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SOUTHERN WOMEN.
BY LIZZtS. .
Southern women, rouse ye, rouse ye!
•For the warfare has begun I
Send ye bravely to the battle,
Husband, brother, friend and son 1
Break the ties that bind ye to them ;
Tell theta, haste ye to the Sgbt j
Gird their hearts with words of courage;
Battle, tell them, for their right.
Southern women, oh ! remember,
_Y That the victory lies with you ;
If your hearts are filled with courage,
We may bid all fears adieu.
Hide your tears and hush your murmurs,
Some, or all perhaps, must go ;
Do yon wish for others' trouble,
While your friends no hardships kuow?
Oh, thou woman, who would gladly
See all but thy friends depart,
Can there be one generous impulse,
■r Patriot impulse, in thy heart ?
Southern women, oh ! remember,
“• Braver men have died before,
-■ i 'ln the struggle for your freedom—
Tlv&b4mw a c:u•ards' hearts no more.
'"irickorjt HHtAcatfcmf^iferriwether.
SOLDIER’S HEALTH—INTEREST
ING SUGGESTIONS AND RECOM
MENDATIONS.
The following article, on “Soldiers’
Health,” is from Hall’s Journal of
Health. It contains much valuable
information for both soldiers and ci
vilians : ,
1. In an ordinary campaign, sick
ness disables or destroys three times
as many as the sword.
2. On a march, from April to No
vember, the entire clothing should be
a colored flannel skirt, with a loosely
buttoned collar, cotton drawers, wool
en pantaloons, shoe3 and stockings,
. and a light-colored felt hat, with
broan brim, to protect the eyes and
face from the glare of the sun and
from the rain, and a substantial, but
not heavy, coat when off duty.
8. Sunstroke is most effectually
prevented by wearing a silk handker
chief in the crown of the hat.
4. Colored blankets are best; and
if lined with brown drilling, the
warmth and durability are doubled,
while the protection against dampness
from lying on the ground is almost
complete.
5. Never lie or sit down on the
grass or bare earth for a moment;
rather use your hat—a handkerchief,
even, is a great protection. The
warmer you are the greater need for
this protection, as a damp vapor is
immediately generated, to be absorbed
by the clothing, and to cool you off
’ # ** fc **^' 4ii' nthnmjfifa
'Uvo dtJtjjf %e more rhirsFf yoa^itfe,
the. more essential is it to safety of
life itself, to rinse out the mouth two
or three times, and then take a swal
low of water at a time, with short in
tervals. brave French General, on
a forced march, fell dead on the in
stant, by drinking largely of cold
water, when suow was on the ground.
7. Abundant sleep is necessary to
hod.ly efficiency, and to that alertness
of inind which is all-important in an
engagement; and few things more
certainly and more effectually prevent
■ sound sleep than eating heartily after
sundown, especially after a heavy
march, or desperate battle.
8. Nothing is more certain to se
cure endurance and capability of
long continued effort than the avoid
ance of everything as a drink except
cold water, not excluding coffee at
breakfast. Drink as little as possible
even of cold water.
9. After any sort of exhausting
effort, a cup of coffee, hot or cold, is
an admirable sustainer of the strength
until nature begins to recover herself.
10. Never eat heartily just before
a great undertaking; because .the
nervous power is irresistibly drawn to
the stomach to manage the food eaten,
thus drawing off that supply wliicji
the brain and muscle so much need.
11. If persor.3 will drink brandy, it
13 incomparably safer to do so after
an effort than before ; for it can give
only a transient strength, lasting but
a few minutes; but as it can never be
known how long any given effort is to
be kept in continuance, and if longer
than the few minutes,"""the body be
comes more feeble than it would have
been without the stimulus, it is clear
that its use before an effort is always
hazardous, and is always unwise.
12. Never go to sleep, especially
after a great effort, even in hot weather,
without some covering over you.
13. Under all circumstances, rather
than lie down on the bare ground, lie
in the hollow of two logs placed to
gether, or across several smaller pieces
of wood, laid side by side; or sit on
your hat, leaning against a tree. A
nap of ten or fifteen minutes in that
position will refresh you more than an
hour on the bare earth, with the ad
ditional advantage of perfect safety.
