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SOUTHERN /CONFEDERACY. 0«H(tie»(| k' okTiTabxir ..—j. imt iim* i -J AMO IWWITOM. '-Msg * A* (T* KVA. » HOBO! A . FRIDAY, JUNE 21, 1801. The Fires or P.trUtUon Brightly Bara- Oo tbo firit Saturday la tbii mouth, tk* oik- Iseos of ltoogk Idge DHtHot. Troup scanty, ars-mblsd Ire op ftoWrjr Cburok to dnrlM w.yo Old raoont la lulil oar brara noMirrn now Ib lb* told, aad tliolr ustdy femilin* at Tun l.dioe iuboeribwd tvykunirti and nmt- lr/HitfMM» ko »Ws up b) Ihtlr ova bauds I aad tka gentlemen oobocribod $318, la oioh, oa the opal. Thi« it aot a pity oobocrip Itoo, wkero tka many who wtro rich coot la much. Tbo llbmwlity of tka oltiitno of Rough tdgo la worthy of all pro loo. Tho other Diotrleta la tka coaatj haoo oo jot tokra ao aetloa oa thin mottor, oo lor oo wo koow. rod ikt Ortnf'tttoUi tf that fgkt—Stm For* I’rprrt rtetieti— Tint loot toftninf Dawn—A Lincoln Oorretpondml— Btmr tf Oitgoltktt from oar Oommiotiontrt—Lotto- Hon from Lincoln't Army—Tit Irhk if til Korlk coming rigid. - - — Bicbhood, Joao 17th, 1861. Tk$ moot notable feature la tbo aowo of to day. It tbo oooeuotlon of Herpor't Forry by the Goa fedora to ferooo uodor Ooaoral J.knlou. F raaoa. hot uudergoto o I> «ot ebaago in par otoraotioa koyoad tko Fotomoe. I, tbo battle o' lethal Chan lo or wore tbo naoifers« a profound imprstaitn u port Uu»t < tkaoogof ij boo to i Greblo, of t tbrop, old to Goo. klUod, about 288 woaadod,aad about tbooamo iadaotriot. Boa I doe tblo, a Iota lout to ooory h«od of a femi- putlou, from 4$ lo 80 ema it lo only oocraeory " dtah 1 programing aooly in th. writ*, and tka yield ii uVo. Jt In lodood timely, for iifead up tho aauoi Biarkrt ire.' H lo 0 groat nuiaoncr, ell for tko country that It did not onma number mitring. a month oooLer. But the cotton men will not l hod tbo pioktan of mooting, a few iey« bocadgbtog.in lsUfolr,owx gion, for Guyana J-Tbo proofed* of Wollack'o editorial lying r *** beta a'bon hna a ooluoblo term aad boadoomo ago, tbo eorroopoedont of tbo London "Her- if they do not lire fo oaf, they moot certainly imprurementa in tbo county of Culpepper, old * (Lord Derby’a organ) and tbo London out to Hot. Tt.are lo amok more corn and oth. where, anill eery nc mtlr. hie family bore re aided. Hie lettora to Mre. Wallack bora boon rory properly aubjeeted to tho enrroillaaw of our autboriliee ; but confident, 1 auppooe. that tbo anaconda fuldo which bo koow old Scott Chronicle j” olop .tbo bearer of diapoicbea thm our Oommimionora in far rope They toy that thb public mind, both In Cngtdnd and in Mr. Stephens at Wai-renton. We loera that Hr Stephoua’ oddreeeot War reawu. on Wedaoeday loot, wm a grand ouc area. Oror t M$ buloa of ootton wao oubeerib- od oo tho spot, and tho pooplo told they would make the aubacriptioa la tbn county reach 4,«0« balra. The Q..rerum**l will be auotoiaod, and tho war pruoacutod with rigor. Ho lack of oaenai will cramp no. Tko polrlotlem of our pooplo io unbounded aad uadylng. BcatoraL Tko Riohotond eorroopoadent of tbo Moat goaiery Adrerlltor eoyo tbo Montgomery Con fcdcrot on lo to be rtmored to Richmond. Wo ouppooo the editore of tbo Confederation wiob to get into more of n tprrck.mnking locality than Montgomery la at preaent. Giro uo o call oa you paoa. Ouroititeno are nlwaye out la orowda on tho orrirol of tbo own. Ad rcrtloemcuta. By axainining our adrortieing columna, it will be ae«n that a few of our buaineaa men and merchant! are elitl “in tbe trade,” and are deairoaa of doing buaineoe. Many In tbia city, for ougbtourcofumna know,hareeold out, ana l<ended, and gone to tbe war. Ourcofuatnaaro lorry buaineaa ia ao dull, and that ao few of their old cuotomera oan atand tko bard timer; but hope it will be all tbe better for tbe few re- morning in bueineea. t&T Our cotemporary, the Rome Southern er, boa copied from our paper into ils iaaue of tbe 20th inatam, n portion of Mr. Stephana’ apeech at Waahington, without girlng orodlt. That rpcrch coal ne four daya’ work—three trareling and inking up tho notoa, nod one wri ting it out for our ooluuino. It ia not right to oopy rook from no, without girlng credit.