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SOUTHERN CONFEDERACY.
^0utherit (ffsuMetatg
GEO W. H1WLY BHITH;
ATLANTA. OBO*aiA.
TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 1861.
TUB PBODUCB JLOAK.
KLCQU K FT ADDBF88 OF THE HOF. A. B.
ff RIGHT. AT RIFGGOLD.
On Friday, tha 14th Inal, accordlag to pravl-
ona eppoiotment, Judge Wright nddraiacd a
Urge *ufii*ure of the eiUtona of Catooea coun
ty, in tha Court House at Ringgold, aa follow*:
Ftuov Citukm : 1 am hart in the ditcharge
of a duty voluularily assumed. Be "ore we left
Montgomery, we pledged euroelvee to each
other that we would aee our people, talk to
them personally, and explain to them the con-
ditioo of the Government, and what it required
of them. I am not paid by tha Government,
and have no scheme on foot to fleece the peo
ple. 1 am here at my own expense, making
iscrifiees for my country; and 1 maka them
Duet ch serially, if 1 can only be successful.
Our people have inaugurated a revolution—
a mighty struggle—of their own accord. Fo
crowned head has drdfcged us into this conflict:
we have no settled aristocracy to support, at
whose bidding we are now in war. Wear#
in a revolution by cur own act. In accordance
with the teachings of the immortal Declara
tion of Independence, we have seen proper to
throw off the old Government and establiah a
naw one. This has thrown as into a war—tbo
war of tha nineteenth century, and perbapa
the biondieet and fiercest that is recorded in
the annals of warfare.
At your call 100,000 men have sprung up to
arms. I have come here to day to know if yon
will support these men. They roust be fed and
clothed, and it cannot be done by the ordinary
revenues of Government. Of all the subjects,
which we had to consider at Montgomery, that
of devising means to support our army, with
out making it oppressive to our people, was
the most difficult and important. Wars are
always expensive, and are often supported by
taxation. We did not want to tax ourpeople—
it would be too oppressive and burdensome—if
it can be avoided. We have never paid a war
tax. We grumble now, sometimes, about our
little 8tate tax. A war tax would be as a moun
tain to a molehill, compared with what we
now have to pay. But our soldiers must be sop
ported by means of a direct tax, if not other-
wiee, and let me here declare to you the truth:
If you «ant your army to be composed of rag
ged, half starved soldiars, you must send some
one else besides me to represent you in Con
gress. While I have the capacity to speak and
vote, the means of supporting our army de
cently shall come from somewhere. There are
two ways in which it can be done. One by a
direct tax to the extent of our requirements,
and the other is by the means which has been
adopted, and which I am here to day to ex
plain to you. This plan, if cheerfully respond
ed to by our people, will enable us to support
the war and even prosper one hundred years,
if it should last so long. The greatest damage
to us will be the loss of life, which will be met
wiih by our brave men iu arms: Otherwise,
we will not only be able to carry on the war,
hut wo will actually thrive while it ia upon us
We have callea out these men to fight our bat
ties, and 1 tell you they will be supported. It
remains for you to say in what way it shall be
done. We are very certain that the plan the
Government now pruftoaes ia best for all.
all know that I was opposed to immedi
ate secession last winter. I clung with tenac
ity to the oM Government, hoping that some
plan would be devised by which our safety in
it would be secured. But when the land which
give me birth commanded me otherwise, I
obeyed. 1 then raised the tri colored flag of
the Confederate States, and other hands shall
tear it down. If I was slow to act, it was not
because of any want of loyalty to my section,
or that we had not endured wrongs the most
grievous in tueir character; but the fear of the
troubles we now have upon us, which I want
ed to avoid if I could, made me hope that some
thing would be done to redress our wrongs,
and preserve vbe Union. But when their dark
and unholy designs upon us were manifested;
when they showed themselves in their true
colors, iho last lingering spark of attachment
to the Union in iny breast, was extinguished
forever. Now that we have separated from
them, and for just causes, by every principle
of honor and instinct of action, it is our duty
to maintain our position. Before the separa
tion we made brick while they furnished straw.
