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•‘IT 18 NOW TOO LATE TO RETIRE
FROM THE CONTEST. THERE IS NO
RETREAT BUT IN CHAINS AND SLAVE-
j^yy Patrick Henry in the first Revolution.
New Orleans.
The way our government has of keeping
back information of the real state of affairs
when any reverses occur, is shameful and out
rageous in our opinion. We may be very
foolish for entertaining such an opinion, and
still moro foolish in expressing it; but be it
wise or foolish, it is honestly entertained,
and we honestly give utterance to it. We
want to know and the people want to know
the worst, let it be bad as it may.
We are able, by the arrival of a gonileman
from New Orleans, to gather some informa
tion which the country is anxious to be in
formed about, and we lay it before them.
Tho Louisiana is a failure. Her engines or
some other machinery would not worn when
she was launched, and her ram could not be
made to operate as was designed. She was
tosved down the river to Fort Jackson before
the enemy’s boats passed, to be a sort of sta
tionary floating battery; but as she could
move nowhere except where she was towed,
she was found almost entirely useless, and
was towed up under the gunB of the fort, and
lies there now. The Mississippi, so near com
pletion, was burnt.
All the cotton in the city was burnt. Ail
the sugar and molasses on the levee were de
stroyed, the heads of the barrels all being
knocked out, and the Bugar rolled into the
rivoi.
A number of the enemy’s boats were in the
river within a stone’s throw of the shore, qui
etly waiting for “ something to turn up.”—
Wnat they intended to do was not known.—
It was generally supposed they were short of
men, ammunition and provisions.
Gen. Lovell's army, which has been repre
sented at 30,000, amounted to only five or
six thousand, and but few of these were sol
diers. Most of them were the militia—the
drilled and organized citizens, who left their
counting rooms and other business, with their
safe keys in their pockets, when the enemy
first came, expecting to get into a fight at
once. No fight had taken place, and no pros
pect existed of an early engagement, and
most of these citizen soldiery were returning
to their homes and business, waiting till the
time for a fight should come. The city was
quiet, but greatly in want of provisions.
T he forts below wore Btill in our possession,
and effectually preventing any of the enemy’s
transports from coming up with men, ammu
nition or provisions; but the vandals who
came up on the gunboats to the city, have
cut the levees below the city, thus cutting off
ali retreat, 6uccor or reinforcements; and the
fall of the forts with their armament and gar
rison into their hands, is reduced to a cer
tainty, and is only a question of time; and
there is no longer any doubt about their be
ing able to take the city and the river with
every city on it.
These are the conditions and prospect of af
fairs in that locality, as represented to us by
the gentleman alluded to, and we suppose
they are in the main correct.
Some supposed Gen. Lovell would come to
Mobile and assist in the defense of that place,
but his intentions were not known. It is out
of his power to render any assistance to New
Orleans, or for him to have done more than
he did. Ho was down the river as the ene
my cams up, and was almost captured. He
had two small vessels—one having on board
himself and staff, and the other a few ma
rines. The boat with the marines engaged
the approaching vessels and was captured;
but this retarded their movements somewhat,
and allowed Gen. Lovell time to reach a place
of landing before he could be overtaken.
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Hand book
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miscellaneous informatiom
FOR
SOLDIERS AND OFFICERS,
JOHN M. RICHARDSON, B. 8^
Late Major of the 21st Regiment N. C. T„ and
novj Professor of Mathematics in the
Georgia Military Institute.
Resumed Specie Payment.
A few days before the Yankees came to
New Orleans, three of the banks in that eity
—the Bank of Louisiana, the Canal Bank and
the Union Bank—resumed specie payments.
Oar readers will remember that tbe banks
of Louisiana were the last to suspend, and
when they did so, were fully able to go
on and pay specie notwithstanding the
crash which had caused all other banks
to suspend. The suspension of specie pay
ments by a bank in that State is a forfeiture
of the charter. It is a provision of the con
stitution of the State, and therelore out of the
reach of ordinary legislation to extend relief
as in ali the other States. The banks of that
State did not suspend till the whole country
had expressed an undivided and earnest wish
for them to do so, and the Governor of the
State cf Louisiana united in this request,
promising not to institute proceedings against
them till the meeting of the Legislature, and
to recommend that body to take such steps as
it could towards affording relief.
