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1ENTRAL GEORGIAN.
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WEDNESDAY, TUNE 12, 1861 •
NOTICK.
The affairs of the Central Georgian Office
during my absence have been, and will contin
ue to be, under the immediate control of Mr.
B. T. Castki.law, who is authorized to collect
and receipt for money due the office, and to
attend to any business transaction connected
therewith. J. M. G. MT.DLOCK.
June 5, 1851.
Wm. F. Pgursell is the duly au
thorized agent of the Georgian for Washington
county.
Public Meeting.
The citizens of Washington county are in
vited to meet at the Court-house in Sanders-
ville, on Tuesday, the 25th of June, at 12
o’clock, M., to take measures towards investing
in Confederate bonds, and for other purposes.
May 29th, 1861.
jtgv. The public meeting advertised in the
Georgian for yesterday, to take measures to raise
funds for the benefit of volunteers and their
families, adjourned until Monday the 17th in
stant, at one o’clock, when the citizens of the
county are earnestly invited to attend.
The Cash System.
We frequently receive letters from a distance
requesting us to send the Georgian to the ad
dress contained therein, on a credit. We have
determined to adopt, and rigidly adhere to, the
cash system, and consequently persons thus
writing, no matter how ample their means, are
wasting their time and postage in making such
requests. The Cash is exacted fiom us for
paper, bacon, flour, and every other article we
use about the office and in the household, and
can be obtained on no other terms. We are
of opinion, therefore, that no sensible person
will blame us for requiring cash in advance for
subscriptions and job-work, in such times as
are now- upon us. Xn future, the Georgian
must be paid for in advance to insure its being
sent. In no instance will we depart from t.i!8
rule. Our necessities force us to adopt it. We
send this number to several who have written
for the paper, in order that they may under
stand our terms.
jEgy* We are requested by Mr. Pourxei.l to
state that the Post-office in Sandersville will be
closed to-morrow after 9 o'clock.
England and the North.
The late news from Europe seems to have
somewhat disturbed the equanimity of our
amiable friends northward, especially of the
valiant goose-quill warriors of that great
Sodom—New York. The effect upon Lincoln
and bis clan, at Washington, has been of an
equally dampening character. They were in a
manner prepared, however, for this intelligence,
as previous advices from England had clearly
shown the fact that the sympathies of the Eng
lish government and people were on the side
of the South. The declaration of Lord John
Russell that the English government recognized
the Confederate States as belligerents was a
bitter pill for the Northern barbarians; but
now, close upon that declaration, comes a Brit
ish and a French fleet to our waters, ostensibly
to look after and protect the commerce of those
nations, but in reality to exercise a surveillance
over Lincoln’s humbug blockade. Besides this,
comes the news that the British ministry have
declared that privateering is not piracy ; and a
debate in parliament establishes the position
that England will not regard the blockade of
the Southern ports unless it is effective, and all
the world knows that the Northern government
does not possess one-tenth the requisite vessels
to make it so.
The English press, too, almost without an
exception, are taking ground in favor of the
South, and, in consequence, the whole pack of
Lincoln’s myrmidons at the head of the men
dacious newspapers in the North, are venting
their rage in vile effusions against them and
their government. The New York Express of
a recent date says that^*' the news from Eng
land, and the comments of the British press,
have excited to-day a profound sensation in
Wall and other streets ; and but little else is
talked of, or was talked of, last evening.’
Many desperate measures were proposed to be
adopted by the infuriated New Yorkers, to
avenge themselves upon England for her course
in this matter. The Goths begin to find that
their proposed plan of devastating the South
and butchering her people, meets with no fa
vor on the other side the Atlantic, and hence
their fury. But they are impotent. They have
their hands full already, without arousing the
British lion. They do not realize this, howev
er, and are threatening England with war as if
it were merely an idle pastime to thrash Eng
land, France, the Confederate States and the
balance of the world. Misguided, deluded de
mons ; tbeir hearts are capable of committing
the foulest crime in the catalogue of infamy,
but their ability to cope with the South had
better be demonstrated before they adventure
upon the Quixotic idea of vanquishing Eng
land. The North expected sympathy, or, at
least, indifference on the part of England in
this contest, but such extracts as the following,
from the London Times, of a late date, by no
means flatter their hopes. The Times says:
“There is no principle whateverin the contest,
only a mere sectional struggle for aggrandizc-
bow matters at present stand between England
and the North. The Herald’s correspondent
is not apprehensive of a difficulty with England
without just grounds. Our readers will recol
lect that Lincoln’s blockading squadron here
recently fired at several British vessels off our
ports. We have rejoiced in our hearts when
ever we heard of 6ueb folly on their part. It
is our sincere prayer that they may get into a
war with England. They are rapidly drifting
into it, and all that is now needed is for them
to take the life of one Englishman, and there
will be such a tempest about their ears as will
quickly awaken them to a sense of their peril.
It would be no difficult matter for a British
fleet to reduce New York, Boston and Phila
delphia to ashes, and the Northern fiend3 may
yet have the horrors they propose to inflict upon
us, visited u]Jbn themselves. Of one thing the
Confederate States may be sure—England and
France are our friends ; and whether they be
so from interest or other motives, it is needless
to enquire, so their friendship answers our pur
pose. England has never been known to scru
ple at any measures to remove restrictions up
on her trade, which trade is the foundation of
all her greatness ; and several instances are in
her history where she has spent millions and
freely shed the blood of her soldiers to avenge
an injury to one of her citizens. So the North
is rushing to destruction.
Several typographical errors occurred
in the enigma of “ Carrie Bell," published in
the Georgian of week before last. We regret
it, but such things sometimes elude our vigi
lance.
Several communications reached us tocr
late for insertion in this week’s issue. We
would again urge upon our friends the necessi
ty of handing in their articles at an earlier
day.
Number or tcie Hessians.—According to
the Washington Star, Scott and Lincoln have
now in the field 95,000 men under eight gener
als ; 21,000 of whom are South of the P6tomae.
Hon. Stephen A. Douglas died at his
home in Chicago, Illinois, on the 4tli instant.
Mr. Douglas was unquestionably an eminent
statesman, but unfortunately he was on the
wrong side.
