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Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-02-01
Glorious South Carolina.

The high falutin statesman of South Caro-
lima are rapidly winning the cordial contempt
Of the world Although she declared herself
sovereign by ordinance, set up an independent
government on paper, established an oath Of
allegiance and abjuration, and disowns all con-
nection with or recognition of the United
States laws. it appears that she still submits
to the authority of the Federal Government.
Mr.. Huger, the postmaster at Charleston.
answered Mr.. Hollis circular in the follow
ing words, which are worthy of particular at
tention.
81 do consider myself responsible to the gov
ernment of the United States, in conformity
with the existing laws, for all the postal reve-
pnes received by me as postmaster at the city
OF Charleston. You will
accordingly receive my quarterly accounts in
few days"
He encloses Il copy of the ordinance in re-
gard to the postal affairs OF the State and con-
siders himself authorized to act as he has done
under it. When the circular of the Postmaster
General reached Charleston, Mr.. Huger was
absent and remained away for two days during
which time it is supposed this matter was dis
cussed in secret session of the Convention, and
the decision reached which has been officially
communicated. \ broader farce was never
enacted. Postmasters of the United Stutes
sworn to support the Constitution, are perforny
ing their duties inside the sovereignty ofa State
which, by the most solemn declaration, dis
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-02-01
The Pensacola Forts.

Lieut.. Simmer the commander at Fort
Pickens, Pensacola, now shares with
Mai. Anderson the attention of the country.
Pensacola is called the key of the Gulf, and
Fort Pickens is as much the key Of Pensacola
as Sumter is of Charleston. The Mobile Adj
vcrtiser of Tuesday, says
There are three forts at Pensacola, q navy
yard ana redoubt. Lieutenant Simmer
has abandoned the Navy Yard and Fort Ba-
rancas, removing munitions and spiking guns,
and transferring his forces, amounting in the
aggregate to between two and three hundred
men. from the main land to Santa Rosa Island,
has prepared TO make good his position within
Sc Immensely strong fortihcations Of Fort
Pickens. Whether he has abandoned Fort
McCrec, also, we are not advised, but we
doubt if he has. This fortress is a powerful
and castle-lile masonry erection, butt ON u
low sand-spit of the main land, and appearing
to rise out Of the water. 1t is further scaward
than Fort Pickens, of which it is the UiS.a-piS
across the channel, and vessel entering must
needs run the guantlet of its guns before ap-
preaching the latter, which, however, of itself
eftctualiy closes the harbor against the ad-
mission Of all enemy of even very heavy force.
Fort Pickens is designed to mount no less
than two hundred and twelve guns, and under
the protection of its immense batteries the
ships of an enemy could make good their har-
Dor in the bay Of Pensacola, or if they did care
to run the risk from shore batteries which
could not be in very dangerous range, they
could land forces and supplies on the fort to
the eastward on Santa Rosa Island, which is
some forty miles long, ana thus throw in rein
forcemcnts and rendezvous even an army at
the fort without interruption, unless of force
entrenched on the island itself, in the rear of
the fort-which, however, is almost if not quite
as defensible from rear as front. If we are to
have war. the seizure of this stronghold is, Of
course of the last Importance. for, unless it is
occupied by us, it will secure to the enemy a
base of operations along our whole gulf coast,
and keep open road right into the heart OF
the South which can not be obstructed by
| any fixed fortiications.
Once within the gates of the harbor, and an
army could be disembarked at any point on
the wide bay which it might select. 1t could
run up beyond the Escambia river and land
many hours ahead of any opposing force which
might be at Pensacola, beside placing wide
river between it and the latter-or even two
rivers the Escambia and Blackwater-by GO
ing far enough up. Hence, with start of at
least forty-eight hours, it could march into in
terror Alabama. An enemy holding Fort
Pickens could rendezvous a naval force there
and keep up blockade of all the ports of the
Gulf, unless we could meet it on the sea.
Proceeding then to speak of the possible
necessity of the capture of Fort Pickens the
Advertiser thinks it could be done by sudden
attack from the island to the eastward, though
it would be "a bloody business
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-02-01
The Treason among us.
From the New York Tribune. Jan. Is. ]

