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The Confederate States from Tuskegee, Alabama • 2

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CONFEDERATE STATES. Tuesday, April 23, 1801. discharged. Each Company must consist of not less than sixty-four, nor more than ono hundred privates, eight non-commissioned officers, ono Captain and three Lieutenants must provide itself with a plain service uniform, and bo prepared to march, when ordered without the least delay. All Companies who may be willing lo tender their services, on tlio conditions nfresnid, aro re- Fottune, or Chaiicc, will linve to bear Iho blame, nnd delay, tho roal culpable parly will probable escape, heforo the hour arrived, it was evident the Fort had been rein-fo'cwl, and nil thought of the meditaled ns sault was abandoned.

The mn picked for Ibis special sorvico lay on their iinus all night nt the Navy Yard without any prelection from the chill air of tho night, some of them I deem it proper to sny thai the first service assigned to tho forces horeby called out will bo lo re-possess the Forls, places and property, which hnro been seized from the union, nnd in such an ovent the utmost care will be observed, consistently with tho objects aforesaid, to avoid any devastation nnd destruction of or interference wjlh property, or any disturbance of peaceful citizens in any part of tho country; nnd I herolfe com BEKJ. HAWKINS KIESEH, Editor. THE' STATE OF ALABAMA MACON COUNTY. of Adniitiislrntion on Hie estnte of i ii deceased, having been grant ed tu the uuili'migneil un Wntui'diiy the 18th ilny of April, 1801, hy His not Alex-nnilei-: Notice ii, therefore, liel-ebv given to uli pe rsons imviiig ulniins njrniiiBt eniil estate that thoy will present them within tlio timo prcscrib-eil by low or they will be forevor hnrre'l. a -i THOMAS A.

WINN, Ain-dlfUt. jtdminblrator. should be made to retain the Southern States in the Union, if this bo the poor, impoverished section it is generally represented The truth is, it is the garden spot of America its peculiar staples alone have given tho United States its commercial prosperity, and its great New York, what it is. Wo aro deeply grieved to seo this New York, which has been made tho Tyro of America by the South, proposing to lead the way in cutting tho throat of her benefactor. Let ucstetl to eivo 1110 immediate notice, nnd having so niui-h as a liliuikot.

They mand tho persons conn. Huh imllinl nl hold, themselves in readiness to he ci hold themselves in ivmlinnsq In ha ado no complaint) Col, Forney compli-ented thom by savins' thev would do for tious to dijmoi-' and retire i THE STATE OF A LA HAM A MACON COUNTY. nblyvtnj.hcir reipeotivo abodes wilhm twenty days from this dale. lythincr. Not a cap wns distributed to For Congress HON.

MYIDjDLOFM. The Old Dominion. We have long thought that the spirit' that prompted tho Boparnlion oS Virginia mother country, would for like oppression, cause her withdrawal from the North! and unite -with -her sister Southern lorn the business was lo bo done with cold AVJ Dooming that tho present condition of Of her bo a marked city, henceforth and forever. No matter what the result of the present troubles, if one Southern Legislature is left public annus presents an exlruorihunry oc There is no truth in the report that Geiif rngg hail a position on Sanln Rosa Ishnfd ith 1600 men. JL rnoiiATK couiiT, snxi.u.

tkhm, April in, 1801 rpills ilny ciinie It. A. iiilmiiiiBtintor of tho esliito ofL. 1). Xiuh ileecnscd, mill filed his account current nail voiichein.

af and statement for Piji-tinl settlciuoat oftho biiiiic It is oi-ilercd; tlinf. f(6 jetonj Mondriy in May 1801 bo ilny for innking inid acttlcnicnt; nl which time nil pnrties in intermt can nppcnr and contest the sumo, if thev think proper. The Wynndolto is posilivelv notificdHo ay outsido in casion, I do hereby, in virtue of the powers in mo vested by the Constitution, convene both Houses of Congress. Senators and Representatives, are, therefore, summoned to assemble at their respective chambers, at twclvo o'clock, noon, on Thursday, tho 4th day of July next, then and there lo consider such measures, as in their wisdom, tho miblic safety and interest may 'no Southaru Confederacy Im LEWIS lAI.EXANDRn, Jmhjtnf April 21 801 8 it portant motion in the British Parliament. One of the signs of the times which means incthing, is tlio nolico given in the Iliitis'e i mm i.