— How often will wo bare to mention tblo before it ceaeoa T Mr. Ruieell, of tho iamdon “Times, 1 war in Jackaoa, Mleaiaaippi, a few daya ago, and apent coma time there with n kinsmen— Dr. M. C. Rutaell, of that place. He left for Virginia, the toot of war, from wbioh pointbia lattrrr to tho *• Timer” will bo continued. Pi S. Wo notice that Mr. Ruetell woe in Momphia, Tonneeao, on tho 18th instant. Teuneaeoe Legislature. Tbit body re-aaaambled on tbe 17th inolnnt. One of tbo firat thinga done wao to poaa a reeolution nhanging that part of tbo oath re qulring mem ben to lupport tbe Conalilution of tbo Dulled Siatea. fWTba people of Mietiaaippl are making tbo moot noble and patriotic roipooaaa to tbo Produce Loan aakod for by tho Government.— 830.00u.060 worth io wanted. Wo should not bo onrpriaed if throe or fonrtimre that amount ia offered. ELtcrton oca Itnooooo or Coiotnae, Poist- near ana Vico Paaoinoar—Tbo act proridlog for the permanent orgaaiiaUon of the Govern raeat. requires that la all tboee Statea io which no proelaluo baa broo made for the election of mnnheio ol Congrats under the new Conetitu- tioo. an alootion aboil bo hold on tko firat Wadoeaday lo Nor ember next, at which lima tho election of eleotoro Tor Preoldont and Vico P reel deal obeli nlao be hold. Tho elector! are required to meet In their re apoclirt Stotre oa tho firat Wodaetday in De cember thereafter, nod proceed to neat their rotaa tor Prooiileot and Vico Prooidont. The member! who may bo elec tod, and tko Benetton to be ekmen by tho Btotoo, ibnll at aembloot tbo Beat of Gorornment of tbo Con- federate Statea on tho l$tb day of February, 1881, and proceed raopocliroly lo tbo lelectiou of Speaker of tbo Mows* and Prooidont of tbo Senate. On tbo l*ih day of February tbo Praoidoot of the Senate ehaJl open tbo eortifl. cane, tbo rotoe ebali than ha counted, and tko Pfeoident inaugurated on tbo lid day of Feb ruary, 1681 —Montgomery Mail, lit* inti. Xtfe. Thoee two hot wnrriora, Greeley end Bennett, bare fallen out Here la a tpeeimen of tho ’’ Herald’s ’’ talk aboot old White Coat: "Bet when Jualieo gate her dno—when the oAmdoro in tho work of briefing upon tko cowbtry ibteolvti war ehall bo puntohed—ouoh Aboltwov end diaunion egtfet.ro of tbo loot 20 yoaro to Grooly, Garrtaon and Oiddinga will bo tarena tbn Iwt o( traitoro bung up like bar- riagatndry in tho ana. Grooiy, partieulerly, hao been a groat aiuner, and, withal, a Tory dirty one. Let him be wnehod, or lot him ra- tiro.—Alknng Allot and Argot. A Paten AnntaoaDOU.—Tbo Pnria “ Mono- tour,” ol tho 16th of May, con feint thla an- •In cooteqHence of the perplexity Into which the groat nod powerful eotaon in tor eat in wow plunged, it ought not to tarpriae nay to itarh that doobatwaa rery toon aa eminent Bag Hah autreiaaa will rlalt me Doffed alto too to make a panffie piwpoaitfew n tbn aoafeadtag partial there 'ft will bt a peroenogo toward* whom aliagwnwiu boferwndaohwmideitokaafepeg orm hie tank." rttittU “ft. * ad Ihsir withdrawal in the direction of Win ohester. This last tamsd place la thsprioci pal Iowa in Frederick count/, and lb# point of junction of tka Harper* Fsrry Railroad, and tho Alexandria Loadon 4 Hampshirs Road, leading to the Westward. It ii considered by military autboriliee to be an important atrat egie point, the oocupaiiooof whick ia deemad indiapenaibls to lbs cam plats maintenance of our ultimata lias of defanoe. Previous to the abandonment of Harper’s Ferry, the bridge, which Is represented to have cost near $1,000, 000. was burned, aad tha armor/ aad otbar publie buildings doetro/ed. Tha provisions and ammunition were removed, ne, I presume, tbe heav/ guns were. Hot being a military man, 1 am vnabl# to give /oo the reesene which influenced the eu thorities to order tbe evaculion of this impor taut point. A glance at the niap will eatisf/ eny intelligent mind, however, that Harper’s Ferry was too far in advsnoe for a line of dc- fence, having Manassas Junction for its centre. Had the Putomno been our line of defence, then tbe iK>ss«ssion of the Ferry would have been ol tbe first importance. Ae it is, it was of but little use to us, except as a basis for offensive operations, which as I am informed, const! tulee no part of our present military policy.