=
We learn that the attention which has re-
Gently been directed toward the traitors among
us, who are buying aud selling arms and ANU
milton to be used against the Government, has
thrown them into state of great consterna-
ton. The fact is the Indifference Of our eiti-
zens had so emboldened these people that they
allowed themselves TO exercise much less dis
cretion than formerly in their reasonable deal
ings.
But the charge of Judge SmaIy has ava
kened them to consciousness of their guilt
and a Just dread of the condgn consequences
which must follow. Our personal reference to
some of these gentlemen has greatly terrified
them, and by the early trains on Wednesday a
number of them left for the South. Among
these conscience smitten fellows was General
r. L. Thorn, an agent for the State of Ala
bama, who ran away so fast that he forgot to
provide for the forwarding Of his contraband
purchases, till he had put himself beyond the
limits of the State, when he stopped and tele-
graphed to the New 7 ork house, telling them
how to ship them. We learn that the mer-
chants are not a little puzzled how to act, not
wishing to break profitable bargain, not
within reach of the law Railroad, Steam
ship and Express Companies are also becom-
ing very cautions about receiving unlawful
| freghts, lest the Grand Jury should take them
| in hand. A Hartford banker and an arms
manufacturer from Chicopee are, we hear,
very much afraid that their conduct the for
mer in making advances for the purchase OF
arms, and the latter for selling them to re-
bellious States) will be made the subject of
judicial inquiry for, from the extent of their
operations, they would unquestionably fare
badly.
The steamship State Of Georgia, belonging
to the Philadelphia and Savannah Steam Nav
| igation Company, which came here last week
is said to be intended for war steamer for
the State of Georgia, and to have been sent
to this port to be strengthened for that pur
pose. This rumor should receive prompt at
tention. 1t would also be well for the Grand
Jury to ascertain by whom and upon what au
thority offers were made within day or two
for the purchase of several of our stoutest har
Dor lighters, with view to their being trans
formed into Alabama gunboats, TO be used a
Mobile against the Government Of the United
States. The Circuit Court of the United
States in this District, and the Grand Jur,
thereof, have already effected much good b,
warning our citizens of the dangers which the,
incur in giving aid and comfort to the enemy
and a strict adherence to the letter of thei
duty will no doubt eff6ctuully stop the trad,
with the South in articles contraband of war
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-02-01
NEVER DO TOO MUCH AT A TINE.

Sir Edward BulWer Lytton, in a lecture re-
Gently delivered in England, gave the follow
ing history of his literary habits :" Many
persons seeing me so much engaged in active
life, and as much about the world as if l had
never been a student, have said to me, " When
do you get time to write all your books? =
How on earth do you contrive to do so much
work ?" 1 shall surprise you by the answer
make. The answer is this, -" contrive to
do so much by never doing too much at a time.
A man, to get through work must never over
work himself; or, if he do too much to-day
the reaction of fatigue will come, and he will
be Obliged to do too little tomorrow. Now
since began really and earnestly to study
which was not till left College, and was &C
tually in the world, may perhaps say that
have gone through as large a course Of gener-
a reading as most men of my time. have
travelled much, and have seen much have
mixed much in politics, and the various busi
ness of life and in addition to all this, have
published somewhere about sixty volumes
some upon subjects requiring much research
And what time do you think, as a genera
rule, l have devoted to study - to reading
and writing? Not more than three hours 1
day and, when Parliament is sitting, not al
ways that. But then. during those hours,
have given my whole attention to what wa
about"
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-02-01
HERo1sMs OF PRIVATE LIFE.

