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lol. Bartow Vs. 6ov. Crown.
Wo publish this week Col. Bartow’s
caustic letter in reply to Gov. Brown’s at
tack upon him. We take no plensure. in
exhibiting to the world the shortcomings
of our Governor; but at a time when it is
believed he is “doing his level best” to per
petuate his reign, it is important that the
people should see him as' lie is." Whfct a
great pity bc can't soe himself as others
sue. him! -
The Election.
As otir paper goes to press on Tuesday
afternoon, it is impossible lor us to give
our readers any election news this week.
The vote will, we presume, be, a meagre
one, as the question has been but slightly
agitated and but little interest awakened.
\Ve tiuet, however, that tho very defective
instrument- known as the new Constitu
tion has been defeated.
Will oar friends in the upper counties
do us the favor to send a statament of the
vote in each county at tho earliest practi
cable moment?
/
“Tom Cobb’s legion,”
Will be composed of four,cavalry com
panies, six or eight infantry companies, and
one of artillery. Delony’s cavalry, raised
in Clarke and surrounding counties, and
tho “Richmond Hussars,” Capt. Stovall,
of Augusta, will be two of the cavalry
companies. Wc have not learned where
the others are from.
The Legion will Bcrvo during tl»o war,
and we learu from the Chronicle & Senti
nel will be commanded as follows : T. R.
JL Cobb, Colonel, Maj. Smith, formerly of
tho U. S. A. Licrit. Col., and Cross,
also a late U. S. ofiicer, Major.
Rain.
After a drought of nearly six weeks’ du
ration, we were favored with a good rain
on Saturday evening. We learn by the
Chronicle that, it rained in Augusta the
same time. A friend from Oglethorpe
county, however, says it did not rain at
his plantation. We doubt, therefore,
whether the rain was general.
Flag Presentation—Another Company.
Oup town can boast another new milita
ry company, composed of youths between
13 and 17 years of age. They have a very
handsome uniform, and paraded on Satur
day afternoon; on which occasion a flag was
proscutel to them at the Town Hali. Prof.
W. II. Waddell delivered the address, to
which Master Carlton Hillyer responded
on the part of the “Rangers.” Both ad-
,1 utapo upjiPOjH-intc Olid fTftlt (lotivar.
ed.
CENTRE-HILL StllOOL.
We are requested to state that the clos
ing exercises of Centre-Hill School will
take place at the Town Hall on Friday
evening, instead of morning, as heretofore
announced. Doors open at 7 o’clock.
CaTalry Company
Tho members of Mr. Delony’s cavalry
company are requested to meet at the
Town Hall, on Thursday, July 4th. As
the officers will be elected on that occa
sion, a full turn-out is desired.
Dr. Hell’s Company.
The following company has just been
organized in Athens—tlicMcllRifles. They
arc to compoao a part of T. R. R. Cobb’s
Legiou. The best arms have already beep
secured for tho use of the company. Mem
bers are rapidly joining. In a very short
time the company will be full. Any per
son wishing to go into service, can find the
list, by calling at Mr. Goodman’s store.
No bettor opportunity cun bo offered, to
go into Cobb’s Legiqn, composed of somo
of the best companies in the State, under
such a Captain as Rev. P. H. Mell. None
but men of good, character need apply.
The following are the officers elected at
their last meeting, June 28th, 1861:
Rev. P. H. Mell ^Captain.
W. W. Lumpkin.'. '...1st Lieut.
John B. Cobb. 2d Lieut.
11. H. Goodman 8d Lieut.
.1. F. Wilson 1st Sergt.
W. A. Wind -2d Sergt.
W. A. Gilleland 8d Stvgt.
S. P. Kenney........... 4t'x Sergt.
J. 11. Swearingen 5th Sergt.
W. F. Sewell. ...........1st Corp.
G. W. Barbour. .....2d Corp.
R. C. Lumpkin. 8d Corp.
J. T. Maddox........ .4th Corp.
J am or Wages.... 1 ........ Quartermaster.
W. F. Crane ...': Bee. &Trens.
Brush with Mexicans on the Bio Grande.
Tho Gnlvoston Civilian publishes the fol
lowing extract of a letter from Laredo,
Webb county, Texas, dated 2d inst:
Capt. Donaldson’s company, when ont
scouting between Roma and Clarundo,
Wednesday* 2i)th ult., were fired on by a
party of Mexicans from the opposite side of
the Rio Grand, nea.*G uerrcro. 'The Rangers
quickly returnod tho flue, killing a notori-
jusiind dollars. 4o h
e cquipimmt-of such voiunt
entered,ormiiy hereafter enter the service
of the Confederate States from this coun
ty. This, added to the 55,000 appropria
tion previously made for the relief of in
digent families of volunteers, is quite credi
table to old Clarke.- It will require a -Wrgo
amount to keep cur volunteers clothed,
and our citizens had as well make up their
minds at once to “face the music.” War
is expensive, and the war must bo sustain
ed. It is no war of conquest, but a con
test for our very existence as a people—a
contest for our firesides, 'our wives and
children—our dear native land! Let all,’
then, bear its burdens with cheerfulness.
