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though it is rather a bard matter for us these
tirnr *, when the new* crowds on us rapidly and
evert reader is anxious to get the latest and fall
•ti, to find room for a communication of atsch
l Another aud shorter, on the same sub
j * w ill follow this. Short communications, and
t. -- <>n clh* ‘’ rs of the most pressing present im
porter .*♦ , ar* the sort for the times.
The Cv ruor at hla v t The
i aptain at l ls Dtntant Telit.
To the P h* a id PiOpU of G zrgxa:
Tie people witter in their throats, but the press
#v her rie* - oris under a gag. The “ Morning
’ of Bartoqr’* Ddrire city, “regrets the
publics? too f th** correspondence.” Why not say
out that he wao sorry that the Governor of a
_reat .State, under the meagre pretext of vindi
eating ujs own poaitiou before the people, ahould
•ene. upon uitv opportunity of spitting hiayenom
..ik. *rg i* i peut up rage over the space
IttVlv :04'!ad by a brave and intrepid soldier,
now at l‘“ post of peril? Why is it that a free
pre 4 ** mar sot tell how it stink* in all rirtuoos
D -r war fir glorious independence we are
b- a united prirjplt. Upcu that subject ft
: .ft 1 < - >r/.isut; to be 90 in heart and axit/jnr— unless,
j'e:'iLu,i to patriotic counsels, based upon false
’u ari • of public safety, we submit too far to tib
j.4: t r no authorized assumption and exercise of
power ?n our own mid**. Submission u> aenouip
aad usurpation is the food which,sooner than
* * •-'**, fatu oa r 1 develops the dreaded of
ail monster* —DeyxAixm -In whose dyicgthroe*—
A n't ~ { :hy -an h i hafi hopes are blighted.
If on th* one hand, in tht brain of bis Excel-
lt>'7 exi*?s the Scylla of Confederate assumption
and violation of Mate rylits, ft mar be w**ll to
lock if the Charybd's otS'ate dictatorship be not
ncired, upon the oUter, by the good ship Consti- j
1! i. r ty, ii|rcn which we all sail and whose
wreck raiii *ii.
The G ’ ( A>emWy on the l*Mi Dec. last, 1
p.*. and „“aet Ibr tV* :>ui>lic defence”—by wuicn j
ll - \x edency ws iaitbori?d to accept the ser
r ‘ • uUiit-er troops to the number of uo f
>r” jd'rjg i <> t composed of two divisions—
fv .• Tlngj ••. te proridmr f'T the election by
-’ r * -n es the rcsoiprif •%
:iud t. Held oilicws of Battalions and Regi
; v * . , o turn*;onod Officers of companies,
■1: ‘ -ittm-at .f Major aud Brigadier
if v nv Ir/e Oofpmur, a-lvaee (t/td
.% .* The Uio*t approved opm*
, on , t . 4l t j, „ ;ji unticipatioD of a pro’ a
o’ c • ■ jCv that --rrgu might have to stand
• • ( -1,-. 0 ‘ ; i,y f, l( ffito K>me other rotate
rj. _ r j ’h-t opinion true or false, it is
- ,• r ‘j he .r tat •* became a member of the
; e i r.‘r, adopuu the Oonstitution and—au
lfU -oe (Governor to goon and organize &u
urn. 7in t..'* St.te, separate and independent of I
• ♦ Confed ste nrrnjrf \ota word it! But passed ‘
an orotoance March, at tlu session ol the 1
1 on-e s .;■. al rtavannaD, page 3*7 of the Couveu- !
* .1- imal “-transferring u> the Government of j
the 1 rate .States, the control of all rnilita*
rv op*Tai: #, o* m the Btato, having reference to
a , • .j j- t!>n vr *.h any other State or nower. The
ordin .n<-e, ;i examined, will b? found as positive
and )♦* {uivocal as h deed of conveyance. Is the
G'.vifti.r higher than the Convention; or was
the tt'ltioii higher ia authority than the
Gov rnorV If tfu; latter is true, that functionary
i’ ‘i tin “insubordination to his superiors in
iTi'• • 1 H* nos gdne on under tbit defunct statute,
‘• ! .r > 1 the tire tirt, has organized the fourth
Brigade, located in the mountain couoties of the
State.
Without consulting with the Senate, so far as
l: i* been mad* public, he ha* appointed Wuiiarn
k ‘ dHu*. i -n , Solicitor General of the BiueKidge
cin uit v. uwre his £xcelleticy formerly presided,
yi! rre lit to, hunelf, uni where his excellent
briber Jstft*-s now resides, and with worthy pre
♦ i.‘ !>, aspires tf> the judgeship. He has hd
jKoi.lod Mr. i'uiihp>, with no military education ;
*-o*.>rvtvm*'oijg even by his best friends, of any
<ju 1 .;’ . i'or this poat. True mau as be is,
•ti:d 1 i<r: lilc and g- iitleimuily he is said to
tr m 1 weU q- aiitied hjr a civil station as he is
* ! •*• j 1 ‘ * be—the Governor has appointed
Uiim I*
• Mil.. , t >* <n i.u, z- and the bi luade—composed
of •. ciu- .sci :z n Boltiur* as the world
<*:n ; ‘ l ive, lie called the Coiumutionrd officers
into camp wsvcral weeks a o, on the railroad ueir
Marietta, for drill a.d parade—did the camp the
honor ‘-iCttU if “ B own.’* When the cauip broke
tin, and tj|**y found tht y were to be kept m Gcor
g; and ver* no*, to ho permitted to participate
:\ t' v v glorious work of driving back tfi invader
-k oar !-order-,.many w.thdre’N and went to Vir
• m. ! have heat'd it said the Brigadier tendered
In* resignation, and the orggmz>iton was 4b.;ur to
go to r M.-, vidioonne of tbo*e pecu’iar
to fii.lii:: l j'tjj ers, emanated from the bruin A
v .i.i 1 xc-.-ilrucy f ‘l* •vis to call the euti knga^e,
0 men, ffito edrap upon half pay, out or the
Sr 11* Treasury, ibr two mouths, ..t “ Big Shanty.”
Not whom that tuhiitutloo belongs at
liu.e, a n d who is to b.* beuetitted bv tbe
- . .gw rs ‘Vi**, I iiajl tin: any wish to east
r dect* *i;on thk hotel.
4 ill ■ t :o to argiiq she wisdom of the Con
:e i'eif firuirit: .tin frt terring tri o*d officer*
to t . e Withoir training, f .) 01 fr -tn the walk* o‘
v vi i' : * *lt uid of* to {Hiipi out the
wi.'u n <■’ tu: e••.. g. .*’ nveutii*-i, a ter adopting
t‘ ‘ * 1 . t- t; ~ar-.nitiou iit.d becvUiing one
• . u. , r : -6’ ate Si tcs. rtis iaveo in iraus er
’ ■ ! !• 1 1 tiitary wpo ration s to such
■ • i 1 • ■ gunl, Bragg. Twiggs, Lee,
V\ al % i'. •„ J .* :.>tor .u.i ctliers. in prefer
e • ... :V Gt*v. rn-r’s a.-poiwu-es sucfi as Gcu.
i'n)*:• I v* 1 ’ VC‘ s•<v* to arr'u* w hat will at
* .p'l- a* 1- -ill i i..d t u .on* that tbo stalut.r uu
.m wii . . T ig: .!• b b :4. rj’rf:! is ai< coru
i. i• 1 • 1 -ill 1 i r by ttie nidmauce s the high
•*t p.-i'. r ku ( '.vo to a sovereign esn bo it, cor the
.in rop. ivty o’ *h-b ? Odu fru.u the State
irt usury • pay me 1 it. a camp frolic, when
bare .fe no autfc rty of iitw for the pruceeiiing.—
t n. iv or 1 f vrtftt iiuf>r- to berate a gallant, uffi
vi . when nil the circumstances of he case for
bad * that tucii .-iiouli get into the
p -’ sa. iu oiilcr Jia: mankind plight fear to violate
. rj. rs .1, and 11 may, ..1 the qpni’.ou of some, eigni
iy 1 i 1; f’o that nfi Kxecative is only limited by
.4 . ■ •• rfii'ii. But what, I most respectfully •*£,
- .irf for uu *adq*eudfmt n.mv iu G*x>rgiaV
I .uu told that Georgia may be invaded, aud wc
m• a *ii army to repel the assault. L>o we dis
trust *he ‘Confederate Govermijeut? not all
t* pose.’- wu.ploved to repd the iurwan of Vir
VVh; ( because she is ilssnilcd. Thus it
u v ad huii At y other State should be attacked.—
liftt how *we 10 prevent the ofdeor
:■. -r.ee t *flVwMi. *v ? Ts it by mustering at Big
oil ntj, ai tt> stndn.y our force* to present the
p.guiicn oi the border S..atesf Can Georgia
.• i. vtJed t)\ # land Not on the West, for there
.'t *.i i. \lubmfH like r holkxvnrk, not on the
Noi'th, until Te* lessee fallc—boiou the East, for
:uiMca 4i> all its glory and bc iuty, the day
<>i’ t'ur galaxy.
But tbev s: y*vln ay b*’ irvaded bv sen : Ab ?
d.'HMj the Governor organize a brigade ou the biifb
st n.tuntauie of ibe Male for a summer cam
iu tU - swamp upon tbo loaaL w’:en there
ar* iosonds < f lis ojd soldiers who are accli
i:. I ihi-rt-*aird who are well acqwa utod wil
ih bx ul.t s, te|prnuea®a aud “inlets!” It is
*i tt V* ‘ -pt. tii have his locali
: v ‘ v h v lis l. u can Mini the cl’mate. But His
Ivver’tvnee, locking to the proti*cthn oftlie coast,
c** 0 • !n( unaiu boys of Cherokee, Georgia,
liu; V. ui.u Harrow isVaunted v itb nisubordma
•ou U\ ng to i.u. Let us see if this was
tru Ih. company w -is tendered neeerding to
tfc® < -on tederut States, accept'd and or
dcr a-.,(i wua diis commander m-cbiel'—Davi?
*>r jlr ** u V W ould he not have been m.subor li
nn* to r d'isc the order to go to Virginia? But
iu**v s*rit w is before temlerrd to the Governor
.uid aoeepti l tor what ? for tbe Governor’s army
i the army? It was tendered to the
Gv eru4r—Fofce put not under his order* but
ter ifd over to Da''is, uud for Davis’ army.
But tiioy say be furnished Bartow with arine
ar.d he took them to Virgroia without the assent
aud aiiuingl the order of the Governor. Honors
are easy between the Captaiu aud the Governor
upon t.iis The Convention at Savannah,
oy the bdi. c oi uiuauce. transferred to the Confed
erate ail the arms, Ac , taken in the
’ 3. Jr.i'iiil, Tin? Governor privately took oat
of tbe Angtjsta Araena! a large lot of the best ■
ia<t refuted to turn them over; be was “in
subo*. mi<te U’ bis superiors iu office.” He set j
< *!<’ ‘> rt >.v tbe trample, and could not have !
expected vv .dnice to Disown order?. But thev
say t'n ordinance is word’ and, all the arms ‘* now h |
:u >a .1 ar.-e: aU. This is a mere dodge and a 1
;ru id, u less ho cun show that the Convention
v k i .he removal of The tuna out of the arse
nal and dui ov* intend to transfer them. The dif
'cVet.oe between the C: ptain and tl*e Governor if I
ab ui i.iis: tuc Captain acted openly aud notified .
. • u:/ru>r of h’s act.
If Cap? BtfKow’s company were armed out of
txken irmn the arscoai. thev belong to the
Cos i Government, aud hi? Excellency had
uo n: i.t to . i ibold them. If thev w ere the arms
je: ’dii.- ■ ’ tor fttofgia, theutba Confsierate Gov
>^’r. v i i*'. nty tlieMate s smns in lwi of thoae
tra ier ed u Agau., the third s#ct:ou cf the
.ruiu!.uv'‘ a. :i -rise 1 the iterator to transfer the
3'** ns *’ h- I'-'i. Vderate Government if he
tl ._ui pK'prr I is rue that raaiter rested
rt. -ti loj dserwthHi But if lie waa too mulish
to r.xvrc’se that accretion f.*r the public good,
and if the arms, and the g* iaui aud wail drill#*?
comuiand of Cwpt. Bu-tow wera actually needed
for the uubfic good ou* of Georgia, of which no
&ae miu can doobt, then he did right to carry
the arms. !• cast odium upon that brae# mao
tro.n sue*', high quarter*, to cnuDle his energies
and curb his spirits, and thereby prevent him
from *‘tf*ciua!!y using arms ?n defence of
our rights, cur home# ar and altars —i for the delate#
of cue ?’ ?h* tlefecca ot ail the StateaA it ,8
enough to are with iciigaai on, even- gene ou;
heart. IN atm G.'OtftUN.
The Gorfrnor vs. the Captain.
roxTi2tcao.)
I r>ropoa> a<* fXiuniuanon o r Governor Brown’s
v t •*• Mir i4 luti.onsiuc tbe louder and
a v e f# t>s withv/Wt the or tbe
Gu -c v uvi Un r* id th* State nabta. Ha
i iu ‘ll. *,■. * h i -d re*eda;'t bv placing
i> •r. - • u an•:* 1;* Preei !eut, which may be
*■ j* ‘ * ” f mrc Kaj.o!e#c, whose unholy
.* ilie® ‘: rv iir, him, cadcr the pioa of recea
*->*•’ •* o* t‘ upea t.e Coneutut o# and
uca and : k e *hi'#h# by the a*a of the tmiiury
power w ihotit the cousert o’* the States.”