The following extracts from Grace Green
woods lecture on the heroism in Common
3 Life we clip from an exchange. The subject
= could not have hecn touched in a more truth
fnl manner or have been better de,ineated by
the gifted lecturer
The heroism of private life. the slow, un-
chronicled mart yrdoms of the heart, who shall
remem6er2 Greater than any knightly drag
on SLAYER Of old, is the man who overcomes an
unholy passion, sets his foot upon IL and
slat,5ls s, rene and strong in virtue. GrandeT
than the ZenObia is the woman who struggles
with love that would degrade her
own soul aud conquers. The young man ar
dent and tender, who turns from the dear love
of woman, and buries deeply in his heart the
sweet instinct Of paternity, to devote himself
To the care and support OF age,l parents or al
unfortunate sister, and whose life is u long sac
rifice in manly cheer(ulness ana majestic un-
complaint is hero of the rarest type-the
type of Charles Lamb. | have known but
two such.
The young woman who resolutely stays
with father and mother in the old home, while
brothers and sisters go forth TO happy homes
Of their own who cheerfuly lays upon the
altar OF filial duty that costliest-of human sd
.crifces the JOY of loving and being loved
she is a heroine ! have known mauy such
The husband goes home from the weary rou
tine and the perplexing cares of his busines:
with cheerful smile and loving word for hi;
invalid wife, who brings not against her the
grievous sins of long sickness, and reproaeh
: es her not for the cost and discomfort thereof
who sees in her languid eye something deareI
than girlsh laughter, in the sad face and faded
cheeks that blossoms into smiles and ever
bushes at his coming, something lovlier thar
the old-time spring roses-he is a hero.
think | know one such. The wife who bear
her part in the burden of life & even though i
be the larger part = bravely! cheerfully
never dreaming that she is a heroine, mucl
less martyr who bears with the faults of /;
husband, not altogether congenial, with loving
patience and large charity, and with nobt
decision hiding them from the world - wit
makes no conidants and asks no con6dencies
who refrains from brooding over short-coming
IN sympathy and sentiment, and from seeking
for perilous afinities,' who does not buil'
high tragedy sorrows on the inevitable no
fesl an earthquake in every family jar VIII
sees her husband united with herself indissol
ubly and aternally in their children = she, tn
wife in very truth, in the inward as in tn
outward, is a heroine, though of rather an IN
fashionable type"
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-02-01
secession--1ts Effect on Lynching.

There is one luxury that the South viii lose
by disunion, that is the luxury of lynching
Northern men. To suppose that seperate
nation would allow its citizens to be treated in
the way ours are now in the South without re-
taliatioA, would suppose it fit for slavery, and
entirely unfit for its own government. Every
honest man knows that the charge that any of
these men have interferred with slavery is an
after fabrication, to justify the barbarity. Are
martyrs so plenty in this material age that
men are constantly taking their lives in their
hands and rushing into the power of a fero-
cious mob for no purpose which could be of
advantage to them or anybody elss p? 1t is to-
tally incredible. Southern men insult the in
telligence of the public when they fabricate
such impossible theories, to justify the brutal
ity of their cowardly mobs; and only partisans
gone in hopeless idiocy repeat it at the North
No such interference is required to make a
case for lynching at the South. Ii is sufficient
that man is from the North. Or if that is
not enough, every Northern man is put to the
inquisition, and if he is Republican, or vot-
ed for Lincoln, that isthe cause for all the at.
rocity that is making for the Southern people
character worse than that of the Feejee Is
lahders.
No nation ever submitted to such abuse oi
its subjects by foreign people, as the North en-
dures from the South.
No nation would deserve to be independent
which would submit to it. The cruelties o
the British prison-ships are outdone on our cit
izens in States where the Constitution guaran
tees them equal rights. 1t is the price which
we pay for the Union. But with disunion il
must stop.
But one fugitive has escaped the clutches o
the Fugitive Slave law in this State. Ant
for him thirty citizens suffered Imprisonment
In every respect the State of Ohio has dis
charged its duties to the South, and he is unf
to reside on its soil who says contrary. Bu
our citizens, in the pursuit of their own lawlu
business, would be safer, alone and defenseles
in Dahomey, or in the most savage isle of tn
South Seas. than in any of the States Soutl
of Kentucky. And yet a committee is aE
pointed to soothe the South in order to per
suade it not to break up the Union. AS eve
ry inducement is valuable at this time, it wi
have union saving influence to remind tn
South that, after secession, the Lynching gam
is one that two can play at Gin. Daily Pres
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-02-01
TO sy ympatbv in EntI nd 9Or the Sc
SessionistS.

