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VKUCTAULUS FOR OUR ►OLDIE K
One of the greatest wauls of our so'dlem, at
this mason, u a rrpp’y off" -H t- ,
to their h»a!»h «h w< I’ as enj y r.t
lark ot vegetable hr ,3 is our o'. *.'••• ir
severest privations. It is often del;': -:,t >1
to tHHr h<Mlth, Inducing lei :Ii inahadies as
aenrvy aodageneral <i»-ra:.;< luentc •" ibe-• ’n.
Those at home, who are I ' ! with un
abundance of these wholesome and delicious
production* of tho garden in.d field, ■ .o Irevc
J»o idea how much they are craved hy iho
soldier in cam;-., or with what kJen relish they
are enjoyod. LI is rations only afford him ihe
same monotonous supply of moat and bread.
Unless rpmesnberrd by kind hearts ho ' u'
•ariljr deprived of thus;; “kindly fruits of the
earth’’ which nature produces hi nt’ch allluen'-o
and variety for the sustenance of man, :i"d
vhl.fh the wants of the animal economy so Srn
periotifly crave and demand.
Surely this great want of our baftic-worn
hravas can not fail to touch a sympathetic
chord in Iho breasts cf those at home, sur
rounded with abundance. When seated at thei
ample boards, spread with all the luxuries of
the reason, let (hern remember tbo poor soldier
ia hia distant camp, with only his meagre ra
tion of “hard tack’’ and salt br.coo, mid send
him a liberal share us the bounties of-nature
with which they are «o proles sly blessed.
It In to the ladies, especially, wo commend
this good work; for, in their linnd , wo know
it will prosper. Our soldiers imvo bee:; chiefly
indebted to the noblo women of the Soulli,
for what comforts they have received, beyond
the Government allowances. Their £ympi
th i*i have been ever active, in seeking the
soldier’ b welfare. Their fingers hvo been
•vor busy, in preparing tile seeks and guinn-ru*.
which have shielded him (rom tho hiebnu'ocy
of the seasons. Their miniate: :rjf presence,
ia wayside hoinM and in luOq dials, l.vs e ver
•beared bis heart, ami alleviated Ids sufi' , rim > .
Woman is emphatically the soldier's friend ;
and the thought of her nerves his aria v. Ho
frssh vigor, when ho-sirikeit f r the i •.k p ; . -
d«nco of his country. The matrons s.i I d.my h
tor* of the South ’'avc I ornn a nr.mfiu ■ r an-!
aa important part, in this groat struggle; i.ml
history will make honorable mention of tl ;•
noble needs—will ree.v.'l them among the
brightest instances of pure and lerveot patriot
ism.
Toths Indies, then, wo confidently appeal,
to see to it that our soldh'is are boumil'ully
swpptied with vegetables. To them the work
appropriately belongs, ns they are cldefiy con
cerned in the cultivation of the garden. Vv’e
fuel as»ar»d that every lady in the land, will
take pleasure in contributing all she can possi
bly spare of her abundance for the comfort
and susteßaaco of our patient and uitlei’hifl
defenders.
Vfa would recommend the formation of as
sociations, iu every neigbboi hood, tor the pur
pose of collecting and forwarding to on:'or
mice these needful articles. Beparate iu li,
dnal action is not adequate to the t?.-k. Only
aseoe ated and systematic effort can secure a
regular and continued supply. It is necessity
that all contribute; and by doing so, our sold
levs will no longer complain of the want <d
vegetable food. Lot this good and patriotic
work, then, ho commenced and prosecuted
along all our railroad lines; and a thrill of joy
and gratitude will be sent through the ranks of
ear self-sacrificing armies. They will ho ani
mated to frraU real and ardor, in tire defence ol
their country, by the cousoiousncss that they
are remembered and cared lor by the loved
•ass at home.
A oommitteo of gentlemen at Atlanta have
undertaken to receive and distribute all svp
pli*a ot vegetables for Uen. Johnston’s array:
so sond them forward without delay.
uo?. brow.vs i*uocijAii.vTJor*.
Every patriotic citizen of Georgia will cheer
fully respond to tlio proclamation of t'.ia Gov -
ernor, calling out all tho men between the
ages of sixleeu and fiity-tiVe, capablo of per
forming Military duty, nod not already iu the
service, or necessarily exempted. The people
will heartily etidorni thin timely action of our
patriotic Governor. As the Chief Magistrate
ot asovereign State, it is his duty to firing into
requisition all its avaiiabio strength, lor its
defouqp, in this ciisls of imminent peril.
Gen. Johnston, who has tested live value of
our Stats troops, now under Gen. Smith, cud
has borno honorable testimony to their efii
sieacy, has solicited tho further aid of our citi
zens, in driving back tho invader, man
Who las a spark of patriotism in his soul, will
think for a moment of disregarding siuh an
appeal. With everything at stake, with half
their Stale overrun by a vandal foe, and the
balance •! it threatened with devastation un i
rain, the patriotic eons of Georgia will not
fail te come to the rescue, to rally to the cup
pert es the gallant array and its noble com
mander, who for months have been battling
on ear own soil iu defence of our homes air.l
all that Is dear te us.
The Governor, whose sturdy patriotism
scorns all half way measures, has issued the
most stringent orders to compel obedience to
Uis just and constitutional proclamation. But.
ws sincerely hope, that no coercion will be |
necessary, that no recreant will he f. und base
enough te shrink from the petformsnee es
4aty, at a moment when the State demands
the services of all her sons. It is the peculiar
province of the militia of tho State, to turn
out for her defence, when her soil is polluted
by the foot of the invader. Upon teem is
now devolved trie high duty of driving .the
invader from the Commonwelth. It can and
will be done, if the call of tho Governor be
■niversally complied with.
\fe hope that the numerous class of Coni'- d
•rate reserves, between the ages of forty-five
and fifty, who have been detailed to make their
•rope will accompany their neighbors to At ! -n-
U on the 20th. and unite with the old men and
hoys ia the work of otgamzation. Tills w;
doubtless be entirely satisfactory to the Con
{•derate authorities. 'They constitute with the
* Militia, a force purely tor State defence, and
saa be no reasonable objection to their
; cor.soliu it on for the f resent emergency. The
object .-..0 .ii be, to bridg the entire available
r.: : . cagth of the State into the field, at
ti c i irli-st possible day.
i .o ij. -v.vaar is censured for expressing hia
os':.! n. as to the taiure to concentrate an ad
<-, ; ;-e cavalry force on Sherman’* rear. But
we ire glad that he ha3 thus pointedly alluded
; to lids vi! .ally important matter. We hope he
citin';... to urge the ireesgliy of throwing
.••ii; cav and y mice, under each leader* as
lo s t and Morgan, upon Snermare’s line of
C'jinmuni' .ition. Despite the censures of tho*e
iio advocate a slavish subserviency to the
,\ i.i ; ration, and who would a tide all critl—
c oof iis acts, he has the right both to form
• vpress au <pinion, as lo any matter as
s. ■ ting tbo safety of lb« State. If he tiiinki
an;, thing has been omitted, necessary to th*
fence of Georgia, it j* hi duty to apeak out.
We are ► :r-.: that tie will not shrink from doing
si. lie I-, not the wan to bo brow-beaten 14
. -;e -.1 by tbe c .ampioM of power, by the
.v! e adulators of the President, who would
... • believe that it ia a high misdemeanor
to :u op in’ .11 wi'h that funUionary, or lo 1
object to any of his acta. j
I S-FKI <JU «.F SAHL KI'SiSBLL. O.Y A.HUUIUAft
AFfAlltS.
