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The Secession Flag.

The Secession Flag raised on Friday after
noon, Was. 10 the great delight Of tho Con
Errvative. Union Sta to- acknowledgements
Wait-a Little and Something Win Turn T. y
fraternity. blown down by the gale on Satur-
day morning. They regard il as ominous, and
look upon il as indication that Providence
disapproves Secession.
We have lately heard good deal OF signs.
Viewed in a comnon-seDse light, we should
regard the falling Of the pole as a sign that
the pole WAS not strong enough for such a
wind. But II omens are TO be the rule, wha t
was it Il sign of when the United States flag
raised on the Federal Capitol ut the Inaugu-
ration of LINCOLN, was blown into two dis
tinct sec tons. and had to be lowered and an
other flag substituted in its place We con
cede, however, that this blowing down of the
Secession pole in the ''Creek Nation" was the
most significant event Of the kind, and III"
most easily inirrprete we have over known.
The flag was raised on Union pole, and. a
matter of course, the first gale from South
Carolina blew il TO fragments, teaching plain
~ enough that any attempt 10 combine State
Rights and the Union can never stand. This
circumstance only dernonstrat ties the truth oil
Scripture. that if you put new cloth into
old garments the rent will be made worse
and If You put new wine into old bottles the
bottles will burst.
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The I.eotalafurr.

The report on the subject OF the boundary
line between Maryland and Virginia was read
In the Senate on Saturday and ordered 10 he
printed. Bills were reported for incorporst
ing the Central Savings Bank OF Richmond.
and for amending the 9th section OF the law
for The relief of the Banks. Resolutions wer,
adopted calling for a report on the expedienc,
Of asny law, and for meeting hereafte at 10
o'clock A. NJ. each morning Tue bin increas-
ing he capital stock OF the York River Rail
roSd was laid on the table. The treasury no t.
bill WAS discussed.
The House adopted resolution calling for
Information on the subject Of the Ar,nory and
the proceedings of the Commissioners relative
Ia IN. purchase OF arms. &C; also. one to pro-
coed to the election Of Gsnera;s OF Militia on
the 18th inst. A substitute was offered for
the Covirgton aud Ohio Railroad bill, which
empowers the Board OF Public Works TO in e
cr~aae the price OF work done by contractors
10 per cent. Laid on the table. The tax bill
WAS amended ard ordered 10 its engross nlent
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The People Of South Carolinn.

Our Charleston correspondent justly OBJ
serves that there seems TO be very erroneous
impression OF the Carolina character in some
portions of Virginia. especially among those
who imagine that she will ever listen 10
proposition for return TO the Confederacy.
We have done our best to remove these misap
prehensions, but ii must he left 10 events 10
perform that good work efectually. Some of
these delusions ought 10 be dis PEELED by this
time. They were pronounced 4 gasconadiug
race, who would talk but not act and who
would threa ten and then back out. a com
mentary upon this assertion it is only neces
sary 10 bear In mind tina from the beginning
to the end of the Carolina proceedings, there
have not been as many speeches, nor as much
rhetorical flourish, as in the Virginia Conyen-
ton. which has sat twenty-five days and done
nothing. Instead Of talking, which their enc
mics say ID their only forte, they have gone TO
work in the most industrious and practical
manner, and built Notifications about Charles
ton which Senator DoUGLAs says can resist
enecfually an army OF ten thousand men and
the whole Navy of the United States. They
have Inaugural ted a Southern ContedrIacy,
which is now about to be acknowledged by
all the nations Of the world and which en-
braeing within its limits the staples upon
which all Europe is dc pendent. will soon be-
come richer than Tyre of old with the COM
nercial spoils OF the universe. This is what
South Carolina has done since the 4th of Ia. |
November, and we should like to know what
other State in the Union has done more The
truth is, instead of being a hot headed, i'm
pulSiHe people, As is generally supposed, the
South Carolinians are among the most saga
cious and practical Of mankind, 4 people Of
great self denial and self control, grave and
decorous in their courtesies as the granGees of
old Spain, and as fierce and invincibte in war
as the Zouaves of that France whose blood
flows freely in their veins. What city in the
United States can boast parallel To the fac,
noticed in our Charleston correspondents
letter, that there have been but two Posnnas-
ter and four Collectors in Charleston since
the foundation Of the Government, Does
this show a ravenous appetite for Office -
What State can raise a volunteer corps for
actual service in which the proudest gentle
men Of the land shall be as eager TO fill the
ranks US in other regions they are to wear the
epauiettesf
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Fort Suuter.