The inequalities in the exchange of the
country were the cause of a suspension being
desirable. Now that the Yankees have tbe
place, and the banks being removed, we do
not know what the eflect will be; but if
things had remained as they were, we sup-
pose the resumption would have greatly de
ranged the exchanges of the country.
[continued.]
4. Influence of Modern Education.
How different is modern education in its
effects upon individual and national charac
ter ! The first lesson a father teaches his sou
is, to make money—the second, make money
—the third, make money—the last, make
money; and as he lies upon his dying bed,
his latest words, as they come gurgling in al
most unintelligible murmurs from his throat,
are '* make money ?” Money is the Modern
God!! Honor, justice, courage, patriotism-
all have fled from its polluting touch. Where
it reigns supreme, nothing great can come,
but only pride, and avarice, and luxury, and
lust, and every sensual joy. Pause, my coun
trymen, pause I beseech you, in this accursed
race for gold ; far weightier matters now have
come, for life and honor are at stake. Would
you have your sons brave and virtuous stand
ing like palms around your houses, like pil
lars in the land ? your daughters pure and
unsullied, " like corner stones polished after
the similitude of a palace?’ Teach them to
be good, and right, and brave, and patriotic,
above every other consideration. Remember
the-maxim, “ Let all tbe ends thou aimest at,
be thy Country’s, thy God’s, and Truth's.”—
Bind it upon their brows, press it to their bo
soms, engrave it upon their hearts, and we
will be the best, the freest, the greatest peo
ple upon earth.
5. Tbe True Olject of Education.
What is the true object of education ? It is
to make men wiser and better—able to bear
with equal equanimity, prosperity and adver
sity—ready to undergo everything, and give
up all, property and life, in behalf of the
right, of the truth, of one’s country. It is to
cultivate and bring out into daily practice our
nobler attributes and aspirations—not neg
lecting the practical and utilitarian, but de
veloping each and all.
Who ever wished to be the reverse of Christ
as the perfect type of our moral nature? of
CssBar as a successful general ? of Washing
ton as a patriot? of Sampson as an instance
of the superior developement of physical
strength? Who ever witnessed a great mor-»,
al achievement, without wishing he were
equal to it—a patriotic and heroic action,
without desiring to participate in it—or a feat
of daring, activity and strength, without in
voluntarily sighing after the ability to do the
same? These aspirations are natural and
right, and the function of education is to cul
tivate them, but at tbe same time to direct
and restrain. We can never expect to be the
equals of Leonidas, of Solon, of Fbocion, of
Socrates—the rivals in fame of Codes, Curti-
us, Scevola, Cicero—until to our system of ed
ucation we add that of the Greeks and Ro
mans—Philosophy,in the sense of the Ancients,
Oratory and Arms. Every man should be a
patriot, a soldier, a hero, an orator in acts if
not in wo ds. But, alas! in our schools, Re
ligion, Honor, Courage, Self-sacrifice and Pa
triotism are hardly ever mentioned, whilst
physical training is actually frowned down
No man can become a soldier without physi
cal training, for without that he cannot be
come skilled in martial exercises, nor can his
body endure fatigue, hunger, heat, cold and
thirst. No man can make a good soldier un
less he has a lively sense of honor, courage
and patriotism, and these need cultivation
like all other sentiments. And the religious
patriot is the highest style of man a and soldier.
6. Hope of Reward and Prospect of Promo
tion.
But the hope of reward and ihe prospect of
promotion are the strongest Inducements a
government can hold out to secure individual
excellence, and, threfore, general efficiency of
the highest character in troops in the field.—
If privates and petty officers are chained
down to the lowest grade of service, and for
bidden to look up—forbidden to try to ascend
the ladder which they see placed before them,
and upon the rounds of which they see as
many who are worthless and incompetent as
of the opposite character—ambition and love
of praise, which when properly directed are
the the noblest and most powerful incentives
to virtuous action, will be effectually oruBhed,
and they themselves be reduced to mere soul
less and unintelligent automatons. The mod
ern system of military training is, so far as
the rank and file are concerned, the very re
verse, in many respects, of that of the an
cients.
