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ENTIIAL GEORGIAN.
3iiS5rii>i3ia3^a2»2ii3c)
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19, 1861
NOTICK.
The affairs of the Central Georgian Office
during mv absence have been, and will contin
ue to be, under the immediate control of Mr.
13. T. Castellaw, who is authorized to collect
and receipt for money due the office, and to
attend to any business transaction connected
therewith. J• M. G. MEDLOCK.
June 5, 18G1.
RgL.Mr. IVm. F. Pgurnell is the duly au
thorized agent of the Georgian for Washington
A Sqnint Towards Monarchy*.
In remarks upon the correspondence between
Gov. Brown and Capt. Bartow, some of the
press of Georgia take the ground that this is no
time to regard State Rights, and consequently
condemn Governor Brown for his strictures
upon the gentleman'who, actuated by a desire
to have the prefix of “ Colonel,’’ deserted his post
at Savannah, leaving his home to be defended
by strangers, and patriotically (?) rushed to
Virginia to repel the invader and get his
Colonel’s commission. That this is no time to
regard State Rights is, indeed, strange doctrine
to present to Georgians. Now is the time, if
ever, when State Rights enjoy supremacy. The
act of secession would be a farce, if we are to
accept as true the doctriue that State Rights
are of secondary importance. The various
Stale conventions of the seceded States have
acted upon the premises that the States were
sovereign, and if this were not true, we of the
Confederate States would now be without a
government, and occupying the position Lin
coln and his clan assign us, namely, that of
rebels.
This plea, therefore of disregarding the sov
ereignty of a State is not put forth because of
its necessitv or right, but from some other mo
tive the character of which is not so creditable.
If we surrender the principle of State sover
eignty, we at once disarm ourselves, and ren
der a State ever after incapable of freeing it
self from a government which has become op
pressive to its citizens. If that right had been
disregarded wc would now have been members
of the Union. The Southern people will nev-
Public Meeting. e r surrender this Tight, but still there are many
The citizens of Washington county are in- | ^ ^ who wQuld much pre fe r to sec a con-
vitedtomeet at the Court-house in S a ”‘ ! rolidated government, and of this number is
ville, on Tuesday, the 2oth of June, at . 1 ‘‘i hc . wJl0 wished «to obliterate State lines,” in
o'clock, M., to take measures towards investing , ^ stru , T ^ c . The editor of the Chronicle
in Confederate bonds, and for other purposes, j ^ Sent ? n ° el js also par tial to this government.
May 29th, 1861. j whenever the advocates of monarchy make
The Annual Fair of the Planter's Club : U p their minds to see the excesses of the fiist
of Hancock will be dispensed with this year, i French Revolution repeated on the Americau
See proceedings of Executive Committee. j continent, and in the Confederate States, they
Northern Humanity.
The most atrocious and fiendish suggestion
that has emanated from the hot-bed of demons
ami cut-throats at the North, is that originated
by the New York Tribune. The soulless edi
tor of that vile sheet proposes to cut off the
hands or fee.t of all the negroes that may be
captured by Lincoln’s army in their invasion
of the South, in order that, should they here
after be reclaimed by their masters, their ser
vices will be useless! The North has gone
back to total darkness—the midnight of bar
barism. Such devilish wickedness would have
caused a shudder even in the days of Calig
ula, the most cruel of a cruel race ; but now,
in the nineteenth century,-—in the midst of the
wondrous enlightenment of the great North
that has boasted of its being so refined, so hu
mane, and so intellectual—the mere mention
of such a vile deed strikes the mind with un
utterable horror. Are we not right in denoun
cing such demons as beyond the pale of civili
zation ? And arc-they entitled to be treated
as human beings ?
The North has commenced a war of exter
mination upon the South, and we should be in
Interesting from Virginia.
A former editor of the Savannah Republi
can, and who is now a rogular correspondent
of that paper from the seat of war, writing
from Richmond, underrate of June 10, says:
It is impossible to say how many troops there
now are in Virginia, and it would be indiscreet
to say, if I knew; but I will venture to remark
that your readers would be struck with admi
ration and amazement, as the future historian
will be, at the wonderful energy and activity
displayed by the Government and people in
bringing such a tremendous force upon the
field in so short a time. Let the public, then,
be patient, and rest satisfied with the convic
tion that our civil rulers are equal to the cmei-
gency, and that our unlitarv operations aie
confided to leaders of approved courage and
sagacity. .