Ir. the House of Lords, attention h*ißg call*d
; lo the published correspondence betw*M th*
1 G yen Biei.t ami Messrs. Laird ia reference to
i fiio steam rams, i'arl Russell, in reply, made
, a long speech in which lie said :
I west, in reference of the Government, mak*
1 two observations, to which I request th*assent
| your lord-lii. s. Ine first is, that your lord
;d ; psare deaißtus of maintaining relations of
a r n,ty Avilh the United States of Ainerica—a
gie--.t. a powerful, a lree Slat*, with which for
i;t iiriy ifghiy years, with th* exception of th*
rb.vt inf. rv;tl from ISI2 to IS 15, we have held
" of pea u, and with which it it our in
t. .t, o.r dtfliru and our daly, if possible, to
rii-'.lutain tliosa relations.
ii.e next, remark i bar* to make is that the
Mr rs. L.drd, whatever may be theii politics—
a[■ '■ with which I have nothing to do—hav*
no ri-.-ht logo to war with any power in friend-
I,- <om» wiili har Majesty. Tho pswer of
; i; lo war ia one of the prerogatives of th*
• .0, and it is not, a privilege of the Messrs.
Lord, however respectable they may be as
s; if lniUdvM. Vet, i have no hesitation in say
. : that Iho Mosers. Laird had it in their power
e > ‘ obit this country in hostilities with tho
L'rtit.d Mtiiles of Ainerrc*, and it was noth
ing bn! the vigilance of the Government—what
the no'.io Mar! describes as their own vigilamc*
—which prevented those respectable gentlemen
from involving, us in war with the Northern
Th.* Confederate States of America—natur
a’ly '.-trough, aud not to be wondered at in an
ar<laou3 attempt to establish ind'pendeuce—
I, sent agents to thi» country and to Franc#,
bar. nr- ;e espra.ialy to this country, and that these
a,' !:Ik were fund: bed with the means to hare
built here, in order that such expeditions
its Sir i,'ti. .t Cairns refers to, aud as are forbid
<! i ! y our own law, should oa undertaken
pgvdm f the United States—a power with which
a:o :.i peace. This was the case of the Alex
.-sotY.t. It «r«n there shown that there vras an
t-iiiee in Liverpool in which all these transactions
were earth (1 on.
i i:o 1 irnccT judge prevented evidence being
fiven i>s to what was the particular business
tr.o.tai'.: (L but it was proved that a certain
ii.in Rnhock, to whom the noble Earths#
him. ri-f-.i red, was the chief agent of the Con
ii.il-T.ttc State.; at Liverpool ; that ha drew
drafts f..r the payment of those persous who
were serving Uie confederate Stales ; that he
"appointed an individual paymaster of the ship,
auct wards tailed the Alabama, and that iu short
he took upon himself ait the functions of areg
ub-.riy authorized agent of a foreign power.
1 do not express any surprise at that, for it is
not wonderful that the Confederate States, de
sirous to establish independence, and while
tie-y were engaged in a perilous war for that
purpose, should endeavor by every means to
Inf. t their enemies, hut what Ido feel surpriso
at. what 1 do (eel regret at, is that th« provis
ion, olihe foreign enlistment act forbidding
them to do any act against neutrality aud the
lawr ot nations, having been brought to the
knowrdge of nil her Majesty’s subjects by nroc-
U'.iT.t.iun, any of them should engasro in these
uub rloki ■ j,-, contrary to their duty to the
ermvn, entirely forgetting their obligations to
tbe.r mvu country, and careless whether or not
they put us in a state of war with the United
States.
buck appear to mo to have been the charac
ter of tho transactions in wnich thoso respect
lo gentlemen, the Messrs. Laird, the Messrs.
Miller, the Messrs. Frazier and others engaged.
Tiiev have done ovoiything in their power by
filling out ships, l>y engaging in contracts for
supply ing vessels of war to thu other belligetents,
to give the United btalesajust causu of war
r.gamst this country. What 1 hav# been appro
hen :re ol is given tlie United Btat# just cans*
lor war. It may be, that filled with uufouud«d
su-pioioms or animated by uujnst animosities,
they mtiy make war against this country. That
may befall us or any otb«r country ; and it it
does, we must bear it ; we must return bl*w
by blow, aud cany ourselves through th« war
„s wt 11 ns vto can. But what, 1 confess, Ido
dread is that vro should commit such acts that
the United St ates Government can say truly,
‘■You. professing to be neutral, are, in lact, at
war with this country, and ore carrying on hos
tiJuies agaiuut us under the guise of friendship
pen e.” Evidence was poured in on mo
which there was bo resisting, aud I am convinc
ed tout the vessels were originally built lor the
Louiederate State*. (Hear.) These vessel* ar«
ot tkeintelvi s vcs-cls of war. With regard to
the ironclad* in the Mersey the noble Earl com
plains that they were stopped and that they
were iu the first place detained before they
v»cio seized.. Fortlie part i took in concert
with ray in,hie friend at the head es the govern
ment, in directing that the vessels should bs
detained, 1 can only say I ara not sorry. Ido
ut ; regret it in the least. On tha contrary, I
believe that I took a courso which was consis
icirt with tho peace of the country, which was
necessary for the peace of the country, and
which was in’favor of all tho commercial and
pts; iticnl relations which we maintain with
other nations.
1 am not going to detail to him the ovideacs
on which wo acted, in order that answers nsay
bo given to our ('.negations In a c*urt of justice.
It is clear that those who wero engaged in this
;; [fair laid their plans very artfully and cunning
ly. First, it was said that the ironclads were
ie.'.ended tor the French. The collector of cus
toms was quite convinced that they had been
ordered either lor tho Emperor of the French
,_.r lor M. Barclay, who was supposed to be
entitled'by the law of Franc* to go to war
>: any power he chose to select. That turn
ed out to be an utter falsehood. Next, the
name cf Ei Monuassir woie bestowed on the
vc.-.-ols. in cider to support the allegation that
they were intended lor Egypt, the late Pasha
hating contacted for them. That story tim
ed out to be equally untrue ; but, of course, It
was necessary tor us to make inquiries, in or
! her :o be able to answer the various allega
tions which were made as to th« object Os tne
I vessels.
What the Government hare to prove, and
what 1 believe we shall be abl* to prove, is
,t ike ironclads were built for the uso of the
; ■ moderate States, and couscquently it has
l r-u nter.-tv.ry to disprove the various stories
'tivli w we in vented as to the destination of
toe vtiseis The nbble Earl seeoss to think
the pret ention ot this expedition from
-i :p is a matter calculated to excite giens
die; eaeure ia this ttouse. But if tie several
• < >in rams had gone torth from this country,
t o now, two on another occasion, and' several
iv xing. 3U.1 iiad destroyed the ships which
were blockading the ports of the Southern
Stub, s, wirai man Would venture to say we were
not making war against tha United State*?
Was there no reason to suspect the Messrs.
L bid' Were they persons so entirely inno
cc.it of a iv tra:.-action of this kind that we
were bound to believe every allegation which
tl yma le.' i\ -re we to accept at once, with
er, ho-.tutiou. their assertion that the ironclads
were not intended for tne purpose which we
supposed?
1 thin a tea' we are bound to maintain onr
aeutroliiy in the contest between the two per*
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY 20, 186-1.
tie* oa th* conti«e«t *f North America. Great
issue* ar* th*r* under trial, and no issue grea
ter than th* queeiion of what will become of
tho** four million* of th* n*gro rtc*. which
hav* hitherto been retained a* slaves u* thq
Gaited States For my part, I cover hav*
bae* able to feel much sympathy with either
of the contending republic* of tha United and
Confederate Statea. I 11* th-t on the one side
iker* wiis a iu favor es the per
petuity of slavery, and on the other there seem
ed to be no measure# taken even to undo that
unholy comimct contained in tha Consti'.ntioa
of the United sita la*, by which a slave coming
into a free Stats, howevar much h# may hava
suffered in endeavoring to reach that free
State, ia liable to be again restored to his mas
ter.
