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The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1861-02-13

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The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1861-02-13

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a certain curs sick -auacne, Bious hsaiache. Ner
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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1861-01-17
suchhas been the effect, as can be proved

such has been the effect, as can be proved
by reference to numerous instances in which
the prophecy and sentence have been full
filed, and in none more strikingly than in
the case of the African slavery, to which
we are accustomed, and in which we recog-
nize ourselves as parties to the execution Of
this sentence, which introduces us to the
origin of slavery.
Thus we are prepared to reassert that
this sentence, inflicted as punishment Of
sin, and to be perpetual mark of degra
dation upon certain of the descendants OF
Noah, and by the sanction Of Jehovah
which has never been revoked, but has been
illustrated in his Providence, does both in
dicate tie origin and cause of slavery, and
also, allows US to plead an institution, which
comedies with the import of this ancient
decree, as lawful for US. And until our
positions are swept away, by our opponents,
we give the above as part of the Biblical
argument for slavery, upon which we will
have more anon. PHILEMON.
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The Ladies Of the Empire State.
January /, 1861. ! !:

January l, 1861.
Editor Mercury: The following patriot
ic resolutions were adopted among others,
by the ladies of this town and county, at an:
enthusiastic meeting held by them on Satur-
day last. ~ -
The following was presented by Mrs. Col.
I. Carter, and received with a joyous out.
burst Of applause .....
Resolued, That the ladies of Burke coun.
ty do tender their warmest sympathies, and
pledge their love and devotion to the proud,
gallant, chivalrous and "free people" Of
South Carolina, for the fearless and heroic
act of December 10th, 1850, which has O.,
pened pagei in the history Of human great
ness that the pride of man shall herald
through all time, and womau's holiest and
noblest affection embalm for all eternity. q
A committee. of young ladies presented
the following, which was adopted:
Resolued, That we, the young ladies Of
Burke county, do, heuceforth, reject with
naughty scorn and proud disdain, all ciyili-.,
ties from any gentleman who refuses or;
neglects to join the ranks Of any Southern
State that shall, in her sovereign capacity,
withdraw her allegiance from this uncon-
stitutional Confederacy, holding it to be
self.evident-that a dastard's glove can
never win woman's love, or defend her
honor. Very respectfully.
A NATIVE CARoLINIAN.
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In addition to these are incomplete works
at Ship Island, Mississippi river; George
town, s. G.; Port Royal Roads, s. c., Ty-
bee Islands, Savannah; Galveston, Brasos
Santiago, and Matagorda Bay, Texas. The
guns which were lately stopped at Pitts
burg were designed for those at Galveston
and Ship Island.
Hampton Roads is the greatest naval de-
pot station and rendezvous of the Southern
coasts.
Pensacola is very strong, and the only
good harbor for vessels-of.war, and the on
ly naval depot on the Gulf. The fortress
at Key West and Tortugas, on the southern
point of Florida, are among the most power
full in the world, and every vessel that cross
es the Gulf passes within sight Of BOTH
MILITARY AND NAVAL FORCES READY FOR ORDERS.
Now that rumor is so busy with the al
legged movements, southwark, of United
States troops and naval vessels, it may not
be out of place to give a statement of the
forces likely to be ordered for hostile service
in South Carolina. If soldiers be required,
Governors Island, N York, Carlisle, Pa,
and the Navy-Yards will be the first places
from which reinforcements may be taken.
The 800 troops stationed at Fort Monroe,
Fayetteville, N. c., Augusta, Key West,
Barrancas and Baton Rouge, would not be
removed. The available men, then, for
military duty are nearly as follows:
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Fort MORGAN TAKEN.-On Thursday
evening last a U. s. man.of war put into
this port for the ostensible purpose of get
ting check cashed, to pay off the prize
money to the crew for capturing q SLAYER.
Our citizens, not knowing the object Of the /,
visit, telegrsphed to Governor Moore the
fact of the arrival of the vessel, when he
promptly issued his orders to the military
companies of Mobile to take possession
forthwith of Fort Morgan and the arsenal
at Mt. Vernon 10 obedience to these or.
ders the various companies IT the city were
dispatched by Colonel Todd to the differ
ent places named, and yesterday morning
Mt. Vernon Arsenal was taken, an account
of which may be found in another place,
and last night We also received the crafty
ing intelligence that Fort Morgan:had also
been taken without opposition. They are
both now in the possession of the State Of
Alabama, and will be held at all hazards
and in any emergency. The value Of arms,
ammunition, &C., taken, will reach oversa
million of dollars. g44
MOUNT VERNON ARSENAL TAKEN -
We learn from Nh. Cooper, postmaster and
clerk at Mount Vernon Arsenal, that yes,
terday morning at day light the arsenal at.
that place was taken by three companies
from Mobile, under the command Of Lieu
tenant Colonel Ketchum, without any resis-i
tauce, or rather by surprise. There were
only seventeen men at the arsenal. q
a.s. Mobile Mercury.
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Message Of the Governor Of Virgins

