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■WEDISTESDA.Y, JUNE 13, 1861.
Number 11.
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4 M. WYNG & CO., Dealers in
J\ 9 HARDWARE. CROCKERY, CHINA AND
li i.ASS, Broad Street, Atlmns, Ua. tf,
4 THENS STEAM COMPANY.—
J\_ R. NICKERSON. A(jcnt and Superintendent—
Manufacturers of Circular Saw Kills, Steam Ea-
cinr*< Forcing and Lifting PUMPS, Sbaitiso and
Jim mxanvj Mux, tli.v and all other kinds of.GEAR-
j V,;. in,tv and Rrass Castixob, of every description.
-MlllUXti. Repairing and Finishiii ft promptly exe-
ciitril. Select patteru* of Iron Fencing. Terms, cash.
c.
1 W\& H. R. J. LONG, Wholesale
,„,d Retail DRUOOIST8, Athens, Ga.
p. (3. CANDLER
/Sandler & slocumb, Attor-
\J eeya at Law. Uotner, Ranks county, Georgia, will
practiee in the counties of Banks, Habersham, Frank
lie, Jack,mi and Rail. AU business entrusted to them
„:i\ receive prompt attention. May 8, 18*1
1.^ W, LUCAS, Wholesale and Re-
1 • tail Dealer, iu DRY GOODS, GROCERIES,
HARDWARE, Ac., No. S, Broad Street,' Athena.
p L. McCLESKEY, M.D., having s
\ Jf • permanently located in Athens, will continue
il u . practice of Medicine and Surgery. Residence, that
recently orenpied by Mr. Chase—Office, at home, where
lie may hr found. • : ■ 1 !,r -
n A. LOWR ANCE, Surgeon Den-
• TIST, Athens, 6a. Office on ColtegeAvouue,
ever the Jewelry store of Messrs. Talmud go A Winn.
■mo. mmrn.
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From the Central Presbyterian. *
A YIRGINliN'S PROTEST.
fitr.& J. Prim,, D. V., X. Y. Qhotrver.
Rev. sir] I)our Brother :---I took occa
sion; as you will remember, in lifting up
Ul 3’ feeble* voice to ray fellow-Cbrfstians
on behalf of what'was once oar country,
to point gat the infamy which would at-
taoh to the Christianity of America, if, .af
ter'alt its boast of numbers, power, influ-
?nd jpit;ituatity, it were Found impo-
Iceland from fratricidal war,
H G1LLELAND, Dentist, Wnt-
• kiusville, Ga., respectfully solicit* the patron-
tgc of the surrounding country. Full satisfaction will
be given in his profession. ~ - *tf- :
T M. KENNEY, (next door to the
1 e Rank of Athens.) constantly keeps eo head STA-
1LK and FANCY DRY GOODS, and Choice Family
li r."'c ries, cheap for cash, or to prom pt customer*.
T M. MATTHEWS, Attorney at
f; a LAW, Danielsvillc, Ga. May 1.
TOllN H. CHRISTY, Plain and
♦J Fancy BOOK AND JOB PRINTER, Broad SL,
Athen*
the
Ua. Office corner HreadMA-Wall ttreet«,over
of Sansou A PitUml. tf
AMES A. CARLTON, Dealer in
8ilk. Fancy and Staplo DRY GOODS, Hardware
and Cruckerv, No. X Granite Row, Athens.
J
r W.HANCOC K, Attorney at
t/ • LAW, DamelaviUc, Ga., will practice in Jack-
lem^ifUaalna-UUwyOjjTsrtfgrf.. ■*. J TU*»t. - -
T F. O’KELLEY, Photograph and
a* • A MBROTYPE ARTIST. Rooms on Broad and
Sprinir streets, over the store of John R. Matthews,
Athens. Ga. Mat8-tf_
| AS. M. ROYAL, Harness-Maker,
•r (head of Wall street, noarly opposite the old State
Hunk) Athens, Ga., keeps always on hand a general »a-
».rlmeat of articles iu his line, and is always ready to
•ill order, in the best style. ___ J J
J it DAVIS, Land Broker, Collec-
a TOR and GSNHRAL AGENT, Augusta, Ga.—
llasiuvss attended to iu any county of the State.. Offiea
mruer of Jackson and Ell;., streets.
1 P. MASON & CO., Bookbinders,
«" • Patter Rulers and Blank Book Manufacturers',
Whitehall street, Atlanta, Ga.
Athens, Ga.
M
SDISON BELL, Attorney at
LAW. Uotner, Banks County, Ga.—will prac-
I the Courts of the Western Circuit. All business
(•trusted to his ears will meet with prompt attention.
Uttruttattcita : Hon. J. H. Lumpkin, [f. R, R. Cphh,
IV,.. Win. Hope Hull, Esrj., Athens, Ga., J. H. Banks,'
K«|., t!„--)s>ville, Ga. - . ■: ■ .
