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OLD SANTA CLAUS hase .u bhad his he.adquartse at
is w u taMbbhment. He ha brought for I.ITTI.R
A most Extreaordlnary Assortment U
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EB D WAX AND RID, PATIER MACHE AND ME
CHANICAL DOLLS.
to
r LTITL BOYS, he ha MECHIANICAL TOYS, such I
-- er.g. , PareSt, RBdlroads, Cltte, Toinsn., Noah's W
`.Arks HmShe, Goats, eats, Dogs, Mice, etc., etc.
Al fe OHILDBEN who are too young to appreciate the
beamSm.S MaUtIse, he ha brioght
S.SUR1YTTNO THAT CAN BR IMAGINED
In the way or Toys. a
Tbh YOUNG LADIES will fnd they have not been forgot
nf hae for them a most be.atiful lot or
BISCUIT AND PORCELAIN GOODS, a
t--ConshlS of- q
S c e . Vases,. Toilet Sets, etc., etc. I
A~eor BERYBODY a supply of FANCY GOODS will
(1e to have ubem provided that i not to b suorpsaed In
the worlM ! c
All e invied to cll sad examine this exlraordinry im
po;ittIai of thl good old Salnt's, snd If the gooda please, to
Ssiake their selemton.
B. PIFFET,
122 Canal street,
d17 IpMoWesa Touro nlldling.
Further lReduction and
CONTINUATION
LA. d , , AND ATTRACTIVE SALE
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FINIt FRENCH (GOODS,
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'-S atlnd 1....C... hartres street.......I and 14
S Fomin theG mout superb assortmcnt of
NE, AND ELEGANT FRENCH GOODS
B cer Imp.led.
The tock eamb.s. very late NouveauteS In
IItI$e, tilped. Reps, Watered, Boche, rek-h, Pompadour,
Brocade, ec., etc.
i THRREE HUNDRED PIECES
C pHOICE DRESS SILKS.
At the follwing popularl pries:
125 pleea at76 cents a yard ...................Wor'h double.
IS Oi .. ee i u .. ....d.............. c.
> .. $150 .. ................... .
--Ad-
SLtyP ble PLAIN COLORED BAYADERE SILKS-Very
Rhb. a td ileqit-AtSi 2I a yard; former price, 52 5.
PLAI_ WLORED SILKS--Just reeoived.
Doe iSed Pleivery rich PLAIN COIORED POULT
DSiOIS and TAFFETA SILKS at 75 cents a yard.
." .m OREATEST BARGAINS EVER SHOWN.
S AIN aM FIGURED BLACK SILKS--An Immene s tock,
at aenoiully low prices.
DRESS GOODS
In all the NEW STYLES, at GREAT BARGAINS.
CLOAKS AND BILLISNERY.
S At Great Indsuemene!
RICH BLACK SILK VELVET PELISSES, PALETOTS aud
CLOAKS, from 3c 5 upwards.
"Fne tlock a.n Colored CLOTII CLOAKS, from $7 50 up.
Very Blhe and Elegant Black SIlK I'PAI.FTOTO, PIELISSES
and BUhNOUS.
MISSES' AND CIILDREN'S CLOAKS,
In all the new RStles and Material.
PARIS SILK MANTILLAS.
ANOTHER CHOICE INVOICE
SOf those Eligent
BLACK SILK IIANTILLAS,
At S$ cah--worth $12.
Elegant ParIS WiTiter Bonnets,
The latec shapele and newest material.
ABRIDA. BONNETS and VEI S, WIlATHS. FIOWERS,
PLUMES, RIBBONS, R1IDIN IIATS. .MISEh' AND
CHILDREN'S HATS and BONNEI., of every style.
JOlHN TODD,
tel IpMsTh~S No.. 12 and 14 Chartres Itreet.
a MLuflnery and Dressmaking,
157 CANAL SiTREET, Up Sta1is,
ADJOINING II. Ii. aIILLMES'.
AIRS. MI. E. BENSON
Cabe the tteintion1 1 the Ladies1 of New Orleans and 1 IcInity
It aIn I1egInIand variIII1sortlment of
FRENCH MILLINERY,
,hIrhab. ei. dlspos14g of atI OIIATLC IIIODCCID PIIICES.
IN TIHE EDEIIMAKIINIJ DEPIATMENT,
Sbe Is making up Ladies' and Mnisses' Dresses and Cloaks, of
ovary 4aerDiIIoa, At about HALF the usual prices charged.
k ll ordsd entusted to her care ill be Gmcsild promsptly,
and In the moat elegant .d faIhionIble manner.
'7 IpDI1MIWnII
CIIEEROKEE DEMlEIRDYIl-AN UNFAILING
TH S i.o for all Dls.e" of the Urinary OIrgans, and a Gen.
oral Alterative and Blood Partner.
g&-Ths "Remedy" ,taros when all other preparation, fall.
$Wit I. entirely unlike every other medicine prescribedd for
Vo11111l D1s1 51. as It contains 511Mi,1al Poisson or NI11sss
Dragsb being prepared from solsis BaIri sInd LcIavsIsI.I the
fim of a plpssait and deliclsols iyru h
si SvIL I, ". nature's own remedy " fr Cmrorrhen and (Ilptt,
Soi , 1 1 1tr4 ct5 ure, Iid is especia l y ss s sid ; is s o s s
'bls, 1114 5111n Females;) for thin -ssss ist It is invthluable.
Afsd a genpral tplerative aid blool ppardser It has no equal,
End does not fail to core, Fcrot la, Fiaaoalnry Jyphillis, (i!*tldo
IXy Swelng., Mercurial and Itl ehuptive Diseases, caring them
afore apeadil and pn manentty than any other medicine knrlown.
j hones this by purifying sad cl-Auge the bllood--caninga~ it to
flow 5 in al I s original purby and vihor, t7s1 tu1oring1 frolm ths
= ..am 111 impure and pe..iciovs cave.. which have induced$"alod ts fGnrhaadOee hthv ule
all mefrl skill, It Is n esp ,Isally Iso p1151d 1 it
Anever tail and rct onet commnddIc s in ot s t three 15
f bull doas positively removes all 11lding ng bedt, cherriess ta
pain.I doe notAffet th breath, or interfere withl any class o
AV-I requires no Resistance from other medicine.