InOhaucery, ChniL ory Court 13lh District of the Middle Chancory; Division of tho Stale of Alabama. to pnss laws, it should make it a penitentnry offence to ndo to the value of ono dollar with that or any other Northern -city. Tho union of the North should produce tho entire und porfect union of tho South. If they aro consolidated in aggression, lot us at least ho consolidated in defence. We i have no fears of subjugation.

Tho millions they aro raising will be squandered to make oriuncs for roguish contractors tho men are mostly unacquainted with tho nso of nrins nnd will bo figthing in a bad cnuso against a people who nro doing, bnttlo oh their own soil, for homes and firesides their wives arid children. We do not boliovd that the Confederate Slates alone coiMd ho conquered Coiiimons, by Mr. Gregory, that on; nn Val irly day ho would call tho attention of Her In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my nnd caused tlio Seal of tho United Slates to bo ulHxed. Dono.at the Oily of Washington this loth day of ylpril, in the year of our Lord ono thousand eight. hundred nnd sixty-one, nnd of tho Independence of the United Stales IT appearing from tlio aflldavit of Aloiizo Dillhird Esq.

solicitor of the eom- Adolphus Vir. WnMron, Thninns It. Kglcston it George I'. Hniikin, Morchniiti nnd using the th in nnnioof njesly's Government to iho oxpedioncy of prompt recognition of tlio Soiitlfein Con-deracy of yluicrica. The Journal of Coin- mnnnlslhnt the do- aH aiuroii, cgieston it Co.

feiulnnt J. liar VX. llDt' IflUtll.lt.i.nu:.ln... erce on the enme suhjoct, snys llie eighty-tilth. ABRAHAM LtflCQLV; llu 1 a aiuiiici i.iivnr un ivof 21 "Ueeh: I 11..

i'eilM. niul Hint he re. soulially the qiuikioii Hiiloi iii the Slate of 15. W. lrlniinngiin, C.

C. Flnniinunn. bjMho Korth-pwonr8'tTures! (h'uT'n United aliuisuppi nnd tlmt slavery, miico secession in tlio United ales became a fixed In their estinia- States. Our anticipations have been fully, met Tho old dominion Stale has proven true to tho position she has so long occupied heforo world the teachings of Washington, llonry and Leo, aro still remembered there; and will over animate tho patriotic citizens of Virginia to meet oppression and maintain their honor and independence The secession of Virginia will bring to us thojemiiining border States. Our number of States will soon be doubly increased.

Interest as well as. sympathy will untie tho Southorn States under ono government. The or the bordor States t6 determine is, whether thjWUjhojjriiinlity-nnd independence, under a Southorn Confederacy; or inequality and degradation undor nn abolition government. We firmly, believe thnt tho noblo example of Virginia will bo imitated by tho remaining Southern States of th'o-old Unio A Synopsis of the Latest News. We append synopsis of the latest and most important news, which is culled from our Columbus exchanges of yesterday.

Wo would gladly givo tho dispatches in full, but cannot for want of space A dispatch from Montgomery dated 21st says tho qnomy have destroyed all the i.ui. uinuo id not Known to nil nut. It tho institution, of slnvory. seijms to he less obnoxious tliau toriuerlv less re aroH gnant lo huinaiiiiy, and lo bo tolerated as necessarv evil rather than lo bo cut up th lire unci swdrd, regardless of iiU conse- South will oil back their hordes as tho ocean rock dashes back the waves, in empty spray and foam. neii a tar The 'N.

Y. Herald publishes tho re-plicsiof tho Governors of the States of Vermont, Conneclicut, Ohio, Wisconsin, Rhode Island, Miiiiio, and Pennsylvania, lo Lincoln's call for' troops. Thoy nil say tho men arc ready; and some sny that ho can get as many more as ho wants. lences. is tiiereloro ordered llicttlieuid John 1.

