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FRIDAY, JUNE 21, 1801.
The Fires or P.trUtUon Brightly Bara-
Oo tbo firit Saturday la tbii mouth, tk* oik-
Iseos of ltoogk Idge DHtHot. Troup scanty,
ars-mblsd Ire op ftoWrjr Cburok to dnrlM
w.yo Old raoont la lulil oar brara noMirrn
now Ib lb* told, aad tliolr ustdy femilin* at
Tun l.dioe iuboeribwd tvykunirti and nmt-
lr/HitfMM» ko »Ws up b) Ihtlr ova
bauds I aad tka gentlemen oobocribod $318, la
oioh, oa the opal. Thi« it aot a pity oobocrip
Itoo, wkero tka many who wtro rich coot la
much. Tbo llbmwlity of tka oltiitno of Rough
tdgo la worthy of all pro loo.
Tho other Diotrleta la tka coaatj haoo oo jot
tokra ao aetloa oa thin mottor, oo lor oo wo
koow.
rod ikt Ortnf'tttoUi tf that fgkt—Stm
For* I’rprrt rtetieti— Tint loot toftninf
Dawn—A Lincoln Oorretpondml— Btmr tf
Oitgoltktt from oar Oommiotiontrt—Lotto-
Hon from Lincoln't Army—Tit Irhk if til
Korlk coming rigid. - - —
Bicbhood, Joao 17th, 1861.
Tk$ moot notable feature la tbo aowo of to
day. It tbo oooeuotlon of Herpor't Forry by the
Goa fedora to ferooo uodor Ooaoral J.knlou. F raaoa. hot uudergoto o I> «ot ebaago in par
otoraotioa koyoad tko Fotomoe.
I, tbo battle o' lethal Chan
lo or wore tbo naoifers«
a profound imprstaitn u
port Uu»t <
tkaoogof
ij boo to i
Greblo, of t
tbrop, old to Goo.
klUod, about 288 woaadod,aad about tbooamo
iadaotriot. Boa I doe tblo, a Iota
lout to ooory h«od of a femi-
putlou, from 4$ lo 80
ema it lo only oocraeory
" dtah 1
programing aooly in th.
writ*, and tka yield ii
uVo. Jt In lodood timely, for
iifead up tho aauoi Biarkrt
ire.' H lo 0 groat nuiaoncr,
ell for tko country that It did not onma
number mitring. a month oooLer. But the cotton men will not
l hod tbo pioktan of mooting, a few iey« bocadgbtog.in lsUfolr,owx gion, for Guyana
J-Tbo proofed* of Wollack'o editorial lying
r *** beta a'bon hna a ooluoblo term aad boadoomo
ago, tbo eorroopoedont of tbo London "Her- if they do not lire fo oaf, they moot certainly imprurementa in tbo county of Culpepper,
old * (Lord Derby’a organ) and tbo London out to Hot. Tt.are lo amok more corn and oth. where, anill eery nc mtlr. hie family bore re
aided. Hie lettora to Mre. Wallack bora boon
rory properly aubjeeted to tho enrroillaaw of
our autboriliee ; but confident, 1 auppooe. that
tbo anaconda fuldo which bo koow old Scott
Chronicle j” olop .tbo bearer of diapoicbea
thm our Oommimionora in far rope They toy
that thb public mind, both In Cngtdnd and in
Mr. Stephens at Wai-renton.
We loera that Hr Stephoua’ oddreeeot War
reawu. on Wedaoeday loot, wm a grand ouc
area. Oror t M$ buloa of ootton wao oubeerib-
od oo tho spot, and tho pooplo told they would
make the aubacriptioa la tbn county reach
4,«0« balra.
The Q..rerum**l will be auotoiaod, and tho
war pruoacutod with rigor. Ho lack of oaenai
will cramp no. Tko polrlotlem of our pooplo
io unbounded aad uadylng.
BcatoraL
Tko Riohotond eorroopoadent of tbo Moat
goaiery Adrerlltor eoyo tbo Montgomery Con
fcdcrot on lo to be rtmored to Richmond. Wo
ouppooo the editore of tbo Confederation wiob
to get into more of n tprrck.mnking locality
than Montgomery la at preaent.
Giro uo o call oa you paoa. Ouroititeno are
nlwaye out la orowda on tho orrirol of tbo
own.