Clarke county, with ten or eleven hun
dred -voters, has furnished four hundred
and fifty men to fight tho battles of the
country. Those of ns who are compelled
to stay at home must see that our soldiers
in the field shall suffer for nothing.
long Editorials.
Wc know it is perfectly useless to spin
out long editorials in these war times, be
cause nobody will read them. Hence, we
endeavor to he brief'in what wo have to
say, and to say nothing atall, except, where
circumstances require us to speak.
There area thousand subjeetsupon which
we might write—we might indulge in spec
ulations concerning'the duration of the
war, but- they would be worthless. We
might urge the adoption of a certain line
of policy to conquer peace—but it would
be unheeded. The fact is, the temper of
the times is such, that most men wish only
to see the news of the day, and hence we
endeavor to give our readers all that is
afloat, and shall boro them as little as pos
sible with long editorials.
Gubernatorial.
Some of the papers in tho interest of tho
present incumbent of the Executive office,
who is understood to be ardently desirous
of serving a third term, are urging the hold
ing of a Convention for the nomination of
a candidate. We hope the people will now
and ever hereafter frown down these in
fernal party Conventions—we have no
doubt they are of infernal origin. They
have done more than all else to destroy
the Government of our fathers. If they
are not indignantly frowned down, they
will, in a few years, destroy our new Go
vernment. Party conventions, caucuses
and platforms will destroy any free Govern
ment that will tolerate them T Down with
them ! Send them to the caverns of Hades
from whence they sprang! Tho people
of this country will tolerate them no longer.
| EDITORIAL
...Corn !r offered in :
western States at 121
and won’t bring that
lV0 felt elsewhere as well I
...The Grand Lodge of
this State, have invited the
Grand Lodges to meet in Montgomery,
Ala., on the 1st Wednesday in August,
for tho purpose jpfjdusolyjqg their con
nection with the Grand Lodge of tbs
United States. " . r -
...The New York Sun says 575,000ti’opps
have been tendered to Lincoln. A eo-
tempprairy replies^ “ Very woil, Their
troops are of no service, :;s Bethel shows,
and the more they have the weaker they
become, as they require money, must be
fed and clothed', and produce nothing.”
...The Maryland Legislature passed a
resolution before its adjournment, demand
ing of the Governor the return of arms to
the State ntilitiu.
Old Lincoln has appointed a Mr. Gal
lagher Collector of the port of New Or
leans. Wonder when bo will enter upon
his official duties?
. .The wild cat currency of Wisconsin
has became so outrageously worthless that
the populace have got np'rcccntly u*series
of Bank riots, in w bieh some of those rot
ten institutions were destroyed.
...The Virginia Tory Convention has
adjourned until the first Thursday in Au
gust.
...The notorious 8’oundrels Jim Lane
and Montgomery, of Kansas notoriety, are
in command of regiments in the Lincoln
army.
...Two Yankees, named E. A. Kimbnll
and Hemstead, deserted from the
“Macon Volunteers” the otbor day. and
sought safety with tho Federalists at Fort
ress Monroe.
...Gov. Cununjng, of Utah, is on his way
back to Georgia.
.The Nashville Banner regards tho ac
tion of tlie late Union Convention of East
Tennessee, held at Grccneviile, as evidence
of a decided triumph of-the conservatives,
and offering a much better prospect of ulti
mate acquiescence in the policy of the ma
jority than was at first hoped foe 'The
majority' in favor of secession was upwards
of 61,000.
...Wheat is selling at Austin, Texas, at
sixty' cents a bushel and corn at twenty-
five cents. It is believed that Texas wifi
make enough sutallgrain this year to do
the State three years.
...Peaches made their appearance in
Macon on the 22d ult., as -we learn from
the Journal & Messenger
...The Richmond Whig, of the 25th ult.,
noticed the arrival of fine Georgia peaches
in that market.
per keg, m ,
’«d«r,Ria£ Hi,/
&
mao amongst
Aplios.
iouR character and leadin
the banditti, named Anton
Neither party attempted to cross the.
river. Tho Mexicans retreated beyond
range of the Texas rifles, and the latter
quietly proceeded on their sodut.
