citizens all along the railroad line eager to hearing despoiled and laid it in ruins. Let them the news, and to speed our glorious cause with destroy it-savage-like-if they will. We will their services. This is the fifth speech which rebuild it. We will make the structures more I have made since I left home this evening at glorious. Pl.oenix-like, new and more substan6 o'clock. In my town, yesterday, a meeting tial structures will rise from its ashes. Planted was held, a company was organized, and their anew, under the auspices of our superior instiservices tendered to our government. A flag tutions, it will live and flourish throughout all was made in two hours by our patriotic ladies ages." and presented to the company, and $2,200 was raised to equip the company and take care of the needy families of soldiers who may go off to fight for our country. My friends, forget not the soldier! Send him contributions to make him comfortable while he is in the service. Take care of his family while he is absent. Employ your hands and your substance in doing works of charity in this day of your country's trial. If any should fall in the battle, remember the orphan and the widow, and take care of them. God will bless you in the noble performances of a patriotic duty. My fellow-citizens, I must close these remarks. I am gratified to meet you to-night. I am gratified that Georgia and all the South is a unit. I rejoice to be able to tell you the welcome news that Virginia is a unit. Nearly every single member of her Convention will sign her Ordinance of Secession. And now, with my best wishes, I bid you good-night. His speech was rapturously applauded throughout; and, as he retired, three cheers for Stephens were given with a will. In a few moments, in response to earnest solicitations, he again came on the platform, and said: —Atlanta (Ga.) Confederacy, May 2. Doo. 121.-THE PALMETTO GUARD, MAR- THE companies passed by the Mercury office, with flags flying, and bands playing "Dixie," and looking, notwithstanding their hard service on Morris Island, in better trim than when, weeks ago, they took their departure. The Marion Artillery, Capt. King, and German Artillery, Company A, Capt. Nohrden, marched to the Gun Shed, where they were dismissed, and proceeded to their several homes to make glad many hearts that have felt desolate during their absence. The Palmetto Guard, Capt. Cuthbert-the heroes of the renowned Stevens' iron batterymarched to Military Hall, where a collation was in waiting, provided by the mothers, wives, and sisters of the members of the company. After a long term of camp life, the luxuries prepared by the ladies were most heartily enjoyed, and the source from which the supplies had been provided, gave an additional relish to the entertainment. Many off-hand speeches were made, and toasts and sentiments sparkling with good humor, wit and patriotism, were abundant. Among the speakers were C. H. Stevens, Esq., immortalized as the founder of the iron battery, and bravely manned by the Guard; Major Ellison Capers, Captain Cuthbert, and Wm. B. Carlisle, Esq. The mothers, wives, sisters and sweethearts of the Palmetto Guard, have contributed the sum of two hundred dollars for the purpose of presenting the company with a gold medal in commemoration of the memorable battle of Fort Sumter. The medal has been manufactured by Messrs. Spencer & Teague, where it may be seen to-day. The presentation will take place to-morrow, Major Ellison Capers, having been commissioned by the ladies on their part to present it. "The news from Washington is very interesting. It has been stated in the newspapers -first, that the Virginia troops had occupied Arlington Heights, just across the Potomac from the President's house; and again, that Lincoln's troops had occupied that point. My information is that both these statements are incorrect. Lincoln, however, has occupied Georgetown Heights. He has from fifteen to twenty thousand soldiers stationed in and about Washington. Troops are quartered in the capitol, who are defacing its walls and ornaments with grease and filth, like a set of vandal hordes. The new Senate chamber has been converted into a kitchen and quarters-cooking and sleeping apparatus having actually been erected and placed in that elegant apartment. The Patent Office is converted into soldiers' Where every man has proved himself first barracks, and is ruined with their filth. The among the fearless and the brave, it may seem Post-Office Department is made a storehouse invidious to mention any one in particular; for barrels of flour and bacon. All the depart- but the subjects of the following have been such ments are appropriated to base uses, and de- universal favorites with the company, that we spoiled of their beauty by those treacherous feel confident no exceptions will be taken. destructive enemies of our country. Their Cadet George M. Lalane, of the Citadel Acadfilthy spoliations of the public buildings, and emy, hastened, at the first signal of alarm, to works of art at the Capital, and their prepara- serve his native State, and proffered his sertions to destroy them, are strong evidence to vices to the Palmetto Guard. With this commy mind that they do not intend to hold or pany he has been on steady active service as defend the place; but to abandon it, after hav-corporal since December 27, and, being thor oughly familiar with military tactics and drill, | Weber, Lieuts. Moring and Kinow; Engineer he had the honor of acting as drill-sergeant Corps, Capt. Von Kameke. Capt. Thomas C. most of the time. As a truly well-earned and Clines, of Company C, is detailed for the remerited compliment to this young gentleman, cruiting service. the Board of Visitors of the Citadel Academy have caused the following to be registered on the record book of that Institution: Chaplain, Rev. Mr. Zapt, of the Union Avenue "The efficiency and soldierly bearing of Cadet Lalane, during the affair of Fort Sumter, is Doo. 123.