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The Georgia Ratification of the Rfont
EomefT EonRtltufion

The Georgia Ratification of the Montt.
Eomery Constitution.
The; Georgia Convention swallowed the Con
federate Constitution without word: Here
is Ill thai, ,was eaid Or done: ..~..
Mr; Alexander, Of Upson, Chairman Of tho
Select Committee appointed to draft m :ordi-
nance to adopt and ratify the permanent Com
sttutlon Of the Confederate States, reported
the following Qrdinance;:~i- -.
- AN ORDINANCE
To ADOPT aad r7tlfg kae Constitution 9f ae confsd
eTdts ,3tates Of Anerica.
Be It otdatued BY the people Of Georeia in Con.
Fention assembled, and 1t Is hereby ordained by
authority Of the same: That the ConsiItntfon
adopted .by The Congress at Montgomery, In tho
State OF A1nhtma The year Of our Lord pun tIon-
saAd eight hundred. aud si1ty-oue, for the Nper.
mauent Federal Government .Q{ tbs Confederate
States OF America, be and the sanh -fa herehr:
adopted and ratified by the St0te Of Georgia Nacf-
Ing In It's sovereign and Independent character"
Mr. Alexander moved that the Ordinance be
read second time and put upon its baggage.
which was aone-and the Ordinance xas passad
By q u.dnialotts potc Of the Coapention. The an
nouncement of the vote By Tie Chair was
greeted With rotfhds, Of applause. So; !:
Reso rcd, That the President Of this Cony ention
transmit to the President Of tho Congress OF fha
Coufederate States copy. dnly certified, when en.
rolled and signed OF the Ordinance this day nssseI
Iaufyi1g and sdoptfng the permanent constitu.
tiqn. Adopted. =
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~. .s From Pensacola. 81 !. 4:
a correspondent Of the NJ. Times writing:
from the p 8. Steamer Brooklyn March ..7th 7th.

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a correspondent Of the ny. Times writing
from the p 8. Steamer Brooklyn March eth 177tlh,
.says: ;: :, :5'.:77, .::l i::;--:>a !. y -. :.
Fort Hckens il in state of admirable de-
tenee-the guns glisten in the sun, as a warn-
Ing monitor not to approach it on y hostile
mission. Lieut. slemmer; with his garrison,
Piekens commands all the forts and bate
ries In the hands of the. state troops, he Is
also able to silence them III an incredible short
space OF time. - '.-,.-.::;ss ::
In construction this fort is q ,tirstrclass pen
tagonal bastloned work, built Of stone, brick
and bitumen, With covered Why's, dry ditch:
g1ac.a and outWorks complete 1ts walls are,
th1ckn1esa 1t Is embrasured for two tiers Of
guns, IN bomb proof easements, and one tier
i Of guns open, ore1t barheHe. The runs from
rhis WORK radtate toevary point Of tie horizon.
with flank aud enhlading fire in the bitches
and at every angle Of approach. From the
cate Of commencing this fort to the period OF:
finishing was twenty-five years. It cost the
lars: Its present armament conslsts Of: In
bastton .-Twentysixi 24pound howitzers.
aaenate--Foutss442p ~ Founders, aixty:-two 81
ponnders, sixty :=24ponndera.+ En- barbate-
Twenty four inch howitzers, .six 18-pound-'
biad mounted, and i've 1olnch mortarz. These
particulars, ! believe, .are very correct, but
l VIII not pretend that they are perfectly
Wehaya not the least hesItatIon in tleclsr4,
Ing that nothing the State authorities have yet
presented has frightened Us. In fact, We
would view It aa capital sport to reinforce Fort
flckenB, and have a brush. with Brig, Gen.
our lot - ' - : ::
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70 carry it.ons Before the expiration OF
:Lincoln's administration there would be 2
national debt piled up oi TWO hundred anu
ntty mil1ons' beaflne Ten 10 e"enss pea'
cent: interest.