Thb Pkaok Movbi^x utflNcw York
Citv.—A New Y
. The “ peace movement” is making rapid
headway among the f‘ solid .men” of the
city,
ing with
S&F The following letter from a return
ed volunteer from “ Big Shanty,” confirms
tho statemciii we copied Iasi week from
the Cassville Standard, and shows why
that Brigade was near being entirely dis
organized. The great need of our State
at this time is a Governor capable of dis
charging properly the duties of that high
office. Our correspondent is right in his
closing suggestion:
Friend Christy: I little expected, when
I wrote toyou from “ Big Shanty” tocliange
my paper to that place, that I would SO
soon trouble you'to change it back to
Clarkesvilio, but so it is. Joe Brown (ask
pardon for using his name in your presence,)
came up and made n speech to the Brigade,
stating to them that they should conform
to the rules he should lay' down; he would
see that they should be made do as he liked,
sndthutthoquostion was not with him how
to get volunteers, but it was bow to get
rid of them. He v told them that at the ex
piration of two months on half pay if not
needed in the State, he would turn them
over to President Davis for the war. The
Brigade was made up for twelve months’
service, and it was so understood, from
Col. down to privates. People who had
arranged their business for twelve months,
did not ftqd it convenient to be mustered
into service for an iodefinito length of time,
especially those who had families left at
home. Others, who did not have those lit-.
tie pleasant responsibilities to look after,
made up their minds to regain. Some
whole companies marched home, wishing
to got into service some other way than
through Joe Brown. There was but one
subject on which I saw perfect unity of
sentiment, and that was, those that left
cursed Brown and all that stayed did the
very' same thing. One-other fact is, that
the affairs of State will not trouble him
after his present term expires. The peo
ple of Georgia cannot better redeem the
honor of the Executive chair, than by plac
ing your distinguished fellow-townsman,
Col. John Billups, in his stead. S.
The Confederate Forces.
Tho following (says the Baltimore Sun)
are reported to be the numbers of the availa
ble forces for the attack, on Washington:
Troops.
Fuirfax •... .10,000
Manassas J unction and along Manas-
Gap Railroad .20,000
Warrenton ; .8,000
nnock 7 .'...7,000
Culpepper 10,000
Fredericksburg.. ....15,000
Total.. ...J90,000
This does not include General Johnston’s
20,000 troops, which are probably botweeh
Strasburg, Front Royal and Salem, on the
Manassas Gap Railroad, (or else along the
oad which running North of and
parallel with that road, terminates at Fnir-
litx)and which will surely co-operate with
Gen. Beauregard in case an attiefron the
Capital is decided on. Neither does itin-
elftdc the following troops, wbioh, too ro
ute to act in immediate conjunction with
cm, will bo a reserve force, which may
brought up in a few days, namely :
Richmond,..-..... .30,000
Petersburg, (reinforced from Wel
don.)...:... .....15,000
.....; ....25,000
...Bishop Polk lias* been appointed a
Major General’in the Confederate Army.
Wo fear our army lias already too many
civilians filling important offices, and yet,
politicians, lawyers and -preachers are be
ing appointed almost daily 1 This policy
will, wo fear, prove very disastrious in
the cud.
...Tho Tennessee Legislative has de
dined passing any’ act for the punishment
of treason or requiring test oaths, prefer
ring to trust to the patriotism of tho peo
pie of that gallant Suite.
...Tudor Hall is the name of the post
office at Manassas Junction.
~ ...The New York Herald says there is
a conspiracy among certain bankers of
that city, representing London and Man
Chester houses, to aid tho South, by with-
holdingfrom the Administration the means
to carry on the war.
...Tho Chronicle & Sentinel and Con
stitutionalist, of Augusta, have raised the
subscription prices of their daily aud tri
weekly editions. Weekly papers will
have to raise too, or go down,unless those
in arrears pay up.
...Atlanta has sent seven companies to
the war, Macon and Columbus eight each,
and Augsta nine.
...A lady of Columbus, Ga., Las donated
to the Confederate Government her dia
monds, valued at six hundred dollars.
...The Hon. John C. Breckinridge, it is
stated, will not take his seat in the next
United States Senate.
...The newspaper correspondents in and
about Washington city appear to get into
trouble, on account of their anxiety to
furnish tho daily press with news in refer
ence to the army in advance. One officer,
it is said, has ordered the shooting of all
reporters found within the lines. If car
ried out it would give those-outside of the
lines a splendid item or two.
NEWS ITEMS.
Total reserve ..... .70,000
Making a grand total of 180,000 troops.
How TH.. Blockade Works.—In look
ing over the account of the N. Y. Produce
Market, in the Times of the 20th inst., we
find butter is quoted from 80. a 12c. Un
der tbo influence of-the Southern trade it
from 15. a 25e. Cheese formerly from
now brings from 2c. a 7c. North
River bay 45 a 60 cents.
■ . • •. -•
...A correspondent of (be Macon Tclcgrayh suggests
Dr. E. McGancs, Senator from Houston, aa a candidate
for Governor. Dr. JIcGsbeb it a very worthy and
oitimable man.
.'..Tho Milledgevillo Recorder of the 25th any t there
hai been no rain at that plaeo since the IStb of'May,
and crop* are suffering seriously.
What Foreigners This* or rr.— 1 The Canadian ed
Itors comment freely npon the Dig Bethel fight. One
of them—the Montreal Gazette—thinks it is difficult.to
conceive a more lamentable story of blunders, want of
organization aud failure: 1
Fbohoteu.—Francis E Brownell, the member Of Ells
worth’s Zouuvb Regiment who killed James Jaekaon in
Alexandria, has been appointed to a second lieutenancy
|B the regular army.
