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The citizens of our town were much aroused yesterday morning on hearing of the seizure of Fort Neil , near our place.On , a number of our enterprising young men left this place to seize Saturday Fort Neil , which they did, and hoisted thePalmetto flag over it.Fort Neil is a small, but strong little fort, lying onPamlico river , between this place andPamlico Sound .While I write great excitement exists in Washington .
On Sunday, January 29th, (as has been his custom since the commencement of our struggle,) theChaplain went down toFort Morris to preach to his company, theWashington Light Infantry .Reaching their quarters about P. M., he was warmly greeted by them. In a short time the piazza of the house, and some of the rooms, were cleared, a rough pulpit arranged for the minister, and an invitation sent to the Carolina Light Infantry and Citadel Cadets, whose camps were near, to unite in worship, (the other companies were too remote--two orthree miles ,) which was promptly responded to by those companies and theStaff Officers of the regiment not on duty.--A large congregation soon assembled — a more serious, respectful, thoughtfulone , I have never seen.The exercises were commenced with the beautiful and impressive service of the Episcopal Church ; suddenly there appeared a number of prayer books, showing that our soldiers are not only armed with carnal weapons, but also with spiritual ones.--Couldhave witnessed the sight, I think it would have struck him with more astonishment than all our masked batteries, he would have realized that such men have not gone out as an idle frolic, but with the stern determination to do or die. The solemn, earnest responses that fell from the lips of those armed men would have been more startling than the booming cannon or bursting shell. Major Anderson
The text selected was " God is love," from which theChaplain delivered a most beautiful and solemn sermon, listened to with the most devout attention.He portrayed, in thrilling language, the deep, full, unwavering, inexhaustible love of God to his creatures, and urged them, by that love, to forsake every sinful way, and walk as his dear children; especially did he plead with them, in earnest tones, that I know sank deep into every heart, to avoid, for the love ofGod , that habit, so easily contracted by the young, of takingGod's holy name in vain.I am sure every one who heard his stirring words will not soon forget them, but when the great book is opened at the last day, and the secrets of all hearts revealed, in some will be found the record of that hour.
The singing was conducted by a hastily formed choir of the Washington Light Infantry , whose earnest efforts contributed largely to the influence of the occasion.Every voice and every heart united in singing that beautiful hymn commencing, "While Thee I seek, Protecting Power;"and the strains of lofty cheer floated over that barren ocean isle, it seemed to illume its desert sand, making it a highway of ourGod ; its distant echoes mingling with the majestic roar of the ocean wave, ascended as a sweat orison, to our Father and ourGod .The earnest prayer for aid, to our all-powerful Friend,for our beloved State in this her hour of trial, and we believe, also, of glory, and the solemn benediction, closed the service.
The appearance of the militia of the Republic is quite prepossessing, though, like all militia, the variety of uniform adopted by the different companies would mar the general effect on review.For the most part, however, there is some attempt at uniformity in dress. This is rendered necessary by the quality and texture of cloth from which the clothing is made. is the predominant color. Grey The cloth is manufactured chiefly in North Carolina andGeorgia , while some of it is imported fromEngland direct.The material is generally serviceable and warm, and, affording no glaring or marked appearance, is particularly adapted to warfare. In clothing the men for service the gaudy tinsel and finery of the peaceful volunteer is left behind for quieter times. As yet the State has ordered the observance of no uniformity in the dress of her warriors.--Thechief officers , nevertheless, have adopted a kind of undress uniform that is simple, neat and tasteful.I notice the Brigadier General and the members of his staff at times on the street with blue-black clothfrock coats , silver-washedPalmetto buttons, and a Palmetto tree worked upon the shoulders within a parallelogram of silver cord.The fatigue cap adopted is of the same cloth as the coat. Its shape is of the "rakish" wide-awake style so much in vogue with all our military companies; still the hat is rendered peculiarly South Carolinian by the inevitablePalmetto worked with silver upon the front.the cap is otherwise trimmed with silver cord.
The dress of the aids of his , is substantially the same in style as that of the strictly military men, though it is much more tasty. Excellency Gov. Pickens The coat is trimmed with gilt buttons and bullion Palmetto decorations on the shoulders.
