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About The Columbus weekly times. (Columbus, Ga.) 1858-1865 | View Entire Issue (June 24, 1861)
I'OLIMBIH. PBID.IT. JINK 21. IMII. Rumored Kvacuatior or llarprk’s Frrhy. A telegraphic dispatch was received here on Saturday morning, through the agent of the Aa aociated Press, announcing the evacuation <f Harper’s Ferry by the Confederate force*. Con tradictory statement# were bronghtby passengers yesterday , and we are, therefore without reliable information on the subject. We can only aay that If Harper's Perry ha* been abandoned, it u for good and sufficient/ reason*. —Richmond Th n mlA 17/A. Irierestug ffom Senll'i Point. A letter was received tbi# morning from one *4 the Macon soldier* at 8* wall's Poilt, dated tb-e 18th, which *ey* that the Pig gun which th r Federalists bss just erected at llip Rape, had been opened upon tbe battery at that place three shots having beon fired, all of which went over the camp of our Battalion. The position ts one, therefore of extreme danger, an l union our boys are successful in thr<. wing up high breast works of sand in front which w# learn they are endeavoring to do they will have to evacuate tbe Point and tako a position a’little further up to wards Tanner's creek, or elsewhere. An we have no gun in position to roturn tho compliment of tba big “Union” at Rip Rap*, it. would be folly to remain within range of its motal.— Macon Cittern. A X.lible Stk.Bi', The New York Tint a soys: “It is reported that a quiet, but somewhat ex tensive movement in on foot amorg certain hon. see representing heavy English capitalists, to obUin oontrol of a prospective supply of cot ton for English consumption. Tbe plan is to despatch agents of English house* to the Houlb ern market with large award* of ninety day* exchange bills on England via New* York. The scheme, of course, proceed* upon the presump tion that Southern planters will prefer to sell what cotton they may have for good Engl! h exchange, to lotting it go for tbe bond* of tho Confederate Statue of America, according to Mr. Cobb’s plan; and that the United Slates Govern ment, at Urn proper time, will interpose no ob stacle to the movement of Gotten for English account- In this manner England, and not tho C. B. A , will have tbe control of the cotton crop.” Planters and factors aro warned in time. Axutubr MAoairiCKXT Donatio* to ouii Bol wixita.—-Our fellow-citizen, says the Macon Tele graph, James I). Carhart, has purchased a full suit of dark, mixed jeans, of superior quality, of the Eagle Mills, Columbus, Ua., and is having them wade by Emory Winship, as a present to th* Macon Guards. Onohundred complete suit* will be forwarded by Mr. Carhart, to the bravo .Guards in a few days. All honor to the coble donor. Macon still leads the vau iu patriotic contributions to the war. Como forward friends aud do your part, if you have been holding back. Jackson AmgeJ Editor Teltyrofih ,* —I seo In tho Now York Herald it is proposed to raise In that State a regiment of “Ellsworth Avengers,” to be Com posed of one picked man from oah militia dis trict of tho Stale. Now I proposo that a regiment be raised in Georgia, in the same way, to avenge the death of the martyr Jackson. There are over one thousand militia districts in Georgia. One good man for every district properly armed and equipped would miiko the fineat regiment in the world. I therefore suggest that an active and intelli gent man at each county site take upon him self to procure one man for each district, weigh ing not less than 140 Ib*., and not less than 5 feet ii inches in height, and report tbo same at unoa. Tbe writer of this, while he is desirous of forming one of the regiment, docs not desire be conspicuous; if, therefore, thoao that will undertake the matter will address a letter to •Jaekeon, care of Editor oftho Telegraph, Mu eon,” they will be handed tu the undersigned, who will undertake the correspondence, and so •oon as a sufficient number report, will advise tho parties white to meet to prepare for an or ganisation. Is there not one active man in each county that will rxort himself to uiako this regimeut. which, when formed, will bo tho finest tho world ever produced ? Let it be douc aud done quick ly. JACKSON. Vdws Telegraph, “Jim Lane tominz.” Tho Fort SiuithfArk.) Times of tho sth inst., learns from a gcutlemau, who bud arrived there from Missouri, that 500 men were on their way to join J,ho notorious Jim Lane, ut Fort Leaven worth. Lane has the arms that wero cent to Utah to bo used Against tbe Mormon*, and ex pects to be in Fort Smith, tho hitter part of Juno or the first of July, with 10,000 men. Tho Times cals upon the people to bo ready fur the invader, and adds that Cept. Montgomery, who formerly oummar.did at Fort Smith, is now at Lsnven worth, and will, no doubt give all tbo necessary information in his power. DtaTaessixu asn probably kata*. Accident. —We regret to announce that Mr. llenry Riley, a gentleman in the employment of Uarndtu’s Kspres* Company, in this city, received a dan gerous, if not mortal, wound, yesterday morning, from the accidental discharge of a pi*td iu the hands of Mr. Colter. The latter gontleuiaif is a rente agent for th# same Company. Both woro iu the Express office and the lustrum f’ a email pistol, which cause l the wound oti Riley, was being loadod by Mr. Colter, when it acci dentally discharged, and its content* lodged in the body of the former. P. S. fcinoe writing the above we have learn ed that no hope is entertained of tho roc- very of Mr. Riley. „ Lisr.nAt.iTY or to* Acbvbta Ba***.—An ugont of too Confederate State* Government untied upon the bank* in this city yesterday, re questing to know bow ouch of tho Confederacy Treasury note* they would lake. Tho/ prompt Ijr answered 15 par etnt. < f their capital. Tho Aggregate of batik capital iu Augusta is $3,0?&. OU-which, at li per cent., would make $461,- 2so to place to the credit ut our UoveruuumU- Tbii evidence of patriotism an Uiberality isuoto* worthy.-—ChromteU if - Scnlintl. DEATH uE LOK WaRRKN. This sad intelligence is conveyed by letter iiow Albany, Go* to a relitlve in thin county, llis death occurred in the Court House at the farmer place on lie lsth lust, during the deliv ery of an address to the jury, and is supposed to bare resulted from an attack es apoplexy. Judge Warren has Uag been known to the people es Georgia, sad bar shared a full prop r tioo of pnblc honors, lie kat represented his BUle in tho National House of Representative? srben she w s a compoueni part of the l ivton. and, for a long (into held a seat on the beuch of the 3tlparlor C a-t. Tba btamnlaisness and pu r ty of bis public aud prirata life con?*itute an e (during inoottmeut of bis fame. Mr. Beta it, M. I\, on Tun Bw>c*ai*.—We take the liberty, rays tho Augusta Constitution alUt, to publish the following extract of a pri rata Utter, from an eminent merchant in one of •>ur c.tles, dated June 1 ML; “I saw a letter IroniManchester, dated the 17th of May. The writer stated that Mr. Bright, M. |, bad assured him there w.-uld be no obstacle *y ibeir gettingeotton from the I'nited States as usual. lienee ceUon. felled, per pound, and they are satisfied tbelr Government will get the cotton, and, if so, tbsy will lurulah our goods, too—the one as reaJily aa the other. No block *de after cotton is ready for exportation. From the London Times. U EISSELLS B.UAVVAU LETUP., He Vieile Port nterview with Com, Tain nil- The l)iecpl\ne of the Soldiert at fort Pulaeki — Jeff. Davie’ Mceeajt — Pacific Tendencies rs the Gear •jittnM, d'c., <fc. Savannah, (Ja., May 1, Mi lt lx said that “fools build houses for wise men to live in,” lie that true < r i*ot, it is cer tain that “Uncle Ham” has built strong places for his enemies to occupy. To-day I visited Ft. Pulaski, which defends tho mouth of the Havan nab River, and the approaches to tbe city. It was left to t*k# earn of itself, and tbo Ueor gin ns quietly stopped into it, and have Wen busied in completing its defences, so that it is now capable of stopping a fleet very effectually. Pulaski was a Pole, who fell in the defence of Havannah against the British, and whoso memo ry Is perpetuated In the name of the Fort, which is now under the Confederate flag, and garri soned by bitter foes of tbe United states. Among our narty were Commodore Tainall; whose name will be familiar to Eugl h ears iti connection with tbo attack on the Pchio Forts, where the gallant American showed tho world that “blood was thicker than water Brigadier Uen. Lawton, in command of tbe forces of Geor gia, and a number of naval and military ‘fleers, of whom many had belonged to tbe United Hiates regular servioe. 