If II be true that Fort Sumter cannot be
taken, even with It's present small garrison,
except at a n enormous expense of human life,
and II II be also true that IL can be readily
starved out, we can scarcely suppose II posi-
BILE that an assault upon ii is meditated. We
have heard that Major AspERsos has not sup
plies on hand for more than thirty days. If
that be true, IL 10 not better 10 wait thirty, or
sixty, or ninety days, than TO waste so many
valuable lives upon an object which can be
attained simply by cutting off his supplies !,
Cool Generals make il a poin, to accom- plish
the greatest results with the smallest posi-.
BILE expenditure of life, and, we take it for
granted, that the brilliant and experienced Of
ficer Ia command Of the Confederate troops at
Charleston will mot depart from that princi-
Mia
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Reclamation of Officers.

The large number of officers who have re-
Signed in both Army and Navy is ono of the
most striking evidences of the hopeless dsso-
luton Of the Government we have yet seen.
These two branches of the American serN ice
have been always composed of the elite of
American society, and have been remarkable
for their intense devotion to the Union. De-
pendent, most of them are, on their pay for
the support OF their families, il can scarcely
be supposed that they would resign their IL =
come, and expose themselves and their fam-
lies 10 des titution--with the certainty Of never
being restored 10 the places they have given
up--except upon grounds which would JUS
tify them in every point OF view, In truth, the
the spectres that ever rove at midnight
through Innatic asylum. The prophets OF
reconstruction are the same who have always
predicted that the Union would never be dis
solved, and some OF whom believe even now
with the President, that il is still intact and
unbroken. They will not see thai the breach is
widening, instead of narrowing that the
South has an independent government. money
credit, means Of support, an army almost as
iafge already as that of the United States the
hneiens OF navy, and, in a few months will
consummate treaties with Europe, which
vii. require the question OF Edion thence forth
70 be stated thus Win the North DO permit
tel to join the South
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Rirt'munn pispatrtr..
MONDAY MORNING. MARCH IL. ,se,
MARCH IL. ,sc,
Thu CanNcnfion

The Committee on Federal Relations msse
n partial report on Saturday, and three mi
nortty reports were sobniit,ed--one hv MIR
WISE, one by Messrs. HasvrK, Moxrsarx and
WILLIAMS. and one by Mr. JANIS BsRsorR.
They win be found in the regular proceedings
IL Is understood that the majority report is
approved by sixteen Of the twenty one mem
bcis OF the Committee. Mr. ASRLsR concIu-
"en mis- speech on tho pending instruction res
oinuons, after which they were laid on the
table. Mr.. Masye submitted \ series Of res
olntions adopted ny the citizens Of FrederIeks-
enrg, accompanying them with some effective
remarks. Mr. JesNsos, of Richmond, made
speech, reCuting some reports alleged 10
have been circulated to his prejudice among
his constituents. 1t is probable that tho
grand conflict on the Committees reports will
commence to- day.
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The Xiruiuin CnnYeniinn.