H* ;I usu aurs a *rgt*o.*ut by eupr .'aiag
had Li id .a ‘ae p'wer to accept vx)!u*.?eer iroopa
fr ira the fieric btaiei without ihecoL c 3ut ot tbe
Eiectuive, be would .sre obtained t eulfict##t
oucher froci the border S.a?es, from the Union
diatrteta, ic
Tuanswer ti iaeupposit.Oß, let usma v e aaother.
Su: we bad s liioke or a Hous'o# for gover*
cor, in Gtorgie.or auppe-se Lioeilency was
a* Hposdd to war as he is lo certain oeo
ple .uid **• ?ahfiea it’ th# S'aiw, unu that be sficuki
r * nspend to PrNiJec; Dayis for troops io
r * nv c bark it# inrcder . and suppose fifty thons
*nad ois;wd tbe glor.ou> service wuhoui tbe
lbo Governor, tbcj| cvuld i vi be re-
Vv whhntn such a law tfii&oQ* such t law,
n A sn.sM man at the htlai,
jVj, ‘ v e4ost#a4 wvki wf.*e *#e e eiuy ride to
L‘ r ur revolatiuniie ’heir cwn
r! :ir vrcverwn.sct.
j \ f . onr tky grows
“ , \ rM W T ar of lT d’ #ewdeace. aud that
- w.. t ;; ; ‘ L "‘ AT <ue. >hou!d com# with
rwtv- -ru wm lbe ] ° ve 01 i;b *
• e’ \>e ’ * ° tr ar,^. T * ow ouid
\ *J*** Governor bv
/if VaTr” ; til W •*•*
\ u l ’ 7 <l-1 ?S r ® 01 ojft \ **eed by tfc
P'U> r. . —-e nicti wao
b! and •'* bo eouawent,) that t is *
,i£rh;b>.
Is 1 . { *, the Go.-ernmem of ah* Vui
t ctanrs always bad power to enhsi mec for ih?
4n.lv wrtui f ’•o.jMur ir enter it. io any Sute,
wit*\.u’ renavd to the c ate authority This
nev r r*-gadded hoadi#l# St#te rights. On the
otb— i, t would
indir- iii f every'man wbo desired to en
ter tb ar-ny Mjouia have first to g**t tbe eoaecnt
of the Gvw m r Bat tbey atv this act, passed
wqi-e Capt Jartoer was Chairman of the Military
<’oi.iuitv*, introduced into Coogres by Judge
Wrgfet. of Rome, whose volunteer companies ut
terly f a##d to g t hny service through the Gover
nor—is’s ae* authorizes tbe President to receive
them by cjinpaciei, till be may bold and use all
tue advantage which that suflVrauce gives him—
me cLfferencc between receiving fifty men from a
tows orasu.s*d Into * company with th*lr
elected company officers, aua receiving rfty inai
riHiitU from the Mine town and throwing them j
into company afterwards.
I tie <j.,er r .JUJJ.II to bearm mind that the
I’ree dent cannot raiae a ain e soldier, under this
art o hi* own power and will. He can only ac
cept the serrioes of companies who vobirU&r.
I Tile soldier who volunteered for the army of the
Coited States, or enlisted tor a given number of 1
years. He was received upon hie own tender,
without consulting the executive or any other
perr.on, and became liable to any duty or “service
which might anse for the army during his con
nection with it. Not so with the statute of our
Congress. It is not a general statute. The Pre
•ident is only authorised by it to accept the vo-
lunteercompauies to Serve during they/resent tear, j
The purpose is distinctly announced, and the ’
limit fitted. It is simply a plenary statute, and
proposea to raiac a milt.arv force n addition to
tnat already authorised—till lor this war and th.s j
crisis—imetided to meet such emergencies as .
might arise during its progress. All the Cover- !
nor’* dread about Napoleon's ascending thrones, ]
aud placing heela upon constitutions may be dis ■
missed. It comes with ouestionable a .-me fren. u
man whose retina! to order out waa an impe-.-iblr ,
barrier to those hi did not choose to favor, from |
participation in their country’s defence ; from a
man who arrogates the right to dictate in such n |
cries, who shall net serve; from a man who,,
without reasou, to say, by military erd-r, woo i
shall be received aa con.panics. No, hot that mere
|y—be goes to the despotic extent to say who
c/iaii not volunteer. Who clothed Gov. Brow n .
with authority to forbid a Railroad employee
from participating ia the glory of bis country a
defeoee ? It he can interdict oDe class, why not an
other *—wbv not all, and say at once the Con
federate States shall have no more troops from
Georgia unless I sav so t one.
| Whv not sav what cl as- of newpapers shahbe
limited as well as what class of soldiers shall
U e ht * ‘There is as much l*w fhr the oue as the
ot tf*ift the Governor speaks of the acceptance of j
troop.br the President, as tboogh it were in re
.i-iy „ thout the consent of the r-tate. This is
I other blunder. It is true it is without the con- |
sent of Joaeph K Brown It is without the con
sent of the Governor. But Georgia gave her con
s member ot the Confederacy througu the
Montgomerv Congress, by virtue of au-
I tbority aod'cuactfnents all our military operations
pending, except the Governor’s Georgia army,
an supported by i*w, ** I have shown.
If the Confederate Congress, where Toombs.
r o ’jb, Stephens, HiH, Memmioger, and the rest of
the great intellects of the age who were delegates
there —if, in their ignorance ot State Rights, aud
what wa* due to State authority by wr y of eti
quette —had only thought of it, to require each
sold*er on taking hi* leave for the scat of war to
make a pilgrimage to the Executive Man&iou, at
Millcdgevilie, and to have saluted Lis Excellency
with a polite Low, or to Lave kissed his big toe
kneeling.
Was it not in violation of State Ri ?ht* for Presi-
dent Oavifl to take Mr. Toombs into his Cabinet
counsel, without timt consulting Cue Governor?
Why allow him to collect the revenue in Georgia
port*? If Georgia shall be invaded, will you not 1
require the President to ask vour consent to place
an army hare for our defence? Will be not have
to consult vou aa to where Beauregard shall occu
pv, and where Phillips shall command? Or will
you not assume the right to take the command in
person? Why your separate army ? Why poi
son the minds of jour admirers against the Coa
lederate Government? Why enthuse them for
the importance and v dignity of State officials?
If we could ascribe all we see to a natural or a
wonderful acquired cAicKotiht* procliman<li t which
1 noDt perhaps have tailed to notice lolhe Gover
| nor, we might indulge him in that, for St has bith-
I erto done no barm, but has furnished abundaut
1 material for amusement. But he talks of national
! law—dictates as to the payment of debts we owe
j our enemies—invites donations, proposing to im
mortalise the woman who gives the most—orpau
-1 izes an army—insults a brave officer who goes,
; contrary to his high order, to the post of danger—
| insinuates that be left his home unprotected—de
feats the operation of an ordinance tranferriug the
! arms to the Confederate Government. What does
itallmeao’ Will the press that has circulated
his assault upon the gallant Bartow answer the
question ? Native Georgian.
Georgia Cotton Planter*’ Convention.
This body assembled in Macau last week. The
President and Y T ice President being absent, it. de
volved on Col. J. V. Joue-, secoud Vice-Preri
dsnt, to occupy the chair. We are Enable t.o give
the entire proceedings, but have made such ex
tracts T‘>m the r port an will inform our renders
ot me most important actiou the Convention.
The following regulation, offered by Chl. A. 8.
Atkinson, was prefaced by an able preamble:
Kesolvod, Thitio view oftbe.se facte, a conven
tion cf ’be planters; of the whole Confederate
States ba called at Macon, Ga., on the fourth day
of July next, and that a committee of three be ap
pointed to address the cuttou planters and urge
upon them the necessity of holding primary meet
logs in every county, and send delegates to said
Convention ; and to provide suitable speakers for
the ooc&sicu, sad that we recommend to ail the
Confederate States to bold similar Conventions.
Ou motion of Col. J. H. R. Washington :
Resolved, That in view of the national troubles
and the pressing wants ot the Confederate Mates,
*or mouej 10 conduct the war in which we ere en
gaged, for our independence, the Treasuur of tue
Cotton Planters’ Convention be authorized aua
1 instructed to loan alt the ruooey n the treasury—
! except the siffl ot oni hundred dollars 4pr inch*
deutalexpen es-to ifc'’ Confedorate States, re
ceiring the efor the 0.. ds of the govern men t,
1 bearing eight per cent, interest.
Ou moijou ot J. B. Jones :
; Kesol/e i, That, after the Bo_<:p of the Confed
v .ate S.atos arc obtained, t .u ano T e .surer, is iu
! strutted iu the previod* . eiuluu .1 that 1. sum
• of one thousand dollar.-, 1 tl; 1 ontV-1’ B -uds,
i be paid to l>r. Joseph Jo?.e, C.ieunßt of the cotr
ton PiauterV Convention—uot as an act, of com
peLSstioo as x of * ur apprccia
! t*on of ii.valu. bb services rendered in Lift
S meat ot scienc- t<> cotton ]l-ifjters of the Bouth.
| On motion cl Gel. J. V. Jones
, V'htre.ts, it is ascertained by experience tnat
the Jay of the annua! meeting of the Jooveutiou
* as now fixed is ifoouveoiefit; and whereas, u
chauge ib desirable, therefor*—
■ Resolved, T’ at tae Ccnstitutioa be uo altered
! a* to fix the day of our annual meeting on the
’ second Tuesday of November in each year, in
stead of the gecond Tuesday in Judo, as hereto
fore.
Resolution by J. V. Jones
I Resolved, 1 bat the report of the committee re
i commending a Convention of the cottou plau
| ters of Georgia at au early day, be published by
j ail the papers of the Slate favorable to our eu
j terpme.
I On motion of J. V. Jones:
I Resolved, That the Secretary prepare and have
I printed three hundred subscription lists for rm m
i Lei ship; that he furnish each member of the Con
vention wi I one or more copies of Mie snide, that
each member be requested to obtain as many
I members as practicable in his neigh 0 rUot>d, aud
j said lists be transferred to tue Secretary, wm,
after transferring and enrolling the names as
1 regular member? of the Convention, rhall*tile said
} la ht e fiice, aid that the Treasurer beau
-1 thorized to pay the suni of $25 for the printing of
said lists.
He. elation by Col. J. D. Watkins—
Resolved, That while the Cotton Planters’ Con
vention do not oUun the right to recall the ap
1 propr ution to deiray the expeuaes of Hou. How
ell Cobb V) Europe as ou- Commissioner, yet the
raging of a most ndeutlesa civil war, aud the ue* j
ccsßit) 01 bushnodiug our resources are our rca- 1
sons for requesting the gentleman to defer his !
departure on hi? mission until peace is restored.
Tfiv Committee on the President’s “Annual 1
Communication” made the following report, which I
was read and confirmed:
The Committee to whom was referred tbe Presi- i
dent’s annual communication regret tbit they
have not more time to bestow on the various ,
topics embraced therein.
We fully concur with our respected President
iu most of the views and suggestions he has made
for the advancement of the great interests of cot- j
ton planters, but the change of ciicumstauccs ‘
which has lat#ly passed over the condition of our
country renders it inexpedient in our judgment
that we shonld at present attempt to carry them
all out.
I We agree with the President aud the Executive
; Committee that the times are unfavorable to the
1 bolding of the Annual Fairs provided for by the
1 Convention iu March, and we recommend that the
Executive Committee decline to take measures for
the holding of said Fairs this year.
We think the present condition of tbe country
j i? unfavorable to tbe appointment of a committee
! as recommended by the President, to superintend
tne shipment of “produce to the Belgian Ameri
I can Company next fall.” It is ascertained that
j the Confederate govenuient already contemplates
au arrangement by which the whole or nearly all
of the growing crop of cotton w ill pass into the
control of the government, and in that eveut the
government wml give such direction to our com
mercial arrangements hs may be found most ex
pedient. If :t sbouid fail, it .5 not probable that
a committee would be able to control shipments
of produce until peace shali bo restored.
We fully with the President aitree that it is the
imperative duty of all our citizens to contribute
liberally foi the. support of our newly formed i;ov
eminent. But that m all the measures which may l
be instituted for the purpose of raising revenue ‘
“the Only fair rule is ;o let every man contribute
a:.or Lug to hia ability.” The cotton plante r and j
Ih’ ’*T\.trr, constituting the agricultual interest
ot tne Mate, not more than the bolder of large
possessions in real estate, the wealthy capitalist |
the stoex-jobber, the money leader, tne mechan
ic. and indeed all profescions and ci&saAa, ought •
to be reqaired to coatribute pro rata aeeordiog to j
their means, and behave that uo class will hesi- 1
late to sQbmit to any reasonable exaction that
mav be made by *he government.
We think it inadvisable at this time *c enter in- i
to a dlacuaaion of tbe question of a Cos ton Plan-
I ters* Bank. Oar impression is that ;t wouLd be
inexpedient to pres>= :hat matter during the pre
f# trouble*, it at all.
• Believing that so long as we continue to make
, them will always be a currency at zaari
.14*} iate to its pQrcha.se, ;t becomes a matter o’
sand! ouosequenc* whether we increase the bank
ing faculties ot toe Mate or not.
