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pKN*ACOi-*, Fla., April 2.—Lite jestrrdnv xf
ternoon ll. ho by the name of Kirby, who claims
oitisen'hip at Austin, Texas, and protesjiog to be
a teleerapr.ic operator, hired a boat and a negro
b.v to pull :t. for a r.de on the waters. After
spending a short time witVn the vicioite of the
snipping, be ordered the boy to head for Santa
Ro“a Island, and which he promptly refused.—
Kirby drew a knife and threatened him with in
stant death if be refused immediate compliance.
Os cnura?r?fltt-waan's-foa,t making upluamuui,
and after a couple of boura of bard pulling, land
ed the fellow, vrtioereer he waa, on the Island.—
Present of hi i with hn fa dollar, be waredadiea
to bi r ami boa L, ami Ilf soon lost to view among
tbt bill.- that mark the Island coast. Tbe negro
this mi nppg made tbe above circumstances known
to bis -mutter, bo weot tc work to investigate
the matter. Xt appears that Kirby was the room
mate, from urci sa.Ut, of a young man named
Thurman, Irum Grand Junction, Tenn., who came
here H ome and •-* sirux- lo join one of the Mississip
pi r . npaoic*. bat was taken sick at bis hotel.—
Kirby. tSough frequently repulsed, was very at
tea: ve to Inm. Last Wednesday mgbt he instat
ed on rhoroian s taking a aa.l in the bar, tnpges-,
ti,:g It as beneficial, lie ensealed, and on toeir I
teture. in a plavful manner, endeavored tejc i
times to fora- the boat ooder . poruon of tbe
wharf that wss quite dark even on a moonlit
evenin* however theie tbioioi *l* J>aaea off
Beanisgieaa at the'nine i but the proceedings 0.
ve t rd *- ir Tuurman non 1o believe that
rohhJrv •QflXkx'ence on coun
° * * ? tnoTtiiDU, be found hinrsalf
mini *l cnee Kirby as the
“J” . [U went down abnot d.joc to lay tbe facts
. , ~ DrL-g and be baa not jet returned
Ts eus a tortof mystery about this matter;
...IT.!'ii.mMi,, Kisbr a Jiincsla Sp) — othere ttiut
. 1 ba man simply robber—bot if only the
, jir. wn. t ,e eitirmander of Fort Pick
‘ no a„oiit act with him ante has in other
’ ‘ ervor s lading into his hands—sending
ta--., 10 tuen lfragg. uisder a flag.
Aprrl 23. —In Friday a fetter i men-
lioi.ea tti* r.rCßril -tunce of ft tTjftU bftviog pH*©d I
prerionaif >0 HfU Kota, in violation
M 7’- dr °f Gen. He reguttered ftt
tf,* bo’ei ifejurhy. Ou tbe evening of bis depar
turv. • fouftg an named Thurman, from Ten
ne*.,;c so* f a budre<i and eighty dollar*, and
Mp<•'Tted Kirwy taking it. went to Gen.
Ittsgg, aii<| laid hie grievance* before him, and
requested j>rtni*H)o to ae&rcb the Island for
bun; Uo vat told lo return to town, get a writ,
procure •* uftour to execute it, and report at
btaQUtiaateM Satnrday morning. I esked Thur
man ibe privilege of accompanying him instead
of aw officer-granted. Next morning Mr. Leßaron
filed up 4 *i><wW’ and honored uie aa dispatch
beartc io Gfo Bragg. We bad a rainy time und
reaped beftuqu&rterft wefto the skin. Gen. Bragg
rt*d i.b writ, wrote ari explanatory note at tne
bottom to t ue commanding officer at,Fort Pickens*
a% al*>4 a note to Commodore Ingraham, and in*
strutted ue hy ro ui**dns to bedr.iwo into a eon
v,;rnation p r <*j >di(ria| o our cn ■, but objected to
do < x’trsvagai-i *ah . as, for instance. the eeces
ftion of Vrrgtmau 4i Maryland, audit destruction
of WiiShiurton, <*- bting corumuuicated. Com.
| r .gr a tfam%ooß ii<*d ue Us a four-oared boat, ae
companfed by Ca;.t. iVareon, of the Confederate
>’a*y. A t.wftptr iL.nutea* pull, with a white flag
hI i < boat’s bow, brought ns to the beach at
Pickens.
Jdnes, of the and U. S. Infantry, officer of j
of live day. saluted us with “good morning gen- |
•Tianf” Capt. Pearson informed him that we |
were there by permission of (ien. Bragg, and
wished to wink* known our mission to an officer
of the garj-niou. Ho asked “what officer?”—
Thurnmfi replied, “Ctedt. ft a few
nritiuieft”'tills notorious character, in old clothes
and a* a half run, t 1 reued our boat, griuuiDg to
V's fve-biffWi, no omjot expecting a letter trorn
bin wife, as fie had b* u idfortned his old friend
Capt. Pearson was ~ b<ard. Lie and tbe Cap
tain tr.et like old and after a little con-
tlc latter info? ned him ot the nature of j
the wnr above roenttoo*d. Biemmer aud Janes
botn r-xid m, when the Jorqner replied scornfully: :
••I’m r ,r, j lice oftiC **r; I kaow nothing of this
man |’m f.< ’ the commander of Fort Pickens
urtd banded back wyg, remarking that no per
ron or property ou fie Island would be restored ,
to *h* titikcufl <*! auy seceding State- that we
hadjiiette* hold on as last ns possible to what little
u> had on the other side—pointiug to Gen.
Bragg'lines and Poassoola.
li„ aas tpen asked if he would deliver the pa
per to Col. Brown. ILe replied “ no,” aud doubt
ed v A f much vehethur Col. Brcwn would receive
or entertain nhy'auch communicatHMl, but would
go aii l report ivs tenor. \
While absent, u luJ auite a conversation with
Lieut. Jones. Uo wa? aAed if they ever got any
news, and rejffieH, “ Uh, yes, they bad intelli
>M>pce frbrfi She SUtea every (lay, nearly !” Capt.
Pearson tben fold Ijim of the secession of Vir
ginia, it© .<o which he remarked, 44 Virginia, it
wu* trunk iiad-teceded by act oT her politicians,
but th ?•* tod*cide on this question ou
the 2Ud of Wag.” I told bim that we bad later
news mail hf*, audihgi V’irgiuia Lad gone out uu
couditioihilly. Peareon told him tlm f here were
BKverat tfffiwrs iff the ffx*et who hi * said they
would icqrd when their Suites Virginia aud
Mari la:. J, Vent out; and bu b bored if they
knew |V‘ fuct svould resign forthe iih( I now for
get tiieir aaiOkk.) Tb“ Lieutenant said he s kw
th jie efirry day, aud they !iad never
st- exj.’ cr-f.ed UiOiuhelves, and that if they wished
to t o 140 road was open to them at all times.
Wllmi asked if be wished lo bglit, be laughed
sn.i said : “I would’nt object to the politicians
arranging amicably, but with me it makes
very.iittfe ditfereuce.” Upon tins l cbserved—
-44Y on are very well fixed up there for killing
folks.” e uro that.” “How many big guns
have you ?” “Lots df ’em I” “Have vou any
Doctors?” “Plenty.” “I merely asked for iu
lermatioo ; in case you should want any in two
or three weeks,'(ien. Bragg would uo doubt lend
you noise 1” Hv wus whut piqued at this but
remarked—" They liad all the Doctors they ueed
ed as well as surgeons.” “Lieutenant, have you
more than two of those Inrge guns bearing ou tbe
N'avy Yar<f ?” So response. “Santa Kosa is
notorious for rattlesnakes and moccasins ; have
you come across ally ?” “None.” “Y'oti hav’ut
been very far from tbe fort, then?” “No!”
4 * Ihi b Island’s a mighty hot place in the summer,
blit suppose you’ll leave before the warm months?*’
“Don’t know about that.” “Y ou’ve got many
fftii tbags on those walls—did you briug tbe bags
with vu ?” No itsponst. Capt. Pearson asked
if they were crowded, that tbev moved those tron
gun carriages outside. No response I then said,
“Lieuienaut, vou s**em to have a good many sol
diers and aatfors on the Island?” “Y'es, got as
many as we want.”
The conversation w*as noiv broken off by the
return of Slemmer, stul u fat looking fellow in
citizen's clothes, a letter iu his hand. The
fohner, uot wmtiug for the Adjutant to perform
that duty, informed ns that Col. Brown would
neither visiwis tor entertain our commission, and
left withoutTaying as mnch good bye.
Things turned out just as Gen. Bragg had pre
dicted. we’d get neither man, money nor satisfac
tion. They evaded the questiou whether a struuger
bad been on the island, within u day or two—but
as good as said if there had begft, uo process could
get him ot& 1 ani strongly of the belief that
Kirbv was a spy, and nut a money thief. “Old
Abe’* said he intended to have the laws of the
United States executed, but this Case was a dead
failure.
The Britiefi ship “The Duke,” from Carthage
n, arrived last night. ( Sbe anchored on Friduv
afternoon aiuatig the United States squadron, and
ufouallej for a pilot. An officer from one of the
Ships .inquired what alio meant by anchoring
e-litre s.'frdid, and ordered her to move off. The
Captain tub! bim ho wauled a pilot, and intended
to stay there until one came. HMy for Bull!
A pilot boat it is .'.aid, from Key West, visited
the fleet Saturday. Her errand we kuow not.
There are now: some half it dezen British mer
chant Vessel* in” port; between citizens aud com
manders the,greatest good leeliug exists.
Four roaring big mortars for lien. Bragg were
i;ruled down the wharf to-day to be trausferrod
o the works below.
From ho boat Saturday morning a squadron of
*O. S Uaraliy e iu\d be seen on the bay beach of
Santa Ko*a drilling and outtir.g up all kinds of
didos, Probably eighty in number.
Prom Ponaarola
Tbe following nu ts i ?tc come to nr knowledge
from a • nirce that we know to b ■ ri liable :
About ten derange Cleu. Pragg issued an order
interdicting.-in’ the strongest terms, all oorrea
pondetioe from Pensacola for publication. A few
day s later he loped ten the jrder, threatening a to
tal a a sponsion of the mads if this correspondence
were not stopped. This will explain the cessa
tion of our regular sorrespondeuce for TbeMerco
rv. As soon as the luterdicl shall bo remored we
shall be able lb renew our eorresp ndenee.
There are some irdiscreet aud reckless writers
tvbn continue their correspondence with the press
taakh'e their uitatt. rs at, and heeding their cor
re-pondenca from Vensacula. This may soon
esusc s suspensi on of the Ink’! s
• T lie re are about ? Confederate troops at Feu
sacoia. The work or ei >oticg batteries at all
pemts witliiii reach, g es on bnakir and assidu
otu-lv, though it is under? aoti that they still lack
some davs of pieparanon u enable them to open
effectn sir. The unfinished gap in the railroad to
Montgomery w-iii be cl ‘sed u ,■ by the 4tb of May.
which wilt cnablu our Government to transport
some haaw s.egc artillery, which is greally need
ad. About twenty Columbiads, most of them of
eUht-iuch cahbrqj and two or three mortars, are
Blresdt mounted. The other artillery is mostly
SS-po tniers
The depot for provisions has been removed a
few tuitea in rear ot the camp, to place it ont of
-of the enemy's guns. The haw Yard
was the depot, but it wr.s unsafe to continue it as
tuch.
It is not thought that any immediate collision ,
trill take place. The enemy are too weak to at
tack, and our forces are unprepared to attack
them. Neither will, therefore, attempt an as
sault. Th* prospects indicate a alow aud long
aetge, probably ol six months derail’ n.
The garrison in Pickeus is 950, aud there is a j
yee- rve oo the slips of about Kit) more. ‘ I
Tue A rt t the ei eray will not be eery effec- 1
tire. It will be utterly impossible for ‘hem to j
enter the bay, and they cannot get w foul effec- |
ti ve range ct our troops The chaime’ is narrow 1
end tortuous The emraece of tailing vessel,
ever with a favorable wind, is slow and dufieult,
on aeooun’ ot tbe peculiar channel i-id the peeu- j
har tides that run in it.
The fleet would be troublesome only in our 1
operation* upon Sanla Rosa Island.
Two deserters reached Persacola, April 99, i
from P oivr.v. They report that there are eighty
negroes in the Fort, who were hired at Key :
Wert, and are used tor laborers. A boat’s crew !
of seven men, belong og to tbe enemv. were also *
captured on the same day.—t Mercury.
A correspondent of the Montgomery Adtertmr,
writing from Todd county, Kentucky, thus cloaca
hta teuart
Graai confidence is repotid in the skill and
courage 0 . president Dana. By-ibe by, speaking
of Jeff Ji.v.s, I am now in two miles of his birth
place Be and old Abe are botb Kentuckians; I
know them both personally, and 1 know two Ken
ttiekiaus nyyer differed raore.