We suppose that not one citizen of Sir-
g,nia in one thousand imagined, when the Viz
ginia Convention was elected, that il would
be IN session more than ten days or two weeks.
II has now been in session nearly n month
and has done nothing yet The Convention
and the Legislature together, as Mr.. HALL, Of
Wetxel, has stated In the former body, are
costing the people Of Virginia 81, eco day
We understand the Convention has cut out
work enough for some months yet. People
ask us every day what will the Convention
do. We think they will edo" the tax payers
of this Commonwealth to a most unparallel-
ed extent, and will undo themselves in equal
proportion
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Second week of the engagement of the beautiful
and accomplished
NJ l S ) Il a T L NJ N,
To the patrons of the drama and all believers
in the enefcial influence Of a thoroughly
GOOD PLAY WELL ACTED
the MANAGEMENT beg to address tb em>elves ia this
advertisement. 1t has been universally conceded
in this, well as every other priuciia! city in
S f L r
for genuine wit and humor. and for the admirable
portrayal Of certain pecullarkles ot American
WITHOUT A RIVAL
They would most earnestly request that cOnSid-
Grafton and patronage which they believe TO be
due to the pr ducii,n or this most remarkable Of
ALL AMEBICAN PLAYS.
and thew feel assured that with the iady-like and
beautiful MISS BATkMAN
az the gentle and cuufding
MARY APFX,
MIR. BATEMAN a. the cau-tic snd sipgularly hu-
morous JOHN UNIT,
Mr.. FH"S l.. MOXLEY as that most truthful of
all negro characters on the stage, the old ne
gro " mammy, ,,,,,o,
MRS. !. r PHIL PS a. Mrs. Apex, leader of the
MISS InA VtRN0N as the self concentrating
Mrs Radius,
MRS. nE BAR ~ the absurdly humorous Mrs.
Corduroy Codliver,
MR.. c. WARWICK az Mr.. Apex, the New ork
MIR 4 5 MELpRUM as ChaS Sanford, perfect
type OF the fast young men OF the present day
MIR e. MEFToN as Cyphus Cynosure, who can
sea nothing good ouf Of Paris,
MR /, i. Phillips de the Crusty Promptcash,
and
MIR. Ii. CLIFFORD \as the oily Ellwide.
Partpers 10 the Isry Goods busiuess,l
Presents q distribution of characters and an ar
ray OF talent seldom equalled and surpa ssed
in this city.
Y he above elegant comedy will be presented
THIS (MONDAY} EVENING, MARCH IlrH,
Concluding with The cnmicalitv Of Il
CONJUGAL LESSON.
Mr. Simon Lui lahy.................N Mr. Z LAMB.
Nrs. Simon Lu'labv. Miss >ALLfE PARTINGTON.
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WHAT IsFLrRScEs SrocKs.-The manner in
which the stock market of New York may be
sent up or down, may be gathered from this
extract frUm the commercial article in the
New York Tribune of Thursday:
The market is naturally very sensitive, and
is influenced by every genuine or bogus dis
patch from Washington. To-day. after fall
ing on q rumor that the President of the
Southern Confederacy had directed an imme-
date attack upon Fort Sumter. 1t rallied
again upon reported telegram that Mr..
Seward was about 10 visit Richmond. by in
vitatioa OF the Virginia Uonvsnton, to con-
suit in regard to a basis of settlement,
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RUsH FOR ARMY APPoIxTMESTs-The Mil
lcdgeFille Georgia. Recorder has been request
ed to announce that the number of appiica-
lions sent to the Executive of that State, for
army appointments, is so great that it is out
of the power of the Governor to reply with
out emp!ONing additional Sccretlries.
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we commend the manner in which the
fkerLx OF Virginia are moving. TO the politi-
'.'hs- Immense meetings In yarioas parts OF
the state are instructins their representative yes
70 go out. The popular instincts are right
= hs hearts OF the people are safer guides
than the heacs Of the politicians.
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THR SENATE C0MYiTrRBs- The Standing
Committees of the Z. =. Senate have been
appointed. The following is a list of the more
important
Foreign Rela tionS .-Messrs. Summer, Chair
man Colsner. Doolittle, Harris, Douglas,
Polk, and Rreckinrldge.
Finance -Messrs. Fessanden. Chairman
Simmons, Wade, Howe, Hunter. Pearce, and
Bright.
Commerce -Messrs. Chandler, Chairman !;
King, Morrill,, Wilson, Clingman, salisbury,
and johnson.
Militia .-Messrs. Wilson, Chairman King,
Raker, Lane, Rice, Latham, and Breckn-
ridge.
Naval Affairs -Messrs Hale, Chairman !;
Grimes, Foot, CoWan, Thomson, Nicholson.
and Kennedy.
Judiciary .-Nessrs. Trumhul1. Chairman :;
Foster Ten Eyck, Cowan, Bayard, Powell,
and Ciingman.
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PUBIC interest win ,oon be withdrawn from
Fort sumter 10 Fort Pickens. Pensacola Is a
far more important point both 10 the General
Government snd 10 the South than Charles.
ton. which ir now placed beyond the rea.h Of
ssnerevsxsy.
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New ParsIcIAs.--The physician to the T.
s. penitentmry, at Washington, (Dr Garnet,
the son in law OF the Hon. H. A Wise. OF
Va having resigned, the place has been fiji.
ell by the appointment OF DR.. Webster Linds-
ley, OF Washington city.
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NNNTEUMEkG. AIAEAMA, J
Capital ConfeG. States OF American
March attn, 1861
You choose to be the - last President Of the
United States leaving mo Government behind
YOU and to die amidst curses of all mankind.
GEO. y. SANDERS.
President BUCHANAN. Washington, d. c., (ate
Capital L. S or Americs-l
The quotations are from the famous Charles
ton dis patch, which Sanders sent to -'Old
Buck" and from the latter on his removal
from Office
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SERVANTS FOR HIRE.