7. Ancient and Modern Systems Contrasted.
The ancients endeavored to make every in
dividual soldier a hero; the moderns try to
repress every generous emotion of his nature,
and to reduce him to a mere automaton, com
posed of wire, cotton, cat-gut, springs and
wheels; and they imagine he has reached
perfection when he can go through the man
ual with the regularity and uniformity of
movement that characterize the operations of
a steam-engine, stand on post so unwinking
and immoveable that a spectator would have
to observe him for hours before he cou’d dis
cover whether he was a statue or a living
man, and perform certain tactical manosuvrea
with all the regularity and angularity which
mark the mysterious performances of the
puppets in the “Burning of Moscow.’’ Some
have gone so far as to declare, that the leea
soul, the less intelligence a man haa-the more
brutish he is, the better the soldier he will
make.
Modern tactics and theoretical strategy
seem to exclude human nature, and to refuse
to admit the k existence ol valor, boldnees and
temerity, and to look upon armies as a con
centration of so much physical force alone.—
But human beiDgs are not chess men; moral
as well as physical force has to be employed,
and the moat glorious results have often been
reached by courage and self-reliance against
seemingly overwhelming odds and insuper-
- able obstacles.
8. Effects of the discovery of Gunpowder.
From the discovery ©f gunpowder, and its
application to the ark of war, it has been sup
posed by many that individual strength,
courage, skill and gallantry are useless on the
battle-field; and that the fate of battles is to
be decided, not by the predominance of these
qualities in one of the opposing armies, bat
by the greatest number of balls discharged in
a given time, or the greatest amount of phy
sical force brought to bear upon some partic
ular point. Too often, alas! have Generals,
and armies, and even States, tasted the bit
terness of this fallacy. It is true that these
qualities are not so decisive when confined to
a few as the were in former times, when each
battle was a series and succession of individ
ual combats; but modern history not unfre-
quently furnishes glorious instances in which
the tide of success has been stemmed and
even turned back by the gallant exertions of
s mere handful of brave men, and sometimes
by a single individual.
9. Influence of individual acts upon the
fate of battles.
There is on record, frea* high authority, a
most remarkable iustance of the influence
exerted by a single rifleman upon the fate of
a great battle. A distinguished British officer,
an aid of Packenham on the memorable eighth
of January, when Jackson defeated the vete
rans of Wellington with such dreadful slaugh
ter below New Orleans, years after the battle,
in the soberness and calmness of peaze, re
corded as his deliberate opinion, that his
country’s forces were defeated on that great
day, as much by the intrepidity, coolness and
skill of a single rifleman, as by all the ar
rangements of Jackson, admirable though
they were. As the British columns advanced
to the assault, a single rifleman was observed
standing upon the breastwark, behind which
Jackson’s forces were posted. He was clad in
the primitive habiliments of the Southern and
Western hunter; (the hunting shirt and buck
skin breeches bo familiar in our midst but a
few years ago;) a slouched hat shaded his
brow, and he leaned carelessly upon his long
and trusty rifle. Amid the flash, and smoke,
and roar of the artillery, the whistling of
balls and the bursting of shells, he stood calm
and unmoved. Suddenly he was seen to start;
the rim of his hat, which hung down over
his eyes, was thrown up; and scanning the
advancing column for a moment, he raised
his rifle to his shoulder The British officers
looked at each other and smiled, as if doubt
ing the sanity of a man who, after exhibiting
such soldierly qualities, should think of firing
upon an enemy as yet far out of his reach.
But a volume of smoke and flame burst from
the mouth of his piece, the sharp ring of his
rifle was heard, and an aid of Packenham fell
to the'gtoand. Banishing the smile from their
lips, the British officers looked at each other
in dismay. Again that rifle was raised—the
officers held'their breath and awaited in anx-
i< us suspense the messenger of death. It
came, and another aid fell from his saddle.
Again and again before the British columns
got within musket shot of Jackson's lines, was
that rifle raised and fired; again and again
did the British officers singled out by tho un
erring marksman, fall into the arms of death.
At last, maddened by the suspense in which
they were held, and goaced to desperation,
they plunged madly into the smoke of battle,
forgetting or disregarding their orders. Boon
Packenham was wounded, then Gibbs, then
Keane—the British columns toll into confu
sion, retreated from the field, and Jackson’s
forces gained one of the most glorious victo-
tories that ever adorned a country’s annals.