Bavis is the brave, chivalrous, just and upright
gentlem-ic—a statesman and soldier, liinooin ts a
fourth rale man—good at ditching quoits and teli
ing yarns One ot b'a yarns would giua Daria the
necr ogia, and one of liavis’a speech®* would be a
“sea.ad book io Old Abe Davis looks like a
twev and O. f Abe a diversified nondescript, with
kemve id tfc* woedint. We will see
ijrach fvfsbarti m tbe coohe* strug***. Hurrah tor
tbe swuiiwre OftctedercT.l)avi,, Übenr’
AiTAiBS AT Akkapou*.—A letter from Annapo
lis,
Ic sddjuon tbe fortifications trected at Fort
-Xonserise,” (whKrli ta merely au embankment on
th t be Severn, opposite theNar*! School
and Fort Madison, the troaps hare thrown up 1
Judge Bruner s farm, on th !
lire of tbe Aanapoh* railroad, about one-half
mile ftxm the city, m order to bold tbe road,
should aey attempt b made to take possession of
it by the citizens. This work will also be of great
service t > t*je Northern troopa oa tUeirreiurn from
Waslfißf<tfjo, in eaae they are repulsed, besides
tbe work? t a Fort Nvcsecae, Fort Madisou, and
the embankment* oo Hsrn Point, will aMow them
a sate jdifetqbtreaiion from tbe city.
The set~.aii.lng midshipmen tare all been sent
x* Newport, K. 1.. wbere the school will be con
ducted in the future. All the midshipmen who
are te the reboot at preseuiare ef.Nortbern birih,
Jill the Southerners haring resigned aud returned
tO'tbetr respective Mates One, a Mr. Fiske, of
Vermont, ha?* also restgnad *ud *rone South to
join the Southern ar*n.
Tbe cUj ia swarming with Northerners, most of
whom cotpe herein go to aatiDgiou br rail,—*
They are.atiowed free access to the Navaf Acade
mr, and tome quarter there is order to sere hotel
irtiis ftbd other exeats*.
[.Sfjtcud Dispatch** to ins C/urUston Lout isr. 1 I
-sfar iteoMtoß pTtm<fhJjr‘
for the passage of troops through Baltimore, h** |
been offered and referred in the Maryland Legis- :
lature. % , L
Alkxvkdeia, Mfy 3.—No additional troops are
reported to day in Washington.
Ihe .Sixty-ninth Now York Regiment, . Irish .
j three thousand stfofrg, are at Annapolis, and j
1 thre* thousand Jersejmen are on tbe war.
j All quiet here.
j Baltimore, May Z. —It is reported that fifteen j
I thousand men have concentrated above, and are j
j readv to fprcew passage through Baltimore,
i The limited SUCes fl&g was raised over tbe Cus- j
! tom House yesterdar, and the halyards were cut j
by a citizen earned” George .Simmons, who was
immediately arrested and bound over by the Cni j
6omraisioner.
Jndge Bond has charged the Grand Jury to find i
’ icdic'.merjU against all persons concerned in the
! affair of the ISftb April, and ag linst a!! known to *
| have obstructed rail roids or interrupted the tele- j
• w:reM - _
• A.vrAroLis, May 3.—The Maryland Senate to
day by a vote of fourteen ayes to eight noes,
| passed a resolution appointing Governor Hicks,
j tzektrl T. Cambers, John O. L. McMahon, Thomas
j Winanft, Thomas G. Pratt**, Louis Lowe and
’ Walter Mitchell, a Board of Public Safetv. A
| deputation agreed to by both Houses, and’ con
siatingof Otho Scott, Robert M. McLane and Wra.
J. Ross, received a u> to
ViastAngton, and ascertain whether any becoming
1 arrangements are practicable in connection with
J the maintainance of the peace and honor of the
j State, and the security of it* inhabitants in regard
j U occupation of its soil and the property of the
j State by the General Government.
1 The New Y”ork firemanZouaves, one thousand,
i one hundred strong, and K. S. Marine’s Artillery,
. one hundred and fifty in number, arrived in
j Washington last night.
j Large numbers’ of Kentuckians arrived at
i Harper’* Ferry to-day.
Blockade or NomTolk Harbor.—Lincoln’s
blockade of tbe ports of Virginia appears to be in
full force. The following is Commander Pender
grfcgt’s notice to captains of steamers :
U. 8. Flaobhip “Cumberland” )
Off Fortress Monroe, Va., r
April 30th, 1861.)
Tn all whom it may eonesm : I hereby call at
tention to the Proclamation of his Excellency,
Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States,
uudr-r date of April J7th, 1851, for an efieient
blockade of the port* of “Virginia” and “North
Carolina,” and warn ail parsons interested that I
have a sufficient naval force here for the purpose
of carrying out that proclamation.
All Teasels passing tbe Capes of Virginiacomiug
from a distance, and ignorant of the proclamation,
wili be warned off, and those passing Fortress
Monroe will be requested to anchor under tbe guns
of the fort, and subject themselves to an exami
nation.
G. J. Pe.vdbrorast, Flag Officer,
Corn’g Home Squadron.
A correspondent of tbe Richmond Dispatch, ■
- under date of Norfolk, 2d inst., says :
Th# blockade of our harbor commenced yester-
I day. Tbe steamer Adeb**Je, Capt. Cannon, was
stopped at Old Point yesterday morning, and her
1 assengers and mails were taken off, and she al-
I lowed to return to Baltimore, with tbe order not
1 to return.
| Tbe mails and vassengers of the Adelaide were
| Drought up last evening about 7 o’clock by tbe
steamer J. E. Coffee, Capt. McCarriek, who re
| ceived the same order as Capt. Cannon.
The steamer Baltimore is now moored off New
! port’s News with three guns mounted.
From Washington.—The Alexandria (Va.,)
Gazette of the 2d inst., has the following:
Washington, May I.—The disbursing agent of
the United .States Treasury iu this city was yes
terday put in a very uncomfortable position. He
was unable to procure cash on aGovernmen draft
on the sub-Treasury at New Y’ork. Not one sin
gle Bank or Banker in Washington would touch
New Y'ork. Government employees consequent
ly cannot be paid, and grea*. incor anience is ex
perienced by the interested oues
Lane’s command are thoroughly organized,
and make the rounds of the city regularly.
The enrollment of volunteers goes on'briskly .
nearly the whole available force of the city is un
der arms. t
The rumor that tbe United States Government
is to take possession of Arlington Heights and
other points on the Virginia side of the Potomac,
is not now credited. If this line of policy is pur
sued, it will be for the purpose of iuduciug an at
tack on, nnd the utter destruction of, the Mas
sachusetts and Rhode Island regiments, which
will be detailed for that service, aud thereby
create a unanimity in their feelihgs with regard
to hutrid ot the South and its invasion ; for it is
said by those who should know, that there are
many among these regiments who declare openly
that they did not come to Washington for the
purpose of slaughtering Virginians, but to pro
tect the Capital of their country.
The Seventh Regiment came here on a lark—
the U. S. Government to pay travelling und neces
sary expenses. Each man brought with him fiuO
with which to defray drinking expenses lor thirty
days, tbe time for which they agreed to serve, at
the expiration of which they will leave, if per
mitted
Great dissatisfaction exists among this regi
men* at the manner in which they have been pro
vider 4 for by the Administration, aud many are
paying for their own provisions in preference.
Some fifteen of the Seventh, when they were of
fered the oajh in front of the War Department,
refused 10 take it and returned to their homes.
The Twelfth Regiiment of New Y”ork is com
posed of Bowery boys, whose moral and physical
status equals that ot the Baltimore Plugs. They
openly aesert that they are half starved, that they
have but two meals a day, anp that each and
meal consists of two ship biscuits and some halt
boiled salt pork, and t.iat if they are not better
they will take things into their own hands—in oth
er words, go to pillaging.
The “Fighting Zouaves.”—The New York
Journal of Commerce remarks as follows:
In connection with George Law’s letter to Presi
dent Lincoln, advising the clearance of a path
through Baltimore at all hazarus, it is a signifi
cant fact that that gentleman presented Wilson’s
Fighting Zouaves with a pair of revolvers each.
It is the unanimous wish of that regsment—ex
pressed on repeated occasions—to force a passage
through the Monumental city. The same desire
is expressed by the Fire Department Zouaves,
and, in fact, is universally chertshed by the sol
diers of New Y’ork. The petition to the President
urging that the Baltimore route b© held by tbe
Government at any cost, is receiving l umer us
signatures of influential citizens throughout tho
city. Col. Learned is organizing a “Pathfmueis’
Association,” the avowed object of which is to
cleave a road to the capital through Baltimore.
“Our route is through Baltimore,” is printed in
large letters at the foot of a poster, stuck about
tow n, asking for recruits for the Fifth Regiment
of New Y ork volunteers.
The New Y ork papers complain that although
there are 20,000 men now in that city ready to go
to Washington, or anywhere else, they cannau
procure fire arms, especially Minne rilles.
From the North.
The Nev York Herald sharply lectures the
Times, Tribune, gad Courier A Enquirer, for their
blood aud thunder articles, but is itself not much
behind them in its tone. In regard to these mut
ters our people feel but little iuterest, and we
therefore oulv copy the following from the Herald
of Weduesday, which our readers will tak at
what it is worth :
Baltimore is to be completely filled with troops*
and Maryland is to be compelled to act like a
State still in tho Uniou. All the information
wbi b reached ns up to a late hour last night
plainly indicate that this is the policy of the (ior
ernmeet at Washington, bet us state the points
of tie latest news in brief: The greatest activity
prevails iu Southern Pennsylvania, seventeen
thousand troops beiug in the field there at the
present time. At Camp Scott, York, Pa., there
arc 6’X't* ruen ; at Camp StirtKr, near Cbanbers
burg, 2fiOO; at Camp Curtin, near Harrisburg,
4000; two regiments from Ohio are quartered
near Lancaster, aud I‘2 United States regulars
at Carlisle. Scattered at d.derent points between
Philadelphia, Elltoc and Perryviile, there are
6000 more.
Three thousand New Jersey troop* are to mareh
from Trentou to-day, which will constitute in all
a torco of over 20,*U00 men in that region, their
destimuitm beiug undoubtedly Baltimore, to open
the route to the Federal Capital. On the South
side of Baltimore are stationed at Annapolis a
force of between t* ur aud five thousand men, in
cluding the Provioence Marine Artillery, which
lett Perrvvi lie y tale .day. The sixth ami thirteenth
New York Regiments occupy a position directly
opposite Aunapolis, aud the sixty-ninth are at the
Junction.
It will thus be seen that Baltimore is completely
hemmed in an both sides with an effective force,
which is to be immediately emploved in opening
a passage through that city for the Federal troops,
aud restoring tree communication between the
North aud the capital of the Republic.
With this purpose Major Genera! Keiui, of
Pennsylvania, was ordered to leave Philadelphia
yesterday for the camp at York, with i JStractious
to advance at oucc with an army of 15,000 men on
Baltimore. If any resistance ist nered, he will
issue a proclamation announcing uis intention to
march his force through that city, and warning
the loyal citizens, the women aud children, to
leave, aud will then cut *his way through at all
hazards. It is probable, however, that the threat
of visiting Baltimore wnh so severe & chastise
ment will bring the resistants to their senses, and
thus save the effusion of blood.
The Philadelphia papers contain little of inter
est They announce, bawever, the arrest of Cbas.
A. Griener, of Georgia, on the following charge
of treasou. Mr. Grieuer made the following
stateiueut :
•*My family are here; I came on to see them.
The company i belonged to was nothing bet a
private company, that I belonged to for the last
hr teen years, they enjoyed a good many privi
leges, and were exempt from jury duty. On the
second day of January, there was a gviod deal ot
excitement in Georgia, aud our Governor was ap
prehensive that Fori Puia*ki might become eo
cupied by an irresponsible party, aud he request
ed our company to go there ami lake charge of it,
which they did. I lett there early in Jauuary and
came up to the interior ot Georgia, at my mother’s
place. hav*? been in Savannah very little. I
am a Pbilsdelphian by birth; weut to school here,
and brieve I am as good a Union man as can be
found an-where. 1 was born under the American
ard have a good many relatives residing in
this city.”
That* was enough, aud the officials, following
the example of the petty despots of continental
Europe, committed Mr. G. to prison.
A committee on “Home Defence” at Pittsburg,
have procured from the F. S. Arsenal, near that
city, 2,SSO muskets. ntiee, and accoutrements,
beidosGver 100 cannon, to be used in the defence
of that city. Tbe Gazetie says :
Captains McNutt and Brorcton, and Lieutenant
Crispin, are now engaged in a reconnoisance of
tbe heights and defiles sutrounding the city, with
l view to selecttug the available points for
planting batteries. SctKtiug parties have also
been sent out through Washington and GrecDe
counties, to ascertain, if if any hostile
movemen's are ou loot nst this locality.
