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. HOBX A. THOMPSON, Editor.
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R.A,TR0tft>SO?,fe. YO^KO, SV.R. IlOliCOMBBj
' VROrniRTORS.
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TBllM9?^$l.?0 pqr annum.-ln advance. If pay
ment bo dolayod until after tho expiration of the
year, $J. fot B\\ months, Tn ceW? in ndvgncc.
^?^AdvorlliVnichts InWtcd at tho 'usual rates.
PI?KWS^C.JL^S. C.:
Saturday Morning, May 20, 186?.
Rain, &o.
An nhundanoo of rain has fallon in tho inst
tb xv days, in so?r.o .sections, tho reins have
been unusually hard. There has also been
%omo hail, which has given tho aira wintorish
lemper. Crops genorally, took well-wheat is
y?rttc?larly (Ino. .
, - Tho Contest.
The contending armies aro nearing each oth
iSfj and tho shock canhot long bo avortcd. Har
der's Ferry, Norfolk and Richmond aro tho
points menaced by Lincoln's hirelings. Tho
t/Onfodorato troops aro prop?red for thain tn
large numbors. Maryland is crushed, but will
rise manfully in the strugglo when sho cnn.-r
Virginia is" thoroughly aroused, and bas 100,000
soldiers in tho-field. Tao disuiVeetion in Wes
torn Virginia amounts to nothing. Tennessee
is on lire. Sho bas appropriated $5,000,000,
mulls raising 7^,000'mon. Kbntucky desires
io ?mdn?ali? ja uoutt;ol position, bot cannot do so.
Sho is arming, and will be with us before a
great while. .-Civil.war ls th-o order of tho day
n- St. Louis. Missouri, however, is for tho
nth, With the excoption of St. Louis-lt is
hopelessly froesoil. North Carolina, wo doubt
not, has seceded b?f?ro this time. The war
spirit, in the Confederate States, is on tho in
crease. Thousands of troops aro rushing to
arms I ..
For the War !
Col. ORR, our distinguished folloxv citiabn, is
earnestly cngagod in raising a Regimont of In
. fantry, for soryico in tho Confederate States, du
ring, tho.war ! Tho war is now a necessity,
forced upon U9 hy those who ought to be our
friends. Businoss is at a stand-still, and it be
hooves every i man to put his shoulder to the
wheel. Wo desire peace, but, if we cannot have
it, let tho war bc pushed forward to tho accom
plishment of a spoody peace.
.'Col. ORR is tho ?nan fur such an'enterprise
His ability is unquestioned, and his resources
great. His position, too, wUl bo.of great ad
vantage to those-who may wish to go into thc
6orvico under him. Already,a nmnbor of com
panies havo responded gallantly to Col.'ORR'S
call, and others aro forming for tho samo pur
pose* This is a movement that bas our hearty
'support, abd WO commend it to those who desire
te outer tho service of their country, in this
&reat strugglo for liberty.
... Effect bf the Blookade.
Tho Niagara, which gave notice of tho block
ado of Charleston, !;us not boon all tho while nt
that port. In lier abseucc, several vessels havo
ooine ipr ladened with merchandize, cte Tho
"old government" will havo todo better thau
this, . or raise the blockade Wo aro satisfied
that Great Britain and other commercial coun
tries will not permit a "poper blockade " of our
ports.
I Should tho blockade bc effectual, what is to
ho.tho effect? All trade, oxcopt such as may
. pvade the vigilance'of tho blo?koding squadron,
wilj bo cut off. Our imports will cease, os will
also our exports'. The quesslon,. then arises,
can wo live within ourselves ? We think thoro
?is no doubt on this point.. Truo, wo may bo
denied some'of tho luxuries of tho post, and bo
. forced to stand op our. own resources. Of this
we ought not to complain. Wo havo long
preached independence-lot us now practice it,
and that, too, cheerfully. Lot us rather bo
thankful that tho Yonkoos oro forcing us to do
that which wc ought long ago to have manfully
battled for' and accomplished-our commercial,
ns well as politioal, I-XDKPKNDENCBJ. " Wo pro
duoo the only groat staplo of tho earth. Wator
power is abundant, and capital is at hand to
put in operation manufactories of 41II kinds.
Labor is plentiful, and the goniusof our people
has. out j Gt fnilcd US.
-Tho struggle that hos boen forced upon us is
worthy of any Sacrifico, and all c?aseos ore chcer
' fully sacrificing upon tho altar of their, beloved
country. Such a people, fighting for such a
causo, cnn povor bo conquered, and will readily
make any sacrifice' for a righteous success 1
; "Northern.Patriotism."
Tho telegraph for genie tima has brought us
monstrous evidences of th? liberality of our
. ri.Norlhorn brethren," if it is to bo boliovod.
Much of it ls Untrue, and tho. balance only part"
truo. Fer Instance, it was stated, with a
great flourish of trumpets, that JofoKJacob Astor
had givon $10,000,000 for war purposes; 1'ho
truth is, he did not give anything. And from
II vol ?able New York poper, we learn that only
$23,2'|,L,000 lioyo bcqn raised to subjugate tho
South, and this amount includes tho various
Stifte appropriations, city subscriptions, ?fcc.
Whilst it is not prudont tolindorrat?'tbe strengt b
bf'dur enomies, much of their lu?d talk "and
ii>poi"ing should bo taken for what they aro
Worth. _ . . ..
Vigilance.
"'ijtorrtal vigilance is tho price of liborty."
And thoro cannot bo too much vigilance exor
cised at tiiis time, "say? tho Guardian, by tho
pedptobttho "South.
, .. .We, 8^o-it stated'that Geri.' Scott boosts that
. ho is .?eguiarly. p?sted up in everything that
transpire in Richmond and Washington. Tho
Rfcumon.d i/isp'itch/ very properly,remarks that
this 'informptibii can Only be sent by lotter
through thef v/pst ofljcp or Adams'Express.- \i
?'?comm?od!* the inspection of all. lottors/and
-tho d?ton*t^0n of nil BiispiCi?Us characters..