11 wa* strange to look at such a man a* tbo Commodore, who tor forty-nine lung years had served under tbo Elam aud r tripes, quietly preparing to meet his old com rade* aud friends, if need he, in the battle field— his allegiance to tho country and to the Dug re nounced, bis long sorvtco flung away, his old ties and connection* severed—and all this in de fence of the sacred right of rebellion on the pert, of “his State.” He ha* not now, nor has he been for years, a slaveholder; all his fam ly and familiar association* connect him with tho north. There aro no naval stations on tbe Southern coast, except ono at Pensacola, aud ho know* almost no ono iu the South. He hat no tor luno whatever; hi* fleet consists of two mum)! rivsr nr coasting steamers, without gun*, and, a* ho *aid in talking over the resources of the Houth, “My bones will he bleached many a long year before the Confederate State* can hope to have a navy.” “State High s!” To us tb question is skuiply inexplicable or absurd. And yetthou faodx <>f Americans sacrifice all for it. The river at Savannah is broad as the Thames at Gravesend, anil resemble* that stream very much in the color of its water* and the level nature of its shores, llice field* bound it on either fide, as far down a* the influence of tbe frosb water extends, and the eyo wanders over a flat ex panse of mud and us er, and green osiers aud rushes, till its search is arrested on the horizon by tho unfailing lino of forest, in tho Bolds hero and there arc the whitewashed square wood en hut* in which the Gave# dwell, looking very like tho begincioga of the camp in the Crimea.-- At one point a small fort, covering a creek by which gunboats could get up behind Bitvanoah, displayed its “garrison” on tho walls, and lower ed its flag to salute the Hinall blue enaignntthe loro, which proclaim? 1 tbe presence of tho Com modore of tbe Naval Force* of Georgia on board our steamer. The guns on the parapet were most y fiolil pieces mounted on frame works of wood instead of regular carriages. There i* no mistake about the spirit of these people. They Keize upn every upot of vantage ground aud pri’pnro It for defence. There were very f>.w ship* in tho river ; the yacht Camilla, better known us the America, t o property of Captain Deasy, and several others of those few sailing under British color*, for most of tho cotton ships are gone. Alter steaming down tbo river about 12 miles, the >oa epened out to tho right, and on a lung, marshy, narrow Island near tho bar, which was marked by tho yellowish surf, Fort Pulaski throw out the Confederate flag to tho air of the Georgian Ist of May. The water wa* too shal low to permit the steamer to go up to the jetty, and the party landed at the wharf in boats. A guard was < n duty ut the landing—tall, stout young fellows, in varioun uniforms, or in rude mufti, in which the Oaritmldian red shirt and felt slouched hate predominated. They were armed with smoothbore muskete (dated 1851), quite new, uml their bayonets, barrels, and locks wero bright i rid clean. The officer on duty was dressed in the blue frock-coat, dear to tho itrlt ish Lim-smsu in days gone by, with brass but tons, emblazoned with the arius of tho State, a red silk sash, and glazed kepi, and straw color ed gauntlets. Several wooden lints, with flower gardens in front, were occupied by the officers of the garri son; others were used as hospitals, and were full of men suffering from measles of mild type, A few minutes walk led us to tho lort, which is nil irregular pentagon, with the haze line r curtain face inlands,and tho other faces cnscnintod and hearing on the approaches. Tho curtain, which is simply eienallated. Is covered by a Redan sur rounded by a deop ditch, iniido tho parapet of which ora granite platforms rondy te*r the recep tion ol guns. Tho psrapet is thick, and the scarp and counter scarp aro faced with solid ma sonry. A drawbridge affords access to tho inte rior of the Redan, whence tho gate of tho fort is approached across a deep and broad moat,which is crossed by auother drawbridge. An tlie Commodore entered the ltu.lun, the guns of the fort broke out in a long salute, and the band at tho gate struck up aimed as lively a welcome. Inside, the parade presented a scene of life and animation very unlike tho si lence of tbo city wo had left. Men were busy t leaning out the casemates, rolling away store* and casks of ammunition and provision*., other* wero at work at tha gin and shear*, others build ing isndbag traverse* to guard the magazine doors, as though expecting an immediate attack Many officer* were strolling under the shade of the open gallery at the side of tho curtain which contained their quarters iu tho lofty bomb-proof casemates. Home of them had seen service iu Mexican or border warfare; some had traveled over Ital ian and Crimean battle Held*; others were Wont Point graduates of tho regular army: other* young planters, clerks or civilian* who had rushed with ardor into tho first Georgia regi ment. T c garrison of the fort is 850 uicu, ami fully that number wero iu and about the work, their tent* being pitched inside tbo Redan or on the torreptein of the parapets. The wails are exceedingly solid uud well built, of hard gray brick strong as iron, upwards of six fuel tn thick ness,tho cH.-emutea and bomb proofs being lofty, airy and capacious o* any 1 have ever seen, though there is not quite depth enough between tho wails at tho salheiit and tho gun carriages. The work is intended for 128 guns, of which about one-fourth me mounted on tho cast mutes. They are lung 152’* with a few 42‘s aud culum -1 lads. Tho armament# will bo exceedingly hea vy when the guns aio mounted, and they are fast getting tho 10 in*h Columbia!* into position enhurbetic. Everything which could bo requi red, except mortars, was in abundance—the platforms und gun carriages are solid and well made, the embrasures of the casemate# aro ad mirably constructed, aud tho ventillation of the bomb proof carefully provided for There aro three furuacc* for heating ted hot nh t. Nor is discipline neglected, ad the officer# with whom 1 went round the work* wire ar sharp iu tone aud manner to their man a# volun teers well could be, ili -ugh the latter are enlisted fur only throe yenr# by the State of Georgia. An excellent lunch wa# spioad in the cs-i mated bomb pr >of, which served as the Colonel’s quar ter, and before aanset tho party wire steaming toward# Savannah, through a tideway full of leap ing sturgeon and porpoises, leaving the garrison intent ou the appr aeh of a large ship, which had hvr #aiii aback, off tho bar, and hol#ud tho Str* *ud Stripes, but which turned cut to be noth ing more formidable than a Liverpool cotton J ship. It will take some hard bb-rrs before Georgia is driveu tu let go her grip of Fort Dulaski. Tho ebannel ia vory narrow and passes close to tho guu# of tho fort. Tbe menu# of completing the armament have bocn furnished by the store# of Norfolk Navy Yard, where between 700 and 800 gum have fallen into the hands of tbe Confede rate* . and, if thcro are no columbiads among them, the Mart imac and other ships, which have been raised, #s we hear, with guns uninjured, wi'l yield up their Dalhgreni to turn their tmurlo# a -aintt their old mooter*. May 3—May day was so well kept yesterday that theexhuusted editors cannot “bring out” their paper#, and, consequently, there it no news; but there is, nevertheless, much to be said con cerning “Our President’#’* Message, and there is a suddenness * f admiration for jmcifio tendencies which can with difficulty be accounted for, unless tho news from the North these las’ few day# has something to do with it. Not a word now about an Instant march en Washington ‘ No more threat# to a*in> cti Fancuit Hall’ Tbo Georgian* are by ut utwans so keen ns the Carolinian* on their border- nay, they are not sc belligerent to-day as they were a week ago. Mr Jefferson Davis’s Message is praised for its “mod eration,” and for other .[unlitics which were by no moans in such favor while tho Kumtor fever was at its height. Men look grave, and talk i and Trance, which “canuot allow this thing to go on.” Hut the change which has come over them ia unmis takable, and the best men begin to look grave. As for me, I must prepare to open my lines of retreat -my communications ate in danger. Qcr*m Victoria.— We.have a letter, sa'athe Boston Journal, ftom an American ia London, who la likely to be well informed, from which wo make the following extract. *‘l am sorry to say (bat her Majesty, the Queen, is Inn state of insanity, and v.ry little hopes are entertained of bar recovery. They talk of having her go Germany. 1 hear it talked that there w ill probably be a regency.” It is rumored that another requisition for 2,000 Georgia troop# has been mad# on Ooveruor Brown Special to tho New York Herald. A Northern Viet of Affairs in Virginia. Baltimore, Juno, 1881.