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The-Sicfc of Charleston.
l lie following is a copy of tlic commit
jiication from General Gilmore, received
Friday night at Battery Wagner, by Gen
eral Hngood, in relation to the firing ou
that city. •
feofY]
11kAUQI'AUTERS Dep’t of TIIE S«>UT1I, )
Morris Island, S. C., Aug. 21,-’63. J
General : I have the honor to demand"
of you the immediate evacuation of Morris
Island and Fort Sumter by the Confeder
ate forces. The present condition of Fort
Sumter, and the rapid and progressive des
truction which it is undergoing from my
batteries, seem to render its complete de
molition within a few hours a matter of
certainty. All my heaviest gnus have not
yet opened.
Should you refuse compliance with this
demand, or should 1 receive .no reply
thereto within four hours after it is delivered
into the hands of your subordinate at Fort
'Wagner, for transmission, I shall opcu fire
on tfie city of Charleston from batteries
already established within easy and effec
tive range of the heart of the city.
I am, General, very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
(Signed) Q. A. Gili.more,
Brigadier General Commanding.
Official: E. Kearny, A. A. G.
To General G. T. Beaureoard, Command
ing Confederate Forces, Charleston, S. C.
Gen. Beauregard being absent on a re-
connoissance, the communication which
was unsigned was received at Headquar
ters about. quarter to eleven o'clock Friday
night, by Gen. Jordan, and by him rctum-
for the signature of tiio writer. The com
munication was signed by Gen. Gilmore
and again returned. It was received at
Gen. Beauregard’s Headquarters at nine
o’clock Saturday morning. Between one
and two o’clock, however, Saturday morn
ing, the enemy commenced firing on the
city, arousing our people from their slum
bers. Twelve eight iuch shells fell into
the city, thirteen in all having been fired.
Fortunately no person was injured. Sev
eral shells flew in the direction of St.
Michael’s steeple, and fell either in the
burnt districts on King street, or more gen-
eially struck in the centre of the streets,
as exhibited at the corner of Queen and
Rutledge, where an eight-inch shell tore
up the plank road and dug a large hole in
the ground. Another shot entered the
warehouse of G. W. \\ illiams & Co., at
the corner of llavne and Church streets,
making a large, opening in the brick wall
of the Medical Purveyor’s storehouse next
door, ami scattering things in great confu
sion. Four shells fell in this locality.
The battery we learn is located in the
marsh between Morris and Black island,
distant fully five miles from Charleston.
It is said to bo a superior fortification,
and believed to mount from three to four
Parrott guns of different calibre and long
range. A report was in circulation on
Saturday and Sunday that Battery Has
kell on James Island had brought its
heavy guns to hear upon this new fortifi
cation and silenced the enemy’s fire. The
report, however, was not credited.no au
thentic information being received to that
effect.
The enemy have erected another hat
tery within 460 yards of Battery Wagner,
from which a continual artillery duel and
musketry firing is maintained between the
pickets ill the rifle pits. On Friday night
a party of the enemy, estimated at 1.00
strong, advanced with the supposed object
of flanking and storming the position of
our pickets. The latter, only 13 in num
ber, allowed the enemy to advance within
short range, when a volley was poured in
among them, every shot telling and cans
ing the whole party to retreat to their
works. The fire upon Battery Wagner
has not slackened since our last report, hut
still exhibits no marks of the fiery ordeal,
and it is seird-officially reported will hear
as much pounding as ever. Battery Gregg,
which has been subjected to the same
heavy fire, is also reported iu the same
good order and condition.
Col.]*. 0. Galiard, of Charleston Bat
talion, we regret to learn had his left hand
shot off’by a shell on Saturday.
Captaiu.Robert Pringle, *ol Lucas’Bat
talion, was killed at Battery Wagner on
Thursday night by a piece of shell strik
ing him in the breast.
On Saturday afternoon the steamer
Spalding. Captain Dexter, went down to
the fleet with a flag of truce flying, having
on bear'd H. I*. Walker, Esq., British
Consul, and Col. Roman, of General Beau
regard's staff,- bearing a communication
from General Beauregard to Gen. Gilmore
They were met by Lieut. Forrest, of the
Ironsides, whe received their communica
tions and returned to his vessel for orders.