If we now go back into a Union with them, we
will be required to make brick and furnish our
own qjraw.
The great principle of self-government adop
ted bj our fathers, is a right that is dear to us
and must be maintained. Whether Georgia,
South Ceralina, Alabama, and all tha other
Confederate States, acted wisely in seceding or
not, if a question for those States alone to de
cide. If we acted unwisely, it is our own bus
iness, and not that of the Northern people. It
ie our right to rule ourselves acoording to the
dictates of our own conscience. Whether our
Government be bad or good, we have the right
to ju Ige, and no one else for ue.
TheGovernment hee devised a plan by which
we oan avoid taxing our people, end sustain It
also in all its just measures, without being bur
densome, if the proposed plan will be cheer
fully and promptly acted upon by them. We
make two propositions; end the papers con
taining them will be left with Mr. Tates, Mr.
Trammell and others in thia county, to which
you are invited to respond. One proposition is
in thee# words t
** We, the subscribers, agree to deliver at the
dates and pieces named below, to the agent of
the Government, at the market priees, the mil
itary stores and provisions eat down to our re
spective names, to be paid for in eight per tent.
hoods of the Confederate States.”
That Is ona proposition. It ia for military
stores and provision! to support our army. It
ia not a gift. Don't look at it In that light. It
Is to bo paid for in Confederate bonds at • per
cent. Anything under the hoed of military
stoves will be token. If any of you make gun
powder, or if any of the ieoa founders will
make eacueu belle, the Government will take
them. Shoes for the army would doubtless
ooma Under this heed, and ae would severe!
other urtiolee which piTheps some persons in
this country would be ebie to feretefc. But
provisions meetly ere expected to be drawn
from here. Cherokee Georgia hee been celled
thegraiuory of the Stela. We propose that you
sell jour surplus groin to the Government, in
stead of sending it to a foreign market. And
further; it ie provisions, and not produce, that
the Government wants under this bead. It
does not went whset; U has no time to grind
it and no mills to grind it in. The Government
does not want pork on ita lege; it has to time
uor men to slaughter end preserve it. It must
have flour, meal, bacon or piekeled pork, to bo
shipped to the army, ready atone# to ba daalt
out by the commissary to our brave men. Wilt
we get any in Catooea? You have given ue
men to fight our battles. Do you think more
of your produce than pf your eons ? Will you
send them to war and refuse to lot them have
something to eat? Hava you any surplus pro
ductions ? This Is all we ask. Every man has
a litila to spare. Upon calculation, Cherokee
Georgia will have a surplus of a million of
bushels of wheat. Catooea this yaar will hava
160.000 bushels surplus. In 1857, there were
800 000 bushels of wheat shipped from this de
pot doll all this to tha Government* for its
bonds, instead of for bank bills—which, upon
tbs slightest suspicion, all go down. Hard
times always tell on tha banks, sod you had
better not invest your surplus farm produoa iu
their bills, while you can get tha bonds of the
Oonfederacy for it There are many farmers
in this county who ere worth, aay $10,000, and
who have a small surplus to spare. Had they
not better let the Government have this, then
to be taxed for their proportionate pert? In
such a case, the bills of depreciated and eui
pended barks will not pay the tax. Gold and
silver would be necessary, and perhaps hie
produce under the hammer would bring but
little of it This course would toon break down
the energies of our people and exhaust the re
sources of the country. I beg you to save ycur-
selvee from such e calamity. It might be that
under such circumstances, many would become
dissatisfied with the Government--would per
heps feel that it was oppressing instead of
protecting them, and would curse instead of
bless it Save us, O save ua from such e dis
tressing calamity 1
And now observe the second proposition :
“ We, the subscribers, agree to contribute to
the defense of the Confederate States, the por
tion of our crop sot down to our respective
names; the same to be pieced in warehouse or
in our factor's hands, and told on or before the
first day of next, and the net proceeds
of sale we direct to be made over to the Treas
urer of the Confederate States for bonds for the
seme amount, bearing 8 per cent, interest.”