, - Com'm?'tcos of safety should be organized by
.proper authority ip every oity arid t?vtn in tho
Ctjnfed&rate States, a complote registration
made of all tho inhabitants, with, their businoss,
nriAiin?tion, ?kc- and a rl?(d'xM?irveij{anod main
tat bifd'eyer tho conduct notion of nR who
may bo-Bucnpcctcd. .Duty to. our conn try, and to
ourseVvos domrthds some sitoh measures. War
noVf existe between tjie two (teotldps, arid it mtyst
bo ?eon that spies'obd traitors should not batfc
art epp?'rrh?ity to bethiy us. He lM 1?. not-foi
uti is against us! ? ._.
." Li usa Ab PpMATtoM.-TMr' B, R. Bostick, of
f?hertevlih*. 0%, ha? presented Govern
$Mjl^*)tii-:'thflok\fc?.')???':itfcourtnf?? do
ifibgWcV* ?uterest^lu our Ooitoft.
Th? lust number of Um Westminister Review
(KdgRah) lins un ?rdelo ou the "Cotton Manufac
ture of England," says tho Cometvatisl, which
exhibits how deeply Brtglan 1 itt interested in thc
.apply of, tjottou from tho Confederate States. The
publie mind there is in painful anxiety on the sub
ject. ? is feared that tho political convulsion that
bas.rent the Unten in twain, and that seems likely
to involve us in,-war, wi.U nlTeot the production of
cotton so seriously ns to diminish or destroy their
supply. Tho article was written two months or
moro since, and of course, before tho startling
I events that have transpired within that fimo. The
I anticipated war hns actually begun. The United
Stales hus begun it, as enforcing its laws, is con
centrating largo armies, is blockading our ports.
Tho Confederate States haye accoptod tho appeal to
force, hnvo formally declared war, and aro issuing
lettes of niarquo aud reprisal. Tho cry is, "to
.'arms," from Maino to Tesas, and from thc Gulf of,
Mexico to the JU?kss' of tho Nctth. To nil appear
ances wq aro at tho beginning of' tho greatest war
that this Cunt incut has witnessed. When intelli
gence of these events .reaches F.uuop o thu cotton
paido will increase. ' 1
. lt may bo of interest to our readers to under
stand tho importance of colton to laidland, as it is
viewed in that country, and wo givc.soiae extracts
from the arl ?clo referred to. . Aller premising that,
of tho three great divisions of human industry, Ag
ricultural, Commercial, ?nd Manufacturing, that
of Manufacturing is predominant in England, il
proceeds:
pTho Cotton Manufacture is at once the most
important constituent and the most perfect typo of
our special industrial development, and claims, par
ticularly nt this period of apprehended danger, thc
Careful and patient nttcution of tho public, sur
passes in thc magnitude, and in tho regularity of
its course, each other of our manufactures, and its
influence upon tho work i nj: people of. these. Islands,
whether material or moral, for good or for evil, is
certainly unrivaled by any of them. Occupying
more than one hundred millions pounds of Rritisli
capital, affording direct employment to half a mil
lion of persons, and indirect employment to three
or four millions more, it supplies about a third of
our annual export trade ; amt its branches in other
lands, whether they be in tho nature of tho.opera
tions by which tho raw material is cultivated, and
thou brought to our shores, or aro extensions ol
manufactures whose principal seat is with our
selves, or aro thc agencies by which tho elaborated
substance is, in a thousand forms, distributed foi
the uso of a thousand tribes-misc the whole to fit
importance perhaps uncipmllod by any tuiulagoiu
system, whether practised by tho ancients ol' exist
ingie modern times."
llow is this great system supported ? YYhonci
comes the supply of the *ruw material, withou
which it all falls to the ground? From tho Con
federate States, to a greater extent, limn we hat
supposed. Tho author of the article, indeed, trie
bard to bc persuaded that our monopoly in th
?iroduction of the raw material is giving away, am
ie seems to bo sanguine that othor sources for it
Supply will soon bo opened. Rut his own showing
we think, is calculated to encourage him but lillie
Jlis statistical table of sources of supply gives th
following for 1800 ; during which England nbtnine
Bales.
From thc United States, 2,580,813
From Rni7.il, 103,050
From West Indies, 0,050.
From Egypt, 100,069
From East Indies,- 502,852
From which it' appears that tho Conf?d?ral
States supply considerably more than two thirds (
the whole. Rut what is more important, his tabb
which runs back for seven years, shows n di m i nt
lion in the supply.from all oilier sources, except iii
Confederate States, tho supply from which has ii
creased, during that time, from 1,007,000 bales I
the number stated abofe, thal is, nearly 1,000,0t
bales. -
"Thc present consumption (in mnnnfocturiii|
of Cotton," says the article, V umounts to 61,Ot
bales n week, of which about 13.000 bales consi
of American cotton." According to this statemei
which is repeatedly made bi thc article, moro tin
four-fifths of tho Biipply comos from tho Confide
ute bluies.
What would bo the consequence? to F.ngiot
of a failure to get ocr supply? Tho Kevic
aimil sneak :
I " Whoa wo consider tho consequences tb
I might ensue upon tho sudden dearth of Cotti
I in this country, wc cannot but apprehend tl
j mnraontous naturo nf the problem which o
brokers and manufacturers are mfw called upi
to eolvo, and which goos by tho name in pub
discussion of tho question of notion supply. T
evils of fumino, within a limited uren, mny
mol libed by tho exertions of charity-, tho I
suits of a pestilonco may soon disappear, b
thc failure, even tho partial failure, of tho c
ton. manufacturo would render capital and
bor to nn enormous oxtont unproductive ; hoi
ruptcy would bo tho portion of a thousand ci
italists; starvation, thc lot of a million of lal
rcrs. A break down in our greatest manuf
turo would load to serious political dilHculti
In such a case,.no private, no public benelicoi
could stem tho tido of general wretchedness
.A whole people would\p in beggary, n nat
in numbers would stretch forth its bands
bread, and rendered 'desperate hy its sn He ri i
or maddened by tho machination of unprit
pied demagogues, would tear down thc v
tramo work of society, amidst tho ruins uf
national greatness."