Vessel Raised.—A dispatch to the Charleston Gnr
rUr dated Norfolk, June 21, says: “The warvesitl Ply
moufjk was raised at the Nary Yard yesterday. All
qniet here.
..The Cincinnati Enquirer states that the loss sus
tained by the pork packers in that city, op to the pres
ent time, will not fall far short of $1,000,009. -
Close Quahtehs asb Cold Stbel.”-
Coeper has left for Virginis, carrying with him if.
Bowie-knife for each member or the Atlanta. Grays.
Them knives
Works,nnde
handsomely
...The
ing Mr. F
Minister of the f
successor, calls
,, fci
hari if
Atkanses as'
the article, it
-...MUir Augusta Evans, of Mobile, the author or Beu
lah, is now in the Southern cenp. at Norfolk, minUtcr-
ing to the comfurtwof her friends.
Col. Colt.—Tht: fGoliad^Tezas.) 'Iiftscnger says:
We leartvibat Col. Cdlt. the .invent! ref tho celebrated
revolver, has purchased the town of Lamar, on nor South
ern coHst. Ho owned one fourth interest before, aud
gave $18,0110 for the other claims.
...A Northern pdper soys the wife and daughter of
Col Ma^rudcr, commander of the Confederate forces
at Great Bethel, areiu Boston.
How tdb Blocked* \V*ob*s.—In looking over the
aceonnt of the New York Produce Market, in the Times
of tho 20th inst., we find butter is quoted from 8 to 12
cents. Under the influence, of. the Southern trade it
*uld from J 5 to 25c. Cheese, formerly fiom 6 to He.,now
brings :r»m 2 to 7 cents. North Rivcr bay, 45 to 50
eeuts. ? '
„.;w. H. Hvlsfrt, who was recently arrested in At
lanta as a spy, is held.(at Richmond) 15 uu-uit - tho re
quisition of the Governor of South Carolina. The proof
of his guilt is said to be ample in Charleston.
Btsnop Pole, ofLouisiana, has been appointed Major
Gcucral of the Provisional army, in the department of
Mississippi and Red Uiv^r." Ileis a graduate' of West
Point Military Academy. ” I
-■ For tbo Scnthern Watchman. '
THE BELL MEN OF GEORGIA.
"While, we would not-refer to past con
troversies for ariy partisan purpose, justice
ill not allow ns to suppress our admira
tion of the noble attitude of our fellow-citi
zens who voted for Mr. Bell at tho last
election. ,
Ever since the subject of secession began
to ho agitated, they have been systemati
cally slighted aiid ignoi c-d by tho ruling
powers of Georgia and of the Confederate
States. Out of ten delegates from this
State to the Congress at Montgomery, fifty
two thousand Breckinridge men had six,
eleven thousandDouglas men had two, and
forty-three thousand Bell men, had only
two! Id the soven-States which formed
the Confederate.Government, one hundred
and thirty-seveh thoxifeand votes were giv
en for Mr. Bell. Aud all these are not
allowed a President,- .a.^ico President-, or
one’ of tho six cabinet officers 1 Abont
three-eighths efour citizens have been thus
,virtual|j' proscribed £ and this body com
prises as much public and private worth
as can be found ; in j|hy equal number in
the land. This exclusion was not the re
sult of accident ; fbT the'importance of re
conciling all classes of citizens to the new
government was too,-obvious to be over
looked. It was not caused by any difficul
ty of finding suitable men r for among the
Bell men wore tiiuny to whom the intens-
est Democratic bigot wijl not deny the
highest capacity , and the most spotless in
tegrity. It was not caused by auy sup
posed want of sympathy with the new
movement; foi* many of the foremost and
boldest secessionists had supported. Bell.
No: it was.in pursuance of n purpose,
which might be disowned but could not
be concealed, of administering the govern
ment on a party basis as soon as the perils
of the outset should be over. To that end,
it thought expedient to fill the influential
offices with men w)io were steeped in De
mocratic partisanship, and who were fami
liar with Democratic* machinery—men
who* would bo held together by the ties of
old associates, old tricks and old spoils-—
who would successfully transplant in Mont
gomery or Richmond the corruptions of
Washington city.
It was well understood that such opera
tions would meet with no favor from true
hearted Bell men, and hence it was neces
sary to shut them out from stations which
they would have adorned. Perhaps the
managers wero staggered by the danger
of disaffecting so large a body of citizens.
But they wero quickly brought back to
their purpose by remeubering that those
citizens wero of a class who always sacri
fice party when it stands in the way of the
public welfare.. v
And the result has shown that they, were
right. -Assoouiasa separate government
was resolved oftptfle Bell men gave it their
hearty support, notwithstanding the signs
that they were to have no just share in car
rying it on. Tfie occasion was too critical
to permit them to make any selfish com
plaints. When Lwar. broke ^ut, none gave
more freefy of their treasures, none rush
ed more eagerly to the field. They forgot
the leaders who had proscribed them, and
thought only of the country that was in
peril. To that country they owed a debt
of service from which they could not feel
absolved by the meanness of the country’s
rulers. Aud zealously are they discharg
ing it. Our Hardcmun8, our Billupses, our
Doynls, our Blodgets,- aud ethers equally
worthy, whom we have not 3paei to name,
are daily..testifying a depth of patriotism
that disregards self and party when the
independence of..the nation is at stake.