Under this heed you don’t sell anything to
the Government, as under the other proposi
tion ; but place it iu the hands of your factor
as usual. He sella It and paya the proceeds
over to the Government, and gives you Confed-
arete bonds bearing 8 per cent. It is sold under
your direction as before.
But some one will say, “ Why not wait till I
can oarry my cotton, Ac., to market end sell
it?” I reply, the Government wants to act
upon the faith of these subscriptioce end to re
alise means therefrom. It can act upon this
faith to very greet ed van tegs. It will soon be
in want of means to support the army. If these
subscriptions are made, means can be realised
upon the faith of them, by which we can meet
all the necessities of tbs Government.
But I come now to notice some excuses that
are urged by some against this policy of our
Government Ona srill say, “ If I do my duty
in this matter, my neigbbor will not I’ll get
the bonds for my produce, and he will save the
proceeds of his sales and speculate on it—shave
paper, and perhaps by taking advantage of the
necessities of the e ddiers chest them and grind
their faces/' Ac. Let me say, that such busi
ness as speculating in paper it, perhaps, in
time of peace, a legitimate business; but now
it won't answer, where it would take anvan-
tage of the Government or necessities of the
•oldies. His wants must be supplied without
extortion. The people ought not, end will not
endure it. I went into a hardware store a few
days ago to buy some revolving pistole for our
soldiers. I was asked $50 for such as they used
to tell for $18. Borne of the soldiers were talk
log of making ms Colonel of the regiment.—
Well, they didn't. If I wee the Colonel of a
regiment, and anybody attempted to extort on
me, I would march my men in, end take what
I wanted; and I tell you that extortion will
not be endured by the people anywhere.
But I have this to say to all: look to your
own duty and perform it, regardless of what
others may do. Let every men oonsider hie
duty to his Government, end then be sure to
discharge it. These ere the kind of men that
give strength and respectability to any cause.
These make a country greet. They succeed
where others fail. This ie the character of tho
Christian. Bhould.he wait for ovorybody to go
along with him, ha would never reach a Chris
tian’s home in a better world. Let every men
for himself, do his whole duty. If this be done
at onoe, we can prosecute this war for five years
without making another call on our people—
for our resources ere abundant and superabun
dant. Never on earth wee a people ao blessed
with resources. The cotton crop of the *>uth
last year was worth $800,000,000. One-fourth
of this will be $10,000,000—the amount the
Government wants for this year. I eup-
pose every cotton planter could pour into
the Treasury three fourths of hie crop every
year. Then add to this all tha other surplus
products of the Sooth,end the fund swells upto
an Incalculabla eiae.
I wee talking to a man a few days ego, who
•aid the eotton planters were able to support
this war, and must do it, without calling on
the grain reisers of this section. The ootion
planters ar« able to support the war, and they
witf doit, it you don’t assist; but such a eeati-
meat as that man uttered 1 He wanted to get
cut of doing hie duty, merely because others
were able to do their part end hie tool Such
a sentiment I And yet this man is rich enough
to contribute a large amount of grain to this
loan 1
In striking contrast with this ease, I will tell
you of tho patriotism of • poor man wkoonmo
Ie mo In Bonn n few dnye ago, and wanted to
eootrlbuta lass barrel* four. Ho was poor,
bat tho fires of patriotism burned brightly la
that men's eo«L Ho said bn bad made on
many bushels af wheal; be had aesrtalo debt
to pay—that would require Mm ante of so many
bushels; bis rent was to pay—that would fo
quWoeOmany more; hie fomlty was to food—
that would require so many more, and be
would hftvsjaM about tws barrels lift, which
be was anxious to sail to Ih# Gey re meat to
support our breve man it the Bold 1 What a
spirit! God Moss his great heart* It reminds
me of tho poor widow casting two mites lute
tho Lord’s treasury. Two miteot tho lowest
denomination of money I it was all ah# bad to
gfva, and the Savior eald she had given more
than all they who wort rich, and had east la of
their abandonee I This man's patriotism will
00 ns pa re favorably with that of a friend of
mint, who, a few days ago, subscribed oao
thousand bags of eotton. Ho otlll lives In all
tha luxuries of wealth, and will hardly miss
his cotton; but this poors*an of his want, has
offered all hie surplus earnings. Friends, do
your duty, lot others do as they may, and loava
tha result to God and a grateful country, hon
estly served by you la her hour of need.