Pit can l on the collet-tabl ll Pr i .the counting room,
rli6hilt Its ever being imspacted as a "remedy" for privattt dr.
gg- A fiestas Venereal eeac witslh full directions for
Stheir permmnant orful cre accompany each h twirls
C t afore In the I1tates-II
gIt le tlod s tat retail for $2 pe bottle, or three bottles for $5
q by ll rsponsible drggists an dealers in sedlcines, throuyh
- POTLES' L ERWIN, So. e . . prtetorESt. LonlE,Yo.
J. WRI. O T OE CO.
T Noe. 21 iad Of AnItd lb r spsl t h
} g -Sold by all Druggists. 1a16 tya
se fMOPLEIPSI LINE... ... PEOPLES' LINE.
N OTCE . . . OIE
R'' rae eaodaletd the BL;UE, OFFICE on the Levee, toot of
r Wh DOW N &KLII. will las Iound to tend
once to rceive Freight and ·lan TIls Lrading or the packet.
GOIDEN AGE and 1 . W. PO W1, E1 1 1
This fcilty afors or friends the opportunity o shipping
DAILY to Fort Adams Rod all intermediate points without in.
"rYi th E$EB e of storage and extra drayaos.
. 05`f R. W. ADAM., k CO. Avente.
NOTICE ..·........................... NO ICE
i WIDOW N. ROUNY S SON
Beg leave to0 In'orm their former outdoorser residing between
pana{{t d a w ga nt. nr limits of hmlwth tllrFADml il~r Illv
Me happy to receive thalr otder, at their Old stand, Nos. 22J and
551 UOasrues (late Conde) street. 410 6t
NEW ORLEANS DAILY RESEN
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VOLUME XIII. SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 22, 1860. NUMBER 50..
SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 2f, 1860. ac
SOUTH' CAROLINIA.
South Carolina is now a free and independent it
sovereignty. She is no longer one of the late N
United States. By the unanimous vote of her con- so
vention the ordinance ratifying the Federal Con- m
stitution in 1788 has been repealed, and the Pal- or
metto State is now clothed with every attribute of de
sovereignty. cc
The first to sound the alarm when it was ascer- ,d
tained that the Northern sectional party had trl- m
amphed, she is also the first to resume the powers th
which she granted to the Federal Government, and fo
to stand forth in all the radiant beauty of a free th
and independent commenwealth! Millions of ni
hearts will beat happily to-day, not in South Caro- o]
lina alone, but in every State of the South, when
the great fact is proclaimed that one State, at hI
least, has consummated the declared purpose of in
all her citizens, not to submit to the arrogant and w
oppressive sway of an Abolition party in the Fed- as
eral Government. ri
Though the frst to act, SBouth Carolina has not n
been rash nor precipitate. She has acted promptly ci
and decisively-that is all. She has moved, with fs
quiet dignity, and yet with rigid determination, in tl
a cause involving all that men hold dear. That she S
has accomplished her purpose, and accomplished c
it bravely and gallantly, the blindest submissionist
I will not deny. h
Florida will come next, and then, in rapid suc- d
cession, every other Gulf State. The great border
States will not be-they cannot be-far behind.
o The clouds are now lifting, and in the horizon we
already see the grand spectacle of a Southern Con
federacy, rich and powerful and prosperous, and, f
above all, ese I
Cooperation is now very dead. Before cdopera- .
tion can be brought about, half the Southern States e
will be out of the Union. Events that are daily
occurring, and that cannot be postponed, show
that cooperation can only be had after the States n
are out of the Union. Fautile and useless, now, are I
all esnorts to divcrt or turn back the steady flow of
the current of Southern sentiment. Dissolution is
no longer a thing in the distance, no longer a
myth. It is an accomplished fact. It is a stern,
a palpable, and yet a glorious reality. The echoes
of the guns which, in the streets of Charleston,
heralded the fact, will reverberate throughout
every hill and valley in the future Republic of the
South.
g Hail to South Carolina !
THE ALTERNATIVE MUST BE ACCEPTED.
r, The Mobile Register, which, in the late convass,
advocated, with uncommon ability, the election of
Mr. Douglas, now accepts the issue which has been
made, and says there is no alternative but dissolu
tion. The following admirable article from that
paper will show upon what grounds this position is
le. taken:
By the late election the Union is completely
secionalized, segregatoled and virltually broken rp.
Nothing remains to be done but to accept the de
cree of both sections, and to proceed gravely to
c oy reek to execute it. It is this consideration more
than all others that has brought us to the conclu
sion announced in our last issue, and to advocate
the withdrawal of the State of Alabama from the
"T Union Confederacy in the manner and upon the
terms therein set forth. We regard the present
Union as broken up, and the present Union can
never be rdestablished. A nevw Union is possible,
but upon new terms and conditions agreed to by
the separated independent States, acting as our
fathers did when this Union was formed. As
Southern men we have no overtures to make in this
behalf. Our present duty is plain--it is to march
on andt reistler and carry out the decree of the
peopleproarmed lat the ballot box, and place Aio,
Lama and such Southern Sotaes as sill Join her in
that position of Indsender.rt ,Soveriny i schiel
twill enable her to negotiate with all olthr aoles,
foreign or domestic.
We sinceretly sympathize with the good and troe
op. men in the North who have stood bravely and truly
by us in the struggles with Black Republiecnient
e for the pMat quarter of a rcentury. We would that
we had not to part political companionship with
them. But the ever-ruling law tf self.preservation
counsels and commands us to look first to our
s homes and firesides, our rights as mastero, and
our liberties as men. The Ribicon is reached and
mustrl be passed. There is naught hut danger and
destruction bhchind and we cannot look back. To
halt in activity is ruin, for tie Juggernaut of Black
Repoblicaniam will be rolled ruthlessly over a pas.
sire South. Our only hope is a forward movementt.
