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(jor. nt Buffalo, who lias resided r overal
months in Baltimore, has arrived. Ho
reports the condition of affairs there as
fearful. _ 3 he streets nro barricaded,
end the shutters of houses loop holed
tor musketry The Union men are
fleeing for their lives.
St Uonis, Mo., April 23 —The Gov
ernor has called the Legislature to tnec!
on the second of May.
Gen. Hough has ordered the c-un-
mamling Officers of the several districts
t» go into encampment op the 3d ol
May, f„r six days, according to law.
New 'i ork. April 23 —Tlie Hunga
rians. Swiss. Italians, ai d Foreign lie
liigi es. will) the British residents, have
f inned an Infantry Regiment, and are
forming another
t ollector Barney says he has infer
■nation that official correspondence be
tween Washington and Baltimore lias
resulted in
Mr. Davis was an eminent
ly esteemed mere!)
and his sudden shoe,
death lias overwh<dmed°liis family and
friends with deep affliction.— llaithnon
Sun.
u eminent and high tiered into active service, are hereby From charleston Mercury. April-.Mth. # »-p ^
innt of Baltimore, ] commanded to hold thcmse’ves in The War Xews -Great Excitement ill jj T- Id I'lrll tl tipEt?
eking and untimely readiness to march at an hour’s nofice.! WashiaglOD, &.C., i.C T-v IMI' I f' v
hereby
'ves in
; nolice.
The officers arc required to send to the
is a list of the
Alexandria, April. 25-—The Gov-
Departure of Troops from Athens. State. The following
The past week is one that will be , officers and men:
Captain—H. C. itillups.t
1st Lieutenant—T. M. Daniel.
from the Richmond f>isp:itch, April 23.
By the Governor ol Virginia.
A I'itiK I,A.M.\Tln».
The Convention of the Common
wealth of Virginia having adopt, d, on
the 17th day of April, DG1, an ordi
nance “to repeal the tMil'n-ation of the
I onstitution of the United States of
America, by the State of \ irginia, and
to esuir.e all the lights and powers
granted under said Constitution and
by the schedule thereto annexed, re-
Adjutant General’s office a roll of the j ernment at Washington has taktn pos
members ot the companies. I am di- ' session of the telegraph office, an .1 no
ret ted by the Governor to call for the dispatch for a Southern point is allow-
e..rol!ment of thiity thousand volun- t e J to be sent off, unless it meets their
leers.
Commissions and arms will be furnish-,
i d. Be in readiness to march at a engaged in fortifying the city of Wash-
notice ; drill by day and by nig't; j ington. The wlrnle force congregated
JAMES A. SLEDGE,
anhekhox w. i’.ki-
Organize—send in the rolls.— I approval.
The Administration is most actively
nay
let* the
•itizens equip their men ; some i there is six thousand, including a
urge
I your brothers are now in tlie field, number ol volunteers. The volunteers
Tiie State has reason to be proud of I nr e strongly suspected of Southern ; f-
tlie promptness with which they rallied ; finities, anil already much dissatisfac—
at the call of your Governor. The |
decree for our subjugation lias gone
forth ; the time of our trial has come ;
quirt d polls to be opened for the rati- j),,. blow w j|| soon fall; we must meet
I " !,,l !' n °. r [ r, T‘ i : Uon ot *aint by the j ; t Ull h the whole energies of the State ;
pai I of the Baltimoreans, that they will . ’fay'ii, May next? Now,' therefore”] ' f" Sl ‘°" t0 th<? "° fld N ° rtt ‘
an nii'lor.st.uuling, on
repair the railway bridge.-* and tele- I i.l,, i „ f ..i* . . _
„ i e . iiiiiii l.etcner, t rovernor of the f m-
giapli lines, and keep communication v - , , , v n
r j monwealth ot \irg)..ia, do herein pro-
Hun. Daniel E Sickles contemplates | 1 ^ al,n dial the annexed is an authentic
rnisiiig a Ko^iment. j * sniti oruinanco and schedule.
Commodore Vanderbilt says lie lin- I ar, d that all officers designated there—
inforined the Government that it can i 1,1 are required to conform to its pjo-
have. gratis, his whole fleet of steamers I visions, in every respect.
‘arclina will maintain her rights at all
hazards.
By order ol the Cotnmander-in-Chief.
J. F. I oke, Adjutant General.
tally manned and eqi ipperl.
Mayor Wood reci m mends the appro I
priaiion, by the city authorities, of one 1
million of dnllara for war purposes. i
A lot of uniforms were seized in n j
store in I)ey street.
An unsuccessful attempt was made ;
to poison the Massachusetts Regiment |
on hoard the steamer State of Maine.
Indianapolis, Ind., April 23.—The .
full quota of V olunteers, called for by I
I‘resident Lincoln, lias been accepted |
by the Governor. Fifty six companies 1
are now in camp.
New York, April 23.—General Scott
has not resigned, nor does he intend to t
do so.
Van Bnren, Ark , April 23.—An im
mouse meeting was held here last .Sat
urday. The Confederate States’ Flag
"ns iaised. Arkansas is a unit for iui- I
mediate Secession. A strong war feel
ing prevails.
Given under my Land, as Gov
ernor, and unde- the seal of the
s.J Commonwealth, at Richmond,
this 24'.h day of April 1801,
and in the S'uh tear ol the
Commonwealth.
John Lktcukh.
By tl. e tiovernc! :
G r. oh or. \V. .M rxrop. o,
Fec’y ol the Commoinveaitli.
AN ORDINANCE,
lo repeal the Ratification of the Con
stitution of the United States of
Amotion, by the Sta’*- of \ irginia.
and to resume all the lights anil
powers granted under said Consti
tution.
The people of Viiginu, in their rat
ification of t!;c (.'onstitution of the
l nited Sta'es ot America, ndepU'd l>v
them in Convention, on the twentv
tit>h day of dune, i-t the Mar ofoiir
Lord one tliou>aad seven hundred and
eighty-eight, having declared that ;h*'
powers granted under the said Consti
tution Were deiived from tlie people of
the l ruled States, -and might be re-
Mitncil whensoever tlie same should lie
pci'cited ti> their injury and oppres
sion, and t! i e Federal Goverutnent
having pieverted said powets, not only
to the injuty ol the people of Virginia,
but to the oppression of the Southern
slaveliolding S ates :
( orrespotidetice from Staunton* Ya.