14. A cut is less dangerous than a
a bullet wound, and heals more rapid
ly.
15. If from any wound the blood
spirts out in jets, instead of a steady
stream, you will die in a few minutes,
unless it is remedied; because an ar
tery has been divided, and that takes
the blood direct from the fountain of
life. To stop this instantly, tie a
handkerchief or other cloth very
loosely between the wound and the
heart; put a stick, bayonet, or ram
rod between the skin and the hand
kerchief, and twist around until the
bleeding ceases, and keep it thus until
the surgeon arrives.
16. If the blood flows in a slow,
regular stream, a vein has been pierced
the handkerchief must be on the
other side of the wound from the heart
—that is, below the wound.
17. A bullet through the abdomen
(belly or stomach) is more certainly
fatal than if aimed at the head or
heart; for in tho latter casejs the, ball
is often glanced off by th% or
follows round it under tho skin; but
when it enters the stomach or bowels,
from any direction, death is inevitable
under all conceivable circumstances,
but is scarcely ever instantaneous.
Generally the person, lives -a day or
two with perfect clearness of intellect,
often not suffering greatly-.. The
practical bearing ot this statement in
reference to the great future is clear.
18. Let the whole beard grow, but
not longer than some three inches.
This strengthens and thickens its
growth, and thus makes a more per
fect protection for the lungs against
dust, and of the throat against winds
and cold in winter, while in the sum
mer a greater perspiration of the skin
is induced, with an increase of evap
oration ; hence, greater / ' - of
the parts on the outsic
throat is less feverish,!
dry V
19. Avoid fats and fat meat in
summer and all warm days.
20. Whenever possible, take a plunge
into any lake or running stream every
morning as soon as you get up. If
none at hand, endeavor to wash the
body all over as soon as you leave
your bed, for cleanliness acts like a
charm against all diseases, always
either warding them on altogether, or
greatly mitigating their severity and
shortening their duration.
21. Keep the hair of the head
closely cut, say within an inch and a
half of the scalp in every part, re
peated on the first of each month,
and wash the whole scalp plentifully
in cold water every morning.
22. Wear woolen stockings and
moderately loose shoes, keeping the
toe and finger nails always cut close.
23. It is more important to wash
the feet well every night than to wash
the face and hands of mornings, be
cause it aids in keeping the skin and
nails soft, and to prevent chafings,
blister#’and corns, all of which great
ly interfere with a soldier’s duty.
24. The most universally safe posi
tion, after all stunnings, hurts and
wounds, is that of being placed on the
back, the head being elevated three
or four inches only, aiding more than
any one thing else ean do to equalize
and restore th£ proper circulation of
the blood. >
25. The more wef ~ ”
a march for other wo>
iNaft -li jf#'
stflfafteT it v is ov^3>
ment you cease mot?'
coat or blanket over > r .av* sritraafers.
This precaution should be taken in
the warmest weather, especially if
there is even a slight air stirring.
2G. The greatest physical kindness
you can show a severely wounded
■comrade, i3 first to place him on his
back, and then run with all your
for some water to drink. Not
a second ought to be lost. If no ves
sel is Kt hand, take your hat; if no
hat, off with your shirt, wring it out at
once, tie the arms in a knot, as also
the lower end, thus making a bag,
open at the neck only. A fleet per
son can convey a bucketful half a
mile in this nvay. I’ve seen a dying
man clutch at a single drop of water
from the fingers’ end, with the vora
ciousness of a famished tiger.
27. If wet to the skin by rain or
by swimming rivers, keep in motion
until the clothes are dried, and no
harm will result.
28. Whenever it is possible, do, by
all means, when you have to use water
i for cooking or drinking from ponds or
sluggish streams, boil it well, and,
when cool, shake it, or stir it, so that
the oxygen of the air shall get to it,
which greatly improves it for drinking.
This boiling arrests the process of fer
mentation which arises from the pres
ence of organic and inorganic impuri
ties, thus tending to prevent cholera
and all bowel diseases. If there is
no time for boiling, at least strain it
through a cloth, evej|'*' v have to
us<? a shirt or ' 1
29. Twelve men are hit in battle
dressed in red where there are only
five dressed in a bluish gray—-a dif
ference of more than two to one;
green, seven ; brown, six.