, of Mr. Clemens Virginia , rising to a personal explanation, said by reference to theCongressional Globe it appeared that his colleague (,) expressed a wish that he ( Mr. Martin ) should be allowed to go on with his speech — his "traitorous remarks. " He understood his colleague made some other remarks, but they did not reach his ear. It was now for him to say, Mr. Clemens first as at last, that he took the position he did, in this exigency of the country, after deliberation, and an expectation that he would meet with personal defamation.If, therefore, his colleague threw out the remark with a view of giving offence to him he pardoned him, for the reason at this very time he was laboring under physical infirmity and from a reeking wound received in a personal rencontre . If his colleague had a compound fracture of the thighbone, and been suffering fortwo years and a half in consequence, he would find a bullet not a comfortable sensation.[Laughter.] He did not desire to place himself in a position to be represented by "Punch" or " Vanity Fair ," as leaning on a crutch withone hand while he held a pistol in the other.[Laughter.]
We learn with regret that the Senate has rejected from the "Appropriation Bill " the appropriation recommended by both theHouse and theSenate for dredging the harbor.We think this is not doing justice to our city.
The main ship channel is now closed by the sinking of five vessels, in order to prevent the entrance of hostile armed vessels; and, to refuseCharleston an appropriation, which was agreed upon atColumbia by both branches of theLegislature , and at a time when, if a peaceable settlement of our affairs is vouchsafed us, we shall need this amount most, to renderone channel at least accessible for large vessels, is doing our principal seaport great injustice.We trust their action will be reconsidered.
Four thousand stand of arms will go South by theSavannah train this morning.They are from the Arsenal in this city, and are intended for theState of Florida .
, late W. Hampton Gibbes Second lieutenant in the army ofSouth Carolina , has resigned.
Broad street , between the markets, was radiant with light, and transparencies, varying with the taste of their enthusiastic projectors, lent variety to the beautiful scene.Nearly every pane of glass in the fronts of stores or private residences was illuminated, and the myriads of star-like tapers produced a soft, golden light, possessing an attraction peculiarly its own. The streets were alive with such a crowd as we had no idea could be found in Augusta , and, as far as we could see, up and down our wide, beautiful, business street, extended the ebbing and flowing tide of humanity.Just such a crowd will not perhaps be seen again in this generation; for the blacks, in blessed ignorance that all this fuss is about them, entered into the rejoicing, and almost forgot that the whites have the best right to the sidewalk.
Hic Jacet--The Past.
"Governor, the current of events warns me that we shall never meet again on this side the grave.
Several men who were at work in the building were startled by the loud roaring of the lions, and in a few minutes they were horror-struck at beholding one of the lions struggling with a man named Jarvey, a yard-helper in the establishment.On the arrival of he rushed on the stage, where the lion was running about with the unfortunate man Jarvey in his mouth, to all appearance quite dead. Mr. Crockett instantly seized a stable fork and dealt the lion a heavy blow on the side of the head, which caused it to let the man go; but instead of running away, he turned round, and seemed inclined to spring upon his master. Mr. Crockett Another powerful blow, however, made the enraged animal turn and run away. Medical aid was immediately brought for poor Jarvey, but on the arrival of the surgeon life was found to be extinct. After the body of Jarvey had been removed, went in search of the Mr. Crockett three lions, who were now roaming about the theatre.One was seen running at a remote corner of the stage, another was in the arena, and the other could not be seen.
The lioness was the first that was attempted to be secured, but this was a work of extreme danger and difficulty, as the assistants were all afraid of even approaching the beast.On seeing , the lioness made a dash through the pit saloon, whence she rushed up the box stair-case and entered Mr. Crockett one of the private boxes, and took up a most threatening attitude.
Nothing daunted, entered the box, placed a leather collar around her neck, and having secured her head, she was hauled out of the place by ropes, and finally placed in security. Mr. Crockett From the private box saw another of the animals playing on the stage with a quantity of ribbons and stage properties, and, with comparative little difficulty, it was placed again in the cage; and after a few minutes' search the Mr. Crockett third was recaptured.At morning the watchman of the Theatre , who is on duty all night, left, at which hour, he says, all was perfectly quiet and safe.In consequence of the large lion being unwell, it had been parted from its companions, and it is supposed that in endeavoring to join it, one of thethree lions in the other compartments of the cage must have broken down the partition and thus displaced the iron bars.The greatest excitement and consternation prevailed for some time in the Theatre , and it required's utmost persuasion to convince the attendants that no further danger need be apprehended. Mr. Crockett
every Republican Senator; and the
coercion and war.
disguised in women's clothes. He visited a number of houses and begged his meals.
