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seven O'clock and by nine the whole Of his arrangements
Since ihs seizure ard occupancy Of the pr ,perty
o. tho federal government BY the Charleston aehc-
ritise orders have been sued TO the pilots io bid
br. The state authorities have also stopped all the
s.iIy boats that US ally come from The fort, IN the
occupation II the U ted States troops Tor water ana
provss ms IN the hopc Of starving the little garrison
,f Major Andersen. hut fortunately, heaven protects
the brave, and the g. mt Mayor has abundant opor-
tuIiis for ooect al the wsterrhat comes from the
cioros and II Is suppo a that he will have as much
water he shall need, 5cies being provided with pv
sioIs fer six months. lie is, therefore, IN the hes.
Iossb, position TO- maintaining himself and his soldiers
IL ne fort; and nothing eApei him from H. 80 MUCH
ioi The trts.
Inngnd to the seizure OF the revenue cutter William
Aiken, IL must be known that Capt Coste, who was III
G nmand, is South CIolnian and red hot sece-sions
ID, t ce socci IN command was Lieut. UDoefwooi, OF
tie revenue service 10 which he has been for long
time attached. II was understood by the friends OF
Caste that he intense sccsssionist and that h.
would resign his mand and pass the chip over to
his second ,fhcer. Bat he did no srch thing. hap
pencd curousy enough that inst before the passing Of
the ordnance by the state Convention for severng The
connection OF South Carolina with the United States hs
cutter had been drawn up "a be ovoIhauled aud
t. have her bott cleaned. She already hauled up
cse hut before Ter bottom could ecraped the state
went out OF the Union IL then that the captain re-
seI,d his commission under the federal government,
hauled down the United States dag and hosted the pal
meto, by which means the cutter changei from fsde
raj T. a state vessel Of Lieutenant Underwood
and others received honorable disc harges from the State
and lett accordingly, and have probably gone North
In the Case Of the SLAYER Bonita the facts those
The captain was IN charge OF an officer Of he uni.ed
states navy, who had u proceed TO Norfolk, bu
In conseq ce Of stress Of weather he compelled
TO put into Charleston, IN total ignorance Of everything
concerning the eecessi n movement When he landed
the PEOPLE were astoni-ed and thought he put in pr
poseiy Ut course he Immediately proceeded " the
law drsc by taking his prisoner Judges
Of the plsse, Who however, declared that ~ hld
no jurisdiction in the matter. His only then
was TO keep his prisoner In custody and return Inn
board ship but he had lett the long be
fore mob seized the prisoner and delivered him. much
TO the Joy o. the slave captain, but very much TO tho
surprise and astont ment OF the lieutenant who how
ever anxious he might have been 10 be relieved II his
prisoner desired to him released by the due Of
law.
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MARYLAND.
Ass TO GOVERNOR HICKS.

