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THE POSITION OF VIRGINIA. We find in the Richmond Whig of Thursday last a report of the able and eloquent speech de livered in that city on the 8th ultimo by the Hon. Wui. C. Rives, in explanation aud enforcement of the propositions concerted by tiie Coofereiice Con vention. The distin;uished speaker clearly le- monstrates that every thing ot substance in Mr. Crittenden’s proposition has been unetiuivoeally secured in the proposition of the Peace Conierence, under a form of words more analoj^ous t;o the pre cedents of our constitutional history, while several stripulatious of preat value and importance to the Southern Suto.s, not contained in the proposition of Mr. Crittenden, are engrafted upon the plan ot adjustment which received the sanction of the Conference. After presenting the proofs of this statement in a strong light, he proceeded to remark as fol lows on the present position and duty of A irginia: “Now that Virginia has? been so cruelly, not to say wantonly, aban.loned by the Cotton Slates in this great consiitntional struggle in a common cause, her first du ty is to look with calm and collected composure to her own true position, as it is prescribed to her by the con sideration of her own interest and honor. Let it be und«rstood. once for all, that she is mistress of her own destinies, and that she is- neither to be dragged into disunion by precipitation nor awed into submission by coercion. There are quesiions of grave import to be maturely weighed and resolved before she makes up her mind to dissolve a Union which her greatest and wisest men were the chief agents in constructing, aud embarks her fortunes with a new Confederacy against which their most solemn counsels have warned her. ‘•When the Union shall be dissolved, as is proposed, by the line which separates the slaveholding from the non-slaveholding Stales, and Virginia finds herself in immediate contact with or in close proximity to States that would then be foreign States to her. without either the obligation or the disposition to surrender fugitive slaves, what prospect couM she have of retaining that description of her property and labor? Would not such a state of things be virtually a proclamation of freedom, which by successive advances and encroach ments. would deprive her wholly of her slaves? ‘•How could she and her sister Border Slave States sustain the collis-ions and wars that would follow along a frontier of several thousand miles, without a crush ing weight of milit'iry establishments and of taxes that would be alike fatal to their liberties, ruinous to their resonrees. and destructive to all the arts of civi lization and peace? “Were it possible, as it clearly is not, to surmount these dangers, she must still inquire how her diversi fied interests, exposed to the competition of the rest of the world. couM he reconciled with the inexorable poli cy of a Uontederacy built up on the two leading and exclusive ideas of increasing the profits of the cotton culture and diminishing the value of the labor employ ed in it to the utmost practicable extent? ‘•These are some of the questions deeply invoWinft ! the interest and safety of Virgini'V. which must be solved, | and satisfactorily Koived, before she ventures upon the I irrevocable step that she is now summoned to take; aud | they are questions to be solved neither in hot haste nor ■ upon compulsion ^ “We are sometimes flippantly told that Virginia must , go with the North or the South; and then we are tri- j umphantly asked which we will do. I say, w** will go with neither tor separation. I recognise no such alter- ! native )ar business is to reconcile and re-unite North and South; an], in the mean time, let Virginia stand, where Nature has placed her, with her sister Border I Slave States, under which denomination I mcluJe the | noble and loyal States of North Carolina and Tennes- i see, as well as Arkansas. Missouri, Kentucky, Mary- , land, and Delaware. These States are dove-tailed into ( each other by geographical, commercial, and social re- j lations, and by a pervading community of interests and i pursuits, which renders them inseparable. ‘Whom God ! hatn joined together let no man put asunder.’” 1 In the concluding portion of his speech Mr. \ Rives made the following reference to a question ! of commercial moment, which, however it may be overlaid for a time, must, in the end, as.«5ume a commanding importance, and which, if it be not : adjusted in such a way as to conciliate all the \ interests involved, must be the fruitful source ot ■ vexatious disputes, likely to result in still more I deplorable consequences: 1 “With regard to the Seceded States, however indis- ! posed their leaders may be at the present moment, in ^ the flash of their newly aoqnired honors, to listen to any ' terms of reconciliation, a little farther experience anil ■ reflection, acting upon the dormant attachments to the ; Union which still subsist in large masses of their popu- [ lation, could hardly fail to secure from those masses an ^ acquiesence in any plan of adjustment that has the i sanction of the border Slave States, so much more near- i ly and deeply interested than they are in the questions I connected with the security of slavery in the Union. “But, however this may be, there are necessary laws, ' springing from the inherent relations of things, which * must have their effect. When a plan of adjustment > shall have been concurred in by both the Border Slave I and the Border Free States, then the Slave St.ates in the i valley of the Mississippi, interested in the free naviga- ' tion and commerce of that river, will cordially unite ! with the powerful Free States above them in such n i pressure upon Louisiana as must bring her back into I the Union. It is impossible that the States lying upon ' the upper parts of the Mississippi