VICHOLSON, Reaves & Wtnn,
Jlt Wholesale tuid Retail Dealers in STAPLE and,
l AM Y GOODS, GROCERIES, HARDWARE, Croek-
trv, dc„ largo new Brick Store, comar Bridge and Broad
birct-u, Athens, Ga. tf
P ATMAN & SUMMEY, Dealers :jf
HARDWARE and CUTLERY, comer of Bn ltd
Wall .dtrvcL*! Atheuf, U«.
plTiNE
A MAN. Wholesale and Re(aU Dealer* iu GROCE-
KIKS, DRY GOODS. HARDWARE, SHOES* BOOTS)
iiread Street, Athens, Ga. -•
P PARRY, Fashionahle Boot and
• S HOK-M AKER, Brood atroet. Athens, Ga* dm
•Isays in readinsu to Mi order* h) hi* lipe.
tentLopiiyj - r .^ ,
Yoti have infornied.,your readers more
than onc«i*tlrat yoaiearod it was now too
|ate to reason. Then, I wiahthrongh you,
to lay this final 'testimony before the
Christians of the North, on behalf of my
self, and my brethren in.Virginia, that the
guilt lies, not at our door. • This moun
tainous aggregate of enormous- crime of
a ruined constitution, of cities sacked, or
reeking battle fields, of scattered churches,
of widowed wives and orphan children,
of souls plunged into hell; we roll it from
us, taking the Judge to Witness, before
whom you and we will stand, that the
blood is not upon our heads. When the
danger first rose-threatening in the hori
zon, our cry was : “Christians, to the
rescue!” And nobly did the Christians
ass. r. aidjcouB. of ^ rurally to ttaoall. .Didyounot
see their limuencc in the patriotic efforts
of this old Commonwealth, to stand in the
breach between the angry elements ?—
Yes} it was the Christians of Virginia,
combined with her other citizens who
caused her to endure wrongs, uutil endu
rance ceased to be a virtue; to hold out
the olive branch, even after it had been
spurned again :indagain;to study modes
of compromise and conciliation, until the
very, verge of dishonor was touched; to
refuse lo.dospair of the republic, after al
most all else had surrendered all hope,
and to .decline allacts of self defence even,
which might precipitate, collision, uutil
the cjpud had risen over her very head,
and its lightnings were about to burst. So
long suffering, so reluctant. to behold -the
ruin of that Union to which she contri
buted so m«ch, has Virginia been, that
many of her own sona were disgusted by
her delays, and driven to fury and des
pair by the lowering storm and the taunts
of her enemies (woe to them for their fol
ly) mistook this generous long-suffering,
this magnanimous struggle for peace, as
evidence of cowardice! They said the
“Old mother of States and Statesmen”
wus-decrepid ; that her genius was turned
to dotage, that heribreasts were dry of that
milk which suckled her Henry’s and her
Washingtons. They thought her little
inure than a cowering beldame, whom a
timely threat would reduce to utter sub-
inissiveness. And thus they dared to
stretch over her head theminoritory rod of
correction ! Hat'no sooner was the peril
ous experiment applied, than a result Was
revealed, as unexpected and a startling i»s
that caused by the touch ofltlrariel’s'spear.
This patient, peaceful, seemingly hesita
ting paralytic flamed up at the insolent
tonch, like a pyramid of fire, and Virginia
stands forth in her immortal youth, the’
“unterrifled commonwealth” of other
days, a Minerva radiant with .the terrible
glories of policy and War, wielding that
sword which has ever flushed before the
? os of aggressors, the “atcsejnpfer tj/rannis.”
es; the point of farther endurance, has,
keen passed at length AU her demands
for constitutional redress have been refus
ed ;,her magnanimous, her generous cou-
cessions of righ t have been met by the in
solent demand for unconditional surren
der of .honor and dignity >her forbearance
has been abused to collect armaments and
equip fortresses on her border and on her
own soil for her intimidation; the- infa
mous alternative has been foiled upon hcr, :
either to brave theaippresSorV rod,' or te
aid him in the destruction of her sis tors
and her children, because they are con
tending, nobly, rif too rashly, for rights
common to them and her, and, to erOwn
all, the Constitution atthe United States
has been rent in fragments, by the effort
ta master now foneeenndr wage Avar ' \vith-
out. autbority of law, and to ' coerce sov
ereign States into adhesion, in the rrtier
absence ofali powers or intentions of the
Federal compact to .that effect. l Hepce,
there is now butone mind aud woo heart
in Virgmiaj'and from the Oh|o to the
Atlantic, from tlie sturdy ThoRntaineerk, ;
and her chivalrous lo wlaiAlere alike, there,
is flung back with high disdain the gaunt
let of jleathiess resistance. IJu oiu?. ,Weyk
J. H. Christy. Again,
.Y
whole State has beeuxouVerted into a
LAW. JcfftirttHi. JnckaoB comity, Ga. ....
Rtt'KiiKtC.-Jts.—J. M, MeLester nml W. H. TLoinpson,
, Jr (Tv rrau : D. W. SpetwAaod t. M. V«*pie«, Esfj. j
L»ar«a«cvill*: JoUu IL -Newtun soil J. If. ClirDty.
Alliuiif. ‘ tf
WM. G.. D^LONX : Attorney at
’ T LAW, Atiiens, Ga., will atictid promptly tool!
tuMuos, entrusted to hi*
or ” L M. Ivenuey’s ttore.
core. Office on Bread strseL
Y'
W M. PHILIPS, Atloraoy- at Law,
Mariana, (Ja., will practica l# all Ult countie*
^ th” Blue Circuit, in Uio oounty of Faltcm^of tLe
‘.okreta Circuit, in the Soprenao Caurt,'4Ukd in Vz S.
1 ^ict Court at Marietta. * .. tf
E& R1TCH, Wholesale. &
Retail CLOTHIERS aad MERCHANT TAI-
Broad streoi, Athenn, Ga.
\V M N WHITE, Bookseller «a4,
. ’ T STATIOSKR, aptl Newapapar ami Ma*a*i»e
..-’ vut Dealer in Mn.Wi A Mask-al luetrumeoo. Lamp*,
r m. Cutlwy. Kancy Good*, Ac., corner Broad Strealan*
"Uv»o Aronuc. Oniera proaptlv illod at Xngu^taTthtes
PLANTER’S HOTEL,
Atlanta, Ga.