But, I am asked, if those bonds will bo good.
1 don’t want to swindle yon. If I thought
they would not bo good, I would tell you so.—
It would bo far batter to tax you at ones than
to decaivo you. But thoy will ba goed. Look
at what wa hava toeueUia them. In Cherokee
Georgia, ae I said, we makcoac million bushole
of whoat surplus. Then only think of all tho
ooiton, corn, sugar, tobacoo and rice that ie
made all over the South, and of all tha untold
millions of wotllh ia land, negroes* manufac
tures, and stock. Every dollar’s worth of all
this uncounted wealth ie pledged to the regu
lar payment of interest and tha redemption of
theeo bonds. What better security do you
want? Do you trust your Government? If you
4 >; trust these bonds. If your Government ie
not able to be trusted, I advise you to fight and
crush flout, and establish one you can trust.
I would not live in a Government I could not
trust There is but one contingency in which
these bonds will not be good. If tho Yankees
whip ui, they will not bo worth a dime; but
then, they will be as good as any man’s note or
other property; for in such event, all our prop
erty will be confiscated, end we will be hung.
But we shall whip in this fight end tha bonds
will be the beet possible investment you can
maka of your money- The interest will be
payable semi annually, in gold and silver—
provision ie already made for that The banka
will always gladly take the ooupons. They
will be better than any man’s note, because
any man will take them anywhere.
If this war should come to a close shortly,
those who may have invested largely in these
bonds will realise fortunes from them. The
Central Railroad stock is worth $122 for each
hundred dollars of stock. That Company de
clare! a dividend of only eight per cent. If
the war soon stops, these bonds will be worth
$125, or perhaps $150—the best Government
securities on earth—owing to our exhaustlesa
resources ae a nation. Why, the stock oftheold
Government, but a abort lima ego, was worth
a large premium, end would have beeu so
now, if the Northern people had behaved
themselves. While Mr. Guthrie wee Secretary
of the Treasury, during Pierce’s administra
tion, he offered to buy up United Btatee stoex,
not due, at 16 per cent, premium, and could
not get them at that. Only a somll number of
the holders responded.
1 come now to give you a few reasons why we
•hall succeed in this contest. This revolution
is—by ourselves-the voluntary act of a free peo
ple, who know their rights, and will maintain
them. It is not forced on us against our will.
I have studied the Southern character in vain,
it they are not too proud-spirited to submit to
be the vaesale of any one. My affection for
the old Government never finally gave way
till I heard the cannon's roar as it belched forth
its thunders, and I saw the gleaming scimitar
uplifted by our enemies to spill our heart’s
blood, desolate our fair heritage, end reduce ue
toactateof vassalage. It was then that my
hate and rankling reveoge far exceeded all my
former affections. I judge others by myself.—
We won’t go beek to their embrace on any
conditions that can be invented. It ie enough
forme to know that the head of that Govern
ment—acknowledged and endorsed by its peo
ple—hee dec'ared we ere rebels, and drawn
the sword to subjugate ue. This revolution
cannot be otherwise then successful. Our peo
ple will put up with nothing less.
Revolutions sometimes fail for went of means
to carry them on. Not eo with ue. The wealth
of the North consisted mostly in their trade
with us, and such investments at are incident
thereto—Railroad, Bank and Bute stocks,
manufaoturee, Ac. All these have tumbled
down with a crash, since this war commenced,
and they have nothing substantial upon which
to exist and prosecute this war. As a produc
ing people, they have nothing to spare, end
not enough for home consumption. The peo
ple of Few Eoglend are now, or soon will be, as
poor aa any on earth. They had their wealth
from shipping end manufacturing our produce.
With us it is different. Our wealth ie emphat
ically drawn from our soil, and always will be.
This no men or nation can take from ue. The
deterioration of bank stocks end the tumbling
down of the trade in wooden nutmegs, will net
make our lands get poor. Our agricultural
productions constitute our wealth ; end so far
from becoming poor or exhausted by war, we
can fight on for many long years, and even
thrive, if we can only avoid taxation.