On his return Lieut. Forrest stated that lie
had been instructed to say that the dis
patches address to the Admiral would he
replied to and seut under flag of truce to'
the North Channel, while the dispatches
for Gen. Gilmore ’ would be conveyed to.
him,.and the reply necessary sent by flag
of truce to Battery Wagner. The object,
as we learn, of Mr. Walker’s visit was to
solicit an interview and request more time
he allowed fpr the removal of non-combat
ants. It being late in the "evening the
interview could not be had, but a reply
was expected Sunday morning.
. The following is a copy of the reply of
General Beauregard to"the communication
of G.en. Gilmore, conveyed by Col. Roman
under flag of truce to the; enemy’s flag ship
for delivery:
Heau'rrs Dk1*'T <>l S, C, A NO Ft.a , |
Charleston, S,. C , August 22, '63 )
Sir: Last night at'fifteen minutes be
fore 11 o clook, during my absence on a
reconoissance of iny tonifications, a com-
rnunication was received at these Head
quarters, dated Headquarters Department
of the South, Morris’ island, S. C. x\Hgust'
21, 18C3, demanding the “immediat*eviv<.
utioi: of Morris’ Island and Foit Sumter
by the Confederate forces.” on the alleged
grounds that “the present condition of
Fort Sumter and the rapid and progress
ive destruction which it is undergoing from
my batteries seem to render its complete
demolition wit It in a few hours a matter ol
certaiuty”~-aiul that if this demand were
“not complied with or no reply thereto
was received within four hours after its de
livery into the hands of your (rny) subor
diuate commander at Fort . Wagner ibi
transmission,” a fire would be opened “on
the city of Charleston from batteries al
ready established within easy and effective
range of the heart of the city.” This com
muuicatiou to tny address was without sig
nature, and was of course*returned.
^Vbout half-past one this morning one ol
your batteries did actually open fire And
throw a number of heavy rifle shells info
the city,. the inhabitants of which,, of
course* "W^re asleep and unwarned.
Ahout-l) o’elock this morning, .the com
munication alluded to above, was return
ed to ffsose headquarters, bearing your
recognized official signature—and it can
now he noticed as your deliberate official
act.
Among nations not barbarous, the usa
ges of war prescribe that when a city is
about to be attacked, timely notice shall
be given by the attacking commander, in
order that nou-combatants may have an
opportunity for withdrawing beyond its
limits. Generally the time allowed is from
three to four days ; that is time for the
withdrawal in good faith, of at least tho
woman and children. You, sir, give only
four hours, knowing that your notice uu
der existing circumstances, could not
reach me in less than two hours, and
that not less than the same time would
be required for an answer to he conveyed
from tho city to Battery Wagner; with
this knowledge you threaten to open fire
on this city, not to oblige its surrender, hut
to force me to evacuate these works which
you, assisted by a great naval force, have
been attacking in vain for more than forty
days.
Batteries Wagner and Gregg and Fort
Sumter are nearly due North from your
battories on Morris Island, and in distance
therefrom varying from half mile to two
and a quarter miles; this city, on the
other hand, is to the Northwest, and quite
five miles distant from the battery opened
against it this morning.
It would appear, sir, that despairing of
reducing these works, you now resort to
the novel measure of turning your gnns
against the old nien^ tho women and chil
dren, and the hospitals of a sleeping city—
an act of inexcusable barbarity, from your
own confessed point of sight, inasmuch as
you allege that tho complete demolition of
Fort Sumter within a few hours by your
guns seems to you “a matter of certainty.”
Your omission to attach your signature
to such a grave paper must show the reck
lessness of the course upon wlutii you have
adventured. While the facts that you
knowingly fixed a limit for receiving an
answer to your demand, which made it
almost beyond the possibility of receiving
any reply within that time, and that you
•actually did open fire and throw a number
of the most destructive missiles ever used
in war, into the midst of a city taken una
wares, and filled with sleeping women and
children, will give you a “bad eminence”
in history—even in the history of this
war.
