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SUfm^y, JUNE 2, 1801.
For Tw«lv« Months—For During the W or,
Bhiltonvillb, Gao., May 25, 1881.
Messrs. Editors: I noticed a faw days ago
in your vary valuable paper (tha Confederacy)
that Oovtnwr fwtirlaa refused to reoeif*.
any more Volunteers, unleia for three years or
during tie war. No*, I am totting but a
beard)eat boy, and know that the Gev'ocfc- will
not wont mj opinion, but it is a free thing and
I might as welj givo It os any body.
I think the Governor ought to receive every
company that tenders its service ftr otio or
more years, and order them to drill and hold
themselves in readiness ; but let them stay at
home till some company’s time expires, then
order them to fill the place.
Why, Messrs. Editors, there are lots of young
men up here, twenty-two or twenty-three years
old, that have never teen from home two
months at a time in their lives. Do you sup
pose that such boys would be willing to leave
their homes, their parents, and all that is near
and dear to them, (save tbeir country) and go
off for threa years, with dull prospects of ever
getting back? No. But let us go for one year,
and we will come home and aee our folks, and
than we will go again. I do not speak at ran
dom, for I know this to be a fact. Try us.
By giving this a place in your valuablo pa
per, you will oblige a volunteer.
Respectfully, BEARDLESS BOY.
fat" We give plaee to the foregoing; but
think the Governor and President are right in
taking men for the war in preference to twelve
months— especially while so many hundreds
of thousands of our brava men all over tba
land are eager to go for the war—determined
to hear the eraek of the last gun before they
come back, or stay till the Crack of doom. This
patriotic impulse which seems to throb in the
heart of nine-tenths of thoso who cow volun
teer, to sea the independence of the South re
cognized before laying down their arms, is
worthy of being sung by Angel voices, and
played upon the harps of the Heavenly Host.
We should do nothing to check or discourage
this sacred impulse in our people; but let us,
by all means, encourage it and give it the pref
erence above all others, for it is worthy of it.
We do think those youDg men wbo have
never been from home, ought not to be unwill
ing to go for the war—let the prospect of gett ng
back be as it may—if the country needs such
service at tbeir hands; aud we also believe
they are willing to do so, if it is necessary. If
it is not necessary, of course it will not be re
quired of them.
Population of the Confederate States.
The Houston (Texas) “Telegraph” says:—
From the Census tables of 1860, of the United
States, we take the population of the Confede
rate States, including, as we may justly do,
tbe States of Arkansas, Tonnesnee,
Virginia
and North Carolina, viz:
Free.
8Iave.
Total.
South Carolina
301,271
402.541
703.812
Alabama
529.144
435,132
964,296
320,323
111,104
436 427
76,586
61,753
140,419
Georgia
595.097
463,230
1,057,327
Louisiana
376.913
332,520
709,433
Mississippi
354.699
436,696
791.395
North Carolina
601,586
331,081
992.667
834,663
275.784
1,109,847
Texas
....420,051
180,388
601,039
Virginia
..1,100,196
490,887
1,195,183
6.681,619
3,520,016
9,101,665
The total population of tha United States,
by the same Census, was:
Free 27.185.109
Slave. 3,949,557
Deducting the Confederate States as above,
there are left in the United States:
Frae .. 12,603.400
Slave ., 429,541
Of these, however, there are in sympathy
with the Confederate States, and will probably
be united to them after a while :
• Free. Slave. Total.
Kentucky 930,213 225,490 1,155,713
Maryland...., 699,946 87,188 687,034
2,588,421 427,643 3,016,004
This will make a total for the Confederate
States of,
Freo 8,170.070
Slave 3,947,659
Total A ,..12,117,729
Leaving in the United States a total of 19,-
016,635, of which leu than 3,000 are slavesi
The question is, can 8,000,000 of free people
be conquered? If it took Great Britain, with
all ita wealth aud reaources, and the aid of
mercenary troops, eight years to learn that
three millions could not be conquered, how
long will it take the United States, with no
more resources, to learn to let eight millions
alone, who are determined to be independent?
