Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1861-01-24

exceeds my expectation. They gave US sew
eral balls before we landed"
We too have our joke, which We will
likewise hazard.
Thore is more in the remarks of the Dis.
patch than possibly it may have intended.
The guns of Fort Sumter are within point
blank range Of Fort Moultrie. At the time
that the guns of Fort Moultrie opened upon
the Star Of the Vest (which by the way,
was quite out Of their rauge), those Of
Fort Sumter were ranged with all the pre-
cision that mathematical skill and instru.
ments could effect, directly upon each gun
of Fort Moultrie When the firing from
Fort Moultrie began, it was fully expected
thatit would Immediately be returned, with
interest And here comes in our joke.
| When the Star ofthe West turned tail,
and it became evident that she would ap.
proach no closer, the young fellows under
orders became clamorous and eager for "a
shot anyhow "Well," says the Majo.
(Ripley), Jumping upon the parapet, "fre
away, boys, but you'll all be 10 - in five
minutes" The boys did FIRE !; but the Ma.
jor's prediction was not fulfilled.
Maj. Ripley was twice brevetted for gal.
lantry during the Mexican war.-Mercury.
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Response Of the North.
The following resolution was adopted in
the House of Representatives of the Penn.
sylvania Legislature on Saturday, by vote
of so to 26. Read it.
Resolved, That we affirm the doctrine Of
the CHICAGO platform as expressing the seuti.
meuts of large majority of the people Of
Pennsylvania, and that we have no reason
to ignore it. We do not believe that any.
thing iu our political condition demands
concessions on our part.
Immediately sfter the adoption of tue
foregoing resolution, another was offered by
Mr. Bowyer, of Berks, for the appointment
of a select committee to report bill to re.
peal portions of laws of Congress. This
resolution was indefinitely postponed, by
yeas 49 nays 26! Thus, says the Rich
mond Dispatch, answers Pennsylvania te
the petition 456 feet long for the repeal Of
these acts
The New York Legislature has passed
the following resolutions:
Whereas the iusurgent State of Soutt
Car; lima after seizing the post Office, custom
house monies and fortifcations of the Fed
eral Government, has, by firing into a yes
sci ordered by the Government, TO conve!
troops and provisions to Fort Sumter, vir
tually declared war:
And whereas the forts and property o
the United States Government in Georgia
Alabama, aud Louisiana have been unlaw
fully seized with hostile intentions:
And whereas their Senators in Congress
avow and maintain their reasonable acts
therefore, '.-
Resolvetl, If the Senate concur, that tt
Legislature Of New York is profoundly i'm
pressed with the value of the Union, ant
determined to preserve it unimpaired; tina
it greets with joy the recent firm, dignifet
and patriotic special message of the Presi
dent of the United States, and that We ten
der to him, through the Chief Magistrate
of our own State, whatever aid in men aut
money may be required to enable him tt
enforce the laws and uphold the authorit.
Of the Federal Government; and that i
the defence of the Union, which has con
ferred prosperity and happiness upon th'
American people, renewing the pledge Civ
en- and redeemed by our forefathers, we ar
ready to devote our fortunes, our lives ant
our sacred honor.
Resolued, If the Senate concur, that th
Union-loving citizens and representatives o
Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Caro-
lima, Kentucky, Missouri and Tennessee
who labor with devoted courage and patri
otism to withhold their States from the vor
tex Of secession, are entitled to the graft
tude and admiration of the whole people.
Resozued, If the Senate concur, that th'
Governor be respectfully requested to for
ward forthwith copies of the foregoing re
solutions to the President of the nation, ant
the Governors of all the States of the Union
The question was taken on the adoption
of the preamble and resolutions, and the.
we're adopted by III to 2
With four States out of the Union, ant
with the certain Withdrawal of others, tn
above is the position de6autly assumed b.
two of the so.caled "Middle States," ant
two of the most powerful. What hopes re
mains of any "adjustment" with such
people? None.
The popular branch of the Legislature
of the keystone State has reafirmed tn
infamous doctrines Of the Chicago platform
and that of the Empire State has declared
in favor of coercion.
Here are two States, the commercial cite
of which have received, for many years
large portion of the profits of Southern
trade; yet we see that even the great com
mercial interests of these cities are over
slaugbed, and are powerless to stem tn
surging waves of fanaticism. If the tw'
States quoted have thus responded, wha
may be expected from States and communi
ties not so deeply affected by the withdraw
al of Southern trade!
/ In view of these manifestations, is it no
vain attempt, through the medium of
National Convention, to reconstruct tht
Federal Government The two sections
are now being divided, and the division
must be permanent and enduring. The in
stitntion of slavery will be the basis of the