—By a recent arrival from Richmond direct, I am put in posse pm bn of MM highly important facte, wb-b, In e mneo tion with others 1 ‘earned yesterday, and with the data which rpieriously ta I, enable me to give the general catures f tho campaign in Virginia, n . agreed on by the rebel chief. Jiff. Davis, General Beauregardßß<l Gen. Let have been iu consultation for several and tv*, and they have, by special couriers, almost hourly communication with Geu Johnston, at Harper's Ferry. There was some disparity of views among them ut first. It was understood that Gen. Leo on - rited a pUri for an immediate at tack on Washingt >n He prestuted a statement in detail, showing tho number of troops in Vir ginia to he 147,000 distributed a* follow* : Men. Richmond and iti fortifications 15,006 Norfolk, Portsmouth,Gosport and Nana - uond river Iu,OUO Lynchburg (camp of instruction) 15,000 At end near Harper’s Ferry, under Gen. Johnston 18,000 Manassas Gap Junotion 15,000 Ktrasburg, Salem and along tho road to Manassas Junction ..*3,000 Fredericksburg 2,800 Petersburg 8,000 Culpepper 5,000 Tbe batteries and defenses along York river 4,0)0 Batteries and defenses along Rappahannock river 4,000 Burkesville, Charlottosvilio and Gordon* ville 0,000 Staunton 2,000 Tbe batteries at aud near Acquia Creek ... 2,000 Gucrriilssforgau zed) 8,000 Total.. 147,000 And also a etatouiiiit showing (bat there were in addition 10,000 troop# under arm* aed ready to inarch from North Carolina, which eoald he concentrated at Weldon, and brought t* any point in Virginia, where they might ho needed, in a very short time. The plan which ho ur ged was for three corps d'armee of 25,000 each to advance on Alexandria and Washington, to he drawn from Richmond, Lynchburg, Mari ansa* Gap, Frederi’ ksburg, Petersburg arid Culpepper, tbo places of these troops to bo supplied by ireeh ones. With theee7s,ooo men, und suitable parks of artillery, he felt confident of being able to take the capital, and he trusted to the enthusi asm of the Houth to raise 40,000 more men tu rush to Washington and prevent it being retak en, if it was deemed advisable to hold it. Tho details of the plan showed it to bo well consider ed, and to hold out at least a posribility of huc **ess. Ilut it was steadily opposed from the first; by Jeff. Davis, and afterward by (Jen. Beanre gard, and it was quickly abandoned—not be cause it was regarded as absolutely impractica ble, hut because it was judged inexped ent even to take Washington, and difficult, perhaps even Impossible, to hold it. On the question of Harper’* Ferry, also, it was understood there wa* Nome dLpurity of viovr*.— General Lee wan for offensive operation hern al so. flu desired to so strengthen General John* ton a* to enable biin to leave bis batteries well served, while himself, with 60,000 troops, should attack and rout the Ohio troops undor General .McClellan, and drive them out of Viry.i.a. But no such views prevailed. It was understood that the general feature* of tbo campaign, as finally agreed upon, are thc-*< : First, that it is to be strictly defensive; thattb- Potomac is not to he crossed in any event; that the varioos bodies of troops aro to remain for the present where they nr . aa indicated in tin table above; that Harper's Perry is to be held as long as practicable, hut to ho abandoned or not, at circumstance* may warrant; that the line < t tho Manassas Gap ruilroad, extended to thi mouth of Acquia Creek, is to be the first but-e of military operations. 1 hat this lino, now defend •and by .‘(5,000 men, is to be strewghtened by 15,060 rnoro if deemed necessary, but that it is to be hold, a stand made there, and a battle fought there, before It shall be abandoned. This plan was first suggested by Jfff. Davie It vuk warmly seconded by Rcaurcgur 1, and Gen. Lee bus cordially assented to if. It in Volvo*, of course, the fate of (Jen. Johnston; and if he due* evacuate hi* post, it will be fu much strength added to this line. The possibil ity of being defeated on thi* lino in hardly entor tained by the rebel leader*. A lad), however, asked Jiff. Duvis on Monday evening what they should do if tho Northerns forced them bock from Manassas. “Tbore will lo few left, mad urn,” replied Jeff., “to be forced back. Bui if such is our fate, wo have other lines t > defend and other hand* to defend them.” To tb Colton Plnnteri of tho South, lientiemnn —At the regular Annual Meeting oftho Cotton Planters’ Convention, held iu Macon on tho 11th Inst., a resolution wan passed roeoul mending a Mass Convention oftho cotton planters oftho South, to meet in Macon, Georgia, on the 4th of July next. The undersigned wore appointed* committee to giro uoiico of these proceedings, aud to invito the people of the States to send up delegates to that Convention. We presume it will require no fervor of lan gunge, no ipeciul pleading, to impress on the planter* of tho South tho importance of their promptly responding to thia call. Iu the midst of a season of remarkable pe cuniary prosperity, wo find ourselves auddeuly involved in a great revolution—in which a fierce uud bloody war I* inaugurated. The iuvadcr. counted not by thousand*, but by hmiredk ts thoutatiiie, are swarming upon our soil. They have blockaded our ports, cut off our trade, and destroyed our revenue. Our noble and ebivalrio youth have rushed I into tbo field to meet Ibuu. From the city aud country, tbo hillsuud valleys, the nu uutsius and . the low lands, they have poured forth in multi tudes, forming a great army,now panting for the i conflict, and ready to drive luck tho Abolition host, or porish on tho field. The final result no one doubts, Wcrhail have liberty aud independence. But to support this army and sustain the gov ernment ol our choice is now our highest duty, and tho subject of our greatest concern. How shad tho o objects be accomplished ‘ This is a question which has engaged the pro founded intention <jf our statesmen and finan cier*. These investigations bare resulted in no admission us the fact, not generally before un derstood, that tho sinews of war, ns well as tho elements of prosperity in peace, are iu tbo hands of cotton planters of the South. The government appeals to them, (he eye* and the hope* oftho couutry ate now turned to them. They must furnish the mtaus to sustain the army and carry tho war to a successful do#.'. It is then dearly their right ar.d duty to take counsel together—to consider tho whole question in all Us practical operations, and determine f r themselves hen- they will rai-e the means, and to ichat e±.‘ent. • Wetberefore cordially invite tho cotton planter# of the South—indeed, wo urge our friends in every county io ourown Mate, as well us tho people of ell the Confederate Futes, to send up delegates to the proposed Convention to be held in Macon on tho 4th day of July next. Lot them scud able and good won, and in iuch number# a* they may think proper, lu the appointment of derogates no special formalities need be observed. What wo waul is a meeting of the cotton planters, to consider their own pow er, and properly tv apply it. Arrangements are iu progress, iu addition to the regular debates of tba Convention, to procure addresses from the most eminent orators and statesmen of the South. J. 11. R. WASHINGTON, PULASKI 8. lIOLT, NATHAN BASS. Musk era asp Kiri.ss.—A grea do.dha*bccu s,ild of the comparative advantage? of muskets and rifles. Wo hear that very high authority asserts, that the mu* Wet is tho better of the two. and, iu a rough-roll and-tumble fight, will render for more effective service. It do * not become foul so easily, and i* adapted to both ball and buckshot, if armies would stand off half a mile to shoot at each other, the improved rifles might be tha superior weapon; but we have no idea ot indulging the Yankees w ith any such abundant space. In the fight at Uetbel, tho Yaukecs had their pa ten tad articles, and in four hours’ firing only killed one man. The numerous accounts toll what the Virginia muskot did. Gon. Anderson, of Tennessee, announces that experiments with the common riflo and the Miuuio ball demonstrate that to bo the mi #t for midable weapon in tbe world, in the hands of men accustomed to its use. But for the ordinary run of troops, who are familiar with rhot guns, tho musket is the better weapon. Hichmond Whig. Tub Arc At* AT rint-trvA.—•The Rietnond Ex aminer says i “A rumor ii nti at .fa wound battle ut this place, wherein the Confederates under Porter field (who was not killed,) completely routed the Federalist*, and recovered their arms and their baggage. -Wo mention this minor to say that wc do not believe that there if a syllable of truth about it. “The real affair at Philippa, ot which very in correct statements wFTc brought t,* us in the first Instance, seems to have been one of the moat deplorable transactions that ever occurred on the soil of Virginia. As the true tacts will neccj.