Granting that the United States could conquer
us, what would thay do with us ? Having got
the elephant, what then? May we not pre
sume that old Abe will see enough of the ele
phant before that time comes, to be satisfied
with the sight, and lot the animal alone ?
•« Confederate Hates of Virginia.”
Messrs. Editors: As Virginia is now one of
the Confederate States, and as the Northern
States will claim the name American, which
belonged to the people ef the late United States
in common, (though as applicable to an in
habitant of Labrador, Brazil or Patagonia,)
thereby depriving us of a National name, and
aa most of what is illustrious in tha history of
the United States clusters aronnd the name of
Virginia, “the mother of Statesmen,” we would
suggest that the States farming the Southern
Confederacy loee tbeir names, and that the
name of the " Confederate State# of Virginia*
be given to the whole. Let the States be de«-
ignoted by Nos. 1, 2, 3, eto, His would glva
ua a common name, and, seems to your feorres-
pondent, would unite tha Southern people in
bonds ef the deeest sympathy for all time —♦
As a native Georgian—one who is proud of her
greitnan—I am witling to yield what belongs
to her nasqd to |ny etfejsr na** which can be
oloinaod with glowing pride by every South-
ernar. But if devotion to State ntme is eo
great ae te prevent Uti* we oould allll he made
Vfrgidtail bp the title “Confederate State# of
Virginia.” y )/ t)r
illaworth the VandAdtaamboeeadors of the totty/Miding In MttH
Urn Patriotic 1 1 7 E
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tb«i«th May h». KOBtRT TOOMB8,
8,oralary ef 8 ale.
SOUTHERN 0 £* JfcF EDEEACY
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SOFTHIAB-
r®LL8 WORTH.
iflWr:
INTERESTING PA!
6AB8INATION OF
To the Editor of the Herald:
I waa in the Navy Yerd'al Washington on a
visit to soma members of the New York Sev
enty-first Regiment (which inataWa^ad there);
on tha morning of Friday, May^26th,-Modi 10
o'clock, wbeo the body of the murdered Colo
nel Stls worth was brought Hi from*frtow—flrta
wrapped in the flag of his country, and placed
in tie fire engine bouse in the yard. Standing
&y Belize of those lifeless remains waa tba
heroic young Zniave wbo shot the assassin
dead on the spot, and from hia own lips I re
ceived the following statement oT fBitWfar
transaction 1 • ) .* / • 1 , j
The Colonel, in company with the Chaplain
of the regiment, another officer and four Cor
porals, was on bis way to the telegraph office,
and was passing tba Marshall House, when
they aew a rebel flag flying on the roof. The
Colonel said that that flag must oome down;
and, accordingly, accompanied by the persons
just named, he enterrd the bouse and proceed
ed to the spot where the flag was, took it down
and put it around his body, saying to those
around him that it must be kept uninjured, so
that it might be seen what sort of a thing the
traitors’ flag was- The party then set out to
return down the stairs to the street, when, on
their reaching the second story, the keeper of
the bouse, named Jackson. came suddenly out
of a small room, levelled h!s piece -a double
barrelled gun—and deliberately shot Colonel
Ellsworth through the body. He died instant
ly, only exclaiming “ My God!” The assassin
then again levelled his piece to fire at the Zou
ave who waa by the Colonel’s side, when tbe
Zouave discharged bis piece at tba murderer
and stabbed him with his bayonet. He fell
dead instantly, and thus the punishment was
terribly contemporaneous with tbe crime.
That you may see who this coldblooded mur
derer was, I give you an exact copy of his
hotel card, which I saw the isms day in Wash
ington :
A&JdlbiA-I'Aie- iwHbt- *• .• i'tvvi®
3 MARSHALL HOUSE, £
! James \V. Jackson. Proprietor, ;
*•1 Corner of Pitt and King Street*,
3 ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA. £
Virginia is determined and will conquer^
’•] under command of Jeff. Davis.”