It Is to be hoped, with respect to this contest
in North America, with whatever calamities it
may be fraught, whatever slaughtei may be
committed, aud whatever Industries may be
interrupted, that Providence will decree that
some atonement for all tha misery shall be
made to mankind, and that th* insue will place
thus* four millions of the black race in a con
dition of freedom—in that condition which
may hereafter lead to their pro“peiity by the
proper employment of that liberty wbi*h the
United States have procMmed as the most
sacred principle of their constitution. It i« evi
dent that it mast he left to the contending
powers to work out tbit great problem, and I
for my pait should think it a great misfortune
if this country »bould be obliged hy any par
amount considerations te take a part in the
present ooatest. It iway be that the result el
this contest, th* beginning of which we all
deplored, the continuacc of which we all re
gret—it mar be that the end of this coufeet
may soo that sin, that crime, that detestable
state of slavery forever abolished from among
civilised nations.
FROM WBIUHT's IIIUADI.
[COBKMroUDB.NCI CI»OStCL« * MSmU.
WmoHi’s BsiUADe. )
In Rifle Pits, near Peter»b«rg,Ya. >
June lifith, 1 si A )
Mh.Edito*: —Since last writing you there
has been more or less lighting tin the leit wing
of our line of battle, with an occaaional artil
lery duel. In our immediate front everything
is quiet.
On the 23d Inst., Wright’s, Mahone's and
Wilcex'a (old brigade) supported by others in
the division, were sent to feel the enemy, which
they iound strongly intrenched. We raptured
nearly the wholf picket line, and then charged
the remainder out es their rifle pita. There
was some 2,000 or 2,500 prisoner* esptured,
besides artillery, smalt arms, shovels and axe*,
and accoutrements. It was a hotly conteated
fight for a while, th* enemy holding their own
until our support came up and flanked then*.
While forming the line of battle. General
Wright and stslf rode up on a small kill, in
plain viow of the enemy, and not very far from
them, for we heard the enemy say, “ Shoot
them officers,’’ and just then a shower of
bullets saluted the ears of the party ; but that
did not last long, for Gen. Wright as coolly a*
ever rode up aad gave the command “for
ward!’’ which waa done, and our »kirmisher*
noon h*d the skirmishers cf the enemy going.
We then drove the enemy out of their rifle
pit* and held them until wo got off all of our
wounded.
I do not know tho lq|* in tho brigade, or in
onr regiment, (the filth) but it is not light.
Company 0 had three wounded—Lieut. C A.
Robbe in the arm ; Sergt. J. 11. Bead, in thigh,
bona broken ; Corp. Carroll, hand, finger shot
off.
On the 281 we again went down to where tho
enemy had destroyed the Petersbarg and Wel
don Road, and on arriving there, and while
forming our line of battle, we could see the
enemy commit their depredations on the road.
We formed lino of battle, the 3d Georgia
thrown out as skirmishers, who succeeded ia
driving the enemy's skirmishers in, the re
mainder of the brigade following by the right
flauh. Wo marched on in this way until we
came to an open field, when the line of battle
was again formed, thero being a space of sev
eral hundred yard* between the 22d Georgia,
and the 3d battalion and 48th. W# moved in
line across the field until we struck the woods,
halted, sent out vldeites, and continued for
two or three hundred yards further, when the
enemy commenced pouring it lnte us from be
hind their hastily thrown up breastworks.
In this little affair, Col. k. li. Hall was in
command of the 48th and Id Georgia, and a
more cool and gallant officer never led troops.
Capt. L. G. Doughty, who was on our right
flank and in command of the 22d Georgia, was
killed in this charge, while leading this regi
ment. Capt. Doughty proved himself to be a
brave and gallant officer, and where his .duty
called him, thero was he always to be found.
Ills company and regiment deeply regret his
loss, and the field and company officers, os well
as bis old company, tender their sympathies to
his bereaved parents. Dr. Swtnney has charge
of hi« remains. .Capt. Doughty was struck in
the left cheok bone, the bail ranging upwards;
ho did not livo but ten minutes after he was
shot.
Tho weather Is almost suffocating, and espe
cially to the soldier, who ha* to carry hi* ra
tions and blankets, water, gun, accoutrement*,
Ac. On some of th* match*#, men are elten
seen lying fainted by the roadside. There is
quite a number of sick, who are being sent
back te the brigade hospital, where they will
receive every possible attention.
Dr. Swluney is with us, and when "he is
about the boys are satisfied. A more skilful
surgeon is not In the service. He is always
ready and willing to give a helping hand to
wouuded aad sick men. Asa proof that he is
a man of good feelings and a kind heart, I
Would state, that h« always attends to the
wants of the sick and wouuded before thinking
of his own.
Dr. E. T. Parker, our Assistant Surgeon, Is
always with us ia rile pits, and everywhere
else, to dress the slightly weunded.
Col. Groson is still suffering from the wound
he imcelved at Gettysburg.
This warm weather is causing a great deal of
sickners. J. A.
Gw. SnwiiT'i Fabswsu. Annans.—An
nexed is Gen. Stewart's farewell addreee to
hisdivisiou before he teotcommand of the late
Gen. Polk’s corps:
HiADQtaitTins Btbwa.*t's Dmeiox, 1
- July 7, 18(4. (
Soldiers : It has become necessary for me to
take leave of you as y*ur division commander.
I part from yon with unfeigned regret. Odr
connection has been one of uninterrupted har
mony and good faith. No commander over had
less cause te find fault, or was ever so well se
conded in his efforts by beth men and officers.
You have done your duty nobly and well.—
IV nether In camp er on the inarch, in bivouac
er confronting the enemy, you have displayed
the virtnes of the true Southern soldier, and
entitled yourselves to the gratitude of our coon
try.
Whoever may have the honor to command
yon, continue in the same course. Have regaid,
above all else to the reputatloa of the division
and auccesss oi onr cans*. Ere long, by the
blessings of Ged, we shall eenquer a peace and
establish the independence of our country.
In the new and higher sphere of duty to
which I have been called, I shall not forget my
obligations to yom, nor fill to watch with deep
solicitude your future conduct. May you add
still brighter pages to the history you have
already achieved. May you he preserved
through all the dangers yon may yet havo to
encounter, and be testored to your Jjomes and
families to enjoy the fruits of your toils. We
have lost mimy good aad brave men. Stand
ford and Scott, and numerous others in com
mission and in the ranks, have fallen. May
their example Inspire you, and may their names
and deeds long live in the hearts of their coun
trymen. Let ns hope that such victims may
not have been offered in vain upon the altar of
our country.
Hoping to be kindly remembered by you,
soldiers and friends, I bid you farewell.
Alzxandm P. Stxwxrt,
Lieutenant-General.
Agents in Alabama are offering for sale the
five hundred million- loan bonds at 1,53, the
price said to be fixed by the auction sale at
Columbia.