Tbe faHowing items p.:isx cs seme interest :
At a late hour- on c* .turd.’.y information
reached the United States Marshal of New Jersey,
which iudnceu him to invoke the assistance of
Gen. Hatfieid, of the New Jersey State Militia,
who, with a forco of men. proceeded with the
Marshal to the fiau. where they aetsed
three schooners loaded with gunpowder, over
which was spread a quantity of maunre.
Col. Ellsworth’s regmieut of Zouaves, recruvd
entirely from New York firemen, made a
cent parade on SundaT in New kork, I.loo* *ong
escorted by about 5,0600f their comrades of tht
Fire Department and 50,000 friends, of both sex
es, who witnessed their embarkation on tbs Bal
tic for Washington. The regiment are armed
with Sharp’s rices.
It is stated that James T. Brady, of New York,
ia about to join the army at Washington in a
prominent position. Mr. Bradv say® that as the
‘he Breckinridge candidate for Governor of Mass
achusetts is iu the field, he, as late candidate lor ;
the office of Governor of the .State of New York,
w^ c °t be behmd-hacd.
*V* York Herald limits what it calla the
celeuaive attitude** of Liucolu’s Administration,
to tbe 6ih of May— the “proclamation,” which was
aateu on the 15th of April, requiring the “combi- I
nation* to dup* r 66 &D< s re i ire Within tweett ,
days.
Look 05 this Pitrrcat, akd tsek ok that.—Mr, j
Cb T ea - T * * hi * Collector : |
Oaox uocieAranc* to any vessel south of Ms- !
ryland until further ordered ’’
Mr. SecreUrr a Ts io his :
“U- us bi<fo br the La* of S a u on . n d pro- ‘
uict veecrfol oojum,..v> which hestraned to our l
bMpnalur. Ten r uo r people to bare patienoe.- j
We getu more br respect for law tbeo from the !
seizure of lew ‘ eesel*.
frum ths Undo* 7ft*WE. April run.
An £u£llahniMti 9 a View* of tbe Ameri
can trials.
\S ashingtox, March 20. j
If the intelligent foreigner who is supposed to j
make so oiary interesting and novel observations
on the of the countries he visits, and on the !
manners of the people among whom he travels, j
were to visit the United States at this juncture, I
he would fail to detect any marked indication of 1
the extraordinary crisis which agitates the mem- j
hers of the Great Republic, either at the principal j
emporium of its commerce, or at the city which i
| claims to be the sole seat of its Government. Ac- |
customed to the manifestation of violent animosi
] tv and great excitement among the nations of
! Europe during political convulsion, he woulu be
struck with astonishment, if not moved to doubt, j
when, casting his eyes on the columns of the .
| multitudinous journals which swarm from every
! printing press in the land, he read that the United
States were in such throes of mortal agony that
i those who kn%w the constitution of the patient j
j best were scarce able to prophesy any result ex j
i cept final dissolution. It would require suca J
special acquaintance as only those well-versed in 1
| tbe various sigDs and forms of the dan serous m- j
| fluences which are at work can possess to ppre- j
ciate from anything to be seen at New * OTk
Washington the fact that tbe vu3t body politic
which sprang fortii with the thews ami sinews o
; a giant Irom the womb of rebellion and rev o u-
a uiauw uuui me v* -
tion ; which claimed half the .New “ orld as its
hentae-. and reserred the other as the rettaan
re. aril of future victory; which extended .ts
e over every seu aod alironted tue an
tinuTtTof international law by bold tnnovattons
and oebsT.t enumerations ot new principles;
which Seemed to revel in tbe success ot doctrines
that the experience ot the Old World had proved
to be un enable, or had rejected as unsutted lo the
trovernmeDt of mankind; which had developed
ail th** resources oi the physical agencies m mao
ufactures, machinery, electricity and steam, that
could irive strength, aud wealth, and vtgr to its
frame—-that this mi gb tyjco oTed e rat ion should sud
den iv be smmeit with a desire to tear its limbs
asunder, ami was only restrained by the palsy
that had smitten some of Us members. Certainly
uo Dutton of the kind could be formed from actual
observation of the words and deeds of men iu the
cities I have visited, or from any source of infor
motion except the casual conversations of fellow
travellers, or the startling headings in the news
papers, which have, however, reduced “sensation”
paragraphs and lines to such every-day routine
•bat the American is no more affected by them
than tbe workman in the proof house is moved by
the constant explosion of cannon.
We are accustomed to think the Americans a
very excitable people; their personal conflicts, j
their rapid transitions of feeling, the accounts of j
their public demonstrations, their energetic ex- !
pressions, their love of popular assemblies, and
the cultivation of the arts which excite their pas- |
sions are favorable to that notion. But Netv
Vork seems full of divine calm and human I
phlegm. A panic in Wall street would, doubt- ‘
less, create greater external disturbance than j
seemed to me to exist in its streets aud pleasant ]
mansions. No doubt, there is, and must he,
verv great agitation of feeling and much appre
hension , but to the stranger they are not very
patent o.” visible. An elegant refinement, which
almost assumes the airs of pococuranteism, reigns
in society, ouly broken by tbe vehement voices
of female: patriotism or the denunciations address
ed against the provisions of a tariff which New
York seems unanimous in regarding with hostiii
|tv and dismay. If tiomt he burning, there are
, hundreds of noble Homans fiddling away in the
! Fifth Avenue, and in its dependencies, quite satis*
j tied that they canuot join any of the fire compa
: uies, anu tiiat thev are not responsible for the
| deeds of the “Nero” or “auti-N’ero” who applied
tbe torch. They marry and are given in mar
riage; they attend their favorite theatre?, dra
[ matic or devotional as the case may be, iu the
i very best coats or bonnets ; they eat tho largest
j oysters, drink tba best wines, and enjoy the mauy
goods the gods provide them, unmoved by tbe
; daily announcement that Fort Sumter is evacua-
ted, that the South is arming, and the Morrill
tariff is ruining the trade of the country. And,
as they say, “What can we do?” “\Ye are,”
they insinuate, “powerless to avert the march of
events. We think everybody is wrong. Things
were going on very pleasantly when these Aboli
tionists disturbed the course ot trade, and com
merce, and speculation, with their furious fan
tasies; and now the South, availing themselves
cf the opportunity which the blindness of their
enemies ous atfurded them ty do what they have
wish'-d n Ihe 11 hearts for many a year, start iu
busito'-s for themselves, and will not be readily
brou.r ■ b.i ‘H by tbe lure of any concession till
they bid thev are unable to get money to pay
their wav, and resort to measures which may be
ruinous to capitul or lead to reconstruction of the
Confederation on both sides.”
If, pursuing tha researches which such remarks
suggest, an investigation is made in the stratum
of thought by csre:ut exploration, it will not be
long before the miner coute.s upon matters which
he never could have expected to fiud iu that par
ticular gililerv. What are the most cherished in
stitutions of the great Republic? If the intelli
gent foreigner were asked what were the funda
mental principles which, guaranteed by, aud
guaranteeing, their constitution, the people of the
United Slates admired the most, he would probably
reply, “Universal suffrage (with its incidental
j exercise of vote by ballot,) free citizenship, a free
press.” Frobablv he would answer correctly in
the main, for he would know more of the matter
thnu 1 do; but if lie visited New York for a few
days, what would be his amazement to see his best
friends shake their heads at the very mention of
this ■ gr..:id shibboleths! Ilotv would his faith be
disturoed when he learnt from some merchant
prince that universal suffrage, in its practical
working in that city, had handed over the munici
pal government to the most ignorant—if not the
most unprincipled men—that it Hooded and sub
merged the landmarks of respectability and station
by a tide of barbarous immigrant foreigners—that
the press had substituted licentiousness for liberty,
and that the evils done in New York by these
agencies afilicted the whole State! Ingenious
theorists might attempt to convince him that the
effect of these mischievous elements had been felt
at the very centre of the social system, and had
Jed to the separation which, be it temporary or
permanent, till Northern Americans deplore.—
Few, however, would admit that the lailure of
Republican institutions is by attv means involved
In the disasters which have fallen on the Common
wealth, even when they freely confess teat they
desire to modify the Constitution, while they la
ment the impossibility of doing so in conse
quence of the very condition of things it lias
created.
It is my firm cor.victiou, forced ou my mind by
the words of many men of note with whom I
I hav* spokon, that they would gladly, if thev
I could, place some limits to their own ii'berties as
I fir a. tueir fellow men are concerned, and that
hey begin to doubt whether a Constitution found
’> abstract, principles of the equality of man
kind can be worked out in huge cities—veritable
cloaca gentium —however successful it was in the
days of the Republic, aud as it is in the sparsely
inhabited rural districts where every inhabitant
represents property. These men may be a small
minority, but they certainly represent great
wealth, much ability, and high intelligence in the
State of which I speak. They assert there is no
recuperative power in the’ Constitution. The
sick physician cannot heal himself, for he has
caused his own illness, and a Convention, the
great nostrum of the fathers of the Republic, is
only au appeal from Philip druuk to Philip mud.
“Auhumu lagct America mutari,” is their despair
ing aspiration, and they jusiify the wish by con
trasts between the state of things which existed
when the Constitution was prepared for the 13
I Confederate Stales, and that which prevails at
( the present time, when 34 States, some two or
three of which are equal to the original Republic,
I and many of which declare they are absolute so
vereignties; which have absorbed all the nomads
j of the l)ld World, with a fair proportion of Gen
ghis Khans, Attilas, and Tttnours in embrys, pre
sent a spectacle which the most sagacious of the
framers of thworiginal compact never could have
imagined. They are impatient of the ills they
have, and are somewhat indifferent to the won
drous and magnificent results iu material pros
perity aud intellectual development which the old
system either promoted or caused. New York,
however, would do anything rather than fight—
her delight is lo eat her bread aud honey and
count her dollars in peace.
The rigorous, determined hostility of the South
to her commercial eminence, is met’ bv a sort of
i maudlin sympathy without any action, or inten
i tion to act. Tho only matter in which the great
I commercial aristocracy tuke any iuterest is the
: Morrill Tariff, which threatens to inflict on them
; the most serious losses aud calamity. There is a
j general expectation that an extra Session of Con
j gress trill be called to amend the obuoxious meas
j ure; aud it is ascertained that the necessity for
J such session is imperious; but so far as I can judge,
i all such hopes will be disappointed. There is no
desire at \N asbington to complicate mutters bv
stormy debates, aud the statesmen so recently
elevated to power are sufficiently well read iii
general and iu natural history to know tha r ex
traordinary Far! aments are generally tho exe
| cutmners of those who call them. The represeu
! tatires of the great protected interests at the
j capital deny that the tariff will have the injurious
j effects attributed to it, or that it augments 1.0 auy
very grievous extent the burdens of the New
Y orkers or of the foreign manufacturers. Even
if it does, they declare that protection l? necessary.
The ingenious proposals to cade the operation
of the tariff by a jugglery of cargoes between the
Southern and Northern p uts will, they say, be
frustrated hr tbe more r.gid application til’the
Revenue and Customs’ system, out ot which most
serious complications must iuevitubly arise at no
distaiAperiod. While at New York all is calm
douhtfwiuess or iudolent anticipation, at Washing
ton there is excitement aud activity. The aristo
cracy of New York has yielded itself unresistingly
to a tyranny it bates; it cannot wield at will the
fierce democracy, and it abandons all efforts to
control it. forgetting the abundant proofs iu every
history of the power of genius, wealth, and supe
rior intelligence to control the heavier masses,
however wild and difficult of approach.
At \\ asbington there is at this moment such a
ferment as no other part of the woridcould exbib
tt a spec.acfo which makes one wonder that anv
man can be induced to seek for office, or that any
Government can be conducted under such a sys
ve u. The storm which rolled over the capital lias
I am told, subsided ; but the stranger, unaccus
tomed to such tempestuous zones, thinks the gale
is quite stroug enough even in its dimisished in
tensity. All the hotels are full of keen grey-eyed
1 men. who fondly believe their destiny is to fili for
four years some pet appointment under Govern
ment. The streets are crowded with them ; the
steamers and the railway carriages, the public ‘
departments, the steps of'the Senators’ dwe.lir.g.,
the lobbies of bous s, the Fresident’s manei.Tn]
are crowded with them. From all parts of the j
Tast Union, cot even excepting the South, they
have come fast as steam or wind and waves could
bear them to concentrate in one focus on the de- !
voted head of the President all the myriad influ
ences which, by letter, testimonial, personal e.p- j
plication, unceasing canvass, and sleepless solio- |
nation, they can collect together.
Willard's Hotel, a huge caravanserai, is a curi- ;
ous Btudr of character aud institutions. Every
form of speech and every accent under which the
English tongue can bq recognized, rings through
the long corridors in tones of expostulation, an
ger or gratification. Crowds of long limbed, ner- |
vous, eagerlooking men, in loose black garments,
undulating shirt collars, vast conceptions iu hat-
ting and booling, angular with documents and
pregnant with demand, throng every avenne in
j spile of the printed notices directing them “to
j move on front front of the cigar stand.” Tbev
are “senator hunters,” and every senator has ‘a
’ -iienZc,’ < more numerous than the most popular
wooqg Roman DOble who ever sauntered down the
Via cvcrv. If one of them ventures out of cover,
, the cry 2* raised, and be is immediately run to
, earth The printing presses are busy with end
; >sa cop:-* of testimonials, which are hurled at
i everybody with reckless profusion.