In view of ihe great uawoaal roubles in which
we are involved, aid U*e ct usequei t obstructions
in the trade and mie c ‘urs- between this country
ana turwpe, wr -pecMully suggest to the j#
voUon a• o* c Prt siiici Hon Howell *f !
Uucrton. th-.i it oiigh*. b* for him to decline j
g u;g t • Europe & Commissioner from this Cou
veuti* n, until such time as tha Convention may
I think favorable tv the object* r : * wi <2 in j
, u .t C'*ma:i*sicu, and that .. i r rbc be *
more patriotic to include t ie jre thousand di-Uara
! Toteo to pay hisexpeuses ta* loan to the Cots- ;
1 ieaerale Gormmeat this dwy pr. ndc4 for.
Gratified a.-, we ad are with tue aacceae of
our - took forward vub picture]
to the tia e vhea shall agum be permitted to I
reenmeoar fcfj.'M to develops the rt.- urcee &r>r. 1
; promote the agr.culrura! lr’erests o: v"cr ot£K. I
All of which is reepecrtuiiv submitted.
J. H. R. VV^ mrGTOSi !
t-iJir*!. B. HrMti,
A. 6. Atkinson.
On motion of V. Jooo*—
TBt the Secretary be and i s fc ere b, f
aoinoriied and to have :'o* l r ■
of tbe tooeen'Too puhiiehed in the Macon IVi*.
pr-yb and Soil of tbe Soutu. lb the recneM that
ail papers fhcodie tbe Convention and :t"s obiectf
copy said proceeding.
On motion fbt Ccnveotion adjeuroed t . . ,
J. V. Jones, Chairman.
Je s se ]}. Harr s, Secretary pro ,m.
Previous to adjournment the following officer;
: were elected for the ensuing year :
President, Col. Heetu Cobb, of Honston;
[ Vice Piesideot, J. V. J ones, id Vi re Presiden’.
I Col. A S. Uiiuson ; Treasurer. Jvtc T. <i
HO.l, Secreurv. c l . H. J £ -t.-uirh.
S*D AiTtoENT.—As tbe tram on the P-osic •!*
A Georgia Baßroad was passing east cn Monday
tight last, when over the treat)e about two aid s
half mile; this side of Lake Cuv, I.rsci. J.sepb
Law, of tbe ‘ U-milton Hlues .e.i from the tram
and through tbe Trestle, the distance of sc.me thir
tT five or forty feet. One of tis com:-des seeing
hi* fUTWpur*d the fact immediately, and the
Conductor stopped the train and returned to the
toaoe as soon as possible. When found he was
alive but never spoke He was takeu to ‘.be Bug
urge Car. where tire Surgeon, (.is fdtn Js and ever
ybody on board rendered every possible assis
tance tor hi? relief, but by the t.me the train
re*cned Lake City he bad expired. The “Blues”
tad taken tbe train at Houston, to join ih the ?er
riee at Femandina. It is supposed tbe accident
• happened io the act of Law's parsing from ooe
car to another. It occured about It) o clock.
TaUohamm AVvi ;s;A.
Vm> Pat.tu._rbs M.l'a o f Messrs. Oaks k
’?wall, Ltneolnto#, N. C., are taming oii the ’
various kiobe of wruing paper—“Comm-rcial
Note. “Cap” and “Ttat Cap,’’—- uled
and unroled, blue aud white. W-have a specimen
of their “Cap, which is very good.
SaUeburjf Watchman, 1
Nltr Postage Art.
The following lcr has been enacted by th# Con
gress of the Confederate States of America ;
LETTER POSTAGE.
“An Act to prescribe the Rates of Postage in the
Confederate States of America ani for other
purposes.
“Tne Congress of the Confederate States o’
America do enact. That from and alter such peri
od as the Post may by proci&ma
tion announce, ther** shall be ch rged the follow
ing rates of postage, to wit : For every &mg! |
sealed letter, aua for every letter in manuscript
or paper 0! aov kind, upon which information
shall be asked ter or communicated in anting or
by marks or eigus, conveyed iu the mail f*>r any
distance between places within the Confederate
ritales of America, not exceeding five buudreo
miles, five cent*; and for any distance exceeding ,
i five hundred miles, double that rate ; and ever)
’ letter or parcel not exceeding baJf an ounce in
I weight shall be deefted a single letter, and ever)
j additional weight ol half an ounce, or adduoiu!
’ weiwbt of less than LaU as ounce, shall be charg
j ed w ith additional single postage ; and at’ packi
; ,7 ts containing other than printed-or written —and
’ money jncA C'-s are included in true eiaes—ekail 6-
I r£td hy uti-jht at lettXrt art rated, an 4 s'"a<*
I chained the rates of postage on letters ; ana all
i Jrop letters, or letters pUceJ in aur postetnee not
T f or traustßission bat tor tK-Uvery ouly, shall he
j wirfa both poetag, at the rateoi two etuis
each ; and .a ail tue forego, 04 cases the postage,
j mu* be pre paid by stamps ; and in all the letters
1 which sba.i berealier be advertised as remaining
over or uncalled for in any postoifiee shall be
i charged wtih ttvo cents each in tnidition to the
| regular postage, both to be accounted for as other
■ passage of this Confederacy.’*
FOSTiOKcS SKtVgPAfCSS, PAKPBtEIS, AND liTHKH
riIIVTUI) lIATTEtt, I.VCLCMINt; 1100 Kt.
“And be it funber enacted, That all the news- I
papers publisbi and within the Confederate States, I
not exceeding three ounces in weight, and sent j
from the oihee of publication to aetuaj and bona]
jUt subscribers withiu ’the Confederate States, ‘
shall be charged with portage as follows, via : The
postage ou the regular numbers of a newspaper
published weekly, shall be ten cents per quarter;
papers published sitnl'-weekly, double that amount;
papers published thrice a week, treble that
I amount: papers published six times a week, six
times that amonut, aud papers published daily,
1 seven times that amount. Aud on newspapers
! weighing more than three ounces, there shall be
! ctbaraed on each additional ounce iu addition to
| the foregoing rales on those published once a
; week, live cents per ouuce, or fraction of an ounce,
i per quarter; ou those published twice a week, tea
, cents per ounce per quarter; ou those published
three times a week fifteen ceti':- per ounce per
quarter; on those published six times a week,
thirty cents per ounce per q.ngper; and on those
published daily, thirty-five cents per ouuce per
quarter.
“And periodicals published ofteuer than bi
monthly shall be charged as newspapers.
“ And other periodicals, ?s nt f rmil t i ie o <sse of
publication to actual and bona fiJe subscribers, !
-hail lie charged with postnge as foil >ws, viz \
The postage ou the regular numbers of a periodi- ;
cal, published within the Confederate .States, not I
exceeding one and a half ounces in weight, and i
published monthly, shall be two and a half cents i
per quarter; and for every additional ouuce. or
fraction of an ounce, two aud abalfceuts addi
tional , if published setmmonthly, double that
amount. And periodicals published quarterly or
bi-monthly, shall be cnurg.d two cents an ouuce;
and regular subscribers to newspapers aud peri
doicals shall be required to pay oue quarter’s pos
tage thereon in advance, at the office of delivery,
unless paid at the office where published.
“ Aud there shall be charged upon every other
newspaper, and e-jh circulat not sealed, band
! bill, engraving, pamphlet, periodical aud muga
! zine, which shall be unconnected with nny manu
j script or writteu matter, ar.d not exceeding three
I ounces in weight, and published within the Con
i federate States, two cents ; and for each additioD-
I si ounce, or fractiou of an ounce, two cents addi
i tionai; aud iu all cases the postage shall be pre
paid by stamps or otherwise, as the Postmaster
i Geueral shall direct. r
“And books, bound or unbound, not weighing
over four pounds, shall be deemed mailable mat
ter, and .-hail be charted n -ith postage, to be pre
paid bv stamps or otherwise, as the Postmaster
General shall direct, at two cents au ouuce for any
distance.
“ And upon all newspapers, periodicals and
books, as aforesaid, published beyond the limits
of the Confederate States, there shall he ebur..-ed
postage at double the ‘oregoing specified rates.
“ The publishers of i uwspapers or periodicals
within the Confederate States may send and re
ceive to aud from each other, from tbetr respective
offic -rot publication, oue copy of each publics
ticu free o: postage.
“All ue...-.papers, unsealed circulate,^‘or other
unsealed printed transient matter, placed iu any
pos. office, nut for transmission but for delivery
only ..bail La charged postage at the rate of one
cect eacn.”
• Chro ■ ■ . ■ • i
FUtnt Potatoes.
M it. Editor —I have several days thought of
writing a little about home protection. MUih fr
said about planting more corn—the time fa ab /n*
past for planting corn with cert am tv o’ a cr- p
Peas tiriilrd someone bit? suggested th*t ugh th ■
press- wt add yield abundantly, if wheat fields at ■.
the only land pen P,r ‘lta purpose This ifir ir
more likely to profit than corn planted tow.—
There is a crop, from tbe simple fact of it being
cultivated on a small scale, that has been over
looked in the t.rfanfion ep'rit that has taken hold
of nur people. It CHit be doubled with perfect,
ease, and w'“ pay inore than any other that Can
he planted a. this season—it to the potato crop.—
Potat. slips can he set uu ii the Atb ot July with
fair prospect of a crop. Almost Cvery farther can
fl.ul it ■ his pow er to doubte the size of his patch
withs i. s from Ins own bed hy the ..ist of this
tmmtl’l. Tiie lust Oultiiutor shows hmv tbe slips
may, with ’fiitle trouole, he planted a .and made to
live in dry weather. Tiie son, sandy land tj be
found in MiddleG* o ra.; to say nothing of mere
-'outheru parts, would yield -u immense cro„.—
The Southern Georgians say they, raise them
w ithout using u bun, or turning a* vine. Let us
hear a word from loeut on this subject iu time for
tiie cultivation of the double crj/i to Jliddie Geor
gia. \ prize essay, read before one fit the North
*rn Agvu'ultqral Societies, a few years since by
Mr. Thonia:., shows that ]>otatdr;, nt ;;t to taruips,
yield more than .1 ything else put ou the same ex
tent of soil. YVbeu they art mad a how useful, how
acc-iptnblfc! 1
They are good for hogs, good for cows, goad
for sl.cep. good! ‘.e-mukt s;arch, good to make
beer, good to roast, to bake, to fry, to make pud
dings, custards, sliced pies-in short, they are
•Radway’s Ready Relief to every family. Mariou
ate potatoes aud conquered his loss. If uecessitv
demands it, just give cur boys potatoes, and they
will all be Marions. I'iiimus.
The Coast. Dlfk? cks —the rie.w?.Ry the lasl.
mails ouly con fir mu ’be iut logcucj; by previous
arrivals, ’that we are in d.'-. r rof a war
i with England, ami perhaps France. The present,
i imlicatioufi and premoaitioos will probably cul
j ruinate in the s’ern reality iu October next, when
4 he cotton crop so ill have been ready for expor
tation, aud when the stock now hand will have
been completely exhausted. A quarrel will thou
be created for which active preparation is now
being made in Europe. What pro orations are
being made by u- ? None. We are absolutely
unprepared, at and the whole coast is jut in the
condition m which Washington was on the 15th
ol April, wheu Mr. Lincoln issued his proclama
tion. At that time four or five thousand men
could have seized the national capital. Now,
thanks to the uprising of the North, it is perfectly
safe.
What ought now to be done to render the whole
country equally secure against foreign invasion?
Our strong forts, most of which are almost with
out a man, ought, to be put on a war footing, and
one hundred thousand men, of a Home Guard,
ought to be raised for the purpose udJ drilled at
the heavy guns, without taking them, however,
from their business. Those works that are weak
or out. of repair ought to be strengthened and new
fortifications ought to be built. Earthworks ought
to be raised at every important point, making
each a Sebastopol.
With these preparations w e would be placed in
such a position as not only to conquer a peace j
from the rebellious South, but to set at defiance j
both England and France, should they attempt an j
invasion of our coast or set a hostile foot upon I
our soil.— y. Uerafd , June Ith.
The Blockading Squadron.—The steam frigate
Minnesota, Commodore Stringham, haying re
turned to this bar on Wednesday last from a trip
j to Tybee, the Commander of the fleet seut in bis
tender near to the bar on Friday, with a signal
flying to iudicute that he was ready to have au
interview with the British Consul in reference to
the British bark Edward.
Consul Bunch accordingly went dowu on Friday
aftemoOu in the steamer Aid, aud was informed
that the Edward had proceeded to New York.
Tins vessel was from Liverpool bound to Savan
nah, and while trying to got into port, she got
ashore ou the Gaston Bank, became partially dis
abled, and having had a long passage was short ot
provisions and water. She was fallen iu with off
St. Helena, by Captain Couneau, of the schooner
Howell Cobb, who procured the service ot a
sti?aa)er to tow her into port. While the steamer
was alongside the bark, the brig Perry, ot the
b‘ .ck.'ding fleet, hove in ?*ght and ordered her off.
The captain of the bark being on the steamer,
came 10 ibis port to consult the Consul and so
procure aid fur bis vessel. While attending to
this matter, the Edward was got under way and
proceeuea to Tybee, where she remained several
days. Her captain not knowing where she was,
aca tbe mate hanng been ordered off tnree times
bv the flee:, finally consented to take the vessel to
New York, and has sailed r r>r that non.