and its tributaries, ' can, for any length of time, acquiesce in the possession ! of its mouth by a I’ower foreign to them. | ‘‘It is in vain that the Southern Confederacy pro- | claim the free navigation of the Mississippi as a gene- I ral thesis. Look at the bill on the subject recently pass- i ed by the Congress at Montgomery, and you will see, that, while they declare the j>rindpU of the freedom of , the river, they, at the same time, prescribe multiplied regulations with regard to the trade upon it destined to ! States beyond the limits of the Confederacy, the neglect i or violation of any one of which involves the forfeiture of vessel and cargo, or other heavy penalties. These are vexations and annoyances which cannot but be sorely felt; atid the time will come, and come soon, in ‘ case of an adjMstment of existing controversies satisfac torily to the Border States, when Tennessee, Kentucky, Arkansas, .Missouri, and Western Virginia will earnest ly unite with Pennsylvania. Dhio, Indiana, Illinois, ami Iowa in deprecating and opposing foreign jurisdiction at the mouth of thp Mis^issipjtj. The Loiu?on Timrs^ „u the (’r,nf»lrr,te Loan. '■ —The London Times of the ItJth of March, in no- ! ticing the fact that the (.’onfederate American otates are in market with a loan of Sl-),000 000 i which they wish to place at eight per cent, for i ten years, remarks:— “As the new confederacy includes in its total popula- I fioti of .j.ltJo.OOO, no less than l,0.')0.000 who are pledg- ed to repudia„..n, it is difficult to underst-.nd the pot | sibnily of sucii an atrount being laised either in home ! oreign markets. Thi^ feeliH" i« increasf^d hy the * ac t lat, indirectly. »he entire population mav be con- 1 Bidered to have signified their approval of r.-pudiation as | principle, by having selected Colonel Jefferson Davis j B ieir rat I resident. This personage has long been j ajiostle of ref)udiation, ami the holders j 0 ississippi bonds have rea-son to remember his cele- ; ,‘^‘^l^'^ered within the legislative hall ui t by British money, in which he ridiculed the “cro- | CO lie tears” of the dupes who had ventured to petition I tor payment of their claims.” limife for Cotton.—The Buffalo Republi can Fays: “For the last three days there have been sent east, Irom Buffalo to Boston, on an aver age twenty car load.s of cotton per day, or eighteen thousand bales in that time, and still it comes Thirty bales, or about seven tons and a half weight, was readily put in each car. This is the compressed cotton, as formerly only about twenty or twenty-three bales were all that could be stored in a car. The price for carrying this cotton trom Memphis to Boston is about 84.50 per bale of five hundred pounds. This is cheaper than it can be shipped down the Mississippi river to Naw Orleans, and thence by vessel, and the difiFerence of time is about thirty days in favor of the North ern route. It comes to Cincinnati by river, and then by rail all the way to Boston. A small por tion is brought all the way by rail, but the rates on this arc a little higher. For the four months up to the first of February the New York Central earned from the Bridge and Bufi-alo 7,550 bales, and in lebruary about 3,000. This month, Irom present appearances, they will do the largest busi ness they ever did.” Mimstertal Mortality.—Fifty-three out of the SIX thous-dnd eight hundred and seventy-seven travelli^ng preachers of the Northern MethS Church died last year. «>-uoai8i famine in INDIA. Correspondence of the New Tork Times. ItoMBAI, (lNl>lA,)Feb. 12, 1861.—TH. on- grossing subject of thought here b the famine. It is now the one topic of oonvers«tion in the oouDtry, and it is feared will prove a luoet ternble catastrophe of modern times, which it certainly will unless the most active measures are taken to meet the crisis. Never were the demands of philanthropy more imperative than at the present time, or the neces.sity of prompt and decisive ac tion on the part of the Government more ap parent. From the extreme south of Travabcore we hear that the distress has reached its height, and that persons are disposing of their children by sale, without regard to the caste or creed of the parties to whose mercies they are consigned. The district literally swarms with the miserable poor, and, although aided by the most liberal ef forts of private benevolence, many are daily dying ffom starvation. To add to this most fearful state of affairs, the authorities have not adopted timely precautions to introduce a sufficiency of grain into the country to guard against the ex tension of the calamity. The Ma»abar ports, which usually draw no more than 20,000 or 30,- 000 morahs of rice from M.ingalore during the season, have already drained it of from 200,000 to 300,000 morahs; and it is a question whether, in the peculiar circumstances of the country, steps should not be taken to stop the exportation of food therefrom. To understand the true nature of this calamity and the extent ot the misery the country will soon be called upon to cope with, a daily journal places some correct information before the public, from which it appears that the area of the famine will include a population of twelve millions in the Delhi, Meerut, and Agra divisions alone; while the division south of Cawnpore, Rohilcund, be yond the Gauges, the protected Sikh States north of the Doab^ and the countries west of the Jumna, are more or less suffering from scarcity of food. The same authority doubts if the popu lation over which this famine impends includes less than forty millions of souls. The famine will be felt in all its severity until April or May, when the spring crop should be ripening throughout Northern India to replenish the ,‘jtores of the country. Famine Relief Funds are being established all over the country, and in our own city Rs. 35,000 3r Rs. 40,000 have been subscribed and