh'jyou. Yoo are. therrfnr?- ?*?*?!? ???! x -? --- -= --"a "*<.* I to communicate to tUjJti an ogon^AniVrer. I remain, Major, very respectfully, yoy ob't.. rerv't, G. T. Bmubeoaup, Brig. Gen. Commanding ; . >7 Headquarter*, For.T>SuiitER, St C., * ' 2.80 A, M., April 12,. 1861. To Brig. Oai. O. T. Beauregdrd, Commanding Jiroyinional Aripy C. 8. A.: General: I have the honor (o acknowledge me receipi.oi yotir second communication of the lUliiriet", by CoL Clieaimt, and Jo state, in reply, thnt col diaily uniting with you in (he desire to avoid the ute^M eff<UQ? of blood, I will, if provided with the necessary means of transportation, evacuate Fort Sumter by noon on the 16th insti' should I sot receive prior to that time-'^garitrolling instructions from iny Government, or additional supplies, and that I will not, in the meantime, open my fira Upon your forces, unlejs compelled to do so by agipe hostile act anainst thia. fnr*. n* iha (i... - ; "?6 Government by the forerun der your effmmond; or <-i>y aorao portion of ihaiu, or.by'jjie perpetration of aotne act-nTiowinp athoftile in~ tcntion on your' part against this fort, 0/ tbe flag it?bcars. I have the.honor td^5^, general, rcry Respectfully , your ob't aerv't, - * liOBKinfAKPlCtWOX, ^ojo^-V.^^Tfer, ComqiikHtling. * A*-* Fobt Sumte*, 8. C., ApriM2, 1861. I ;Sv,V. ; 8.30.A. M. : Major Robert j{ntfofton, Uuni(td Rtate* Army Commanding }fori%*mttr; " "A S'n ?Xj,fy "f. Bh^^cd. BgauregvVif jotrOipj, th<~f1r? of" his Ij^kUeri^ tar rot tiufafgrfftonri hour from thibti&e.' rVi W* Emr? tht^#bnojk 'to b?, veryrecpettfftfo, jawjr obedirtW5jrvi*rfl?. , * \lr ; - > *? ->'' ; mSwIP^ 1 a n a -1 <ij n ^a|'vwiu o, \ UNU rkiu am v i &i*cy W. A. LEE, EDITOR. Fridfty Morning, April 26.1861. ? * 1'irjSP, gen. scott. New Yor.k, April 42U.?General Scott hax not : resigned, nor <lot? he inten t to. electionVof~ major. Capt. Jkssik Jat Ii.-is been tleclcJ Mnjorof, the Lower llaltaliootif tlie Kiglith,Regiment , S. C. Mililja. I Itctfira nnd packages intended for men- | bers of Capt. Dradlky's Compnny should be | addresqe^ut'Compaiiy "D." 7 Mi Reg't S. C. V. | Cnpt. Compnny "D." Core of Jr.y- i Fr.na, Coturan, it Co., ChnrlcB*ou. tf I WELCOM^iACKT Our Editor, \V. A. Lkk'Esmj., returned n fctv ; dnyp since, on ii>Vlou<rl> for two weeks. Wo j were glad to ^oe him nnd pave him a hearty i welcome, lie is well, nnd looks n9 thoui>h he hud entirely recovered from liis lute siukuct-s. i OFF FOR TH? WAR8. We tiotice thnt mnny editnrn of tlio country press have recently gone into the scrvice.of tho State. Among them we would mentiom Mr. .Tames Holmnoswoiitii, of the I.nnrensville Herald; ' J as. D. Nakck, of the Newberry CanaarwHiH w w r.?- ' ? Enquirer ; W. P. Pbice- and C. M. MoJpnkin, of the Southern Enttrjirize, Greenville; C. J. Elford, of tlic Patriot and J/pfiiitaincr* Greensville; ? Dur.isoif, 5f the Edgefield Advertiser ; J as. A. Hoyt and ? Hinri!i:ev?, of the Anderson IntelligcnctVi They nre gallant and patmiotic men, and will win for themselves bright laurels in the battles for the freedom and independence t*f our beloved Confederao}'.? Our best wishes ttttopd them. HUMBUG ADVERTISEMENTS. We would eall the attention of our renders tt/ the humbug advertisement of a ' Rcvc-reni'' Bcoundrel in Williamsburg. N. V. Tl.?? m?r. advertises nndor <ifc least half dojen different names, with different advertisements and different pretentions, but certainly for the same I ofiject, that of. defrauding tlie suffering nrd unsuspecting of their mpney. We say openly nnd abovoboard'MlBt those '-'Reverend" gentry who profess to have such an enrneet desire^Q relieve auffering'litinianity that they free of cd'?t, all directions, ?fcc., Tor the efcja off Consumption's, .Asthma, etc., arc ifhpdsfe the blaekctt hut. f We hope that none of our renders who .chance to see the printed decorations of these rogues will allow themselves to be gulled of tiieir money by them, or be induced to drink the very drugs of death prepared by- the greatest thieves and murderer* now