The rifleman who, with unerring aim sent
his.ball to the heart of Ferguson, decided tbe
battle of King’s Mountain, broke the British
power in the South, and hastened the eman
cipation of the Colonies.
The fall of Zollicoffer involved Jhe defeat
of Crittenden.
Behold the effect of individual acts upon
the fate of battles. Should not each individ
ual soldier, then, be encouraged to deeds of
daring and immortality, and be taught to be
lieve that upon him may rest the issue of bat
tles, the fate of his cuntry ?
Could the disaster at Donelson have hap
pened, had our forcek there been composed of
Johnstons, or Beauregards, or Jacksons, or
Forreste or Morgans?
[to be costisusd]
St. Phillip’s Hospital Aid Society,
I am authorized to state, for the information
of our patriotic friends who have thus far so
nobly contributed to our Hospital Stores, that
our need of assistance is as great now as ever.
8everal Hospitals still remain in Atlanta, and
there is no prospect of their discontinuance.
Besides this, Atlanta, from its central posi
tion, may be dbusidered a great depot for the
distribution of Hospital goods We have al
ready forwarded large quantities of stores to
tke Hospitals in Columbus, Mississippi, and
expect to have frequent demands made upon
us from the West
We hope our friends will still favor us with
their contributions, they may be sure that
every article we receive will be made to help
forward our glorious work of independence.
A F. FREEMAN,
Pres't St- Philip’s Hospital Aid Society.
apl8-lm
Dragoons Wanted.—Call and -See .We—
Bounty of Fifty Dollars Paid.
Assistance rendered in purchase of horses.
Horse equipments furnished. Will remain in
camp of instruction here until fully equipped.
Office theatre Building.
WM. M. WILLIAMS,
1st Lieut. Fulton Dragoons, Cobb’s Georgia
Legion. apl3-t f
Louisville.—A gentleman lately from Lou
isville says the citizens in and aronnd that
city have raised and Bent a large supply of
clothing to the Donelson prisoners, and also
$45,000 in money. One of the Donelson pris
oners, Gapt. Casaady, recently died and was
buried at Louisville. His funerai was one of
the lugeat ever seen in Louisville, and was
a turn oat to Indicate Soutern sympathy. The
same gentleman says it was a notorious and
commonly received fact that tbe mind cf the
North has become greatly discouraged with
the prospect cf our subjugation.— Memphis
Avalanche, April 24.
. One Dollar will secure tke Confedera
cy tat forty days—7f cents for one asentk.
Thanksgiving Day in Yanheedom.
The Royal Ape who pollutes the seat once
occupied by Washington, proclaimed a day
of national thnnksgiving to God, for the
great Union victory at Shiloh. We have be
fore us the New York Herald of the 14th
iust., gividg full accounts of its observance
in the churches in New York.
At Trinity Protestant Episcopal Church,
Dr. Ogilbee preached from 3lst verse boi
Psalm : “ Because thou bast been my help,
therefore under the shadow of thy wing will
I repose.” He said :
It so happened that on this loth day ot
April is celebrated the triumphal entry of
Christ into Jerusalem— which was only the
beginning of the sorrowful road to Calvary,
and we likewise celebrated an event which
caused an uprising of the American people in
their might and majesty to vindicate the out
raged honor of the nation. One year ago
exactly our country’s flag had been stricken
down from Fort Sumter ; but that act stirred
the patriotic heart of the nation, and thous
ands hurried to the rescue from every portion
of the country. The solemn tramp of armed
legions was heard on every side, and from a
quiet and peaceful people we suddenly be
came as a nation of soldiers. In the long
interval since that time the Lord had been
our help, for though we had suffered severe
trials. His arm bad plainly been stretched
forth in our behalf, and would fiually direct
us to that most desirable of all ends—an
honorable and speedy peace.
At the Church of the Puritans—Rev. Geo.
B Cheever’s—the well known abolition stump
orator, preached from Isaiah 16th chapter,
4th and 5th verses : “ For the extortioner is
at an end, the spoiler ceaseth, the oppressors
are consumed out of the land. And in mer
cy shall the throne be established : and he
shall sit upon it in truth in the tabernacle of
David, judging and seeking judgment, and
boasting righteousness.”