A grocery firm in Mobile is putting up salted
mullet—as should be done everywhere on our
coast and along onr rivers where tube* of anv
hind for salting eau be ’
. ADDRESS CF UtAKIIAL MVLELLA.k
General McClellan delivered the address on
the occasion of dedicating a portion of the
ground* of \Yost Pviat for the site of a mem
orial to the dead of the present war. It is a
flowery, sophonical production, very much
alter the Edward Kverett style, and is only re
markable for it* great length—filling some
four or live column* of the New Yolk,
papers. As some attach to his
views of the war, standing forth, as he does,
as the representative of the conservative war
party of the North, and an aspirant for the
nomination of the Chicago Democratic Con
vention, wo’ make some extracts from his
speech when alluding to til* “ctuse for which
the North fights:”
But what is the honorable and holy cause ■
for which these men have laid down their lives,
and for which the nation still demands the
sacrifice of the precious blood of so many of
her children 1
Soon after _ tha close of the Revolutionary
war it was found that the Confederacy, which
hud grown up during that memorable contest,
wan falling to pieces from its own weight ’fire
centra! power was too weak. It could recom
mend to the dilfe ent States such measures as
seemed best, and it possessed no real power
o legislate, because it lacked the executive
fore* to compel obedience to its laws. The
national credit and seif respect had disappear
ed, and it was feared by the friends of human
liberty, tbioughout tho world, that ours was
but another added to the long list of fiuitless
attempts at self-government. The nation was
evidently on the brink of rain and dissolution
when, some eighty yoars ago, some of the wis
est and most patriotic of the land met to seek
a remedy for the great evils which threatened
to destroy the great work of the revolution.
Their sessions were long and"often stormy ; for
a time the most sanguine- doubted the possi
biliiy of a successful termination of their la
bors. But from amidst the conflict of sectional
interests, of party prejudice and cf personal
selfishness, the spirit of wisdom and of concilia
tion at length evoked the Constitution Suder
which we have lived so long. It was not
formed in a day, but wasth* result of practical
labor, of lost wisdom and of the purest patriot
ism. It was at last adopted by the people of
all the States, though by some reluctantly, not
as btnng exactly what all desired, but the beat
possible under the circumstances.
It was arcepted as giving us a form of govern
ment under which the nation might live happi
ly and prosper, ro long as th# people should
continue to be inilueucad by the same senti
ment* which actuated those who formed it, and
which would not be liable to destruction from
internal c*nses, so long as the people preser
ved tho recollection of the miseries and calami
ties which led to its adoption <* o *
Time and the long continuance of good fortune
obliterated the recollection of the calamities of
years preceding the adoption of the Constitu
tion. They forgot that conciliation, common
interest* and mutual charity had been tho foun
dation, and must be tue support, of our Uoy
erument, end all the relations of life. At
length men appeared with abuse, sectional and
personal prejudices and interrests, outweighing
all considerations of the general good. Ex
tremists ol one section famished the occasion,
eagerly seized as a pretext by equally extreme
men iu the other, for abandoning the pacific
remedies afforded by the OoDStitalioa. Strip
ped of all sophistry and side Danes, the'direct
cause of the war as it presented itself to the
honest and patriotic citizens of the North was'
simply this :
Certaiu States, or rather a portion of the in- |
habitatant* of certain States, feared, or pro- I
fesssd to fear, that injury would result to ttieir !
rights and property from tlio elevation of a
particular party to power. Although the Con
stitution and the actual condition of the Gov
ernment provided them with a peaceable and
sore protection against the apprehended evil,
they prepared to seek security in tho destruc
tion of nte Government which could protect
them, and in the use of force against national
troops holding a national fortress. To est-ice
the insult offered to our flag ; to save ourselves
from the fate of the divided republics of Italy
and South America ; to preserve our Govern
ment from destruction ; te enforce its just
power and laws ; to maintain our very exist
ence as a nation. These were the causes which
impelled us to draw the sword. Rebellion
against a Government like our* which contains
within itself the menus of self adjustment and
a pacifio remedy for evils, should never be
confounded with a revolution against despotic
power, which refuses redress of wrongs, buctr
a rebellion cannot be justified upon ethical
gronnds, and the only alternatives for our
choice are its suppression or the destruction of
our nationality.
At such a tune as this, and in such a strug
gle, political partnership should be merged in
a true and brave patriotism, which thinks on
ly of the good of the whole oountry. It was
in this cause and with these motive* that so
many of our oomrades have given their lives,
and to this wo are all personally pledged In
all honor and fidelity. Shall such devotion as
that of our dead comrade* be of no avail?
Shall it.be said in after ages that we lacked
the vigor to complete the work this begun?
That after all these noble lives freely given,
we hesitated and failed to keep straight on un
til our land was saved? Forbid it, Heaven,
and give us firmer, truer hearts titan that. Oh,
spirits of the valiant dead, souls of our slain
heroes, lend us your own indomitable will, aud
if it be permitted yon to commune with those
still chained by the trammels of mortality, hov
er around us in the midst of danger and tribu
lation; cheer the firm, strengthen the weak,
that none may doubt tiie salvation of tho Re
public aud the triumph of our old flag.
in the midst of tho storms which toss our
ship of State, there is one great beacon light to
which wa can ever turn with confidence and
hope. It cannot be that this great nation has
played its part in histoiy; it cannot he that our
sun, which arose with such bright promises for
the future, has already set forever. It must
be the mention of the over ruling Daily that
this land, so long the asyinm oi the oppresed,
the refuge of civil and religious liberty, shall
again stand forth in bright relief, uuited, puri
fied and chastened by ear trials, as an example
and encouragement for those who desire the
4rogress of the human race. It is not given to
ur weak intellects to understand the steps of
Providence as they occur; we comprehend
them only as we look back upon them in the
"far distant past; so it is now. We cannot un
ravel the seemingly tangled skein of the pur
poses of the Creator, they are too high and far
reaching for our limited minds.
If we do our duty and trust in Him, He will
not desert us in our need. Firm in our faith
that God will save our country, we now dedi
cate this site to the memory of brave men, to
loyalty, patriotism and honor. (Loud *p
planse.)
From t*i North bt Pbitats Socbcbs— .The
Griffin Rebel has seen a loiter written by a
gentleman just from the North. Here is some
interesting items of news given:
The North is undoubtedly in favor of clos
ing the war if Grant shall be defeated, but
they lelt so confident of success that they paid
as high as S7OO bounty in Philadelnhia for re
cruits, and were unable to enlist very few at
that high figure. Since the enormous losses
Sustained by Grant in the preednt campaign,
there has been no recruiting.
Day laborers have been getting from two to
three dollars pel day. The cities and towns
are ail prosperous, but tbe country is depopu
lated and in great want of laborers. Prices of
all articles keep pace with the upward quota-
tions of gold.
The Yankee National Almanac for 1883—4,
presents statistics showing by the reports of
the several State functionaries, that only one
million and a half of troops had been furnish
ed up to the first of January, 1154, out of two
millions and a half calleed for as volunteers,
drafted men and conscripts. No State has
ever furnished her quota. It is a low estimate
te calculate that two thirds of this number
haTe gone out of service from disease, killed,
disabling wounds, prisoners and desertion,
which will leave 300,000 as the highest figure
at which ail the yin tee armies in Texas, Lou
isiana, Arkansas, Miscon-i, Mississippi, Geor
gia, Virginia, tho Carolina, and Florida can
be estimated.
Th* r*mu» of the Montgomery and We-st
Point railroad for th* month of May wm $234,-
000-
A PKOCL4M ATIOV
Kxscotivk Department, )
Millllsevii lk, Georgia, , u
July IHh. 18(il. )
| To thi Heterved JfUUut <y Georgia :
A late correspondence with the President of
the Confederate .States satisfies my mind that
Georgia U to be left to her own resources to
supply the reinforcements to Gen. Johnston’s
army, which are indispensable to the protection
of Atlanta, and to prevent the State from lie
iug overrun by the overwhelming numbers
now under command of the Federal General
upon our soil. The officers, civil and military
who constitute, in a great degree, the remain
ing active militia foico left to tho State by the
different acts of conscription, have already
been cal.ed out and have rendeied effective
service, whiie they, as well as the two regi
ments ol the State Line have distinguished
lheu)Belves by cool courage and intrepid valor
when attacked by the enemy. But there is
need .of farther reiu force-meats, as will be seen
by the accompanyiug letter of QeD. Johnston;
and while a very large proportion ot the gal
lant and chivalrous sons of Georgia are on
distant fields defending the soil of other States,
it becomis my duty to call forth every man in
th:> State able to bear arms as fast as they can
be armed, to the defence of cur homes,
cur a]tan and till graves of our ancestors.
