The Southern watchman. (Athens, Ga.) 1854-1882, May 06, 1865, Image 1

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GEQliGIA, SATU ARMISTICE. ■_ n»w are you, armistice? What art? yr any way, wnat was*yon made t'«»r. a<j with what design was jrjhl entered in'nj Wlvi knows, -and who cun tell? . iVlu Sionuui:t>i’b Cavalry injured the *«iri*t*hd« of Lao, by completely destroying ail J) means of retreat; when tl»e same force Ik us surely insured the capture of Johnson army by cutting the communications j his rear, at Salisbury, and was ready 1 take,Charlotte with much treasure at. oj W rj i.! i •;*, * ml:. I so h a ■ j .}'. ■ If. I) i v j ■< ft giu^Secyof WW, and worthy Cabin'e apd ali out primers having imbibed iv - -: same spirit of chivalry as the‘.scnidi| ir. would bp nnidiipes for usuoremihn.A 3J'U /me last appeal—‘-Fight cn, fight ever.” We loar-* you • for seme soot on earth, where Yankees cannot comb. Adic: kind f-i- els r n-l patrons—all adieu. are jgpirig^-gone. .'* .. v NEW arrival: The Federal forces, under command of Brig. Genl. Palmer, entered our place ojj the 4th inst. The conduct of the troops since their occupation of the town, has both good, and reflects great credit upon (iciii. Palmer as a strict disciplinarian.—• We hope that our citizens will endeavor by kind and courteous treatment toward the soldier}', to encourage a continuance of the protection which they seem willing to afford. fruit of an insurrection so vast and "far rca' i, y|Jiiir9dQMqjs(m'.ifiobt(f fkMtJsWPWte etrunk at not only the life of a great Re- . public, but at the vital principle of a groat t Jpftboory in hum in government, which des Olateil nearly .half the territory of a great nation, and drank the blood of hundreds of thousands of the best and bravest of itR adherents, as well as its’enemies, should k’*3| b'wlisiwir 'U-In every respect, to all who had either by-overt actor silent sympathy gjven it therr sopport. But while there is so much fvf every -S luthcr.’T mind to deplore, ihere. is still room for cciiignuiilaLion that the flerce heat fjSH ot war has melted away many of the sec- , tiooal prejudices, which were so unworthy ot a people-boasting the enlightenment of our a$i and country, add which made the kr diing'of a great "war so easy to its p;*r- jpei rators. Wo have b-"*an mutually odu- cau'd, ti»o flash of Berried bayonets and the roar of opposing cannon, are potent in en- Sppbirnt respect. • ,V rajuj l’n-acoiitrast of.the last four years, while" it ;i.i> c -lifirmed the rnoed oj bravery and' fortiui le to the Southern people, has no I lrs fully demonstrated that the Northern j "'nrid-iil'* too whs a man who. Could ; go I MgiPIPWWlWIWlii'i'W L mi Trio early fallacy of.*‘ttve to one,” is ex ' -plodod, and in the despised Yankee the anuthern soldier has found a loom in wor thy m tns steel. t , Di verso as were the institutions and in ter ests of ilia two .sections, it was iuovita bid 4.0 it the coiisoqoaat r.istriuti-ms o -•ympaihy and iutercwinie should lyipi-.t" an almost total misapprc'.iension of the clmra-ier of eiiher. A few ofthe wealthy summered together at N- •riliern Springs and Sea sides, the cm frien^ wintered in each others society, amid . the intrigue and political friciipn of Wash inglon; hut the masses, the people of tiro Kjr. north u'nd south, never met, and ignorance widened ilia deft, which the wedge of sla very-was destined finally to consummate That this prejudice was strongest on the part of. the people of the south, no one we 'presums need deny, ‘ • Affecting to de-pise a per* - *! -, who nocap ted the nocwitiy of labor, ciiatTVed to their favorite iJ *n that the existence of a mi!