<nrily cotue out before a court of inquiry, we are glad to leave them to that tribunal, and thereby escape the pain of staling them at present- _ corrospodnent of the Boston Tran script states that ihe commanders of the Minne sota and Niagara are in possession of the names and description of vessels shortly expected at New Orleans with valuable aims and muuluion* of war purchased by the rebels in Europe A close w*toh ts being had for them. COLIMBtA, SATt’RDAT. JIMS 23, IMJ. A. CARD Tbe Ladle* Soldiors Friends toe id/ of Co lumbus tender their warmest thank* to Messrs. Clark A Chase and thu.-o associated with them in tbo Concert us Tuesday Evening at Temper ance Hall, for their patriotic donation to tbo BoJ, ciety of the proceed* of that Concert, amounting to tbe haml-oino *um of $110.25. Tho Ladies of the Society appr date most highly the aid thus rendered them. They value it not only as a most liberal contribution to their means, but also as a gratifying proof that they have and will continue to have the active support and co operation of tho community in their tfi .rts in behalf of those who have gone forth to brave hardship, danger and Rath In dehn<:e of all that b dear to u*. CO.AFEDAKATE (BAYS.” An Infantry Company for the service of th* Oorifederate State?, by thi above name, was or ganized at Cossets, in Chattahoochee County, Or., on Saturday tho Jslh June, instant, by th© election of tho following officers to wit Capf,—James T. MeNanghßn. Ist. Lieut.—William W. Durban* . 2d. “ Hesekiah MUler. 2d. “ 0. 11. Kelley. Tbi* company is composed of lieu looking men generally, and of some that have seen ser vice, und is truly a very worthy company. They design filling their ranks in time to g t into Judge Running'* Regiment; and, judging from their present appoarnnee (as a citizen of Chatta hoochee county,) 1 feel proud to . y that, the Judge will hardly have a finer looking compa ny of men in his rcg'.iii'mt than tffb “Confeder ate Grays,” who represent Company No. 2 from Chattahoochee eoun*y. Fueee.n to the Gray*. A CITIZEN. Cumis, June 17, 1601. Ik Snaonah md Antwerp Steam List. The Atlanta (Ua.) hdellifenter, of Juno l-'h; ! esys : “Wo have otn a letter of iatc date from Bius sells, semi-official in its .‘ TANARUS, from which j we learn that the Belgium have taken up with | great energy the proposed enterprise f r placing a line of steamers hetne n Awt.-.erp and £>rv- j annah. It is highly probable that Mr. King, the Georgia Commissioner, my, from motives of State, prefer the French to tl.e Belgian ! and offer Franco tbe Georgia gunranUn. If : successful, tho steamers would of course sail from some French port. It from Havre, there would be no conflict of interest Iq lctiiig the, service continue on to New Orleans, in which j case ffavaunah w,uld become tbe Atla ■. ri of call for a Louisiana an 1 French line.” Special Correspondence of tb Columbus Times, i UICHMOAD COKI’.&PO.\M.\CI Richmond, Juu K. 1 allu-iod hi uiy last tu the rumored evacua tion by oar force* of Harper* Ferry. Nothing i definite in re ation to thi* rumor baa yet reached 1 this city, though, the information given mo by an officer direct from the Ferry is believed to In correct, That the road aud mountain j ssies ‘ o twoen Harpers Fury and Htrausburg (eight* . . mile* of which between Winchester an 1 Straus- j burg is traveled by staging) must and will be rendered as impregnable as possib.e, has become j a ii. Hilary necessity by tbe advance of Me CM lan with his division of the army of invasion by way of Romney. Hence the burning of the fridge crossing the Potomac at Harpers Furry, and (he advance of Gen. Johnson (in command at the Ferry) toward Winehenter so as to It ! ready to Junite with General Beauregard in tho ; great battle that is believed will soon coine oil 1 in tho neighborhood of the Manassas Junction, i A mi flic tent force i* left on tho Virginia heighG at the Ferry to harass and perhaps drivO back the invaders should they cross from Maryland at that point. The proceeding in our State con- ! vention to-day were of an unusu dly interestteg character. A letter wes received from President Davi*, in reply to a resolution of last Saturday informing him that the conventi n desired to pay their rasped* to him as a body, whenever he could bo pleased to reoaivothem The following it a copy of his letter Richmond, Spotswoed House, June Ifi. | liou Jubn Jaucov, President Ya. State Con. Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the re ceipt of your letter of the 15th lest., comtnu&lca ting to mo the revolution of the Yirgiui* iuu Convcufion, to vA’ rue at cui h tuuo as I mi) appoint. It will afford me great pleasure t- re ceive you and tbo members of iLe Convention, j \ at 8 o’clftek on Monday evening the 17th, Vary respectfully, JEFFERSON DAVIS. The ceremonies will be, doubtless, highly in teresting, and that) be briefly alluded to in my | next. Kx-Fretident Julia Tyler submitted a striesof ; resolution* to-day, eulogising in terms cl fitting oloquence, tbe officer* and men who have recent- ’ 1/ achieved such glorious results Id routing up- j wards of 4,500 ot tho enemy with a force of only ; 1,100 at Bethel Church. Col. Magruder and the ’ gallant Hill of North Carolina, were specially j commended. Mr. Tyler said that tLe battle of j Buena Vista was theouly parallel to tblsvicUry in the annals of history . Tho two heroin ladtei who u*\ cte l on horse back some twenty ruite* to waru the pe plo of Fhillippa of tho advance of tho invader*, have had to fly for their lives, leaving properly, friends j and home in the hands of the vandal rubbers. They are now iu this city and lave boen in vited by Gov. Letcher to make the Executive j mansion their home while they remain in Rich- : mood. The vandal acts of rapiue, UwUttness and ; violence perpetrated by the Northern hordes j wherever they have obtained a foot hold iu the j South, fill our people with indignation and Lor ror. Wore they only spread before the people of j the country iu half their revolting detail they ! would call It rib ono shout of exacrativn fr. iu , ! Delawar .’ to California And yet, your Kcntuo ky old grannies talk about mediating and bring- I ing us again iuto a poliliosl union with these taa- I rauding cut- throats. Such a settltsient of the J present war I* absurd and impossible as would be j tbo rcstoratiuu of Lucifer as i his imps to the olysian scenes of their once happy state j I Southern independence, wUbcnt a single Yan kee element, is the end we aiiu al—’.hc end we I wo will fight for, while a truu utberner lives, and, with tbo blessing of God, the end we ahali ‘ utteia. BRUTUS. Special Correspondence Cincinnati Commercial, J Oar Array CorrojMJi'ucf, W.vshinotox, June 11, The Grand Army if the United States—the j Lieutenant General’* Boa Constrictor—ls trying | to tuoYe,aml evil after coil unravels to cru.U tho ! monster rebellion. As this letter will prubably ho printed about | tho tiiuo the country will be rejoicing over c. ru ing iuto poesession of Harper’* Fery. it will bo | appropriate and timely to make certain mixture? j which ar loudly demanded. The War Department has done very p rly, j ring the tremendous resour,' m \ his disposal. Tho momentum of the North has done tho work thus far, by forcing through the War Department the necessary u c.uurc?. Tho administrative ability required in thi* einerg.ucy has Icon wanting. It is hoped that a wholesome change in the Cabinet may be brought about j soon by the removal of Cameron and Wcites, from the War and Navy Department, who are very far behind the time*. No one over suspected Cameron of houcety, but there were hopes that he had buiness capacity, and that in the position of Secretary of War, iu those time*, ho would make a reputation for in tegrity. In truth, however,he is very Incompe tent. The greater portion of the really impor tant bhsiuess of hit Department i performed by Gen. Scott and Secretary Chas. Cameron attends to tbe stealing department. Ho has swarm# of relative* about him, tons, brothers in law and all that sort of thing. One of his sons is ex: 1 to have made twenty-two thousand dollar# vu a single horse contract, and tho details of the transaction justify the opinion that there was the most frightful dishonour in tho matter- There is au organixod band of thieves in Penn sy ivante, that have stolen the the clothes from th# backs, and the food from the months, of the Pennsylvania volunteers, until several regiment* of the troops of that State are ragged and half starved. These thieve? are particular friends ot Mr. Camwron. They have a house here, where they eonooct schemes of plundering the Govern ment, uud where, of hot afternoons, they are iu the bal.it of passing the time by emptying a doz en bottles oi champsgDe into a bucket of ice. „nd swilling until they can hold no more. Thu Pennsylvanians arc being thoroughly aroused about the robbery of tbeir Sum and troops by these scoundrel?, and it s high time they were. It would be of greater advantage to the country than to gain a balile, tu have Cameron kicked out of tbe Cabinet. If a man of first rule ad ministrative ability bad been in Lis place the condition oftho army would have been greatly improved, and