SENATORIAL ADDRESS TO GOVERNOR HICKS
Sixteen If the twenty two Mary land Senator'S have
united address the Cover Of the State urging
him at the earliest practicable time 10 the gis
lature Of tie state IN order that they may take such
scI shall 20 them seem most conducive 10 the inte
rest Of the people Of Maryland and promotive Of harmo
ny between the Two sections Of the country.
They say
Ne think that NEST important and solemn duty has
devolved upon and the other border States
Of the South They are all by locality, by interest, by
education and natural instincts, conservative, national
and Union loving BY their action, united intelligent and
prompt the glorious Unn and constitution Inherited
IRON our ancestors may be saved from impending de-
strrcttn. We wish TO that effort made. is the
duty Mary I'D put her hand to the work boldly,
bravely and without Gelay We therefore respectfully
suggest to your Exceency that in judgment the time
has tor the Voice OF Maryland TO be heard and for
its conservative tones " be rased In behalf Of the pre-
servation Of this glorious Union.
THE PROBABILITY OF CONVENTION.
The Baltimore E1shafge understands that Governor
Hicks cntertans tho idea Of calling convention himself
In certain contingencies, without the Intervention of the
Legislature. Tho kTchoNse declares that such conven
tou would have authority than convoked by
any ether citizen and adds-We repeat our inability 70
comprehend the harenation under which the Governor
is kbcring and which induces him ~ suppose that
public functonary but himself rs sufficiently honest in
tegent patriotic to be trusted with the dcstnas OF
the state In the most momentous per od Of Is history
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lady stopping at wetumpka, Alabama, the following anu
sion made TO the excitement exhibited IN that section
OF the country
Cne would think from what write that we are
sporting like butterflies the brink Of ruin yet are
in jeopardy every day and every dances even with
q pistol in his belt and bowie xnxe in his b,som-the
man Of peace wen the desperate. You sc,rceis
woman that has not learned 20 shoot Everywhere
the msCIecih nary movement Is going and men look
forward with fearful apprehensions. fancied when IA
New York heard exaggerated accounts o the excite
mept here, but II is beyond my widest Moo
ture. Men seem drunk with passion, and women
share their henzy. Iisunon, disunion Is tho watch
word every where, without bloodshed; p aoeaby ps
sb,e II not with blocdshed and ruin as rs attendant
All men cease 10 speak OF cementng the bond,
they seeking the most peac.aoie and
bert way Of sunderipg II. This feeling Is
gaining strength every day. speak advlsely when
| ray IT, II was commenced on board the steaE,e,,
ard every where IL grew wilder and wilder a. came
through Georgia and Alabama. AT Savannah crowd
upon the wharf recalled what had read OF the mad
populnce in France during It's awful revolution The hand
of Providence seems TO be still. for the insr-
rec'ionay plans have all been discovered before their
terrible corsunmation, and Ia singular that they are
invariably headed by white men.
In another letter from the lady II Ia stated that
between fifteen and twny Isgro%s recently hanged
near Wetumpka for alleged completely IN insurrectionay
movements.
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New Telegraph Line.

GRkES PoRT, Jan. 2, 1891
The Long Island telegraph lines extending from q
Wall street, New York, IAsthampton, l.. H. via Green
Port and sag Hator which have been course OF con-
structon during the fall were success
fully opened yesterday The cables between Shelter Island
and Green Port and between Shelter Island and Great
Hog Neck laid without difficulty and lines work
perfectly IN every respect for the entire distance Much
credt X due 10 Messrs Hendrckson Crockett Palmer
for the tic with which the work has
been pushed forward Ones have been already estab
lled ~ fasi Hampton, Sag Hario, Greenport, Hunter
head slp and Jamaica viii be opened during the week.
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General DegoIlado, Ex-Comma nder-in-
Chief or the Liberal Army or Mexico.
TO THE EDITOR OF TnE NEW YORK HERALD.


WASHINGTON, Dec 80, 1850.
have read tho article "The News from Mexico"
published in your paper Of the 2sth instant. II Ia
indeed inexpicable, the fact Of your continued at
tacks against the liberal party, and particularly
against my father, General Degcllado whose poli,i
cal career and personal character, am sure, you
not acquainted wth-not even with the last events
Of my country-ss you viii SEQ pretty soon
In the first place General Degoado is no longer Com
mander in Chief, he resigned two months ago, and
Ortega was appointed in his stead.
In the second place tho battle which you allude TO in
your article fought under General Berrozaba and
with forces equal to hts opponents for tho Of tho
liberal troops had not yet reached the Yale IL Mer,co
when tho engagement occurred. In the third place.
General Degoado, his way to Vera Cruz, was acct
dentally In Foluca when Mlramon captured that city.
20, sir, you may easily acknowledge that, for this
time, my fathers imbeclty, his meddlesome and inn.
pcriors conduct cannot be spoken Of without compelling
the belief that your paper rs affected by the most unjust
Partially.
1t very remarkable that not Of the papers Of the
United sfatcs but yours takes much trouble in defam
count my sef for that Still am willing TO think that
these unmcrciful attacks due to your being &C
Quanted with Mexican affairs.
II will not be foreign 10 the question 10 mention TO you
that the Of Mexico knows how 10 respect loading
men, and that instead Of laboring and insult
your people and distinguished men, the papers I'LL their
pages with praise and admiration the United
You about 10 have practical experience OF civil
war; and then you will that nowhere OF
ed people match for disciplined army, AMI that
whosoever may be the leaders ~ such people, skill and
courage will always succumb before those who have had
a military education.
Perhaps bad troubled you with these observations
under other circumstances, but hold Office In the
Mexican legation, ana your attacks my father wound
my Feelings, Doth as son and In my official representa-
tiOn.
appeal TO your sense Of justice ard request some
amendments To your artclesme ndmens which expect
TO IN your next paper after receiving this letter
Your Compliance will be highly appreciated by your SER
want, NJ. DEGOIIADO.
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Before Hon Judge smalley.
mr. rNaprv1rlnINT IN rup reur.~ rpf-cr