While on board the MirucbO’.a M". Bunch was
informed tuai the crow of ti epri*niter Savannah
f with one exception who b*a been sent to New
York\ wer* 00 board taut vessel&ad were treated
kiudiy, but shat tht*y would Lave t-o go to New
York to trial.
It may be a’so men’ioned that the brig IK lie
J*• kson, o! and for Sav-unc-b irom Ma*a z was
token as a prise oy the Mmoeaot i off’ a
crew pi iced on bo .rd, and the re***>i . ert ’to
V-w YYnc M • j-riraod, a pa*eDtm b*. t
H&Uie Ja ks- n, r-ft he: * b*n sie c ptured
and vent ou b. ui tbe *i.d {r. m e
---reached t* lacny in ast ain t. ri v c ra! kad. •* * fi.
passt-ngtrs. wcli io Nt-w York .u u. orig
(’w.’-r n Ccjrier.
Ocrretponoenci qf r*e AVw York 7hm*c .
Washington. Jub#4, lfi6l.—You any expect
to see among \ou soon the Stuff ct ams: ot tbe
N*eu Yrk rrgicneats The W*rPepa tment have
jus’ ’utormed Col. Butterfield tnat Dene of his
MtJ, thv ai sroa ?c aud acc-pitd oy the
DeDartri.en:. will oe paid or accepted.
These men iett heme ana busioees at great cost
:c theciselve*—navr been h-ra at their own *x
peuse—nave done ao immeune amonrt of work—
a aow all to be turned out loose. Col. Buuer
u*?ld ha wr.tten a manly ana resoiu e letter to
tbe Department on tbo subject. Gen. 3aodford
is doing what h can, ana an answer is expected
to-day. If act made a part 0? the army, the Staff’
will all come home at 0 ce.
It is one mouth to-day -.nee the men were sworn
iu. Todlay they expected tidir pay, but on *l
pjea::ou to the proper sources, cur men are told
That do mccey wili be paid ts?! CrngressLmakes
as appropriation. Poor fellows, they are in a
bad fix. They cannot get money eueugn to pay
for % e'.amp, and some have ibe:r clotbes in pawn
at the wasnwmnan’s. Our aicr and are iu
a sad plight and know cot what to do.
or Cloth for Solutess* Overcoats.
—Twenty thousaud tunics, rendered waterproof
and yet porous, were served out to the French
aruiT daring the Ute w r wiih Russia. They
were prepared after the !.*.iow:o* ree pe :
Take n ihs. iqz of alum and dissolve it in 10
gallons o f watt:; ii like manner vftss- he the ?Ame
V 4 .Auf.Ly o? sugar of : ead i! a aim* ir qaaLrity of
water, and mix the two together They form a
precipitate of the ?a’.pha?e of lead. The citar
liquor :e now w.iSdxa* n. and the CiOtb
dried :u the shade, washed is c:car water, and
dried agiiio.
Thispreparatieaeaables tbe c.Ah to repel water !
leatbera on a hick’s bank, and yet alleys i
the perspiration ?o pass somewhat freely trough ]
it, w h:ch 4* uut the case with gutta pvreha or India
ruober cloth. ‘ f
Manassas JrxcntiN.—The Richmond Examiner,
from information whicii it has received, regards
the lollowing facts as fixed :
Ist. That Scott will certainly advance uex:
week a force ol from 10,Ow to 2o f ot*o men on our
lines.
ted. That tbe said Scott is quite sure of success
in bis plans, and does not Les'.iate to say to all
who will hear nitn, ib&s be has the secesoicniats
iu a trap.
3d. That oar soldier? have gained in Genera!
Beauregard a commander m wnom they have at
least real confidence.
Crops, MIC.
lUetrade from our Corrttpondenoe]
Cotton Bloom.—Mr. Wx. Logos, of Laurence
v.lle, Henry Cos., Ala., fends us a cotton bloom
the firs; we have seen this season, which bloomed
about the Cth instant.
The Rome .Sottihtmr says the wheat crop in
the l.’h.rokee country is now safe, and estimates
•ua; there will be a surplus, over and above th
cousumpiion of ibat ooctry.of 3,000,\XH) busheli,
b vend tbe Chattahoochee River.
Extract of a business letter from Dawson, Ot., !
June 12th : j
“Crops are very good in this countv —tbe best
wheat and oats crop ever made here, and the I
uroppecr very good for corn if the seasons hold 1
but We are suffering for rain at this time—if j
has-been thrte weeks since we had arv. Gardens
are very much injured Our little cou'ntv is doing
well for the war—oue company is gone, and
enotlier will be ready in a few’ days. We will
have au abundance of fruit this year.”
Uatnesville, Troupe County, Ga., June 12.
Crops are tine in this section of country. We are
suffering a little for rain. About La Grange and
bell W they have bad plenty of rain. Wheat and
oats are tbe best I ever saw. I never saw cotton
grew us fast as it does now. Corn is the best I
ever saw, with the exception of Western corn. I
saw a field of corn yesterday from knee to half
thigh high, in full tassel and silking. There was
j but a little of that kind planted, aud these who
j JIJ P !ant if *tre planting again in the middle fur
| row, to as to give it a “showing.”
A company of volunteers left here for Richmond
this morning.
Sparta, June Crops here are good. Wheat
very good. visiting different part* of the
couDiy withiu the last few days. None materially
suffering for want of rain.
Muxtqrd, Talladega County, Ala., June 7.—The
crops in this county are very good. Wheat is now
cut, and promises a fine yield. Com promising.
Spring oat* ripening and heavy.
Greenville, Georgia, June 11.—Good crops of
wbvat in tMs county—the best iu three years—-
aud a much larger amount sowed. Fall oats very
good ; spring oats cut oft w'th a three weeks*
drought. Coru small, but looks very well. Cot
ton small but looking very well. The crops never
were iu a better condition. They have been well
worked, but we are needing rain. For the last
three days raiu has beeu passing about.
B: rkl County, June 12.—1 would say that tbe
crops of com and cotton are looking well. Have
had fiue seasons lately, and with contlnuauce of
rain tbo yield will be sufficient for all purposes.
There has beeu rnoro coru planted than usual—
many having ploughed up cotton and planted
coru.
Greenwood, Fla., June 11.—Crops of both corn
and cotton, are quite promising and while I write
there is a gentle shower falling, that seems to dis
pel all appreheusious of Lincoln’s starving policy
from this section. Already our small grain has
beeu harvested, which was very fine, and in the
course of two weeks our fields everywhere will be
full of roasting ears. The “resistance spirit” cir
culates iu every vein of our people, all are willing
to shoulder anus iu detence of their rights and
liberties. MJttb bountiful provisions and tbe
large cotton crops just ahead to make England
auu France optu the Lincoln blockades, we liave
nothing to fear.
Shady Dale. Jasper Cos., June 11.—Our crop
of wheat is very good, ‘bough somethiuk it will
not turu out quits as well as the number of shocks
seem to indicate, ou account of mould. Cotiou
looks well, also corn, but small on uplands ; but
where the laud is good the corn looks tine aud
generally iu good condition ; more corn planted
than usual, aud more attention given to iittlo but*
toms about branches.
Monrol, Walton Co.,Ga., Juue Li.—Crept; lock
well iu thus county. Wheat is extra. Com is
small. Cuttou is small, but looks well. We Lari
a hue rain lasi Friday aad Saturday.
f oldior*’ Aid Society.
Cul.erton, Hancock Cos., Ga., June If
Me. Editor. —The following is for your col
umus, if your judgment approve©
A bociuty of Ladies was luliy organised at this
place tj-da> under the folljwiug constitution
Wo, the undersigue , do. hereby adopt and
agree to obey the idilowing cuustiiutioo, and the
by iav/6 tnat may La enacted in accordance with
it* provisions.
Article 1. This *,o’ iety shall be known by the
uaniv of the Cuivertuu Ladies’ Hold’ora* Aid Soci
ety. Its object snail be to furnish gratuitously
such cl ‘ihuig as g.u society may dveia prope to
the soluiers of Hancock county, ;g ordn thu? our
soldin-s may be properly provided for with is lit
tie Co©: to trie otatu a* pu>s:bie, aud ia order that
the world may know that we are deermined£to do
our part towa:aandsa f tiio euj-pojrt of our government,
and the defence of our rights.
Art clo j. Any lauy nuv become a member of
tkisaociety bv the constitution. All mem
bers iua) participate in the discussion of any
question thui may arise before the society, nave
the pfivilcg. to vote and be eligible to office.
Article w. Hu officers of the i.ociely suall be a
Fro-: ri ot, a Vice President, a Secretary, a Treas
urer and au Executive I’oimiritiee. All of which
officers ch*tll be elected by a. majority of the mem
bers present, once every three months, from and
after vhe Friday before the first Sabbath iu June,
IrG- *
1 Article L Stated meetings cf the society shall
be htld ut the Acad*my iy Culver ton ou Friday
1 before the first aud third Sabbath of each rnoutu
at o o’clock, T. M.
Article •>. This constitution may be altered or
amended by a vote ot two thirds of the members
present.
BY-LAWS.
Sec. 1. A majority of tbe society shall constitute
a quorum to do business.
See It shall be ibe duty of the President to
preside over the deliberations of the societv and
iu her absence tbe Vice President shall fill the
place.
riec. . It shall he the duty of the Secretary to
record the proceedings of each meeting and take
charge of all papei&and books belonging to the
society.
Sec. -i. It shall he the duty of the Treasurer to
take cbaige of idl money belonging to the society
and pay ii yit nt the ord r of th> society.
Sec. 5 L id alt be ?he‘duty of the Executive
Comoiitt.ee to make exertions to obtain donations
10 the society, aua wheu required, to make a writ
ten report ot tLe affairs und condition of the
society.
Sec. 6. Vacancies iu any office shall be tilled by
ellection immediately after the official announce
ment if the same.
Sec. 7. Special meetings may be called at any
time by tbe President.
Thirty nine names were signed to tbe conatitu
tutiou. Au election was held, which resulted as
follows :
President— Mrs. G. W. Bass.
Vice President—Mrs. John Evans.
Secretary—Mis. E N. Brown.
Treasurer- Mrs. H. L Middlebrooks.
Executive Committee—Mrs. \V. H.
M. W. Culver, Mrs. Joseph Parker, Mrs. M. E.
Rachels, Mrs. M. S. Medlock, Mrs. A. J. Lane,
Mrs. H. C. Culver, Mrs. S. Bass, Miss B. Bass aud
Miss N*. Brantly.
A cash collection was taken up as follows:
Mi-5. F. Culvert SSOO [ Mr*.L. T. Christian....s .1 00
Mrs. N. Brown aOO Mrs. b. T. Uurrl? 2 On
l'.’ bi • liass 6uo I Mrs. J. L. birdsong.. . 5 i'o
;'|2’ J{ # L- Gutver 10 00 ; Mrs. Irwin Weller. 1 M
a! 8,5 S’ ?• v V a iV ue /- 6 00 j Mias N. brantly ioj
M;-s. M S. Mwdhjck.... ouo | Mb? vi. Middlebrooks.. 100
Mrs. .T L Culver 6 Ou , Mrs. J.- Dunn 60
JJ r . W. H. brant .y.... AOO ; Mrs \i. noweU fl -0
Jlif Lf* Jr“ :nir 200 I M rs. M. E. Robe*?.... 600
Mrs.JonnEv n 10 • , Miss *•. F. Mae„u lid
Mrs. J. E Auhooy.... 1 oo j M M C. O. Baas I 00
S r? * r l ’* ll ! 0 5 I do i Misti A. C Ba©s 100
Mrs. E. A.Ud. 1 Ou j Mr*. A. E. ba*a 1 Ou
’ i.i ti j Mrs. J K ifiddlebrouks h (n)
M™. .V.Kaohc j 6 ■ 0 | Mrs. M. E. Kacbels.... S 00
Mrs. M. L. V u 4fo Mrs V,. JParker 100
a”- fc Aa2 u< Mr. A K. Latimer.?... 500
V. w ’.r- Mnkwy... 400 I Mrs. navfcl l>Wkvm.... 20 o<j
•w/• V’ ,r - - Mr.-. T. H. Utouer.... 500
Miw M E Culver Sin Mu .. K. Uuim-r 500
2r- ? s K , “ 5 W Mr. ii. W. C-Ovrr 500
vlf- ti *1 80c .5 Kr. tt. VarlL 300
Mtss M, J .hßsou ... 50 | Air. W. WlMlStts. 100
Mrs T. Atexar uer 5 0
-*, ■’•'*) Toll] 2 00
Mist 3i !<atKifurii 2 oo |
(Mien, prtstut sid tboy would give, but were
Out prepared at rhe time, aud others aaid they
a ouid ioruiab clotoor lostead of mouey.
T s o or three other Societies nf tbe saute sort
have Oeeti organised ia tb coautv I.ad,e s of
UiiiCuek are at work, aud they will do to bet ou
iu tuucs like these.
The crops of the couutrv were never ber.er at
thisseaiou. W'e shall tuake a plentv to eat arid
cottoa enough to interest England.” Ooe of our
neighbors has made over two thousand bosbels of
” heat. aud I heard another say yesterday that ha
had cleaned up eight hundred aud tjftv bushels
aud expected tc aaos-r.be a large amount ufit for
Confederate bonus By the by, about two thou
sand bales of cotton were subscribed to these
bonds ytst.-rda,7 in Sparta, and it is thought that
ut auiuuut wilt be raised to f-ur or five thousand.