30. Water can be made almost ice
cool in the hottest weather by closely
enveloping a filled canteen, or other
vessel, with woolen cloth, kept plenti
fully wetted and exposed.
31. While on a march lie down the
moment you halt for rest. Every
minute spent in that position refreshes
more than five standing or loitering
about.
32. A daily evacuation of the
els is indispensabla to bodily health,
vigor and endurance ; this is promo
ted in many cases by stirring a table
spoonful of corn (Indian) meal in a
glass' of water, and drinking it on
rising in the morning.
33. Loose bowels, namely, acting,
more than once a day, with a feeling
of debility afterwards, is the first step
towards cholera. The best remedy is
instant and perfect quietude of body,
eating nothing but boiled rice', with or
without boiled, milk ; in more decided
cases, a woolen flannel, with two
thicknesses in front, should be bound
tightly around the abdomen, especially
if marching is a necessity.
34. To “ have been to the wars” is
THE GEORGIA WEEKLY.
a life-lone honor, increasing with ad
vancing years, while to have died in
defence of your country will be the
boast and the glory of your
children.
By the Postmaster General of the Con
federate States of America.
* A PROCLAMATION, i
r *\Vhereas, By the -provisions or*#.
act, approved March 15tb, 1861, a’*#
amended by the first section of an
act approved May 9, 1861, the Post
Master Genefal of the. Confederate
States “is authorized, on and after
a day to b'e named by him for that
purpose, to take the entire charge and
direction of the postal service in the
Confederate States,” and all convey
ance of mails within their limits, from
and after such day, except by author
ity of the Poss Master General there
of, is thereby prohibited: „
Now, therefore, I, John ll.'Reagan,
Post Master General of the Confed
erate States of AmericS,- do issue this
my proclamation, notifying all Post
Masters, Contractors, and Special and
Route Agents, in the service of the*-
-Post Office Department, »iind engaged
’ * j-ausmission ,and .delivery jjf
m Bns, or otherwise in any manner
connected with the service within the
limits of the Confederate States of
America, that on and after the Ist
day of June next, I shall assume the
entire control and direction of the
postal service therein : And I hereby
direct all Post Masters, Route Agents
and Special Agents within these States,
and now acting under tho authority
and direction of the Post Master Gen
eral of the United States, to continue
in the discharge of their respective
duties under the authority vested in
me by the Congress of the Confeder
ate States, in strict conformity with
such existing laws and Constitution of
the Confederate States of America,
and such further instruction as may
hereafter be issued by my direction :
And the said Post Masters, Rotite
Agents and Special Agents are also
required to forward to this Depart
ment, without delay, their names, with
the names of their offices of which
they are Post Masters, (giving the
State and County,) to be directed to
the “ Chief of the Appointment Bu
reau, Post Office Department, Mont
gomery, Ala.” in order that new com
missions may be issued under the au
thority of this Government: And all
Post Masters are hereby required to
render to the Post Office Department
at Washington, D. C., their final ac
counts and their vouchers for postal
receipts and expenditures, up to the
31st day of this month, taking care
to forward with said accounts all post-
stamps and stamped envetopes,
Office Department w me* ITmted
States, in order that tjiey may receive
the proper credits therefor in the ad
justment of their accounts; and they
are further required to retain in their
possession, to meet the .orders of the
Post Master General of, the United
States, for the payment of the mail
service within the Confederate States,
all revenue which shall have accrued
from the postal service prior to the
said first of June next.
All Contractors, Mail Messengers,
and Special Contractors for convey
ing the mails within the Confederate
States, under existing contracts with
the Government of the United States,
are hereby authorized to continue to
perform such service under my direc
tion, from and after the day last above
named, subject to such modifications
and changes as may be found necessa
ry, under the powers vested in the
Post Master General by tire terms of
said contracts and the provisions of
the section of an act approved May
9th, 1861, conformable thereto. And
the said Contractors, Special Contrac
tors, and Mail Messengers, are requir
ed to forward, without delay, the num
ber of their route or routes, the nature
of the service thereon, the schedules
of arrivals and departures, the names
of the offices supplied and the amount
of annual compensation for the pres
ent service, together with their ad
dress, directed to the “ Chief of the
Contract Bureau, Post Office Depart
ment, Montgomery, Ala.” T
Until a postal treaty shall he made
, with the Government of tire United
States for the exchange of mails be
tween that Government and the Gov
ernment of this Confederacy, Post
Masters will not be authorized to col
lect United'States postage on mail
matter sent or received from these
States ; and until supplies of postage
stamps and stamped envelopes are pro
cured for the pre-payment of postage
within the Confederate States, all post
age must be paid in money, under the
provisions of the first section of an
act approved March Ist, 1861.