Staunton, April 21, 1861.
Virginia is in a perfect blaze. Yes
terday at Harper’s Ferry I found two
thousand tiorps from one of the ad
joining counties alone. There must
now he fifty thousand troops under
nms *n this .State. Virginia stands as
a unit. In this region there is certain
ly no division of sentiment. 1 cannot
express to you in words the unanimity j
and high-toned determination of the !
whole State. In ten days I am satis- I
tti n exists.
A mutiny was threatened yesterday I
among those two thousand quartern,
at the Capitol, which caused Secretary
C-meron to be sent for in great baste, j
Batteries are being erected on all i
the surrounding hills for the protection j
of the city.
lt is anticipated that martial law will
be proc aimed to-morrow.
Spies in the Government employ are
constantly coming in from Virginia and
other States.
The Republicans are terribly alarm
ed, and the preparations are already j
completed for blowing up the Capitol ;
and other public buildings, in case of j
a successful attack.
The Federal troops at Annapolis
will hold that point as a means of egrest !
from the Capitol, as well as a means i
of ingress for further reinf. rcements. j
The United States navy and army is
virtually disbanded, which alarms the
.Alliens, C I
R LUXES!)\Y Ml
‘Oi\<ria.
Y I. 1151.
t it...
The c-tizens of Atlu-i
fully requ sled to meet
Ilail, on this (\V.-dn.-sd
at hall-past lour o’clock
consideration tlie ways
providing ter tlie wants
of soUliers left in ties
stances.
s arc respect-
at the Town
tvX afternoon,
to take into
a ml means of
of the families
Title eireuni-
Gons lo t!:c U ars.
The Lim-clu crusade lias almost de
populated tiie Banner office. Our Ju
nior editor, A. \Y Reese, Esq., left
hist Wednesday with the Troup Aitil-
J lery; and on Monday Messrs. Henry
Lincoln entirely disregards the conn- 1 -Xkin, Daniel McKenzie and Albert
sel of his Cabinet, and is controlled
dn’tli,
the
Another Proclamation From old
Abe.
M.l. TIIE SOUTHERN PORTS TO RE lll.C( k-
AIIED I
I he .tutionol Intclhgrnrei of Satur
day puhlisLes the following :
Whereas, an insurrection against the
Gnv« inment of the United States has
biokcti out in the Stales ot Smith
Caioitiia, Georgia, Alabama, Florida
Mississippi, Louirana and Texas, and
the laws of the United States for the
collection of the revenue cannot he
i fteclunlly executed therein confortna
bly to that provision of the Constitution
wiiieli requires duty to be uniform “* the Xate, on t!
thioughoiit the United States : June, in the 'ear < fuui I,on one u-
Aml whereas n coinhtiiatioti ol pvt j 'and seven Imndtctl ami «■ i -1. t v eight
sons, engaged in such insurrection. I vvlieicl)' the ( lui'-tituticn cl tin 1 Unite i
l ave threatened to gtaflt pretended let States, of America was tutified—and
t< is el marque to authorize the heaters [ ,* 11 acts of i J ; \ssetiihly it
tl.e.e. t to commit assaults on the lives, j .|,j s < tnU '. ,;gin i,,-,".,,,i n
vesM'ts. and property o good citizen- j I() s ,„ (! onsrilntnnUtm." here-
ot tne country lawlullv engaged n , , , , , . . ,
A, .. I - r b , . !»V repealed and abrooatet ■ that the
eomtneien on the high sens, and in i ■ • 1 , , '. ,
"Htets of the United -States. j " , " on ,iu ' • s,a,, ‘ ,l! ' I'tZtiil.i
And ulietens an Executive Proda- ,n '.' tbe otlu-i States tinder the Consti-
nintiou tins been already* issued, to j tutiori aloiesunl, is hereby dis-ulvei!,
q ilie persons engaged in tlies< j md that the State ol \ irginia i<; in the
iinoiot-ily proceedings to desist theie- j lull possessn n and exercise of all tin-
lied one-lmndred thousand men can ! ‘o an exceeding degree,
he raised and ready to march to any! - Upwards of one hundred res, gna-
1-oint. We fear that before Virginia, I Uon * have 1 b «r• tendered will.in the
North Carolina and Tennessee can ge : P as two **>'*• f cvc, , al h " n 'T
to your aid, Baltimore will have been i ,n ! he v . ar,ous de J iar,,nen,S havc a!so
destroyed ; but hope that you and your j rcS, 6 ned
State can keep the Northern hell
vottr aid. 1* suppose that since the I b . V LanC ’ ° t m V i pf’ ’ 5 ' i US
murder of your citizens by the merce- j M Cla >*’ an « l ? U1 l ' ! ank brave, the paper will have to suspend,
narv Yankee hirelings, /ou all stand ll,e . 8c K«itlemen admit the war to L,- , >Vc n , e | i0VUVl . r t0 Ulak( . ,| !;lt
as one man. This county was one ol! *&}*« s,av ‘*7’ a, f "° ‘jV ‘‘‘j ! sa-ri.ice, if it "should become necessary,
the Union strongholds of the State.: a 1 d ,ho y publicly boast that they w.ll ; %t . , “ 1
wipe out fetates Rights and establish a
, strong government to keep us in sub
j jection.
,,, , . ■* 7 . i Maryland is bravely contesting cvc-
(i.t.rr of lh*t j*frDCfS Of a lOBlpaDy j r y i nc jj 0 f ground, and no northern.
. 0 ‘ ! troops have reached Washington since
\\c arc informed that Mr. G. C. j,he attack cn the Massachusetts Kcgt-!
H.ile, ol Autauga county, yesterday I men t in Baltimore,
tendered lo Governor Moore the servi-j These troops express the greatest 1
(cs (t a ci mpany ot negroes, to as- surprise at their reception and attack
1,1 driving back the horde of abo- | j„ Baltimore. They say they did not
olun- !
long remembered in Athens. The
cats nave borne from our midst many
of our best men, who have nobly re
sponded to their country’s call, to drive j
back from her soil those who would
pollute it with their steps, and subju- •
gate us. Before they succeed in ibis
enterprise, they will have to walk over
tlie dead bodies of those who have
gene, and those who are left behind.