The writing-room of the hotel is full of people
1 preparing statements or writing for “ more tea
’ iitncr : a’., ‘ demanding more places, or submitting
j e„•** certificates.” The barroom isfullofpeo
-1 pie inspiring themselves with fresh confidence, or
j engaged in plots to surprise some place cr find
; one out; and the ladies who are connected with
members of the party in power find themselves
; the centres of irresistible attraction. •* Sir,” said
j a gentleman to whom I bad letters of introduc
tion, ” I know you must be a stranger because
you did not stop me to present these letters in
the street.”
At the head of th* list of persecuted men is the
President hiruself. Every one has a right to walk
into the White House, which is the President's
private as well as his official residence. Mr. Lin
coln is actuated by the highest motives in the dis
tribution of office. All the vast patronage of tens
of thousands of places, from the highest to the
lowest, is bis, and. instead of submitting the vari
ous claims to the heads of departments, the Pre
sident seeks to investigate them, and to see all
tbe candidates. Even nia iron frame and robust
constitution are affected by the process, which
lasts all day, and is not over in the night or in tbe
morning. The particular formula which he has
adopted to show tbe impossibility of satisfying
everybody ia by no means accepted by anybody
who ts diaappoiuted. What ia the use of telling a
man b esnt have a pits* because 100 others are
*ktr.g for it, if that man thinks he is tbeouly one
who nas a right to get it ?
At the very moment when the President and
bis ('abinet should be left undisturbed to deal,with ■
the tremendous questions which have arisen for
their action, the roar of office-seekers dins every i
sense, and almost annihilates them. The Senate, i
which is now sitting merely to confirm appoint- (
ments, relieving the montony of executive re I
views with odd skirmishes between old political j
antagonists now and then, will,it!s sai. rise this ,
week. Around their Chamber is the ever recor- i
ring question heard, “Whohas got what : an ;
the answer is new*: satisfactory to all. Tbts
hunting after office, which destroys se lf *j e P. . i
whea A is the moving motive of any considerable j
section of a'great party, is an >ovaH°n wh.d .
was introduced bv Gen. oackson ; but it is likely
to be as permanent at tbe Republic, inasmuch as
no candidate dc f lares his intention of revert,ng.to ,
the old svstem. These “spoils, as they are
called, are how being distributed by two Govern- |
m ents—tbe dt fur--and dt facto Government of |
Washington, ahd tbe Government erected by the I
rioutoern Ftates at Montgomery.
It is difficult tor one wlto has arrived so recent
ly in this country and who has been subjected to
such a variety of statements to come to any very
definite conclusion in reference to the great ques
tions which agitate it. Rut.as lar as I can I shall
form trv opinions from wbat I see, and not from
whatl Sear, and as I shall proceed South iu a few
davs, there is a probability of my being able to
ascertain what is the real state of affairs in that
direction. As far as I can judge—mv conclusion,
let ii he understood, being drawn from the pre
vailing opinions of others—“the South will
□ever go back into the Union.” On the same day
I heard a gentleman of position among the South
ern party say, “No concession, no compromise,
nothing that can be done or suggested shall in
duce us to join any Confederation of which the
New England States are members;” and bv an
other gentlemau, Well known as one of the ablest
of the Abolitionists, 1 was told, “If I could bring
back the Southern States by holding up my little
linger I should consider it criminal to do so.”
The friends of the Union sometimes endeavor to
disguise their sorrow and their humiliation at the
prospect presented by the Great Republic, under
the garb of pride in the peculiar excellence of in
stitutions which have ptrmitted such a revolution
as Secession w ithout the loss of one drop of blood.
But concession averts bloodshed. If I give up
my purse to the footpad who presents a pistol at
my bead, I satisfy ail his demands, aud he must
be a sauguinary miscreant if he pulls the trigger
afterwards. The policeman has, surely, no busi
ness to boast of the peculiar excellence’, in such a
transaction, of the state of things which allows
the transfer to take place without bloodshed
A Government may be so elastic as, like an
overstrained India rubber band, to have n< com
pressive force whatever, and that very quality is
claimed for the Federal Government as eie 1-
lence by some eminent men whom I have i et
and who maintained the thesis that the United
States Gorcr. ment has no right wbateeet to as
sert its authority by force over the people of nov i
State whatever ; that, baaed on the conseut of a'i,
it ceases to exist wherever there is dissent a
doctrine which no one need analyze who uuder ;
stands what are the real uses and ends of Govern ‘
ineut. The friends of the existing Admiuistra- i
tion, on the whole, regard the secession as a tem
porary aberration, which a “ masterly inactivity”
the effects of time, inherent weakness, and a
strong reaction, of which they flatter themselves
they see many proofs iu the Southern States, will
correct. “Let us,” they say, “deal with this mat
ter iu our own way. Uo not interfere. A reeogni-
I tion of the Secession would be an interference
| amounting to hostility. Iu good time the violent
| men down South will come to their senses, and
the treason will die out.” They ignore the diffi
culties ivhiclf European States may feel in refu
sing to recognize the principles on which the
United States were founded when thev find them
embodied in anew Confederation, which, so fet
us we know, may be to all intents and purposes
I constituted in an entire independence, and pre
sent itself to the world with claims to rec -gnition
to which England at least, having regard to pre
cedents of tie facto governments could only pre
sent an illog.cal refusal.
The hopes of other sections of il e Northerners i
are founded ou the want of ea; .t .1 in the elwo ;
States; on the pressure which will conte upon th* m !
when they have to guard their own fron*t e rs !
agaiust the wild tribes who have been hitherto !
repelled at the expense of the whole Union by the j
federal troops; ou the exigencies of trade, which
will compel them to deal with the North, aud
thereby to enter into friendly relations and ulti- |
mate re-alliance. But most impartial people, at ■
Last in New York, are of the opinion that the j
South has shaken tbe dust off her feet, and will!
never enter the portals of the Union again. She i
is confident in her c. ,vn destiny. She feels strong ‘
; enough to stand alone. She believes her mission !
|is one of extension and conquest—her leaders are
! men of singular political ability and undaunted
| resolution. She has but to ‘.'retch forth her hand,
! ns she believes, and the Guit becomes ar, Ameri
: car lake closed by Cuba. The reality of these
i visions the South is ready to teat, and she would
j not now forego the trial, which may, indeed, lie
I the work of years, but which she will certainly
make. All the considerations which can be urged
: against her resolves are as nothing in the way of
! her passionate will, and the world may soon see
under its eyes the conflict of two Republics found
ed on the same principles, but subjected to influ
ences that produce repulsion as great as exists in
two bodies charged with tbe same electricity. If
ever the explosion come it will be tremendous in
j its results, aud distant Europe must feel the shock.
The authorities seem resolved to make a stand
at Fort Pickens, notwithstanding the advice of
Mr. Douglas to give it up. They regard it as an
important Federal fortress, as indisputably essen
tial for national purposes as Tortugas or Key
West. Although United States property has been
“occupied,” the stores and vessels of the State seiz
ed, and the sovereignty of tbe seceding States suc
cessfully asserted by the appropriations of arse
nals, und money, and war materials, on the part
of the local authorities, the Government at Wash
ington are content by non-recognition to reserve
their own rights in lace of the exercise of jorce
mnjeure.
The Chevalier Bertinnati, who has been Charge
d’Alfairs for the Government of King Victor Em
manuel, has been raised to the rauk of Minister
and in that capacity delivered his letters of cre
dence to the President on Wednesday. The letter
addressed to the President by the King of Pied
mont was couched in terms of much friendliness
and sympathy, and Mr. Liucoln’s reply was equally
warm. There is no display of military prepara
tion to meet the eye either at Washington or
I along the road to it. Gen. Scott, who was to have
dined ut the President’s Cabinet dinner last night,
I nnd who was actually iu the White House for
that purpose, was compelled to leave by indispo
sition.
Any attempt to relieve Fort Sumter would un
questionably be attended with great loss of life,
but most Americans readily admit that if they
had a foreign force to deal with, no consideration
of that kind would stay the hands (ff the Govern
ment. The fort stands on a sandbank in shal.ow
water, and batteries have been cast up on both
shores effectually commanding the whole of the
channels for several miles. The military activity
and enterprise—l hear the skill as well—of the
South have been displayed in the readiness and
completeness of their preparations. In Galveston,
Texas, Gov. Houston, who has resigned, or been
deposed, protests, it is said, against the acts of
the new Government, and is likely to give them
trouble. The telegraph will however, anticipate
any news of this sort which I can send you,
though its intelligence should be received with
mauy grains of salt. Some people assert that
“tbe telegraph has caused the secession,” and
there is a strong feeling that some restrictions
should be placed upon the misuse of it in dissemi
nating false reports.
[Special Dispatches to the Charleston ifercury.\
Richmond, May s.— New York, Philadelphia,
and Boston, reported to be in a wild stab- of ex
citement, owing to an alarming report which had
gained currency that an organised plan had been
laid to burn those three cities. Special guards
were immediately placed all over those places.
The Northern papers urge an immediate attack
on Harper’s Ferry, Alexandria and Norfolk, be
tore the people of Virginia have time to ratify the
ordinance ol seoessiou.
The Maryland Legislature has appointed live
Secessionists on the committee to superintend ihe
arming of the State.
Gen. Wool has been ordered from New Yoi k
back to Troy by Gen. Scott, in a brief, sharp and
snubbing letter. Woo! is requested not to interfere
with Scott's orders.
Norfolk, May 4.—The British shin Hiawatha,
from Liverpool, arrived at her destination, City
Point, on Monday, with 5,000 sacks of salt for
Messrs. De Voss & Cos., of Richmond. On Satur
day afternoou she was boarded by a crowd from
the U. S. ship Cumberland, two miles off Old
Point, and the Captain was told by Com. Pender
grast, who came in person, that he had better not
attempt to enter the waters of Virginia, as his
ship would probably be seized ; that he had bet
ter put back to sea, and enter at Philadelphia or
New York ; that if he proceeded to his present
destination, the Virginians would Dot only seize
and appropriate his vest -I, but would also keep
bun aud his crew. The Captain, notwithstanding
these false misrepresentation*, continued > n, and
arrived at City Point, having been ein t at twice
on his way by the vandal Fem’ergrast. lie in
tends to complain to his Government of the out
rage.
Alexandria, May s.—Major Anderson was the
bearer from New \ork|of four millions of dollars
ia gold for the Treasury in Washington.
A bill establishing a Secession Committieof
Safety, met such resistance in tbe Senate of Mary
land op Saturday, that it was finally recommitted.
Iu New Y ork, ou Friday, seizure of a million
of boxes of percussion caps was made. These
wore destined for Charleston.
The papers all agree that on Monday begin the
offensive operations by Lincoln. Norfolk, Har
per’s Ferry, and Alexandria, are points designa
ted. Tbe New Yoik Tribune, of Saturday, says:
‘On Monday, at furthest, let the country be pre
pared for a proclamation from the President. He
has determined upon acnv , ir. tarn, decisive and
comprehensive action. Tne time has arrived
when, in accordance with the doctrines announc
ed ia his inaugural, the President will proceed to
repossess the pn-party of the United States ”
ibe Maryland Legislature appointed a Com
missioner to Richmond aud Commissioners to
Washington, ol whom one is Robert McLane.
Commodore Paulding notified Charles H. Win
der that he would be arrested as a Secessionist.
[Special to the Charleston Courier.]
Alexandria, May 5,10.3 bp. m.—Lincoln issued
a ?S lher , ' r( ’ clat -iaiion ou Friday, calling for an
additional force ol 4£,i'34 volunteers to servethree
years. This force is designed to increase the
regular ai my w lih eight regiments of infantrv
one regiment of cavalry, one regiment of artillery,
and 1 additional seamen. Lincoln promises
to divulge the views and plans of the Administra
tion to the forthcoming Congress on tbe fourth of
J UL7.
The course of Maryland is still in doubt No
thing definite was done by the Legislature up to
Saturday morning but the sending of another
Committee to the President, for what purpose is
not known.
Two steamers, one with troops, passed by here
on their way to Washington about 3 P. M. The
troops are all leaving here, and it is reported and
generally believed that the United States troops
will occupy Alexandria to-morrow morning ihe
nth mst.
Feom Cairo. —A dispatch to the Cincinnati In-
I quirer dated Cairo, 111.. April 89, says :
There are one thousand troops arriving here
daily.
It'is reported that tbe steamer J. H. Smith
passed Cairo last night with seventy-six cases of
; guns on board.
To-day, at one P. M., the troops located here
i were changed from Illinois volunteers to United
: States troops, and are now under command of
General Pope, of Chicago. The troops were sworn
so support the President and his orders. About
seventy-five left the ranks, declaring that thev
> came to Cairo to defend Illinois from invasion, but
will cot cross the river to war against Kentucky
1 of Missouri, so long as they are in the Union.
