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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. POflT-OFFICR. Post Or nos, Atlanta, Jane t%4041 Te AccuDiinodAte the public, el) some for postage, or •tamped envelope of one dollar or more will be receiv ed in bankable funds, but no specie change will bo given for paper. TUOB. C. HOWARD, P. If. Tost Office, Atlanta, Ga.* ) Juno let, 1660. j All Utters dropped in the Poet Offiee with United States 8tempe on them will be treated ae other unpaid sealed matter, and forwarded at one* to tho Dead Letter Office. All letters for a greater distanoe than five hundred miles* chargeable at tha rates of ten cents for each single letter, end must be pre paid on mailing tbe seme. THO ft. C. HOWARD, Poet Master. NATIONAL AMERICAN. 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