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GEO. w. eueuoTkyf TUESDAY, JUNE 11, 1801. Mayor Whitaker and th« “ Confederacy.” On Friday last we publiehed a communica tion from Milton A. Candler, Eaq ., a well known and highly reepeotabte citizen of Decatur, in whieh wae —fiaednemo eiei**tm<m the the euthoritlee of this city. We accompanied the tdtter with the following comments, via t Asovv tn Lorifuiu ZjCavks.—We this morning publish a communication from Mr. Cihdler 6f Dwaflif, tn Which he fhdulgfce In am temperate, and we believe to acme extent, are not undeserved. We think our authorities made a miatake in giving heed to the unrea sonable and extravagant reports shout the bad oondnet of onr soldier*. But if these rumor* bed been true, it wea hardly right, we submit, to send a regiment of each unbridled ruffian* to s small village, which they oonld have sacked in fifteen min utes, If they had been so disposed. Here we could bevs controlled them, no matter what they might have attempted to do. We truet that everybody will be carefal in the future, about what oredenoe they award to romore— especially such a* are so improbable as were these about the Zouevee. We are reliably in formed that there ia sot a word of truth in the fiigbtfel reports of their bed conduct at Mont gomery, which preceded them, and so much cxtrcieei oar City Authorities. It will bo aeon that we ventured, i n the above, to seggest that our city authorities made a “mistake," and urged the propriety of their exercising more caution heieafter in giving credence to mere rumors—all of which was touched in courteous and respectful language. In the official proceedings of Council, pub lished on Bundsy morning, we notice thst the Meyor represents the “ Confederacy” as en dorsing the attack of Mr. Candler on the city authorities, and impugns our motive for ao do ing. Right here we beg to say, that we know all the members of our Council well, and be lieve them to be aa clever and well-meaning a Board as ever undertook to control the affairs cf any city, atd presume the Council were not called on to act in this matter—therefore, no blame is attached to them. We bare also known the Chief Marshal and his Deputies for many years, and know them to be faithful, vig ilant and reliable officers. We have not made, nor endorsed, any attack on them, or the Coun cil. Possibly sny or all of them might make a mistake; even Hie Honor, the Meyor, might ponibfy err. They are all, united, the guar dians of the peace and reputation of the city ; and shall we, as public journalists, not be al lowed to make a simple suggestion, in courte ous language, without official censure from that body? We think a little reflection will indnoe a kinder spirit from that body. But to the facts as stated by Mr. Candler: Did not the city authorities seed to Decatur bread and coffee for tho soldiers, and did not men accompany these refreehuenta ? and did they not make the statements at Decatur, as stated by Mr. Candler? Were the soldiers not carried through to Docatur, and there remain several hours, as stated ? If so, of what can the authorities complain in his letter? The Mayor says it was at the request of thsir own officers, and by the Railroad Company. Very well. This Mr. Candler did not know; nor did he have a right to presume it, when the refreshments were accompanied by a City offi cer—a Deputy Marshal. We have no blame for that offioer. We pre- sumo he was obeying orders. We preeume the Mayor sent him. His pretence at a section oat of the jurisdiction of Atlanta, gave Mr. Cand ler a right to presume he was there by the City authority. The Mayor may explain the motive and reason for bis course, but can he establish the facts as stated by Mr. Candler as untrue? Whether the statements alluded to in Mr. Can dler's letter were made by this offioer or other gentlemen in charge of tho refreshments, we are not advised. But the crowning point of this affair is the following note, from Mayor Whitaker, left at our office on Saturday last: Atlanta, June 8, 1861. Editor« Confederacy: Having seen one Mr. Candler*# communication in your paper of yes terday, and your remarks upon it, In regard to the Zouaves, reflecting upon the authorities of Atlsots, 1 feel it to be my duty to pronounce the charges knd reflections against and upon the authorities to be false, unwarranted and uoealled for. Gentlemen who propose to be gentlemen, ought to be more oareful how they write and publish things not trne. Yours respectfully, JARED I. WHITAKER, Mayor. Te whioh we replied: Atlanta, June 8,1861. Jared I Whitaker— Dear Sir t Your note of this date, left at onr Reading Room, has just been received and read. Will you please des ignate that part of our reflections on Mr. Can dler’s letter, publiehed in yesterday’s “Confed eracythat it