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vesicle tfc Sentinel. ,
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Hancock Wide Awake.
* - ir .xjodent sends us an accoonl of the !
p-. * on cf a banner a few davs since, by the
!r i Hancock, to the “Sidney Brown Icfan- j
M I v* A Sitendering the flag on !
t/ ‘ i. ttf o:
worthy nu of m. old friend of corn. Her. j
•font in aa? e of (’apt. Arnold. He in eo-!
tev Wfc>L*r P. AftXOLft, known throughout all j
. j . . o jp trv for the last thirty years as !
’ it erant Methodist preacher, and one of the j
In;, t and be.-1 of men, while his mother was a !
ti .m n, ?i • rof VV M. Mclntosh, E.vp, of Kl- I
l j W i*o is row raising a Regiment for the ser- j
tb*r .ifec'Tate States during the war.
a portion of our correspondent’s let- j
t t;j ,j V.p arc compelled to omit the correa- j
r j. nee. regarding the addresses of Miss Ship
’ a , ; d Lb ut. Rain, for want of space. VVe give |
ii’ f . address s entire :
an evidence cJ what Hancock is doing for j
i. v, m., three large flourishing
( . , w p , H ill form a part of the
s ,/ and the other two will be in’
r* any f -ummons from the War l
j ,~, ‘fow da Tiie Hancock Troon |
u t } .( apt. liarris, and the Hancock j
i . Gu ds, uno r Judge Stephens, will}
:v f>r in* rvice when the Government!
.
< in be found any where, and
j ~r j .* -11 to he known and felt in the coming i
1 u - r:-- ■’ company offered their ser. ices long !
• jaoi an yet been accepted.
i, t •’ Sidney Hrown infantry (so call* i
f,j j : ~<ji ur worthy townsman, is under j
t. r “inn 1 of Gant. Win. M. Arnold, a young ■
r m tioned courage, firmness and pa- j
it t:sm, aid inspired by lofty aspirations to do 1
* toi li* country. With able officers and a
t v. finely drilled, he enters the contest for l
l; and we feel assured that wherever he I
his valiant men, bloody work will be done.”
A DURESS.
$ -of the Sidney Drown Infantry :
Soldier* and Friend*!
J nm c'. ; ~ged by the Ladies of Hancock, with ]
Ihe honor r.f presenting to you a flag which snail !
t norn** ty you into the just and holy strife upon I
which \ re about to eater. It is also my duty I
to cornu; u: ate to you their heartfelt thanks that
-< i’ >. • the noble youth of our country are j
mankind . ti * reserved right of a free people to
change .. eminent whenever that under 1
which they lb ‘ ’ ‘"rues oppressive.
hi rep* lung .u\ader from our soil, in fight-
i 2 tor our rights uod liberties, vou are defending
it.* home.-i and the firesides where you have been
ed and cherished since the d.v when fi. 4 your
infant eree opened to the sunuy skies of our fa
i .red c m*. In those homes, and by those fire-
I‘.< il the mothers, sisters and wives, who
t to . * loved and cherished you. and who now
*.•> niuit t o you a solemn trust. Vou are now
. a • • ‘ <‘! .lei *to go forth from oirr midst to the
• . . In the eager countenances before
•, I h-<: the ardent pantings for the strife :in
• r‘- li a* • ii" g eve and erect beariog, I read the un
ut 1 determination which posesses each gal*
i idr h il ; un i iu each bce I trace something
♦wiii. “i • \*> me, as it t'-lis each anxious, loving
a oo.an's heart around m *, that iu thus presenting
t<. you this b.imu-r, blazoned with the glorious
*• .i- oi our o’ iv Southern Confederacy, we cum
init it to brave and daring hands.
.ion s oi 1!... g.ilUtit sons of Georgia's
honored m ;!. we hi-! }ou God speed. As fought
uur father’s in tn • olden time, so tight ye for lib
. uy and truth, and the Lord of Hosts be with
To you i.dopfed chi- r nos our Southern land,
UU-lf b‘-aii'V!'fiii “.ver t v/s-a” to you we extend
rl,. uaui- kio’.iiy heui. ;. We thank you for your
prompt wilhiigW'S to do battle in our cause. To
1 ‘rs, Ht* eonunit
tiiv v irgin and untan.islicd colors. The cause is
J
v.-ild iir.-ain .-l ; ■:> and ambition, but proudly
I if - banner
,* j|, . n-t your approach bring death and
. Vlo I . hiielmg ini>cre.mts of u Northern
■ ♦.ill, who M..eks to bernl the high hearts of
r .afheru freemen to his despot will—
How anxious will be the hearts you leave be
lt nil; how furveut the prayers that shall ascend
umvamtig to God’s high throne ; how earnest the
liupe and the trust lor your triumph and success,
w.ordn may not tell. Who shall measure the
•(filth ot woman's love, or tell the heights of her
And now friends, officers, aud soldiers of the
? ii •’ Ir ovn Jnfantrv, take from our hands your
flag; plant i* a! di on the ramparts of Fort
fii kms; out., proud summit of the capitol ut
•A . -liiugton, or wherever ids.* duty and honor
- .i r til v.'it. N< ver jiermit its stars b trail ilis
tiMiorud in the dust— never suffer its colors to be
rumpled lguotmmously beneath the feet of the
Soldier.^’ We give it to y: u now, but we hope
to sue it once again. God grant the day be not
1 :a distant when the demon ot war shall he driven
jr-.a-. our beloved land, and smiling peace shall
mi e her white wings over tho sunny savanuih’s
ami vi.od crowned slopes of our .Southern homes.
When tlu.t lay shall come, we trust to see this
Hag once again, aud with full hearts to grasp by
lim bauds each one of the gallant bund to whom
we thus trustingly commit our colors and our
2.du* of Hancock, Fellow. When*
and Fdloiv-Soldui* :
This occasion has not a parallel. Aud did the
noveltv of its circumstances furnish the oulv
rheme,'one hour,* condensed eloquence would fail
t.) exhaust un orator or latigue tiie most idle lis
tener. Many of you, doubtless, have been partici
pants when the merry throng in gala costume aud
.gladsome spirit assembled about the spot where
. .. proud heroine in accent tremulous, yet dis
tinctive, presented n guy standard to a gallant
hot Hr.ii eu's bow, und the flowers of earth
furnished the easel for its decoration, while litera
ture, .smirched from lu’lest to newest page, gave a ,
fn-itto hitherto unstudied, yet appropriate. Dan
*mg breeds of sereuity’s peace spread beneath a j
clou ib : sky that emblem ol nationality or badge j
f distinction, which greeting smiles and far awak- j
cuing echoes welcome, as only fit to wave over a j
laud of freemen, united as a stern ornament in so- I
. iety’s quiet un immovable barrier in war's tu- i
•milt. All then was joy, and none spoke but
cheei Swords only described rank, as heavier
* ring but lent their iron throats to proclaim the
.weu.bly-a applause.
‘J i-day, how ditlerent. Id would it become me
to enlai;-e upon those stirring and shifting scenes
which lor mouths since, have agitated our coun
try’s quiet. Kvery fireside is tho theatre of their
rehearsal, and the sanctuary religiously devoted to
their publication. I leave for the historian desir- I
ig immortality, the record of that revolution es- ?
tested by these Confederate States.
> v these States, w hose infant citizenship we J
proudiv oast, permitting no King with height of |
•hr i. . or skeptre to measure the stature of our i
nation. \ manhood. The exuberance of Southern j
prosperity having well nigh overbalanced itself,
taught our Northern enemies only the unchristian I
I* - sons of envy end ingratitude. To remain with j
them, was but to sutler tlie ignoble ruin of nation- |
■.il strangulation. Harmony with them, was
” IVui** to corrupt no lens than war to waste.”
*}u\H sen: ration and anew organization of kin
<hed iui.'J being effected by our hero-gtates
>’ v, w ieil to the national conversation of
‘lip: oiou v Hut instead of the treaty the snake
sssin co:.jc’s o us tilled to the teeth with war’s
weapon*. We must then suffer chains of bond
i m • :on us upon au arena where nations
will he spectators, or appeal to the God of
}UtiK” m n;a..; .ice of our right to self gov
. rnuient. The u”u of war j-i>tlv sounds through- j
. at the whole land, ovrJkiiig the eagle fr in nioun- j
*m heights, to t i.< io mi mill’s whisper- I
ing rip, ami the lorrei. ’s wild How. And I
proud ant I to know that the watchword to arms j
mak. -at one confusion m Georgia, and that is j
her sons crowding upon each other in their rapid i
step to the battle held. Nor can old Hancock, j
ret- rah in virtues undivalor, be laggard in inarch- I
• m th. contiict. We therefore stand before !
ton, efed not m the habiliments which wealth
auld purchase or luxurious taste dictate, ]
i a .y marks the tcatures of every countenance, !
and quietude sits upon tongues prone to speak. j
V t many da vs since we numbered ourselves
with you iti the business affairs of life, and noth
■ - .
lather, son, brother, or friend. Now a position is ;
outs which, while not inconsistent with these j
Ileaven-ordained and American-cherished relu
tiotihhips.yet must sacritice them all to a common j
purpose. Hastily have we fallen into ranks at j
our national drum-beat. Assisted by woman's t
nergu s and our brother men’s generosity we are !
m iunte measure fitted for the soldi era severe ■;
‘ fe. For this kindness they have our thanks,
though ere long our testimonial of regard may be j
written in battle's bloody sentence. x
Hut I forget. This hour’s drama has its special !
and i had wished someone superior in rank
and more adequate to the occasion, had stood j
forth in the foreground of the picture.
I.udies of Hancock, 1 have the pleasant privilege |
and honorable duty of tendering the thanks of the |
Suino\ Hr, wru Infantry, tor the colors which you i
to-day uuturl above us. You cast to the tirmanent j
ihaT constellation, which rose at the birth place
af a modern republic. Were the justice ot our j
muse unjust, ye;; were it base to be free, this em- j
idem consecrated by your vestal-like touch would J
t-eoiam a sutlicienr Minuuons to us all. Yea thick !
acd *: owding u , aid we come, needing no pnest to j
>mi our ao oration of your virtues, it peace were
the cireuiasiai ce, nor awainuga chief’s command
#o urge us onward ;n \ reserving from every ene
my your safety unmolested, your honor unsullied.
if the clarion *i battle calls us hence to strike our
t a barnacle beside war's red river may we fee! that
beneath cur banner, which Israel’s j
warrior knew when God shined tirs: upon the
fleece and next up, u the sands. No more stirring j
rous e w ill cadence onr step than the throbs of
▼our heaving bosom, and marching bv the light J
of your layering countenances, death’s shadow
will* never gloom our way, while we look to our
graves n honor's contiict as but bright portals to !
?he soldier's heaven.
It fate permit us to return from the held of
carnage, we may uoicome again like the deet of
Cavendish, wiih every aailor robed in silk, and
cloth of gold dying from the masthead ; we can
not prophecy that our toe ‘for they can be strong
ifthev wiii. shall fall like ti e proud Philistine, or
me’t m “ the glance of the Lord,” as did Senna
cherib’s hosts. Yet. if we are true to ourselves,
and true to the cause upon which we embark,
when the dav of re-union comes, we shall be
heralded to the good embrace of friends by songs
of triumph, and they from fairer virgins than ever
icucbcd their harps* to the son of Jesse.
