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Arkansas true Democrat., 1860-08-04

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Arkansas true Democrat., 1860-08-04

{" Not dangerous to the Human Family.n 2 " Rats come out of their holes to die.i'
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-12-28
The National Treasury.


The national treasury is truly in a deptofa-
bly, bankrupt. condition. The Tribune CORES
pondence says: .'is3o 9aoio
Hhe condition of the Treasury is far worse, dp
fhhn is understood by the public, or, disclosed
i'll the weekly statements 1t has not been sow
bad at any time since 1914, when Treasury
notes were sold at % per cent. discount Oyer =
drafts amounting to S250,0OO have been made
on New FORK, and orders have been Dispatch
ed to St. Louis to transfer 100000 sent there..a
to pay army and other demands, to New York
to satisfy these drafts. There are only a fewsA
hundred thousand delldrs id all the Deposito- -
ries. scattered in small sums, and thus render.
ed unavailable at any particular point. The
Mint fund, which is rarely touched for any 9th
er purpose, is exhausted, aud there are war-sW
rants amounting to $2,GOo,OO0 on the Secre-
tary's table which are not signed, becaassaA
they cannot be paid. Mr.. Thomas win take >.
immediate steps to secure the payment Of in
terest on the public debt due on lst of Janu-
ary, if all other demands have to be tempora- "a
rily postponed. 6 ..,s.4fE ..l., -eg, osS7a
Soon after Mr.. Cobb came into Office be re-
deemed the Government notes at a premium Of
6 per cent, to relieve the plethoric T'reasury,R
and the day he went out it was sold at Is per
cent, discount. So much for Democratic abil
ity and ecoomy. a'a
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-12-28

A PRoPER REBUEE FROM THE RIGHT
QUARTER.-Ihe Raleigh North Garolina)
Register of Wednesday last, asks what claim
South Carolina has on the cooperation of
North Carolina, and adds :: 1t is manifest
that in her secession move South Carolina has
taken counsel only of what she deems her in
terests and has not paid any or the slightest
attention to the interests Of other States
She wants free trade and cheap negroes, and
she secedes that she may get them. As far
as North Carolina is concerned, we do not re-
member to have seen her name mentioned in
any of the speeches and proceedings in South
Carolina. 1t is Carolina" and the Cotton
States all the time, and the existence of n orth
Carolina a member of this confederacy has
been ignored by her arrogant and pretentious
neighbor. Why, then, should North Carolina
tie herself to the tail OF this great q nation
of South Carolina, and share the fate which
her enormous follies viii bring on her +? North
Carolina, we apprehend, is not so enanored of
either free trade or cheap negroes as to leave
the Union to get them. Her interests are ex-
actly the other way in every particular and if
the great nation of @ Carolina consalts her
interests, why not her more modest and un-
pretending neighbor consult her interests :"
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-12-28

The extreme sensitiveness of the public
mind at this time is illustrated by the intense
excitement produced at Pittsburgh few days
! since by the discovery that orders had been
sent thither from the War Department for the
| shipment of the heavy ordnance in the arsenal
| at that place to Louisiana and Texas. Ordi-
narily movement Of this kind would have
attracted no attention but when it is noto-
| rious that during the last six months there
| has been constant transfer OF arms and am
/ alunition from the North to the South, where
| it will oe accessible to the dsunionists who
are plotting for4rthe overthrow of the Govern
ment and openly threatening to seize its for
! tifications, custom houses. and other property,
the public suspicion is naturally aroused that
there is connivance at treason in high plnees,
and hence the excitement that exists at Pitts
burgh As the secessionists of Charleston,
who declare themselves to be no longer in the
Union. hold large quantities Of arms and mu-
nitions of war belonging to the Government
e. S authorities but threaten to appropriate
to their own use, the Pittsburghers who are
in the Union and devoted to its preservation,
consider themselves as competent to guard"
such property as the Gharlestonians, and are
opposed to having what is now in their city
transferred to States which according to the
positive declarations Of their political leaders
!, and papers, will in few weeks follow South
Carolina, and like her lay claim to all the
Government property within their limits. The
arms will probably be taken from Pittsburgh
despite the opposition of her citizens-to be
Successful in her opposition she should be sit
uatcd in q cotton State and 4ler citizeEs be
openly engaged in Efforts TO discover the Uni
on.
The following despatch from Washington
gives all the light in reference to the matter
that has emanated from that quarter:
47 WASHINGTON, Dee. 26.-The War Depart
ment can take no action in reference TO the
recent movements at Pitsburg, until official
informa ion shall be received from the officer
in charge of the Allegheny Arsenal. The Or
der for the removal of the guns was recently,
issued and directed them to be at Ship Island
and Galveston, by the time the defensive
works at those points, though unfinished, may
be ready to receive Them. Appropriations for
the purchase of the cannon was long since
made for the places above stated, and the or
der for their removal thilher were in accord
ance with the law and regulation, without any
reference whatever to political occurrences.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-12-28
A Sensible Proceeding.