The London Times of December 81 has a
leader on American affairs. 1t says that the
election Of Mr.. Lincoln is in itself only an i'm
aginary Or symbolic grievance in the opinion
Of the South that reconciliation seems hope
less, if the Union is only to be preserved on
the conditions suggested by Mr.. Buchanan in
his Presidential message that the New Eng
land States might repeal their Personal Lib
erty Laws, but that it is absurd to expect
that the Republicans will turn their victory
into a defeat by acknowledging the abstract
right of property i'll slaves. or by legislating
in accorlance with tile decision of the Supreme
CoJrt in favor of slavery in the Territories
The prospect of the maintenance or restara-
ton Of tile Union must be derived from more
geicrd considerations, which have hitherto
been obscured by party passions. 1t concludes
as follows
The feeling, and perhaps the interests Of
England, are on the side of continued Union
The free commerce which might be opened at
Charleston or New Orleans would fail to pro-
duce cordial relations with a Confederacy
which would be pledged to promote the inf
mite extension Of slavery, even if it were not
tempted to revive the slave trade.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-02-01
Congressional Debates.


The discussions in the House Of Represen-
tatives of late have been unusually interest
ing, and many able and patriotic speeches
have been made by Republicans, Democrats
and Americans. Among the Democratic
speeches those of Mr. Clemens of Virginia,
Mr. Sickles of New York, and Mr.. Cox of
Ohio, are especially worthy of note and com
mentation for the bold and patriotic utteran-
ces with which they abound-while those OF
Mr. Ethridge and Mr.. Nelson (Americans) OF
Tennessee, are no less honorable to the distin-
guished gentlemen by whom they were deliv-
cred. We subjoin brief extracts from, or no.
tices of, several of the recent speeches in the
House
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-02-01
Special Message of eev. Bsnnison.
To the General Assembly, of Ohio


To the General assembly Of Ohio ::
I transmit to ynu herewith a copy ola pre-
anble and resolutions adopted by the General
+! Assembly of Virginia on the 9th inst, reIat-
ing to the condition of the country, and a
mong other things, proposing the holding OF
q Convention in the city Of Washington, on
/ the 4th proximo. TO be composed of Commits
sioners appointed by the several States.
The resolutions further submit as a pro-
/ gramme for the adjustment of the existing un-
happy difference, 1.-The propositions. embraced
.'in the resolutions presented TO the Seiiate of
! "ihe United States by the Hon. John J. Crit
"tenden, so modified as that the first article
proposed as an amendment to the Constitu-
@tion Of the United States shall apply to all
territory Of the United States, now held or
thereafter acquired South of latitude thirty-six
degrees and thirty minutes, and provide that
| Slavery of the African race shall be effect
"ually protected as property therein during
"the continuance of the territorial government;
"and the fourth article shall secure to the own
'ers Of slaves the right of transit with thcir
slaves between and through the non-savehold-
ing States and territories
w lille regard for the traternal relations
that have so long subsisted between the cti-
zens of the different States, and the Cheerful
recognition of that comfy between them which
has always been justly esteemed one of the
strongest ties of Union, gcnder it eminently
proper, that the invitation Of Virginia 70 her
sister States to meet in Convention for the
purpose indicated, should be accepted by this
State. l feel it to be due to the people of Ohio,
and to our fellow citizens of all the States, to
frankly say, that the proposed terms of ad-
justneni are, in my judgement, inadmissible.
In submitting this important subject to the
wisdom of the General Assembly, l can but
express my profound regret, that in these sug-
gestions, from the State of Virginia, which
had so large share in forming the present
constitution and which has had a larger aud
more constant influence in the administration
of our government under it, than any other
State, she omits to encourage our reliance up
on the constitution as it is, and apparently
deems it necessary to adjust our views in
gard to territory not yet acquired before the
great interests of the country can find repoSe
from the troubles concerning that which now
belongs to us. w. DENNISON-
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-02-01
Mr.. EruER1naE, OF TENNESSEE.

