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‘H. A. LOWRANCE,
Resident DENTIST,
ATHENS, GEORGIA.
ObHCK—Ctllcge Avenue, Atlicr.s, Ga.
Ocl is.
mu ini. ki\G. ~~
Ihimnopatht>: Physician,
ATHENS, CLARK COUNTY. GEO. MAY 29' 18G1.
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nr.i> week i.v,
& REESE,
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Editors and Proprietors.
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G, L. 3Ici:LESKEY, .ii. D„
i AI bon VI.
I foiled.
n Athcr.s.wil
u^ofMciiriiif r.nd Surgery,
r recently oernpieti liv Mr.
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I>it. It. A!. SMITH,
W holesale and llerail Dealer in
: l>,{1 *: s - WKI>ICI\E.s, PKHFL'MKRY
I 1.1/A Ts. on.s, l) )■/■: s TUFFS,
"s No\v' ' t,1 -' nv " INK ’ A:*-., Ye.
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I'll I VVl||t'll hi-
] POETRY.
; *• OBT M .IITDB H UI.OODI.E9H COIV
| QIE9T.
BV * LJDr or ( HAHLEfTOK, S. C.
Niay the murd'rou# warfare, stay ;
j G'ast ytiur alirathlcsa Bwortia away !
| (ioil hath surely to you said,
j •• Brothers’ blood ye shall not ahed !’’
Ileard ye ever shot or she!!,
E'er before so harmless fe I »
* ould aught but a Hand Divine,
'Feeble man, not thine, not thine;)
Save from peril, save from wound.
Mid the cannon’s deafninw sound,
l!id hot rain, and hi.rsiino honilt,
. teat It's dread missiles to the tomb ?
Heard ye e’er in
of shell shield
their Wake. Large brick houses, used J rr.'m ti e Vanci;o5tsr lsemi.Abolition GtJtrdi
for the various parts of ship-building, | of April 27th.
now lie a mass of crumbled clav, or YifWS Of the English PrfSS.
tluir walls are yet standing in a totter- i Tllt tll,sl * >» the isitep states.
ing condition. Not the least of their J “ Who began it ?’’ will, no doubt,
hclush work is seen in the wrecks of j be hereafter a question warmly discuss-
the burnt ships. Nine, I believe, were | ed by historians of the civil war, which
destroyed—either burnt or sunk. It is now past praying against, in the
is sau to look upon the remnant of the United Slates. The point is by no
once noble Merrimac, the pride ot the j means so easy to settle as it may an-
L . S. Navy. She was burnt to the I peai to be. A proverb says that the
water’s edge; nevertheless, much val- ’’’
uable material has been saved from
her. I have been told that a contract
lias been made to have h -r raised with
VOLUME XXX—NUMBER 12.
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DR. II. GILLELl.tiD, DENTIST,
\\ - * V:i' * ! •’tW»P*e«fittlyKobeiotl.c
Full M itihl'iU
April J:.
me rmrrouii'iiitg country.—
!l be given in tl:«ir ptofosion
f.
i «•.»r«i
'•ntc Tor cncli
»*n hnvc .
mevenr. I
pus 1 1
er bar!»cam ?
I low by hour—by night, by day,
Io n lliuiijcr'd IrLrfut sway,
, Yet when shout of vic'.’ry came,
J Nr er was missed one warriors name,
| V cr was found one crimson spot,
j From sword or gall—shell or slut,
tin pr'-t d Cariilina’* shore ?
| (’raised be God forevermore !—
Fr-etnen cease unholy war,
God’s command rings near and (ar.
Over mountain—over flood,
••Mil d ye not your brother’s blood.”
May your madness—God directs !
Slay your hatted—Gcd protects !—
\ \ MitNKMV |!||.I.,
\TT4»K.\|;V AT I.AIV-.I",,,
-V . ... t..„v,. r tl„. liookslore ..I
Win. \..v I _tv
i a a m Ait conn
\ r (’UYJ 7^I ?
RESIDENT DENTIST,
; i rife upun c.jcIi altar Ui«1 v
ATHENS, (iA.
R
OOVfiaoT. Itrond
Inrtirttncc
Entrance next door
Ardor
\rdor w
Till th’
f. R. LO>IR\ltD,
ft YTflflfitftf 4**1* ♦ *4.4 i f>’; r ’ AT »-; :XS , GKOKGIA; Rooms ir
/ITTORNEV KT LEW t \
MACON, GEo.
O'T
• 14 V. .t/illb. t
"I A. M lUo k-i r
w
r. IV. ii II. II. J. LONG,
U '!.I>AI.i: and retail Druggists, Atl.or
’■' l [Jan.U
I’DI’E RtKIiOW
\ TT4UtM A \ l 1. 4 \Y - V ,
full M.O- \ S',.
N.o t U
HII.I.IAAI MILONY,
.Attorney nl |,„w
THOMAS IV, U VI.KER,
A rnilt’NKY AT I.A\V. Atbet.s, floor !
g;a. 4 »J:i. A .V .W.il..MnnilrvilleV '
< AMH.Eli A. tij (M | 1JR.
ATTORNEYS AT LAV/.
Homer, Ranks fo , Ga.
■WTSk’ll.t. #»r>. lie- |i... ro.i .ii,-, I!-,. ’.
V V II Jl.r Iri: ,1,1. F. n.'kii,,. .1 .k
F. H. LITAS,
\ 971! 1 il.h.S \I,Knnd retail dealer in Dry Goods
» ? (Iroeuri.s, Hardware,au-.,\u.2,Broad *t i
L .Im. 10.
It. L. BLOOMFIELD,
.9fHHl,i;<AI.K and r-t.il Clotl.inc Store I
” llroa.lM.rcel. Athens, Ha. [Mnv III. j
T. BISH05* & SOX~
lArHol.l s.u.K and K, tail dealers in Oroeer [
* * I* ■*. Ilnidtvnre niel Staple l>rv (joo.ls, Xo I
I Mnv 1
All..