I am only surprised, sir, at the limits
you have set to your demand. If, in order
to attain the abandonment of Morris Island
and Fort Sumter, you feel authorized to
fire on this city, why did you not also in
elude the works on Sullivan’s and James’
Island—nay, even the city of Charleston,
in the same demand ?
Since you have felt warranted in inau
gurafiug this method of reducing batteries
in your immediate front which were found
otherwise impregnable, and a mode of
warfare which 1 confidently declare to he
atrocious and unworthy of any soldier, 1
now solemnly warn you that if you fire
again on this city from your Morris’ Island
batteries, without granting a somewhat
more reasonable time to remove non-com-
hatants.T shall feel impelled to employ
such stringent means of retaliation as may
be available, during the continuance of
this attack.
Finally, I reply, that neither tho works
on Morris’Island or Fort Sumter will he
evacuated on the demand you have been
pleased to make. Already, however, I am
taking measures to remove with the utmost
possible celerity ail non-combatants—who
are now fully aware of and alive to what
they may expect at your hands.
Respectfully, sir, your obedient servant,
[Signed] G. T. Bkaukegaku
* General Commanding.
The following dispatch was received at
headquarters at 3 I*. M. :
Morris Islam*, 2.66 1*. M., Aug. 23.
To General Jordan :
At eleven o’clock, to day, Gen. Gilmore’s
communication was received. He gives
until eleven P. M., to morrow, to remove
non combatants.
[Signedj General Hagood.
On receipt of the communication, how
ever, at headquarters, it was discovered
that Gen. Gilmore doted his dispatch in
reply 0 P. M. of the 23d, (Saturd ay night,)
hut did not. cause it to he delivered at
Wagner until 12 meridian, Sunday. 'The
date was not then noticed, and lienee Gen.
Hagood’s telegram, that until 1L I*. M.
to-morrow, was given for the removal of
non combatants. The fire upon the city
was, therefore, renewed Sunday night a
bout 12 o'clock. At the same time an
answer was received to the communication
ofSonor Moncada, Spanisu Consul, who
had also sent a-note to Gen. Gilmore, re
questing forty-eight hours lor the. removal
of non-combatants.
• Whilst the officers-of Sumter were at the
dinner table yesterday a shell hurst above
their messroom, parts of the shell going
through ot^the dinner table and throwing
down, bricks. Col. Alfred Rliett, coin
manuing the fort, was slightly wounded.
Lieut. Boyistou, seriously in the breast ;
Capt. F.leuiing aud Lieut. FickJing, slight
ly-
Private Henry Davis, a member of the
S. C. Regulars, was killed Sunday morn
ing by a shell striking him across the
thighs. Several others were slightly
wounded.— Courier.
Gen. Beauregard's Politics.—The
folio wing is an extract from a letter writ
ten by ( leu. Beauregard in 1S50:
1 am no disunion man. I have lived
long enough at the North to he able to ap
predate fully the good qualities, energy,
commercial aptitudt^and shrewdness of its
inhabitants. But I, for one, will never submil
taimjy in any community, whatever may
be its advantages, to be snubbed and rob
bed of my just rights, even at the risk of
losing in tiie contest all that I may he pos
sessed of. We h.ave, in my humble opin
ion uo concession to make them ; for us
the question of slavery is one of life and
death ; to them it is oilb of fancy and pqli
tical capital. The more we yield to their
unjust demands, the more exacting they
.will become; for as their preponderance
in our national council increases, ours di
mniidles, until at last they ska 11 have be
come so strong that they will not eveu-
dcigu to ask, but will order forthwith the
execution of a measure which will bring
death aud desolation to our homes.
Patriotic Letter fr^m tit** H»u I. W. Lewis.
Cartersville, Ga , Aug. 24, *63.
Editors lnteUigencer: 1 authorize the
Mayor of the city of Charleston to draw'
on me for one thousand dollars, to be ex
pended either in the purchase of refresh
inents for the noble soldiers now fighting
in our defence, or if not thus needed, then
to go to the relief of the poor and suffering
of the city.