Ono .wbuld suppose that a reviewer writ
.thus, and acknowledging as lie does, in nm
er pnssngo, " an almost -exclusive depopdu
for supplies of cotton " on tho Southern Sta
would sympathize with us, and extend tho bi
of friendships. Hut be docs noir His min
poisoned on slavery, or ho chafes undor
d?pendance, upon us; or, which would
moro to his credit, bc is intent, ns a stotosn
on diversifying tho sources of - England's t
plios,'by stimulating tho production of cot
in other places. Whatever it bo, no frier
word is spoken, but slavery-is stigmatic
wjiieh furnishes, at present, according to
own admission, the life blood of Kngla
prosperity. He amusingly contends, aiul-so
tq boliovc it,.that moro cotton would bo ra
if slavery woro abolished bore,-and whito h
substituted. - N - .
But whatovor may bo Kngland'.s.dosires
aro firmly persuaded that she is not only
dependant upon the slavory of th? .'onfodo
States, but will continue so fur an indefinite
riod. '?. Whiit course,- undor tho press o/e ol
torost, ?ho mrty tako in tlio great stru{.;^lo
-tweon tho two sections of this country, rein
.to bo soon. Tho right modo for England t
8iiroof a continuedesopply of cotton, is to M
1er weight on tho side of tho Confed?ralo Sb
if it becomos necessary* AV 6 bolievo it
not bo necessary.
RAUUN.-A public ".meeting was held at (
ton, Ga., on tho 7th ipsfant. h: M. Bea
Bsrt,., was colled.to the chair, .and Mr. A
Coffo? requested to aotos Secretary," Tb
Jcot of tho meeting \vas to appoint.delogat
a convention, to meet at Milledgoville, in J
. to noinini\to ? Candidato for Governor. On
tioh ot Capt. John Beok, a committee of
\vrore appointed, consisting of Messrs, W. I3
ford, B. B. Bqck, M. J^.Ki?g, Joseph Are
and Jumes Iii tehee, to report business fo
. a?libn.of tho meeting. 8nia cQmuiiRco roi
and after a short nbsonco, reported tho fo
lng names a? delegates td tho said Conven
Mosern. H. W. Cannon, and John Rook, \
was ratified by'said mooting. A mootinj
beholden tho Ist/Tuoiday in June to ri
; .yolunfeor company. V _ . S* -
'<. -''ltpw'Tift?? Vw.sy.-At the "mooting .of !
1 odiet ??onfor?|?c? in Ibo North rooootly'the
lng prayof contained tho following potiti
?fofarenob to tho Somborn ?'robolsand trail
\ ?"Br?n'g.upon . them dostruetjon, arid wipe
from the face of the country.1" This is ?
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Iinportaut Chang?.
Tho Postmaster-aoriQral of tho Confederate
States has Issued the following important ptoola
iDfttion. Postmostora and others. will act promptly
lo t)ii& malt or, which will piuwiil confusion :
Whereas, by tho provisions of nil Act, approved
Mareil 16, .1801. rind amended bjrtlte first soctioh
of an Act, approved M.?/ \>.'180I, tho Postmaster
Gouerftl of tho Confederate Slates .? is ant hoi i /.ed,
on ami after a day to lie named by him for that
purpose' to take the entire chnrge and direction of
tho postal service lu tho Confederate States,"
I and all conveyance of mails within their limits,
from and aftor snob day, oxcept by nuthoi;ity of
tho Postmaster-General tjioroof, ls .thereby* j>rb
hlbit'cd: ..
Now, thot-efore, I, John H. Rcagqn, Postmaster
Oeiieml. of the Confederate Stntos of Amcrlca.'do
issue this my proclamation, notifying all postmns
ters, contractors, and sproiul mid route agents in
(he service of tho Post lillico Department, and en
gaged in tho transmission mid delivery of tho mails,
or otherwise in any manner connected with tho
service, within tho limits of tho Confederate States
of America, that on and after tho 1st day of dune
next, I shall assume thc entire control and direc
tion of tho postal'service therein. And I hereby
direct all postmasters, route agents, and special
agents within those States, and now acting under
the authority and direction of thc Postmnster-Gen
eral of tho l.'niled States, to continuo in thc dis
charge of their respective duties under tho author
ity Ycs'ted in ino by tho Congress of the Confederate
States, in strict conformity with such existing laws
and regulations ns aro not inconsistent willi tho
laws and Constitution of thc Confederate States of
America, and such further Instructions ns may
hcreancr'bo issued by.my direction. And the said
postmasters, route agents and special agents are
also required to forward to lliis Department, with
out delay, their names, with tho names bf (bc
offices of which they are postmasters, (giving Ihc
State and County,) to bo directed lo tho " Chief ol
tho Appoint mont Bureau. Post Office Department,
Montgomery. Alabama." in order that now com
missions may bo issued under the authority of tbi:
Government. And all |>06tim?stei% a.o hetVVy rbi
quired to render to the Post Ollico Department al
Washington, 1). C., their final accounts and theil
vouchers for postal receipts and expenditures, u{
to tho 'Hst day of this month, taking care to for
ward ..with said account? all postage stamps mic
stamped envelopes, remaining on hand, belongiiif
to tho Post Ollico Department Of tho United States
in order that they may receive the proper credit:
therefor in thc adjustment of (heir accounts; am
t|iey aro further required to retain tn their pos
session, to meet thc tudors of thc Postmnsler-Oen
oral of thc Uuilcd States, for the payment of niai
Bcrvico within tho Confederate Stale::, ::!! revenu
which, have.accrued from the postal service prie
to the said 1st day of June next.
