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By John H. Christy.
VOLliME IX.
THE southern watchman,
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A M. WYNG & CO., Dealers in
Y, UARDWARK. CROCKERY, CHINA AND
vi LASS. 1*road Stseet, At1iCT>9» Glk ^
'net’s Comet.
Jfamiln laanml:—-SeWtb
fa Bt|
5, polities, ^gticnlture, fiumnt
literature, #t. Two Dollars, in advance,
.ATHEISTS, MAY 14,
1863. •
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mum 7.
* TUBSS STEAM COMPANY.-
; \ jt \ICK1'.KS0X, Agent and Superintendent.—
M i r iL-tnr -ra of Circular Saw Mills, Steam En-
Wines. Forcing »»d bating PUMl'S, Shafting and
M mihnkuy ; Mi it.. Ois and all other kinds of GEAR-
iNO Ison ami Brass Castings, of every description.
SMITHING, Repairing and Finishing promptly exo-
tniod. Select patiems of Iron Fencing. Terms, CASH.
( \ \\\ & H. R. J. LONG, Wholesale
\_y, nn <l Retail DRUGGISTS. Athens, Ga.
L. McCLESKEY, M.D., having
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J.
JC • permanently located In Athons, will contiuuo
,ipractice of Medicine and Surgery. Residence, that
recently occupied by Mr. Chase—Office, fit home, where
he may be found. tf
H A. LOW R A NOE, Surgeon Den-
• TIST, Athens, Ga. Office on OollcgcAvenno,
over the Jewelry store of Messrs. Talma igc & Winn.
n Gl OLE LAND, Dentist, Wat-
• lei .. viih-, Ga., respectfully solicits tho patron-
#st , „f the si ironi’ding country. Full satisfaction will
bo ■ : ivoii in bis profession. tf
I M. KENNEY, (next door to the
• Bank of Athens.) constantly keeps on band STA-
PU; nn.l FANCY DRY GOODS, and Choice Family
tjr,-ccrics, cheap fir cash, or to prompt customers.
M. MATTHEWS, Attorney at
I,AAV. Danielsville, On. May 1-
fOHN H. CHRISTY, Plain and
tf Fancy ROOK AND JOB PRINTER. Broad St.,
Athens, G.i." Office i or ■ r TVrnadandXVnil Greets, over
the store of Sausoiu .5; Piliard. tf
AMES A. CARLTON, Dealer in
Silk, Fancy and Staple DRA : OODS, Hardware
.1 (hockory, No. .‘1, Granite Row, Aibens.
Photograph and
1'. Uv ..uis ou Broad and
., i of J ,.in R. Matthews,
' ’ MurS-tf
.. DAVIS, Luntf Broker, Ooliec-
TOil nut GENERAL AGEVt. Augusta, Ga.—
, i.t; i!ie U* iu any couuiv 11’ (X'S Stalo. Office
i ami Ellis strode. __
M A SON & BO., Bookbinder*.
Rulers and Bluuk »:o*>k Manm'ucuirors,
Wlniehaii -trce.t, Atlanta, Gu. J. H. Cirpiv.TV. Agent,
Athens, G.i. ' _ in 1 ; -l—ly
P A L MA N & SUMM E Y, Dealers in
11 A ROW AllE and CUTLERY, corner of Broad
aud XVull - -et*. Athens, Ga. tt
il’TNER, ENGLAND & FREE-
AN, WUolosalo and Retail Dealers in GIIOCE-
R i i S. DRY GOODS, 11A R DAT A HE, SHOES & BOOTS,
Broad Street, Athens, Ga. *1
P BARRY. Fashionable Boot and
• SlIOE-MAKElt, Broad street, Athens, Ga., is
ulwars in readiness to till orders i" his line.
J
J.
F. O’KELLKY,
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From the New Orleans Delta.
THE EXTORTIONER.
BT LYSDES.
Gold is. in its last analysis, the sweat of the poor an 1
tho blood of tUo brave.—Joseph Bonaparte.