It is said that General Scott is quite
disgusted with Billy Wilson’s Zouaves, and
horrified that such troops should be about him.
He says it will take a thousand good men to
watch one hundred of them.
gQL,, There are 25,000 Confederate troops at
Corinth, Mississippi, prepared to preserve the
Goths from the neighborhood of Cairo, should
the bad whiskey up the river stimulate their
courage sufficient to induce them to come
down on our soil.
Fast Day.—As to-morrow (Thursday) has
been set apart by President Davis as a day of
fasting, humiliation and prayer throughout the
Confederate Stales, it will be appropriately ob
served by our citizens. The business bouses
in town will be closed, and all operations sus
pended. There will be divine service at the
Methodist Church at 10J o’clock.
An examination of the pupils of Plan
ter’s Academy, near Irwin s \A Roads, will take
place on Friday next, 14th instant. From the
flattering approval of the labors of Mr. P. H.
Sheppard, by bis patrons, we are of opinion
that the exercises will be highly creditable to
pupils,, teacher, and all concerned. The public
are respectfully invited to be present.
The proceedings of the first two meet
ings of the Ladies’ Volunteer Aid Association
of Washington county, will be found in anoth
er column. The ladies always take the lead in
good works, and we bid them God speed in
their noble exertions. The daughters of Wash-
v ington are not a whit behind those of any oth
er portion of the Confederate States in patriot
ism., liberality and all those virtues that truly
adorn the character of woman. What shall
we say of the sons of Washington? The re
sult of the meeting advertised for Monday the
17th instant, will furnish us with the text,
which, we are assured, will be greatly in their
favor.
Crops in Lee County.
An old friend, and former resident of Wash
ington, but living now near Starksville in Lee
county, in renewing his subscription to the
Georgian, writes ns as follows, (under date of
June°5th) inclosing the first cotton bloom we
liave-seen this-year:-
“ As I have been accustomed to furnishing
the Central Georgian with the first cotton bloom
for several years, I now, though afar off, send
vou my firsITOoom. Cotton crops are poor in
this section. The lice still cover it; the stand,
is bad, and the plant is dying. A great many
planters are crossing their cotton ten feet wide
with corn. The corn crops look very premi
sing in this and adjacent counties. Wheat* and
oats are very good.’’
C 0.
ment—tliat the whole North is in war paint,
brandishing the tomahawk and scalping knife,
and that men are still living to see the fall of
the great republic that witnessed its forma
tion,”
The valorous cut-lhroats of New York who
ply the quill securely in their sanctums, coun
ted on secession being regarded in Europe as
rebellion, and now that they are deceived their
chagrin and fear cannot be concealed. Anoth
er damper upon their plans is the declaration
of Lord Brougham, that he will, in no instance,
hereafter countenance anti-slavery meetings in
England, and he recommended all to abstain
from holding such meetings, in view of the
state of affairs such meetings had helped to
produce in America at this time.
The fact is, the buccaneers of the North are
greatly exercised at the attitude of England in
this contest, and European correspondents of
the New York press do not tend to alleviate
their embarrassment in detailing events trans
piring in England and France. A correspon
dent of the New York Herald, writing from
London under date of May 18, draws agloomy
picture for the North of what the British gov
ernment intends doing. He says : “ England
is alarmed for the first time since the Ameri
can war opened.” In explanation of that
alarms, he says :
“If the war is protracted even a twelve
month, and the crop of cotton put in jeopardy
or greatly curtailed, th^fc will be wailing in
Lancashire. Several Englishmen of position
have told me that they believed if the supply
was one million bales short of the average it
would produce such distress and lead to such
a convulsion in Manchester that the very exis
tence of the British empire and the throne it
self would be in danger. This is probabl an ex
aggeration, but a scant supply of cotton will
mdee a financial crisis and a period of distress
and starvation that would require vast govern- j
ment aid, or there would be an insurrection or
a revolution.”
This correspondent, who appears to be well
informed, then proceeds to map out the course
he thinks, from reliable indications, England
will pursue towards the North. Obstacles of
divers kinds will be thrown in the way of Lin
coln, and actual war resorted to if the shadow
of a pretext can be obtained, and be thinks
England will not hesitate to create occasions
leading to such a result. “ Cotton must be had
at all hazards; and,” says this close observer,
“ i n the desire to sustain the South, and to
break the Union, this (the English) govern
ment will be seconded by France, who burns
to obtain some foothold and interest in North
America and the West Indies.” The writer
believes that the English government would
readily advance large sums of money to the
Southern Confederacy in order to close the
war and obtain supplies of cotton.
In conclusion, this correspondent conjures
and admonishes the Northern people that if
they are to conquer the South, they must do so
at once ; march four or five hundred thousand
men immediately into Southern territory and
crush everything ; appropriate not tens of mil
lions of dollars, but hundreds of millions for
this purpose. He tells hi3 Northern friends
they have no time to lo3e, for England is sure
to have a finger in this pie before six months ;
that the whole attention of the government
and press is turned in that direction, beyond
doubt. This Northern correspondent, there
fore, tells his friends to hurry, to make haste
and conquer the South at once ; if they do not,
the golden opportunity will have passed, and
will forever after be out of their reach. He
tells the North “your affairs are now in your
own hands ; in six months they may not be.”
In closing his letter, our correspondent is ex
ceedingly apprehensive that some blundering
English skipper will attempt to run the block
ade, be fired into, and send an exaggerated ac
count of it home ; when the government will
at once seize upon it as a pretext to declare
war. Or he is afraid some British Admiral
will blunder, apparently, hut in reality inten
tionally, into a scrape with some Yankee war
vessel, when the war will at once commence.
We have given above a general account of
Gov. Brown and Col. Bartow.
A correspondence between these functiona
ries has lately appeared in some of the public
prints, in which the Governor elucidates what
seems heretofore to have not been so clear to
some in relation to the Independent Volunteer
Biil.
It appears that Col. Bartow was captain of
a corps of volunteers known as the “ Ogle
thorpe Light Infantry,” which, for some time
back, has been stationed at Savannah. Upon
the reception of the intelligence of the invasion
of Virginia, the Captain became dissatisfied
with his post, and prompted by emotions of
greater distinction, and the promise of being
made Colonel, tendered to the Governor the
services of his company—to go to Virginia.