(01‘POSITB THE BASSENGER DSPOT.)
r p»ORoct iHUf renovated and re-furntahed, and
" very centre of tiie kiviuen* portion of the.city.
Jalrli
WM. O’-HALl.
s* portioi
.ORAN
Proprietor.
GLOBE HOTEL,
.... AuBfiati, Ga.
Auarnutou^Rict proprietor.
|V Pamienrer* hnldins Through Ticket*, will
V carri *^ t“ Shd from this K«ul free of Omnibus
- . Feb.
•trifl: lxjgii>«,'W6;ask the conservative free-;
men of the.Nm'th, for whnA.good. end te
this strilb ? We dp not reason ^yith foR-
ligu'ant fanatics, with the itiob whose
coarse and bnitsirWature is phrehaetl' with
sectional hatred. _ But we ask, where-the'
geeateonservutivo party*, which ■ polled; as
many votes against Abraham ..Lineaht aa'
the whole So.u thl Where arp the good
tnen who, a few. weeks ago even^ held out
-the olive brirttch to us, and jtssurdd us that
if we wouiU hold our bunds, tho aggres
sive party should- be- brought-to-reason !
W here is that Albany Convention, which
edgedjtaelf. against, war? If it is too
_te to reoBQi), oven With .yon, W,o will at
least lay doWti ohr last testimony ftgilinst
yonj^afore our cohntiymeh) the_ Churchy
und tho righteous heovons. ’ . . '
Consider then, tliat^this appeal to -arms
in such a cause is as* dangerous to your
rights* as to oars. Let it he carriod out,
and. whatever mny*, have befallen ns, ft,
will leave you-with a consolidated federal
MMuuijmik with Bfeteseyereigoty extin
guished, frith the Constitution . in ruins,
and with your rights and. safety a prey
• - ' - a-r—'-dn ofradi “
hrast be A^rna *by the honest, the - ibis' J fully allowed u3, after our TigiitS hod.been,
gnided, the .-patriotic men of the North, 1 i
who, in a moment of madness have been
thrust into tlna'fatse position. *
How iniquitous is its real object;..the
conquest land subjugation of free and equal
States! W.e have Vainly boasted of the
right of freemen to choose their own-form
of government. This right, the. North -
now declares that the South shall not en
joy. The very tyrants of the old world
are surrendering up the unrighteous.claim
to thrust institutions on an'unwilling peo
ple. Even grasping England, which once
endeavored to ruin the colonies she could
not retain, stands ready to concede to her
dependencies a separate existence, when
they determine it is best for their welfare;
hut the North undertakes to compel its
equals to abide under a government which
they judge ruinous to their rights! Thus,
this free, Christian, republican North urges
on the war, while even despotic Europe
cries shame on the fratricidal Strife, and
turns with sickening disgust and Jobbing
from the bloody spectacle!
And What can this war effect, except
mischief? Will it restore the supremacy
of federal laws over (he seceded States?'
Can you conquer the United South?—
Can you conquer the seven Confederate
States? And when Virginia has joined
her sinters, North Carolina and Georgia,
aud they have rallied to their sides their
stahvjirt daughters of the West, is there
one abolitionist insane enough in the fmy
of this sectional hate to believe that he can
conquer them all? Then what dan this
war effect, save to shed riVers of treasure
and of more precious blood, to plant the
seeds of national hatred which are to
rend this Union forever, beyond the hope
of reconstruction ? Why, then, do you go
to war with us?
Let it not be replied, that it is South Caro
lina which has first gone to war with you,
and that Virginia lias made herself par-
ticeps e rim inis by refusing to permit her
righteous chastisement. This is what clam
oring demagogues say; but before an en
lightened posterity, as before impartial
spectators, it is false. And' here let us
distinctly understand the ground the con
servati vo North means to occupy, as to the
independence of the States in their reserv
ed rights. If you do indeed construe the
federal compact, so that a ruthless majorl :
ty may perpetuate an unconstitutional
wrong—may trample on the sacred author-
ity of the Supreme Court, and may pre
vent all the powers of the Federal govern
ment, instituted for the equal good of all,
to the depression of a eluas of rights us
much recognized by the constitution as any
other, anil the minority have no remedy
except submission: If you mean that sov
ereign States, the creators, by their free
act, of these federal authorities, are to be
the helpless slaves,' in the last resort, of
their own servants: If you mean tliat one
tarty is to keep or break the compact, as
tis arrogance, interests, or caprice, may
dictate, and the other is to be held bound
by it at the point of the sword : If yon
mean that a sovereign State is not to be
the judge of its own wrong and its own re
dress when all constitutional appeals have
failed : Then we say that it is high time
we understood each other. Then was this
much lauded federal compact a monstrous
fraud; a horrid trap; .and we do well, to
froe ourselves and our children from it, at
the expense of all the horrors of another
revolutionary war. And as such have
been the aggression on the South. The
conservative party in the North declared,
with us, that the platform of the.. Black
Republican party was unconstitutional.
Oh this; their Opposition to it was based.