tbe operation# of the campaign greatly advanced. When Gen, Scott #cnt tho troops into Virgins, tho other day, be found that there were notmesn* provided fit for the move inent of ton thousand men ten mile* into the enemy’s country. Tho army i* in motion now, but three weeks aro gone. Gideon Wells is venerable and nonorab.e man, who might get along as Secretary of the Navy, at a timewbau the l . S- vessels were s)iit on lazy voyages to distant seas, or permit ted to Mt in the Lome harbor*, but ho is not the man for the place now. Re has no business talent or tact, and in tho deliberation# if the Cabinet I# a perfect nobody and knows nothing. Tho real Secretary of tbe Navy i# Cept. 1 ox. A many of the very bigbe*t business talent is i needed. Tbe sueces# of the war wiil depend | greatly upon tbo efficiency of the blockade. It ; would not surprise me if changes were made in ’ the War and Navy departments very bood; for the necessity is obvious, and is beard of on every side. Secretary Seward applied hinmlf intense ly to the foreign relation*. It is impossible to kso him at hi* department He will not he in tern ptfd. lie gives many reception# at his house, and tho officers delight to go there,drink hi brandy and punch, and rmoke bia Havana Cigar*, lie has an exceedingly hard end impor tant task to perform in conducting our foreign affairs atthis momentous time, and i* exerting himself day and night to come up to the measure of performance his countrymen have right to expeet The basinets man of the administration rela tive to Federal affairs is Balm on I’. Chase, who labor* with astonishing persistency and tact.— He appears to be the driving wheel of the eon ’ corn. No one has reason to evtnplain of cireum t locution in him in tho trammel 100 of public bu j a ness. I have several timet board the remark, i “Chase has tbe go 4n him.” So far as home af fairs are concerned ho s* most ivflticDtial. ID* I firm Assistant, known r.s the Assistant Socreta i ry ot State, Mr. Harrington, is also a business | man, who drive# matter* through with a direct ! ne##of ami and energy of purpose that is ad* i inirabl*. Chase bos done an excellent and timely , ibing in retaining Cisco, dtra., a# Treasurer at New Yufk. Clico cent in bis resignation. Mr. j Chase, though f.-rty Republicans were- howling I f.>r the place, requested him to withdraw and ’ hedid ao. The administration would be really ! strcrigthed by recognition# of the abatement of i party spirit which would be in good taste and 1 good feeling. Regiments are now coming hero at tho rate of about four \ week. Not fast enough by an,, mean*. Tba administration might jutt wflil | Lav* bad on* hundred tho fond men here li ty. Alii bat they had to du wa# to permii ’ the regiments looomo. Hth y were btr now as should be, we need nut bo eland log on tbe defensive ail along the ltelctuac, at tbi* j time, and makingoeuttena approaches to liar ; per'* Ferry. We ought to have a column of fifty thousand volunteer* and fifty piece* of flying ar il !ty, marking straight for Manassas Gaptu ; day; and it might have bean so, just a# well as it . , but there has been a com: ant and absurd j underestimation of the Virginia force* until ’ within a week past. > her# ia danger -not that the VirgiuiaL* will take Washington—but that tire? Federal for ,<: will not t *k< Richmond within thi# month,es should bo dine bjr ail weans. Almost tbo w <•! tigs tfou*h is now in Virgii,:a. Il . I cm be suddenly and well whipped-—crushed i < at, and Ricbnre it<l po#.-t-mol without delay,th.; back bone ot the rebeiliou wi.l be breken, The : North has tendered the government a supera hutiJauco t,f mean# for foing mis very thing.— Thc|*a< pie have done their duty. Hut though we art complaining that the army i* not largeecongb for tIo wont before it, curb na artay ia now encamped about this Capital, l.&s never before been >in on the American continent. There is bad morals in Karri..*, (‘bark* Rob ; isou is the Governor. Genera! Lane i# the man in whom the fighting boys of the Mate have oonfiJe&co. Robinson and Lauo are bitter per sonal enemies, #< the former is exerting his au thority not to make the State efficient in tbo war, but to prevent Lan© from taking any part in i’ lie is rejecting every company tendered him that is officered by l.aue’* friends and thus is exclud ed the real fighting men of the State to gratify a personal spite, i have this from good autho rity. Hanging would he too good lor such a Uovcriur. M. 11. Ike Bulk t Great B-lbtl. The .V w York Ti *, cf the 1t h, is full of letters from Its cerrc| on dents, and from offi cers and soldiers iu the Northern army, of the battle of Great Bethel. The strength, position’ mean* of dfetre© of the Virginians, are lias I staled by oa* of the Utter-writers: After c reusing a narrow bnt apparently deep j stream, th* road defleets simewbatto the left, I along its side. Ju t beyond the bridge the rebel* hire planted their battery, consisting ut least of one 12 pound rifle cannon and two held pieces. A line of intrench went* then followed the right side of the road, a ditch only being between then). Their position was excellently chosen. * * * * m * *. In the meantime, Lieut. Col. Washburn, with two hundred and fifty men, had, by a wide cir cuit, reach the rear of the battery, audit it quite evident that tbo Confederate troop*, who it is now determined did not number six hundred un-u were on the point of tearing the field. Bo it stem;, by their cwji confession, that the Confederate troops numbtred but six hundred, and ha i but throe cannon. The attacking force number'd abont fire thou sand men, Os the loss of the Northerners, me of tha let ter writers cays . We occupied a wood by tbeir right flank, and laid down to aro and the tearful fire they kept up for two and a half hour*. It was a horrible slaughter; the oldest soldiers were sick at the sight. And another one, a volunteer, writing to his father in New York, complains of their guns, and adds : It is perfect butchery to scud na so armed against rifles that carry 400 yards with perfect accuracy. We shall he shot down like (beep, end the hope I had of getting home sgain is narrowed do an to a decimal since the experience of yesterday. I i'v.v six killed and wounded badly, close to my self. From all of which wo gather, that about five thousand men were embraced in the attacking parly ; that they attacked about six hundred “rebels” with three or at moat four guns posted | ia batteries , that they were repulsed with a loss i of about five hundred men killed, wounded and missing.— Lomittil’e Courier. i— > Hr. Iraftuaa'i bag* fr>>m ike S.v hi. A despatch from the New York papers, dated Boston, June 12, give the following account of Mr. Trapmann’s troubles in Boston: Cheif of Police Amo© this morn log rooidvad the following despatch : New Yonx, Jane 11,15(11. To the Ckeif of Police, Bottom ■ ■ Wm, Trapmann.ii Captain in the Confederate , Army, ia to sail in the steamer to-morrow, Wed j nesday. He is the bearer of despatches from ! Jefferson Davit, also of commissions for priva teers. These papers ought to be seeured. Jon.x A. Kbrncdt, Supt. of Police. In the abacenee of the t inted States Marshal and district Attorney, Mr. Amoe, with a pneeee of police, visited the steamer America, and after much trouble, discovered Trapmann, and asked to tee his papers. Mr. T. was indignant, declar ing himself to be the Prussian Consul at Charles ton, as ha was recently, aud produced his papers ; in evidence of that fact, signed by Franklin Pierce. Ha also exhibited a posip.nt signed by llobcrt Bunch, British Consul at Charleston, lie bud also papers showing that he was the bearer of dispatches from Lord Lyons to the British Government, and threatened the direst vengeance of that Governaent if be was interfered with. His stateroom was searched, bat nothing of ob jectionable character found, and he was allowed to go iu the steamer. Iron returning to his office, Air. Aiuss found the following despatch: New Yonx, June 1?, ISflI. To ike Ckiff of police, Bottom : Arrest aud hold Wm. Trapmann, of Charleston. S. C., for treason Ho is to sail In tho steamer to-day. Secure his papers. By order of the Secretary of State. John A. Kxsxedt, Superintendent of Police. This despatch came too late, as the steamer had sailed. lie** Home.