We have been the goose that laid tha golden
egg. The profits of their trade with us is whet
they are after in making this war on ue. Fev
er was any fact more forcibly shown then thia
one, ia Lincoln’s interview with Dr. Fuller, of
Baltimore. “What will become of my reve
nues?” he exclaims. *•! shall have na Govora-
isnt 1” It is a mistake that thoy ere fighting
ns about our aogroes. 14 Wksrt is my revenue f"
•aye Lincoln ! Too, and waits ia it ? Their
Morrill tariff has shot off foreign importations
ia a great measure. Goode oaanet go iu there
end pay the heavy tax while it lasts. Tea per
cent, on foreign importations will support us,
when wo are at peace. They understand their
Interests. They will kavo Is bring foreign
goods through our porta to supply their own
wants. This w<U break down their cities and
msaofoetoros, and involve them In ruin. This
ie why they try to whip ue hook late tho Ua-
leu. Do thoy love us? Is thtswky they wank
us heck In their hateful embrace? There (one
epithet that has bee* ten opprobrious for them
to beep onus for years post. We wore kyie*
.■ygasrr
•very day, and they, ia
Idbft te get Ike eggs a
m utteO# Intend**, end wa re-
thiswhOnponua. Vo; Lincoln
said, “Wastes* realm*
Wuibnll whip In Ibis Agbt The war
loatfll rtetery it nshforeA nnd it art
will
win bo
tills In art OMm up oud do seinotblug to uo-
lilt lk« Oc.i7.MMt —bit* y** na*. Altar th.
war I* ***r *ad ***** I. Itill wb*
h.v. aoateinad it will r***l«* koaonj Urn*
who (rndd, and w.uM eat, will b* axaer.ted,
and r*aaira th. brand of C.io—If swt fizad o*
ih«lr fonbe.de by God hlmaelf, M will b* by
oar 0oa.lr7m.rn. Th.y will b* fugitive* and
.•(.boidi 1* Ih. Mrtb. Tbi. war may MO. be
owr. A »hort daisy nay dtprlr* y*a of th.
opportunity to do a*ythlng for your country.
There I. not »■ luit.Dc. iwoordod 1* history,
I* wbleb * poopl* with roman*, *ad Ighting
for liborty, u wo.ro, were conquered. It can't
ba dona. Tboy may whip a. i* a tow battle*;
but this will oily prolong..od notoad tboaoa
tost Ia tbi. war ooough blood may b* abed to
Soot tho ootIoo of Ibo world, and it may loot
on* hundred yoar., but w. will u.T.r b* sab
dutd. Wo .ball triumph ii tha tad. Our
fathers (a Ih* Bevelttti**, with only 1,0*0,000
of inhabitants spread over this wido conti
nent, from tbs St. Lawrence to tho Oulf, could
not bo subdued by nil tho pow*r of England.
If our ontmion new should peso through onr
country, steal our negro**, burn oar towns, nnd
spread devesUtiua ia tb.ir wake, when th.y
•hoald bo gone, wo would ba tho wu people
wo wars before, haring tho tamo ri.ws nnd
fdings. If th.y war* to s«ad down an army
throe time, a yoar, and put us down orory
time, wo would not stay put down. Triumph
us must and will.
Bat w&sn tho war is orar, wo shell bo pros
porous beyond a parallel. If w. can lira, and
.ran thrir. to Mm* aztont whil. th. war lasts
what MtimsUs shall msnsurs our proeperity
whan pane* returns? Ws shall g.th.r up
wnntar.r of our .o.rgiM may bar# been crip
pled, nnd grow rioher with .Dch rapidity a* no
nation orar did befor.. With th. gnat id*, of
Airlc.n Sl.rary as a sub-stratum upon which
th. groat superstrnclur. it raited, oar Temple
of Liborty will bo such at earth hat nerer wit
nessed and with which God b»s narer before
bleacad any poopl*.