IL The tariff nf 185Gnnly provides the gov.
ernment With half enough revenue: WM !
the European manufacturers and &eR
York importers make up the dehc1t7 VINO
>wll supplythe missing shilty odd millions,
a'years Where fsit to come tromE Can
the New York Hera'd tells We Know the
answer Of the London Ttmsa' II WILL tell
the American people TO lay dlfect tax on
pe1ty:"---tts -adsleeHo1ld be: -e:break
: down Dc, ,ypnf manufactures; buy all your
nAoi'e'o 4Asaa A2as 4aaa1 t1no Aesy onee
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1s&a*AeAu$8 APBo9ab1Neut&s-
The following nominations have been sent
to the Senate: ' -.
Thomas J. Galbraith, slouxAgenta at Yellow
Medicine. =
=, !. < stsnnard, Receiver Land, office, Sunrise,
i N: stickaey, Register Laad-offiee Sunrise,
Mln1eS0ta. .'-'t -
Stephen Miller, Receiver, and r. c. Nc
Clute, Register, Land: office, st. Cloud, Mime
City, MinnesotA 81. 32
J: A Kerns, Receiver at St Peters Mime.
E:A Rsa., Eeeeiver It Hanb,stop, nlnne-
e s. W, Ho11ey; Receivers cna.Hsld, Mime.
Lieut.. a. D. Balloon, Ninesota, Winnebago'
Vt T. G. Walker, ChippeKe, Agent at Crow
!, II / =; Webb. Wisconsin, calppews, Agent;
:, :, Luke Marvin, Receiver, and Sidney Luce,
Register, at Portland, Minnesota. - =
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Pafson Rrownlowss Compliments Il,
. -. tho Traitors. - -. :,
farson Brownlow Of the Knoxville {Tenn. ]
,Whiy continues to pour hot shot Into the
Southern traitors. In his Last paper he says:
We frequently receive IS many as 9 half
dozen letters in . day from The different P1in-
cipalities In the Sonthern Confederacy, threat:
ening ua with death in. Its most horrible
forms: These revolving Statea ara awarming
with desperadoes and assassins, who would be
altogether happy IN bathing their hands in the
blood Of Union men. AmorA feroclous and
maleVolent barbarism cannot be found on
Gods green earth than that now dominant in
this Southern Confederacy." Private worth,
public virtues, age, and experience Of
these can soften OF restrain the multiplying
and. relentless brutality which ,is .engendered
By the mob spirit Of this s:neY form -of civii-
iEation. !" Talk about riding q Union editor
upon q rail Why, the Prince of Peace, # he
we're On earth nsain, could not. traverse the
dominions Of these Yanceys, Rhetts, Dayises,
Slidells sand :Wigfalls, and lire, without repu-
dating his Sermon On the Mount, and pro-
claiming this. Southern Confedeiacy to be God
!ordatnsa,> Chzitt-begotten, and Heayen:.p-
proved. - az; !
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.AntI-8etessIon Feeling In North Ala.
bAmR-ImpoFtawf Mee1lug.- -

-AntI.setesslon Feeling In Norfh Aia-
- -bAmR-lmpoKtanf meetlDg.
The Tuscumbia NORTH Aza5amsan Of the ed,
contains the proceedings Of public meeting
held at, Frankfort, Ala, on the 10th instant,
.. Y. seyier was Chairman, and 7. B. Trotter,
Secretary. :; The following resolutions were
adopted:
L Reso1sed, That VIC approve the course pur:
