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Leiter from Ira O. Mitchell, Nom.
Jlar.l.arnNTl (Pa..) Jan 1, 1861
To the Editor o/ the Phdasklphsa Press:
The satgestion lately pontainvl- In your
papcn_that , theige ought tiole-ft - eo conimuni•
cation betleen 'the people, relative to the
present national crisis, would seem to be one
worthy of followers. The public press, in
numerably scattered over our country, af
fords very superior advantages for the Amer
ican people to strive at a common under
standing with reference to the disease Mlo t..
ing the body politic—fts nature extent, iud
remedy—and since the letter 6Cour eminent
friend, Daniel Dougherty, Esq , was given to
the public, I have carefully observed the col
umns of your paper, expecting others to fol
low his commendable example.
I shall not trespass very lengthily upon
your readers. Theta are not the times for
rhetoric or resolutions, but practical sugges
bone and effective action alone be come us.
While yet the tottering forms of revolutionn
ry patriots linger on the shores of time, the
sacrilegiotis hand of fanatical and corrupt
men and traitors is raised to destroy the
magirficent edifice of human freedom, rear
ed at the cost of 80 much treasure, aflliction,
and blood. The heart of the patriot is chill
ed by the vivid apprehension that the mut
tering thunders of disunion. which have so
long alarmed us, are about to shake the Pov
erninent to pieces. South"Carollna bas at
tempted to constitute herself a separate and
independent nation, and the that practical
question which suggests itself, is the one
which, in my humble judgment, furnishes
the keY for the solution of the entire diflicul.
ty (diplomatically at least): What rehrtion
does a State thus acting occupy toward the
Federal Government 1 The Sovereignty
Convention of the seceding State proceeds
upon the assumption that the United States
is a mere league between equal, sovereign.
and independent States; that each member
of the Confederacy shall be the sole arbiter
of her own wrongs, decide her own cons
' plaints ,and when dissatisfied, detem in. and
execute the manner of redress. In other
words, they assume that so feeble and mad
equate for the " formation of a more perfect
Union." are the means provided by the Fed
eral Constitution, that if one State deems
itself burdened by a duty upon imports, an
other regards a law granting free homesteads
injurious to her local interests, and another
is dissatisfied with something eltie, they may
each, by means of an ordinance, declare
themselves absolved from the compact. vio
late Federal laws, and proceed in total dis
regard of the Federal Constitution.
This doctrine renders an unauthorized
Slate Cenventiou superior to the Congrese of
the United States ; and, while it requires
three•fourths of the-States to amend the Con
stitution, admits the right and power of one
to subvert it entirely. But the error of their
moiler* must be apparent to the most casual
student of our goverhmental structure.—
That the Republic is • Cmifederacy of whit
were sovereign States cannot be denied ; but
it is equally true that in the act of thus con
federoging, these sovereignties parted with
and delegated to the Federal Government a
sufficient portion of theft original sovereign
ty to constitute a power paramount. for all
the purposes of the confederation, to that re_
tallied by the States or the people thereof.—
The objects of the confederation are clearly
enumerated in the ptearnble to the Constitu
tion, while the powers delegated are epccifi
catty defined in the body of that instrument.
The Constitution and the laws passed in pur
r stance thereof are dei bred to be the
su
preme law of the land, and every naturalized
citizen—every municipal, county, State, and
Federal ofiher—is sworn to support them.—
" We, the people of the United States,"
when they adopted the Constitution and form
ed the Federal Union. created a Government,
and invested it with all necessary powers for
efficiency and self-preservation. The objec
i
dons to the old Confederacy were its want
of vitality—its failure to confer power on the
Central Government to enforce its eneet
ments ; and to remedy this grand defect the
present Constitution was framed and adopt
ed, placing both the sword and the. purse at
the comment of the Federal flovernment
IMAIM
From this hasty and necessarily imperfect
review of the organization of our Govern
ment, it becomes apparent that all Conven
tions, resolutions, and ordinances of the
people of any State declaring themselves out
of the Union are simply haruileas, so long
as no physicadintirference is offered to the
execubon of Federal laws. The moment
this latter contingency occurs. It is the un
doubted duty of the, Executive sufficiently
to for tify , all (Albers to enable them fully
and completely to perform their respective
duties. So long as the laws are executed
the Union is maintained, and it can be de
stroyed only when resistance to Federal au
thority bee.onleeso formidable, in point of
numbers or strength, as to prevent those
who are devoted to the Constitution and the
laws from executing them. Then we have
retolulson, the participants in which are
rebels and traitors. If they succeed in
throwing off the existing form of Government
and substituting a new, ths,y become heroes,
and their treason goes unpunished—other
wise they are amenable to violated laws.—
There can be no constitutional right of seces
' ai' or nullification. Existing forms of
government can only be changed by revolu.