A sense of duty to the State—especially to Sa
vannah—induced the Governor to decline the
tender, whereupon the gallant Captain sets at
defiance the order of His Excellency, in whom
is vested the power to command, and proceeds
to the Confederate Congress, where a hill is
passed—doubtless through bis influence, he
being a member of that body and Chairman of
the committee on Military Affairs—authorizing
the President to accept the military forces 5f
the States, independent of State authority.
Uuder this act, which every sane man must
admit is an encroachment upon State Rights,
Col. Bartow was accepted into service and left
hi3 post in Savannah for Virginia. Inasmuch
as it must be obvious that Col. Bartow pursued
an illaudable course in availing himself of the
advantage of such an act—and we cannot, by
the closest scrutiny, discern any promptings of
patriotism in it—his conduct should meet the
unqualified condemnation of the people
throughout the State. The Governor very near
ly obliterates Col. Bartow and bis idea of “ ob
literating State lines” together, in this contro
versy. If men occupying bis position defy
State authority, what an example it furnishes
for those not so fortunate as to be both a mem
ber of Congress and a commissioned officer.
The Border Horrors.
The Memphis Bulletin publishes the follow
ing extract from a letter to a gentleman in that
city, from Ironton, Missouri, dated May 2.1.
Yesterday (Wednesday, the 22d) was a day
never to be forgotten by us in Arcadia valley.
I pray I may never see such another day of
horror. Lincoln has guerilla soldiers, com
posed of the lowest class of Dutch, which he
has turned loose on the border States, to make
war on the secessionists—to take freemen as
prisoners, and court martial them for treason
if they fail to take the oath of allegiance to
the Federal Government.
Early yesterday morning a gentleman came
galloping up to onr house, warning us to hide,
that the Lincoln soldiers would be on us short
ly. He said they had already shot at him.
One of my sons was in the field ploughing,
and I ran out to tell him to hide. By the time
I returned, I heard the guns firing in every di
rection, and the women in the valley screaming
I then ran off and hid myself where I could
see the soldiers. They soon came along, some
on horse and some on foot.
My son, who was ploughing in the field, was
seen by them running through the rye field,
and immediately two soldiers on horseback
started after him. They threw down the fences
and pursued him. They commanded him to
stand and yield himself a prisoner. He paid
no attention to them, but ran on. T hey then
shot at him, and came near striking him. Fi
nally, he gained the woods and escaped.
Up to this time they had committed no dep
redations in the house. The horsemen then
returned from the chase to the house. They got
an axe and broke up my furniture, stole every
cent of money we had, split open my closet
doors and scattered my groceries all around.
A gold watch was hanging in one of the rooms.
Thep stole that. They also stole a new coat,
a pair of new boots, a pair of pants; also a
ride, saddle and one horse.
My son who escaped is still in the woods,
and dares not come into town. It is dreadful!
what will become of us ? They took an old
doctor of our town prisoner. They even took
his pocket-knife from him ; but, in considera
tion of his decrepitude and age, released him
after two hours detention.
An old gentleman named Brown, a very
strong secessionist, aged near 80 years, they
knocked down, jumped upon him, trampled on
his breast, and injured so much that he is ob
liged to die.
Two male members of my family * * * are
still hiding out of town, and will leave as soon
as possible.
Such are some of the incidents of the civil
war in our midst. I am strongly reminded by
what has taken place here of Cromwell’s times.
The Round Heads he turned loose on the roy
alists on the border States, only the Round
Heads went about their depredations with
whining hypocrisy, while the Black Republi
cans use the utmost profanity.
The Black Republican soldiers are armed
with Minie rifles and bayonets. They shot at
a negro boy and said they tried to kill him.
The Defences <»r Norfolk-Heavy Ship-
meats of Guns Sooln.
One of the best correspondents at the seat of
war is “Berrien," the contributor of th ®of
Times. The following extract from his letter of
31st of May will be read with luterost:
The vacancy occasioned by the resignatw
General Gwynn has been filled by Genernl Huger
of South Carolina- an appointment which gi e
the greatest satisfaction. He has thoroughly ex
amined the country, and he says this B W « r l1
most defensible regions m the South. *“
concentrated and vigorous assault upon Richmona,
it is believed the enemy will bring all their forces
to bear upon, and make a death struggle for tne
possession of Norfolk and Portsmouth. Such an
attempt might have been successful, immediately
after the secession of the State; but it w ould
be worse than a waste of effort now. Eight or ten
batteries between the fortress and the city, would
have to be encountered, and no armament coala
aurvive an ordeal like that. A land attack would
be equally futile. A heavy force of light artillery
would greet them all along the coast, and ten or
fifteen thousand muskets would rain down certain
death upon them from either site of Elizabeth
river. All the forces from Bush s Bluff to the
eoast, on this side of H ampton Roads, are under
command of Col. Withers. They consist of our
battalion, a Virginia, a Georgia, an Alabama and
perhaps a Louisiana regiment—in all some -,5UO
or 3 000 men. One thousand men have been or
dered to this point, and will arrive to-day or to
morrow. Our battalion will again bo together.
We onght to be, for we are brethren.
As Sewell’s Point bnttery will encounter the
first and heaviest fire of the enemy, in the event of
an attack, we will make a moro accurate peep in
to it than we have heretofore done. But let me
premise by saying, it is considered one of the
strongest defences anywhere along the coast. It
is emphatically a sand battery—beginning just
where the elevation of the beach ceaces: so that
from a hundred yards in frout, it is impossible to
distinguish the battery from the beach. There are
twelve tine embrasured, so constructed that each
gun can play upon a vessel for three or four hun
dred yards as she passes. Only one of the embra
sures is empty. Through five protrude medium
aud
.shot-
Manassas Junction, at which the Con
federate forces have made a stand in Virginia,
is the Junction of the Orange & Alexandria
and the Manassas Gap Railroads, 27 miles
south-west of Alexandria. The Manassas Gap
Railroad connects that junction, rather circuit
ously, with Staunton. There is also a railroad
connection, nearly or quite complete, between
Manassas and Harper’s Ferry, via Winchester.