The First Georgia Regiment, Col. Ramsay,
which arrived here last week from Pensacola,
will leave to-morrow or next day for Phillippa,
beyond the mountains. It is believed to be
the best regiment in the Confederate service,
owing to the hard labor, experience and train
ing consequent lipon their long service at Pen-
sacola. I was present at a dress parade of the
regiment when the order to proceed to Phillip-
pa was read. Col. RamSay addressed the reg
iment in a few remarks, the last of which ^cre
worth} - of Patrick Henry. Ho said that the
no uiauner'surprised if Southern troops did not
For the Central Georgian.
Planting Matters.
BT A MEMBER OF THE PLANTERS’ CLUB.
Gladstone, Juuc 8, 1861.
Mr F'lilor •—Our worthy President attached, I
fear, too much importance to this communication
when lie announced it as a forthcoming s,.ay.
Instead of attempting anything so elaborate, 1 pro
pose simply to submit a few disconnected observa
tions, embracing as weU the results of my own ex
perience on tbe subjects touched, as the sugprs.ions
I have derived from conversations with other
^Observation I. Beverly Amos, as all Pinters
should do, makes his own plow lines; and, as an
Planters should do, but as very few, 1 apprehend,
are able to do, he makes thorn last from two to
three vears. Ilow does lie do it ? Instead of fast-
eiiinXhe lines to the lmme, or to the loop cl tho
backhand, or to any other point after leaving the
bit. he attaches a leathern loop, some six to eight
inches in length, to a fink of the trace about halt
wav between the hameaud back band—passes the
line through this loop, then on the inside of the
trace on to the plow handle. The effect is not to
wear the line by rubbing. Keeping it op the inside
reciprocate their kindnesses. “ IV e can suc
cessfully combat the Evil One only with such
means as he uses himself, ’ is an old maxim,
and it may find application in the present war.
The Vandal Spirit in New York.
A late New York paper—perhaps a Southern
edition—divulges the fact that there are now
in the den of harlotry and pickpockets two
hundred secret organizations or clubs, holding
clandestine mcetiugs, the aggregate number of
members being over ten thousand—all well
provided with arms ; having an artillery force
of twenty to thirty cannon, and holding them-
LATKST NEWS.
[Special Despatch to the Savannah Republican.]
The Lincoln Organs on the Battle of
Hethel Church.
Charlseton, June 17.—A batch of late New
York papers have been received here, affording a
most refreshing variety. They had heard of the
battle of Bethel Church, and “take on’-dreadfully
over the result.
The Times says: “General Butler has no pru
dence and General Pierce no courage, and the
sooner this brace of Massachusetts barristers are
dismissed to their pleadings the better. Lives are
too valuable to be squandered to convert political
hacks into heroes.”
The Tribune says: “The war should be stopped
and the Southern Confederacy recognized - , if we
can’t do any better.”
The Herald condemns the mistakes by which the
Yankee troops fired on each other, and says the
officers ought to be cashiered.
The Now York papers generally acknowledge
they were badly whipped.
Butler has declared his intention to have satis
of the trace protects agaiust wear and frazzle from l faction aud whip the rebels within twenty-four
contact with outside injuries, such as from briers j hours,
and bushes, roots, cornstalks—which arc too often
„ : may be enabled to appreciate some of the j tl)e - [r devilisli acts. Printing presses slow to
was here to wash, out his foot-prints in his
heart's blood. He then concluded by pointing
bis sun burnt band to the north-west and say
ing, “There is the road that leads to the enemy
—to-morrow we march.” The announcement
seemed to electrify the regiment and the vast
assemblage of spectators, who sent a round of
cheers, not less for the eloquent Colonel, than
for the good news contained in the order.
