Litchfield enquirer., 1861-01-17

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 CoxFIscATgD PgorEETY-Tag FEDEs4L DZ- FENCES SEIZED AT THE &0tra<-F0rt BaFraa- cas and the Pensacola Navy Yard were seized on Saturday by the Alabama and Florida troops, Thirteen military posts, five United States asse~ nals and one revenue cutter are HOW ia posses sion of the rebels. We append chronological table of the dates of thcsc seizures together wita the attack upon the Star of the West and the theft of the Marion-the whole forming list Of the reasonable acts of the secessionists
 December 27.-Fort Moultrie and Castle Pick ney at Charleston, seized.
 December 27.-Revenue Gutter William Aik- in surrendered by her commander and taken possession of by South Carolina.
 December 3O.-United States Arsenal at Charleston seized
 January 2-Fort Pulaski and Jackson and the United States Arsenal, at Savannah, seized by Georgia troops.
 January 2-Fort Macon and the United States Arsenal, at Fayetteville, seized by North Caroli- na.
 January 4-Fort Morgan and the United States Arsenal at Mobile, seized by Alabama.
 January s.-Forts Johnson and Caswell, at Smthville seized by North Carolina.
 Jahuary 9-The Star of the West, bearing re- Inducements for Major Anderson, fired at in Charleston harbor.
 January lO.-Fort Melee, at Pensacola, seized by Florida.
 January lG.-The steamer Marion seized by South Carolina restored or the llth.
 January 1.-The United States Arsenal st Baton Rouge, and Forts Pike, St. Phillip and Jackson seized by Louisiana.
 January l2.-Fort Barrances and the Navy Yard at Pensacola seized by Florida.
 THE CEssUs.-We give the following items of the population of North Carolina by the census of 1860 as compared with that of 1850. We have not got the free colored for 1860: we suppose it is included under the general heading of free:
 Free Pop. Stare Pop. Free Col. To'l. Fed. Pop. 1860 687,320 337, ,S67 -1,027, ,197 890. .250 1850 553.023 28S,543 P, ,463 8G9,039 753, ,tl0
 The following are some comparative items rela- ting to the census of the United States:
 Free Pop. Slare Pop. Total. Ed. Pop. 1860 27,1i3,1Os 3,s47, ,2G3 30,9h0,311 29,421, ,lG2 1850 19 553, ,GG8 3,204313 23, 19t, ,876 2l767, ,173
 In 1880 tho frae colored sre included underline heading of free. In 1850 their number is not stated in detail, nor are they so included, but are taken in the "total'' and accounted for in the " federal population"
 It appears that the aggregate increase in the federal population population of the United States has been 7,653,073; on the whole population. :, 7GS, 435, being triAe over B per cent. The increase in the slave population has been GAP $50 or about 20 per cent. The increase in the gross population of North Carolina has been 158, 158, or nearly 19 per cent. The increase in the slave population of the State has been 51, ,3l9, or near ly IS per cent the increase in the federal popu- laticn has been 137,S9 between Is and 1a per cent.
 By the next apportionment North Carolina loses one representative, sinking from eight to seven; the whole South loses eighteen rcpresen- tatives which the North gains making arelative change of thirty-six. In addition to this the North has gained two new states, adding four s.na,ors and swelling her gain upon the South to forty.
 We need not point to the consideration to which these figures give rise. It must be evil dent that now is the time for final settlement of the questions pending between the different sections of the Union. To delay is to be lost. There is no man, we think, that would not sooner have q fair, and just, and peaceful settlement, than one that involved disruption and threatened civil war. But all must desire the settlement if not one way-then another way.
 The Baltimore American gives the following impressive account of Maj. Anderson's hoisting the national flag over Fort Sumpter:
 "Onc of the Baltmoreans who recently re- turned from Fort Sumpter, details an impressive incident that took place there Major Ander- son taking possession. It is known that the American flag brought away from Fort Moul- trie raised at Sunpter precisely at on the 27th ult., but the incidents of the flag raising have been related. It was scene that will be memorable reminiscence ill the lives of those who witnessed it. 4 short time before noon. Major Anderson assembled his whole force, with the workmen employed on the fort around the foot of the flagstaff. The national ensign was attached to the cord, and Ma ajor An- derson, holding the end of the lines in his hands, knelt revcrently down. The officers, soldiers and men clustered around, many of them on their knees, all deeply impressedwith the solcm- nity of the scene. The chaplain made an car nest prayer-such an appeal for support, en- couragement and mercy as one would make who felt that "man's extremity is Gods opportuni- ty.' As the earnest, solemn words of the speak CT ceased, and the men responded Amen with 8 fervency that perhaps they had never before ex- perienced. Major Anderson drew the Star Spangled Banner" up to the top of the staff, the band broke out with the national air of Hail Columbia and loud and exultant cheers, re- peated again, were given by the officers, sol- diers and workmen. If said the narrator, South Carolina had at that moment attacked the fort, there would have been no hesitation up- on the part of any man within it about defend- ing that flag"
 THE NEW COLLECTOR AT CHARLEsroN.-A letter in the Philadelphia Press says of McIn- tyre:
 Mir. Mcintyre, the appointed collector, is a resident of this blade. He is an 1rishman by birth and came to this country at the age of about 12 years. He first carried on shoema- king. Always ambitious, hence restive and lm- patient, he gave up the trade and engaged III the confectionery business, which he carried on for several years He then went into the whip business, at which he is at pres ent engaged, Mir. Mcintyre was formerly a whig, being an ardent supporter of Henry Clay. When the American party sprang into existence he became a democrat He had held several small offices In 1857 he was elected chief bur- gess of the town, and would have been reelected had he not had Mr. Abraham Forry for an op- ponent, who is an extremely popular and infiu- snt1al man. Mir. Mcintyre is about fifty y-three years old, and is man of firm, determined VIII. | Hence think he will make good officer.
 FLORIDA BONDs.-Before Florida entered the Union she issued million or two of dollars oI ponds which were taken by the English pankefs: They were never paid, nor was the payment o1 hem ever assumed by the Federal Government. commission was appointed to examine the mat CT few years since, which sat in London, but inally concluded that nothing could De done for he creditors as Florida, while member of the Jnion could not be coerced to pay. But if Fiori- la goes out and becomes an independent nation he bondholders will probably ask the British Government to compel payment of those claims by rmed force. Mississippi has similar prospect 'efore her in regard to her repudiated bonds.--l Iere are two wars laid out for the new Southern | in addition to it's dangers of civil nd servile ones.
 The New Haven Nsws tells of a chap in that own who invited @ gentleman to ride with him a 1 ay or two since. and who in the corpse If convor