A Good Example.—The Eagle Manufactu
ring Company has tendered to the Confede
rate Government the sura of one thousand dol
lars per month, beginning with the current
month, to the end of the war. The. company
also appropriates the sum of one hundred dol
lars per month to the support of the families
of volunteers.
Hon. John Bell spoke on the 4th inst.,
at Knoxville, Tenn., to the Louisiana troops
urging war to the death against the North, de
claring that five millions of soldiers cannot
conquer the South. Great enthusiasm for the
Southern cause was manifested.
The Macon Telegraph says it has heard
it stated in an interview between Gov. Browx
and President Davis, at Atlanta, the latter
said that he was convinced of the dangers of
the Independent Volunteer bill, and be should
receive no more volunteers except through
State authority.
Significant.—All our despatches from the
north, for some days, says the Savannah Re
publican, of the 7th, have come by way of
New Orleans. The Government at Richmond
lias silenced the telegraph on all matters ap
pertaining to army movements, from which wo
infer that matters are nearing a crisis, though
we are still of the opiuion expressed some days
ago, that the attack will come from our side.
We clip the following despatch to Governor
Pickens from the Charleston Courier of yester
day :
Norfolk, June 5, 12 M.—A detachmc-nt of
our men at 9 A. M., to-day, were just beginning
to throw up a battery two miles this side, East
of Pigs Point battery, when the Harriet Lane
opened on them. Unprotected as they were
by any earth-works, they drove her off with on
ly one six pound rifled cannon. Pigs Point
battery opened on the Harriet Lane, but eould
not reach her. This is perfectly reliable.
Further Outrages at Hampton.—When
the vandals from the North occupied Hampton,
an officer, with a squad of men, went to the
store of Mr. P. Latimer, aud demanded posses
sion. Mr. Latimer replied that he had pur
chased and paid for his stock of goods, and
the officer might have them at their valuation.
The officer said he would have the goods and
store and not pay a cent for them, and drawing
his sword, slapped Latimer with it on the face.
Latimer then drew a revolver and fired it, when
the officer fell. He then leaned over the coun
ter, and fired three more shots in the body,
causing death. Latimer was, of course, cap
tured, and taken to Old Point, and hung
Friday last.
The officer killed is said to be a Lieutenant
in one of the companies, and distinguished for
military abilities. He has met a dog’s death
in a dog’s cause.
Mr. W. C. Marrow, of Hampton, was also
treated in a most shameful and indecent man
ner. He was captured in the town, having his
uniform on, stripped stark naked, marched
through the streets in that condition, and then
carried to Fort Monroe as a prisoner. Can
such things be done in this enlightened age,
and not rouse to boiling heat the blood of eve
ry Southerner ?
815^, According to the Northern papers there
seems to be two parties there now—“the Dem
ocrats who are enlisting to fight the battles of
the country, and the Republicans who are rob
bing them of their rations and clothing "by all
sorts of swindling contracts.
How the South Will Starve.
The following statistics show the relative dif
ference between the productions of the North
and South. As for starving out the South it is
simply impossible:
By examining the census returns of the year
1850, the slave States in that year raised 7,660,-
551 bushels of peas and beans, while the free
States only raised 518,033 bushels, leaving a
balance in favor of the slave State of 7,142,618
bushels.
In the same year the slave States raised 37,-
136,812 bushels of sweet potatoes, while the
North only raised 1,122,323 thereby leaving a
balances in favor of the South of 36,014,489
bushels.
In that year the South raised about 345,000,-
000 bushels of Indian corn, while the North
only raised 233,000,000, thereby leaving a bal
ance in favor of the South of 112,000,000 bush
els.
In the same year fbe slave States raised
215,312,210 pounds of rice, while the North
only raised 500 lbs.
Bv the same returns it is stated that the val
ue of the live stock of the North is 293,000,000
while that of the South, (excluding slaves) is
246,006,000, leaving a balance in favor of the
“powerful North” of only 47,000,000.
It must be recollected that there is nearly
twice the number of persons to support in the
free States, and any individual who ever did,
or hereafter may examine the census returns
of the United States, will perceive that the
South has the facility to raise, and yearly rais
es, as much provisions as the North. It fol
lows, therefore, that even if the South raises
only half as much as the North, that she can
maintain her army as long as the federal Gov
ernment will be able to maintain the Northern
army.
Fiendish Outrage by Yankee Troops.—
Under the heading of “latest from Fortress
Monroe,” the Baltimore South, of Wednesday
afternoon, publishes the following:
“Great excitement has been produced at
Old Point by an outrage perpetrated by gov
ernment soldiers on Saturday last. It appears
that a party of them bad gone to a gentleman's
house near by, and assaulted a young lady some
sixteen years of age, with the design to outrage
per person. Her father, an aged man, came
to her assistance, when these fiends seized him,
aud threatened his life if be raised an alarm ;
and with a revolver pointed at bis head, he was
forced to witness the consummation of tlieir
illaic s purpose upon the person of his child.
Gen. Butler was yesterday afteruoon engaged
in examining into the case, but the result had
not transpired when the steamer left. Constant
complaints are being made to the officers there,
by persons living in the vicinity, whose lands
and dwellings have been invaded by the gov
ernment soldiers, who steal whatever they fancy
from their houses, and carry off chickens, sheep
and hogs, wherever they can find them.
Rumors of TnK Fairfax Fight.—A passen
ger on the Central train, who left Manassas
Junction yesterday morning, reports the South
ern forces at that place to be in high spirits,
and patiently awaiting the attack soon to be
made on them by the forty thousand Hessians
of Lincoln’s army. He says that an old gen
tleman counted the United States cavalry as
they marched on Fairfax Court House, Satur
day morning, and that they numbered eighty-
five. On their return there were but fifty-eight
in the party, and five stragglers passed after
wards, showing that twenty-two had been eith
er killed or taken prisoners. Seven dead bod
ies had been seen, and one of the wretched
hirelings had crawled into the Confederate
camp, badly wounded.
The same gentleman reports that on Satur
day last the railroad bridge at Martinsburg was
fired and burned by the Southern troops, as a
matter of precaution against a rear attack.
The Tuscumbia North Alabamian, of
the 31st, says that fourteen thirty-two pound
Dablgreen guns passed through there on their
way to some batteries recently erected on the
Mississippi river. They were a portion of the
guns lately captured by our troop3 at Ports
mouth.