EMI
--!' • t - r - h
tion ; and revolution, in opposition to subsis
tiqg authority, can only be accomplished by
rebellion. There must be coercion on one
side or the other. Either the Federal ah
thorilie, must coerce the people of a State
to obey the laws, or be themselves coerced
to permit their eiolation. , I have faith that
there are still onlhe side of the Union enough
patriotic hearts to rally around the standard
of the stars an stripes, and vigorously en-
force in every fate and Territory obedience
to the laws ; arelcat Hie time of writing, the
indications are that the potriotic hosts of
Anzazioa-milincitize in aventdaalellfilFAut
that the venerable military chieftain, Win:
field Scott, will make the preservation of the
Union the crowning glory of his life.
It is highly gratify Mg and auspicious that,
at this perilous crisis, political leaders of
all parties, with singular unanimity, join in
recommending the repeal of all laws which
ahlagonise, in any mintier. the fugitive slave,
law The North owi'! - s this act of patriot
ism, not alone to the South, but to her own
honor. i Doubje hare been entertained , in ,
various quarters relative to the enactments
of Pennsylvania on this subject, and many
have expressed the opinion that we have no
law in conflict tlvith the constitutional rights
of our Southern brethren, In my humble
judgment, the ninety fifth section of the re
vised penal code (es, in s affe:it, completely
nullify the fugitive slave la-v. In addition
to its provisions against kidnapping, it pro
vides as follows. viz If any person oa
persons claiming any negro or molatto as a
fugitive from servitude or labor shall, under
any pretence of authority uharseever, vio
lently and tumultuously seize upon and
carry away to any placd, or attempt to seize
and carry away in a riotous, violent, tumid
woes, and unreasonable manner, and so as
to dleturb and endanger the public peace,
any negro or mdlatto within this Common
wealth, either with or without the intention
of taking such negro or mulatto before any
district or circuit judge, the person or per
sons so offending against the peace of this
Commonwealth shall be guilty of a 'misde
meanor," &c.
Now it is clear that the officer, in the
' execution of his warrant for the arrest of a
fugitive slave, &mot unless interfered frith,
be guilty of • breach of the pence.. Then,
if a riot occurs, it must be from the attempts
of those who sympathize with the fugitive
to prevent his arrest. They therefore as
the original violators of law and diteurbtrm
of the public peace, are the proper persons to
be punished, instead of the owner or officer
who, itcptirsnance of law. ittpniceedite, to
arrest the fugitive. In almost eve ry section
-of our Cetemonwealth, the recapture of a
slave would be made turnultnOlN and violent
by anti-slavery individuals (it 'tether black
or white), in the vicinity. Yet. ty the terms
of this statute, it matters not who creates
the disturbance or tumult, those who. by
authority of law, are claiming the slave mutt
suffer the penalty Thus the enactment
serves as a terror to those wire might have
occasion to avail themselves of the cons titu
tional provision for the return of the fugitive
Without comment ue the other provisions of
the statute, it is quite apparent that the pro
vision alluded to, is the fruit of anti-slavery
enmities, and that its author, whoever he
may he, designed to ingeniously interfere
with the execution of the Fugitive slave
law. Let it be at 013C0 repealed, or, rather,
let it be reversed, and a penalty provided
against those who "violently and tumultu
ously" interfere with any person who, by
virtue of legal authority, "claims any mu
latto," &a. Surely conservative Peunsylva•
nia will not bestow to do her part toward
reconciliation and harmony.