Message Of the Governor Of Virginia
RICHMOND, January 7.-The message
of Gov. Letcher was sent to the Genera
Assembly to-day. The Governor renews
the proposition contained in his last mes
sage, for Convention of all the States
1t becomes, he says, our State to be mind
full of its own interests The disruption
seems inevitable. If new Confederacies
should be formed, we must have the best
guarantees before we can attach Virginia
to either. He condems the action of South
Carolina, saying that she has taken her
Southern sisters by surprise, and that be
would have made no special reference to
her, had be not been invited to do so by
her late Executive in uncalled.for referen.
ces to Virginia. He says that the non
slaveholding States are alone chargeable
with the present state of affairs, and if the
Union is disrupted, upon them rests the
responsibility.
He opposes State Convention. and sug.
gests the appointment Of two of the most
distinguished men of the State as Commits.
sioners to the Legislatures OF those States
which have passed Personal Liberty Bills,
to insist upon their repeal. He does not
propose, however, that these Commission
ers should go to the New England States.
It is due, he says, to Virginia, that she
should have proper and effective guarantees
of the protection of slavery in the District
of Columbia; that our equality in the
States and Territories, and our rights Of
persons and property should be adequately
secured !; that we should be permitted to
pass through the free States and Territories
unmolested. If slaves are abducted, the
State where the loss occurs ought to be
made to pay the full value of the slave lost.
Like guarantees should be given for the
interstate slave trade, and for the passage
and enforcement Of rigid laws for the punish.
ment of such persons in the free States as
organize, aid orabetiu organizing companies
with view of assailing the slaveholding
States and melting the slaves to insurrection.
The General Government should be deprived
of the power of appointing to the local Of
fees of the slaveholding States persons hos
tile to their institutions and inimical to their
rights. He further says that be will re-
gard any attempt Of the Federal troops to
pass across Virginia for the purpose of coer-
cling any Southern State, as an act of in
vasion which is to be repelled. He is
not, however, without hops that the pres
ent difficulties will find some satisfactory
solution. Let New England and Western
New York be sloughed off and ally themsel-
YES with Canada.
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ARREST FOR TREAsoN.-J. N. Merri.

ARREST FOR TREAsoN.-J. n. Merri.
man, Collector of the port of Georgetown,
S. G., was, on Monday last arrested by the
people of Georgetowa, on a Charge of trea-
son against the State. A letter was found
written by him and addressed to Mr.. Buch-
anan, stating that he (Merriman) had just
cleared vessels in the name of the United
States, and that be would continue to do
SO. The letter calls upon the President to
send boat and men to collect the Federal
revenue, and informs him Of the progress
made in the construction of the works near
Georgetown, and promises to keep him pos
ted from time to time in relation to the
same. The letter is signed by his initials,
j. N. M. When arrested, he acknowledge
ed having written it. Lopse, his deputy,
was also arrested he said he had been
in the habit of writing out Merriman's let
ters, but had not done so in this case, as
he considered it treason. Both have been
committed to jsil.-Marleston Mercury.
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More Of the Bitter Fruits--Facts art
Opening the Peoples Eyes.