unhung. VQLUNTEERS^OONE TO VIHGIKIA, President Davis made a. call on the Govern or of this Stntesfdr- two Regiments of Volunteers. Jfo company or' regiment Went as a whole,^ut a povtion of each compgfiy fion Gregg's regiment volunteeio'-l, Tho regiment under command of Col. Gregg wliloh left for Virginia, numbered"'about450 privates. Kiev? /xp bxakp officers. Maxoy Gregg^ Colonel. D. II. Hamilton, Lieuteant Colonel. Augustus M. Smith,?Major. Joseph Kennedy,',Captain, Commissary. Thcmas B. Ferguson, Captain, Adjutant. Alexander II. fttcG.qwan, CapJ^in, Quartermaster. Joliu W. Powell, Captain, Surgeon. Wm. J. Bull, First Lieutenant, Assistant Surgeon. J.-.Edward Neltl#*, First ^eutenont, %Regimeotdl Paymnster. .-k it, % r^lVATta ^pOM OUR-COKAANY. "y . Johjg?raatlly. R Cutlrt^er^, ' Rob't P. Kno*, J?ihn W. T. Haskell, J. T>. ?fcK*llar.^>\ The Above named members o( went asprivates in ;the 'tfict^ft^l^iflejneri,1'^ under command of^Tapt. D. B.MIUer^?\ ^ We have not ascertained which company or cqrfprtni^s-lire following mojnbers of our coitipauy joined : James A. Wright, W. B. Locliey, .< ' Juo. A. Murril, Soiu'l Magill, W. B. Whitworth, John B. Ilob't E. Bowie, . - A.'C. Haekel, Joseph *WV Da via. ^ ^ Lilt flf lUflfttjuiM (<n ?i 1 ? - ?r~~ ?l ?~"r'"J . f TL# folio wingiiat of th? Volunteers cornfipi ing Company Ins bp en fnriiikhcd u? fori publication. A# soon ?? w? rrT.fnrninlie"1 with thorol^of the other CompAnies we" will Uku pTeaimre.in pnbli?)iing them *1so: S. J. HlSSTER^CapMin. Ji^F. OV^EN; 1st LleuUnfttit. E. F. ?OWER, 2d Lieuteonnt. II. M. PRINCE/ S(1 Lieutenaut. Serg^antf.?T. W. Allen, jUB/GuuniOgham, J. II. Healer, J. F. Daimaily^L- Clinkacnlrjj. C4rg0rttU>^-J. Cfc'JWrinedy, M. McD McGee, II. R FreefUtt, ^ 6. CtftUouu, J. P. Huckabee, K. 11. CarUU* G? _ Privafe*.? J B Alien, J II Alanine, A TJ^ker, A.'J?' John T Buskin, Jfthn Ba??? . II Bell, J;~T Bo wen, O W Buyren, J Bowen.L M Bow en, jl P Boyd, Duu'l Bojd, R II. Bu^on, \V \V Bun-is.- E J Caldwfll, ? (J j?frli?l?y W CempOWl, A D OUrk, Jobtr OWhb*, J C Cntrnipgh?m, J II*' Zfclii?V H worth,^ -Edward*, RoUrFfy iinjjgBi ifeftftrant J T Guffin. JI Hall, L Hell, A H?1I, J T^Ipdgc*, ^ ItwMtri'flmtar, Moorr'J r.-Wood, P E.Oliver. R A Preulr, J W Power, J .IftknlA WJW RIi'mMU.I' H /? .' **% *'.' <tr< :tjlM^*a? A./r-fgwiii ,;^yjf&V . Cknr. IrteWi Reply to B*uf?iary Caxa?fA?. jfcgcuxivc DvrARUMffr, ) i' n SewiBp^iL^Aerll IfiTltSl. ( PUBLIC MEETING. Oil the evening 0f tlie inst., immediate- ! ly *fterjj?w news of tlie eeees?ion of Vir^yift'j bad h?en r< ccived,JJie citizens of the Yjljoge | of Abbeville met in tlie Court House to*-jfive j expression to Hie joyous feeling* with which , they hailed the glad tidings from the Old Do- I minion. Hon. 1). L Waidlaw was culled lo the clyiirj and the following resolutions were j offered l?y the lion. A. Burt: JivnolrcJ, That the bloodless, yet glorious \ victory of Port Sumter a fit occasion for the [ rejoicings of a free ftnd christian people. Jfirstjlvnl, That whilst we testify our cordial I admiral io'i ?>f the courage mid constancy of our troops, anil tho fkill and jxallimtry of oor or. I'orB, we rpiuli-r liearly tlinnks to Almighty I God for that signal manifestation, of his-goodners. ^ ?jr * | lirnilvrd, That tlie insolent Pioclnmit'.ion of Abraham Lincoln. President of tli? United Slnt?i?, mtfniu-ing I lie Confederate Slates with war and devastation, is u lligrnnt. invasion of (lie govureignty.t>f States, and of the ri^lit of self-government, mid that defiant resistance to I itslnundnte is n duty to our country and to < ourtJod. Iicxylrrd, 'that llie secession of Virginia, is a \ natural ami noble response to tlie insulting <le- | innml.4 of lliiit Proclamation?worthy of her j niicit'iil renown?ami (lint we Imil with boundless joy that illustrious "mother of States ami | of Statesmen" as ?n ally in our struggle for liberty anil independence. JicfulvrJ, That trusting in tlu-justice of our cause, and cheered by the syutpalhy of the border States, we should wftgp, with all the resources which nature has ploc'ed'' at our command, the unnatural war which has b-.en thrust upon us, until our own beloved South shall become the home of freom. n, or the com | inon grave of its sons. | Speeohesf were made by Messrs. Ed. Noble, j T. O. Perrin, Thos. Thomson and others en- i dorsing the sentiments of thu reMilutions. The | reMiuuiuns were unanimously ami entliusiuslinstieally adopted, and Ordered to be published. The meeting then adjournodr after having given Iliree loud and prolonged oheera fur Old Virginia, and three cheers for Gen. Beauregard. D. li. WARDLAW, Cl?