And so may they go on 1 When peace
comes, the day of reckoning will come.
The Bell men are not without eyes to see
their wrongs, or without feeling to resent
them. They ax’d not content to be always
depended on, and then ahvays imposed on.
But a-- authoritative voice commands a
present truce. They will be ever faithful
to their country and trust to the justice of
their country for redress in tho end. First,
thoy will stripe to vanquish the public ene-
mvvand then will be ready to settle ac
counts with those who Lave wronged them
at home. ; JUSTICE.
olunteers l»a
, t , was introduced
we van scent i tie oauie mar on ; mu luus I rp ^ 8S the Hon.'Mr. Wiglall, of Texas,
thrive have beeu doomed to disappoint-1 without any consultation with me, refer- , Hie*,
meat. | red to the Military Committee, ot which
A stranger, on his first visit to-this city I. was chairman, per eeted *> Jj-i
° passed by the Congress. It met the ap
proval of the most distinguished leaders ot
the State Rights school in the Congress,
and was regarded by Congress as the- best
means to raise an efficient- army, so iibso-
"t""*- j!5
.. it >
15 “125
. . *’> '* 7 BlucAlotif. . 5
Sugar,'Bi-njrr., , I 1, •• 12 |Oi|, I-in.-.-e-L
and to Norfolk, would say we were very
badly protected, and that it would be an
easy matter tor aiow thousand determined
f; troops to recapture this important place;
c'aria.'d,. 121
rriiidiod. i 4
11
Molasses, $ gal. 45
N. O. Syru,>,
Sail* M bwilial, 00 “ Ffl M
.Salt. LnfVSki 250 “ 275 '
StoeUdiKt, 22 •« 25 !
"Jtilji)
112
IK
15-
Train, ■
45 " 50 White I.«ail,k<» 2TS .1'"
70 “ 75
kei-ul Xu.:;, j|-
‘ iM-LNoJ ?so
bay,and
4 have and
“ friends’
return fully convinced that should they
attempt to recapture the/‘Navy Yard”
and tho immense amount of property here,
but few of them Would- live to reach their
holnVs, t6 tell the tale of their sad defeat',
and of the foolishness of (heir, com plunders.
Every man in our Regiment is anxious to
have them come, and we often hear the
question’asked, " l when will they comet’
Our men seem not to think Of tbo hard
ships which they endure—they well know
what they came for, and are willing to dare
all or loss'all. It is a nqble sight to see
men who have been-raised as some of our
men have been, submit cheerfully to labors
and privations, before unknown to them.
But they contend for their rights, and count
not the cost; they all admit that it is a
sad necessity to destroy life, but to live in
peace and enjoy our own rights, seems to
bo impossible. We are prepared to main
tain them, though we die on the field. We
sny again, let them come, and when they
do come, we will meet them, hand to hand,
breast to breast, and when victory crowns
our banners, which it surely will, wc can
say to them, if peace can only be obtained
by war, the price of liberty is blood, and
we of the South have it to spare; and when
we have vanquished them on a dozen fields',
wc will tell them to go home and tell the
people of the North and their rulers,
“ Now, craven Saxons, hold thine arm,
No maiden’s arms are ’round thee, thrown.”
It is very cheering to us to see our friends
from Athens walking about our camp. It
reminds us of very many pleasant days
that are past, and of stilf many more, that
we trust are in store fin* each and every
one of us, when wo return from the wars.
MERTON.
COL. BARTOW TO GOV. CROWN.
Camp Defiance, Harpek’s -Ferry, )
June 14 th, 1861. J
To Governor Joseph E. Brown :
Sir : I received your letter of the 21st
ult., while at Richmond. Sint* the date of
its reception, I have been so constanUn
engaged in the duties of the service T have
undertaken, lliut^l have found no 4iine
which could be devoted to an ucknowledgc-
Statcs; to accept tlie services of volunteers
at the times lie niay prescribe ; but with j Butter,
ibis bill I bad no connection, nor am 1 !«
service under its terms, tier had I any
agency in procuring its introduction or
enactment.
You go oil to say ° that I must be pre
sumed to be the leadingspirit'in procuring
the passage of this bill, and I was the first
to avail myself of the benefits by accepting
u high command under it.” You remark,
“ that >t is said,, that I am to have a Colo
nel's eornmission.” Now, sir, the facts are,
that under the former bill, by which twelve
mouths’ volunteers were raised for the
war, the President had as much power to
accept them directly as ho has under this
act, for tho war; and it is a mere matter
of discretion with liirn under both acts,
whether he will or will not use the inter
vention of State Executives; and yet,
while stepping out of tlie way, to sthb me
in the back, you seem criminally ignorant
of what you ought to know.