Th. spirit of the South is indomitable, i
lUgimantof a thou tend men intruded Alezan
drla, and dared to detecr.U our flag. One
breve men scot the whistling bell through
the vile heart of the head men of these brig-
end invaders. He knew that death would bo
his portion for the set. He knew there were s
thousand bayonets around him to be plunged
into his body in «n instant—and jet he did
it This seme spirit animates tho heart of our
people everjwhoro, and we shell he uncon
querable.
Then, withhold not jour assistance, for no
better investment of jour surplus produce can
he made.
Letter from Mr* Baylor*
Atlanta, June 15,1861.
Editor a Sout)urn Confederacy :
Gentlemen : There occurred iu jour report
of mj remarks before the meeting of merchants
held in this place on the 29th of Maj, some In
accuracies, which I now desire to correct. I
have waited until I could hand you the official
ly published Report to the Bank Convention
which accompanies this.
Your report makes me say, that the Cotton
crop amounts annually to 250,000,000 bait*. I
presume the mistake grew out of the fact, that
I stated the annual value of the crop to be $250,
000,000 Nor did I use the language ‘‘8how me
the merchant in Georgia, who can go to Eu
rope and get goods." My language was, that
eight out of ten of our merchants had not the
needful arrangements abroad through which to
import. I am reported as having said that al
though Jefferson Davis is a great military
chieftain, Acyet he never kept a set of books,
and perhaps could not tell "calico from
muslin.” This was not exactly my language,
although substantially my idea. After paying e
sincere tribute to the genius and purity of our
President, I said that these matters of trade
were not his specialities; and that he had some
thing else to attend to besides book-keeping,
calico and muslin, Ac.” A similar confusion of
ideas occurs la regard to what was said about
our Commissioners abroad. 8peaking of Mr.
Beach's visit to Europe, I said that hie mis
sion ought to be supported; that the Govern
ment should have commercial agents in each
manufacturing district of Europe; that such
agents of whom Mr. Beach was a type or repre
sentative mao*, would accomplish more than
any mere political or diplomatic mission, un
supported by a vigorous commercial policy.—
On this very subject Mr. Yencey and myself
agree. While at Montgomery I had frequent
personal interviews with Mr. Yaucey In regard
to this matter, and it la no breach of confidence
in my stating, that with his usual sagacity that
great man saw the Importance of supporting
his diplomatic mission by a vigorous commer
cial agitation, through practical merchants, In
the Industrial districts of Europe. A day or two
before he left .Montgomery, the necessary bill
was introduced by Jfr. Rhett, of 8outh Carolina,
and passed Congress, and received the necessa
ry Executive approval. Why it has never been
acted upon, I cannot of course explain.
Your report of my remarks omit the impor
tant statement, that 1 had e personal interview
with the President the night before leaving
.Montgomery, and that he expressed his desire
to do everything possible to co-operate with the
merchants In establishing our commercial Inde
pendence. I would not have made these state
ments to the merchants, or have repeated them
here, had I not been sent to Montgomery in an
official capacity by the Cotton Spinners end Di
rect Trade Association, to piece there views be
fore the Government.
I would also take It ae a fovor if yon would
state In your paper, that the report of my
speech ae It appeared in the Oonfederacy, was
not my own language, but ie the language used
by you In making the report In this you wUl
appreciate my motive*
Thanking you for your attention in reporting
my speech, and your oourtmj in allowing me
•ptce la your valuable journal to make the
above corrections,
I am very truly,
C. G. BAYLOR
MT*. B. Cuyler, Eeq.* lMdset ef the
Centre! Ballreed.fc eft the AUaalaHftel.