Harper niiawcr or denmre to tlic liill of cnnplaim. in this enusc. hy the 2-11 Ii ny of Juno next, or in ilofmilt that decree pro toiirsAo. for want ofnn answer tuny he entered ngiuiiBt him, at, any lime, after thirty days, theicnfler, should he mill be in Anditisfiii-lhenirilercdlliata cony of this order he puhlislied wiilmnt dolav, Top eoiisfculivn weeks in "The Votfnhate $wn weekly iiewapnpcr publislicd ill iho town iifTus-kegee, and until her copy be posted up, nl. the door of tho Conrl llonse ofihiieoiiiity wilhln twenty days, from the iimking of this oriler.

iVM. lt, April 22 8 jt licyhttr. One miaht almost detect n' crowiiiD' William II. Sewaud, Secretary of Slate. PROCLAMATION.

By tho President of the Confederate States- Wheubas, Abraham Lincoln, iho Presi dent of llie United Stales, has by Proclamation announced I ho intention of invading ibis Confederacy 'with an armed foreo, for tlio purpose of capturing its fortresses, nnd thereby subverting its indqpondonco, nnd subjecting the free pepplo-thereof lo the dominion of a foreign power. And whoioas, it has thus bueoino the duly of this Government to repel the threatened invasion, and to defend tho rights und liberties of tlio people; by all the moans which tho laws of Nations, nnd Iho usages' of civilized wnrfare, place at its disposal, ndncss fur long nbused slaveholders, who li turn out to bo siich bnrliaroiis set, or nil. -Jho truth is.linEliiml considers coinmn'ndal' interesis linriiuioiint to all hers. Now thnt she must contend Willi je Morill tnrilf, tho motive for recognizing it independence ol thesoceilocl Stales opo it os with power proilitriousl iticroiiso'd. In Oliarioery.

Chnnccry Court, 13th District of the Middle Chancery Division of llie Stnlo of the Itcpiiblicnns had desired rocognilion lorcign powers tlio southern- Uonled-cy, they could not hnvo done anything cr calcnlntcil to secure this end than was Chnrles V. Chamberlain, "I .1.1 IHI' 1 Now, JEFFEliSON BIB I'lom tho Montgomery Confederation, 19th. Secession Virginia. The Oilu on Hews rosier, duty How it was Tennessee in a Line Harris Full of 'Pluck Scott Resigncchund Everybody Joyful. The 'reception of no news lias created ns much oxoiloincnriu' our cily in, that of the secession of yesterday.

The display of tho C'onfcderalo flnir from the tel jyiiniui nuier, Alexnniler Isnnes, and Mnrqliis 1. Converse, eir adoption of a higli 'proteutive tariff." Iki'oktant. Kitoji Govern-. ami partners using tho name of: I Chiiiiierhiin.Milci-it Co.) IT appearing from the nllldnvit of Aloiizo Dillnrd, Solicitor of iho eoin-pliii mints. Hint Hie do-feiidiiat John ,1.

Ilnr-per, in a iion-i-csident, over the ago of 21 Jem's, and that ha resides In llie Slnlo of llississippi; that his post olllee or coiuit nt Refuses to tretit with Uiicblh. The tim vuriimenl ol Mexico, has determined to mp C. C. Vliiunngnn. 13 W.

anil nd no Minister to, Washington (Goik Uriign egraph oflico', soon brought. hundreds of our S. war vessels in tho harbor ol Norlolk, and as much of tho Gosport Navy Yard, at Portsmouth, (opposite Norfolk) as they could, and thon retired to Fortress Moiiroe. Groat'oxoitement in Baltimore, tho people determined to permit no Federal troops to pass through that city. Ruilroad bridges cast of the city torn down, also portions of tho' Five thousand 'Fodornl troops are concentrated in Washington.

The 7thi Now York rogimcut and a Massachusetts regiment, (U. S. soldiers) attempted to pass through Baltimore on their way to Wiping1011 011 llie 10th inst. they Swcpson T. Harper, and ving resigned on nceonut ol tins newpol mm citizens anil strnngors-to the "scono of conflict," and on tho announcement of- tlm sn- until political mutters become more .1.