Knri<jn —To you is committed the custody of
ih e maiden-hallowed colors. Remember that ;
tuch one of the cvr.: any ;o-day inscribes ;
),• name upon these folds* To us is given a i
volumn wherein must be written our history, be j
it for honor or siiime, for courage or cowardice, j
I por. the title page there \s a dedication to one of j
Hancock’s ct-L-iot sons. Our friend io peace and j
*vft.p.uhizing assistant jn war. Lear this lance ’
e’ec r , and irura every corner beneath the horizon ;
u . i w inds will rush to spread the fabric forth, a !
i ng r.r.-pect tc every lover of liberty—a bea- J
vru g'calloppression*® foes. Be not ashamed j
m ;r s uncostly appearance, though the enemy j
; ■ u’.J insult the stars and reflect upon the sun of j
heaven with every device of emblazonry. Thev j
c r Tr it have l r their smiles lent it theproud- j
efi \ • ag. and tuir tears of mingled joy and
*<iwiu gutter upon it brighter than earth s
i.ea'uroQ Recollecting the circumstances
t til? * lou *\ and being sensible of honor’s unpur- i
l !? tl ( ,, !?’ ! 't 00 sla * n come upon oar stand- \
r!, C * : . ,. 1 ; !7-‘ CVer t 0 : ' je ron L and if fail it must,
that i ur** U ° Wn ‘ ru - 1 your last fail. And when l
■ brothers in arms, let us swear
r&de ■* t^at - our blood alone shall j
• be the rampart to in- {
•>ur bon: -- the DroSi? Bultinc tre ** ; ,hat
‘•“i -’ed cu ttCTT ttonumeßt m that wild,
fiahtin& flf. a *■ ’ • 3er ®.foll freedom’s last son
ior ireonen j
[J^edby k a r geitlemii^^ l>bic d,s P alch , wa
stating that Gen KuRMThJk c,t - r y®**rdaj
the coucaaud of’ 11 F keen superceded in
hr the Llneola
put in bis place. ?“*** 1
reasou to doubt it u-e i!l “i e> , w * have no
• Moari before muur d,L bloodT - ork
no idea ot submitting to have |
* tor Buck Krpubbcn..- e .
The ICedoiibtable Ueß. Butler.
The f- wm ‘ scathing return* ot the Massa* .
ehus* tt- General's exploits in Maryland, is from
the Baltimore Exchange, of the 10th iastant: j
Tlit- jjr. t.‘*t laurel* that hare ben gathered in
tbia war .. . - been plucked by Oen. UenjMWß •
Butler, ol MawecbulhtU. The ear heat ch efmn
in . i .. bu re .utd the fruits of hr# dtli
eenc* an 1 coura “bv ach.ermit the first success ,
of “e cut ~K n fle has ennobled the name of
O! e.ic C.i t Mte , and has added lustre
Batier aiid f-i J shall not wholly fade
.Slahhis K r.iefal country should fail
f -’ ll w ,th a coilectoratjip or foreign mis- .
to reward h. mlD^fn \ 0 f bis services, and
i ,o tAr ? v w 1 record bis deeds and perpetuate his
J? 1 * 1 - g a turdav lasi, as our readers will re
,ame; V. itntier and carried tb-; I
beiffhS fimrcuDding the Relay House. By a
/ ;' f u ia a railway train with twenty-four
’j r -d n he reached the ground, aod al- j
• Jo 1. did nut succeed in surprising the vigi- 5
ir i iiarr. -ad, ins undaunted resolution carried all
befor - it. The watchman on the viaduct was |
•: . - .y overpowered; the landlord, the bar
z • ■ . , ami the stable boys, who were posted on
this w tde of the river, shared the r'ame fate; and
the three lawyers who held the key of the posi
tion were also forced to surrender. The gallant
General proceeded at once to fortify eminences •
he had won, and he announces that his entrench
ments are “impregnable.” Oiie prisoner had been
taken, who has been sent to Annapolis. The
losses which the attacking column has thus f...
met with are not greater than were, pebaps, anti
cipated. One man has blown his own head oii.
in the hazardous attempt to clean his gun, and
another has been brought to death’s door through
under done pies and tough ginger-bread.
An expedition so admirably planned, and so
successfully executed, would, under any circut.:
stances redound to the honor of the officer who
commanded it ; but we of Baltimore, who know
the peculiar difficulties and perils which General
! Butler overcame, are alone able to do him full jus
| tice. ‘A e can understand the triumphant joy that
tilled his breast as he penned the “special brigade
1 order” which we published yesterday. We can
i comprehend the exultation with which he con
gratulated his troops upon the capture of one
! spencer,” and thanked the two ofheers who per
| formed that feat for the “ coolness, promptitude ,
and zeal” which they displayed. We can appre
ciate the pride with which he referred to the pri- j
rate who wm killed by bis own ramrod, as “ a .
heroic, conscientious soldier, who died in the act
of his duty.’ We acknowledge, also, j
the eminent propriety of the rhetorical style which ;
the General Las adopted in this instance. A pro- j
fusion of fine word.-, and an exaggeration of plain
facia are not only necessary on such occasions as i
the prjsent, but they a**e natural to some great j
men, and we, of course judge General Butler as 1
he stands upon the heights commanding Elk |
l:;dg. Land! 1 by the same rules that we would ,
> P'.lv to a Nanoleon who had gained the summit !
ofil.V Alps, ili there is one part of Gen. But- j
1 r s orders which we cannot atford to puss over ;
wi lout an ex on -mn of strong disapprobation and |
disgust, both because it contains a statement 1
•„ i, i( a we believe to be utterly untrue, and a sug
gestion or threat which we feel called upon to pro
nounce cowardly and atrocious.
It is charged in this order that one of the sol
die;- “ha- been poisoned by means of strychnine
administered in the food brought into the camp”
by r “venders of supplies” who have been per
mitted to visit it.. Now this story has been for
some days in circulation, and the poisoned men
; have gradually dwindled down from four or five
! to the number mentioned by General Buttlar, aud
. ali who have undertaken to investigate the matter
agree that the sick man was suffering from the
ell- cts ot unwholesome food, or from ins own ex
! cesses. There has been, so far as we can learn,
. no proof w hatever oi the presence of strychnine
m anything that h ate, and even if there had
: been such indications, the natural inference
| would be that the affair was aceidential, unless it
I could be traced to the agency of some personal
enemy ot the individual whose life was attempted.
No intelligent person can, for an instant, suppose
’ tha* if any miscreant here intended to poison the
I members of the Massachusetts regiment, the de
sign would have resulted only iu the illness of
one soldier. The charge is so preposterous that
I 110 man of proper feeling and common sense
ought to have given it credit until it was so au
thenticated as to place its truth beyond reasona
ble doubt. But so far from pursuing this course,
1 Gen. Butler seems to have caught ot the opportuni
i ty to frame a libel against this State, and to luunch
against its people one of those diabolical intima
j lions which have of late been so freely given us
j by the North.
He takes advantage of and rumor, and founds a
| miserable calumny upon it, and the calumny as
-1 fords him the excuse lor throwing out a threat
i which he thinks will intimidate us.—He tells us
| lie can place the poison cup upon our tables, re
‘ minds u - tlmt he “can putag>r;t, w ith an agent,
with a word, into every houscliold armed with
: this terrible weapon ami we may suppose that
be is now felicitating himself upon the terror with
; which we are stricken at the suggestion and the
1 submissive attitude which we are consequently,
I to assume. Let General Butler undeceive himself
j in this matter, and that right speedily. Let him
j not presume overmuch upon the endurance of
j this people. Let, him not even calculate on the
I forbearance of our citizens if he slanders or threat
ms them. lie and his troops are but intruders
i here at best. They have occupied our territory
! without authority under the laws or the Ccnstitu
; tion. They are temporarily holding this State in
; subjection. All this is enough for us to bear pa
j tiently. Let him, then, be careful how he fulmi
! nates any more brutal threats from the camp
I which is intended to overawe us; for, just so
! sure as he trifles with us, just as surely will he
rue tt. When the blood of Maryland is up, ali the
, militia men 1:1 Massachusetts cannot hold tier soil
! agaiust h *; sons.
t the Chronicle tf* Sentinel.
Tli<* ib al R’oMiilon ot the North.
Mu. Editor :In the present contest between
the two section of the old Union, the North seems
t>> occupy the unenviable position of opposing the
will of the Creator himself, as it is clearly mani
! tested in his wo: k-. This position was Assumed
it the outset of the crusade against the South,
; ‘uar.j,’ years ago, but it was never so distinctly
! : t n und un.krsiood as at the present time.
| Now l r the proof. In the first place, let us
! consider ourselves transported back some eighty
I odd yours; aud further, let us conceive ourselves
is tukin , .-ia impartial view of the present {South
j ein Confederacy, quondam South. The convic
tion that the .South would become an agricultural
i country v\ ould force itself upon our minds from
: the peculiur constitution of her soil and climate,
j the two great elements of every country. With
these premises tho conclusion would be irresisti
hie. This abstract deduction has been verified by
I the experience of the past eighty years. For the
j further development of the resources of the soil,
I pleased the Maker, in his all wise economy, to
i sanction the introduction of a system of servitude.
! This system is one of the cogs in the world’s ma
chinery and a very important one too, since mi!
! lions upon millions of human beings, in different
countries on the globe are absolutely dependent
upon this system < slave labor) tor employment ami
the necessaries of life. The importance, cud w,*
may sav divine countenance, of tne institution may
bo seen, in a commercial point of view, by a sim
ple comparison of the exports of cotton to England,
and Europe generally, ut different periods. In
1784, there were only seventy four bales shipped to
England, and this was seized, on the ground that
America could not produce so much. The belief
in slavery grew stronger and stronger, notwith
standing the opposition made to its extension, as
was clearly indicated in Jthe Missouri contention
of IS*jo—the numberless abolition petions sent in
to Congress—the nullification of the Fugitive Slave
Law b\ Maine, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Mich
igan, New Hampshire, Ohio. Rhode Island, Ver
mont, aud other of our former Northern confeder
ates, the opposition to the Compromise measures
of lN r >i>, and more especially to their practical ap
plication in In>4 by the Kansas Bill, in spite of the
denunciattions of Abolition Congressmen, and
“ last though not least,” in the face of the ana
themas thundered against us by Northern divines
ou account of the “appalling sin of slavery,” we
were able to export one billion three hundred and
seventy two tn > Hons seven h undred and fifty-jive \
thn .'sanJ and six pounds of cotton to Great Britain j
and Europe generally in the year 1859—thus fur- j
nisbing the means ot sustenance to countless num
bers of the human faintly, and constituting the
very soul of tht world’s commerce.
Now, it Abolitionism, as set forth in the doc
trine of the “irrepressible conflict,” be true, is it !
reasonable to suppose that the Creator would have !
allowed this? \\ ould he have made an “enormous
sin” instrumental in the accomplishment of the
greatest goods to mankind? Would he counts- ■
nance iniquity ? Certainly not. Now, >nly for |
the sake of argument, let us admit that the North |
conquers in the present contest. To be consistent j
—to carry out the doctrine of Lincoln’s address j
before the Springfield Convention, in 1858—“ that
the opponents of slavery will arrest the further
spread of it, and place ft where the public mind
shall rest in the belief that it is in the course of 1
ultimate extinction,” —iu other words, she will be
forced to abolish the institution—thus bringing
herself in direct antagonism with the Maker ; since
we have already seen from previous reasoning,
that tiie Divine favor seemed to rest with the in
stitution. Tiie conclusion to which we have ar
rived. i. e. that the North is opposing the will of
God’ could be much more easily reached bv an
argument from the Bible. ‘ Taliaferro.
[Spicial Dispatch to ths Charleston Courts?.]
Items and Humors of Interest.
| Richmond. Mur 17. Nine more regiments bare
been ordered from Xew York for Fortress Mon
• roe.
It is believed that a fleet will be ordered up the
York Kiver with a view to proteetthe IT.l T . S. troops
on their march trom Fortress Monroe on R.cn
! mond.
It is stated that the Foreign Diplomatic Corps,
at Washington, have been notified that if anv Com
missioner or Minister from rebel States shall be
i received Dr anv Furopcati Power, the (lovern
, ment will not hesii.-.’.e to break otiT ail diplomatic
relations with said oflendiug Power, and will in
stantly dismiss such Minister from Washington.
; Senator Bayard, of Delaware, has issued an ad
| dress to the people of that State, declaring that if
j coercion is their policy he will resign his seat ra
ther than be a party to such a measure.
Lincoln has ordered the arrest of Dr Gustavos
Holland, a bearer of dispatches to the Southern
Confederacy, on his arrival from Europe.
It is also reported that the Hon. Chas. J. Faulk
ner, will be arrested on charges not yet made
known.
Mr. Holland is expected at Boston to-day, and
officers have been dispatched to arrest him.
Washington dispatches lead to the conclusion
that a grand advance on Virginia from that point
will take place very soon.
Fourteen New York regimen;s_ fnllv organized
and equipped, have been accepted, anil ordered to
proceed :, Washington without delay.
The Xew York Union Defence” Committee,
headed l y Dra; or and Astor, have received satis
factorv assurances that war is the settled policy of ,
Lincoln’s Government, and that the Admimstra
:ion intends to deal with rigoi* and decision with
the Southern rebels, and to repossess itself of all
i . ucral property m Virginia; so protect the Sub
missionists m the border States at all hazards.
