St. Mary's beacon., 1861-04-11


have been permitted TO publish the fol.
lowing extract from the letter Of an inAui-
entail gentlem.a resiiing in Columbia,
s. O.. to friend in this city. 1t 10 dated
April 3d.:
Il feel snitc sure that the Constitution
sdoptcd 1t Montgomery must he spprecis-
ted both North and South. am sorry 20
zee that small party 10 this State oppose
Il; but they are slave-trade men, and
number tut few. IF you read the doings
Of cur State Convention now in session,
you will have seen that set of resolutions
we're offered by = Mr.. Wardlaw which
were very outrageous. 1t II due to the
State, as we'll rs to the individual, tn Say
that he wss under the influence of 4
liquid stronger than water. No revolu.
tionary spirit actuates the South. mean
the Cotton States; and nothing but The
election of such man ~ Lincoln, has
brought about this mo,nentous change
Even in South Carolina. there existed a
strong love for the Union, a. it once was,
but this election has changed that feeling
into very different one. and everything
that squinta ut reconstruction will b:
resisted to the death. I weuld have oul
Constitution adopted unanimously by tbs
Convention Of South Carolina. but I con.
fess that would dislike above xll thing.
to see free State in the Southern Con
federacy. Let the Constitution Of the
Northern States be based upon free labor
add that Of the South upon slave labor
and all will work we'll. Any combination
u the two wonld be ruiuous. inasmucl
a. We would only have to fight this b.,tl.
eve- again at some future day." ,-
tbs War PREsst RI nS THE PESsIpENr
Since ALI attack upon Forts Sumter aIo
Pickens has b-c"me probable. the Presi
dent has received number of telegraph.
exhortations from leading politicians il
oil parts of the country. urging him no
to surrender anything, and Offering t.
volunteer in undertaking rcinforcen-uts
An sDterprising Yankee offered to suppl,
Major .Anderaon with usen and provision.
for Eve thousand dollars on ten days no.
tice. A pro.uin.nt BELL man Of Cincinna
ii telegraphe.i toa Western Congressman
to tell tho President not to bulge an incl
that 10 yield anything was to yield eve.
rything. and that q million of Norther.
mea would spring IA arms should til,
Southern forts be attacked. The despatch
was handed ~ til. President this morning
by membrr Of the Cabinet. These ap
peals are said to exercise . considerable
stiffeuing influence.
The Prrsidcnt IL now said to be full,
emancipased from the inert influences o
the Secretary Of STATE, aud to lend his ca
mostly " blair aud Chase. Frank p
Blair talked some backb into Old Alb
one day this week. after bis outspoke n
unspsring fashi"n. He told him plainly
that pcaccaLle secession. or separation
was m impossioility, aud that the success
of the Republican Administration depend
ed ON the fulfil,ncmt Of the assurances helt
out in the inaugural He is said to hav,
done anything but minced words in his al
lusions tn the views Of the Premier upo,
the secession question.
ExGLAXp ASD FRANCS WILL SUSTAIN TIL
.ADxINIsTRArIoS.---l IL rumored in tn,
street to-day that secr-t agents were des
patched to England and France by tn,
Administration. immediately after it CAM
into power, TO ascertain the views Of thos
Governments on American affairs. aud
particularly. whether they would stand b,
the United States in the event Of an ar,ne,
attempt to put down rebellion, and refus
to recognize Southern Confederacy.
II il said that these agents have return
I'd, and bring the most favorable reports
that both England and France will Sc
their faces against Slave Confectionery
and in no manner recognize or assist it
IL il further said that tho delay of the Ad
'ninissrasion to declare its policy has been
in part occasioned by desire 10 learn tn
result Of fh-se missions, aud now that tn
position Of thase European powers Is un
derstoed to be all that could be wished
the President and his Cabinet are deter
ruined to take immediate and vigorou
measures for the enforcement of the laws
at ail haxards.---f. j. Post IF Friday.
Ttsasissss frsm L. Pess, II Peril, March 90
How ErRasE World RKGAxs A BLOCK
Apk ev THE SoGrnxRs Pokrs.-Th,
British Minister to the Emitted States ha
notified President Lincoln that the British
Government would not recognize . block
ade of the Southern ports, unless suci
blockade were complete and effective.
No political significance must be attach
ed to that fact. II was very natural tina
England should not desire, by rccogni.in,
the blockade, to show any hostility to th,
Southern Slater. and by a species Of inter
vention. more or less direct. close thos.
ports against herself and ALLEVIATE til.
sympathics Of that people from whom sh,
receives the greater part Of the cotton
which supplies her looms.
In ike manner. It Is rery probaIle, a
has br~x also announced, that tie othrI
grsat Porrers. inspired by the like purel,
commercial cemsiderasiass, eiW follon
Esgluafs e.campe.
Ii does not belong to them to NEEDLE in
the internal affairs Of the United States
They allow the various confederated part,
to settle their u,atters az thsy thimk pro
per. There. n elsewhere. they viii res
peet the principle Of nsn-iltcsvention
Only. in recognising the blockade, they
would necessarily take part with tn