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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1861-01-10
For the Yorkville Enquirer.

MILL CREEK BAPTIST CHURCH.
Alta meeting of the Mill Greek Baptist
Church, on the 22i of December, the fol-
lowing preamble and resolutions offered by
q. D. Smith, were adopted:
Whereas, our beloved and patriotic State,
has as sovereign body, withdrawn from
the Federal Government of the United
States, in order that her citizens may en-
joy that freedom of conscience, of the press,
and protection Of person and property, guar
anteed to them by the patriots Of American
Independence. These rights and privi-
leges have been trampled down and set at
naught by political and sectional party in
the Northern States the entire destruction
of the institution of Southern slavery is
proclaimed by their politicians !; is preached
from the pulpits Of their churches, and so
far as the power of this party extends, they
have put into execution their threats; the
outbreaks at Harper Ferry, in Texas, and
various other parts Of our country, is sufi-
cient index to the course they intend to
pursue. Our statesmen, while coutending
for equal rights, have been taunted, threa-
tened and hissed at by this dangerous and
fanatical party. We as religious body,
in a peaceable and quiet manner enjoying
our religious opinions, and receiving at the
same time the protection of the government
under which we live, deem it our duty and
privilege to express our sentiments in re-
gard to the important course South Caro-
lima has taken in the present crisis. Be it
therefore,
Resozyed, 1st That we, as Church, do
fully and most heartily concur in the ac-
ton of South Carolina in seeding from the
Federal Government of the United States.
g That we believe and earnestly csntend
that slavery as it exists in the Southern
States, is sanctioned and sustained by the
Holy Scriptures. Collosians, 8: %.
8. That those protesting christians, who
have been and are now actively engaged in
the warfare upon Southern slavery, and
have caused a separation of churches as
we'll as States, are wholly at variance with
aud in direct opposition to the teachings of
our Lord Jesus Christ and his inspired
APOSTLES, who wrote for our instruction and
edi6cation in all things pertaining to this
life, and that which is to come. And
that it is the duty of all faithful christians
to withdraw from such, and dissolve their
connection with them. 1st Timothy, g.:
1-5; End Cor. 6:$17. Galatians, l: o-9.
4. That we will exhort masters to treat
their servants according to the scriptures
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HEAVY TRAVEL TO THE SoUTH.-The
Petersburg E1press says: 'The regular
trains to the South are daily heavily loaded
with through passengers, many of whom
consist of Northern capitalists en- route fol
South Carolina and other Southern States
A gentleman from the city of New York
informs US that there are three thousand
prominent monied men in that city who are
now prepared to come to the South, having
determined upon this course in the event Of
q dissolution of the Union"
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+, A FR1aHTFUL DEMONSTRATION is star
ing sixty thousand persons in the face in
New York city. The funds at present in
hand will give to each Of them for the win
ter eleven dollars and sixty seven cents
This insufficient SUN must afford them food,
clothing, and shelter, until spring, or they
must succumb under their sufferings. A
darker hue is added to the terrible pic
ture when we consider the exceeding un-
likelihood of their obtaining employment
after the winter is past.
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PREPARING FOR WAR-The Philadel
phia Psnnsyzvanian makes the following
statement:
awe ascertain from reliable authority
that the county of Chester has been dis.
tricted by the Republicans, each district
being required to raise a certain number
of volunteers for the war against their
brethren of the South. Thus the work
appears to have been commenced. The
first steps taken, collision Of some kind or
another will ensue, and blood once shed
will be taken as the cause for the arming Of
the people,"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1861-01-10

The DECISION UPON THE LoAN.-The
Secretary of the Treasury, it is stated,
holds that the law gives him authority to
reject any portion of the bids opened last
Friday in his Department, the acceptance
of which, in his judgment, may not be
advantageous for his charge-the Treasury
of the United States. He has accordingly
refused to accept all the said bids that de-
manded more than 12 per cent. interest
from the Government, accepting the bal
lauce-some s1,9OO,OOO-an amount a.
bout sufficient to pay the interest upon the
public debt.
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AMAIeAMA11oN. "A policeman of Cleve-s
land informs the editor Of, the Plaindealer,s
ofthat city, that be personally knows Of over,
thirty negroes who are living as man end
wife with white women in the city Of eleses
land. Since sLincoln's election, and the.
triumph of the Black Republican party,s
fugitives are returning from Canada to, o.
bio, feeling quite as secure there as in the
Queens dominions. .,.t s..,s 4
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1861-01-10
THE PRESIDENTS PROGRAMME