Dispatches received a: Washington from Fort i
Pickens, state that the United Stales squadron, in
accordance with instructions, have put a stop to
the laud ing of from Mobile and Xew Or
leans with surpl.es f, r the Southern army, and J
sav t.-.at -’sad. is -tow complete. Xo fight ‘
is anticline'd tc- some time.
the llwlfs WastlilMoa dispatches say that ;
bands of :.!~.od mounted rebels have been ba
--::r.ent outposts on the North- j
er . eu kirts of the city for several nights.
TUe Secession'.sts drove in large numbers of !
cattle fri . tae Monument Grounds into the canal, j
where many were drowned.
It is said the first collision will probably take
place at Harper's Ferry.
The Administration is aiarmed at the progress
of our fortifications and batteries, and will hasten
preparations for an attack.
Richmond, May 17. —Parties in Xew York ere
negotiating in Washington for the building of
large number of gun-boats for the Gorernmem.
The Secretary of iVar states that General Scott
does not want any cavalry ; that he wants netn
ing but infantry “and riflemen. This looks >.•
though theJCommander-m Chief of the Federal
forces does not intend to carry the war into the
interior of the seceded States, as otherwise large
bodies of cavalry would doubtlessly be enlisted.
The Federal troops have been withdrawn from
most of the Western forts, and have been turned
over to the Kansas volunteers.
The Northern press is still greatly alarmed lest
an attack should be made on Washington, and
declare that the Capital is not yet out of danger.
AtexsXDiUA, May 17 ; —A decided, sober, second
thought is visible in Northern journals, even in
Maine, Ohio and Michigan.
The London Herald says if cotton is not to be
got by fair means, we must not scruple to use
foul means, or the daily bread of four or five mil
lions of the working population will be at once
stopped.
Flonr from new wheat has been ground at the
Palace Mills, Columbus.
rhe tcir.bern Republic—Will It be Rec
ozulzef *
Eve?/ I..'.re on the diplomatic chess board 1
at ind al this critical conjuncture, is of the first
importance Recognition bv England and France, !
or by either, would be worth to president Davis a |
doz :■ victories over the “Black Republicans.” j
and *V- no question, therefore, that no stone
will he left unturned, by the Montgomery Com
m • *rers, (now in England, to accomplish that, j
to rr-c-ct, most desirable result. Those Commis- i
aio:. - are men oi oily tongues, and well versed i
in the bad art of making the worse appear the;
r -'tt'. reason. They will exert their utmost in-!
genu y to magnify, in English eyes, the unanim
ity of public sentiment, in their section, against !
ti*- • uion, and against its reconstruction ; they .
v, be certain to exaggerate its military reeour- (
and no pains will oe spared to convince 11 -.r
v * sty’s ministers that they are abundantly able
, 10 a.-tintain their independence by tbe sw rd.—
; All their weak spots will be covered over, or s t !
down simply as tbe misrepresentations of hostile
4 bout ion, or Anti-Slavery, or “Black Republican”
I Northern journals, and we may expect much em*
’ Ki-is to be laid upon the fact that one of the
. - ♦ eminent of living English journalists, and a
r •) withal of independent judgement and impar
tin'. . baer&iion, Mr. Russell, the special correspon
'4"th of the London Times, has given it as his opin
’ i . t t tbe Southern Confederacy is established
00 enduring basis. And, of coarse, tbe most
wiii be made of the superior advantages of free
. trade with the Xouth, over the high protectivejtar
id of the North, as arguments in favor of recogni
tion.—while to appease theanti-siaveay sentiment
fact will be put prominently forward, that iu
the Montgomery Constitution the African Slave
Tiado has been prohibited forever.
As to the ultimate result of these overtures, it
i’ not probable we shall be kept very long in sus
pense.* There has been, for some weeks past, a
mot jn pending in the House of Commons for a re
cognition of the Confederacy. It was brought
forward as soon as it w?s announced that Com
missioners from Montgomery had left for London,
and was called up for consideration about the
middle of April, but (owing, doubtless, to the
non-arrival ot the Commissioners-, postponed for
a fortnight. We learn now, by the Great Eastern,
that simultaneously with the arrival of these
Commissioners, this motion to recognize had
been further postponed for two weeks, no doubt
with the view of affording the Montgomery Am
bassadors an opportunity to state their case. Bv
that time, also, Mr. Charles Francis Adams will
have presented his credentials to the Court of St.
James, ns the representative of this Government,
and, if the outgivings from Washington can be
depended upon, he is instructed to lose no time
in entering a solemn protest against Her Majes
ty’s Government “granting the prayer of the pe
titioners.” Lorld Palmerston will thus have an
excellent opportunity of hearing both sides, and
his judgment and the judgment of Parliament
thus, whatever else they may be, will not be pre-
dicated upon ex-parte testimony.
It has all along been our impression that not
withstanding professions to the contrary on the
part of the representatives of the leading Euro
pean Governments, that the Southern Republic
would be recognized by them just as soon as they
could discover their interests in that direction.—
We have never allowed ourselves to appraise, at
a very high value, the confessions of sympathy
for “liberty and Humanity,” occasionally uttered
by their journals. We have never been able to
accept without much reservation, the sincerity of
the wish, at times expressed by their statesmen,
that the integrity of the great Republic should be
preseived. Upon this point, one of the most in
telligent and best informed of our Washington
correspondents has submitted some statements
touching the views of the foreign Ministers there,
which go far to confirm the impressions to which
we allude. Every one of these Ministers, he says,
is at heart in favor of the Montgomery Govern
ment—the representative from Sardiuia alone ex
cepted, who, naturally enough, looks upon the
breaking up of the Union as practically an end of
selfgovernoient on this side of the Atlantic, and
ns a side-long blow to the permanent establish
ment of an United Italy on the other.—The Amer
ican Republic ha* been the nightmare of the
crowned heads of the Old World for the lu3t three
quarters of a century, and we do not see what
good it will do to cheat ourselros into the belief
that they will refrain from joining their efforts
: with those of Jeff'. Davis in getting rid of that
■ nighmare by gettiug rid of the Union—efforts, in
every possible wav, short of positive interference
I by aamv ond navy, on his behalf. It will do no
j harm therefore, to accustom ourselves to stare
that ugly probability straight in the face, first as
last, for i'i • > doing, we can best be prepared to
deal with when it becomes an accomplished
fast.—A ‘ w Tor!: Repress.
From l’ensacola.
A cor.. >pon lent of the Savannah Republican
writing Lon* Pensacola, under date of the Isth,
SUTH :
Affair “ the forts appear to remain in statu
quo, though General Bragg continues ominously
silent in r *-d to his plans. Obstructions are
being quiet!; aid systematically thrown into the
chant , and the Navy Yard Dry Dock, a work
said t * ,st $1,000,000,is beingput in astute
of reudir vs to sink into the channel. It is thought
that tho <'>> inlander of Fort Pickens is fully ad
vised Li < it that is transpiring by spies in our
midst. Ia ‘ -J, it is strongly suspected that a
large m:r’ >r of persons, resident at Pensacola,
are im; • 1 to the Sonehern cause, and I jjlearn
that G'\". Bragg is so well assured of this, that he
exerc * n most rigid surveilance over all parties
J who at ic o’ 1 to visit the Navy Yards or any of the
j tons. 1 here is a vague conjecture current that
i tlv 1>; v Dock is very speedily to be removed to
1 the charnel, and that the attempt to do so, will be
j the signal for Commander Brown to begin the at
i tack. Whether there be any truth in the conjee
‘ ture, I u mot say.
Notwithstanding the impntienco of soldiers’for
a nod their murmurings at delay, I am dis
! V ’*ed to think that Gen. Bragg fully understands
; his business, and will proceed to*act when all
i things shall have been matured for success. The
i iu.erests of the Confeaerate States Government
certainly demand that there should be no greater
delay than is absolutely necessary to insure s.uc
i 0 .-s -for the expense of retaining so large a body
i i.f men here, not to mention the risk to life from
j e tposure to an uncongenial climate and the use
of bad water, is a consideration of vital mo
! ment. 1 learn that the Confederate States flag
! uas not yet been raised upon the public flag staff
f Pensacola city ; certainly it has not made its
li.py ance there since I have been here. Some
, derable indignation is expressed by the sol
<. r* rmn this subject, and the Georgia Volun
?’ only wait the proper authority to run up
with their own hauds the national emblem.
Tl ‘ weather is becoming uncomfortably warm
| during the day time, though the night air*is cool
•*nd bracing. But for that, I fear sickness would
• to a greater extent. At present there are
iirativelv few cases of sickness in our camp,
j and thoßc mainly diarrhoea.
Capture of the Sc hr. W. C. Atwater.
In our last issue on tho 11th instant, we pub
’ briied an account of the departure of an expedi
’ ‘ ion from this port under the command of Gapt.
i A. W. Hunter, of the Beauregard Rifles, for the
purpose of capturing the ?chr. W. C. Atwater.
The Atwater arrived hereon the evening of the
Ttb and sailed on tho morning of tbe Bth
instant. She left this port without any clear
ance, and various circumstances, in connec
tion with advices received the same day from Key
West, that she was iu'thc employfand* service of
the FederaLGovernmcnt, was the cause of the
niovement*n the part of our citizens in the mat
ter. The steamer Spray, with about 30 men un
der command of Captain Hunter, left here on the
Bth inst., in pursuit of tho vessel. Tho party ar
rived at Cedar Keys the next evening at 7 o’clock,
and remained in the harbor until tbe next morn
ing.
At daylight next morning tho schooner was
seen coming into the harbor. Steam was imme
diately gotten up on the steamer, and she ran
down and went alongside the schooner. The
party reached the schooner about nine o’clock.
The schooner was lying at anchor. On arrival at
the schooner, Captain Hunter, with his officers,
boarded and demanded her surrender in the name
of the Southern Confederacy. The Captain of
the schooner asked Captain Hunter to show his
authority for the seizure ; in reply to which Cupt.
Huuter pointed to bis armed force on the steamer.
The schooner was then taken in tow bv tbe
steamer Spray and towed out to sea, and the
forces were transferred from the Spray to the
schooner. The Atwater arrived here on Sunday
afternoon, the 12th inst., and now lies anchored
opposite the city, in custody of the captors.
The Captain and men on board tbe Atwater ad
mit the fact of having taken a part cargo of lum
ber from Key West and delivered it at Fort Pick
ens. Dispatches have been sent to the Secretary
of War at Montgomery in relation to the seizure,
and the vessel is held subject to the order of the
Government. We refrain from giving publicity
to all the particulars of the case at present from !
prudential motives.— Apalachicola jlimes, Uth. j
From Tknxesshe.—From a gentleman from Ten
nessee, who was in our office this morning, we
have learned several interesting facts in regard to
that State. The crops are excellent, and far in
advance of the same date last year. From ap
pearances now, the farmers anticipate cutting
thirty bushels of wheat to the acre, and the reap
ing will commence in a short time. He states
that the reported strength of the Union feeling is
decidedly false, and facts given by him prove it
conclusively to our mind. Volunteers by the
thousands are tendering their services to the Gov
vernor. Gov. Harris made a requisition for three
| thousand men, and forty-seven thousand respond
ed. The war feeling is running high, and one
I hundred thousand volunteers could be had if nec
i essary.— Montgomery Advertiser, ISti.
Planters : vox Ott—Western Corn eor Seed.
A correspondent of the Macon Telegraph, writing
from Albany, Ga., May 15th, says :
A large r umber of planters in” South-west Geor
gia have ......;ied Ik estern or sack corn, and from
what I hat * ;ara several say in the last few days,
fear it w..t ; we an entire failure, as it is tass'le
ing ou; from hip to waist high. One planter in
formed roc- correspondent this morning, that he
had 650 acres of corn almost in full tassle and lit
erally surrounded with snccors.
Would it not bo well for you to call the atten
tion of e i vntiDg community in vour widclv
circulated ‘ ‘ valuable daily to the fact so that if
possible tl.e west blunder and loss mav be reme
died to some extent by again planting between
the r. v 7 ‘fact that bought or Western corn
issoiru' 1 ’ belter and fnllerfhan that made bv
onr plsi .era in the South during the past dry sea
son. I fear lias caused the great portion of them
to plant the former.
The lain alluded to has instructed his over
seer to ri vast the land, and for the time being,
to let the r.rst planting stand until it proves what
it will i'.