I am f> iy aware of the jtmportnnce of the
growing crop of the State, and have delayed
this call as long as the exigencies will possibly
permit, to enable the people to do the labor
necessary to secure the crop. Iu the Southern
portion of the State, it is believed this will be
accomplished by the time this proclamation
c-au be generally published, whi|e ten (lays or
two weeks longer will enable those in the
Northern half of the Slate to do most of their
labtr necessaiy to make the crop
I therefore, by virtue of the authority in
mo v*sted by the laws of this State, do hereby
order into active military service all that part
cf tha leserve militia of this State between
the ag. sot 50 and 65 years, and all between
the »{es of sixteen and seventeen years, who
r**ida South of a line running East and West
acio* the territory of the Stite, passing
through the city of Macon, to report to G. W.
Sinitt at Ailunta, with the least possible delay;
and 1 further order, that all persons between
said Ages subject to militia duty, who reside
North of said line, report to Gen. Smith, each
leaving his borne on the 20th of this month,
and repairing to Atlanta by the nearest and
speediest rou‘«.
I ai*o cider all free white male persons in
this Hate detween the ages of seventeen and
fifty veers who are exempt from Confederate
Conwription, and are not absolutely unable to
do milita duty, which disability must bu shown
by th# certificate of a Surgeon properly appoint
ed under tho laws of this Shite, to report with
th* militia of their respective counties, as they
are subject to State militia duty. Andi further
requbo all free white male persons between
said iges in this State, not in actual military
serrif* of the Confederacy, except ns therein
exempted, report also, ns I cannot suppose tjte
President will claim as exempt from miltia duty
is tkst greet emergency, tho large number of
able bodied young men who have Confederate
detail* to attend to various industrial avoca
tions and pursuits, in which they have no mil
itary servioa to perform. It cannot surely bo
Ifco intention of the Confederate Government
to plsce a large number of young meu.able to
do service, in the organization to keep them
ont of the bullet department. Hence, I claim
their aid in the field till this emergency is pas
sed, and direct, in case of their refusal (o re
port when others embraced in the-call respond
that their neighbors who are going to camp, ar
rest and compel them togo. The time allowed,
enables those ol them who are planters, to lay
by their crop}, or to" approximate so nc-ar to
completion, that serious injury cannot grow
out of their absence, while little damage will
be done by the temporary absence from their
places, of Confederate Tax Assessors, Collectors,
Tanners, Mechanics, secret service men, the..
Jfce ,ss their business must cease entirely, if
tho enemy overruns t* e State. All who res
pond to this call, are required to arrest and
cairy with them all deserters withiu their pow
er a*, th# tithe they start to camp.
The following persons are not embraced in
this call. All com missioned ohicets of the Con
federate States on detached or local service,
all State officers and others exempt from mili
tia duty by the act to reorganize the militia,
aud th* act amendatory of that act.
All prisons in the employment of tho Con
federate States in the cities of Savannah, Au
gust*, Mioon, Columbus, Griffin, Atlanta and
Athens, who belong to regularly organized tnd
itary companies who drill frequently and aie
hp!4 for the local defence of the place against
raids, Ac.
All officers and employees of any Railroad
company in this State, who are regularly and
conri-antly employed in the .service of said road
at the date of this call. A ll Telegraphic Oper
ators and Employees of the Express Company
All persons employed in any cotton or wool
en factory or paper mill in this .State, who have
details from the State or Confederate Govern
ments, on condition that they keep themselves
organized as military companies perpated to do
all iu their power to defend the factory in case
of attack. The Mayor of each of the cities
above named, and such policemen and fit emeu
as he will certify to be indispensably necessary
to the protection of the city. All practicing
physicians not exceeding three in j a county, to
be selected by the Inferior court in case there
are more, aad all such millers as the court w:U
certify are actually necessary at home. Two
agents of the relief fund selected by the court
for each county. All post masters iu cities with
tlieir necessary clerks, aud one post master in
each oounty town, and all mail carriers constant
ly engaged in that business. All State House
offiesrs and their necessary clerks. The officers
and guards-of the Penitentiary and the officers
and employes* of the State Armory and Card
ltctory, who »:c required to drill twice a week
as a military company, for the defence of the
capitol. All persons who remain in counties
in th* rear of the enemy's linbs; all who reside
North ot the B'tte Ridge, with the people of the
counties of Rabun, Habersham, White, Lump
kin. Gilmer, Piekens, and Dawson, on account
of thu great scarcity of provisions and
the distance they have to haul them, to pre
ssrve tho lives of the inhabitants ot those coun
ties.
As the law of this Stole declares every man,
subject to militia duty, who ictuses to respond
to this order, to be a deserter and liable to be
tried and punished as such, ali mils it vamp at
home, and all Justices of the Inferior Court,
fchwifls, Clerks, Ordidaries and Tax Collectors
and Receivers of Tax Returns of the State, who
are by statute declared exempt fiom militia
duty, ar* hereby required to travel through
their respective counties constantly, and, if
necessary, arrest and send forward all persons
subject, who neglect or refuse to report. In case
any of those officers neglect this duly and re-,
fusa tßemseries to report and aid in repelling
th* «n«my, it is hoped all who are in service
will remebsr them in future, and place more
faithful public servant\in positions of responsi
bility. However weighty the re iroos each
man might be able to give for remaining at
home, there arc more important reasons why
he shonld hasten to the lront if he is able to
travel.
Georgians, you mast reinforce Gen. John
ston's army and aid in driving back the enemy,
or he will drive you back to the Atlantic,
burn your cities and public buildings, destroy
your property, and devastate the fair fields of
your noble State.
It the Confederate Government will not spnd
the large cavalry force (bow eng -ged in raid
ing and repelling raids) to destroy tho long
line of Railroad over which Gen. She-man
brings b:s supplies from Nashville, and thus
compel him to retreat with tbe loss of most of
his army, the people of Georgia, who have al
ready boon drawn upon more heavily in pro
portion to population than those of any other
State in the Confederacy, must at all hazards
and at any secrifice rush to the. front, end aid
the great commander at the head of our glo
rious self-sacrificing army, to drive him from
the soil of the Empire State.
I beg you, fellow-citizens, to reflect upon the
magnitude of the issue.
If Gen. Johnston s army is destroyed the
Gulf States are throvtnopen to the enemy aDd
we are ruined. If Gen. Sherman's army is cut
| oif the West is thrown open to us to the Ohio
i Liver, and ali the raids, into Mississippi, Geer
j gia, and Alabami wili ut once cea3e. If every
i citizen of Georgia will do his duty and the
| President will permit Kentucky to rest free
I from raids for a time, and will send Morgan
and Forrest to operate upon the Railroad line of
VOL. LXXVIII. —NEW SERIES VOL. XXVIII. N 0 2 !).
communication, nearly three hundred miles, in
■Sherman's rear, which passes over many bridg
es, through a country destitute of supplies,
the grand auny of invasion can be destroyed,
and not only our own dtute but the Confedera
cy delivered from disaster by tbo triumphant
success of our arms.
JOSEPH F. BROWN.