The thunder of cannon is heard from afar,
And the people are rushing in haste to the war;
They burn with the fire that patriots feel,
And are baring their breasts to tho shot and the steel;
They battle for liberty, honor and life,
For homestead, for sister, for children and wife;
He hceJs not the tumult—be seeks but to save
The sweat of the poor and the blood of the brave.
O ! sweet to his ear is the clink of the gold,
Tho’ 'tU muffled by blood tbatenerimsons the mould;
And dear to bis sight is tho gold dust, I ween,
Tho’ the tears of the orphan have tarnished its sheen;
His religion is based on extortion and greed,
With Mammon its god and Pluader its creed;
His anchor of Hope is sunk in the wave
Of the sweat of the poor and the blood of the brave.
Tho’ Famine should stalk like a ghost thro’ the land
And women fall faint at the touch of bis band ;
Tho’ children, with tears in their suppliant eyes,
Should startle tho air with their famishing cries ;
Tho’ they toil till the blood oozes forth with the sweat,
Tho god that he worships ho cannot forget;
Still heaping his shrine as he sinks to the grave,
With the sweat of tho poor and the blood of the brave
counected with
the surrender of the Island. It has just
been published, and we defy any man to
read it without coming to the conclusion
that the whole blame in the premises is up
on the army and Navy Departments in
Richmond. The immense value of Roan
oke Island may be judged from the fallow
ing passage in the report, every word of
which is true: '
The enemy immediately appeared in
force in Pamlico Sound, the waters of
which are connected with Albemarle and
Curritack Sounds by means of the two
smaller Sounds of Crotan and Roanoke.
The Island of Roanoke being situated be-
Cherokee Warriors.—‘Our streets were
enlivened on yesterday by the arrival of a
large company of Cherokee Warriors, from
the mountaneous region of North Carolina.
These “ children of the forest” have been
enlisted in the Confederate’ service by Maj.
Morgan, 3d Tennessee Regiment. Tho
company already here numbers about one
hundred and thirty, and wo learn that Maj.
Morgan expects to raise a battalion com
posed partly of these Indians—who we
prediet will do good service with their un
erring rifles under the lead of tho gallant
Major. This officer we must say; deserves
the highest praise indefatigable zeal and
energy as displayed in the enlistment of so
tween these *,wo latter Sounds, commanding many valuable recruits from the aborigin-
thc channels of each become, upon the fall al population.
rtf TT*i 11 Ai*no •■nr) f Iia a kn tviL/vn m ll(J j ^ —a —i.») ~ * — A A ^ <
of Hatteras and the abandonment of Ore
gon inlet, second in importance to fortress
Monroe. That island then become the
key which unlocked all Northeastern
North Caorlina to the enomy, and exposed
Portsmouth and Norfolk to a rear up- gan’s farm, at Citico, in Monroe* county,
proach of the most imminent danger. In Other companies of whites and Indians
gone into camp at
Flint Hill, and have named their ground
“ Camp Oe-eon-os-to-ta,” in honor of the
distinguished Cherokee chief of that name
whose remains lie buried on Major Mor-
B1S1IOP & SON. Wholesale and
Holuil Dealers* iu GItOCERXES, HARDWARE
TAPER DRY GOODS, No. 1. Broad *t.. Albans.
'..■VTM. h. MARLER, Attorney at
^ T LAW, Jefferson, Jackson county, Ga.
Ri.fkri:ncks.— I- M. McLester and XV. S. Thompson,
Esq*., jefferron ; D. XV. Spence and T. M. Peeples, Esq.
Lawrenccville; John H. Newton and J. II. Christy,
Athens. tf
W M. G. DELONY, Attorney at
LAW, Athens, Ga., will attend promptly to all
bushiest entrusted to his care. Office on Broad street,
over I. M. Kenney’s store. tf^
W M. PHILIPS, Attorney atLaxy,
Marietta, Ga., will practice in all the counties
of the Blue Ridgo Circuit, in the county of Fulton, of the
Coweta Circuit, in the Supreme Court, and in the U. S.
