Show latest from the states on monday evening the 2nd and dinst capt A 13 miller of the firm of miller russell co arrived from st joseph mo he made the trip in twenty days and came by the mail stage as far as rocky ridge and by pack animals the balance of the way he brou brought 0 ht a few late papers the latest date we have seen being the st louis republican of december the oth I 1 the news is not very important there is some loud talking 0 about a dissolution of the union aud the establishment of a southern confederacy the ube governor of south carolina in his late message says if as I 1 solemnly believe we can no longer t I 1 live ve in peace and harmony in the union w we e can form a confederacy with the ability to protect itself agai agal against fist any enemy and command the respect and admiration of the world he recommends such measures as will obtain the operation cooperation co of the southern states in a concerted action in defense of their institutions whenever they may be put in jeopardy by all the departments of the government passing 0 into the hands of their enemies the election of a republican president be he says will settle the question of their safety in the union the following 0 resolutions were offered in the house of representatives on the first day of december resolved that the state of south carolina is ready to enter together with the other slaveholding states or such as desire present action into the formation of a southern confederacy resolved that the governor be requested to forward this resolution to ta the various southern executives another resolution was offered asking 0 official information as to the condition of the state arsenals arms ammunition number of men enrolled in the state militia the style stile of arms ae governor wise in closing his message to the legislature of virginia which met and organized on the ath of december says we must rely upon ourselves and fight for peace we must organize and arm we must demand of each state what position she means to maintain in the future with respect to slavery and provisional constitutions the laws of the united states and the provisions of our state laws for its protection in our federal relations and be governed according to the manner in which the demand is answered we are in arms let us defend our own position or yield at once let us have action and definite settlement no more temporizing the constitution no more compromising the other convicts await execution they ivi fri will 11 be executed unless the general assembly order otherwise the governor of mississippi talks louder if possible than governor wise and if the whole country does not take fire and blaze f fully ully before long it will be because it is not riot dry enough forth for the e burning the following are fair illustrations of the spirit of the times A correspond correspondent nt of a NY western e stern paper who lives in la salla illinois says 1 I noticed in your issue issue on the oth dinst an advertisement copied from the richmond whig va offering reward for the safe delivery of joshua R giddings at richmond or for his head As be he the advert advertiser lier ller offers to be one of an hundred I 1 offer to be one of seventeen to take richmond and destroy it root and branch if one hair of the head of this aged man JR giddings be harm harmed ed 22 an on tuesday nov loth says the oneida N Y sachem news came to munnsville Munns ville that governor ylse avise vise had made a requisition for lion hon gerritt garriti smith which requisition had been endorsed by governor morgan and that officers from the south were at utica making attempts to arrest mr smith and were resisted t by the citizens of that city the report was made by win wm H kenney of morrisville Morris ville who no doubt believed it and the credulous of munnsville gunnville Munns Munn ville made mad immediate preparations to go to utica and assist in protecting mr smith from the bloodhounds blood hounds bounds of the south but as they were about to start the report was contradicted and put down with the story of the monster of silver lake |