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Public Electing.
Sandersville, Juno 4, 1861.
At a meeting of tho citizens of Washington coun
ty, hold at the Court House, Major Bangs was called
to the Chair, aud M. Newman requested to act as
Secretary.
The Chairman stated that the object ol the meet
ing was, to raise funds, by voluntary subscription,
for the benefit of the military companies, and their
families, of this county.
Ou motion of Gen. Robison, the meeting was ad
journed until Monday the 17th of J une, at 1 o’clock.
Tho reason for the adjournment was, that the
Washington Rifles (who had come home on a visit
for two days, on their way from Pensacola to Vir
ginia) were about to depart, aud most of the citi
zens present felt a desire of bidding them adieu.
JOSEPH BANGS, Chairman.
M. Newman, Secretary.
loug thirty-two pounders, loaded vjilh solid
—each gun weighing 5,700 pounds. Through
the other six are pointed the savage months of 9-
inch Dahlgren Columbiads, weighing 9,000 lbs.
each, and loaded with 5, 10 and 15 second shell.
These can be thrown from 1 to 3 1-2 miles, accor
ding to the length of the fuse. AVe have two hun
dred of these ship destroyers lying near the batte
ry, and iuclnding them, twenty rounds to each gun
Of shot and grape. The powder cartridges are
kept in air-tight, water-proof, metalic cartridge
cans, recovered from the vessels sunk at the burn
ing of the navy yard. The cans are sunk in sand.
The magazine, just in the rear of the battery, and
convenient to tho guns, will be finished in the early
part of the coming week. The hot shot furnace is
working admirably, it is kept heated, night and
day; and there is no miuute when we are not
ready to throw, with terrible rapidity, thirty-two
pounds of red-hot iron into the vessels that come
from a colder clime. With the aid of large gutta
percha balls and lights, we communicate signals
from the signal staff to Craney Island, four miles
above us on the opposite side of the river—whence
they are re-telegraphed to Fort Norfolk, farther up
on this side, and thence to Norfolk and Portsmouth,
so thut the news of an attack, the strength of the
attacking party, &c, can be sent to Norfolk in five
or ten minute’s. The following authentic scale of
distances will give you some idea of our precise po
sition. From Sewell's Point to Fortress Monroe,
4 1-2 miles; to Rip Raps, 3 miles; to Newport’s
Noose, 5 1-2 miles; to Bush’s Bluff 13 miles, and
to Craoev Island 4 miles
Yesterday 20 32 pounders were sent to some
point in Georgia, Savanugh we suppose, and 23
42-pounders were sent to Gen. Bragg from the
Gosport Navy Yard. The gold of Ophir was not
so valuable a possessson to Solomon as is this Na
vy Yard to the Southern Conlederacy. For six
weeks every train that leaves lias been loaded
with guns, and still you cannot miss them. As
you walk by the long rows you count, and count,
and count, wearied with the toil long before the
half is told. The thought is very extravagant,
but it has been almost irresistible; as I have
strolled through this El Dorado—this Goleouda
mine, that all our towus might be garrisoned, and
every man might plant before his door a little bat
tery aud make his home a “ castle.”
Ladies’ Volunteer Aid Association
OF WASHtNGTON COUNTY.
On Thursday last, the ladies of Sandersville and
vicinity met in large numbers at tho Methodist
Church, and formed a Society under the above
name, having for its object the making up of uni
forms and other clothing for the volunteers from
this county. The following named ladies were
elected officers of the Society, to serve during the
war:
Mrs. Wm. Smith, President;
Mrs. S. A. 13. Jones, Vice President;
Mrs. A. Flournot, Treasurer;
Miss Sallie Smith, Secretary.
The President appointed Mrs. T. E. Brown, Mrs.
William Hodges, Mrs Joseph Bangs, Mrs. M. B.
Haynes, and Alisa Maria Smith, a committee to draw
up suitable By-Laws tor the government of the So
ciety, which committee reported at a meeting hold
last’Mouday at the same place.
In our next issue we will furnish tho By-Laws to
our readers.
A noticeable feature in the By-Laws is the clanso
in regard to membership Any lady can become a
member by signing the By-Laws and carryiug out
the objects of the Society.
On last Alonday tho work on hand, which con
sisted of uniforms for Gen. Warthen’s company,
was distributed amoug the members present, who
all showed a praiseworthy alacrity to receive it.
There is no doubt but that the labors of this Society
LATEST NEWS.
From the Charleston Mercury *
A Fight in Northwestern Virginia
Richmond, June 6.
We have received the news of a sharp and bril
liant fight, which occurred on Monday last, near
a place called Phillippa, in Barbour county, iu the
Northwest part of our State. About Dine hundred
of our troops posted there were suddenly attacked,
nt daybreak on Monday morning, by three thousand
Hessians. At first, our men were thrown into con
fusion, and retreated for a distance of two miles to
a hill. Here, taking advantage of the ground, they
made a stand and three times repulsed the enemy,
notwithstanding the great disparity of the numbers
engaged-
The United States troops, having lost about 70
men, gave up the pursuit and retreated. Our loss
was only six killed. Among them Captain A. T.
Richards, of the Bath Cavalry; Qnartermaster
Sims, formerly clork of the Danville Depot at Rich
mond, and a young man named Daingerfield, from
Bath. The victory is considered a very handsome
one, for the enemy were well provided with light
artillery, manned by regulars from Carlisle Bar-
jacks, Pennsylvania, while our men had no can
non. .
Govenor Wise has been appointed a Brigadier
General by President Davis. He is raising a legion
for the war. During its formation, ho goes into
Western Virginia to rouse the slumbering patriot
ism of that section. _ .
Chief Justice Tauey, in bis opinion in the Hcr-
riman case, asserts that Lincoln is guilty of usur
pation, and a clear violation of the Constitution in
snspneding the habeas croptts act.
The returns (official) from Wcstern ^ irgiuia give
an aggregate majority in favor of the Urdiuanoe of
Secession in that section of 81,000.
Military Movements in Kentucky.
Cairo, III., J une 8.—Gen. Prentiss, Federal com
mander at this place, learning that the Secessionists
had a military camp at Elliott s Mills, Ky., sent
two compauies there to disperse them.