fomftt Unrivalled AktiKtee. .The
I of ser fovrigaifUfoiad
The Btekmoud eerreependeut ef the Bevau-
aeh frjtepdllI mu,» writing en the Ifikhltetaut,
«N)I
And here let am turn aside to offer a pare*
iug Pomuffc in regard te Mr. Teemho* the Be-
ereturv ef Btnte. Many ef the peeele ef
Georgia, myeetf among them* have radiantly
differed with him in the poet, white all knee
freely acknowledged hto grant ability. like*
efiea been mid by bis friends that he skewed
eff te the beet advantage In n rough aud-tum-
Ale fight iu n court bouse, or ia eueh n skir
mish #• that ip the U. B. Homo ef Eoproooa-
tntlvee during the oenteet for Speaker, when
he mid, “ Lei discord reign forororbut bin
oonduet daring tbe present revolution proves
how snob they wore nietoktn. He new site
quietly in bis offiee* free from excitement of
every Lind, with n full nppreointion of the
vest responsibility that attaches to bis posi
tion ; and yet, for the first time in bit life, in
my judgement, he new brings to tbe perferm-
nnee of bis duties tbe wbols of his greet pow
ers nnd unrivalled abilities. Tbe hustings
and tbn 8eonte chamber furnished favorable
ooeaeioos, ia tbe excitement of the moment,
tbe keen encounter of wit and sareaem ; and
lbs heavy shock of intellectual •(rift, for
the display of those rare gifts with whlsh na
ture has endowed him; but tbs revolution
that now eenvolsss tbs sominsut bee celled
into piny powers nnd resources which bad
hitherto never been evoked, and wbloh other
wise might have lain dor meat forovor. This
tribute is justified by the ooneummeto tact
with which our foreign relatione have been
managed, and tho complete success with which
Master 8e«ard has bees foiled at every point
of hie Meobierelliaa policy.
One thing may bo ret down ae certain—that
our independence will bo acknowledged by
Great Britain and France just as soon as it tan
be dons without appearing unseemly baety or
involving themselves in war. This recogni
tion will be followed up, in due season, by
materiel aid in tho shape of money, arms and
•hips. I do not mean that this aid will be
furnished by tbe Government, but by private
individuals and oompanics, with the eouni
venco of tha Government. Privateers will
also be fitted out by English and Frenoh par
ties, and aseietanoe rendered ia various ways
both bv tbo Government end their subjects.-
Should tbo war be pTotraeted, yon need not
be surprised to set Greet Britain involved ia
it. It would not be disagreeable to hove a
few of bor ships of-war and gun boats just at
this time.
THE
Prom the Mootforntry Mali
Washing Made Easy*
Ed*. Mail: As washing is a great bore to
•oldiors, and oapoeially to now recruits, allow
me, through your valuable journal, to offer to
our volunteers now iu th# tented field, tbo fob
lowing recipe for washing made easy. It was
proeentod to mt by 8urgeon Oglovy, on his
return from tho Moxiean war:
To oaoh pint of eoft, or one pound of hard
■oap, add one tablespoonful of saleratne, and
throe tablespoonfuio of spirits turpentine, mix
well. To this prepared coop add hot water
sufficient to mako strong suds, and to eovor
the clothes you wish te wash. Lot tho clothes
•oak thirty minutes (or all night if not in a hur
ry) stirring them occasionally, with# stiok, or
the hand while soaking. Wring them out
well, and threw them into cold water tea or
fifteen minutes. By which time the suds will
be cettlcd. Then pour off tho ends carefully
from tho mud iu tbo bottom of tbe vessel.—
(But if the elotbos are very dirty make fresh
•uds ) In whioh boil tho olotboe thirty min
utoe, and then rinse them well la dear cold
water, to remove tho soepsuds. Woolen goods
need be socked only twenty or thirty minutes,
•tirred well end rinsed.
OLD FOGYISM.
Mount Meigs, Ala., Juno 12, 1861.
Wu at a Fall was There !—Tho handsome,
the talented sod gallant Major L. Mime, of
Hinds County, ie doing duty in th# Quarter
master's Department at Corinth. Tbo other
day he received en order from Brigadier Gon
oral Barksdale, whioh was to be communion-
ted to tbo troops. Tbo Major selected a dash
ing fast horse to facilitate the mission. As
be passed a group of sweet sixteen*, bo heard
one of then inquire, "who’s that ?” Another
replied that it was General Beauregard, who
had just arrived in town. This,of course, was
highly pleasing to tho ears of tbo Major; but
on reaching a company from Tieh., one of tbe
privates stopped him, end inquired, *' I soy,
mister, ie that a swapping horse yru’re on f”
Imagine hie pbeelink* I— Vicksburg Sun.
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