District Court at Marietta. tf
HITE & HITCH, Wholesale &
Retail CLOTHIERS and MERCHANT TAI-
LGRS. Broad street, Athens, Ga.
WM. N. WHITE, Bookseller and
t T STATIONER, and Newspaper and Magazino
Agent—Dealer in Music & Musical Instruments, Lamps,
Fine Cutlery, Fancy Goods, Ac., comer Broad Street and
College Avenue. Orders promptly filled at Augusta rates.
GLOBE HOTEL^
Augusta,. Ga.
AUSTIN MULLARKY, 5 PROPRIETOR.
N OTICE.—Passengers holding Through Tickets, will
lie carried to and from this Hotel 1'rco of Omnibus
Fare. Feb. 27.—ly
REMOVAL.
T HE xnbseriboT has removed his Boot and Shoe Es
tablishment to his former stand on the east side of
Jackson street, where ho will ho pleased to wait ou his
friends and the pnlilie.
J« in CHARLES HUGHES.
BLAOkSMXTHING.
REMOVAL.
T HE subscriber ln.s removed bis shop to iFo stand
formerly occupied by J, R. Burpee, corner of Jack-
sun and Claytui: streets—where ho is ready to have
everything iu the Bluck?untblugline promptly exteuted.
Jin: 15. J. M. ROYAL.
A /XRiiLS. New Orleans Svrup :
',15 half o’»Is. •< «
Fur sale cheap fur cash. J I. COLT.
Jan. 1. N J. 11 an-1 12, Franklin House Budding.
Buggies! Buggies!
1 A NKXV li-. t-VaLiS,
•1 v/ 1 Set■■i.d-k .in’ ISmriry,
1 Four Horst XVngun,
1 Two Horso W«gtm,
1 Ono Home Wagon,
1 0>: Cart, new and conipl t.\
I Pair Carry-Log WhoclB,
1 Curry-Log, complete, second lun-d, \
10,0110 Buggy and Wagon Spoken,
Igy Sha ds. Hjhfi an«t Felloes, EnamoUod Cloth,
LeaKiiir, Buggy and Wagon Ilurress, all kir.
B.,n
ent Lf’ii.u.r, Buggy
^»jcgy Trlmmin.je, Band,
Leutlicr. For suio low by
Foiitomber 1«.
Pat-
Uurress, alt kir.ds of
Sole and V
NEXVTO
Sxmtjjcnt ®atcj)iitim.
Morals in the Yankee Metropolis.
Tho picture often presented by Southern
journals of the nauseating stench of cor
rnption which pervades every class in
Washington, from the occupants of th-
White House down, through the depart
meets and Congress to the most servil
lick-spittles who fawn at the feet of pow
er, has been considered by many over
drawn ; but the halt has not been told—
our sketches of the corruption of tho abo
lition court convey but. feeble ideas ofmat
tors as they roalfy exist, and to obtain thi
naked truth we have recourse to abolition
confessions. The following, it is tho mos
h iiuilating confession wo have yet seen, n,
from tho pen of Horace White, of the Chi
eago Tribune, in his Washington letter to
that journal. Referring to the morals o
Washington, it says ;
The tone of morality here is considera-i
bly lower than it has ever been before.
This is admitted on all hands, and can be
proved, or rather needs no proof, for the
.nr is heavy with public and private guilt.
A few years ago a high Austrian official,
whose peculations wore discovered, ap
plied tbo lancet to his veins, and another
similarly situated hanged himself. There
is no sense of shame hero. Any coroner’s
jury in Washington would find a verdict
ol'insanity for such conduct, and the ver
dict would be accepted in good faith.
The Southerners, as a class, had a very
nice sense of honor so far as the public
treasury was concerned. When they hold
the power hero there was comparatively*
little thieving, aud when any was discov
ered, it was promptly exposed and de
nounced. There has been a change—a
dreadful change—for the worse. Tne frauds
and attempted frauds on the treasury, in one
channel and another, come so fast and
from such unexpected quarters that one
is bewildered in contemplating them. Yet
nobody has been brought to justice, and
nobody seems to think itpossible that any
body should be brought to justice.
