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'.CAPS M^St ofcjlr gfry J. & LEACH, - . Editor, .^r=n»MHi i r..|i»m.». s 0 A N M M • 4— M-— "' ■ , '■■ •-■•■■ ■ Wgrtftqr, *tn. -1, 1861 A i*e7. Clack* — Your article will be ^abiixbed. Write again. S. 8. ScnoLAR— It will appear in var next iacae- t<~*— Hollo— Wc cannot publish. Do not adoiire the atyle. Potrctt. — A nnmber of pieces of poetrj arc before as to be published, D. W. N.*— Your lines don't suit. THE ORE AT RATIONAL CRISIB. Meidem Remarks, . We hare been so aeenstonied to nse the word crisis in the past, that— as we have heretofore applied it, simply to express an astrijigency in (be money market, a derangement of tho financial, manufacturing — .. and commercial interest of the country — we almost fail to appreciato its signification, when applied to tho jjretent slate of affairs. The crises we bare heretofore . been called to pats through, abcct once in , eTery decade of years, more or less, when compared with the present, wero only a small dost of the balance, compared with the gigantic mountain ; and, indeed they are -qcarcely worthy a comparison at all1 boseSrere but of few months duration, at , roost; but this, no one can tell when or bow It will terminate. Those affected sim- , ply the floancial welfare of the country, and , perhaps only a minority of the people, materially, while this produces all this and a thousandfold more; for it effects it by j striking at the very root of the civil irstlt- , lotions under which all these financial In- | terests-^si well M all others which hare ; given ns a front rank among the civilised , nations of tha world— havo been fostered ( and have grown to tbeir present dimensions i ef Importance. It strikes at the root of , all our long cherished ideas of the cxcal- | leneiet or a republican form of government —the right and ability of a civilised, eo- t

lightened and chriitlsn people to govern tbemselvesf and tbreateos, and fearfully threatens, the entire overthrow of tho experiment, sod' holds U np to tbagexe of a ciTilited world as a trembling, crumbling thing ; with what resnlu God Only knows. Agwio, for tboee crises through which we hare heretofore passed, a remedy was at band. Seeing the causes— extravagance, overtrading, wild speculation— when men cOmato their senses, by >Urn neeeeslty, the remedy was plain. Men must cease their extravagance and wild speculation, and the work was soon done; in a few months mailers assumed tb«i{ usual aspect, and the people were again pursuing their accustom^ routine or business, in a legi. t. male maoaor, and the country was pros, porous. llut, is the present crisis, how different 1 The wisest leads from all parts of the land hare been devising ted consulting for about two months; but all attempts have, as >st, failed, and, to all human appearance, there it test provpect of a settlement than at the fret ; wblfe. with every halt's delay, the difficult let hare bean becoming mora complicated sad threatening, rendering it lets pKhbable that aug.it lets .hen Infinite Wis.low can devlae a sedation of lbs < oraplicstion, ov n remedy for 'he dis em. But we must pass to other matters. Noktusrk Aid.— i', is sometimea slated, that from the among tbeVj-mpalhisera with tha South, in the nolhrrn or free slates, liionsands will, in case hostilities, By to tha assistance of tha South. Well, perhaps this may be true, bat wo don't believe it, net a word of it. The South bare sympathiser* at the North, we know, and they are to ba found, to a very limited extent, in mlmoat every commuuitf ) but to sappote that these men will leave their property and families behind and volunteer as traitor*, It another matter altogether. For, let it be understood, Irultore are not perwilled to return to their conntry in eefely. Nor b it'to be aeppeaed that these men would run the risk or removing their familiee and fori a net to the Bonth, aider the ( prv sent revolutionary contingencies, when , ike fertwnee of southern men ere being exorbllARly anmn caso of failure to , meet Ibeee tax demands, are liabla te be , confiscated for war purposes. 'There may , trisodfow, characterless and braiulees rvor- [ gedee. who, with Urge pecuniary oflhjra, ! aodra axoohfc*&wrt">d*»d»«* all «ve*|i