false, unwarranted and uncalled for ? Yonrs respectfully, G. W. ADAIR. To which we received the following note : Atlanta, June 8, 1861. Editor $ Confederacy: Your note of this date is received. I designate your editorial headed, “About the Louisiana Zouaves," in your paper of yesterday, as being an unwarranted and uncalled for reflection upon the authorities of Atlanta. Yours respectfully, JARED I. WHITAKER, Mayor. To this we sent the following respsetfol re- ply: Atlanta, Jan. 8,1881. Jtdgt WMUker Your Mcond not. ot Ihli d.U I. before me. I obMtT. you change th. VteMIng la U. lul net a, onluing te* word i'/Wm,” m appll*d to oorreflertiune alluded te In yW Brit not*. Of th. truth or (.laity ef ifr. Candler** Uttar, that 1. . m.tt.r entirely between you and him. He la rMponilbl. for it. r.r.cKy Aa u our aditarUl remark*, or r.I«ail.a» bwnf lnnrn<hd,u anoalled for, that I. a more matter ef tut*. W. tbiak dif- family, tad -prapwfiiiy (a, t* pew/Jemm,** w* ■ball excreta* ourtjwn discretion la t*|*fd to our editorial r.m.rki upon any public nfutter —dMlrla, to |ajur. oo ata ia th. preivle**, nethql.M l,«lbl.a awl iar eaaelnlinneaee tty of :Mayor WhRnkar. Wo hat. .ought to do kina ao wrong, AA a man or an offloial, and baa. ua«d eourteout languag. toward him. Th. ill-t.mpevand bad brxding manifeated in hla notaa, and, in tbia act of diaraapeot to ua, wa e*»fet,, *urpri(*e ua. Wa hop. tba Mayor, wban h.JvrgtU about bit note Judga Whitakar ratarnad oa ay aTaalafjSte} th. aaal unbrokan ) ba might aai *>■ naan II, aa our clerk inf Front tho London Mr. HaaaalMa (fifth Latter. ClABLiaTmi. 8. 0., April 21,1881 ind arm* coaaoWiicn Iar the dlaeppalut- of not arriving ia tima ta wliaaaa tea at upoa Fort Sumter te deaariblcg ike con- of tba work aooa aflar M .jor^And.r.uu andante II. Alraady i kata spaa my Uhl* a mpklat aBlitlad « Tho Battle af York Beat- , and Flr*t|Yi*f*Ty of >k( Sonterrn Troop.," Ao , aoraral "poama/'Aad a varltty of rani- aulaa, aoaga, and rhotarioai axaraitatiana np- on thia .rent, which, kowarar important as a political dimoo at ration, la (f until Talus te* military most, except ia ao (hr u tba bleed Z - leu oopupatlen of s psaiiios command,ng i, wHI ba mtored to Mr rrsulad good Charted on Harbor I* concerned. It may tend didly and faarlaatep. 1M NOW Ail (hi tOMSOCA, temper and better feeling. Patriotic Little Girl. As the Warrior Guards* (rota Tuscaloosa, Al abama, commanded by Cspicla Fowler, pass ed up the State Road, k beautiful little girl, standing on the embankment, threw into the window of the car a string nicely encircled with large ripe cherries, with a note append ed, reading thus: “I with you God speed, sod may viotory crown your banners. “ANNIE COOKE, “ Marietta, Georgia." This patriotio little gift frem the pnre-heart- ed maiden fell before two men, dressed as gen tlemen, who took it, read the note, and ate the cherries, against the earnest remonstrance of a gentleman of this eity, who witnessed the af fair. The gentleman alluded to asked for tbe note, and took it to Captain Fowler, and relat ed the circumstance, that tbe object of the lit tle girl might be accomplished. When Capt. Fowler was apprised of all the faots, he came forward, sought out the two men, and, with a cool soldier’s sarcasm, administered to them a rebuke that will not be forgotten to their dy ing day. Extraots from Northern Papers. A Worcester correspondent of the N. Y. Day Book gives ths following information of the depression in business in Massachusetts. lie says: In the North part of this country there is no butinets. Tbe great pail and chair districts are almost desolated. Tbe large pail manu factory of (be Murdocks in Winchendon is shut up, tbe proprietors failed, and the work men out of employment. This is a severe blow to the town, but Asbburnbam is in about the same condition. One little village in Tem pleton of 400 inhabitants, has lost within three weeks over $100,000, completely ruining tbe plaoe for the time being. This sad state of affairs in tbe Northern part of the country is but a sample of the state of our industrial in* Lfrests everywhere. The Brookfields are the great boot and shoe towns of the eonntry, and there business is down. T. & E. Batehslder have failed, and their works were the largest in town. Those shops where any work Is done are doing but very little, and the profits are found on tbe wrong side of the ledger. The straw shops in Upton have also nearly stop ped work ; but as their season is nearly over, they will not be seriously affeoted this sum* mer, if they oan sell their present supply. Tbe N. Y. Times says: Tbe impression gains ground that there can be no end to the present war, no compromize, no peace, which leaves the oauae of it in exis tence. The irrepressible conflict having tak en this sanguinary character, can no more be