Opou1uS CQo F6Op16S Gy6S.
Space would fail US, were we to attempt
to chronicle all the stoppages of mills and
work shops in our own State and Massa.
chusetts. Unlike our abolition neighbor.
of the press and other similar prints, we do,
nevertheless, publish the more important
items Of this very unpleasant news. We
do not believe in the policy of trying to
suppress ugly facts in our midst, which are
daily augmenting and thrusting themselves
upon the public attention. They will not
cannot be hidden or covered up, even to
meet the party exigencies of those whose
mistaken course has led to these very re-
suits. Hungry men are wanting work ;
and will be heard We resume our chron-
icle:
In the large and lately prosperous manu-
featuring town of Meriden, eight or nine
of the establishments have come down to
"short time," preparatory to general stop
ping of work.
Charles Parker & Co.'S. foundry and sew
ing machine, coffee mill, hatchet, and gen.
eral hardware factory, will close its bust
ness and shut up its doors tomorrow Sat-
urday) night. This establishment has en-
ployed about six hundred men.
The Britannia company, two hundred
workmen, have nearly ceased business, and
Twill, probably, close entirely.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1861-01-17

MASSACHUSETTS BLUsTER. Governor
Andrew, of Massachusetts,, in his message
states that the enrolled militia in the State
exceeds $4,000 men, while the active
militia numbers about $500. The Cover
nor suggests that larger number be pla-
ced on an active footing, so that the State
may be ready to contribute her share Of
force in any exigenoy Of public Danger
The Governor favors the abolition Of the
death penalty, and change in the statutes
on marriage and divorce. The Personal
Liberty law he believed to be strictly con-
stitutional, as the right ola person to re.
claim an alleged fugitive must always be
subordinate to the indefeasible right Of
every freeman to liberty. He submits the
subject to the wisdom of the Legislature.
The secession question he treats at some
length, to the effect that the people of
Massachusetts respond in the words Of
jackson, that "the Federal Union must and
shall be preserved"
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Message of President Buchanan.

WASHINGTON, January l0.-He regrets
to say matters, instead of becoming better,
are still worse, and hope is diminished
Alluding to the condition Of South Carroll
ma, he says there appears to be no other al.
Tentative but to collect the revenue and
protect public property, as far as practicable
under existing laws. His duty is to exc
cute. He says, at the opening Of the ses.
sion, he called attention to the dangers to
the Union, and recommended such meas
ures of relief as he believed would have
the effect of trauquilizing the country, and
saving it from perils in which it was need.
lessly and unfortunately placed. Itwas not
necessary to repeat this opinion and recon-.
mendation. His conviction then expressed
is unchanged. The right and duty to use
military and naval force against those who
illegally assail the Federal Government
are clear and indisputable, but the present
state of things is beyond Executive control
We are in the midst of a great revolution
and be recommends to Congress, that te
meet the present emergency is reserved
the power to declare war, and remove
grievances that might lead to war, and re.
store peace to the country. On them rests
the responsibility. After eulogizing the
blessings conferred by the Union, he says
Should it perish, the calamity will be as
severe in the Southern as in the Northern
States. The secession movement was chief
ly made in misapprehension as to the sch
timents of a majority of the Northern
States. Let the question be transferred
from the political assembly to the ballot
box, and the people will redress grievances
In heavens name, let the trial be made be
!, fore We plunge into the assumption >ha
there is no alternative. Let US have l.
Aection. Would that South Carolina hat
reflected He appeals to Congress to say
s in their might, the Union must and shal
be preserved by all Constitutional means
! He recommends Congress to devote them
selves to prompt action with view to peace
A division on the line of thirty.six thirty il
. suggested, as calculated to produce an ad
? justment. 1t was an imputation on mem
! bers to say they will hesitate for one mo
ment. The danger is on us in severa
! States. Forts and arsenals have beel
seized by aggressive acts. Congress shoul'
endeavor to give the difficulties peaceful
) solution. He states the reason why b
had refused sending troops to Charleston
Harbor; believing this would have fur
nished pretextif if not provoeation on the PAL
of South Carolina for aggression. ReferrinI
to Anderson, he says that officer, before b
left Fort Moultrie, could not have held tha
! post forty-eight or sixty hours. He ha
! warned bis country of the danger, and fel
} the duty faithfully though imperfectly pei
formed; he was conscious he meant vel
for his country.
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HoNoRs TO MAJOR ANDERSON AND Sc,