B« w^MT; but it should be Trmemberefi ] Bui tkeriouth have as isech a v they can do - i to provide tha means for tkeir expenses. oa a moderate scale, without payiog, in ad- , vance, even "thirty pieces of silver" to cothern tr.itors. o.' so questionable a character. ' f . y SpeakirjoT tremors and their treason i "nblo conduct, we would suggest that' it would be well for all persons to consider the subject well in these times, as the pen- ! allies for it are quite revere, and persons might find themselves in a trap unawares, r Under the he«d of treason, the law classes "giving aid or comfort" to an enemy in i lime of war. It is not confined to i taking, op arm* for an euvmy, and i against the government, by any moans, i - Now South Carolina, at least, rosy bo recogncd sn enemy in arms, in the sense 1 of the law sgainsl trrason, rite having fired into a steamer in (lie service of the Fcde- i rail Government, bearing the ensign of the ceuntry, which is equivalent to sn open i declaration of war. All paraons, therefore. ' 1 who, In any way., give that state "aid or I ' comfort, " sre. to all intents, guilty of Ires- < 1 son. . And we see no reason why the tatte < ' may not be said of alt those slates nhich < ' have seised the national defences, end oth- I er public property (Especially those who I have rested them from the hands of the i ' Federal troops. i In this connection, the sprit of the re. i cent charge to the Grnnd Jury of tho city I of New York, by Justice Smalley, of the ( U. 6. Court for that district, is in place, i lie declared that South- Carolina was goil- i < ty of 11 igb Treason, and that all persons t aiding her in any way, by furnishing her i arms, amnnitlon etc., or giving'her comfort, c were, in the eyes of the law, guilty of tres- t> son, and liable to ila penalties ; and he | ■ called upon that jury to ultrad carefully t to the matter, and search out such coses, t And we are informed that tboy have acted b accordance with the charge, and traitors I' within the jurisdiction of ifcal cotyt have "mind their ps end qs" in this respect. <1 a few day* ago, thirty-eight case* of A arms, being shipped for Savannah, Go., New York city, were seised - on hoard o the ves*tS by ihe police, to be held till t< culled fur by th« owners, which is not like. ° ly to be done soon. w The arms for the Sonth, to be used for r< the overthrow of our government, are ob-

ra tained, almost without exception, from 'j northern manufacturer*, thousands of them *• being cunslsBtly shipped from northern ^tort* : and those msnafsctaring rnmpauie* '•* never before reaped snch 0 rich harvest. Now all this may be considered a legili 10 mate business transaction, where they are 11 sold to states not really in the atilude ol *' war with the Federal Government ; and i* 10 may be argued" that these manufactures X, give employmest to men, when thonaqnd* are thrown out of work in other branches B, of business. But what is that, compared * with the reverse of the picture — the fur '' ai-hing or rehciious states with tho weep |r ous of death. The fact Is, the whole secret of tbe mailer it in tho avarice of those '• manufuctoree, who would sell their conntry for the price of a fewf thousand guns, rifles. • revolvers Ac ; and according to the spirit ^ if not the letter, of the law it is treason ■ 1 and, in mnoy cases, is treason in the fullest sense ; and our only wonder is, that tbe au.- ' thorilles dc not arrest and punish them ac- ■ cordingly. * * CiuRi.nton, S. C. — Fort Sampler con- ' tinues to been object of much interest on \ 1 every hand. Borne alxly or feventy brave men, or our Federal eorpe. Incased within ' its walls, with enemies en every band ; tbe ' 1 powers tbat be (or mrcUfcrji plotting tAwir overthsow, with thousands of rebfitmiljur^ ' ' forces ready to do their wicked bidding : ! 