THE TROUP AR TILLERY, j
On Wednesday morning, 24th ult.,
took leave of their friends, and left for
Savannah. They were escorted to the
Depot by- a large number of our citi
zens. The following was the order
of procession:
1. Music.
2. Oconee Cavalry, Lieut. Lyle,
Comm’d’g.
3. The Orato - , Chancellor Lips
comb, Chaplain, Rev. J. S. Key, Brig.
Gen. Frierson and Intendant Adams,
in an open Barouche.
4. Troup Artillery,Capt. Stanley.
! 5. Athens Guards, Capt. Billups.
6. Athens Fire Department, Capt.
Newton.
7. Lumpkin Law School Cadets,
Lt. Humphreys, Comm’d’g.
5. Uni ersity of Georgia.
0. Citizens Generally, on foot and
in carriages.
It was tlie grandest civic and mili
tary display Athens has ever witness-! w B Buckie,
cd. There must have been two or ^ Lumpkin,
W R Lambert,
The company
"d “ D- 1!. Langston,
Ensign—Geo. E. Hayes,
O. Sorg't.—Geo. A. Carlton,
•’<i “ A 5!. Wynjj,
3*1 “ A. S. Mandevilln,
■lilt “ S. L. Alexander,
5th •* J. S- tVilliford,
1st Corporal.—U H. L. Hug!..^
Jackson Cwmy Toinw^J 1 ?
-•• company composed of eighty , nt ,
l,as bet * n Hr ganiztd in Jackson ^
»b»« tin,.
!jt,n k r organized m the -.awe ,
vril. be called “Jayson <Zl’.
'cluntcers No. 2“ -p. „ f „
tullovv
id
3d
4th
H. M. Akin,
R A. Bristol,
Willis Bone,
Win. Bone,
J L Bttlord,
'Vrr-en Beardon,
D H Bailey,
J B Burpee,
M. J. Clancy,
J. S. Colbert,
R. A. Whit man.
It. M. McAlpit-.,
H. 31. Delacry.
PRIVATES.
Wm Ledbetter,
‘Titos Ledbetter,
C 1* McAllister,
\V li Morton,
J H Mt-Cleskev,
K 1* McWhorter,
John J/ason,
C W ,1/urray,
Daniel McKenzie,
T G Macon,
are the officers of No 1 :
U. L. Jarrett, Captain.
A - T -Bennett, 1st Lieutenant.
, J- B. NIlinan, •’(] *t
W, «- G. Callahan, Ensign.
I'. N ': f tor - v > -Sfrgeam.
H \\ Be | ? oq ((
i J R Ntmh > 3tl li
H J Randolph, UU “
Corporals are yet lobe elected
I
'The
company haw
of1e; v-l their s r-
n ’?" n dmiLtlcss
off -e.-<
AT,,
VV HP B Culbertson P M Neeso,
Charles Dean,
R. L. Durham,
G C Daniel,
A C Edge,
Tlios II Frierson,
G O Graham,
J. S. Greer,
J VV Gilleland,
H M Gilleland,
P VV Haves,
Samuel (Dyes,
H S Hughes,
John Harris,
I VV llallani,
J R Ivy.
J J Karr.es,
three tliot.sand persons present. Upon
arriving at the Depot, Chancellor Lips-
cutnb was introduced
by Gen. James
comb delivered an eloquent and toueh-
J VV Nahers,
J. J P-.rr,
G. II Palmer,
G R Porter,
R K Reaves,
(ieo VV Ramey,
J J Simms,
L M Staik,
A U Smith,
M G Simmons,
J VV Tenney,
S F Tenney.
J F Thurmond,
E C Thomas,
.1 D Thomas,
VV II Vincent,
A A Winn,
D. P. Willi a ms,
(• D Whitman,
were escorted to the
enr-
1 ; 1 , Depot by the Oconee Cavairv, Hope eu-K.S.
need to the audience ^ xr , , * . , • , . , - ,
.. j hire Company No. 1, (now armed and lls » 1 ‘ lAL
rrierson. Jyr. Lips- . . . 1 ,, , f urmr j
1 drilled tor military, as well as lire tlu-
1 ces to liit* Governor,
j be accepted. Sum. v „
• have gone to Marietta in ,| ri Y[
• J. R. North, Lsq., onoot
, and also principal of tlm
i tute, requests us to say tt., u , " ^ M1 "
1 win be continued. Two of tl -mVI-U
; ets besides Mr. Nt :tb, at;d ,„ 0 -,
boys, large enough, have volume,-red
i but arrangements will be made
y on the School.
The Fp-fotiniry ing
In addition to tliecumpauic-t alrt-.\Av -.vh.
tioneil as having been I’urnn-d in \o:ij, , ,
tern Georgia, we team tli.a (
organizt-tl in Franklin county; inn \\ r
Millican <;aplain anti VV. tl. I.o.,-,- j c .
Lieutenant. They are called tt.e ‘lt.«r a \ r;
Blues, People It tiling Irotn Tug-da
s'aoot—we know from experience. A . a,,
er company Ins been raised in Franklin.—
We have no! learned the names of the itr.
cers.
In Habersham a company has been raU
llarklc.-, (.'aptain and John \ut-
tcu etnuit. Still unettier is hvir.j
IIabersh.ini.
strong-holds of the State,
t
and that is Sortit.—Baltimore E-t
We hope to see them all back again
in good health. In the in atitime, we
shall do t!-,c b«: t wc can to turnish the
news.
Hun. '1 it os. It. II.
Left on Suttinlay for Moti'g-iinery.
rress met on MomU.v.