-LETTER TO GENERAL SCOTT. highly commended by the Board of Visitors." PHILADELPHIA, April 30, 1861. A younger brother, Paul B. Lalane-only in his thirteenth year-had the honor of being in To Lieut.-Gen. Winfield Scott, General-in-Chief the iron battery on the memorable 12th and of the Army of the United States. 13th, and of firing seventeen guns with power- SIR: The shock of a civil war in our beful effect during the bombardment. The youth-loved country, whose history, for more than ful hero, from his reckless bravery and daring half a century, has been illustrated, not less by during the siege, has become the pet of the your wisdom and patriotism than the splendor company, and is now their regularly appointed of your achievements in arms, will, we trust, marker, he having acted in this capacity on justify this letter to you, even though it be a the parade yesterday. departure from usage. While fighting for our country's cause is necessary, the Palmetto Guard will not remain idle. They have volunteered their services for Virginia, and, towards the close of the week, will again buckle on the knapsack for the march. Without the border of their native Carolina, may their victories be as complete and as bloodless as that achieved on their own Palmetto shores. The following is the list of officers of the Palmetto Guard who were in the fight on the 12th and 13th days of April, 1861: George B. Cuthbert, Captain; C. R. Holmes, First Lieu- | tenant; T. S. Brownfield, Second Lieutenant; G. L. Buist, Third Lieutenant; T. L. Bissell, First Sergeant; J. B. Bissell, Second Sergeant; W. D. Gaillard, Third Sergeant; B. C. Webb, Fourth Sergeant; L. S. Webb, Fifth Sergeant; R. J. Brownfield, Sixth Sergeant; Samuel Robertson, First Corporal; J. E. Wright, Second Corporal; George Lalane, Third Corporal; G. B. Dyer, Fourth Corporal; J. M. Rhett, Fifth Corporal; E. W. Macbeth, Sixth Corporal. -Charleston Mercury, May 1. We are your fellow-citizens of the United States. We are devotedly attached to our country. Her renown is precious to us. It is our richest inheritance, and we had fondly hoped to transmit it to our children, untarnished, as it came to us from our fathers. In the civil strife which has just lighted up our land with an unnatural and deadly glare, we do not stop to inquire into the soundness of conflicting opinions as to the origin of the deplorable controversy. It is enough for us to know that the beloved and glorious flag of our Federal Union has been assailed, and we ask no further questions. In such a crisis, we are for sustaining, to any and every extent, the constituted authorities of the Union, believing, in the language of Mr. Jefferson, that, "The pres ervation of the General Government in its whole constitutional vigor, is the sheet-anchor of our peace at home and safety abroad." While the Government stands by the flag, we stand by the Government. In this determination we obliterate, for the time being, all traces of party difference, by which many of us have been heretofore widely separated. As citizens of Philadelphia-a city which, Doc. 122.-THE TWENTY-EIGHTH REGI- we are sure, must be endeared to your recollec MENT, N. Y. S. M. tions, as it is to ours, by some of the proudest memories of the era of Independence-where THE officers of this regiment are as follows: the Declaration was signed-where the ConCol. Bennett, (who will remain at home until stitution was signed, and from whence our illushe recovers from severe injuries received by trious founder issued to his countrymen his being thrown from a wagon ;) Lieut.-Col. Burns, immortal Farewell Address-we adopt this commanding; Surgeon, Rice. Company A, mode of testifying our admiration, and offering Capt. Bruer, Lieuts. Waudelt and Horn; Com- you our deep-felt thanks for your great serpany B, Capt. Becke, Lieuts. Warmuth and vices to your country, in this hour of her exHoffman-(the last-named has resigned;) Com-tremest peril-services which will rival in impany C, Capt. Campbell, (Lieuts. vacant;) Company D, Capt. Brandenburg, Lieuts. Bensler and Kramer; Company E, Capt. Beadle, Lieuts. Altanbrand and Bergemen; Company F, Capt. Schepper, Lieuts. Wenner and Breneisen; Com- At a time like this, when Americans, distinpany G, Capt. Reeger, Lients. Berger and Fox; guished by the favor of their country, enCompany H, Capt. Wills, Lieuts. Dowling and trenched in power, and otherwise high in influSchaeffer; Company I, Capt. Kiehl, Lieuts. ence and station, civil and military, are reMarkert and Obernier; Company K, Capt.nouncing their allegiance to the flag they have mortality, and, we