THE PRESIDENTS PROGRAMME.
The following telegraphic dispatch from
Washington, is indicative of the policy Mr..
Buchanan has finally determined upon:
The Message was then examined by the
Senators, and proved to be the nomination
of one Mcintyre, of the State of Penusyl-
vania, for the Office of the Collector of the
Customs of the United States, at the port
of Charleston, South Carolina.
Mr.. Mcintyre will not go to Charleston,
but aDiU remove the Custom House to the
deck of q man.of:acar, under the provisions
Of the Force Bill of 1882. -
This policy is probably in accordance with
the views of General Scott. Old men will
cling to past ideas. This old man, puffed
up with the vanity of what he considers his
exploits in cur harbor in 1882, is doubtless
ambitious of renewing similar glorifcation
over his name, by Yankee plunderers and
Southern imbecile Union savers. Alas
the old man has sadly outlived his era
Cblivious of the changes of time, and the
transactions of the day, he still sits dream.
ing dreams Of things long passed away
gazing at the vain soap bubbles of an aged
brain. Senility must plead for his folly
Blind leader of the blind, Mr.. Buchanan
and his counsellor will both fall into the
pit.
On the Goth day Of December, 1860, tbs
State of South Carolina withdrew her con
nection from the United States of America
She has appointed such duties upon he1
imports as seemed best to her. She hsl
appointed her officers of customs to collec
those duties. She now holds all the fort
in her barbors, save one, which is still in
the hands Of the United States Government
and for the surrender of which the Execu
tive of the United States has refused tt
treat.
Here is cause for war. Fort Sumter lie
within the limits of the territory of th'
State of South Carolina.
1t is now proposed further, on the par
of the United States Government, to at
tempt to collect South Carolina revenue, il
harbor of the State of South Carolina, b,
means of an armed vessel stationed in ou
waters. The attempt will be blockade
of port or ports of the State of South Ca
rolina. It is a virtual-it is on actual
declaration Of a0ar. The people of Soutl
Carolina are not in humor to be furthe
trifed with; nor, in our opinion, are thos'
of the Southern slaveholding States. Th'
attempt will be war; and as war will b.
treated by this State. Let the said man
of-war come. Let the attempt to blockade
be made. Ii will be met with war, and wa
in every legitimate and recognized mode o
warfare known amongst civilized nations
We have no breads, and not many regrets
The end is certain deliverance. In tn
mean time, Yankee commerce will be mad
the spoil Of our privateers. Charleston
Mercav,y.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1861-01-10