All contractors, mail messengers, and specin
contractors for conveying thc mails within th
Confederate Stoles, under existing contra?is witl
the Oovcrinnent of tho United States, aro horeb,
authorized lo continue to purl or m such service un
dei* niy direction, from nhd nfter thc day last ubov
named, subject to such modifications and change
ns may bo found necessary, under thc powers yest
ed in the Postmnstei'-OeUoral by tho terms bf Sat
contracts mid provisions of tho second section c
nn Act approved May 0, 18(11. conformable thcrcti
And (he said contractors, special contractors nu
mail messengers,' are required (o forward, wllhnt
'.olav, tho number of their route or routes, til
nature of tho service thereon, thc schedules of a
rivals and departures, thc names of thc ollicessu]
plied, and tho amount of annual compensation l<
present service, together with their address, dirce
cd to tito ''Chief of tho Coll tract. Bureau, Poi
Office D?partaient, Montgomery, Alabama."
Until a postal treaty shall* bo mudo with tl
Government of the United States for the oxchaiif
bf mails bet ween that Government and tho Govert
ment of this Confedernoy, postmasters will not I
authorized to collect United States po*t ii ge on mn
matter sent or received from these States; ni
until supplies of postago Mumps and stamped ci
velopes aro procured for the pro-payment of pos
age.within tho Confed?rate States, all potslag
must be paid in money, under the provisions of tl
first sect ion-of an Act approved March 'ist. 1801.
Given under my hand and the seal of thc Post Olli
Department of the Confederate States of Anim
ca, at Montgomery, Alabama, thc 1 Ul h day
May, in the year 1801.
JOHN II. REAGAN,
Postmaster-General.
In addition, wc give n synopsis of tho new p(
office laws: No mail matter is to bo sent to ni
Of the non-scceded States, except Kentucky, Mai
land and Missouri.
l"ivo cents will bo charged for every single seal
letter conveyed over a distance of less than fi
hundred miles within thc limits of the Southe
Confederacy ; and for tiny dislance exceeding tl
point, double that. rate. Drop letters aro chnrg
two cents each.
Newspapers published within tho Confedcn
States, noi exceeding two ounces in weight, a
sent from tho ollico to subscribers within tho Ci
fed?ralo States, aro charged us follows: wcekli
ten Cents per quarter ; sointrwcoklics, double ll
amount ; 'pupers published six limes a week, si:
cont?, and dailies seventy cciits.
Periodicals published off oner than biennials si
bo charlad ns newspapers.
Books, bound or unbound, not weighing o
four pounds, shall bo charged ai (wo cools nn on:
for any distance.
Double (ho rales specified In* these Acts shall
charged upon all newspapers published bey mid
limits of tlio Con federa to Stales.
Thc franking privilege is abolished, except ii]
matter relating exclusively to tho business of
Post Office Department. .
'i'hc letter registration system is also abolis!
.Persons having United States postage ulai
would do well to return Hiern to postmasters, i
can send them to Washington ami get credit tin
for; whereas, if they arc not so disposed of, they
bo a loss tu the holder.
Sl'KUlW,ATlON8 ON TUB WAR.-SoiUO of
Pennsylvania papers aro alroady hinting t
parties in that State, who ntfcot an extrao
nary patriotism, and aro rampant for \
have only in view tho "pickings and.at
bigs." Tho Harrisburg Union thus oxpre
itP?lf :
.'"Within a day or two revelations of an
founding nature have boon made, which g
show that unprincipled men, aro turning
whole; afluir into a grund speculation,- in
legislativo investigation is* freely talked ii
Wo ato told that the contractors who are''
engaged in getting un clothing for tho a
hnvo turned tho' w'.olo operation luton gi
speculation, and aro milking a nico thing o
It is said thal they charge tho State for i
military coat n?tido $2.-6, while they pay
women who dotho work only seventy cont
Hundreds1 ol'women who ?ire .wealthy 1
volunteered to make up thotie garments wit
pay. and yet for ovory one that is tunic
Homcboiln rcoelvos tvvo 'dollars and twenty
coiits; Tho santo may bo ?aid of evoryt
oise, even tho manufacturo of shit IP. Mat
is purchased nt.o certain'pride, uiul bills w
certain por cen'fago ,nddod are rendered, w
p?r,CQptngd isof .course, fobbed by sbmoboiJ
Oho firm tn Philadclphia.had an pffor to dit
of a' largo quantity of cloth-by -making ou
pf thcsp bil's, but ?eilig honorable'mon tho
fused to become itec0i???rio3 to such dishono
proceeding*, and lost the salo'of thoir in?r<
diso." _ U^??
FAOTSV- "Whoa oui* d?mobted enemies
chulo to starve put tho South, thoy ignoi
cousus returns. Tn v1850.. tho Simth.raj*i
000.051 bushels of peas nod beans, tho 1
only 518,033 bushels.-the South rato?d 37
jjl2 bushels Pf a.wept potutuos,.tipo. North
1,122,323 (bp*hol.8n-tho South raisod 315
000 ;busnola Jof ind inn cor n, tim. North,
000 bushels-the South ?nisod 2l6,31*2f,??l
of Yico,-tho NortB 500 lbs. Tlio val??o <
live Mucki of tho'North, that yeal*, was 2\>?