Harper. is not known to nflinnt. President ol the Confederate Slates of America, do issue this my Proclnmntion, inviting all lliosewho miiy desire, by sorrieo in private nrmed vessels on the high seas, lo aid this Govcrijient "in -resisting so wanton nnd wicked an aggression, to make application for Comniissioi's or letters of Mnrqim nnd Reprisal to bo issued tinder the Seal of these Confederate States. And I do further notify all persons applying for letters of Marque make statement in writing, the, name a suilablo description of the character, ton-nngo and foreo of iho vessel, nnd tho name and place of residehco of each owner -ton-corned tho intended number of the craw, and to sign said statement and deliver tho siimo to tho Secretary of State, yofl cession of the gallant old mother of States, lied. They nro determined to make no aly with the Government nt Washington lliuut the consent of tho.

Confederate every eye ooameu Willi gliitlness, mid every face indicntod ioy. Trulv the seenn wns mm lies, as they regard Iho Southern Confed- refreshing to us. VVeJind not dispnired of II. IV It is llierefijic ordered. tlmt the snid lin Harper answer or dc.nur "li, the hill of cnniphiint.

in this cnuse. hy Iho 2-llh ilny of Jniie next, or that in defuiilt decree pro emiftiio, for want of an answer inny be onlcreil ngainst. him at nny lime nfler thirty dnys tlicrcnftoi, should lio still be in default. It. is, All tiler: ordered' that a copy of lliij oiuler- iicy as their natunil allies hud ine uiu inuy.

tve.couiu not believe tliat sho would remain as a rmrt of a o-nvArn. retoro will enter mlo no. clistnsliilul en-cling with nny power. Tliey desire to monl, or ns an nlly to a inan whoso chief mill on frioudlv relations with and object is to subject the Seceded States and LJ Ol II Ul UktllUM II UVJV I (II tllC DtllllU were, by a largo body of citizens and a gorieral fight ensued, in which two firs." wJll niost certainly bo niiioug tlio first foreign Powers to recognize tlio Confederate: States ha pulilislicil without dolav for four eoimccutivo-weeks in the Confederal oSlaton. a weekly newspaper piihliflhcd in of Tuskegco, mill that nnotliBr copy be posleil up at.

the door of the destroy the institution of slavery; Never for one moment did wo question her loyalty or to the Collector of any port of entry of St. Louis, April 18, 1801. "1 a froo aiul i. 'iii-t Wl ,11111 UWTUWgjW LO. Arhonjr" 1 no ion, we saw hire number notify all applicants afbrosfid, HV saying' "it illegal unconstitu- ttonal, diabolical, and will be horTSto struggle, nnd.tho course of South WM.

It. 'MASCW. that Convention, em Senators towards hor when tho vote was inhuman, not before nnv Commission or lottor or! Marauo April 22, JityUter. who would submit to np Tho VI. oueyeu.

taken on tho Into treaty, (only ono or two 1 i i i In Olaanoerv. gallant Proston, the noblo Scotts, Goggin, Ilolcombe, Cox, Baldwin, Stuart, and others as illustrious and distinguished, Chancery Court 13h Districi of the Midlife News From Pensacola Bay. Wo havo found ildilHcnlt to cot nnv news uuniicory Division. of; the State of ilia, bnmn. relinquished an nope ot adjustment when the biiglo note of nn oppressive war was sounded at 'Washington.

Tho proclama WilliniiiCox vs 1 TT appearing from the Ldwnrd W. Tonov, ,11 I whieh i. (from Port Pickens and its surroundings for the Inst forty-eight hours. Sinco thosurren- i. isisBiied to any vessel, the owner, owners thereof, nnd tho Commander for-' Sho timo being, will ho required to givo bona to tho Confederate Stales jvith at least two responsible sureties not intofested in such' vessel, in tlio 'penal sum of Five Tlioijsaiid.Dollnrs;.

or, ifstiuli vessel be provided with more thnn one hundred and fifty. men, then in the' penal sum of Ton Thousand Dollars, with condition 'that' the owners, officers and crew; who shall bo employed on boaid such commissioned vessel, shall observe laws of these Confedeihto Stntes, and tho instruction nnd others. 1 thnt llu. tion 01 jjijicoin was no sooner rocoiyoti limn the Convention wont into secret session: and of the soldiers und seven citizens killed, sev eraUw'ounded j.on sides, troops, Wo poifovo, were at last permitted' to pass through. Tho city is in full possession of tho State troops everything quiet on 20th.