(In.
r lo he allayed—
shall ever (eel,
evader’s ’neaih our heel!
Do or die !—the eclio (lies.
O’er the earth, throughout the skies:
‘*: d •* "1*1. cs, in Ills Name.
\\ e defy your s-.vord and flame !
r oemai s threa’, and forman's tread,
i ill no Southern heart will dread,
Hear ye not what God hath said—
” Brother’s blood ye shall not shed !”
One has fallen, hr your own
By ’/our hands the deed was done—
FI.. >jmir brother who has bled—
Jt have l».id him will, the dead !
Aii ! the death you planned for
Gou has turned upon you thus
Ami the flag you waved in pride,
l.ies dishonored by his side!
Slav the murd’rous warfare, slay !
* asl the hostile sword away I J
lle .r ye tint how God hath said.
“Brother’s blood ye miali. not shed I”
, , ... M. r. o.
Athens, April 1?,
i-MpyS.
T. M. DANIEL,
JTTOHJIEV t« I, \ VV.-—Atl.ei:
* l tv.11 prn.-tie.. in tin
Jnriro;. Mndi—n, ll-.rt. 1
Hall I
1"
FRAH FORD iY ST.VI’LEB,
Srccr.SSORS III T. CR.VWFOliD,
. J. Itro.d .-ttt cl, under the llnttner Otliee
nv. on l.a.Ml a |-. UH . V nn ,i .s U
iryCbrnds, lirm-eries, linr.i vaie.'H.e.i- n.ul
Hats and t’aj.s, a >d m int other tilings mu
on.-to ment'oii nil..: tvltieb will l.esold t eiv
July Jl.
• r ah vu la
O-ielhorpu
Pm’.store*
Id’Her frem Portsmouth.
! \Yc publish sonic extracts from a
letter from a member of the “Alliens
; Guards,” to a trienu in Athens, dated
Gospout Navv Yard, Ya., I
Hard I ^ ^ Alay 13th, 1861. /
^ Our company is still
quartered at this p ace, in the upper
toom ol the Mast House. The ac
commodations ailbrdt'd us are cousid-
llar.lware, ettery, I " abl 3 r .' ,el,l r ,h: '» >be Waynesboro
A. M. wTNG,
HOLK.'-ALKitn* K.-tnil !),•
WRIT. Cr«M-kf-r <nul ilniue Kurn,.
th»or l>« Uf'.v \. 1*. Bloomfield .-Cl..t
r A iJu i.H, (in. Jan. 7. 18
T. II. W ILSON A. BROS,,
197III 11.1'iSAI.I'. ,v retail
» V Croe, ries. Hardware,
• Avenue, Alliens, Ga.
ANi.REU .1. IIARDY,
TTOHSiri AT LA1V, .Mr. rt
II, J. iv \\
A ttouxkvs at
cr
T. MILLK AN.
WV-Will praeliee in the
ounties of 111,. Western Circuit, mid the
•oni'lies of Madison, Klbvrt. and Hart, of the
North.
B. J. MII.I.K’AX,
Jefforson, Ga
Sold. If—|y
I. T. MH.I.ICAN,
Carnesviltc, <*n
III LI, iY IIII.I,YEli.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
r|lHEm«dor-ioiie.| I. ,v itignssoeinto.l tl.oms,
•v.-r«l Courts in the
ivo heir joint porsoDal
nlrtis ..! tot Inin
GlvO. 1111.1. Y
Momoe.Ga. |
dulv l. r —Iv.
wii. ii. iiri.i,,
Athens, Ga
M. M. PUTMAN.
^ TTOU.VKY-t l.iuv,.T, lT. r-on. .1,,
crl tohil* care. .! niuary *J1 -
JOHN II. IIFLE,
V TTOUN’KY AT I.AW, Augusta, Ga . wil !
Kitoml pro.nptly to all buniueaw entru-to*l t.
liU ciro . Man. 8.
AV. AV. M MPiilV,
V TTOBXKV AT I.A W, Athens. Oeergin
Will j>rnc:i» oin r. 11 the countic»of the \\ cs
tern Circuit. l\u ti« u’.i.rnTtr'ntion^iventocoHcet
ini:. ^lli' *‘ DM'r Win N Whito'ii lhH»k i*t*>re, on
ii *' • n.cr < I'llr* *0'. street nml C'ollesr*; Avenue.
Jan :* 1 — 11
THURMOND & NORTH,
-.YttoiTicys fit Lcixv,
9 %7 11.1. prne:tr.‘ -it oo-parttiers!,ip in ti.e .-oun
*T ties ..*'t dark, ll'aiton,.lacks.,n, flwinitvlt
Ii aii. Rabun. White, Franklin, Hank-. Haber
-aim of the Western Circuit; ami Half and Mid-
the ,Y. ri!,c:n Circuit: mid will givetb.il
nd.v id.ml and joint attention to all business cn-
.ru-ted to them. The rndcciio,. of debt.-will re-
md I. Coll,
-M r.d, In
/v/e7'e(;/7ie7/ 0 ,aa t if",T/;/torj7’i.’
ARTIST: 1
I £ 00118 on ItronJ .«•! <1 Sjiri:i^ street**, over l).c
1%/ f*t*»ro •»;’Johr K. JlaitliewH, /tthem*, Ga.
NOTIFY: TO PLANTERS!
Tunc Thnurnr.d J’uirt of the l),rl
NEGRO SHOES IN Tilt: H OKl.D!!
Made b// McCiifkcy d Doylf.
IT fll will keep ;i gvod assortment ol
T t these at the store ol Messrs. Ph-
i.er, Fngiand A: Freeman.in Athens, where
1/r. Me I ’ k cy will be found at all times,
eady f> wait upon cusionu rs. We will
-ell these shoes in lots, Irom 10 pair up, at
#1.30 per pair.
j Cash w ill be paid for Hides,
j ().■ t S3 M.C’LKSKKV * POYI.F.