It his much to be regretted that, when our
glorious Union is rocking to and fro, shaken
by sectional dissensions, when the notes of
intestine war are already sounding in our
tars, when the peace and safety of the fami
ly fireside are endangered. men high in Nei-
Lion and in the estimation of their country
man,
should forget that our fathers succeed ,
od in forming the Union only by compromises
and concessions. It is lamentable to hear
say that they are opposed to compromises—
that the antagonism between freedom and
slavery may as well be fought out now as, et
any other lime. They will find a different
example in the recorded lives of those whose
names are wntun in letters of light upon
the pages of their country's history—Wash
ington, Jefferson, Madison, Jackson, Clay,
Webster, and their Compatriots. W e should
over bear in mind that the fundamental idea
of our complex system orGoviernment is the
diversity of local interests existing witSia
I our boundaries, and endeavor to accommo
date our legislation as, much y possible to
this diversity. For What would we eiehange
our I.4emsed Goveinmeiff I What political
sacrifice will weigh against the-Union I ! Who
can conceive the horrors of division, desttim-
Hon, and civil war I History tells us of the
carnage and devastation which ensued in the
disruption of mighty nations in the past;
and it becomes us, pro-eminently, in view
°Me exalted civilization and refinement of
which we boast,•to V guided by the voice of
wisdom, and escape, if possible, the doom
which will inevitably fall upon us if treason
is permitted to go unpunished, and rebellion
to rule the hour.
Tha'true basis of adjustment Is contained
in tbe amenduients to the Constitution, pro•
posed in the Senate, by Judge Douglas.—
When the people of every portion of the
Confederacy can be brought :to agree ‘i to
mind their owvi business," atill let the pevle
of every •
jealousit
Sectional
no moire.
be presei
our fund
non-inte
ment wi
State or
from the
Lion of a
tjay_,
and not
Rion cease
burnish
cians and delnagogues no 146 r have a mo
tive for inflaming the publicind with re
gard td slavery, it will nut Ifile agitated, but
rejoicing in the bleisings of *rpetual union,
the people of each municip4ty will Peace
fully elect their officers and closet their laws
for the proper government of their own peo
pie, and the regulation of their their own in
terests, Northern fanatics will cease their
tirade of persecution againstihe South, and
we will dwell together as in the past, a pros
permis, happy, and united people. Oh, let
the spirit of compromise go forth and ani
mate every heart! Let the preservation of
the Union be the supreme desire of every
patriot, and soon the dark clods which low•
er over us will be dissipated by the Sun of
Peace.
Mr. Dougherty's suggestion ;Ii it the Leg
islature should provide for,4o4ate Conven,
Lion, for the purpose of eecuring,eo operation
and an expression or the toenttments of the
people of Pennsylvania, meets with very
general favor in thin locality.
Sincerely hoping that, the American gal
say, without one slar obliterated nr ohticur.
ed, may continue to mhsd the glorious light
ottreedom upon the •ieorld, till the latent
generations, I am.
Yonr fellow citizen.
1 Ila C. MITCTIF.I
Three Things that a Woman can't do
There are three thinga that swoman can't
do. First, she can't sharpen a lead pencil
Give her one and see. Mark how ja✓gedy
the hacks-away every particle of wood from
round the_lsed, leartng an pretupported 'mike
of the, latter, which hbealta rrtuntaiimtely
4hen you try to use it. You can slmnse'lor
give the male creature his coinpniodonat e
contempt, as chucking her under the chin
he snachem it from her awkward paw, and
moods and tapers it in the m o ot numbing;
manner for dni•ab'e Ilse T wish to hear no
more on that point, brcauhe, when I onr•e
make up my rnin•l all the
can't change it.
Well, then, Secondly. A unman can't In
ups bundle. She takes a whole newspaper
to wrap up a paper of pins, and a c o il o f
rope to tie it, and it will cone undone at
that. When Igo shopping witch is some
times my hard lot to do— I look on with the
fascinated gaze of a bird in the neigh's - n : sood
of a magnetic serpent, to watch clerks do up
bundles. How the paper falls just into the
right crease : how deftly they turn it over,
and tu clf under and tie it up, and then
throw it own Oen the counter as if they
haft-done the most common place thing in
the wrifllr instead of a deed which might--
and, faith, doott—task the ingennity of •an
gels I' It 18 perfectly astonishing.
