Southern confederacy. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1861-1865, May 09, 1861, Image 2
SOUTHERN
$0tttkira0rafti«NKf
7 £*3;
THURSDAY, MAY 0, 1861.
Al Agricultural Bureau.
Wa regret very muoh, that the Executive
Committee of the flUU Agricultural Society, at
iU latescaclou ia this city, caw fit to rssol ve to
tural Bureau. We yet hope no euch memorial
will be presented; arid if pretested, we truet
Congreec will reject if 1 tolllllll
Col. T. C. Howard very properly remarked
that the Bureau at Waehie(tou bad beoome a
■teach ia the aoetrUi of all good mm ia the
South. It ie eo, aad very jaetly ee ; and etill,
we believe it wae ee well ooaduoted aad ae use-
ful to the people ee any we ooold poeeihly at
tach to our Government The troth to, tho
Government ought »ot to have anything con
nected with it, that would make our people
look to it Car any favors or expect any peraea-
al benefite from It. All experience hue ehewa
ooneluilvely, that the dtopeaelng of favor* of
any kind by Government, ie corrupting and
demoralising, and confer* no real benefite on
tha people generally.
The Burton at Waahiogton to a very expen
sive affair. The people of the whole nation
have been taxed for yeara to keep it up; and
it* benefite, if anything like benefite have at
tached to it, have been participated in by only
a fear—euch only as are favored with the ac
quaintance aad personal friendship of a Con
gressman.
It to wrong to take the Government revenue,
which the whole people have contributed to
raise, and appropriata it to tha bonafit or grat
ification of a fow. The Annual Report, and a
certain amount of seeds and plants are distrib
uted yearly to members of Congress, who, in
turn, give them out to those whose vanity may
be flattered, and wboeo votes and influence
may thereby be secured. But few members of
Congress are honest enough to send a copy of
the Beport or a package of seeds to a man who
would use them to some advantage end be bon
efitted thereby, if he happen to be a political
opponent. Wc arc notguessing at matters. We
write from personal knowledge of the way this
thiog is managed*
If a Bureau of this kind to established, it
will be necessary to enlarge the franking priv
ilege so as to include it, in order to distribute
its Reports and seeds through the mails, free of
postage. Here to the germ of corruption. One
of the wisest and best reforms our Congress has
introduced, was the abolishing of the franking
privilege to the extent it did; and Congress
fell short of its duty In not abrogating entire
ly, the corrupting practice. The Postoffioe De
partment has ao more right to have its mails
carried at public expense, than the Treasury
or War Departments. The War Department
has oe more right to the free transmission of
its letters, than of its guns, powder and sol
diers. Ho Department of the Government has
any more right to tha free transmission of its
property--whether it be mails or otherwise—
than an individual has. A farmer hea as much
right to have the Government carry his cotton
to market, gratuitously, as a member of Con-
great or the Cabinet has to the carrying of a
letter without charge.
Every tub ought to stand upon its own bot
tom. Every man, and every Government, in
all its departments, should be able to pay their
own way, or cease to ** go."
Tbs great evils which the policy asked for
by tha memorial tots, would inflict upon society
—the corruptions which it would produce, are
far beyond tha imaginations of the most dis
torted conceptions. We are now loosed from a
rotten Government, whioh once was the best
and freest on earth, but whioh was brokan
down by Just aueh instrumentalities as these
memorialists now seek to fasten upon ours ia
its infancy. Let the people, and let Congress
beware. We are ia a better condition to judge
of this matter than the old gray mouse who
said the lump might be meal, but he was afraid
it was a cat: We KHOW there is a cat in it,
and if the people go near they will be caught.
[concluded to-morsow.]
Tha Battle of ftuMteiWTAe Pert I
respoadent of tHtjfew Vet!
from CberledtoA, a Aw _
Sumter t J
rmr*y«‘ 1,0, *1
EDEEACY.
Confederacy.
Instlutlon lor the
HUM*»« C«»e Mprlng.
Mkfel.li.Tiailh.tit -ill be
lotovrotiag to yo* at WMl m to /our r..d-
•rs, „4 wrro l» mh. • matt Uroly inter-
m, 1, th. W.lf.r* at thM. ekUdsw of .i-
b Uoc.,]: will giro/(«».hart account of. ri.U
•T'tmaia to th.Gronto iMtitoUon for th. I>e»f
published, h.T. bid llvp rul in lb. South
A lor,, .mount of lb. huodrods of thousands,
•r p«rh.pi million., whieh Ik./ own, h.T*
ss-itraxat «S« 'EEaBSaeSn stswvssaw^aj
““ imtdmwmm# ta- '
ib... i. on lb. dap, oorerio, a port, and near- tb. regular Frida/ afternoon esercises. A. we
Ifow, that thsy ace the tr«d. ft gone, the
maak ft thrown off; and, lib. all other, at tha
North whom w. h.T. regarded ae frlende, the/
haee ehown lh.me.lTee to h. unprincipled
Plant Gralu and Grass.