ISAACffiAYER,
JwjHirtcr of
RHINE WIXE,
AIIUSTA.t.l.
Imporied by biniselt and warranted
any Northern
Pure, ami sold as low as
H
reorders promptly attended to.
Oct SS if
M
S\M !a l». TIIl'KM*
•i'n :»»:• i.iion.
M>. I JollN k. north,
lore, I Jt lTcr>oii,.I.icki*on m
jafkson \ um niNs,
V T'I'Ol! \ KYS AT I.A W.—Will practice
u.'li anti.-sot ‘
ol Hall, ot tin- V
F .r via of the Itbie Ki.ig
.t.MI> JAt'KSIIN,
Athens, Ga
I’-S.-During Mr .1
•III*-
firm Ht hau i
• -ti<
ot?, Walton. Jack-
, ami the county **|
_ rcuit.
N L HTTCHINS, Jr .
Lawronccville, l»a
m»h'h nhai’iirr t‘r*» n (Jcor-
M be nU«lr«‘H»cil to th<j
Sept iKI- tf
jVJX£)]Sed3 32LLs
ATTORinj EY Xs-A--W,
HOMER, HANKS <0., GA.
“\l r II I, practice in the Courts of the Western
Cwcuit. ISusiu, »s ent.Ust.al to his care,
w : 11 no -t wild ).rot.i],t
Kin ur.srr It..,.,
K If Cold,. Ks.,., All.ers.Gi,.; Jose.d II Hank-
isanc m. mm,
Ar i-)38 @LB STASJ S.
R ET I' Ct!%' .•* t'nnnkn to li?« frieiMin and .1 ffen-
oriuin puMic tor par«t pntrotia^o, reaj»ecUull\
if.k« a eominunnee of tin ir favor*.
lira ootla che*j>, oecoinmodftt ing term*.
Jn
ITU E3S S S T E A M € 0 31P A X l
1C. NK KKRMO.'V, Agent x Sif t.
ANl’KACTriiEUS of Cirrnlnr Nnw
Hill", Htrnm lln^iurn, foreiii)jnml lift
Shaftsno ami Mmhinlicy; Mill
(■in, an*i nil othei kind ot (i RARiNti. Ikon and
ilKAN* (’am ino :of every de*eription. SMITH
!N(f, K* |'.»irii)L' ami Kiii’;*' inj; pre ptly execu
teil. Select piAttemaof Iron Feneim;, Ac. Term*
cash. May 14 lv
FAIRBANKS
SCALES.
S OM) at Manufacturer* price*
bv
T. IHSIIor *V SON.
Athena,October t» |8o‘.L
NEW GOODS!
orb & yotmoKtara:
T'
all that i>he contains. The German
town lies near the Merrimac; site was
first broken by felling heavy timbers
across her, anil then set on fire—luck
ily, she tlitl not burn very low tlown.
It is 'bought she can be raised and fit
ted for srriicp in a short time ; work
men are engaged upon her now.—
Quantit es of small arms have been
for h ui UP; TI°o me r r ‘' ™ " S n T d ’ V f f- e<l «'?-*£"* controversy may not be’wag-
w s euttled i^ l ,P '' Illcl * cJi "iib more or less sincerity of con-
was scuttled, is being raised and re vu-tion, on both sides. In the Ameri-
be ^idvfoWtiS* S IC W ! !l pr0bab1 -' i Ci ’ n co . ntest tlic,e is more than usual
She is i f .» I i - * as p. 00 ever. room lor dillerence of opinion on this
fi, ! e looli,n g slll lb nnd ol eon-! point, because the respective rights of
BD as at Mobile. ' That any step on the
part ot .he government of Washington
tending to precipitate a-.collision was
likely lo lose the lukewarm affections
ttf V irgirra has long been notorious.—
It thisleeling exist, as reported, there
is much (Linger that the rupture of the
Union will spread far beyond the point
at which very recently it was thought
o have been arrested. Perhaps the
Lest thing to be hoped is, that the
manifestation of popular feeling may-
go on so last ns to diminish the chances
second blow makes the quarrel; to
•Much it may be added, with equal
wbii, , . , r:. a :,' he „ ,n V Daci ^ " ort ^ °J act i of a wasting civil war with which the
ble is .mijr * n Kst - , ,in a v °itla- North Americnn continent is threaten-
. s equally well entitled to the prin- ! ed.
cipal share ol the blame Many pen '
P'e maintain that Sardinia, backed bv
r ranee, and not Austria, was the at’-
cr.-ssor in 1S59, though the notifies,
tion of war and commencement olhos-
tiliues came from the east of the Tici
no ; and there are, probably, few in
stances of into; national rupture in which
sidcrable size
Besides the work on the ships,there
is gicat activity in preparing lo.tifica-
'ions, in and around the Navy Yard.
In the centre of the Yard is raised a
battery of 3 3'2-pounders, which com
mands one ot the entrances, and can
sweep the streets approaching it. This
is well protected with sand bags and
turf. Outside the wall, bastions are
being thrown up—the walls are being
pierced for running ot.t cannon anti
muokets. I his wall will be good pro
tection against small arms, but could
easily be battered down by Field Ar-
ttllery. It is considered hardly possi
ble that the enemy can land Flying
Artillery, and bring it so far through
the country: they would have to cui
their way through desperate opposition.
There has been considerable appre
hension that an attack would be made
upon this place. I think it would be
very difficult for the enemy to approach
near enough for an assault upon the
Navy Yard. By water, there' is but
one approach and that is well guarded.