The preacher commenced by observing that
the great cause of gratitude was that there
was the beginning of a fulfilment of this text
in our land, through God’s divine mercy, in
this rebellion and war. It was a revolution
on God’s part, in behalf of tbe enslaved, and
for the deliverance of our own people and
government from the dominion of slavery,
it looked as though God would conduct us to
freedom in spite of ourselves; in spite of
the opposition North as well as South ; in
spite of churches, ministers, legislators, con
servative of slavery, and refusing to make
emancipation any object of the war, God
would accomplish emancipation by the war.
We could not help ourselves; we might as
weil fight against God as against abolition ;
it was decreed, and it would come; and even
while our generals—some of them—were still
degrading themselves and their forces to the
base and brutal work of hunting up slaves
and returning them to slavery, God was driv
ing the whole army, however unwillingly,
right against the slaveholders, and would
sixll do it, and in spite of all intrigues and
attempt at the reconstruction of ttie Union
and slavery, we might hope that God wouid
compel us to cast out the demon utterly from
the new Union, and to govern the whole
United States by tbe law of freedom only.
He said tnat we ourselves ought to take care
of the right, and to throw ourselves upon
God for the consequences ; and if we would
not give to others ihe freedom for which we
are willing to fight ourselves, we should soon
be carried headlong to ruin. He then show
ed the dreadful devastations of war, and the
dangers of fostering the war spirit, and that
our only possible salvation was to wage the
war for entire emancipation, and for the re
generation of oar Union and government in
freedom and ip God.
DR. WILLIAMS’ BAPTIST CHURCH.
At Dr. Williams’ Baptist Church, in Amity
steet, the President’s proclamation was the
subject of an eloquent and patriotic prayer.
The clergyman ottered thanks for the success
of our armies, and prayed in the most fei-
vedt manner for the welfare of the President,
his Cabinet, Congress, and all others in au
thority. It was to be hoped that God would
make them the men for time, and educate
them to discharge the duties incumbent upon
them in a manner calculated to maintain the
honor and welfare of our country. The rev
erend gentleman also prayed for the mis
guided rebels—beseeching God to change
their minds and cause them to repent of their
errors, so that we might become one people
again, worshiping one God;
In delivering the sermon tbe clergyman
took for his text the first verse of the eighty
second Psalm—‘ God stands in the congre
gations of the Mighty ; He judgeth amoDg
the Gods.” The discourse was intended to
show God’s will made manifest in the works
of his people, who were his agents, delegated
to carry out his wishes. No reference what
ever was made to the existing war during the
delivery of the sermon.
DR. BELLOWS’ (UNITARIAN) CHURCH.
The house was crowded by a fashionable
congregation. The exercises of the day com
menced with reading the Scriptures and sing
ing, after which an eloquent prayer was of
fered up by the reverend pastor. He alluded
to our recent victories, and gave thanks to
the Almighty that He had crowned the arms
of our soldiers with success. They have
come here to return thanks to God ; as citi
zens of loyal States to tender gratitude for.
tbe defeat of our enemies. After sieging
the Bevemy-second hymn, Rev. Dr. Bellows
proceeded to deliver a discovrse from the text
1st Epistle of St. John, 5th chapter and 4th
verse—“This is the victory that overcometh
the world, even our faith.” He inrroduced
his discourse in some lenghthy remarks of a
strictly theological character, and then com-,
menced to speak of the particular topic which
bad caused the President to issue his procla
mation. Let them, the congregation, look
at those fortresses on the rebel coast, over
which floated a short time ago the national
flag. The rebels had attacked those military
posts, and turned against the country which
Bad given them maintenance. We were en
gaged in conquering our own forts, retaking
our own ships. What was it, then, which
gave us the victory in this struggle ? What
bnt our faith ? God had made us a nation
that we might keep an honorable position
among those of the earth. The cause of uni
versal liberty was involved in the vindication
of onr rights. How sad it was that this
should be a civil war. A civil war was a re
bellion of the inhuman and barbarous ingre
dents in the body politic against the soul of
the nation, against its spiritual destiny. He
the reverend preacher, rejoiced then wiih
them that our Secretaries of the army and
nary, together with the President, had taken
a religious view of our victories, and called
upon the church and the people to »ive
thanks for the successes which had recently
met our arms. They all knew, however,
with what a melancholy cost we had gained
those victories. Thousands of wounded and
dead men lay stiff in their blood, blazoning
dreadful chapter in our history. Not a man,
however, had given his life in vain. It was
this which made life noble.