Col. Wyekliffe, of the Kentucky troops, remon
strated against the invasion.
Gen. Prentiss, replies: “My determination is to
send troops in any direction, aud upon any soil,
that the Government may require.”
War with England Inevitable.
Washington, June 8.—Tho best informed men
here consider a collision with England as inevitable,
as soon as that power begins to feel the want of
southern cotton.
The dispatches that have been sent North to the
effect that France would combine with the North,
on account of fearing that England’s only maritime
rival, the United States, would be crippled, is un
true. There is nothing in the Government des
patches or letters fioin Europe to warrant even tho
supposition of auy such movement.
Treason iu the Lincoln Camp.
Washixgotn, June 8.—Among the telegraphic
despatches seized by the Lincoln Government was
one trom Mr. Harvey, Lincoln’s Minister to Portu
gal advising South Carolina of the iutentiou to re
inforce Fort Sumter. Harvey is a native of South
Carolina, but has long resided at the North. He
will be recalled.
Secession Strong iu Missouri.
New York, June7.—A letter from Western Mis
souri to the New York Times, soys that for one
Uuiou flag flying in that section of the State, there
are flauutiug m the face of law and loyalty a dozen
of the hateful emblems ol treason—flags of the
Southern Confederacy.
Secession Growing in Maryland.
Frederick, Md., June 8.—The secession feeing
litre is growing stronger daily, and the Unionists
there are quaking in their boots with apprehensions
of an attack from the South Carolina troops sta
tioned at the Point of Rocks, three miles distant.
The pre»eut feelings of the Alarylanders indicate
the fact that they will, at all hazards, continue to
furnish food to’ tho Southern troops at Harper’s
Ferry and tho Point of Rocks.
North Carolina News-
Wilmington, N. C., June 10.—Some little com
motion was created here yesterday by a report that
Federal troops had landed below, ou the coast. It
is believed to-day that the rumor originated iu the
presence of blockading vessels.
The Raleigh Standard learns that nearly two
hundred companies of State volunteers have ten
dered tlieir services to the Governor.
The permanent Constitution of the Confederate
States has been unanimously ratified by the State
Convention.
How to do up Shirt Bosoms.—Take two
ounces of white arabic powder, put it in a pitcher,
and pour on a pint or more of boiling water, accor
ding to the strength you desire; let it stand all
ni“ht, and in the morning pour it carefully from
the dregs into a clean bottle and cork it for use.
A tablespoonful of this water, will impart a look
of newness, to which nothing else can restore them
after thc-v hav#.been washed.
w the
discharge orhcr’dnty’: Airs. Dr. Turner, Airs. S. B.
Jones, Sirs. Joseph Bangs, Mrs. M. F. Morgan, Mr*.
M. Newman, Mrs. T. E. Brown, Mrs. ffm. F. Slade,
Miss Mattie Hardman, Miss Nannie Wicker.
The regular meetings will bo held every Monday
at 4 P. M.
Letter from Emanuel.
Scull's Creek, Emanuel Co., June 7,1861.
Editor Central Georgian:—As you have a con
siderable number of subscribers to your valuable
paper in this county, you no doubt would be glad
to hear how old Emanuel stands upon the gooso
at this crisis. She is doing her duty. She has or
ganized three volunteer companies out of about six
hundred voters, and they are noue of your hot
house plants. They are not only excellent marks
men, but they can undergo the fatigues of a cam
paign ; and if they ever get a showing they will
make their mark.
I Crops are very good, and if the seasons continue
there will be more grain mado in this county than
ever before. WIRE-GRASS,
Letter from Hancock.
Camp Davis, (Sparta Fair Ground,) )
June 8, 1861. [
Mr. Editor;—In the last Georgian, a “Spectator”
at the closing exercises of the Washington Insti
tute, after stating that I had enrolled my name
among tho volunteers, says: 1 He will doubtless
make such arrangements as will enable him at fall
term to return to his post.”
If “ Spectator” means that Mr. Lincoln and his
Congress will “doubtless make such arrangements”
as to give us peace by that time, he has placed me
correctly before the public; otherwise, I do not
feel that any post outside of the camp is my post,
nor do I expect to enter the school-room again
while a hostile Yankee pollutes Southern soil with
his unhallowed steps.
My absence next term, however, will not inter
fere with tho continuance of the school, which will
still receive the attentions of those who have la
bored faithfully to make it worthy of public confi
dence. ’ IVY W. DUGGAN.
A Speech from President Davis.
Ou Wednesday of last week, the President vis
ited the Camp near Richmond. To the great crowd
of citizens and soldiers there assembled, bo made
the following patriotic remarks:
My Friends and Fellow- Citizens: I am deeply
impressed with the kindness of your manifesta
tions. I look upon you as the last best hope of
liberty; and in our liberty alone is our Constitu
tional Government to bo preserved. Upon your
strong right arms depends the success of your
country; and, in asserting the birth right to which
vou were born, you are to remember that life and
blood are nothing as compared with tho immense
interests you have at stake. [Cheers. J
It may be that you have not long been trained,
and that you have much to learn of the art of war,
but I know that there beats in the breasts of South
ern sons a determination never to surrender—a de
termination never to go home but to tell a tale of
fconor. [Cries of “Never!”] Though great may
be the disparity of numbers, give us a fair field and
a free fight, and the Southern banner will float in
triumph everywhere. [Cheers.] The country re
lies upon you. UpoD you rest the hopes of our
people; and I have only to say, my friends, that,
to the last breath of my life, I am wholly your
own. [Tremendous cheers ]
War Talk and Rumors, &c., &c.
Washington, Jane 10.—Gen. Scott says be will
occupy Memphis and Richmond by the 15th July.
Adams’ Express continues to carry letters south
from Louisville in U. S. envelopes.
Ex-Governor Henry A. Wise is reported to be
very ill.
An early attack is expeetd on Harpers Ferry,
and the soldiers there arc determined to make a
Thermopylae of the place.
Fifteen hundred troops .are arriving daily at
Richmond, and it is supposed President Davis will
soon take the command in person. . .