They proclaimed it in their speeches; they
wrote it ou their banners; they fired it
from their cannon; they voted it at the
polls, that tins Chicago platform was uncon
stitutional.. And now that this platform has
been fixed on the ruins of the Constitution,
and its selected exponent'bas declared from
the steps of the Capitol, that the last bar
rier, the Supreme Court, is to be prostra ted
to-the will of a ‘majority ; now that the
conservative party of the North has de
monstrated itself, (as it does this day, bv
its succumbing to the fiendish war-phren-
«y,) impotent to protect us, themselves, or
the Constitution, [the Constitution over
thrown according to their own avowals;]
are we to beriield offenders, because we' at
tempted peacefully to exercise-the last re
maining -remedy, arid to pluck; our liber
ties and the principles of this, constitution
from the vaadal bands which were rending-
them all, by a quiet secession ? Nay, ver
ily I Of all tnen in the wdrld, the conser-
vative mcn of Ihe North ca'Anot condemn
thatactjfor they have declared the Gonsti-
tntion broken and they Itave proved them-
WEIGHT & JACKSON,
'WIOSS, WIMIS810N1W MWAKfttM MERCHANTS.
‘ A * SrXKX. SAYAJiXAU, OEOKU1A.
*• wxiuai*
WO, •. JACKSON.
CU t i. JollB on«fi, Ga.
oUjimni A VinnlHiliHte •“ ' . *• t
Lu.tua A Villaluagm,
A Bardie, •
t"w“v. a
Metriu, O*. ' Jjj
te f °. r *• *"***£**.■**& i»iiu tflk
k ‘“oin ( Sle —«* !•*»< 8coU
to a. frightful combination of radicalism
and military despotism. For what tbougt-
fhl man does not perceive that the premis
es of tbcantr-slaveiyfanatio are just those
of the* agrarian ? The canse of peace then
was as much your cause as otirs.. -And
if wa? is thrWt upon us, you should be
Found on our side, contending for the su
premacy of law and constitutional safe-
‘ ’ with a courage worthy Of the be-
Trenton.
atminst'a w bo!e° South°’— ofher ardent nature, she
M-t Ictus ask, who arc to-fight
Not the t
selves iucoqjpeteot torestorc (t. Andlcast
of all should Virginia be’condemned fur '
this she magnanimously fore- :
bore from i* until ‘repeated aggressions
had: Jeft-no,alternative. Yet more, Virgin
ia cannot be- coiKlernued; because.in-tbe
oi'tiiaahce of 1787, in which , she, flrtt, ac- ; .
copied this Constitution, site expressly re-
served to- Uefoelf tho'right to sever its bofrdS
whenever, she judged thej' were used iiv ;n ( an
juriously to her -eitvenanted -rights.: It -
was on this condition slip was received in
to the family, of States; .'ipvL berreceptfoa.
on‘tins condition wks a‘ concession t>f it
by her partners! '• From thatreotldi tion she !
hasHover for one hoar receded. (Witriees
the Opirit Of. the -roaohtriofwl- hO-798,-’9a.)
And upw, shall 8ho be called a covonant^
breaker because she jifdge"s that the time
has eome to exercise her right expressly ro-
servOd? Nay, verily.*
* If, then', we have' thc right -of peaceably
severing- our connection With the former .
Confederation, and the attempt has been
made by force to obstruct that right,.they
who atiepipted the obstruction, 'are jh*
aggressors. The firs t act^of war was oom-
tfamplcd in the mire within it, not one dol
lar's worth would have been seized. All
would yet be accounted for, to the last
shoe latchet, if the North would hold its
hapd. The South has not seceded, be
cause it wished to commit a robbery. As
for the forts within their borders, tne only
legitimate use the Uuited States could
hav.e for them, was to protect these
Stales. When wo relinquished.all claims
on that protection, what desire can the
Federal Government have to retain them,
save as instruments of oppression?—
But you say they were forcibly seized !
And why ? except that the ! S6uth was wtfil
assured (have nobevents’ proved the fear
well grounded ?) that a purpose existed, to
employ them for her ruiu. My neighbor
aud equal presumes to obstruct me in the
prosecution of my rights, and brandishes
a dirk before my face. When I wreuch
it front his hand, to save my own life, shall
he then accuse me of .unlawfully stealing
his dirk? Yet, such is the insulting non
sense which has beeii everywhere vented,
to make the South an offender for acts
of self-defence, which the malignant inteu-
tions disclosed by the Government at Wash-
ington have justified more and more every
day.
But it is exclaimed: “The South has
fired upon the flag of the Union l” Lid
this flag of the Union wave in the cause of
equal rights, when it was unfurled as. the
signal of oppression? Spain tired upon
the flag of France, when Napoleon laid
his iniquitous grasp upon her soil pud
crown. Did this justify the righteous and
God-fearing. French men in seeking .to de
stroy Spain ? Let the aggressor amend his
wrong, before ho demands a penalty of
the innoceut'party who has only exercised
the right of self-defence.
It is urged again: if the Union is not
maintained, the interest of the North in
tlte navigation of the Gulf, and the Missis
sippi, in the comities of international inter
course, in the monoys expended in the
Southern States for fortifications, may be
jeopardized. I reply, it will be time euough
to fight when those interests are iufrmged.
May I. murder my neighbor, because I
suspect that he may defraud me in the di
vision of a common property which is
aboht to be made, and because I find him
now more-in my power ? Shall not God
avenge for such iniquity as this?