A dispatch from New Orleans says tho U. S. steamship Slnr of the West was captured by tho Confederate Stales authorities at Texas, and had arrived off tho bar below N. 0. She had on board from eight to nino hundred barrels of provisions, and was captured without resistance.

It was reported in Washington on the lbttiyiiliat the few U. S. troops at Harper's Ferry had blown up tho principal workshops and tho arsenal, and rotreatod to tho Maryland sido. President Lincoln has issued, his Procla-niation declaring a blookado of all tho ports of the seceded Stntes. 'dispatch from Montgomery dated 10th laid intolligienco had been received which yesterday we hoard thd glad result, liut to our purpose.

The crowd, augmenting every Cox. is a iion-resirteilt, over the ago of 21 years and thai he resides in tho county of Henderson und Slnlo of Texns (l'nst OlIIco not staled.) It Is I hereforo ordered Hint. Iho snid Mores Cox answer or demur to the hill of compliiiiit in llii eiuiso by tlio 2-lHi pay. of Juno oi in default wended their way from tho telegraph office to tho Buildings, where viuu'i iiiiiiiBi. iiiivu aiuibiicu hoi wno aer real relialilo friends were.

On tlio 30th Oen. Trnjo was'discov-ored, with eighteen others 'in trying lb got up a conspirucy. lie was tried nt shot on Sunday, 31st, nt 6 o'clock, in tho. citadel, near the fashionable resort of tho city. The Government' is becoming more firm eyory day.

The death of Senor Don Miguel Lerdo do Toyada leaves no doubt' of the oleclion of Juarez as President for the next four years. Into Mmistor to tho United Stalos, has-been named for the mission to London, but ho declined to. nccopt tlio His, liiiiiilinrity with tho- troubles in the United Siriics point (him oiit' as tlio proper Ifian whcil ono is appointed for.thnt inissioh. For once it may bo said tliat tlio road from the city to Vera Cruz nro well guarded find safo. N.

0 Delta, Zth. UUl. yi b.ClUlllLUI,;:Llini. poillb Will. UU UIQ next ill chief interest.

V6 hnvo reli iblo cohfirnintion of llietelo-graphic reports received.of the reinforcement of the Fort. On Piiday evening, a little after dark, signnl guns were heard out at sea six distinct reports seeming to bo somo dozen or fifteen milcsaway. It was surmised at first thnt they wore signals of distress, but soon it was concluded to huvo somo connec- soven guns were fired in honor of the gal- given to thom Iho regulation ot tiioiii uini. ocoroo pro.eoKjesm lor want of mi answer may be entered ngninst liim, at nny timo 'lifter-thirty dnvs lliereafterl 'slioiild he still i Hint oiu otaio. iioud calls wore mndo or eondiict.

sliall satisfy all diimf tho honorablo Socrolaiy of War. who excus fniilt. And it is further ordered that, copy of this order. bo publinlied wiiliout delay 'for four: ages done contrary to the tonor thereof bv such vessol during hor 'and def ed himself through his politoand agreeable Clerk, Col. Wagner, on account of pressing liver up tho snmo when revokod by the i msi ident of thojConfedernto States.

iin areinl'orconientofPickens, About ciiimeiiuiivc wooks iimiio Uonlodcrnto Stntes, wcoklV newspniier puulielied in the town ofl'ui-Iteficc, nnd linolher copy posted np nt. Iho door of the Court I Iosuof this county, within 20 dnye from tho innking of this. order, and tliiiVlilelteL'. islcr within that tiincoml nnolher copy by' null (lo tho wilil Jlosos Cox) to Hiillulo tlio county uociock thero was; to be. nn utiusuiil stir, about Fort Pickens, nnd uiiusunl lights displayed.