I1OR HIR E.-Three young, able bodied MEN.
Il who have been accustomed To doing FARM
WORK ard LABOR generally. They will be
hired for the balance Of the year, or by he month,
week or dav. Apply to T.. MACON.
ATT. Ii. Caves Store. Gu l2ih street,
NH 1l-2f* Between Main and Franklin.
NOR .ilRE-A smart MULATfo BOY, y no II
L very handy u the dining room. II would be
q very useful dining-rOom or house servant TO
gentleman Apply at PHILLIPS
Ia Io-ts Office, 18th ST., betw. Main and Bank.
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DECISION OF THE B0SAPARTE- PATERSON CASE.
The Paris Court, on the 29th alt decided the
suit of Mad. BoAaparte, formerly Miss Pa
terson, of Baltilnore,) in which she sought to
obtain the legal recognition OF her marriage
with Prince Jerome b onaparte. The Cont
declared that the object OF the demand
made by Madame EliZ tbeth Paterson and
Jerome Bonaparte, her son, was the liquida-
on ana the division of the succession OF the
Prince jerome, who died on the Gath Of j une,
1860 and inasmuch rs among the grounds OF
opposition To the demand il one that the
claim has been already judged by two drci-
>ions of the c0aSeii dc fam lie, datcd the 4th
OF July, 1886, and the 7th OF July, 1850, which
proclaimed the nudity of The IN irriage of the
oath OF December, 1895, and its in, alidlty even
as regard property, the Court added
at Is eSpe5iient above all to ex4mine the
validity OF this ground of opposition mas
much As If II be well founded 1T would estib-
hsh Il peremptory exception to the present de-
mand, and II would no longer belong 10 the
Tribunal to examine the other grounds of OPP
position or TO decide Whe Their the marriage is
not null for having been contrac ted III clan
destlne manner, or whether Madame Eliza
beth Paterson could rely on her good faith in
the legal acceptdtion OF the term, or what eff
eacy should be attributed TO the DEGREES OF the
lth and Both Ventose of the year 10: and, IN
fine, whether the possession of L position
claimed by the parties represented by II.
Berryer does not meet an energetic, incessant,
and manifest contradiction in the simple fact
of the second marriage contracted in 1907 by
Prince jerome and the Princess Catherine of
" urtemburg, on the faith of the Regal uou-
existence OF the first marriage and whether.
consequently, the title of relative given 10 Je-
rome Paterson be according 10 the hahitudl
relations of life, articufiriy when IL mast be
recoilected that 10 admit clear right by blood
would, on the part OF the children born OF the
second marriage, be a denial OF their own lie
gitimacy."
The Court then referred TO the ,350th and
1,35lst articles of the Code Napoleon, and hay
ing recapitulate all the facts of the a
stated by counsel, il declared that the de
lnands of Madame Elizabeth Paterson and
her son, Jerome Bonaparte, are not adnissi-
bic and must be rejected, aud orders that the
present Judgment shall be men toned on the
margin OF the deed dated the 18TH of July,
1860 obtaining Il declaration of the accept
ance by Jerome Bonaparte OF the succession
of Prince Jerome. The Court further SEN
fenced the claimants To pay the costs.
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HOSTING THE CoSFBDERACT FLAd.--On the
4th day Of March, 1861, the flag OF the Con-
frderatp States OF America was hos ted on the
flagstaff over the Provisional Capitol, 1T
Montgomery. A large concourSe OF people
assembled and it was received with
shouts and cheers. Miss l.. G. Z. Tyler, one
Of the fair daughters of the Old Dominion,
and a grand daughter Of the venerable Ex-
President of the United States. was selected
to elevate the flag to the summit Of the flag
staff, on the Capitol. The Montgomery Adj
vertiser relates The following incident in con-
nection with this matter:
When the time had arrived for raising the
banner, Miss Tyler steadily, and with heart
throbbing with patriotic emotion, elevated
the fug 10 the summit of the staff, cannon
Numbered fotth q salute, the vast assem- biage
rent the air with ~houts Of welcome, and the
people of the South had for the first time
view OF the Southern flag. Ere there WAS
time to tn t;lSty glance at the national
ensign, tue eyes of all were upturned 10 gaze
at what would perhaps III any time have at
trdcted unusual attention, but Oh this OCca-
sion Scanned really Il Providen tiai omen
Scarcely had the IrHt report from the salute
died away, when a large and beautifully de-
fined circle IF biue rdprr rose slowly over the
assembla@e OF Southern spirits there assem-
bled TO VOW allegiance TO the Southern ban
ne. rested for many seconds a level with
The Nag Of the Confederate States, then grad
u1Ily assembled until lost TO the gaze Of the
multitude. 1t WAS most beautiful and aus
piclouS omen, and those who look with an
eye OF faith to the glorious future of our Con
1ederacy, could not out believe that the same
God that youchsafed TO the Chrstiln Empe-
rOr the cross in the heavens as q promise OF
victory, had this day given 10 young ton,
striving for liberty, Il divine augury OF hope
and durability
The tag Oh the Confederate States was the
work of the committee appointed by Con
yrg N I,SJy in t,Ny ind 4
ttals as moCteiS having been thought suitable.
II consists of three bars of red AID white
The upper red. the middle white, anu lower
red. The lower bar extends the whole width
OF the nag, and Just above it, next to the stan
on the upper lett md corner OF the flag, is a
blue Union, with the seven stars in circle.
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Edward M. III ball, OF Va, is announced as
having reeeiysd an appointment to H. 400
etsrkship In Washington,
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SOUTHERN HAT MART.