But it is said, in tine: “If the right of
secession is.allowed, tlieu our government
is onty a rope of sand.” I reply, demon
stratively; that the government of which
Virginia has been a member, has always
had this couditiop in it, as to her; for her
right to go out of it whenever she judged
herself injured by it, was expressly re
served, aud conceded from the first. Iler
reception on those terms was a concession
of it. If-you say that tho people of the
North are not aware of this, then tho only
reply we deign, is that it is no one’s fault
but yours, that you have allowed yourself
to be misled by rulers ignorant of the fun
damental points in tho history of the gov
ernment. Now my argument (and it is
invincible) is this: that tho connection cf
Virginia with the Federal Government, al
though containing always this right of se
cession for an infringement of the compact,
has been anything else, for eighty years,
than a rope of sand. It lias bound her in
a firin'loyalty to that government. It has
been li bond whielt nothing but the most
ruthless and murderous despotism- could
relax; a.bond which retained its strength
even when it was binding the State to her
incipient dishonor and destruction. Sure
ly it is a strange and disgraceful fact, that
men who call themselves freemen and
Christians should assume the position that
no force is a real force except that which
is cemented by an inxorable physical pow
er! Do they mean, that with them, honor,
covenants, oaths, enlightened oelf-interest,
affections are only a rope of sand ? Shame
ou the utterance"of such an a 'gumeiitl—
Do they confess themselves eo ignorant
that they do not know that the physical
power of even the most iron despotisms
reposes on moral forces?- Even a Presby
terian divine- has. been found to declare;
that if our federal compact- basin it any
admission of a right of secession, it .is but
a simlacnim of a government.. Whereas
aU'history teuGlicb us, that if the basis of
morai forces be withdrawn from beneath,
the' most rigid despotism -becomes but«
simulacrum, and dissolves -*»t the touch of
resistance. Row much more, then, must
all republican government be founded bp
moral forcos. on the consent, the common
interests and the affections of the govern
ed., .While these remain, the government
is ’strong, . aud, efficient ‘forgood*; when
they are gone, it is impotent for gopd,
and exists, only for evil. As long as the
purposes and compacts of the federal ip-
stitutlou's were tolerably observed by the
North, that government knit us together,
with ntordl hands, indeed; yet they were
stronger than hooks of Steel. TTie North
has severed them by aggression, and they,
cannot be cemented by blood.
then we iuvito you, and all true-men, to
come to this sunny land, and help .ns hero
to construct and defend another temple;,
where coniftjjtiitional liberty may abide se
cure and untarnished. For you, we have
open arms and warm hearts; for our ene
mies, resistance to death. Yonrs-in the
bonds of the Gospel.
. R. L. DABNEY-
April ^Oth,. 1861.
Jane Jerushn.
It is many years since I fell in love-with
Jane JurijsliaSkeggfs the handsomest coun
try girl, by: far, that ever went on legs.
By meadow, creek, and wood and dell as
we did walk, and .the-moonlight smiled on
her. meeting lips, and the night winds
learned bur talk. Jane Jerushawas all to
me, for my heart was young and true, and .
loved with a double tuid twisted love, and
that love was.honest too. I- roamed all
over the neighbor’s farms, I robbed the
wildwo.od.bowers, and tore my trowsers
and scratched my hands, in search of
choicest flowers*. In my joyons love I
brought all these to my JorushaJane; but
I wouldn't be so foolish now if I were a
boy again, A city chap then came along
all dressed up in store clothes, with a shi
ny hat and shiny vest, and a moustache
under fits' nose! Tie talked of singing
schools, (for her father had a form) and
she left me the country love, and took the
new chap’s arm. A11 night I never slept,
nor could I cat next day, for I loved that
girl with a ferveht love, that naught could
drive away. 1 strove to win her back to
me, but it whs all in vain—the city’ chap,
with the hairy* lip, married Jeruslia Jape.
And my poor heart was sad and sore, un
til the thought struck me that just as
d fish remained as ever was in the sea.
I Yvcnt to the Methodist church one
night, and saw a dark brown curl peep
ing from under a gipsy hat, and I married
that very girl! And many years have
passed and gone, and I think my loss my
gain ; and I often bless that hairy chap
that stole my* Jerusha Jane.
Love for Old Maids.
A smart English writer says, in one- of
his magazines:
“I am an admirer—I might also say, a
lover—of old maids. Their very age is a
recommendation in my ey’es. They have
“ done” life; .they have gathered in a full
garner of experience; without the care of
babies, servants and perambulators, they
have as much experience of society—often
more—than the married women. They
are still open to tender approaches—they
sometimes invite them; but they have
none of the dangers which surround youth
and beauty. No mamma asks your inten
tions, or brother prepares to call you a
scoundrel, no father makes inquiries as to
your income, wdienyou turn pretty com
pliments to Miss Tabitha; and if she can
not blush she can still simper; and if she .
cannot look hack love, she can give you
your change in a smart repartee. It is
then in no spirit of detraction, ridicule, or
raillery; that I approach this .virgin sub- :
ject, on which no peu has hitherto enlarged
_ _ I,*nd a fineness of
11 Itqire jp*dQ, receivable at $4,82.
The Frorfoh Napoleon (or. twenty franc
piecd;) weighing 4dwfl., grains, and of the
fineness of 89fr, at 83,82.
The American dollar, of standard- fine-
ness weighing 412, 1-2 grains, and the
Mexican dollar, are recejved-at 102 emits.
The five franc piece, weighing 38'4grains
. .and of the fineness of 0,' is receivable at
95 cents.
American silver of all .denominations is
made a legal tender for all sums under ten
dollars. American gold is made current
by the Confederate laws exactly* as within
the.Federat Union; and ‘all the United
B3-laws for the organization, regula-
and management, of mints at Dah-
ega aud New Orleans are adopted and
enacted.