I authorize and respectfully request of
the Governor of Georgia to draw on me for
one thousand dollars to be expended in
the purchase of salt for the wives and wid
ow's of Georgia soldiers, and hopefully
trust that others will’do likewise, by thou
sands. As to myself, 1 feel .that, to a cer
tain extent, I belong to my country, yet 1
respectfully decline the invitation of many
friends to be a candidate for Congress from
this district; at the same time though, feel
ing grateful for this manifestation of their
confidence iu me. I believe that I am at
present in the proper positiou to do most
good for the country. And, now, having
very briefly disposed of these matters, 1
ask some space iu your columns to treat
upon a subject of vital interest to the whole
country at the present period, to wit : the
embarrassed condition of our finances, aud
what, in my best -judgment, is the proper
remedy.
And in the first place, I remark that, in
a great and sudden revolution, such as we
are now involved in, thinking men would
not only calculate certaiuly upon financial
dcrangemunt, but also derangement and
suffering iu every department and position
iu life. Ail things considered, with the
blessing of God, we have sustained our
selves beyond all precedent in the history
of the world, and if true to ourselves and
to our cause, we shall recover from our re
cent reverses, and wheu done with gunboat
lighting, and the enemy gets spread out
into our country, iu tho work of devasta
tion, the tide of our affairs will change,
and many of our foes will get a possessory
title much less to be desired than a confis
catory one, to a portion of our soil, three
by six feet or less. Tho truth is, they have
uo right-,-no just cause, to invade us, and
we shall whip out this terrible fight if wu
can but get rid of those among us who
have been whipped all tho time, without
ever having fired themselves a single gun.
But to my subject.
The States, iu their Statu character,
separate and alone, can bring back our
money matters to a healthy condition;
and after long thinking, and as close thiuk-
ing as 1 have been capable of doing, I am
satisfied that tho States only can do it.
Congress has already voted the entire
credit of tho States in their confederated
character, aud any further vote iu that di-
rection will hut add additional depression
to its credit. The Confederate circula
tion must he reduced, and greatly reduced;
this can only he done by the States, aud
done iu this way : The Legislatures of the
States, each for themselves, can loan their
credit to the Confederate Government by
the issue of bonds, .hearing a low rato of
interest, and sold for Confedeiato notes—
the State Governments to loan these notes
to the Confederate Government, taking in
p.lacc thereof, Confederate Bouds hearing
a low rate of interest. Thus can we re
lieve ourselves. ’To show the difterucc
between State and Confederate credit, it
is only necessary to look at the market
value of State and Confederate securities.
1 have thus staled the text of our finan
cial relief, and will promise to elaborate it
in ire details, if any way desired by tbe
public, either iu writing or speakiug, as
far as I may he able. The truth is, we
must have money, and for myself, I am
willing to be taxed one-tenth—one-fifth—
one half—all!—yes, all, if necessary, to
gain our independence. Respectfully,
JOHN W.JJSWIS
Shelling of Chattanooga.
One of the most impressive scenes we
have ever witnessed occurred in the Pres
byterian Church yesterday. The services
were boing held by the Rev. Dr. Palmer,
of New Orleans, and the pews aud aisles
were crowded with officers and soldiers,
private citizens, ladies and children. A
prayer had been said and oneof the hymns
sung. ’The organist was absent, “and
wilt he thankful,” continued the minister
“if some one iu the congregation will raise
the tune.” Tho tune was raisedthe
wb&le congregation joined in singiug, as
in days gone by ; the sacred notes rose iu
humble melody from (lie house of God,
swelling their holy tribute to His glory,
and dying away at last like echoes of.de
parted daysj’the secoud, or what is known
as the long prayer, was begun, when out
upon tho calm, still air theie came an a
lien sound—the sullen voice of an hostile
gun—ringing from the north hank of the
river, and echoing hack and hack among
the far off'glens of Lookout peak. It was
sudden ; it took every one by surprise; for
few if any expected tho approach of an
enemy. The day was one of fasting aud
prayer; the public inind was upon its wor
ship. its serenity had not been crossed
by a shadow. And it was not uutil anoth
er and another of these unchristian acceuts
trembled iu tho air, and hied themselves
away to the hills, that it watt generally re
alized that the enemy were shelling the
town.