Cc
..Now, therefore, we, the people of llUon sycophants who are no\y talking ; expect any fighting, ami only volu
V irginia, do deelnrc- ninlfithtin that - ,0 flippantly ot tedueing to a conquer- Jeered for Washington, thinking
the ordm.inee a 1 up*v tl by tin- people , d pi^'mce the Confederate States of would be a very fine frolic. They r
I t-iitv-httli
tin
them
uth. He agrees to command
now growing very restless, and Lin-
liimself, ami guarantees that they • C0 Jn i s becoming much al.mned for
t.o etiecti'e service. \Miat will bis personal safety, as arc all the Re-
lil < k Republican enemies think : publicans in the city,
uth a movement as this? We; If the public buildings are not blown
have frequently heard the slaves who j up an ,| deserted, it is said that the
accompanied their masters to the JtJ 0 -th will march legions in Maryland,
anil force their way to the Capitol.
our
of f
Meeting in YVaiklustiilc,
The citizens of Ch-ttk county are re
quested lo meet in Watkinsville t>n the
first 'Tuestiay i;t May, (next 'Tuesday,)
for the purpose of forming a vt iunteer
cotap,my. Several gentlemen ot dis
tinction will deliver ad.busses on the
,-ecnsif n
... In Hull cuiinly out: company hss 1 etii
ing address to the company in manner a ‘" a ldr<:i:C co " cou,>e of C ' U7 - C " S - 0 r K j..;*cd, VV. It. Mitchell, of the Air
and .natter but sel,lorn excelled— ln ,,0,lt °‘ tl . ,e Luin P kin Ho “ St '’ 1 “' Gapiain. Col. O. U. Thompson „
.! tendant F \\ Adams, after a few brief ;ilao raising ;» liorsc companv.
and appropriate remarks, introduced
Rev. Joseph S. Key, l’astor ot the
Methodist Church, who addressed the
Guards in a patriotic manner, giving
them at the same litr e, some advice,
which it would be well for us all to
, , , . . . , - , i follow. Rev. Mr. Bullet, a Baptist
eluded bv a most touching prayer to ... . , .. ,, , ,
,1.. .«* ! Minister of Madison, Gn., a so ad-
Capt. Stanley replied in a few brief
wotds, concluding with tlie remark
that should it be permitted them to re
turn, lie hoped that God vml all who
were present that day, would sav—
“Well done, good and faithful ser-
vants.’’ Rev. Joseph S. Key then con-
Tiuops Arrival /.nsl —Thu .Vugu--
i.t Chruitirl. of yes-prtl iv s tys : The Daw-
son Grays, ('apt. K. 1. MvVVhortrr, from
I’cnlieM, uiili SO men ; the. Athens Hoards,
C.ipl. Henry (’. Billups, GO men ; and tiie
Burke GuarJs, Capt. VV. C. Musgrove,-l
men, ar.ivci! h-.-ro Iasi tiigiu by the Geof'ia
Railroad.
the God of Battles to protect those . , , ,
, , , . , , r . dressed tliem, and at the conclusu n
who weie about to leave us. 1 he sop- ...
, ... ot his remarks, offered up a fervent
arattoti of the members ot the compa- I . . , , *
eompa
ny from their relatives and friends was
a scene easier imagined than described.
prayer tor the blessing and protc-r
tion of the Guards. After which, the
... D , , . , ! procession proceeded to the depot.—
I here was scarcely a dry eye in tha' .... 1 1
WAR! WAR!!
'The citizens of Madison enmity—
Fathers, sons and brothers—all over
eighteen years of age—.re request!'
to lie at Danieisville, on .Monday tin
6th of May next, for the purpose of
in m c
I"" I
N.." therefore, I Ahrahnm I.iucnlc
I'n Mileiii ot the L iiin-d 8'iiti-s. \\ i111
iu\\ to tin- same inn poses lot i.
it n i .i,M ih ami lo the pnilevtii.il ol tin
pul.lie pence nod the liven and prop
erty ot quiet mid order!' citizen-
pui.-ulne tt.eir lawful oc-cupat ions, no
ill Cot i-tess shall have asst tnhlei! mm
iielihi w led on i he said unlawful pm-
ei ediojia, or until the same sliail Ini'.
ii-iiv d have further deemed it nu\ -
satde to set mi toot a blockade of tL,
ports within the States aforesaid it
I hi-nance of the laws of the United
States at.d of the law- of nations in such
case piov oit'ii. For this purpose a '
cotupefent fmee will lie posted so as !■
pi event entrance and exit of vessels I
tioin the ports aforesaid. If thcretore. !
with a view to violate such blockade,
a vessel shall appioach or shall at
tempt to leave any of the said ports,
she will be duly warned by the Com
innmler of one of the blockading ves
scls. w ho will endorse on her register
the fact and date of such warning,
and if the same vessel shall again at- ,
tempt to enter or leave the blockaded ! inon Cameron,
Ul till- Ft,
.itftl
lolls. 4-1 li
i n f! -
of tm> S'
1 ttr.
.ke * ffi-ct
;iml
1 l! I.ltitiv.
i by
tl..- pi-oj.l
!♦* of
lin g "lit a nnlilia force for the j rights ot sovereignty which In-long ond
d reprc-'ing tlie same, amt | appertain to u T,«■«■ and independent
f Cmgiess in ext i a ordinal y j <tate. Ami tln-\ do fuiiher dei-late
n> il. lilieiHti- ai d di-teimii hat the said ( '(institution
j -states' nt Anienen, is no
Itlg on oti\ of the citizens
Tins ( hdin.im e shall t.i
oil .li t nt tl IS do v " III
.1 majorily 111' tin- \ nti-s of
this Stole, cost Ot 0 p.dl, to |„. taken
'la i on on the liunlli ’Thursdav it)
in May next, in puisu-m-e of a M-hcd-
-ile hi-li-.liter tc he i run ted
Done in Convention, in the city of
Richmond, on the .seventeenth d.tv ot
Vpri;, in the year of o.ir Lnlil 'one
lions mil eight hundred a-ul sixty-one,
uni in tin- eighty fifth year ofthe Com
monwealth ot \ iiginia.
A true Copy. J.ms L. Eubavk,
n-’ary ol Cunvention.
scene ol action,’ - assert that when
fighting was to be done, they wanted
to shoulder their muskets and do their
share of it, nml we have not a shadow
ot a doubt tout what they would be
found perfectly reliable. An idea seems
to have prevailed at the North, that in
the event of a war between tlie two
sections, the slaves would become re-
beliimis. Let tic m no longer lay this
flattering unction to their souls. It Heights arc yet unoccupied.
il them nothing.—Montgomery i j,”j s reported o.-i good authority that
Clark lias
The Foreign Ministers view Lin- | lru ‘ 11 < ‘ a,:k
coin’s Proclamation ns y< ur Cabinet at Hie Georgia
Montgomery did. They look upon it
as a good joke, ami it has been tlie
source of much merriment amongst
them.