trust, in their triumphant results, your early and subsequent renown in the second and third great wars of the United States. sworn to support, it is an inexpressible source of consolation and pride to us to know that the General-in-Chief of the army remains like an impregnable fortress at the post of duty and glory, and that he will continue to the last to uphold that flag, and defend it, if necessary, with his sword, even if his native State should assail it. That your career of rare distinction may be prolonged for many years of continued usefulness to your country, and happiness to yourself, and that you may live to see that great country once more in the enjoyment of the prosperity and renown among nations, to which your wisdom in council and your sword in battle have so largely contributed, is the anxious, earnest hope of those who here unite in tendering to you, not only the assurances of their profound respect, but what we believe you will value as highly, the spontaneous tribute of loyal American hearts. We have the honor to remain, THEO. CUYLER, and others. -Phila. Press. Doc. 124.-THE BAPTIST CONVENTION OF GEORGIA. ATHENS, Ga., April 29, 1861. SIR: I have the honor of transmitting to you the accompanying resolutions, unanimously passed on Saturday last, by the Baptist Convention of the State of Georgia, with the request that you will present them to the Congress over which you preside. That God will direct and bless the councils of the Congress of the Confederate Government, is the prayer of the Baptist Convention of the State of Georgia, and of none more sincerely than your Obedient servant, H. M. CRAWFORD, Chairman of Committee. HOWELL COBB, At a meeting of the Georgia Baptist Convention, the following preamble and resolutions were unanimously passed: Whereas, The State Convention of Georgia, in the legitimate exercise of her sovereignty, has withdrawn from the Confederacy known as the United States of America, and, for the better maintenance of her rights, honor, and independence, has united with other States in a new Confederacy, under the title of The Confederate States of America; and Whereas, Abraham Lincoln is attempting, by force of arms, to subjugate these States, in violation of the fundamental principle of American liberty; therefore, Resolved, by the members of the Baptist Convention of the State of Georgia, That we consider it to be at once a pleasure and a duty to avow that, both in feeling and principle, we approve, indorse, and support the government of the Confederate States of America. Resolved, That while this Convention disclaims all authority, whether ecclesiastical or civil, yet as citizens we deem it a duty to urge the union of all the people of the South in defence of the common cause, and to express the confident belief that in whatever conflict the madness of Mr. Lincoln and his Government may force upon us, the Baptists of Georgia will not be behind any class of our fellow-citizens in maintaining the independence of the South by any sacrifice of treasure, or of blood. Resolved, That we acknowledge with devout thanksgiving to Almighty God, the signal favor with which, up to this time, He has blessed our arms and our policy, and that the Baptist churches of this State be requested to observe the first and second days of June next, as days of fasting and prayer, that God will deliver us from all the power of our enemies, and restore peace to our country. Resolved, That the Confederate Government be requested to invite the churches of all denominations within the Confederacy to unite in observing said days of prayer and fasting. Resolved, That copies of these resolutions be sent to President Davis, the Confederate Congress, and the governor of Georgia. -N. Y. Tribune, May 8. Doc. 125.-GENERAL HARNEY'S LETTER. WASHINGTON, May 1, 1861. MY DEAR SIR:-The report of my arrest at Harper's Ferry, by persons assuming to act under authority of the State of Virginia, has no doubt reached you. Upon my arrival at Richimmediately directed my release, with assurmond, under military escort, Governor Letcher ances disavowing the act of his subordinates, and expressing regret at their mistake or abuse of his authority. The kind attention and civility received from him, from the escort that accompanied me, and other distinguished citizens of Virginia, and esteemed friends whom I there met, compensated for any personal trouble or annoyance; yet I cannot but feel deep mortification and regret that our country should be in a condition to expose any one to such an incident. It has furnished occasion for mistake or misrepresentation in respect to my views and sentiments, which a sense of duty requires to be promptly corrected. No better mode occurs to me than by a letter addressed to yourself, as an esteemed personal friend. It has been represented through the public press that I was a willing prisoner to the State of Virginia; that I designed to resign my commission in the United States army, throw off my allegiance to the Federal Government, and join the forces of the Confederate States. Forty-two years I have been in the military service of the United States, and have followed during all that time but one flag-the flag of the Union. I have seen it protecting our fron- national flag. The question now before