W ithout a word of warning, iu tho midst
of church service whilst many thousands
of men and women thronged tbe several
places of public worship, the basest of hu
man loomen had beguu an attack upon a
city crowded with hospitals and refugees
from the bloody pathway of their march,
and in no wise asseutial to a direct as-
suit.
There was a little disturbance in the
galleries ; the noise in the street grew lou
der; near the doors several persons, who
had other duties, military or domestic, to
look to, hastily withdrew ; the mass of the
congregation, however, remaiued in their
places, and the man of God continued his
prayer. It was impressive iu the extreme
There he stood, this exile preacher iron)
the far South, with eyes aud hands
raised to heaven, not a muscle or express
ion changed, not altered, not a sign ol con
fusion, excitement or alaifb; naught but (he
calm, Christian face uplifted amt full of
the unconsciousness to all save its devo
tions, which beam from the sett! of true
piety. Not. only the occasion, blit the
prayer was > solemnly, eloquently impress
ive. The reverned doctor prayed, aud
his heart was in his prayer; wa* tbe long
prayer, and he did uot sliorteti it; he
prayed it to the end, and the cannon did
not drowu at from those who listened, as
they could not drowu it from the ear of
God. He closed, and then, without panic
or consternation, although elicited and
confused, the dense crowd separated
whilst shells were falling ou the righj and
left. \ ‘ *
All honor to noble preacher, and to
those biavc women and children.
f Chattanooga RebH.
From the Macon Telegraph.
The Darkest Hear of the Devolatioi.
Mr. Editor—Tbe following letter of
General Washington to Col. Harrison, of
Virginia, at the darkest hour of our revo
lutionary struggle, contains valuable sug
gestions, which if heeded may bring
strength and power to ns in this our darkest
hour. For that , purpose, I greatly desire
to have it again placed before the readers
of your valuable paper.
Yours tiuly, S. Dougherty.
To Benjamin Harrison
Philadelphia, Dec. 30. 177S.
Dear Sir—l have seen nothing since I
came here, on the 22d inst., to change my
opinion of men or measures, but abundant
reasons to he convinced that our affairs are
in a more distressed, ruinous and deplora
hie condition, than they have been since
the commencement of the war. By a
faithful laborer in the cause ; by a man
who is daily expending his private estate,
for not even the smallest earthly advan
tages, not common to all iu case of a
favorable issue to the dispute ; by ouo who
wishes tho prosperity of America most
devoutly, hut sees it, or think ho sees it,
on the brink of ruin, you are besought
most earnestly, iny dear Col. Harrison, to
exert yourself iu endeavoring to rescue
your country, by sending your best and
ablest men to Congress. These characters
must not slumber nor sleep at home in
such a time of pressing danger. They
mast not content themselves with the en
joyment of places of honor or profit in their
own State while tho common interest, of
America are mouldering and sinking in
irreparable ruius, if a remedy is not soon
applied, aDd in which these also must ulti
mately be involved.