“ O ! O ! those rascally contractors !”
says some honest man in the rural districts.
For every dollar wrongfully taken by a
contractor, five have been taken by public
servants. And in this matter Republicans
are just as bad Democrats, and Democrats
just as bad as Republicans. Congress has
its duo proportion of vagabond politicians,
who think they will never have another
chance, and who are bound to lmve“theiii
share” of the golden, or rather paper,
stream. a The honest men are in a lean
minority, powerless to stay the tide oq
corruption, but not, we trust, wholly pow
erless to expose it.
From the Petersburg Express, April 23.
The Report of the investigating Commute j
on the Roanoke Island affair.
We do not believe in the philoslophy of
.weeping over “spilt milk”—or in blubber-
ing'ovcr a pile of smashed eggs. Roanoke
Island has for months been iu the enemy’s
hands where it ought never to have been
and where it never would have been but
for the grossest and most shameful neglect
on the of the Confederate Government;
for it should be recollected that immedi-
ately upon tho Secession of North Caro
lina from the Union the government Oi
that Siate, transferred her arsenals, army,
navy iid coast defences to the Confederate
government, aud upon the latter therefore
devolved the duty of putting the coast in
a proper defensive condition, if it was
deemed important or advisable to adopt
such a policy. Tho Confederate Govern
ment then, iu view of these facts, is wholly
responsible for tho disaster which betel
the Island. It is not xvortli while to bo
saddling blatuo upon any subordinate au
thority. It was the business of tho then
Secretary of War and of the Navy to have
exerted themselves to the utmost for the
preservation of that vastly important
point, more especially after the capture of
Hatteras, which was, wo believe, in Sep
tember, when it (the Island) began to be
imminently threatened. An interval o.
upwards of four months elapsed between
Hint date and the attack on tho Island,
(tstb Feb.) in which by vigorous and skill
ful exertions it could have been sufficient
ly secured against all danger. Batteries,
gunboats and men could bavo been in
readiness and strength to resist any at-
* —~—Lure it that might be made af-
a copy of the ro
the language of Brigadier General Wise,
“that such is the importance and value, in
a military point of view, of Roanoke Is
land, that it ought to have by all the
means ;u the power of the Government.”
It was the key to all the rear defences of
Norfolk. It unlocked two sounds—Alber-
marle and Currituck; oight rivers—North
west Pasquotank, the Pasquotank, the Lit
tle, the Chowan, tho Roanoke and the Alli
gator; four'canals—the Albemarle and
Chesapeake, the Dismal Swamp, the
Northeast canal, -and Suffolk; two rail
roads—tho Petersburg and Norfolk, an 1
tho Seaboard and Roanoke. It guarded
more than four-fifths of all Norfolk’s sup
plies of corn, pork, forage, and it cut the
command of General Huger off from all
of its most efficient transportation. It en
dangers tbo subsistence of bis whole army,
threatens the Navy Yard at Gosport, and,
is very likely to cut off Norfolk from Rich
mond and both from railroad communica
tion witlf the South'. It lodges the ene
my in a safe harbor from tiie storms of
Hatteras, gives them a rendezvous and
large, rich range of supplies, and, tho
command of the seaboard from Oregon in
let to Cape Henry. It sbonld have been
defended at the expense of 20,000men and
of many millions of dollars.
Some of the particular and more imme
diate causes which led to the capture of
this vital point testify still further to tho
extraordinary-neglect of the Government.
In the following passage will be seen how
the public interests embraced in the de-
ionce of th* Island were confounded and
paralyzed by the course pursued.