1 tn -arry out their iulamotu plotting*, can- > not fail to excite internal. Tbe $onth Car- j olina authoritier, knowing that the pooae*1 eion of this fort is indispeosiblu to their ( 1 success, are undoubtedly 'determined on ' having it nt all haaarde. They are erecl- ' ing batteries on all bands, bearing upon it; and Tears sre entertained that they will ® eventually succeed. It has b*en rumored ui Charleston, that Audervou was in league ° with tbe South Carolina authoritiri, and ' would surrender without a straggle, bat 6 this we do not for n moment credit, for we cannot think that any mo in his position, * with so many honors heaped upon bim for 0 hia reoent gallant conduct , can be so lost 1 to all senae wf*bonor. Yet, there Is ration " to fear, frafii tha fesraess of bis numbers, b that a protracted effort, woold at last weary out tfie little handful of man, until they K would be compelled to surrender, or ba * tnnssacied. They bare provision, it ia said,. c' only about three months, and are short of fuel ,- and it is confidently asserted by j some, that vessels cannot now reach them ic j with men and supplies, without certain min I ' ilaw that ir. however, we « enaot say • but " I it docs appear ^phsietcM to us, that wa «»

^ 10 *ccomfi|»h 1 ■ttis. Oue lhicg is ceflain ; the longip it j - is daltyad, tlw mosn fiifficalt it will be. as ] South Carolina, as well as all the other^*, J ceding states, are constantly busy, inaeac ' lug their means of dabaea. Gkobcis: — Tha tl. 8. Ameaal wt Augli) ' . l*r Georgia, was sqrrsndercl to. the stale sulhoriLies, on Thursday last. Gov. Brown with 700 state troops mads the demand, which was complied with,* there not being men enough to defend it. The U. 8. troops luted their Big before haalfng it down. Alex II. Biepb«ns and ex-Ooverner Johneon finally signed the ordinance of eaeeaslon, after having taken each etrong ground for (he Union. Strange things happen now-a-days, end it ia hard L-lling who to trust. Fi-owda.— The diminutive little state of . "Billy Bowlegs" is acting more like Sontb Carolina than that state dW* like herself, , In her exacting and Insolent demands. 1 They here seized the U. 8. Navy Yard, i and are making every effort to concoct I plan for seizing Fort Pickens, one of . tbe most important strongholds of tbe ! country. Tbe lata Senators and Congress- | have been appointed Commissioners to j with the Federal Government for the ! forts and other U. B. property within her borders. The very thought of such a thing j is liumiliting. Florida, purchased by tbe Government, having, a population > of only about 110,000; having, in ltOO, a taxable valuation of only about £23.000,- | and baring cont the United States ; nearly twice that amount, in the first purj chose, in defending them against the at- j tacks of a miserable Indian tribe, and for | mail facilities, now declares herself an in ! depent nation, seizes the public properly, and then proposes I B (emftor Such Mr*T I solence ought not to /go anpasished ; nod j the Commissionere, wheu they present j them'clves before the President, oogbt to j freaf-ed with contempt, and tbrnst from . presence. There is a propo it ion in that state to 1 i it in two, annexing it to Georgia and I : Cept. Armstrong, wlu) was ia command of the navy yard, lias arrived al Washing- I 1 and reports that tbree-fosrih of bis | officers and men a ere disunionisl, who | 1 woold hare revolted, if he had attnuipted a 1 resistance to the Florida troop*. Loi'isiakka.— The Convention oT" this 1