Steele, in the Convention at Montgomery, in
not signing the so-called Secession ordinance,
That Secession Is inexpedient and unnec-
ess8fy, and We are opposed to it in any form,
and tho more 90 Since majority of the Blare
Ell ss5 a'Sf 9,s;sa t. g. eg e'tner y
itate Secession and Tint the refusal to SUBJ
nit the so-cal1ed Secession ordinance to. the
decision; of tha people, is IN outrage upon our
rights and liberty, and manifests aps1lt of as
sumption, unfai1ness and dictatozship
s. That the doctrine of Secession Is not in
les; that the Union is perpetual, In order to
insure peace, prosperity and tranquility; and
that when the Constitution Says that ali rights
not expressly delegated to the Federal po era,
are retained BY the States, 1t simply means the
people or ststss rntain the right to regulate
sad control thelr domestic Institutions SO Is not
70 infringe upon the Constitution of the United
ttntee; and that VIC therefore consIde, Seces-
sion a. false term, well CALCULATED to deccipe
lne masses, and lead to rebellion, oppression
anu anarchy; and also that we will not vii
4ngly give our support to the State Of Ala
6smA N her present stand upon the side Of
Secession but will do what we can to The con
4. That the spurious doctfina 40 often al.
Tsnssd, II that st% sGntraet broken upon ono par,
Constitution Of the States has lot been hro. ~
ken, because It requires al the States f5 enn.
stitute one party and the Federal powers the
sonal liberty bl1ls,' or u anti Fugitive slaye
Iaws," ara only pa9t ofa part :,
:fF. That our Congressional NOMINEES, If elect
ed, is to represent Us In the United states Con-
gzeea a1d not In this so-called tsoutharn Com
tedeEacy." - = : =
'6. That We regard the law enacted by the
50 called Congress Of the Confederate states,o .
imposing duty on goods brought from the
Southern Border States, as oppressive; to our
selves end as fnfqultous and exceedingly unjust
n tts operation upon our sister Soul thern and
Northern states. ..
, 1861-03-29

- CHARLESTON, March ii, 1861.
The more pursue my voyages Of discovery
along the highways and byways Of this swampy
city, the more am I certain that the eyacua.
tion Of Fort Sumter is no military necessity,
aud ought not to be ordered until the Govern.
ment hare taken every means< In their power
to-. obtain trustworthy information Of the
strength and Weakness Of the rebels here On
the spot L a1 agent Of The Government VIII
visit me in Charleston, Z will undertake to SAT-
fsfg him beyond the shadow ef doubt that a
volunteer 1orca Of athousand who are nowres
ident in this city can be found within tyeut7-
four hours to enrol themselves On the side Of
the Union. Beside this, am II possession Of
information, which is entirely satisfactory to
me, that there are now upon the islands Ger
man companies Of volunteers whose aggregate
number is GEO men, 600 of whom have not the
theslightest sympathy with Secession, but, on
the CONTRARY, have WaTm and enthusiastic lore
OF the Union am assured by lieutenant Of
one of these companies TINT The first shot at
Fort Sumter. would be their. signal for re-
volt. cannot give n better proof Of the posi-
bility:o these statements being true than by
assuring you that my informant, now serving
on Morris Island stumped the State Of, Wis.
constn four years ago on behalf Of Carl Schurz.
Shortly afterward business matters brought,
him to Charleston; he assures me Tint his;
spect end TINT tB In reference to the alaya on
garchy, for which he has d great aud growing
Contempt. He sass that although the oreaIs, G:s
lied militia regiments hava obeyed the Gov,
ernor In entering upon aetive service, Le. he
ing q member Of most Of the German socie-,
ties and intimately acquainted with their feel
ings and intentions, ean positively assert That
the German companies will never fire eun
upon United States troops; that they WIN neY-
er consent to periure themselves on behalf al
the 81 we power, but that, on the contrary, the
first gun fired against the government they
have sworn allegiance to, viii be their signal
for revolt, and their bussle call to muster under
TIE folds Of ihe stars and stripes. This good:
came over from the island this morning to
visit his family, and> as he stood at his own
door with me, In n street not far behind tho
Charleston Hotel, he pointed me to ten houses
in his Immediate neigh ghborhood !, in: which eye.:
~ occupant fs true to his country --:~.~ =.
Passing from the Germans to the Irish l.
an. compaalsdto admit that many Of them arc
as false to their oAths as Archbishop Hughes
con1a desire them to be, brt there art, to
speak withm bounds; hundreds who WIN not
BE- Induced by even the Archblshop's logic
nnd loose morality TO- violate the aanctity Of
their FoWs:S an personally =. acquainted With !;
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Military and Nayal Intelligence.