There are now six thousand two hundred sol
diers in aud aronnd Cairo.
So many changes have been made in the com
mand here that no one can vet foresee the inten
tion of the Government and the result.
Cairo is at present quiet, but General Pope has
intimation of large forces assembling at Columbus
and Memphis with designs on and a battle here is
prophesied on Thursday of this week. The fami- !
lies of most of our eitixeas are flying from Cairo.
“The Feeling in the Socth.”— Under this i
heading, the New Y'ork Herald of Tuesday has ;
the following paragraph :
We learned yesterday that letters had been re- ‘
ceived by the proprietors of several ot our prin- ‘
cipsl hotels, from Southerners living in the cot
ton-growing Statec, asking whether it will be safe
for tbem to bring their families North to New
Y'ork. Tois is a significant fact, and clearly i
proves that most exaggerated accounts have been
given to the SouthenKjiewspapers of the condi
tion of the things of the North, and also ika
feeling with which the people of the ee-edod
States are regarded by their Northers breiuron. j
(£(nrmitk & JlcirtmeL
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AUGUSTA. GA..
WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY S, 1861.
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nel at the end of the year, or tbe time for which
it is paid, of which each subscriber will receive
due notice by letter, so that if ycu wish to con
tinue it, it would be well to renew your subscrip
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WS CANNOT change tbe address of a sub
scriber unless he gives us his former as well as
his present address.
Third and Fourth Georgia Regiments Depart
ed*—The Gover ior’s Guards and Toombs Y’olun
teers, the last of the twenty companies of the
Third and Fourth Georgia Regiments which
mustered in this city, followed their compatriots
to Richmond, Y’a., on Sunday evening last. We
feel proud of this large delegation of Georgia sol
diery, and, if the tug of war comes, we shall feel
prouder still of their achievements Jon the battle
field.
The Fifth Regiment.—The following is an oji•
dal list of the companies composing the Fifth
Regiment of Georgia Volunteers. It will be seen
that the Clinch Rifles and Irish Volunteers un
questionably have a “place in the picture. The
list published by the Macon Telegraph, the Colum
bus papers, and others of our cotemporaries, and
copied by us into yesterday’s Daily was based on
wrong information, though derived from a highly
authentic source:
Upson Guards, Capt. Beall, Thomaston.
Griffin Light Guards, Capt. Mangbam, Griffin.
Irish Volunteers, Capt. Hull, Augusta.
IlaPdee Rifles, Capt. King, Baiubridge.
Clinch Rifles, Capt. Platt, Augusta.
Dawson Capt. Wooten, Dawson.
Schley Guards, Capt. Burton, EUaville.
Cuthbert Rifles, Capt. Loug, Cuthbert.
Columbus Greys, Capt. Iverson, Columbus.
McDuffie Rifles, Capt. Pottle, Warreaton.
Sunday Morning Services at the First Bap
tist Church.—Agreeably to previous notice, the
Clinch Rifles, Capt. Platt, attended the morning
service at the F'irst Baptist Church, on Sunday.
Tbe officiating clergyman was Rev. Dr. Mallory,
who sermon from 1 Timothy, vi. 12 :
“Fight the good fight of faith.” The discourse
was eloqueut and impressive, and direct applica
tion of the subject was made to the present crisis.
At the conclusion of the sermon, the pastor, Rev.
Mr. Huntington, addressed the Rifles briefly but
pertinently. The hymns sung were selected for
their appropriateness to the time. They were,
“Am Ia soldier of the cross ?” “Soldiers of
Christ, arise,” aud ‘‘Staud up my soul, shake off
thy fears.” The exercises throughout vere char
acterized by marked solemnity aud interest.
Tub Irish Volunteers, under Lieut. Dufpt,
attended the forenoon service at the Catholic
Church, lait Sunday. Father Kihbt delivered
the discourse, at the conclusion of which he par
ticularly addressed the Volunteers in forcible and
appropriate terms. His remarks were listened to
with profound interest.
Thomas Barrett, Esq., was yesterday uuani
im u.-ly elected President of the City Bank in
place of A. Gould, who declined a re-election.
Georgia Dental Society.—We learn that the
Georgia Dental Society will hold its third session
in this city, at the rooms ot Dr. D. S. Chase, on
Broad street, commencing this morning at ten
o’clock.
Rail Road to Pensacola. —The Montgomery
Mail of Saturday says:—"The Alabama and
Florida Rail Road, connecting Montgomery with
Pensacola, has been finished, and we learn that
the cars came through from Pensacola for the
first, time yesterday.”
Tbe Charleston Mercury of yesterday says a
i rumor was current last night that a blockading
, squadron was off onr bar.
The First Regiment of Tennessee Volnuteers was
mustered into service at Nashville on Friday last,
and the following officers elected. Colonel, Geo.
Maney: Lieut. Colonel, T. F. Sevier; Major, A. M.
Looney.
A School Teacher in Lowndes county Ala., pro
poses that all teachers in his county, State, or in
the Confederate States, appropriate one dollar
per scholar to tke support of the Government.
The impression seems pretty decided in the
West that there will soon be a fight between the
Lincoln troops at Cairo and the Kentucky and
Tennessee volunteers. The latter are mustering
in large force.
The Atlanta Beauregards, Capt. Glenn, have
changed their name to the Stephens Rifles, in
honor of the Vice-President.
From the Athens Banner we learn that addi
tional companies are being rapidly organized in
Banks, Jackson, Franklin, Hall and Habersham.
North-Bast Georgia is determined to be counted
in when the fight begins.
A subscriber writing from Conyers, May Ist
says that the Newton Rifles, Capt. J. A. Stewart,
is now organised and being equipped. This makes
the fourth company from Newton, and our cor
respondent says four more can be raised in as
mauy days, for “every man here is a soldier, and
every woman a patriot.” That’s the talk.
Taxation in YTroinia. —The Y'irginia State
Convention passed an ordinance last week, adopt
ing the ad valorem system of taxation, to take
effect on the first day of July,—the ordinance to
be subjected however, to a direct vote of the peo
ple.
Talbot county, God bless her, has already 240
men prepared for servjcc.^
A dispatch dated Alexandria, Va., April 29th,
says that Martial law had been declared iu Wash
ington at 11 o’clock on that day.
On FrBLOUGH. —Three Edgefield companies,
which were on duty at Morns’ Island, returned
home on leave of absenco Monday night.
Provisions. —A. K. Beago, of Atlanta, offers a
large stock of Flour, Corn, Oats, Bacon, Lard,
Ac. See advertisement.
The “Chattahoochee Beauregards,” a company
of some sixty or seventy men, as we learn from a
correspondent of the Columbus Times, has been
organised in Chattahoochee county, in three or
four days, Willis C. Holt, Captain.
Two new companies are just organized in Co
lumbus, Company G. Southern Guard, Captain,
John A. Jones, and Confederate State Sentinels,
R. R. Haws, Captain.
The Atlanta Commonwealth says Messrs. Mas
sey - A Lansdeli. have commenced tho manufac
ture of that indispensable article, Printing Ink, in
that place. We are also manufacturing that with
which the Chronicle if: Sentinel is now printed, on
the premises. The Commonwealth also notices
the largely increased amount of goods, shoes,
provisions, clothing, Ac., sold in that city, for
cash and at increased rates, though dealers are
using comparatively little efforts to secure trade.
The same paper notes that the Floy 1 Infantry,
Capt. Cooper, has her n received by Gov. Brown,
under the President's first requisition for thtee
thousand men, and are to be ready to march at a
moment’s notice.
Also that the Rome Light Guards, as the True
Fl<, g says, have been ordered to Y'irginia.
Card of Thanes. —Our friend S. C. White, the
painter, will accept our thanks for the loan of his
horse and buggy for the use of the Augnsta Re
porters, yesterday morning. Tbe times are just
now so very stirring, that the Local’s position is
no sinecure; and when he is specially weary and
foot-sore with much travel after the soldiers,
a gay ride in a carriage fwith four wheels) is real
ly delectable. The “cortege,” as it moved down
Mclntosh street to the camp, produced a pro
found sensation. You ought to have seen our
Jehu handle the ribbons ! Arms straight out—
head well up—feet on the dash-board —“go
1-a-a-n-g!”
New FLeua.—Flour, manufactured from Texas
Wheat, of this year’s growth, has been received at
Galveston. Twenty days from date we expect to
have new flour from Georgia wheat.
No use to call a physician for every little pain
or ache, when you have the Ambrosial Oil, which
relieves many of the ills cf life to which suffering
humanity is subject. Read the evidences in
special notices.
Second Regiment Georgia Y’olcnteers. —The
Columbus Sun says : “By a private dispatch to a
gentleman of this city, we learn that Gov. Brown
has issued order* for the immediate organization
into a Regiment, of the several companies, station
ed at Tybee Island. We are gratified to learn
from this that the tine companies at Tybee, are to
be relieved at last, from the unpleasantness of being
without a regular organizatien into a Regiment.
It will be ( oce of the finest Regiments in the
State, aDd capable as well as wiUing to meet the
exigencies of the service anywhere.”
The official vote in Texas on the ordinance of
secession foots up in round numbers, total 54,
: “00—majority for secession 31,500.
Several days ago there waa a meeting of the
citizens of Louisville and Cincinnati, held at the
I latter city, including the Mayors of both cities, at
which it was agreed that the commerce of the two
cities should he uninterrupted. Gov. Dennison
endorsed the policy in advance. But the people
of Cincinnati repudiated the agreement, aud on
last Friday held a mass meeting, at which a com
mittee waa appointed to request the Mayor and
Governor to recede. They resolved that all ship
ments South, of provisions or ammunition, should
cease, ind accordingly caused two boats loaded
for Nashville to onload at tbe wharf.
The Savannah Jietet says large aupplies of pro
visions are being daily received in that city, so
that none need fear that there will be any scarcity.
In three days the Central Hoad has brought down
1,500 barrela flour, 15,660 bushels corn, and near
ly 100,000 pounds bacon. Besides, the vegetable
garden* in the neighborhood of the city are
yielding largely, none of which will now go North
as heretofore ; while the prospect for an abundant
grain crop throngbont th* .State never was more
promising.
Southern Couxrru.
The Provisional Congress of the Confederate
States met in extra session, at Montgomery, in
obedience to the call of President Davis, on Mon - j
day, 29th tilt. But few absentees were reported,
and the body at once announced itself ready to j
proceed to business. A communication from the \
citizens of New Mexico was read, accompanying!
a preamble and resolutions. A message was read
from President Davis, and the Congress then
went into secret session.
Southern Congress,
The proceedings on Tuesday, and Wednesday
in open session, were unimportant.
The correspondent of the Savannah Republican
says :
It is generally understood that, in consequenoe
of the alarmingly agitated and unsettled condition
ot the country, the greater portion of the proceed
ings of Congress will be veiled with the garb of
aecresv—only such matters being revealed as will
furnish a slight clue to the actual condition of af
fairs without being sufficiently expository to en
danger either the interest of the people or the ac
tion of their reDresentatives.
It is currently believed that the question of a
declaration of war by the Confederacy is what
interests the body.at present. Whether the state
of the country demands a stronger and more ex
plicit revelation |of existing things, will be for
them to decide. We know that the war hs be
gun, but ia the exercise of their diplomacy aDd
statesmanship they are to determine upon the
policy of creating such a declaratory instrument,
or leave the issue open to the explanation of the
opposite side. It may be regarded as certain,
however, that no final'action in this matter will be
taken until the Commissioners of Virginia are
upon the floor, and can lend the voice of the Old
Dominion in the Anal resolution of the subject.
We expect them to arrive on Thursday next, and
by the expiration ot the week a decision may be
arrived at.
The Columbus Times’ correspondent says :
Although Congress has not yet granted letters
of Marque and’ Reprisal, there is no doubt they
will do so very soon. I am led to believe that
commissions will be given this week, so that
those who wish to engage in this important brauch
of the public service, can have an immediate op
portunity of doing so.
Items of New*—Gleanings Irons the New
York l’ress.
A dispatch from Harrisburg, April 29th, to the
Tribune , says the Chief Justice of Vermont, who
has resided for some time in North Carolina, has
returned and reports that, whereas the Union
sentiment prevailed there two months since, the
people are now nearly unanimous for secession.
He found the wife and daughters of Hon. Geo. E.
Uadgkr, late Union leader, busy scraptug lint,
and one of hia sous is a volunteer for the war.
A member of the New York Seventh, writing
home from Washington, requests his meerschaum
sent to him, along with some cigars and a warm
blanket.
The Iribvru seems especially anxious that Fort
McHenry should try its hot shot upon Baltimore,
more particularly upon the Foundry and Machine
shop of Taos, k Rosa Winans, who are working
night und day, making ordnance for the South,
and who propose to construct two new steam gum,
to throw three huudred balls a minute, by which
meuns any street in the oity oould be speedily re
lieved of an invading force, cutting its way to
Washington.