sSA PRESIDENT Eoa 1886. TO any po-v'
litical party, says the New York World, ON
the look out for candidate for the Pfesi.r
dency of the U. States in 1866, we, suggest
Major Anderson, of Kentucky. From a.
slave State, yet unswerving in his allegi-y I
auce to the Constitution, faithful to his dutyss
man who can keep his own counsel and
act with decision at the right moment, and
who is not afraid to take the responsibility
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The CHARLESTON FoRTs.-There seems
to be a general concurrence Of opinion that
Major Anderson, in spiking the guns and
burning the gun-carriages of Fort Moultrie,
and removing his command to Fort Sumter,
manifestly violated the express understand
ing between the United States Government
and the authorities of South Carolina, that
things we're to remain in statu quo until
negotiations between the two Governments
for the possession of the forts had come to
an end. In conformity with the agreement,
we have seen South Carolina refraining from
occupying Fort Sumter, the strongest fort
in the harbor, commanding Major Ander-
sons position in Fort Moultrie, and entire
ly undefended. There has been no mo-
ment, from the commencement Of these
difficulties, at which a corporaPs guard from
South Carolina might not have marched in
and taken possession of Fort Sumter, and
in twenty-four hours compelled Major An
derson to abandon Fort Moultrie. And
Yet, with all the manifest advantages Of
this step staring her in the face, she has
stood, like the gallant and high-toned State
she is, by her plighted faith, whilst Major
Anderson, with this noble example before
him, and owing his existence and that Of
every man in his command, to the honor
and forbearance of South Carolina, seizes
Fort Sumter 10 the darkness, destroys the
property of the United States committed te
his care, violates the agreement of bis Gov
ernment, and, of his own responsibility
begins civil war. All this is done while
the Commissioners appointed by South Car
olina are yet in Washington, prepared tt
negotiate for the solution of the knot which
Major Anderson, in true military fashion
has cut with the sword. But mere soldiers
are not always overstocked with brains, ano
it has not perhaps occurred to the grea
strategist. now in command at Fort Sumter
that in seizing strong position for himself
he has lost stronger one for the United
States, by depriving it Of its moral weigh
in the public opinion Of the South, ant
throwing upon it the responsibility of be
ginning civil war, and beginning it by
breach of faith towards people to who's
own fidelity it was indebted for the powe
which has enabled it to violate its own en-
gagement.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1861-01-10

SELLING WOMEN IN ENGLAND.-A5
shoemaker in Preston, England, named
Charleston, not being able to live satisfac-F
torily with his wife, took her to q public
house and sold her at public auction for
twenty-five cents and two dollars worth of
whisky punch. A bill of sale was given,
and the woman seemed satisfied with her.
change of masters. -
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"A, THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 10, 1861.

cord, with the intention of recommending
to Gov. Goodwin that the Granite State be
Immediately put upon war footing.
The feeling is deep and not to be misin.
terpreted. There is no mistaking the fact
that Massachusetts is in earnest in this cri-
sis. The merchants are plucky, and the
name of Anderson is uppermost in every
conversation.
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OLD CLOTHES FOE KANsAs.-The ST.
Joseph Journal learns that day Or two
since, as the hands on the rail road were
unloading car, g barrel, marked old
clothes, tumbled to pieces, and instead Of
vests, pants, &c., out rolled cartridges,s
very much to the assonishment Of all. The
barrel was sent out by the Emigrant4 Aid
Society. - a -. q .S,-f
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The Richmond Dispatch puts the follow
ing question in arithmetic: If ten thous-
and troops cost South Carolina six millions
year, how much will it cost to support an
army large enough to demolish the ten
thousand? 49,,
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The Work Co.'s ON.-We learn that
$50 able.bodied free colored men, Of Char
lesion, yesterday offered their services gra-
to the Governor, to hastenforward
the important work ofthrowing up redoubts
wherever needed along our coast. -
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PRINTERS PArR1oT1sM Light printers
from the South Carolinian and Southern
Guardian Offices are in the ranks Of thes,:
Columbia Artillery, which lett yesterday
They are all young men who will be found
equal to any emergency. The large num.
Der and the promptness with which they
volunteered speak we'll for the patriotism:
of the craft. Guardian, Cd instdat% sa':'
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The HARBoR.-We understand from a
friend who arrived here yesterday morning.
that the State authorities are taking means
to guard the barbor Of Charleston, by remo-s
wing the lights in the lighthouses, and pla.
cling distractions 10 the channeL- Colum-
bta Guardian, Sd instant. I. r,.a1
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COMMISSIONERS APpoINTED.-The fo

COMMISSIONERS APPoINTED.-The fol-
lowing gentlemen have been elected Com
missioners from s. Carolina to the States
named: A. P. Calhoun, to Alabama M.
L. Bonham, to Mississippi; J. L. Manning,
to Louisiana; A. G. Spain, to Arkansas /;
L. W. Spratt, to Florida: J. L. Orr, to
Georgia; James Mcqueen, to Texas.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1861-01-10
MESSAGE OF THE GovERroa OF NEW,

