The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-11-13
Altlmun1 Qispatcb.
TUESDAY MORNING, NOV l.. ,sfo
AFFAIRS AT THE SOUTH.
The fiaSs--The Bill for Arming sau,h
enfoiinu-fesliGsi in Alabama So


A"e fiaSs--fhe Bill for Armins South
eafSiina~Feeling in Alabama. SO.
Chsrisston is gay with State Rights flags
noating from public and private buIldings.-
AL the theatre the Palmetto has been substi.
'uted for the national flag, and, in some
cases, nag with two stars, representing
Georgia and South Carolina, has beer hoisted.
dispatch from Judge Perryman, OF Alabama,
to the Governor of that State, places 1.-TWO
sons and $4,000 worth OF railroad stock" at
MS service. At the public meeting ia Savan-
nah, Ga. Friday night the resolutions tal.
ready published) declaring that Lincoln's cleo =
tion should not be su ubmitted to, were adopted,
the people rising and cheering and the follow
ing was also carried without a dissenting
voice:
Resoteed, That our thanks are due, and are
hereo. rendered, to those noble men of the North
Nho attempted at the ballot-hox to roll back tine
black tide of fanstosm. They failed but we shall
ever recognize them as brothers, and shall xpeot
begun.
The Savannah Republican, noticing the
meeting, saye:
Three thousand people turned out to enter
their solemn protest against the election of q
sectional Black Repub blican Executive over
the American people The movement com
menced early in the afternoon, when the Colo.
NAL hsg was raised on the base of the Greene
monument, In johnson square, amidst the
piaudits of the multitude, W no Were addressed
by number of speakers. On either side of
the flag, which was in the form of a trans par
ency, were branches Of palmetto. The device
was rattlesnake in striking attitude the
inscription above, Southern Rights and the
Equality of the States - below, Don't Tread
on me.'
In the Hall, the people collected in such
Eum bers that the meeting was opened nearly
a n = a. ha i'm O ID
The President of The meeting was q Union
Democrat, who had been the leader of that
wing OF the party for many years past. The
D. eakerS were both old line w higs who were
never connected with the Democratic party.
| though Mr.. Barlow voted with the Breckin-
ridge wing in the late election. The meeting
was opened in most solemn form by prayer
from the Rev. DIR. Axson, OF the independent
Presby terian Church, upon the announcemen n t
| of which the whole assemblage rose to their
feet with one accord, and perfect silence pre-
vailed from its beginning to its close. After
the meeting adjourned, large procession, ac-
companied by a band Of music, paraded the
streets almost the entire night, and serendded
4 number OF citizens.
Gov. Brown, of Georgia has authorized G.
| A. L. Lamar to raise and equip 100 mounted
| men, ready Il meet any cali from the South"
THE SOUTH CAROLINA Army BILL.
The following is the Bill reported by the
Committee on Military of the South Carolina
Legislature:
Ssc.l. Bstt enacted BY The S,nate ard House 6f
| Rsprssensdttrts nouc MT and sitting IN General
6d:stn5.y d.. ard 'y ne Ga;hor,ty g ths ;daf, That
authonzed and required TO Issue. in the name OF
the Ssate, Bonds % or Stock to be eounteIsisned
four hundred Thousand dollars, bearing interest
81 r., per % hs s p
able hereat; that is 10 ssy, two hundred thousand
dollars on the first day of January. which will be
IN the year OF our Lord one thousand eight hun
dred and seventy one, and TWO hundred thousand
dollars the first day OF January, which will be
| IN the year OF our Lord one thousand eight hun
dred and seventy SIX.
| SIC. 2 That the fai h of the State is hereby
pledged for the punctuat payment OF the interest
| on said Bonds or stocks. and for the redemption
of the principal OF the same when 1t shall become
due.