7 a.k about “ subjugating,” “ -carving oat “
‘“ ; t id* - out U ’:' v . ws ‘••> Black Republican
seif-eufficieucy I We have yet to read me history
of a people alii or ••*oaree, an., uniud as tbo
(lie oi liiese CAinieducate Mates ire. v/bo were
subjugated. g
The Baiipt crßeTßiu-Tb. Charleston Cims
rter cas ihe following special dispatch:
. ! ! 3M Nt, Jure 18—The latest repo.ta from
tSeibe 1 II dicato the .daii-to ba a nctorv
and route U* the Linolnites After the battle “a
hag ot truce wa -nt to Col. Magruder, for tie
purpose of bui-j :og the dead s--d exchacginif
•.Lers. Col. jfagmder said they migh: do the
first, but d.cliDeJ tbe nut proposition
, ‘he officer bearing tbe flag of truce exui th-ir
■OSS in Killed and woauced was a [, j, believed
that over <n>j were absent from roil cali the* neat
morning
Two of their officers, best dee one General, ir6
supposed to uave neen killed.
, iflirteenpriaoners were takes, and Lave been
wrought to Richmond.
lauH Poiatoes—iiow io Keep i ssu (ur _
respondeat of the Charleston 00-x Her gives the
following wav to keep Irish Potatoes, as tested by
sev'.-;i3 years experience :
Wren fully ripe, dig them before sun-ice
have them spread ;n a barn, as much separated as
pe jr bm Every few days at ntcrruis cuil them
over and pic* out tbe bruised and cut ones that
may hat e escaped notice when being put n D and
I will venture o say they can ne kept from one
crop to tbe nest. It is u-oe that they will not
look a; plump and full as o ur recent brother
Yankees, Oat somewhat shrivelled, still they will
be aa good for the table as you can defiire, and
all the better tor be:n* Qoae raised. My object
m reco-nmetidaujE to dig before sunri?* is'that the
potato beici moist wlcu Utieu out of the ground
and etpoica r o tbe neat of the sua, toe porea of
toe ®kio *re closed aid dried op, and retain the
moisture wa.ca rots -bem, out being moved du
m:, tbw cool of the day into the born evaporation
takes place graouaiiy Always gather the crop in ;
dry weather.
iMKE-.T Taxes xnu Autiacirr.—Tbesa are the
means reco- .in-u jcd bv-.- e Ne w YoA Express
to end the war successfully. It savs ■
As the war is lobe pr, seemed, let it be done
with gigantic and Titanic lorce Cengreax, extra
session, ougnt, forthwith, not only to levy a high
duty upon coflee, but to increase the doty on
sugar. Direct taxes ninst come, and the Quicker
the better for tbe credit ot tbe country. “Loans”
will not carry on tbe war, and direct taxes are
inevitable. The Beeretary of tbe Treasury, Mr.
Chase, ought oow to be preparing his programme
of (arm tax, poll lax. carnage tax, watch tax. kc.
Audacity alone can end this war, before Great
Britain dare strike. Indeed, we need something
more, and that is, tbe creation of a revolution in
England, by our abolition orators here. now. The
“ Beechers’’ and the “ Phillipses” and ‘"tbeatroDg
rn'uded women” are are all needed in England—
on the stump, as now they are of n uae hvre 1
y Trl.grtpt, , 0 ftr tt.rn P.p.r.-
Specml Di.p&tch to th, >’, Y. Tribune.
WismsoTON, Monday, June 10.— About three
° clock this morning over s thousand District
\ oluateers, accompanied bv Griffin’s West Point
Battery, sixty or seventy O S CavalrT from Tex
as, aod Tapt Owen’s squadron of District Caral j
ry, marched through Georgetown towaruJPoint ot ;
Rocks. More District Volunteers and the New- ;
Hampshire end Sew York ?th Regiments hare fol
lowed. Col. Stone has command.
Tbe Rhode Island Regiment have followed their
battery to tbe Relay House where they will fejm
a portion of Gen. Patterson’s command. He will,
if we are correctly informed meet Col Stone al
seme point oetweea Georgetown and Point of
Rucks, and the combined forces will, in conjunc- j
- tion with Gen. Patterson’s column and perhaps j
Gen. McClellau’s, also effctuallr surround Har
j per s Ferry.
The Is; Pennsylvania Artillery, hitherto en-
I camped at Kalorama, marched’ this morning,
probable joining Col. Stone’s column,
i We hare good reason to believe that Col.
; Stoue’s column took boats or. tbe Chesapeake
j and Ohio Canal, above Georgetown, aud are pro
ceedmg to a point about thirty miles beyond, not
i tar from Leesburg, and some twenty miles from
Point of Rocks. They took twelve days’ rations.
According to trustworthy intelligence trom
Harper’s Ferry, the Rebels are retreating.
Twelve hundred wagons have been seized f ro[ n
tbe farmers in the vicinity of Winchester, and
are engaged in transporting the troops by de
tachments to Sirasburg, whence they are to go
by rail to Manassas Junction. They bad receiv
ed early intelligence of the movement from
Washington, and were meeting it in their usual
manner. I', is doubtful whether our columns will
combine in season to make a large capture.
According to this information the rebels have
giveu up all hopes of effective aid from Maryland,
and mean to make a stand at, aud, pelhaps an at
tack from Manassas Junction, which is, accord
ing to reports received by Government, stroug.y
fortified. The cannon are in a semicircle, in the
centre of which is tbe railroad station, so that
troops rnoviug aloug the track would he shattered
from two sides.
Ou the other hand, we learn from the same per
son through whom we received the account ot the
Rebels’ plans, published in Sunday’s Tribune,
and bo has just returned from a secoud visit be
yond the Chain Bridge, that there are certainly
SOO or 400 Rebel soldiers on tbe Virginia side
near the Falls, in the vicinity of two large flat
boats, of which they would seem to have cusrge.
The news of the advances from here this morn
ing had already crossed the Potomac, and was fly
ing to Manassas Junction and Richmond. The
fores was magnified to 10,000. aud so far from dis
couraging, reassured the rebels in the feasibility
of their plan. Indeed, they began to talk of out
flankiug the Washington hues, aud capturing the
city directly, thus robbed of its defenders, w ithout
going around bv Baltimore, sure that that place
would rise in a moment if the capital were takeu.
It is believed by my informant, that if all things
proper, the advauce upo* us will be made hy
Thursday at fartherest, at which time.it is thought
our troops that have marched will be occupied
with the Harper’s Ferry force.
We have further confirmation of the disaffec
tion at Harper’s Ferry. Three companies retuse
to drill under any flag but the stars aud stripes.
Thev are probably the Kentuckians, who hold the
Maryland Heights and who, if previous state
tneuTs may he believed, will probably turn their
guns against the rebels, of whom they are nomi
nally allies.
[Special DifjKtlch to the Philadelphia Press.]
Washington, Juue 10. —Three battuliocs of the
District of Columbia volunteers passed through
Georgetown to-day, and about the same time two
Connecticut, oue New Hampshire, and the ninth
New York regiments broke camp at the Seventh
Street Park and proceeded by the Rock Creek
road. The two forces were to unite at Tenally
towu, three miles above Georgetown. Their des
tination is supposed to be Edward’s Ferry, on the
Potomac. This -joint is about thirty miles from
Georgetown, equidistant from Harper’s Ferry and
Washington.
Another battalion of District volunteers formed
in the First ward this morning at 10 o’clock,
among them a full company of sappers and mi
ners, with all the tools pertaining to their service,
and portable bridges. This last battalion com*
prises portions of the command who were unable
to join the forward movement made early this
morning, the destination of which is supposed to
be Leesburg.
Capt. Owen’s cavalry proceeded with the Dis*
trict troops, aud about forty of the Second Texau
| cavalry went in the same direction. In addition
| to the catnp equip lge and entrenching tools, they
| were provisioned for twelve days. A large traiu
■ of wagoua crossed into Virgiuia at the Govern
i meut ferry, Georgetown, throughout the day, in
| aicatiug. it is supposed, that oue or more regi
’ meuts on that side have received orders to inarch
: One of the Ohio regiments it is expected, wilt so or
take up its hue of march to fed ow Col. M ae*s
j column.
Postmaster General Blair, it is said, will require
; persons receiving letters from the Ooufecerato
States to pay the postage, notwithstanding r .ey
1 bear prepaid stamps, which are regarded as
ing beeii stolen by the seceded States froir ‘be
j Government of the L'nited States, and therrf; re,
uru not entitled to credit, no equivalent Luvmfc’
! beou received for them.
! Washington, June 10.— A lady of undoubted
’ veracity, who was within full view of the batte
ries at Acquia l reek when attacked by the utaam
er Freeborn, comuiUbicates to her relatives iu
i Washington that fifteen were killed to her certain
; knowledge, and sb< bad no doubt that as many as
fifty were killed, besides a large number wounded
£>he says that every pains were takeu to concea’
the fuot, even from the friends of tbe victims, and
that as fast as any casually occurred th* sufferers
were removed to tbe woods for concealment. She
says toe batten©.- contained 4opersons, including
the troops. The studied concealment of the rebels
in regard to thfcir lost* in the second and third at
tacks at Aquia Creek, made more than a week
ago, taken in connection with tbe quick circula
fion of the news of beir ©scape from loss in the
fi;-6t attack, affords a ©iron presumption that the
casualties iu tbe two lu?-t engagements were
serious.
Prom the Louisville Courier.
Proclamation of Guviruor Jacksou, of
arl--.50,000 Xiro-oys OulK<l Out.
St. Luitif, Juno 18.—Tbe following I’rociama
tion from Gov Jacksou, is received to day.
JtrrcßSON Citt, Juue I*2.
To the j :opie of Missouri ;
A buries of uuprovoked aud unparalleled out
rages Lave been inflicted upou tbe peace and dig
nity ot this Commonwealth, aud upon the rights
aud liberties of its people, by wicked and unprin
cipled men, professing to act under the autboriiy
of ibe United States Government.
The solemn enactments of your Legislature have
been nullified, your volunteer soldiers have been
taken prisoners, your commerce with your sister
States has been suspended, your trade with rour
owu fellow-citizens has been aud is being subjec
ted to the barrassiug coutrol of au armed soldiery,
peaceful citizens have been imprisoned without
warraut , v i law, uuotfeudiug and defenseless men,
womeu and children have been ruthlessly shot
down end murdered, and other unbearable indig
nities have beeu heaped upon your State aud
youroe.ves.
To all thc*?e outrages aud indignities you have
submitted with patriotic forbearance, which has
oulv encouraged tbe perpetrators of these gi ievous
wrongs to attempt still bolder and more daring
usurpations. It has been my earnest endeavor
under all these embarrassing circumstances to
maiutaiu the peace of tbe State, and to avert, if
possible from our borders the desolating effects of
civil war. With that object iu view, I authorized
Major General Price several weeks ago to arrange
with Gen. Harney, commauding the Federal forces
in this State, terms of agreement, by which the
peace of the State might be preserved. They came,
on the 21st of May, to au understanding, which
was made public.
Tbe State authorities have faithfully labored to
carry cut the terms of that agreement. The Fed
eral Government on the other hand not only man- j
ifested its stroug disapprobation of it, by he i
instant dismissal of the distinguished officer who, ,
ou its part, eutered mto it, but ii at ouce begau, j
aud has unremittingly carried out, a syste i of j
hostile operations, iu utter contempt of that I
agreement and in reckless disregard ot its owu i
plighted faith.
These acts have latterly portended revolution ;
aud civil war so unmistakably that I resolved to 1
make one more effort to avert these dangers from
vou. 1 therefore solicited an interview with !
brigadier General Lvou, commanding the Federal
army in Missouri. It was granted, aud ou the
lOtb lust., waiviug all questions of personal offi
cial dignity, I went to M. Louis, accompanied by
Major-General Price. We bad au interview ou
tbe lltb inst., witn General Lyon and F. P. Blair,
Jr,, at which I submitted to them this proposi
tion :
That I would disbaud the State Guard and
break up its organization ; tbat I would disarm
all companies which have been armed by the
State ; that I would pledge myself not to attempt
to orgauize tbe miiitia uuder the Militia Bill; tbat
no arms or munitions of war sbouid be brought
iuto the State ; that I would protect all citizens
equally iu all their rights, regardless of their po
litical opinion ; tbat I would suppress all insur
rectionary movements wtthiu the State; tbat I
would repel all attempts to mvade it from what
ever quarter aud by whomsoever made, aud tbat
I would thus maintain strict neutrality in Ibe
present unhappy contest, and preserve the pei-.ee
of the State; and I further proclaimed that I
w.mid, if necessary, invoke the assistance of tile
United Slates troops to carry out these pledges.
All this I proposed to do upon tbe condition mat
the Federal Government would undertake to dis
arm the Home Guards, which it has Illegally or
ganized aid armed throughout tbe State, end
pledge itself not to • ccupy with its troops any li.
caiitfes in the Mate occupied by them at this tune
N'.tthicg but the most earnest desire to avert m-,
horrors ot civil war from uur State could have
; tempted me to propose ‘ heee bumdiatiug term*
They were rejected by tbe Federal officer-.