staid while slavery exists. It has been resolv- ed by the whole people of the North that the Union must be preserved. The Government responds to this popular outburst of patriot ism, and re echoes it in official instructions to our foreign ministers. This is the one great point determined, and it is now becoming ev ident that it oannot be made final and sure without a complete overthrow of tbe institu tion of slavery. The New York Day Book says : A merchant of this eity, whose opinion is entitled to credit, both from his experience and his sagacity, says that “it is useless to do ji .that a complete financial wreck of the bole North is inevitable unless something is done when Congress meets to bring about an honorable peace." It is a sad business to walk out in the streets. One oan hardly pursuade himself that hs is not in Bedlam. Such faces! Some blazing fiendish passions, others, sad, sorrowful and despairing ; but not one pleasant and joyous countenance in the whole city. There is some thing in every man’s face which seeme to say a nation is dying !" pJT A Portsmouth, Va , correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch has tbe following in reference to the raising of the Merrimac: The celebrated wreckers, the Bakers, of whom I have heretofore made mention, have been engaged, for the laet four days, in making the necessary preparations for raising the steam frigate Merrimac—the same splendid speci men of Naval architecture which the Vandals under Pendergrastand company left in flames, and which was burnt to the water's edge. Yes terday morning, at five o’clock, four steam pumps were put in motion, the holes battened and leaks having been previously stopped, and indeed every preparation made preparatory to tba operation of pumping. The fonr pumps discharged one hundred and forty barrels etch minute, or forty barrels each. At six o’clock yesterday afleanoon, I went on board the the steamer. Bhe was along side the wharf at the Navy Yard. They had then, as Baker told me, discharged 121 feet of water. Thera wars about 6 feet in tbe hold. She was up nine or ten feet from the surface of the wa ter. Her water pipes had been out, and the mtgasine cock was found turned so as to let in the stream. This Baker turned so as to shut off tbe influx. The damage of the engine is not of a serious character. Under superintea- tendance and mangemant of the Bakers, her machinery will ba rendered as fit for service as before the myrmidons of Black Republican ism exemplified the mode of their chief in “protecting the public property.” Anothbb Paiza.—Quite an cxeitement wae created upon the street yesterday afternoon by the auaouocement that the privateer 8av~ annth, formerly a pilot boat ia oar waters, had captured the brig Joseph, of Portland, Maine, from Havant to Philadelphia, with n cargo of Sugar, valued at $80,000, and had sent her into Georgetown, with a prise crew. The privateer is commended by Capt. Baker, and when last seen wen being abased by a U. 8. war vessel, bnt with very little likelihood of being oaptered. When the Savannah left our harbor some days ago, a ball was firsd aprtM her bew from the blockading ataemer, to bring hsr to, but the only nnewer given was a return shot at tbe steamer, ne the little craft saecilj continued on bar way. Frltt Commissioner Gilebriet, will visit among perishable arthdee, it will | sent te Charleston and sold, tho p malalng nabjett It the deefefsa el °&W& n % 'SJI to prevent any false impressions founded on imporfret information, to state a few foots oonneotsd with thejfirc in tbe work, and its ef fects which will interest, at least, some mill tary readers. In the first place, It may be well to admit that the military preparations and positions of tb# South Carol!niene wore more formidable than one wae prepared to expeot on the part of a email State, without any considerable in ternal organisation or resources. This com parative efficiency was due mainly to Gen Beauregard end hie aseistent engineer, Major Whiting, who are, both professional engineer officers of the United Stele* Army, end who had capacity and influence enough to direct the energies of the undisciplined masses in the proper direction, instead of allowing them to rush on their fate in the perilous essay of an esoalede, as they intended. Tbe State of South Carolina bad for a long time been accumula ting arms and munitions of war, end it may beeaidtbat ever since tbe nullification con test shs bad permitted hereelf to dwell on the idea of ultimate secession, to be effected by force, if necessary. When General Beau regard and Major Whiting came here tbe works intended to resist tbe fleet and crush the Fort were in a very imperfect state. Major Anderson and his oflloers had a true professional contempt for the batteries of ths civilians and militia