Ad rcrtloemcuta.
By axainining our adrortieing columna, it
will be ae«n that a few of our buaineaa men
and merchant! are elitl “in tbe trade,” and are
deairoaa of doing buaineoe. Many In tbia city,
for ougbtourcofumna know,hareeold out, ana
l<ended, and gone to tbe war. Ourcofuatnaaro
lorry buaineaa ia ao dull, and that ao few of
their old cuotomera oan atand tko bard timer;
but hope it will be all tbe better for tbe few re-
morning in bueineea.
t&T Our cotemporary, the Rome Southern
er, boa copied from our paper into ils iaaue of
tbe 20th inatam, n portion of Mr. Stephana’
apeech at Waahington, without girlng orodlt.
That rpcrch coal ne four daya’ work—three
trareling and inking up tho notoa, nod one wri
ting it out for our ooluuino. It ia not right to
oopy rook from no, without girlng credit.—
How often will wo bare to mention tblo before
it ceaeoa T
Mr. Ruieell, of tho iamdon “Times, 1
war in Jackaoa, Mleaiaaippi, a few daya ago,
and apent coma time there with n kinsmen—
Dr. M. C. Rutaell, of that place. He left for
Virginia, the toot of war, from wbioh pointbia
lattrrr to tho *• Timer” will bo continued.
Pi S. Wo notice that Mr. Ruetell woe in
Momphia, Tonneeao, on tho 18th instant.
Teuneaeoe Legislature.
Tbit body re-aaaambled on tbe 17th inolnnt.
One of tbo firat thinga done wao to poaa a
reeolution nhanging that part of tbo oath re
qulring mem ben to lupport tbe Conalilution
of tbo Dulled Siatea.
fWTba people of Mietiaaippl are making
tbo moot noble and patriotic roipooaaa to tbo
Produce Loan aakod for by tho Government.—
830.00u.060 worth io wanted. Wo should not
bo onrpriaed if throe or fonrtimre that amount
ia offered.
ELtcrton oca Itnooooo or Coiotnae, Poist-
near ana Vico Paaoinoar—Tbo act proridlog
for the permanent orgaaiiaUon of the Govern
raeat. requires that la all tboee Statea io which
no proelaluo baa broo made for the election of
mnnheio ol Congrats under the new Conetitu-
tioo. an alootion aboil bo hold on tko firat
Wadoeaday lo Nor ember next, at which lima
tho election of eleotoro Tor Preoldont and Vico
P reel deal obeli nlao be hold.
Tho elector! are required to meet In their re
apoclirt Stotre oa tho firat Wodaetday in De
cember thereafter, nod proceed to neat their
rotaa tor Prooiileot and Vico Prooidont.
The member! who may bo elec tod, and tko
Benetton to be ekmen by tho Btotoo, ibnll at
aembloot tbo Beat of Gorornment of tbo Con-
federate Statea on tho l$tb day of February,
1881, and proceed raopocliroly lo tbo lelectiou
of Speaker of tbo Mows* and Prooidont of tbo
Senate. On tbo l*ih day of February tbo
Praoidoot of the Senate ehaJl open tbo eortifl.
cane, tbo rotoe ebali than ha counted, and tko
Pfeoident inaugurated on tbo lid day of Feb
ruary, 1681 —Montgomery Mail, lit* inti.
Xtfe. Thoee two hot wnrriora, Greeley end
Bennett, bare fallen out Here la a tpeeimen
of tho ’’ Herald’s ’’ talk aboot old White Coat:
"Bet when Jualieo gate her dno—when the
oAmdoro in tho work of briefing upon tko
cowbtry ibteolvti war ehall bo puntohed—ouoh
Aboltwov end diaunion egtfet.ro of tbo loot 20
yoaro to Grooly, Garrtaon and Oiddinga will bo
tarena tbn Iwt o( traitoro bung up like bar-
riagatndry in tho ana. Grooiy, partieulerly,
hao been a groat aiuner, and, withal, a Tory
dirty one. Let him be wnehod, or lot him ra-
tiro.—Alknng Allot and Argot.