Mr. Awing i a trod deed into tha Houia of Kop-
reaeotatieea of Tennaeee., on tha 28th April,
tha following resolution, which wae adopted
and sent to the S.oate for concurrence:
Retched by (Ac General Auembty cf (Ac State
0/ Ttnntttet, That in eiaw of th. dwrlh of th.
put two/.us, and tb. probablu extraordinary
d.m.nd for oereal ana forng., to auppl/ tb.
obaolat. want, of our State and of tb. astir.
South, that tb. .griaulturalftK of tb. But. be
mod tb./ >ra h.reby requested to doeoto th.
brandth of arable land In the State to tha cul-
tere of grain and graaa.
Arms In the Sonth.
The Columbia “ Democrat and Plan tor "ea/e
it ia a mietak.n idea that th. South hae no
wropons with whieh to defend hare.If Th.
eight Cotton Bt.toe ere said to h.T. under tb.ir
control 8,000 cannon. Tha following amount
of .mall arma h.T. baaa saiaad t
Baton Rouge
Alabama Arsenal
.... 70,000
.... 30,000
Elisabeth, N. C
.... 30,000
Charleston
... 33,000
Other pi aces
....100,000
Total
....*43 can
Ths State arms previously purchased by the
BUtes emeu its to:
Alabama
.... 80,000
Virginia
.... 73,000
Louisiana „„
.... 30 000
Georgia
....130,000
South Carolina
i.sro 47,000
MlaSiSSippi..row
s.ro 50,000
Florida
.... 17,000
TIM C.hunbn. Kaq*lr*r—Mr. Stephen.’
Tb. Enquirer eopto. a portion of m report
of Mr. Stopbea*’ Up rash Ip this ait, while pes
eta g through M bio we, from Tirginl. to
Montgomery, and oradtto it to th. •• Common
wealth."
Thh I, a second inatoaoe that hae fallea ua-
,er eor nottoe where thj, error baa OUST rad.
our dollars.
A Into numbs, of tha Weekly contain *e»-
eral of (be most furious and blood-thirsty arti
cles against the South. Take the following as
samples;
'< Baltimore sheuld he instantly seized and
occupied. Two columns—one from Hew York
and Philadelphia, the other from Harrftburg
— should move on Baltimore and hold it under
martial law. In oaee of resistance, the oily
should be shelled. Baltimore saoured—either
as a oity or a ruin—tha Government should op
erate on Virginia, on a base line from Fort
Monroe to Washington city. Both lines of the
Potomac mast he secured, end, this done, a
column should move on Richmond. It should
be in possession of the Government before the
1st of June.
“ Kentucky may ae well understand at onoe
that she oannot occupy an attitude of neutral
ity in the preeent contest If she to not for ui
she is against us; and. realtor, in the present
temper of the Horth, people don’t seem to care
much which way abe $oes. If she is for us,
we expect her riflemen in our ranks. If she is
against ns, in a few months Ohio will proba
bly be arming 50,000 negroes who bate fled
from slavery in Kentucky/*
Will anybody in the South continue to take
tha Magaiine or the Weekly ? Will anybody
South of tha Pctomao aver Lereafter buy a
book issued from the press of the Harpers ? It
may be, that the people of the South will kiss
the hand that smites them, and pour their gold
into the lap of him who seeks to rob them of
their property, their honor and their very lives.
It may be ao, wo my y hut, if such is the case,
we have yet to find it out.
Excitement In Savannah.
A few days ago, the Philadelphia papers an
nounced the arrest in that city of a Georgian
on a charge of High Treason. His name is
Charles A. Greiner, of Bavanneh, and the
charge wae predicated upon his being a mem
her of a company that assisted in taking Fort
Pulaski in January last. When ha wae arrest
ed, be made the following statement:
“ My family are here; I came on to see them
The company that I belonged to wae nothing
but a private company that I belonged to for
the last fifteen years. They enjoyed a good
many privileges, and were exempt from jury
duty. On the second day of January, there
was a good deal of excitement in Georgia, and
our Governor was apprehensive that Fort Pu
laski might become occupied by an irresponsi
ble party, and he requested our company to go
there and take charge of it, which we did. I
left there early in January and came up to the
interior of Georgia, at my mother’s place. *
have been in Savannah very little. I am
Philadelphian by birth ; went to school here;
and believe I am as good a Union man as oan be
found any where. 1 was born under an Amer
ican flag, and have a good many relatives re
siding ia this city.”