~ SUI IHEKN HAI MANI. LIE
c. Public attention is invited to my
SPRING STOCK OF HATS
For GENTLEMEN.
LADIES'
BOY , and
CT l. RE
The stock is complete, aud shall he sold at
prices 10 suit the present tight, tough times.
/ manufacture nearly all my
FINE III ATS.
also mauufs cture largely,
MILITARY bats AND CAPS.
&c | am now supplying a great part Of Vir-
ginia. North Carolina. and Tennessee with Mill
iary Goods--orders for which are collected aud
ur6u1atlv filed JOHN Db0LEY
II Ma Va
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TYR Exrrcrsp Hcsrtrrrtrs ~ rrx.a.-The

{ TIVE ExrErrEp Hosrfrrrfys ~ TExaa-The
Y. - troops from Ringgold barracks have
heen concentrated at Fort Brown, browns
siile,) Texas, aud with those alre ady there
make 400 men, all under the command of Capt.
iIill, who, despite the orders of Gen Twiggs,
10 preparing for offensive and defensive opera
tons. letter from one of the Texas State
troops, At Brazos Santiago, dated the 2sth ult..
says:
Gen Mcleod returned this evening. The
commander NJ Fort Brown VIII not listen to
any argument, but says we are "a 'isaek OF
traitors" and they will come down ana re-
take our fort--but they can't do that. We
had Il picket guard posted last night, aud We
all slept on our arms in anticipation OF m at
tack. We have complete control Of the bar
and passes suppose we Will throw up more
cntrenchments.
We have placed some guns in position for
the Daniel Webs ter: also, for the Brownsville
men If they come 10 attack us, which do not
think they Will Oar picket guards are four
miles ont, at the ford from the mainland.
The following il an extract from private
letter of the Goth from the Rio Grande':
There came, this morning, from Col. Ford
az Brownsville n me ssengpr who told us that
in a II probability We would be attacked to-
night. The guards have been doubled, can
non planted at the crossings, and all things
put on war footing"
An tAtfdcI from ii pfiNabe iet'ti Va INC - 'h'
from the same point:
I'VE are till 1T work throwing up entrench
nents, and will place a battery of six large
twenty -four Founders III position to-day and
10 norrow-wheu We VIII defy all opposition
There is "A probability that the troops at
Fort Brown will attempt an attack on us,
but they Will find themselves in had FIX, as
we 80 well fortified. or At least, will be
By to-lnorrow, as TO whip them with perfect
ease. The schooner Shark leaves in an hour
for Galveston, with cannon, morturS, bail
and shot.
Fort Brown is very strongly fortified, with
thirty pieces OF cinnon, among which arr the
pieces that formed Braeg's celebrated battery
at the battle Of Buena Vista.
''Our troops are prepa red to face the music. :"
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- AIDTO rHE VOLUNTEERS OF

AID TO fHE VOLUNTEERS OF
HrNRIC0.-A meeting of the COM
MiTTEE TO raise funds FIR aiding the Volunteers
of the SD Regiment is Iy requested at tn
COUNTY COURTHOUSE CT HESRICO, on
TT ESDAY, 18th inst, al u o'clock ID.
coMAITTEEAES
Distriet No. jackson F. Childrey, John D.
Warren. Albert N. Aiken, Henry Cox, and James
II Gum,
No. 2.--Miles c. Eggleston, Elijah Baker, Geo.
w barker, Johu Z. Friend. aud tee. NJ. savage.
NJ an; Bowe, D. Z. Gard1er, J. o. Austin,
Fen iaii Gririu, and James T. Burton.
No. s--L n. Danee, John F. Wren, Robert II.
Henley, John Grossiey, aud d. Il. Courtney.
The officers of the asd Regiment, The Colonel
aui stat OF 9Th Regiment Of tavairy, rss iding 10
the efuatv. are respectfully invited to be present
1t the meeting. By ordsr
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