men, which was in some measure justifiable. One morning, however, as they took their survey of the enemy’s la bors for the previous night, they perceived e change had oome over the design of their works. That “some one who knows his busi ness isfover there" wai evident. Their strange relationship with those who were preparing to destroy them if possible, howsvsr, preven ted their resources to the obvious means whioh were then in abundance in their bands to avsrt the coming danger. Had Major Anderson main tained a well regulated fire on the enemy the moment they began to throw upon their bat teries and prepare Fort Moultrie against him, he could have made their progress very slow and exceedingly laborious, and have marked it at every step with blood. His command over the ground was very decided, but he had, it is to be supposed, no authority to defend him- aelf in the only way in whioh it could be done. “ Too late "—that fatal phrase—was the echo to every order which came from the seat of Government at Washington. Meantime the South Carolinians worked at these batteries, and were soon able to obtain cover on the soft shady plains on which they were planting their guns and mortars. They practiced their men at the guns, stacked shot sod shell, and furnished their magazines, and drilled their raw levies wi'h impunity within 1400 yards of the Fort. We all knew what impunity is worth in offensive demonstrations. It is a pow erful agent, sometimes, in creating enthus iasm. Every day more volunteers flocked to tbe various companies, or created new asso ciations of armed men, and the heterogene* roue and motley mass began to assume some resemblance to an army, however irregular. At the present moment, Charleston is like a place iu the neighborhood of a camp where military and volunteer tailors art at work try iog experiments in uniforms, and sending in their animated models for inspection. There is an endless variety—often of ugliness—in dress "equipment "end nomenclature, among these companies. The headdress is generally, however ,a smart cap like the French cept ; the tunio is of different outs, colors facings and materials—green with gray and yellow ; gray with orange and black; blue, with white and yellow faoings; roan, brown, burnt sienna and olive—jaokets, frocks, tunios, blouses, doth, linen, tweed, flannel. Tbs officers are generally in blue frocks and brass buttons, with red sashes, the rank being indicated by gold lace parallelograms on the shoulder straps, which are like those in use in the Rus sian army Tbe arms of the men seem toler ably well kept and in good order. Many, how ever, still shoulder the “White Bess"—the old smooth bore musket with unbrowned barrel. Tbe following is an official return, which I am enabled to present to you through the courte sy of the authorities, showing the aotual num ber of men under arras yesterday in and around Charleston: Mobbis Island—17th Regiment, 700 men ; 1st, 950 men ; 8d Regiment, 976 men. Total 2,025 men. Sullivan's Island— 6ih Regiment 1,076 men ; detachment of 8lh Regiment, 250 men; detachment of 0th Regiment, 200 men ; cav alry and others, 225 men. Total, 1,750. Stono and other points, 720 men ; Charles ton 1,900 men ; Columbia, 1,950 men. Morris Island, Sullivan’s Island, Stono and other points, Total, Columbia, Charleston, Total, In field el lime of report, Total, 12,002 The regiments mentioned here ere compos ed of the various companies raised in differ ent paVts and localities with different names, but the State regulars are ia expectation that they will eoon be made portions of tho regu lar army of the Confederate Stales, which ie ia eonrse of formation. There ere I believe, only 55,000 registered voters in South Carol! as. Tbe number of men furnished by them is a fair indication of the seel for the oauee whioh animates the populstion. ThejMwsi- qut of the troope ia undeniably good. Now and then undersized, weakly |men may be met with, bat the great majority of the com panies consist of rank and file, exceeding tho average statue of Europeaae, and very well built and moeouler. The men run very large down here. Nothing, indeed, can be more ob vious, when one looks allhe full grown, healthy handsome race which develops itself ia the •treats, ia the bar-rooms aad in the hotel balls, than the error ef the argument whieh is mainly used by the Carolinians thsmselves, that whits mea cannot thrive in their State. In limb, figure, height, weight, Ihtv are equal to any people 1 have ever seem, and their fea ture are very regular aad pronounced. They are, indeed, aa nalike the ideal Aseerioaa ef •or caricaturists aad ear stage is as ths “wri- sr*‘ ef the Perie 8t. Martin in the English gemsleeses). Some of thie superiority le doe the foot that % hoik pr the white pc- totette* h^an (la allltet aas« aitetaarate oligarchs I is bat a gigantic Sparta, ia which 1 lad * am marked by ea indelible differ •nee of color and race from tbe masters. The white population Whioh is net land aad slave- holding and agricultural It very small aad ve* TZi~zZn,nZriz7Z'*.y ad- vantage which mo conduce to (he physical «x- oaUence cf apeepto, aad te the cultivation of the graces end accomplishments ef Ufr, even though they are rather disposed le neglect purely Intellectual enjoyment* hod tastes.