From various indications nnd circumstances, it was apparent thitl reinforcements were being Inn led and intro- biio oi nui couiu.y ol Jtcniloi-iiin. fc authorized tho positive announcement that Gen. Scott had resigned and tendered his wm, April 22, duccdvinto the Fort. The reiufo-cumout was Jirfjittir. sword to Virginia.

A Osoe Piioun. axd IIonoiibd Namk Stained I'aiikioiual Goiix There can bo iio doubt.butlliiit Vinfiold Scott bus been the life hnd soul of tlio pnbiiietcoimsols, under whoso havo been scorotly projectod iind1 compluted tho mililnry and The requisition upon Alabama for three -V thousand' troops has been completed. It will bo remembered that Gov. Moore-'-has A IjIi whoso Bloekus unpnid within ousiuoss. mr.

wngnorelieerlully nnnounceU to tho crowd what dispatches had been root tho War Department, ns were interesting nnd'public in character. The -news of uho secession of Virginia wns read, together with a dispatch stating that tho bravo Governor of Tennessee wns about to chlhtlie Legislature together, which would iinniedintelyii'all a Convention and" secedo Tennessee -from tho old. Union. The dispatch also stated that Mr. had answered Lincoln's demand for troops; by simply informing' tlio "old Black" that ho couldn't come it on Tcnnossoo.

Tennessee, snid the Govornor, hnd hor thousands of men ready to fight for the South, but not one for Black Republican It was also announced that Gen, Sentt had resigned, he, wo snpposo, not admiring the coercion spirit of "Old Abo.V The forts in. North Cnrolinn had all been taken, nnd tho people, "boiling over" for a Convention, to secede thoin from tho Union. And 1 do turthor specially enjoin on'pll persons holding offices, Civil nnd Militnfy; under tho authority, of iho Confederate States, that they bo vigilant nnd zealous in disohnig-' ing Iho duties incident thereto. And -I do moreover solemnly exhort die good people of tliese Confederate Statos, Us they thoir country, as they prize 'tile blessings of freo government, as they reel tlio'wrongs of tlio past and thoso how threh cned in nggruvnted form, by" those whse enmity, is more implacnblo because unpro-vokod, that thoy themselves in' ipre-; serving in, promoting tho nutliorily and eflicncyiof the laws, und in supporting and invigorating, all the ineasurcs 'which may bo ndoptod far-tho common defence, nnd by which, undi' tho blessings of Divine Providonco, wo may still going on Saturday 'morning when our inforninut left. The guns out at sea w'ero surmised, after tliat discovery, to ho signals frohi.

the ships supposed' to be on their why to Soiithern ports but in dtiringtho night, thoy were not observable, and no signs wore seen of them Saturday morning. -During the dav the Wyandotlo had boon issued a proclamation calling for five thou sand more. naval preparations now nllonl for the snbji -gallon of the South, and the establishment ol nn iron despotism over tlio whole land. A dispatch from Millodgevillo, dated 20th, said three compnnics of Goorgia Volunteers would arrive in Augusta by the Sunday cruising about tlio bay as usual. She went up to Pensacola, nnd was tboro about to take This once favorite son.

of Virginia, whose gallant deeds in honorable fields placed his name high on the roll of fame, is now, in his old tenriug nil tho laurels from his himsolf of 'all the honors morning train, en route to Virginia, j. uiin.y uii.yn.iroin tinio will cause summary procecdings'to bo rcsiirtcil lo. V. 0. SWAKSON.

April 1 18111 It Sce.inndTrens. of if, THE COUNTY. Fimidatk Counr, Si'Ecui. Tkiim, April 11, 1801. JASOK UAHGILL adinhiislrntoi' of thc estnto of Clinrles.Cargjll deceased liaviug died with, out milking any settlement of administrator of snid estnto.

Now conies Eli 'f dwnsend Exeeu-tor vil of Cargill nlrj filed his ao-. count 'iiirreiit, nnd vohoheiH for iLliqnl settlement ilccea'sed on raid estiilc; is that iTio 2nd Mon-dn in JJny 1801 be appnlhleil for 'making--said settlement at whicli tiino nlUiiirtic inlcrcs-led can appear and coiilC8ltliesnnic if they think proper. LEWIS AL.EXANDEH, Aril 10.8t JvJyc of Probate. The Memphis Ohio Railroad has offered on board a poison behoved to bojrom Washington city. Tho citizens detained him and to convoy troops and munitions of war for ho has ever won.