We muot withdraw from a Black Republican hov
ernment, and stlul upr.n the defensive in an inde
pdent.t Pneereigety. Titus alone will the North
ever he bIroo.ght to believe that tile Union is not
indestrnlctible, aid that the South i in eoarnest in
the warpings she has given for twenty-five years
past.
WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENCE.
OpectidIIO ntlr N' nt. o~c.~rt.l
WaoINorosN, Dec. 13, 1860.
MIr. Editor-What's the use of trying to save a
man in ctlicolo mortis, with Mrs. Winslow's Sooth
ing Syrup? Where's the sense of treating what the
doctors would call "a case of compound comminu
ted fracture," with Spalding's Prepared Glue?
Such questions as these, put to-day to the Crisis
Committee, would provoke as much derisive laugh
ter as Wigfall's speech did in the Senate. They
think disunion is a thing to be dealt with after the
fashion of those excellent grannies who never dis
pair of life so long as a little "yerb tea" can be
got out of the kitchen kettle. Like "Vanity Fair,"
the comic New York paper, they picture the state
of the country as that of a young and robust man
whose arm is broken and nothing more the matter
with him.
But, the wise physician is well aware that the
disease is organic, and that its seat is in the vitals.
No man contends that the fault is in the written
Constitution or in defective legislation; yet the
Crisis Committee propose to remedy the evil by
legislation ; and because they voted, pretty unani
mously, for Rust's resolution, the Union men are in
high feather to-day. Stocks are rising in New
York, and all is going to be well again. Two dif
ferent and innately hostile systems of civilization
remain, and must remain, wholly unchanged and
antagonistic as ever, long after the court-plaster
bandages, now being applied, have been scattered
to the wind. The incurable rot of agrarianism,
which permeates Northern society from center to
periphery,remains, and muost remain long after the
resolutions of Northern Union meetings and Crisis
Committee pacificators have established their utter
inefficacy to meet the requirements of the case.
I find it simply impossible to get men of Union
proclivities to probe the national trouble to its
core, and meet the fact of inevitable revolution
face to face. They agree willingly that revolutions
never go backwards; but, lifting their heads in
horror and dismay, with Lieut. Maury, they shrink
from contemplating the "bloody abyss of dis
union.' They blame this or that section, and
above all they blame the politicians. "Get rid of
the politicians," they cry, " and let the people rise
in their majesty, and all will be well." Far, very
far, from it. Neither the people nor the politicians
are to blame. Tt2e fault is ia the fonrm of society.
Politicians are but the weathercocks of public
opinion, and public opinion is controlled absolutely
by social structure and by visible facls. Think
ers-men who can abstract their minds from tihe in
luence of outward surroundings-may hold opin
ions totally at variance with the teachings of the
society in which they live, but the opinions of the
mass of mankind are commanded, shaped, irresist
ibly formed, guided and perpetuated, by the things
they see with the eye, by the evidence of the bodily
senses,
Whether free society can emancipate its opinion
from the law by which it is controlled, will very
soon be seen. The question of protection to
slavery in the Territories, which will be and ought
to be the sine qua non with the men of the South,
is the great test. As the denial of the right of
slavery to protection in the Territories was neces
sitated by the form of Northern soclety, so will it
be seen that the persistence in this denial will TI
actuate every thorough Republican, every man
who truly represents and stands In awe of freesoil
sentiment. For the sake of relieving the present S'
intolerable financial distress, the people of the
North may yield their opinions, but they will do H
so with'the mental reservation of granting the de
mands of " BSouthern impudence," as they style it,
only so long as the South, by insisting upon these T
demands, shall have the power to derange the
commerce and business of the country. A frantic A
desire to get to work again at buying and selling
may succeed in restoring a patched-up peace; but s
the moment all is quiet, the irresistible centrifugal
force will begin anew, and continue its task,
through whatever compromises may be made
now or hereafter, until the final liartition of the
opposed civilizations is accomplished. G
Resisting the ultimate action of this force with
hastily-formed expedients, suggested by the suffer
ings of the moment or by a fanatical patriotism of
which clings to the corpse of the Union after the er
soul has departed, can have no other effect than to en
retard it for a little time, during which the States pc
nearest the poisonous influence of freesoil prin
ciples will sink still deeper into that stupefaction to
from which it seems impossible even now to arouse to
them. The obvious duty, therefore, of those States
which by virtue of geographical position have es- m
caped the noxious and enfeebling effects of free- eg
soilism (and thereby retained sufficient vigor of qt
heart and brain to appreciate the certain coming 7f
dangers and betimes to declare their independ- hi
ence) is to carry on the brave work of revolution he
without pause or hesitation, assured that their
sister slave States on the border are submissive tl
only because of the course into which they have b
fallen by reason of their proximity to the sources co
of that social malaria of which the Black Repub- T
lican party is the legitimate offspring, and which a
operates alike as an infection and a contagion, but b
most rapidly, certainly and fatally by contact. i
Nor should the Gulf States be deterred from in
stant and conclusive action by any doubt as to the v
possible issue of the revolution, either to them- 9
selves or to those other afflicted States from which o
(knowing the occasion of their tardy movement)
they feel naturally unwilling to separate. The at
tractive force of identical institutions and a com
mon destiny must sooner or later draw all the f
slaveholding States together and cement them in a
Union which will endure so ling as their social
organization remains unchanged. Well meaning t
people, with honest hearts but childish reasoning a
faculties, may interpose ephemeral obstacles in the
way of the border States, but the final consum
mation of a great slaveholding Republic cannot be
prevented. The happy day that witnesses this
consummation will witness also the outspoken,
boundless gratitude of the border to the Gulf
0 States for forcing them out of their lethargy, and
compelling them to cut themselves off from that
freeaoil cancer which they had learned to endure
simply because they believed that its excision
would be fatal to their existence.
