The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-11-12
,,r.IRs AT THE SOUTH.

AFFAIRS AT THE SOUTH.
,,, Men In Nirginia-s south Carolina to
anmpensate her Aes.S"ea seae'ai oiii-
'''AF secession and Counter Secession
o.,,ng in Geersia-Resisnatiom of Sena-
W. Tnomhs and thcsnu'.
S,.ibern papers bring further "note of
i,,inn " Here in Virginia. at Norfolk.
FIs-,. of a5O Minute Men have been en-
w. 4 company in Princess Anhe county
'o,s,,.d ex.Gov. Wise commander. At
.ie.tcu. ). G, on Friday, two military
,,n,es. one of them an Irish company.
a.5 10 salute the Palmetto flag In
f,,t,n Va, in view Of The alarming con-
L. Of the country, mass meeting has
-, ,..led TO meet on Saturday next. At
s....rah. the Council is about arming and
niv,as ammunition to the volunteer corrs
,,ar. telegram from Knoxville, Tenn.
-, heea received in Charleston, asking "if
I'll Carol.ua will accept volunteer COM
from Tennessee" Al Coluynbia, $. &
In,e,inr of lawyers determined 10 return
<.r,huilh all Northern claims sen. there for
.,sctioa. The following is an extract from
~. nroeeedpgs OF the South Carolina Leg,s-
,,trre on Friday:
The following Message was received from
hit TIcelleucy, the Governor
Exxcrrlvx n rARrxKNr,3
toLUABIA, Nov S 1850 {
s,s:.srztA ~ ffe Senate and HoHse Of Repre-
.t.uC.s la recosrIEiug the pumsrs slie
,arcs cl every ciuxen to tbs State OF south Gao
-, the Fsdsr.l ofhcers m hsr limits may be
-I'sTied 10 peour'agy los,, by the torfolture Of
'5sf ofh,s bonds. If the! should tender their re
,rSgses aud they we're not accepted And IL
-
~ s,;,i }tic sets of her citizens To Involve them
n bssry pecunIary lossss which. 10 some. mar he
,ts rss of iiear entire estates.
voad therefore, respectfully and earnestly
raeenmsad thsj the State saOald indemnify them
il- vasleysr iysses they may sustain hy an act SO
hls1rahe Ia themselves and indicative OF such de-
r5..oa 20 her. NN. b. GIsr.
Pending the consideration of this Message
Senator Darlington offered the following re-
solution:
Etsg,r,4, That i, is the sense OF this General
Assembly tha. the citizens of South Carolina
who have held cIices under the General Gov
eminent, should be Unidentified against any
peeunlaTy liability or loss they may incur in
c5nseQ ueuce Of their resignation of such off,
cs. on sccourt { of the election of the candidate
q! The Presidency Of the Black Republican
parry.
Senator Bryan thought that as this was
rsT matter 10 many Of Them. il had better lie
ever until tomorrow.
There being no objection. the resolution was
ordered 10 lie over among the general orders
.or tomorrow, and be printed.
Lsst winter the Alabama Legislat ature passed
bill authorizing tax of S200G00 TO be raised
70 t7!ray the expense of arming the State, and
giving he Governor power to appoint two
Commissioners from each county, with power
10 dsermine the course which the State should
tsks in the event OF The Lincoln election. The
-s, r4-h n Ia ho
,hl. TAX from the poor and rich alike in that
Sste; and portion of the citizens of Madi-
son county, Ala have assem- bled together aud
soIemnly resolved 10 resist its collec ton
Here are their resolutions:
Rsso!rsd, That we, as freemen, abhor the
Military Law passed by eur Legislature. and
BOW, in this public manner, denounce the law
IS Institutional, and subveTsiye OF our
Liberties rs freemsn.
R.solref, That we will resist this military
,sx by all lawful means, let ii be attempted 10
be enforced in any manner or shape.
bsSo.red That We recon IL mel d 10 all citizens
and irremau OF the State OF Alabama TO do as
ne have done-take q bold and legal stand
against the enforcement Of This military law
R,S0irsd, That when our State requires our
property and lives ia defence of what we NAV
consider her honor and the safety of her ciii-
zens and their property, we Will freely give
bota; but We are not wiling to surrender up
cur property, liberty and lives to an uncon-
s.!tutl-uai and intolerant act Of our Legisla-
iuTe.
Gen Sam Houston, in a speech delivered in
Texas, q few days since, said:
However much he mi I regret the e!ecti
Of Lincoln, still, if constitutionaiiy eec Ell,
he ought 10 and should he inaugurated. Yes
they would have TO walk over his dead body
Il -e va not"
The Governor WAS very severe on Calhoun
@ 4 - tnpw i D..
aHo oilers. he never missed an opportunity
10 gave Il thrust, and heap abuse upon South
Carolina aud her doc tTines.
TIE brig that noisted the Palmetto flag in the
hsI55r Of Charleston this week, was not from
Boston, bat from NeWburyport, Mass and
belongs 10 the Messrs. Gushing, u firm of which
the Hon. Caleb Cushing IS q mem Der.
W. Il. 7. Walker, Brevet Lieutenant in the
|. :. Army, has resigned his commission TO
b 4 cal dldate for Colonel of the Augusta tGa.)
N.laa,eer Battalion.
The bill for calling Convention in South
Carolina on the second Monday in January,
lie members to be elected on the Tuesday pre-
ylons, passed the Senate of that State by vote
Of Il ayes 20 ! negative. the dissenting Sena-
Tor differing only about time. In the House
fssJluti0n 10 send Commissioner 10 Geor-
Sa WAS laid over until Saturday. 1t was at
lacked by It's opponents as disastrous in its
ceays, and the result OF the Commission to
Virginia was cited. a dispatch from Colum-
b!l Friday, says:
Light hundred Minute Men are drilling here
% night. Cheering dispatches from ali parts
oi the South are received, and the services Of
soiunteers prOfered from Georgia, Alabama,
mississippi, Kentucky and Tennessee.
Charlest0n dispatches state that uusucceSs-
iai attempt were made to-day by troops 10 re-
move tue government arms from the arsenal
III ihe city TO Fort Moultrie. There was great
excitement in consequence, the shipping hoist
tas The Palmetto flag, and steamers swiyels
saU ted IT,
Inc Charleston papers of Friday afternoon,
however, say nothing of the "attempt 10 re-
~VFe government arms"