This was enough, and the officials, following
the example of the petty despots of continental
Europe, committed Mr. G. to prison.
The receipt of this news in Savannah
ated considerable excitement. We take the
following from the " Republican
Guest Excitement—Titrbaticnbd Arrrst
U. 8. OrnoRRS.—The newa of the arrect of a
citisen of Savannah in Philadelphia, on a
charge of High Treason, which reached here
igh/ Utimberi of pihm/toruck
the sand at its fool, and many glanced hud ri*
oocbeited half a mile away in (he swampa.
knaves. All their friendship for us wan ta fat litter are filled with marsh hens, and ef-
' erytiae a hall passed over they get up (heir
peculiar cackling, which induced the boys (o
say—'’Anderson 7 * shoot ing marsh hens again.”
These swampa are fall of balls thus fired.—
Could the fifteen barbette guns on Fort Hum
ter have been brought to bear—an iinpossibil
ily, because of the rapid fire from all quarters
—tha iron battery must have been disabled.—
It was a part of tbe tactics of the battle, bow
ever, to render these guns, some of whioh are
of the heavieetebaracter, unavailable from the
•tart, and soon after tbe break of day their
otyecl wee ao nearly affeoted as to render tbe
parapet of Sumter untenable.
fobt euMrsit.
Leaving Morris’ Island, we proceeded to
Fort Sumter, steaming around, while a fine
opportunity was afforded of examining the ef
fect of the bombardment. Without being rna-
terlalTy injured, fho walls give evidence of i
most terrific pepperiog. Tbe several faces ex
posed to fire are so thoroughly pitied that tba
stronghold looks aa if it had but just recover
ed from ao attack of tbe small pox. Every
plaoe where a ball struck (be brisk work has
been torn awny by the bushel. Portions of the
edge of the parapet are crumbling in ruins.—
Tbe traverse there erected to prevent the ra
king fire of Fort Moultrie upon the guna en
barbells seems just ready to fall, while frag
ments of mortar, granite, bri«-k and bursted
shell lie upon ibe water washed rocks outside.
In only one plaoe was a breach commenced,
and that was at tba base of the narrow or
Southeast angle, which was exposed to the
fire from Cummiug's Point. This would have
required at least two days to complete.
Landing at tbe wharf, we found workmen
busy in taking up the mine which had been
prepared for u»e in case of an attempt to land
And now, entering the fort, tbe sceue present
ed is beyond all description. Language can
not convey tbe picture of black ai d battered
walls, crumbling terraces, and the debris of
battle and of fire everywhere visible.
Taking a position about the centre of the
parade ground, to look fairly around, I found
myself standing over the newly covered grave
of one of the men killed by tbe explosion
while saluting tbe flag. Two cannon balls sup
ported a small stick which marked the spot
and redlining against these was a temporary
granite slab a fool square, with tbe simple '
soription upon it—
you tkat » nilWWiBfraVliifr /• C«• P ■ »*«*»*!» ImUtottoa tor Um I*sf
tatol/ Botkin, oould b. BBT. aolq.c than efch »«d Du neb, at Can Spring,
ingenious combination of iron, wood and sand- By iovitation of Mr. Win. D. Cooke, tbe
bags ae a etroaghold and protection from th« Principal of the Institution, the Teachers and
I South are
towitneas bitters
Saturday, created no );ttle commotion. The
matter was much talked of on the streets, and
muoh indignation was very naturally express
ed. Towards night the excitement increased
to the culminating point, and a very general
desire was manifested to retaliate in some way,
should an opportunity offer. It having been
ascertained that two gentlemen, who came by
the Florida boat, had registered their names at
the Pulaski House as officers of the United
States Army, the exasperated orowd soon col
lected in and around the establishment, ae-
•olved to capture and retain them as hostages
until our own citisen should be set at liberty.