Jgketcd gJetftf;
hour of purity and innocence^—!iow myste
ribusly does It ethe'rialize every feeling aiid :
V ji • . , w- ecmcentratoevery wfidHhUbowilderecrifii-
tUa V ufr n , Sriaud^rfo^“S&
^1 nHtore^’Its Sngfo hS^tho^h^
of the poor as well as tlie gorgeous palace
of the Tieh-^ts^ flames embellish the sdU-
ti.'H of Fort Sumter.
But, it ja replied;
>j let us ask,
it out'to its bitter issue
valiant brawlers, who have inflamed the
1 ti\- their prating lies about tne •bar- _
in of slavci'v.” These pitiful miscre-; money, by violence! And whos
" -ire already hiding their cowardly this? Had tho right of solf-protec
gp| the storm , and Uf bnint'ffide tin Feffi ral Constitulton bee
tfco gratification oX sectional bate, to bo-
lace moirtdie'tL^ride, fo satiato Uie lust ol
cenquesL Fuom_ these .fiendish- passions
mgh you, my dear brother;
to lay down this last protest on that altar
be sacrificed. I claim to bo heard. If
it is as a philosopher, moralist, an admirer,
and sincere wcll-wisner, that I take up the
gloyo infrvvor of my; pendants in the other
sex. I have always considered gallantry
to tlie sex to be the especial duty of celibi-
ate position, and while at my nieces’ my*
photograph, hangs next to that of her
maiden aunt Barbara, I cannot think it
becoming to breathe a woi'd against those
who at fitly* have rocked no head upon
their bosoms, and whose lips at sixty are
as unsullied as the leaves.of any* Virginian
creeper. There is one class of old uiaids
whom Lpity from the bottom of my heart;
those, namely*, who have grown gray as
governesses. What a life to look baekup-
on. \Vhat a dull, monotonous,- hopeless
existence!. When young and pretty, how
she loved, and cheeked her love, the dasti-
iug.youDg-brother ofher pupils; or how
heartlessly she was. reminded of her in-
capacity*, or her inferiority* of position.-*
W ben older, how she wearied of the same
ineessaht, thankless ocecnijation; how bit
terly she eiivieil, or strove, not fo envy*,
those happier girls yv ho \vbro “ coming out”
under her chaperonago, and who would en
joy all thatgayety and attention which she
had uever known! llow she went from
family to family, now among kind and con
siderate folks; now to a vulgar set, who
would treat her like a servant. Oh! lioV
she envied those servants who have' their
separate rooms and their'followers, and
could receive without shame the half-worn
dresses, which she would have been glad
to .wear. And then, wlien' old age came,
and when alltioje was given up, what poor
little savings she depends on; whit few
friends site has to look to ; what a misera
bly dull end to a miserably dull life.—:Jlu-
ral Register. —
The English Parliament on the Blockade.
By* the America we have European ad
vices to the 80th May.
Hon. G. M.. Dallas, late U. S. Minister to
England, is a passenger.
Mr. Adams, the new Ambassador, has
been presen fed a t Court.
In the House of Lords the Earl of Ellcn-
borough asked the Government whother
the term “ lawful blockade,” in tho procla-
mation, was to bc_interpreted literally or
with qualifications, as according to the
strict fncaning of 'the Paris agreement, it
was impossible to maintain an effective
blockade. H« complained of the vagne-
ness of the proclamation in lespect .toarti
cles contraband of war.
EarI Gran vilie replied that a lawful block
ade must-be muiinfainedbj* nsuffieieniforce
but it was not absolutely necessary toren
der all ingress or egress impossible, but to
render it extremely difficult. With respect
to Other questions, he stated that certain
articles were clearly- contraband of war,
but that certain other articles depended
upon, special circumstances and contingen
cies, which could otily be decided by a prize
court, arid which it was impossible to de
fine beforehand.
The Earl of Derby said that there were
twopointson which the Government should
come to an understanding with tlio .United
States. They proclaim a blockade of tbc
whole Southern epast, which they had riot
the force’to maintain. Although they*
could lawfully blockade certain ports, it
was not dcsirable tliat they should proclaim
u universal blockade, but only maintain a
partial one.
The Northern States also declare that
they* "should treat privateers a,s pirates, but
they could’ not do so by* the law of nations,
and it was desirable that, notwithstanding
the proclamation, if it should bfe declared
such, the penalty* on British subjects would
not be viewed with indifference by Eng
land.
Lord Brougham said that privateering,
according to international law, was not
piracy; but to join an expedition against
a power at peace with England was p pi
ratical act. To constitute an efficient
blockade, such force must be maintained as
to make the passage of it absolutely* im
possible, but this was very difficult.
Lord Chelmsford denied tho doctrine of
Lord Brdngham relative to privateers.
Lord Campbell said that the Earl of Gran
ville had laid down the law correctly with
respect to a blockade'and articles contra
band of war. A subject of another power
holding letters of marque was not guilty
of piracy.
Lord Kingsdown said that the Northern
States might consider the people of the
Southern State? rebel? and guilty of high
treason, but that thisrwould not apply’ to
the subjects of other powers becoming pri
vateers.
From ike Richmond Whig.,
“Clime of the Sunny Southern land.”
'BY MBS. D. K. WHITAKltR, Of 8. C.
Climo of-tho sunny, Southern land,.
Where fragrant breexes Mow.;
. Wlicr# Xfcturu rears, with bounteon* hand)
Koch iower of Yic^oit glair!
Thine are wood minstrels, blithe and gay,
' t'hryatal thy tingling rills,
And tall oaks, alody lung mou gray,
And flocks on verdant hills.