Given under my hand and the seal of
the Post Office Department of
py the Confederate States of Amer
en - te-J j at Montgomery, Ala., the
13th day of Mav, 1861.
JOHN H. REAGAN,
Post‘Master General.
A punctual man is very rarely a
poor man, and never a man of doubt
’ful credit. His small accounts are
frequently settled, and he never meets
with difficulty in raising money to pay
large demands. Small debts neglect
ed ruin credit, and when a taan has
lost that, he will find himself at the
bottom of a hill he cannot ascend.
In the game of life, men most fre
quently play the knave and the women
the deuce.
% ffimgia ftoMj.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 29; ;
EUROPEAN INTERFERENCE~
It seems very probable'thstijfl|pfa
JRie, the Governments of es
.peciully. England and frflß will
soon hate powerful fleets in Ameri
can watefs, ostensibly tojjj-otect their,
shipping interests in TffiS
But we are of the opinion?
intention re more
mere duties of mercantile andJjoWß*
mercial protection.
England, among nations, i#Tniicli
like an Irishman at a fair where fight
ing'is going on, and France may be
classed in the same category. Neith
er wijl be content as mere spectators.
Both will take sides in this war, and,
in, all probability, side with the South
ern Confederacy. >i|, ■
There are two potent reasons why
England will side with our Govern
"fi*i)tj one of them the
reason of necessity, “She must Wtv*,.
cotton, by fair means or foul.” The
other reason, though not imperative is
potent, and that is, her jealousy of
Northern prowess on the seas.
But the former cause is enough, for
the interests of England are so insep
arably connected with those of the
South, that it would be suicidal to
her welfare to aid in crushing us by
any active or passive, open or secret
means.
France will follow England’s initia
tive as regards recognizing the South
ern Confederacy as an independent
and bona fide power—a step England
must take or find famine, revolt and
universal pauperism at home within
less than six months.
Spain, more powerful and willing for
war than is generally supposed, has
already defiantly violated the Monroe
doctrine prohibiting European occu
pancy of trhe soil and seas of the Wes
tern hefhisphere ; and already the war
mad, fanatical administration at
Washington has warned her to desist
under pain and peril of instant hostil
ities. Mexico has been assured by
the same crazy Black Republicans
that if any European power dare to
molest her, the sword and shield of the
United States shall be her allies.
- —‘
tions of war, the” tYasfiTngfon'V^.
istration threatens every foreign min
ister with instant dismission if his
government shall dare to recognize
the Southern Confederacy as a power
among nations, or consider its people
others than as rebels. Os all nations
in the world England will respond
most quickly to bluster; and now sees
her immense advantage over the Uni
ted States too well not to find it very
convenient to resent an insult.
Let us quote from the Dublin News
(English paper) of May 7th :
“It is so easy to bring about a col
lision, and, under present circum
stances, it would be so safe and ad
vantageous for England to pick a
quarrel with the Government of the
United States, that, we shall not be
surprised to find Her Majesty's Gov
ernment assuming a position ivith re
gard to this civil broil WHICH MAY EA
SILY lead TO war. That they will
allow the cotton supply to be cut off
by the blockade of the Southern ports
is hardly to be expected. * * * *
* * •* And it is also evident that
no more favorable occasion than the
present is likely to offer for striking a
blow at one of the few maritime rivals
England has cause to dread."
Now it is well known that the Gov
ernment of the United States has been
able to menace, snub and hector for
eign powers, especially England, for
many years, and been able to back
threats by the cotton question alone ;
or, certainly, in a great measure, by
that mighty potentate of commerce.