|u. D. F. Joneik Sec'y. WAR ITEMS &c. Nkw Yoiik, via Montgomery, April 23.? Vermont is in u blnzo of excitement?men and money have been tendered. (l., WilminotOw, D?J., April 23.?It is trenernllv Relieved that a genoral reconnoitre has taken 'f?locexbetweon Fort MoHenry und Baltimore. No detail* iinvo been received. A despatch art\*8 that prominent border State men are asking Tor cessation of hostilitfcs'wlih a view to compromise. CotfdonD, N. II., April 23.?Kx-prrsident I'ierce delivered a speech to day, in which lie urged the people to-uphold the United States flag and be true to the country. Kkw Yuiik, April 23.?About one t]iou??nd barriela powder, bound for New Orleans, was seized yesterday, nlso a lot of blank registrations, on n vessel which was bound, seaward and which bad been Suspected and watched. Senator Wison lies enlisted as a private in the Massachusetts Rifles. Senator Baker has been chosen Colonel of.a California Ilegiment , _ . The Massachusetts Eighth Kegiment has been landed at Fort McIIenry. Baltimore, April 23.->-Nolbing but secession flags are flying in this city. Nobody dares nr,irr ~r ,i._ tr..:? ? ? > |>i vvij^ui w^iuacii 111 ia?u| ui i-uu L' IIIUU. AnilC'U men Are stationed to prevent the rebuilding of the railroad bridges -NN^^ojik, April 23.?Washington adviccs say that the GoVcrninentVhas planted cannon on nlTm? heights overlooking the city. Abouttwn thousand wen are under arms in Washington. * Wm. B. Astor j^as ofTcred#to give the Government fonr millions. St. Louis, April ?3.-*Prtpers in the interior i expreaj groat' iudjgu^tj^u at LinFor c^Hing w^arge a military force. There gftod de&l of secession feeling manifested in s'Odio sections, bu* the private sentiment is unanimous for couttiliation and peace. The city is full of rumor?, but is generally quiet.. No dcmonslrationrhave yet been maiioTlieCiucinnati Committee of Safet)- stopped tWSsteamer Decatur, bou$d for New Orleans, with JJjS&on, lard, beef^ and other produce. WiLt&KciTon, DeL", April 23.?.The Ualtimoreans arJ^ptivcly.p.reporidg to tnke Fort. -Mcllflflry, Uie guns of which arc turned on the CUy' * ' <*'v" , Btftt-ADELTiiiA, April 23^-A >?parcr oT despatches, diagufted as a tftelhodi it .pljpcher, from Liuaofp to Genera) >$ raon, tonh nrfived. lie saya that tlje capUuJ/J$ safe fPom ho& attack ; that DaltgnPre. oyic'tion ^ndnv morping, atfd-no cannonading had be?ji heart). H fiero- \jaiL?-t>6rf?c<rej?n The Union trf$n were obliged to succumb. < v IlAnaiB^UBO, Ja., April 28.? rim" ofiitftr from, tlio rr?aideu^yyriv^5*iin(ro to-<fhy, who Bays that upwt?Sunday evening thtfre-wfa no fy/vg in Baltimore* They have twelve bragspieces, and were fortifying thfrieighbaring heights. New York, AprilJ28.?Tbe^?b?i^ted Press nave sent tbree reporters near Ualtitnore, and if possible fhey will send DQWjt^fy ev.ery practicable or even ij^graotioable way. , Mayor All/crger, of Buffalo, who has been a resident of. fifeltimops ^tpr several monlha^w arrived, and reporti ilie condition of affairs in BahjtnorjMf fearful. The streets *re barr!$aAm1 -an/I tlia aKrittxiM ftf itin linnoao 1nnr\ lia!^ foi1 musketry. The Union men are feeing for tl*?ir jKf|f Lol w, April 23.?The tJovernor has culleTfhe LegUlatnre to meet on second Jlny. - General ^pugli has, extended ordoi-s to the c<Wjman^|pg ofKcera of.the aeveral diatricta to jpto eccampmcnt with their regiments on. the third of May, for six day a, according to ' i V . ; " 1KKW..Y.oaKr ,Aprtf 3?.