We are authorized to say TINT all the ships
of the home squadron are out Of provisions.
Only for the energy and enterprise Of Captain
Adams, of the Sabine, they would have had to
arrived at Pensacola mot line has been reee;ped
from dc Nary Department The steamers can
get no Wood and water. Another ship filed
ed with stores should be sent on ut once. A
"emuggler from Pensacola " WAS selling water
at four cents agallon. The ofacers md crew
Of the entire feet are told Of, to land at Sig
nal from Lieut., SlemmeT. =,
"A marked feeling OF Indignation, likely to
result seriously, is now quite apparent in the
entire United States Corps Of Naval Engi-
iecrs. It is said that political influence is be-
Ing used to Eet an outsider appointed Chief
Engineer Of the Eavy, which has caused the
anger Of the prominent members of the Corps,
Numerous designations may be looked for Ii a
person, rot belonging to the Engineers, gets
It is not generally known that the Federal
military and naval gatrisons at this stationhave,
in quiet way, been put upon war footing !:
and that the troops stationed In them are sub
icct to the regulation. while on duty, custom:
the Brooklyn Navy Yard has been distributed,
IS hare the other means Of defence, In tho
proper pl4ces. Governors Island, Fort HAM
ilton, Redloe's {{el4pd, and other places hnye
been made Similarly secnfe. On three occa-
slons, twice At the Navy Yard, and pnee at
Fort Columbus, all the available forces have
been Kept under arms at night. 1t is only
just to SAY, that neither Com. Brecse nor Nal.
Holmes would resort to these measures with
our cause. T. -.
Recruiting for the United States army, al
the Metropolitan station, continues. to pro-
gress vigorously: The Last two weeks, de-
taehIaenfe from the city rendezvous, from
Boston, Rochester snd elsewhere, were put
upon the Island. TIE ptGport{op Of -lisquajI-
fed applicants seem to be on the increase,
Preparations arc being made for the dispatch
ofa considerable force from Fort Columbus. !:
: On Saturday the Acting Commandant Of the
Brooklyn Navy Yard, Capt Foote, received,
orders to repair at once to Washington, IN
compliance with which he left the same eve
ming. It Is believed he has been called up
about the Navy. appointments. Lieut. Almy.
Is Acting Conmaneant at present, Com.
Breese being In the Armstrong Court martial.
The Board Of. Engineers that has been In
session at tho Brooklyn Navy Yard, for the
examination Of candidates for admission and
promotion, adjourned on Saturday, having
p2ssed auite large number: of young men.-.
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-. PiueK-, appears to have abandoned all
:hope (" "'YourEnoble dsvotednsss," he said
lately to some Solnntecrs, ..ls nov uselesa, for
81 Is finished, :: have already said the Same
to several bishopg af7 France, and to that Of
Rennes in PARTICULAR -
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AGnAAAAA~ a.
The Richmond -Whig says: that the last Alb
ingdon Kizyinian well takes of the efforts Of
the Immediate seceasionlsts to operate upon
the Convention BY concerted outside pressure.
The N7yinian says:
Large and lively Secession meetings have,
within the past few days, been held II LYueh.
burg, Fredericksburg, Portsmouth, Peters
burgh, &c! :sIhis has ill been done to increase
the outside pressure in Richmond, and to de-
ceivs the people ct the State as to the true
ings are held in the larger towns, where nd
,yenturers and hot-hloods :smost do. congre-
gate The people Of the county 1re over
Whelntng1y opposed to them, and If the cleo
ton were to 60 over again tomorrow, there
would be larger majority thar there va, on
the 4sh Of February, Secessionists In despair
increase their noise as their numbers decrease
to come extent IN frightening men. trom their
propriety, but the MASSES understand and ap-
prectate them" :
From table Of population Of Virginia,
according to the eighth Census, recently fur-
nished to 'the State Convention, and: printed
for the use Of that body,,it appears that there
are neither slaves nor free negroes in Mellow
ell county-in the southwestern portion Of
the State. There Is one free negro in each Of
the following counties; Boone, Buchanan,
Calhoun, Doddrldge, Hancock, Logan and
Roaue- There are two In Marion, Nicholas
and Wetzel, and three in Braxton. There arc
only two slaves in Hancock, {one Of the Il Pan
Handle" counties,) and only three In Webster.