MESSAGE OF. THE GOVERNOR OF NEw,
YoRK.-Albany, January governor
Morgan, in his message, recommends the
State to repeal the Personal Liberty Bill
ard advises other States to do the same, il,
order, as he says, "to remove all just cause !,
of complaint on the part Of sister States, !" :.
He also recommends the, enforcement Of
the Constitution and great moderation IN
State legislation. He urges the press TO
regard the rights and, interests Of all sec.:
tions of the Union. 80
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WE are glad tolearn that the State loan
of s400, 900 has been promptly taken up BY
the banks of the State at par, each bank
taking an amount proportionate to its capi.
tai Charleston Mercu7y. -. ..
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PATRIOTIC TENDER.-We learn that a
committee of gentlemen from StJohn's
Colleton, under the name Of the Palmetto
Volunteers, on yesterday rendered their
services and those of five hundred negroes,
to His Excellency Gov. Pickens. e
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1861-01-10

L1BERA1.-We are glad to chronicle the
noble act of Benz. Mordecai, Esq, who yes
terday contributed from bis individual re-
sources, ten thousand dollars to the Treasu-
~ of the State.-Marleston Mercury.
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cause brought about, and all the slave
States will rush madly to the conflict, and
the fate of the Union is sealed forever.

cause brought about, and all the slave
States will rush madly to the conflict, and
the fate of the Union is sealed forever.
It seems to be the common belief that
Gen. Jackson overawed South Carolina by
the presence of large military force, and
that she backed down. Such is not the
fact. That prudent statesman and consum-
mate soldier took care to have a large force
In Fort Moultrie, but when he sent ma.
tional vessel to collect the revenue, he
charged the officer in command of her, up.
omethe peril of his life, not to shed drop
Of blood. This was such an instruction as
might have been expected from a man Of
Gen. Jackson's fearless character.
That controversy between the General
Government and South Carolina was set
tied by the mediatorial interposition Of
Virginia and satisfactory modification Of
the tariff, and not by the threat Of General
Jackson. .r.'-. "
1t will be we'll for the present as we'll as
the incoming Executive to study the pre-
cedents which are cited to justify coercion.
and understand whether the facts and cir
cumstances attending them correspond with
those now existing Richmond Wing.
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ss- The superintendantsof the. Arsenal

14r The Superintendent of the Arsenal
at Harpers Ferry, Virginia, mas been to
Washington and had an interview with the
Secretary of War, He stated that be had
received letters threatening the seizure.of
the Arsenal and arms BY the secesaionists
of virginia.
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shall consist only IN leuyimg a0ar against
the State, or adhering to its enemies, g'u'
ing them aid and comfort-and that trea.
SON shall be punished by death aoitbout the
benefit Of clergy.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1861-01-10

In New HAVEN, Conn, the carriage
business, owing to the troubles in the coun-
try, has been almost destroyed. Many hum,
dred workmen are out of work.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1861-01-10

SIXTEEN out of twenty-five Senators Of
Maryland, have united in an address to the
Governor of that State, to call an extra ses-
sion of the Legislature. ......e
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1861-01-10