us, is, tiers, and guarding our coasts, from Maine to whether the Government of the United States, Florida; I have witnessed it in the smoke of with its many blessings and past glories, shall battle, stained with the blood of gallant men, be overthrown by the military dictatorship lateleading on to victory; planted upon the strong-ly planted and now bearing sway in the Confedholds, and waving in triumph over the capital erate States? My hand cannot aid in that work. of a foreign foe. My eyes have beheld that flag Finding ourselves in a state of civil war, affording protection to our States and Terri- actually existing or fast approaching, some of tories on the Pacific, and commanding rever- my brethren in arms, citizens of seceding States, ence and respect from hostile fleets and squad- and for whom I have the highest personal rerons, and from foreign governments, never spect, have considered it their duty to throw exhibited to any other banner on the globe. up their commissions and follow their States. Twenty stars, each representing a State, have ❘ In that view of duty I cannot concur. As an been added to that banner during my service, officer of the army and a citizen of the United and under its folds I have advanced from the States, I consider my primary allegiance to be rank of lieutenant to that which I now hold. due to the Federal Government, and subordi The Government, whose honors have been be-nate to that is my allegiance to the State. stowed upon me, I shall serve the remainder of my days. The flag, whose glories I have witnessed, shall never be forsaken by me while I can strike a blow for its defence. While I have breath, I shall be ready to serve the Government of the United States, and be its faithful loyal soldier. Without condemning, or in any degree criticizing the course other persons have deemed proper to pursue in the present juncture, my line of duty is plain to my own heart and judgment. The course of events that have led to the deplorable condition in which our country now stands has been watched by me with painful interest. Perceiving that many of my fellow-citizens in the Southern States were discontented with the Government, and desired some change to protect them from existing evils, my feelings have been strongly averse to coercion, and anxious for some compromise or arrangement that would restore peace and harmony. The provisions of the Federal Constitution afforded, in my judgment, ample means of redress through a Convention of all the States, which might adopt amendments that would reconcile all differences, or if that could not be accomplished, might provide for peaceful separation in a manner becoming friends and brethren. So long as this hope of peaceful settlement of our troubles could be indulged, I have felt it to be the wise duty of the general Government to bear with patience outrages that no other government could have endured, and to forbear any exertion of force until the last hope departed. But when the Confederate States with seven thousand men, under cover of strong fortifications or impregnable batteries, assailed a starving garrison of seventy men in Fort Sumter, compelled the banner of the United States to be lowered, and boasted of its dishonor before the world, the state of the question was immediately changed. Instead of the Government coercing States, demanding redress of grievances by constitutional means, the case was presented of revolutionists waging war against their Government, seeking an overthrow by force of arms, assailing public property by overwhelming force, laboring to destroy the lives of gallant officers and soldiers, and dishonoring the This, as you are aware, has been the concurring opinion of the most eminent jurists of this country. It was the judgment of the Court of Appeals of South Carolina in the case of Hunt, where the subject was discussed with matchless ability. In that case, the highest court of South Carolina deliberately decided that the soldier's and citizen's primary duty of allegiance is due to the United States Government, and not to the government of his State. Of late it has been contended that the allegiance due by a citizen to the Federal Government, was dissolved when his State secedes from the Union. Into that snare many have fallen. But in my judgment there is and can be no such right as secession of a State by its own act. The Government of the Union can only be dissolved by the concurrence of the States that have entered into the federal compact. The doctrine of secession is destructive to all government, and leads to universal anarchy. But, supposing States may secede and destroy the Government whenever the fancy takes those who are strong enough to set up any arbitrary power in the State, Missouri, the State of my residence, has not seceded, and secession would, in my opinion, be her ruin. The only special interest of Missouri, in common with the Confederate States, is slavery. Her interest in that institution is now protected by the Federal Constitution. But if Missouri secedes, that protection is gone. Surrounded on three sides by free States, which might soon become hostile, it would not be long until a slave could not be found within her borders. What interest could Missouri then have with the cotton States, or a