btiOfe bon JuuRe NmaIley.
THE EMBE2zLEnLST OF THE INDIAN TRUST FUND
PONDS.
JAN. 2--The counsel for Messrs Clarke, Dodge 4
Co. applied the Court vacate injunction obtained
against hem preventing them from diposAg Of any Of
the bones taken from the Indian Trust fund that they
gbt have In their possession. II was next st forth
by Sildavits, that the above firm had In tn ir
possession two Of the bonds, which they Ind
purchasei the 4'h Of December at their market
value and that they did then know OF tho feIonious
nature Of said bonds and they claimed that their title
was perfect, and could not be interfered tn They
contcndcd that the bonds az all times narketabc
ard could be bought and sold like any other property at
all times. IN the public market.
similar application was made In the NJ Thomp
con Erts. Their counsel claimed that upon the
face Of tho complaint the Injunction could be
antd ibasmuch ~ 40 account made that the bonds
In the hands Of innocent holders should be given up
The taking of the property by Bailey was not larceny
which could cali for their delivery 10 the original owners
consideration bad bog given for these bonds by the
ceptai Of Secretary floyd This being the fact no
cinb zzemcni had take place but merely an exchange
az property There was averment that these accept
ances were Illegal or Issued without proper authority
An affidavit was read, 10 which they state that they
hold no Missouri bonds but have North CArona
bend that La the number M one OF the alleged
stolen ,ncs. The bonds 10 their possession bad been
In the possession Of the President OF the Merchants
Bank for nearly two years before the had been
made.
HryoSt,r a. &hsu Judgment in this case reco-
yorcd against the defendant Collector 81 the Port Tor
certain duties paid 10 him under protest xeou,ioos
satisfy those Judgments. Thee Application made 70
set nfde these Judgments on the ground that tnese OBJ
ties had been paid the subTreasury and the claim
this moaning reldc red an opinion holding the execution
10 be good and the Collector DC held personally liable for
the excess u duties levied BY him.
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fgcrrRr on Noxm AymoA.-Mrs. Macsulcy, the widow
Of the late American Consul at Tpon and who has her.
self been resident Of Africa for greet length Of time
win deliver lecture at the Cooper Institute on Fray
evening next upon tho above subject AT this particular
cribs Of Affairs any lecture relative 70 that country must
be interesting, hut especially when coming from
Who has been actual observer OF he and
customs thereof
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siSty IN sn A temporary flagstaff has been erect
ed, and the Palmetto nag nutters from the top
the ranI a,ts but the wharf aud bse.kwatvr Az
hort AoultIe MAJ els very quiet The guns ha Q
tplee tar and IRE. Ale garrison in good spirit
enc ropelDg IL IN ne soiderly fashion. The Arsenal
was guarded on thursday night and yesterday morning
by the Palmetto Guard ana the Ciiet Liiemen. The
ders were strictly carried out, and no emit what
ever made. Nolhg placed within the enclosure by
the 70 erai touched but the strictast
surveillance keIt around the walls Al -four 4. NJ
yesterday ID. two companies guard relieved by
The Irish Volunteers The Pame to Guard when relieved
numbered ixiyeisht men, and tn Cadet RID lty
-four. The Irsh Volunteers viii be relieved AT eight
O'Clock this morning by the German tusiiers We may
here sle that the report current that po ton Of The
stores CT and ammunition In the arsenal lave been
uJpred or destroyed Is wholly without foundation
MAJOR ASpHRsoS's Reilly 70 THE CHARLESTON
AUTHORITIES.
The Wilmington On. C) Asra!d ssys;-Asier Major An
dcrson moved 10 Fort sumter Governor Pickens sent
Colonel Peugrew ard Major Csrers down To him with y
epa,ch The Csurier says his reply had not transpred
but We learn that gentleman who arrived hore yester
day from Charleston says that MAJOR Anderson received
the above named x nth teoUsy, and stated to
them that he lad acted Upon his own responsibility and
Tor securttha he deprecated the necessity for IT, and
hoped attack would be made upon hmhat he should
late TO turn his guns upon hs c.un'rymen but nncs
cemmanded by The government Of the United States he
would never surrender the post while he lived aud tina
u III attack WIS made upon him he hoped the first sho
fred at the fort would pierce his heart II is said he has
years provisions in the fort and two hundred
men.
THE OFFICERS OF THE CUTTER AIKEN.
Besides Captain Cste, Of South Carolina, the officers
Of the cutter Aiken First Lieutenant Underwood
Second Lieutenant *, o. Portera Of the late Com
modore forter-and Third Lieutenant II. j. Cambria, OF
har,l When Coste took possession of the brig in
the name If South Carolina they Immediately retired TO
the city, notified the department at Washington OF
Costes achemselves awaiting further orders from the
government.
TESTIMONIAL TO MAJOR ANDERSON.
The citizens OF taunton, Massachusetts, have started
sIbs eruption 10 present sword TO Major Robert Ander
son, the G. mmantant OF Fort Sumter.
TO TIE EDITOR OF THE HERALD.
AMERICAN TELEGRAPH COMPANY,
GENERAL SuPERiHTxNDENT's OFFICE, Jan. 2, 1861.
Itmatcps have appeared In several papers Of late that
the State authorities Of South Carolina have placed restc
TORS uron the Charleston telegraph Office aud otherwise
control the lines wish To correct this Impression, and
state that The authorities Of south Carolina have not
yet found ssary TO interfere In any manner with
tho business OF this company. J. KENDALL.
General Superin :enient.
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MILITARY MOVEMENTS IN CHARLESTON.