In other words, and in plain fact the
North has been threatening, snubbing
and hectoring the civilized world over
the shoulders of the South.
She must now fight, or bluster no
more, for the cotton question stands
no more between her and her ene
mies.
She will sight —for madness rules at
Washington, and we look to hear of
war between England and the North
within less than three months.
Although we have full confidence in
the ability of the Southern Confederal
acy, to achieve its independence un
aided we shall gladly acoept the fact
that England is our ally.
Surely we have as goodMt'*ilh& to
hope that England or any #her power,
civilized or barbarous, maaM jjGrry the
North, as the North has tbCttempt to
place knives in the hands of our slaves
to cut our throats. Let everynfriend
and sympathizer of the North “put
that in his pipe and smoke it.”
The Dublin News makes a great
mistake in calling the present struggle
“ a civil broil,” for, it is tho greatest
and most important ltgvojLUTiou in
the Echols Guards, Capt. C. W.
Howard commanding, departed fmq.
Greenville to hurry to aid in repelling
invading hosts of tho North.
I Their destination is Richmond, Va.,
theme to be mustered into a regiment,
in accordance wtith a special act of the
.Confederate Congress. WeareunabTfe
t<s state who will be the Colonel of the
regiment—probably Col. Bartow, of
Savannah.
The Guards departed between 7
and 8 A. M., in various vehicles, and
the scene of their departure was ex
quisitely impressive and affecting.
To portray tho various emotions of
sadness and grief would be to bring
before us one of those heart rending
spectacles which war alone creates, and
not deem it necessary to relate
■W-W.V which the gifted pen of one of
our most esteemed contributors has
most graphically depicted—a descrip
tion unavoidably crowded out of this
week’s issue, and which we shall lay
before our readers in our next.
This we know and declare, that for
every tear shed by the brave Guards
and their bereaved friends, terrible re
paration will be forced from the inso
lent foe they go to vanquish.
May the great God of Battles
guard, protect and shield their war
rior hearts, and return each one in
pride, honor and health to his beloved
home.
On the night before their departure
religious service was held in the Meth
odist Church, in the presence of the
Guards and a crowded audience. A
most thrilling, eloquent and appropri
ate address was delivered by the Rev.
Mr. Leak, during which the audienae
were much affected. As an orator
and divine we consider Mr. Leak pre
eminent, and the fervor of his elo
quence and beautiful rhetoric paid
merited tribute of praise to the noble
hearts of Merriwetlier’s vanguard, the
Echols Guards. The captain of the
Guards, the Rev. G. W. Howard,
closed the services with a prayer upon
which liis heart and soul seemed float-
while the tears and responses of
lenderest ties were being riven.
A short and farewell address was
delivered by Mr. 11. R. Harris, to
the Guards, and then followed many
tearful partings.
We shall soon have to chronicle the
departure of another band of heroes,
The Merri wether Volunteers,
Capt. Walton Ector comanding.
Thus the madness and fanaticism of
the North are robbing us of the flower
of our citizens, and when the struggle
comes may victory perch upon their
banners, and conquered peace soon
restore them to those who love them
so well, and by them so well beloved.
Col. Wm. Harris, of Green
ville, is now engaged in raising a
Company of Infantry, for immediate
and war-long service.
As will be seen in another article,
The Echols Guards, mustering sev
enty-three men, and commanded by
Capt. C. W. Howard, left Greenville
for Richmond on Thursday. The
Merriwetiier Volunteers, Capt.
Walton Ector commanding, are still
in camp and awaiting orders to march.
We understand that Vice-President
Stephens informed Col. Wm. T.
Harris, the other day, that Merri
wether county should furnish four
Companies. Os these one has de
parted, another is ready on call, and
Col. Harris intends thathis Company
shall be the third in the field.
As he is recruiting we appeal to the
warlike sons of the county, to meet him
fully half-way, and swell his command
to the required list as soon as possible,
that they and he may be of the fa
vored who can say, in futnre years,
“ We fought in the vanguard of Geor
gia, on Virginian soil for the Inde
pendence of the South!"
Could heart of man desire a nobler
or more ennobling laurel of renown ?
. The Cherokee Mountaineer.