A Paten AnntaoaDOU.—Tbo Pnria “ Mono-
tour,” ol tho 16th of May, con feint thla an-
•In cooteqHence of the perplexity Into which
the groat nod powerful eotaon in tor eat in wow
plunged, it ought not to tarpriae nay to itarh
that doobatwaa rery toon aa eminent Bag Hah
autreiaaa will rlalt me Doffed alto too to make
a panffie piwpoaitfew n tbn aoafeadtag partial
there 'ft will bt a peroenogo toward* whom
aliagwnwiu boferwndaohwmideitokaafepeg
orm hie tank." rttittU
“ft.
* ad Ihsir withdrawal in the direction of Win
ohester. This last tamsd place la thsprioci
pal Iowa in Frederick count/, and lb# point
of junction of tka Harper* Fsrry Railroad, and
tho Alexandria Loadon 4 Hampshirs Road,
leading to the Westward. It ii considered by
military autboriliee to be an important atrat
egie point, the oocupaiiooof whick ia deemad
indiapenaibls to lbs cam plats maintenance of
our ultimata lias of defanoe. Previous to the
abandonment of Harper’s Ferry, the bridge,
which Is represented to have cost near $1,000,
000. was burned, aad tha armor/ aad otbar
publie buildings doetro/ed. Tha provisions
and ammunition were removed, ne, I presume,
tbe heav/ guns were.
Hot being a military man, 1 am vnabl# to
give /oo the reesene which influenced the eu
thorities to order tbe evaculion of this impor
taut point. A glance at the niap will eatisf/
eny intelligent mind, however, that Harper’s
Ferry was too far in advsnoe for a line of dc-
fence, having Manassas Junction for its centre.
Had the Putomno been our line of defence, then
tbe iK>ss«ssion of the Ferry would have been ol
tbe first importance. Ae it is, it was of but
little use to us, except as a basis for offensive
operations, which as I am informed, const!
tulee no part of our present military policy.—
Besides, the Federal forces were threatening
Romney, with the view to the ultimate occu
petion of Wincheater, in which event, they
wonld have bed Harper’s Ferry, as it were, in
a sack, from which there would have been no
escape. It is true, they might not have been
able to reduoe the place, eo thoroughly was it
fortified, yet they could have starved our forces
into sumbission. It would have been impoeai
hie, moreover, without occupying Winchester,
(or us to have prevented the junction of the
column led on from the West by Oen. McClel
lan, and that led down from Pennsylvania by
General Patterson; mod having united their
forces, tbe fall of Harper's Ferry would bave
been only a question of time. *
But whether my speculations be reasonable
or tbe reverse, I am satisfied that if the place
has raally been abandoned—end all the re
ports concur in saying ithasbeen—tbe reasons
for it are good end sufficient. The Govern
ment, as well as our military operations, haa
been conducted with great tact and aagacity,
and my confidence in their prudence and wis
dom, is unlimited. This confidence is shared
by the army and the public generally, aa far
as I have been able to learn. Aad it *!• well
that it Is so; for it strengthens the hands of
those in authority and enables them to give
all their attention and energies to the enemy.
Let me suggest to your readers to provide
tkemsolves with maps of Maryland and Vir
ginia, and having ascertained the various po
sitions occupied by the two armies, to stick a
pin at aach, which may be moved from time
to time as the campaign progresses. This will
enable them at a glance to comprehend and
appreciate the various moves upon ibis gigan
tic military chess-board.
You would be amused to reed the accounts
in the Northern pepers of the late brilliant bat
tle at Bethel Church. They were not prepared
for such a reverse and they oiler an infinite va
riety of excueaa for their defeat 8oine of them
say that their supply of ammunition having
become exhausted, Gen. Pierce (who was in
command of their motley regiments) was
forced to fall back. In the next breath they
charge him with incompetency, and even ac
cuse Gen Butler of great negligence in not hav
ing taken the command himself. Borne
go so far as to charge tbe wholo disaster to the
inordinate vanity of the latter, who is ever
seeking occasions to get his name before the
publio. They try also to conceal the number
of their dead and wounded, while they exager-
ate our losses most ridiculously. They set
down our foroes, which wero only 1,100, at
twice their real number, end sty that we had
a number of concealed batteries of rifled can-
The Hew York Times speaks of Butler
aad Pieroe as two Massachusetts barristers,
ho ought to be dismissed to tboir special
pleadings and demurrers-tbe petty warfare of
the bar, at which they arr expect; and compe
tent military men assigned to tbe command
whose movements are not regulated by a da-
sire to pave the way to tha Presidency.