The pickets of the opposing armies in \ lrginia
are approaching each other. ^
The garrison at Cairo is fearful of an attack from
the South.
Tennessee Election.
Mobile, June 10.—The returns from the Tennes
see election on the ratification of the Ordinance of
Secession passed by the Legislature, indicates an
almost unanimous vote for secession.
War
Steamers for the Confederate
States.
Washington, June 10.—The Confederate States
Commissioners have bought two steamers in Eng
land, and they will soon sail under the British
flag.
Spocial Despatch to the Charleston Courier.
From Richmond.
Richmonb, June 8.—Private advices from Liver
pool state that there are a large number of priva
teers at that port awaiting the arrival of letters of
marque to sail
Two members of the Northern Congress arc at
Turin endeavoring to enlist an Bullion Legion tor
tho war.
Arrests of distinguished individuals suspected
of secession continue.
A lady from Phillippa says that our loss was only
three killed. The enemy confess to the loss of
twenty-five killed aud wounded, including Colonel
Kelley.
Our troops are greatly oucouraged by the events
transpiring.
Soldiers continue to arrive in every train.
Col. Bacon’s regiment from South Carolina, and
a battalion of New Otlcans Zouave3 have arrived.
Secretary Walker is iudisposod.
Lincoln’s Scheme to Produce Civil War
iu Kentucky.
The Louisville Courier givey the following
startling account of a conspiracy formed in Ken
tucky to deliver tho State iuto the hands of the
atrocious Washington tyrant:
A secret organization has been formed through
out the States, the members of which are sworn to
fight on the side of Lincoln in his war on the
States of the South, and are expected to imbrue
t'neir hands in the blood of Kentuckians if the
people of the State should determine, as they will
determine to unite their political destiny with the
Confederate Slates, even as tbeir material destiny
is united with these States.
The negotiations of the conspirators with Lin
coln, a Bastard Attila, have been successful; and
anus by the thousands are now in the State and
daily being received by the friends of the North
from the Administration.
This is no idle surmise. It is a fact. Compa
nies of Homo Guards m Paris and elsewhere have
driven every Southern man from their ranks, aud
are now armed by those who intend, unless suc
cessfully resisted, to reduce Kentucky to the po
sition of Maryland and Missouri.
Five thousand or ten thousand stand of arms
for the Abolitionists in Kentucky, reached Cincin
nati! about the 16th inst., and portions of them
were shipped here on the 17th. and others sent to
Maysville, Paris, Lexington, and Georgetown.
The guns shipped on the Kentucky’ Central
Railroad reached Paris at one o,clock on the
morning of the 18th, and were at once taken
charge by those waiting for them there; and wag.
ons were in readiness to carry them to George
town and elsewhere. _
The object of this movement is to begin civil
war in Kentucky.
LETTER FROM VIRGINIA.
Correspondence of the Central Georgian.
My Post.
Camp Gwyxn, Portsmouth, Va., )
June 3, 1861. [
It was upon a Sabbath morning, the 19th of May
1861, that the sun, as he has done before thou’
sands of times, dawned splendidly forth his benig.
nant rays upon the earth. Ever to be admired
phenomenon, although it has been witnessed for
ages past, by generations lost to remembrance, yet
it is a fit theme for the inspiration of tho poet, and
worthy to be depicted by the most eloquent! Right
cheerily his rays fell that morning upon our camp,
as from our cotton-walled tenements we emerged
to greet him. Weary and worn from the duties of
the past week, I scarcely felt energy enough to
undertake the task of fixing up in such a way that
I could agreeably perform the duty recommended
the. evening before, by our esteemed Colonel, “ of
all attending divine service.” For an instant, I
hesitated; but a dash of thought to a mother lar
away, and I began the herculean task. A pair of
coarse boots soon began to glisten, and a suit of
kerseys was submitted to a most unmerciful whip
ping. The hour of devotion was announced by the
ringing of many bells near by, and in my soldierly
garb I repaired to the house of God. The exer
cises reminded me of home. The sermon wasshort,
appropriate to the times; the congregation atten*
tive and solemn. I could but note the plainness
of the dressing in both sexes, and thought that it
would be well for all congregations to lay aside all
expensive dress, and let the surplus that has hith
erto been appropriated in that way, go to the vol
unteer aDd the cause for which he is fighting. The
rest of the day was spent iu leisurely conversing
around the tent dcors, and wo went to our couches
at the tap of the drum with a prospect of an un
broken slumber, until, by the same ever-constant,
call, wo were roused Lo the duties of another day.
At half-past 11 o’clock we were aroused by the
beating of the drum. Tho wind was blowing
fiercely and the sky was overcast by fleeing clouds,
with now and then a large drop of rain ; but above
the din of the drums and the storm we heard tho
gruff tones of our worthy Orderly, M. E. Boatright,
as he hurriedly issued his command, “ fall in! fall
in 1” Enough; we had to march, we knew not,
and, save a little curiosity, cared not whither. In
twenty minutes the Third Regiment Georgia Yol-
unteers were en route for the depot, and as the last
company cleared the outskirts of the camp, one
prolonged shout rang along the line, its echoes be
ing heard far and wide above the wailing of the
wind, and contrasting strangely with the ominous
appearance of the elements. We were soon stand
ing alongside of the long train of box cars prepared
for our reception, and in a few moro minutes were
depositing ourselves and equipage therein, as fast
as our scrambling feet and hands, assisted by the
impetuous tones of colonel, majors, and captains,
commanding us to “ get in,” could put us there.
Off we rolled, the rain beating audibly upon tho
top of the cars, until about the dawn of day-light,
when the cars stopped and we, a detachment of
thirty men headed by our first lieuteuant, were or
dered to get out. Out we jumped; at the word
“march” filed off iuto the woods, with our blankets
bound about us and the rain drifting athwart our
defenceless heads. We found a very commodious
shed that had been used in the manufacture and
barreling of that commodity more common to North
Carolina than to the Old Dominion—to wit, tar.
Here we established a rendezvous and posted
guards up and down the railroad, aud more partic
ularly about certain tall bridges, which would
proyo a very fatal trap to a train of soldiers, provi
ded a little sawing was done ou them previous to
the arrival of a freight train of such precious ma
terial. I was posted at the end of one of these
bridges, and with blanket and musket performed
the duties of a sentinel for the space of four hours.