That Island, upon the tall of Hatteras,
was taken possession ot by Col. Wright, un
der instruction irom Gen. Huger, and the
defences constructed under authority and
directionsof Gen. Huger, who assumed ju
risdiction of Gen. Gatlin. Afterwards
Brigadier General D. H. Hill was assign
ed fora short time to the immediate com
mand of that post who immediately enter-,
ed upon his dut}’, made an examination of
defences in person, and was making active
preparation lor putting tho Island in a
state of defence, when he was suddenly
superceded, and Brigadier Gen. Branch
given tho command. It does not appear
in evidences that Gen. Branch ever visi
ted the Island, or made any move towards
its defences. He h/mover, was superced
ed by Brig. Gen. Wise about tho-1st of
January,1802.
These repeated changes in the command
at a c-risis when such vacillations and ca
prices could notbut beotherwise than deep
ly injurious to the service in that quarter
fully explain the reason why tho necossa-
ry preparations for defence were not com
pleted and point out clearly where the
blame lies. But the following passage,
whilst it wholly exonerates, settles, be
yond the possibility of if doubt, tho ques
tion as to the really guilty party :
General Wise, finding that his written
appeals for aid in defences of the Island to
Head Quarters at Norfolk and to the De
partment at Richmond were neglected and
treated with indifference,, repaired in per
son to Richmond and called upon the Se
cretary of War, and urged in the strength
ening the defences of that Island with ad
ditional men, armamented and ammuni
tion. The Secretary of War replied ver
bally to his appeals for reinforcemtmts,
that he hud not the men to spare for his
command. Gen. Wise urged upon theSeere-
tary tbalG en. Huger had about 15000 men
inlroutof Norfolk lying idle in camp tor
j eight months, and that a considerable
! portion of them could be spared for the
! defence of the rear or Norfolk, and espe-
forcements at Roanoke Island were abso
lutely necessaty to tho defence at Norfork
as forces in its front, and that particular
or special posts should not be allowed to
monopolize nearly all the men, powder
and supplies. In reply to all his urgent
appeals for the means of defeuco, General
Wise, on the 23>i of Jaringry, received the
following military order No. 17
“Brigadier General Henry A. Wise, pro-
visionly Army, will immediately proceed
to Roanoke Island, North Carolina, and
assume command of the Confederate State
troops at that place.
By coinmauU of t ho Sec’y of War.
[Signed] John Withers,
t’ Ass’t Ad’t General.”
Hero we will close our remarks upon
one oi* the most mortifying occurrences
of the war with only the further observed
tfoii that the He port of the Committee of In
vestigation is a public document whose
. statements and sentiments have authority
and iflnoncc which cannot be
either by the government or
are desired to fill up tho battalion to six
companies. They will go into immediate
active service.—Knoxville Register.
THE EVACUATION OF NEW ORLEANS.
INTERESTING DETAILS OF EVENTS.
We find in tho Jackson Mississippian of
the 30th ult. the following interesting state
ment. We have had no New Orleans pa
pers of later date than Saturday evening,
aud learu that no mails have since been re
ceived from there. Where or how the sub
joined account was obtained the Mississip-
piau docs not state:
Yesterday New Orleans was subjected
to the most terrible humiliation arid de
gradation which have ever fallen upou a
brave and true people. After a valiant
defence by our forts below the city—after
exhausting all our resource’s and skill—the
greater resources on water of the enemy
enabled them to pass our exterior fortifi
cations with their large fleet, and they ap
proached tbexity with a squadron of fif
teen of their largest vessels, all steamboats,
gunboats and mortar vessels. There was
a large force of land troops in the city;
but of what avail were they against the
ships and gunboats of the enemy ? At the
moment it was announced that the ships
bad passed the forts, it became evident to
all reflecting persons that the city was de
fenceless. Steps wero then taken to ren
der it a barren conquest. By order of the
Governor and military authorities all the
Government munitions and stores were
sent away. Such material of war as could
not bo removed was destroyed. Orders
wore, also issued to destroy all the cotton
in the city. This was done. The troops
under the command ot Gen. Lovell were
marched to the interior lines of the city—
a few miles below, these lines would have
been formidable against an army advanc
ing by land; but the batteries near tbo
river were quite weak and ineffective against
tbo ships—especially in the present stage
of the river—the high surface of tho water
enabling them completely to command the
surrounding country.