About six miles below Ntti it Ik is a
battery at a Place called Sandy Point,
.lie combatants in the position which
they actually held constituted the mat
ter in dispute. If, many weeks ago,
the batteries of Charleston fired into
and repulsed a Government transport
which was attempting to enter the hnr-
f or, it is contended that this act was
preceetied, as a practical comment of
war, hy Major Anderson’s removal of
the forces atler his command from the
minor posts in which they were scat- vVou ndeci on either sid
tered, in order to concentrate them at
h ort Sumter. Not to go so far back,
howevt r, it appears that a messenger
Irom the President of the United States
conveyed to Gen. Beauregard an-l Mr.
Pickens, the Governor of South Caro
lina, an announcement that the Feder
al authorities had determined to pro
ceed immet.iately to extreme measures
.'or the purpose ol introducing reinforce
ments of men, and supplies of provi
sions into the fortress. This
overt step toward
supposing the secedeis
was
coercion which,
- _ to >e ju-tified
at all m throwing o.T the authority of
V\ ashington, will we think, be held to
vindicate them from the charge of
blood guiltiness in their determination
«>n the Norfolk side ot the Hampton Mo reduce Fort Sumter by force its
Roads, hive miles below Norfolk is J peaceable surrender having firs! been
Craney Island, with a strong battery j formally refused. It would be a very
now mounting about ’20 guns, 32 and ! strained interpretation of the sentiment
64-pounders. The fortifications ate j cf humanity to suppose that a nation
At:,
HUY arv m>Av roectvin". their
» Hat*. Cnj*-*. Jioois and Shoes
vu*, April .id. 1861.
(•.•in
. H Lumpkin.'
Jo*tyl 11 lh
{Jim. lu-
J. AVHANCOCK,
A TTOBSKV AT ■..« W. Itanirtirillr
'» nil! |»ru.'!ire it. t„* ruttmi.-' ,.t Jm-ltson
CGtI., %tn.t:^.»., Hurt, eijjlt-tiiurpi* utul Kibcrt.
O.-t.'-’S ly.
TaINHU: lAIMTNi! I’VIMIN 1 ’
mid niiwmncc to tl.o * it
I viri;iit\, llutl lie V.ill ex
:«i nit*?! A\orknmnl;kr man
f | lli: wiiilcr>i-iUMl ’
I 71 -III* t’f At Ill’ll* I!
■ neatest i
i hi** line
‘ at ^!lurt n aim
T^KT6D"IHT’JBLaLZ: 0^9
J AM i:-»w *<liin^ mv ntoek of Boot", Shoes.
//it*. Cup!*, 4fcc., ct coni for cash only, ana
"ill make Kt» low nceounts with onv one lot the*
ensuing \> ar. except n very icw hy special eon
irm t indented to me. w»ll make iinnie
dime paylueiit a# I mn d- firoue of «’h*t*in^ uiy
hui*iu» e.t m»on a* possible. 1\ ItAUKV. ’
Jan J
i HIM’ GOODS—S i’UINGlSOL
{V KV. (toodi* are beinj; received and Hold ex*cry
la day. Call soon iu*d bargains.
April3. l.M. KEXXKY.
* inut. h-m,f, ri^u an fnrjtiiuiep.i'mtin;; (irmnicr i
.H'l umrui, in K ,.faIhi,u.i-ns; }>n|H.-r-iinnf|iui:, .'It.
.Ve. * Oru*>rsfit»in 1.4 i^l.boring towns, !
\ i*. t ,i n K . eoutrv, pr •inptly nuei ded to. i
Alhens, An*?.- iv.u » M. HONE.
. _ _ . I
THE ADAMS EXPRESS OFFICE,
I I A HoV^, 0 H l, ‘ i!■ renmve-d to the I.umpkiu
with said Company
B\fO\, L\RD, FLOIR, 31EAL.
0^ VNU *
Morel] •.*('. I SC, |
-beat- as can l»c w*l,l in this mar-
I. M. KEXXY.
Athena. n f!|!i i8'.-l
inj; Ituatut'. ,
willtako -hir notice thereof, I
ea tccordinely.-
T. Kami* ix,.\~t.
MtiUlGU-CHLUltiGlUAl I
W. D. WELDON, M. D.
GILLSYILLE, HALL COUNTY, GEO.
1 H -ea.ly to .ervo tho pnbiio prof„,ion.llv*M ^.*° y e
-inhefouud iuht4 otB.-o:.. th« t X y o:;
NEW GOODS
«—AND—
GOOD BARGAINS!
C 1.9SI bo hat] at B. \V. KUAI.VEY S catabliah.
> tnent, two doors north of tho Newton House.
College Avenue. 1 am untv in receipt of fine
Clothe, Itmvkina ami C'aabtnierea, from Cfcnrlca-
. tnn.au i will txrntiuao to rcstuive oo may I« re
,-ruircd. At an indacenreot to bnyers, I will My
| ibatl am determined to fell aa cheap the same
quality ofGnod. n» any brought from Yankeedom.
•t a I iiin-j,uol«., pn>fr-»»ionol!v ali.-cnt
As* il 10 fim.
that pla.'O, J do not «,y that X will Mil a superior article for
tso-urn.> price us tbe-’ef on inferior qnalitv.
April 1# 14. W. Kl’NlXET*
Dc-|»°t in Augusta. On our way here,
we roue over the greater poition of the
toad in br-x cars, which you can im
agine was anything but pleasant; es-
peoinlly n . r„' oa r.l.
da'icns. However, we a:e not dispos
ed to coinplain, as we were told that it
was the best fare we could possibly
obtain—the R. R. had so inuiti busi
ness pressing upon them.