The State of North Carolina, while neglec-
ting nothing which she may deem essential to
the protection of Southern rights is resolved
not to enter upon the grave business of dis
solving the Union with indecent haste, nor
to permit hot-headed minority plunge the
State into secession. A joint Committee Of
the Legslatuse has recommended that State
Convention be held on the 18th of February
and bill has also been introduced provid-
ing that
No ordinance Of said Convention, dissolv-
ing the connection of the State of North
Carolina with the Federal Government, or
connecting it with any oyher, shall have any
force or validity until it shaH hare been sub
mdted to, and ratified by, a majorhy Of the
qualified votcrs Of the State for members of
the General Assembly, to whom it shall be
submitted for their approval or rejection.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-12-28
J Exciterant in pittshnrea

PirrsBURG, Dec % 24AIntcnsc excitement
prevailed to-day in consequence of It's being
made public that U. S. Quarter-nlastcr, Talia-
fcT+ro was negotiating for the shipment from
Allegheny arsenal of seventy y-eight guns to
Newport, near Galveston Island, Texas, and
forty-six guns to Ship Island, near Balize, at
the month of the Mississippi; the apparent
object being to strip Allegheny arsenal Of its
guns, aud place them where secessionists rs could
get them,
Major symington, in command of the Arse
nal, declines giving the press any information
on the subject.
1t seems that the forts referred to are new
forts, never. yet mounted, and these guns are
designed for their armament. The guns are
ien-inch Columbiads.
GOV. .Morehead, onr member OF Congress,
Immediately telcgraphed to Mr.. Stanton, the
chairman of the Committee ON Military Affairs,
for Information.
Leading Democrats telegraphed to Wash
ington to have the orders countermanded say
ing the people would not ALLOW the guns to be
removed.
A call is in circulation, addressed to the
Mayer, 70 convene a meeting of the citizens to
take action in the matter. -
The meeting will be held at Duquesne De.
pot, on Wednes sday. 49,. -...........t .....,.
$ The-ca!I is signed by men.of all Rartiessand
tile feeling against allowing a single gun.te be
removed South is almost unanimous. sl
A report prevails that mtlskets. Shells ball
and cavalry ACCOMPLISHMENTS to considerable
amount have already been shipped. @
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-12-28


Nh. THoMsoN:- Though my name was not
used directly in your last paper, yet when rel
eretces are direct and personal, | hope it viii
not be considered improperfo for me to state, that
the unciFil insinuations concerning the COM
municator of Light, More Light, are wholly
groundless. If may be permitted to express my
own private convictions in the ease that per-
son does not belong to Delaware, is at this time
many mile from the place, and perhaps may
never see either of the articles .-
As to the Literary Performance which W.
and his colleagues so bitterly condemn, am
sorry if it Was not acceptable to all, and would
huinbiy ask pardon of my Clionion friends
and the audience
Mr.. Ed, will not set myself up as judge
or a critic but in all sincerity it does seem to
me that the use of personalities, without provo
cation, in connection with such contemptble.
angry seurility WAS GoMMUNIGATED in your
last paper, is beneath the dignity of any true
lady or gentleman
Delaware, O., Dec q, go T. G. w
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-12-28