"The working men of
was elected
"Order!"
at the top of his voice.
"
were heard above the confusion, and
"out of order,"
cheers and hisses.
"
from various quarters, and great noise in the
The Committee deem it inexpedient to make nominations of candidates for the approaching
"Any free person who shall bring a free negro into this State, shall be confined in jail not more than six moths, and fined not exceedingfive hundred dollars . This section shall not apply to a person traveling into or through theState , with a free negro as a servant, nor to a master or skipper of a vessel or steamboat, with a free negro on board, who shall depart therewith; but any such free negro, who shall be found away from such vessel or boat, or from the lodgings of his employer, except on the business or with the written permission of such master or employer, shall be punished with stripes.
"No free negro shall migrate into this State. If a free negro, not authorized by law to do to, come into or remain in this State, any person may, and every Sheriff ,Sergeant and Constable is required to apprehend and carry him before some justice of the county or corporation where he may be, who shall require him to payone dollar to the person apprehending him, and give bond in a penalty of not less thanone hundred dollars , with condition that he will leave theState inten days and not return therein; such bond shall be returned by theJustice to theCourt of his county or corporation.If the free negro fail to pay the fee aforesaid, or to give such bond, he may, by order of the Justice , be punished with stripes, which may, by subsequent order of a Justice, be repeated from time to time, so long as the negro remains in theState ; but this section shall not apply to a free negro driven by shipwreck or other unavoidable necessity into this State, who shall depart therefrom as soon as he can, norone employed on a vessel or steamboat, or as a servant as mentioned in the preceding section, if he do not remain in theState longer thanthirty days ."
Semi-Weekly Dispatch we now issue twenty-five hundred, and of the
Dispatch was two thousand. It is now
in the plenitude of his power, when he was laying down the law at Erfurth, and
to some Neapolitans who invited him to
Lytton Bulwer.
Jno. Mitchell--a brilliant but erratic genius — solves the difficulty in a late letter to the
the turbulent conduct of the volunteers, the suffering from want of food and coal, are but a few specimens of a
Dispatch
was read the
has been to pass unanimously an ordinance against the African Slave Trade, making the penalty imprisonment in the
Presbyterian, a paper which represents the highest talents and moral worth of that denomination in the
"We have just read, what we ought to have done a week ago, with special care, the editorial in the 'secular department' of the New York , under the title 'Progress and Prospects of Disunion. ' The manifest tendency of it,Observerif not its insidious and treacherous design and purpose,is to produce jealousy and dissention between different parts of theSouth , in order to cripple and defeat theSouthern movements in defence of Southern rights.We will not waste our time in a discussion of its various suggestions, and confine our remarks on it to the following extract: The Observersays: 'FromSouth Carolina , already, we have the most contemptuous language addressed to, who is distinctly informed that she is not wanted in the new republic of the Virginia South .The reason for this repulse of any advances from Virginia is easy to be understood.The leaders of the Cotton States are expected to re-open the slave trade as soon as they get the control of a Southern Government.' TheObserverthen refers to the opposition of theNorthern slaveholding States to this project, and says: 'But the men below, who intend to revive the traffic, are fearful of the influence ofMaryland ,Virginia ,Kentucky andTennessee , and would rather keep them out than have them in, when the new empire is set up in theSouth .