The day was auspicious for celebrating
victories. It was the anniversary of
such
Christ’s entrance into Jerusalem, when bis
path was strewn with palms But the coming
week might bring many crosses. God alene
kaows what Calvarys were preparing at York
town, at Corinth 1 and at Richmond. After
some further remarks the reverend gentle
man concluded his Discourse with the words
of the text:—“This is the victory that over
whelmed the world even our faith.”
DISCOURSE BY TTIE REV. MR. BEECHER ON THE
TIMES.
Yesterday merniog Plymouth Cnurch,
Brooklyn, was uncomfortably filled, hundreds-,
no doubt, reasonably supposing that Rev. H.
W. Beecher would make the Presideut’s'prcc-
lamation calling for thanksgiving for our le-
cent victories the subject of discourse. Their
anticipations were fully realized.
The usual introductory devotional exetci-
ses having been performed, Mr. Beecher pro*<
ceeded to deliver hig sermou, choosing for his
text the third verse of the thirteenth chapter
of Hebrews—“Remember them that are in
bonds, as bound with them ; and they which
suffer adversity, as being yourselves also iu
the body.”
After some introductory remarks in refer
enee to selfishness, he would, in order that
they might be prepared to give assistance and
tbauksgiving of the right kind, take them
through some scenes where they were bound
as Christians to fulfill the command of the
text. They should first remember those who
were in trouble, as bound wi h them. Never
since Columbus looked upon these shores had
there been such a burdened year. It has
been a year of battle, cf blood, of breaking
aud rending, cf crying and wretchedness—a
year of heroism and suffering ; of bitterness,
jealousy, rage, wounding and of dying. The
whole land is filled with agitation, and the
continent has been jarred with the tramp of
a million armed men. Prisons aud hospital?
were full, while dwellings were empty. Mr.
Beecher went on to say that for a long period
this nation had given itself up to material
prosperity, and for the sake of such kind of
prosperity it had adulterated its religion and
almost revolutionized its faith. We had been
sowing fields, building roads, erecting facto
ries and building ships, and the energy of
this great nation had shown itself mainjy in
material achievements. He thought if the
nation had kept pace in morals with its con
structiveness that we might have much more
occasion for vaunting than we have now. He
affirmed that to a very great extent the reli
gious organizations of the land refused to re.
member those in bonds, and enlarged on this
point of his discourse, administering a severe
castigation to those churches that refused to
educate the national conscience in respect to
the sin of slavery. Over fitteen States had
revolutionized their of inions and the church
had apostatized from the fundamental doc
trine of human rights, lu this country the
church that was not organized to meddle with
political matters was not organized to meddle
with any thing, for the very structure of the
government was in the hands of the common
people. Political and civil organizations had
also been wanting in fidelity to exalted acts
of patriotism. Tnere was almost a literal ap
plication of the text to tens of thousands of
captives in our land ; for there never were so
many of our citizens in prison as at the pres
ent time. They were surrounded by enemies
and were suffering great privations. Sympa
thizing thoughts should be given to them.—
Nor should the thousands of the Southern
people who were held in durance at the North
be forgotten, and our feelings towards them
should be without bitterness. They had done
wrong, but they had greatly wronged them
selves by their wickedness, and by their wick
ed rulers, who mislead them. The speaker
then alluded to the prisoners of war confined
in forts and similar places, and spoke in see
vere terms in reference to the acts of som-
Boston gentlemen who sent luxuries to dis
tinguished—or, more properly speaking, no
torious—traitors. There ought, he said, to
be condign punishment visited by public sen
timent upon such men. There were many
Southern leaders and generals, but there was
not one of them that bad a heaart and con
science and tender connections at home.—
They should also remember those who were
confined for alleged crimes of which they
might be guiltless. He thought the habit of
arresting men and throwing them into prison
without allegations of trial was wrong
There might occasionally be an extreme ins
stance where the authorities would be justis
tied in detaining a man without a charge;
but it was a dangerous thing in a ’free gov
ernment for those in power io take a man’s
liberty from him without the opportunity of
a trial, and it was a dangerous thing for a
people to submit to have it done and never
speak. (This remark was greeted with dem
onstrations of applause ) Let them uphold
the government; but they should not forget
that our government stood on great princi
ples, and those principles should not be vio
lated. Nor should the press be muzzled unless
it was shown that free speech and free prin
ting were liable to overthrow the government.