Ample Supply of Provisions.— The Montgom
etv corr, i-pondent of the Columbus Sun says :
In an u-rview with the Commissary General s
Depart:, nt, I learn the government is amply sup
ir"eJ with provisions at every point, and that
iar*c lei ugsare being made, and that there is
no danger of short allowance from the stoppage
of sl; . . ?s from the Ohio.
Col. Hindman. —Col. T. C. Hindman, of Arkan
>_ - Tired at the Exchange, in this city. Thurs
uw-vening. He has been appointed “a Colonel
nt ‘ Confederate Army, and leaves this morn
irg ;o join his regiment, which will rendezvous
;at Helena until ordered to some other point. He
reports great unammitv among the” people of
A aansas in favor of the Confederate States, and
v -s the report that there is a large party in that
Slate slut in favor of the Federal Union, a partv
n . ag to submit to Black Republican rule is, eb
sclu-viy false.— Mont. AJt., ISM.
O-r ran Pensacola. —Yesterday afternoon the
5 ’ce: Ih&na, having on hoard a party of cen
''lei: trout this city, left our wharves for Pensa
’lV fhey were accompanied by Mr. Russell,
” correspondent of the London Times, who
- .lie purpose of informing himself in re
- to how matters stand at that important
;-.rn:. They were well provided with munitions
•> • sorts, and if they fall in with the enemv. we
bri eve they will give a good account of tbem
?e v w ad impress the Hoarding officer with a
r---y high opinion as lo how the southern gentle
.. _ .au do the agreeable and keeps a civil
tor gee in his head. But should the officer be
cross-grained and not disposed to treat them
with tnat courtesy due those sn a peaceful visit,
they will return to the theatre of their cavalier
treatment in a different character, and wipe out i
the insult as becomes brave men. —Mobile Mercury.
Valuable Intention.— The Nashville Union has
been shown a machine for moulding bullets, in
vented in that city, and which will render invalu
able service to the ceuntry. The balls are prepar
ed out of cold lead and in any shape or size that
mav be desired, from the round to the conical
ball by changing the small dies attached to the
machine. Prominent and experienced mechanics
pronounce it admirably adspted for the purpose
for which it is constructed. It will turn out with
perfect ease from forty to fifty thousand bullets
per dav, and of a character not to be equalled by
the ordinary btillet.
Regulating Telegraph Operations.
The following are the principal provisions of an
act passed by the Confederate Congress on Friday
last, regulating the telegraph lines of tbe Confed
eracy :
S.c. 1. The Congress of the Confederate States of
Africa da enact, That during the existing war
the ’.‘resident he, and he is hereby, authorised
and empowered to take such control of such of
the lines of Telegraph in the Confederate States,
and of of the offices connected therewith, as
wiii enable him effectually to supervise the com
mar.: lions passing through the same, to the end
that uo communications shall be conveyed of the
ru.,- tv operations of the Government to endan
ger- the success of such operations, nor any com
u: uni cation calculated to injure the cause of the
Confederate >:ates, or to give aid and comfort to
their enemies.
Ser. j The President shall appoint trustworthy
agents in och offices, and at such points on the
v-rbus l.r; s as he may think fit, whose duty it
shall be to sup rvise all communications sent or
passing through said lines, aud to prevent the
t-rnii sni;=*!jn f any communications deemed to
be detrimental to the public service.
St j. o. in ca the owners and managers of said
lines saall re: ie to permit such suspension, or
shall fail or its ‘2 to keep up and continue the
i bj?iness on saii lines, the President is hereby
empowered tu take possession of the same for the
’ purposes aforesaid.
Sec. 7. Ti.u* no communications in cypher, nor
| enigmatical, c: other doubtful communication,
I shall be transmitted, unless the person sending
I the same shail he known to the agent of the Gov
: eminent to be trustworthy, nor until the realpur
j port of such communication shall be explained to
! such agent.
! Sec. 10. That if any person shall knowingly
! send or transmit any message or commuuicatiou
touching the military operations of the govern
meut, without the same being first submitted to
the inspection of the agent of the government, or
any message calculated to aid and promote the
cause of the enemies of the Confederate States,
j he 3hail be subject to indictment in the District
1 Court of the Confederate States, and on convic
j tion shall be fined in a sum not less than five bun
’ drtd dollars, and imprisoned for a term not less
’ than one year.
Telegrams from Nashville papers, sent by the
agent of the New York Associated Press :
Lot isville, May 17.—The Kentucky Legisla
ture has parsed a bill legalizing the suspension of
specie payments by the banks, and resolutions
that Kentucky should maintain a strict neutrality
dnriug the present contest, and approving Gov.
Magoffin’s refusal to furnish troops to the Federal
Government.
Cincinnati, May lfi.—Major Andersou was en- j
thusiasticaliy received here.
Boston, May lfi.—The Massachusetts Legisla- j
ture appropriated three million dollars for the
State militia, and seven million for a Government
loan.
Louisville, May 17. —The Union vole for the
border State Convention delegates in eighty-nine
counties is i'B,ooo. The aggregate vote in the
Presidential election last November was 146,000.
Eighteen counties are unheard from.
Baltimore, May 16.—Federal Hill has been de
serted by order of Gen. Calwallader, who forms
an encampment near Foit McHenry.
Col. Jones succeeds Butler as Brigadier-Gen
eral.
Bdtler will soon have 15,000 men and a squadron
at Monroe.
Smith of Virginia told Gen. Thomas that Vir
ginia never meant to invade Washington, but was
determined to maintain her ground.
Ben McCullough is at Richmond at the head of
a company of 300 mounted hieu who are a rough
set, expecting to do great deeds.
Gov. Letcher and McCullough are in conference.
Letcher is doing nothing without oiders from
Montgomery.
Washington, May 17.—An advance of Virgin
| ians is unconfirmed.
I No batteries hare been erected on Arlington
Heights.
Washington, May 17.—Seward writes to Mr.
Heuniken, agent of the Virginia Steamship Coin
pany, that recipients of money from Secessionists
for vessels seized by them would be punished bv
the Government as treason.
St. Louis, May 17.—Several Unionistsh ave been
driven from Potosi. Captain Cole sent a protest
to the people.
There hundred and fifty Secessionists hare been
taken, nine of whom are held as prisoners of war.
Gen. Price has ordered the immediate organiza
tion of the militia for the protection of citiz u-,
irrespective of political creed. Nearly 900 Irish
men have enrolled for the Federal service.
Washington, May 17.—The steamer Cahawba
has arrived. She states that the Harriet Lane is
blockuding James ana Elizabeth rivers, the Monti
cello the York river, and the Quaker City the
Chesapeake bay.
Brigadier General Mansfield has stopped Adams’
Express from carrying letters, Ac., to Virgin n.
W heeling, May 16.—A special dispatch to tbe
Herald says passengers have returned here this
morning who attempted to reach Baltimore by
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, and report that
two culverts 011 the road near Harper s Ferry,
have been blown up and the tracks removed.
A number of Secessionists have arrived from
below and report the temporary detention of a
party of 5 including Judge Brocken
brough and a member of the Montgomery Con
gress, ut Gullipolis, Ohio.
Harrisburg, May 16.—1 t is now reported that
Col. Anderson simply told Gov. Curtin as a report,
not as a fact, that John C. Breckinridge was to
| take a Federal command under him.
Nr.w 5 ork, May 16.—The Post’s special des
patch says Congressman Ashley, of Ohio, pro
poses a plan to float an army down the Mississip
pi to New Orleans.
The World’s despatch says that 10,000 Penusyl
van'a troops are moving towards Maryland.
‘i .■.* transfer of Gen. Butler to Fortress Monroe
: :iUf * the sending there of large quantities of am-’
1 munition and stores is believed to indicate impor
, tunt movements.
i Advices from Fort Monroe stated that on Mou
; day a band of secessionists, of Hampton, sent a
: deputation f Col. Dimick demanding the sole pos
: se :on rs the road leading across the dyke, which
‘"'a Ini Jy under guurd. Dimick’s reply
j was, “ that he could give the rebels ten minutes to
n•• • ‘ Two companies of Massachusetts
! troop.-’ were ordered northward, and cannon were
placed so ->s to sweep the entire distance. The
Colonel, with a waich in hand, waited for the ex
piration of the tun •, when not a rebel was to be
seen. Two hundred Massachusetts troops took
possession tiie uyke und bridge.
A private letter from the wife of a leading poli
tici.m of the Confederate Government to a friend
in this city 11 uls as follows ; Northerner’s need
have no e:q> : lions in regard to the bones of
Washington ; we will see that tuey ure not dese
crated by the touch 01 abolition hauds. They ure
our sacred inheritance.
To THE Women of the .South. —Under this
heading the Memphis Appeal has tht following
communication :
“While the men in every part of the country
are arming themselves and mustering jin squad
rons to resist the invasion and oppression threat
ening our beloved land, lot us emulate the enthu
siasm of our husbands, sons and friends in the
causa. Many of our daughters are already active
in the service with their needles. Let the matrons
of every city, village and hamlet form themselves
into societies called bv some appropriate name,
pledged to take care af the sick and wounded sol
diers of the Confederate army, whenever the
changing drama of the war shall bring them into
her neighborhood ; to take them, if necessary and
practicable, to their own homes. Let the organ
izAtion be commenced at once, with officers ap
pointed und known, to whom the officers of the
military companies may communicate the wants
of the soldiers, and call upon for aid when the
time of action shull come.
“Let the women of the entire South join and
spread the organization till not a spot within the
Southern borders shall be without its band of
sisters, pledged to the work and ready for it ; aud
thus shall every mother feel assured’ in sending
her sons to the field, that in time of need they
shall have the tender care of some other mother,
whose loved ones are in the patriotic ranks at
other points; and our soldiers leel sure that true
hearts are near them wherever they may he.’’
Mart E. Dope.
May 17th, 1861,
4 number of the ladies of Macon, in response
to the above, offer themselves for the work, and
call for the lormation of a society in that ciiy.
Let the good work spread.
Senator Bayard, of Delaware.— This gentle
man, a Senator of the United States, who has late
ly been threatened with mob violence for his po
litical opinions, has published an address to the
people of Delaware. He declares his attachment
to the Union, but in order to avoid oivii war fa
vored, in a speech made in March last, a peaceful
separation ot a part of the States from the Union,
leaving that Union unbroken as to the greater
number, and the Federal Government as the gov
ernment of a powerful and great nation. Time
and progress of events will, he confidently be
lieves, vindicate the wisdom of his counsel. la
conclusion he says:
I am one of your Representatives in the Senate
of the United States, and my term of office does
not expire until March, 1860. I view, however,
the relation of constituents and representative as
one of confidence, and when I am satisfied that
civil war cannot be averted, and find that the pub
lic sentiment of my State prefers such a result to
the peaceful separation of those States which h ive
withdrawn from the Union, I shall cheerfully and
gladly resign into your hands an office r.. i.'i 1
obtained wi'hout solicitation, and which neither ,
my sense of duty nor my,'self-respect would permit 1
me to hold when I ascertain that I differ in opin
ion with you on so momentous and Tital a ques
tion as peace or war.
It can require but few days after Congress has
assembled to determine whether the last hope of
peace has fled, if indeed the hope can linger until
then, and before that time I shall become fully
satisfied as to your will. Do not fear that I wiil
betray the confidence you have reposed in me, or
be capable of misrepresenting that will. If I can
not conscientiously obey your mandate, I will not
use the position 1 occupy, as your representative,
to prevent its performance by another agent. But
the right of private opinion and its expression is
a personal right, beyond public control. It is se
cured to every freeman under a government of
laws, and a republic must be a government of
laws alone, or it will end in anarchy or despotism.
I have no faith either in the government of the
sword or the mob, and shall resist the establish
ment of either.
Charleston Harbor Still Open.— The steam
ship Niagara has not been near this bar since
Tuesday last. On the evening of that day the
steam:, ip Huntsville, one of Lincoln's a’rmed
transports, appeared off this port, and no doubt
delivered orders to the Niagara to proceed to
some other station. This is certainly an extra
ordinary mode of attempting a blockade, and is
likely to bring up some questions for the Wash
ington Government to settle, as we understand
that a claim will be made for loss sustained by
several owners of British shipping who had their
vc-sicls odered off from this port by the Niagara,
and by which occurrence they lost a valuable
freight, and since which other British vessels
have come to and obtained most valuable char
ters, the entrance to the port being unobstructed.