— Besides, the Federal forces were threatening Romney, with the view to the ultimate occu petion of Wincheater, in which event, they wonld have bed Harper’s Ferry, as it were, in a sack, from which there would have been no escape. It is true, they might not have been able to reduoe the place, eo thoroughly was it fortified, yet they could have starved our forces into sumbission. It would have been impoeai hie, moreover, without occupying Winchester, (or us to have prevented the junction of the column led on from the West by Oen. McClel lan, and that led down from Pennsylvania by General Patterson; mod having united their forces, tbe fall of Harper's Ferry would bave been only a question of time. * But whether my speculations be reasonable or tbe reverse, I am satisfied that if the place has raally been abandoned—end all the re ports concur in saying ithasbeen—tbe reasons for it are good end sufficient. The Govern ment, as well as our military operations, haa been conducted with great tact and aagacity, and my confidence in their prudence and wis dom, is unlimited. This confidence is shared by the army and the public generally, aa far as I have been able to learn. Aad it *!• well that it Is so; for it strengthens the hands of those in authority and enables them to give all their attention and energies to the enemy. Let me suggest to your readers to provide tkemsolves with maps of Maryland and Vir ginia, and having ascertained the various po sitions occupied by the two armies, to stick a pin at aach, which may be moved from time to time as the campaign progresses. This will enable them at a glance to comprehend and appreciate the various moves upon ibis gigan tic military chess-board. You would be amused to reed the accounts in the Northern pepers of the late brilliant bat tle at Bethel Church. They were not prepared for such a reverse and they oiler an infinite va riety of excueaa for their defeat 8oine of them say that their supply of ammunition having become exhausted, Gen. Pierce (who was in command of their motley regiments) was forced to fall back. In the next breath they charge him with incompetency, and even ac cuse Gen Butler of great negligence in not hav ing taken the command himself. Borne go so far as to charge tbe wholo disaster to the inordinate vanity of the latter, who is ever seeking occasions to get his name before the publio. They try also to conceal the number of their dead and wounded, while they exager- ate our losses most ridiculously. They set down our foroes, which wero only 1,100, at twice their real number, end sty that we had a number of concealed batteries of rifled can- The Hew York Times speaks of Butler aad Pieroe as two Massachusetts barristers, ho ought to be dismissed to tboir special pleadings and demurrers-tbe petty warfare of the bar, at which they arr expect; and compe tent military men assigned to tbe command whose movements are not regulated by a da- sire to pave the way to tha Presidency. The most amusing incident connected with the affair, It tha fight which three of tbo ene my's regiments got into before day as they were proceeding in the direction of Bethel Church. Having gone by different routes, when they arrive at tha point where the roads Intersected, they mistook each other for the Confederate troops, and eommeaood a fire which waa kept up for thirty minutes. At the expiration of that time, one of the regiments was routed and fled from the field, leaving oae man killed aod five or six wounded. Just think of three regiments fighting for half an hour, and only one killed and five or six wounded, and that ono of them should have taken to ita heels in conseqaeocs of so small a less l Beat assured that all tho Southern hoys need is an opportunity to thrash such a rabble out of their hoots. Hew York papors as lata as tha 12lh instant havn been spirited over the border. 