The Mayor, hearing of the movement, and ap
prehending some trouble, immediately repair
ed to the hotel and had an interview with tbe
strangers in a private parlor. He soon reap
peared, and addressing the excited crowd, stat
ed that the two gentlemen, whose names are
Samuel F. Mills and C. Cook, both Lieutenants,
were in extreme bad health, kad been spend
ing the winter in Florida, with the hope of
bettering their condition, end, as confirmed in
valids, ware now returning to their homes and
friends; it was, therefore, due to Southern hos
pitality, as well as humanity, that their per
sons be held sacred, and they be allowed to
remain unmolested and depart at their pleas
ure.
The crowd was perfectly satisfied with the
statement, and immediately retired without
the slightest disorder.
Buoh are the facts, though we have no doubt
if we bad a Northern correepondentemong us,
they would be worked up into a terrible sen
sation story
Family Matters.
We clip the following following from the
Montgomery *' Advertiser ”:
Mother-in-law or Lincoln.-Mrs. Todd, oi
Kentucky, the mother-in-law of Lincoln, pass
ed through this city yesterday, en route for Sel
ma. She was accompanied by one of her daugh
ters. It is said that she very decidedly refused
to accept the proffered hospitalities of tbe
" White House *’ at Washington, not admiring
the teoeto of the political faith of tho hybrid
" head of the family.” Her sympathies are
with the South.
Our readers will recollect that the "Magnolia
Cadets,” from Belma, Alabama, who passed
through here on their way to Virginia on the
30th ultimo, had a most beautiful Sag. which
Copt. Dmweoo announoad woe mad. aad pro-
eantod to kl. company b/ two lediae of Salma,
who war. tiller, of Mra Abraham Lincoln—
aa tra. 8outh.ro ladia. u «T.r breathed.
We Sad the fotlowia, going the rouade of
the Prras, aad have a. doubt ItTi true. W. have
bran credibly Informed by thora who ought to
kaow, that Mre. Ltaoola an tortoise the rauad-
ait Souther. MBUmaat ■
Taocaia nr till Fistor.—A eoiraepoad»at
of th. Baltimore So a wrltoe that Um ha*
toes earn, latoetla. trouble at the White Bows.
Mr. Liaoola deaind Mre. LI ami a to ratara ta
BprlafSaid with tba family. attoralgwaahwg
tiara, eotll the prosrotdiSrallto. that Mrnwad
tha Xxeeatlre an diral paled. Gaa. SaaU ia
eeldto ban Joiaad ia tha raaopamaadatlaa t
bat Mr*. Llaaala paaitlval/ reftiead to “aacada,"
a*d thera tb* matter ragto."
Oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo C OOOII00000
I DANIEL HOWE,
g UIKD APRIL 14, 1801.
0Oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooocooo»)oooO
A new grave had been built of brick, anoih
er monument will be erected, and there the
poor fellow Hea after his long imprisonment
and brave fight,out short in hie glowing antic
ipatioos of a "welcome bou e ”
Near this reminiscence, suddesi of all of tbe
past fight, stands an immense ten-iooh Colutn
bind, pointed towards the city of Cbsrleston,
a wall built around it for retreat, whenever it
was fired, lest it should burst. It is related
of this gun that Lieutenant Foster three times
went across the ground to discharge it, and
threa times was driven baok, by ths shells fal
ling around him.
The spot where tha firs broke out is on the
right hand side of the gateway, in tbe officers’
quarters, and the perfurations of tbe red hot
shot through the still standing walls there
may be counted by hundreds. From that
point the firs spread in either direction
all that could be burned was in flames.
Tbe flag staff, shot about seventy five feet
from tbe ground, bears several marks of graz
ing balls upon its sides. Passing up the iroi
stairways whioh lead to the parapet, another
scene of desolation presents itself. Aside from
the destruction by fire, balls have struck eve
ry where. Tbe parapet is torn away in num
bers of places, and the guns are knocked into
all positions imaginable. Some lie on their
sides, others are driven from their places;
several point upward in the air, while the few
tkat doggedly retained their places are mark
ed and cracked so as to be utterly useless.
The largest gun on the parapet, and one which
was most feared, was dismounted by its own
recoil, at the first fire, and thus Providence
terpoaed to prevent the dtstruoihu which
ight have resulted from its use.
Hand grenades, shells, balls, fragments of
missiles, rammers and swabbers, and other
parapbernali of ths battle still ley around ip
profusion, just aa they had been left, but the
marred and ragged features of everything up
on whioh the eye rested showed at a glance
how utterly impossible it was for anything
human to resist the tremendous firs poured in
to the devoted fortress.