The name of the bravo youth who perform
ed so well and with auch ceol self possession
this act of terrible retributive justice, should
be known throughout tbe land, and I take
pleasure in communicating it through you to
his countrymen. Hit honored name is Francis
K. Brownell, Corporal Companv A, Ellsworth’s
Zouaves. He is from the city of Troy, in this
State, and was a member in that city of Fira
Company Premier, No. 1. He will not be for
gotten by his country.
Col. Ellsworth was murdered at about five
o’clock in the morning.
To show more clearly the atrocious, cold
blooded wickedness of the revel murderer Jack-
son, I should have stated that the ball or slug
discharged on his second fire passed directlv
over ana near the head of Brownell, and struck
tbe wall back of him, and that his gun was
loaded with something very different from an
ordinary ball, is manifest from tbe fact that
the wound in Colonel Ellsworth's breast, was
about an inch in diameter. A.
An Important Document—Jeff. Davis’s
Lctters-of-Marque.
hrksidbnt’s instructions to private armed
VESSELS.
I. The tenor of your commission, under the
act of Congress, entitled, “ An Act recogniz
ing the existence of war between the United
States aud tbe Confederate States, and con
cerning letters-of tnarqoe, prizes And prize
goods,” a copy of which is hereto annexed,
will be kept constantly in your view. The
high seas referred to in your commission, you
will understand generally to refer to the low-
water mark; but with the exception of the
space within one league, or three miles from
the shore of the countries at peace with the
United States and the Confederate States.
You will nevertheless execute your commis
sion within the distance of the shore of the
nation at war within the jurisdiction of such
nation, if permitted to do so.
II. You are to pay the strictest regard to the
rights of neutral Powers, and tho usages of
oivilized nations; and in all your proceedings
toward neutral vessels, you are to give them
as little molestation or interruption as will
consist with the right of ascertaining tbair
neutral character, and of detaining and bring
ing them in for regular adjudication in tbe
proper cases.
You are particularly to avoid eveu the ap
pearance of using force or seduction, with tbe
view to deprive such vessels of their orews or
the pasaengeu, other than persons in the mil
itary service of the enemy.
3. Towards enemy vessels and their crews
you are to proceed in exercising the rights of
war, with all the justice and humanity which
characterizes this Government and its citi
zens.
4. The master, and one or more of the prin-
cipal persons of the captured vessels, are to
be sent, as soon after the capture aa may be,
to the Judge or Judges of tbe proper Court in
tbe Confederate States, to be examined upon
oath touching tbe interests or property of the
captured vessel and her lading; and at the
same time, are to be delivered to the Judge or
Judges, all parlies, bills of ladiag, letters and
other documents and writings found on board;
and the said papers to be proved by the affi
davit of the commander of the captured ves
sel, or some other person present at the cap
ture, to be produced as they were received,
without fraud, addition, subtraction or embez
zlement.
5. l'roperty, even of the enemy, is exempt
from seizure on neutral vessels, unless it be
contraband of war.
If goods contraband of war are found on
board any neutral vessel, and tbe commander
thereof shall offer to give them up, the offer
shall be accepted, and the vessel left at liber
ty to pursue its voyage, unless tbe quantity of
contraband goods shall be greater than can be
conveniently received on board your vessel, in
which case tbe neutral vessel may be carried
into port, for the delivery of tbe oonlraband
goods.
The following articles are declared by this
Government contraband of war, aa well as all
others that ars so declared by the laws of na
tions, viz:
All arms and implements, serving for the
purpose of war by land or sea, suoh as can-
none, mortars, guns, muskets, rifles, pistols,
petards, bombs, grenades, balls, ahot, shell,
pikes, swords, bayonets, javelins, touches,
borne fumiture, holsters, belts, and generally
all other implements of war.