Each Dti'y paper in the State will give
this proclamation one insertion and send bill
accordingly, and each Railroad company will
convey to Atlanta all who are on their way in
response to these prdsrs.
GEN. JOHNSTON’S LETTER.
Near Chattahoochee, 7t'a July, 1864.
To His Excellency, J. E. Brown, Governor:
I have the pleasure to inform you that the
State Troops promise well, and have already
d'>ne good service. While the army was near
Marietta they were employed to support the
cavalry on tire extreme left and occupied a po
sition quite distiuct from any other infintryof
ours. According to all accounts their con
duct iu the presence of the enemy was firm
and c''editable. Such Federal parties as wp
proached the crossing places of the Chat
tahoochee guarded by them have lreen driven
back. These proofs of their, value make me
anxious that their number shall be increased.
Is it possible? You know that tlie distin
guished officer at their head is competent to
high command.
Most respectfully your obedient servant,
. J. E. Johnston.
fiTayr ■——
Amos Kendall on the VYa*.— This old poli
tician privl political intriguer has again come
belovo the public. He is now engaged in en
deavoring to make somebody the next presi
dent of Lincoln loim Here is a late letter of
his addressed “to the American citizen who
longs for a speedy restoration ol peace, liberty,
and the, Union
lu 1862 when General McClellan was before
Richmond with the army of the Potomac, there
were live major generals in the state of Vir
ginia with seperate commands, viz: McClellan
before Richmond, Wool at fortress Monroe, Mc-
Dowell at Fredericksburg, Banks in the Shen
andoatb val ley, and Fremont in Western Vir
ginia. The President himself and the secetary
of War gave orders direct to each of these
Generals constantly interfering with their
plans, and especially thoso of Gen. McClellan.
The number and desciption es troops neces
sary, in that general’s opinion, for the capture
of Richmond, had been definitely fixed upon
apparently with their approval. But when
he was about to start the President took from
him 10,000 men of these troops, Blenker’s di
vision, for Ike purpose of increasing the com
mand of Gen. Fremont. Before he left Wash
ington be bad been autherized to draw 10,000
men from Fortress Momoe to aid him in his
enterprise. The day after his arrival at, that
post, that authority was withdrawn from him.
Thus, before lie advanced upon Richmond,
he was deprived of 20,000 men of his contem
plated force.
Gen. McClellan believed that without the aid
of Gen. McDowell’s corps of 85,000 men he
was still strong enough to take the rebel cap
ita'. He fought his way to the very gale and
McDowell was ou the point of joining him,
when he too was ordered upon other service,
and the rebel capital was saved.
Now who can doubt that if McClellan bad
been allowed to retain these fifty-live thousand
men, and to manage the campaign in his own
way, even without (he power to order rein
forcements which Grant now possesses, Rich
mond would then have been taken and the re
bellion driven lartbe>- South, perhaps entirely
suppressed? Who then is refpcnsible for t-lic
subsequent calamities and the indefinite pro
longation of the war ? Who is responsible for
the awful consequences of thus depriving McClel
lan of the force deemed by him necessary for
the capture of Richmond? Who is responsi
ble
For the blood of Malvern Hill and ether
fieids during McClellan’s retirement to Dai ri
son’s landing?
■ Eor the blood of the second defeat at Bull
Run?
For the blood of Antietam?
For the blood of Fredericksburg?
For the blocd of Chancellorsville?
For the blood of Gettysbuig?
For the blood that is now flowing in rivers
between Fredericksburg and Richmond?
Yes, who shall answer for all this carnage
when God “maketh inquisition tor blood?”
Not, surety, Gen. McClellan, who would
have prevented it had he been alone. And
the joy that now animates every loyal heart
on hearing the sounds of victory from llie array
of the Potomac, is saddened by the reflection
that ihe blood which it cost is a sacrifice made
necessary by military and political jealousy,
now intensified into personal hatred, which
would apparently rather see the Union peri: h
than that Gen. McClellan should, in a subordi
nate command, aid Gen. Grant in saving it.
Kiuxaitino BKt'.isii Subjects. —On Thurs
day, May 12, in the House of Lords, the rfat l
of EllcnborougU read the following letter writ
ten by the Federal General Wistar to General
Dix:
Yokktowx, April 15, 18G4.
Gen’ERAL : An extended spirit of desertion
prevailing among the recruits received from
the North in some of the regiments of my com
mand has led me to make some enquiries, re
sulting in apparently well authenticated infor
mation, which I beg respectfully to communi
cate to you in this inofficial manner, deeming
it required by humanity no less than by our
common desire to benefit the service. There
seems to be little doubt that many—in fact 1
think I am justified in-raying that most of these
unfortunate men were either deceived or kid
napped, or both in the most scandalous apd
inhuman manner in New Y'ork City, where
they were drugged and carried off to New
Hampshire and Connecticut, mustered in and
uniformed before their consciousness was fully
restored.
Even their bounties were obtained by the
parties who were instrumental in these nefarious
transactions, and the poor wretches find thera
relves, on returning to their senses mustered
soldiers, without any pecuniary benefit. Near
ly .all are foreigners, mostly sailois, bjth igno
rant of and indifferent to the objects ot the
war In which they thus suddenly find them
selves involved. Two men wc:e shut here
this morning for desertion, and over thirty
more are now awaiting trial or execution.—
These examples are essential, as we all under
stand, but it occurs tome, General, that you
would pardon me for thus calling your atten
tion to the greater crime commuted in New
Y’ork of kidnapping these men into positions
where, to their ignorance, desertion must seem,
like a vindication of their own rights and li
berty. Believe me to be, General, with the
highest esteem, your obedient servant,
J. J. Wistar.
To Major John A. Dix, New York City.
The noble Earl sad that many of the men
thus infamously kidnapped were British sub
ject, and that it was scarcely possible the
United States Government was not aware of
these facts. He wanted to know if Earl Russell
had any information as to these transactions,
and if he had done anything to remedy the
grievance.
Earl Russell said he knew nothing of Gen.
Wistaria letter, except that a copy had
been sent to him. It appeared that in some
instances persons landing iu tho United States
were drugged, kept without food, tempted to
enlist, a:d marched off to some do ot and de
prived of ali chance of obtaining thei; libe.iy
Lord Lyons ha 1 made frequent complaints; but
he (Eari Russell) was sorry to say “he had not
obtained that satisfaction be had a right to ex
pect.- ’ The Earl of Elleuborough lev I cited a
case in which a Fiencbman had been kiduapp-'
and was immediate!" released on the de
mand of the French Ailm ral. It is only Brit
ish subject who are kidnapped and mur
dered with immunity. These proceedings would,
render it r.eces-ary for Her Majesty’s govern
ment to make the strongest leruonstiance. It
the facts referred to by Lord Eilenborbugh
were authentic, “they formed a very great
hardship, and disclosed conduct on the part ol
the agents of the United States government
which “was highly repnhensibie.’’
Tbe Supreme Court of North Carolina has
j affirmed the constitutionality of the cocscrip
! tion law, as aiso of the law liable
| the principals of substitutes, Judges Mau’y and
j Battle concurring—u dge Pearson dissenting.
