, 1861-02-20

dTe:l enu ten mcu were IN lott, EntnclehG 10
manage The guns. Tie howitzers on the an
len sii,1s 10 the minute, which would do ter
1ible slaughter. That the fort could be taken
in the right way aud the right time. That
lleFlrnti would bc 1nade by the Commissioners
stnt 10 Washington By the Southern Congress,
and on failure Of lis acceptance preparations
for Ill attack would begin. The arrival Of the
Brooklyn with her few men was not q matter
Was tilst licnt. ::Icatncr, In command OF the
Federal tro,rs, would defend the fort. Dur
I'M. A1ajor Chasc's absence, Col Tennent Lo-
max has command at Pensacola.
ARREST or AN ABoLITIoNlsT.
From the n. o. Picayunc, 1s.h.]
Officer Ellis, ei the Fourth District, arrested
last night, 1T the corner Of Washington nnd
Water streets, 4 man named Wm. Doyle, ns
being an AbuIiiiuufsf, dangerous to the com.
nudity, aud using language o. an incendiary
character. Doyle says he il Catholic priest,
froru Indiana, and was e. route for Natc1ito-
chez, en- boari The steamboat Hodges, but the
captain, not relishing his Abolition principles
too freely spoken, would take him no further,
aud put him ashore here. Recorder Adams
will examine his cGe.
CARD.
L.rA.*77c, Ia, Feb. Il, 1861.
We, the undersigned, passengers Oh board
The steamer Gen. Hodgee, in command OF
Capt. ", s S1eadt. certify that q passenger on
board said boat, calling himself Rev. ". Doyle.
destined to Granh i.toEe, L., on Red River,
having publicly expressed amongst US strong
Abolition sentiments, and such terms as to DE-
T.? public oEiciop, saying to us that he had q. !,
sisted rc11oss who were tlAves, and would
assist 1hs IN still, to get 10 C.nada-
Cept. SIende refunded him Ills money, and
put lin ashore at this place, which ne COM
,aend him to the community for doing.
Dr. s. Reynolds, New Orleans; D L Miles,
w. Pomc7oy. Caddo Parish; L. L. McLausin,
ty, Ga; &. William, 6. ". Lampton, New Or
leans; j. II. JoueE, Coushatta; Cyrus B..
Thompson, Sabine parish; ". a. Scan1snd,
Bossicr parish; ]. NJ Easley, Sulphur Springs
Texas; G. W. M1ns, nopklnsyillc, ky.; II. r.
Wellc!ord, Texas.
I, ". s. sleade, Ceptain Of steamer Gen.
Hodges, Go hereby certify that thought It for
Is I believed his litc to be endangered.
". 8. SLEADE,
Master Of steamer Gen. Hodges.
L<lEayftIe, La Feb. IL, 1869.
MISSISSIPPI SENTIMENT.
[FroE THO Natchcz Couriez.1
The FRS Trader Of the 12lh, speaks Of
Natchez as "tlsze Of excitement" and as re-
joicipy over the new reign. Never were Wild
er words spoken, o. more iniudicious para-
graphs sent forth. They were intended not
ior home consumption, but for abroad lnlu-
cncc We owe it 10 the truth, (and We regret
the necessity to do SOY, to deny any such pub
lie sentiment here.
s. far from tic news Of tho appointment Of
A1r. Davis as Provisional President, being, re-
ceiyed will al7c.ity, it was received with re-
gret. Neither In Character nor politics, has
lie any hold upon the confidence Of the people.
HI has at last attained what he has been strug-
Cling for for ten years gast Presidency. We
may admire tho ingenuity with which he has
attained his object, aud yet despise the tricks
'by which lie las cr4w1el to It.
.Thero was no sound OF rejoicing hero at
Natchez, either on account Of the formation Of
such Southern Confcderacy, or the appoint
mcnt Of such rulers. Ths word sprung too
often from one to smother, "Arc We to hare no
showing! Are tue people to hare 10 choice :?
Can Convention alter Constitutions? impose
rate Presidents: Are they oliga.chs, and are
we no;llirg:" And cath citizen had to coz
ftss that there was no reply to thesc Auea-
tions. We live ual:7 IN oiigarchy that has
uuI yet dsrtd to trust tie people with tay as
TO lis consent. Right az the South is upon the
great question q. issue,t.s position has been
Compromised bF tho erents Of the last two
months, Tne cons cns of tue governed Is sn
essential element Of Government. The peo.
pie Of the Southwest might hare voted for all
that las been done, but their consent hns not
get been either asked OF obtained.
LETTER FROM 4 GEORGIA MASUFAc:
TpIGK.
The Pittsburgh chnoasc!e publishes a plain,
sensible letter from an extensive manufacture
CT, for many years. resident Of Georgia, ne
make few extracts:
The idea secms to bs gsncral among the
Northern people, {and the Southerners are
trying to make them believe soy that the elec-
lion Of Lincoln. and thu passage OF the Per.
eoual Liberty Bills, arc tile cause Of this dis.
turbaucc- II Tits wcrcso why did they not
demand the repeal Of tlIcse bitls, that hive 80
suddenly become SO Obnoxious, long ago
With President inclined to Southern We've,
and Southern Cabinet. they ought to have
insisted On their repeal, long since If they are
really 60 obnoxious as they are trying to maGe
tie people believe. Aos ono man IN ten IN
this Stale knew Eac1,- bills were In existence
until lately; one-hrlf Of them do not know
what they mean. The fact IS, the South have
fur yenrs been wanting to form Government
Ct their own, and the election Of Lincoln,
whom the South helped elect by splitting the
Conventions at Charleston aud Ka,ttnoFe, Is
perfect Godscnl to the Dieuniontsts. They
NAulEu 1Sti5NuECli A4%1iaIA~ ELt@AE4t oA4A
| for that reason refused to support Douglas IN
the Conventions. This inoS, as I went t.
Charleston With mnny Of the Georgia and Al
themselves openly to that effect.
After the election Of Lincoln, the people
were disposed to quietly ac9nieece in tie win
Of The majority, and accept lin as their tutu1e
Of ths Disunlopists. Something must be edone
to arouse The public mind. Dispatches from
! Washington FROM AessEa: Cobb, Toom6s anc
+: others came thick aud fast, thst South Carroll
| na,that gallant little STATE, would undoubtedly
! secede, and Georsla's only hope Of existence
! was to follow her example,, the Republican.
! have the power Of the Goverpnent, and Il
would be used to abolish slavery in the Dis
| tziet Of Co1umhia and all the sonthern ssaiei
they must accede at once. The President
. acknowledged the right to, and advised imme
| diate secession; he would not prevent them
! and they must do 80 before the 4th Of March
| Such dispatches as these, and the shipment O
nrms and other war material to the Southern
States vera fnddstffou11Y C1tcp}ateds meet