It' he is aruiltv of the hope for a speedy, just and honorablo, pfiioa, hnndod him ovor oGon. Bragg. An examination elicited, nothing in the Confederate States froe of charge Tho iihargo.of-ooinplinlly AdmiiiiBtrn-1 In testimony wliereot, Ih1 crowd cheered and cheered when tho newi wns communicated to them. Three Western Atlantic road has made tho snmo lion in its wnr upon South, his own na- npy illicit unilortnklhff, and he wns released, L. S.

sot my hand, and caused llipj Sent tive land, then will his nnine nnd memory oh eera. tor. Virginia deserve to go down toposlerity on the pages It isstalod thalabout four hundred Penn 1 ot the Conledorato Stales to allixcd, this seveutceth day of April, A. 1801. no went over to Fort Pickens, nnd it is thought now that ho may huvo carried the order throw tho men en tho ships into tho Fort.

Tho reinforcement is supposed to of American history alongside of tjio Cain- Arnolds, and all llio other cousin sylvania troops and Sherman's lintlbry ar rived in-Washington on tho llfth. By the President of the United States. A PROCLAMATION. JEFFERSON DAVIS iious trators against tho liberties and peace Gov, Magoffin has issued his proclamation By tho. President: TooMus, Secretary of Slate.

ho tho mon who hnvo been wailing on shipboard for that purposo for some weeks. There is another supposition of the reason oi ineir country, winch have oeon covered convening the Legislature of Kentucky oh Wiieiieas, Tho laws of the Unito.l Stntes have been for some tinio jiast, and nro Willi irredeemable slinmo. That he is Bleeped in this guilt! tho fol tho 27th. Tho Governor of TennosRHo has lowing oxiiiiotifrom tlio New York Tribune opposed, nnu mo execution thcroof obstruct- of tlio reinfoiccinonts. atfeth'at particular time.

may have oorffliied at Pickens some liitits of an inlopdod. visit of 500, picked called the Legislature of that State together; ot UintbtantogQUier-Jg, in tll0 Snlca of very cionrly indicates THE STATE Off- ALABAMA-MACON rnoiuTE coubt, srEci TKnji April 8,1801. aIUS ilny enmo B. F. Kostqrgnnrdiaii of Kelly minor, his account.

current, aiid vouchers for atinnlsellleiuent of jiis aeeounls as guardian aforesaid whicli wore ordered to ho Hied, and set for seltlemcgt on (lib second Monday in 'next'. is hereby given to all parties interested to be and appear it. ltegiilnr tcrin ofahigijl'i'obnlo Court of said Governor's Proclamation. Exeoutive DkI'AUTMEXT, Montso'nierv, April 10. 1801.

we have lorgotlon tho exact timo they aro Alabama, Florida. Mississippi. Louisiana and "The einiiiont soldier, who has planned to meet, but think it is somotiino this month. Tcxns, by combinations too powerful to bo tho expedition, benefit, of the Klllilirputpi IV llin To Volunteer Companies of the Stateiof complete knowledgo of tho surrouiidings of IV uiuiiiiu uuuinu til jmiiuml proceedings, or by the power vested in tho Alabama Wiieiiuas, The President of the niarsnuis uy law Til second Monday in county to bo held qt Charleston, which may ho obtained at Washington, llu, nodouht, uiidoi'standslhoiough-ly that.ihoro are inlets or wntor passages to tho rear of Sullivan's Morris' and Jnrvis' Is Now, therefore, Abiiihiim Lincoln, fomji of enid 'Court, nnd Inlit and should crate Stnlcs of America, has made a cbijji-tionnl requisition upon Iho Govornor of Iho May next, at the offl bIiow cnusc why snia I resident ot the United Slates, in virtue of not. bo allowed.