— Many of those who servo in (he ranks are men worth from £5,000 to £10,000 a year— at least, so I was told—and seen wart pointed out to me whe word said to be worth far mors. One private feeds his company on bis comrades with unlimited campano, moat grateful on tbe arid sand biU; a third, with a more soldiery view!to their permanent, rath er then occasional efficiency, purchases for the men of bis “ Guard " a complete equipment of Enfield rifles. How long the zest and re sources of these gentlemen will last ft may not be easy to say. At preasnt they would provt formidable to any enemy, except a re gular army on ths plain and in the open field, but they arc not provided with field artillery, or with adequate cavalry, and they are not ao customed to act in concert, and in large bo dies. Yesterday morning I waited on Gen Beau regard, who ia commanding the foroes of South Caroline. His Aids-de-Carap—Mr. Manning. Mr. Chesuut, Mr. Poroher Miles and Col. Lucua—accompanied me. Of these, the former has been Governor of tbia State, tbe next has been a Senator, the third a mem ber of Congresa They are all Volunteers, and gentlemen of postion iu the State ; and tbe faot that they ara not only content, but gratified" to act as aids to the professional soldier, is the best proof of the reality of the spirit whioh animates tbe class they repre sent. Mr. Lucus is a gentleman of the State, who ia acting as Aid-de-Camp to Gov. Pick ens. Passing through tbe dense crowd which, talking, smoking and reading newspapers, (ills the large hall af the Milla House, we emerge on the diriy street, sufficiently broad, end lined with trees protected by wooden sheath ings at the base. The houses, not very lofty, are clean and spacious, and provided with ve randabs facing tbe South ee far as possible. Tbe trees givs the streets the air of boulevard, and tbe town has, somehow or other, the re miniscence of tbe Hague about it which I can not explain or acoount for satisfactorily. Tbe headquarters are in a large, airy public build ing. once devoted to an insurance company’s operations, or to the accomodation of the pub- lio fire companies. There was no guard at tbe door: officers and privates were passing to and fro in the ball, part of which was out off by canvass screens, so as to form rooms or departments of tbe Horse Guards of South Carolina. Ioto one of these wo turned, and found the desks occupied by officers in uni form, waiting dispatches and oopjing docu ments, with all the abandon which distin guishes the true soldier when he can get at printed forms and Government stationery. In another moment we were ushered into a small er room, and were presented to the General, who was also seated at his desk. Any one accustomed to soldiers can readily detect the “real article" from the counterfeit, and when Gen. Beauregard stood up to wel come us it was patent that he was a man ca- pabla of greater things than taking Sumter. He is a squarely-built, loan men, of about 40 years of age, with broad shoulders and legs “made to fit" a horse of middle height; and hia bead is oovered with thick hair, cropped close, and showing the bumps, whioh are re flective and combative, with a true Gallic air, at tbe back of tbe skull: the forehead, broad and well developed, profects somewhat over tbe keen, eager, dark eyes; tba face is very thin, with very high cheek bones, a well sha pad noee, slightly acquiline, and a largo, rigid, sharply out mouth, set above a full, fighting chin. In the event of any important opera tions taking plaoe, the name of this officer will, 1 feel assured, be heard often enough to be my excuse for this little sketch of his oat- ward man. He was good enough'to detail his obief engineer officer to go with me over the works, and I found Maj. Whiting a most able guide and agreeabla companion. It is scaroe ly worth while to waste lime in describing the position of Charleston. It lies as low aa Ve nice, the look of whioh it rather affeots from a distance, with long, sandy Islands stretoh- ing out as arms to close up the approaches, and lagoons cutting into the marshy shorea. On a sandy Island and spit on tho left band shore elands Fort Moultrie. On tho Southern tide, on another sandy Island, are the lines of tho butteries whioh, probably, were most dan gerous, from their proximity and position, to the unprotected face