Thirdly—l may allude to the .fact that a
woman cannot carry an umbrella ; or rather
to the very peculiar manner in which they
perform that duty ; hut I won't. I scorn to
turn traitor to a sex who, whatever may be
their faults, are always loyal to each other.
So I shall tray, as I might otherwise have
wild, that when they unfurl the—parachute
alluded to, they put it right down over their
noses—jake the middle -of the sidewalk,
raking off men's hats and women's bonnets
as they go, and walking right into the break.
fast of some, unfortunate Wright, with that
disregard of.the comiegneril gasp which, to
ble understood, most be fell" as the offender
cocks up one corner of the parachute and
looks defiantly at the victim who has the ef
frontery to come into the world and hazard
the whaleboffii and handle of her gumborell!'
No, I won't speak of anything of the kind ;
besides, has not a celebrated writer remark
ed that, when dear woman is cross, it is
only because she is sick." Let us hope he
is right. We all know that It is not iht cause
of man's crossness. (live him his favorite
dish, and you may dine oil lion afterwards
—if you want to.
The annuity fund collected for Tom Say
ers at a single newspaper office in London,
and which amcmats to the extraordinary
st&ta of ..c2414 will be so secured that it
cannot to touched by tonescredqors,should
he be so imprudent as to get himself involv
ed; neither will Tom himself be able to
alleign away or anticipate his income. It is
moreover expressly provided that in the
event of his again entering the ring, the
trustees shall at once devote the whole a
mount to the interest of his children, BO that
it will be seen that all future challenges will
be utterly useless.
hue Fowler, late poetmaster :of New
York, is now in Mexico, and said to be in
very deattple circumstances.
" There'e more in that fellow's head than
you suspect." No there ain't," said Dick,
for L always thought ho had ,
9iperal Jackson on Union and Coercion
In the crisis which now begets this nation,
the opinions end declarations of the wi.•
and great statesmen of an earlier .period of
the 'Republic are naturally , 00kcd to as
light for the guidance of the present genera
ion. The opinions of no one have been of
tener quoted than theyiyof Genoa! Jackscin.
It itt appropriate 'therelbre, when stt • tielr
Union of force adVocated in high idacete,,and
advocated in the name of Jackson, to elite
from the F o rrewell Address of that great roan
• pertinent passage, applying directly on'
this point :
'",,...-itt•-•11111011•00•1••••••-lwimeraawlibe.,
ofitittena of one a. ction of the country aide Sr
rayed in a'ms against those of another, in
doubtful confliet, let the battle I- , •tilt as it
may, there will be an end of the Union and
with it an end of the hopes of freedom. The
victory of the injured would not secure to
them the bleyrioa of liberty : it would
avenge theirs reingtt, but they would them.
selves share in the common ruin.
BudLhr ronstitotion cannot be main
tained, one the Union prefierved, in opposi
tion to public feeling by the mere exertion
of the coercive pAtVerS confided to the goy
erimigpt. The foundation must ho laid in
the affections' of the people ; in the security
it gives to life, liberty, character, and prop
erty, in every quarter of the country ; arid
in the fraternal attachments which the citi
zens of the several States hear to one anoth
er, as members of ono political family, mu
tually contributing to promote the happiness
of each other Bence the citizenslof 'every
State should studiously avoid everything
ralculated to wound the sensibility. or ooepd
the just pride of the people of other Ste - telt;
and they should frown upon any proceedings'
within their own borders likely to disturb
the tranquility of their political brethren in
other portions of the Union 1114 country
so extensive as the United States and with
pursuits so varied, the internal regulations
of the several States tritest frequently dater
from one another in important particulars
and this difference is unavoidably increased
by the varying principles upon which the
American colonies were originally planted
Ihetrsocial relations before the revolution.