If I could be called upou to draw a pic
turc of the times and of men, from what I
have seen, heard and iu part know, 1
should, in one word say, that idleness,
dissipation and extravagance seem to have
laid fast hold of most of them ; that spec
ulation, peculation and an insatiable thirst
for riches, seem to have got the better of
every other consideration, and almost of
every order of men ; that party disputes
and personal quarrels on the great busiuess
of the day, while the momentous concerns
of an empire, a great and accumulating
debt, ruined finances, depreciated money,
aud want of credit, which, in its conse
quences, is the want of everything, are
Gut secondary considerations, and post
poned from day to day and from week to
week, as if our affairs wore tho most
promising aspect. Aftor drawing the
picture, which from iny soul I believe to be
a true one. 1 need no* uow repeat to you
that I aui alarmed, aud wish to sec my
countrymen aroused. I have uo resent
ments, nor do I mean to point at particular
characters. This I can declare to you,
upon honor, for 1 have every attention paid
to uie by Congress that I can possibly
expect, and 1 have reason to think that 1
stand well iiwtheir estimation. But in the
present situation of things I cannot help
asking where are Mason, Wythe, Jefferson,
Nicholas, Pendleton, Nelson, ami another
I could name ( And why-, if you are
sufficiently impressed with your danger,
do you not, as New York has done in the
case of Mr. Jay, send an extra member or
two for at least a certain limited time till
the great business of tho nation is put upon
a more respectable and happy establish
ment J Our money is now sinking fifty
per cent, a day Hi this city, and 1 shall
uot be surprised iu the course of a few
months if a total stop is put to the currency
of it; atid,yet an assembly, a concert, a
dinner or supper tliftt will cost three or
four hundred pouuds, will uot only take
meu off from acting but even from thinking
of it, while a great part of the officers of
the army, from absolute necessity, are
quitting the service, and the more virtuous
few, rather than do this, are siuking by
sure degrees into beggary aud waut. I
agaiu repeat to you this is not an exag
gerated account. That it is an alarming
one, 1 do not deny ; and 1 confess to you
that 1 feel more real distress on account
of the present appearance of things than 1
have at any one.time since the commence
ment of the dispute. But it is time to hid
you adieu. Providence has heretofore tak
en us up, when all other tneajis aud hopes
seemed to he departing from us.
I am yours, &c.,
GEORGE WASHINGTON.
To Peace anil Submission Men.
Those who talk or think about peace
upon any other terms except such as are
found at the point of a bayonet, have
often been warned by the Confederate
Press, of the bed of degradation and ruin
which they are preparing-for themselves.
Hear what a Northern paper, opposed to
the war and friendly to the South says :
We quoto from tho New York Cauca
sian :
At the proseut writing it would seein
tbe failing to break Gen. Meade’s lines, he
(Gen. Lee) fell back to secure tho vast a-
mount of stores which he gathered in Penn
sylvania, the losses ou Goth sides being
about equal. Tims stand matters in tbe
East. Ir. the West it is announced, at
last, that Vicksburg has-fallen, tho heroic
garrison, after a siege of nearly two nioutiiN,
having capitulated, ou the 4th inst., to
Gen. Graut. These two events have fill
ed the war party with feelings of the ut
most exultation and joy. They now fancy
that the South lies bleeding and helpless
at their feet—that they have now only to
give a few more telling blows, and the lait
rebel army will be. exterminated,- and
nothiifg left* to stand bet if eon them and
the helpless men, women aud "cbildreu of
the Southern States.
We know very well what the policy of
the administration will be towards every
State so soou as it falls into their power.
Missouri, Maryland, and Louisiana are viv
id. examples or their hate, enpidity, injns
tice and tyranny. First the people will
be disarmed ; and then, when helpless,
their property will be seized aod : confisca
ted, and their homes, lands and ancestral
acres turned over to the rapacious Yankee
speculator. Their organs of public opin
ion will be suppressed i-ftieir tribunals of
justice overthrown; their Stale tews set
aside, and their State Const ftutiou ignored.
In place of all these, sits one supreme
semi-military Judge, tike Peabody in
] New Orleans, appointed at Washington,
who under the mockery of the forms of jns-1 self before the people on the ground 0 f
**.?*’ registers the edicts of the ! experience in ofgce, an argument which
vile Abohticn cable at the capital. The adinitteil , wiU m>lke it necessary to k’J
him in the Executive for life. We nrp e „ ^
whole theory of self-government is over-
thlWwh at a single blow. The right of
the Tree expression of opinion, which evs
ery American claimed as inalienable, is
tyrannically subverted, and the privileges
we claim for ourselves inhumanly and
wickedly denied to others*
How do yon like “ peace ”. on these
terms 1 Is not death preferable, to auy
man with a piu't of crimson blood in his
veins.
^0U%rn Jitturiier.
E D GE VILL E:
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1863.
FOR GOVERNOR.
nvr. FURLOW,
OF SUMTER.
GOVERNOR’S ELECTION.
Within a few weeks, the people of Georgia
will ho called upon to decide whether Gov.
Brown shall he continued in office a fourth
term, (double that of any of his predeces
sors) or Vhcther some one else, for good
reasons, shall take his place.