Also, timber for ship building, pitoh, tar,
reaio, ooppar in sheet, sails, hemp, cordage,
and generally whatever may serve directly to
the equipment ef vaesels, wrought (row and
planks only excepted.
Neutral vessels conveying enemy ’■ dispatch
es, or miliUfy ftm>m la ,tke service qf the
enemy, forfeit their neutral character, and
are liable to oeptnre and oandemnalian. But
this rule does net apply to neotfnl vesmto
bearing diopntoho from the puMto ministers
-y The American Tract Society.
The annivereary of this inflation was held
on Wednesday of last week. The old officers
ware rt-eleoted.
After ths usual routine of business was traos-
ectsd.ike members formed themselves into ft
tots! meeting to glorify the war. It was a die-
U9iiog and disgraceful spectacle. One speak-
r maintained that the war is necessary and
right, and that the apostlp of war is qow pre
ferable to the apostle of peace.
Another declared that the Northern soldiers
had felt the breath of Gad upon them, and
Bad gdne forth to battle in obedience to a catl
as grand and solemn, as ever Selied s martyr
to the stake or forced a saint to bis knees.”
A resolution wss offered by tbe same speaker
(Prof. Hitchcock of Union, New York, Semi
nary) and adopted, appropriating $10,000 to
provide tracts for the Northern soldiers.
This was a very commendable proceeding,
but as the funds were contributed by the
Sout h ae well as the North, it would have been
simple justice to divide the appropriation be
tween the soldiers from both sections. No ono
In this region, however, will object to the
tracts being distributed as tbe resolution pre
scribes.—North Carolina Presbyterian.
During tha month of March last the follow
ing snms were contributed to this society from
the South:
,s I 60
.7c»a 81
. 85 00
.267 70
. 14 20
.488 02
.160 06
. 60 OO
Maryland,
D. of Columbia,
Virginia,
N. Carolina
Georgia,
Louisiana,
Tennessee,
Kentucky
We observe, in addition, that a legacy was
bequeathed by the late John B. Bull, of Abbe
ville, S. C , of $1,043; also, legaoies from the
Lambert estate, (Georgia,) $25 ; and Jus. Ca-
rulh, Tennessee, $100. There are, besides,
many individual donations from tbe Scuth.
JEajr We had no idea, until we saw the fore
going, that there were enough of disloyal men
he South to make tbe foregoing contribu
tions. Just think of it! Men in Georgia, in
March last, contributing to this concern in
Yankcedom ! Who aro they ! Will they ever
give any thing more? Are they friends or
enemies to the South ? These are important
questions.
An Act
To prohibit tho exportation of ootton from tbe
Confederate States, except through the sea
ports of said States ; and to punish persons
offendtdg therein.
Section 1. The Congress of the Confederate
States of America do enact, That from and af
ter the first day of June next, and during tbe
existence of (he blockade of any of the ports
of the Confederate States of America, by the
government of the United States, it shall not
be lawful for any person to export any raw
cotton or colton yarns from the Confederate
States of America, except through the sea
ports of the said Confederate States; and it
shall be the duty of all the Marshals and rev
enue officers of the said Confederate States to
prevent all violations of this act.
Sec. 2. If any person shall violate, or at
tempt to violate or evade, the provisions of
the foregoing section, he shall forfeit all the
ootton or cotton yarn thus attempted to be il
legally exported, for the use of tbe Confeder
ale States ; and in addition thereto, he shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on convic
tion thereof, ehali be fined in a sum not ex
ceeding five thousaud dollars,or else imprison-
q some publio jail or penitentiary, for a pe
riod not exceeding six months, at tbe discre*
tioti of the Court, after a conviction upon tri
al by a court of competent jurisdiction.
Sec. 3 Any person informing as to a viola"
lion or attempt to violate, the provisions of
this Act, shall be entitled to one half the pro*
oeeds of the article forfeited by reason of his
information.