l. was once regarded as akin to treason to
whisper disunion, but at present in some of
the Southern States and with some people in
the North even it is treason to avow featy to
the Union and the Constitution. Gov Hous-
ton, of Texas, has avowed himself friend of
the Union and refused to aid in the attempt to
destroy it, and for so doing he is publicly de-
nounced in the Z. S. Senate, by Senator Iver-
son. of Georgia, us +" a hoary headed traitor, u
and the hope expressed that some Texan Bru-
tus may be found to assassinate him. Hon.
ANDREW JOHNSON, a Democratic u S. Sena-
tor from Tennessee, makes an able and patri-
otic speech in the Senate, taking the ground
of jackson, Clay and Cass, that secession is
revolution, and should be put down by the
General Government and in consequence
theieof he is denounced as a traitor by the Sc
cessionists, burnt in e(ligy in Southern Tennes-
see and his effort thus noticed by the Memphis
Avalanch, secession paper published in his
own State:
AS soon as we can recover from the sur
prise with which the treason has struck u.s. we
will lash him into ignominy for his snake-like
treachery."
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-12-28
what ThurIow Weed Thinks Of NEr.
F,inca1n.

ALBANY, N Y. Dec 24.-Thuriow Weed,
in an article iu to-nights Journal, alludes to
his recent visit to Springfield in the follow
ing terms:
''Since the newspapers have made our re-
cent visit to Springfield the occasion of re-
mark, it may be not improper to say that an
in tcrview with Mr.. Lincoln has confirmed and
strengthened our confidence in his fitness for
the high position he is to occupy of his en-
inent qualification for the great trust reposed
in him; of his enightenedaprreciation of the
difficulties and dangers that surround us; of
his desire that the Free States, if anything
delinquent. should fulfill their Constitutional
duties of his determination to require from
all the States an enforcement of the laws and
obedience to the Constitution and, flltally of
his earnest and intexibie devotion to the prin-
cipies and sympathies Of the Req uolicuns.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-12-28
The chef TroubIe.

The Albany Evening journal, in the fol-
lowing, paragraphs, correctly designates the
chief OF our present "troublys."
Papics ordinarily, not always, result from a
want Of confidence. The present panic has
this paternity, But it is not frohsNrn want OF
confidence in the material resources of tie
country-7which were never so abundant; but
from want of confidence in the patriotism
and stamina of the Administration. The peo-
pie have no faith in Buchanan or his advisers.
They deem him wholly inadequate to the exi-
genci.s of the hour, not only beeause of his
imbecilly, but because of his criminal sympa-
thy and affiliation with those who, by moving
for the dissolution of the Jnion disturb the
commercial equanimityof the country.
With an ~0ld Hickory in the Executive
Chair, there would be no panic j; because with
such man to hold traitors to their al cgiance
and States to their place IN the Union, there
would be no fear of xiolent severance of the
bonds which bind the Copiederacy together,
nor ofamembargo upon the open channels Of
trade and commerce.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-12-28

HENRY WARD BEEcHER opened the services
at his church, Sunday morning, by reading the
Parable of the Prodigal Son. The New York
Times says:
Much can be conveyed by Mr.. Beecher
through the media of gesture, infection or
manner, without the utterance of single pecu-
liar sentence. This was clearly observable to
his intelligent audience, who did not fail to ap-
ply the parable of the runaway son 10 the re-
cent action of South Carolina and when Mr.
Beecher, looking mp with a comcal glance,
said; so you see this began in arrogance and
ended in u pig-sty,'' sensation most remarka-
BILE and noteworthy passed through the whole
of the vast assembly. a..
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-12-28

PLANTERS HoLDINe CoTToN.-New Orleans
advices of the 9Th states that it is now ascer
tanned that the planters have resolved to hold
on to their cotton, and the sudden falling off
in the receipts at the pcrts, amounting to
nearly one-half is ample confirmation of the
fact. The reason assigned by the planters
for their course is the severe depression that
exists in the Atlantic and Gulf markets, and
the suspension of the banks of Georgia, South
Carolina and other States, through which their
exchanges are done. It is thought that this
action of the planters viii have a ter dency to
arrest any further downward movement of the
staple The decline already submitted to on
the balance Of the crop, estimating the whole
crop ut 100000 bales, amounts in round fie-
ures to about fifteen millions Of dollars
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-12-28
Speeiat Aotiees.