The most amusing incident connected with
the affair, It tha fight which three of tbo ene
my's regiments got into before day as they
were proceeding in the direction of Bethel
Church. Having gone by different routes,
when they arrive at tha point where the roads
Intersected, they mistook each other for the
Confederate troops, and eommeaood a fire
which waa kept up for thirty minutes. At the
expiration of that time, one of the regiments
was routed and fled from the field, leaving oae
man killed aod five or six wounded. Just
think of three regiments fighting for half an
hour, and only one killed and five or six
wounded, and that ono of them should have
taken to ita heels in conseqaeocs of so small a
less l Beat assured that all tho Southern hoys
need is an opportunity to thrash such a rabble
out of their hoots.
Hew York papors as lata as tha 12lh instant
havn been spirited over the border. 1 have
•een the * Tritons” “Timee,” end « Hertld ”
ef that date, and find that they have •• lower
ed their tone ” very much within the pest two
weeks. It is eeey to see that they are very
mneh in the condition ol th* men whs eaaght
the Tartar. They er* Bill ef deneeciatioos
ag a lost Ragland aad Fraaoa, fer the owe tee
which they seem likely to take. The troth is,
the early recognition of oar independence by
those Powore—cf which there seed be ao doubt
—had theater* fssafrUo* a»d energy display
ed b; thsRsesh, kaeepMfiand eo Utttc ee*~
tTUU Ji . j .Xv- aJtfM W0OO
favor, end that there io ae dpubt of. the recog
nitlon of oUr ladeptaJcnce ia a shirt time.
tix men of the Garibaldi Legion deserted at
Washington, aod made their way to tbia side
of the river, end arrived here yesterday. They
report a favorable change among the fcretfi
population atthe North. Depend upon it. tbe
Irish will soon be with us when they come to
understand the reel questions at issue.
Written Express!jr fbr the “Sonthtrn Confederscj.”
Notes by the nay.
[coxcTTdrd.]
THE FBTABLIBUMENT
Consists ol a atone stack furnace of large ca
pacify, a sixty-horse power engine, and all the
appurtenances of an extensive Foundry, to
gether with convenient warehouses and out
buildings, end dwellings soitable for a large
nuns bar of operatives. There should be added
tha machinery for vlling the most merchanta
ble patterns together with railroad bars, when
thll will be one of the most complete and val
uable Iron Works io tbe Whole South. It is
very much doubted if there can be found in
tbe once United Btetes, any place where all tbe
elements for the manufacture of good iron are
eo completely thrown into juxtaposition, as at
Round Mountain, Cherokee county, Alabama.
Th»s property belongs to 8an>uel P. L. Mar
shall, Esq , one of tbe "original F. F. V.’s,”
and, for the information of manufacturers, I
will add that he wuhea to dispose ot the prin
cipal interest, having come to that age when
too much business is burdensome. There are
some 2,506 acres of lend, which would be sold
as a pert of the property, besides several thou
sand acres of publio land lying around and
convenient to the works, that is chiefly value
ble for the timber, which can now be purchas
ed at a low price. Charcoal may be made and
furnished at the works at forty dollars per
thousand bushels,and bituminouscoal.of which
there is an excellent article some three and a
half miles distant, may be mined and deliver
ed at twelve and a half cents per bushel.—
Limestone, fire proof sand stone, and fine brick
clay, are all found in the immediate vicinity
of tbe works. In fact, all the raw material for
the manufacture of iron seems to be peculiar
ly concentrated in this locality. Now, since
the Confederate States have assumed tbeir re
sources, aud Iron being one of the indispensi-
ble commodities of (bo day, would it not be
well for some enterprising capitalists to take
the establishment in band and complete the
equipments for the manufacture of iron in all
ita varieties ? But a small immediate outlay
would be required to do this, aa time would no
doubt be given for the works to make their
own purchase money, if undertaken properl v.
The iron wouM find a ready market ne a > home,
as tbe 15 per cent, tariff oa importations, and
a freight of $10 to $15 per ton, will place it
beyond competition. I am told by those who
bave (he experience to know, that with the
facilities of the Round Mountain Works, the
best merchantable iron may be made for fr.'in
$35 to $40 per ton—lees than one-half at which
it is ususlly retailed. Tbe bare convenience* of
the position, on a careful estimate, are consid
ered worth $10,000 to $12,000 per annum over
other works of tbe kind which psy good divi
dends. Would not this be s favorable locality
for
AS ARMOBY FOR TIB SOUTH ?