of Sumter. Tho fort it self is built in the tideway, on a rocky point* which has bean increased by artificial depot its of granite chips. Embarktd, with a few additions to onr original party, on board a small steamer oallad the Lady Davis, we first procesdsd to Morris Island, about 3J miles from Charleston. Our steamer was filled with ooramissariat store* for the troops, of whom 4,000 were said to be encamped among tbe •end hills. Any one who bee ever been at Southport, or has seen the dunes about Dunkirk or Calais, will hava a good idea of the piece. Our lend ing wae opposed by a guard of stout Volun teers, with crossed firelocks; but they were satisfied by the General’s authority, and we prooeeded, ankle-deep in the soft, white sand, to visit tba batteries whioh played on the landward fact of Sumttr. They are made of •andbags for the moat pert, well plaoed in the sandhills, with good traverses and wall pro tected magazines, the embrasure being faoed with palmetto logs, which do not splinter when etruok by shot. It did not, however, require much investigation to show that thee* works would ba greatly injured by a fire of vertieal and horizontal shell from tho fort, and that the distance of their armameot would ran- der it diffioult to breaoh the aolid wells whioh were opposed to them al upward of 1200yards away. However, there were two powerful batteries, whioh oould have done greet dam age if they wore all served, and have mada the torreploin end parnde of the fort e com plete '‘shell-trap” unless the mortars were in jured. The eivillene and militiamen eel greater store oa the Iren Battery at Cuaming'e Point, whieh Is the partef tbe Ielaed nearest te the fort, hot tho fire ef heavy guas would have soon destroy ed their confidence. It con •lets of yellow pine logs placed aa vertieal up rights. Tbe reef, of tbe same material, dopes from the top ef the uprights to (ho tend fro ing ike eaemy; over it are dovetailed bare of railroad iron, of the T pattern* from top to bottom, all rivetted dowa ia tho meet assure aor. Oe the front* the railroad iron roof aad inellae, present aa angle ef about 80 de grees. There are three port boles with iron shutter*. When opened by the eoifea of a le ver the muzzles af the eolumbiada ftH up the seme space completely. Tbe oolawibiad guns with whioh this battery ie equipped bear oa enwew sswe si twe woxze^p siw mss iimsz oy aix tkot, te* aSate af MuW aUtete n«|b te ■‘mtniteaii iktelNV' af (tern Hr Ur- Utu Vua *TUaatea- aa*d off gradually from lb* Irunaluai I* iho aaisla. Tb* platform, aor* ratbor 11,bt, but tb* wrr* oolid aad woll mute, sad lb* , sort*, or ftilOfco* of (bogus, war* ordor. Th« mortar* pro of rartou. and datoriptlo*,, madly tiaoh aad b ; aad il lo said (boro War* IT of teom itisa sad working against tb* fort, and 88 guns were from tim* to tlm* dirootod sgaioot It. Shot aad ih.il appeared to be sbuodaot ooougb. Th. works ar* all .mall detaohod billorio., with saad hog morlsos, and open at tb* gorge, aad Iksy extend for font mites along tho .boro of tho Ulond. Th* oomp. are 'pllobod molt irregularly bitwton the sandhills tents ef ail aha pee eef silts, la the fashion called higgledy-piggledy, here end there, in knots end groups, in a way that Would drive an Indian quarter master-general mad. Bones of beef and mutton, champagne aod wine bottles, obstructed the approaches, whioh were of a nature to afflict Dr. Sutherland and Sir Jobe M'Neil most bitterly, end to eug- gest the reflection that the army whioh so ut terly neglected sanitary regulations oould not long exist as soon as the son gained fall pow er. They say, however, the men are not sick ly, end that these sandhills are the most heal thy spots about Charleston. The men were occupied as soldiers* generally when they have nothing to do—lounging or lying on the straw and plank carpets, smoking, reading, sleeping. The owners of the tents give them various names, of which “Tbe Lion’s Den," “The Tiger’s Lair," “Ths Eagles’ Nsst," “Mar’s Delight," are fair specimens, and thesa are done in blaok on the white calico. In one of whioh we visited, the hospitable inmates were busily engaged in brewing claret cup, and Bordeaux, lemons, sugar, ice aod eharn psgne, aod salads were ia abundance, and at the end of the tent was e bar, where anything else in reason could be had for the asking, tbongh water was not so plentiful. At one of the batteries tbe great object of attraction was a gun made on Capt. Blakely’s prineiple, by Messrs. Fewoett, Preston & Co., of Liverpool, which was only put in battery the day before tbe fire openrd, and the effeet of whioh on tbe masonry is said to have Jbesn very powerful. It ie a 12 pounder—tbe came which was tried last year, I think—and bears a brass plate with the inscription, “Presented to 8outh Caroline by one of her oitizens." It