Sec. 4. Any justice of the Peace on the in
formation under oath from any person, of a
iolation or an attempt to violate this Act,
may issue his warrant, and cause tbe cotton
or cotion yarn epeoified in the affidavit, to be
seized and retained, until an investigation
can be had before the Courts of tbe Confeder
ate Stales.
Seo. 5. Every steamboat or railroad car,
h’ch shall be used with the conseut of the
owner or person having tde same io charge,
for the purpose of violating this Act, shall be
forfeited in like raauner to the use of the Con
federate States. But nothing in this Act shall
be construed as to prohibit the exportation of
cotton to Mexico, through its co terminus
frontier.
Congress C. 8. A., May 21, 28(11.
I, J. J. Hooper, Secretary of the Congress
of the Confederate States of America, do here
by certify that the foregoing is a true and cor
rect copy of an Aol "To prohibit the ezpor-
tation of cotton from the Confederate States,
except through the seaports of said 8tatea,
and to puuish persons offending therein,”
which passed Caogress, and was approved on
tbe 21st day of May, 1801.
J. J. HOOPER,
Secretary.
Have Your May.
We have received tbe following Ciroular
from Major Julius Hessee, of tbe Qeurter-
master’s Department, add commend the sug
gestion therein contained to our planting
friendi throughout (he country. Nothing pays
better than the railing of hay, and therefore
interest, as wall as patriotism, should prompt
our farmers to act upon the following sugges
fion[Mcnt. Confederation.
CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA. )
Quartermaster's Department, v
Mobile, May 22, 1801. J
Sir : As it has not been customary, hereto
fore, in the vioiuity of Mobile and the Adjacent
counties, to pay much attention to tba saving
of hay and other forage, your attention ia
earnestly called to the eubjeot.-Ths uncertain,
ty connected with receipts or supplies from
other sections beyond the limits of tbe Con
federate States, makes it very neoeasary that
we should look to our own resoucss to make
good the deficiency. When it ia eofiiiderad
how important and neoasaary this saving will
be to tha tuccassful conduct of (ha military
operations of tbs Government, the Depart ment
is confident that the citizens of this district
will usa their but endeavors to save all extra
grain and hay frem tha growing orop, now un
derstood to promts# an abundaot yield.
Vary respectfully,
Your most obedient servant.
J. HESSEE, A. Q. U D., C. S. A.
Floating Dock 8unk —A Isttar from Pen
saoela, dated tbe 26ib, says that the floating
dock was successfully sunk sc as to obstruct
tho aotranoe io PsnsasoW harbor, sn tho 24th.
There was no opposition by ths •etoT.-ha
can Telegraph.
- K *. from ths Klepmond Examiner.
The Monro* Doctrine.
Ths oiTilizsd work! will not much longer
pariah lha naturally p*iadi*iac«l i.l, of Hajtl
to nmil • tutloao motto, inf«at»d by a hord.
jArtgee aad Pfgaui, mm*, ratal oyer
hr dtepot* «ore orttofftotf hl<
439pfe'*t*i< _ _ ___
must an* will be eeoqntred, law order
re-established, and Industry restored to its
civilized course.