Judging from the signs, ordnance and small
arms are going to be in good demand for all
time to come, and this is a favorable latitude
for an extensive establishment. There are oth
er important considerations, as tbe never-fail
ing good health of this neighborhood, cheap
provisions, cheap labor, and the seclusion ol
the piece—altogether secure from any disturb
ances that may be in the country. It it very
likely that after tbe fury cf tbe war ia epent
end peace once made, capitalists will come
among us from abroad, aud bring not only
tbair money, but tbeir rnmnufectories them
selve, for many an anvil wilkbe silenced, and
many a forge go out, in tb« North in conse
quence of of tbia cut-off which tbe South haa
been forced to make. The revolution bide fair
to be one in the broadest sense of the word
though we hoped at first it would only be one
mind and marul*.
CON VBY ARCRB.
The Coosa River makes oheap and easy (ran-
•it for the products of tbeae works—the land
distanoa to Rome being but 33 miles, and 22
miles to Gadsden. Tbe Cooaa A Chattooga Riv
er Railroad, partially constructed, hea been
looatad, passing close to the Iron Works. This
Road win connect Cleveland, Tennessee, with
Gadaden, Alabama, by way of Grayiville, La-
Fayette and Bommerville, and in connection
with the North Eastern and South-Western
Alabama Railroad will make a very direct lias
to Jackson, Mississippi and the Road to Shreve
port, Looiaiaaa.
laud aaABTi.
An act of Congreia passed in I860, makes
large appropriations of publie Isnds to several
of the Roads in North Eastern Alabama. By
this act, the Road from Qedade* to Guntert-
ville gets some 5,400 acres per mitt- The Wills
Valley Road ovar fi.Ofifi, and the Alabama 4
Tennessee River Road nearly tbe same a-
mount. The Coosa 4 Chattooga Ro*d also
hat an appropriation on the lama basis of al
ternate sections for h width of filUen miles on
each eide. The lands oan be sold for the bene
fit of tbe road* when certain requirements are
fulfilled, and tha proceeds are moat likely, la
•very ease, to be ample for tbe graduation of
th.md tod Thto. fea«e will to p«t upo»
th. ln.rl.tL.foro loo,—oror 8,0 001, ntrtt- oo
feel HorU-BooMM Alotoao *tlf likolj'ro.
ff grain growinx in tty country ibis season
l|in usual. Rye fa }trikfc!ar jg abundant, ^t
is well io know that its makes a good substitute
for coflea—though it is vary probable thaUome
bad an eye to some other beverage when they
were casting tbe seed. The farmerg ere learn
ing. too, that clover ie a profitable crop. It is
very certain that once in fbr its culture. tb*>
will pever allow themselves to he without (i
n<ain. They will see there la macb mere in-
dependence in living by their ewa forms, than
by giving themselves up wholly to ootton —
Cotton is King, but there is ne reason why all
formers should not be peers. The people ought
to be particularly careful to save the garden
seeds tbia year—save all ibay oan. We shall
most likely bave to depend upon ourselves an
other year for these seids, as well ae for some
o’her commodities ususlly obtained from a
bigber latitude ; and the Confederacy has no
Patent Office, aa yet, that we arc aware of to
dispense tbeee small favors. So save the gar
den feeds—some for yourselves, some to tall
and some to give away.
It is quite a treat to get off into the country
for a few days, away from the railroads, tele
graphs end excitements of the day. Tbe draw
back, however, that although the wild rumors
aud hoaxes do Dot fail to go apace, it is some
times an age before they come to be contradic
ted. This war that is upon us ! It is a great
bore One can sat tit down to think or write
without its insinuations. Shall we not all be
glad when it is through f D1RIGO.
June 14, I8fil.
TO THE PEOPLE OP NORTH-WES
TERN VIRGINIA.
BY THE GOVERNOR OP VIBGIN1A.
A PROCLAMATION.