The Disputed Ram Question. —We have al
ready stated that Her Majesty’s Government
has put an end to the expected litigation iu
the cise of the Attorney General v. Laird by
purchasing the steam rams El Toussin and Ei
Monassir. Last Tbursdav the Solicitor-Gener
al came into Court of exchequer at Westminis
ter and said, *‘l h vve to inform the Court that
the case of ihe Attorney-General v. Laird and
others, in respect of which your lordship were
pleased to order a trial at bar at the instance
of the Attorney General, will not how be tried
The Lord Chief Baron said, Not a! ail? neither
in banco nor a nisi prion ? The Solicitor-Gen- i
eral replied No. Iu pursuance of an arrangement i
come to between the crown and the clajmauts, j
the case lias been withdrawn and the judgra- nt j
of tha Court will pass tor the Crown. It hTright i
I should state that (he object ••{ Her Majesty’s j
Government is not to punish individuals by j
tine or forfeiture, but to prevent vtssels issuing !
from our porls to make war on nations with !
which we are at peace. That object has been
abtained in this instance, “and, therefore, the
case is at an end.’’ We have quoted the exact
words used by tho Solicitor General, in order
that the sequel of the story may he fully ap
preciated. i'lio law officer of ihe Crown is
presumed to be capable of expressing in intel
ligible language that meaning which he desires
to convey. That the Solicitor General, from
some cause, failed to do so, may he collected
from what follows. On Friday the Attorney
General, with Sit Hugh Cairns, Q. C., came in
to Court and desired to make a statement with
reference to what had fallen front his colleague
ou-the previous day. lie said that the Solici
tor General did not- mean to convey the im
pression that the formal steps ol entering judg
ment for the Crown had either been actually
taken at the .time or that the form had been
finally resolved ou. lie would state in a few
words the true state of tho>afl'air. The Crown
had asserted that, there was a valid seizure for
a valid cause of forfeiture.
The claimants had to the last asserted, still
asserted, that there was no such valid cause of
forfeiture: but the matter had been by arrange
ment withdrawn from tho cognizance ol the
court, so that no determination of it would he
necessary, and that had beou done upon the
footing that the Crown had agreed to pay to
the claimants the value which the Grown them
selves had placed upon the property, and that,
too, entirely without prejudice to the position
of the Crown or the claimants with regard to
that question that would have required to be
tried, if the arrangement had not Lieen made.
The mode of doing it and giving effect to that
arrangement had not been finally arrived at,
but no mode would be adopted that would in
any degree whatever autiibrise any one to say
that there was any admission by the claimants
t .at it was a valid forfeiture. The Lord Chief
Baron observed ‘that tho explanation was nec
essary after what was stated by the Solicitor-
General, for undoubtedly bis statement was,
that the claim on the part ot the claimants was
withdrawn, and therefore the secure stood as
an uncontested seizure of the vessels; the So
licitor-Ge icral unquestionably used the words
“the claim had been withdrawn,” there was
no doubt about that.’ Baron Martin also said,
that die could perfectly well understand how
the misapprehension did arise, from the last
two or three words used by the Solicitor-Gen
eral.’ The learned Attorney-General seems
to be ns unfortunate in being drag :cd into diffi
cult es by his colleagues as lie ia skilful in res
cuing them from there difficulties.— London
Index.
Maiimilltan's Proclamation". —On the 27th
of May, Maximilian issued the following pro
clamation :
Mexicans : You have desired mo. Yonr no
ble nation by aspontaiftona majority, have so
laced me henceforth to watch over your desti
nies. 1 deliver myself up with joy to this call.
However painful it may have been for mo
to say farewell to my native country and to my
kindred, I have ahead}' done it, fully persua
ded that the Almighty has called nte, through
you, to tiie noble mission of concentrating ail
my m'ght and soul to a people who, worn out
by di lustrous combats and warlare, sincerely
desire peace and prosperity—a people who
having secured their independence, wish now
to enjoy the fruits of civilization and true pro
gress.
'J’fte mutual confidence with which we arc
animated, you and I will be crowned with a bril
liant success, if we remain always .united, to
valorously defend tho great principles which
are tiie only true and durable foundations of
States; the principles of inviolable and immuta
ble justice, its equality under the law, the.path
open to every one to all careers aud social po
sitions: the complete personal liberty, as right
ly understood, securing with it the protection
ot the individual and of property, the develop
incut of the nation’s wealth, improvement in
agriculture, mines and industry, the establish
ment of means of communication lor an exten
sive commeice, aim fi rally the development of
education in all its relations with the pubiio in
terest.
The blessings of heaven, and with them pro
gress and liberty, will assuredly not fail ua, if
he factions, allowing themselves to be led by
a strong aud loyal Government, shall unite to
realize the object which I have indicated, and
tis wo always continue to lie animated by the
religious sentiments by which our beautiful
country lias distinguished itself ovou during its
most unhappy periods.
The civilizing flag of France, raised so high
by her noble Emperor, to whom you owe the
regeneration of order and peace, represents
these same principles, 'litis is what the chief
of his forces said to you u few months since in
sincere and disinterested language—as a fore
runner of anew eraol happiness Every coun
try which has wished to have a 'future has
come to be great- and srong by following this
road united amt firm. God will give us
strength to roach the grade of prosperity which
we desire. Mexicam! the future of your beau
tiful country is in your bauds. As to myself I
offer you a sincere will, loyalty, and a firm
intention to respect your laws, and to e-use
them to be respected with an invariable
authority.
God and your confidence constitute my
strength. The banner of independence is my
symbol, my device you already know—“equity
and justice;’’ I shall ho faithful to it ail my
iifo. It is my duty to grasp the scepter and
the sword of honor with firmness. It becomes
the inevitable task of tiie empress to conse
crate to the country all the noble sentiments
of a Christian virtue and ail the sweetness of a
tender mother. Let us unite to gain the com
mon end : let us .foiget past shadow's ; let us
bury the odium of (action, and the aurora of
peace and merited happiness will shine again
radiantly over the new empire.
The Attempt of England to Communicate
with tub CoNFEDErtAOT.—Ia speaking of an at
tempt of the foreign office to communicate with
the Confederate Government, the London In
dex says : -
We have to chronicle a second abortive at
tempt on the part of the Foreign Office to com
municate with the Confederate Government.
It wili he remembered that the Petrel, having
on board the despatch with which Mr. Craw
ford, Her Majesty’s Consul-General in Havana,
was charged, was peremptorily refused admis
sion into the port of Charleston by the com
mander of tho Federal Blockading Squadron.
She thereupon returned to Bermuda, and re
ported her failure to the Admiral of the station,
who immediately Iran milted tho despatches to
Lord Lyons. The latter made a formal request
for permission to forward them through the
linen, which was refused; and Lord Lyons was
moreover informed by Sir. Seward that it would
not be agreeable to the Government of the
United Stares, for Her Majesty’s Government
to bold any intercourse whatever with the Con
federates. After this rebulf, which Lord Lyons
appeals to have received with his usual meek
ri-ts, there lemained nothing for him to do
but to return the despatches to the Foreign
Office, weuro they will henceforth remain as
the record, of the most ridiculous diplomatic
failure of even Earl Russell’s Administration.
So little, however, did tbe Foreign Secretary
anticipate such a result, that, as late as tbe 2d
of April, additi mal instructions were sent out
to Mr. Crawford relative to his mission-to Rich
mond These additional instructions, it may
be suppos'd, were rendered necessary l.y the
discovery that ihe Mallory Report was a forg
ery. We are now impatiently waiting to see
whether the farce is to have a third act.
Tbe commencement exercises of the Vt et
le; an Female college take place at Macon
next, wee*. . 1
Fltvi J 1 CH \IU.K»TON.
We have some addit'ond particulars of tl o
nwavlt of Sunday morning on Fort Johnson,
which will prove interesting lo our readers.
On .Saturday the \ ankees had attacked our west
lilies on James Island, mid. having, as Ihey sup
posed, diverted the watehfulness and attention
us the Command r of tho east liu.s, about day
on Sunday morning rhew barges were seen ap
proaching Fort Johnson They soon effected a
landing of one column below Bittery Simkins.