We are in the midst of a war which has
been raging more than two years, the oh
ject of which is to subjugate the Southern
people. Iu this coutest certain measures
Have been recommended by the President,
and adopted by the Cougress of the Con.
federate States, to render the war success
ful, among which was the conscription of
all able bodied men, iu the army and out
of it, between the ages of IS aud 45 years.
But for this wise aud timely legislation,
retaining iu service the twelve months
men whose term of enlistment would have
expired iu May and June, 1862, Richmond
would have been captured, and the heart
of the South penetrated by the enepiy.—
Tho Conscription Act alone saved the
South, which uo person of intelligence can
doubt.
Yet, strange and as it may seem, there
was a State Executive, who denounced
this act of Congress as unjust aud uncon
stitutional and who endeavored to defeat
its operation. Being in the midst of a
revolution, with every thing at stake, we
thought, and still think, that Gov. Brown
could have waived his doubts, as did the
Governors of Virginia and Alabama in
regard to th© constitutional question, to be
asserted at a more propitious time when
t,Jie enemy is not thundering at our very
doors. # But forgetful of tho cause which
absorbed all the energies of the South, and
tenacious of a mere abstraction, Gov.
Brown set his face and his heart, with
obstinate persistency against the Conscript
Law, as may be seen hy his letters to the
President, and by other manifestoes in no
measured terms of condemnation. IIis
patriotism we do not impeach, but bis
judgment we very much question. He
lias committed errors for which he should
be arraigned at the ballot-box, and we be*
lieve that a successor can be found who is
entirely free from objection in every res
pect, and who has the merit of sustaining
the Confederate Administration iu all its
efforts to achieve the independence of the
South. -
The citizen we present for Governor of
Georgia at the next election, is Maj. Tim
othy M. Fu slow of Sumter county, whose
name we place at our mast-head, to be kept
there until after the election, knowiug that
he will serve. His service in the Legis
lature from Bibb, many years ago, and
more recently as Senator from Macon,
Schley and Sumter counties, has given
him a large public experience.
Maj.- Furlow is a successful planter
and a good financier. He has beeu long
connected with the management of Banks
and Railroads. His means to do good are
ample, and where others give ten dollars
to the war, or for any benevolent purpose,
he gives his hundreds. No man in South
presaij,,
western Georgia has probably done aB
much to equj(p companies aud to feed sol
dier's families. His busiuess qualifications
are of tho highest order, and he always
lias a method suitod to every cmers
gency. Popular in his address, aud
cherishing a love of \naukiud which has
no limit, Maj. Furlow uuites many qualities
to endear him to his fellow men, and to
justify their confidence. His moral char
acter is pure aud above reproach.
South Western Georgia has'never had
the opportunity of furnishing a Governor,
though its importance in the great staples
of agriculture is acknowledged. Now is
the time to do justice to that portion of the
State which last year fed the army and
the Cherokee region iu a time of great
scarcity. The supplies were granted
cheerfully, and still more can be dono the
present year. . The Planters should rally
to the support of one of their own class
who is Worthy ; and. all tbe voters in the
State and in the Army cndlii not bestow
their sttfferages ou a more suitable man for
Governor.
We have spoken frankly, hut without
auy disposition to do injustice* to the pres
ent eueotnbent. He has been six years
in office, and uotsatisfied, he keeps him-
tbat the good sense of the people can ailj U8t
all such claims at tbe ballot-box.
FORE I GN^LECOG NITION.
Every arrival from Europe brings m 0re
or less evidence that tho independence 0 f
tbe South is an admitted fact in French
circles, though it is slowly permeating t l. e
English Cabinet, who are slow to reflect
the popular mind which they profess to
represent. Since the withdrawal of jj.
Roebuck’s motion in Parliament favorin
recognition, there is no practical basis on
which the sentiments of the English p eo
pic can he made effective. Great distress
in the manufacturing districts continues t
be felt for the want of cotton.