In the rotgszins there still remains a large
amount of powder, but It was only "by tbe
grace of God” that it did’nt blow the place to
atoms. 1 was permitted by Lieutenant Rhett,
one of the officers in command, to examino
the spot, and there, wonderful to relate, was a
hols msde by a red hot shot, which had pass
cd through the neighboring brick, burrowed
halfway into tbs walls of ths magazine, and
then fallen to the grouod. Within ten feet of
it a ninety six pound shell had descended
through a granite rook, shattered it in frag
ments, spent the force of its explosion on the
surrounding walls, and rendered the iron door
so useless that it cannot be shot. While we
were there, powder was evsa then visible up
on the floor within three feet of the magazine
end leading Into U, so that had It gone off ac
cidentally, your correspondent would have
been compelled to defer this letter until an
other occasion.
Nothing but n painted picture, or a daguer
reotype can convey an adequate idea of the
destruction. This, by the way, had been uuue
by one of the artists of the oity, who was per-
mitted tbs day after the battle to visit ths fort
for ths purpose.
If facts suah as I hats related, both now
and heretofore, ere not sufficient to establish
ths belief in the minds of ths Northern pub
lic that Major Anderson and his msn fought
as long and m well as they oould, nothing can
•atiify them but * personal inspection of the
place.
CoarnninATs Coin. —We learn that theSu-
periattadeot Of the Branch Mint of the
Confederate 8tates, tot this town, has rtotived
orders to ntriln wo moro ooin of United Staten,
but to resortw ike boliion until dies for the
odTwMnk wel^w Go {^ i4fr,Ut SlfUM ar * r *** ita
DaMmtfa tyweJ.
coarse of preparation.
approached (he building, car eyos were greeted
with tbe iight of t Urge and beautiful flag ©t
the Confederate States, flying from tbe top of
the main building. Upon the Urge slates
which occupy one end of tho Chapol, was writ
ten the lessoo, which consisted of several words
which were explained in the following meaner
by tbe Principal: The word is first written
with^ tbe symbol Indicating the part of speech,
and the meantng of the word. The fo% the
word is then described in writing, aud fully
explained by signs, after which the word is io-
roduced iuto one or more simple sen
tences, which are explained by signs. Wo
wore struck with this peculiar manner, adop
ted by the Principal, in teaching the sigtxs for
individual words so well calculated to impress
upon the pupil the sign ss well as the reason
for ths sign of the words taught. This is the
regular exercise every Friday afternoon, when
all the pupils as well as tbe teachers sre pres
ent. After the school is closed, the pupils copy
into tbsir memorandum books the words with
the description of the signs, thus enabling them
at any future time, should they forget tbe sign,
to recur to their books and refresh their mem
ories. This, we understand, is the manner
which Mr. Cooks teaches all ths signs, and
nearly every morning tbe pupils are in the
habit of bringing to him lists of words,
the request that be will write out a description
of tbe signs for each. We noticed with much
pleasure the eagerness evinced by all the pn
pile to understand the explanations given, and
the intelligence manifested by the sparkling
eye, when a new idea was fully oomprehsnded.
Another and very interesting feature in tbe
exercises of the evening, was the exhibition of
Mr. Cooke's class in Articulation, or roading
tbe lips. This class is composed of several
who have some small remnant of speech left,
but none of whom are able to bear. The pro
gress made by these pupils in the short time
they have been under Mr. Cooke’s instruction
is really wonderful. Questions were asked,
without any signs being given, which were
readily answered by writing on the slate.—
These questions ware some times given audi
bly, and at others by a simple movement of
tbe lips, without any sound, and tbe answers
were as readily given in one case as in tbe oth
er. The exercises were closed, as to usual ev
ery day, by a prayer in tbe sign language.
Wc could not help noticing the neat, and
healthful appearance of the pupils—which
gives good evidence of the care which is taken
of them out of school, as the exercises of the
afternoon did of the faithfulness of their teach
era, and we very much regret that, owing to.the
isolated situation of the Institution, ao few of
the citisens of the State havo an opportunity
of seeing what is now being done for this un
fortunate class. A VISITOR.