paid in. The utmost efforts are demanded to stem the torrent of human misery; even with the greatest eiertioQS thousands must perish from starvation. The papers teem with such accounts as these, even thus early: “The other day two women who had only just strength to crawl to Mr. CowanV bungalow, died in his verandah.” ‘‘The popula tion in the Doab are already dying with hunger, and the people are reduced to the greatest extrem ity.” ‘‘There are to be seen, we are told, num bers of dead bodies, of children particularly, and women lying by the side of the roads; while crowds of women and helpless children, deserted by their husbands and lathers, are to be met with iu a state of the utmoet destitution.” However nobly private charity may reply to the appeal made to it, it would be but mocking the crisis that is coming to look for adequate re lief therefrom. The question of money must be altogether secondary, and Government must im provise the means of meeting the calamity in its full force. The cattle will soon have all disap peared from the face of the country, from the impossibility of feeding them, and the fear is that when the crisis comes transport for the convey ance of food will be found wanting. Disunion.—A citizen of Virginia, in a letter published in the Baltimore American, says: “.\s surely as Ihe wko{e South separates from the North the fate of slavery is settled. The whole North becomes then one vast ‘Anti-Slavery Society.’ The re turn of fugitive* will be impossible. The knowledge of this will continually stimulate to tlight; every discontent ed slave will be for making to the border; his family and friends will want to follow him: whit« laborers will have to be brought in to replace these losses; and so the in stitution will die out. if not by a violent and bloody, at least hy a gradual and peaceful death. I tell our friends, therefore, that they make a great mistake in favoring disunion.” We do not agree with tlie writer in his opinion as to the full results of separation on the institu tion of slavery; but it would doubtless have the effect spoken of to some extent. It would give us ^nuch additional trouble and great additional expense. Ten years ago it is said that Mr. Boyce, of *South Carolina, and other distinguished Souih- ern men, declared that they would regard dis union as fatal to slavery. It is their pronuncia- niento, and it is for them to disprove their own stateiuTints, correct their own opinion.^, or “eat their own words.” The subject is, however, a Mcry grave and important one, and ought to at tract the attention and examination of intelligent and reflecting men on both sides of the question. This is the time for reason and argument, not for passion, rant, clap-trap, hurrahs, and foolishness generally.—Alts. (Tu.) Gazette. SEWING MACHINES. Sept. 13. FOR S.\LE BY S J. HINSDALE, Ag't. 52-itf Southern Piano Manufactory, RUN NO RISK! RUN NO RISK!! fpiiOSE who wish to purchase a good and reliable I PIANO, GO’S would do well to get one of BOSWELii &. New €roH8-Strins Iron Frame Grand Patent ACTION PIANOS. They have given universal satisfaction wherever they have been sold, and are considered by judges to be one of the best SQUARE PIANOS that are now made They combine all the late improvements, together with LARG ER SOUNDING BOARD, which makes their tone so full and melodious. All our Pianos are sold on a guar antee for five years, with the privilege tt) exchange within six months after the sale—should they not give satisfaction; and we guarantee to those who purchase from us, a safe delivery of our Pianos, we assuming all responsibilities. Therefore, those who purchase of us RUN NO RISK. A large number of our Pianos have been sold in this State and elsewhere. We name some who have pur* chased of us, to whom we ean refer. Geo. Houston, Esq., Miles Costin, Esq., Joshua G. Wright, Esq., Wilmington; Mrs. Banks, Warren Prior, Esq., E. J. Lilly, Esq., Fayetteville; Major Wm. C Draughon, Luke A. Powell, Esq., Sampson Co.; A. R Hicks, Esq., Dr. Jos. Blount, Duplin Co.; E. Stanly, Esq., Kenansville. Also, Ex-Gov, Branch of Halifax Co.; Dr. G. C. Marchant, Currituck Co.; John Pool, Esq., Pasquotank Co.; and many others. Old Pianos will be taken in exchange in part pay for new ones. We sell for cash or approved notes at six and twelve months. All orders sent to our address will be faithfullv and promptly attended to. ^ Address J. E BOSWELL & CO., Piano Manufacturers; T « No. 6 4 7 S. Eutaw St., Baltimore. June 6. 1860. 24-itf Anniversary of the Regulation Battle.—The citizens residing near the Regulation battle ground in Aiamanoe county, have resolved on a Union meeting and on raising the flag of the Union on that sacred spot on the 16th of May next, the anniversary of the battle. The battle of the Ala mance one of th'p first conflicts on tins conti nent in behalf of the people against unjust power. It was the first blow of the American Bevoiution, which led to Hhe establishment of our glorious Union. That'Union is now in peril, nnd it is, therefore, peculiarly proper that its flag should be unftirled where the struggle for our liberties com menced, and that the followers of Washingtoo, Jackson and Clay should gather around it. We look for an immense gathering of the people and great enthusiasm.—Rat. JSfandard. The Meeting directed a committee to retjuest the attendance of Hon. George E. Badger, W. W. Holden, John A. Gilmer, John M. Morehead, Wra. A. Graham, Robt. P. Dick, Jonathan Worth, Thomas Ruffin, Sen., and G-iles Mebane. llon.Z. B. \ance.