The sovereign people of Virginia, unbiassed,
ami by their own free choice, have, by a ma
jority of nearly one hundred thousand quali
fied voters, severed tbe lies that heretofore
bound them to the Government of tbe United
States, and uniied this Commonwealth with
i he Confederate Statea. That our people have
tbe right **to institute a new government
laying its foundations on such principles, and
organising its powtra in such form aa lothem
shall teem tnoxt likely to effect tbeir own safe
ty aod happiness,” was proclaimed by
fathers, and it ia a right which no freeman
should ever relinquish. The Slate of Vigin'
ia has now, tho eeoond time in her history, aa
seried this right, and it is the duty of every
Virgiuian io acknowledge ber act when rati
fied by such a majority, and to give bis will
ing co operation to make good (be declaration.
All her people have voted. Each ban taken
bis chance to bave hi* personal views repre
kcuted. You, as well, as the rest of tbe State,
bave cast your vole fairly, and the majority is
against you. Is tbe duty of good citisens to
yield to tbe will of tbe State. Tbe bill of
rights has proclaimed "that the people have
a right to uniform government; and, there
fore, that oo government separate from or in
dependent of tbe government of Virginia
ght to be erected or established within tbe
limits thereof.” The majority, thus deelar
ed, therefore have a right to govern. But
notwithstanding this right, thus exercised,
has been regarded by the people of sections of
tbe United States as undoubted and sacred,
yet the government ai Washington now utter
ly denies it, and, by tbe exercise of despotic
power, is endeavoring to coerce our people to
abject submission to their authority. Virgin
ia has asserted her independence. She will
maintain it at every hazard. She is sustain"
ed by the power of lea of her sister Southern
States, ready and willing to uphold ber cause.
Can any true Virgiuian refuse to render as
sistance? Men of the Northwest, 1 appeal lo
you,by all)tbecoosideraiious which havedrawn
us to together us one people heretofore to ral
ly to tbe standard of the Old Dominion. By
all thr sacred net of consanguinity, by the in
termixtore of the blood of tbe East and West,
by common paternity, by friendship hallowed
by a thousand cherished recollections, by
memories of the past, by the relics of tbe
great men of other daya, oome to Virginia's
banner and drive the invaders from your soil
There may be traitors among you, who, for
selfish ends, have turned against their mother
and would permit her to be ignominious y op
pressed aud degraded. But 1 cannot, will not,
believe that a majority of you are not true
sons, who will give your blood and your tress
ure for Virginia's defense.
I have sent for your protection such troops
as the emergency enabled roe to collect, in
charge of a competent commander. 1 bave
ordered a large force to go to your aid, but 1
rely with the utraoct confidence upon your
own strong arms to rescue your firesides aad
altars from tbe pollution of a reckless and
ruthless enemy. The St<te is invaded at sev
eral points, but ample force* bave been col
lected to defend ner.
There has been a complaint among you that
the Eastern portion of tbe 8tate has enjoyed
an exrmption from taxation to your prejudioe.
The 8tate, by a majority of U5.000, has put
tbe two sections on an equality in »his ret*
peot. By a display of magnanimity in the
vote jun given, the East has, by a large ma
jority, consented to relinquish this exemption,
and is ready to share with you all the burdens
of Government, and to meet all Virginia's lia
biliiies. They eome now to aid you, as
you came In former daya to aid them. The
men of the Southern Confederate 8i*imglory
in coming to your rafcua. Let one heart, one
mind, one energy, one power, nerve evary pa
triot arm ia n common cause. The bean that
will not beat In unison with Virginia now is a
traitor’s heart; the arm that will not strike
home in her oauee now ie palsied by aooward
fear.
Tbe troops are poeted at UuUoeaville.—
Come with your own good weapon* aad meet
thews as beet here I
Gives under my band, and under the
IBP**! tf the Common wealth, this 14th
$V «f June. Ifcil, and in the S4th year ef the
Commonwealth. JOHN LRTCHRR.
By the Governor—
Qtoioa W. M chord,
•eormary ef the Oommommeateh.
extra)
down to tfoe dust beneath 'ble feat, ie a
toed spotted traitor, has beta righteously dealt
with by Use com mender of our fireee at Oul-
pepper Court House, a short distanoe from
wssdmwing around us would very soon erneh
the State, ne ventured to direct hie wife to fit
up bis bouse for the head quarters of General
Socit and staff, wham poo it was resolved to
send by the first train tbe liberal mi n’s family
to Washington City aud "fit up his house” ae
a hospital for siek soldiers.”