Alexandria, Aprii 25.—There are no
Virginia troops nearer the Federal Cap
itol than at this point. Ailington
Clark Uotuify •
no"' two companies of 80
i servi.-e. Captain llill, of
Army lias enlisted some
35 men at Athens, anil vet there are
some two or three compani- >. In the
way of furnishing provisions and mon
ey i ir companies and for lainilies, our
people have responded in that liberal
and generous manner, for which they
are noted.
. Vue rtif.fr.
Tennessee.
"The < iovern .r has issued his procla
mation for the convocation of the Leg
islature at Nashville on Wednesday,
25th inst. Gen. Pillow has issued a
call to arms. Byrd Douglas, of Nash
ville, has offered General Harris thous
ands of dol ars to aid in placing Ten-
r essee in a position of defence. A
meeting in Fayetteville Ins been held yet at Annapolis.
Chief Justine Taney, and two other
Supreme Judges, have resigned, and
will publish an address to the world,
declaiming Lincoln's policy as uncon
stitutional.
The light boats in the Poton nc and
Rappahannock have been destroyed.
It is reported that Secretary Came
ron has gone to Richmond oil a mis
sion of some kind.
It is believed tlie Federal troops are
S,
putt, she will be captured and sent ti
the nearest convenient port, for such
t ’• rrr-spondei.rp • l’ :!.c Hirli;au:ul Dispatch.
North Carolina in .llution—.1 Procla
mation by Lot. Liiiv
Rai.ek.u, N. April 17.
IVhnc.<$, By pr.xi-lamation ol Abra
ham L:iu-.dn,. President of tlie l nited
States, followed by a requisition ofSi-
-ccrctaiy i I War, 1
said Abraham
call for 75,000
and resolutions adopted declaring the J Provisionsin Washington are becom-
determination of the people to resist j ing dearer, and the Government is sell-
thc proclamation of Lincoln to the last t ing fl< ur to those professing allegiance. |
extiemity. In Nashville on Thursday j It is said the Government will obtain i
oight, an immense meeting was held i supplies through Baltimore,
which was addressed by the Hon. Gus- -----
tavus A. Ilcnry and others, in favor of
opposition to Lincoln. It will be re
collected that Mr. Ilcnry was a promi
nent and eloquent member of the Un
ion Convention held in Baltimore which
nominated Bell and Everett. Mr. H.
fapt. lricln;nl Utiglis.
Aged seventy-two yearn, served five
years in the war of 1S12, was at the
battles of ( hippewa atnl LutuK s Lane,
and has been tor many \oars the effi-
cient Tax Collector ofC'laik county,
left o:i Monday, with the Athens
Guards, for \ irginia. He entries with
him two stalw.ct sons. lie ; ; Ko bis a
son in Savannah, wrilt the Troup Ar-
tillory. Three cheers for the Hughs
family /
vast assemblage. Many were
even to utt< r the last good-bye, and *
gave the last warm pressure of the i
hand, which spoke more eloquently j
the anguish within, than words could
have conveyed ; for
“'I ho hpart leels most when the lies movcuot,
Ad 1 the eyes sjM?nk a gentle gooa-byc.’*
REGULAR TROOPS.
_On 'Thursday morning, Capt. A. A.
Franklin Hill, Sergeants Brainaru Pal
mer and C. B. Lombard, of the Army
of Geotgia, with a number of new re
cruits, left for Savannah, in response
to an order received the day previous.
| They catry with them the best wishes
; of our citizens.
THE BANKS COUNTY GUARDS.
Friday morning this company reach-
; ed our place, and were escorted to the
Depot by the Athens Guards v<:~jcn-
r.ee Cavalry. Our citizens bad a good
breakfast in readiness for them at the
,. j The cars were handsomely ornamented raising a volunteer company. If
Una P 1 with flowers, by the laffes of our town. J company is not raised on that day, t
After tlie final leave-taking, the train
moved ofl amid cheers, waving ot
handkerchiefs by the ladies and hats
j by ri C men. God grant that the no-
I ble band may return to their friends in
j safety !
probability is, a draft will be made on
the county, I v the Governor, in a vtrv
short time. * GABRIEL NASH, '
Col. Comm’d’g 60th Reg. G. .V.
April 27, 1S61.
\e\Ri>.
The Athens Guards take this means
The Baptist Convention- | ‘f n '! un t n: ’i U,eir ai,,r *' re
,... . , , * . . i thanks to the merchants and citizens of
Ibis body has been in session in • .11hens generally, and to the ladies it.
this place since Friday, adjourning on | |iattieular, tor ifie prompt assistant
Monday. We cannot give the pro- \ Btey have rendered 'hem in innking
ceedings this week, on account of the
limited force m our office, but will en
deavor to do so next.
Tlie following strong resolutions
were passed with great enthusiasm, on
the present state of affairs :
Whereas, the State of Georgia, in
the legitimate exercise of her sover
eignty, has withdrawn from the Con
federacy known ;.s the United Status
of America ; and for the better main
tenance of her riglits, honor, and inde- j
their preparations to go into the sc:-
i vice of the Confederate* States; also,
lor their noble-hearted liberality in con
tributing funds for the necessary outfit
of the company. Such kindness will
1 not s< on be forgotten by the members
of tlie Athens Guards. Such patriot-
j ism would awe the myr.t idons ol l.in-
' coin, could they but see in it, as \ve
. do, the evidence that this peonle know
I tlieir cause is right, ami are determined
never to be subjugated.
The Guards, for their par, can only
am informed that the
Lincoln lias made a
proceedings against her and her cnrg» j men, to be employed for tiie invasion
Baldwin
ltdgeville—
Blues, Capt. Doles,
■70 rank and file.
Mil
tot
Gordon—i number not ascertained.)
The following Companies arrived
by tbe Geotgia Railroad :
Home innrds, Capt. Reid, Madison
—SI tank and file.