RErARIEs Holt AND STANTON. .SENE-
CA FALLS, N. Y, January 3.-Seneca
Falls is firing one hundred guns 10 honor Of
Major Anderson, of Fort Sumter, and Sec.
retaries, Holt and Stanton, for their gallant
services in the cause of the Union:
WAvERLY, N. Y, January 3.-0ne
hundred guns were fred here yesterday, in
honor of Major Anderson. A large ban.
ger was displayed across the street, with
the inscription ''For President in 1854,
Major Anderson" s
OMAHA, N. T., January 4.-The Ne
braska House of Representatives, on the LIST
instant, on motion of General Downs, of Az
loe, passed the following resolution: -
Resozued, That the Nebraska Legislature
sends greeting and thanks to Major Ander-3
son, of Fort Sumter, for his gallant conduct,
and wishes him and his family "a happy
New Year." .s77
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West Point, Fort Hamilton, Fort Adam!

west Point, Fort Hamilton, Fort ADAMS
and Fort Independence could also spare
some men, but the above list includes only
those who might be sent away at once, with
out seriously interfering with the routine
duty of the Nothern stations.
Relative to the navy, very erroneous i'm
pressions prevailed as to what vessels would
first be called on. The Brooklyn, Macedo-
nian and Dolphin, regular men-of.war, are,
to be sure, in commission, and manned, but
only the latter, we believe, could enter
Charleston, in the harbor of which there are
only thirteen feet'of water, as the Brooklyn,
fitted out, cannot float in less than sixteen
feet at least, while the Macedonian requires
twenty.
From this fact it would seem that the an
nouucement of these ships being ordered in
readiness was premature. There are, how
ever, sufficient craft at the different yards,
of the requisite draft, to form somewhat
formidable feet We subjoin list of them !:
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REPUBLIC OF SOUTH CAROLINA THURSDAY MORNING. JANUARY 1861
Ives, GARNER & Co., tinware manufautu

Ives, GARNER & Co., tinware manufautu.
rers, are preparing to stop work.
Parker & Perkins, (hammers,) have shut
up their doors.
John l. Edmund Parker's foundry (l00
hands, has ceased work entirely.
Parker, Snow & Co., (maohinery and
steam engines, 100 to $50 hands in ordina.
ry times) have been obliged to discharge
all and shut up their doors.
The feeling in Meriden, in consequence
of the disastrous workings Of, Republican
success, is very bitter against the irrepres-
sible conflict party. What the oft.repeated
warnings and clear arguments of Democrat
ic speakers and papers before the election
failed to do, has been accomplished by the
Republicans themselves. The people are
at last convinced, by the pressure of ugly
facts, that this anti-slavery war has not
paid the cost, and that it has wrought no
good, but much ruin. -'.
Even the pulpit, so long used politically
only to slauder the Democracy, spread and
confirm spirit of hate, and mis.educate
the people, is now silent on politics. Some
ministers, indeed, who have heretofore KEEP,
aloof from politics, now speak out the lam
guage Of truth, extorted by the overwhel'
ming facts around them. Rev. D. Henry
Miller, in the Baptist Church at Meriden,
on Sunday, December 16, preached po
litical sermon totally different from the
'political sermons" known to Connecticut
especially for the past five or six years. He
stated (alas how truly y that the "existiDe
troubles of the country are due chiefly to q
pRosT1TUTED AND DEGRADED PULPIT
here at the North
Never was truer word spoken Thi
generation has been mis.educated by po
litioal preaching from the pulpit-by Sun
day sermons intoxicating, not love, bu
HATE towards our brethren of the South
Hartford (Ct.) Times.
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like her sister gun.boats, could be ordered,
in an hour, by telegraph, to any given place.
Naval vessels drawing over fourteen feet
of water, to the number Of a dozen, perhaps,
are susceptible of speedy equipment; but,
as already stated, We mention only those
actually ready.-Neao York Times.
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GOVERNOR OF MICHIGAN ADVOCATING