I i J ll— r
4 late number of the ferie Journal of Dt
bats contains (he following remarks on the
annexation ef San Domingo to 8paifi :
lo this age ef annex at loon, eefeeeions and
revolutions, in whioh it seems our destiny to
live, it is a subject of congratulation to see
an event of that kind aceomplisbed without
effusion Of blood, * Ithout violence, end for
the bes* interests of general civilisation. The
neneiation of San Domingo, wblob teems to
h«ve been definitely accepted by Spain, de
serves, for more than one reason, to be hailed
wjib •/apathy by France.
It we* impossible to behold without regret
that magnificent island, eo much favored by
nature end once ao flourishing, delivered up
completely to ao anarchy and decline of which
only the Republic of Mexico oould offer an
other example. As to tbe French part of the
island, its melancholy fate, since that laugh
ler of our oomparriots and the inauguranoi
of its pretended liberty, is only too well
known in Europe. Not only from that mo
ment was all progress arrested there, but the
elements of prosperity transmitted by he for
(tier civilization rapidly destroyed. The pub
lio edifices, aqueducts and roads have fallen
into ruin; labor has ceased, excepting for the
benefit of some chiefs, who, under the name
of miliiery service, bold a portion of tbe pep
ulation in a state of hardly disguised slavery.
As to the social condition and politieal history
of our late colony, they exhibit but an endless
repetition of tbe same sots of murder and ra
pine, with only one well-remembered Inter
lude, reproducing a sanguinary and grotesque
parody of our own disoords. Hay ii, delivered
from tbe hold of Faustin I, seems lo breathe
freely for the present; but nothing entitles us
lo take that precarious reat for a definite re
turn to civilization.
What Makzb a Good Editoe.—A good ed
itor. a competent newspaper conductor, ie like
a general or poet—born, not made. Exeroise
and experience give faculty, but the qualifies
lion ia innate, or ie never manifested. On the
London daily papegp, all the great historians,
novelists, poets, essayists and writers have
been tried, and nearly all have failed. We
might say all; for, after a display of bril
liancy. brief and grand, tbey|died out, literal
ly. Their resources were exhausted. "lean,”
said the late editor of the Times to Moore,
“ find any number of meo of genius to write
for me, but very seldom one man of oomoton
sense.” Nearly all succeaaful adit ora have
been men of this description. Cam pel I, Bui-
wer. Carlysle, and D'Isreall failed; Barnes,
Stirling, and Phillips succeeded, and De Laoe
and Lowe succeeded. A good editor seldom
writes for his paper : altera, and oombinaa;
and. to do this well, he has but little time for
composition. To write for a paper is one thing
—to edit a paper another.
At Wholesale or
1
WE
to furnieh
>tod Jcalen
Hemlock Sole Leather,
White Oak Oo.
French Calf Sklno,«
Philadelphia Do.
Oo.
Do.
Goal
The severest blow which the rump Govern
ment bus received since the commencement of
ur troubles whs that given by the surrender
of General Twiggs, in Texas. Its importance
bee hardly been eetimaw-d in th* North. It
was a surrender cf 3,000 splendid regular sol-
i, of thirteen forte, of Sd.UoO stand ot arms,
of 86 pieces of ordnauce, of $55,000 in money,
of horses for a regiment of cavalry, mult*,
wagons, tents, provisions, ammunition and
munitions of war, to the estimated value of
from $1,500,000 Vo $2 006.0001 Had itnot been
for Twiggd and Flc/d, aaya the Cincinnati En
quirer, tbe rebels would have bad but lose
arms or few fortified pieces in their posseeaixo.
They gave them, from their positions, more
material assistance than all tbe world besides.
— Montgomery Confederation, IB th June.
Heiisatiou Dispatches.
The Northern papers are making merry over
tbe following dispatch which, appeared in the
New York Herald. The Herald has been bad
ly sold:
Highly In port a ut.
Capture of the Rebel Batteries at Great Bethel
by General ButUr.
Wasbirgtov, June 12—1 A. M —A special
messenger arrived an hour aiuce from Fortress
Monroe, bringing the intelligence that Gen-
Butler tbia morning proceeded, with a large
reiuft rcement, to Great Bethel, aad afters se
vere fight captured their batteries—one of 7,
and the masked battery of 14 guns—and also
t ok 1,000 prisoners.
