, 1861-02-16
til Il < e z 81 8.
Facts aud Specr'atto.,s from various
Sources.
h GOOD RADIANCE.

GOOD RADIANCE.
An authority 30 excellent rs that Of Mr. Jno.
Forsyth (editor Of the Mobile R4gia<7, who was
forced, 'soee1s polels, Into the ranks OF the Sc
ccssiouists, like Alexander Il. Stephens Of Ga.)
announces that VIM. l. Yancey Is about to re-
tire TO the shades Of private life In fact, Yam.
confession. Addressing his fellow -eonspira-
tors In tho Alabama Convention. the other |
day, he declared th.t it was "for the last |
time" a sad, disappointed man, fancey !
sseks shelter IN obscurity. ~ iond visions
rndel5 dispellcd- Instead OF being President,
he has been forced to rehnquish THE equivoca1 |
honor Of that position to Jefferson Davis, who
"a N ADLER, II not wiser man 1t was unkind
to iaacey TO deprive him Of al return for his
all their nadneAs, the rebels are stil too
shrewd to trust their precarious fortunes to 4
man like fancey, whose temperate zea1 Is un-
relieved BY the faint5st CLEAN Of common
sense. or the smallest particle Of sound logic.
HOW THE sEcEDERs ARE FED.
The Nashville Democrat says:
Go down to the bank of the river here at
Nashville, and take look st the tons Of pro-
visions Of all sorts, lately landed from the
North sud Northwest, destined, as w.u1d ap-
pear from their marks, for Georgia and Alabs-
ma They have been planting cotn north Of
LIE Culo3 H1lu kQEY NOt QQl( AAf6 Eu0ukQ I0E
themselves, but they are feeding our Southern
neishbors, who had short crops LAST year.
TILE CRY OF HUNGER.
There Is nothing like hungry stomach to
take the conceit out of The most rebellious
head. Parents send their children supperless
to bed to conquer their peryersc wills. The
refractory pupil repeuts during the night, aud
submissive mood Aalmiiar process seeus to
be going on in Alabama, Plant corn," says
the Mobile 4dtertiser. tn you plant corn,
you can mise hogs and horned cattle, and make
your own meat, which will rise in price with
the same causes which will appreciate grain"
In palmer language, the Alabamiars begin TO
feel The pressure From other sources We
have already learned that their stores Of grain
are getting empty since the establishment Of
the system OF nou-intercourae with tfe North
,hsy @ I've ape1 hiEheitg mheis iety ree The cry
of famine is now hedfd, and the incdible cot
ton, no longer a menqilm king, fades into in
significance beside thster-ible picture Of W.
aud ending Of the 4desuisr's cry. Plant It,
by I'll meaus-and then learn that cotton Is
g. lhsh monarch, who can do nothing 10 hslp
Ills subjects in their bitter etrait-N. Y. Ibxt.
DAVIS AND STEPHENS,
Teunesseeans, we wish to cali your attention
| to the above names as President and Vice Pres
| ident Of the great Cottonocracy. Who elected
AAC pENPAI WE46 AEfC4 NNAauALEu~
| never voted. They are not chosen by tho
people, but by selfcoustltutcd Congress.
You hare been in the habit Of voting for Presl-
dent and Vice President, but In this new Gov
ernment tle people are excused from voting.
| We are asked to leave the old Republic, under
which we have lived the happest and most
| prosperous people on Earth, and try this new
| Cottonocracy Tennessee votes no on this
question. -SashpNe Dtns. leth.
THE WAR PREPARATIONS AT CHARLES
The Charleston correspondent of the Dalti-
! more american writes:
It has been mentioned that a floating bnt-
tory, tu be used in the capture Of Sumter, was
| constructing. During the past week the work
has been prosecuted with ill the yigor hthcr~
to charscterizing the warlike efforts Of Caruii~
| ca; about fifty mechanics, Negro and white,
are employed op the work. Tie battery,
understand, Is to bo about Is feet deep, 4S feet
wide and " feet long ITS bow, stern aud sides
are to present an angular surface, covered with
sheet iron, of sufficient slant to cause all balls
that might strike to glance either over the
hesds Of the occupants Of the raft, or to bury
| themselves in the depths Of the water. The
interior OF the battery will be tilled with sand
bags, bomb aud shot proof; 1t will mount four
aS.poundcrs, aud will no doubt be Of immense
value in an attack It Ia sufficiently strong
| aud heavy to endure all the shut that could be
poured into it from Sumter, without great
| aAnaKe. EACH Plcct OF uIuper used II lis con-
| struction - twelve inches square, and the
whole admirably calculated to stand not only
| the fire Of the enemy. but to withstand the
tremendous recoil of its own heavy artillery.