Each man in the regiment, in addition to the
ordinary arms, is provided with a bowie knife
and a repeater, and they leave with the confi
dent expectation of driving the enemy into the
Ohio river. After reaching Staunton, the ter
minus of the railway, they will have to proceed
on foot over the mountains a distance of 75
selves in readiness to perpetrate acts of violence miles. They consider it a short distance how-
se in, mi , tVirr»o+q ever, to any point where the enemy maybe
upon Southern sympathizers. The cut-throats j ^ jj anisay is rep0 rted to have said
hold meetings regularly, denounce such move- i tQ p - 13 re g; mC nt on a former occasion, that lie
ments as they may regard obnoxious to their .1iti.m in lip “the first reeriment in this
fiendish designs, and destroy the business and
property of all those who do not favor them in
blessings the attempt to put their cherished
scheme in execution will bring upon us. I or
ourselves, horrible as would be the scenes cn-
acted, we would prefer that, to seeing a snob-
ocratic privileged class established to lord it
over and oppress the people. Right is right,
and justice is justice—in palace or hovel, from
exalted or lowly—no matter under what cir
cumstances a people may be placed; and
therefore, because we are at war is no more
reason why the great principles upon which
our rights as men are founded should be dis
regarded, than if a ripple had never raffled the
placid bosom of our existence. Men should
no more violate the law, nor commit wrong in
time of war than in time of
T3@L>Tlie citizens of the vicinity of Irwin
Vi Roads are requested to meet at that place
on Saturday evening next, at 3 o clock, for tho
purpose of taking measures to present a flag
to the “ Gross Road Volunteers.” All are re
quested to attend, particularly the ladies.
Vigilance Committee.—It will be sccu, by
the proceedings in another column that our
citizens have appointed a Vigilance Commit
tee. This is a good move at this time, and
will prove beneficial in many respects. Tbe
members of this Committee are all gentlemen
of high standing.
iVe were shown on Monday; a cotton
stalk with several blooms, from the plantation nrnect
of Mr. 0. B. Glenn. Mr. J. M. Sheppard ^ . * and h e w h 0 acts upon the wicked prin-
brought in two or three yesterday from the plan- | * ^ ^ ]icenscs a disobcdicnce 0 f orders
tation of E. S. Langmade, Esq. Mr, S. says • ^ & rio - and especially a chief civil,
he observed blooms in his cotton as car \ as i officer ^ ;n find that bc ; s sc tting a perilous
the 12th. j precedent, and one which the people of glori-
Washington Superior Court is now j ous old Georgia, at least, will promptly and
(Tuesday) in sessibn—His Honor AV. W. Holt | sternly repudiate-
presiding. It is thought Court will adjourn j **
this evening or to-morrow. The attendance is '
thin. Very few attorneys are here, and, in- ;
deed, we don’t wonder at it, for if other places
have furnished as many of the legal profession
for soldiers as Sandersville, they are unable to
send out a great number on the circuit. There
are nine Sandersville lawyers belonging to the
Washington Rifles, now in Virginia, which, of
course, would make ow representation in the
Court-house q.uite slim.
What to do with their Prisoners.
The Northern savages are at a loss what to
do with the prisoners they may take in this var.
Their black hearts suggest hanging, but they
fear retaliation; and so their Stygian press say
they will only hang the leaders, and permit the
others to go. Let them commence that mur
derous game—which is only in keeping with
their demoniac natures—and they will find that
two can plav at it. Besides, when it is known
among the Southern soldiers that such is the
intention of their enemies, few prisoners will
be taken on either side ; and this determinat on
willjrender the conflict tenfold more deadly and
Greatly shorten the muster roll of the Hessian
marauders.
The privateer brig Savannah, of Charleston,
has been captured by one of Lincoln s flee‘,
and her crew arc now prisoners of war, though
the Northern barbarians call them rebels. It
scarcely seems possible, to any reasonable man
in the South, that Lincoln's clan will have the
temerity, under the circumstances, to hang
these men, however much their bloodthirsty
souls may desire it. They have already hung
several Southern men, but it has been done
clandestinely. The capture of the privateer
and the detention of the men is well known in
South Carolina ; aud if the North—in the face
of the declaration of England that privatcerin
espouse the cause of the showman Seward, who
is now exhibiting the famous Kangaroo in
Washington, have a large share of the outrages
of these midnight assassins visited upon them.
We see it stated that the Vice President
of the United States, the last Post Master Gen
eral, the present Secretary oi the Interior, and
the present Secretary at AA ar, >t'l commenced
their career as printers. We do not believe it.
Cameron, we expect, is tbe only printer among
them. The rest may have been tailors, like
Andy Johnson, or carpenters, like Douglas, or
schoolmasters, like Seward, but as to ever be
ing printers, that is mere pretense. If they
were, their present unfortunate positions show
what men may be brought to in this'changing
world, and conveys a moral lesson of humility
“ be not high-minded, but fear. - ’ Men can
not always occupy the pinnacle of fortune.