—We learn that Mr. Vanoe made a speech at Waynesville, on Tuesday of last week, and announced himself a candidate for re- election to the next Congress of the United States. II is speech, we are informed, was an able effort, and that he took bold and very decided grounds against the separation of North. Carolina from the Union, without the co-operation of the slave States that have not seceded. His position, as we un derstand, is, that the slave States remaining in the Union should hold a conference, agree upon a common line of policy, and make common cause: that this line of pvilicy, when adopted, should be submitted to the Northern States, as an ultima tum. If this ultimatum shall be accepted, on the part of the North, then the Union will be preserved, and peace, good will, and fraternity be restored. But, on the other hand, if it shall be rejected, then he is for pursuinj; such a course ot policy as, under the circumstances, the honor and interests of North Carolina and the other slave States with which she is identified, may dictate for their future safety and happiness. Mr. Vancc still indulges the hope that th^ North will, in due time, d 3 us justice, by guaranteeing the ne cessary constitutional protection.—vIsA. Spectatar. More Sensation.—(>« Saturday morning last, about 10 o’clock, it was currently reported on our streets that a telegraphic despatch had just been received here, stating that a United States war vesisel had attempted to reinforce I’ort Sumter on Friday evening, and that she wa^; fired at and driven olT, and that a whole fleet was near at hand, and no doubt a big fight was then going on. Fort Sumter, it was stated, had opened her batte ries, and the very ^evil was to pay generally be tween the fort, the fleet, and the South Carolina troops. We called upon the operator at the telegraph office here, and he informed us he haU received no dispatch at all that morning; but that some one from Gold.sboro,’ on the morniug train, had told him that he heard in (Joldsboro,’ that somebody had telegraphed to Hon. W. S. .\she, at Wilming ton, and that somebody had brought the news from Wilmington to (ioldaboro,’that a ve.«wl had been seen somewhere in the harbor, and it was supposed there would be a fight on Saturday niorniug. As “Cousin Sally Dillard” has it, “that’s all we know about the fight.” Raleiijh Binn>r Kl^ction of Kditon for *he I niprnity }iayn- tine.—Chapel Hill, N C., April I'^Ol.— The election for Kditors of the University Maga zine came off to-day. It resulted in the sucecs.s of the following gentlemen: Kdwarl J. ('hilton, Haywood county, Tena.; John C. Gaiues, Mont gomery county, N. C.; .Mathew J .M«H>re, Platte county. Mo ; ot the Dialectic Society. Of thu Philanthropic Society, John A. Cameron, Harnett county, N. C.; John Knox McQueen, Robeson county, N. C.; .lames H. Kxum, Goldsboro’, N. C. They are all men of superior intellectual powers, and well fitted for the worthy office in which they have been placed by their fellow stu dents.— Chapel Hill Correstpondent l*er. Kxj>resf. Wil., Char. Ruth. Railroad.—The Western Division of this Road is now finished to Liticoln- ton. Wo learn from the Shelby Kagle that thero are upwards of 150 hands working on the Road between LincolnUm and Shelby, an-i it is expect ed that it will be finished to the latter place by the 2.'»th of December.— i'harlotte Democrat. Sale of Stocks.—On Tue.sday last, twenty-six shares of the stock of the Bank of North Carolina Wi.;.esold at public auction, in this town, at $110 per share, and fifty shares of Bank of Charlotte stof:k at S02 75 per share of fifty dollar!^. One hui'dred shares of Charlotte & S. C. Railroal stocK brought 50 and ?i>0 per share, and C. & S. C. Railroad Co. Bonds sold lor a fraction over par. These sales are considered high. Terms 0 months credit with interest. Charlotte Democrat. Arson and Robbery.—The barn of Mr. Kinley, near Jerusalem, Davie Co., was fired on Sunday night, 24th ult., while the neighbors were gone to church, and destroyed with the greater part of its contents. During the confusion, the house of Mr. Barnheart, son-in-law of Mr. Kinley, was burglariously entered and a bureau carried off. Winston Sentinel. The Fires in Charlotte.—Last week we men tioned five fires which had occurred in this town within less than four days, up to Monday evening. On Tuesday night, another fire took place. The stables of Mr. T. W. Dewey and Mr. Wm. John ston, standing near together, were burnt about 8 J o’clock. This is an awful state of affairs, and has caused mucn uneasiness on the part of our citizens. In fact the people of the town have been nearly exhausted by fighting fire and standing guard to gether. Several persons have been arrested (six white persons and one negro) on suspicion, but what the evidence against them is we are unable to ascertaiu. The committee having the matter in charge will no doubt do right, and act for th^ best interests of the community.— Char. Dem. Acquitted.—The Engineer, Laguire, who was in custody for causing the death of Conductor Laspeyre, was tried last week in this place and ac quitted; the Jury returned the verdict of “Not Guilty” without leaving their seats. Goldsboro' Rough Notes. Seaboard and Roanoke Railroad.—During the past year this road has made a net gain of $143,222 19—a profit of 13^ per cent on the capi tal stock after paying interest on the entire debt. The expenses were only 40 per cent of receipts. Another Custom House Seizure.—The eighth seizure of foreign goods brought to New York from a Confederate port, occurred yesterday. Among the cargo of the Steamship Cahawba, from New Orleans, were foreign fabrics valued at a trifle over $400. Collector Schell took posses sion of them, imposed the usual fine of $100, and reported the facts to the Secretary of the Treasu ry. Had the value of the goods been $800, the Collector would then, in pursuance of U. S laws have seized the vessel, as he did in the case of the Bienville. The Cahawba’s fine was paid un der protest, and will undoubtedly be remitted at an early day, with those imposed in the cases which have previously occurred.—Jour, of Com. THE WAR EXCITEMENT. New York, April 8.