You ma.!rely upon It, as am re surcd on eve
cry hand, tnat If the demnnds Of Carolina are
| not complied with Sumter will be invested by
a powerful foe. Carolina, by her adrot diplo-
macy, has gained ample time to pr pare her-
| self for the deAdI1xt aud most determined
struggle. But somehow or other, am in
cl.ncd to tltuk tho fight will be stared off af-
Ter NIL, at least for some time. Considefins
tue fact that Gov. Pickcus has no power or
authority to declare war-thot the Legisl2tuUc
has Lot the power, even were it in session !,
and that the Convention, which has likewise
been dismissed, is the only power that exists
possessing the war declaring attribute of ss,y~
creignty, l conclude that NC shall hayo no fight
notwithstanding tho preparations, unlesa, in
deco, uncle Buck ut Washington shall pc rsist
in reinforcing Sumter and compel tha Caroli-
mans to tigl.s in defence. OF this, ltow ever,
there is not much danger"
| SOUTHERN DUs1Ess PARALrzBD.
The Boston Aaas publishes the following
extract from private letter from h gentleman
Of high soclal position residing in the central
part Of Mississippi. lie Is 4 STAKEHOLDER, aud
has some sixteen Of the human chattels" m.
ploycd as daily servants in his household:
IL am doomed to disappoint you again my
arrangements were made to pay you; my
money in tho hands Of Us good anil prom11t
men Us are in tue State, aud fa1t i,s.t ~ s,lFe
oft on the first day Of January as man could
be. But tten ct1nas a<cursed secession, and Tie
result has oeca TO pa7asyz; esefykirg- I cannot
c"!ecta do!!ar-no oad oa.s-aN tsssinc$s and
money aud could pay, If so disposed, will no.
l'ay. They Fay they must keep it. against the
evil days uhcal; aud they anticipate civil war
in cur v,ry u,idst, and then money they must
hare to protect OF remove their families. Our
S:a:: has stcedtd-gone out Of the Union
She has no credit-must rcs ort to direct taxa
ton, which tho people will resist, and then
ONES the dreadful reckoning between them
| Ind the base rasca1s, demaguguea and politi.
cians who have led them on 20 theirrain. But
for my properly here would leave at once. I
sthy to prevent confscatipn, which will be
resorted to against all Ion.resilent property
| htIdeIs.
"You can form no idea Of the madness which
prevails here, nor Of the dis ress among our
people. Our country is almost destitute oi
upon our laude, and where all this is to end,
God only knows,"
A BLAST FOR THE NEW C0S1sEDERACY
We hayo before referred to th Z tone of the
| leading European Journals on the subject oi
! secession and the tecessionists, to show tue
aosurdity OF the prevailing Southern opinion
that tho European Powers will be eager to an.
sake OF cotton acknowledge tsteir iudepend-
ence The London Eeononisf, In IN exceedingly
lucid and able article, express es very plainly
tic sentiments Of the British public on those
points. lis language must satisfy the fire.
caters, If they are not too cr,zy to be eatisled
thst from 1he commercial ciasSes Of England
of which the Economist is the popular organ
they can expect no sympathy, and that the
cry of "Cotton Is King" will not blind The
strong. char sighted and upright manuiactu.
rers Of Birmingham and Manchester to the
absurd and di:gracefui position in which the
slayel,olding States have placed themselves
By their folly. Tho Economist begins in thia
! way:
"Therc Is something truly astounding in the n
fatEationa which eeen, to posseea the politicians In
The southcrn States Of America They have not
only persuaded themselves into something that
has all the strength IL not the Intellectual 1rfgf
of moral conviction that tn. clusc Of slavery IL
holy and sacred cause, In which they who eufsI
l.'es arc heroes and martyrs; bnt they hare al.Q
Tally pursuaded themselves that ai who differ from
Them Arc III. unfortunate sEhjcct. uf mere fsncf
fd! halucinatlon, which tic slightest pressure pi
real selftntcrcst will diss4pAte once. They seem
rea II to believe that England j. as ready TO FTP
Trt t1ss,s. il Gsy con 6us oI.v A4r sufficient inter
tsfsd ,actire for doing TO- AZ shc would Be, for ti1
lar Inducements. to sustain Italy against Austr1a
o1 Pfu+sia against France"
Describing The plan upon which The secrs
eiouists seem to have hit, the Economist con.
tinues:
w u Eazsenfoble u z.e srea i1Jatuaticn a. Mis
! Have South Caroina and Georgia rcs1Iy persuaded
themselves that mercantile men In England would
even wish that their government thould interfere
Ia a struggle between the Federal Union and the