, state met on Wednesday of last week, tpul ' , np to our last advices at the time we write. ' , (on Monday) had not pasted ihe Secession ; , Ordinance, though undoubtedly Will, prob- ' ably ere the time we g« to pre**, on Wed. nesdsy, making sis in all, »b<> have declar- , ed themselves ont of tbe Union. Tha or- j I dinsnce was reported by tho committee J l on Friday, aod was expected to pass the 1 i next dey. The committee also reported sn ' , ordinance, recognising the free navigation I , of tho Mississippi river, by nil Iriendly i I Hales. The U. 8. arsenal, and forts, bsvu | been seized by the stele authorities' . 8ince writing the nbore, so have receiv. j ed intelligence that the Secession Ordi- , nence was passed on Saturday by 113 yeas to 17 nays, the result being received with \ tbe most intense demonstrations of ep- j plsnse by tbe people. The other ordi- 1 nauce refercd to above, in reference to the | Mississippi river was also 'passed. The Contention adjourned to meet at New Orleans on the 29th Inst. VinorxiA— Tbe people of :bis state are ■till pursuing their professed efforts of me, diation. Commissioners hero beeo appointed by tbe Legislature to meet commission- j era from each biker elates ns nay send them, on the 4th ol Pebruery, at Washingtoo, to consolt upon tha best mesne of setlling the present diffienliiaa. We cms herdly see how that stain can propose any plan likely to be adopted, when tbe reruns plans heretofore presented to Congress hare failed* and we fear that the delay mill • only give the Sontb u opportunity to gain advantage Virginia is to bold e Convention on the 14th or February, which, jedging from the of other states, looks rather logubrons every state whose Conventions hare 1 convened, baring passed ordinances of secession We hope better thing oT Virginia though we have oor fears. Call or VtnoigrA Bsvcxdcd to.— Several States have responded to tbe imitation , of Virgi|ie, for e conference at Washingon the 4th o I February, among which , is onr ono./'New Jersey, tbe Legislators having appointed Commissioner*. Texas — Betoraa v the election or dale. ' gate to the Convention In Texas indiCtl* j Urge majority In fevor oT immediate se- i ce**ion. r Tj Mmsotrat.— BetaAe of the Convention election in Uissoari tadtcs te a strong Unmajority. ' Kwockt.— Tha Leg is is is re oT Ken- [ tacky, a few d-yasincn, oidered. by a Urge a ■sjoritv: the ratting oT the yt.t's mtid u

kj Stripe qp the cspitol. e firing of tbir- J M ty-ttree gone for tbe Union, which was ee- » j cordingly carried Into effeet. Some of tbe | • i most promioeot men have resolved to re-' • j sitl the 'celling of e Convention, unless the : J time be postponed to ■ late dey, eay Aug. ' - Ut 19C1, and it is believed tbsl the Legis- » latnre will act in accordance therewith. I » They hero appointed commissioners to ■ jnrst those from Virginia, end other states. I f al Wasbiagtoo on tho 4th of February, • who are the same personi mentioned above . in connection with" the contention qucs - lion. . Tn* rwttra SfAtw.— We hear of" no/ r movement In Arkansas ; l>ul she, with T*^ • nessee. North Carolina. Maryland and L)«!^ - aware ere awaiting tome compromise, in f | the failure of which, we greatly fear, every i j slave slate, or nearly every one, will strike . ( for a Southern Confederacy. Gov. Htcks, j of Maryland, strongly adheres to his po- , j sillon, refusing to call a meeting oT the I 1 I.-gislaioiv , arguing that rdiruhion will f j strike a death Llow to rlavdrr. TOUR LOCAL PAPER- Ko. L i I It is not dout^fri! i hut many readers , of the Wave wonder why we speak in r*gard tiwllic duty incumbent upon the pen > i pie of this county to support a • Local IV , I per," for it would seem that acUss of citi xetis so intelligent in most respects, could but see that a boms journal is of vital imj portanco. j Our Philadelphia correspondent, in his last teller, asks if we runnot awaken ll>» j people to consider the subjedl ; and it is ( j by his suggestion that wo rt'ooch tbe mat , tcr this week There si# l.-oret of advantages derived , •f-feom a Newspaper published nt home, I which are not obtained Tram transient pub I heelions ; among which wc notice J Airwf.— That it is a school ior children who aru beginning to read. W ben they . take up the paper and commence its peru 1 i Al the osine of a person whom they tire ' with is seen, and eolhryciin- ' ; tinue reading, until st Lit the weekly arr; j val of the paper is eagerly longed for. Thq« the child becomes an effieienl render, in pan a grammarian, ai d be-ide» is Well-infurmed to what has occurred and is occurring in I the different nations of Ihe world ■ £#coa«/ — Asa £enern1 case, the rliarar- > of a country paper is good, a,,.! morali J t ! ty in society i. promoted l.y ,1, . an.|