arid therefore. of necessity iMluencing their
polacy since they became free and indepebd
ent States. But each S ate has the unques
tionable right to regulate its own internal
concerto; according (,) ns own pin asure ; anti
while it tines not interfire a ith the rights of
the Union. every State must he the sole judge
of the measures proper to venire the safety
of Un eitizenienrui promote their happiness ;
sod all ettorts on the part of the people of
oil States iri ra+l. odium UpOil their insti
traltios usl adLanuasures ealeulated to du'
tint ito•ir - vw , x or properly. or lit put to
Jeopardy their pearl and internal tranquil'
ty, are in direct opposition to the spirit in(
which the Union was formed. and must en
danger its safety. Motives of philanthropy
may le assigned. for this ini‘arrantable in
terference, and weak men may persuade
themselves for a moment that they are la
boring in the rause of humanity, and assert
ing the rights of the human race ; bat every
one, upon sober reflection, will see that no
thing but mischief can conic from these im
proper assaults upon the feelings and the
rights of others. Rest assured, that tle
men found busy in this work of discard are
not worthy of your confidence, and deserve
your strongest reprobation." •
A Mat.at:etims FIND TO AN UNPORTPNATE
Idyls --A young widow woman, who gave
her Inaiden name at Catharine Ilall, an 1 said
that'ahe was from New Albany, Ind , "as
killed in attempting to get tin the New
Albany train at areencrstle, s the other day,
after the train was in motion. She said that
she had been to Kansas under promise of
marriage, and, being grossly deceived and
des rted, she had stertert home penniless and
alone, stealing rides until the conductors put
her off, and begging food at stations'antil the
next train came along, She had gt.t nearly
home, and having been put nil this train, had
run hack and caught bold of the rear car to
steal a ride a little fat tiler. Slit welcomed
her death. •. _
yilung lady said to her beau after Ilfteen
yiartt courtship; •• • Charles, I am goiwk out
of town to-morrow.' Where I"! don't
know.' .When are you corning, hack 'I
am going to !took for somethirig a Melt you
have never had, and yet can give me
withoitiloss to Yourself.' 'You are very
vv.. 'come to it ; but what is• it A bus
band!" t• Why, you might have had that
fifteen years ago, if yon had only said the
mud ; but fi was afraid to ask you the ques
tion."
'f he successful men in the business world
are not those who merely labor • hard with
their hands, but tholdrivit think and plan
much. Thought is diveloped by contact
with other minds, either by speaking or t eavl
Fsrmers, who have less opportfikity
than others for conversation, should supply
ths deficiency, as far as possible, by teadmg
the thoughts of others.
A young lady who wiMemployell In braid.
ing a guard chain fora gentleman's watch,
was lurked what it was for. " A bell rope,
air," replied she. "1 icknowledge it is a
belle rope," rejoined he, 'and a pretty one,
too; but I auspeot we shall find a beau at
tached to it when it is flniahed."
MEI
' General Wool on the Crisis.
The following letter from this diet ingulsh
ed soldier sod patriot, to hie old friend
Gen. Case, will be read with interest at this I PORT BUMPTKR, CIIARIARTON HARBOR, TO
time
OISSR OSNICRAL : Old ILSsciciations Mr Ihtmt. FATIII R : Before this reiches
and former friendship induce me to venture you. you will probably have learned that
to address to youa Few words on th&atate of l we have literally " taken the bull by the
the auntry.. My letter is headed pi n•n/r, horns." Soon after sunset: this evening are
bromic i am not authorized to address you
•' evacuated Fort Moultrie. and are now estab-
I h
lave re■ wit, p ea .
Message. SootVarOlina says Rhe i.7tends
tcatistewtbarlar- n f r..irimmertotrvi in
Coi*reitit gip' , anß has air - rattly left, thitrn
inn. It would Reern,ihat An is 'nearer to
be emu-dilated or comforted. I command
the Eastern Department, which includes ,
Smith CaroH&c Georgia, Florida, Alabama.
and Mississippi. You know me well I
have ever been a firm, decided, faithfil and
devoted friend of my country. if I can aid
the President to preserve the Union, I hope
he will command my services. It will never
do for him or you to leave Washington with
out every star in this Union is in its place.
Thereinto. no time should be lost in adopt
ing measures to defeat those who are con
spiring against the Union. Hesitancy or
delay may he no less fatal to the Unitin...thsn
to the President, or your own high standing
■e a statesman.