Canting About for a Safe Retreat*
The New York " Herald" of the 2d instant,
says:
Tub Pboi'er Skat for the Federal Gov
ernment.—The critical circumstances in
which the President and his Cabinet are at
present placed, by tbe cutting off of their
communications with the loyal States, confirm
the opinion we have so frequently expressed,
that Washington is not a fit place for the seal
of government. It is geographically so badly
situated, and in other respects so defenceless,
that it might at any time be readily surprised
and seized by an invading force. The possi
bility of rebellion again rearing its head
amongst us will operate effectually against the
removal of ths capitol to one of the Central
Stales, as may desire. New York is the only
proper and safe seat for the government. It
is the natural capitol of the country, consid
ered both in regard to its commercial iropor-
portance and its population. Owing to its
facilities of communication by sea and by
railroad with all other parts of the Union, it
is more accessible, and in faot more central,
thin any other city that could be fixed upon.
For the same reason it affords readier means
for tbe conveyance of troops and war materi
al to any point (hat might be threatened. By
strengthening our harbor and land defences
ths city could be rendered impregnable against
rebellion or foreign invasion, sod thus the
government would really enjoy the benefits of
a capitol in Increased security, in dignity and
in the ready command of its resources
Obituary.
Dr. James Foster, of Greensboro’, died at his
residence on the 3d instant, aged 75 years. He
was a native of Prince Edward county, Vir-
f ;inia, and a graduate of Hampden 8idnev Col-
ege. In his demise, the medical profession in
Georgia has lost one of its brightest ornaments.
To the Southern Flag!
JAnee read at the raising of a Secession flag at
LnnescUle % Virginia, on the \stqf April, 1MI.
To the Irish People.
Brother Kxilrs : Our country
North have abandoned iheir priuoi
on oupirigbi
ipathy which
, tkiSto ■•L— ^
e ana nation, is forgiven and forget
ten in the ze^l of mob enthusiasm, which would
subjugate us. Having united with fanaticism
like the predestined of Ghcbeoaa, who ars
bound to tbo DevH and marked with his nail,
Ihwirheads will naver turn aside. Hcnooforth,
therefore, we proclaim that the enemies of tbe
arc our ensmies : dims and
tbe hostility between u§.
Hail I emblem of honor, and freedom| all hall!
Thou beauteoua flag of tbe South—
Though tyrants may hate thee, and Yaakeedom rail,
We are proud of thy honor and truth.
The land that conceived thee shall honor thy birth,
Though envy may curte and defame;
The spirit of freedom abroad In the earth
Shall apeak of thy honor and fame.
Virginia, tbe mother of fllalos, shall avake
To the call of freedom and right,
And justice, and honor, and Interests shall make
A Union of spirit and might.
Her sons who new sit In a Council of State,
We Invoke in honor's fair aarne,
To gather the Jewels and leave t* Its flate
The casket new severed la twain.
With our slater States ef tbe South wu wlU form
A casket more beauteous and rare,
Where boner, aad JeeUee, nod freedom shall cemc.
To lighten the burdens ef cure.
trfieia'a fblr daughters skull Mem bur proud sons,
Who tyrants' devices o'envn,
Aad NiaeefoUaerbUtb* eighth glerious Stele I
To revolve around freedom* bright sun.
May the Oed ef afi wtedem approving*? look
Oa thla contest frr JeeUee and right,
Aud help us to tea# to a fist* SMevbood
A Union of spirit oik! might.
and blood em-
*Tfi volun
teering for coerciou, they establish a princi
ple Ireland baa resisted with all her genius,
energy and manhood. Ths right of a people
to select their own rulers—the right of a peo
pie to make and change their own Government
baa been asserted at the eanson's mouth up
on tnauy a laurelled field, and is ounoentrated
in Irish hearts by the blood of Robert Emmet.
We will stand by the ancient landmark, and
by the old Apostles of Liberty, whose judg-
oieni and integrity we know stood far above
the betrayal of & kiss.
The South has suffered wrong upon wrong,
and insuit opon|insuli, from inimical confeder
ates in the Uoion, and loyality to the Union
is treason to her now. The Irish citizens of
tbe Confederate States are not loyal to a Union
with idiot fanatics, and plundering traitors.—
They spurn the alliance, and feel ebameatthe
conduct of their Northern countrymen. Ask
ing, justice, we have been insulted—asking to
be let alone, we have been mocked—asking
peace, we have been threatened insolently as
impotent!/ with degradation, dishonor, deso
lation and death.