?00, that of tho.South $40,000.000. .Ko*
tbafc rtoarjv twice as rohny. 'mnpjh* denian
itt thb Staten ?f the North, ns lp ?ho ?SIM
The Norlh cannot -starve opt tho Smith,
cart maintain otfr nrmy lrt?ger^hart tho if
The Copfetlerate Foroea
". Tho.following'not-has boon passed'by thc
Sou?hornOmgrfess, nod approved by Prosidout
DAVJS ? It i? an important low, whicsh, tliouglr
not at tirai popular, WHf?bo ib?juo?fc effeot?vo.
und benofjchil to tbo B?rv?oe of too country :
Whereas, war exist? ' between/tho United'
States und tho.Confodornto States"'; und whore
IIB, tho public yr&f?ur? nmy roquiro thof reception
of voluntoor forces .into, thc sorvico nf th? Cnn
feUorufu States ?Knout tho forbiolity and delay,
of ,Ibo cull upon thc respectivo States.
Sue. 1. Tho Congress of tho Confederate
States of America do enact, That tho President
be authorized to receive into sorvieo sbon coin
! panics, battalions, or regiments.. elthor niount
-?meuron foot, as may louder themselves, ond
.he may .require,- wit?i?nt the delny of o formal
? oull upon tho respective States, to servo Air such
time as he mov prescribe. , . I
Sra. 2. Sued volunteer (orcos as mav be oo'1
cept?d. under ?this not, . Oxcept ns herein differ? j,
ontly nro'vidod, sholl be organized In. accord-1
aucp with and. subject to all tho provisions of tho I
uotTentitlcd "ari .not to provide for" tho piiblio
dofenoe," and' be Ontitjed to all tho allowances
"provided therein ; and when niustorod into ser
vice may bo attached to such divisions, brigades
or regiments os tho President may direct; or.
?rdored upon snob independent ur detached
service ns tho President may deem oxpedicut :
'Provided, howeverThat' battalions und regi
ments moy be onlistod frohi Slates nul of Ibo
Cutifcdoracy ; and tho President may appoint
oil Or tiny iif tho flold officers thereof.
SEC. 3I Tho "Pr?sident .-Imll he authorized to
commission all office is entitled tn commissions
nf such volunteor forces us piny be received un
dor ?bo provisiotis nf this act, and.- upon tho re
quest of tho officer-con) inn piling stieli volunteer
regiment, battaliun or compnny, the President
may ntttich a supernumerary ofllcor lo ouch cunt
p'Ar/v detailed from the regular anny mr that
purpose and for such time as tho President may
direct. . . .
FROM NORFOLK. -Tho people of Nm bilk nre
fortifying evory approach to tho city, and troops
ore pouring in daily! Tdioy Iinvo declined al
lowing nny steamers to- ontor their port, not
oven to bring tho mails, a? tho ononiy will there
by gain a knowledgo of their purposes. All
communication is now cut off by the bay. No
visitors aro allowed at Fortress .Mooroo, but its
garrison is very strong, numbering about seven
thousand men.
.' HARDSHIP.-Col. Coceornn's Regiment-thc
Sixty-Ninth-bad a bard time going to Annap
olis, tbero being 1.1X7 men aboard thc Adger.
which can only comfortably transport ono half ,
that number. Five mon jumped overboard on
tho trip and two were drowned.. Fivo were
brought info Annapolis in irons. As a result
of chango of diet, climate,' and being crowded
lo suffocation, tho men became literally crazy.
The mareil of tho 7th was, also, according to
tho Trihune, a hurd one-100 mon foll from
sun-stroko; the heavy knapsacks, weighing
thirty pounds, worn nil thrown away ; fourteen
men came buck with thc Hallie, fruin tho effect
of that march.
Tue LON DOM TIMK-.-Tho Now York Herald
is disgusted with tho views of the London
Tinten and its correspondent. Mr. Russell, tm
American affairs. The Times and Mr. ltussoll
aro beginning to got n glimpse of tho real state
of things in this country, and hence thc peev
ish complaints of tho Herald, which tho Times
will probably regard about as much os a first
class locomotive d >es the yelping of a Scotch
tarrier.
* POWDER MII.I.S IN SOUTH CAOUI.INA-In an
swer to a question in tho Charleston Courier,
" A"LeiLat- ibero is a powder mill in South Car
olina ?" Mr. C. II. A". Wood ill announcus tho
fact that tbero ure two gund mies in operation in
Pickens District, one at tho custom ontranco of
Stump IIuuso Tunnel, on tho Rino Ridge Rail
road, and tho otbor three miles oust of Pieken?
Court House. Mr. W. .states .that be bas used
tho powder from both these mills, and knows it
?to bo of good quality.
PROCLAMATION pf LINCOLN SUITRBSSKD-It is
stated from Washington that tho proclamation
of martial law in thc District of. Columbia, and
in Maryland, was suppressed, " from motives
of policy," immediately aftor it was posted up.
Tho proclamation divided Maryland into a num
ber of military districts, which wore also to bc
under military rule, and tho offence this gave
is said to havo boon tho causo of thc suppression.
1 Tilt; SOUTHERN POSTS-The Now York Daily
Xetci) soys it is tho opinion of tho ablest officers
in tho Federal Army that the fortifications
seized by tho Sontborn States cannot be rc
taken ; that tho defences of the Belize aro im
pregnable and that Fort Pulaski cannot bc
! reduced by nny Hoot or army tho United States
can send against it.
|. DESTRUCTIVE HuauiOANt, IN "T?NNr.?.w.s-On
j Saturday ovening last, Dyor County, Tenn.,
was visited by ono of the most destructivo hur
ricanes known in tho history of Tennessee.
Tho burricano extended through tho entire
'County, from South to North, in some places
fifteen miles in width-prostrating houses and
.everything before it. Tho damage tu property
! is ?inmenso, anil ns far as ascertained live per
I sens had bcon killed. It is almost impossible
to-travol. from the blocking up of the roads by
the fallen timber.