In no other county, except Mcdowell, are there
less than ten slaves, =
Tho Richmond Examine4's: Washington
correspondent has seen Wide Awake:
1haye referred in former letters to the dan.
ginia~ A case in point has just occurred III.
G. A. Hall, o Black Republican and Wide
Awake Of this city, has been appointed Special
Age45upf the Post Office Department for 7 IL.
ginia Nhd Maryland In this capacity he has
pretty thorough control over all the malls in
beth states. LIE; can open any mail bag at
will, direct subordinate postmasters, circulate
abolition documents and Clemen's speeches
+ among his Elents uud allies at his pleasure
and, In addition to all this has great facilities
for tampering with slaves and running them
of: Here Is the correspondence Of the State
OF virginia un4er the control aud supervision
ofa Wide Awake!
"A letter in the Washington Star from
Richmond says that, as far as can be ascer.
tanned, the Union party have now majority
of fifteen in the State Convention; and that the
supplemental report Of the Committeeon Fed.
eral Relations viii be adopted by the conven,
tion, in connection WITH thea Bqrd4r {tate Con.
ferencs plan and some other suggestions Of the
Committee, unless, in the meantime, some ect
Of the Government, or Instructions from the
people, shall canse some of the Union men to
change 'front.' -. -~-; ...
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rHK OBYatRAL STRIFE.

=
- secession snan e'ef os W .no1oug ip n'y
accomplished as 70 oe aekno"isossu y
me people: oi me o"seo o.atss anu IL. -
eions u lne woiia, W. snan nua onsssss' .es
.oMtonssu W tns tely qoestou -, 49, shas1s hs
,noaeeu lns setne sm.. quo We snan s ptoDT ~
W epne4 W se'.'o l. n WIZ 'n0 s" -, -
questlon Is hnp!y SHALL s1'A '14'A': %.
Extended Jen' DaVlsS government
;says' les. Inc e'Vllzeo "ofau aas"eAe'
no! no., - :,,::-. a.:
To extend slavery, two things are neceE"
sary: 1st new territory must De aequfeo'
I'd, The: African slaFe trade must De re-
opened The: one. IS as necessary as the
other. Ihe great scheme Tor >Atncanlzlng
the American continent must fail miserably
with the failure either to get cheap negroes
in large quantities, or to acquire new lands
for them to colonize and ruin Without
such growth slavery dies. It's propagan-
dlsts Know and feel: the mighty tact; lta
enemies, who are no less in number than
, 1861-03-29

FAT41 AFrsAT.---On Wednesday,, two MN
!; ;attaaked the grocery Of Bernhardt Ehthoyer,
. In Jasper, Indiana After bEeaking up the bot.
: lies and furniture, they struck Hrs. E, Who,
willie her husband was sick, wis attending The
grocery: Mr. e. got up from hls bed, seized 3
double -barreled Gun, aud shot; his assailsnts,
mDrta11y wounding one Of them: The difacnl.
II grew out Of 4 debt due from the two men.
E~A - > -
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|: ,ToRlcco FOR TIE FRENCH GovzRxsIKNT.-
The Richmond {Va) Dispatch states TINT Jas,
Gsay'a Sons, merchants Of that city, hsve been:
awarded the contract for buying tobocco In the
Richmond market for the French Government.
The firm named are the bub-agents fofpart1es
in Naw York, who have the whole cont1act
for the United states. The tobaeeo tradeis q
monopoly with the French Government, to
which 1t yields yearly revenue Of about thir-'
: ty-fVe millions Of dollars. The profits III the
:: Richmond contract must be IN The neighhoF.
hood of 100000 - =, -- -
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Arrival OF Baron HothsohlId at New
49, OrfeouS: y. -

!. e11eoaan 4 .coyaht ul .EH9 HAU.HAyB:
Among the arrivals in: this city xesterf,asiv bv
the steamship :Cahawbs; ;fiom havena aey 1xss ~
Baron Rothsehilas Of the distinguished family
ct that name in Paris, who Is q guest .nF the
st. Charles: Baron 3. has been ependiae some
weeks Il Hayana, where be Ens the object Of
General and other alsting golshed gentlemen Of
that city, -
, 1861-03-29

sH1NaLEs.-For the past week thera has
been quite competition In the shingl mark.