They demanded not ouly the oisorganizetioi cf
‘ the State militia and the nullificetiou of tne n ,h
i tary bill, but they refused to disarm their i.v-u
i home guards, aud insisted tbat tbe Federal Gov
. trument tuoaid cijoy unrestricted right to move
and station ‘be true ps the St tie wbe:i
ever and wherever they might, ia tbe opiuion of
I its officer*, oe ueceaeary, either lor the protection
’ ol ,oyal ciuz-cs ot tbe Federal G vernmeut r for
tne repvilmg ot invasion i and tuey plainly au
jounced taut it was t e iuteotion ot the Adminis
tration to taka military occupation, under these
1 pretexts, of tbs whole State, aud reduce it, as
avowed by General Lyuo himself, to the exact con
dition ot Maryland The acceptance by me of
these degrading terms would pot only bave sullied
the honor of Miescun, but would have aroused
the indignation ot every brave oiiizen, and pre
cipitated the vary conflict which it has been my
aim to prevent. We refused to accede ‘ > them,
and the conference was broken op.
Fellow-citizens, ad our efforts towards concilia
tion have failed. We can hope for nothing from
tne juatioa aud moderation of tho agents of the
Federal Government in this Btale. They are en
ergetically hastening the evacution of tneir bloody
and revo utionary scbvmtafor tbe inauguration
of a civil war in your midst; for tbe military oc
cupation of your estate by armed bauds of lawless
invaders, for the overthrow of your estate Vvoverc
coent. and for the subversion of thoae liberties
which that Government has always sought to pro
tect, and they intend to exert tbeir whole power
to suoji.gate you, if possible, to the military des
potism which has usurped the powers u. the
Federal Government.
Now, thereioie, I, C. F. Jackton, Governor of
tbe .State of Missouri, do, in view of the fore
going facts, and by virtue of the powers vested
in me by the Constitution aud laws of tbe Com
tnonweafth, issue this my proclamation calling
tbe military of the State to tbe number of 50,0X1
into active service tor repelling said invasion and
for tbe protection of the lives, liberty, and pro
perty of the citizens of this sute, and I earnestly
exhort all good citizens of Missouri to rally uuder
the flag of their Sute for the protection of their
endangered homes aud firesides, and for the de
fense of their most sacred rights aud dearest
liberties.
Iu issuing this proclamation I hold it to be mv
soiemu duty to remind you that Missouri is still
one ~f the L’nited atites, that tbe Executive De
partment of tbe State government does not arro
gate to itself tbe power to disturb that relation;
that power has been wisely vested in the conven
tion, which will at tbe proper time express ycur
sovereign will, nd that meanwhile it i. your du
ty to obey all Constitutional requirements of tbe
Federal Government ; but it is equally my duly
to advise you that your first allegiaoce is dne to
your own State, and tbat you are uuder no obliga
tions whatever to obey tbe unconstitutional edicts
of the military despotism wbicb baa enthroned
itself at Washington, nor to submit to tbe infa
mous and degrading sway of its wicked minions
in this State. >’o brave and true bearted .Mis
sourian will obey tbe one or submit to tbe other.
Kise, then, and drive out, ignominiousiy, the in
vaders who have dared to desecrate the soil which
your labors have made fruitful, and which is con
secrated by your homes.
(bigned,"; Cuaibojine F. Jackson.
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|>poillllEl< 111 M.
Hon. A. H. Steuhens, announces that bo will
address tbe people of tbe Eighth Congressional
D striot ou tbe subject of the proposed Govern
ment loan, to be made in cotton aud other pro
ductions, at tbe places, and ou the days following,
to wit:
Crawfordville, Saturday, June Id.
Warrectoa, Wednesday, June IK.
LesingiotV Monday,June 21
Elbertoo, Wednesday, June C-f
Lincolntoo, Sacuiday, June i."’
AppliDg, Monday, July, 1.
Waynesboro’, Tnuraday, July 4
Louisville, Satu.day, July ?
Sylvauia, Mouoay, “July ?.
Augusta, Thursday, July 11.
The -duress at Warreoton on the 19lb ijot., is
Intended for Glasscock as well as Warren. Tbe
people o both counties aro requested to attend
that meeting.
Tbcbsday, the Day of Fasting aud Prayer, was
quite generally observed as such, in inis city, and
as tar as we can learn, towns adjacent. Places of
business were closed, the churches were tilled
with attentive listeners, and an air of solemnity
pervaded all classes.
Tbe Central City Blues and Jones Couniy Volun
teers attended St. John’s Church iu a body iu
the morning.
Fa*Ku„e of Troops.
Large ui uibei.s of troop.-, are daily hastening
forward to as.i-t in driving bacu . ,e invaders of
Southern .-jit. .-uiiday and thouday toe railroad
trains were crow d-d ith more vulu'V ers, who
| like those who have preceded ‘li.i-i, are fitted for
wort, and will be heard from with honor here
aftei .-
The following companion arrived here yester
day (Sunday) morning, aud left on the evening
traiu :
Irvin Guards, Capt. G. G. Norman, from Wilkes
county.
Calhoun Rifles, Capt. Wsi. L. Fcblow, from
Gordon couuty.
LaFayette Volunteers, Capt. G. 0. Gordon,
from LaFayette county.
The following companies passed through Au
gusta Monday morning :
Ilillyer Kifles, Capt. Gto. Uillyku.
Toombs Guards, Capt. L. C. Belt, from Bullock
county.
A detachment of the West Point Guards.
Tiikee Companies left here for the teat of war
this morning—the Jones Voiuuteers and Central
City Blues, who were encamped here, and the
Jeff Davis Rangers.
Gen. Henninosen, a bo figured so conspicuous
ly with Gen. Walkeii at Nicaragua, we aro iu
formed is a private iu the “Hillyer Rifles,” a’hich
passed through here this morning. He will bon
orubly distinguish himself, iu whatever position
be may be placed.
The Victory at Bethel Church.
The latest and most minute aud reliable ac
counts of the battle at Bethel Church, (in York
county, Vo., about half-way between Hampton
aud Yorktown,) show a most decided and splendid
’ victory, gained by the North Carolina and Vir
j ginia troops, under command of the gallant and
daring Col. J. Bankhead Magsudek. The enemy
outnumbered us (four to one—the statement of a
prisoner being that they had 4,500 troops, againbt
our eleven or twelve hundred —but we had the
advantage in position, and more in the character
and courage of men. The hoe Louisiana Regi
ment from Yorktown, said to be one of the best
! regiments in Virginia, came down to the assist
ance of their Carolina and Virginia brothers, but
too lata to see the fun. Better luck to them next
time. The battle at Bethel will do to count one
against the surprises at Alexandria, Fairfax C. H.,
and l'hillippi.
Full details of the battle will be found on our 1
fourth page.
lion. Howell Cobb passed through our city I
last week cn his way to Richmond. Hon. I
Thos. R. K. Cobb is making up a Legion in Geor- j
gia, to he called Tom Cobb’s Legion, composed :
of iufantry, cavalry and artillery, aud to be offi
cered by late U. S. Army officers.
Suspension op the Republic. —We inadvertently
omitted to mention the recent suspension of the
Republic of this city. The list has been transferred
to the Constitutionalist, which latter paper will
be furnished subscribers to the Republic for the
time of tbeir subscription. The retiring Proprie
tor nnj the Editor have our best wishes for tbeir
happiness and jirospenp^^^^^^^
Speech-Making in the Cahf.—Tue tedium of
cwtnp life was very Bensibly relieved Thursday
evening, by an extempore gathering of the Cen
tral City Blues and Jones Cos. Volunteers, wl h
v>me of our citizens, to listen to speeches from
toe officers and others upon the rec-nt si rriug
new- from Virginia. The greatest good feeling
wj,3 manifest, and the ioteliigenco of the gionoue
victories oar volunteers have already achieved
at various points in the Old Dominion, received
with the loudest ksud of cheering. The mealing
was kept up till a late hour.
The Dans Uuselteeu-, Capt. X C. Cost, went
into camp on the Parade Ground yesterday.
We are indent’ and to the aeccuimiditing officers
of the Southern Expre-s for New York papers of
the Uth.
Drahatio Readings —Mr. Harvey Bawiree
will give one of bis Dratnai.c Readings a* Concert
Hal! next Tao red ay evening, coma, ucing at Sys
o’clock. As this is the la*t opportunity our citi
zens will have, a. luiri for the present, of bearing
this really excellent opectes of er*.<r,a.nuent, the
present opportunity should act be loci. Give
Mr. Bawteee a bumper at parting.
Fill up the Ranks I —A we stated a few days
siDce, Lieut. E. B Thompson, of the Independent
Blues, is now in this city for the puiposeof ad
ding a few more recruits to the company. The
: “Blues” are at present stationed near Richmond.
They will undoubtedly be awarded an honorable
| position when tbeir services are needed. It ap
pears to us that the opportunity to win enviable
j distinction on the battle held, in the ranks of the
| “ Blues” should not be lost. Capt. Richards is a
* thorough and efficient officer, with a Cdo set of
subordinate officers and privates under his com-
I in and.
Lieut. Thompson will be happy to receive re
! cruits for a few days at the bookstore of luos.
Kicbabos & Non.
A number of recruits passed through our city
yesterday evening, for tbe Madison Home Guards
and the Gilmer Bluer ot Lexington hurrying on
to join their companies where th re is promise of
battle.
Reports were current yesterday and this morn
ing. of an engagement at Newport News, with
heavy loss to the Federal troops Dispatches from
Richmond state there was no foundation for the
rumor.
James Campbrll, who was on the floating bat- j
terv at Charleston, during tbe bombardment of
Fort Sumter, and who did effective service at that
time, was accidentally drowned at Norfolk on the
Uth instant.
Tbe War New*.
Tbe late telegraphic news, if oonflruied, we j
fear will rather dampen the ardor of our people.
The keeping of our troops in check in Virginia by
our military men, while doubtless a military ne
cessity, or else a deep game to overwhelm the en
emy, has not been calculated to inspire our vol
unteers, or enthuse tlatrn with the spirit of i .lo
ry. Our leaders, however, know better what
should be done, than we or the soldiers possibly
can know, and tbe confidence Os the pecple is not
shaken iu the slightest, though they may feol a
little disappointed that our volunteers have not j
been led on, rather than back. It Harper’s Ferrv ,
has been evacuated, it must have been for the
reason that there were not enough men there to j
hold it against the largo numbers advaticiug
against it from three directions, or tor the purpose i
of falling back ou Winchester, there to hold in 1
check the advancing regiments from the Wesi *or
else to concentrate nearly all the available foroes
at Manassas in order to attack Alexandria aud
, Washington from ouly ono side. Harper’s Ferry
i was an important point for us to bold, it would
j seem, if Washinjlon is to be attacked and Mary-
I laud releived, and its evacuation possibly an evil
j to us, while its possession may be of little advan
1 tage to the Federalists, except as to the morale
! of it.
The possession of Harper’s Ferry by the Fed
eralists only gives them an uuobstrumed commu
nication irom New York through Baltimore,
Maryland aud Virginia, to Parkersburg, Wheel
log and the whole West. The entire common!-
cation from East to West was unobstructed with
out that, but not over Southern Territory, and a
descent might he made on Virginia from any di
rection just as well without hoidiDg the Ferry as
with it. But it seems to us to be a serious loss for
the South to give it up, provided there be. any de
sign of successfully attacking Washington and
raising the oppressor’s hand from prostrate Mary
land. However, it may still b possible for our
troops to do as much towards capturing Washing
ton aud relieving Maryland, by concentrating an
overwhelming force a’ Mauassas. We hope this
may be the reason of tbe evacuation, but still we
are not without misgivings that it was caused by
the waut of sufficient men aud uiuuitious in Vir
ginia. If this be so, the Government can have
any number of men from the South, if there be
arms for them.
The retreat of our forces to tbe interior is cer
tainly no more a relief of Virginia from invasion,
than it is an act of aggressive war. Virginia’s
soil is occupied by hostile troops now, on toe
peninsula between York aud James rivers, in tbe
West, at Alexandria and around the grave of
Washington, and at Harper's Ferry. And still
we have neither attempted to march into the
enemy’s country, nor have we even driven the
invader from our soil, llow loDg shall these
things be ? We devoutly trust that this evacua
tion aud retreat is but the crouch of the tiger be
fore his deadly spring. If we are not to invade
1 the enomy'a soil, in God’s name is it not at leaEt
| time that we were driving him from oars, or bury
| ing him iu it ‘l
From Missouri the news is decidedly warlike.
Gov. Jackson has taken bis stand at last, and
taken the one we are all proud to see him take.