In this monstrous outrage upon freedom and
justice, we had hoped the Irish at the North,
whose liberties and rights Southern votes in
Congtess had preserved, would be with us—
boldly, manfully, honorably with us. Wt
stood by them, when the tempest of religious
bigotry beat against iheir face, their honor
was ours—iheir victories we cheered, their de
feats we nt/uroei. Hut if they take the road
of dishonor, ours will be the march on the
road to glory and fighting for our honor and
lives, they will learn that Southern suns
warm Irish hearts to a patriotism and ardor,
that will carry them uadaunted through the
shocks of war. Already Irish companies have
rallied to the country’s call at the South.—
Thousands of Irishmen are ready for the con
flict, and thousands more are pouring into tbe
ranks of tbe glorious volunteers. Rank and
station have keen lost in the generous emula
tion to serve the South. Our best citizens are
in the field, and beauty’s smile, lends sweet
encouragement to the patriotism and fervor
of the hour.
Our flag, too, floats over a nation alive with
fertility. The country spreads out like a sea
of green, giving assurances of a most pros
perous harvest. Since itinerant Abolitionists
have taken flight, not a ripple of exoitement
is felt on the bosom of our agricultural indus
try. Corcyra stands a monument of fearful
meaning to all who hope for aid In a servile
class, and yankee invaders should beware,
else the future may unfold another lesson to
posterity of more crimson import. No coun
try has submitted to wrong without being en
slaved. Ths glory of the Italian Republics
have vanished like shadows from the dial’s
face. Greece, the Niobe of Nations, weeps at
the feet of the Moslem power. Ireland, like
a Cinderella, weeps and waits a glass slipner
miracle. We must resent aggression when
offered, or submit to indignities forever. Na
tions in their graves give this evidence in their
epitaphs, and the South must now repel the
step of invasion or wake to the music of inva
ding hordes.
Though the Irish of the South bats no rep
resentative organs here, their sentiments up
on this subject cannot, and must not be mis*
resented at tho North. We owe it to oursel
ves—we owe it to our children and to bjstory,
that no Irish Tory shall lodge under ths Con
federate States’ flag. If we would overflow
history with glory, and be worthy our name
nod nation, in the name of liberty we will
tear tha eagles from the invaders' standard,
and sow its stars to the waves and winds.—
Great examples thrill us. A great anoestry
inspires us. Liberty calls us. Honor invito*
us; and let him who falters go back and be
questh meanness and misery to his children.
0. A. LOCHRANE.
W as there an Attempted Revolt on Board
tbe Federal Fleet f
A letter received in this city says the Talla
hassee Floridian, from a gentleman connected
with the Medical Department of the Florida
Army, dated Warrington, April 26th, says:
" There was evidently a violent commotion
amoDgst monster steamers. One, the "Sa
bine," commanded by Capt. Adams, ths 1st
Lieut, of which is Mr. Murdaugb, and tbe
Surgeon, my friend and clasaroats, Dr. Minor,
all Southern men, were seen to run up the flag
of the Confederate States, whioh was almost
immediately hauled down again; the other
vessels clustered around her, boats were
launched, &o. It Is believed to be a mutiny,
but quelled instantly. The bodies of four men
who were shot, have been found on the beach.
No one knows anything more about it. We
fear these officers having just heard of the
secession of Virginia attempted to withdraw
tbe Sabine—hoisting our flag in defiance, and
were qnlckly overpowered.”
Accident to Col* Miller Grieve and Lieut*
Nelsou.
Melancholy Accident.—As ths ateam tug
Robert Habersham was returning front Fort
Pnlaskl yesterday afternoon with several offi
cers and others on board, while passing Fort
Jackson several peruons were about to firs a
salute from a smalt iron swivel, when lbs
piece exploded, seriously if not mortally
wounding Col. Miller Grieve, of MillodjfviUt,
and Lieut. William Nelson, of ths Georgia
Army. Mr. L D l'erkins also received a
wound in the thigh, but was, we believe, not
seriously injured.
Col. Grieve was returning from Fort Pulas
ki, where he had been to vieit hie eon, Capt.
Miller Grieve, now statiooed there. A frag
ment of lbs gun struck him in the heed, de
stroying his left eye, and inflictingj a fearful
wound. When we saw biro, after being re
moved from the boat to the Pulesk! House, he
wae able to ait up a fow minutes at a time and
to couverse with .those around him. There
are strong hopes of his recovery.
Lieut. Nelson's injury |* also in tbe bead,
and Is vdTy.ssvore, rendering him insensible
from the moment he wae otruelt. At seven
o’clock when we sew him, he remained in the
some condition, and very little hope was en
tertained by tbe attending phyeieiena that he
could possibly survive.
Young Nelson Is the son of the Into Gener
al N*lsoa of thin Blots, and n graduate ef the
Georgia) Military Academy. He is n vssy
promising youSg man, and had just been pro
moted to n Lieutenancy, having enlisted ns n
sergeant In tbe Georgia Army.—8**. News.