1 have •een the * Tritons” “Timee,” end « Hertld ” ef that date, and find that they have •• lower ed their tone ” very much within the pest two weeks. It is eeey to see that they are very mneh in the condition ol th* men whs eaaght the Tartar. They er* Bill ef deneeciatioos ag a lost Ragland aad Fraaoa, fer the owe tee which they seem likely to take. The troth is, the early recognition of oar independence by those Powore—cf which there seed be ao doubt —had theater* fssafrUo* a»d energy display ed b; thsRsesh, kaeepMfiand eo Utttc ee*~ tTUU Ji . j .Xv- aJtfM W0OO favor, end that there io ae dpubt of. the recog nitlon of oUr ladeptaJcnce ia a shirt time. tix men of the Garibaldi Legion deserted at Washington, aod made their way to tbia side of the river, end arrived here yesterday. They report a favorable change among the fcretfi population atthe North. Depend upon it. tbe Irish will soon be with us when they come to understand the reel questions at issue. Written Express!jr fbr the “Sonthtrn Confederscj.” Notes by the nay. [coxcTTdrd.] THE FBTABLIBUMENT Consists ol a atone stack furnace of large ca pacify, a sixty-horse power engine, and all the appurtenances of an extensive Foundry, to gether with convenient warehouses and out buildings, end dwellings soitable for a large nuns bar of operatives. There should be added tha machinery for vlling the most merchanta ble patterns together with railroad bars, when thll will be one of the most complete and val uable Iron Works io tbe Whole South. It is very much doubted if there can be found in tbe once United Btetes, any place where all tbe elements for the manufacture of good iron are eo completely thrown into juxtaposition, as at Round Mountain, Cherokee county, Alabama. Th»s property belongs to 8an>uel P. L. Mar shall, Esq , one of tbe "original F. F. V.’s,” and, for the information of manufacturers, I will add that he wuhea to dispose ot the prin cipal interest, having come to that age when too much business is burdensome. There are some 2,506 acres of lend, which would be sold as a pert of the property, besides several thou sand acres of publio land lying around and convenient to the works, that is chiefly value ble for the timber, which can now be purchas ed at a low price. Charcoal may be made and furnished at the works at forty dollars per thousand bushels,and bituminouscoal.of which there is an excellent article some three and a half miles distant, may be mined and deliver ed at twelve and a half cents per bushel.— Limestone, fire proof sand stone, and fine brick clay, are all found in the immediate vicinity of tbe works. In fact, all the raw material for the manufacture of iron seems to be peculiar ly concentrated in this locality. Now, since the Confederate States have assumed tbeir re sources, aud Iron being one of the indispensi- ble commodities of (bo day, would it not be well for some enterprising capitalists to take the establishment in band and complete the equipments for the manufacture of iron in all ita varieties ? But a small immediate outlay would be required to do this, aa time would no doubt be given for the works to make their own purchase money, if undertaken properl v. The iron wouM find a ready market ne a > home, as tbe 15 per cent, tariff oa importations, and a freight of $10 to $15 per ton, will place it beyond competition. I am told by those who bave (he experience to know, that with the facilities of the Round Mountain Works, the best merchantable iron may be made for fr.'in $35 to $40 per ton—lees than one-half at which it is ususlly retailed. Tbe bare convenience* of the position, on a careful estimate, are consid ered worth $10,000 to $12,000 per annum over other works of tbe kind which psy good divi