You have also insinuated, in this charge
and elsewhere in your letter, that I-nave
been misled by .motives of personal ambi
tion. The attribution of lmv motives ol
conduct to others is most frequently the
result oflong familiarity with such princi
ples of action. It is dangerous for any
man to attribute motives, lest he fall under
the condemnation of “ bearing false wit
ness against his neighbor ” In relation to
myself, I desire to say but little. I prefer
to be judged by my actions. It is not true,
that 1 availed myself of the benefits of the
act of Congress, to which you refer by
seeking a high command under it. I
offered service and was accepted as Cap
tain of my coiripAny, without any pledge,
directly' or indirectly, that I was to have
another commission. My' present office of
Colonel of this Regiment, 1ms been con
ferred upon me through the voluntary con
fidence of tlie President, and through the
wish, as I have reason to believe, of-eve-
ry officer and private under my command.
I have desired no office, preferring, for
many reasons, to remain at the head of my*
company, between which and myself there
has existed a deep-seated attachment, aud
it was only by their consent that I agreed
to command the Regiment. My reasons
for cnterrnjV the service are very simple;
1 had labored as much as any man in Geor
gia to effect tho secession of the State; 1
bad pledged uiysolf to meet all the eotise-.
I ain bound, th’erc-
v w. -41 .... i V . IS,
cocaaax produce.
A5jg£t20 Lartl,
A ft
1GG <
no •
GO •
h,o -in
2G <
45 •
.50 <
CSiletccns, » 25' ^iift-Hi. vot ^ }
Greou AppTiSa,-toe .‘*125 Flour, ^ 1,1,1.
Dried - “ 5U •• 75 Wbei.t 5* bus!,.
Pe*M 1’cacUca, 150 “ 2(il) Com,
Unpeelod, “ 75 Meal,
Cabits.qs, M “ 12 !Oau,
IriMs Potatoes, 75 “ IfiO-iRye.
Sweet “ ,5W “ 75..Beeswax,
Onions. 75 “ 100 Feathers,
Baonu, Sides, 17 “ IS Wool,
“ Hams, , 16 “ 17 Pag?,.
“ Shciiidera,15 f* 1G Peas.
TJQUDltS—cauiiKCTEi, nv ija.nsou t mtt
r ”"’ 75 @100 IWinc. M»h,g a ; 7s .
4 H a • . q:a
Manongak-100. “150.1 Shei-rv, ' ,l '°
Souteh, • 350 “ 400 Gin, ?) nncstic ?s
Brandy, Peieh, 750 n 200 1 H-dUnd. ’ 150
Amerieau, 6ft 75 jEiup. New En? So
French, 400 “600; Jamaica, *25i
Apple, T25 “150 1
100
meat of yonr communication. I »5w honored "still more strongly by
FOR $ALE!
A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF THC VERY BI ST QFAI j T -
FURNITUEE!
Hade i« modern etyle, and lie nmrkmuuhip wirranivt
A LL persons wanting goods, in my trulc, viU .1
well to enil and examinebef ire sending08', as I "
determined to soil at war prices, that is, as cheep as jt™
dealer in the State will. I keep everything Monrin’r
to the trade, aud am constantly manufacturing » Uc h
Bureaus, Safes, Cottage Bedsteads. Common
Wardrobes, Tables, d-c., .
And will make to order any thing bclnugiug to the CaM
net department. Farmers; wanting Furniture caa civ
for it in wheat, corn, cleaned oats, or floor, at tie
regular market price. I will say to these having cuh
ou band, that five per cent, of my cash salts, Ihr tho
nest ninety days, will be appropriated to the hcneSt
of Clarke county Volunteers or their families.
June 19,1861. J. XI. SMITH ‘
I still keep on bond twostylesof MeUllirBarisir,,.
kets of the most approved material aud finish. Ah-,
common Coffins, plain or trimmed, to suittlu.se wsatinj
them. ' ’ J. M. s '
PASS THE WORD,
A ND let the peoplo know the best Thrashers an,l
Fan Mills are found at the Athens Fou::,lrv » 0 ,l
Machine Works. Jilim’la.
, The way the Blockade Works!
/JTXLBS. Fresh Turnip Seed, growth of 1861. f ur
V/V/ sale by (JinoIS) WM. X. WHITE.
Lost or Mislaid,
A S .MALL Gutta’Pefelia frame, with;* dsgm-rretin
likeness in it. Any fmformation.wlB be thaakfui-
ly received (JoaelS) WM. WOOD.
(Dnr %xm\) Corrcsponbcm.
From the Guards.
- The following letter from the “ Guards,”
although delayed on the.way, will be read
with interest by their numerous friends:
arteks Athens Guards,
j Portsmouth, Vn.