*4We have just received the second
of the Cherokee Mountaineer,
in Canton, GVf by B. A.
Grist. ,Th§ Mountaineer is gotten
up in excellent style, and its editori
al and contents generally, evince un
usual energy and ability on the part
of publisher and editor. We place
the Mountaineer upon our exchange
list with pleasure. Terms—one dollar
a year, in advance.
B@=*See advertisement'of the Home
Guards, in“another column.
A NEW WAR COMPANY.
A meeting was held on Saturday,
the 25th inst., in Greenville Court
House, by the members of the Com
pany now being made up by Col. Wm.
T. Harris. Committees were ap
pointed to swell tho muster roll, and
to receive subscriptions to be paid in
whenever Company shall receive
its orders to march.
We are desired to state to the citi
zens of the county, that a mass meet
ing will be held in Greenville, on
Tuesday, June the 3d, for tho same
purposes.
Come one come all! Merriwether
intends to send four companies to de
fend the rights of the South.
Col. Harris is favorably known as
military man, prompt, brave, liberal,
inteligent and energetic. Asa gen
tleman and prime citizen he has no
superior.
We shall soon see him at the head
of an A. No. 1 Company, for he
knows no such word as fail. The
following Committees were appointed
at the above meeting:
Company Committee:
E. F. Strozier, R. A. Heard,
R. S. Parham, J. W. Hopkins,
Geo. L. Peavy, S. D. Clements,
Baker S. Mann.
The Company Committee was ap
pointed from the roll of the Company,
by the Chairman of the meeting, to
procure men.
District Committee:
* ■ 1. J. L. Dixon,
2. Catlett Campbell,
8. Wm. C. Bray,
7. Wm. Florence,
8. Dr. J. W. Anthony,
L. 9. Col. J. A. Gaston,
M. 9, Rufus Johnson,
U. 9. G. R. Moore,
10. Moses Alman,
11. W. A. J. Phillips.
The above Committee was appoint
ed by the Chairman as a District
Committee to solicit men and money,
for the Company now being raised by
Col. Wm. T. Harris.
Mr. Martin Andrews was Chair
man of the meeting, and Mr. Bryan
A. Westbrook, Secretary.
COL. ELLSWORTH.
By latest advices we learn that Col.
Ellsworth, of the Firemen Zouaves,'is
dead. This is much greater than
the mere loss of one man ; in fact he
-Was ll wortli_a thousand of his own rowdy
regiment, and great will be the howl
of rage over him from Maine to lowa.
There is great need of good officers
at the North, and perhaps, at this
time, the loss of Col. Ellsworth is
more felt by the Black Republican
Administration than would be that of
any man of their myrmidons, Scott
excepted.
Important—if True!
LaGrange mail-carrier reports that
there is a rumor in LaGrange, con
firming battle at Hampton, Va., in
which 600 Federal troops and 50
Southerners, were slain.
We thankfully acknowledge
the receipt of a fine “mess of early
“ snap beans” during last week, from
the garden of Miss Nancy Sheffield.
Several communications, in
tended for this issue, are unavoidably
crowded out —will appear next week.
Flat Shoals, May 25th, 1861.
Capt. W. Ector,
Com. Mer Vol.,
Sir : Permit me through you to
tender my resignation of the Ist
Lieutenantcy and membership of the
Merriwether Volunteers. Expressing
my regards to the Company individu
ally and collectively. With my best
wishes for your success.
Very Respectfully, &c.,
Thos. A. Reeves.
Head Quarters Mer. Vol. \
Flat Shoals, May 25. J
Lieut. Reeves : Your note en
closing your resignation as Ist Lieu
tenant of the Merriioether Volunteers
was received this morning. As re
quested I offered it immediately to the
Company, where it was received with
unanimous regret.
The Company have passed resolu
tions voting you their thanks for your
kind treatment and gentlemanly con
duct towards them since your connec
tion. Accept my special thanks for
the services you have rendered me in
raising and drilling the Company.
With my sincere regrets that you have
seen proper to resign your Lieuten
antcy, by which we have lost a valua
ble officer and a brave man. With
my best wishes ior your success and
> happiness.
I remain yours very truly,
Walton Ectof,
CapU'dom. Mer. Vol.