Vi',- hw. .: beard from all points along the coast,
fr •” G'scizetown, S. C., to Savannah, and noth
ing in the shape of a war vessel has been noticed
for several nays.— Courier, 2 Oth.
PisiOAS C t tEALAD in Dried Apples.—Yester
dav morning the American Express Company re
ceived from some town in Massachusetts, a con
signment of dried apples for Louisville, Kentucky.
Imre seems- to be too much weight in the bar
rels lor th- reputed freight, the clerks opened
them, and fi end packed with the apples nineteen
Colt's srmv and navy pistols., It is needless to
sav that the apples were forwarded without the
arms.— Cm. t?az-’
The Alexandria Gazette says, “ among the most
refreshing displays of thaf peculiar species of sen
timent in the Northern mind which the Southern
people for many years believed was chistianity,
is a recent letter from the Young Men’s Christian
Association of New York, in reply to a fraternal
epistle from a similar association a: Richmond.—
•The Christian Association of Richmond proposes
there should be a union of prsyers and efforts for
the restoration of peace and good will between the
Northern and Southern Confederacies.’ To this
circular the Corresponding Secretary of the New
York YouDg Men s Christian Association replies
that ‘the whoie North recognizes the war as a ho
ly effort to maintain & good government.’ He de
nounces secession and regrets that men ealling
themselves Christians can connect themselves
with so wicked a cause.”
Traitors in the Ranks ’—The New York Tri
bune says there are at least three hundred officer*
in the Lincoln army and navy, who will betray
the cause at the first opportunity. It urge* a
speedy and thorough expulsion.
Special Dispatches to the Charleston Courier.
From tYafithlngtou, Richmond, Ac.
Alexandria, May IS.—Henry W inter Davis has
been re-nominated ~ r Congress by the Unionists •
of Baltimore.
Richmond, Mav 10. —An attempt to burn the ;
Tredegar Foundry *nd workshop buildings was
discovered last night iu time to prevent injury.
Richmond, May U. —The Kentucky House of 1
Representatives as adopted a resolution in favor !
of strict neutmiiiy.
Richmond, May 10, 11 P. M.—The latest dis- ‘■
patches from Chicago leave no hope of the recove
ry of Stephen A. Douglass.
Richmond, May 10.—It is reported that the j
steam tug Yaru .e has taken three prizes North- J
ward.
ihe Key West correspondence of the Herald
reports the capture of the Wanderer by the Wy
andotte.
Alexandria, May 19. —1 tis confidently report
ij- * a ° e; T nrißtary district or department, in
cluding \ lrginia. North Carolina aud Tennessee,
has been declared, and that the command of this
portion of Lincoln’s military interests will be as
signed to Gen. Benjamin Franklin Butler, of aud
trom Massachusetts.
Richmond, May 10.—Gen. Scott has arrested in
V ashington a citizen named Wood, as u spv from
the South.
j.^? an - r °th er arrests have been made but it is
difficult to obtain reports. Tbe Herald's Wash
ington correspondents report that the European
advices indicate a markea and increasing procliv
ity in England and France towurds the interests
and cause of the South. If compelled to take
sides, these powers will declare for the South, *ou
account of the great interest involved in free trade
and commercial resources, and will, if possible,
avoidany division otherwise as to the moral or
political issues of the American question.
It is again asserted that France has confiden
tial ageu's and observers in the South, giving full
information, political and commercial. It is be
lieved abr- ad also, that important privileges will
be extended by treaty to the commerce, shipping
and manufactures of the powers first recognizing
the Confederate States.
It is now plainly evident that Lincoln will en
deavor to deal with Missouri as he has done with
unfortunate and prostrate Marylaud, establishing
a military government in all respects.
The release of Ross Winans by General Cad
waliader has created great indignation in Wash
ington.
The Northern press is sorely troubled aud dis
turbed by the aspects of European opiuiou.
A book for registering the names of suspected
persons is kept at the War Office, and all persons
not known to be Lincolnites are constantly
watched.
Fngland ami Piracy.
The telegraph from Halifax notices a debate on
American affairs ia the House of Commons on the
4th, in which Lord John Russell is reported to
have said that our blockade of tho Southern ports
can only be recognized “when effective,” —and
that “regarding letters-of-marque, the Govern
ment were of opinion that the Southern Confed
eracy must be recognized as belligereuts.”
The only meaning of this is, that their l ight to
issue letters-of-marque must be recognized ; their
Erivateers must be regarded as legitimate com
atants —and the English Government will protect
them in holding and selling their prizes, when
brought into an English port. Lora John Rus
sell's statement means this, if it means anything.
Such a declaration as this, at the very outset of
the rebellion, put forth before consultation with
the accredited Minister of our Government, will
unquestionably be regarded as unfriendly to the
United States. The British Government puts a
forced and strained interpretation upon the law
of nations, for the purpose of aiding the slave
States in their war upon the Government of the
United States. It has ulvv ajs been regarded as a
well settled law, that letters of marque could only
be issued by an established and recognized na
tion ; that privateering is only a legitimate wea
pon of war as between two belligerent nations —
und that it could never be used in a mere rebel
i lion. This rule the British Goveonmeut seems
| inclined to disregard—or at least to evade by a
premature recognition of tne Southern Confede
racy as a belligerent , before it has been recoguized
! as a nation.
1 Suppose Ireland, in her rebellion, had issued
letters-of-marque against British commerce—and
tl * Government of the United States had indors
ed and protected them, by recognizing Irelaud as
: a belligerent—would England have assented to the
; justice ami neutrality of such a course?
If the full report of the debate justifies the ver
! sion given of it by the telegraph, we take it tor
granted that our Government will instantly pro
test. against the conclusion which Lord John Rus
sell announces. In the Crimean war England
prohibited her own people from plundering Rus
sian commerce. It is not easy to see what suffi
cient motive can induce her to concede to the
Southern Confederacy, waging a war for the per
petuation of Slavery, powers which she would not
herself use 1 in a war for freedom und civilization.
Sew York ‘Finns.
Important from Eu^laud.
\ laSt. Johns, N. F., the telegraph gives an ab
stract of a very important debate on American
affairs, in the British House of Commons—tho
sum aud substance of which is, that, in regard to
the Montgomery Letters of Marque and Reprisal,
the Southern Confederacy “must be recognized a*
a belligerent.” That is the opinion of the Attor
ney General, the law officer of t‘>e Crown.
Now. this is but the recognition simply of an
existing fact, bui. the real importance of such
recognition j‘is at this critical conjuncture, con
sists in it will give to Jeff. Davis &.
Cos. to know that they are to be countenanced in
any way at all.
Moreover, to : cognize it as “belligerents” now,
we suppose, nu“t be accepted as an inclination to
“recognize” tho Montgomery administration as a
dc facto Government by-and-bye. “To that com
plexion” (it ceuainly looks as if it) “must come
at last.”
Two other significant fycts are to be noted in
this connexion.
First—Thefarrival, at this port, fiu the Arago,)
of a beaier of despatches for the Southern Con
federacy—and
Second—The ordering of a British Squadron to
the Coasts of the United States.
Momentous consequences hang upon these brief
but important announcements, which, but go Jto
show that the near future is growing bigger and
bigger with uugut events, to “make history” at
a rate which might make Clio hersut*turn pale !
Sew York Hr press, 1 5th.
Tiie Patent Right Bill.—After considerable
discussion in open session for two days, the bill
introduced by Judge Brooke, of Mississippi, enti
tled “an act to establish a Patent Office., and to
provide for the granting and issuance of Patents
for new and useful discoveries, inventions, im
provements and designs,” was passed this morn
ing. The bill is much more favorable to inventors
than that now in operation in the United States,
and makes uo discrimination on the citizens of any
foreign State or country that lias similar laws for
the protection of the citizens of the Confederate
to mechanics.
A material feature of the 51st section of the bill,
being of special interest at this time, aud entirely
different Ironi any thing in the United States law,
wo insert:
Sec. .'!.—And be it further enacted, That all
patents heretofore granted and issued by the
United States to any person or persons now a
citizen or citizens of either of the States of this
Confederacy, or of the States of Tennessee, Ar
kansas or North Carolina, or now held by assign
ment by any such citizen or citizens, shall con
tinue in force for the term for which they were
issued yet unexpired; and if assigned jn part only
to any citizen of this Confederacy, or tbe States
aforesaid shall continue in force for such part;
Provided, That such assignment has been made
prior to the 4th day of February, 1861: Provided,
That nothing contained in this act and bill be
considered to recognize any renewal of a patent
by the United States heretofore made, &c.—Mont
gomery Advertiser, 17th.
Southern Summer Resorts. —A corresponpent
of the Charleston Courier writes a very pleasant
letter from Clarksville, Habersham county, Ga.,
from whieh wo take the following :
The climate here is unsurpassed by any other
in the world, and we are revelling, at” the'foot of
the celebrated Alleghenies, in all the delights of
pure air, pure water, au abundant supply of
mountain beef, mutton, milk, butter, eggs, and
other etceteras, all of which, you know, have a
a considerable effect on the reminiscences of a
traveller, as well a3 contributing to present com
fort. Magnificent scenery abounds here; the
celebrated Tallulah Falls fthe Niagara of the
South) and the beautiful Tocoa, whose silver
stream falls from a perpendicular heightb of 180
j feet, are both within twelve miles of this place,
besides many other attractive places as a summer
resort for health. Now that the rage for going
North, it is to be hoped, will be somewhat abated,
the many attractions of the mountainous districts
of Southern States should be taken advantage of
by the residents of the low country, in search of
health and Climate, both of which are to be found
there in the highest state of perfection; and the
hitherto locked up and unknown resources of that
section will be developed in a few years, and ren
der us perfectly independent of Northern water
ing places foreit'iier health or amusement. Miner
al springs also abound, whieh are at present
known and used only by local visitors, that would
then become the resort of thousands.
Great Outrage. —All the freight, each separate
box and package, brought to this city {last night
from Washington and the North by Adams’ Ex
press Company, had been, by officers of the Fede
ral Government, smashed, broken, or torn open
in Washington. The loads, as they were removed
from the wagon presented the appearance of
having gone through a railroad disaster. Band
boxes had their tops and bottoms beaten in:
trunks whose tops and sides had been wreted
off; chests, with their sides split open and their
contents scattered about. We saw one large case
directed to W. M. Williamson, Norfolk, Va., whose
every side had been split open, apparently, with
an axe, the removal of the screws that held it to
gether not having been at ati thought of. A con
siderable quantity of freight was, we learn, de
tained by the examiners to undergo a closer in
spection, or to be stopped. No freights by
Adams’ Express will hereafter be permitted to
come South cf Washington. The disordered con
dition of the freights was corrected a3 much as
practicoble by the accommodating agent in this
city. —Alexandria Gazette, \~th.
MilitaryaFpirit a- x’a.NSACOLA. —Mrs. Nichol
son, who went to Pensacola as a nurse for the
sick and wounded, writes to the New Orleans
Crescent an iuteres',:„_; account’of the way the
“ sick list” shouldered their muskets on the night
es the intended attack upon Fort Pickens. She
says;
_ Ta give you an idea of the spirit whieh animates
the troops here, the night on which Gen. Bragg
ordered the a?--:t on Fort Pickens, which was
prevented by re-inforcements being thrown in,
the Mississippi regiments ( 2,200 strong! were de
tailed on that service. Not a man but answer
ed to the roll, although there were twelve ve
ry ill with pneumonia, some of whom had not
risen from their beds for several days. When the
doctor ( who had heard the roll called) entered the
hospital, not a soul was to be seer. —the sick, sen
tries, nurses, cooks, caterers, all had vanished,
and the doctor could not buckle on his sword and
follow his patients. One poor fellow died from
the effeeis, but it was extremely fortunate that
all did not become victims to their impetuous
spirits.
gThe Lynchburg Virginian says, “butter-miik is
sold to the soldiers in'eamp, for the very reasona
ble sum of forty cents a gallon.'’ Not at all sin
gular, good friend. I 3 it not a habit with men, in
times like these, to speculate upon the soldier and
the State ? First, one set speculate in our offices.
They join companies and run for Colonels, Ma
jors, Captains, Lieutenants and the like, and if de
feated withdraw. They can’t fight in the ranks.
Then another set ;ek contract’s to feed the sol
diers, and try t:, make a good thing by furnishing
the poorest supplies at iffelbighest prices. These
nuisances ought to have tffeir heads shaved and
be lorced to serve in the ranks as privates; and
the other ought to be put into encampment, and
fed on stele bread and India-rubber beef until
souls are grown under their ribs. —XathnUle Hi
triot.