the power in mo vested, by tho -Constitution State ot Alabama tor, J'we Thousand lands, through which, at high tido, vessels of liWIS Al.KXANDEll, Jutlyc of Probate. April 10, Til-I-St. unteer troops, -in addition" to tlio Tli Thousand culled for, by. niy.l'roclnuintipnlol ami tho Iiiwb, havo thought lit to call forth, mid horeby do cull forth, the militia of tho several Stalos'of the Union to tho aggregate number of VO.QOO, in onlor to suppress said combinations, nnd to causo tho laws to bo the Olli ot April, instant, lo be armed ubont.flio hour of There can be no doubt that un assault on Fort 'Pickens was Ordered for that night at nboiit tho hour of-midnight. n.isaulling party was composed of Ryu imndred picked men, two hundred and of whom wore picked men from the.

Mississippi Ninth, to t.u led' by C. W. Harris of the Homo Guards; fifty from tho Tenth. Msssissippi, and. tire others from oilier troops nt Pensacola.

All ifecossary preparations word made' at about 11 o'clock. ThoBtormingpnrty were led down to tho Navy Yard, from whence it would probably havo omborkod in boats. Thero aro some other particulars about tho proparalioiix, nsgiven lo us, which we think hud as woll not yet have the publicity of a no wspnper circulation. It is surmised' that Fornoy wns havo boon the loader. Thoro was no thiuht en-tei'taincd of ils success, and if all be true as staled to us, we think Fort Pickens 'would liavo fallen lluit night but for what equipped as far as practicable for immedi; if n.if..i QUI ItU 1 1 I UULIII CU t'T H1U UULIICUUI IIUV A Unitetijforth, It looks at present, says tho Richmond Dispatch, as if tho North would bo united in the present effort to subjugate the Southern Wo have heard much of Northern conservatism; but while wo do hot deny its existOnco, it must bo admitted thnt, of all abstractions, it is tho most impotent nnd tin substantial, having novor boon nblo lo arrest the injustice of its section undor the Union and becoming its supple instrument ns toon as the Union is dissolved.

Upon reading of tlio thousands of men and millions of mopey which the North proposes to raise for the subjugation of llteSpuib, wo Leg to ask why such efTortsand expenditures Now Ai B. Moouis, Governor of said duly executed, Tlio details for this object will bo immediately communicated to tho State authorities through the war Department. 1 appeal to all loyal citizons to favor, fa considerable dralt can pnss, on the one side connecting Cooper, nnd on tho other Ashley River, with iho'open sou; ro that jilthoiigh Major Anderson may command tho harbor, communication between iho batteries of tho rebels and iho cily will not bo cut oil'." Petersburg Express. aa-oott-t'tw 1 A Youthkui. Hmto.

The 'Charleston Courier WiysPaul.lt. Lnlnno, of thnt city, 'n his twelfth year, was in the Slovons' llallery ihroiighout' lho glorious bombardment of the 12lh and 13th, and did gallant sorvico ns youthful moinbor of tho IJlniolto Gunrd. lie fired soventcen sliotB. THE STATE OF ALA HAMA MACON COUNTY. TO CREDITORS: "VTOU nre hereby notified Unit Angus MeBrl Jo, ndminiBtralor' of 'the estate of Sumucl G.

JS. Adnins, iliieciisod, lifts tiled in the office oftho Judge of 1'iolmtn of snid county his rrport nnd statement, setting forth that said enlulo is nnd praying thai tho emtio inny bo co decreed nnd that tho sumo has boon-set for hearing nt said oflico, on tho second Monday in May next. -Given under' my hand, this 28th day of Alnrch, l.tiWIS AI.KXANOEn, April 20, '(l-3t JiKbjf Slnto, in consideration of tho premises, do issue litis my Proclamation, nnd mnlto km ivn to Volnnteer Companies throughout tie Slnto, and lo those who may form th in-solves Into Volunteer Companies, that tleir services will bo accepted, it required, for ho servico of tho Confudornlo States, lo he imitate nnd aid this effort to ninintnin thn honor, llie integrity and tho oxistcnou of our National Union, and tho perpetuity' of popular government, and to redress the wrongc already long enough endured. number of said requisition, for a period of nol'less tliau twolvo inoliths, unless soohor.

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