HoLBowAYs PMS AND OINTMENT - Health
and Happiness How few people ever consider
the close alliance existing between these two
tact and knowledge in the ordinary routine of n
business. betray the most lamentable deficiency
in this respect they are lavish of gold in the
preservation of their property by an annual
expendi ture of thousands of dollars in insuran=
reckless hardihooi with regard to health, and
fail to eVince solitary thought on the direfuh
ravages which the ceaseless drudgery Of busi-
ness has upon the brain and the constitutloDsII n
A few dollars invested in these medicines would
secure them policy of assurance against ds--a
ease, and create happiness and buoyaney of
spirits which the wealth of Golconda 0ouldlh
never realize. -rf tlt.f-fN fo q .is,ri= ~
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-12-28
SOUTH CAROLINA.

The Ordinance of Secession passed by the
South Carolina Convention on Thursday of
last eek. is as fellows:
sNye thes pecple ofsSoufh Carolina. in Con
vention assemb cd, do declare AMI ordain that
the ordinance adopted by US in Convention, on
the 23d of May. IT'S. whereby the constliu-
ton of the United States was ratified, and all
acts and parts Of acts of the General Assembly
Of this State, ratifying amendments to said
Constellation, are hereby repealed, and the
Union now stbsisting between South Carolina
and other States under the name of the United
States of America. is hereby dissolved"
a considerable portion of the proceedings
of the CONNECTION, since the passage of the
Ordinance. have been in secret secession, and
consequently their purport unknown to the
public It is surnIiscd on pretty reliable au-
thority, however that affairs pertaining to the
revenue, the mail service, the Notifications &c
were the subjects passed upon.
The proceedings in open session have con-
sisted TO great extent of debate upon resou-
lions and other propositions introduced, which
in tue end were generally referred TO some one
of the committees previously appointed. An
address to the other slave States, setting forth
their reasons for seceding has been adopted,
and Commissioners have been appointed to
|. visit those States and make an effort TO induce
them to. follow the example of South Carolina.
! A Commission consisting of Messrs Orr
Barnwell and Adams, has also been appointed
TO visit Washington for the purpose of treating
with the Z. S. government for the surrender
of the forts and other public property within
her limits. And one of the last acts of which
we are advised was the passage of an order,
after debate and considerable opposition by
which they condescended to consent to official
ly inform the norEslaveholding States OF the
withdrawal of South Carolina from the Union.
( As the delivery of the mails is very expen-
sive operation to the government, and for their
exclusive benefit, they have concluded to per
nit that service to proceed as usual for the
present and they also permit the customs
TO be collected as heretofore, but have frequent
4 secret conferences with the Collector and are
discussing the propriety of appropriating the
funds thus collected to their own use During
debate in the Convention on the 24th
:; Messrs Rhett, Spratt. and others, argued that
the fugitive slave law is unconstitutional.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-12-28
POPULATION AID FRAUD AT wAsH1EGToN.

In addition TO the excitement at ashlng-
ton consequent upon the critical condition OF
tic country, the discovery of peculation to the
extent of some $870,O00 in the Department
of the Interior, and the prevalence Of rumors
supposed to be well founded Of a dcfalcation
in the Treasury Department to the extent OF
three millions, have intensified the public agi-
tation and greatly increased the prevalent
gloom in the city. The affair in the Interior
Department consists Of abstracting State
Bonds belonging to the Indian fund, by a
prominent officer of the Department named
Baiig, South Carolinian by birth, an int-
mate friend of the Secretary, and like him an
open and avowed disunionist. The bonds
were hypothccatcd in New York to raise
money upon, and several other parties are i'm
plicated in the affair. It was discovered thro'
the confession of Bailey while Secretary
Thompson was absent in North Carolina on
his disunion mission as Commissioner of the
State Of Mississippi. a-
The alleged Treasury defalcat ion has not as
sumed a definite shape as yet, though Secreta-
ry Thomas has called for u committee 10 in
vestigate ithe matter. 1t is reported that du-
ring Cobb's administration the funds were in
some way distracted and went South to aid
in the work of secession.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-12-28