It was a bad policy and a dangerous prece
dent to take away ihe freest liberty of public
printing, for government might as we'l take
away the air we breathe as to take away the
fullest liberty of printing, lie uttered his
solemn warning that we were going upon dan
gerous ground when we imprison without
trial, and when we take away from the press
its absolute freedom. If this be treason, he
added, then I shall be a traitor again and
forever. In conclusion Mr. Beecher dwelt
upon the sufferings of the African race and
the sin of slavery.
ST. PATRICK’3 (ROMAN CATHOLIC) CATAEDRAL
Yesterday being the anniversary of the en
trance of ourSavior into Jerusalem, the usual
ceremony of bleising aud distributing palms
to the congregation was observed in all the
Catholic churches in the city. At St. Pat
rick’s solemn High Mass was sung, and a
very able discourse on the “ Passion of
Christ, ” was delivered by father Woods, at
the commencement of which the reverend
gentlemen reminded the congregation that
ihe President had recommended the people
of the United States on that day to offer
thanks to G d Ur .he recent victories He
vouchsafed t., our toices, as also to implore
H13 tnesaiDg i*pou r.iio3s brought into sedition
and civil war ; aud concluded his remarks by
calling upon inem to offer up fervent prayers
to the Almighty, beseeching him to crown
our arms with success, and put us in posses
sion of peace and national happiness.
HOES AMD CHAINS
-I 1 CASKS WEEDING B0E3;
-l 1 6 casks fra e Chains;
1 cask Wagon Cnains;
2 casks Sad Irons.
On cons’gnment and for side l.v
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AVOID CJNSCRIPnON
OGLETHORPE ARtiu.Erj
A BATTERY of Light Artillery has been s?
IS. curea f..-r ta;s compaty, (latdy the 0»!
thorpe Infantry.) and it h HS been sceent i
iuto Maj >r Capers’ Anil; ry Ba’ta!i„ n V,‘
in service, in a Camp or Instruction ; n a
gusfa. Recruits will be paid. i mm ’ edia ^
upon enlisting, Fifty Do.Iats B nintv, be/./
wished with a good Uniform, and be’ali 0 Jlj
a voice in the selection of Officers, j ? t oel
tion will be held u> til the ranks arc f u jj u"
ehanics will be mustered in as artificer, , j
be allowed extra pay. Applications must L
addressed to
Capt. J. V. H ALLEN
a P 2a lw Augusta Gcorgis.
JAMES R. POWELL
GENERAL COMMISSION
Jfcto Jitetismcnls.
BICKLES! BUCKLES!
W E have on consignment 250 gross Japan
ned Roller and Horse Shoe Buckles, as
sorted, from five-e ahihe inch to two inches.
Also 50 grossRmg-, a.n-nrd sizes, which can
be bad oa reasonuole terms
LKaGY x SOLOMON,
may3-5) Whitehall street.
sale by
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KIO COFFEE.
For
*LS. B. ROBSON * CO.
60 SACKS RIO COFFEE—very fine
AND
FORWARBINB MEMCHiiNl,
Montgomery, Alabama.
\\f ILL attend strictly to the selling ofevtrt I
VI description of Merchandize, nad toikJ
Receiving and Forwarding of ail freight! or j
Steamboats, Railroads, or otherwise.
As the Railroads have discontinued thenj. i
tem of through freighfs. the funds necessari
to pay expenses at this place must be fj r
warded with every shipment
Offie . in tho M >n*g inery Insuisc.t|
Bunding
REFERENCES—Aatternou, Adair A (y,
"Wm. E. High, John T. Smith, Atlanta, Gil
Ross A 8eymour, Carhart A Broth, r, Mil
con, Ga.
Win. R. Phillips A C Peter Farrar,(imj
fin, Ga.
J. E. Morga n LaGrange, Ga
Pitner. England & Doyle, Athens, Ga.