She was A Stranger and they took Her in.—
Our Pawnee Is doing the charitable for the little
trading vessels that pass about the Alexandria
wharves. Yesterday evening the valorous crew
took possession of a small vessel having on board
4SO keg* of nails, directed to Wheat A Bro. The
nails were bought in Pennsvlvama some six weeks
ago, but luckily not a cent has been paid for them.
The captain took them on board at Baltimore
about the l&th of April, and left during the time
of the trouble with tbe Massachusetts troops.
The vessel has been down in Accomac ever since,
until he thought he could venture up, ss he has
done. It is now anchored near the Pawnee.
[Aiencndna Sentinel,
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Those of our friends at Pensacola to whom we
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through in good time, and with unvarying regu
larity.
U. S. Postage Stamfs.—As the services of the
United States will will be dispensed with in
our postal affairs on and aft r the Ist June, we
would suggest to those who have a quantity of U.
S. postage stamps on hand, the propriety of get
ting rid of them by that day, as they will then be
useless.
We give notice thet from this date none will be
received at this office in payment of dues.
wieu.
Cotton Planters’ Convention.
The annual meeting of the “ Cotton Planters’
Convention, of the State of Georgia,” will take
place on the second Tuesday in nexl month, (June)
in the City Hall, in the city of Macon. As busi
siness of the gravest importance will engage the
attention of the Convention, the members are
earnestly requested to be prompt and certain in
their attendance. Persons who desire to become
members are also requested to attend.
By order of the President.
S. H. J. Sistec.nk, Sec’y.
Gone ixto Camp. —The i.etcher Guards, Capt.
J. B. Weems, pitched their tents on the Parade
Ground yesterday afternoon. They intend to ac
custom themselves to the duties of camp life for
the few days prior to their departure for Virginia.
We are having now the “long season” in May.
Rams an abundant, aui doubtless grass will be
also in a few days.
Hot, for a battle with Gen. Green.
The Huntsville (Ala.) Advocate says that when
two of the volunteer companies of that place left
I tor the seat of war, scores of slavos cried and
j begged to go and fight with and for their young
masters. About twenty went along.
| Alabama Rifle Regiment.— The Alabama Riflv
! Regiment, now rendezvousing at Montgomery,
on Tuesday last elected the following field offi
cers :J. J. Seibels Colonel; Benj. 11. Baker, of
Russell, Lieut. Colouel; and John 11. Gordon of
Jackson county, Major. The Regiment will go
into Camp at Pensacola, preparatory to active
service.
President Davis went to Pensacola on Tuesday
last, to give a personal inspection to the fortifica
tions. Troops are rapidly concentrating there in
arge numbers.
The War Spirit ix Gwinnett. —The Lawrence
] ville Newt of the loth says : The war spirit is now
j fullv aroused in our county. We have one vol
j unteer company organized, and three are being
formed in the county; one at Pinckneyville, one
I in Berkshire District, and ono in Ben Smith’s Dis
| trict, all of which will be ready for service in a
! few days.
I Dn. T. Bartow Ford has received the appoint
ment of Assistant Surgeon in the Confederate
i Navy.
Sanannah Journal of Medicine. —The May
| number of this valuable Journal is promptly on
I our table, and it affords us pleasure to say that it
! fully sustains the already high character that it
| has hitherto occupied in the estimation of the pro
fession. Since the last issue, there have been two
important changes in it. It has changed from a
bi-monthly to a monthly, and also changed its
editor. Professor Harris has retired, and Profes
sor Alfred H. Tucker has taken his place. We
regret to lose so able an investigator and writer
as Professor Harris, who adorns any situation he
may be placed in ; but we hare no doubt that the
present editor will fill the place well. Professor
R. D. Arnold still occupies the position of Asso
ciate Editor. Each number will contain forty- pa
ges. It is published by E. J. Purse, at #2 00 per
annum in advance. All letters should be addres
sed to the Editors, at Savannah.
One David J. Judah, a private in the “ Wire-
Grass Minute Men,” has, by- unanimous vote of
. ‘’ ■ corps, been dishonorably discharged.
Hon. Wm. C. Rives passed through Atlanta on
Sunday morning, on his way to Montgomery.
There is only- one Virginia delegate remaining be
hind—Judge Camdex.
No Blockade at Cairo. —The Evansville (Ohio)
Journal learns from the officers of the Charley
Bowen, that the troops at Cairo have not com
menced stopping provisions us yet. It was au
thorized to receive all the freight it could get,
which it designs re-shipping on the Prince of
Wales, a St. Louis and New Orleans boat.
The Columbus Enquirer records the death, on
Monday last, of an old and respeseted citizen of
Muscogee county, Col. John Woodfolk. He was
a Virginian, removed to Muscogee |in 1831, and
was about eighty years of age at his decease.
We learn from the Telegraph that a number of
the citizens of Macon are endeavoring to orga
nize a Battalion of Flying Artillery, a most im
portant arm of the service, and in which we are
sadly deficient; and they will probably succeed
if they can be assured of getting the necessary
field pieces and howitzers. The men for this ser
vice are to be between the ages of eighteen and
thirty-five, of good health and character, and are
to furnish each a strong, sound, serviceable horse.
If the guns can be procured, then advertisements
for men will appear. Twelve years ago, next
Fourth of July, wa witnessed the performances
of a splendid Company of Flying Artillery at
Columbia, S. C. AVhat has become of it?
New Paper in Cherokee County. —We are in
receipt of the first number of a Weekly Newspa
per just started at Canton, Cherokee county, Ga.,
by B. A. Grist, and called the “Cherokee Moun
taineer.” Terms one dollar a year, in advance.
Old Loudoun county, Virginia, famed all the
country over as the strong hold of Whiggery and
Unionism, has ruised fifty thousand dollars to aid
its soldiers and their families, in the war against
Lincoln, and promises to raise as much more if
necessary. This is the home of John Janney, the
President of the V irginia Convention, and count
ed its majorities for Clay, Taylor, Fillmore and
Bell by thousands. But it is as brimful of patriot
ism as it ever was of Whiggerv, (synonyms) and
it is ready to show its faith by its works.
A merchant of this city, just returned from a
business visit to Kentucky, savs that Mr. Breck
inridge informed him that he had no doubt that
Kentucky would soon secede.
The good ship A. k A., Capt. Hutchinson, from
Belfast, has effectually run the blockade at
Charleston, and landed at the wharf. The Charles
tonians talk of trying Wagner’s seven milt rifled
cannon on Lincoln’s blockading vessel, the steam
frigate Niagara. “ That’s the ticket.”
Monarchy for the Southern States.—"Pinck
ney,” a correspondent of the Constitutionalist,
some time since, facetiously recommended the
King of Naples to the advocates of monarchy at
the South. It seems that the subject has been
taken up seriously in Europe, if we credit the
Paris correspondent of the London lost. We
take the following from the Post :
“ Our correspondent writes :
By the way, a strong report is in circulation. It
is said that some Roman Catholics of the South,
have proposed to offer the Southern States to
Francis 11. of Naples, with monarchical institu
tions” !
Selp-Ppotectors.— A traveller has just reached
Philadelphia from Huntsville, Ala., who reports
that “ the Mississippi regiments are all armed
with Colt’s navy revolvers. Each man in the South
ern army is protided with a bowie-knife thirteen
inches long and two inches wide. One of them
was just shown me, and upon the blade were the
words, ‘ Self-Protector.’ They cost twenty-five
dollars each, and are terrible weapons.” The
Northern people are evidently beginning to find
out some things.
Excursion to Pensacola.— A number of the
delegates to the Confederate Congress at Mont
gomery, in response to an invitation, went to Pen
sacola on Saturday last.
Activity in the War Department. —The Co
lumbus Times of Saturday says ; “We learn
from private dispatches received in this city that
some twenty-odd companies were received for
the war by Adjutant General Cooper yesterday.
This looks like activity, and that our people
are determined to maintain their rights and
honor, whether enlisted by the year or for the
war.”
Blockade OF Pensacola.— From the Apalachi
cola (Fla.) Times , of the 14th, we learn that the
blockade of the Eastern as well as the Western
entrance to Pensacola harbor is effectively en
forced. The schooner Ann Stafford and the
steamer Wave both essayed to enter the eastern
end of Santa Rosa sound last week, but were
overhauled by the U. S. steamer Mohawk—the
Stafford ordered to proceed to the western en
trance of the harbor, or leave—the Wave notified
that if again boarded she would be confiscated.
It is time our privateers were at work.
An exchange has been informed that Governor
Moore, of Alabama, has authorized a committee
of scientific gentlemen to make the mscessarv in
vestigations for the large deposits of saltpetre to
be found in the Northern part of the State, with
the view to the manufacture of powder.
Partt Madness in Philadelphia. —The Phila
delphia North American (Rep.) says :
“Before the 15th inst., at the present rate of
accumulation, the number of aspirants for custom
house berths will cot be less than 8,000”
Tell the Collector to order the whole 8,000 to
“the frontiers.” The frontiers is the place for of
fice seekers now, front tanks. If more offer their
services than are needed, they can exchange mus
kets with the Whigs and Democrats there, and
let them come home.
IN e copy the above from the New York Express.
\\ hat an example this Philadelphia paper furnish
es of “the ruling passiou strong in death.'” Plun
der and pelf are what these fellows, who have
brought the country to its present position, are
seeking—nothing else Eight thousand applicants
for Custom House appointments in one city, by
their own showing!
And the Jtxpress gives the right sort of advice,
when it recommends that all office seekers be or
dered to the front rank as soldiers. There is no
constitutional authority iu the President to do
such thiDg, but nobody at the North now seems
to care a fig tor Constitution and Laws, except as
they can be used to stir up the animals.
But oh, Express of old, to what a low estate you
have fallen at last! You know very well that
these people have brought on the troubles, the
hates, the enmities of generations. You warned
the country loudly of all these, last year. Now,
they have come, and by the agency of these peo
ple, who. rather than tight iu the war of their own
making, are content that yon and such as you
should go into the ranks, while they take all the
prominent positions in the army, and scramble at
home for a division of the spoils. We would not
•“march through Coventry” with any such “va
groni men.”
And you know, too, Express, that this unholy
and unnatural war, conceived in sin and brought
forth in iniquity, can never produce any good,
but only evil continually. You know you cannot
conquer us, cannot subjugate us to your unhal
lowed will, and if you could, you know and feel it
keenly, that it would not be worth the doing. You
know the Union can never be restored by arms, or
otherwise, and if, perchance by aims, that the
spirit of the Union of old is gone, and that arms,
only arms, could govern henceforth. Why not
then be sensible? Keep your own Union as best
you may, and leave ns to work ont our owu des
tiny as wo choose. NYhy should you spend a few
hundred millions for no better end than to show
that you have got the money to spend, and to
prove that your eighteen States have still the
power to maintain a nationality of arms, ot money
and of credit ? Don't you really think that your
ridiculous farce of the Union, the “public proper
ty,” and “the flag,” and such tomfoolery, is about
played out? Why not stop while you may, rather
than force us to overrun your country, and plant
African slavery in Massachusetts ? But ii you
will go on in your headlong fatuity, so be it. We
are not your keepers—we’ are not responsible for
your guilt, and shame, and folly, and final ruin.
The Shoe Pinching.—JWoaej Pi-cusure.
The New York Tribune, of the Stb, has a long
article in which it developes the real danger of
the material interests of the North, and its weak
ness as a military power. It is not men that are
wanted—they are superabundant, and can well
afford to fight to avoid starvation—but money,
the sinews of war, food and clothing, deficient
now, and likely to be soon much more so, not
withstanding all the loud blowing of the press.
The North talks loudly of putting half a million
men in the field ; but the Tribune coolly calls at
tention to the fact that to arm, equip, and provi
sion for two months, a hundred thousand men will
cost twenty-five millions—fivo hundred thousand
will cost one hundred and twenty-five millions
for two months, two hundred and fifty millions
for six months. NV'here is the money to come
from, how is it to be got, when the monied men
in New York are already grumbling, when they
sec, and all see, that their power to make money is
gone while the war lasts, if not forever, and when
it is apparent that their army, fa hundred thou
sand, or of half a million, must be drawn mainly
from the producing classes, from thoso who work
with their hands and earn money, and produce
food ?