—The steamship Atlantic, which has been chartered by the IJ. S. Govern ment as a transport, was delayed by loading on Saturday, aud did not; get away until Sunday Qiorning. While lying tit her pier, about 500 men and AO horses were put on board. Among the .soldiers were Co. A, of the Flying Artillery, Capt. Barry, with four howitzers; and six oom- [^anies from the 2d and 3d Regiments of Infantry; also a company of sappers and miners from West Point, and a corps from the Ordnance Depart ment, under command of Capt. Balch. The At lantic was sunken deep with provisions, military stores, arms and munitions of war. There were vast piles of howitzers, shells, spherical case shots, gun canisters, strap shots, infantry cartridges, and ball cartridges. There were also foraging carts, one thousand spades, to be used in digging trenches, barrels of cement for constructing out posts and earthworks, and a large quantity ot gunny bags, such as are used, when filled with sand, to construct or strengthen fortifications. Another significant part dl the cargo were six teen double-b.'ink boats, (with hundreds of spare oars,) which had previously been attached to war- steamers lor the purpose of landing troop.s. That the Atlantic is expected to communicate with Fort Pickens, is evident from the fact that a num ber of the packages and boxes placed on board were directed to “Capt. L. Vogdes, Fort Pickens, Florida.” Early Sunday morning, the steamship Illinois, also chartered as a transport, left her pier, and proceeded to the Atlantic’s dock, where she was to receive further .supplies of provisions and stores. She it« already woll loaded. Tho Illinois was ex pected to leave early this morning or to-night, with about *>00 troops from Governor’s Island. The staUMnent, that the Baltic had been char tered by the government is undoubtedly correct. Loads ot flour, pilot bread aud provisions have ac cumulated at her dock, and workmen are busily preparing her for sea. It is supposed that she will sail on Monday or Tuesday night. The Harriet Lane was lying at her anchorage off the Battery yesterday. She is heavily laden with coal and provisions, has her complement of men on board, keeps her fires lighted, and is ready to start on a long voyage at a moment’s notice. The U. S. steam sioop-of-war Powhatan left the Brooklyn Navy Yard Saturday atternoon. She carried 300 otficers and men and an immense load of war materials. After anchoring a short time at Quuraiiline, she proceeded to sea, crossing the bar at 0 P. M. The captain of the Powhatan took out two (fovernment sealed envelopes, one of which, indicating his first course from the Nar rows, was opened by him while under steam off the Battery, and the other was to be opened when 35 miles at sea. Orders have been received at the U. S. Naval rendezvous in Cherry street for a large addition of ordinary and able bodied seamen. The term of service is three years, and pay S18 a month. The impression is gaining ground that the prin cipal portion of the expedition is intended, osten sibly, to aid Gov. Houston in protecting the Tex an frontier—though there may be some design of offering him a.'^sistance in oppcwing the seces.sion- ists. As for Mexican incursions, the statement fir.t telegraphed to this city is belie^'ed to have no toundution. The report* in circulation respecting the resig nation of Major Holmes, the commanding officer of Governor’s Island, and General Superintendent of recruiting in this city, arc contradictory. Journal of Commerce, of M'mday. As to this reported resignation of Maj. Holmes, the Express the evening of the 6th inst., says;— ‘•In the midst of the hurry of embarking a large force for a destination as yet unknown, but gen erally understood to he Fort Pickens, Maj. Holmes, Commander-in-Chief of all the U. S. forces at this station and General Superintend ent of the recruiting business, tendered his resig nation this morning, and withdrew from his head- *juarters on Governor’s Island. Major Holmes is a native of North Carolina, and has been in the service for thirty-one years. He has distinguish ed himself on various occasions, and has always enjoyed the confidence of the War Department. Hi.s resignation was totally unexpected, and oc curring at such a crisis as the present, when as executive head of this important station his ser vices are very nece.ssary to the successful execu tion of the orders of the War Department, its ef fect was to throw the garrison into the utmost con fusion.’’ The tit St i nut ion of ttu Expedition.—The most probable explanation of these movements is that (jrovi Houston has made a call for troops to pro tect the people of Texas from the Indians and Mexicans, and that the (rovernment recognizing him as still the legal (Governor of the State, re sponds by replacing the troops recently with drawn through the agency of Gen. Twiggs. The policy of such a movement is obvious, whilst the fact that the transports take out a battery of fly ing artillery, u.sed exclusively in field practice, and a large number of horses, together with an extraordinary amount of stores and war materials, would seem to indicate that neither Fort Sumter nor Pickens is the destination of the expedition. The swamps which surround Fort Sumter would allow no field for light artillery tactics; whilst the reinforcement of Fort l^ickens would not seem to demand the use of that branch of the service. But a large and well-equipped force landed in Texas would serve the double purpose of defend ing the frontiers, of concentrating the L'nion feeling that still exists in that State, of prevent ing secession movements in New Mexico, and would subject the Confederate States to the ne cessity of raising another army, and of transport ing it under peculiar disadvantage® to the most distant part of the Confederacy. This may be the policy and object of the movement, origina ted by the Government with such rapidity and carried out with a secresy that puts everything except speculation at fault.