In the condition of affairs it was quite
obvious that the enemy’s fleet would meet
with no serious obstacle iu passing up tho
river. Accordingly, it was announced at
an early hour that they were coming. Their
vessels came up slowly, as if feeling their
xvay—the Hartford, the flag ship of Gene
ral Farragiit, leading. Then followed tho
Brooklyn, the Richmond, and nine other
ships, big and little. As these ships ap
proached the batteries, about six or seven
miles below the city, our artillerists opened
upon them from both sides of the river, but
ns the guns were only24’«, they produced
but little effect. The ships replied with
several broadsides, which showed that they
completely commanded our batteries. The
batteries, though maimed by unpracticed
gunners, kept up the fire for some time,
but with no effect, and under such discour
aging circumstances as to render it an ob
vious policy *to withdraw the gunners and
the troops; the batteries vrere accordingly
abandoned, and the troops were marched
to the Jackson Railroad. In tho meantime
the hostile squadron steamed up the river.
A terrible and melancholy spectacle was
[resented to the victorious ships. The
whole levee, for miles, was wrapped in
smoke, from the burning cotton and gun
carriages, which the authorities had order
ed to bo consumed. In the river were
many hulls of burning ships, the debris of
our fleet and of the merchant vessels aud
steamers which contained cotton.
The squadron proceeded up the river,
the great multitude clustered on the levee,
looking on with disgust and horror at the
dismal spectacle. As they passed, a few
shots were fired by some of the soldiers,
but without orders. The ships did not re
ply, but proceeded slowly along our levee.
A feeble cheer was raised on board ono of
the ships, which was respondfed to by some
thing like a cheer from a few persons in
the crowd. The ehoers, whether intended
as such or not, drew upon the parties who
were suspected of giving them some dozen
orso of pistol shots, by which several per
sons were wounded. The squadron being
advanced, the foremost ship, as far as the
Fourth District, came to an anchor—the
ships to the number of thirteen taking up
positions in front of tho city so as^to com
mand the several streets. After remain
ing in this position:for a half hour, a boat
oanfoj.ishore with two officers, one Capt.
Baylies, second in command of the squad
ron, Capt. Farragut,. beiny; flag officer, and
a lieutenant. These officers were greoted
on touching the shore, with the most up
roarious huzzas for “ Jeff., Davis and the
South,”_and with th
moiistrations. Thoj
a flag of truce, and ft- was p
sense of oven an infuriate!
■ HSr wim murmur i
ing rain, followed by a furious and excited
mob. Though no violence was offered to
the officers, certain persons who were sus
pected of favoring their flag and cause,
were set upon with great fury, and very
roughjy handled. On arriving at the City
Hall, it required the intervention of seve
ral citizens to prevent violence being offer
ed to. the rash ambassadors of an execrated
dynasty and Government.
The Mayor received the Federal officers
in his office with proper dignity. Capt.
Bay lies stated the purport ot his mission.
He had been sent by Capt. Farragut to de
mand the surrender of the city and tho el
evation of tho flag of the United States
over tho Custom house, the Postoffieo, tho
Mint, and the City Hall. The Mayor re
plied that ho was not the military com
mander of the city, that ho had no author
ity to surrender it, and wbuld not do so,
but that there was a military commander
in the city, and he would send for him, to
receive and reply to the demand.
A messonger was dispatched to Gen.
Lovell. In the interval a number of citi
zens who were present, got into conversa
tion with the u. S; naval officers. Tho
Lieutenant seemed to be a courteous, well
behaved gentleman, who bore testimony
with apparent earnestness to the vigor and
valor of tho defence of our forts, and was
quite communicative. The senior officer
was more reserved, but still more large in
professions of peaceful intents. It was
difficult, however, for him to conceal the
bitter sectional hate of a Massachusetts
man against a true Southern community.
In the course of the con veraation, however,
this officer remarked that Capt. Farragut
deeply regretted to see the spirit of incen
diarism which prevailed in tbo city in the
destruction of cotton and other things.