IFftm Tue hATIcstOn MtTc'Ty, IFc 70
The military movements progressed quietly yesterday.
Nothing trsnprcd 10 change the general aspect " affairs.
lie public excitcmen and cxmpcration net whit
lees than that which prevailed Thursday and all day
long cur bulletins throngd with citizens anxious FOR
tidines ~ m Washington In the meant me changse
made IN the position q the troops occupy the
several military pete in the hands ~ tn state
Thirty members Of the Washington Light Infantry were
transfeTrtd 70 the garrison 0 ort Nonltre, aud
tachmtOt of artntss took their tlace al Castle pnrk
ney so that tho force az the aticr place nTs,s Of
sixty men az Tie Wa hng;on Light infantry thi Z, rve
~ Tie Croha ght inarirv IN rty Eve of the Meaghcr
Guard, and the thirty artillery menone hundred "a
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BvoOhlyu CITY News.

PEoBAmE WIZ MuRpsR --0n Tuesday afternoon a man
named John Hanley, living In Harrison street. whe
aborng under the effects Of liquor split his wifes head
open with a Ratchet He was arrested and on being
be bad killed bis wife outright II Is said there Is no
probability OF her recovery.
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KENTUCKY.
THE LEGIsLATURE TO BE CONvENED--PROCLAMi
TIOE OF THE GOVERNOR.