Emerson Etheridge, of Tennessee, made a
grand speech for the Union as it is. AS an
argument, it was unanswerable, and over
whelming He examined, one by one, all the
pretexts for disunion, and proved them all
fimsy, shadowy, and unsubstantal He
said the seeding States had gone out because
of imaginary evils, which never had taken place
and never would take pace if they had re-
maned faithful to the Union, and their Rep
resentatives had not ignominiously deserted
their posts. He defended the Republicans
against false charges Of violating laws and
unfaiihfuneSs to constitutional obligations
He showed that all our most fertile and vau-
able territory had been acquired at the de-
mand of the south, and the North bad paid
the bill. He merciiessly ridiculed the seces-
sion of little Florida, which could hardly de
Gepd herself without the aid of the federal
Government. He showed how the North
had helped the South acquire Texas, another
empire dotted all over with negroes, which
now proposed to secede. Every acre of the
most fertile regions OF the continent was al
ready in possession of the South, yet they de-
mauded more. The Cotton States declared
they wanted no more territory, but more ne
groes, and must have them, from Congo aud
DAhomey. He drew sublime picture of the
glories and advantages of The Union, told the
seceders this was the Union that was to be
destroyed on such weak specifications rs per-
sona liberty bills and impossible protection
of slavery in imaginary Territories, while no
Southern man was yet found to introduce Il
bill in Congress to that effect. He said to
1 -
did, you couldn't have it, until you had repeal
ed the laws OF emigration and population
which gave new territories to free labor. =
Etheridge exposed with thrilling effect the
fllschoods prupagated ali over the South,
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-02-01

owns, repndiates and procssedly defes the an
thority Of the Federal Government. This is
the small end Of the horn, from which secession
is now emerging with selfconfssed humila-
tion ami discredit, aud all the other 9tdtes who
have followed the example of the "sa.llaiit :
Palmetto will be forced to the same aIterna-
tive.
How humila'ing The revenue aud pnblic
property is seiz d that is so ninch made. The
postoffice service. however, costs two or three
hundred thousand year more than it yields,
and we will accept of this bonus as long as we
can get it. Who does not admire such manly
independence? Who il not eager to 'go with
South Cuio'ina?@
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-02-01

if young man spoke to me, and did l think
he could notice such a child as me ?" and beg
ged to remember my manners when I
bounced off next time without noticing the
young man. Driven to The verge Of despera-
ton BY my inability 70 define my place in the
world, end disgusted enough with this terres-
trial ball to kick it as 1 would any other
A few more inches to my stature, however,
settled all that. Then was my time Fanny
Fern.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-02-01
Mr.. sICKI.Es. OF NEW YORK.

Mr.. SICKLEs said it was now too late to
discuss the right of secession. 1t must be
looked as fixed fact. We should avoid by
all means the employment of coercion and the
adoption of any policy of aggression, but a
like purpose and like spirit should animate
those who protest against coercion, while at the
same time they seize the arsenals, forts, navy
wards and ships which come within their reach.
When the Southern States themselves employ
force, they can not cry peace and complain OF
coercion.
After showing that secession ordinances
could not deprive the Government of ceded
Jurisdiction, and property in the forts, &c,
which are for the common defence, he said, the
danger lies in collision. The act of secession
from the beginning to the end, was as perfect
as human agency could make it. No inter
ference was attempted by the Executive or
Legislature Of this Government, therefore, in
no sense has coercion been employed, but the
acts of South Carolina, including the firing
into the Star of the West were acts of fla
grant war, which if it had been attempted by
any foreign power would have raised every
man in the nation to resistance. At the close
of his remarks, Mr. 8. said =" Whatever
nlay be the issue of events whether happily
by Cancellation, and justice to the South, we
may find an honorable and fratcrnal solution
of our difficulties or whether unhappily, we
bIndly drift into alienation, war and irrevoca-
BILE separation, the great commercial interests.
the destiny Of American civilization, de-
mands that the political and territorial con-
trol of this continent, from the mouth Of the
IIuison to the mouth of the Mississippi, from
the Atlantic to the Pacific, shall remain where
it now exists in the hands Of the Government
of the United States. In all the partizan is
sues between the South aud the Republican
party, the people Of New York city are with
the South, but when the South makes an un-
tenabIe issue with our country, when the flag
of the Union is insulted when the fortified
places, provided for the common defense, are as
saulted and seized, when the South abandons
its Northern allies for English and French CO.
operation then the loyal and patriotic popula-
ton of that inrporirl city are unit for the
Union"
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-02-01

We should do our utmost to encourage the
beautiful, for the useful encourages itself