On the other hand, we can send an army of half
a million to the field, and still the laborers, tho
mud sills, are tilling tho fields, and producing
food, and producing cotton, producing money, just
as if no wav wero waging. The war must, to tho
extent of the enlistment of soldiers, cripple the
power of the North to produce actual wealth—
that is a surplus—or even to produce food and
clothing, while we can produce food ill abundance,
and cotton, too, to the extent of at least a hundred
and fifty millions of dollars annually. Tho North
has absolutely no resource for making money, her
commerce, her shipping, her manufacturing in
dustry yielding almost, nothing, wliilo her food
producing power is reduced in the ratio of men
in arms. How long can she carry on the wur ?
No wonder her whole press clamors that the work
shall be quick and sharp. But she acknowledges
too that her only chance for victory is in over
whelming numbers, when such an overwhelming
force as would be necessary for even partial suc
cess in a six months’ campaign would bankrupt
her present financial resources, and leave nothing
to fall back upon but ruin, and perhaps famine.
Have these peoplo really no sane idea of their
actual condition ? As sure as death, we have got
them in our grasp, and we shall conquer beyond
any possibility of doubt. Theqncstion is whether,
after our own blood is tip, our people will stop at
simply conquering our independence, or will pro
ceed to prove their claim to be the first military
power of the world, and their right to rule this
continent, by subjugating the North.
According to the correspondents who write
fromMontgomery.it seems to be yet undecided
whether or not the seat of government is to be
removed from that city to Richmond. We trust
that it will not be done, and wo sse no good
reason for any change, and certainly no change
should be made without a very good reason. We
have heard only two arguments urged for re
moval ; first, Montgomery is too hot and un
healthy for a summer session of the Congress;
and secondly, that as President Davis will proba
bly take command in person of the Confederate
troops in Virginia, along whose borders, if not
within whose bounds, the first storm of battle
will perhaps break, it is desirable that the Con
gress should be in session near him.
As to the first, we should like to know where,
in the South, Congressmen expect it will not be
hot during the next three or four months; and
we doubt if Richmond is usually more healthy than
Montgomery, though yellow fever may make,its ap
pearance at the latter and not at the former. It is
said that Congress will adjourn in a few days, and
it may not be necessary to be. in session again, or
at least not for many days at a time, until the cool
weather comes on—and yellow fever will not
probably make its appearance at Montgomery be
fore the middle of September, if jit all.
As to the second, while we think it vastly im
portant that Gen. Davis should take command of
the forces in Virginia, if there is any good pros
pect of a fight, of which we begin to have very
grave doubts, yet the recent order of the Presi
dent, making Gen. Lee commander of those forces,
conveys the idea that the President will not take
command himself. And if he did, why should
the Congress follow him to Virginia, when the
telegraph may put him in instant communication
with his Cabinet and Congress?
Montgomery is only the temporary capital, and
it is not at all probable it will become the perma
nent seat of government of the Confederate
States. And as all the States that will belong to our
family are not yet members, we think it import
ant to have no action on the subject of either the
temporary or permanent capital just now. We
do not like the idea at all of a roving Congress,
Cabinet and President. And even if the Govern
ment be removed from Montgomery, it should
not be to Richmond, for two reasons—it will con
vey the idea of unnecessary banter to the cnemy>
and it is too close to the border, for we know not
what may come, and it is better to try old Sol at
Montgomery than hot shot at Richmond—to move,
and then move back again.
The Shortest Way to End tlie AVar,
Pay the Zouaves and Wilson’s men to return to
New York city, and try their hands at home. The
only blessing the North expects from this war is
to be rid of these fellows—to send them South to
be butchered, so that Northern strong boxes may
not be endangered by them. That is one great
purpose of this war, and these follows are very
apt to scent it out before long. They are really
as desperate, reckless set of fellows ns the world
can produce, and the Jferald rather boastinglv
says there are three hundred thousand of them in
the Northern cities. We feel quite sure that they
are far more dangerous to the North than to u
While they may do well enough in a rough shindy
on the pavements, they can not possibly prove
efficient soldiers, for the one simple reason, if for
no other, that they know nothing of subordina
tion, and can not be taught it. In Washington,
in New York, on the road, every where, they are
perfectly lawless, and will not be restrained.
They make a common practice on drill, to order
their officers to “dry up,” “go to hell,” Ac. Such
men can never make soldiers. They are despe
rate enough for aDy enterprise that promises
plunder, or the indulgence of their appetites, but
such people are usually cowards at heart. The
North is shrewd indeed to send them here as a
good riddance, and the fellows will find out that
they are sent simply to be killed. When they find
it out, they will turn back again, and then woe to
Sodom and Gomorrah,
The Federal Union says Gov. Brown has been
closely watching the proceedings in the case of
C. A. Greiner, a eitizen of Georgia, arrested iD
Philadelphia on a charge of treason, and admitted
to bail in a bond of *IO,OOO to keep the peace
and the Governor has made up his mind, and set
his foot down, that if Pennsylvania attempt to
collect the bond he will seize the property of
Pennsylvanians to twice the amount, if to be
found within this State ; and that if Greiner, or
any other citizen of Georgia, be imprisoned by
Pennsylvania, he will imprison two Pennsylva
nians, and for the life of any citizen of this State
taken by order of Pennsylvania he will swing two
Pennsylvanians.
M e also learn from the same paper that the
Supreme Court is in session at Milledgeville, all
the Justices present.
A Curiosity. —We saw yesterday at the
store of Fleming A Rowland, a curiosity in the
shape of a large Arm Chair, made entirely of
broom straw and white oak splits. It was manu
factured by a negro in Richmond, Va., and seems
a strong, serviceabl > piece of furniture. It may
be seen at Messrs. F. A R.'s for a few day*, and is
wall worth a viit.
Home Guard North.
We have been somewhat inclined to winder
why the cities, towns, and villages of the S’ r ,
arc organizing Home Guards, in face of the con
slant reiteration of the Northern press that the
Union is to invade the South, aud by its over
whelming numbers reduce us to submission, if not
indeed to wipe us ont from the face of the earth.
Can it be that these people an really fearful that
we shall invade them, or are their Home Guards
designed to protect tlicir propel ty a* home, in the
absence of the usual volunteer companies, from
the depredations of the lawless, the ruffian, the
incendiary? Have they come thus suddenly to
see and feel that within their own bosom, around
their own homes, there is an enemy always lurk
ing, and that the crisis is likely to develop the
tremendous energies and) ruthless instincts of
that enemy? Are they becoming aware that the
law is really powerless at their own doors to re
strain the bad passions of those whom their own
system of social life has made lawless, backed as
they may be by those whom their own blind par
tisan action, iu utter disregard of comity, equality,
justice and fraternity, has rendered homeless and
unemployed ?
Do they begin to recognize the inevitable decay
of their system of Government, and the fact that
this sudden upheaval has demonstrated, that law
is at an end, aud that by brute force they must
keep in check their antagonistic forces ? Do they
they see faintly, or clearly, that government based
upon the nominal equality of all, amid the cease
less warfare of labor and capital, where labor is
indiscriminately armed with that terrible scourge
of the ballot, and where labor out-votes capital,
is an utter failura? Have these people determin
ed to set in motion armed men, preparatory to
the grand change of their form of Government,
in order to save what is worth saving, from the
cafnago and the devastation that must attend the
anarchy which usually intervenes between a free
Government aud a firmly established despotism ?
Have they at last learned the unwilling lesson
that they neither deserve, nor can maintain, a
free Government, when deprived of tho ballast,
the conservatism of our system of domestic slave
ry ? Do they comprehend the end to which their
foul lioentiousuess, their uubridled lusts, are fa
tally hurrying them, and see that the ballot can
not be taken from their laborers, till first an or
ganized soldiery is prepared to do the behests of
property, and, under the lead of somo strong
will, to hold their Government together in some
form, till they can change it to suit them? It
teally seems that they are waking up to these
great facts.
It begins therefore to be not improbable that
a bloody conflict may be avertad until the time
shall have come for Congress to meet. In that
case, there may still be a peaceful settlement of
difficulties, and an opportunity will be afforded of
avoiding a “ fratricidal contest, one,” as the Lon
don fost recently remarked, “in which no laurels
can be won, except thoso steeped in the best
blood of America, and which has been needlessly
and w ickedly provoked.” The very highest and
first duty of Congress, will be to consider amend
ments to the Constitution, so specific aud unam
biguous in thsir,nature, that the same practical
liberty will be restored which existed at the time
of Washington. The arms of secessionists would
full from their hands in an instant, if the olive
branch were judiciously extended to the South,
so that every future fear of an encroachment
upon, or curtailment of their rights, were removed.
“ The tree of disunion, which has borne such nox
ious fruits,” would thus “be levelled to the
earth. Why cumberetb it the ground ?”
Wo find the above copied from tho New York
Herald. And we learn that NVm. 11. Seward,
Lincoln's Secretary of State has sent a dispatch
South of similar purport. NVith all their btood
and-thunder talk, thoso peopie do not.win to have
much stomach for trying the sterner realities of
the battle-field. We think Gen. Scott is too able
an officer, too sensible a man, to undertake to give
battlo to us in Virginia with such a motley herd
as he has around him in Washington, and on the
way to that point. Ho generally arranges to have
things all right before he commences work, and
it is ns much as ha can do, out of such material
as he has at command, to save Washington, (even
if he can do that,) w ithout making any thin? more
than a feint in the direction cither of the Ferry,
Norfolk or Richmond. All this talk of nr.’ !. : rg
Federal troops into Virginia, and that before the
23d of May, in order to overawe the peoplo aud
give the Unionists heart to voto, is simply gam
mon. There will not be, under any circum
stances, 25,000 Union votes, polled iu Virginia,
out of a voting population of more then ’.50,000.
It is no idle boast to say that Virginia .nil ext
Thursday ratify the action of her Convention by
100,000 majority.
We are becoming more and more convinced
that, beyond a skirmish or so, there will be no
fight, iu Virginia or elsewhere, unless we strike
the first blow. There may ba some danger of a
marauding party after the fashion of John
Brown landing on the Georgia, Carolina, or
Florida coast; and oo' 1 const defences should be
instantly looked to. Our gallant sister Carolina,
as we learn from tho Charleston press, has al
ready amply secured her coast; but we know
not if Georgia and Florida bo equally well pre
pared for invaders. If not, it were well to set
about the work, aud to pash it forward as rapidly
and as skilfully ns may be. Beyond overawing
Maryland, and threatening Kentucky, Missouri,
and Virginia, we believe the Lincoln Government
does not feel itself prepared to go. Jt wants timo
to organize and drill its forces for effective ser
vice, to get its money-chests filled, and to arrange
its Commissariat much better than it is at present
ordered. But let no talk of a truce, of waiting on
Lincoln’s CoDgress, or any tiling of that sort, pul
us off’ oar guard for n single moment. Let sleep
less vigilance, and the most active and thorough
preparation, for both defensive and regressive
action, mark all our conduct, for we have a foe
equally treacherous, malignant, and dastardly.
1 here can be no end of this conflict on our part,
no permanent and lasting peace, till we havo se
cured, not only the independence of tho Confed
erate States, but until, in good time, Maryland,
Kentucky and Missouri shall have been relieved
from Federal pressure, and enabled, by the un
awed expression of their citizens, to cast their
destiny, as naturally they should, with us, or to
distinctly and unequivocally announce their pref
erence for union with an anti-slavery Govern
ment.
This idea of the Herald and of SavrAnn, of
armed inactivity on the part of the North, coupled
with a National Convention, to settle our difficul
ties by Constitutional amendments, and thus re
store the dissolved Union, is neither a present
good to us, nor does it promise good in the future.
We think it far better for us that these people
vent their rage and hatred at the cannon’s mouth.
But they seem to choose, when they see we are
determined in our purpose of giving blow for
blow, and can not be frightened from it by all
their grand talk of men and money, to keep us
always in arms, spending our money, and en
dangering the lives and health of our volunteors
in the camp, without an opportunity of gaining
any decisive advantage. They want to worry us
out, to run us deeply in debt as possible, and
when they see they can neither conquer nor
frighten us, then they propose the old game of
palaver. It will never do. Their ignorance of
the actual condition of things, and of human
nature, is second only to their malice aßd tbeir
meannesss. To talk about Constitutional amend
ments, and restoring the Union, and the strong
love of Union of onr people, after all they have
done, and all they have threatened ! It is abso
lutely ridiculous, and preposterous.