Y Such, but in sadly commingled metaphors, are
my views in regard to the present state of affairs,
o and such my candid impressions as to the duty
e owed by the Gulf States to the border States.
Knowing the fire and spirit of your people, I can.
not doubt that the issue will accord with the wishes
e of the strong and rapidly increasing secession
it party in Maryland andVirginia. It is decreed that
the younger shall take precedent of the older
States in this, our second Revolution. Let them
ir not shrink from the task. We will follow. It is
' meet that the honors should be divided. Oo on,
then. God speed you.
e As for news, there is, happily for my disinclina
a* tion just now to play the reporter, little to tell.
n Cass resigned to-day because the President would
not send additional troops to Fort Moultrie. Thus
the old public functionary, as you call him, is
C bereft of friend after friend. Cobb has gone ilis
ways. Beau Hickman is very rich on Cobb's mal
at administration of the Treasury. " He begun the
tih game," says the Beau, " with a double set o' checks
an that old man Guthrie left him when he quit dealing.
lIoping to git a good game and give his house a
id great reputation, he played at first to lose, and
i' soon got busted. Congress stalked him. and he
t0 started agin. The revenue men changed in freely,
. curds of money came in from all parts of the
it. country, and when we all thought the game was
v- going on finely, io and behold, the bank is busted
agin and the dealer run off, leaving neither checks
at nor nothing else; and how the h-Il Frank Thomas'
in(the new Secretary of tie Treasury) " is going to
rs git any game when he aint got the first chip to
show and 'bleest to deal out of his hand, I'm d-d
if I know. Where's the money, and where's ftle
checks? The man that's been playin' agin the
bank aint got none. Cobb aint got none, nobody
aint got none. Its gone slap up the spdiut, and
a nobody ait never going to see the color of it agin'.
Cobb done right to quit the game. He handled his
th cards, he stocked 'em till the splits came every
he other turn ; he done evcrything he could think of
. to umakle 'em run right; hie win all the money and
lost all the checks; got played out himself, and
nobody was left to call the turn, and so he jes'
sia cussed old Buchanan and made tracks for Georgy,
;h- where his friends has opened a new game for him
cy on a bran new table that never was dealt on be
h fore. It's the worst dealing that ever was done in
this town. lie has left the country in nudo silice,
on a necked rock, with just grease enough to help
beit to slide into everlasting blazes." MALOa.
AMesEnNTSr.- Varielies.-At this pleasant and
delightful theater, to-night, Messrs. Mark Smith,
George Jordan, John E. Owens, Charles Bass, A.
It, Davenport, Mr. Biddies, Mr. Morton, Mrs. Chap
man, Miss Charlotte Thompson and Mrs. Leighton,
will offer Holcroft's three-act idea of "The Road
to Ruin." The Owens and the Leighton will after
ward show married folks something instructive in
the way of a " Conjugal Lesson." There will be
dancing between the pieces. All who go will feel
as they leave that they are glad they went.
St. Charles.-Farewell benefit of Mrs. Wallack;
Mr. and Mrs. Wallack appearing together as lob
Poy and helen McGregor, and Mr. Wallack after.
ward appearing as Willieam to Mrs. Perrin's Black
eyed Susan. This will be positively the last ap
pearance of the Wallacks.
Academy of Music. -A grand performance at
noon, for ladies and children, Dan Rice coming out
with a predetermined intent to tickle the ladies
whilst he kills the children. " Ward's Mission to
China" will be one of the lively new features of
the noonday performance. At night, the usual
beautiful, astonishing, and funny show, will be
given for the comfort of the grown folks. Just
look over the bills.
Mussews.-Miss Reed, the beautiful doll-baby
lady; the Swiss lady who has whiskers like a
pirate ; the Swiss Warbler, who looks like a Dutch
man, but whistles like a Mocking Bird ; the Hippo
potamus, which looks like a cross between a hog
and a rhinoceros, but isn't; and any number of
other wonders, are to be seen in the Museum day
and night; truly a great collection.
SANTA CLAoS to TocunLe.-" Krishkringle" has
such a big country to look after just now, that his
faithful deer steeds cannot travel all over it, be
tween this and Christmas ; so he has had to appoint
agents to distribute his favors. Among the fore
most of the agents so appointed, are Messrs. Alfred
Monroe A Co., who are specially commissioned to
distribute, among the fathers and mothers of all
good boys, suits of the prettiest and nicest Christ
mas and Sunday clothes that were ever seen or
dreamnt of.
All fathers and mothers of good and handsome
boys muat therefore act accordingly; and the
fathers may treat themselves as well as the boys,
if they feel like it, at the same time and place.
Money, but very little of it, the chief passport.
See what A. M. A Co. hint about it, in the adver
tising way, in another column.
tal anttaitInpt. al
TBHE GtEAT EVENT OF YESTERDAY. bee
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SYMPATHY WITH SOUTH CAROLINA. fol0
oth
HOISTING OF THE PELICAN FLAG I con
THE SCENE ON CAMP STREET.
got
A GRAND MASS MEETING AT MID-DAY. the
RED iHO SECESSION SPEZCHES. Pot
-on
THREE HUNDRED GUNS IRED.
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GIreat Enthuelansm Everywherw. the
stet
There is no occasion for any very lengthy report al
of what took place in this city yesterday. The oo
event was one which absorbed the attention of the ea
entire city ; for it was not only interesting, but im- wh
portant and portentous. rr
It was nothing more nor less than the unfurling m
to the breeze of the Pelican Flag-the new flag of
Independent Louisiana.
A brief announcement in two or three of the .
morning papers that the Pelican Flag would be
spread to the breeze at noonday, from the Head- rat
quarters of the Southern Rights Association, No.