— Balt. Am. 8rA. [Most of the papers North and their correspond ents seem to have adopted this solution as more probable than the Sumter and Pickens versions current on Friday and Saturday.] Intelligence from Fort Sumter.—We learn that the six men who, on Thursday, brought the officers from Fort Sumter to Adger’s wharf, were laborers. They state that there are in all 30 la borers at Fort Sumter who are looking with anx ious expectation for an opportunity to leave the fort. They also state there are 72 soldiers in the fort, most of them Irishmen and married men, some of them have their families in this city! Nearly all the garrison are extremely anxious to avoid a hostile engagement. From the best informed quarters, we have rea son to believe that in a few days, leave of absence wdl be granted for an indefinite period to the entire command.—CAas. Courier, of Saturday. ^ar. An invasion, a campaign, or war, by land or sea, of the North on the South, is, in our opinion, gammon. Coercion is manifestly so nonsensical and absurd, that if it were practicable, it would not be attempted. And it is utterly im practicable for Mr. Lincoln and his Rump Gov ernment to make eflFective war upon us. The North, to be sure, is besotted, and Lincoln has ^reatened. He may hold Forts Sumter and Pickens—until obliged to yield them; he may, and probably will, keep Key West and Tortugas because we have no naval resources—until a treaty of amity is made, or until the Confederate States have naval appliances for ousting him; but I Days Later from F, as to anything like real war, or anything beyond j arrived from Liverpool ^ n noHiHirtns nmir>»rnin0' the forts. DrOVing OUr ylt. ' 1 tl nates to fV,„ .>r a few coHisions concerning the forts, proving temper and capacity in this revolution of govern ment, we are altogether and entirely sceptical. Lincoln’s secrecy and activity, which trouble the correspondents, go to this extent—no more: he is nonplussed and fidgetty. He desires to hold the remaining forts, if he can; and will give them up, when he must. In the meantime, and until some decided and positive course is adopted by the Con federate States’ authorities, he is audacious and vicious enough to intrigue, trifle and exp^rimen'l about reinforcing and provisioning the strongholds in his possession. Fighting immediately and ob viously destroys the Union party in the Border Slaveholding States, and brings them into the Southern Confederacyj it destroys, likewise, all hopes of re-e.«tablishing the broken Union which the Black Republicans all are loth to give up, and expect yet to mend; and it will raise a power ful anti-coeroion party in every Northern State, who will clog and eripple the Government; it will im mediately bring the Government into hostile col lision with the fleets of England and Prance; and it will make their commerce a prey to priva teers; whatever the event, it must prostrate the commercial and manufacturing interests of the North; anu, lastly, it will manifestly fail either to conquer and hold the fifteen Slaveholding States as provinces, or to persuade them back into the Union as friends and equal confederates. Every dictate of reason and common sense, therefore, leads to the same conclusion. Men and peoples are controlled by circumstaBces and events, and the circum.stances and events, in this instance, are all to the effect that the Lincoln Government will not and cannot make war upon the Con federate States. That they will trifle and trick at the risk of bloodshed at the forts, is not out of character. But for invasion, or a campaign, or a war on sea, we confidently predict there rrilf be none.— Charleston Mercury. A Conjecture as to the Destination of the Naval a7td Military Forces in the New York Harbor.—Washi.n'OTON, April 7.—Intelligent navy and army officers are of opinion that the bulk of the New York expedition is designed for Texas, to operate on the frontier against the Mexicans and Indian.s, and to re-occupy Fort Brown, and also the forts on the Indian frontier, where, ac cording to official information, they will be met with a cordial welcome by the settlers. Sam Houston has given full advice to the federal au thorities here, and the result anticipated will be his re-establishment as Governor. It is believed to th Tke general intelligence building trade strike at lati Th, 'jniiuport.rit proportions. The discontent atuon.. .T shire weavers is increasin-. I-*’ Commercial.~{:unon opened a. tiv vance of fully i-1., hut subseMUentlv H and quotations barely maintainea * 'f-.r five days were G8,0M0 bales; snecul^t. *-• OPii and ejtporters 18,000. dining tendency. Wheat steady p ^ ^ (It; Spirits Tupentine Lafer from ^«/-«/^e.-The Persia frr, t- pool with dates to the 30th ult., has a Liverpool markets are unchan4d Th. Fifty thousand London builders h thrown out of employment. The French army remains in Rome There was some disturbance at War 25th .March. . Tl,3 PmssUn were smashed. ^ ''‘fi'-i'j*. Hostilities were believed to be imn tween the Austrians and Piedmonte.ve The Me.cican Raid in Texns. The C ' News of March 30 cwtains interestin.r cerning affairs in Texas. It confiriiw' tT telligence concerning the march of Aium *''' Brownsville, at the head of ^OlJO .Mexi •' says tliat Col. Ford, in command at I.r-in- *.u. i. 1. - J . V 1 1 • o Auij.uJia xieui) .states that he had reliable inforination chants and other responsible citlztrjs mora.s, that Gen. Ampudia, at the head ofVr* .Mexicans, wasslxty milesoff, uiarchiniron j’ - ville. Ampudia had .sent out expres>es wide with placards and haiid-bilU, annor that Texas of right belonged to Mexico- th""' had no longer the support of the T. S i m! ment and army; that now was the time to '' her back, and he callcd on all good patrir,-.'!’'’ soldiers to come to his standard for thi^ He was receiving reinforcements in lar.,e bers and rapidly. Col. Ford intended at once to place ti.] troops, some 400 in number, in old Fort which he would arm with the heaviest aru.,er” The Virginia Convention, in view of the excititi^ ruiuoN pointed Hons. Wm. B. Pre.ston, A H H V art. and George W. Randolph, a coniiijittee • wait upon the President of the United St present to him this preamble aud re.sulution" ‘•'e w that the battle between the two Confederacies : respectfully ask of him to comiuunicate to t will be fought on the soil of Texas. Maj. Anderson's Supplies and Postal Com munication Cut Off!—Charleston, April 7.— All postal communication and supplies were or- j dered to be cut off from Fort Sumter by Gen. 1 Beauregard this morning. All points have been ' strengthened, and two more regiments are hour ly expected. j Excitement in Charleston.—RICHMOND, April I 8.—A special despatch just received here states , that considerable excitement exists in Charleston. { Lieut. Talbot, from Washington, is hourly ex- j pccted in Charleston, but he wjll not be allowed , to visit Major Anderson, unless he brings orders i for the immediate evacuation of Fort Sumter. Private despatches and letters received here from Georgia and Mississippi, state that several companies have been ordered to Pensacola, and troops are pouring in at the latter place by thou sands. Convention the policy which the authoriiie/, the Federal Government intend to pursue in gard to the Confederate States. They were to go to Wa.shington on TuesJaj The Rumored Revolution in N u: Milri,—. ^ H'ttix.—The St. L ouis Republican, in which r.;e ^ statement of the seizure of Fort Marcv .V,* |. Mexico, by revolutionists, originally appear;.l,\i:. j received later advices from Santa Fe, and ail. t make no mention of the reported revolutiou, tL: I Republican takes i^ for granted that there wa;;. j foundation for the statement. The Tucson c - , respondent of the same journal slates that a v : oe'sion Convention was in session at .Me>illa. I zona, on the 16th of March. The Fugitive Sfure ('use at Sprin'ifiKhi. —Chicago, April 5.—The fugitive taken from this city on Wednesday mornine wir: examined before Commissioner Corneau,at Lieut. Talbot arrived in this city yesterday : field, yesterday. The proof that they are fu. morning. He seemed to be very little concerned ' tives was clear and indisputable, and thev wc:r about the present excitement, and was entirely- j accordingly delivered to their owners. Tkt, mum as to the nature of his business to Charles- i were taken to St. Louis in the eveninar train 0.- ; ton, owing to the fact that he had sealed ordeit for I Major Anderson. He left yesterday morning for I Charleston and will arrive there to-night, i Charleston, April 9.—Gen. Beauregard has j ordered out five thou.sand additional troops tn'ho are hourly arriving by companies. New batteries have been erected. Anderson’s mails had not been cut off yesterday. [Supplies were cut off.] Charlkston, April 9.—There are seven United States ves.sels off the Bar. All the .City troops hav'e been sent to harbor Batteries. Country troops are coming in. Official notification has been received from Washington, that Fort Sum ter is to be provisioned, peaceably if possible, for cibly if necessary. A battle is certain, whenever the attempt is made. From Montgomery.—Montgo.MERY, April 9. —The Cabinet were in secret session all day yes terday. There was something serious under con sideration. 19,500 Volunteers Called For, by the War De partment of the Confederate States.—Ch.^IRLES- I TON, S. C., April 9.—The War Department at i Montgomery has issued a call for three thousand j volunteers from each of the Confederate States , except Florida, whose quota is fixed at fifteen : hundred.— Special to Wilmington Journal. I Sailed from y»etr York.—The Steamer Har- : riet l>ane sailed for the South on Monday, with flying stars and stripes instead of her flag. The Baltic and Illinois, chartered vessels, with Military stores, &c., sailed on Tuesday, From Harrisburg.—Harrtsburo, Pa., April —The Governor asks the Legislature to appro priate half a million of dollars for arms. The Republican members held a caucus on the subject to-day. The Southern Commissioners not Recognized by the Secretary of State.—WASHINGTON, April 8.—The State Department replied to-day to the note of the Commissioners from the Confederate States, declining to receive them in an official character, but expressing deference for them as gentlemen. The Secretary indicates a peaceful policy on the part of the government, declaring a purpose only to defend when assaulted. The Commissioners’ reply to the Secretary is of such a character as to require a continuance of the cor respondence. It is not known when they will leave—not, however, for some days. The Constitution.—Our readers have already been informed that a vote on the Constitution has been taken in the South Carolina State Conven tion, and that it has been accepted by a vote of some twenty against one hundred and fifty. The Convention is almost unanimous, we understand, in objecting to two provisions: one, the admission of anti-slave States by even a two-thirds vote of the Houses of Congress; and the other is the con tinuance of a partial, instead of a full, representa tion of persons who are slaves, in the Congression- al apportionment. Besides these, there are many in the Convention who object to the insertion of the slave trade prohibition into the Constitution, instead of leaving it to legislative enactment, as in the old instrument. These, we believe, are the only matters to which any serious exception is taken, although doubtless many would like to have had the duties on imports specifically limit ed to ten or fifleen per cent, ad valorem, and many would have preferred a more responsible way of electing the President, than by the present party caucus system. With these exceptions, and as a whole, it is generally regarded as an admira ble Constitution, and one which will make us a prosperous and happy people for generations to come, if we have but the wisdom to keep our Confederation one of pro-slave republics exclu sively, and not to mix it of States having differ ent domestic institutions and antagonistic views. Charleston Mercury, ^ Detection of an Attempt at an Extendi ct .'i::- die.