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Office Nitre Bureau, C. S. A,
Chattanooga, Tenn., April 24, 1862.
N OTICE is hereby given that Captain F.h|
Smith, has been assigned to Niue I
trict. No. 8, embracing Polk, McMinn, Meal
Rhea, Bledsoe and Van Buren, and all nj
counties to the south anti west of (he ah
named counties in the State of Ter neeae..
tho nitre counties of the State of Georgia
All authorized agents of the G’.mieik
Government for the purchase or manufactnl
of Saltpetre, and acting in th>s diut-iet, i
sher appointed by the Navy or Army Burecl
will report to Capt Smith, at the Nitre (.£4
in this place. Agents not appointed byiitl
Contedera’e Government, or not duly author
ized by its < fli -e s are notified to discontin
the pu chase ol’ta.tpK t' e, aod parties engager!
in the manufacture, will deliver and sellc 1
to authorized agents from this Bureau, si:
will make prompt payment, and whoarew
powered ti extend every reasonabie aid:
private enterprise.
Parties desiring to engage >n the raiding J
Lead and Sulphur, are invited to ceminjt|
cate with the officers of the Nitre Bureau
J. M. EtJOHN, Major,
Chief Niire Bureau, Ordnance Dent I
Headquartars lBt Brigade East Tenn,
Chattanooga, April 24, 1862.
General Order,
No. 10.
Hereafter, all private parties are slrittlil
prohibited from purchasing Saltpetre.
By order of
Brig. Gen. LEADBETTEB
H. Goldthwaite A. A. G. ap29-lv
Contracts—Notice.
Ordvanc s Office,
AtlantGa , April 30, 1862.
S EALED proposals for the manufacture'
CAVALRY HaDvLES, INFaNTRY A(
COUTREMENXS. KNAPSACKS, HAVEi
SACKS Ac., will bo received at this offices
to 12 o’clock M , ou the 15th of May. Tt
right to reject ah b ds reserved ; aud contrc;
will be awarded to the lowest response
bidder.
Bids must state the quantity for which
tracts are wanted, and and the time in wbi:f
they will be delivered—endorsed sealed pf
posals. For samples and particulars iaqal
at this office, over Atlanta Intur ace A B» cl f
ing office. M. H. Y/R1GI11, I
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Double-Barrel Shot Gui
WAUSED.
I WANT to buy a number of Doub!e-2t"
Shot Guns lor Col. Morrison’s Cavalry Be;
ment, for which I will pay full value in ci
Col. Morrison hopes that every maa whoo*
a good gun will either 6e’l or lend it toil
Regiment at once. Apply to
A. 0. Vi YLY,
Corner Peach tree and Walton stree«l
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CITY TAX NOTICE
A LL perrons residing in tbe city of A-
ta, or holding aDy property in said
on the 1st April, 1862, which is taxable, i
required to make a return of themseive-’j
such property to me at my office, in City B
building, bj' and before the 1st June next ,
A double tax will be the result of not fl
ing in as above specified; and I there: !
warn, and respectfully insist on, ail to cm
forward and return before the time shaii
out.
“Step in, for the maters a-re troubled."
H. U. HOLCOMBE, Clerk,
Receiver and Coliecter cf Tax.j
Atlanta, Ga,, April 23-tjuce I
NOTICE.
OTRAYED from the subscriber, a wed>1
sized sorrel MARE, and a small
MARE MULE. Any information given (jJ
at Haralson, Coweta county, wlil be tbM|
fully received. ,.
ap24 lw JOSIAH ALU^,
HEBE IS YOUK CHANCl,,
I HAVE opened a roll at the store o^ bles$
Porter A Roper with tbe view of org^-J
zing a company of “ Independent Guerr. • 1
AU who desire to join this branch of
vice must report their names prouipuj
me, as my list is being rapidly filled.
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ANDERSON . ADAIR & CO j
Wholesale Grocers
AND
COMMISSION MERCHANT!
WOODRUFF’S BUIUl>iS c -
(Near Georgia Railroad Bank.'
ATLANTA, OEOBGli'
A NURSE WANTED.
'll PANTED to hire, a nice girl from * M
VV years of age, to Nur*- a child- t-1
at Washington Hail, immediately,
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