The national Republican., 1861-03-04
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| The Southern Congress has passed the post.
al bill, which regula es the rate Of postage, and
all matters connected with the carrying of the
mails. &c. 1t will 90 into effect very soon. 1t
provides the following rates of postage On
letters three hundred miles, FIVE cents /; over
| three hundred miles, ten cents; advertised
letters, two cents extra, instead Of one. On
newspapers, (other than those sent direct to act
ual subscribers from the Office Of publication
two cents each and the entire rates Of news
paper and magazine postage is doubled on pres
ent U. s. rates. The registration letter sys.
TEN and the franking privilege is abolished.
In the Memphis Enquirer we find the mes.
sage of the principal chief Of the Choctaw ma.
ton to the local Legislature, convened in ex-
traordinary session, to consider what course the
nation should pursue in view Of the probable
dissolution of the Union. While counselling
the several Indian nations to cast their lot with
the Southern States, in the event Of their seces.
sion, and to send delegates to Southern Con-
gress, the chief advises the sending Of commits.
sioners to Washington to confer with the Presi.
dent Of the United States, and to look after
the security of their moneyed investments. In
conclusion, he calls upon his couutrymen to
stand by their rights, and never surrender them,
even though national humiliation should be
the consequence of refusal to submit. The
general council responded to the message Of
their chief by passing series of resolutions
recognising it to be the duty and interest of
the Choctaw nation to unite their destnies with
the Southern Confederacy.
A FATAL DuEL.-On the 9Th inst duel
was fought, near Duncansville, on the Florida
and Georgia line, between Edwin Hart, editor
of the Florida Sentinel, and Crittenden Cole.
man, grandson of Senator Crittenden. Both
were killed on the ground.
The WHEAT PROSPECT IN OHro.-The pres.
ent season is said, by those whose interest it
is to keep booked up in such matters, to be an
exceedingly favorable one for the growth of
wheat fields throughout Hooking county pre-.
sent a very fourishing appearance. Provi.
dence still smiles upon our land, notwithstand.
ing the political troubles with which we are of:
ficted.- Hooking Sentinel.
Gen. Cass arrived at Detroit March lst and
was received by q large conoourse of friends
and neighbors, who welcomed him to his old
home in hearty and gratifying manner.
The Democratic State Convention and the
Union State Convention of Rhode Island,
together with the Congressional Conventions
of both parties in both districts, have appointed
committees to report Union candidates to each
and oil the Conventions which will assemble
again on the 9Th of March.
The bill for the relief Of the Banks of Vir.
ginia has passed the Legislature, and is now q
law. The act repeals the clause requiring the
mother banks to redeem the notes of their
branches at per cent discount
Lieut. George Watson Carr, of Albemarle
county, Virginia, has resigned his Office of lst
Lieut., 9th infantry, U. 8. army, and his res
ignation was accepted.
The Governor of South Carolina acknowl.
edges donations from six different parties, for
the defence of the State, amounting in the ag.
gregate to $2,650, of which $500 is from cii.
zen Of New York.
The Old Eagle gold mine in Virginia lately
yielded 81 ,020 in one week.
After considerable dispute in the Pennsyl.
vania Legislature, as to the amount, it has been
determined to pay the Washington Peace Com.
missioners from that State $4,000. This is the
aggregate, and from it, all expenses, including
clerk hire, are to be deducted. The Commits.
sioners were in session twenty -four days.
Bouligny, the New Orleans Union member
Of Congress, when in the senior class at Tran.
sylvania University, Lexington, Kentucky, in
Ap1, 1924, was selected to make speech of
congratulation, in French, to Lafayette. The
eloquent Grafton so carried away the hero, that
he threw his arms around the young orator,
and held him in long embrace.
Capt Ingraham and Com. Rousseau, late U.
s. N; Capt. N. G. Evans and Major Chase,
late U. s. A. and Gen. Henningsen, late of
Walkers flibuster army, are all at Montgome.
ry Ala, looking out for engagements under
the Southern Confederacy.