—The war is sowing tho seeds of distension among the churches. Tho Reverend John Luightou Wilson, I). I)., has resigned his place as one the Secretaries of the Presbyterian Board ol Foreign Missions, aud has returned to South Carolina, his native State. And the Rev. McNeill, one of the Secretaries of the American Bible Society , has also resigned and cone home to North Carolina From the Jackson Missieslpplan. Iks fliickasaT Xitisa. )Ve L.ive before us the me#sage of Gov. Har ris, of the Chickasaw Nation, addressed to the Legislature of the Nation, in extra session to consider the course that should he pur sued in tho preseut condition of the !afo United States. Tho Governor consider# tl.o Union dissolved beyond tho possibility of reconstruction, and ho contends that if no other cause existed for tbe separation, the violation of the old federal com pact by Lincoln absolved each member of the Union from further obligation to his Govern ment. Tbe Constitution of tho Confederate States the Governor approves of highly, viewing it as u groat improvement upon the old Constitution, and ho speaks of it as “constituting now the only repository of constitutional freedom.” Looking upon tbe late General Government a* permanently dif-evered, tho Government at Washington a* having ceased to be the Govern ment of the United State#, and tho Government of the Confederate Plate# as not being the pow er with which the Cbickasaws rnado their treatien. His Excellency, in further contemplation of the fact that tbe Federal force# had ahand< ned the Western frontier, and instead of complying with his request to supply him with arm* to protect tbe nation, destroyed ail within reach, he recom mend# that the Chickamws, Choctaws, Creek# and Bcminoles, and such other tribe# a# may desire to bo be lepresented, meet in convention to confederate for mutual safety, and secure the in dependence of the Nations : that Commissioners be appointed to enter into new treaties with the Confederate States; that tha Governor be au thorized to accept the services of volunteers for the defense of tho country, in concert with the neighboring States of Texu# and Arkansas, and the Indian nations west of the latter State, that Commissioners bo appointed to procure the aid of th l # roving tribes, such as Camanches and Ki owaa; that the fort# in the Nation he occupied by troop# under its authority, and that funds bo raised by tbo issue of warrants or direct luxation to meet the extraordinary expenses incident to the present condition of affairs. Tho Governor, appreciating the excellent qual ties of the gallant Col. Cooper, thi ■. n uw to rccommeni to the Legislature. ‘•That Douglas H. Cooper, who hat for many years, until recently, resided among us as United States agent, and is fully convcraant with oil our business, ba appointed by your honorable body ugent fur the Chickasaw people to asai#t their commissioners in the negotiation of so< h treaties as may Locum# necessary, and in a ! arrange ment# proper to Le omcrod iuto for the recovery and safety of the Chi : ka*aw lands, and to con cert moaturt* with tbe neighboring Btates <f Arkai eaaand Texa*,fortbo temporary protection and defense of the Indian territory against inva sion by hordia force#, uud gft ©rally to conduct all l terc'-urse and eerresp .udun e of tbe Chick asaw# with other naticM, and to perfonn such other duties, cinl or military, as may be author ized by the Governor of the CLicka*aw cation, and that tho Choctaws, irbuse businesa und in terests are so closely interwoven and identified with our owe, in many respects, Lo also invited to invest him with similar power In (Loir L<half. And further, in order to secure independent and effi ient action on his part, and a j roper acecun tability to the Chickasaw nation, that he b adop ted info our tribe as a Chickasaw.” VJKIMA AFFAIUS. la tbe Richmond {Ya.} Dispatch of June 17th we find several pr Arr ..G r:fr< m G Letcher ai that State: The first announce* ihat Virginia has <k-< red her independence by a majority of nearly one hundred thousand voter; and ad dressing himself to the people of the Northwester port!/ n cf tho jJute, be concludes: “There has ic aacwospiairtl am 1 j ycii that tbe eastern portion of the State bat c. j >j*4 an exemption from ‘axailen to yoorpuJudlc<\ The --tats, by a of Vo 1 has pat tdh4* ;. .tit <n an equality in this respect. By a display ot magnanimity in the yr tse just given,cte Fact has by * large majority, consented to r linqulab ; th.# exemption, and is ready to share with you all the burden* of government and 1 > mint ai. Virginia’# liabilities. Thejeome t wtoaijyov as yon came in fa rmer day to aid them. The men of tho ftfoulkcrn Confederal* States glory : ia eoittfcg t yur iticw. .1 u te heart, j ; <>no oiled, one energy, c*.ce power, i crvs ovary \ } . r: m :.u h ■ n , avre ■ ■ : ... ••viil not beat iu unison with Viiginia r.. v*, i :> traitor's heart, tha aim that will n t strike home in her Ctuia now, is p.;’ led by a enward fear. Tha troops arc ! t tfnttoesville. C u, v*iih yevurowa g ; weapons and meet theta aa brothers. In the second the Governor giv-. ? |}; t: vote of iho State on tha question of Secession * f dioiri For ratification For rejecti)o, ... Msjontyfor Rutiiaatwn ifii.tifl© \ml tho t-iit-.mated vot<* of ’ll - tm’ ■r. 1 re •urtt-1, as fellows: 1 For Saccaaioa..., .2 Against . liy.iMi T he wbote summing up as fellow#■: Actual majority for ratit!cationfr- j-i ra turns Iff HetiuiaUd oinjoritias again't y*tificatfon from countus not heid from . ff-'iaisy 827 Total majority tt4,75t Tho others refer to State affairs, the \ .*o cp amcntlmorits to tha Constitution, Ac. tke Cmftlenlt liriij. Tha Baltimore Sun, in Its “latest account” 0: | tha fight at Bethel, In Its correspondence from Fortress Monroe, has the following. •• Information w.r* recently derived from a pus ; xanger on the Adelaide, that the slaughter of thi ! Federal troops was ftarfaL The C nfederntei had a small battery of five gum in front of the heavy battery of rifled c.:ui.-us, and that wa; -up posed to be all they had. “The fmull ous wi attacked by tbo Zouaves, wh > fought bravely; but tha Cos n fads rata force*, but few m number, yielded without much rens tance. and retired to the heavy battery ; thus drawing the wh>de federal column within range of their de ructiv4 fire. “The number of killed and wonudad was esti mated ut Forireis Monroe at one thousand at least. Up to the time the Adelaide left, V o'clock on Monday night, two hundred Bind eighty woun ded bad been brought to tho hospital, and still there were more left. “The fire ofthe Confederate*, wju extraordi narily fatal, and they were so well protected be hind their works that noh ting was een of any of them until after the federal column *s heir f retreat, when some of them mounted on the top of their works. “Who Wes in command of the flo&fe derate * va not arcertaioed. but it was thought that Col- Magruder was there. Tho g ins >c said tohavr been served with great rapidity at, t ntierrin; aim, not one having missed Its mark.” Tux lUuoines.—The two loyal women, who *t the peril of their lives from hired tnemiee and ; home traitors, escaped from the Black Ropubii , cans atUraftcm, aud like the man in Kokeby, j “Cared rot for brake, stopped not for stone, 1 Swam the broad Kske where ford there w;# n*ne,’’ j to cry to our troop* at PhtUipra, “To your arm*, 0 larval’ the enemy am upon you!” art now at the Virginia Hotel, 4 Staunton, rafu | gaca from their hemes. Had the commanders at l'biUippft been mu le of each ttotfai thesa fair j ones are, tho surprise and stampede which t . k • place, and which nothing but fighting to the j death on the part of the retreating tru ; .. i it* ne for, never would bare happened. StuuntoH ( V,; ‘ 1 indicator, t.c 1; •. .•■i,d i •a*. .... :.v ir-.h . -. nounecs the arrival • ; these ladies >n tha; city j They had an interview with Gov. Letcher, who j requested them to make tha Executive mans! r. their home daring their stay in the t ty. Tan Texas Wheat Ciu v !?orae years ag we heard the story of an Alabamian who em:- j grated t j Texes, and in three years returncc with titter 00m plain Is against tbs? btatc. He said that he made so tiiu.ih corn in one year tha: it took hun two years to gather it. and tha; he | never won id live in a State where he could not gather his crop the same year. S people might read the story with doubt, but the recent Recounts of tho Texas crops show that it was not lar c after all. A gent\-men who has jn r arrived from there says that the wheat crop has been harvested, and is perfectly enormous.— Enough ha* been raised to lent over two year* provided tho next crop should fail. Corn he say# is in proporti’ n, and thousand* of bushels will be offered to the Government iu exchange Confederacy Providence seev: • • }. ,ve upon the fields.—Afo • n f*L The wheat harvest in this vlciuity is nearly over. One of our most reliable farmer*. Captain J. G. Shine, inform* us that he h threshed out and measured up 2$S buihels to tbe acre—others bavo estimated some crops a* high as 30 bushels. These, however, ar© ex treme yields, but from report# everywhere throughout the South, aud Southwest, it if tT j dent that the quantity of wheat raised in the#* frtiona this year Is unj ro>csdon:cd —Tt teiil - Alabamian COLUMBIA, MOSDAV, JC.