> ju jeoit ritee was essentia! to t li*»,respyai,Hbilily ofii j"- kK- 1 , joa'nus of the d pn xiracy l.iat MM - ' Sw lix p.HU-. c Js:t, t$r Below we give extracts from the Eraulisbury Watchman aud Carolina Spar Hutu—two papers that have from the be Skinning of the •;war advocated the polic}’ of High ting on until tlio Inst man and dollar Kali ere exhausted, and by their yile, traitor ■l^ia and insidious words exerted a strong el influence over the minds of the South: K31id Ahousunus of widows and orphans who HjSre note suffering every privation and hor Kijmr connected w.ilh tin* war, can uttribut* Erftem to tire false m.d unscrupulous argu S|onts sot forth and spread, out in these pa Rwrs. It is an easy thing, and one that re Hliires but little valor or manly spirit, to |T«fy out ■“ ar to the lust!" when, comfor- i,-J tplily ensconced at. home, surrounded by Hfeery luxury and cohiiorl that civil lift Bufords, and where no Yankee bullets can trench. Such has been the position of those Ipiuio govern this Southern press, who, M keeping their devoted carcasses at a re sgtacciable distance in the rear, still cry out >'j ii?r m ire lives to sacrifice and more money H> squander, to enable them to secure *» EH foundation for their weak and rotten Con SUNDAY, APRIL -BO, 186V KIND READERS: . Y/hilp willing this \vw smell the battle cfar o*r. au-l oh cyprv t breeze :s Inn-.10 to cnr.i'srs, lite IhjiK'l-.ir . f. y ;iio Captains,and tin- *l-pr»M*g. A i i-l ,r in our mind.- cyu, w»- ? chold the. I mi.,-yy • . iilains devouring our sub -i.c -; n'.ryli iy •iotbe doleful ,b«iy» of our in-tics. } ., .;a| captive reach o >r UistrAc.;'c-4 ear.-*, Ak l nd-y J nonfidt us that Utt* fbutyi'o take thef-. vnlf? ' tutilo anThi-.ifs to the ni'»H:.,iii;m on : ai l.. v 1. ; There no l»»pg:«r reinai is any tlpii'i.f. i\k v 10 the appi<inch of th^j Yankees; and us the. ; y* t Assyrians came down like the wolf on the told, so will me vandal hordes of Lincoln* Join descend 'upon .Spartanburg, unless ometlut-g is done to, prevent it. There .is no tliue left for indecision - or ‘delay. Rise, men of Spartanburg, in your might, and gird up your loins for the conflict, go : . forth and smite tbe inyaders. - S nne there m»y. bo^n thg conunur.Bv and deicat, “But screw yoi . Ami we’ll not i To the meantime yopr Biitni will ie'tro- i» a safe placo i'» the vicinJy, u d U-^atjt rhe i-esutl with nnxiei v. If <>ur k'rave; !> it Jus, smsll force ia >«cpw»ft), in r.-af.-ti.ig ■ lie Yankees’ advance,'v.’u v.iil itua - .. if feracy to stand upon, They are too.mean icn imarf artAhan m?and expose their worthless bodies to t iiiitoie powder; but when the fortuneso* wtir draw the hated Yankees close to their 'jjihu-o of rcfiigo. they call upon others t«' afjend them from deserved punishment. your own city, was surropiitiotisf fi-vay at night, and secreted in ill to the atleki&g pni; t, Ah we write nows has -ri ved hr ;; ro- fiiiii;.} gemlbman, tfcnt Fr.-inP'- has firm.'il u r ,. ulliunco offensive m d*.d^fen>tvv, with in')!. Tiiorna9, cmiifliia hug tne Cl,. ri k.:-i imliaiis,anti one Inu.n, ■ i fTtattsatid'u.li'fafit copper f-dojh l patrin..,, nr n.-d niu toina-t cn-. k-taud sc dping kmv es are now .tiurijh- mg on New York Ci r y. Gtvat consir-nn- ':m jirevail.* at th« - N’ifh. This i.ina. •:etvf«ef inialligcnco shl-c'd ro rv« tnc arms opoilr hra'- o dofvnders i/, strike t<> . As tiie Spai tans or old cti.ikej* u.-, ; ,c •us-.-, of Thermopylto ' v. ith the ‘ di-ad, so-let ns imitate thuir gk»rir$> cir.ot-; pie, and cover our lnlis and Values i .u the cirt-usses of thpscfihUcicaiitA v 11. 7 truly fuo poet saysf * ‘-Tii for ono'»oo:'‘-!; 7 - \V?tA;stF III - g '-'n.rcU: EXTRA EDITION GOOD ADVICE. 