dends. Would not this be s favorable locality for AS ARMOBY FOR TIB SOUTH ? Judging from the signs, ordnance and small arms are going to be in good demand for all time to come, and this is a favorable latitude for an extensive establishment. There are oth er important considerations, as tbe never-fail ing good health of this neighborhood, cheap provisions, cheap labor, and the seclusion ol the piece—altogether secure from any disturb ances that may be in the country. It it very likely that after tbe fury cf tbe war ia epent end peace once made, capitalists will come among us from abroad, aud bring not only tbair money, but tbeir rnmnufectories them selve, for many an anvil wilkbe silenced, and many a forge go out, in tb« North in conse quence of of tbia cut-off which tbe South haa been forced to make. The revolution bide fair to be one in the broadest sense of the word though we hoped at first it would only be one mind and marul*. CON VBY ARCRB. The Coosa River makes oheap and easy (ran- •it for the products of tbeae works—the land distanoa to Rome being but 33 miles, and 22 miles to Gadsden. Tbe Cooaa A Chattooga Riv er Railroad, partially constructed, hea been looatad, passing close to the Iron Works. This Road win connect Cleveland, Tennessee, with Gadaden, Alabama, by way of Grayiville, La- Fayette and Bommerville, and in connection with the North Eastern and South-Western Alabama Railroad will make a very direct lias to Jackson, Mississippi and the Road to Shreve port, Looiaiaaa. laud aaABTi. An act of Congreia passed in I860, makes large appropriations of publie Isnds to several of the Roads in North Eastern Alabama. By this act, the Road from Qedade* to Guntert- ville gets some 5,400 acres per mitt- The Wills Valley Road ovar fi.Ofifi, and the Alabama 4 Tennessee River Road nearly tbe same a- mount. The Coosa 4 Chattooga Ro*d also hat an appropriation on the lama basis of al ternate sections for h width of filUen miles on each eide. The lands oan be sold for the bene fit of tbe road* when certain requirements are fulfilled, and tha proceeds are moat likely, la •very ease, to be ample for tbe graduation of th.md tod Thto. fea«e will to p«t upo» th. ln.rl.tL.foro loo,—oror 8,0 001, ntrtt- oo feel HorU-BooMM Alotoao *tlf likolj'ro. ff grain growinx in tty country ibis season l|in usual. Rye fa }trikfc!ar jg abundant, ^t is well io know that its makes a good substitute for coflea—though it is vary probable thaUome bad an eye to some other beverage when they were casting tbe seed. The farmerg ere learn ing. too, that clover ie a profitable crop. It is very certain that once in fbr its culture. tb*> will pever allow themselves to he without (i n<ain. They will see there la macb mere in- dependence in living by their ewa forms, than by giving themselves up wholly to ootton — Cotton is King, but there is ne reason why all formers should not be peers. The people ought to be particularly careful to save the garden seeds tbia year—save all ibay oan. We shall most likely bave to depend upon ourselves an other year for these seids, as well ae for some o’her commodities ususlly obtained from a bigber latitude ; and the Confederacy has no Patent Office, aa yet, that we arc aware of to dispense tbeee small favors. So save the gar den feeds—some for yourselves, some to tall and some to give away. It is quite a treat to get off into the country for a few days, away from the railroads, tele graphs end excitements of the day. Tbe draw back, however, that although the wild rumors aud hoaxes do Dot fail to go apace, it is some times an age before they come to be contradic ted. This war that is upon us ! It is a great bore One can sat tit down to think or write without its insinuations. Shall we not all be glad when it is through f D1RIGO. June 14, I8fil. TO THE PEOPLE OP NORTH-WES TERN VIRGINIA. BY THE GOVERNOR OP VIBGIN1A. A PROCLAMATION. The sovereign people of Virginia, unbiassed, ami by their own free choice, have, by a ma jority of nearly one hundred thousand