V:—Once more I will at-
u a “ drum head” dispatch,
in camp, do not allow
ge in such pi
us, when timo p
1 a few Hues, to
live, move and have our 1
oi a soldier in camp is full of mo-
One day 16 tin of
write amidst the hurry and confusion of
the camp, being about to march from this
point, we trust to meet the onemy.
I have little time and less inclination to
reply in detail to the insolent missive you
have thought proper to publish in my ab
sence. Respect however, for tho good-
opinion of the peoplo of Georgia, induces
me, in a few words, to set right my con
duct, which you have taken so much pains
to asperse, and to correct the mis-slute.-
ments and false imputations with which
your letter abounds.
You say that I bavo “commenced my
military' career by setting at detianco the
orders of tho officer upon whom the Con
stitution of my’ State has conferred the
right to command me.” I am .Dot aware
thut you have any such right, unless I
wero actually enlisted iu the service of the
State of Georgia, in a contingency which,
under the Constitution, would give the
State the right to raise and maintain the
troops.
I commenced my' military career, as you
are pleased to term it, by accepting service
under the flag of the Confederate States,
and I recognize, not you, but the President
of the Confederate States as the officer upon
whom the Constitution (to which Georgia
is a party’) “has conferred the right to
command me.” It is true that I tendered,
under instructions from my company’, their
services to the Confederate States through
you in the first instance; this, however,
was simply because the President had
adopted that mode of obtaining troops as
a mutter of public convenience, and not
because there 'ever was any Constitution or
law which required him' to appeal to the
State Executives; still less is there any
ground for your assertion that the rights
of the States are violated by the President
receiving troops <jirectly T , without the in
tervention of tho Governors.
You labor, and have constantly’ labored,un
der the erroneous impression that you are
the State of Georgia. I beg leave to protest-
against this conclusion, in which, I assure'
you, I can never eoncur. By’tlic Consti
tution of tho Confederate States, to which
Georgia bus agreed, tho Confederate Go
vernment is alono chargeable with ques
tions of peace and war, and has the exclu
sive right, except in case of inv.’ision, to
raise and maintain armies. The Congress,
and not the Governors of States, are en
trusted with the power to raise armies;
and as .the Constitution is broad and un
qualified in this grant »*f power, the Con
gress is unrestricted in -the mode in which
it shall be exercised. The President of the
Confederate States is. the Commandcr-in-
Chiof of these armies, thus i-aised, for a
common cause; and the Governors oi
States have not, so fur as I am aware, any
jurisdiction or power ov6r this subject, ex
cept so lar as patriotism may induce them
to co-operate with the General Govern
ment in times of great emergency and
danger. Your conclusion, therefore, that
“tho act of Congress under which I go, is
a palpable encroachment upon the rights
of-tho States,” does not in the least dis
turb me. Neither npon reason or authori
ty do I consider tho opinion of much val
ue. I think most peoplo will prefer the
judgment ofithe Confederate Congress and
the President oi tho Confederate States,
who gave tho act their deliberate .sanction.
You havo fallen into anothor error up
on this subject. You bay “that 1'proceed
ed to the Confederate Congress, of which
I was a member, and that a bill was pass
ed, you suppose, chiefly by m-y influence,
whielf authorizes the President to relieve
the military forces of the Slates over the
head and independent of State authority.’
You further say’ that, “under this act I
was accepted into service, without your
consent, and permitted to leave Savannah
arid go to Virginia.” I assure you, in t
mg, that I shall never think it necessary
to obtain your consent to enter the servic
ntry. God forbid that I shoul
duty', to be among the foremost in accept-
iii£the bloody consequences which seem
to threaten us.
My life can be as well spared as any' oth
er iuuu’s and I am Willing and ready to de
vote it. You taunt me with deserting my
home and the defease of my fireside, “to
serve the common cause in a more pleasant
summer climate.” I wish you were-here
to witness realities of this service you deem
so pleasant. It would cure you, 1 think ol
seme of your malicious propensities. You
taunt me, also, with having imposed upon
others tho duty of defending tho post
which I have deserted;- and yet when you
pei ned this you knew that you had steadi
ly' refused to call the volunteer troops of
Savannah into service ofany.kind; and that
you had called “many of your bravest
young men from other parts of the State
to fill our pieces and defend our homes,
while wo were pertnited to resist in inglo
rious case. The volunteer troops of Savan
nah are now in service, not through you,
but by r the direct order of the Commandcr-
in-Cliief of the Confederate forces. All
that ypu say upon this subject is jesuitical,
designed rather to subserve a purpose than
arrate the truih. I have the sum<fright to
judge that you have as to tho probability
of an attack upon Savannah. There is
scarcely a seaboard city' along the Atlantic
coast that has not its representat ives here in
Virginia. Why should Savannah be an ex
ception ? Surely one company could be
spared at least, to show that her heart beat
truo to the common cause, and -tlxat her
youth.were’ ready to court danger upon
tho very frontiers ot tho war. Such a spirit
is not what you have characterized it. It
is probably above your comprehension, but
the generous and noble hearted of my' na
tive State will know how to appreciate it.