When we arrived here, on Monday,
a wtek ago, we were conducted imme
diately to our quarters by the Mayor of
Portsmouth. On our way thither, we
were halted on a bridge "over one of
the dry-docks, while a communication
from Mnj. Gen’l Gwynn, the officer in
command here, was read to us by Gen.
j Sanford, of Georgia. The General
took occasion to make a speech to the
Georgia troops. He was biief, but
eloquent and patriotic, and very flat
let ing in his remarks about the bravery
of Georgia soldiers. He also praised
•heir chaiacters anti o;igin, saving they
were as good as Virginia's F. F. Y.’s
or anybody else. The Gene al is dress
ed in the uniform of a private of the
Macon Volunteers. He has been of
fered positions out of ranks, but has
positively refused them, saying that he
has heretofi re enjoyed military honors,
an i now comes simply to perform a
duty, which lie thinks he owes to his
country. The veteran in our ranks,
(Capt Hughes) has been a subject of
remark wherever we have slopped.—
These two old soldiers attracted partic
ular notice at a prayer-meeting the
other day,
This place is one of great interest to
me. The amount of work carried on
here when all was in full blast must
have been vety great. 1 liave not yet
vis.ted all of the machine houses, as 1
would like to do. 1 suppose there are,
at least, 25 brick buildings yet undam
aged, of dimensions Irom 300 to 500
feet long, by 30 to GO teet wide. One
of these buildings is the Armory, and
the rest are for the various paits ct
ship-building. Thete are, also, sever
al fine dwelling-houses, for the officers
of the Navy Yard. I do not know a
correct estimate of the value of the
property still in good preservation. I
have heard it spoken of as worth from
20to 30 millions. I would suppose it
to lie at least that. Besides buildings
and machinery, there are valuable
docks built of the best granite. Large
quantities of ship-timber are stored up
here. There aie several thousand of
die best cannon in the Navy Yard.—
They lie around the yard in tiers and
appear lo be as abundant as shot-guns
in Georgia. However, they have been
thinned out somewhat a icw days past.
They are being sent ofT to the fortifi
cations in the vicinity, and to other
States. These guns were all spiked
by the U. S. Marines before they left,
but fortunately the work was done so
hastily that it gave little trouble to
right them. A few had their trunnions
battered off. If Lincoln desires to
protect U. S. property, this is the place
where a large portion of it is to be
found. It is a conflict with ljim now,
1 think, between greediness and cow
ardice. He doubtless covets the wealth,
but dares not take it.
It arouses indignation within me, to
see the work of the cowardly incen
diaries of the U- S. Navy. A troop
of devils, it seems to me, could hardly
have left more diabolical devastation in
being strengthened every day
I went down to Craney Is anti Iasi
Saturday ; I saw a great many negroes
engaged on the works there; they
work cheertully, arid appear anxious
for the success of our cause; I went
down in a sail boat and had a pleasant
or a party which has be.-n served with
a formal notice of attack should wait
until the threat is carried in execution,
for fear of being clothed with the res
ponsibility of aggression.
There is reason for looking at this
time. Just as we tou-heu the slnre I P art of { ,,e question rather closely.—
- ■ - - : • M-X‘ie only.nJrtustom expIanation of I'ies-
. , , , i ’bought that a political object was to
few- moments another report was heard, | be obtained by putting the Southerners
and a ball went whizzing over " ie | jn the wrong. This reproach it
water, aesoss the bows ol a little sloop,! hoped that they m j K , lt be malle Slllljt . vX
attempting to pass up. She .mine-, , 0j it the could be iaa nceuvercd into
diately rounded to near t..e Light- j f ir j n g th e f irs ^ $ho\ We, however,
House ; a boat vvas se,!t t° her and j on |.. j n f er tb j s ( 0 l lave fi een the ealcu-
was tolc. that she hail permissior. 1 ’ation, because we do not know any
from the Cumberland, one of the Work- j otber hypothesis fitted to meet the
ailing vessels, to pass up. She was j stran g e circumstances of the case.—
permuted to proceed to Norfolk ; like j Uleat as has been the manfest and
the “\\ m. Scldon, she will not so ea-1 una jr e cted bewilderment of the Cabii et
s.ly get out. Above Craney Island are j of Washington since its construction—
battenesat a point below the Navy an d of the leading men in the govern-
point
Hospital, at the Hospital, and at Fort
Norfolk, opposite the Hospital. A
ship that comes up this route will have
to run a dangerous gauntlet.
Some expect an attack from the di
rection of Fortress Monroe. If this j ,| t , alt wi{h
takes place at all, notice must be given
ment before they actually entered upon
ofiice-we must decline to suppose them
capable of imagining that this aflair
of the Federal fortresses within the ter
ritory of the seceding States, has been
the utmost advantage
j from the plain and straightforward view
us a good While before they get near j uf tl) , ir duty as ru]ers which , hey pro-
n#*rp. tnr srnnts nrp nut nl hypt 1
It may be premature to say how far
i the calculations on which this course
bay, am! in the vicinity of Norfolk.—
From Craney Island, 1 could distinctly
see the vessel which blockades the, . ....
mouth of James River. By the help i v ; aS ,aken l,kel >' * t ° bc J’ ,st,fu ' 11 b X
of a spy-glass, Fortress Mon’roe can be i ! h, ‘, event '. loour bmtted power ol
viewed, and the war ships around there J'" 1 K ,af "‘ '* a PI ,ears > cotdess, to
Chesapeake Female College is so plain- j com P ,c,e ! hc , cbarac,er ofA r - ^colnS
ly seen that its columns may he count- i ^*9** ”> c ^o>g erer V known kwd
ed. The landscape scenery along ^ “ blu,tller - 1Iav,n 8 first ne R It, ,e 'l
Hampton Roads is magnificent.
Last night, about 111*. M. a consid
erable stir was made in camp by a re
port that the city of Portsmouth was on
fire. Orders were gi cn for every man
to remain at his post. Many got up
out of bed, (which is a blanket upon
lo fight until the chance of doing so
with success had passed away, he has
now undertaken and provoked a con
flict under ciicumstances which onsu>
ed liis being humiliated anti beaten
without the possibility of striking an
effective blow in return. Morally, lie
is to the full as responsible as the gov-
the hard flour,) and buckled on their j erl ,ment of Montgomery for transfer
war accoutrements. It was s ®° n 1 ring the matter in dispute between
them Irom the arbitrament of reason to
.ertaint d that the fire was confined to
a lumber kiln, and quiet was restored.