is remark- able enough that the vessel which carried it lay in tbe midst of the United Slates war ves sets al tbe mouth of the harbor. Having satisfied our curiosity as well as time, and a sand storm permitted, we got in a row-boat and proceeded to Sumter, distance tbe fort bears some resemblance to Forts Paul and Sevastopol. It is a truncated pentagon, with three faces armed—that which is toward Morris Island being considered safe from attack, as the work was only intended to resist an approach from the sea. It is said to have cost altogether more then £200,000 ster ling The wails are of aolid briok and con crete masonry, built close to tbe edge of the water, 00 feet high, and from 8 to 12 feet in thickness, and oarry three tiers of guns on the north, east, and west exterior sides. Its weakest point is on tbe south side, where tho masonry is not protected by any flank fire lo sweep the wharf. The whole ia designed for an armament of 140 pieces of ordnance of all calibres. Two tiers are under bomb roof case mates, and tbe third or upper tier is en bar beUt; tbe lower tier in intended for 42 poun der paixhan guns; the eeoond tier for eight and teo-inch colurabiads, for throwing solid or hollow shot, and the upper tier for mortars end guns. But only seventy five are now mounted. Eleven paixhan guns ere among that number, niue of them commanding Fort Moultrie. Some of the oolumbiade ere not mounted. Four of tho 82 pounder en*barbet/e guns are on pivot oarriegee, aod others have a sweep of one hundred and eighty degrees.— The walls are pierced everywhere for muskets. The magazine contains several hundred bar rela of gunpowder, end a supply of shot pow der and shell. Tho garrison wee amply sup plied with water from artificial wells. The war garrison of ths fort ought to be at least 600 meo, but only 79 were within lie walls with the laborers—109 ell told—at tbe time of the ettaok. The wells of the fort are dented on all sides by shot marks, but in no instance wee any ap proach made to a breaoh, and tho greatest damage, at one of the angles on the South face, did not extend more than two feet into the masonry, which is of very fine brick.— Tbe parapet is, of ooureo, damaged, but the casemate embrasures are uniejured. On lend ing at the wharf wo perceived that tho gran ite cappings had suffered more than the brick work, end that the stone had split up end splintered where it was etruok. Thelngenui ty of the defenders was evident even here.— They had no mortar with which to fasten up the stone slabs they bed adapted as blinds to the unprotected south aide, but Major Aoder sod, or bis subordinate, Cept. Foster, had closed the slabs in with lead, whioh he bed procured from some water piping, end had ren dered them proof against esoalede, which ho was prepared also to resent by extensive mines laid under the wharf and landing place, to be fired by the friotion tubes aad lines laid inside the work. He had also prepared a number of •hells for the same purpose, to act as bend grenades, with friotion lubes and lanvard*; then hurled down from the parapet oa hie as sailants. Tho entrance to the fort wae block ed up by roaeeea of masonry, whioh hmd been thrown down from the wells of the burnt bar racks end officers’ quarters along tho south aide. A number ef men were engaged In dig ging up the mines at the wharf, and others were busy in completing the ruin of the tot tering wells, where etill so hot that it wea necessary to keep a hose of water playing on f ieri of the brickwork. To an uninitiated eve t would seem as if tbe fort wae untenable, but, ia reality, in spile of the destruction done to it, a stout garrison properly supplied* would have been in no danger from anything except the explosion of tbe magazine, of which the oopper door wee jeasmed by the heat ai the time of the surrender. Exclusive of the burning of the quarters end the intense beet, there wae ao reason for a properly handled and sufficient force te ear- render the place. It is needless to sav Ma jor Anderson had neither one or tbe outer.— He wae in all respeota most miserably equip ped. His guns were without screws, scales or igeafr, so that hie devotions w by rude wedgea of deal, aad hie eealee an in chalk on the breech of hie cues, aad hie distances aad bearings scratched la the same way ea tbe aide ef the embreaaree. He had net a single free tor hie ehellSi and he tried ia vaia to Improvise them by fiiUag pieces of bored-o at pise with caked gee powder. Hie oertridgee ware sot, aad be wae compelled te detail seme of Ida few mea to make them eat of shirte, stockings aad jeebetm Be had oet a single mortar, end be was compelled to the deeperate expedient at planting long guns in the ground al aa aegis of fotty-five degrees, for which he could find no ehen, as b« had so fuses which oonld ba fired with safety. He had ae sheers to meant hla gene, aad ehaaee alone enabled bim te do so by drifriag tame Urge legs dew a with the tide against Sumter. Finally* he had aoatiaa ena engine te pat oat •».