<nTh? ^Hungajiaofc ilwiii and It&liiOaara formiucr a rifla r* inMnt mi --.unn? <ivoi.;. . U""" ' a"" TheCjiti?h midw?U f^npea in fan try */glaj?B.fc an?l TO ,, r :^<7fllU.ctor Brfeiv-wj? J??.% Wfjfc: Mp?"1 ?0'r?fP??4W . ^Xfpn U?e gL&frgfrtt ^ftSio .the ttn^w.^ding, i^t <*. ^roWlpc*!*'R*?* u T^ttlr^SKfTlTTTij nTfr'Ti*;" Y?&erhiiI. dft Midi Jmu r- ' ' %_ PKACE. jHF The il?y bronks, r.ud the suit ofTeocc tinges 4ie 1 >I net Qlc^^'o^W Hr. 15cOf F<>rt Suntier, war between the SontlPnnd North seemed lo bo iu- j evitub'e. Sure ly but steadily, by tlie policy j of inaction, tho South win kept divided, and j the two sections of lint late United States were , drifting to deadly eoi diet. With tlis ^eveii } Cotton States ul*<n?* out of the Union %ir til 0 I United State.*, tlie attempt In suliJjle them by j military force, and thus to oo? rec tliem back ; into a union with tlie Northern States, was ' certain of renliz.ttioi.. There was no hope? J not the slightest?of a pcneefnl adjustment of >?i?.? - v- .1 _ ... - uu> iviiiiuii? wini 111c iiunucni r>iuio4, CUIIS14 , tent wllli the imlepence of the Confederate ! State#. When Soutfc Carolina scccded from the United States the great problem to be wived by tlie tliileEincn of Son'.h wns, how shall tlie ! other Slav-holding States be brought to unite their destiny ? itli her in the formation of a Sontln-rn Cmifi-tlrtficy ? ()n tho solution of thin |irol>lein, depended the i.-?sue of pence Or war If nil I lie Sin vehohliug States unite J til* it- power together, the folly of attempt it.g cueteibii was too llagrnnt to be anticipated. Would inaction produce ibis result ? The condition of a, large portion of the Slavcholding States, rendefod s'lcli r? policy fatal lo the union oT tlieS'-uth. Men do not change their government but from the strongest motive!*. To accomplish revolution!', the passions of men' must. In" ninn-?.l nu ? ..11 .m i ... H. ?... V<| VII > O VI* V I I VlliU' l ~ I >1.1 ? dings be informed. Events soon sliowi.il the only course l>y which the eo operation of ilie ShivehoMing Stales could he obtained; and these events arose not Iroin the wisdom to the South, hut from the attempted coercion of the North. Major Anderson, looU possession of Fort Sumter. It gi?vo us (ieoigia and Louisiana. The Shtr of the 111st eatiie to provision Fort Sumter, and it gave us Texas. Lastly the Government of the United States informs its that it intends to reinforce Foi l Sutnter with supplies and men, and.it gives us Virginia; j nud, (we tiust, soon to follow) all Ihe Southern Fronties States. At cauli successive step of collision, Southern union was advance J ; and nt each successive stefjt of advancement to union iu the South, theprdbnbilities of a peaceful lerminntion of T>ur separation from the Northern Slates have been increased. Let the 1 greatfjbnd of iv utiion of the fifteen SlaYeholdj ing states be accomplished, and war by llie North upon the South is u lla^rfinl absurdity. | I'aradoical as it may scent, the avoidaueo of fighting wns certain war, and fighting was the only wuySo obtain ponce. Ilence, we longed j for collision in our bay, us opening the only avenue to peace. The press and the people of the North appear to be furious for war. The Abolition Government at 'Washingtomippoar determined to conquer the Sjouth. These are necessary for peace, because they are neet'Ssarj* to arouse nnd unite the South. The more decided the demonstrations of hostility fiomthc North, the better for ilie^great cause of Southern redemption and independence. Heretofore we have been too slow in action?too forbearing?for Southern union; but now, thnt the Frv?ntier Stales are aroused, we must await their coming. The Confederate States should be, iu .1 . Lf_\ ...... - - uieir preparations tor war, equal to the United Stutcs; but tlu-y s(.iout<l nut precipitate conflict with the United Slates, unless in c&nsel witlv the Frontier States, where the conflict must rage. Virginia signalizes her independence with her wonted bravery* She