May 16th.—Yesterday our regiment
moved out into tents. \Ye are loca
ted outside the Navy Yard, in a very
pretty plain upon Elizabeth River.—
Dr. Flinn of Milledgeville has teen
appointed chaplain to our Regiment;
Mr. Cunningham of LaGrange has
the same appointment to the Fourth
Regiment.
With a few exceptions our men are
enjoying good health, and becoming
used to camp lile. They are well sat
isfied with their officers and proud of
their Captain. L’e is an industrious,
soldierly officer. S. F. T.
Two recruiting parties with drums
beating and colors flying marched into
a county in Illinois the other day.—
One was a Lincolnitish party and the
other a secession party, recruiting for
‘•Old Hickory”—(Gov. Jackson, of
Missouri.) The Lincolnitcs got six
teen recruits, and the secessionists
twenty-one, whereupor, the former
wanted to whip the latter, but failed in
consequence of being ru 1 out of town
very suddenly by their opponents. The
citizens generally sided with the seces
sionists. Pretty state o! affairs in that
part of Lincoln’s domain.
A young lady in Norwich, Connec
ticut, writes to a young lady of New
York: ‘’Few of the Wide Awakes of
this place have gone to the war. They
are so affectionate th it they cannot
leave their mothers.
that of arms, for his formal intimation
to them that he was about to resost to
force was a challenge that they could
not be expected to disregard. Il he
meant what he said, it was the virtual
commencement of the war; it he did
not, it was still more culpable as idle
menace. BV say nothing in justifica
tion of the revolt of the acceding Mates ;
we only remark that Mr. Lincoln seetns
to us to have thrown awaj, with sin
gulat impartiality, every advantage ( f
argument, and of material position,
which he possessed over them at the
beginning. His position was a most
arduous one, beyond doubt, but he
need not have exerted himself to make
the most of ail its inconveniences and
dangers. He lias lost Fort Sum'er,
which was perhaps necessary ; but has
he succeeded in exciting in the waver
ing communities of the border States
the disgust and apprehension which
were desired, in order pennanei tly to
alienate them from the seccders ?—
Nothing appeals less probable. It will
easily be made to appear that the
Southerners have only taken up’ the
sword when an appeal to it was made
inevitable, and that, with scarcely any
bloodshed, they have inflicted on the
United States a conspicuous reverse.
In regard both to the moral attractions
of the cause, and to their prospects of
ultimate success, il mayjaxrly be infer
red that they icill have been raised in
estimation by these events. It is ominous
that we already hear that the news of
the attack on Fort Sumter was receiv
ed with rejoicing at Baltimore, as well
From the London Times, April 23.
FORT SFMTF.R.
Nature, or something that stands in
its stead, is still strong^ in the Ameri
cans. They fight “willing, but with
unwilling minds.” They lift the hand
to strike, they "ing the instrument of
Goath, but a mysterious power averts
the ,-troke, or blunts the edge, or dead
ens the blow. Are they in earnest, or
are they playing at war, or tire rating
that they strike, and still strike not ?—
it sounds more like a dangerous game
than a sad reality. Seven battciies
breached and bombarded Fort Sumter
ior tbit v hours, burnt down its barracks,
b’ew up several magazines, threw
shells into it innumerable, and did a
vast show ot destruction. The Fort
replied with like spirit. At length it
su rend, red, the garrison marched out
prisoners ot war, and it was then found
that not a man was killed or an officer
-• Many a
‘ difficulty” at a bar has cost more
bloodshed. \Y41s this a preconcerted
feat of conjuring? Were the rival
Presidents saluting one another in harm
less fireworks to amuse the groundings?
1 he whole affair is utterly inexplica
ble.
\\ hat next ? An attempt to recap
ture Fort Sumter ? A contest at Fort
Pickens ? A struggle for the Capitol ?
A divi-ion in Texas ? A renewal of
negotiations? No one knows, and,
what is worse, no one credits President
Lincoln for any plan. We can only
compare the two sides and strike a
balance. In the North there is an ar
my, aqd a navy, and money, and a
more numerous wh : te population, with
out, too, the incubus of slavery. There
is also the tradition of the Union, the
Capitol, and the successor of Washing
ton. Modern warfare cannot go on
without money, and the Northern
States can more easily raise and spend
a hundied millions of dollars a year
than the Southern can raise ten mil
lions. All thatTs outside and material
is in favor of the North. It has the
preponderance of everything that can
be counted, measured and weighed;
that can be bought and sold ; that can
fnW'J.ftSftd.in 11ItIfVW.na a k-4,
the building-yards, the dock-yaids—
I he wh >le apparatus of national wealth
" as and strength. It has the money-mar
ket, and it borrows more easily than
the South, where, however, political
zeal susiains a fictitious credit. t?o in
the North we read of numerous gath
erings of State torces; of many steam
ers chartered, stripped of their finery
filled with soldiers, food and ammuni
tion, and steaming Southward. So
much for the Nortlj.
In the South, on the contrary, there
little or nothing but that which 1 lien be
comes the counter-balance of every
thing else. There are the men of ac
tion, who can combine, conspire, keep
the secret, have a plan, and ca*ry it
out without wavering or flinching.—
The politicians at B'ashington have
been vacillating between peace and
war, between compromise and resis
tance. In the South there has been
one steady, uninleriuptet! p:ogtess to
wards secession and Bar. ’To the
very last President Linco'n has been
behind-hand. Ilis ships sent to re
in ve Fort Sumter only arrived in time
lo be distant spectators of the scene ;
in fact, but to contribute to the glory
of the captors, and to bring shame and
distrust on themselves and their cause.
If this be an omen of the result, the
rich and unready North will be no
match for the fiery forwardness of the
South.