Batiks County Guards, Capt. Can-
diet—S2 rank and file.
'Tlie troops by tbe Augusta & Sa
ns prize as may be deemed advisable
And 1 hereby proclaim nnd declare
that if any person, under the pretended
autuority ol the said States, or undci
any other pretence, shall molest n
vessel of the United States, or the per
•.otis or cargo on board oflier. such per
suns will be held amenable to the laws
ut the United States for the prevention
and punishment of piracy.
in witness whereof, I have hereunto
set my hand, nnd caused ttu-
renl of the United States to
affixed.
Done at the City of Washing
ton, this ninetecn'li day ot
April, in the year of our f I.. r> J
Lord, one thousand eight Itnn-
dr< d and sixty one. and of the
I iidi-pt-tulenco of the United
States the eightv fifth.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
William H Sewnrd, Secretary of
State.
The Homicide of Mr. Dams.—The
slaughter of Mr. Davis seems to have
l.eris from the best authenticated state
t u-nts which roach us, little else th in
r, wanton and deliberate murder. The
i I,><n•• iitint<* gentleman had been walk
i:,g out in tl-at portion ot the city , . n) yj ;’ v n , s ,
v lu ie the tragedc ^occurred, with Mr-
'i lu mas W. Hall, nnd was quite un
aware ol what had transpired on Pratt
sued. The troops were seated in the
cus and just about te e’art, when some . . .
voices cri.vd on' fo. cheers for Jeff- , ^^1 efcnceof thtrir" healths and of iiavi "K l,ct n l ,i ^ 1,e ' 1 - for their use be
fore their arrival.—Augusta Chronicle
S' Sentinel, 21th.
Romantic Marriage.
Married—On Saturday the 20tb
ills.., !>v Rev. W. H. Hinton, Mr. Joel
Btanham, Jr., of Macon, to Miss Geor
gia C. Cuyler, of tins place.
Mr. Branham is a member of the
Macon Volunteers. His company got
orders on Friday night to repair at once
to Nortolk. He got leave of absence
for one cay, arrived in Rome Saturday
j at 4 o’clock, was married at six, at
seven left his lovely bri.le and hasten-
of the peaceful homes of the South
and fur the violent subvetsion of the
liberties of a free people, constituting
a large part of the whole population of
the late l nited States; and whereas
this high- hail Jed art cf tyrannical out
rage is not only in violation ul ail con
stitutional law, utter disregard of cvc-
ly sentiment cf humanity axil Christian
civilization, and conceived in a spiri'
of aggression unparalleled bv nnv act
be j ol rceoided histoiv, but is a direct step
towards the subjugation cf tlie whole
| South, and the conversion ol a lice re-
! republic, inherited from our' lathe:s, in-
! to a militai v despotism,to he established
j by worse than loreign enemies, on the
| mins of our once glorious Constitution
I ol equal rights :
I Now, therefore. I, John W. Ellis,
! Goverr.oi ol the ritate of North Caroli-
i na, tor these extraordinary caust s, do
j hereby tissue this, my Proclamation,
j notifying and requesting the Senators
and members ol tlie II -use of Com-
l inons ol the General Assembly of
1 Notth Carolina, to meet in Sptvi
Session at the Capitol, in t ie city of
Raleigh on Wednesday, th lir-t
Ami 1 furthermore ex-
, holt ail good citizens throughout the
| State to be mindlul that-tl.eii lust alle-
] giance is due to the soveieignty wiiieli
protects their homes and dearest inter
is due for the
Davis. Immediately ft musket j sm
ntmded from the window of the j the soil winch I o.ds the graves ol our
(1 in all probability Mr. Davis j glorious dead.
Reliable reprrts from Annapolis say
tliat the Federal troops are yet theie.
Three hundred of tin m went out on
the railroad last night, supposed to lay
the track where it was torn up.
It is believed that a mail was placed
on board a steamer at the Washington
'ooh the ground that Lincoln had com- i Navy Yard to-day.* The steamer was j We r
mitted the overt net which called for j recently armed with a long gun. The R. 1). J|
resistance, nnd strong resistance reso- j destination of the mail is unknown,
iutinns were adopted. \ olunteering ; Lord Lyons was to have gone to
w..s actively going on in Nashville for j Richmond to-day, to confer with Vice
the Southern Army. President Stephens in reference to the
—— blocxadc of your ports.
Arrival of Troops. —7———7—
Six military companies arrived in this 1 *• mm the coMugtou (t.« imu- E.-. m.
city last night—four by the Waynes-1 Augcstus ]H. Lee, of the
, - , P ■ . / J • “loiitteGuard, returned to Covnig-
horo Road, and two by the Georgia ! t „ n on | and . y „ igLt last , from 31i fi.
Uu ‘V’‘ . . ! i'igeville. with the assurance that
1 he following companies catnc by ; their services will be required in one
the Waynesboro’ Road : ! week, or in two weeks at most, and
A i'ntiiutic
Jmlg.: Lumpkin,
Co'irt of (ieorgia, lias
of the Confederate Si
5 amuy
of tlie
i:i the
ntes ut
, : , 7 . I . T h ’. j 1 ' promise faithfulness in the work which
Lumpl-tn House, and raised about two pemlence, has united with other; have undertaken ; and’ pledge
hundred and fifty dollars lor them.- ; a ' "‘^selves, when they are confronted
Supreme
service of
ff:is time,
four sous, two sons-in-law.
sons, and six nephews.
Look su i hi-;.
arc authorized to ;
two gratul-
Al'ter breakfast, they were drawn up in
front of the hotel, and were addressed j ihe President of Uie^’ u'uitcd s7a't'eV,'is
by Thos. R. R. Cobb, Esq., in a most j attempting by force of arms to subju-
stirring speech, to which Capt. D. G. i gtite these States, in violation of the
Candler responded, in which he was fundamental principles of America.1
title of the Confederate States oiAmet- . -, . . ,
1 1 ai 1 t- . with the enemy, in lattle-arr tv, to stuKe
tea; and whereas Abraham Lincoln, ,, , ,
- .... > the harder, tor the remembrance ot the
many warn friends left behind them.
S F. TENNEY, Sec. S>- Trra. A. G.