The policy of the Queen's Government
is to feed the starving poor out of the Ej
chequer, rather than complicate its rela
tions with the United States. That qual
ity which. above all others is controlling
in the English character, or rather in it=
Cabinet deliberations, is a cold and calcu
lating. st if fitness. So the commerce ami
power of England are advanced, her am
bition is satisfied. As Banker and Mam
ufacturer for the world, her philosophy fi u ^ s
its limit. Beyond this point, there isj l0
expanse to her vision. Such a thir g as
sympathy for a people who resist oppres-
sion, and the lending even a smile to them
iu misfortune, never entered the mindot
the British nation. Hence, th^ Con edei-
ate States can with no shade of hope look
for intervention or assistance from that
quarter, come what may. That spirit
which can enfold itself in such an impene
trable shield as to experience no particu
lar anxiety when the cries for bread are
heard through the manufacturing districts
whose machinery is stopped for the want
of Southern Cotton, is capable of auy de
gree of indifference to suffering either at
home or abroad. This result has been the
growth of ages, and is so interwoven with
the financial policy and tho habitudes of the
English people as to amount to a secund
nature,
We of the Southern Confederacy might as
well dismiss our dreams of support from
English opinion, to be practically afforded
by the Ministers of the Crown. In the
very constitution of things, such aid is an
impossibility. To say nothing of the ab
solute coldness of the English heart, po
litically, we have but to refer to special
influences which are conclusive against
any interference which will offend the Gov
ernment of the United States. It is said’
that the cities of New York, BOsIod, Phil
adelphia, and other corporations iu the
North, including Banks, Rail Roads, Fac
tories &c. are indebted to the capitalists of
England in the sum of eight hundred mill
ions of dollars, all of which would be con
fiscated in the event of war between Great
Britain and the United Slates. This is a
l^eavy bond to keep the peace, and Mr
Seward takes advantage of it to insult
England whenever it suits him, knowing
her infirmity for gold is greater tbanTer
resentment for wounded honor- It cannot
be charged with any degree of justice, that
England is afraid of the United States
so far as courage and strength are involv
ed ; but sbe is afraid of the money feature,
the loss to her merchants and bank'
ers, which, is the enduring cement be
tween the English people and their Gov
ernment. ^ ‘
In 184lThis principle was fully tested,
when Alexander McLeod, a Sheriff in Can
ada, burnt tho steamer Caroline on the
American side of the river Niagara. The
State of New York indicted McLeod for
-murder, as two or three persons were des
troyed with the boat. The British Gov*
eminent, • through its Minister, protected
McLeod by avowing the act as its own. the
Caroline being engaged at the time in
transporting troops and supplies to }vavy
Island, with intent to aid McKenzie and
other malcontents in their designs upon
Canada. A long correspondence between
Mr. Webster, Secretary of State, and Mr.
Fox, the British Envoy, followed. I be
State of New York was persistent iu main
taining itsjurisdiction, and the Courts pass
ed on the record. A collision seemed im
minent, and Mr. Crittenden, U. S. Attor-
toruey General, was sent by Mr. l)i e -
to pacify the Governor of New York,
the release of McLeod was effected by
making his act a political question instead
of a criminal offence. Thus ended tbe con
^troversy.
This example* is referred to merely -°
prove with whaf tenacity the British Gov
eminent watches over the rights of her
subjects everywhere, which is a satncio^
reason why it will forbear to hazard
securities by declaring war against t J
United States, even wbere national utn
demands it. The Confederate States
nv-ver be aided in their struggle- neit .
drectly nor indirectly oy Great I ,rI j slC
until she can advance her peculiar P o lC -
by the operation. When that time
rives, she wiil make a point not to be ^ u
understood.
Tiie vote iu the Alabama Legist*'
tore for Confederate Senator, >.0 h
vacancy caused by the death of the H°c
W L. Yancey, was, for Robert Jemi^m
Winston 12. ^
the
Jr., 97 votes, Ex-Gov
John Cochran 1. Mr. Jemison is
J CitnAfne if) v „
Democrat
man ever elected a Senator
from Alabama who was never a
ty Cbarlentou is no* tiie P 0 .' 1 ' 1 fj”.
cral interost. If shd-fall*. it wM lw *«'
a bloody drama.