Thine are soft skies of deepest Mae,
And qtars of see llow tight,
And forest grand of sombre hpe,
And fruits that cheer the sight.
Thy wide fields wwrii^with golden groin,
And teem withoBSlth like snow,
And rich beneatatjtesununer rain,
The corn fieldepoenljr grow.
• Joy far thee, too, a hero raoe, '
Unknowiug fear, I see—
Thy sous, before whose daantiesi fhee
Tyrants shall torn and flee.
Firmly they guard the **crod trust
Their noble fathers gave,
Who slumber iu the hallowed dust
That makes a soldier’s grave.
Calhoun has spoken, Sumter bled!
They knew their duty well;
Can they, with memory of .the detd,
In bondage basely dwell ?
If dreadful, on his iron car,
Rod battle thuadoring oOme,
And desolation, Sweeping far,
Involve the land in gloom—
If war drums roll and cannon sound,
And Southern sword lonp forth,
The blood, from every gaping wound.
Sfcallcry,“Tby crime, 0,North!”
Yes, thine the crime, insulting North,
And thine the shame shall be.
Since justice, )u the sunny South,
Maintains her birthright free.
See Mississippi’s warlike son,
With Georgia’s champion stand,
Both crowned with fame already won,
Proud bulwarks of our land. *
Humorsoftbe Fairfax Fight.
A passenger on the Central train, who
left ManassasJunctiotr yesterday morning,
reports the Southern forces at that place
to be in high spirits, and patiently await
ing the attack soon to bo ni#4e on. thorn
by the.40,009 Hessians of Lincoln’s army,
lie says that an old gejitleman counted the
U- S. Cavalry as they marched on Fair-
Tax Court House, Saturday morning, and
that they numbered §5. On. their return
there .wore hut fifty-oight in the party, and
five stragglers passed afterwards, showing
that twenty-two haibeen either killed or
taken prisoners. Seven dead bodies had
boen . seen, and one OT the wretched hire-
lings had crawled into the Confederate
camp, badly- wounded
The same gentleman reports that on
Saturday lust tbe railroad bridge at Mar
tinsburg. was fired and bun
Soutborn troops as a matter of precaution
against a rear attack-
Yesterduy-aftcrpoon jt was rej>orted on
-:the streets that another skirmish had tak
en {dace at Fairfax^ Court-House; but as
wq-cOBld t.raem the rumor to no reliable
source, ant^the passengers on tho tars Hod;,
hoard nothing of it, we are quito sgre the*
...Tho State-of Texas contains a larger
areg of land tlian tl»e whole of the Now
England Stattes, New York and Pennsyl
vania combined. It is iriereasfng rapidly
in poipnlation, by an nmuigration of the
most desirable character and is gradually
developing the elements of an almost un
equalled national wealth. Its cotton is of
the finest quality; and the thuds within its
borders adapted to its culture are capable
of yielding more than the entire present
crop of the whole country. Tobacco, sugar,
lumber, and all cereals are raised in abund
ance, and from the success which has at
tended tho largo experiment in sheep rais
ing, tire daj* is evidently not far distant
when sufficient wool will be raised in the
State to supply the wants of tho con
tinent. i
Three of. Lincoln’s men, belonging-to
Company B, qavairy,/who were engt
in the affair qfyeqtefday- at Fairfax €
;were brought into ehnip a few hours after
fbe .figUf, *»» pwsopew of war. T|iey are
ill-favored speeimens. of humanity^ surly
jn their, manner, and evidently nothing
above t^e’. hireling wI»o kill’s and offers
himself to be .killed, for pay. They were
splendidly mpnnted npd well equipped.
7,
_ ^ ffiS ol society, And the forii
.where the peac e of the land is so soon to that fovrie 'triith' nik Mftforever. Notlike
South for insufficient cause,
debates .of the father? who framed it
show.that this power was expressly with
held; even the federalist, Hamilton, con
curring strenuously. This war has no
justification in, righteousness, ip any rea
sonable hope of good results, constitution
al law.;. It is Abe pure impulse pf bad pas-
^ yrT ^, fr „, sfons- Will tho goodf, uieu of tbe,/Nerth
niitted by the Government at WasMngton concur in it ?
against South Carolina, when fortresses I dosire, throi
intended-lawfully only for her protection,.. ’
were armed for her subjugation. The act
of war Was repeated, when armed prepara
tions vrbro twice made to reinfo'rOe -these
means of her ojpression. It was repented,
•when she was formally notified that these,
means of her oppression would be strength
ened “peaceably if they could- be, forcibly ; ‘
mi.-nYnimr^-imlwraobsthat not you, frit I, am responsible dreary
fo, ‘ whatever in these lines is obnoxious to own li
their malignant minds; and bid them seek rineo her
their revenge of nie, (not of you) at tiiat
frontier where we shall meet them, the
' ; northernmost verge of the sacred soil of
j -'’rginia. And if you find that the voice
'injustice‘and reason is no longer permit
ted to he. heard in the North,’'that the
nds of the constitution cannot lift their
s there with safety, in its defence;
pii're,' holy-ainff devritefr love—'
u$->-the riches of the world may soar away
but the hwtrt that lovps frill cliug closer us
foiffier roara thesform,aod umjil the vv reck
of the tempest it will sei-ve as a ‘beacon
tolightus oh to'hope aritf tiapphiesS.