Athens, Ga., Apr il 271b, ISCI.
Moore offer-
vices, free ofclnrt
rote
tor
1 families in tbe 'Town of .•
I
husbands have or may !
j teers to defend the light
en! Confederacy.
tt v
y that
;ri nal
and
Dr.
scr-
tlie
tlivtis, whose
avc as voltin-
of the Soiii!t-
roundly applauded. Mr. Cobb then
proposed three cheers for the Banks
County Guards, which were given by
our citizens with a good will; and then
“three cheers for our country—God
bless her,’’ the reply to which made
the welkin ring.
NVc shall publish soon a list of the
liberty: 'Therefore
1 Rcsolccd, By the members of the
Baptist Convention of tbe Slate of
Georgia, that we consider it to be at 1
once a pleasure and a duty to avow
that botli in feeling and in principle
we approve, endorse, and support the
government of the Confederate .Vtatcs
of America.
Resolved, That while this Con-
officers and privates of the Guards ; I vention disclaims all authority, wbeth-
I.iucolii’s Troops.
We copy below, from tbe Baltimore
Exchange, a reliable paper, a disertp-
tion of some of the troops sent to sub
jugate the South. It will be seen that
they have deceived the half-starved
creatures, who havc been thrown out
of employment by the election of Lin
coln. We wish we could publish the
ttov. Brewn having v'.vcIincU ren-iv.
ing arv in• ru cavalry companies, die Oco
nee Cavalry,
Leen dianuetl
week, or iu two weeks
! with orders to bold his
1 readiness to nt arch at
must,
company-
twenty
nl
Wm. O, Delony, fins
riiic company, ami "ill
• juipeJ u:< such.
Wilkinson Bitles, Capt. Beall, Ir- , hours no'.ico.
"inton—81 rank and file. j Frof. Orr, of Emory*
Brown Rifles, Capt. Nisbet, Eaton-!' s a , brav ? and nobl ® s P irit ' r ‘-’ s P 0U 1
•.-70 tank and file. l ? ‘ he ca Jl °f h,s c , onn,r Y* and •. . "
* r • \ » rs . * ; sixty of uis boys, he reports iiimseli
1 W.ggs \ olunteers, Capt. Yolsotn, j lmn ^ d - mtely to Gov. Brown.
A third company is bein
four
College, who
)0tl
th
tr-. v... Or
i-j juin lin- Trc
IT*' The It
arrived safiiv
il Wilkins left lure jc
I'r. up Artillery.
ks CoiiuTy (.iuarild
Savannah.
teicav
have
t a k T tt' 'AtT _ ' a, LV il> ' C’onfcderat
formed by Jefferson M, Lamar. Es-q-
It now numders about forty, and will
be complete in a few days without a
doubt.
Capt. George T. Anderson, "ho
distinguished himself in the Mexican
wat, and subsequently held a cun.mis-
I!ea. llov.eii ('ebb
Ha» three sons now in the service of tiie
.States. Tim two eldest arc ions will have wartnVork when they fall
members ct the Macon volunteers, now in
Virginia. The luitd one is in
Artillery, in Savanriali.
. vannalt train were received en their ar-i ?i. on * n *^ e L’nitcd States service ....
rival by the Clinch Rifles, the Confed- | Kansas 1 err.lory, returned to Coving- , «."*J "it. mviie him.
‘ crate Light Guard, Richmond Hussars, ' ° n OD S#,B ^ a 3 r Ia8t ’ and tllls n 1 ,orn, l n|f ? 7?' r0, ‘"'7 ‘
11 1 , , , 1 . . , ’| uas gone to Jlo ltgnineiy to tender fils ihorou dily aroused,
v ami lush \ olunteers. Hie two latter t.„ n" 11. .. ai ,, ______
Co npanies were at the Georgia Depot
to receive the troops arriving by that
route.
'The most of the soldiers have gone
in'o camp near the Waynesboro’ De
pot—the tents of the Clinch Rifles
« a.- |>r
c,.i, nod m all pmnjmimy .»>. sj
n .nked with deadly aim. and shot
,iu"t. h*- a parting and significant ex .
,. s> i„n ol .vengeance against Haiti- 1
1 be pi-rpetratiir <>f that act ia a mur
del. r at heart; it w«a a cool and de
lit,, rate deed of siaugl.ter. He must
known to hf» company, and should
b,, held amenable to that justice so
v, gntonly outraged in the cruel act.
That tin* cars were suffered to depart.
„, <l bear away the perpetrator of this
ecu of hi* crime.
United action in defence of the sov
ereignty of North Carolina, and of the
tights of the South, becomes now the
duly of nil.
Given under my hand, and attested
by the great seal of 'he State. Done
at the city ol Raleigh tire- 17th day ot
April, A. D., 1861, and in the eighty-
filth year of our independence.
John VV. Ei.lis.
Boa. Junius ilillycr.
TiiU penile.nan auiiiorizes us to say that
* will speak lo the pcoph: ;it any place
I/‘t c.it-pvin^s he «».)i
that our people may he
The Northern lloths
Jiiul Vandals are sending iheir hordes up hi
tSoiithem soil to subj'i^rile us. Let the
pp«*ph* spring T o arms, ami determine that
t!*eir fiendish purpose shall not r>t? accom
plished until the last man is hilled.
f 0 , the present we can only give the j er ecclesiastical or civil,'yet ns citizens details of the massacre of Southern
| we deem it but a duty lo urge the union c iu ze ns, upon their own soil, by there
i th /-;> le °! ,Ic of thc South d f deluded minions of the cowardly t-
i tence of the common cause ; and to . *. .*
express the confident belief that in rant now presiding over the destinies
whatever conflict the madness of Mr. of the United States ; but we arc una
Lincoln and Ins government may force ble to do so :
upon us, the Baptists ofGeorgiaw.il not In our issuo of Saturday Inst we .to-
be behind any class of our fellow etti- ted lnany . >arl i cu |a rs relative to the
zens ... maintaining the independence li20 0 volunteers from Pl.iladelpl.ta,
ot the South by any sacrifice of treas- and thcir hurried departure flora the
ure or of blood city in th.e same train in which thev
o. Resolved Tha we acknowledge, ! anivt .j but there are many «!f.ails
with devout thankfulness to Almighty
God, the signal favor with which up
to this time He has blessed our arms
and our policy; and that the Baptist
churchts of tins State be requested to
abserve tbe first and second days ct
June next, as days of fasting and pray
er, that God will deliver us from all the
folio" ing ;
Captain—U. G. Candler.