Shall we persist iu adhering to tbe Mooroe
doctrine, and bold h out as a bsit for the
Yankee*, or shgll so’ jfa$ de
late from that doctrine as to invite Frauce to
it again tbe garden spot of the earth? We
think it edit be bc|t for us, for Hajti, for all
tbs world, (save Yankee land,) ibal Fran te at
once subjugate it, and ael tbe negroes, to work,
ioatead of leaving them to indulge iu idleness,
Paganism, theft, and bloodshed. Tbe J North
cannot dispense with the produets of -the
•South, sod, when cut off from us, she will at
once endeavor to acquire colonial possessions
in tbe West Indies. Mexico, or io 8oufh Arner-
We should prefer Franoe aa our neigh
bor ; not only because we da not wish to be
hemmed in and surrounded by Yankees, but
also because wa with, now, to sea a balance
of power established in America; and France,
England, Brazil, the Northern Uoion, and tbe
Southern Confederaoy. would constitute such
a balance of power, and prevent the undue
preponderance of any one nation. Bat yes
terday, it was oat interest and policy ; 4o have
but one great American nation, and that onr
selves; to day, we of the South, strengthen
ourselves by multiplying rival nations, and
thus preventing the undue preponderance of
any one of them. Too much of peace and *e
curity destroy tbe energy of nations Riv
alry, competition, and occasional fighting,
among States, are quite as necessary as among
individuals, in order to fortify, elevate and
sustain character, and to beget industry, en
ergy and inventiveness. The fact, that we
shall be surrounded by nations equal to our
selves, js one of the greatest advantages we
sha.l derive from the present revolution. It
11 stimulate us to improvement, and compel
us to practice all the arts of life, which aro
necessary to preserve independence We
must become a distinct people, and no longer
remain as heretofore, mere slave colonies for
Europe and the North.
42 We do not want Hayti ourselves, because
our soil products every valuable staple except
coffee that can be raised in thU island, and it
is probable we shall soon produoo coffee in the
peninsula of Florida. It does not occupy a
very commanding position as regards our ter
ritory, but it is admirably situated to guard
tbe transit across the Isthmus. It will, in
tbe hands of France, keep England and the
North io check, and keep open the free pas
sage of tbe Isthmus for the trade of the world.
California will soon separate from the Union,
when the Union ceases to be the prepondera
ting power in Mexico and Central America.
It is clear to us that the conquest of Hayti
by France would weaken and divide the North,
and benefit us.
Letter from Gen. lieattregard.
We take pleasure in presenting our readers,
by the writer’s permission, an interesting let
ter from General Beauregard.
Tbe kind feelings he expresses fur Caroli
nians, we feel assured, nre fully reoiprooated
by them. His administration here has been
a complete success, and losiug him it is grati
fying to know that his services are required
at another important station.—Charleston Mer
cury.
Charleston, May 27, 18G1.
My Dear General:—I sincerely regret leav
ing Charleston, when its inhabitants have giv
eu me such a welcome that 1 now consider it
as tny second home. I had hoped that, when
relieved from here, it would ) ave been to go
to Virginia, in command of the gallant Caro
linians, whose courage, patience and zeal I
bad learnt to appreciate and admire; but it
seems my services are required elsewhere,
and thither 1 shall go, not with joy, but with
the firm determination to do more than my
duty if I can, and to leave as strong a mark
ae possible on the enemies of our beloved
country, should they pollute ita soil with their
dastardly feet.
But rest assured, my dear sir, that what
ever happens at first, we are certain to triumph
at last—even if we had for arms ouly pitch-
forks and flint-lock muskets—for every bush
and hay-stack will become an ambush and
every barn a fortress. The history of nations
proves that a gallant and free people, fight,
ing for its independence and fire-sides, invin
cible against even disciplined mercenaries at
a few dollars per month. What, then, must
be the result, when its enemies are little more
than an armed rabble, gathered together has
tily on a false pretence and for an unholy pur
pose, with au octogenarian at ite head ? None
but the demented oan doubt the issue.
I remain, dear Geueral, youra, sincerely,
(Signed) G. T. BEAUREGARD.
Gen. Wm. E. Martin, Charleston, S. C.
SILVEY & DOUGHERTY,
NORCROSS’ BUILDING,
.Junction, Whitehall Ac !Poaoli-'l'r©«
Streets,
AtlantA, G-oorgia,
H AVE just received, and are now opening,
the largest stock nf Goods they have ever
offered in one season. Their stock waa bought
exclusively for Cash, and will he priced allow
figures.
They have every variety of
DRY GOODS,
from Brown Homespuni to the finest Dress
Bilks; all kinds of fresh LADIES’ DRESS
GOODS; a large assortment of
0TAF£jB GOODS,
including Linens, Lawns, Piece Goods. Calicoes
Ginghams, Ac.; all kinds of HOSIERY and
FANCY ARTICLES. Also, a large assortment
of
JEWELRY, WATCHES, Aco.