** «-( L ioiUkOi atetea ^oal r m*a teolte 1a te* grou»d J bat Major doro wtro I* bunt tb* ok JF01J . potto,-OO oo lo fraolnio m 'XxX'JBK: T, ° ^ o* hj(ifaot. and on, no omionte. yatlpbj it. own mooil; but tknT.' Jary ten. ioted* to, Jiu guns or work*. Tho .hell > dU.ppMr.it-carried 0 ff, I „ pbioo." Hod Mojor AodtrtoQ b..l pro.ldod, oo that b* could bon u hi* non to lb* guno, opeoed fire f r .« barbette, thrown oh.ll «d hot .bo! Inyo to nil bio oaoooiot.t tod put J, tbojf «ro» from rod hot .hot or ib.li I hnvo no eorlhljr doubt, h.Todri?,. off Monte* tetnad, bant out Fon' •ilenood tb* enemy*, fire. Hi, bn., boon oo.uder.bt. ; that of u. oral,, moot bar. btoa rery not n lift wu loot by aolu.l fir. o«'eli A week bone* and it will b« ia-— fleet to do onything, oxcept count, of a* army tor*, nod they must Ifa looot, four miles from tbe nearnt' booeb. TO ARMS! TO ARMflH J~hUE Company, the Con [derate Coe ie aocepted in Col. Conner*! I Georgia Regiment, and will ihoiU, resist tbo Inrodors. 1 Ths war in Virginia is our wsr, tad fsno* of the boon ot her citiuu a fonoe of our homos; their lurew it cess. There sre yet in this eouolrr who hare boon reedy to go when II is now tt«eMoiy-tbe best pr, n w* osn offer is to oiler to tho inrtdm bayonets. Onr ranks tro not full, tbrrefrr, t, more men, brave and true! Yon ibtil ed as brothers—yon shall bo as ' drilled os anyoompsoy in thoOonfc vice. Thooo wishing to join will «pw( to either ol th* undersigned, or «t7 ptoy’e drill-room, in Hayden', Hall. Tbe Company will drill every diy M , and on Tnesdny, Thursday, «nd i nights at 8 o'clock, P. M. E. M. Seago, Cspitlu. C. II. Costillo, 1st Lieuf. H. 8. PouixoT, 2d Lieut. W. L. Abbott, Butsi 2d Atlanta, June 4(h, 18G1 -jolh. SILVEY & DOUGHER NORCROS8' BUILDING, J unction *WTiitehall Ac PeaclW Streets, A.tlsmtm f O-oorgla, H AVE just received, and tro net; the largest stock nf Goons they - offered in one season. Their stock wi_ exclusively for Cosh, sod will be priori figures. They have every variety of DRY GOODS, from Brown Homespuns to the ImoI Silks; all kinds of fresh LADIES’ GOODS; a large aeeorimeut of ■TAX>Utl GtOO including Linens, Lawns, Piece Goods, Ginghams, Ac.; all kinds of HOSriL FANCY ARTICLES. Also, a large a of JEWELRY, WATCHES, In their Basement Rooms, they have gent and full snpply of Ready-Made Clothing, and GENTLIMEN'S FURNISHING : TRUNKS, UMBRELLAS, Ao. AH $10,000 worth of SHOES, BOOTS, embracing sill fiscs, and • greet variety* dice, Misses, Men, Boys and Children. They repeat: their stock is very ^ they are determined to sell. The public are respectfully invited and examine their stock end pri# * ' chasing elsewhere. maroh8 SILVEY A DOUGH ABSCONDED, fcSlvi years old, square built, UO to 160 pounds. He cee JQtrits poorly, wee pretendedty about Atlanta as a Carpenter, until day* ago, since whioh time, has not or heard from, ia supposed to have been carried off—probably has a pass him to work in Fulton or adjoining A suitable reward will be paid for his henaioo. JOHN June 7-le Alabama Iasaraace C MONTGOMERY. CAPITAL T HIS Company, by promptness is and paying its losses, has gained » tion which haa plaoed it among the of Insurance Companies in theeounlryt sure* all kinda of insurable property most favorable terms. DIRECTORS. E. H. Metcalf, 8ec'y. Wa. C. Bibb, F. M. Gilmer, D. A. Clark, Wm. H. Rives, J. D. Hutcheson, SAMUEL SMITH, A, Office corner Whitehall A All June T. fl. L. Arlington, J. M. Williams* John < The SiriUgi of the C«nfrdfrate CATOOSA SPRIN J j. HARMAN respectfully « . hie former vieitora, and the arnlly, that ha ha. .nlered into * •hip with Mr. J. B. Nicnou, of** for th. auuing a*noon at thii CELEBRATED WATERING P Thankful for the petroasge in tended to him, ho would solicit eooa of the same tor ike firm, who will - all times* to provide for the table, bsr, err luxury attainable. , ^ Our oooks will be the most the South oon produce, together wHi oient loros of attentive mrvanto. -- be an excellent BRASS and 8TWIF of superior Musicians attached •• per tor .«• uedlw.. ried Mineral Waters ere now Th. m«dioal_vi rtaa. of Ikl to require an exteasive descripmm; Uon to th. Rod, Whit# *»<* Spring.-many of them *en*M**J end Megneeln—f* en ln**h*«tem* par**! Frweten*. Owr accommodation, ara very W* have teeny pleaeenteotteg** th* mein hotel, where famtliee *— and retired a* fa their own hem* OeteM* Spriog* ere in ttetete.-. gio, two aad* gnorter »!**(>»•■• 1 AUaBtia Reilroad. A flee Hack* will ha at th. ptetfcf"' • ef each Irwin. Th* Sprtege h»H* road oommaaioation with Con,.- o» Bonne: Twelve Doll*** p*» week, end ™ Thoee who « fck| »*A*P bo "*, -