From die Liverpool Mercury, April 27.
It is difficult to estimate the moral
effect which this success will produce
throughout the various States, and es
pecially in the border communities,
wh eh arc cautiously calculating prob
abilities before they finally declare for
union or secession. These Borde
States are evidently inclined to cast
their lot with the South, which offers
to them many advantages of which
they would be deprived by a union
with the North. In many respects the
Montgomery Government is superior
to that at Washington ; the tariff is
moderate, embracing free trade prin
ciples, and presenting a strong con
trast to the Morrill tariff, which is vir
tually prohibition, and is fast driving
trade to the Southern ports. If the
Border States do unite with the South,
the issue of th ■. conflict can scarcely form
a subject for speculation, because the
North will be depiived of its most pro
ductive, powerful and wealthy districts.
ed that there should te no more block
ades; Mr. Lincoln from the White
House in Washington, not only declares
vernment was apprized of hostile in
tentions upon the Capital, hut Gen.
Armstrong, then Secretary of War,
a blockade of the Southern seaboard, but, professed a disbelief in the rumors,
one of the good old fashioned land, j nd the National Intelligencer, prover-
ichich confiscates enemy's goods wher.
'Ter found, and the ships that carry
them. A hint a few weeks ago from the
Foreign. Office that this would not go
•lnwn tn England, and the ordering of
the Abrth .American Squadron to the
Uiesapeak, or the Gulf would have pre
rented this; but Lord John Russel, as
we have said already, has left British
interests in the United iStates to mint!
themselves until the eleventh hour,and
tor so doing he and the Cabinet ol
which lie is a member must be held ac
countable should war unhappily ami
unexpectedly arise between us and our
kinsmen.
It is just possible, however, that Mr.
Lincoln’s proclamation of blockade
has the same double meaning as his
other State papers ; hut it is not likely
That point we would feign believe has
now been reached when nothing more
is to be gained by ambiguous wortl-
ing, and when the federal govenment
may speak that language to other gov
ernments that he who runs may read.
Skillful and successful hoodwinking of
Lord John Russel up to the present
time may still suggest, however, one
lust American diplomatic stroke of
double dealing,that it may remain open
to seize neutral vessels and their car
goes, or to let them g >. If this should
he apparent in the proclamation, t't is
11 be hoped that neither merchant nor 1
ship owner wil! place themselres in Mr.
Lincoln's hands Were the United
Slates possessed of a navy like our
own, the blockade of the Southern sea
board could he maintained easily by a
sufficient force; but in the virtual ab
sence ot a fleet, the blockade must be
maintained by privateers, and be a
paper one. All the public armed ves
sels nl the service of the federal gov
ernment will he required for convoys,
for hombardment of works held by the
enemy, and for making d jmonstrations
on the coast. And it is a safe assertion
■ hat as soon as the fighting has begun
in earnest and the smart raking schoo
ners and well appointed steamers hail-
ing Irom the cotton ports begin their
lepredations on American trade, not
on the Atlantic seaboard only, hut in
Europe, not a single American ship of
war will he employed in mere block
ade. That form of blockade reso.ted
10 by ourselves during the long war
and the right of which the United
States have alone retained, is what
circumst.inces in the end must require;
and while under such a blockade the
neutral Hag covers nothing, neutral
goods under an enemy’s flag mav he
captured. In other wop's, under sue!
bially cautious then, as now, in its con-
■ lusions, doubted ti e probability of
hostile intentions upon the Capital.
President Madison, however, had
taken some precautionary steps, by or
dering a militia organization, which he
deemed sufficient for the occasion, in
addition to a flotilla of barges, hearing
guns, placed trader the command of
Capt. Joshua Ba noy, and intended to
■•neck fleets iu advanci.ic toward the
Capital. But after sailing up the bay,
the British troops disembarked f,t Ben
edict, on the Banks of the I’atuxet
river, on the 29th of August. On the
Inflowing day, the Maryland and Dis
trict Militia, consisting of three thous
and men, took up their march toward
'he infant city. They were without
Artillery or Cavalry, anti marched un
der the heat of a midsummer sun to
Bladensbiirg, which they reached on the
,24th. Here they were reinforced by
• ■flier militia and seamen. By adopt
ing this route the flotilla afforded no
protection to the city, and to prevent
the guns or boats from being ts-ken
and used against the rapi’al, they were
blown up on the morning of the 23d,
hy order of Win. J01.es, the Secretary
<>t the Navy.
’The approach of the British troops
under Major General Ross and Admi
ral Cockburn, was watched hy Presi
dent Madison in person, who diiected
eight thousand inexperienced and un
disciplined militia to Bladensburg, un
der the command ot Genera Windei,
to oppose the five thousand British sol
diers. Capt. Barney having destroyed
the flotilla, joined the militaty force ot
General Winder, with one hundred
seamen and hit field-pieces. On the
afternoon'of the 24th, the British open
ed fire, which was successfully return
ed by Barney’s sailors, who maintained
their position noblv, while the raw re
cruits soon broke ranks and turned
their backs upon the enemy. Barney’s
seamen fought bravely, and their guns
proved terribly destructive to the ene
my. lie was overcome, however, af
ter three hours’ hard fighting, flanked
by superior numbers, and finally feil
wounded hy the side of eleven of his
men who \ve:e killed at their guns.—
He orderet! a retreat, and gave himsclt
up-
The British experienced a severe
loss in their ranks stated by the histo
rian Glegg, ot the 85th Royal Regi
ment, as high as five hundrtd men kill
ed, wounded and missing. Col. Thorn
ton, commander of the Light Brigade,
j Lieut. Col. Wood commander of the
85th Regiment, rad Maj. Brown, who
a blockade as it is alone the interest ol ! * el ' on the advance Hoops, were se-
ir.u nation's masing vor oaaiuiTif (vereiv wounded, while Gen. Ross had
or leaving Southern ports, or with the I wa ? small on ine j>an 01 uauicj „
produce of the Southern States upon
their bottoms, may be overhauled and
taken to a prize port, and condemned
by the private armed vessels upon
which this duty must alone devolve.—
American privateers, following the ex
ample of British ships of war in times
gone by, will command the ocean and
prevent a single hale of cotton from
reaching England, unless British ships
of tear are employed to put them down.