quali fied voters, severed tbe lies that heretofore bound them to the Government of tbe United States, and uniied this Commonwealth with i he Confederate Statea. That our people have tbe right **to institute a new government laying its foundations on such principles, and organising its powtra in such form aa lothem shall teem tnoxt likely to effect tbeir own safe ty aod happiness,” was proclaimed by fathers, and it ia a right which no freeman should ever relinquish. The Slate of Vigin' ia has now, tho eeoond time in her history, aa seried this right, and it is the duty of every Virgiuian io acknowledge ber act when rati fied by such a majority, and to give bis will ing co operation to make good (be declaration. All her people have voted. Each ban taken bis chance to bave hi* personal views repre kcuted. You, as well, as the rest of tbe State, bave cast your vole fairly, and the majority is against you. Is tbe duty of good citisens to yield to tbe will of tbe State. Tbe bill of rights has proclaimed "that the people have a right to uniform government; and, there fore, that oo government separate from or in dependent of tbe government of Virginia ght to be erected or established within tbe limits thereof.” The majority, thus deelar ed, therefore have a right to govern. But notwithstanding this right, thus exercised, has been regarded by the people of sections of tbe United States as undoubted and sacred, yet the government ai Washington now utter ly denies it, and, by tbe exercise of despotic power, is endeavoring to coerce our people to abject submission to their authority. Virgin ia has asserted her independence. She will maintain it at every hazard. She is sustain" ed by the power of lea of her sister Southern States, ready and willing to uphold ber cause. Can any true Virgiuian refuse to render as sistance? Men of the Northwest, 1 appeal lo you,by all)tbecoosideraiious which havedrawn us to together us one people heretofore to ral ly to tbe standard of the Old Dominion. By all thr sacred net of consanguinity, by the in termixtore of the blood of tbe East and West, by common paternity, by friendship hallowed by a thousand cherished recollections, by memories of the past, by the relics of tbe great men of other daya, oome to Virginia's banner and drive the invaders from your soil There may be traitors among you, who, for selfish ends, have turned against their mother and would permit her to be ignominious y op pressed aud degraded. But 1 cannot, will not, believe that a majority of you are not true sons, who will give your blood and your tress ure for Virginia's defense. I have sent for your protection such troops as the emergency enabled roe to collect, in charge of a competent commander. 1 bave ordered a large force to go to your aid, but 1 rely with the utraoct confidence upon your own strong arms to rescue your firesides aad altars from tbe pollution of a reckless and ruthless enemy. The St<te is invaded at sev eral points, but ample force* bave been col lected to defend ner. There has been a complaint among you that the Eastern portion of tbe 8tate has enjoyed an exrmption from taxation to your prejudioe. The 8tate, by a majority of U5.000, has put tbe two sections on an equality in »his ret* peot. By a display of magnanimity in the vote jun given, the East has, by a large ma jority, consented to relinquish this exemption, and is ready to share with you all the burdens of Government, and to meet all Virginia's lia biliiies. They eome now to aid you, as you came In former daya to aid them. The men of the Southern Confederate 8i*imglory in coming to your rafcua. Let one heart, one mind, one energy, one power, nerve evary pa triot arm ia n common cause. The bean that will not beat In unison with Virginia now is a traitor’s heart; the arm that will not strike home in her oauee now ie palsied by aooward fear. Tbe troops are poeted at UuUoeaville.