—New York, April 5.—A leading'Lankirj. bouse on Wall street is said to have detectei a daring attempt to swindle by means of k-rjfl Virginia bonds. It is believ^ thaf nutu- bcr of them have been thrown upon the The parties implieated declare themselves to V Virginians. An investigation is progres:inir. Appointment of Marshal for Eastern —Washington, April 4.—Among the recent appointments is that of Dr. Thomas H. Fisher, ■: Fauquier, to be Marshal U. S. for Ea.«tern Vi: ginia, vice John F. Wiley, removed. Election of L . S. Senators in Legislature have elected Messrs. Lane and Poni- eroy United States Senators by a small iiiajoritv Death of a Noted i*u/ilist.—New \oRK,.Uni j 6.—John Morrissey, the well-known pugilist, dici i to-day of putrid sore throat. ' Expelled for Bribery.—The lower llou^e I the New York Legislature,on Wednesday, ador:- j ed a resolution expelling Jay Gibbon.s. menil^'er of the first Assembly District of Albany, tur In j bery, by a vote of ayes 101, nays 8. I Texas.—We learn from aur Texas excliaD;-t I that Hon. Mr. Hamilton, who was a member ot j the last Congress from Texas, and who ] secession from first to last, remaining in the Hou;^ of Repre.srntatives after the State seceded, ha-' been elected a State Senator from Au.'tin. Capital of the State. He still opposes seee.■>^ioa• and it is said will refuse to take the oath ot allf- glance to the Confederacy prescribed by “Sovereign Convention.” This election that the L^nion has still its staunch supporters m Texas.—Baltimore American. Reliability of Rumor.—We find in ^ exchange paper the following disagreeing h’*' ' ments in several paragraphs contained iu one its columns: “The impression is that Forts Sumter and P.Cl^ea^^• to be roiuforceJ. “They were assured most posiiivel}’ by and Secretary of State thaMio bosiile n.oven:*^ - contemplated. •‘The President and Cabinet have deternant' immediate and vigorous measures for eniorcmj at all hazards. , fjje “It is not necessary to rttain Fort Picseo’ peace of the country does not require it “Fort Pickens must be reinforced. “The President stated there would be v.o collect the revenue. , ^ “The only danger of conflict is from “It is the purpose of the President ic cur'.' as far from the National Capital h« conce’“' “Texas is the point where the troops will e trated. . • “It is surmised that the cour.se of the .Ailnnn will be the couceutration of the uiilii:>ry torcrs sacohv.” - ,t The differences thus pre.sented are the varying intelligence circulated lu cession, and from different points. - conflictiog stories thus put in circulation- impossible to rely upon any tale that and the better way for all is to restrain which is Indulged in frequently only to pointed, keep as cool as possible, and a issue of events as they occur. A New Qu' Stion.—A new question is, the Seceded States ean demand the en of the Kxtradition treaty with Canada. ' ness man of Brownsville, Texas, swindled his creditors to the amount of S' fifjri ,d offered to th^ TUK ‘Sen -efereo^® to i ‘oD Mercury, fittpd ' l,een forcing yesterdny copy. Vew Vork on reached Char ,jf the dispafc Saturday nip on Tuesday n Tiis Stori reader is of who was b'.iick crow.s: tU*ii to one, s bad disgorgec gutbor of thi ,j,eysftw“pev Qf course th* and going could, forcibl; spatcbes to-di was not even much as a wl alasi the worl ft big scare! schooner Joati harbor in dist tven to Senate of ng'j' From New ( war steamer d the Mississip; with liquor, : .guised—and s liised by the t. But it appi patches answe tent at least, ginia Conventi FROM tRK h'urf^ier fr-.t ,jTtsxing'.—Cd.i >1,—Lverviiiiri icg. The ."■tar( the Uniteil .Stai .It any moment Cu.'vWLK.ston face, but there lions are proj \9 no w a known. Capt. Talbo vilh Gov Picl allowed to con ed back for Wi It is undersi send an unarn the garrison. Eight hundi strengthen the continually ar It i? reporte bor, pi^nalizin believed to bt being placed i Under Arms shouldering th Wigl'all, of Te: formerly of Vi of age, but hal Froia yiontgi —Eighteen hu Pensacola on i about 6,OoO mi It' the Wasn is to be believi Charleston ber leads to this is an evacuation liation of a re^ actual war.' I erate States will hold theu which will res a great aud p the Fort. Th their honor re and Jishouor mo.«t extreme this new ph;i8' Anothrr ^4( " .^SHINOTON. ceived notice leniion to sup The corresf [i'^ely that Li* jor Anderson I'urthwith, an« that duty wer and the Govei When the g Jersou out of fort and the pi allowed to rei Confederate fesied a dispo property ther fflit to such h niined to keep with piov which left Ne to-iiiorrow fo Proauh Charlf the great mi supply vessel.s ■■ffisiance of t tiieir peacet'ul generally cre Ihe lierald Charleston stj sels is reporte S'ignals duriti; Were put uiuh stntes that Li( ‘lenied the pr These is no ^re destined 1 8eet is destine Tfif Dali O, 'aiii) Talbot. ^Tived in "ai 'Oil H^jcl. He gave ih( Lincoln G ^'^ioned—pen He did not '®?ton by tho the war IT K V. Wo| intended 'movements, i ^■el.,w 94 for •‘‘’‘'s at atid '"g five mill ‘°>'y. if then he wiinted ‘‘"tig like ‘otetided so regj txiract of a ,1 am -firmer, '0 the He took refuge in Canada, ^ mute with his creditors for fifteen cents dollar. They, however, preferred to arrest under ihe Extradition treaty, an to be seen whether Canada will recogm^ plicAtion. appj than h cont ” me cont ®*citetneut h cotn,» . cotne 'urea quite iu cxpres: S72 Cotton R balea las
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