We have got all the Constitutional amendments
we want; they may be found in full in the Con
stitution of the Confederate States. We are satis
fied with that, and satisfied to keep house by our
selves for all time, willing to take in all onr
Southern Sisters, bnt not a Northern one. We
would not live with you on any terms, not even if
we were given blank paper on which to write the
terms, because you have shown us what you are,
you have rudely thrown down and broken the
image in the temple, that wo Unionists once
worshipped, and you can not give us any guaran
tee that you would keep the terms. No, let all
this idea of restoring the Union in any wise, be
forever given to the winds. The strongest love,
ouce turned to hate, is fiercest hats forevermore,
and that has been human history since the world
was made. The most loyal devotion, when the
shrine is polluted and the veil stripped from the
unkown figure, becomes but scorn and loathing.
People of the North, you mistake us altogether—
we never loved the Union for any benefits it con
ferred, for any advantages it seemed us ; but it
was all purely ideal. Born to the heritage,
around which clustered glorious mein niea, our
loyalty and our love were but a part of our na
ture. We loved the Union without question,
without knowledge, sincerely, devotedly, “not
wisely but too well,” as time, alas, has shown us.
You have changed ail this; and now go your
way, work out your own salvation. We go our
way too —there is an irrepressible conflict be
tween our idea*, and our social and labor org-mza
tions. United, peace can never be in the house
hold. We part, and part forever, be sure of it.
It were better thus ; surely for us, perhaps for all
concerned.
Southern Express Company.
We learn, on good authority, that the Southern
stockholders of the Adams Express, have pur
chased all the property, privileges, and interests
of the company in the Confederate States. Anew
Company will, therefore, be organized in a few
days, and the business Os the company will con
tinue without interruption.
Success to the enterprise.
A gentleman of this city, just returned from
Portsmouth, brings the gratifying intelligence
that Capt. Blodget and his cammund, and ail our
Georgia troops in the Old Dominion are
well, and well satisfied. Thanks to the ladies in
their vicinity, they have plenty of every thing in
the provision line they want, in addition to the
usual army rations. Our informant says while
he found many of the Virginians—the men—luke
warm and slow, there is no mistake about the ar
dent patriotism of ths women. But the men are
properly warming cp now, when they see thous
ands of Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana
and Tennessee troops coming to their assistance.
That fine old gentleman, Gen. Sanford, now a
private in the Baldwin Bines, is a general favorite
in Porthsmouth. But where is he not a favorite,
wherever known ? Coming through North Caro
lina on the evening of election day, our infor
mant made it his business to inquire at every
precinct how many Union votes were cast, and
the reply everywhere was the same—not one.
Clinch Rifles at Pensacola. —A private dis
patch received in this city yesterday states that
the Clinch Rifles had arrived at Pensaeol*. All
well and in good apirite.
Tho Blorknde.
Lincoln’s Government, so fur, seems to have sat
isfied ltselt with a simple paper blockade, at least
this is tho case at most of our ports. The sti am
a rigate Niagara blockaded Charleston for a few
r >ys, and then passed on, took a quiet look per
b i.'s at 1 ?bee Light, and then on probably to Mo
e and the mouths of the Mississippi. A great
achievement surely, and an earnest of what the
‘“coin Government is capable of doing. It is a
i l let strange proceeding, any way, it strikes us,
• -'“rmnent to attempt to blockade what it
assa i.es call its own ports, but thoso Lincoln
I eop e not ot.lj have tear red to preach a great
dea. of new and false doctrine, iu regard to Gov
ernment, but they seem desirous to practice their
preaching, or try to do so. But at all events, we
do not think tins blockading business will ever
amount to much, notwithstanding the New York
Timss > havin * come d own from its high horso ot
subjugation, after counting the cost and seeing it
impossible, proposes to bring us to reason bv
sealing us up with its great navy , and, by a course
of bread-and-water, to reduce us to submission.
In the first place, we do not believe th s blockade
is to be made effective, because powerful foreign
interest will object; and, in the second place, ir
made effective, it will do the North more harm
than it will do us. The North seems to rely upon
it. that the well-known anti-slavery sentiments of
Eugland will induce her to side with the Lincoln
Government agaist the South in this trouble, and
that she will take no steps to secure and strengthen
l ‘-r own interests. A great mistake, in our judg
ment; for there never was a people on the face of
the earth that, had more sober common sense, and
less sentiment and nonsense, more persistent in
attaining the ends which benefitted them materi
ally, and loss disposed to let anything like a pruri
ent “conscience” stand in the way of their wel
fare, than the English. England, we know, is an
ti-slavery, but not nearly so much so now as she
was in the days of Wilbbrvorcb and many ot her
wisest statesmen are now thoroughly convinced
that emancipation was a great blunder. Though
the pretext may have been a sentimeut of the
moral wrong of slavery, the real reason for eman
cipation was that Eugland believed free, skilled
laber would secure a larger growth of tropical
products, and that white, or free, laborers would
be thus richer, and thus better customers to her
tor fabrics, aud that a present sacrifice of millions
would, in future, pay its tens of millions.
Therefore no mere ideas about slavery will
keep Eugland from doing what she thiuks will
benefit her people, and strengthen her power.
That England has a vast interest in recognizing
the Confederate States, aud in befriending them,
if need be, to tho extent of making Lincoln's
blockade a farce, no reflecting person can doubt.
She imports annually'between two and three mil
lions of bales of our cotton, most of which is con
verted, by the aid of her capital, her labor, her
coal, her wheat and beef and mutton, into fabrics
of great value. Four or five millious of her peo
ple depend, directly or indirectly, on the coUon
business for food and clothing, and she can
neither speedily nor easily change the current of
that labor into new channels, nor supply herself
elsewhere with the requisite quantity and quality
ot raw cotton. She needs our cotton, she wants
it, her whole commercial aud financial, and
therefore really her entire, interests demand it,
ami have it she will, we may be very sure. Be
sides, the South is not in any aspect, nor in any
field of enterprise, a competitor of England, while
the North is. The North competes with her first
in the markets for raw cottou, thou in the carry
ing of cotton, ad then in the markets for the sale
of cotton goods. By cultivating the utmost
friendliness and good will towards us, England
can (and nobody knows it better than herself,)
have our cotton, can get our carrying trade, out
and home, can find the best of markets for her
cotton goods, and also for her iron, her salt, her
coal, her woolens, her linens, and all her manu
factures. Tiic supply market, the carrying trade,
the furnishing market, all stand invitingly open to
her, with a very moderate tariff, while tho North
is her rival in manufactures and shipping, and
offers only the Morrill tariff and sentimental anti
shivery for her friendship. Who doubts what
England will do?
The North, all along since these troubles begun
has shown a strange blindness, for a people pecu
liarly noted for their sharpness. They have wil
fully all tho time fought against their own bread
and-butter, and that shows they have that mad
ness which precedes swift destruction. Blockade
our ports, and what will your ports have to enliv
en them, pray ? What will engage your ships and
freight them? You have traded almost solely,
abroad, on what we produed, and the return
freights in payment therefor. Our cotton, aud
sugar, and rice, and tobacco, and naval stores,
and lumber, have freighted your outward-bound
ships, and the iron, coal, woolens, silks, Ac., of Eu
rope have freighted them home; and these freights
both out and back have enriched your factors and
merchants ami tankers as well as your ship own.
erj. Without these products of ours , and which
you cannot possibly produce, what will you trade
on, what will you freight ships with? You will
be reduced almost entirely to a few millions of
grain, flour and provisions ; and with good crop
prospects in Europe, aud your own two or three
hundred thousand soldiers in tho {field—as you
talk— eating like wolves, but producing not one
cent, you will be reduced almost to no trade at
all in twelve months. Blockade, forsooth—put us
on bread and water, indeed ! You will do well tru
ly, if you can save a crust so yourselves in the
end. When your ships rot at their wharves, when
rats and bats are* sole tenants of your great ware
houses, when tho moth revels in tho rich stuffs
piled on your shelves, and tho grass grows in your
streets, then mayhap you may realize that you have
sown the wind but to reap the whirlwind.
V> htatle Away, Iloyis!
Tho New York war press, especially tho Times,
will keep itself in a constant cold sweat about the
dnngers and drends of the hour. These people
seem to live a life of constant trepidation—they
think, and surely must dieam, of little except
perils by flood and fire and water, perils by n'glit,
perils by day, perils by poison and dagger, and
shot and shell and cold steel. The limes sees a
lurking enemy in every bush, and it really thinks
there is great danger even from engineers on
board ship, or on the night trains—that all should
bo sworn, and then others, sworn too, set to
watch them. But these Northmen fear traitors
and spies so much in their ranks, that nobody
knows whom to trust. They quarrel away lustily
at contractors, who not only furnish poor clothing,
blankets and shoes, thus making the war pay,
(them,) but even furnish tainted meat —that's the
poison.
The Tribune whistles up a little apparent cour
ago occasionally, but its issue of the 16th contain*
a short deublo-leaded article, full of meaniiig. It
recommends the keeping of tho next Fourth of
July by all loyal men on a grand Rcale—every
man, woman and child, lo be marched past a
public collector, all to contribute money, even to
the smallest child, (five cents demanded of him,)
and all, in presence of the flag, to be sworn to alle
giance. There's freedom for you ; forced loans,
and a manifestation of the necessity of doing some
thing to keep the fires from going out.
Well Done, Eloyd.
Three of the Floyd couDty volunteer companies,
last w eek, as we learn from the Courier, immedi
ately upon learning that volunteers would be re
ceived only for the war, unanimously agreed to
tender their services. Theso were the Light
Guards, Capt. Magruder, tho Artillery, Capt.
Stovall, and tho Miller Rifles, Capt. Towers.
Capt. Cooper, of the Floyd Infantry, without
waiting to summon his company and learn their
desire, as the members were scattered throughout
the country, left on the first train to tender their
services to president Davis, feeling sure his com
pany would all agree. Other companies are form
ing in the county, and many of the citizens of
Hoyd are giving their money and their goods
liberally to help the soldier.
We learn from the Macon Telegraph, that the
Inferior Court of Bibb county last Week directed
the levy of one-fourth of last year’s State tax,
upon all property outside the city corporation, to
raise a fund for the relief of needy families of sol
diers now absent, fighting the battles of tbeir
cooniiy. When shall Richmond move in tho
same laudablo course? She has sent, and will
send, her due proportion of brave volunteers for
the common defence; many of her citizens have
already done nobly in their private capacity for
the soldier and hie family, and now we only need
the publir action of the whole county in the same
direction. Let us have a meeting to instruct the
Court, to pledge the people, and to request our
Senator and Representatives to have the Court's
action legalized by the Legislature.
A W ashington dispatch to the N. I . Tribune,
dated May 10th, says: “Onr force is rapidly reach,
ing 30,000 in this vicinity.”
We do not believe tkere are at this moment
80,000 Lincoln troops in Washington and vicinity
and not one third of these efficient. live thou
sand would desert to our side in case of an attack.
From Massachusetts, Rhode Island and New Jer
sey, and possibly from New York, there are a few
thousand pretty decent troops as to drill and dis
cipline, though not much used to fire-arms. The
District militia, it is notorious, cannot bo relied
on to stand by Lincoln. There are a few regulars
that will stand fire well. As to the Pennsylvani
ans, they are not worth one day’s rations as fight
ing men. Billy Wilson’s thieves and cut-throats
are at Staten Island, unless secretly sent South
to make a John Brown raid somewhere on the
coast. Ellsworth's Zouaves are but a type of the
majority of troops concentrated at Washington,
as to discipline, being almost totally demoralized,
insubordinate, and unreliable in a fight. It i*
not to be wondered at that Gen. Scott is so urgent
for more troops to come on. Except for the oar
ricades and other works of that character, ol
which we are not well informed, we believe that
Washington might almoat as easily be captured
May 15th as April 15tb.
Liberal Donations.— The last Thomasville
Enterprise publishes a list of the names and
amounts given for fitting out two Volunteer com
panies in Thomas county. The sum contributed
is nearly four thousand dollars. In the list ig the
name of a colored man, who gives one hundred
dollars.
The Montgomeiy Advertiser says there Is no
truth in the rumor that there are to be changes
resignations, or re-organization of the Cabinet.
All the members and the President are united
upon one policy, and thare is no diacord or divi,
Wrton upon aay important particular,