seizes Uurpcr's F?rry and the Custom llonses, nnd will foon make the gleam of her bayonets tell her determination. Give the illustrious Old Commonwealth time to wake up her strength and rage. Let her glorious daughter, Kentucky, shake the bloody land with her martini trade; and the steady columns of Tennessee, which marched on in the street* of Mputerey, when swept through with grape, witffii muse in their step, have time to form. Maryland, in the streets of B-iltiinorp. forhi<f? l-VHnrnl t.mnna from pawing over her soil. The work goes bravely on. The South will soua ba^^inUble by n uuion of the South, and comniaii<l peaco by her invincibili^*. Wc repeat, "The day breaks, and the sub of Penae. tinges the black clouds of Wur."?Mercury. , iy\ SOUTH CAROLINA COINCIDENCES. ' 1 There are some curious coincidences in South Carolina history, --between pnst and present, whicftidesei ve remembrance. South Carolina was the firet of the Colonies to dcclure au independent State Constitution in the days of the Revolution. South Carolina \va^ the first Sta^^o^ccede from the lute Confederacy and declare an independent Constitution. South Carolyn was the first State in the Revolution of i7v0 to boat tho en< my. This was done iu Charleston harbor. South Carolina was the first,of^he seceding State# in l&til to obtain n triumph over the Abolition invader and us"torper, and'.Rgarfr'ij^JCharleston -hart>orl All the fight# in the ReVolution in 1776?Lexing U>n-?iid Bunker Hill?were American defeat*. That of Tort Moultrie was a victory I Fort Moultrie in 1770 set fire to the British vessels The same.fortress bad a lnrs;e part in firing foft Sunrfpr. South Carolina, at l^o close of thq Revolution, had been so liberal that sliq was the largest creditor State in the Confederacy at the end of the war. At the preseht moment her expenditures far exceed those of any one State in the Southern Confederacy, arid tViih without including $osa large annual expenditures for ordnance ami arms which the began in 1H32, and which, perhaps, has found her, io the prevnt couflict. better Drenared for buttle than any of her sipter States. . t . There is one point of great importance, in which the coincidence utterly fails. -ln Al77G, her people, half of .whom .were bore in Great BritSyi, and nad only recently dome to this country, w'ere nearly equally divided. Now, eWstaltAft ereofc,' ready to m4et the enemy, with united columns; her pttaple all: feeling ami prepared /^.o^jiun Mi* A7W. ?hd. eottW>^Jy bring, all told, about 12,000 men intq tho field ! now the can bring 60,000. And tuch men! land, fight 'would show; and, if our brave CriT ;.f * \ boya do not utterly drtve the invaders into the Mi(>d alfSl he grtUlly 'dfs.1 (pointed In the iMMils-Vnd Sine if*' that ?'ov nflr guard over 'fti.r island*J nfc more wanton invasion,. more VntalM.w/thflUt ?flg^ <m4 r^?*on.: ^as never exhibited in history I And our bqya^afe, d?ffp ding thair homes, their firesides, their wdtnen ftud ctiiidrcn. oganiet a loo who has been elan2leVIng, revVn'ng, arid rolitiit^1 tfs'fe more than J!yWl'Vwd '<?olrt* &'**uM 4Writti It* beflMM *hd ?* j and Pi&ktaa, will raniM ns with cttntUdnce/l j meeting ?gj?h*K By the Governor of Virginia. A l'BOCI.AUATION.* Wbc ens, ?ovcn of the States forinerjy com-; poking u part of I lie United Stales have, liy j auiho'.ily of llieir people, solemnly resumed the powers granted by llieni to the United Slates. J ami liuve framed a Constitution an<l ui'g:ini/.