CAN'T STAND A LONO WAR.--Tho Now York
7/<?MM'significantly remarks: ..Tho business
community demand that the war shall bc short;
and the moro vigorously ?tis prosecuted tho muro
ppe?dily will it bo closed. Rusinoss mon cnn
stand ii. toinporary reverse. They con cosily
make arrangements for six months or a yeor.
But they cannot enduro a long, uncertain and
j tedious contest.
A, FATAL ADMISSION.-r-The Now York Times
obonly dcolaros that tho largo Hoot sont to Char
leston was not intonded to attack tho Cnrolini*.
ans, but-simply to provoko thoa? b> firo upon
port Sumter, for the purposo of fboreby exci
ting the public mind in the Northern States.
Tho Qifitito'iojoiaes In the success of tho dovice,
w hioli. in ?ts low cunning and inhumanity, Is ul- !
together worthy of thc "powers that bo" at j
Washington.
MACHINERY FROM IIARVKR'S Fenny- Must oft
tbo.niocbinory from Harper^ Forry has arrived |
in Richmond under tho charge of accomplished
machinists, who will prooeod at once to put it
ip working crdor ?n this pl?op. -With this ma
chinery old Virginia Will bo oiinblod to turn
pdt a? fino muskets and rifles us arty that are,
to,l)Q bad ?ir lliis.country or K,iropo. ,
st>E.\D-The Abbeville pnpof;.! announce lhj>
death of-Mr. .Ripien Thordon, an ?god and re
I j^c?ted citizen of ti\at darlot, from (bo olfoots*
? .Of wllOppilig COligll^- ' ^ : ' /
I ApM<'tTF.nT*-)fho followiiig ' gontl?iuoii havo
! boonadmitted and enrolled -.aif-Alter ueytt :n.fc'
taw'for this States B, P, Barron, (j, M. CW
%R, 0. O/?I^dorsoj,,. J. R,-Lugan, A. ?, to>:
.> tty, % Shu?d.. .
'tiici-ijx^.^i':':'j'.;1...1 "r" '- v?1 u-'.'>!.?'>..'.
PeoolugB and Clippitag?
* RKI'OUT. - See tilt? Jtop'ort of tho Conimh?*ion?
or? of Hoads of t|io ?Hi Iloginiont,S. 0. M.! on
our fourth pago.
Dani?nb'.-^Vlio. Spcvrtftnbnrg J&jjrtfl "nv*.
that Jorry Ailbert wu? drow'pcd in Kooroo Uiv
or, rit WolYord'e ?houls. on Hp? 7H? inlett.
' IIKTIRBD.-J. N. Otifdozo. Ksq.. of Charles
ton, who has boon for nearly fifty yearn, honor
ably and .usefully eonnootei? with tho press, of
that ol ty,-lifts rotired from tho'editorial" depart
ment of thb .* E?cntny News." *
CATAI.?OUB-V>ro ha?e been flavored w.i.th tho
catalogua ?>f the Col lim bm Fomalo C"llogo. Tho
number of stud?nti? ts 188. Nov.. VmvMartin
i.s President of this institu. .a, which is in iv
flourishhig.condition;_ . ,' .
GREAT WATBRFAix-Duripg Hid hito expedi
tion of Dr. Livingston?? up tho, Zambesi, in Af
rica, ho measured tho height and broadth.of Vic
toria rall?, on that rivor. Tbeii^ height is 300
foot ? broadth, 2.000^_
CAPTwnB <IF UNITED STATKS-THOOFS IN TEXAS
-Yan Dom, with 800 Tejcan'8. has captured
450 Fodornl troops under Major T. Sibley, who
woro at Indianohi and attempted-.to escapo-in
two sailing vessols. ' Vim Dorn pursued thom
in throe steamers armed with artillory. . . "
GOVERNOR' Fi.oyn-Gov. Floyd, of Viv., .has
boon appointed Brigadier General by President
Davis, nod lias received orders tn'rinso a bi-ig
ndo as mum nu pnssihlo. Thi:iv ie. an excellent
appointinont, juid delights thc nu ni o rons friends
of that gr?at and excellent man, Governor.Floyd,
lie is evidently a man for tho (irnos..
. THE KINOSTHEB STAR-Wo aro pleased to see
that tho "publication, of'this journal lum been-re
vived. For four months tho editors und prin
ters Kayo been in the servieo of tho State. Mr
T. li. I-oi?AN is now ono of its' editors. Lorij:
may tho Kiar shine! .
KEW PAVER-Tho *'South Carolina Sunday
Soh'iud Union " has commenced tho puhlleatioi
ofift Sunday 'School Ptipcr for the South, tx
Charleston. It will appear monthly. The terni;
tiro" tho copte* for $ I.' Address. W. T. FARROW
Charleston. Success t<? thc enterprise I
CONNECTICUT VESSELS SEIZED.-It is sui?
that a Now London schooner, narnu unknown
and anothor vossol beloriging to tho Portion?
(?uarry - Company, have been soi/.od by these
ces?ionists off tho const of Virginia.
AM. FOR TUE SOUTH.-Tho Nashville papor."
political,, literary, agricultural and religious
aro nil in favor of secession from tho old Union
and for joining tim Southern Confederacy.
Nearly ?ll of thom wore decided Union pupen
DEATH OP SI-EAKER CRUTCH HELD-We hnv
heard, with profound regret, of tho death <
lion. O.M. Orutclilickl, Speaker of tho Vii
ginju House of Po'.cgatos, ii position which h
has long hold with grout cllicioiu'y and itu ?vp!
sal acceptability.
SIVAHJIINO TUE SEAS-Wo learn that tho
aro now quite a uumbor of privateers in Hi
service of the Confederate Government, cruisin
nfl" (ho Gulf and Atlantic epa*)* ul! well urine
and manned. Dispatches have been receive
ill this c\iy showing that hundreds of others ni
littingoutat various points I n- the .-nuio purpos
Oi.D KERSHAW-All honor to Kershaw di
triol. Out of a voting popula'ion of ?Ibm
1.000, this patriotic district hus sent to Virgin
already near 400 men.