76 Camp street, (just above the Crescent office) in,
had the effect of filling the street long before e oft
hour named. ma
From the central window of the second story of ter
the building obtruded a board, on which was a is
bust of John C. Calhoun, begirt with a blue ribbon grs
and the cockade of Independent Sooth Carolina. wil
This attracted much attention, and contributed not ths
a little to warm the feeling of the multitude long ate
before the hour arrived for unfurling the Flag of Ne
Independent Louisiana. th
At 12 o'clock, Camp street was densely jammed. i
We may here state that the crowd was of a re- sh
spectable and highly important character; it was
one of those multitudes which cannot assemble at p
mid-day without a very extensive suspension of the no
heavy business of the city; it was conspicuous not pe
only for its genteel appearance and demeanor, but ha
for the wealth and business status of the great ac
part of it.
The solitary telegraphic tap on the bells, indica- a
I tive of noonday, had hardly died away, when, from he
E an upper window of No. 76 Camp street, a white th
flag shot out upon a mast previously prepal sd, and
' gracefully spread itself out on the warm South
breeze which was blowing, disclosing in its center
a large red star, in the center of which star was
pictured the shield of Louisiana, a pelican feeding in
her young. h.
The heads of the whole multitude uncovered at
LI this first sight of the flag of Independent Louisi
ana; and the cheers and huzzas that arose, we can
liken only to the roar of the sea in a gale. 1
As the flag came out, and as the people shonted, ,
a brass band in the street greeted it with that li
s, stirring air which recent events have made so pop- i
Sular in the South,the "Marseillaise." At the same i
moment the Washiogton Artillery, at the foot of
Canal street, let forth a thundering jubilee salute
es of one hundred guns. t
An incident which aroused renewed enthusiasm
at was this: As the flag came out on its mast, the sun
wr as behind one of the white clouds which were
e fleeting by. The flag hadhardly unfrled Itself and
a spread itself out on the breese, when, the sun,
, emerging from the elopd, shone vertically through
it, rendering it as bright and transparent as a
a bridal veil. The flag, with its scarlet star pioture,
Il floated nearly horizontally just at the moment that
id the sunshine fell upon it; the suddenness and
Us beauty of the display struck all, and the effect was
s well expressed in the still more lusty roar of
" cheering which followed.
a1- Speakers were called for, and the call was an
ie swered. Gen. W. R. Miles, Mr. Daniel E. Adams,
hs Mr. W. C. C. Claiborne, Mr. H. H. Chalmers, Mr.
f- J. O. Nixon, Mr. B. S. Tappan, Dr. Austin, and
a Mr. H. J. Leovy, eight in all, made brief but fiery
ad and stirring speeches, in less than an hour and a
he half.
ly, Each speaker was forcible and eloquent accord
he ing to his style, but the same sentiment was ex
as pressed by all; the long forbearance of the South:,
ed under Northern aggression; the right and duty of
ho the South to stand to her rights, and to do it now
"' or never, by seeking that equality out of the Union,
to of which she has been deprived in it; and theduty
to of every citizen standing to the flag of Independent
-d Louisiana, though fire and blood be the ordeal.
1s The different speeches were uproariously ap.
plaluded by the multitude, with, here and there,
dy
ld such interruptions as 'We will! " " We won't! "
in'. "Yes!" "No!" "Never!" "To thedeath!"
his etc., according to the propositions or questions of
roy the speakers.
nd When the eighth speaker concluded, the multi
td tude refused to leave, so anxious were they to
0s' hear more. But, as most of the speakers had said
p.3" action " was now the thing, " appeal " and " ar
he- gument " with the North being exhausted forever,
Sin the multitude gradually dispersed, and allowed the
mee, omnibuses and other vehicles to pass through the
street, as before. In every point of view the meet
log was astonishing, in such a city as this, held as
and it was at noonday, and in the middle of such a rush
ith, ing business thoroughfare as Camp street.
A. Before the meeting was over, dispatches arrived,
isp- announcing South Carolina's final and formal rati
n, flcation of the ordinance of secession from the
and North American Union.
er- At 2 o'clock, the Washington Artillery fired 100
in guns more at the foot of Poydras street, and at the
be same time the Orleans Artillery fired 100 guns at
feel the foot of Canal street. Three hundred guns in
all, for Independent South Carolina and for Inde
tb; pendent Louisiana, the independence of the latter
i'b State to be ratified in Convention next month.
ter. It was an event which stirred the city every
cI- where. Tihe number of men wearing blue rosettes
up- and badges was astonishing; yet these were not
more than one-third of those who intend to vote
at for secession.
t Last night the Pelican flag coquetted gaily be
lies tween the breeze and the moonlight; and there it
to will continue to wave, defying all sorts of weather,
of until it shall in State Convention be formally rati.
sual fled and confirmed as the flag of Independent Lou.
he islana.
TALK ON 'CHANGE.
The movements on the flags yesterday opened
under the influence of the Persia's advices from
Liverpool of the 8th inst. The advance in cotton
of td. which was so industriously circulated during
the day proved to be just nothing at all-a fallacy.
The dispatch was something of the same character
which has been doled out, or the effects thereof,
with so great zeal and talk during the past six
weeks. However, the spirits and feelings on the
flags yesterday were free, and a good demand for
cotton prevailed. The salesof the staple this week
will foot up the largest since the commencement
of business, on the 1st September. For the past
four days 02,000 bales, equivalent to $2,500,000,
have been sold; with sales of sugar, molasses and
other stuff, the total sales for four days will amount
to three millions of dollars-all for cash, and the
money ready to be paid, secession notwithstanding.