Ibis was bravely aad successfully repulsed by
the picket, who also had charge of the guns,
under command of Lieut Lowndes, of Com
pany K of Ist Regiment S C. Artillery, and
Lieut. Cowper, of Company E Ist S. C. Artil
lery.
! The second column, under the Immediate
: command of Coloue- Hoyt, of the 52d Pefin
| sylvania Regiment who also had command of
the expedition, attacked the Brooke Gun, ami
lauding in overwhelming numbers, Lieut.
Rnwoth, of the 3d 6. C. Artillery, was com
pelled to fall hack, after himself and men
fighting bravely. The enemy, cheered by this
success—with their commander at their head
waving his sword, advanced in heavy force
upon Fort Johnson, but they were r-ceivetf
with a terrific fire by tho light and heavy hat
tries on the line
The enemy finding the fire too hot fiw them,
began waving white handkerchiefs, sn\A seven
ty-live surrendered, tlie balance l'allifcg back.
Many took shelter in the Brook Gun Battery;
but the larger number, taking to ;heir barges,
made good their escape, and, being subjected
to a heavy fire fiom our batteries, are supposed
to have received a heavy loss, as they were
seen to pick up their dead and wounded..
Lieutenant Colonel Yates immediately Order
ed a charge to be made upon"the Brooke Gun
Battery. Compauy G catut; up iu line style,
commanded by First Lieutenant T. Davis
VVaiies, and supported by Lieutenant J. C.
Reynolds, thn Adjutant of the post, who had
collected a squad ol'some twenty detailed men;
and this daring dash was a complete success.—•
We recovere- the battery and took about sixty
fir e men.
On Monday evening the enemy drew up in
two lines of battle. Some considerable skirm
ishing took place, the enemy making three sep
arate advances, which were immediately check
ed by the shellng from our batteries. There
was also a sharp musketry tight, lasting about
half an hour, which, with the cannonading,
led to the impression that a general engage
ment was in progress. Borne few of our men,
belonging to the 32d Geotgia regimeut, Col.
Harrison, and the Ist 3. C. Artillery, Col. A.
lthett, were'slightly wounded. No names
were given.
Tuesday morning the enemy were again
drawn up iu two lines of battle, aad continued
so during the day, occasionally throwing out
skirmishers to leel our position and ascertain
our lorce. The enemy, it is believed, ha* a
force ou the Island of between four and five
thoasaud. It is not necessary for us to state
the number of our troops, but-will leave that
for the Yankees to find out. We feel sure,
however, that the enemy, should he attempt
any further advance, will pay as we’,l for his
foolhardiness as in the affair of Fort Johnson.
Tlieiv principal demonstration Tuesday was
directed against Battery Pringle. It is believed
that tho present object is to obtain a foot
hold on James’ Islaud, and to attempt the Gap
tuve of some of our outer line of batteries.
We have no doubt that the programme of
Gen. Foster has been carefully planned, und
includes the capture of the city, but as surely
believe he is destined to tho same disappoint
ments as his predecessors.
The whole Yankee force in the department
is reported from good sources to bo not over
seven thousand. They rely on their fleet to
to makeup the deficiency in the number of
troops. It has not heretofore been tup case,
and is not likely to be so now.
Another body of Yankees landed on John's
Island Tuesday, but is believed to be only a
small lorce for the purpose of coverjwg some
movement elsewhere.
At au early hour Saturday morning heavy
aud rapid discharge of musketry' and light
artillery in the direction of John's Island were
heard in the city. News was soon alter receiv
ed of a severe fight ou John's Island, and the
cheering announcement made that the enemy,
after a hard and stubborn resistance, had been
driven from all his positions. About nine
o'clock the following dispatch was received at
Headquarters from John’s Islund:
‘"Major Stiunufellow. —I attacked the ene
my, who was expecting me, at daylight this
morning, ami am driving h'ln at ail points.
We have passed the line of works he occupied,
yesterday. Gar casualties heavy.
(Signed) " B. li. Robertbqs-.
Brigadier GonerM.’’
The enemy, after the previous day’s skiini
bbling, had taken up a position about a mile
and a half in front ot Burden’s Gauseway.
They had thrown up a very heavy line of in
trcnchments, a mile long, which woe strongly
fortified witn their artillery.
The lotce ot tne enemy behind Ihe intrench
inenls was eaiiiu lie-J at about three tuousaud.
men. A deserter who came in said that it
eonsisted of nine regiments, aud were com
manded by Gens. SSaXton, Brown and Hatcfi.
Gen. Hatch was wounded ia the fight. Thu
negro troops were placed iu the enemy b front
white troops bringing up the rear. Our own
line was not more than three hundred yards
from that oi the enemy’s.
About daylight our forces, under the com
mand' of Gun. B. H. Robertson, moved for
ward to the attack. The intantry were com
manded by 001. Geo, Harrison, of the 82d
Georgia, and the artUieiy by Lieut. 001. Del
Kemper. Our advance troops consist dos the
82,1 Gcoigia, Ist Georgia Regulars, 47th Geor
gia, Bjunt ait’s Georgia Battalion and part of
the 4th Georgia cavairv, together with tho
Marion and Washington Arliliery.
Our men stevdily aud gallantly pushed for
ward to the scormiug of the enemy’s position
tinder a terrific fire of musketry aud artillery.
In leaping over their works many o: the brave
Georgians were wounded iu the head, breast
aud stomach, principally the latter, A despe
rate hand to hand encounter also took place
behind the fortifications. The fight tasted
about an hour, when the enemy gave way
along the whole line, and were gradually art
qen back to their secoud line of lutrcncments,
behind Burden’ Causeway.
During the fivht the enemy were reinforced
by two regiments of Infantry. We took but
, w prisoners, the tight being a moot obstinate
one on both sides. The musketry firing ceased
about nine o’clock. The artillery filing was
kept up till towards evening. Our loss was
estimated at about seventeen lulled, and ninety
three wounded.
The following dispatch was received at Ilead
qalters about half-past twelve o cloak Satur
day :
Four I'kmbkrton, July 9, 12 M.
“Light artillery firing with occasions.) volliea *
qf musketry is still heard on Jobe's Island,
and is steadly receding Southwards in the di
rection of Legareviße, where the Yankee gun
boats are stationed.”
A lata dispateh from Gen. Robertson was
received about six o’cloek, which stated “that
the enemy was supposed to be abandoning
John’s Island. A large number of transport
could be seen at the wliarl at Legarevilie, and
men observed passing to and from the boats,
whether leaving wilh thoir wounded or landing
more troops, was not definitely ascertained.—
Our casualties were estimated at about one
hundred killed and wounded, the latter being
principally in the stomach ’’
The enemy abandoned his position on John’s
Island during Saturday night, burning iho
bridge after them. At 10.13 A. At. B Outlay
morning, the following dispatch was received:
SIGNAL STATION, J
Charleston, July 10th, 1804, >
By Signals from Joha’a Island. )
To General Jones:—The enemy retreated
last night. lam following.
(Signed) General Robertson.
Several transports loaded with troops from
John’s Island left the Stono Sunday afternoon,
and went round to Moriis Lland.
The wounded arrived in the city about six
o’clock Sunday morning, and were received at
ami distributed around from the Louisiana
Hospital to the various hospitals of the ciiy.
The following annexed Georgians have been
wounded in the engagement* : WL Jenkins,
\V II Renfrew, J B Utiffiri, J C Bell, W li a
Bnir, W D Baxter, G W Speir. J A McCord,
E J Daniel, Isaac Tippin, N C Triisk, R A Min
ter. B V Davis. 8 McLendon, W J Farr, J H
Me Fail, J H MoLord, J Summer sell, A J Suv