POOR MARYLAND.-Maryland ia complete
ovorruivby Lincoln's hi rid hi gs. Uer Govern
has intentionally betrayed her into thchands
tho enemy, and her peoplo hnvo ho prnyor
throw oft* tho galling yoko. She i.s humili?t
boyond thc power of lungungo to indicate, ai
'stands before tho world as mic Had the first
Lincoln's couquorcd provinces. But she
como 1
GEN. SCOTT'S NEPHEWS;.- In one of tho M
sissippi companies, encamped nour Ly nim bin
aro two nephows of Gen. Winfield Scott,-t
sons of a widowed sister, who has resided
Mississippi fora number of years.
TRADE WITH FURORE.--Tho Liverpool piipj
congratulate tho mercantile intorosts of that, c
upon tho prospect of a great in?rense of th
" steam trade," inconsequence of the diffic
ties in Amorica." They State, ihn? linos of -st
mors, to run diroot between Liverpool n
Southern ports, ure ubout tu bo. established.
IT is understood a telegram from author
has been received, which oxtpnds tho hoi
to tho South Carolina 'Volunteer Regime
thc privilege of preserving tho urganizat
by volunteering for thc war, and to nun
immediately to Virginia. Thin is offered,
though tho policy, of tho. (jovcrnmeut 1
been adopted, of raising only companies
service, sind foi" tho President to appoint
tho field pincers. This is a -great nonur
our Regiments thus to be offered thc priv?
of preserving their officers and orgnnizuti
.Some of thc Regiments are to bo kop'
defend our opast.-r-6V<ft>7Mi'oh News.
TUB.MORRILL TARI FJF-V HOW IT Wxm
-Tho pritotical working of tho Morrill Ta
now in toroa in tho United Stoi?s/is beginn
to bc felt in tho Northern oities.- Tho wi
facts aro not published, but occasionally
get a few of them in such staunch jour
ns tho New York Ni*, wt*. That paper rep
tho arrival from foreign ports, botweon
1st and 8th of May, of sf vessel*. . Of th
21 uro from British po l^lli fi-otii Uri
hromon utid Muliigu, A rfd <throo- from o
foreign porta, and every ono itt Ballast.
The whole, number of vessels ut tho vyha
of New York, on tho 8th inst, accoidin
actual^ount, wits 627.
Tito Philadelphia North Ame.victi\%' fi
Tho Now Jersey coasting vessols a?enit
laid Up, andAvill HO continue until the w
ended.i- CaroliniUn; .
IUJW?RP o*' MKRIT.^T?IH -Haney, n i
riou? (jharootor of tlr?s.Court?y, Vits :fo?hd
ponded to a limb by tb o nook, on f^atu
morning hist,,about A tnilo'oit?jt of 8helb
Ho hu8 long been tntnp?rirfg with nu^
lias boen irio? sr-uo ?oycntcei? times foi- \
"tlot^ of tho law, a nd now, it i? ?aid, cont
i having glyon ? runaway, for'souiG timp a
tised ?ft ; itK'fl pupo?',- n free pnw, . with
forged names of several of oui'-'oiliaetis.
oxcltomont .was ereuted, and nobody- k
wlip his pxcoutionoffl w^rcs, . but all ngr
' was M W'elV tloh?.'' In times like thc?
ofthitfjt i\)???\ho' ft? to Hie dftwfulness o
'mi;^Melbp\(fo O.) Mugi?. .
BOSTON, * Mfty 17Jk.?>rba?(|cpt l>ic
.ottttb.r?WipX-ft.^oo?^io^bratl??.- '
.... - .
VAjj'vh. x. ' ji ; \\ 1 ' '. 1 ". ' -'*i ' ?*l i ?*"'1 iVji' vrj>? ? i'C^ ? ? '
Telegraphic).News front all Quarters.
PORTBMauTii, May O.*-Partie? from Pig's
1 Point, this morning) report that there were
'sixty desertions from the regular forco at Fpvt,
I Mooroo lust night, in spile of the vigilance bf
[ 'Abbe's servants., One of the esoaT^idesaOirnm
that muoh ?dissntis'frfc'tio'u "exists in bojh
brunolies of. tho servico-In the navy, bo
enusothb mon oro converted into t|iieves; in
'the funks bf tho volunteers, on ?oW?nt of
miserable connu issiiry hfrungemebt^, ?md tlio
added fn?t that when they enlisted it Was ex
clusively for tho dot'ciToe ot' tho Federal Cap
itol and not for purposes of invnsioft.
AI/KX^NURIA, May l?.T-The s?boon.er In
dian wus scizod hero to-day by the-Pawnee
und sent down, the Potomac,, without being
.porntittod to la (id.
. ~B? ' j /ri M?.H v., M ny . 18-. Boss \V i o a ns wos
not li berated.unconditionally j ho was compell
ed to give his.word of honor not to act openly
or CoVcrtly against tho Administration;
--Travoris opon n?w to all points'North west
of Washington.'/
WASHINGTON, Moy 18.-rl'Jx-'Gov. Heeder,
of (Cansas notoriety, has been appointed Bri
gadior-Gencral of tho Irish Brigade tendered
by Maj. Mulligan and accepted. ..
ANNAPOLIS; May 17.-One huhdred men
Of the-1 ?th New York Uegimont, with two
pieces of artillery and three days rations, havo
gone down the Buy to retake tbc.Suiith Point
Light-ships/
ST. Louis. May 17.-'A detachment of
volunteers surrounded tho. tuwn.of "Pbtosi, on
tho Iron Mountain Railroad,, on Tuesdaydast, '
ju consequence of ii difficulty between the se
cessionists und Unionists. Tbirteoii Union
families had arrived at St. .Louis, who.had
been driven IVotii t?ii*ir homes on tho Piieilio
Railroad, General Price orders tho militia
to organize iininodiately tb march under thc
flag of Mi ssouri. .