The coal operators Of Pittsburg have re-
commended the suspension Of the mines un-
til the first of March. This will throw sew.
eral thousand miners out of employment.
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The PROGRESS OF THE REVOLUTION
Every effort of the General Government to
avert its dissolution, only hastens on its
fate. Major Anderson abandons Fort Moul-
trie and garrisons Fort Sumter. The Presi-
dent approves and the Northern Press prai-
ses the achievement. The N. Y. Evening
Post even declares that this step to coercion
raises the price of Stocks in New York
But what follows in the South, where the
great game Of disuuion is going on? The
people of South Carolina are made more re-
solute in their determination to throw off
the Government. Our city is like an armed
camp. Martial music fills the air. Offers
of assistance come by thousands from the
neighboring States Fort Moultrie, Castle
Pinckney, Fort johnson, and the United
States Arsenal, are occupied with our
troops Disciplined companies are arriving
by the railroad from the interior of the
State. The Governor Of Georgia seizes the
United States forts commanding the harbor
of Savannah. The Georgia elections, with
the voice of tempest, sweeps before it the
flying chaff of Unisnism and fear, and pro.
claims that the Union must be dissolved
In few more days Florida, Alabama and
Mississippi will have cast off all political
connection with the North, and the fortress.
es on the Atlantic and the Gulf, from Cape
Fear to the Mississippi, will have the stars
and stripes forever taken down from their
Aagstaffs. So works the threats of coercion
of the South. And how is it at the North !?
Congress has been in session month, and
not single measure Of coercion has been
proposed, much less passed, in Congress
The Black Republicans seem to to be con-
tent to abuse the President as traitor, be-.
cause he does not enter upon the enterprise
Of conquering the South aoith one thousand
men, being the whole force at his command
from Boston to New Orleans They know
that the President is just as helpless as they
are, to coerce the Southern States into the
Union and yet, they bray out their assinine
abuse, with all the force of bafled hate and
raging imbecility. Scheme after scheme,
to keep the Union together, is formed, and
bursts like bubbles on fretful tide. Every
day brings its proof of the steady progress
of the Government of the United States to
dissolution, and of the South to union,
whilst every effort made to avert this newt
able drift of things, only accelerates them
to their final consummation. Not to act
fatal, and to act is more speedily fatal
So, why not at ouce acquiesce in the des.
tiny of things-piteh the account book Of
the Union into the FIRE; and take down the
new account book of Southern Confeder-
acy? Then spread out its fair pages, for a
glorious history of Independence, prosperi-
ty, and liberty. As to the North-let it
20 over to Canada-or break up into an
Eastern, and Middle, and Western Confed.
eracy-all inferior in power, wealth and
civilization, to the great predominating Re-
public of the Slaveholdiug States Of North
America. Can they help themselves 2
We will see.-Charleston Mercury.
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The EXACT DISTANCES OF THE FoRTs. &
An officer Of the United States Coast
Survey gives the following measurements,
as taken from the latest surveys, made by
the Coast Survey Department:
Fort Sumter is three and three-eighthsl
miles from Charleston, one and one-eighth,.
miles from Fort Moultrie, three.quartsrsofs
a mile to the nearest land, one and three
eighths miles to Fort johnson, and tive and
6ve-eighths miles of Castle Pincknsy. The
last named fort is one mile from the town,
and Fort johnson is two and q qu&rsers
miles from the town.-Charleston lercsug.s'
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NUMBER.
MESSAGE OF THE GovERNoR or PENN-.

MESSAGE OF THE GovERNoRsoFsP sPENN..
notwithstanding, Jan: 2 Gov
Packer, in his Message, takes strong ground
for Union. He terms secession rebellion
and urges the repeal Of all statutes which
can justly be considered as violating the
rights of sister States. He recommends
the removal of the Act of 1926, allowing
the claimant of afugitive slave therightto
choose his remedy either underline sateora ;
Federal laws; also, that the right be con-
ceded to the master to retain. .hisslave while
sojourniug. in or passing through Pennsyl-s
vania. He favors the reenactment of theo,
Missouri line, by an amendment to the.
Constitution, to be ratified by the people
If Congress fail to provide this, them, says
the Governor, let it euanate from the,
people. The Message closes By declaras
ton that Pennsylvania is devoted to the,
Union, and that her people will defend i
through every peril. sSG
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p@ A correspondent of the Mobile 7ri-
bune is unwilling that that city should be
betrayed into the hands Of the Federal
power, as Charleston has been, by trusting
to the pledges ofthe Administration, which
seems to be incapable of controlling the &C.
ton of its military subordinates when the
South is concerned. The writer says:
LET US TAKE FORT MoRGAN.-Now
that it is certain that Alabama will secede
from the Union in few days, it is time we
were preparing for defence. The President
is aware of our design, and there are now,
perhaps Federal troops and ships on the
way to put it in strong position of de-
fence. We may wake up some morning
and find Federal troops in possession of
this strong position, which it will require
the sacrifice of thousands of lives to retake.
Napoleon counted every hour of delay as
worth so many men. Let US count the value
of the hours of delay by the lives of our
citizens, and let Us save them by prompt
action.