\E 24.15C1. Tie Harper's Ferry Araj, Latest advices represent (ten. Johnston us be ing at Winchester, where lv will establish Lis comp. In falling back from Harper's Ferry, be offered the enemy battle at a place called Bunker Hill, midway between Williamsport and Win chester; but they declined the challenge. From Winchester Gen. Julinston is expected to make demonstr.rl ! r.s against the enemy whenever cir cumstance invite. Gen. n fell back from Harper’s Ferry under instruction#, that place having no military valuo now that the machinery of tbo armory i# all removed, and being a mere trap which it would be c# dangerous a# useless to held The country before Winchester presents an open field in which every advantage can be tukcu of tbe enemy’s movement#. t£o eoon ns sotr.o arrangement are perfected, which depend ed upon shipmen s from Richmond which went forward on Wednasday, Gtu. Johnston will make a forward movement from Winchester, when w arm v ;k with the enemy may be expected.- Gen, John s’ on has tad dispatched four regiments under Col. IIHI, in the direction of Romney.—• Richmond I)inpatch, 2D*. Death by Drowning. We regret to learn that Alexander Lctnar, a lad of U years ar.d the only support of a widow ed mother was dromed in tbe river Saturday afternoon near tupper Railroad Bridge He was bathing with several eomndeff, and ;;ctting in Jeep water and being unable to a aim, he met Lis death. Little “AHck’ was carrier aa well as printer in the Sun offiee and had the esteem of bis employers. He was tho fun of the late John T. tmaWt formerly Shwtff of Muscogee county. His body was recovered yesterday. 2io!ast! instead of Baf&a. We aie indebted to tbe Macon Telegraph fur the following information: A planter in Mirsieiippi tfUie# that soven years ago ho commenced giving Lis negroes two pound# of baton and two pint# of Molasso# p fcr week, instead off ur pounds of bacon a* before. Hit 6cgr.it - soon began to like the molasses bet ter than tho moat, and ho now looks to Louis iana fur ono half of the matt used on his plants tion. The Medial Faculty of London, several years since, u-.-cUhtd that thus© who live on mo laeit'a s a part of tbeir diet never Lava tho Ty phoid Fevor. The Mississippi planter’s experi tteoco corroborates this det-bion, for his negroes have not had a siogW c..:0 of Typhoid Fever among tbeui, alt:, -gh frequently ia th • neigh borhcod and once in h.s own faintly. Lat the planters of Georgia try ;L experiment. It will save more (has oae half, ‘do much i’*t bacon and greeso in aar climate is iajartou* and un hvnliLy. T res negroes on plantations are i alw.'yj healt tv and y jr. 1 t- j ocixXte the Columbus Tien *. Kicaiwa wmsfo.YK.TCE, Uicua *rn, Juno If, 13S1. .: .v-i■!>... • Vi-.-uy of r.i ofi.t tel visit of the Sint* Coovii. ion cow ia :v- . nin this city tu Pi-eitiJxßt Davis came *.T i t evening at the •VpoUw 1 jlo 4 aiiJ It. .1 cut tay to yt ur rsader#, has made an iuij . cu Richmond which, whoa th*.conflict r*:ally.ff-mee on, will j be worth to oure*uso tv. uty fc.l regimotiUi.— The Convention wa 1. • ; and by its Frusidcnt, John M. Jartuey au-.i hh*. -.‘vtiipUshed Sceretary, Ux*Prt**dnt John Ty’c r ur-.d the uictcbefs aud President Davis Ws? at tbo door and received each member as ho was h.'.-xit .1 by Mr. Eu bank with tbe Pa tvßy of am;: er and eenfldes.ee of express! a which so peculiarly oUanctetixe our Chief ExocnUvo. K man can converse with ; Pmu-ient Davis a mots .’ - in fact, no man can j too him with -ut foci in,: iH; In his hand: cur • destinies aroirifesud oar liberties eballbe rcster- I and and maintained. No military new# to-day except a confirmation 0* the rum ,: that Gtu- Joba.-•■••n has moved with the main body of hi ro>y front Harpers Ferry to Win- 1 - er Ra*. • l urry a sufficient force to defeod the i on the Virginia side of the 1’ tomac where 5 ro ate • ■ • uvy bat'er- This movement make* it certain that tho great bn‘.tie o this revolution will be fought eith er st Winchester or Manassas Junction. The Lin all- are as yet shy of ft grhad bottle—but it is the policy of our military leaders to force them Into a decisive fight or chou&e the other al ternaiivc—ttamrcdv out of the Stale as quiek as thoy can. A wc kor ten days will im ports rtmul’ . Burns. \mm foßߣsro.\DL\fi. StwAU/w Poikt, Y A.,June id, 1851. Beit Time* We would bo to luvo our friend# lock at a shell which has toon sent u> so l which will bu 1 -ft either at tha store of Messrs. J. Ennis A Cos ,or at the Bask of Colum bus. It is one of six or eight, which were fired from a rifled..earmon on tie Rap Rap*, yester day afternoon. We do not know whether they were aimed at our carup or at the battery, moi probably, the Utter. The explosion is the result of aoncu(-; . n > aaexxuiio.va a of it showiug nc fuse in its constmetlea. This is an unfamiliar visitant, and It cornea from t-n unexpected source. But w© beg ocr fr cuda not to Lo un oa*y or alarmed about oar situation, In trulh, It .* oco of cenaiioroble per.!. But we cannot be taken by surprise, by any new movement of the enemy- Th© reports comaig In from tho Bethel fight of Monday, grow better a* they are better authen ticated. In sock an unequal contest, it must have been only the shielding power of an Almigh ty God—a C-.d defending the right—that made harmless th< ballet# a; and bsmb -bottsof the ene my \\ c hear, every uuy, of u—dcuts of personal valor and bravery, that will i-iuko immortal the names of the noui# North Carolinians engaged in that miraculous struggle. Verily, no people over had more to low or less to gain than have they, against wl<*m this cruel and unnatural war i* waged. It is atb rough *p} r CMtioa of this fact that makes every battl*-Qe, i, now, a “vic tory or death’’ straggle to tbe Southern soldier. W# have just heard of the probable landing of U S troop * near Brunswick, Indeed, they will encounter a stormy legion, if they should chance to meet the reg.me&l commanded by the gallant Col. Semmcs, and including the Columbus Guard*. It has been oar constant regret that th© fortunes of war hove separate*! u* from our “elder brothers.” It is a company of which we are proud, and on that reflect* credit open the State they are defending. So throughly drilled that almost any one of it# private member* would make a good commanding officer, U i mad* up : ft’s >, only of gentlemen of high t “cd character, i We ■ iJitm vfy often, and, a!wap with their bravery an! < h we feet ss j sured, be veriti, ’. :nt.v, fi , *gn meot sri ! which they nholl take p*rt In fill th© Virgin!* camps which I have visit d on Sabbath days, perfect decurum and order rtign. All boisterous n<Mse is forbidden, all military cxsrelses, except dvoss-pxraie, guard ligati.-a, are *u?pnded, end tho protection and guidance and mercy of tbo God of battle#, is earnesiy implored in regular religious worship.— Per centra, there has been an aluaort continual ■lring of musketry and rattling of drums, in the Fort rest, through: u; tils holy day. It seems, over, there to bs tho g.da day of all the other revc. , rather than th# rest. Ten majority of warlike demonstrations, which they h av © thus ihr al9.de, have been enterprised on Sunday. Surgeon Taliaferro and Ut Sergeant Rucker arrive I yesterday, burdened with good things from our good friend* at home. The only re turn we can make for all thi* kind remembrance. i the cheerful and continual offeringof ouraelvce -our all—for their prctec in and defence. We have got out at jast that distance where float the ten thousand rumor* that are ever more current near a Urge town than they are in it.— But.we have no news; and I only write to tall attention to tho shell. All are well. BERRIEN. From tbo London Times. Mr, Hassell in Montgomery. The Rapid March of the Revolution —lrresis:. bio Fow&r of C<4lon—Confidence of the South, erners—Their Programme—Dovotion of the People to too New Government-Letter* of Marque and who will Take Them—An Inter view with tbe President, Ac., Ac. Montcomehv, C. S. A., May 8, lSol. ** lu uiy Ja 51 letter I gave au account of sun, matters as passed under my notice on my way t. this city, which I reached, n* you aro aware, oi, the night of Saturday, hi iy lib. J am on d:t: . cult ground ; tho land is on lire, tbe earth is sha king with tbe tramp of armed Dion, aud the verv ar is hot with passion. My communications are cut off, or are at best accidental, and in order i < reopen them I must get further away from them, paradoxical ns the rtatement may appear to b*>! H is to know what i# going on in ho North, and it is almost tho same to learn what in doing in the £oulh out of eyeshot; it i useless to inquire what uews i* sent to yuu to England. The telegraphic cornmn&icatfons.ire now broke--, so are the mail routes. Newspapers and letters now and then reach well known people hero from New York in *ix or seven day*. Everts hurry on wiih tremendous rapidity, nnd ev.n tho light ning lags behind them. The people of the South, at last, are aware that the “Yankees” are preparing to support ti. Government of tbe United States, aud that tho secession can only be maintained by victory in the field. There has been a change in their \r.i: policy. They now nrer that “thevoniy