The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1860-11-28
Notes from Private Letters.


Carey ". STYLES, Who figured larsc.v a the
rescue OF Capt. Farnh4m. made telling speech. /
He told US be had hundred men down in the 4
wire-grass country, ready az a minutes notice 10
sustain Savannah in any action she might take. I
Among them were Eve ministers Of tie Gospel /
who were enlisiiHg in the cause. There Is much
room toF conjecture as 10 the tuga a..aiis VII!
take. More depends, perhaps. "a tie position
Stephens and johnson may take !. t',y or
pose the movement, there viii be -eve.c s.-ug-
gle, and they may carry the day, bar n they
come out Ia iavor 81 secession. no earthly power
can successfully resist t."
prominent LAWYER in Vicllsburg Miss,
writes to hi co7resro- dent IN TINS city GS fol
lows:
THE result Of the Presidential Election IS
producing great excitement here. Our leading
political are making great noise, and advo-
cate immediate secession from the Federal I'm
ion: but the great body OF the people more
calm and consiieraie / mink, viii ponder long
and seriously before cousentins u break uP the
Government simply because Line H. has been
constitutional elected President. may ne too
sanguinc. being mys u strong Union man, but
| am glad % be able tn say that these who ! Is
teen our wisyst and b. citizens are ready 10
oppose any action on behalf of our STATE tending
TO dissolve a cont,defacy SO happily and wisely
| formed bs our tlthers.
| \ banker IN Vickshu'- writes follows
| "There is considerable excitement TO-DAY. Is
we fear Lucoln Is elected; and have Just learn
ed from jackson that Ghulson and Griffith. Uni.
ted States Judge and Marshal are TO resign TO-
morrow, hut We suppose there VII bee found
enough Democratic patriots 70 ho'l these Offices
and all others in the STATE, either under Ruchan-
an or Lincoln. The Governor vill convene the
Legislature. and SIC shal have a winter OF excite
mcnt; but, fortunately, Mississippi is nc, in the
breeches' pockets OF politicians, and when the
people are called upoa 20 act, they VII pat thgiF
veto on secession and Gi-unioa'
Extract of a letter dated lie l0th inst, ircm
a very highly respec,abl, a4i reasonable Ecr-
chant in the interior Of Georgia 10 I,Cui ia ST.
Louis:
"Some Of our people axe making great cl0lts
to kick up fuss, but il viii ell blow over ~ 4
short time. Some Of our heading politicians
die hard, AND lis nothing more thau ! expected
they woad 10. Ny motto is, stand by the Con-
stitutou and have our rights. What good can
We Go by going ont? IL Gees uot suit ME o. %
cut, and | avn not going Some of our people
who have nothing, and do Tot want 10 pas their
debts, are willing 10 10 anything, 70 keep up a
fuss generally, thereby getting ria ot what they
| Justly owe 10 the North ard West. but vi'' NOT
do. / have brought lmy sales down to cash ou
delivery | vii. not trust one OF them ont OF
sight. | have understood that some Of YOUR
banks have taken fright. don't blame them 80
all # there are auy bills going back unpaid, 10
was prcmeGi'atcd when thcF got ,hc goods, for
there is no occasion for II. .otton brings a good
price, and they eau pay If they want Co."
The BAN, Of New York has received letter,
of which the following is am extract iTon one oi
its correspondents I'm the interior Of the state Of
South Carolina:
| 81 deem it duty Unanimously approve! of
! by the Board of Directors o. this Baakl TO SAY
10 you thar under any emergency that may arisc,
| this Bank viii not cOuutenauce the reputation
Of or rciu u TO pay any note, dri. or biz sent
here to~ collection BY amy Northern Bank er mere
chant, but win disc0unt.nance ,veIy Iatuat'm
Of the kind and force. u the !ull extent o' The
J. ", the protection of their comucrcil rights
| against our OWE citizens slO may be ldcht d 10
them w have understood that the lawyers
are, in many towns, refusing - cgUec, Northern
paper, and that more merchants have resolved %
repudate their obligations / can safely say We
have no hypocrtical barkrupts with Us; and
know the judiciary OF South Carolina viii raise
their strong arm acan-, IT, ID Las been iatima-
ted that the banks should also refuse 20 callect
! Northern bills or notes due by Southern mcr-
chants | DO nos entertain the opinion chat they
can be- made to favor such d'shonorable pro-
ceedng. This bank never wiL'
An eminent Washington banker writes to a
friend in New York that
"Many of his clients have sold cut their yai
Gus kinds Of stock az depreciation, and are
now waiting TO buy in again al lower rate. -
He himself Is anxious 10 know of his friend In
this city, who Is prominent Republican, 'wle,h-
eT, in his Judgment, the Secession panic has yet
touched bottom as he Che banker is anxious
20 buy largely for his Georgian and other Gus
! TONERS, but does not--as i-guitr IaturJi--dcsre
to do so until prices shall have sunk 10 their
lowe quotations The bankers letter further
said that the Cotton States, with ihc exception
of South Carolina, GouIl be mainly governed
| in their action by the course OF Grorg.a'-aiaars
provided that attempts should b. made fu4i
any quarter To coerce the Sccess ioas.s uDy Iula-
! ing fuss in the Palmetto commonwealth. Let
! the fire burn itself out, is the substantial and
common-sense advice given by one cf tie MASTER
minds of Southern Finance. Mississippi WI .
! not Join South Carolina unless Georgia advances
/ pGFi gaSSrs and the pubic opinion &C GeHr-il
! is Is conservative 80 thar Of fio Empire NU-
! Alabama, Louis4ua, and Florida aave their flr-
tunes commercially and geographically bound up
with those at Mississippi, SO that, as Mississippi
| acts IN concert with Georgia, which is bitterly
opposed 20 Secession, South Carolina viii have
10 take the initiative Of D-auion, aud maintain
! herself ia tFa, position atone. ~ Yort
| Iiijsuc.