<:il ' n Government lor themselves, to which ihe peo i pie of those States are yielding willing ohe- j dieuce, ami have so notified the I'resideut ol'the ' United Stales by all the formalities inei lent to j such action, and thereby become to the United j Slates a separate, independent and foreign : power; nud whereas, the Constitution of the | United States has invested Congress with tho t sole power 14 to declare war," and until such ! declaration is tnnde, the l'residetit bus no an- | lliorily to call for an extraordinary force to j wage offensive war against any foreign power ; and whereas, on the loth insl., the I'resideut i j ol' the United Slates, iu plain violation of the J ... .VM, ji,o I.1CUUU ll l ruclliuililioil culling I I for u force of ftevciHy-fivo thousand men, to cause (lie liiwh uf ihi! United Slates to be duly ! executed over a people who arc no longer a j part of the Union, and in said Proclamation ' I threatens to exert (his unusual l'orce to compel j obt-dicnge to his mandates; and whereas, the ! Oein-r.il Assembly of Virginia, by a majmiiy approaching to entire unnniinity. has declared, at iis lakt session, that the State of Virginia ' would consider such an exertion of force as a ! I virtual declaration of %jar, to be resisted by all ! ; the power at the coiiiiuaiid of Virgiuia ; and j ! subsequently,-llie Cotivcution now in s-.'ssion, I 1 representing 'lie sovereignly of this Siato, has j ! reatiiinied in substviicc the same policy, by al- | ! most etpial uiiauimity ; ami whereas, the State ; of Virginia deeply sympathizes with tlie South : et'ii Slates in llie wronus tlsev have suR'orivl j and in the position they hate assumed, and . having made earnest tlTurl;, peaceably to coin! p-'so. the differenced have severed the j Union, itiid huve tailed in that .ittenip through ' this iniwarrantcd act on tlio part of the I'resi j ' Mil; itf it is believed that the influences j which ;n.r:Ue to produce this proclamation I aguin.s. tlie seceded States will be brought to ' bear up'-n this Commonwealth. if she should I exercise her undoubted right to resume the : powers granted by her people, and it is due to j the honor of Virginia that an improper excr; eisc of forcc agjfcinH her people should be repelled: Therefore', I, John Letcher, Gov! cruor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, have I thought proper to order tdl armed volunteer regiments or companies within this State farthI with to hold themselves Jlii readiness for imnie! diate orders, and upon the reception of this ! proclamation to report to the Adjutant General j of the State their organization and numbers, and prepare themselves for efficient service.? Such cuinpan cs aa are not armed and equipped will repor that fact, that they may be properly supplied. In witness whereof, I have hereunto Bet my hand and caused the seal of the Commonwealth to he affixed, lliis 17th day of April, 18151, and in the 85th year of the Commonwealth. JOHN LETCHER. Capture of the Star of tko Wast. New Oni.kan3, April ill).?The steamship Star of the 1 lrt*/ Iisih arrived at litis port ns ft prize of war. She was captured by Texas troops us a prize to the Confederate States. Further from New Oi leans. New Oulkans, April Un.?The Star of the JlY.si wns hoarded oil' Inclinnola, on Wednesday light, by the Gulvesloti volunteer*, who cup t.lrvd her without resistance. She hits on board right or nine hundred barrels of juo! visions. The sleamrr Tlnbann lifts been purchased hv I the 'Joiifedemte Stated. and will be converted j into a war vessel, cairyiujj eight jruug and one I IllVOt. 1' II11. j Troops continue to arrive here from ti:e upper pur tilled. Latest fro:n tlio Seat of "War. ! \YasiiisgtiiN, April 20.?The stfiiiuur I'm. n e Lund Aiutcotlia loll ibis city lust night, probably j [flur Norfolk. Tlie President.-hus issued a proclamation declaring a bloc kail e ol" the (toils of the acceded St.i Iks. There are no tnriilsi from hov ml Baltimore, owing, ii it) r?*pnri??d. t? the dextriiciinn of u | railioa'l bridge urtir Baltimore. thus detaining | ft lnrge hody of troops bound for Washington ul j I In vre -It* (J race. Baltimore is reported to l>e quid, and hi full possesion ?>f the St ii^ military thin inornin^ and it is ex[)eci< J Iroup* will pn.-a through to-day. 'l'hc tnnil st< a*ncr.? on the Totoniac hav? b?