There is a very good feeling prevailing among
Western traders. The receipts of flour, corn,
wheat, bacon, pork, lard, hay, oats, potatoes, cat
tie, pigs, turkeys, chickens and other things are
large, under interruption of navigation in the Upper
Mississippi and tributaries. The Western mer
chants, traders and dealers nto general, who are
located and do congregate on the levee, Levee
street, Tchoopitoulal, Poydras and other localities,
do not appear to be under any apprehesason or re
alarm for the fature. True, some few houos have
been hard up; but having weathered the storm, T
matters and things connected with the great West
ern trade are in a flourishing positiom If some
folk are not realizing great returns, there are A
other dealers and traders who appear to-be wed
contented with the daily movements, and are in no
way alarmed about the coarse of events. Seces
sion has no fears for them. Some one inegires,
where do all the large receiptsof Westernprodnue .A
go ? We can only remark, for the information ofall,
that if they will avail themselves of the presenti
fine weather, and walk or ride to the depot of the
Pontchartrain Railroad-to the depot of the Jefle,
son and Carrollton Railroad-to the depot of thes
Jackhsn Bailroad-to the basin of the New Canal
to the Old Carondelet basin-to the Texas steam.
ship landing-to the Opeloness Railroad depot-to
the Havana steamship landing- -to the Florida
steamship landing-looking over the small matters
at the Bed river steamboat landing-they -wo ld
soon be conviuced of the gigantle bauness of our (
emporium; they would speedily learn where and lot
whence go the cargoes of the argosies which daily
arrive at our lantting. Although we have no com
monination as yet direct with Japan, that is no Ca
reason we should sot have. However, it is not of Qt
much use to talk of Japan trade; there are many
markets nearer home, and withwhiohwe can have
as mach business as prudence and safety will war- IN
rant. In
The great desideratam-the establishment of a T
line of steameg for direct trade with England-isn P
often talked of. The pressure in the general money in
market has rather scared those who have the mat
ter in hand from urging the claims. As the crisis th
is passing away, and the money market being of
greatly relieved, it is hoped that the undertaking th
will be considered. When it is actually known 6i
that one million of dollars will establish a line of to
steamers to arrive and depart once a week from
New Orleans and Liverpool, it is surprising that
this project, which will go greatly towards reliev- cl
ing us of Northern domineering and thraldom,
should attract so little notice. The simple sum of al
fifty cents on every bale of cotton received at this
port last year would have built and equipped the
contemplated line. This subscription of fifty cents
per bale from each and every planter would not b
have been in the light of a donation, but sub- ft
scribed, as to any other stock or incorporation. If as
one planter makes one hundred bales of cotton,
another five hundred, it would not be a very great
hardship for one to take one share of stock and v
the other five shares.
The general freight market was rather weak
yesterday. The great decline in the receipts of
cotton operates against the shipping interest. The
regular packets in the lower cotton trade are bring
ing in very light loads, and some of the boats have
been withdrawn-manifestly confirming the im
pression that planters are either holding back or
that the crop is not raised; in fact, it is useless to
undertake to conceal the financial impression that
there has not been cotton enough picked this sea
son (1800) to cover the paper afloat by many mil
lions of dollars. In the meantime the talk is, what
is to be done? The reply is-retrench, economize,
instead of buying splendid broadcloth clothes, re- 1
turn to first principles, and wear Attakapas cotton
ade, Virginia jeans and Kentucky linseys. Re
trenchment and economy have to be carried out,
and our good citizens may as well commence first
n aslast.
We regret to learn that the storm of rain on
d Tuesday night last oarried away the Chatana
t bridge on the Jackson Railroad, which causes
some interruption in the freight trains. The mails,
expresses and passengers go through as usual-the
e, damage only extending about two hundred and
fifty yards, which will be all repaired by Monday
next.
s From Col. Lonsdale, Son & Co.'s weekly coffee
circular, which will be found elsewhere, we ob
serve that the berry has received another knock,
and prices are quoted at 114c., a decline of 31c.
wiitin thirty days. The inquiry is made, what is
the matter with the berry? All we can say is that
it is receding to living prices, and there is no pros
pect whatever that consumers will be deprived of
the usual cup in the morning.
There was some talk about salt, but the supply
is sufficient to last for the entire year 1861, or it
would not be selling at the very low price of 45 to
of 50c. per sack, cargo sales. Well, who is afraid of
salt at 12~c. per bushel?
LATE PUBLICATIONS.
We have received from the publishers, through
Mr. George Ellis, of the new book-store, opposite
the Postoffice, the following late publications, to
which we direct the attention of our readers:
TnAVELS IN THE RnEIONS OF THE UnPER AND
LOewER AOOR, and the Russian Acquisitions on
the confinee of India and China: by Thomas
Witlam Atkinson, F. G. S., F. R. . S., author of
" Oriental and Western Siberia." New York:
Harper & Brothers, publishers.
This a very interesting work, abounding in ad.
ventures among the people through which the
author traveled. It is splendidly illustrated, and
has numerous illustrative maps.
Tun RlINED GAMESTEnR: by George W. M. Rey
nolds, the popular English novelist. Philadel
phia: Peterson & Brothers, publishers.
Reynolds has succeeded as well in this as in any
thing he over wrote. Novel readers will find it an
interesting addition to their libraries.
TaH MAN wITH FIVE WIVES: by AlexanderDumas.
Philadelphia: Peterson & Brothers.
As the admirers of Dumas' writingsare so numer
ous in this country, we are sure that the bare
announcement of a new book of his will be suf
ficient to give it a large sale. We cannot speak of
its merits, not yet having had time to read it; but
would fain believe it good, as the author has sel
dom failed.
ONE YEAn: A CH:Lo's Boon, in prose and verse.
by the author of "John Halifax, Gentleman;"
illustrated by Clarence Dobell. New York:
Harper & Brothers.
This is a collection of stories suited to each
I month in the year, and will not fail being a pleas
ing holiday gift to a girl or boy. Mr. Ellis has also
laid on our table the October numbers of the Lon
don Quarterly and Edinburg Reviews, and the
t November number of Blackwood. They all con
tain their usual amount of good reading. He has
also sent us the first volume of "Tom Brows at
Oxford," from the press of the Harpers.