I’oor Gov. Htcxs gets hard licks from all sides.
Denounced South _s a traitor to Maryland, he ia
at the same time denounced North by the radicals
as a traitor to the Union, aud accused of playing
a deep game with Lincoln. The Tribune says it
lias positive information that the bridges beyond
Baltimore were burned und the telegraph wires
cut, by order ot Gov. Hicks.
The Black Republican organs In New York
seem to have been incredulous of the statement
that Lincoln and Cabinet and Geu. Scott agreed
with Mayor Brown of Baltimore, that no more
Northern troops should be marched through that
city, unless they were obstructed at other points
in Maryland. The Times, Tribune, Courier and
Post, were all incredulous, and were perfectly fu
rious at the idea that such an agreement should
le made. They threaten even now that the peo
ple of the North, regardless of the wishes aud or
ders of the Government, will fight their way
through Baltimore, and it is even said that the in
tamous GitoßOa Law proposes to shell the city,
by contract, from the decks of his own steamers :
but this is all gas. George is only looking out
for the main chance —if he can make a few thou
sands, little does he care about the flag or the
Government.
Wendell Phillips has made another speech,
and tho limes tackles him. Some time since
Phillips made a peace speech, saying the North
would not fight, and if they did they would be
beaten, and the pro-slaveryists would succeed, as
they always had done. Now he thinks the North
really will fight, as its blood is up, but that the
fight is all wrong, because ao recognises the great
principle of the Declaration of Independence, that
every people has the right to determine for itself
its own mode of government. And this was
Greeley’s declaration some months ago, and he
would doubtless express it again, were it not that
passion has got tho better of his philosophy, aud
he feels disposed to do us a harm if possible.
Judging from the evidence afforded by tho New
York press, the North is in a great fright About
our privateers, (pirates the North calls them,)
that are to ravage the seas, and put an end to the
commerce by which New York lives, and moves,
and has its being. The World says the North is
“absolutely weak at sea,” instead of being strong,
as has been generally supposed. That paper Bays
its great ships, and frigates, and war steamers
would make a perfect farce of blockading the
Southern ports, and calls loudly en Government
for gun-boats, if there is to be an effective block
ade.
There is a very great clamor at the North, espe
cially among the men who elected Lincoln, re
sulting from rage and fright, and it is openly
proposed to “supercede” Lincoln, by putting
Hamlin in his place, while Sbward is inconti
nently badgered by the whole pack, including
even “Little Villain” Raymond, his quondam
mouthpiece. The Sun londly calls upon the
Premier to resign, and the motion is seconded
very readily. Gcd. Scott too is asked to get out
of the way for a now man, and the Times says the
General “is generally understood not to enter
into this contest with much heurtiness.”
With <tll the military enthusiasm of the North
with all the rush of men to the conflict, and all,
the offers of money, it is very plain that the
North is by no means prepared for nn efficient
campaign. Its rabble soldiery, without uniforms,
frequently without arms, unused to drill, and t>-
tally ignorant of military service can not be pre
pared for battle within six months. If it should
meet our boys on an open field, it would be cut to
pieces, routed and slaughtered. The Government
can not possibly bring into the field 20,000 men
that would stand fire thirty minutes, aud in a
charge with bayonets our soldiers would sweep
them down like stubble before a fire. The Timee
says the great defect with them is, that they have
no system, no management, no head. Troops
rush hither and thither, and nobody seems pre
pared to attend to them, to furnish them food,
arms and equipments. All is confusion and utter
disorder. We have no doubt that 50,000 well ap
pointed troops from the South, under Davis, I,tr
and Brauregabd, could make a triumphal march
from the Potomac to New York, and crush all op
position, leaving a sufficient number to take care
of Washington city.
To stimulate the roughs and rowdies, the
thieves and bouse breakers, who have been called
from their denr to make war on the SOuth, the
idea of plunder is held up before them. The
Time* even points out anew and glorious destiny
for rich and fertile Virginia, when her lands shall
have been parcelled out among the Northern
rabble, and involuntary servitude wiped out. No
doubt there will be a great change in Virginia
when these things are accomplished; but in tbe
meantime tbe thieves would find better plunder in
Gotham, and more easily got at, than in Virginia.
This parceling out, however, it strikes us, is
“counting chickens before they are hatched.’’—
We think that very little land will suffice for each
Northern soldier that Bets foot on the sacred soil
of the old Dominion.
Speaking of Colonels,
We learn that ex-Mavor Blodoet, Captain of
the Blodget Volunteers, is spoken of as Colonel
of tbe Third Georgia Regiment, which will ren
dezvous at Richmond, Va., where tbe election is
to be held. Capt. Blodget is a very cool man,
not easily thrown off bis guard, and he has great
energy of purpose, not apt to be balked by any
obstacle, but generally accomplishing what he
undertakes.
Major General Sanford should, by all means,
receive the Colonelcy of tbe Fourth Regiment, by ;
a unanimous vote, if he will- accept ; and our ;
Government would but bestow an honor worthily, j
and thus honor itself, by giving him a permanent j
command in the Confederate Army.
Our friend and fellow-citizen, John K. Jacison, <
Esq., Colonel of the Independent Volunteer Bat- j
talion of Richmond county, now that so manv of
our volunteers are ordered into active service, ;
and so few left behind, will be supported for the ,
office ot Colonel of the Fifth Regiment, which will j
soon rendezvous at Columbus, end whose deatina- ,
tion is Pensacola. We hope he may be elected,)
for he is a most worthy citizen, and we doubt not
will make a faithful and efficient officer, when the
work comee to be done. We hear no other namea
spoken of in this connectiom
| The McDcrn* Rifles, of Warrenton, Ga., Capt.
Pottle, is to be mustered into tbe Fifth Regiment.
As soon as notice was given that tbe company
was under marching order*, SO men were at once
enrolled.
Rifled eannon are being made at “Leeds’ Foun
dry” in New Orleans, and it will soon be able to
turn out thia superior artillery in any quantity.
Tbe Hon. Daniel D. Barnard, of New York, for
merly a distinguished member of Congress, Minis
ter to Berlin, and a prominent politician, died at
at Albany on the 24th nit.
COMMANDER OT THE BRIGADE. Capt. MuSGEOVE,
of the Bnrke Guards, being Senior Captain, has
been assigned to the command of the Brigade—
consisting of the Third and Fourth Regimenti,
Georgia Volunteers.
The election for Regimental and Brigade offi
cers does not take place until tne several compan
ies reach Richmond, Va.
President Davis to tax* the Field.— The !
Charleston Courier of yesterdsy ssys “We leirn ’
from the most reliable source that President Da- .
Tie will take command in person, as General-in- ;
Chief, of the forcee gathering in Virginia.
The Atlanta Firemen are about organizing
themselves into a military company for the de
fense of that city.
Tbs Flr.-N are BurnliiK Drlgtiter Still.
Our heart is rejoiced every day, almost every
hour of each day, by the news whioh comes pour
ing in from ail quarters of the enthusiasiio de
termination oT the South to fight this fight
through, be it long or short. It is the noblest,
the siost glorious fight in which any people could
engage—it is a battle for every thing that man
holds dear— a conflict in which at all are coming
finally to see, that we must conquer, or be swept
from the earth. How the grand contagion spreads
each hour among our people, and how all hearts
are being set and fixed in love and duty, and
true loyalty, to uphold our banner at all costs,
and to the bitter end.
Not only throughout the Confederate States
does this patriotic furore run and spread, and
widen and lengthen and deepen, and glow, and
absorb all other thoughts, but in the whole South
it extends with the roar of some swift-rushing
conflagration. But it is more particularly of Geor
gia, of our dear old mother Georgia, that we
would now speak. She can, and ahe will, if
necessity require it, furnish 75,000 volunteers for
active service in the field, at any point wb"re the i
Commander-in-chief may order them. There are 1
mere than 110,000 voters in the State, and there i
must be 30,000 or 40,000 boys between the ages of ,
sixteen and twenty-one. Fifty or sixty thousand
are a plenty to leave at home, to attend to home
aflairs, keep order, carry on the necessary busi
ness of the country, and have the crops, bounti
ful crops, planted, cultivated, gathered in aDd
sent to market. Who shall say we can not send
75,000 men to the field ? And half of them too,
if necessary, would fight without pay, the Gov
ernment supplying them with ptovisions, arms
and ammunition, while friends at home took care
of the women and children.
And indeed, in many cases, already are indi
viduals, and whole communities, and counties in
fact, through their County Courts, providing for
arming and equipping their volunteers and sup
porting their families. All honor to such pa
triotism —that talks not, but arts. Can any such
people ever be conquered, fighting in a just cause,
and on their own soil ? As an example of this
kind we may refer to old Troup County, where,
as we learn from onr friends of the Atlanta Con
federacy, tho Inferior Court and the City Couuci
of I.aGrange ordered that the Captains of the
Companies already formed, aud of any others that
might be formed, might chsek on the city and
county treasury for asy amount required, when
many of the monied men of the county stepped
forward and pledged their whole estates to meet
these demands on the county. And further than
that, to the honor of old Troup be it said, one o
her oitiiens, Judge Bull, who has an only child
an officer in the Light Guards, told the company
at Atlanta to check on him to the whole amount
of his property, and he wosld honor the drafts.
And then look at Greene, (but when was ever
Greene backward in any good work?) where the
citizen's meeting requested the Inferior Court to
issue bonds for thousands to supply her volun
teers! Haven’t we cause to rejoice at the aotion
of Georgia?
Then there’s old Chatham, (God bless her,)
often thoughtlessly jeered at by many of n that
don’t live near aalt water, and the has fifteen hun
dred of her gallant sona in ranks. And Richmond
too, she has fifteen companies, infantry, artillery
and cavalry, (besides her Home Guard,) number
ing over u thousand men, ready to do battle to
the last for liberty and for couutry. And Cass, a
young sister among the counties, but net by any
means a little one, a couuty tbut only a few yoars
ago was the hunting ground of the Cherokees, hss
ten companies reauy for the service of the Con
federate States. But why need we go on—why
need we speak of the patriotic ardor evinced in
men and money, by the other counties, bv Clarke
and Newton, and Morgan, aud Columbia and
Burke, and Bibb and Talbot, aud Fulton and
Floyd, and Spalding and Muscogoe, and Sumter,
and Dougherty, aud Twiggs and Wilkinson, and
Ware and Effingham, and many others ? Let mb
all rejoice that we havo such a country and such
a people, and never say we can’t send 75,000 sol
diers into battle. And don’t forget the mothers
and daughters. Even now their fingers are quiek
and untiring to prepare the soldier for the camp,
and making bandages and lint, aud when the try
ing hour comes, as oorno it may, they will prove
equal to any Roman matron, aye equal to the
mothers of the Revolution, aud, giving up the
many luxurious tastes and habits to which they
are accustomed, and which ao well befit them,
they will, if need be, melt down for their coun
try’s use their golden ornaments, aud clothe
themselves in home-made stuffs, the work of their
own hands. They’ll do it, never soar, for their
country, when that country calis upon them for
such service, should it ever do so. Yes, thsy will
do even more. For ghould father, and husband,
and brother, and son fall, the mothers and daugh
ters, and wives and sisters, will seize the musket
from the nerveless grasp of patriot heroes, and
drive the fiend-foe into the sea, or into .
Message of President Davist
We hardly need call attention to this important
document, and we have space for very little more.
It is indeed a masterly production, doing honor
to tho head and heart of the President. While
there aro, and have always been among us, many
who differ widely from him as to the theory of
the old Constitntion, and the character of govern
ment formed under that instrument, yet each dif
ference provokes no discussion now. It would
have been in better taste too, under the circum
stances, to have omitted all allusion to .he la.-
Democratic party. With a pencil of llgut b*
has outlined the rise and progrees of that
nnti-slavcry agitation, which culminated last
November in the elective triumph of a par
ty, avowedly for the purpose of pro
hibiting the slaveholding States of the Union
from all enjoyment of a common territory, which
event forced these States to look for new safe
guards for their own interest. Such necessity ex
isting, when the people, through their delegates,
came to consider the matter, it was determined
that secession from the Union was the proper
course; and hence the Confederate States of
America, whose wish and whose policy is peace,
which is denied them by the old government,
leaving us war as tho alternative. But we have
not space to say more.
Gen. Jno. W. A. Saktokd. —This distinguished
civilian and soldier, and gallant, noble-hearted
gentleman has arrived in our city, with the inten
tion of joining the Baldwin Bluet as a private.—
General Hanford is now quite advanced in
years, but hale and hearty, whole-souled and
chivalrous, and when his country needs him, he
is always ready. He has seen service before, as
commander in the Cherokee nation, during Go*.
Gilmbb’s term, and has filled various offices of
pnblic trust. He bad tho confidence of Gen. Jack
son, and was by him appointed Commissioner of
Indian affairs. Many years ago Gen. Santobd
was elected member of Congress, and has fre
quently been proposed for Governor of the State.