And now asto my arms, I did not- ask
you to arm or equip me. I had already
received from tho late Government of the
United States, through you, arms and
equipments, which cost the State of Geor
gia nothing. They’were delivered' to me
and you took my bond for their safe keep
ing, unless destroy ed in the public service.
i r ou Iravo threatened me with the penalty
of the .bond. Take it, if you ean get it.
That is your 'remedy.Rjlf I havo been
wrong in taking the arms away from
-Georgia, I am the trespasser, and of course
responsible. I think tho power you claim
to disarm companies qnee armed aud un
der bonds, at your will, is, to say the least
of it y doubtful: As I have already said,
iri-a former letter, I would not make this
issue if I could find any way to avoid it.
I would rather yield, than have a contro
versy with any’ man whore tho public in
terests are involved. But, situated as I
was, I pi’efer disobedience, if you please,
rather than to jeopard the honor and safe
ty of one hundred men confided to my
care. - -
Yon seerix to think I am arrogant in
claiming aifliumble share in representing
the State of Georgia on the field ofaction.
You say that you’ are not aware of the
State authority by which I am called to
represent tho State of Georgia iu Virginia.
You make here again your common error,
of supposing that you are the State of Geor
gia—a mistake in which I do not partici
pate. You will not be permitted to alien
ate from us the esteem and affection of
those wo leave behind, and whom wo love
so dearly, I am sorry you have undertaken
so ungracious a task. J :
BICHMONiV
TYPE FOUNDRY,
TUB ONLY MANUFACTORY OF TYPE
ON SOUTHERN SOIL,
South of Baltimore.
T HE Proprietors of' the above Boumirv liavc ubo,
united with t^iuir Foundry a complete
PRINTERS’
F0RNISHIR6 WIBEHOUSE,
Having on hand, or furnishing to order, every article
requisite for a Printing Office,
FROM A BODKIN,
Ten-Cylinder Press.
Type and Printing material from any Foundry North
furnished wlieu required. We can and will ilani;fix
ture in Richmond, as good an article, aud at the §»nte
specimen prices, ns any Foundry North. Wo rerpect-
fully solicit the patronmc of the South.
HENRY L. PELOUZE A CO.
Wo refer you to every Printer in this city, l'o also
desire every Newspaper in- the South to copy this *4-
vertirement for one month, sending us 011c copy ef their
paper and receive their pay for euch Advertisement
upon purchasing five times tho amount of their till
from no. June 19. 1861. II. L. P. 5 CO.
Confederacy Loan.
Athexs, June lit, 1681.
S ubscriptions win he opened »t the office «f a-
Hull, on the 10th inst. for balance of thel5,OOG,OM
Loan.
Subscriptions will ho received in any current lrick
Notes which arc at par in tho cities of Savannah and
Augusta. AS BURY. HULL,)
KD. R. WARE, jComrns.
S. THOMAS, j
May, 12, lftfil.—tf
KrO*\7S7’ GrOOdS
r WR ■ AND
GO 01) BARGAINS,
Can he hud at
B, W. RUMNEY’S,
Tieo doom Xortk of tir A’etrlen Hotue, ColleyrAtenat.
I AM now in receipt of flue Cloths Doeskins, and Ca*-
simercs from Charleston, aud will continue to recti''
as may be required,
As an indi
determined l
aa any brought ,i«m —
can aell a little cheaper, I uo not say that I will s* 1 ;
superior article for the same price ns that ol T “" I v’ r 1 '' rl ' J
quality.
April 10, Rm. -
“V * cqaircu, • ■
i an inducement to purchasers, I will say that I »®
rmined to ael! as cheap, tho same quality >'*
*y brought from Yanketlom; and I believe that i
B. W. RL'MXE
-GREAT ATTRACTION
READY-SIDE
CALL AND SEE.
J. LOWEN STEIN & CO.
A RE nour offering lit tliuirstore on Co U*gc Aveuae
(tinker tlie Lumpkin House) A general assortment
READY-MADE CLOTHING,
Adopt'd to all seasons, which they arc prepared to> s«‘-
at .extra low prices. Their goods arc of superior qu
ty, and made up in the best style. .
Call and examine stock and prices, before P“ r '^'. "
elsewhere. Athens, May 8. ,f '“ ’
You say, “ that, at present, I am beyond
the reach of State authority, and State «»nr«d
so far as I am concerned, are oMit- SUy Lai
Change of Government!
QWISG to too great change of Goveruiocut^ G_t hc
v_/ also, brought about a change of ...mmerc
old long credit system is done away with, and th>-
place.
new stock of
„e, it will be * h r ‘;
l to men vrho •
ho do no'.r'y.**^
mis on tap
Groceries, Shirt" 1 ?’
lly, for cash.
t by th» tiffl" d |S
friends for
-was?
*«*•*}
, . m*or.f» c,u r el *
Merchants Wj"*
ininiuothePow-
And will
•ve, by S[
or sixty days,
according to c
turity, need
debt unpaid. We
Ynrn,