Ct Good shingles have been sold ;as high as
- shillings per Thousand, but Is to 20 shil-
lungs is the medium price.-.L<riagson <dd1eh.)
Leader, March q. -.::f ..:,....
Proposition 70 LEASE THE :GHAND TRusK
KAl1WAx;-A r. proposition is said to be before
the board Of Control, in the name ct a. e
Mcdonald q Co, to lease the Grand Trunk
Railway pnterms something as follows: Two
per cent. on capital Of a., GOO Gee for five
years; three per cent. for the next FIVE years,
and Elk per cent. for the remainder OF tweu-
yyears' lease. The negotiating firm ts esld
to consist Of large number Of solid capital
ists.--Detroit Press.
STRUCK Ou--By private adyices from the
Canada oil region, we learn that company In
which c. G. Limb, late Sheriff Of Maeomb
county, Is Interested, struck oil day before
yesterday, and that the supply promises to be
abundant---East .Saginaao (Aieh.) Courier,
March q.
5n TGg5S n janis pz ars,ssss note
teemed feliowcitizen, B. ". Dennis, proposed
to donate q barzel OF flour to Elder Osborn,
pastor Of the Presbyterian Church, and also
oneto myself, provided the ladies would con
Eey then to our places Of residence on
hand caFt. Accordingly, fourteen Of them as
on the morning Of he 1st instant. The cart
was loaded and set in molten on the street
leading to the Elders residence. The young
men, IN the meantime, had brought tie old
cannon out Of Its resting place, and they
made 1t speak forth notes Of cheer The pro-
cesslo1 entered the Elders house, where the
flour, seg Of oysters, and some cash, were
presented in an appropriate manner. The
young ladies' then proceeded to our residence,
where the same kind Of donation vas made.p
|. -o'easso (At'eh,) american, Nareh 2S.. -
u Work TO BE Done OvER-At the recent
term Of the Jackson Circuit, Judge Lawrence
decided that nl the business doae in 1855 and
lsoo IN the Probate et1ice, By ". T. Howell,
then Circuit Court Commissioner, is uIegoi
and void. Judge Videto, the incumbent Of the
Probate office. was absent, in Texas, for por-
ton OF three years, his family, however. ra-
naming in the county. In his absence AIr.
Howell, as Circuit Court Commissioner, acted
as Judge OF Probate. Judge Lawrence deci-
ded that, inasmuch SO Judge Videto had nei-
ther deceased, removed from the county In q
! legal sense, 1or resigned, that Howell had no
right to act, and a1l the business done by him
YES Illegal and void. This will create 1eces.
slty tor opening md readministeriug all the
estates administered By Mr.. Howell, aud the
relssufng OF a1l papers, records and titles
Granted e. Tor two years.-ddrian Exposstor, Aar.-
1eE.--For aweek past It has been yery cold.
80 much SO as to prevent boats from running
on the lake. On Tuesday the ice was so thicE
on the lake that boys skased the distance Of al
least i've miles from shore. It Is plet alnt r.
day, and we shall have boats again in faH
day5.-Ler1ngton {Mich1 Lfa<5er Unrra o2d "
, 1861-03-29

"cA14;7 roR Taoops.-The Savannah lRzsppaa.
1icdn Of Wednesday sayH It Is stated on: thei
Street Tint Governor Brown received, on satur-
1sy;; from President Dayis, o. regulation for
two thousand troops. It is suTmiseac ctha4-
: they arc Intended Tor that city and,Peussv:
cp31, 81 ~! = .-~ =: ;; f!a1sNo M