Named Entity Results, Georgia (Georgia, United States)

ss. The seizure of arms in New York. G. B. Lamar, Esq., President of the' Bank of the Republic in New York, has made a formal demand upon Superintendent Kennedy for the arms seized on board, the Savannah steamer Monticello intended for Georgia. Mr. Lamar acts on the authority of a dispatch from some party in Milledgeville. Mr. Kennedy refuses to give up the goods, and it remains to be seen what further steps Mr. Lamar will deem it judicious to take in the premises. Demand has likewi, and the demand, in this case, has been complied with, under a writ of replevin, so far as to take the arms from the arsenal and give them to the custody of the sheriff. Governor Morgan, by the way, has replied by letter to the Governor of Georgia, in regard to these seizures of arms by the city police. The Governor takes the ground that as the arms were destined to be used to subvert the Government, which his official cath binds him to sustain, he could not, so far as he had any control

From the South.Formation of a Provisional Governm't.Jeff. Davis elected President.Alexander H. Stephens Chosen Vice President.New Constitution! South Carolina, Louisiana, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and Florida Confederated, &c., &c. Montgomery, Feb. 8. --The Southern Confederacy Congress was in session four hours this morning, and met again to-night. Probably the result will be made known during the night, or tomorrow. The only public session to-day was of about a half-ho, to-day, and the rest in open session. Later. The Constitution of the Provisional Government has been printed, and is now published. The preamble says: "We, the Deputies of the Sovereign and Independent States of South Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, and Louisiana, invoking the favor of Almighty God, do hereby, in behalf of these States, ordain and establish this Constitution for the Provisional Government of the same, to continue one year from the inauguratio

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Exciting News. --The telegraphic news from Georgia, on Saturday, renewed the excitement, which had been comparatively dormant for some days previous, and the throngs around the bulletin boards fancied that the atmosphere was impregnated with a strong smell of gunpowder.

Seizure of New York vessels by the Governorof Georgia. Savannah,Feb. 9. --Gov Brown seized yesterday, at this port, five vessels, owned in New York--brigs W. R. Kerby and Golden Head, and barks D. Golden Morning, Adjuster, and schooner Julia A. Hallock. This is understood to be a retaliatory measure, on account of the seizure of arms and munitions intended for Georgia by the New York authorities. When the Georgia property seized by the N. York police is returned, the ships will bGeorgia by the New York authorities. When the Georgia property seized by the N. York police is returned, the ships will be delivered to the citizens of New York who own them. The brig W. K. Kirby, bark Adjuster, brig Golden Head, schooner Julia A. Hallock, bark D. Golden Morning, were seized. Gov. Brown's order was executed by Col. Lawton's military. The order reads thus: "To Col. Lawton's--Order out a sufficient military force, and seize and hold, subject to my order, every ship in this harbor, (Savannah.) belonging to citizens of the State of New York. When the property of which our citizens have

Emory and Henry College, Va. --Rev. John E. Edwards, of Lynchburg, Va., has been selected by the two Societies at this Institution to deliver the annual address at the commencement next June. I. E. Shumate, of Virginia, has been selected to deliver the anniversary address before the Hermesian Society, and A. W. Gaston, of Georgia, will address the Calliopean Society.

e New York vessels at Savannah has created much excitement in the former city. One of the vessels seized — the brig Wm. R. Kibbey--had gone to Savannah with coal, and was to load there for New Orleans. The New York owners, J. & N. Smith & Co., received a telegram Saturday morning which read, "Your brig is seized by order of the Governor." Shortly after, the agents of the bark Adjuster received this telegram: Savannah, Feb. 8, 1861. My vessel is seized by order of the Governor of Georgia, on account of arms detained in N. York. Chas. A. Enell. The Journal of Commerce says that later intelligence having announced that other vessels had also been seized, steps were at once taken in New York to obtain a release of all the arms detained by the Police, in order to remove, if possible, all cause of irritation. This having been done, Mr. Lamar telegraphed the fact to the Collector at Savannah, and it is understood that orders were given to surrender the vessels to their owne