It seems to me that troops should be sent
to Charleston to man the forts in that bar
bor. You have eight companieS. at Fort
Monroe, Va. Three or four of theae compa
nies should be sent without a moment's de
lay to Fort t loulirie. It will save the Union
and the President much trouble. It is said
that to send at this time troops torihat har
bor would produce great excitement among
the people That is nonsense, when the peo
ple are as much ...yelled as they can be. and
the leaders are determined to execute their
meditated purpose of separating the State
fioni the Union. So long as von command
the entrance to the City of Charleston. South
Carolina cannot separate herself from the
Union. Do not leave the forts In the harbor
in a condition to induce an attempt to take_
possession of mein% It might easily 1. done
sit this time. If South Carolina Ann d take
them it might, as she anticipates, induce
other States to her.
Penme me - fir entrest7ifyon to urge the
President to send at once three,or fi l er win
panics of artillery to Fort Moultrie. The
Union can be prest reed, tut it reqiirea firm,
dedened, prompt and energetic measures on
,the part of the President. Ile hos only
.to
exert the power conferred upon him by th e
Coniititilt:on and [milli of Congress. and all
will be safe, and he will pri vent a civil war,
which never fails to call forth all the baser
passiois of the ;mitten heart. If • separa
lion should take place, you may rest assured
blood wou (1 flow in torrents, folios ed by
famine and desolation, and Sella
for Seward's irrepressible conflict will be
brought to a conclusion much sooner than
he dould possibly bare anticipated. Let
me conjure you to save the Union, and
thereby avoid the bloody and desolating ex
auiple of the States of Mexico.
A separation of the States will.bring with
it the desolation of the Cotton States, which
are unprepared for war. Their weakness
will be found in the number of their s laves,
with but few of the essentials to carry on
war, while the free Straits have all the ele.
merits and materials for war, and to a great
er extent than any other people on the face
of the globe.
Think of these things, my dear General .
and save the country, and Gave the prosper
ous South from peetilence„,tomme and deso
lation. Peaceable accelsion is not to be
thought of Even if it should take place, in
three months we would have • bloody war
en hands.
Very truly your friend,
JUAN E. WOOL.
The lion. LIOVIS CASS, Secretary of Stale,
Washington, I). O.
ROWAN CATIIOI.IO AND PROTIVITANT WAIT-
I*l.—A journal of Augsburg contains the
following—singular announcement : .• We
think right to call general attention to the
public wash house of the hospital of this
town, which is perfectly organized in every
reepect Not only have all the Tatetit Ito
phovements been Introduced in it, but regard
14 had to the difference in the religious creeds
of the customers. Thus the •foul linen of
Roman , Catholics and that of Protestants are
washed,in'seperate tubs. The washed linen
is afterwards placed in a ',heel which. it is
tore, is conseqrated to both forms of wor
ship ; and tlrirre, by a centrifugal 'apparatus
belonging equally to both teligions, it is
freed from the water it contains. But the
Roman Catholic linen is afterviards carried
into the Catholic drying place, and the Prot
estant into that appointed for itself ; and
then it is distributed to its owners.
The Federal Government have taken the
necessary steps to have • requisite number
of United fits tee troops to protect the public
prot.erty in the District of Columbia. Mayor
Berret will organize a competent police force
to repel the invasion of any Irrepressible
bodies of men. clime from what quarter they
may. He will also not hesitate to call upon
the President [Or the use of the Federal
troops to suppress any mob that is gotten
op, and to-maintain the peace and 'order of
Washington city as usual. Ile; does not,
howeier, apprehend any-danger:
A Letter from the Interior of Fort
rximicr OP A LrIKIL PROM AN Oppm.* is
Inoir, Dee. 6, IMO
lished in thin impregnable fortreen. when',
wA -fectl
to the President's
.re are pert iy unapproachable ; wbile at`
L the semi tune, lee comma perfeet)g,
I harbor *het Fmn '..A. 11 90,11,60
hare - been eent down every night, aWaste''.,,
watched uaglosety. with a view to prevent
this very move. but we biro weathered them.
Hurrah for Major Anderson ! We have •
man that is not afraid of responslrility, and
aho had more judgment arid a better same
of duty, than have ordinarily guided - public
111111.