— Come with your own good weapon* aad meet thews as beet here I Gives under my band, and under the IBP**! tf the Common wealth, this 14th $V «f June. Ifcil, and in the S4th year ef the Commonwealth. JOHN LRTCHRR. By the Governor— Qtoioa W. M chord, •eormary ef the Oommommeateh. extra) down to tfoe dust beneath 'ble feat, ie a toed spotted traitor, has beta righteously dealt with by Use com mender of our fireee at Oul- pepper Court House, a short distanoe from wssdmwing around us would very soon erneh the State, ne ventured to direct hie wife to fit up bis bouse for the head quarters of General Socit and staff, wham poo it was resolved to send by the first train tbe liberal mi n’s family to Washington City aud "fit up his house” ae a hospital for siek soldiers.” I i J ll— r 4 late number of the ferie Journal of Dt bats contains (he following remarks on the annexation ef San Domingo to 8paifi : lo this age ef annex at loon, eefeeeions and revolutions, in whioh it seems our destiny to live, it is a subject of congratulation to see an event of that kind aceomplisbed without effusion Of blood, * Ithout violence, end for the bes* interests of general civilisation. The neneiation of San Domingo, wblob teems to h«ve been definitely accepted by Spain, de serves, for more than one reason, to be hailed wjib •/apathy by France. It we* impossible to behold without regret that magnificent island, eo much favored by nature end once ao flourishing, delivered up completely to ao anarchy and decline of which only the Republic of Mexico oould offer an other example. As to tbe French part of the island, its melancholy fate, since that laugh ler of our oomparriots and the inauguranoi of its pretended liberty, is only too well known in Europe. Not only from that mo ment was all progress arrested there, but the elements of prosperity transmitted by he for (tier civilization rapidly destroyed. The pub lio edifices, aqueducts and roads have fallen into ruin; labor has ceased, excepting for the benefit of some chiefs, who, under the name of miliiery service, bold a portion of tbe pep ulation in a state of hardly disguised slavery. As to the social condition and politieal history of our late colony, they exhibit but an endless repetition of tbe same sots of murder and ra pine, with only one well-remembered Inter lude, reproducing a sanguinary and grotesque parody of our own disoords. Hay ii, delivered from tbe hold of Faustin I, seems lo breathe freely for the present; but nothing entitles us lo take that precarious reat for a definite re turn to civilization. What Makzb a Good Editoe.—A good ed itor. a competent newspaper conductor, ie like a general or poet—born, not made. Exeroise and experience give faculty, but the qualifies lion ia innate, or ie never manifested. On the London daily papegp, all the great historians, novelists, poets, essayists and writers have been tried, and nearly all have failed. We might say all; for, after a display of bril liancy. brief and grand, tbey|died out, literal ly. Their resources were exhausted. "lean,” said the late editor of the Times to Moore, “ find any number of meo of genius to write for me, but very seldom one man of oomoton sense.” Nearly all succeaaful adit ora have been men of this description. Cam pel I, Bui- wer. Carlysle, and D'Isreall failed; Barnes, Stirling, and Phillips succeeded, and De Laoe and Lowe succeeded. A good editor seldom writes for his paper : altera, and oombinaa; and. to do this well, he has but little time for composition. To write for a paper is one thing —to edit a paper another. At Wholesale or 1 WE to furnieh >tod Jcalen Hemlock Sole Leather, White Oak Oo. French Calf Sklno,« Philadelphia Do. Oo. Do. Goal The severest blow which the rump Govern ment bus received since the commencement of ur troubles whs that given by the surrender of General Twiggs, in Texas. Its importance bee hardly been eetimaw-d in th* North. It was a surrender cf 3,000 splendid regular sol- i, of thirteen forte, of Sd.UoO stand ot arms, of 86 pieces of ordnauce, of $55,000 in money, of horses for a regiment of