All honor to the patriot soldier. He should be, at
least, ColoueljifßieJteginient.
Cavalrv.—A correspondent of ths Macon Tilt
graph gives tbe following extraot from a letter
just received from Montgomery:
“Tell Captain , that it is probable his Com
pany of Dragoons will bs oalled out in a few weeks.
The whole programme is changed, and it is now
believed here, that a battalion of Cavalry will be
called out in each of the Southern States in a few
weeks.”
The Magnolia Cadet*, Capt. N. H. R. Dawson,
from Selma, Ala., passed through Atlanta a few
days ago on their to way Virginia carrying a beau
ful flag, which was mads and presented to them
by a sister of Mrs. Abraham Lincoln.
A letter from Norfolk, dated April 22, published
in the Montgomery ConJ/deration, says: “Every
body here is ready to fight. Tbe Union meu are
greater extremists than tbs secessionists, and with
great difficulty only oan be restrained.”
Anothsb Gsnebocs Donation. —The Mayor yes
terday received the following note, which, though
□ot intended for publication, we take the pleas
ure of placing on record :
Augusta, Jd May, 1881.
Hon. Robsbt U. Mat, Mayor City of Augusta.
Dear Sir : Be pleased to use the enclosed amount
($l6O 00} in the relief of such families in oar city
as you may hud requiring relief, and oblige
Your ob 7 t serv't,
R. Campbell.
A Pleasant Occasion. —The Dawson Greys, of
Pennfleld, Capt. McWrobteb, in response to an
invitation from Messrs. Hudson A Miller, re
paired to the store of these gentlemen last even
ing, to partake of a parting glass of wine before
their departure for tue scene of action. The oc
casion was apparently a highly agreeable one to
all concerned. The “Greys” spoke warmly in
praise of the hospitality of oar oitizens, especially
of the ladies, whose kind hearts and busy fingers
are doing so much for th# comfort of our brave
volunteers; bat time will not allow us to mention
the incidents worthy of note. The “Greys” leave
tomorrow.
> We weioome again to our sanctum the Charles
. ton Evening Newt, the publication cf which has
I been for some weeks suspended, on account of all
its force (proprietary and employed) beiog.in arms
around Charleston harbor.
At Appling, Columbia county, last week anew
company was organized, called the Rameey ‘Vol
unteeri, in honor of the late Isaac Rambet. The
officers elected were Robert J. Botl, Captain ;
Wm. Toole, Ist Lieutenant; G. Ramset Maokc
der, 2d Lieutenaut; N. E. Benton, fid Lieutenant
Col. M. C. Fulton, of the same county, offers, if
a company ot eighty men be organized, to uni
form all who are unable to do so, at his own ex
pense, and to see that that they are proper!}
equipped. All which we learn from our cotem.
porarv, the Thomson Herald.
An Illustrated Paper.— The Charleston Cou
rier says “An illustrated weekly paper will
| soon be established in this city under able and
sufficient auspice*. W. Wand, a well known artiat
and gentleman, is connected with the enterprise
which is in hopeful progress. Citizens desiring
to aid or contribute in any way, can communicate
with Woodward, of the Adams’ Express office.”
A dispatch to the Savannah Republican, dated
Richmond, Va., 2d inst., says that James River
has been blockaded, and all communication with
Norfolk cut off. The steamer Glencoe, plying be
tween that city and Norfolk, was compelled to re
turn to-day.
We perceive, the Philadelphia North Ameriean
and Gatette ia alarmed at the proepeot of “lamina
after war.” They have hit the nail on the head,
and it will go home in time.
Oglethorpe Infantry.
We have been kindly favired with the following
official roll of the Oglethorpe Infantry, (company
D, First Regiment Georgia Volunteers,) now at
Pensacola, taken on the 29th April last:
Captain—H. B. Adam.
Ist Lieutenant—J. V. 11. Allen.
2d “ Geo. W. Crane.
3d “ S. B. Simmons.
Surgeon—A. F. Bignon.
Commissary—C. Gatlin.
Ist Sergeant—A. J. Setze.
*d “ W. S. Holmes.
3d S. O. Foreman.
4th “ L. A. Picquet.
Ist Corporal—Horace Clark,
id “ Wid. Haigb.
Sd “ Samel H. Shepard.
4th “ J. W. Rankin.
privates.
A. E. Andrews, Janies Lamar.
A. M. Averell, R. B. Morris,
A. W. Blanchard, W. B. Morris,
Win. Bryson, Z. B. Morris.
J. M. Bunch, Josiah Miller,
S. M. Brown, E. O. Miller,
W. M. Booker, W. J. Miller,
H. A. Cherry, C. O. Marshall,
Frank Clark, Geo. McLaughlin,
J. R. Coffin, G. D. Mosher,.
J. B. Crumpton, C. O. McCarty,
0. H. Craig, J. T. Newberry,
E. A. Dunbar, G. P. Poaruell,
J. T. Derry, W. E. Peay,
E Darby, Augustus Pitcher,
S. la. Dye, Geo. F. Pierce, jr.,
W. Damei, F. M. Pope,
S. O. Eve, J. T. Radcliffe,
R. C. Kvo, W. A. Roll,
L. F. Fleming, V. P. Roberts,
W. H. Foster, J. M. Roberts,
Chas. J. Goodwin, * W. P. Ramsey,
Andrew Griffin, J. W. Stoy,
George G. Gibbs, F. W. Stoy,
A. G. Hall, 1,. W. Shead,
E. H. Hall, O. M. Stone,
V. G. Hitt, J. T. Sbain,
Hariv Hughes, T. S. Tntt,
J. T. Hungerford, Miles Turpin,
Andrew M. Jackson, B. H. Watkins,
W. F. Jackson, C. D. Watkins,
H. B. Jackson, J. S. Wilson,
W. H. Jones, W. M. Whiting,
W. G. Johnson, W. A. Wiley,
W. H. Kennedy, B. F. Wing’.
H. Clat Foster and L. Adams, now in thisity >
will leave iu a day or two to join the company at
Pensacola.
The “Olethorpes,” it is generally known, are at
Fort Barrancas, practicing with a battery of heavy
artillery. At the date of the letter from which
the above roll was copied, the members of the
company were all well and in good spirits. They
endure the necessary privations and hardships of
the soldier’s life like old regulars. There is no
dissipation, and not even a pack of cards has been
seen in the camp ; daily prayer meetings are held,
and in all respects “our boys” seem to be putting
on their best behavior. Augusta has much reason
to be proud of these, aud iudeed of all her volun
teer soldiery.
The Silver Grays—-Rule* and Regula
lions.
ARTICLE i.—mbmbers.
Sec. 1. All applications tor membership shall
be made at some legal meeting or drill of the
Company, and a vote of two-thirds shall be re
quired to admit. The vote may be viva voce, un
less a ballot be demanded by tho majority - .
Sac. 2. Each member shall payAof.be Treasurer
the sum of fifty cents or more, at’ his option, on
joining the Csmpauy. Whenever the funds so
raised become exhausted, further contributions
shall be called for.
ARTICLE II.—OFFICERS.
The Officers of the Company shall be those pre
scribed by law for a oompany of Infantry, a Se
cretary aud a Treasurer—their duties are defined
by usage.
ARTICLE tiI.—MEETINGS AND DRILLS.
The Compsoy shall meet for business or drill
whenever the commanding officer shall direct—
notice published in any two of the city papers on
or before the morning of the day for meeting,
shall b sufficient notice. At a meeting for busi
ness a quorum shall be tweutv, ono being a com
missioned officer. The roll shall ulw'aya be called
within five minutes of the time fixed.
Sac. 2. Any member absent from any drill or
meeting shall be hned fifty cents, and for late
attendance twenty-live cents, unless excusod at
the next meeting.
ARTICLE IV.—SERVICE.
Aa toon as the Company is armed it shall be
the duty of every member t.o repair to the alarm
post on any ulann, completely equipped for ser
vice, which is to be esnfined to preserving the
order of the city aud to enlorcing the laws under
the direction of the civil authorities, aud to de
fending the city from enemies without. But the
Company is not to be marched out of the county
of Richmond.
ARTICLE V.—AMENDMENTS.
No alteration or addition shall be mado to these
Rules, except it be presented iu writing at one
meeting and adopted at tho next by a vote of
throe-fourtht of those preseut, or a majority of
the whole Company.
MUSTER ROLL OF THE SILVER QUAYS.
Captain—Win. T. Gould.
Ist Lieutenant —Henry F. Russell.
2d “ Robert D. Glover.
3d “ Stephen D. Heard.
Orderly Sergeant—Thos. M. Simmons.
2d Sergeant—Frederick C. Barber.
8d “ Lewis Levy.
4th “ Elisha U. Rodgers.
sth “ Jam-s T. Gardiner.
Ist Corporal—Robert M. Phiuizv.
2d “ Wm. It. Wells.
3d “ John W. Walker.
4th “ Augustus Robert.
Secretary—Enoch W. Brown.
Treasurer—Greenville Simmons.
privates :
Isaac Levy, Benj. L. Eddiugs,
John G. Coffin, Miller A. Wright,
Frederick Auffarman, Solomon C. W liite,
George li. Dodge, Josiah Mosher,
Washington E. Archer, Wm. R. Cneeseborough,
James ShacklefoTd, Archibald Boggs,
James Calvin, Augustus H. Knwe,
Henry Morrisson, Isham Thompson,
Wm. W. Lawrenoe, John P. Force,
John Reynolds, Benj. C. Demick,
J*mca Johnson, Ephraim E. Scofield,
John J. Byrd, Wm. Hardeman,
John Kaibflaah, James Gargan,
Neltemiab K. Butler, John E. Navey,
Christuplicr Drcxlcr. Wm. Bassett,
James Hill, Henry T. Peay,
John I. Davis, Henry Herbert,
Geo. W. Ferry, Henry Hafers,
Hillary Caffin, Thomas Barrett,
Frederick Lamtiaok, George W. Evans,
Eli Mustin, Robert A. Watkins,
Christopher C. Averett, Wm. W. Davis,
Tbeodoro F. C. Gouin, A. 8. Correll,
Lewis D. Ford, Anthony l’rontaut,
John C. Snead, Francis H. Cook,
John Rickman, Abram P. Cherry,
Charles T. Kioh, Wtm 11. Goodrich,
Wm L. Felder, Josiah Sibley,
Bartholomew Morris, Wm. W. Holt,
Wm. E. ltrodnax, Joseph 11. Wilson,
Wm. V. Kerr, Wyman H. Potter,
Charles Kranoh, James Hope,
Joseph Meyer, Stephen H. Oliver,
Wm. Coarts, Robert C. Easterling,
Patrick Ronche, Wm. Keener,
Solomon Cobne, Thomas Leckio,
Joseph 8. Clark, Hiram Scarborough,
John Craige, Thomus Snowden,
Samuel W! Henry, Barnard Abrahams,
Andrew Gow, laauc Sarling,
James McGuire, Diedrick Sterlings,
Thomas Richards, Jacob It. Davis,
Uriah Slack, Samuel Cresswell,
David Wood, Wm. P. Lawson,
James Godbey, John J. Clayton,
Dennis Collins, Alexander ,M. Hrodio,
Wm. C. Dtrry, Jackson F. Turpin,
Edward Bustin, Wm. M. Hight,
Wm. Glover, Fredrick A. Brahe,
John W. Bessman, Godfrey Filz,
Max Kelrnpner, John A. Barnes,
Wm. 11. Crane, Lemuel Dwelle,
John 11. Smith, Charles Dwelle,
Thomas 11. Bevene, Edwsrd Heukell,
John J. McGuire, George W. Morgan,
Samuel E. Clark. John Foster,
Alexander H. Hemphill, Victor LaTaste.
The following stirring lines, sent us by a friend,
have a peculiei fitness for this day—the day
which is to witness th* departure of the Clinch
Rifles and Irish Volunteers, to serve in the cause
of their country. They breathe sentiments which
will find a response in the heart of every citizen
of August*. We do not knowwbo is the au
thor—but we take the liberty of publishing the
poem, and respectfully dedicating it
TO THE CLINCH KIPI.CS AND IRISH VOLUNTEERS.
“Brave hearts ! The trying hour is near,
When at your country’s call,
You leave the scenes so worshipped here,
Home, faithful Iri nds, and all.
Ah 1 well we ki ow how hard it is
Life friendships thus to sever,
To part for long, long weary months,
And oh, perhaps forexer.
But duty calls, while glory beams
O’er spirits strong and brave,
Tbe Southern flag shall lead thee on
To Victory or the Grave!
“Then wave aloft its crimson folds.
The star crowned circlet bright,
And swear eternally to stand
Beside them in the fight.
Tht Southern sun, like orb of tiro
Has placed its warmest ray
On gallant baarts, too proud to own
A coward despot’s away.
Then onward ‘■ strike oppression low,
All enemies defy,
Be foremost in the th.ckeat fight,
Gain Victory or die!”