1st. Lieut.—Wm. W. Charlton.
2d “ Robert Allan,
There are eighty men, rank audfile,
in the company. It is composed prin-
c-ipa.ly of the hardy sons of thc soil,
who have left tlieir plow handles and
rallied to tlieir country’s standard in
her hour of danger. Lincoln’s min-
into the hands of these Banks boys,
the ’i’ruup | Some of them lot k as though they
| could whip their weight in wild cats.
services to the Government, lie " ill
doubtless return iu a lew days, and
raise another cunqmny The spirit ot
tbe people ot N< " ton is being moused,
and this old county—wiiieli lias nevei
been wanting in its past history—" ill
rally her sons to the defence of the
common cause
Another company is being organized
in this county, at the town of Conyers,
by Major J- A. Stewart. He now has lery an excellent dinner
•bout thirty seven men. Also, in Bald
Rock District, the gallant Alfred
Zacl.ry is raising a company, num->
hers about thirty five or forty mcu.
Up to this writing, the fund raised
by i ur citizens tor tlie bouefit of the
companies, is two thousand one hun
dred dollars, " bice has been made up
in two hours, aud is ou the increase.
j kees, that lie would not allow this le
gal disability to keep hitn at home.—
His name is Nimrod I*. Andrews.—
Honor to you, Mr. Andrews. We al
so noticed in the ranks Mr. .Samuel W
; Pruitt, member of tlie State Conven
tion. Mr. Pruitt signed the Ordinance
I
I of Secession, and is one of the first to
volunteer to fight for it. Altogether,
it is as fine looking, stout body of
men as will be mustered into service.
Many of the relatives and neighbors
! of tlie Guards accompanied them lo
n Li-, e- r~; . ~ . lAtheis, and their parting was tru-
Pubhc SpeAkmg ui Jiifksaii I ouuly. 11 .. ... 1 b , e ,
.. , • , -’My touching. lerrs coursed freely
Hon. Jusiiws Hillver. bv in vita it on ot m». t - 7 H J
We noticed one man in the company
with but one foot. lie was so anx- j
ious to measure strength with the \an- | power of our cr.cmicsand restore peace
Thauhs to you, Mr. Hart.
Mr. James I!, Hart, proprietor of the
Union Point Hotel, gave the Troup Artil-
llif-V passed j
down -.lie road. Athens "ill gratefully i
remember such acts of generosity to her •
sons.
to our country,
4. Resolved, 1 hat tlie Confederate
Government be requested to invite the i ^ion-hoi.
churches of all denominations within
tbe Confederacy to unite in observing
said days of lasting and prayer.
5. Resolved, That copies of these
resolutions be sent to President Davis,
the Confederate Congress, anil the
Governor of Georgia.
N M CRAWFORD, Ch’r )
JAMES IIILLYER, '
Hon. Junius Hillyer, by invitation of ma- j
ny citizens, "ill address the people
TIIE ADJUTANT S GENERAL ORDER.
AdIlTA.XT (iEHERAl’s OfTICV,
Baleigii, April 20
General Order, J\'o. 3.—The Volun-J lo join his company.—Rome (Ga.,)
teer forces ol (lie State not already or- Courier.
REPORTED CAPTURE OF GEN
HARNEY.
Alexandria. Va., April 2G —It is
reported here that Gen. Harney has
been captured at Hatper’s Ferry, anil
hac been cent to Richmond.
down the cheeks of many a bronzed
Jackson county at Jefferson, on Saturday ! face that had not known tears for years.
Banks has done nobly. Her vote is
only about 583, and has already a see-
j otul company forming.
THE ATHENS GUARDS.
This is probably one of the best
drilled and appointed companies in the
next, 4th ot May, on the present state of
affairs. All should go and hear him.
Ti e Pioneer Paper Mill
Was destroyed by tir« on the morning of
the 25th ult. Loss between $25,000 and
$30,000. Xo insurance. Supposed to
have reeulted from accident.
'THOS. S TOCKS,
S. SISK,
J. H. STOCKTON,
Com
which may not prove uninteresting n
our readers. At tbe time the nttsA
was made upon the train bv the inrt-
riated people who had assetnb ed
around it, some two hundred ot the
volunteers became separated truiu tt-Ot
comrades, anil being set upon, tied I:l _
all directions. A large number ot
them were taken in charge by the p J *
lice department, and under their pro
tection were escorted to the Ua.-tern
and confined in 'he
rooms to protect them Irotn th-- 'e’--
geance of the excited u"‘- ,l,i;i \
invitation of the captain* vu '.)' a ^7
into the cells for the puipo**-' 0 ,lSt ' r
tabling the number ot inmates,
found one hundred and ten ot them
huddled together. A more wise.amt
looking b nly ot men we ia\t ne
cast eyes upon, many
being \\ i'hout
sufficient clothing to cover their t.a
Audersou \V. Itceso, Esq.
We had tlie pleasure of meeting
this gentleman, in our city, on W’edncs
day evening. He is generally and
favorably, known as one of the editors,
of the Southern Banner, ln obedience
to that sentiment of lofty patriotism by U theTadcr“of the Band, that upon
which has so distinguished tho jourual I r ,e„ r p (I j„ ie nt lro !0
with which he is connected, he enlist.-U ;’ he «P a . rtu ™ °f reouesuJ »
as a private in the “Tioup Artillery,” Lowell, the band ’ _ Roston* they
from Athens. We doubt uot ho will ; accompany them as fa^ra ’jin
equally distinguish himself in his now willingly acquiesced, am ‘ .,.
field of usefulness.—Augusta Republic, ' company wttb the military as
kedness, and in addition to their Sl l u,i
lidness were nearly famished ter "• •
of food.
THE KEELING AMONG THEM-
Among those confined were a j 111 ^
er of members of the Lowe! -
-and, accompanying the MassatJ
setts Regiment. We were in 1