Confederacy founded on slavery and its extension? The protection of her slave property, if nothing else, admonishes her never to give up the Union. Other interests of vast magnitude can only be preserved by a steadfast adherence and support of the United States Government. All hope of a Pacific railroad, so deeply interesting to St. Louis and the whole State, must vanish with the Federal Government. Great manufacturing and commercial inerests with which the cotton States can have no sympathy, must perish in case of secession, and from her present proud condition of a pow erful thriving State, rapidly developing every | element of wealth and social prosperity, Missouri would dwindle to a mere appendage and convenience for the military aristocracy established in the cotton States. Many other considerations might be offered to show that secession would be ruin to Missouri. And I implore my fellow-citizens of that State not to be seduced by designing men to become the instruments of their mad ambition, by plunging the State into the vortex of revolution. Whether governed by feelings inspired by the banner under which I have served, or by my judgment of duty as a citizen, or by interest as a resident and property-owner in Missouri, I feel bound to stand by the Union, and, remaining in the Union, shall devote myself to the maintenance of the Federal Government, and the perpetuation of its blessings to posterity. Yours truly, WM. S. HARNEY. COLONEL JOHN O. FALLON, St. Louis. -N. Y. Herald, May 6. Doc. 126.-ALBANY BURGESSES CORPS. THERE are 82 members, two drummers, and one fifer, besides the officers and non-commissioned officers, who equipped and armed themselves at their own expense before offering their services to the governor. They are furnished with the regulation musket, case bayonet, knapsacks, haversacks, canteens, &c. Their uniform is a blue cap, light blue overcoat trimmed with red, plain blue frock coat, light blue pants with a broad white stripe down the side. The following are the officers and non-commissioned officers: Capt., H. Kingsley; 1st Lieutenant, J. C. Cook; 2d Lieutenant, W. D. Mahoney; Orderly Sergeant, H. C. Haskell; 2d, J. Vischer; 3d, T. Padlow; 4th, N. Van Antwerp; 1st Corporal, W. Vanderlip; 2d, Chas. Latham; 3d, C. F. Clapp; 4th, W. M. Netterville. -N. Y. Tribune, May 2 Doc. 127.-SOUTH CAROLINA COLLEGE A HEAVY pall of sickening sadness shrouds our hearts as we rise from a glance over our " "religious exchanges. If there was anywhere to be expected a spirit of peace and conciliation in this awful hour, it certainly ought to have been looked for in the conductors of the Christian press. But alas! with few exceptions on both sides, they breathe out threatenings and slaughter," and goad on the people to a furious, suicidal war. แ The Christian Secretary, of Connecticut, says: "If we have a civil war and fight for five, ten, or twenty years, and drench our soil in fraternal blood, until, exhausted and worn out, both sides cry for peace, the same questions will come up for settlement that we first split on, and they will be just as difficult to arrange then as now. It has appeared to us that it would be better to settle these difficulties before fighting than afterwards, for we could see nothing that could be gained by the fight, but much that would be lost. Had the Government given up these forts, convened Congress and urged upon that body the imperative necessity of calling a National Convention for the purpose of a peaceable settlement of our difficulties, we believe the whole thing might have been settled without a resort to arms. "Our prayer is that peace between the sections may be speedily restored. If the South won't live with us as a united people, then by all means let us live in harmony as two separate nations." The Witness, of Indiana, says :"After months of indignities borne by our Government from some of the Southern States-after she had endured dishonor and afflictions which need not be repeated, for they are fresh in every mind, she is now hunted by armed troops, the men of her own raising, and arms of her own making, and with them she is fiercely threatened to be stabbed, nay, perhaps is stabbed at this very writing to her heart! But, thank Heaven, she is not dead, nor is she mortally wounded! The United States of America is yet a Government endowed with all the capabilities of life and self-defence which have so long made her 'stars and stripes the glory of her name, and the banner of her citizens among all the nations of the earth. If she should be wounded by her own children which The following is a list of the officers: Cap- she has nourished and brought up, her wounds tain, G. H. Walter; First Lieutenant, W. S. I will speedily heal, for she is instinct with life.. THE following is a list of the officers: Captain, John H. Gary; First Lieutenant, E. D. Rogers; Second Lieutenant, Tredell Jones; Third Lieutenant, L. Watts; Ensign, J. S. Dupont; First Sergeant, S. M. Richardson; Second Sergeant, V. C. Habersham; Third Sergeant, J. M. Irvy; Fourth Sergeant, W. J. Gary; First Corporal, R. W. B. Elliott; Second Corporal, R. DeTreville Elliott; Third Corporal, R. M. Anderson; Fourth Corporal, J. J. Tripp; Fifth Corporal, J. G. McCall; Sixth Corporal, James Watts. WASHINGTON ARTILLERY. |