cavalry, mult*, wagons, tents, provisions, ammunition and munitions of war, to the estimated value of from $1,500,000 Vo $2 006.0001 Had itnot been for Twiggd and Flc/d, aaya the Cincinnati En quirer, tbe rebels would have bad but lose arms or few fortified pieces in their posseeaixo. They gave them, from their positions, more material assistance than all tbe world besides. — Montgomery Confederation, IB th June. Heiisatiou Dispatches. The Northern papers are making merry over tbe following dispatch which, appeared in the New York Herald. The Herald has been bad ly sold: Highly In port a ut. Capture of the Rebel Batteries at Great Bethel by General ButUr. Wasbirgtov, June 12—1 A. M —A special messenger arrived an hour aiuce from Fortress Monroe, bringing the intelligence that Gen- Butler tbia morning proceeded, with a large reiuft rcement, to Great Bethel, aad afters se vere fight captured their batteries—one of 7, and the masked battery of 14 guns—and also t ok 1,000 prisoners. Tub Gsand Rzsclt.—The aggregate of tbo Llntfeg and Blndlnf tk Shoe Thread. Shoe Eyleio, Laalo, Pe»i, Hallo, And everything connected manufacture nf Boots and A Large Lot of the abort JTTST BKCKIVKD, And for aale at. Wholesale or DIMICK, WILSON. Juno 20—Uola NEW GOODS! JD8T RECEIVED, A LARGE lot of oo. ea«l dotirobJ, 1 ooniioliof, la ptrt, of fee followia| -loo: HOOP-SKIRTS, from 3 to 50 VIRGINIA PLAIDS, for PRINTS, both Solid and Fmey r». GINGHAMS, large and small A large lot of CAP and BO. RIBBONS, BELTS, GLOVES ■ SIERY, JEWELRY and FANCT TIONS. AIm, a Urge lot of IHOE8, luiUfe •ooaon, oil of *h(«k woo bou|hl •: for Cook, end will bo told ot tk# 1 oitber to wkolooolo or retail oarMoik* oalj. SILVEY * DOUG Atlanta, Juna 16. returns received of the rectal Tcnotstts t’to- ion is as follows . 8rper’n, No Sepsr’n. r.avt Teonefstt, 12.280 26,467 tliddl* Tennessee, 50,063 6,281 West TsDnemes. 26,164 4.600 84,087 86,248 80,248 Majority, 67,868 The count ie* yet t% to towrfl from will, wa ihink, increase tho majority so 70,000. Memphis Appeal, 18th inst. NATIONAL AMERICAN. T HERE or* o*o*r*l lkM***d i du. BO for subscription ended sn ecooust of tbo lot# “ Hoticsol A* nowipsper, bp parties onttorad tbrr 8la,.. I oaad tho Baser—oa, is few. ing for tktvnni tf it. I, not tk). liafk meat oaoafh to induce itirj wtn,e>r hirniolf to bo Indebted, to utk. i= payment, either in whole or In pertl Good Book soys: “ Thou .boll not msr“ mouth of tho ox that troadotb out the Neither should leu ifer.o tho Pri by unremitting toll, furni.het roar moot. 0. B. HAN Atlanta, Jaoo 7,1181. 8aa. Joe. Less.—W« god iko fetlewtagpa ragraph fe Ike fefeot odrtcM from California t flow. Laos won. not oM of danger, bat Ms IriraGo WoOo kowoM. . Hb see shot M the right huaoot. tho hdl liming out tkroogb tho mu a. Tat B.ttlu at PoiLurr..—A geuliemaa from Richmond informs n. that tbn von.rnbln Bishop John Early, of th. Methodist Bpfeoo- p.l Church. w*0 ia Philllppaoa thadayoflha roeoat battle, boring just returned from tk* SMsion of aim. Wo.i.rn Oafor.no* oror whioh be bod presided Wo undoes toed that Bishop Early reports 123 ns lb* number tf Lloools- itoo who foil to shot engagement. This may b* recoined so entirely rsiioblo — fttmthurg WASTED, IMMEDIATELY, A healtht war noBM-iib««i mm /V Apply at this *«n*. JsMll V MHCMANIC IIFLIk ATTENTION I j .VoiiXjI 1 Mid?) Eulogy os Govenwr I; BT HENRT R. JACKSON. This eloquent Address, upon the K Paklis Berries of Got. Case. J. dolirorod by Hoo. Hoary R. Jockto*. otto, Georgia, on th* 211* of April lorn roody for sol*. It Ii * lasly prilled r of thirty.nix pogfe. .... Frio# i Slag)* Copy 24 et* I or I 1 * I deed. Address, . „ WOOD, HANLEtTIR. KICK A - Jan* 8-dlw. Publishers, AUoofe Leather! Leather!! 36 0*0 t». Good Horn look Sola 18,808 fe*. Good Whit* Ook Orta 8$ dost* Freach On If Skfefo 18 dossa Philadelphia OtU *kl«_ Shoo Thread, UMm Pefa NjWa race!red by DIMICN, WILSON * Jun* 28-dowlai. ANTfeAT BBUMb A SMALL Nogro Bw«{ W*A trofeoalhoSfefe*-* JL woratof took *» ' feSoo»«»o fe Ul* <