*cn trmpoityrily detained by order of tlio Government for priwlett'.inl reugoup. Everything is , .i-MC ?L-.V. Safe at a Distance. Nuw Yokk, April 2<l.?A fee ling (if aftfcty porvR.lts nil classc*, except financial circle?. Yankoo Troops in Motion?Rumors. Nkw York, April 18.?The Button tr.io|s. 600 in nuinlier, left lit re l>y railroail tor I'hilas delphia at 12 o'clock to-day. It is said they will go to Foitrtfs Monroe. The p.ipcrs publish reports that a vewirl lutx sailed from Boston with troops for Norfolk, Vu.? llichmond JJi*patcJi. Tennesseo aaiiMistouri Refuse. Nashville, April 18.?Gov. Harris replies to Lincoln's call on TeimesHoe fur two regiments, a* follows : ' Tennessee will not furnir-li n sinl?fe mail for eoeie.ioj.. hut lifiv rlimianml if IK? o?nnry, for the dvfenee of our rights and those of our .Southern brother*." JSt. Loui.?, April 18.?Gov. Jr.clcon tells Cameron Mini his requisition is nlle^al, uncoilMiuitioual, revolutionary, inhuman, d'at'ollc*!' And cannot be complied with. Missouri won't furnish a man ou such an unholy crusade, Harpet'a Ferry Arsenal Captured. Alexandria, April 19.?Reliable information state* that the Harper's Kerry Arsenal wi\j> captured lust night by the Virginia forced, without resistance by the Federal ;4f oops. Fourteen thousand stand of arms were taken.?Richmond Dinpalch. Wa?iinotox, April 17.?-Uooruiiing stations have befii opened by several compfiujgx iu this city, anil considerable excitement prevails.? Tbere are strong evftttnces of a riot here, bnt the conservative'* sentiment opptwee it with vigor. . i... puil-vdr.lryta, AjjwJ 17.?The recruiting and enlistment ofvoluiitee'ra is proceeding here steadiljr; Five Thousand men are already enrolled here, which is more than the quota required from Philadelphia. , Jntelligonce from Harrisburg states that more man leu mouaaiiu men naye already been acoep'ied. ' ' 'l' Cinoiknati, April- 17.?Thirty five boxes of gttps from Parkerabprg ware seized to-day on atramera destined fbr Little Rbck, Arkansas, and Memphis. A large thipnicut of powder has a hip beeen'Stopped. A shipment of bacon for Ctiarfeatoil, via Noah*ilie, was alsoemharke^, aud owners of bt>ats; have beeujiptttified to take no Ynunjtiona oY1 provisions South. The police-in boats, tearoh every paving Steamer. ']il ' ' Warliou Preparations in Horth Carolina?tiHral Subgcriptloiift, ?e. Wbldon, N. C.; 'April 19.?The passenger* on the train from Wilmington, -to*day, ivfe're surprised at almost every point on the road by I lhe<'Aneeo?tln urmnliAnt, fM ?an. lufn I>T -j.n-TTr? .J--r?-T??TT"1I "TT7" t, neld two,Companies of troops were'starting fot Wrt' WRe^i'to^arfflKrti'Am flpfnfc 5*W?rfh (^rolip^tfr i?*vo *woko'with aM etiergy thai will be terrihlato their enemies. r- . . ' I hear that Afentpafty of Wftree colored roei) | hste Toljxn'oer thelr'senrices^in throwing up '^4 a VejdtfeyJcUif^llWfii^Bcfibed, route, from Wilfniugton, and even the n*gf|?ea .waved tlto Confederate banner at the ears at w TO MY FKIENDS. Being in Georgia at the time when my company, UitAULv'ti, was railed into service, circemstanccs, over which I hail no control, prevented me from leaving at the tiniejihe company left. I am now at Abbeville, ami will start from here to morrow morning to join my company in the duties of camp life. WILLAKD WALKER. April 22, 18(11, 02, It co uvr ]vr E rt c I A. X.. CitAr.i.ESTON, April 23. Sales of cotton to-d:iy 310 Oales at 9 to 13 Jc. I'rices easier. Abiievii.lk, April26. Cotton.? Little offering. Extremes 8 to 12c. Notico to Stockholders. tS553i r^ttf--5gR5r- -Egflat SECRETARY'S OFFICE O. & C. It. R. CO., 1 Con 'iitiA, April 10, lfctil. / r J"M1E ANNUAL MEETING of tlic StockJL holders (,f this Company will lie held at their Hull in Columbia, on TilURSDAY, the 2'1 MAV next, at 10 o'clock A. M. All Stockholders will be passed free to and from the , meeting;. Original Stockholders, or those who Iiavo "* inlici'i*e>l the stock, owning five sliarcf, will bo permitted to take his wife and children residing with liitn to tlic meeting u.:d return free. Those who wore not Stockholders in the fot ginning, but have purchased their stock ?u order to entitle them to take wife and children i? it.? i-.._ ? ? - -- ntr, utu ni|iurcu IO I10IU , twenty-five ol stock and