= C4No SECESSION BE PEAcEABI.E ?-Thcra
GAseffsw presses (which, like the New Y orll
edfibune. contend that secession can be effect
ed peaeeably:s the general tone of The
press is the other way. The New York
g:Rimesi says i-ot
sE-One thing must be borne in mind-we are
ToplS at the ihreshiiold Of the great traDsac-
-stians of the immediate future. Il is not in
the power of this administration, nor of this
saCosgress- perhaps not OF this generation
ITO close the volume which Secession opens
s'1lhose raen have read history to little pur-
''pose, and are profoundly ignorant Of the spir-
SIT and temper of the American people, who
look for peaceful separation from this Un-
9iosi apd he harmonious career Of the North
Saertrand Southern Colfedcracies which are to
sssdaesits place. If we have Disunion, we shall
lave Mr. Buchanan is encouraging the
one it is not in his power to prevent the
other"
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-12-28
.... =asr From the Cincinnati Gazette
The Charleston Forts--A Reliable

me foio"ing letter IS rom source that
entities ITS statements TO implicit credit, and
affords information III regard to the character
and condition OF the Government fortlhcatlons
III Charleston hafoor HOT oeioFe made public =:
WASHINGTON, Dec. %, 1860.
AS much anxiety is felt by the public in re-
ation to the defences and public property in
Charleston harbor, propose to give you a
statement that may be relied upon as unoues-
tionab'y correct.
Forts Moultrie and Sumpter are situated on
opposite s;tiss Of the entrance to Charleston
hArbor. and completely cover and command it.
Fort Mouitr;c Is on or aliicent the land, and
dwelling houses and other buildings are erect
ed close up 10 the walls of the fo:t. 1t covers
so large a surface that it coprot hp successful
" d4fended at all points by u garrison of less
Than three hundred men. H
The present force in command of the place
consists of two cor, ,napies Of infantry which
have not been r.cr,,ited for three years and
have been rc ..uccd by death and expiration OF
terms of service, TO sixty-thrce men besides
the h;.el. who are not armed They are mn.
der the commend of Major Andersen :, ,,,l
lant and Ioval officer. who will doub,,e.s m,ko
! the best defence of which the place is capable
The adjacent buildings will furnish conceal
ment aud protection for All attacking force IN
| Ill they arrive at the walls of the fort.
Experienced military men, well acquainted
with the position, say that a force of Two hun
dred and fifty men, by an attack, sklifuiiy
! planned and executed, can take the place with
The present garrison.
Bu, this is not the worst view of the case
! Fort Sumpter is built in the water one thou
| sand wards from the land II can only he nj
| tackled. therefore. from water craft. II is iust
! finished. and is one of the strongest works in
tyhristeml0m mounted with thirtytwo pDnud
cannon. and suppljed with one hundred roun,l.
! of ammunition fnr each gun. Il is covered
bomb proof. and can oniy b. entered nv the
embraslres. which an attacking force must
crawl through, one man at IA time, and hence
two men at one of these could defend il against
! Ave hundred,
| With a garrison of one hundred and 6ftv
men, it could oD!y be successfully attacked by
t siege batteries and heavy ordnance and tbon
| ,nnId Withstand a sia,e of weeks mr. ndrh,ns
months.
The guns of this fort command Fort Moul
trie, and could reduce it to heap Of ruins in
tventy-Fuur hours. And. vel. in this mace
there is not a single bsyonet or a siurlr SOL
der. -....'.-..'f ..s.
1t is in the cost ody of an engineer, with a
few laborers. who have been engaged in ,noun
ting the artillery.
Tweniy-li men can take Fort Sunpter,
turn liz batteries upon Fort -MouItrie, and
drive out the garrison without the loss of a
single man on The part of the attacking force
The Charleston Arsenal consaius fifteen
THOUSAND oil .nlskets that have been riaed
and pro,ilAl with pre- :ass.on locks, and two
Thousand rid,,s.
This has been surrendered to the State an