Tho Mayor remarked that he differed with
him-; that the destruction was of our own
property, and did not concern outsiders.
Capt. Baylies replied that it looked like
biting oft one’s nose to spite his face. The
Mayor replied that we lutd judged differ
ently.
After awhile Gon. Lovell arrived in front
of tlio City Hall, and was greeted with loud
cheers by the crowd outside. On entering
the Maj or’s office, Capt. Baylies introduc
ed himself as second in command of the U.
S. Squadron in front of the city. General
Lovell replied, “ I am Gen. Lovell, of the
army of the Confederate States, command
ing this department.” Tho officers then
shook hands, and Capt. Baj'lies stated his
mission to demand tho surrender of the
city and the elevation of the U. S. flag over
the Custom House, Mint and Postoffice—
adding that be was instructed by Capt.
Farragut to state he came to protect pri
vate property and personal rights, and es-
pecially not to interfere with the negro
property.
Gon. Lovell roplied that he would not
surrender the city, nor allow it to be sur
rendered; that he was overpowered on
the water bj’ their superior squadron, but
that lie intended to fight them on land as
long as he could muster a soldier; that he
had marched all his armeu men out of the
city; that he had evacuated it; and if they
desired to shell the town, deslvoj’ing wo
men ond children, thej r could do so. That
it was to avoid this ho had inarched his
troops beyond the city limits, but that a
largo number even of the women of the
city had begged him to remain and defend-
the ci ty even against shelling. He did not
think he would be justified in doing so.
He would, therefore, retire and leave the
city authorities to pursue what course they
should think proper. Capt. Baylies said
that no such purpose was entertained by
Capt. Farragut, reiterating the expression
of his regret at tho destruction of cotton.
Gen. Lovell interrupted him by saying that
it was done by his authority. Capt. Bay-
lies said that he had no doubt that Gen.
Lovell had done his duty, and they* were
doing theirs. It was then concluded that
Capt. Baylies and the oiher officers would
return to their ships, and the Mayor would
call the Council, aud lay before it the de
mand of Capt* Farragut. The officers re
quested to be protected in their return to
their ships, and Gen. Lovell directed Col.
Lovell and Major James to accompany
them. The officers accordingly proceeded
to the front of the City Hall, where they
took a cab and proceeded to ihe wharf.
During the interview an immense and ex
cited crowd of people had congregated
about the City Hall, who alternately hur
rahed for Jeff. Davis, for Gen. Lovell and
most vigorously* groaned for Liucolu and
his squadron.
To calm this multitude Pierre Soule ad
dressed them in a few eloquent and effect
ive words, counselling moderation, self-
possession, fortitude and confidence in their
cause, declaring that the honor of the Go
vernment and city was in safe hands, and
that Gen. Lovell’s answer to the demand
to surrender was worthy of the command
er of a brave people.
Geu. Lovell, ou appaariug on tho steps,
was also loudly cheered. Ho addressed
tho multitude in a short speech, declaring
his purpose not to surrender the city, but
to retire with his army and fight the' Liu-
coluir.es, whom they’ could always whip on
land. He briefly’ sketched his course in
the preparation of the defence of the city.
He had done ail he could do with the means
at his disposal. That he eamo here six
months too late, and it was beyond his re
sources to contend successfully against the
enemy’s power on water.
He advised the citizens to bear them^
selves manfully, never to stbvp or submit
to the Lincoln domination, and to wait
with patient fortitude for the ’dolivoranoe
Female Soldier.—Yesterday a female
dressed in soldier’s clothes surrendered her
self to the Mayor and was sent before the
provost- marshal. She gave Arnold as her
name.
We had not the pleasure of an introduc
tion to this female patriot, bnt learn from
those' who were moro fortunate, that she
appears to be a woman of intelligence and
gentle breeding, She gave tho names of
respectable houses here in the city who
knew her in her proper sphere,'when she
resided in Arkansas, where she say’s she
owns a plantation. Her story is quiet a
romantic one.