9 o put tlown federal privateers,would
we need scarcely saj, be an act of war
against the Federal Government; but
not to do so threatens an alte’native
still more disastrous than even such
a war. This is the dilemma into which
Lord John Russell’s American policy
has brought himst If and the country.
// cotton is not to be had by fair means
we must not scruple to use foul means,
or the daily bread of four or five mil
lions of the working population will be
nl once stopped. * * * *
To blockade the cotton ports is to
destroy the British cotton trade, to in
volve, not in remote, but immediate
destitution several millions of the Brut
ish people, and it would be a bitter re
flection for the present generation, as
well, perhaps, as some that follows it,
that to the short sightedness of Lord John
Russell and the present government
it was entirely owing. Had they
done ns mere common sense would have
suggested, the present danger would
not only have been averted, but cotton
would have been supplied without let
or himlerance, and we might have re
mained on good ternis with both bel
ligerents.
From tho London Herald, (Lord Bctbj’s
Organ.)
Blockading of the Cotton Ports.
The opportunity presented fot sev
eral months of giving it to be under
stood what the course of- England
would be under certain circumstances
has not been improved, and the result
is, that at no time since the war of
1812 have t ! ae relations between this
country and the United States been
more critical than they are at present.
Most people are astonished at what is
now taking place in the United States;
but it is neither creditable nor as it
should be that her Majesty’s principle
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
should neglect his duty or be taken by
surprise- President Buehsnan
The Invasion and Capture of Wash
ington in 181 f.
At this juncture in our history, a
brief reference to the invasion and cir-
ci instances attending the capture of
Washington city, by the British forces,
under Admirals Cockburn and Coch
rane will net be inappropriate. We
therefore copy the subjoined from a
Philadelphia paper, omitting some of
its insinuations, not unexpected from
such a quarter, and addine that it is a
remarkable fact that while thousands
from the North are now hastening to
“deletid tne capital,” few, very few,
came to aid the people of Baltimore,
the counties of Maryland and the Dis
trict of Columbia, in driving back the
foreign enemy in 1814, when advancing
on the city of Washington. Regiment
after Regiment did not then, as now,
follow in quick succession from Phila-
dilpiiia, Ne\v York and Boston, and
rallying under the American flag, re
solve to defend it at all hazards at the
capital of the nation. This was left to
the militia of Maryland and the Dis
trict ol Columbia, aided by sailors and
marines under Com. Barney. The
statement of the Philadelphia paper re
ferred to is as follows:
During the early portion of the sum
mer of 1814,Cockburu’s fleet lay along
the coast of Virginia, Maryland, and
the Chesapeake, when, they were join
ed, on the 3d of August,' by Cochrane’s
and the English ant or abrve refeired
to admits il the militia had done (heir
duty the victory would undoubtedly
have been on the American side. Of
Barney's hundred sailors he speaks in
the highest terms, remarking that “not
only did they serve their guns with a
quickness and precision which aston-
i>hed their assailants, hot they stood
ti I some of them were actually bayo
neted with fuses ir. their hands; nor
was it till their leader was wounded
and taken, and they saw themselves
deserted on all sides by the soldteis,
tha* they quitted the field.”
Gen. Ros.s led the Third British
Brigade into the city, and op to the
Capitol, on approaching which his
horse was shot from under him by one
< f Harney’s men, who had concealed
himself in a house for that object.—
'The house was iinme liately entered,
the inmates put to the sword,^and the
building and contents burned. A vol
ley was fired into the windows of the
Capitol, when the troops entered.—
Cockburn took the Speaker’s chair,
and asked the question, “Shall this
harbor of Yankee democracy be burn
ed? All for it say aye !’’ He reversed
the qiiCo ion, pronounced the mo
tion carried, anti ordered the torch to
be put to the building. It was soon
in flames.
As a prudential step, the Secretary
ot the Navy ordered Commodore 'Tin-
gey to the navy-yard, which, with the
sloop of war Argus, (ten guns,) five
armed barges, two gun-boats, and the
naval stores, was consigned to the
flames.
The British troops then proceeded
to the Treasury and President’s man
sion, both of which they fired—the
President having retreated, with his
Cabinet on horse back across the Po
tomac. That night, the army en?auip-
it on Capitol Hill, and wt re exposed
to a severe storm, with heavy thunder,
which added intensity ot awe to the
dismal scenes which had just been
enacted. During the night a grand
nephew of Gen Washington rashly at
tacked thejsentries,ami was shot down.
The long btidge was simultaneously
fired at each end by the opposing parlie; *
each apprehensive ol an attack by the
other.
Next morning the British burnec.
the buildings connected with the Navy
and War Departments; destro>ed the
material iti the National Intelligencer
Office and threw the type out of the
window; destroyed the remainder of
the buildings about the Navy yard and
at Greenliefs Point; threw a toich
into a well where a large quantity of
pow'der was concealed, wtiieh exploded
destroying nearly one hundred of the
British troops, scattering their mutila
ted remains in every direction. A
fiightful tornado immediately swept
over the city, destroying buildings and
property as if in completion of the
general work of destruction. Very
many of the enemy and of the inhabi-
tants were buried in the ruins of the
buildings blown down.
The enemy,
ren bv ru t j- .«. — - T ,“ - . * t. ’—■- alarmed for their own safety, withdrew
eltitm i Ber . mu(l ‘\’ bo1b num from the city in the evening and hur-
|b#nng together twenty, wf. 0,,r (?o- ped towtrdi the piece of tmbsrlptjop.