"We find it difficult, we confess, to restrain the feelings of indignation with which we quote these passages, but we will try to speak of them calmly. We cannot do less, however, than pronounce them in substance and effect grievous misrepresentations. It may be that some foolish person in South Carolina has used 'contemptuous language' in reference toVirginia ; but theObserver,which is constantly telling theSouth that theNorth ought not to be held responsible for the wild ravings of Northern fanatics, ought to be ashamed of noticing such ebullitions of Southern extravagance.And we unhesitatingly assert that nothing could be more false and unjust than to insinuate that the people of the Cotton States , or their 'leaders,' do not desire the 'Northern slaveholding States' to be united with them in theSouthern Republic , unless it is the intimation that they desire and intend to re-open theAfrican slave trade.The heart of South Carolina beats in warm, loyal, loving regard forVirginia .She has proved it in trying times. It was that more than anything else that decided her to yield in the purpose of nullification, when Virginia sent a Commissioner to ask her to stay her earnest resolution.After 's invasion, she sent a Commissioner herself to John Brown Virginia to convey her desire and determination to act with the "Old Dominion" in whatever course the latter might judge to be best; and whenVirginia said she desired nothing more to be done,South Carolina acquiesced; and now, if constrained by a sense of overpowering necessity, she takes action alone and of herself,one universal shout of joy and congratulation would echo from the seaboard to the mountains, ifVirginia and the other border States would proclaim their purpose to unite their destiny with hers.And we hope the misrepresentations of the Observerwill meet inVirginia with the contempt they deserve, as apparently designed to awaken jealousy and discord between theSouthern States .It is time that Southern readers ceased to listen to the suggestions of those who do not and cannot understand our interests, or our relations to one another.
"As to the re-opening of the slave trade, we shall content ourselves with affirming again that there is not the slightest danger of it. The Southern people are not going to do anything so foolish and wicked as to engage in that."
Express of
"It was in the house of that Col. Davis made the remarkable confession, about a year ago, that his Mr. Seward own peculiar notions on the slavery question were maintained merely for political effect.So, at least,has frequently asserted, and without contradiction. Col. Davis It seems, therefore, that we, the people, are about to fly at each other's throats like bull-dogs, merely to uphold a set of men who have mounted the negro not because they love him, but because, through him, they hope to dictate, from the high places of the Government , to the white man. This is 'Republicanism' with a vengeance."
an extract from which we published yesterday, is
Thursday,Jan. 24, 1861.
Read, of the
Reports of Committees.--The following bills were reported by committees: By
Resolutions of Inquiry.--The following resolutions of inquiry were adopted and referred to the appropriate committees: By
of
moved to indefinitely postpone, which was adopted — yeas
objected to the bill.
offered a substitute.
the bill was ordered to be referred to the
Bills Passed.--A bill providing for the payment of the expenses of a pedestal, and transporting and setting up a statue of
Thursday,Jan. 24th, 1861.
of
of the
Bills Reported.--Bills were reported from committees, as follows: A bill imposing taxes for the support of Government; a bill to authorize the
Extension of the Corporate Limits.--The bill for amending the charter of the city of
Remains of --The bill making an appropriation for the removal of the remains of
Petition Presented and Referred.--By
The Banks.--The bill "for the temporary relief of the
Resolutions.--By
Stay Law.-- called up his resolution offered yesterday, that a
run Away from the subscriber, about a week since, a Negro Boy named
ja
Artisan Division, no. 125, will hold a Public Temperance meeting, this (
Brethren: Attend a stated meeting of
An adjourned meeting of the Company will be held this (
Assemble at the
Action. Your Peace Commissioners may find a few Free State men to confer with, but if they succeed in getting the
Zed.
society with them — society that has stunk in our nostrils for
Cayting Dobleday, of Spirits. He believes in Spirits and Spiritualism, and therefore ought to be excused for that silly letter to his dear friend down East.
last time until the finale. When peace is declared, or the war is over.
Northern, a day or so back, and was knocked down by
Occasional.
House.--
"Very good."
Senate.--
For Sale, from
Terms of Sale.--As to the
Chorus--"Sic Semper Tyrannis," our motto Chorus--"Sie Semper Tyrannis," &c. Chorus--"Sic Semper Tyrannis," &c.
Cotton, which was improving.
the
There are probably few, if any, of the notes of the last named Bank a float, as it has been discredited for some years.
Arch'd
White Patients--In wards,
Slaves--
No extra charges except for surgical operations, and then an additional fee ranging from Bills payable on the removal of the patient. No small-pox admitted.
Terms.--Patients per week, but the aggregate shall not exceed the charge for a full week. Patients attending the daily examinations (not fit subjects for Hospital Confinement,) charged the regular fee adopted by the profession at large.
Sale of Negroes,
Publicly and privately.
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