DESTeurcTivE FIRE.-A destructive conflagration
occurred at Orange, N. J., on Friday night, the
14th, involving the loss of eight stores, the market
and the post-office. The Methodist church, a floe
building, which cost St10,000, was partially de
stroyed, and had it not been for the arrival of some
fire companies fromNewark the edifice would have
been entirely consumed. The fire lasted for nearly
five hours, and at times raged with great fury. If
there had been a single fire company in the village
it is thought that the fire could have been promptly
extinguished. It is impossible to estimate the loss
a at present. Report says that the property is half
Scovered by insurance.
THE JAPANESE EuoAssv.-The United States
steam frigate Niagara, with the Japanese Embassy
on board, arrived at Batavia on the 30th Septem
*t ber, en route for Japan, having made the passage
from Loando, a distance of 8000 miles, in forty-six
" days, without stopping.
A TALL WoaNa.--The Boston Courier chronieles
t the arrival in that city, from New York, of a
e woman eight feet high and large in proportion.
:r She is estimated to weigh upwards of five hundred
r. pounds.
- WHALseBONa F.LU BReOonet.-Mesars. D. C. Low
' r & Co, No. 17 Cam. gtrsi, Avrteen a generan assoetment
5, of theem srti.s,
r.LELaMPHO TO THLa NW OR nt0t OISOEN. a
THREB DAYS LATERMa NEO E U.OE.
ARRIVAL OF THE PULTON OFF CAPE RACBG
SaRFDOMr ABOLIRBED IN UsV A. Ca
AD V/N.EW O Bf READr UTOE. I
Ii
iverpool Cotton Market Steady.
DozsgrIC AND COMMERCIA IlrNjfZEoBCOe.
Ted. eo the Fb m aTe dayre N s are WS .
than tbhseby the Pern at New t Yor.
Oompasy'sleamse~sip City of Bell lmise arhrved a0
Queenstown on the 1lth Mat., from Now Tor,
whence.ae sased oatho laori st.
CommereWl 1sde6lWO
L.ea s, M Dee. 11.--The miles of qlottnn oan
Monday and Tnesday amomunted to 18,000" Mles,
inludinE 5600 taen on apeealton and . ?orspe
The m"rket. oasd quiet std sterady at hia
prices.
The advice. from Manchester and the sutrround
ing manufacturing districts were unfavorable.
The prices of yarns were easier but the
tions of last week remained unoasged. Clothe
closed very doll.
The bnusiness In breadstu since the departure of
the Persia has been active. Flour has advanced
6d. to is. thebbL The prices of Wheat are ld. to
to 3d. higher. odian Corn was sold atan advance
of Gd.
Richardson, Spence & Co. report provisions dull.
LIVERPOOL, Dec. 11.-Sugar closed quiet stun
changed quotations.
Coffee was quiet at previous rates.
LonoN, Dec. 10.-Console for the account closed
at 931 to 931 to-dsy.
American Railway Stocks closed fat.
Breadstou, steady ; American qualities slightly
The steamship Fulton has $600,000 of spcie an
board. The steamship City of Manchester saled
It was reported that the Emperor of Anstfia was
about to annul the recently concluded Concardat
with Rome.
The crisis in the Ministry of Austria is passed.
It was reported in political circles that the Aus
trian cabinet at Vienna had discussed the ex
pediency of declaring martial law throughoat
SHungary.
Rrssi.-The Czar of Russia emancipates all
serfs by a decree to take effect January .lt,1861.
ITLY.--KIng Victor Emanuelretenrned to Naples
from the Island of Sicily on the 7th.
In Italy there was a continued reactionary mve
ment.
The Sardinians await the fall of letats before de
manding the surrender of the citadel at Wessina.
Tunan.-In the Dannblan Prlncipalities and
along the Perth great agitation prevailed.
t BiTAviA.vThle affaiis of this country are some
what improving.
Cue.--The city of Pekin was surrendered to
theAllies on the 1bth of October.
A new rebellion had broken out at ShanghaI.
Foreign office teletlgrPams say that the Alled foioes
had taken posessmon of the city of Pekin. The
, Emperor's summer palace was sacked of immelnse
it spoils. The Emperor himself had ted to Tartary.
FURTHER FROM BOUTH CAROLINA. ct
A SOUTHERN CONFEDERACY PROPOSED.
THE CONVENTION IN SECRET SESSION.
CHARLESTON, Dec. 21, 3 P. M.-The Convention w
met at noon to-day, parsuant to adjournment,.
Prayer was offered, beseeching Almighty God to h
unite the people of the South in the formation of a
Southern Confederacy.
A motion was made that aCommitte be appointed
to invite the Governor, Postmaster and Collector
of the Port to be present, which, however, was
tempnorarily ipotpoed. t
Barnwell Rhett. Chairman of the Committee, a
presented an address to the Southern States; a
long and able paper, reviewing the injuries of
South Carolina during her connection with the
Onion.
The Convention refused to issue the address until
its final adoption; made the special order of
Saturday.
Judge Wardlow made a report by ordinance,
amending the Constitution of the State of South
Carolina.
Other unimportant business was transacted,
when the Convention went into secret session, ex- 1
cluding all but members.
CHARLESTON, Dec. 21, 9 PM.M.-The excitement
here to-night knows no bounds.
A grand procession, composed of the regularly I
organized body df Minute Men, several thousand I
" Minute Citizens," strangers, and the. entire mili
tary and fire department, is parading the principal
thoroughfares, with soul-stirring music, appropri
ate transparencies, banners, and large locomotive
reflectors.
The procession formed in front of "Secession
Hall," and proceeded to the Mills House.