| sEC.3. That all money arising from the sale of
SAID onds or STOCK shall be pa9ed IN the lea
| SIC. 4. That the Bank of the State Of South
for the sale sa Bo. 's Or seo 81 and
| authonze ed to sell the same at the market value {;
and the said Bank shall furnish the means to the
Ordnance Otfcer to make suoh purchases az may
be directed by the Board Of Ordnance ereinaiter
6s o ie1 m In Sb the ssd Benfs
in the Treasury, subject TO the draft of the Ord
| by estsbshed. 10 consist Of the Governor of the
| State, the Adjutant and Inspector GENERAL, aad
three other persons to pe appointed bT the Gov
ernor, aad that the Governor be e1 -aDFciO Presi
| dent of said Board And it shal! be the duty Of
| ordosuoe. ammunition. small arms, ordnance
stores. gun carrlases and other equipments shot,
pu pose they shall have power cali upon all Of
| hcers of the stats, who have such matters N
| of saoh articles; and the faId Board shall have
| access to the argen8ls, magazines and other de-
pots OF the State at such times as they shall dee
| SEc. 6 That the said Board shall take the pro-
per means ior the preservation o: the articles be-
fore nam ed ard for the storage and other disposal
Of them and shall disburse the fund raised By the
| sae of the Bonds and stocks issued as herein be-
| fore provided for, IN the purchase of such I'M
proved hre arms. ordinances and other munitions OF
| war, may be deemed eIpedent by them, and
the said purchases shall be under the direction and
| control Of the said Board
| Sac 7. That the said Board shall be authori zed
| TO engage fit and competent Ordnance officer,
| who shall open an Ordnance Bureau, inspect all
| arms and ordnance purchased by the direction of
| tae Board, organize an Ordnance Department, and
| perform ali such other duties may be designated
by the said ooard, and the said officer shall have
| the rank of Colonel of artillery with a salary OF
| three thousand dollars per annum.
| SEC. 8. That the said Board shall make to the
Legislature OF each session report of their pro-
| ssedings, IN either public or private communi
| cation, rs may seem to them most expedIent for
the public service
SEC g. That the said Board be and are hereby
| authorized TO employ scientific and competent
| Military Engineer " no shall, as soon as poss' bic,
make an examination OF the Coast OF LAls State.
with a view 10 the defence OF the same, and make
| report, or reports, to the said Board as to the
points Whlch nsel defence, with pidhs lot the
same.
| To carry out this bill, the Committee on
| Military report in favor Of an appropriation
| Of SiOOOO0
| In Florida, a public meeting was held at
| Fernandina, on the 5th inst, at which reso-
lutions were adopted calling on the Legisla-
| ture to call State Convention. The follow
| ing resolutions were also adopted:
| Whs,eas, We are advised of the certainty Of the
| election of Abraham Lincoln as President Of the
United States. and Hannibal Hamlln, Vice PresI-
m,
the Constitution OF the United states and 6erosa-
tory TO the rights and interests of the Sohthern
ksso!red, That reg ard such election a vir-
| tual dissolution of the UElon under the present
Resotrsd. That we have heard with great salts
faction tue resig nation OF the Hon A u. Msgrath'
United States District Judge tor the state of Souta
6striot aa Astorney. tor % and feel assured hat similar
and Distr'ct Attorneys IN Florida.
Rssoirea That the assurance Of the Ron:W
and NJ. Jacobs. Tsq., surveyor, that they viii
not kold office under a Black Republican Admin
stration, has been received with great satisiac-
ton.
Rsso!red, That the determination of our Col
lector and Deputy Collector to pursue similar
course meets with the hearty approval OF this
meeting.
The Southern Press contains appeals on
both sides of the disunion question. The
Southern Confederacy, of Atlanta, GA, says:
We ask the people of Georgia to be not en-
shared or entrapped by the disunion party
Listen not TO the mad rantings of Toombs, or
the deceitful sophistries of Cobb. But let the
councils of Stephens, of johnson, of Lump
kin. of Jenkins, and OF Warner, be heard. II
Georgia. in her sovereign capacity, declares
for secession upon the election Of Lincoln, be
IL so we are ready to follow her mandates,
and defend her from federal coercion or aboli-
ton aggression. Bat we counsel the people
against rashuess. or a commitment TO any act
until the State, in her reserved sovereignty,
shali decide pon the momen tous question