We regret that a great press of business has
prevented us from seeing many of our friends in
the several companies that have been for some
days in the city. Os the members of the press we
have been glad to receive a call front Sergeant
Barrow of th# Madison Vuitor, and Dr. Meikere,
formerly of the same paper, and from Private
Hancock, of tbe Americus Watchman. These
gentlemen will make their marlce as soldiers, as
well as they have done as Editors, we doubt not,
and we hope one or other of them will bring us
back a lock of Old Abe’s hair. We were also
glad yesterday to see in our sanctum Col. Cheistt,
of the Athens Watchman. He is no: a soldier
yet, bat ii ready to go when called.
Crawfordstilli, Ga.—On Monday last, a meet
ing was held in this place—a company raised—a
flag made by the ladies in two hours, and $2,200
raised to equip the the soldiers, and to take care
of their needy Bo says Mr. Stephens.
Th* New York Herald has subscribed three
thousand dollars towards the war which Lincoln
is now making upon tbe South. Bennett has
made forty times that much of theSoutb, and now
boasts of hi meanness.
Georgia Ralieoad Convention. —This body
meets in this city on the 14th of May instant.
Rev. L. M. C..RTER, tbe much esteemed pastor
of the Sjcou I Baptist Church, Kolloek street, has
Dean elected by acclamation Chaplain of tbe Clinch
Rifle*. He presence his farewell sermon this
morning.
Strawberries.— Gen. Geo. W. Evans has our
thanks for a sample of very fine strawberries from
“Idlewild Farm.”
Our Volunteer Horn?—The relatives and friends
Os those of our Volunteer Companies who have
already gone, or may jet go into service, will do
well to preserve a copy of some paper containing
the list, of names. It will certainly be a gratifi
cation in the future to bav a list at hand, audit
will be almost impossible to obtain back numbers
of the naner
PennstlvaNia and Maitland. —The Governor
of Pennsylvania, in his Message, declares that
Pennsylvania will open a passage from the North
to Washington, as essential to trade and transit,
and that whether Maryland is in of out of the
Union, no hostile soil will he permitted to lie be
tween the Capital and the State# loyal to the
Union.
Company Albany ftcAßoa )
Augusta Ga., May Bd, 18tR,
Whereas, Our journey t>, and our Slay in this
city has been ccmfurtabU•, agreeable and pleasant
and has bee rendered st, in part, by imividuai
unammoVs',y/' nVatobotl ' ,tal ' ,-V ’ be “ before
Kaotvad That our heartfelt thanks be. and they
are hereby tendered to Mr. and Mrs I I sT/
ifn D \h , tbe B - 71n - ton House At Fort Valiev Georgia
I lection e ”vr occupy a p | ace ln our r9ool .
iadl"\J^tv p e to ; h ? th “
soldiery wifli their.,wn au PP^
■ceeding dispatch with wi.ch our neemities 9 wd
wants, lwve been siipiiKed bv them . a
deep impression n , i,, a, and v m4j , e
as long as there is a spot' in®
fadmg memory To t tl!J excellent and courteous
proprietors of the Globe and Augusta Hotels wo
tender our sincere tl.auas for their eflorts to m
terrain us all (privates as well as officers) and
their hospitality shall remain unforgotten.
Jk’ T f hat the city P*P ers be requested to
publish the foregoing, and the Albany Psttiat
please copy. 1
By the Captain, ‘ Y. G. Rost, Captain.
Ukwquartbrs, )
Augusta, \Maj 3. 1881. f
At a company meeting of tho Dawson Grays,
held this day, tho follow’og resolutions were un
animously abopted :
Resolved , That we fully appreciate the kindness
and courtesy so liberally extended to us by the
generous aud patriotic citizens of Augusta, and
especially do we ask the fair ladies of this beauti
ful city to accept our heartfelt thanks for their
attention so freely and kindly offered, and we as
sure them that iu our oftorts to secure to them
their liberty aud their property, the Dawson Grey*
will always endeavor to prove themselves worthy
of their high regard
Rtsohed, That our tba-iks are also due, and
*re hereby tendered, to Mr. Mullarky, the gentle
manly laudlord of the Globe Hotel, ‘tor his kind
treatment and assiduous oftortA to render our
stay with him confortable aud pleasant.
B. E. Spbncsh, Sec’y D. G.
Head Qcarters Maco*\ County Volcntkers, [
Augusta, May 3d, 1881. (
Resolved, Th*t the thauks of this Company ar e
hereby tendered to ‘he citizens of Augusta, for
their courtesy and kindness to us during our stay
in the city. To lion. Jotm Davison, Mr. Ramsey,
Mr. Morrison, Dr. Dennis, and Mr. Tant, we are
under special and tender them] the
grateful thanks of citizen soldiers.
Unanimously adopted.
8. M. Pbothro, Captain.
A Card.
Wo, tha uudersigned, do return our most cor
dial thanks to Mr. Mullarkey, proprietor of the
Globe Hotel, for the fine dinnor whioh be gave
us, this day, just before our departure for Rich
mond.
Moreover, wo recommend to the traveling pub
lic, and especially to our fellow-soldiers, who may
at any time be stopping iu the city, to give tbe
Globe Hotel a call. They will there find the beat
accommodations from the proprietor, aud meals
prepared in the best style, as well as good atten
tion on the part of tbe waiters.
Officers and Msmusrs Athens Guards.
* S. F. LEARY,
Sec’y and Treas’r A. G.
Augusta, Ga., May 4, 1881.
[communicated.]
Ukadquakters Athens Guards, (
Augusta, Ga , May 4th, 1881. j
We, the “Athene Guards,” of the i hird Regi
ment Georgia Volunteers, of the Confederate
Army, do express our indignation at the conduct
of the State authorities towards our company,
while statioued at Augusta. Wo were ordered on
the 25th of April to repair to Augusta “without
delay,” preparatory to being mustered into the
service of the Coufederacy, and notified that
equipments would be furnished us. On tho 29th
we arrived in Augusta, aud after much trouble
and uncertainty wt-re quartered in a dirty, moan
uncomtortablo depot, about 8 o’clock at night.
We were permitted a few times to get our meals
at the Hotels in the city. Bui had it not been tor
the provisions, alroady cooked, which were fur
nished ns by our fneuds at home, we would have
suffered for something to eut before auy cooking
utensils were furnished us. We had fifty good
stand of arms, and although we had received as
surances from Gov. Brown, before leaving home,
that the balance of our company, amounting to
about 75, slmuld be supplied with the same kind
of arms, and although there were plenty of the
same kiud in the possession of the authorities
here to have supplied us immediately, it was not
unt'l late Friday eventng, after continual applica
tions by us, that we were supplied with arms.
Wc were required to muster into service bn Sat
urday, 4th May. Bnt notwithatai ding the whole
week has been spent by us in applications for
equipments, we are now unprovided with knap
sacks or any kind of cooking utensils, save small
frying pans mid small cast iron teakettles. We
are wilting to serve the country and to defend our
homes without any equipments, because we know
the people of the State do not sanction tbe con
duct of these authorities. But wo would prefer
infinitely to go as independents, and provide lor
ourselves, rather than to go in the name or under
the authority of such officers afc we have bad to
deal with.
Passed unanimously in comp&By meeting, 4th
May, ltt6l.
T. M. Daxiel, Ist Lieut., Presiding.
8. F. Tenney, S # o. ind Tr? as., A. G.
For the Cnrcnic* k Sentinel.
The oouditiou of our once loved and honored
oountry is sadden jg the heart of every patriot
and philanthropist. Bu. a few months since, the
United States of America were the pride of our
people and the admi.ation of the world. In the
midst of our greatness, a hideous demon, in tho
form of abolitionism, has raised bis horrid form,
and America’s proud Banner, once the boast of
all her sons, .s now the symbol of tyranny aud
oppression. Disgusted with the cruel exactions
ot fanatical rulers, iu* South has throwu off her
allegiance to the ouco ic> ed flag, und in the maj
esty of truth and has substituted one on
which is inscribed liberty, equality and indepen
deuce. On 1 glonou* flag ot the Southern Con
.federacy 1 Shall there be one, sputh of Mason A
Dixou’s line, whether a native otjihe South or of
the North, or born ju foreign lands, who has here
loAd a welcome and a home, refuse to give all
the energies of his life, all the powers of bis man
hood, to sustain unsullied that houored slug f
.Mothers of my much loved native South, will
you, by word or deed, keep back your spus from
taking part in securing lor themselves and their*
posterity, a country 100 pure for the impious foot
print of Black Republicanism V Ob, deny t/.em
n >t the proud duty of re istiug the aggressions of
their unnatural enemies—the ‘iHuatical übolition
ists of the Norfa. Let them not, iu future years,
when the brave soldier ia recounting to his little
ones the deeds of daring on the battlefield,
be forced in sadness of heart and the reproaches
of conscience, -to say that in all this they took no
part. Force them not, in humiliation to acknow
ledge that they were uuworthy of the liberty aud
home secured for them by the valor of others.
Young men of the South, let patriotism uow be
above consideration. Bid adieu for a sea
son to the farm—the office—the store, and the
workshops, aud rush to rescue your country from
the foe now threatening your homes aud your
firesides. Southerner.
Brigadier General Beauregard, accompanied by
bis Aids Cols. J. L. Manning and A. G. Rice, left
Charleston for Montgomery Friday afternoon.
A home guard has been established at Frank
fort, Ky., and tha venerable John J. Crittenden
stands first on the list of privates.
An Agbeeablb Incident —About 5 o’clock P. M
yesterday, the Dawson Guards, Capt. McWhorter,
marched up Ilroad street in front of Masomc
Hall, and facing the building, where the ladies
were eDgsged with their needles in doing work
for the soldiers, proposed and gave three rousing
cheers for “the Ladios of Augusta.” A perfect
shower of buoquctß from the fair artisans was the
beautiful response to the merited compliment.
We learn from the Montgomery Advertiser that
Mrs. Davis will receive her friends at. the White
House every Tuesday, between the hours of one
and three o'clock.
Serenade.— “ The Recession Club,” a itring
band,’made up of members of the Clinch Rifles,
treated our soldier fiends in camp to a serenade
on Tuesday night last. Th* occasion was a very
pleusant one, and the compliment waa fully ap
preciated by the companies.
Ordered to March.— The Clinch Rifles, Capt
Platt, and Irish Volunteers,Capt. Hcll, received
marching orders from Adjutant General Watne
yesterday. They will probably proceed to Pensa
cola, and will form a part of the Fifth Regiment,
to be mustered at that point.
Suggestion to Planters. —An enterprising
and patriotic planter ,n South West Georgia, rec
ommends en easy method es vastly increasing
the product of corn, which he has tried with com
plete success, and now is repeating it, In order to
have plenty for himself aud to spare for the neces
sities of the country. The plan is to cross bis
cotton rows on the beat land at intervals of twelve
feet with a furrow for cotii and plant at the inter
section of every other cotton row—thinning out
in_two stocks of corn. This diminishes tbe yield
of cotton very slightly aud will bring about fifteen
bushels corn to tbe acre. He ha* tried it, and
speaks.from actual experiment.
Now is the time for this to be done. Let every
planter take this suggestion into consideration. —
For the sake of all w hold dear, lcok out for the
corn crops. Be sure to plant enough.
There seems to be rapidly grewing feeling at
the North, judging from the New York Timet
and the Herald’i arti-.lea, that Mr. Lincoln is to
tally unfit for his pc.'tion, both in capacity and
courage. Tho Herald say a New York merchants
fear Davis' and ScAubloaed, and tbe subtle states
manship of Stephens, and that they are secretly
organizing in that city, as well as in Philadelphia,
to force a direct way to Washington through
Baltimere. While we do not doubt tbe feeling as
regards Mr. Lincoln, und Davis, Beauregard and
Stephens, we think there is about aa much troth
in the report of these secret organizations to force
a way to the capital its tony usually be fonnd in
Northern pape<-s, in any matter relating to the
South—and thatis jnst none at all. These gentry
will sooner build a submarine railway from New
York to Liverpool than even attempt to forces
passage through Baltimore.
The Charleston Courier says : “We are au
thorized to state that the Collector received in
structions on tbe 2d inet., to the effect that our
Government desires fully to respect the Laws of
Nations, and instructs the Collector to clear pri
vate vessels and cargos until war is deofared, and
the will of Congress made known.”
Cutrbsrt Rifles.—Both the editors and the
foreman of the Cuthbert Reporter tea members of
this company, to form a part of tho Fifth Regi
ment. The paper will be regularly Issued, not
withstanding thi se drawbacks.
Picket Gcabd Driven In.—Our Picket Gnard
stationed 4t the Aqueduct near Georgetown wera
driven in Tuetdav night by a body of Federal
troopers. They frequently show themselves in
considerable force on the Virginia side, and are
becoming very insoleni. A stop will have to be
put to this matter, or tis give them =
of tli* soil.— Alwtniria Sentinel.