In this instance, it was truly a pleasure. Notwith
standing an occasional shower, the sun broke forth
and lit up the surrounding country, embodying, as
it did, some of the finest scenes I ever beheld. Up
on a hill on one side, a few hundred yards distant,
stood the residence of a gentleman; a specimen ot
the old Virginia gentlemen of which we read, and
I should tliiuk, and all my readers will, before this
story is ended, a descendant of one of “ the first
families." Beneath the b idge, and visible fur a
long distance on either side, meandered a little
creek, its sparkling waters hidden from view, ever
and anon, by stooping evergreens; tho net that
hung from their boughs indicating the presence o!
the finny tribe and the piscatorial habits of tho
neighboihood.
The march of the previous night and tho adven
tures of the morning gave us, voracious appetites.
Our commanding officor repaired to the before-men
tioned residence and asked if we could get break
fast. Tho response wes in the affirmative, and re
ceiving the welcome message that “it was ready,"
an hour afterwards, we stacked arms in the yard,
and one glance at the table convinced every one
that the response came from a heart full of genuine
Southern hospitality, enlisted fully in our good
cause. I will not attempt to produce a “bill of
fare, ” but just say that ham and eggs and coffee r
with an interspersion of fish from the creek hard,
by, and all in the most reckless profusion, made up
a breakfast which, to a soldier, is too far beyond
description, and so far surpasses the most luxurious
feast of civil life, that the conception is only attain
able by oue who has experienced them all. But
that was not all. A woman, neat and tidy, comely,
if not beautiful, superintended the whole with an
eye solicitous of our every want. When, with
grateful hearts, we offered to recompense the gen
tleman of the house, he persistently refused to re
ceive anything. If he is not otherwise rewarded,
tho memory of that act of hospitality will remain
rooted for many years in the hearts of bis guests.
Whilst at roy post and reflecting upon this little
incident, we were reminded of home and the loved
ones there. It was a fit time for reflection. The
little creek, with its umbrageous surroundings,
brought to mind many a pleasant excursion in
summers past Maidens and youths joined their
merry laughs by the side of many such streams a
year ago who are now separated by the behests of
the beloved South, calling upon her sons to sunder
all tics and rally to the rescue oflier liberties. The
checkered scenes of my own unimportant history
were passed in rapid review, aud I paused to think
that a son of Georgia stood upon the soil of our old
mother State guarding her from tho common fbe.
The whistling of a special train announced that
it was time for us to depart from this mtcroslujg
locality; so entering the cars once more, we found
ourselves, in a few minutes, in the pleasant town
of , where, after taking dinner and sapper all
“ in one movement,” we entered the cars again
and started for our camp. There we arrived about
midnight, finding our blankets wet through, and
the contents of our habitations m general confusion.
Tired limbs did not ask ior dainty places of repose,
and in a very short time wc were asleep in spite of
the dampness that pervaded everything around.
Most of the camp slept the remainder of the night, "
but our teDt occupying an exposed position, and
the wind having loosened the pegs in the wet
ground, we were roused from our slumbers just in
time to see*our tent going off in a gust ot wmd,
leaving us lying on our backs looking up at a
cloudy sky, with a brisk shower playing upon onr
faces.
Now, my readers, we have spent a little time in
giving you a sketch of twenty-four hours of sol
dier’s life. It is just as it occurred, and if it has
given you a few moments of entertainment, I am
amply rewarded for this expenditure of a leisure
hour. MARK HORTON,
Wilkinson Rifles.
Cherokee Georgia can Bread the Army Look
at these Figures.—Floyd county will make a sur
plus ot 200,000 bushels of wheat Cass, Gordon,
Whitfield, and Murray, will average a like amount,
making 1200,000 bushels. Ono bushel of wheat
will make forty pounds of flour, which will feed
one soldier oue mouth; twelve bushels will feed
him twelve months, and by tho rule of three
1,200,000 bushels will feed 100,000 troops for oue
year. . .
If six counties in Cherokee Georgia can, from ncr
Burplns grain, supply our army with bread, we in
quire, cau we not find six counties of Tennessee
that will supply the pork? Wo have no doubt
We can fight and feed, aud with the spirit of onr
Floyd county farmers, it makes no difference
whether their wheat brings fifty cents or fifty dol
lars a bnslicl, it’s all for the boys anyhow.—Rome
Southerner.
Uniforms Desirable, but not Essential.—The
Richmond Dispatch announces by authority that
f ood companies of volunteers will not be rejected
y the Confederate States on the ground that they
are unsupplied with uuitorms. The Revolutionary
war, it says, was fought by soldiers in coats of
many colors, and the old wool hat, copperas dye
and poke-berry red carried tho day against the
glittering lace aud flashing helmets of the greatest
power of earth. We can afford to follow their ex
ample and the Government has determined not to
stand on snch matters for the future.
Should the ctange bo adopted, it will work a
great reduction in the cost of the war and that with
out detracting ftom the efficiency of tho troops.
A Bet Lost—The Wheat Crop.—The reader
will remember that some weeks ago we stated a bet
lia l been offered ancqaoccptod that a certain field of
wheat in Jones county would not average thirty
bushels to the acre. It is a lost bet. The worst
part of the field has been gathered, aud the average
is over thirty-one bushels. A half dozen bottles ot
pure Jones county Catawba were lost and won in
that way. Tho yield at wheat iu Middlo Georgia is
enormous—beyond all precedent. Planters who
heretofore have beer, gathering 300 bushels are now
harvesting 2,000 bushels. The belief is that wheat
enough ior two or three years has been produced.—
Macon Telegraph.
France and the South.—The Paris corres
pondent of the London Chronicle, writing on
the 1st of May, says : . ...
“In consequence of the gravity of the poll -
ieal situation in the Southern parts ot the
United States, the government is, I am m-
formed, about to send there an eminent diplo
matist, to observe and report on what may
there occur. • t
Appointment.—Tho Corning News \ ea ™ s
Judge Henry B. Jackson, of the Confederato fr a-
trict Caurt, has been appointed to a Enradior Gen
eralship in tho Confederate. Army, and. will W
command of his Brigade in Virginia in a very shot*
time.