to have held ! it fur mouths previous to the mcetinji. The privilege of pnss:i?re will commence on Thch'Ih.v before ihe meeting, and expire- oti Momlny following. During tlio lime tlwt the Stockholder* >?re ullowed the tree passage. as above the passenger truins will stop oiil;/ <t( die lictjuliirly cetabli.ihr(I Slali'in*. Stockholders will he rei|<iired to tdiow to the ComJuuiors tlicit* Stock Scrip. C. V. CAlilllMUTOJf, Sccrctary. April 18, lb'jl 1 if ATTENTION! ABBEVILLE L!3f!T INFANTRY. ^S7"OU Mro lirr?'1>y ordutvd to I?p unci appear ?.t EL Mi'C'.AWS OLD i IK I) tin y'Aiirxffltyv Mail 2</., nrmf-d ami npiippc-d ns tlic law directs for drill and insli m-timi. Cofiiiiiis-ioncd and nun roinmi^ioiied tfUcerawill appear lli?; ihiy previous. By or>'or c.\rr. bowers. S. A. Wixsru'i;, 0. S. April 2f>. I SCI 1 It H i" IVtw copy. TUB STATIC OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Abbeville District.? dailioiu I R> WILLIAM 11II.L. Esq., Ordinary of AliW 1 villu Uiciiict. WIIKRKAS, Hubert Junes has applied to mr for letters nf Atlioi i-it*lrtiliiin of nit? and piiiguliir tin- i>ihh1s and cVtntt?)s> ci^litx nn<l credits of J)e\Vitt V. Juuuit, lute or District aforesaid deceased. These are then-fnre, to tile and n.liivoivisli all: and 8ingul.il', the kindred ami <:r?-dit"r? of lli^ 8.ii<l deceased to lie nnil appear before me, at our next Ordinary'* Court fur the said District, to lie ludden at Abbeville Court House, on tlio 8th day of May next, to show cause, it any why the raid administration aho'l\d not. be granted. Given undor my hand and seal? this the Md day of April, one thousand eight hundred and sixty, one and in the 85th year of Sovereignly and Independence of the StnlSf of South Carolinu. WILLIAM IlIL^, O. A. J). Ordinnrv's Ofliee, | "* *Apj. 22d,?18tiL J i^l> 4' it ? fr"; tt 1 ^ ii t. TilK STATE OF jSOCTIi CAROLINA, Abbevil'e District.? Cilu/ton. By WILLIAM 11ILL, E>q.. Ordinaryof'Abbeville District. 1STE7 IIEREAS M.niWw i.? ^ ? applied li? ine for l.stifOii of Adinipintiplioii, op all and singular tlm goods and cha(? tela, rights- niul credits of David Clary,. ? of tlie District aloresiftl deceased: ijt. These are therefore, to citc and (vdj?loni*h alland singular, the kindred anil creditors of tha ?. . find deceased "to lie and' iippear before me, at' our nest Ordiunry'tt Court fur the sftid District, to he holden at Abbeville Court House, on the 8th day of May next, to show cuufo, if any, why the said ailmiunslrution should uot be granted. Given under my hand and seal, this tile 22ll d.ty of April, one thousand eijjifc humlred nnd sixty-one, and in tha f5th year of the Sovereignty and liulcpetuleuro of tho Btute of. South Uuroiiuoi \Y.\J. JIlLL.t o. a. d. Ordinary's 0fiic?, > Apr 1 2-2, i 1 v ft TUE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA Abbeville District.? Citation. By WILLIAM HILL, Esq., Ordinary of Abbevillo District. WHEREAS, Hastings Dinl has applied t? mo for Letters of Administration, of ull and singulnr the goods and chutlels, right* and credits of Josepeh Stall worth, late of the District afort-suid deceased, with hi* will annexed. These are therefore, to cite aAd admonish all and (lingular, th* kindr?d and creditor**of the said deceased, to bo aud.appear before me, at our next Ordino^'s Court for the said District, tn. be hoMen - At Abbeville Court House, on the. lltli day of May next, to ahow cause, if any Why. tlie 8aid. administration ahould uot bo. grunted. Given titicfer n>y harid and seat, t>Ks the duy ofr April, one tHpnsaod eight Irundrid, and aixty-on^, and in tlie 85th year of the SoVfKtgnty find Independence of the Stato of. SuUtli Caroliua. . ? WILLIAM IJIT/L, 0.?jV D. Ordinajy's Office, Ajy\ 85. 180*1. ? ?w *" x * ' GUN 8.-1 * g PlWt STORE, In the Wooden SttadJag- adiofn hs k* " ,; House, r? Vt\. .... m JQ irpBB Informs tiio ' Ofi.G.rH':. fOul nffarLlh* aal* a/'> lam^Oi.^iTV f f'fe,-' *i vhnlT yrTl.J s-^pS^ rcn<j??O tm^ht/j l.if? rtojfrtuty" -TO) rrrsiI ( >6t?W8flrWyi? Ifeteh 27, 1801. ^8 It. ^ . ' ? ' 3 ''' ^