4 ike snakes and raise this dead! Hoi - outhurn Canfedoracy ' ing - just going to say gotfl , Ucn lo uml be.iuld, in emtes .Mit. Au.Mi; Hcant piece | f WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12, 186-V are you, so cullvd G.dng; g‘>ii wf - - - - Ti'cn. Gentlemcin, for a little timo thu auii- tioa and bids on tliis insignificant piece 4 I property called Oonfederaoy will stop« . iho last call—(not ditph,) and wait the (tl- liorr of the binkmpi u-vffor, who Iti# •>y srmtb- ii’iaaili irizid technicality been allowed a tew d iys to redeem. S ., my <ribr. ls, just ^^•^nd bick - lieid yonr »>ri.x* mil give the poor devils '-vho..uwn i| i.ropgrTy n short,. j^sm siiyr;. time. toydL fee 11. Now is tli.i aeJopMid li ne for 9 ■ hjisrjri'* 1 ; fern, hiiiucrs, aye, vii-- s.nm;i! •-.urn anj redeem, ‘while vet u tew dnv-^fl f-i {r-iee i>all_'»wcd you, for the e.id is riyt Vii 1 most iusoiciii s.ins of Afhvn-*, !ec if , 10. uso an oi l lime saying, pat u fl a #1 your ear,-iliac unl-.o u • lifi «*»s-p-•siiioa i* mani(esi|i'l toward-* iii« United Sfattp t’roopi than lies h.ien s-iown to iticrn itf 1 tlie people lit. A’liens, the end is not yC-i. j Most worthy Ail—aia.i.s, wo are widi yoli ; . *■» day we «oino.;ajij We go whore no ;uai 1, is none 0/ y-oiii - ' b« + rstd . es like good dull- [u’lii wiil came to yon', li.it r.jh je~huin- dt -n a -o cap-urc it- Alriinhy thc.hnpmi, g of e in D-on is.heard, and*-'on our s feels WiffrP - mad wu tiv the clash of arms. Let 6/ct y ar.iu nervo liimsolf Fop tbo stroj-gie, and pielp teach these vandals a lesson in wn.v fire, that will not soon be forgotten. (J.nJ readers may think it strange, tint w.j 'vidle urging the necessity of every tea* ‘Riding on his arm >r, and battling against- 1 he invader, do not onrsidvcr take tlu* ditch; hut tbo senior editor, who is thedivjS for strategy, took the first train for Mor-i guato'vn, and we have to assume tiie re| sponaibijity of the office; and which renders • it 'd arhr.«« , »..., tfi v * S •utn*jrf- 1 rood -to regtrd it." N irtbefn •;\i race of servile, bartering • - j- - , whose highest. 1!•«!.}’ <N.- • tfliodii and locum ufre- vi: unis, fur their more highly iw South. iav-r-wtiT itp,». . >.;i ;»i-nt, a ■{'‘■[r't&pt ur.l i<* clY-i ijxr'iicii -•Hi ok tiie'4j-*t.u.i'llf* . .De,3,.ar.-.l : :-!:oV,; C v nblivn ...... o »’ a' i *«oii d'..i. : Aec') ;; . !. V . ‘ i <» I pa n i'lijS Hkcf-'i IniieittKid-oiO' A-S»n.-s:‘ wriii.ip ^■.!vc le»ur’.-yf !,.] 1 >1! e ot. 1 <1 Ur H.A gr-v.;l/ to hs - regrv; tr dui*i'I, Ks possessed of a tin .J i ternry ia.-.c, li s Hrwidin-.. ii inci • it ;.'vem enlithd- II a - R's, an:l I'.aM.juwt r ad alotid the jfuliow-^ rjKi.ssago from the sumo, Ij'Ife that f ;hfj ami raas s-'rny, pl’ilt tiro tj Si -lit a-Mta t uv/j IJlat, bs licit i« in bitlUal. ' i, iWill uevor, ojrsr, ii.?'it-yiia.” After thii.kiog the matter over, -.vc .n cp#; to lae roanlasio’q that ihorc *s cl* tr.ity.^iii lit >Ve lines, and livcor iHivt-e: mi; Diend® to refrain .‘-'nitw end *wed brethren 01 \Vv ary lif those who believe that a mm* intinnuo ^iiquaintaiiua with each oilier, gained thiiugh it ha" been under the dis advantages natural t<> tlu ii* relation as cn- • emies, will l*e mn nig tlio best results **l the war, utid g>* far toward instituting a J t<> morrow we ’ degree of confidence in each oilier uin'l a Jistetb,Jtn«l w * harnumy of ideas, up*o which alone a ipess. Behave gov ri'iitont - like otnwavi - * seivnefy*rest. ' 1 dreifund ir f d tiie cnrdiin < . Rorce d'-s'-criJs I<> tho pfOthl a. t • '. - rids t.!o- ’ -Irnma. i*'l pro; jlilvd iii Hpirivy-l uuiiic- -•■ 1 ' ■ Vic :. , . 1 . tiic.light pf all.tlmt'j ^ l, ' ftiiilV^' I'-n-f yo-irs : -v .‘ demonstrate;), b<»:! Vfhw* '•’ >w ^ ; 4, - < r-miah -5 . ;iie il c-f our Fa’.hSw’, a ivc.rled .vph <d,»s- - * j. indistinct copy y.f ‘:if : 1.11 .1 b:.‘h;ci: »‘S idi-, • -is *. i