want : , be left alone,” and they declare they do not in tend to take Washington, and that it was mere!; os a feint tbo spoke about it. The fact is, thei ore even in the compact and united South men moderate and men of extrema view*, atid th>- general tono of the wludo is regulated by th preponderance of ono or the other at ibjmo’^en* I have no doubt on my mind that tbo Government here intended to attack and occupy Waahigton ; not tbo least that they had it much at heart t., reduce Fort Dickon* us eoon as possible. Now #ome of their frioud* eiy that it will boa mere milter of convenience whether they attack Wash ington or not, and that, as for Fort Pickens, they will certainly let it alone at all events fur tho ptv cat, inasmuch a# the menacing attitude of Gen Bragg oblige* the enemy to keep a squadron ot their ship* there, and to retain a force of rcguiar b they can ill #. &*c in a position where they must soon lose enormously from diseases incidental t the climate* They have discovered, too, dial the position is of litilo value, so long til the Unit&i slotos bold Tortuga# and Key West. They firmly behove the war will not last a yea: ar.d that 1862 wilt behold a victorious, compact UveholJing Confederate Power of fifteen fcute* under a string government, prepared to hold its own against the world, or (bat portion of lv which may attack it. I m.-w but repeat tbe sentiments and expecta tions* f tho?e around mo. They believe in tho ir resistible power of cotton, in tho natural aliianco between manfacturing England and France ad** the cotton producing #i* ata-e#, in the force of ihcir simple tariff, and in the interests which uns - eat of a system of free tr*de, which, howcver,-by a rigorous legislation, they will interdict to their j neighbor* in the free State?, and only open for | the ben flit of their foreign custom or#. Comtner- Icia'iy, und politically, and military, they Luvo ia * io up their minds, and never tvas there such confident) exhibited by npyypeoplc in tho future i a- they have, er protend to have;, iu their deati Listen to tb*. .r pro^r&aam-i. It i* intended to buy up all tbs rotten crop wbieh c#n be brought into tho market at an ave rage price, and to give bonds of tbo Coufeder uto .States for the amount, these bonds being, a# we know, recured by the export duty on eut ;on. Tho Government, with'this cotton in its o vn bond*, will use it ana formidable machine of war, for cotton cau do anything, from tb • establish incut cf an empire to tho scouring of a shirt button. It is at once king and subject, master and act vant, captain and soldier, art:! Ju ryman .id gun. Not one bale of ootton will lx. permitted to enter tha Northern States. It will Wmade an offence punishable with ttemendou* pci:altles, among which confiscation of property cflormous fines ard even tbe penalty of death, are to send ootton into the fro-. .State?. Thus Lowell aud its kindred tactorle. will be red a cod to ruin, it is said, and th© North so the dir'. -: d-.sfcre*?. If Manchester can ge: cotton and Lowell cannot, there are good time coming for tbe Mill owners. TLo cotton planters have ogre a among them solves to hold over one half of their colton crop for their own purpose* and for the cultoro of their fields, and to sell tbe otbir to tbo govern meat. For each bale of cotton, as I hear, a bond will be issued on the fair average price of cotton In the market, and this bond musti-e t:- kenatpar as circulating medium within tkelini it# of the slave States. This forced circulation will be sacurcti by tho act of tbo Legislature.— The bor.Js will bear interest at tea per cent, and tb< y will be on the faith ami rccurity of l i . ; l? of the duty of one-eighth ofaoeot oa pound of cotton exported. All ve*#el l oading with cotton will bo obliged to enter into bonds or give security that they will not carry their cargo# to Northern port*, or let it reach Northern markets to their knowledge. The go vernment will sell the cotton for cash to the tor vigu buyernod will thus raise fund* arupiy suffidr they c• r.tend, for all porpoiui,. I make the::© bare statements, and I leave puiitical ceonomi ts tho discussion of tho qr. e *’ non which may and will ariso out of th* cU of the Government of tnc Con fed t rate S’.ntcs - The Southerners ar-n® that by breaking f lom the r unnatural alliance with tho North thev wdl savo upward# of $17,&00,G0G, or aearK £10,000,060 sterling annually. The estimated value of the mm :;ii <• ton crop Is $200,000,000. On this lfco North formerly made about $lO W’ OUO.by advances, interest and exebong©?, which iu all came to tally five per cent, oti th© whole a"the cot :i eroj . Again, the tariff to raist rf-vemtes sufficient for tbo maintenance of tha bat hern Confederacy is far less than that which is required by tbo IGovernment of 4ho United ’ ‘ :it •• T- C- r.t. derate States propose to have a tariff whtc:: will In* about, per cent. er. import* which will yield $25,060,0fi0.The north ern tariff is 30 prr cent., and, as t 0 South took from the North srfo§6o,6#U worth of manufac - tured goo - , i produce, they contributed, they assort, to tbe maintenance of the North to tlu> extent of she difference between tho tax sufflewnt for the support of their Government and that which ia required for ihe support of tb© Feder al Government. Now they sive the diffmnoo !•- •v .s. n ..0 per eel:: and 12 1 . per cent. per cent.) which amount* to $37,000 000, wbih ad Jed to the saving on commission#, exchangee. *dva.;Ctts, dc., make# up tho good r uni sum i have pat down higher up. Th© Southerner# &re firmly convinced that they have “kept the North going” by the price., they have paid for the protected arueleaot their inanufocinre, and they holdout to Sheffield, la Manchester, t ■ Leeds, to Wolverhampton, to t • P.y-. to I.y.rii, to Bordeaux, a the ceutre# of K.igiiuh Manui act urine Ufa. a# o f ’ I reach tu#t© and luxury, the templing baits o r new aud eager and hungry markets, it their fact? and statistic# aro accurate, there can b© no and >ubt of the justice of tbeir deduction* on many P olof ; liUt ‘W <?n scarcely be currect in a##um mg that they will bring tbe United Slate* to detraction by cutting (-2* from Luw©U the 600.- °W basts or cotton which ehensuaT.v coniumea One great fact, h&wevtr, i# unquestionable— the Govern meat no# in iia hand# the ttmb Ihe wcal H and heart* f the people. T hey wdi’aivc anything m r.ry, In’ r, lifo Itself—t cx>-ry ont their theories. J :,I! i r v, r-. t t 1:,.. ♦ tco to-day, “S>.,rvr than submit to th© North wjo all become subject* to Great Britain* ©gam. fho tame gentleman is one of many ho have given to the government a large portion of there cotton crop every year as a free-will of fefiug. in hi* instance his gift is one of stu Irtle# us cotton, or £SOOO per aonuxn, and the pa pers teem wah account? . f tjmilar “’patriotism” ana aw.-tlon. Tholadib# are all making sandbags, cartridge an., uniform*, and, if possible, they are more fierce than the men. Toe time for mediation id pi“. if it ever were at band or present at all and it is scarcely possible now to prevent tho r Ut phieb aetaualion wb, a cr© #un poted t j aro peace and nqmsc. Trawar, 3faj r, lSfll. l.:e nr wr, pers contain tke text of tho deefar ation ot a stateof war on tbe part President Bans, and • f t ie issue of letters of marque and reprisal, Ac. The object ©f‘hi* war mearure i, w.'2f rW f“ :: ” ‘'*’ ue .® f lls cf the North, nd to iTO-cnt li reisel, of the Halted -Me. hiiwkl,l >rm e oul„ g eer**, aor-.au. Toe (.overntouot her. conooivo thev f'-i''’ ‘ detn.nd from for.lgu netlos. t.ia, their flag aha.! he reeognited, and their law office declares the Confederate States will main tain tbeir r rht to issue letter# of marque in tho i v'c v! the w-.rid. It i the right of a belligcr tDt power, and i’ we# respected, thoy e r bw tb cousrt.i of law in the United States !U the ease ofthe South American republic# before anv for mal recognition of tneir gorcraipcct!’ oroflheir iadepcadecco wa* made by *uy power. The re fusal to admit tbe nrivateera oV the Cunfcderai© ?t*tc* to excrcifo tbe right* of belligerent* in tbe right of search will be taken a Nn act of war and at a proof of alliance with the enemy—that is, tho Government of tfc© United State*. It rued hardly W obaerved that tbe protection of British interc*tdemand* that an efficient iquad roa of vtsfel# bo at once sent to the American water# in th© luce of such contingencies a* wlli inevitably ariso. But it may be asked, who will tAke these let ter* . f marque ? Where i the government of Montgomery to find ships’ Tbo answer is |o be found in the faet that already uu memo* ap plication* hare been received from the ship owners of New England, from tbe whaler* of New Bedford, and from other* in tbo Northern States, for these very letters of nnrquo, accom i | auied by the and g r*ntee?. This statement I make cn the very highest an* I thortty I leave It to you to deal with the facts.