In their Basement Rooms, they have an ele
gant and fall supply of
Ready-Made Clothing,
and OENTLSMEN’8 FURNISHING GOODS,
TRUNKS, UMBRELLAS, Ae. Alio, .boat
$10,000 worth of
SHOES, BOOTS. &c.
embracing all si zoo. and a great variety, for La
dies, Misses, Men, Boys and Children.
They repeat: their stock is very full, and
thev are determined to sell.
The public are respectfully invited to call
and examine their stock and prices before pur
chasing elsewhere.
aarthl SILVEY A DOUGHKBTY.
Attention, CMyTai Payers
ward and niaka raUril tnrlhwiih., £11 railing
mnyJd-dlod i. ( A
To tk. Public. \
Proceedings of ths Vigilance Committee, of
fitftYfYf'*
Dft Ninkol. ba.|«, batn nxpnlM tnm our
*5, ambetims age, and h« having made vt»
rions fa’s# statements as to tha causes which
led to, and the character of the persons en
gaged in his expulsion, tha Committee deem U
roper that they should acquaint the public
M Afc/acd. IIT
Said Nichols came to this place about threa
yexri »go, and commenced the practice of med
icine; and shortly after bis arrival haexprass-
•d a desire to marry; and in furtherance of
that object, sought an introduction to, and cul
tivated the acquaintance of, a worthy ladjr, of
respectable family, who was then a transient
raeident, spending sometime with her rela
tives iu this place. His intimacy with this lady
proceeded so far as to oause on invastigation
of bis antecedents, which resulted in eliciting
fact that he originally hailed from Brie
county, New York; that be bad seduced a
young lady there—beeo forced to marry her—
was tbe father of a child —and that he had de
serted both wife aud child—and that after his
desertion, hia wife had obtained a divorce,
which still left his nose to the grindstone.
He was then published in various papers,
and the knowledge of the above facts caused
him to lose all social, cast in our midst. Tba
people paid very little attention to tbe man,
after this, except as a physician, until tha
commencement of the late political troubles.
Both before and after tbe secession of Georgia,
Dr. Nichols was an intensely rabid Union man,
expressing his convictions freely to many of
our citzens, that the North was right, and tba
8outh wrong, and that those who owned no
slaves had no interest in this contest. It waa
the expression of suoh opinions that led the
Committee to take action in hia case.
In addition to the above, tho following proof
was before the Committee :
Dr. Nichols said to tbe Rev. Mr. Williams, a
local Methodist preacher, of this county, in
making a comparison between two sermons—
one preached North, taking the Northern view
of our troubles, and the other preached South,
taking the Southern view—that tha Northern
sermon was right and the other wrjng.
He said to Marion Ekes, & highly respecta
ble young man, of this town, that he (Nichols)
“had as soon bo caught with a sheep on his
back wbich he had stolen, as to join a Volun
teer Company to fight his b'rethren of the
North.”
He said to Benjamin J. Harris, a prosperous
merchant of our county, that all his interest,
both monetary and otherwise, as well as his
relations, were at the North.
He said to Wesley C. Beall, that this contest
would bo the downfall of slavery, and that the
North was right, and tho South wrong.
He made application to Capt&in Thomas J.
Pilgrim to join his horse Company, but after
finding that the object of the Company, if or
ganized, was to go into service, he declined
joining.
lie used equally, if not more, inoendiary
language to Robert Ekes, a Methodist class-
leader aud exhorter, B. A. Huff, John W.
Thornton, and divers others of the good citi
zens of our town aud county.