~ ——♦ dn es wr> Vt
A Caution—We beg in Hggaei is al
8outhere pope* the propriety KSMufag nil
moot ism of the mevemeoieof troops, within
our borders. A word ts the wise I—Riehmond
Whig.
1801.
SALMONS k SIMMQR
FOMM SIIOlllKra
Comer of Whttob.ll tod Al.fc
Atlanta, Georgia’.
NEW SPRING STOl
O NE of our firm boring return«d (
kat, wb.ro b. huiiul complete ,
or* pnrehik. at our Spring Stock of
DRY GOODgl
wo lake thia method of .dTilid. ik. ' *
tb. tamo. Our .lock of
STAPLE * FARCY MODI
wara nor er more attraatK*. The
BLEACHED AND BROWN SHEETINQ,!
SHIRTINQS. Ao..
ft ample.
Crept U'Anflale,
Barege Angtale,
Breath rUnlt,
Moiambipu,
Braiai
and b .pl.ndid usortment of
data R Fatty I
SUk •tfanlfee.
Baatrrt, Re.,
ALRXAXDKR KID (HOIKS, Silk
Every rari.tr of Ltdica' and Him 1 1
m.Buf.ctured in Philadelphia ui
our trade. A more beautiful lot of
CABPETINDS, OIL CLOTH, AND MAT
w. h.T. u.r.r displayed in toil mart.
All of which w. will gall low for CL
Order, promptly attended to.
SALMONS k Bin
Atlanta, March 28, 1881.
SILVEY 3 DOUGHERT
NORCROSS’ BUILDING,
Junction White Hull Ac Pe
Streets.
A«lnrtt>, Otoor,
H AVE jutt rac.ir«d, and ar. no.oj
the largeit .took of Qoooa tba/ had
Offered in on. aeaaon. Their atock *«1
oxcluairaly for Oath, and will be priced!
figure*. *
They her. ...ry rarlety of
DRY GOODS,
from Brown Homeapuna to the Guaetl
Silks; all kinds of fresh LADIES’
GOODS; . large assortment of
BTAPtiH OOO]
including Linens, Lawns, Piece Good. 0.
Ginghams, Ae.; til kinds of HOSIER
FANCY ARTICLES. Also, a large t
JEWELRY, WATCHES ]
In their Basement Rooms, they hare,
g.n t and full supply of
Reidy-Made Clothing,
and GENTLEMEN'S FURNISHING (
THUNKS, UMBRELLAS, Ac. Alto, i
S10.008 worth of H
SHOES, BOOTS, <
embracing all sizes, and a great variety, k
dies, Misses, Men, Boys tod Children.
They repast: their stock it rerj full!
they are determined to tell.
Tha public are respectfully invited i
and examine their stock and prices b«fc
chasing elsewhere.
march8 SILVEY A DOUQHE
Me NAUGHT, BEARD 4 COb]
Commission sued Forwarding J
BA T STREET
Savannah, - - - - -
Wm. McNacgiit, ) f Wn. K.!
James Ormond, j raar20 (Jon I
CRN. IRA R. FOSTER.
FOSTER & QUEEN1
GROCERS
—AND—
COMMISSION MERCK!
WHITEHALL STNNZT,
Atlanta, Georgia,
K EEP constantly oa hand all kinds of^
visions and Family Supplies, buy aa^
all kinds of Tsnoeaaaa and Country I
also, sell Goods consigned to ths 1
tags, and render accounts cf sale prompt
Patronage respectfully solicited. 1
CONFECTIONARIES.
F. M. JACK, Ag
rfsxr door to w. r. Biasise a CO.,
Whitehall St, Atlanta, G.
K EEPS constantly on hand .0 eiosilMld
of CONFECTIONARIES,
FRUITS,
CAKE8.
NUTS,
CANDIES,
PRESERVE*
J ELLIS*
FIC
Also, Fin. Imported WINKS, BR
TOBACCO, CIGARS, Ac, Ac.
Also, B groat rari.ty of Fancy Artlel
koto, Toys, Ac. .
Th. Ladies sod ths Public gencrtllf*|
spMtfuliy inritod to call.
DANIELL 61 McENTIRE,
Wholesale Dealers in
BHOCXHIES, FB08VCV
Feat A- Tree Mreel,
At!onto, j
FINK supply of Coro, B«con s*i 1
ways oa baud.
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