THE LEGISLATCRE TO BE CONVENED-FKOCLAMA-
TON OF THE GOVERNOR.
By virtue of the authority vested In mo by the thir
teenth section Of the third article Of the constitution
Kentucky, 70 the General Assembly
binary occasions at the seat Of government Berah Ma
ho1in, Governor of said Common wealth. do hereby call
the members Of the General Assembly TO convene
ct the capitol IN Frankfort the nth OF January next
to take into consideration the interest OF the common
wealth, rs the same may be involved in connected
with the present distracted condition Of
country
In testimony whereof have sereunto set my and
affixed the seal Of the Commonwealth Done Frankfort
this 9th day OF ecember 1890 and in the Goth year Of
the ccmmonwealth. B. MAGOFFlN.
By the Goyernor.-TBos D. MONROE Secretary Of State
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RaHry N INV yosx.--our distinguished counsryman,
Mr.. W. n Rarcy, has returned 10 the metropolis after
payinga visit 70 his friends In Ohio, and will make his
FIRST appearance before the New York public on next
saturday evening, at Nblos Garden Mr. Rarey has the
famous horse Cruiser the savage beast which he reduced
to state Of wonderful amiabiity In England, and is
understood that several very specimens Of equine
~ tempr have been secured by him Cor the vstratioa
Of his sxeeiallty.
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THE UNITED STATES VESSELS STATIONED
AT CHARLESTON

The revenue cutter said TO have been taken by the
seccssionists at Charleston, Is old pilot boat
called tho Aiken. She mounts guns, and Is merely
hired by government, and In used as cutter. There
has been no United States cutter this station
1884, when che foundered In gale on the harbor,
and all hands lost except two Of the crew. The
other vessels Of the United States In Charleston
harbor are the schooner Petrol, formerly be
longing 70 the navy department;
was In service during the Florida war; she
Ia now used as . quarantine hulk; during
the yellow fever months being loaned by the Treasury
Department 10 the Charleston Board of Health for that
purpose; the light house tender schooner, Governor
Aiken, s used in transporting supplies TO the light
houses and In removing and replacing buoys in the hsr
cor; the surveying schooner Crawford; this vessel
formerly a revenue cutter, and was the flag ship
a. the enue feet In 1882, during the Nulinca.
tom che with eight others, captured and took posses
sicn OF the smuggling brig General Hayne thi
schooner Crawford Ia the old OF that name
r,huilt che Ia now engaged surveying the
harbor and inlets Charleston; the dimlnutive
steamer Fire Fly fcoast survey, purchased &C Com
mooore Wander b for the survey OF the savannah river
vss two months on the passage from New York 10
Charleston, having TO keep in shore Colts revolver
placed q pivot would be efficient battery for her
ard In fact the only shc could carry with any degree
Of safety. The above named vessels collection Of
old rotten panka and not worth f rcqure the 70 ger
and aholl TO blow them out OF the water There s a
light veee stationed Rattcenake shoals, twenty ave
miles from the city Of Charleston.
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THE INNER DEFENCES OF CHARLESTON
HARBOR.
From the Charleston Mercury, Dec. I'll
n Z IiH N1kNFl bItTCUIy
cAgrJE rrNrTyrv

Castle Pirekney Is a email work, situated the
southern extremity Of "shutes Folly Island }" between
the Ece and Folly channels Though in Itself a very
considerable military work yet frm its POSITION com
manchg as II does the whole line eastn wharves
II bec Of the utmost importance for 10 DC hold by
the state authorities II Ia, in fact, the immediate out
work tho city, useful 10 annoy invading fleet so
pass tho outer forts and TO render their landing very
dnicult, If not impossible
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ALABAMA.

TrF SECESSION xcfTIwiNT--A SOUTHERN LtDy on
1rf tEisr-if1wriN UFTITS AND TWENTY NE.
oHots HANGED roR fSsrRRFcrroN.
In letter received by gentleman IN this city from
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Aarge meeting ~ this county. irrespective Of party,
led meeting on the 1Tth ut. Many distinguished
pnkeis an0 substantial men Of the county took part in
ueW.cccdinss. Prom the resolutions adopted we take
the tollc Wing extracts
That IN view of all the difficulties cnbarra ements and
dangers present and prospective u is Indispensable that
w eria should isk 10 her welfare and take care
unt this ancient commonwealth sha suffer no detri.
msnt end 70 that end think State Convention Inds
rcffable which we recommend W be caA,d rs 5000 a.
practicable.
Ttat any effort On the part the federal Cover nmcnt
to cocrce sccserg state into submission III meet with
our nuiied dssTprt bator and nc resisted by on
hazards, and 70 the lat extremity.