On the Friday before he was notified to leave
here, a negro man in the employ of R. P. Les
ter, Attorney at Law, was seen to go into Nich
ols’ office, and remain closeted with him for
half an hour. When asked what the nsgm
was after, Nichols replied, that his master had
sent him after some medicine. When tha oa-
gro wa?asked what he was thsre far, he said,
that he was there to see about setting a post in
front of the office. Mr. Lester said that nei
ther he nor his family had sent ths negro
there. So Nicho’s had told a lie. And from
the length of time he (Nichols) waa closeted
with the negro, the Committee thought there
must be something rotten in his wi^er-loving
heart.
A week or two before the above incident took
place, Nichols was seen by several of our citi
zens, to stop a perfectly strange negro to him,
in our square, and have a lengthy conversation
with him.
It was also notorious that negro men would
assemble almost every night in front of Nich
ols’office, and would frequently remain there
until a late hour at n ight 4
With these facts before them, the Committee
resolrad that Dr. Nichols was dangerous to our
town and community; and, on Saturday night,
the 29th of April, appointed a Committee to
notify Dr. Nichols to leave our town and com*
munitv by twelve o’clock the following Mon
day. The special Committee discharged that
duly on Suuday morning. Monday at twelve,
Nichols had not left. After listening to his
prayers and petitions, and protestations of
loyalty to tho South, (which tho Committee
knew to be false,) they suffered him to remain
in town until an hour by sun Monday evening,
when he left without molestation—being as
sured that if he did uot go of his own accord,
that he would be carried to the Railroad and
•hipped North.
But instead of leaving our county, this in
famous Black Republican whelp, rods Right
and day, trying to stir up the country people
aginst the#itizens of this town; and on Sat
urday, tba fourth day of May, ha had the im
pudence to come riding into our town at tho
head of some twenty or thirty respectable citi
zens, whom ho had enlisted in bis behalf, by
telling them that there was no person engaged
in the affair against bins, but boys, drunkards
and vagabonds. These men aooen found that
they had been deceived; the last one ef them
turned his back on Nichols, and some of thorn
went so far aa to say he ought to bo rode am *
rail, w-v rf a eye O O/Z ff ft
A Committee was thorn appointed to enrry
Nichols to Marietta, with a request from aomo
of our oldest, moat coaaervativo, and moot so-
Warned dlfsone, that tha Committee should
neither offer him any personal violence nor
permit any others to do so. They arrived in
Marietta on Sunday evening, and it was with
the utmost difficult/, and aJtyMbe most ptran-
0001 ezeilibus, that they pfotonMd thOerowd
at tha depot from hanging him. They put
him oaths first train, with tho ondorsUndlM
that ha wee to bay a through tiokst, at DaUoA,
for IB* North. Drt Nieholi stopped at Certore-
viTle, end, wo 6n<fo»t*ad ( has boon at soV-
eral places up and down tho Railremd eine%—
Tho loot account wo had of him, bo was
ioften, at which place ha hat a b
wroW to him (which letter wa#
crowd tb* day h6»*i carried out of
to bedooliy guttl'd, or v#ry cut‘_
(Dr. Bicbols) ex^jreafod hhheolf Hi w
him,#* thore wgl no tolling, io tk—
excitement, whose hands bis lettere o
into.
Wa may odd, that there is scarcely a
this county but that thinks Nieholsii
Republican, or Abolitionist, at heart
dissatisfaction manifaced by any of
zensabout his removal, has arisen f
fact that he waa not regularly tried by
Wh)le we respected their motives, w#
the pcifey of being so considerate to a
Republican.
Aside from Niohols aa a physiol*!,
gross appeared to feel tho greatest i
his remaining hero.
In conclusion, we would recommend
community to beware of this man K
He is a slick, smooth, oily-tongued fel
is well calculated to deceive and bet
one. He ia UDfit to remain in any*
town or community; and should the
any other town or county undertake te
of him, we hope they will be governed
wishes of this town and county, andr
no personal violence.
R. A. SEALE, Oh-
J. B. Pattkhsok, Secretary.
Tho Lawranceville Nows, Marietta
cate, CarWrsville Express, and papers
ally, will please copy.
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