Tub Gsand Rzsclt.—The aggregate of tbo
Llntfeg and Blndlnf tk
Shoe Thread.
Shoe Eyleio,
Laalo, Pe»i, Hallo,
And everything connected
manufacture nf Boots and
A Large Lot of the abort
JTTST BKCKIVKD,
And for aale at. Wholesale or
DIMICK, WILSON.
Juno 20—Uola
NEW GOODS!
JD8T RECEIVED,
A LARGE lot of oo. ea«l dotirobJ, 1
ooniioliof, la ptrt, of fee followia|
-loo:
HOOP-SKIRTS, from 3 to 50
VIRGINIA PLAIDS, for
PRINTS, both Solid and Fmey
r».
GINGHAMS, large and small
A large lot of CAP and BO.
RIBBONS, BELTS, GLOVES ■
SIERY, JEWELRY and FANCT
TIONS.
AIm, a Urge lot of IHOE8, luiUfe
•ooaon, oil of *h(«k woo bou|hl •:
for Cook, end will bo told ot tk# 1
oitber to wkolooolo or retail oarMoik*
oalj.
SILVEY * DOUG
Atlanta, Juna 16.
returns received of the rectal Tcnotstts t’to-
ion is as follows .
8rper’n,
No Sepsr’n.
r.avt Teonefstt,
12.280
26,467
tliddl* Tennessee,
50,063
6,281
West TsDnemes.
26,164
4.600
84,087
86,248
80,248
Majority,
67,868
The count ie* yet t% to towrfl from will, wa
ihink, increase tho majority so 70,000.
Memphis Appeal, 18th inst.
NATIONAL AMERICAN.
T HERE or* o*o*r*l lkM***d i
du. BO for subscription ended
sn ecooust of tbo lot# “ Hoticsol A*
nowipsper, bp parties onttorad tbrr
8la,.. I oaad tho Baser—oa, is few.
ing for tktvnni tf it. I, not tk). liafk
meat oaoafh to induce itirj wtn,e>r
hirniolf to bo Indebted, to utk. i=
payment, either in whole or In pertl
Good Book soys: “ Thou .boll not msr“
mouth of tho ox that troadotb out the
Neither should leu ifer.o tho Pri
by unremitting toll, furni.het roar
moot. 0. B. HAN
Atlanta, Jaoo 7,1181.
8aa. Joe. Less.—W« god iko fetlewtagpa
ragraph fe Ike fefeot odrtcM from California t
flow. Laos won. not oM of danger, bat Ms
IriraGo WoOo kowoM. . Hb see shot M the
right huaoot. tho hdl liming out tkroogb tho
mu a.
Tat B.ttlu at PoiLurr..—A geuliemaa
from Richmond informs n. that tbn von.rnbln
Bishop John Early, of th. Methodist Bpfeoo-
p.l Church. w*0 ia Philllppaoa thadayoflha
roeoat battle, boring just returned from tk*
SMsion of aim. Wo.i.rn Oafor.no* oror whioh
be bod presided Wo undoes toed that Bishop
Early reports 123 ns lb* number tf Lloools-
itoo who foil to shot engagement. This may
b* recoined so entirely rsiioblo — fttmthurg
WASTED, IMMEDIATELY,
A healtht war noBM-iib««i mm
/V Apply at this *«n*. JsMll V
MHCMANIC IIFLIk
ATTENTION I j
.VoiiXjI 1
Mid?)
Eulogy os Govenwr I;
BT HENRT R. JACKSON.
This eloquent Address, upon the K
Paklis Berries of Got. Case. J.
dolirorod by Hoo. Hoary R. Jockto*.
otto, Georgia, on th* 211* of April lorn
roody for sol*. It Ii * lasly prilled r
of thirty.nix pogfe. ....
Frio# i Slag)* Copy 24 et* I or I 1 * I
deed. Address, . „
WOOD, HANLEtTIR. KICK A -
Jan* 8-dlw. Publishers, AUoofe
Leather! Leather!!
36 0*0 t». Good Horn look Sola
18,808 fe*. Good Whit* Ook Orta
8$ dost* Freach On If Skfefo
18 dossa Philadelphia OtU *kl«_
Shoo Thread, UMm Pefa NjWa
race!red by DIMICN, WILSON *
Jun* 28-dowlai.
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