Mr. Pickens, the Gopvernor elect, was handsomely
serenaded. At a late hour the following persons
were honored in a similar manner, the procession
accompanylng the serenaders:
Hon. Wm.D. Porter, President of the Senate,
General Simmons, Speaker of the House, General
Jamison, President of the Convention, Mayor Mac.
beth, and other distinguished personages delivered
s peeches expressive of thanks and in-acknowledg
ment of the compliment, which were received
amid demonstrations of the wildest enthusiasm.
Immediately in front of the procession floated
the veritable flag recently unfurled by Capt. Berry
from the mast-head of the steamer Columbia, off
Governor's Island, New York.
A number of private residences, poublic places,
and newspaper establishments, are brilliantly illu
minated.
f Reception of the News in Memphis.
t MEPrnes, Dec. 21, 9J P. M.-Fifteen guns were
fired here to-night in honor of the secession of
South Carolina from the Federal Union, and tie
prospect of a Southern Confederacy. An im
promptu meeting gathered, which ratified the pro
ceedings of the Palmetto State.
The " Avalanche " office and other public build
ings are splendidly illumninated.
The News of Secession in Congress.
WASHumuroeN, Dec. 21.--The news of the passage,
Sby the South Carolina Convention, of the ordinance
of secession, produced intense excitement in Con
gress yesterday.
The News in Augusta.
AnursTa, Dec. 21.-On thereceptionof the news
a from South Carolina yesterday, one hundred guns
t were fired, while the new mammoth bell was tolled
for one hour in manifestation of the general joy.
Cushing's Mission to South Carolina.
CIHARLEsTON, Dec. 2.--Caleb Cushing arrived
e to-day, remained five hours and left for Washing
ton.
, The News of Secession in New York.
NEow YORK, Dec. 21.-The Times, Tribune, and
othler Black Republican journals, in their editorial
e articles of to-day, rcdicule the Secession move
ment of South Carolina.
Effect of Secession on the Marketa.
State Stocks have declined in consequence of the
if Secession movement.
Opinion in England.
y Letters by steamers recently arrived state that
s the British are still in doubt of any serious dif
If fculty resulting from the present excited state of
public feeling in A merica.
The Election in Mississippi.
JACKsoN, Dec. 21.-The following is thresaltof
y the vote in Claiborne cocnty for delegates to the
Stats Convention: 'Eurtt, Secession candidate,
322; Magruder, Cooperation, 143; Archer, lade
o pendent Secessionist, 23.
s Congressional Proceedings.
WASHINnTO,, Dec. 2l.-.Lnae.--The House yea
terday, in Conmmittee of th(, Whole. adopted the
as substitute for the Pacfite Bll, as offered by Mr.
a Curtis, of Iowa, which, thus amended, passed, 99
a aiaioinst .
Mlr. Davis has finally concluded to serve on the
d Committee of Thirty-three.
In the Senate to-day, the Pacific Railway Bill
was made the special order for the 2d of January
- neyt.
ut The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Bill, withp.ight
amendment, passed the Senate to-day.
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tsailor named![ ;
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led would not hetptham. °.
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danoing. One lady said tlp
tunh hs well rotmoabereditthat
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tilt- were on the point of erosetg, whqo
leaf killed thon hoth.
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child, Mlm; F Mans . . IA le
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Texas' J Fuller; Ms, M
A D Witherspoon, Ten; RH
P Cloptos, Ark; Mr awv and y-;
J G Garland, Texas; HJ Jgs
Brigham, La; TBR shfuro.,t _
lady, La; E L Gynum, S(; '`FKe
R T Raborn, J NT Richardion andlady,
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year, LW M.ilsr, Texas; J a
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Nelson S Pipe, La; JA .G dn.e
son, M S Boatner, Texas; P .t.e ] e
M T Bowman, B J Bowman,
Montgomery, Joe A Davis, Mss ;'
H Eiland, La; L LBenry, Miss; R Me
Echls, W obinson. M W Oree, M
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Z M Foster, Meo J W Raese. Trs se' J'Riy,
W L Ri G F G ar, J D Thoms, 1a; Thas
Gulley, 'exas ; J W DaIly, Kim; H 3 TerveB, Is
J E Rowe, Teres; Jn TBharp. JO
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Pottis, F Batdt, La; ; Wand, Ias; 3W ,
Tyler, O Potta, J J Elilott P are e °
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Texas; A H Jackson, Ala; Char; .i
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Matlhews, BR Matthews, DT Weatb
blclntire, R S Randall, Geneva; D P.weisdN;
J J Thorn, Ark; W A Pattes.o, Jags& n '
B elning, J B Gregory, Texas; PW
NWilliams, N O;D H ogSne, JPEdiis.'
Judge Watson, #i Frank, Ark'; RO OSE 1ge(
Frezier. Jr. W Bridewel,. La; O M Wee, C;
P Griffin, Ky ; 0 H Jaroon, Texas;W to
G L Glapp, Texas; J R Gowin, L I ean
daughter, Miss Walker, Miss; J ElM e
Hr. Jaese HoToL.-A B Joane, N O:
La; A H Phillips, Jr, J Wilson, '-_N
Stapleo, Col Newman, Texas; W W e _s.. a..;
John D Murrell, city ; Jon Scott.,oLit 3ea14;
John Robinson, city; S A HdBS, ,l
Hamiton and lady, A M Pont.1. .gS a $
Howell, Mo 3 JJohnson, Ala; tWI( 1d
W Helms, SC; RNoxon. Tex ; 3, A
SKirkpatrick, La; GN ON i wme,4pl a
T J Hallia, La ; S S Adesno, JteU- - Me'
Rae, S H Witmer. Mrs Jewei9 ' Saui
J Green, Tenn; T P rai ; Heea QV
Paris, France; Wm H W.e Pt ,e l
La; H CAdams, Mien; Lleyd flaygeh~ h r
HL B Griffin, Miss ; Mrs Adate, Aaa ~Tns.
Vonssann Hotam.-BPaey Cahtll; Ua f m m
Duoham, Jr, Miss' JoabmId fdU5T1y,
Galveaton; Jas > ;aagaeseWO
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