She asserts that she was arrested at
Richmond on suspicion of being uufriendiy
to the South, but was treated very civ
illy while held as a prisoner. She claims
to have been in the battles of Manassas
and Belmont, and to havo been with the
army in Kentucky.
' She says she left here in response to the
call of Gen. Beauregard for ninety days
volunteers, and that she was m the battlo
of the 6th, and 7th, in which she was wound
ed in the foot and hand. She came back to
the city with tho w’onnded.
Her reason for making known her at
this timo was the fear of detection, and
consequent trouble. She was before the
provost-marshall yesterday, and is to have
another interview with that functionary
to-day.
Her reason the cause she has adopted is
that she is collecting material for a histo
ry of the war, and that sho adopted male
attire as the plan best calculated to ena
ble her to carry out her design.
She has no desire to abandon her project
if permitted to prosecute it iu her own
way. There are others engaged with
her, but their naraos she deems proper to
withhold. That she is an ordinary wo
man there is no questioh, and our curiosity
is excited tokDow moro of her history and
her adventures in male attiro.—New Or
leans 1 rue Delta.
Guerilla Warfare.—Tho New Or'eanfc
Bee very clearly exhibits tho utilities of
guerilla warfare against an invading army.
A large army is like an iinmonso milleped
that, with its thousand feet, has but ono
sting. Disable its feet, and it will bo un
able to wound with its sting. This is
the philosophy of guerilla warfare. “ To
kill or take away from tho onemy one
horse or mjile,” in the language of tho
Richmond Examiner quoted by the Bee,
“is equivalent to starving ten men, and to
blow up or burn two wagons is to disable
a whole company Our guerillas should
therefore make the'eapturo of draft ani
mals anil tho destruction of transportation
their leading object, and everything elso
secondary to that main purpose.” Tho
recent examples of Capt. Morgan, and oth
er dashing leaders of scouts and guerillas
in Tennessee, have been much in accord
ance with these precepts. Every’ man in
tho South, who is not engaged with some
regular military organization, ought to
awaken at once to the groat service he
can render with his gun, his hunting knife
!>• J his axe—his tough and fleot pony for
threading woods and defiles, or his canoe
lor winding through mazy swamps—in
im.oding the progress and paralyzing the
energies of the enemy wherever an invad
ing column attempts to penetrate the
heart of the country. Our guerillas, scouts
and sharpshooters have it in their power
to make every bush seem instinct with
hostility to tLe foe, every forest alive with
mysterious dt nger, every glen and glade
shadowy with strange disaster.
Ioterestlng Incident in Camp Life.
We find the following interesting inci
dent of camp lifo in the Petersburg Express
In our last march to Sewell’s Point, a
little boy who had conceived an attach
ment for the Riflemen, requested his father,
in the city, to let him accompany us. Sev
eral of us spoke to the fellow of tho fatigue,
exposure and.fare he would receive, bnt
he was resolute—said he could stand it all.
Seeing he was so determined, we assured
his father that we would take care of him.
if he would consent for his son to go with
us, which be at last agreed to do. He
went, stood the .march very well, and
when we arrived at the place on the bank
of the river chosen for our bivouac, he was
as busy as any ono in kindling the fires,
and partook, with a hearty relish, of our
coffee', fat meat and corn bread. About
nine o’clock, when w.e were spreading our
blaukets preparatory to sleeping on the
ground, the little fellow retired to the
trunk of a tree not far from one of the
fires, and kneeling down, said nis prayers
with as little concern as if he had been
safe in his father’s house. It seemed to
eudear him to ali who witnessed the act,
and every man of us would have shed his
last drop of blood bofore one hair of that
little boy T ’s head should havo been injured.
He was a bright, sprightly lad of ten or
twelve y ears.
...“Who took Care of the babies?” art
lessly inquired a little girl, on hearing her
mother say’ that all people were once chil
dren.
...Punch teaches book keeping iu three
words— 1 “Never lend them.”
...A young lady, ou being told that tier
lover was suddenly killed, exclaimed, “ Ob,
that splendid gold watch of his—give me
that—give mo something to remember biin