Things are evidently coming to a head there, and
we make look for bloody work. Missouri is de
termined to bo free, aud she h .s the men to make
good in the field what her leaders determine in
the Cabinet. The State was willing to remaiu at
peace iu the old Cuion for a time, but the usurp
ers—despots—of tbe North choose to make her
select whether she will submit to their domination
or strike for self-government. She has made her
election, aud she intends to maintain it. The
ng-eement between Price aud Haruey, to disband
the State Guards in consideration of the with
drawal of Hie F deral troops, lias been broken by
LtiiN and the Lincoln Administration, who are de
termined to force Missouri to terms, aud so her
noble and chivalric Governor calls upon tbe loyal
S’ ate volunteers, to the number of fifty tbousaud,
to a'm for the prolcctioo of the State against this
: foul Federal aggressiou. All.honor to him -our
; warmest sympathies arc with him ann his ’root’s,
and ere long we hope to chronicle the fact that the
Fedcralisto ton be*r allies, Fua-a Clair’s *bo
lilicui-t- -end Dutch, have neon drr.'eu from the
‘ state
NO Itloro f- pc t-c* *f aUln a
- published a few day? tinea the short and
curt remarks of Geu. Lee iu Virginia, w hen called
upon tor a speech. Wc like them highly—uoth
iug we have scou lately has pleased us half bo
much. We hope that ibis is the beginning of a
new era, a glorious era. when every mau, woman
aud child.can rest securely and safely, and have
no dread, either day or night, of a speech-maker
before their eyes. The fact is’, this indiscriminate
spcecn-makiug, at all times, iu all places, ou all
subjects, by all sorts of people, is oue of the most
unmitigated uuisauces of tbe age. We hopo that
we have secu the last of it, and that the press and
the people will set *beir hearts and faces and ears
against it.
What au enormous mass cf trash, to be sure
our jicoplc have been accustomed to for years
past, dealt ou’ lo them by epoeeh-pcddlers', at
cross roads, at court-Louscs, every where that
two or three could bo gathered together, by Can
didates, and expectant caaebdates of all sorts,
from constable up to President. The people par
baps are nearly as much to blame as tbe speakers,
for in some places they Beam to have almost an
incurable propensity to pump a speech from ev#ry
passer-by who is kuow-u to have made a speech in
his life. The press bv all means should frown
down this speech-mama, for the fewer speakers,
the more readers—aud us stump slang-whanging
goes out of fashiou, the press will rise to the dig
nity and iDfluenoe which should beloug to it. We
do not, of C9ur.sc, mean to say that any or all of
our newspapers afford a better means of infor
mation to the mass of our people than the speeches
of our distinguished men, nor that they exercise
such au influence. But there is more to be hoped
for from the press, aud as tbo readers of news
papers increase the public will require, and will
get, a bigber standard of newspaper excellence.
The tendency of the press is upward, but the
tendency of public speaking is decidedly down
ward, aud demoralizing to public taste and pub
lic morals.
I And the people ought to reflect, too, what a bur
den this speech-making business imposes upon
our really able meu. Usage bag required, in many
cases that candidates for tbe Legislature should
take the stump, and in every caso this has beeu
required of Congressional aspirants. Even Guber
natorial aud Presidential candidates have conde
scended to tbe humiliating task. A tongue.v, aud
’ impudent, and aspiring man, with more brass in
I his face and b-llou> in his lungs, than brains in his
• head, must needs take the stump for the applause
of the crowd, and thus be has been enabled to
| forco his superiors to follow in his footsteps. Let
all this have an end now, at least for a few years,
during the infancy and purity of our young Re
public, and let us seek tbe best men for office, uow ]
that we have no party issues to divide us. Let us
put all oftco-seekers aud all stump-speaking caudi \
dates under the ban ot pbutic indignation, and I
determine that no man shall have office who |
seeks it, and that none shall refuse office when j
elected, if it be poasible to accept without great j
personal loss or inconvenience. If we could only
bring ‘he public mind up to this point we should
feel that we bad done our couotry incalculable
good ; that we bad injured it againat incapacity*
unfaithfulness, and malfeasance in office. Will
not our brethren of tbe press give this matter an
airing in tbeir papers, between this time and our
fall elections ?
Wo bdve just finished reading tbe great speech
of Vice President Stephens, delivered at Wash
ington last .Saturday, for which we are indebted
to tbe Southern Confederacy, one of whose editors,
Mr. J. Hknlt Smith, has reported it quite fully.
It is truly a great speech, worthy of Mr. Stephens,
worthy of the cause and worthy of tbe people of
old Wilkes, to whom it was addressed. When
will Mr. Stephens address his many friends and
admirers here in Augusta? They have had tbs
the pleasure of bearing bim only twice, ve be
lieve, tu two years.
A dispatch was received in this city a few days
- since,for a gentiemau in a neighboring countyjrom
a member of the Cabinet, sayiug lUat tue Gov
eminent would accept all volunteers woo offer
’ tuctr eervicae direct to the Prcidcct, provided
tuy ire armed, even with common shot gnus
and rifles, bu; they are do- to leave the Slave web
; State amu against tLj GovcTi-cr’s orders. The
President reocgr-iitb let r’.gkt oi ttie Governor
to control the arms whicn ueloug to the State—
-1 but he will rece.vo soldiers under Wrioht’s bill,
if armed, without regard to beiog offered through,
the Governor.
Colonel op the Fire Brigade.—At a meeting
of the officers of the different sections of the Au
gusts Fire Companies, held on the evening ot tbe
loth iust., for tat purpose of ascertaining tbe re
sult of au election lately held at the different en
gine houses, Mr, J. B. Preston was declared to
have been duly elected Colonel of tbe Military
Brigade of the Augusta Fire Companies.
Georgia Home Insurance Company —The at
tention of our readers is called to the advertise
ment of this Southern lnsuiai.ee Company, in
another column. The organization is established
upon a permanent basis, aud with tn abundant
capital, tbe fulfilment of all contracts is guaran
teed. A life department is located at Savannah
and applications for policies of insurance upon
tbe lives of persons in good health, are in order.
Do not neglect to get your lives insured.
Tbe Lincolnites are tow broaching the idea of
capturing the Southern slaves, not to free them,
but to sell them to Northern task-masters, for tbe
purpose of paying the expenses of the war. With
all their hypocritical cant they never were the
friends cf the black man—but simply the enemies
of hit master. Aud there is not a negro in all
thin land that would not fight to the death if
necessary, before he wouid be torn from tbe mas-
ter and mistress of bis affection, of those whom
be has raised from childhood, and who now take
care of bim in his old age, or of these who have
guarded and protected him from infancy, and be
sold into the bands of these infernal Yankee mas
ters. The stares know very well wbat sort of
masters Yankees generally are—tbe penurious,
grinding, driving, heartless hopocriles.
From New Orleans.—A dispatch totbe Char
leston Mercury dated New Orleans, June 10, says:
There is DO ground for tbe exciting rumors which
are said to prevail elsewhere concerning the state
of affairs at Pass-a l’Outre. The mouth of the
Mississippi is blockaded by the Brooklyn, and
Mobile Bay by the Powhatan, ]
, Tt *- Oopa,
e uuM that much that mav now be bald of
the growing cropa of ccru Ht and , 8 merc
speculation, as these-sou is not yet far enough
advanced to make any reliable estimate eveu lbe
I corn, still less of the e .ton crop. Last vear at
I “roe, as weal! recoiled, tbo accounts Irom
all sections concurred that the f, )r both i
’ ooru an d cotton Was never better. And that was
true—finer looking crops were ucver seen, in
this section certainly, up to the 20th June, aud
yet tVese fine prospects were sadly blasted by Hie j
distressing drouth and the great heat ot July ana .
August. Within a mouth the fate of the corn
crop will be decided in this latitude, aud it may
be dectdtd disastrously iu much less time. As to !
cotton a decision can not be made for some
months, unless a severe drouth compels the
opinion of a short crop soother.
We are fearful that an incorrect opinion mav |
get abroad as to the prbbable crop, especially cot- I
ton, ana therefore we think a word or two as to j
the probable production, will be a word or two in I
season. As to the small grain creps—we mean
wheat and oats, for rye and bailey are very little |
growu with us—these are now so far advauced as :
to be considered out of danger, except tbe weath- !
er be very uufavoruble for harvesting aud bous- 1
ing. South of Tennessee the wbcut has been I
nearly all cut, and in Tennessee, North Carolina j
and Virginia, the harvest is begun. Tbero is uo ‘
sort of doubt that a larger breadth of wheat was i
sown last fall in the South than ever before, that |
the crop came forward earlier thau usual, aud i
that, as a general thing, the product is very good ‘
iu quantity and quality, wherever harvested, j
We hear of some smut, but believe it is not gene
rsl. Tuero will be a largo surplus in tbo Suuth ‘
certainly, almost every State, except perhaps’
Florida and Mississippi, makiug euuugh for itself. ‘
Georgia has doubtless produced enough for two 1
years’ consumption, perhaps even more—five
millions of bushels being ample for bread and
seed. Tbe oats too may be considered safe, and
there is a large crop, a great deal of latid haviug
been sown, and tbe growth has beeu good from
seeding time—while a much larger proportion
than usual was sown in the fall, for the reason
that spring oats lor some years past have rusted
badly, aud for tbe adaitioual reason that the bad
crops last year compelled farmers to that course
’which promised food for the farm stock at tho
earliest period this summer.
““As to corn, the best Information we can got is that
the prospect is not good, except in one or two |
particulars. There has been a much larger plant
ing of corn than ever before, perhaps a full third,
and more attention has generally been given to
good preparation of the laud, aud good culture
But tbo corn is small for tbe season, and in niauy
places Western corn has been planted, which does
not promise well. But though coru is small it is a
fair stand, aud is greeu and vigorous. In some
localities there has been a lack of rain for two or
three weeks, but notsufficient to do damage. With
propitious showers for the next thirty days tbe
crop will be out of danger in this latitude, aud in
a shorter time further South. Altogether, the
prospect for food is good, perhaps very good.
Less interest seems to be taken in tbe growing
cotton than usual, and still it is quite iuiportaut
that we make at least a full, if not a large crop.—
Food is of the first importance, of course, but nev
er perhaps was a cotton crop a greater detiJera
turn thau now. Itisalmosubeonly means Whereby
we shall be able to raise money euuugh to carry on
to the best advantage our war of independence. Not
only is a good eottou crop vital to us, but it is of
great moment to tjie civilized world. Great Brit
ain, our chief customer, will need at least 2,000,U00
bales of our cotton, and iL’ia desirous sbe should be
assured of our ability to produce, even this year
what sbe needs. Her weekly consumption of
American cotton is 43,000 bales, aud if, m addi
tion to the stock of four or five hundred thousand
bales sbe will have ou baud next September, sbe
bus reasonable assuruucu that we cau deliver her,
ai the icharter of our uavorit, two uiilliouss of
balet, for the year ending September, ISOS, she
will doubtless be urepared lu see that n finds its
way to Liverpool.
Can we not readily do this betidts supplyag
otic Ittna dimand, and the ( ootiuent? We think
■ ‘here >a Very little doubt c: it- The cotton :s yet
’ rmall, has been kapt back somewhat by the wet,
i cool spring, aud tlia.-o is lest than a full crup
I planted. Lot there are fnv crops which stand
| hardships and rough treatment better than cot
I tou, aud a very unpromising prospect in the
i spring aud early su unier is frequently tbo sure
i harbinger of a bountiful baivest. W :tb average
reasons the product will not fa 1 ! uuder 8,0lK),0l>U
bales, and may go to 8.500,00(1. The smaller mop
planted, we think, is more apparent than real. It j
is smaller than last year uo doubt, aud much
smaller than it would have been with peace and
the stimulus of good prices. But our labor powtr
increases every year, and this ineroased amount of
labor is devoted uuw to coru—uot a great deal
really abstracted fiosi tbe cotton cultivation. We
believe i.bat uot a great deal less land aud labor
are devoted to Cuttou thm yeartbau last, certainly 1
uot so much less as to causo ur.y uneasiness about
our ability tu supply auy probable demand. We
make no account ui the Uuited kilatcs consump
tion oi some three quarters of a million, because
the United Stutcs, if the war continues, will have
little need for cotton, as they can neither pay for
it uor sell it when manufactured, nor cau they
buy our cotton during tbe war. Notwithstanding
this estimated ialliug-off in tbe demand, ? may
count on fair prices, as tbe British, Continental,
and home demand will rcadify swallow up tbe
probable crop of three mid a quarter millions.—
Englaud need have no fear of short supply, uor
woof good prices, if the blockade is raised.
Tbe following Resolutions were unanimously
passed by the Central City Bines while encamped
at thcl’arade Ground in this city, previous to
leaving for Richmond:
Resolved, That this Corps acknowledge with
gr at satisfaction and pride, the marked kindness
aud liberality shown us by the citizens of Augusta
during our stay iu their midst.
Resolved, That we especially appreciate the
forethought of those kind ladies who have done
us the honor to lend us the uid of their presence
and bewitching smiles, and who have contributed
so niocb to tbe comfort ot tbe inner man.
Resolved, That tbe hospitality and patriotism
of Augusta, which caonot be surpassed, will ever
be fresh iu our memories and pleasing to our
hearts.
J. G. Rodgers, Capt. comd’g,
Wm. H. Paine, Secretary.
Augusta, June 14th, 1381.
Card of Thanks;
• We take unfeigned pleasure in returning thanks
to the patriotic ladies and gentlemen of Augusta,
in behalf of the Committee—Mrs. F. Bloogktt,
Sr., aud Mrs. J. G. Com?.—who are engaged in
soliciting contributions for tbe purpose of fur
nisbiogthe “ Blodget Voluuteers” with clolbiug—
for subscriptions amounting to fire hundred dol
lars for that object. The response to their appeal
was most liberally prompt and hearty. For such
generosity and patriotism, tbe donors will please
accept this public acknowledgment. The Com
mittee speak in enthusiastic terms of the willing
ness of our citizens to aid their preUewortby
scheme.