SV.VSIIINOTON, , May 18.- Tho diplomatie
corps aro anxiously' waiting tho ' course of
events. It is rumored that Frunce hus an
agent traveling throughout thc South.
Provisions and stores from thc West bound
toBaltiinore are stopped, at. Harper's Ferry.
Thc expenses of tho War ' Department aro
enormous, and fears havo arrisen of raising
sufficient menus. ...
Gen. Hair, of .Massachusetts, a prominent
actor at Annapolis and Baltimore, is dissatis
fied. He had been promised a higheV rank
and was disappointed. The troops arc 'be
coming mutiniousj bad fare is ussigned us
tho reason.
The New York Seventh Regiment,.on Fri
day night, hada mock , funeral-'over their
junk. [Highly important !]
Daniel 15. Sickles has been made a Major
Gcncral. '. . v ' v
- Tho New York Tribune is beconiing alarm
ed, and says that Virginia is full of' troops,
arin ed and crjuijiped.
NKW You it, Muy 17.-Thc British steam
ship Karnak, from Havana via Key West", ar
rived hore to day. She reports the Yacht
Wanderer iis having been taken by the Uni
ted States Steamer St. Louis for the Federal
Government.
Tlie steamer W. H. Webb had arrived at
Havana from New Orleans under tho Uuitcd
States flag. , v"
MONTUO.MKUY, May LS.-Arkansas was
admitted otic: of thc Confederate States to
day. Tho following delegates ave pf estent :
ll. W. Johnson, ?. Rust, A. lt. Gnrlitlid
and W. W. Watkins. H. F. Thoiunsson,
another delegate, will bc hereto-morrow.
CHICAGO, May 18.-Stephen A. Dpnglas
is seriously ill . with'typhoid.fever, mid, il is
feared, will not recover.
RICHMOND, May 19.-Gen. Seott has ar
rested in Washington a citizen nuino: Wood,
ns a spy from the South.
Many other arrests havo been made but it
is dillioiilt to obtain reports. Thc Herald's
Washington correspondents report that- tho
European advices' indicate a marked abd in
crelisijig proclivity in England and Franco
towards tho interests and oauso of the South.
If compelled to take sides, these powers will
declare for tho South, on account .,of tho
great interest involved in freo trude-and com
mercial resources, and will, if possible, avoid
nny division otherwise ns to tho mond or po
litical issues pf tho American question.
Lt is again asserted that France luis'confi
dential agents'and observers in the. South,
giving full information; political and ^com
mercial, ?t is believed nbrpad also, that im
portant privileges' will bo extended by treaty
to thc commerce, shipping- arid man ii factures
of tho "powers first recognizing tho Confeder
ate ?States.
. It is now piainly evident that Lincoln will
endeavor to deni' with Missouri ns he hus
donrt with unfortunate and, prostrate Mary
land, establishing a military government in
'nil respects. -
' Tho release pf-Ross Wimms by Gen. C.nd
walbider has created- great ind iguaUorV in
Washington. ' . . '
BriOooY Fi OUT IN SAN A'UOUSTINK TUX-,
AS.-A gb'ntl?pian of this city, says tho Now
Orleans Crescent, has handed us the following \
account, sent t'O bini, of a t^riigedy which oc
curred in Sun Augustine, oil the 27th ult r
. John E. Love and Aloxnnder Chundy had
a difficulty, mid on Saturday they met at thb
ball alloy and renewed it'. Chundy fired at
Love, abd they then called their friends.
Love rccoived three shots, Chundy. soVoral,
and th?y;>both were killed.
Dipk Bullock,. Hort Wood? und-Sandy
Horton' word nil badly wounded on. Love's
side, iipd, DpU Chundy on the other sidfc.
Jim. Wiitor'mnu received n mortui wound uo?
oidentally. .Ho \vns not dead yesterday, bot
it was supposed he would-dio. Aman who
WaR trying-to stop thc. fight got a,bullet in.
bis' leg. ' - : 1
There v/cro thirty shots fired, and th?.ma
jority. Lnndoi7tand, rook' effect; Lovo And
Chundy both fought*us long as. they . ppuld
stiind,. mid both ; expired very soon, They
nil ps?d their pistols and knives, I un
derstand. : . ... . ;
The, letter does not state thc .nature of "thc
qpnrrol jvli'mh ended iii tfiis bloody .tragedy.
Tiii?? diavo -had a ?> big' scare, " nt New
York, itseems, Tho Satpr'dn'y papors^?Vlteh
.'tim fallowing,' under tho hoad o. astound* (
lng developments,'^though sou-o pf,?l?cn^'4o''
bhiro they doi\vt belie ve jv word of it : '
,' Of lato, 'Superintendent Kennedy, of tho
Polioe DotipVtinoiit, has been tn ioepipf, pf lot:
tera furbishing uifbrfnidjoo thut thafo was u
? during nttpntpt on dopt to destroy thisotfcl otb*
oj' oUWsNoVth, mid by .an jis^opln,tic?h $t?pwn
ns tho Knights bf 'tho" loddon Cir.ol?u> 'yes
terday, Mr.' Kc ii n e'dy received, another letter
.fr.Jin a party In tSt/ Louis, .sottliig^ .f?rth lho
sj??infl f?ipt that had been.. previously forwarded
to Ijiib, willoh Mi*. Korinody hns evpry robson
to behove *iH"bo .?tt?nip^ ?li^?d, ft faVor?
.?'6)a^irtunliy;off0V?:.
' ?t-BOdmi.tbjttt at .ino, timo i^reak wuti Tirado
in th.o CfMott '?t|?ot}?oi/' tho city/w'tiB to bo