; | sentiment ol its nrtich-s. Kspeciullt lin. j, j so. when the paper not meddle n pur J'hirH — It is a great adtjsor to toung . married people who know in lie id Hie cares . and work iugt of tho innirimunt.il life It s teaches them how lu avoid quarrels which I s | are liable to rise; how to train up and w.'iat j , j examples they should set before their chd. ! , | dren, and it eveo gives good in-traclmn for ! ^ | the housekeeper iu her kitchen depart-. , ment. i fourth— That individuals are frequently i . j benefitted by a "Local Paper" in a peeu | . niary sense, no rat iou.il person mil «i..p t0 , ' qnrstion. In-l.-ed it is lint au unconiamn | , I thing for persons to in sales of properly ' . j good*. Ac., which otherwise would not liavo | . be- n known to them, and they have nticji- i , I d.d such Sk.es, tho result of winch hat I , ] gained for thein dollars, and very likely j enough was made to pay for all the papers j wanted in a lifetime. \J'e are knowing to . cases wheie a patent medicir.e has been 1 ^ advertised erlitch persons have used to a , good effect ; thereby saving e doctor's bill, end perhaps ■ life. Very often there are articles on agriculture which the farmer reaps gain from ; and ire might enumerate, if space would allow, a I rge number of waye that tho purse is replenished. /7/Uc-Wkpre you have e flourishing paper. there will you find n good class of people ; and from these, strangers sre led to judge whether or not they had better pur chase land and settle with you. In a word the "Cape Mey Ocean Wave" tends to promote the welfare of tho masses and tbe interests of IM entire county. Thtu a few reasons are given why yon should "encourage borne industry.^ WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENCE ' Satcrdat, Jen. 19, 1861. I Mb Leach i— The aeesion of tho U. 8. Senate on Monday last, wax one thut will bo lung remembered, on account of tbe withdrawal oT some of iu members. The causes essig eed for tbeir leaving is whet makes the occasion more memorable. .M easts: "Clay and ' Fitxpatrick. or Alabama, Malory and Ynles, of Florida, and , Pavis, of Mississippi, rose, severally, and t auted that aa their Suios bad aecadud from b the Union they could no longer occupy F reatx in Congress. When delivering their f parting addressee, one conld here seen n „ striking change lu their countenances, and a quivering or voice*, -fhe democratic members crowded around ihestt, and tkry

- were effected, to meek eo. that Iron ofsor- - . row rolled from their weepiogeyea. Never • before were tech scenes witnessed Just ■ , think of professed statesmen wbo have 1 1 io times gone by battled for the iastitaUone of onr country, passing from tha balls of ■ ! the National Capitol to tbeir respective Statu, there to help on tbe mad and trah' i torous schemes of disunion. On molioi.^tbe Kansas bill wu taken ep, ■ and <ttib an amcndoient to the bill aa it came from the House, providing for a United ■States Judge to be located :n Kensaa, was ^imisetrSfc^Vme of 36 against 16. Kansas /cannorbe reid Wt be in the Untoa yet. fof the bill poesy»ack to the House to obtain 1 its concurrence on the amendment. The appointment bf this Jadga _tsl*ft to Mr, llurhauan and will therefore be a democrat, ■ Inch the Republicans of cowrse do not like. A warm disenssion is expected when the bill shell again bo brought up in the House, but it will undoubtedly pass. We desire to see lliirtj-four stars glittering