To the Committee also, who aohieved success
by their uutiring energy and perseverance, great
praise is due ; and tbe brave “ Voluuteers,” wbo
are the recipients of tbeir benefactions, will hold
them, and those who have contributed with them,
in grateful and affectionate remembrance.
Fracas Up Town. —.v wmskey encounter took
place on the river bauk near the old upper bridge
tn this city yesterday afternoon, between au old
man named Jones, 70 years of age, and a person
called Lythmore. In the course of tbe combat,
the wife of Jones administered some severe blows
to tbe bead of her worse half, of so serious a na
lure that it was thought last night tbe mau would
die. Mrs. Jones aud Lythmore have been ar
rested.
Ingenious Lock.— Mr. Theo. T. White, of this
city, hes shown us a very complicated bauk leek, -
which we should think would he invaluable for
depositories of treasure aud other places. A re- ‘
ward of five hundred dollars is offered w any one !
wbo will pick it Mr. White owns an interest tu
tbs manufacturs of these locks, aod can supply I
them of various sizes.
i New Edition op Uarose's Tactics. —The pub
j Ushers, J W. Tompkins A Cos., Louisville, Ry ,
have sent us a copy of their new editiou of 44 Has
| DMA X’actios,” it. two convenient s-zed volumes
’ Ofihe importance a-- ! useful, ires ofthis work at
; the p.eseu! jiinciaie, tli-re cm. he no question,
i The syeteui ot tsoties by Lieut. Col Ha ante) has
! been approved and in use in the l S>. War i)t
----1 par.moot fur several yuars. aud it is also exten
sively used iu the Southern Confederacy. The
present edition contains diagrams and drawings
which taaienslly aid th# learner in acquiring a
knowledge of Rifle tad Light lufantry tactics—
the first volume contains ” (schools of the Soldier
aud Company ; Instruction for Skirmishers the
second volume the ’• School of the Battalion.” We ]
presume the hook cau very soon be obtained ft i
all our book stores.
Several of our weekly exchanges lu the interior
of Georgia have, within a few days, succumbed to
i the pressure of tbe times. Atnoug them the Pu
j lathi Times, the Carrollton Advocate, the Planter t
i Weekly and tbe Thornton Herald. Tbeee are, in
deed, severe times on the newspapers, and they
| should bo generously sustained.
The Washingtou correspondent of the New X ork
Times says that in repairing the Monticello, which
attacked Sewell’s Point some days ago, fifteen
shots were found in her bull aud bulwarks.
Tbe other day a British ship carne into Mobile
harbor under tbe Confederate flag. While pas
sing Fori Morgan tbe band of the Fort played
•• Cod save tbe Queen,” aud tbe Briton’s crew
bALIg ‘
Mr. N. W. Stone passed through Augusta thurs
day evening with eleven recruits for the Thomson
Guards, now in Virginia
, A dispatch received here yesterday from a mem
! ber of tile Walker Light Infantry states that the
company was at Staunton, Va., all well. They
had been paid off. It was theught they would be
removed to Strasburg.
We learn from the Dahlonega Signal of the Bth
inst that Haebisok W. Riley is organizing a
brigade to enter tbe service of the Confederate
States.
First Indepenuent Georgia Battalion.—
Major Lbary having resigned his command of
this Battalion, an election to fill the vacancy took
place at Warrington, Fla., on tbe 9tb inst., and
Capt. Geo. W. Lie was declared duly elected.
Will Korop,. Ileniui,, N e „ Ira f,]
■ t g T f r’ * n *® r cst seems to be Jj
m the Confederacy aud the United St oe 1
ferenoe o this matter. We must confess thJ
do uoh feel so great au in’erest mit 011 , J
for we are ealirely satisfice we shall Cl „l
aideu or unaided. And ,t may be doublfm J
er or not the direct complicity of Euglau J
Franco in the quarrel will shorten the w ar I
neuher of them will, in auy conceivable r H
gcncy. aio the United Fta.es wo t ■ i w. |; , ■
SO far as sympathies all d prt ;ili; , .. ■
i* ’ ,uo -'archical Goveriuneuts rejo'ce
i d, 7' Ut,on us ‘I”-’ le Union as auotb, r,„■
I au te eiroDgeat, t’dftt Democratic u
| Republican s,„ cni of Government, are a t'9
aua such lailure only strengthens tneir
i 1° i! * prejudices o t Europe are Ftn
the United States than the Confederate .^t*
cause tbe latter is l tß6 Democratic than the .ofl
Our system bears a strong resembla .. e tfl
graud feudalism of tbe old Barons, and i|
only system of Democratic Government, 1.a5.l
| it is upon tbo sure foundation of a disfraucll
j caate, a servile population tbai feels scrvilitl
j degradation, that can stand the test of time. 1
i But the interests pf the commercial nations
| influence them vastly more tlnu t,h elr prcpid
abd sympathies.’ No Coub they would willio
: *-• ‘h° United States crush the Confederacy, .
j cru “h slavery, notwithstanding their prejudi
I against the United stales, if they could only
i perfectly satisfied that cither four mill.pn
| white laborers Could occupy the r
! of the blacks, or that the blacks, a a freemeu,
I produce as much cotton, sugar, tobacco, Ac
j they do now. But they know, on tbe com
i just as well as we do, that four millions, oi
, uumber of millious, of free whites, or li t o li
t cannot take the place at present oecu vi
beneficially too for the whole buimu i m
our tour million slaves, aud tbal -uch 1;
attempt, couid but result iu the levs, not . ;
the present supplios, and the email mark
j cou sumpiiou adorned uow bv the .slaves, Inn
! of the vast and ever increasing ma- ei of tin
j millions of white ruters in tho Fouih. N
j England nor France, nor auv other Eun
commercial power, is prepared 10 see eiu ’.i a
tempt made, but ou the contrary tneir lutt
require the maintenance of the present rtati
the laborers and their owners.
Tho first great interest of EngiauJ aud Frai
to have peace exist in America, l or while the
progresses, and the Morrill Taritt is tho law,
all business prefectiy stagnated in the Ui
States, they are looeiug there a vast market foi
products of their tuoms aud their wcrasho[
And while the blockade of the Confederate p
continues, not only are they deprived of the g
market we lurnish for their manufactures,
they are cut ofl from our eottou, which is a ne
ty to England, and the loss of which tor tw
months’ would roll a perfect rea of desporate
nrk spinners and weavers up to the very dour
Westminister. Europe too needs our naval st
and lumber; aud a largo poit'ouot the oust
revenue of Englaud, France aud Spain is der
from our tobacco. While peace therefore is
interest of Europe, both as regards us and
United States, it is abfihltely a necessity with
commercial and mauufacitiriug nations that
portt be opened, aud opened they will be, as v,
lieve, at ail hazards, before the middle or Sep
ber.
The United States, perfectly weft aware ot
drift of ruliug sentiment in England, aro (
disposed to Ullk belligerently, and at the i
time to bint that France will oppose Euglatid
is said that the United Stales can aud will i
war ou England, and will fight ber with ad.
ration muck greater thau they will bring to
on us. But bow is tho North to make wi
England? Cun she invade Englaud, or .ft
tyxluud, or make a raid for the annexaiioj o
Canadas. Evidently there is uo thought Af
ding Engiund, aud as In I relaud, liulbiuß; v
b!o lo lielaud or burtih! to E-gland wiliß'v
done from lb's side of liiu water, an
Canada, the Uooie Government it a.rcHdy
pariag to organise tbue au sirnyof n:S'tl
j cud, and Is tendiu:; out small arm and I I
uou. while nire-tentSa of the i". pi l ., a: -Bvri
I loyal, aud detest the Yankees.
But how is Eqgland to make vai ou tbiH
States? She has uo need to moke warM
Uo tv-U .States, unless the latter attempt H
iu Cauuda. AU that sha has lo do, th isl
h r own interests, is to raise the blockH
tuat does uot necessitate a war, au lUvaaiuH
territory of tbs North. Fbe has sevea ll
war vessels, among them tho mail clad \t ■
(which even the gnus of Forlicsa Mourul
not keep out of James river,i aud wll
chooses to say tho blockade shall Ceaaoß
cease, though the wbple of Lincoln's hi
navy go down among the mermaids. Eugl
I raise tbo blockade without sending a suil
soldier near the United States, aud if, ml
tion, tbe United States invade CauaJu, nl
their only chance to make war ou Luglo.l
I latter will be abundantly ablu to take curl
I tbo soldiers that cau bo spared from attenJ
the “ Rebels” of tho Confederacy. Tho I
the United Stales -uo plainly that the!
staked all on the hazard of a die, aud bal
aud it is uo wonder therefore that the il
uttering tbe wailing desperauon ot ihe*dl
aava a war or two more or less -gukca uol
ence uow.
Aud as to Frauce, it is al! folly tij sappos*
even if ebo does recollect “ Waterloo,” mil
though England is bar great rival, sbe bfl
idea of taking sides with the North against Erl
and the South. Tbe wish is farther to tho thl
of those who talk of Mich a thing, as tbel
York TimenSoe&. What Is Franco to gain,l
by opposingtbe South and aiding tbe
Morrill Tariff so much more liberal
wines and brandies and silks und velvets a/” 7
aud lucos ? If there be any expression t
France thut cau be tortured into synFamjJ
the North against ug, it is only appareut, now
and arises from chagrin thut sbe was uot si
iu tbe field, as our ally, than England. ThJ
ry between those two, as to, America, will
to which shall be the best aud stauucheßt A
oi tbe Confederate States. And while FrruJl
no disposition to be unfriendly to us, she cal
er hope that English interference iu our ■
will leave England, or any part of her doinil
exposed to an attack. Uow, when, whH
Fiuuce to make successful aggressive war M
glsnd ? Not in the C’susdss surely, from ■
sbe was driven nearly three generations afl
iu Irelaud, not in India. Least of all will H
ever attempt that foolish dream of invadinm
gland No more loyal people oan be fuunH
the English, aud but give them cotton andl
and they would build n wall of their dead Ijl
a hundred feet high and forty feet thick, al
the throne of their virtuous aud estimable
No danger of war bctwaeu Fruucc aud EnJ
Mx. Times, and you can’t gat up ono. 1
Coral Snakes. —Two specimens of tbe “■
tard Hornet, or Coral rioake,” from PensJ
Fla., preserved in spirits, have been sent tJ
city, aod may be seen at the drug store of M J
Plumb & Leitner. One of them is the r J
from the bite of which poor Parkvn, of the cl
Rifles lost bis life. 1
The inhabitants of Florida say that till
rat Snake is generally docile, and never bittl
cupt when angered ; and, further, that tl
pel-sen is bitten by one of them, bis death i|
tain. I
Fast Day at Pensacola. —By a letter reel
in this city yesterday we learn that Tbursdal
was observed with due solemnity by the trol
and about Pensacola, according to orders I
Geo. Braou. The Chaplains of tbe severall
meats stationed there preached during ti l
and e vening, and a subdued feeling, in ktl
with th© occasion, was generally manifest. I
A great exciteuieut wae occasioned in Wilol
ton, N. C., last Monday by a report tbataFeJ
uteatner wag off Confederate Point, aud that!
Lincolnites were landing all along tbe ouast. I
tbe truth of tbe matter was ouly that a tdt
vessel of war was riding at anchor seme
miles from the coast—a vessel of the
fleet no doubt. Mg
j Tbe Nashville Cabs the attention I
’ nessee farmera to the importance of makl
1 Wavy bean, one of their regular crops. TntJ
. is not too far advanced to sow ibtui now. I
Gtu. McCulloch has tikuo c uj uaod of ta
| tern forces, aod has made requisitions lor al
ineats upon Arkansas, Texas, Louieaua, J
Indian Territory. Albert Pike goes with!
Indian Commission- 1- -
Wood roa Fnokaving,—A corrospuudcul
Charleston Courier, in reply to au enquirl
j tbe best available wood for engraving, sal
I a B old apple tree, if out in the fall aud plaifl
j soady place till spring, or until season!
i give nearly as fine a priut as cau be obtain!
boxwood. Tbe wood of the pear and ill
tree, would also answer.
Tbe vote in Nashville last Saturday resu
Separation S,OSB, against 250.
Memphis, June B.—For Separation 5,'K'X
presentation 5,80 i ; Union 5. The inter!J
as beard from is.neariy unanimous. I
North Carolina Convention. —On 71
afternoon tbe Convention of North I
adopted, by a unanimous vote, the Pel
Constitution of the Confederate States I
rica.
The capitalist of New Orleans have det|
to establish a Paper Mill in Mississippi,!
Jackson Railroad. I
The New Orleans Zouaves left Riebmon
special mission on Tuesday night last.
Three persons were sent to tbe lusane A
at Milledgeviile, yesterday, by order of Rid
Inferior Court—two males aud one female.
Ie ail, three hundred aud sixty thousand J
thus far have offeyed tbeir services to thel
federate States to engage in the war againsl
cols and his hirelings. I
We learn that the vote last Saturday in J
tanooga was 450 for separation, 51 against. 9
ville vote for separation by six majority.
Hon. John E. Moore, ol Lauderdale has J
out in a letter announcing himself as a caudi
for Governor of Alabama.
Tbe Montgomery Confederation learns tbatl
commissions which have beeu given tu LieJ
ants in- tho Confederate army, uuder the oj
twenty-one, are to be revoked by