. Lave isthe mystic and iinsoeh : 8pell thAf
soothes the wild* and ragged tendencies
of human nature—that lingers about the
sanctity of the fireside and unites in ck
union the affections of society,’Atui thl’i
tho waves, of the ooean,-nor tt’aeed ftrri
the reign of terror exercised by the mObs Of sand, is tho imago impressed upon alloy* (will bind
youf cities has indeod made it dangerotibf ing heart. No, no—but it will burn on, But a <
lustre amid the quick riish
your' cities has
for you to lay before your fellow Chris
tian the deprecatory cry of’one who) like
me, has labored'for peace, then telT those cold
have committed the intoleral
seizing Federal sliips, forts, ]>roj
s ) Confederate Currency. V y-u
Among the acts passed h\ the (.'onfed
crate Coiigros i( t Montgomery, is one
prescribing tne rates at which certain
enumerated foreign- coin shall be a-lcgal
tender within these States.
English sovereigns of the weight of five
'. r Htttne life.
If hohie'wplt ordered*, the children
- « having, aoR,>f
ciin merer'changeA-'FriODds Jnay- fot«iiitifl*^ti me, Dock A’
thies, they w
ura thCrO. ■Give
pencils, an<io
make pictures!- D
when nOm^’ pl
‘are
ful in s
[*Vt>
and _
the Turin
see in paj
your lew
igo their attemp
awing will an
uid the art will bo use
> each other’stories
ir selection, and save
■*ie pleasant ones you
you:
hnot imagine how it
them mu
them; for th.6 im
eir minds now, will
inble. Have them
wltfo them, teach
Let thorn sing all
t all proper timed,
interested -in the same
Prom the Yield and Fireeide.
Jackson Our First Martyr.
.. Not where the battle rad.
Cover* with fame tbu dead:
Not where the trninpct call*
Vengeance for oach that fall*;
Not with hi* comrade* dear,
Not there, he fell hot there.
He grasp* no brother’s hand,
He see* no patriot band;
Daring alone, the foe,
lie strikes, then wait* the blow;
Coanting his life not dear.
His was no heart to fear!
Shont! shout, hi* deed of glory,
Tell it in song and stoiy;
Tell it wboro soldier* bravo
Rush tearless to thoir grave.
Tell it—a magic spell
In that great deed shall dwell.
Yes! he hath won a name.
Deathless for ay e to Fame,
.Onr Flag haptizod in blood,
Away, as with a flood; •
Sbafi sweep tho tyrant band,
Whose feet polluto our land.
His martyr patriot fall,
Shall bo a trumpet call
To hurl tho tyrants low,
To crush the invading foe.
Let not his blood in vain
Cry from the soil they stain.
Then, Freemen, raise the cry,
As Freemen live or die!
Arm, arm you for the fight,
His bauner in your sight,
And this your battle cry—
J nekton and Victor]/!
Augueta, Ga.
T. F.
MUgsttk Satluvings.
Shekp Raising.—A gentleman, who has
looked in to'Sou (hern resources, with rofer-
enefe td our Complete and everlasting in
dependence, reports only oiw item in
which we ace deficient.- Wo can make
corn and wheat and meal and cotton enough
to r feed and elotbo ten times out* popnTa-
tidn; bat wo are short of- sheep. This
defimepey can be almost entirely supplied
by the * n a seg*® 11 - Dy not killing the
- lambs this spring the number of sheep can
be nearly doubled at' once. We hope our
people will not neglect so important a mat
ter. Better not taste lamb for years to
come than ever again fro’dependent on tbe
Yankees for anything great or small.
What wo®Id-contribute greatly to thcr
increase of sheep would be a heavy taxon,
dogs; but as such a law cannot be bad at
the instant, the next best substitute is to
shoot all. vagrant curs’ without mercy.—
Richmond BAfo.
Tiie HiooLUTiON of Jackson—The Pe-
teraburg Express of Tuesday says :
A gentlemaiu now in Petersburg, dined
with Mr- Jaqkson at the Marshall House,
last Tuesday this day ono week ago, and,
among other tophies of discussion intro
duced at the dinner table, was tbe Seces
sion flag. Mr. Jackson remarked during
the conversion, that ho did not desire tho
blood of any human being on his hands,
but he had determined to kilLthe man that
dared to remove that flag. He had heard
work-.tfftie, play
.ue.s arid Ijousehl^l* syrnpa- 1CU1U » W ,u>vn*»g. . jj-o uau uearu
[ “>di e , and niiq pi&U- of^he objection to it in \Yashington, but,
Ve the little ones slates^ and said he, the individual that attem] pts to re
move it, will do so at his peril. Whether ic
be Winfield Scott, Abraham Lincoln, or
lust their zest, or Simon Cameron, I will kill him the mo
ment he lays violent hands upon it.
kept his word,
■ —I .
He
The Yerdiotofthe Coroner’s Jury At
Alexandria, in Relation to the Death
to read to them at. of Is. Jackson.—Some of the citizens of
iw.- ♦* Alexandria evidently regard the death of
J , • . — V ■
Let them woi’ktogcthei
boys arid girls. both need
while tbe parents’ eyes'direct and sympa
thize, and tho loud voioea blend in loving
accord. . .
BUmPB . denounce him as an
assassin, and speak of Ellsworth as a mar
tyr; but tlie coroner’s jury empannelied
to inquire, into the causo of Jackson, with
a boldness wlrieh not even tho presence of
hostile troops in their midst could deter,
emphatically declared it to bo their
diet * that the deceased came to his deat
;arden— at the hand* of the troops of the United
States, while in defence of his private
perty in his own house.” Does not
verdict afford matter for profound
tion ?—Baltimore Exchange.