GOVERNOR OF MICHIGAN ADVUUATING
CoERc1oN.-DETRo1T, January 4.-Gov-
ernor Blair, in his inaugural address, says,
in reference to South Carolina, that he
presumes, if it could be done properly, the
country generally would be willing to let
the restless little nation of South Carolina
retire forever. But it cannot be done with
out the destruction of the confederacy,
and self.preservation will compel US to re.
sist it.
The Governor denies that the personal
liberty bills have prevented the execution
of the fugitive slave Law in q single instance.
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Fortifcations in the Southern States.

Fortifcations in the Southern States.
Subjoined is list Of Notifications, taken
fror' col. Totten's report made to Congress
a few years ago, giving the cost of each,
and the number of guns they severally
mount:
Table Of Navy Yards and Principal Forts
South Of Mason and Diaon's Lime,
showing the Position, Cost and Strength
of each:
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Officers and

We have included the Crusader and Wy
andotte, of the Home Squadron, because
they are now at Pensacola, where they have
just undergone an overhauling, and pref
ty reliable correspondent informs US that
they are not to return to their stations i'm.
mediately. The Mohawk, also, is "in and
out" at Key West every day or two, and,
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THE GOVERNORS REPLY.

CHARLESTON, 9th January, 1861.
SIR: Your letter has been received In
it you make certain statements which very
plainly show that you have not been fully
informed by your Government, of the pre-.
else relations which now exist between it
and the State Of South Carolina. Official
information has been communicated to the
Government Of the United States that the
political connection heretofore existing be:
tween the State of South Carolina and the
States which were known as the United
States had ceased and that the State of s.
Carolina had resumed the powers which it
had delegated to the United States under
the compact known as the Constitution of
the United States The right which the
State of South Carolina possessed to change
the political relations which she had held
with the other States, under the Constitu,
tion of the United States, has been solemn
ly asserted by the people of this State in
Convention, and now does not admit of dis
cussion.
In anticipation of the Ordinance Of Sc.
cession, of which the President of the Uni.
ted States had official notification, it was un.
derstood by him that sending any reinforce
ments of troops of the United States in the
harbor of Charleston, would be regarded by
the constituted authorities of the State of
South Carolina as an act of hostility and
at the same time it was understood by him
that any change in the occupation of the
forts in the hsrbor of Charleston, would in
like manner be regarded as an act of hostil-
ity. Either or both of these events occur
ring during the period in which the State of
South Carolina constituted part of the u
nited States was then distinctly notified to
the President of the United States as an
act or acts Of hostility, because either or
both would be regarded, and could only be
intended, to dispute the right of the State
of South Carolina to that political indepen-
dence which she has always asserted and
will always retain.
Whatever would have been, during the
continuance of this State as a member of
the United Ssases, an act of hostility, be-
came much more so when the State of South
Carolina had dissolved all connection with
the Government of the United States. Af-
ter the secession of the State of South Car
olina, Fort Sumpter continued in the pos
session Of the troops of the United Staets.
How that fort is at this time in the possess
sion of the troops of the United States, it is
not necessary to discuss. 1t will suffice to
say that the occupancy of that fort has
been regarded by the State of South Car
olina as the first act of positive hostility
committed by the troops of the U. States
within the limits of this State, and was in
this light regarded as so unequivocal, that
it occasioned the termination of the negoti-
alton pending at Washington between ths
Commissioners G of the State of South Caro-
lima and the President of the United States
The attempt to reinforce the troops now
in Fort Sumter, or to re-take and resume
possession of the forts within the waters of