oo onr cherished American ensign. In the House, no Monday, a similar occurrence to that spoken of to the Senate, t"<«k place, iu a wiihtirwwel or tho Alabama "ttl "n "on. Thorns* Cnrwia daliv e-ed a conservative speech upon bis Crisis 0>| I Acidly , the Senate transacted littlw bi'iiies*, and the ocly more in the House worth speaking of was the delivering of a speech by Sherrerd Clemens, oT Virginia, on the repc-l or Mr. Corwin This gentlemen who represents the Western part 6f his State denounced tbe dironionists in stronger terms than has any Republican He said l hov were doing their utmost to effect the abolition or slavery ; but be trusted they might still consider tbeir course and come to a change, lie remarked thai • there is a growing Union party in the South which cannot be drawn into the se- ■ cession traces, and which will stand up lor perpi-tuiiy of the present conntry. lie sc cuteij the fanatic* of the South for inaugurating the revolution of tr day; and al these rem rks much sensation was created among Ihe rank .Southerners. It is said that of uli the speeches delivered in the House, none lien- h i.J a more salutary influence than that of Mr Clemens. Ihe |« -iff lull was called upon Wednesday an.) n Commit tre of five was appointed to lake mm consideration sou re-

1 p rt buck next we. k hnirruia Ltheridgr. . «f JVniirs.ee, has pleancd the ma«*e. with a powerful speech, lie said he was ready to , mle L.r miii proposition ol adjustment, and, errn ;f tiolir should succeed, he '"would, • hand and sword in ihe other ; and, sn long sre. he would never kttbniil to disuniouJ'— 1 I lie said the Republicans bad not. er could ' | not do anything during Lincoln » adminh- - t ration thai would he a proper cause forte* r ; cession No business of special interest was before C«Migre«» On Thursdny m Tin* week is uoted lor ib" many conservative expression! trom ri. u l.ern members I of Congress. Hun T It Nelson, or Ten. , ue.suo, deserve* und will cvrteiuly receive i ' hi h coii'ineuilulioii for thu abfo manoer in i which he addressed Ihe House, yesterday, - j on our nuimnal difficulties. He, like hit ; colleague. Mr. Klheridgu, stands boldly • ( forth lot the Union. i I The work of preparing Washington City , to defend herself in cose of sn attack, goes i bravely on. Gen. Scott lias called In a num. ' ber of military companies, and voluntreie sre train tig It is rumored tbel the tecessfonislsliave armed companies in Maryland, . which are making every preparation for » fight. At lost the country has a true statement of bow the Nation*! Treasury stands. Mr. Dix, the new Secretary io this Department, has made a report which may be considered, reliable. Ho states that ths liabilities or the Treasury is 8 1 1,077,524, not including the expenditures of Ibo present Congress. Il«.n. Edward Kvorett is here, with ether leading men from Massachusetts, on s mission of peace Ex-Kresiui-nt Tyler is also with us. He bad a long interview wills Mr. Buchanan a day or two ago, and gar» tho ftute-of-affairs in Virginia. The Committee which was appointed to {jrfrestigete the dale robberv of bond from ffhe Indian Trust Fend, will, it is tbonght close its labors to-day, end mnke n repot t next week. Interesting ficu will be developed. Sec. Floyd is deep iu tbe mire ; alto is Sec. Thompson. 1 give below the preeoul Cabinet of P resdent Buchanan, l'hcy are men for lb» times. Sec. of State,— Jeremiah S. Black. Sec. of Interior,— ( laconf ) Sec. of Treasury,— -John A. Dig. Sec. of War, -Joseph Holt. See. of Navy,— Isaac Toucey. Attorney General,— Edwin B. Stanton*. 1'Osl Master General,— Horatio King (noting.) Cstsios M. Clay speak*, to-night, al Odd Fellows Hall. The weather is inclearent, still' there will be a large eadienee ia the greet leeder of the Kentucky Republicans declare for tbe Union. Mr. Clay many of the abilities of Ms honored uncle— Henry Clay— and be attract*, messes to bis bearing. conservative. Subscribe for ike WAVE.