At Fort Moultrie. we could not fail to ' heve
necumhud before the large force that wax
probably on the poinrof being launched
vigainat us. Between batteries, a clops Bre
of rillemenland a few columns of assault, we
must have been forced to have yielded, al
though it would noe,,have been without the
loss perhaps, of every man there.
Major Anderson hag been delighted with
the temper and spirit of this little command,
not a mail of which would have flinched from
any struggle that might have befallen nar:...
We are not to be touch,l here. IL is four
times as large as Fort Mein/trio, but the
walls are sixty feet high, and no landing can
be made. There is hut one regret—that is,
that Fort Moultrie could not have been blown
up. To night, however, everything that can
be destroyed will be. lam sure a general
feeling of relief will be experienced by that
country at large at this step, taken solely
upon Major Anderson's responsibility
/L
Nut a man at the fort had the slightelt in
titivation of this move, and only one or two
officers, until the moment it was executed.—
Our property and the families are all safe
here, with six months prniisions, hospital
stores, ttc. The guns at Moultrie are spik
ed. and the flag stall cut down, so that no
Palmetto flag can ever float on that stick.—
There iv already a great excitement in the
city. signal rockets are fired (rum the island,
hut it auks top late ; we have decidedly got
I the bull by the muzzle. The revenue can
be collected now, apd the Administration
can do its duty if it will. We all think we
hike done the right thing, because we are
stronger than ever; and although we left
our home witlf• great regret, and disliked
much to waste the labor that has been lav
ished there. weare unquestionably now in
our right place an inanition as soldiers and
ClilErll4. tV did 114 t leave from fear, but
because !here our blood would have been
uselessly shed Here such a thing is im
possible unless these peopa!are determined
to butt their heads out against these walls,
and I hope they have brains enough left net
to attempt that To-morrow morning the
stars and stripes will be hoisted over our
new position, although the sight will sting
Siirth Can - dina to the quick
The citizens of Beaufort, S. C.,'have erect
ed a redoubt upon the outskirts of their
town, to prevent them from attack. It con
gists of a half sunken battery, with • moat
ten fret wide, pieived fur three eighteen
pounders, now in possession. of the toxin
authorities The ramparts are compactly
sodded with turf out from thepeighborhood,
at an elevation of about ~ thirty-five feet
■hove high water mark. It commands Port
Royal river toe ards the southeast, the front,
and also the rear of the town.
SCUTRI CAROLINA SERICINU RECRUITS to
New Yoax.:-A short since Mr. Mdber,
Non of Police Sergeant Maier, of the Seventh
ward, was approached by • man in Broad
way, ar.d, after some preliminary conversa
tion. was offered a new suit of clothes, $25
a month., and his expenses defrayed to
Charleston, f heswould accompany the un
known man South. It is said that-similar
propositions have been made to others.
Pius IX has received as Peter's Pence,
10,752 000 francs. which, though large in
itself. is but little fur the working of an ax- e
pensive Government. The Pope,:however,
notwithqtalding the harmony of the Holy
See, will not listen to any, cession of its pro
vinces. To 144114 who dared in his pres
ence Ito make anAllusioti to the pecuniary
propositions which may be proposediyhe ;sit] :
.• Pecamw fug tecum sit in istrditioiterii."
The Mobile Wine Company report that,
should the season be favorable, they expect
to make this year 10,000 gallons, or WO
gallons to the acre. The actual capital
stock of the company is now 1120.000. It is
now proposed to add to this $lO,OOO. Dur-
ing the two years which the company his
teen in existence, the stockholders have paid
ig forty per cent, on the capital subscribed,
Goss.—Well, young ladies, leap year is
passed and those of you who did not 'take
our advice and, as the preachers say, "
prove the occasion," cannot: blame us that
the year 1861 Buds you running into old
maids. However, don't despair, remember
we read in the bible of a young ham , Who
was not married until after she walkways
hundred years of sge. Think of thair•lia,.
M
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TIRO! . 'lt bow ADVINet
voLumg 6—Numnen 3.
Sumpter
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FOT Sumrrica, Dee 26,1860,