From a printer to a A ice President or Cabinet
minister under Abe Lincoln—what a fall !
j Some allowance, however, must be made for
I the weakness of human nature. Many prin-
5 ters have descended to being members of the
United States Congress ; and two or three have
reached the acme of imfamy by becoming
governors of Pennsylvania.
left iu tho way of tho plow. Now say you bavn t
learned something.
Observtion II. Swingle trees.—I purenased, in
1851, one of Foreman’s Iron Blows, and I have
never pnrehased any better patent plow than it is,
but the trouble with me and all patent plows is,
that I never can dvplkale them without going back
to the patentee and giving another patent price.
When I wear them sufficiently to require repairs,
aud scud them to the best smiths, they invariably
come back with the adjustment altered—at least
they don’t work as they did at first. And no re
flection upon she smiths, either, for we have a nuru-
bor in the county that I consider excellent. I ouly
intended to allude to my trouble with patent plows.
But I was talking, or set out to make an obsc-rva
tion, on swingle trees. Let me got back to the sub
ject—that is, if I cau remember what I was going
to say.
North-western News.
St. Louis, June 16lh.— General McClellan ad
dressed tho soldiers at Cairo yesterday. He told
them the-y were the lenders of a great Western
Army, and that they should soon have an oppor
tunity of meeting tiie Confederate rebels.
Chicago, June 16th.—Orders have been issued
for twelve additional regiments from the North
west, to rendezvous as follows; 4 at Quincy,
4 at Alton, and 4 at Cassville, ou the 18yi
inst.
Affairs at Fortress Monroe.
Fortress Monroe, June 16th.—Wo havo no
information hero touching the movements of the
southerhers. ,
Foi tress Monroe is in reality completely invested
Willi this Foreman’s plow tiiere was an ; by Hie rebels except, by sou. No ingress or egress
iron swingle-tree. It was two feet in length, of a ; j s Ba f 0) aD d movements are impossible.
liar of iron oue inch wide and a half inch thick, j “ ~ ..
The loop which held it to the clevis was welded to . [.’ roin Fortress Monroe—Butler Vails
the swingle tree, is of the same thickness with the j f or JJgL,.
tree, and about three quarters ef an inch in width. J Butler
The hooks for the traces were a part ot_ the tree, Fortress Moniioe. June l..—Geneia Butler
and not movable and jingly, as is the liook of the has made a demand for 15,000 additional troops
desired them to he “the first regiment
world, aud the first in the next.”
The Balance Sheet.
The North is said to be vastly superior to the
South, in pecuniary resources: so much so, that in
tho present contest, they expect to swallow us
down at one gulp. Everybody knows that tho ac
cumulated wealth of the North is far greater than
ours. But war is a rapid and incessant drain. It
will exhaust any amount of accumulation unless
the process of filling up accompanies that of emp
tying. In other words, cut off tho spring aud the
resevoir dries up.
Now. tho spring of Northern wealth is commerce,
aud it may throw some lignt oil the subject, to in
quire whence that commerce flows. Statistics wiil
show. We are compelled to resort, for illustration,
to the year ending Juno 30, 1859, as the official
statement for the year succeeding cannot be found
iu the city, after diligent enquiry. But one year’s
business is as good as another for this purpose.
Tho following is a statement of the exports of
American produce, and the imports of Foreign
goods, in five Southern and live Northern States,
foi* the year ending June 30,1859 :
AMERICAS PRi DCCE ENTIRE FOREIGN
EXPORTS. IMPORTS.
Alabama $28,933,662 $788,164
Florida 3,128,650 2S6,9il
Georgia 15,562,154 624,6-55
Louisiana 100,890,689 IS,349,516
So. Carolina 17,972,580 1,438,535
$21,487,831
§43,1S4.500
229,151,349
14,520,331
1,819,068
1,802,668
$290,507,910
common tree. My observation is that this tree,
which costs no more than the common, has ren
dered me as much service as any four ol the com
mon tree.
Observation III. The Tether.—This device of a
ruder age might be rendered of great service in the
system of agriculture pursued in this country.
What planter lias not acre alter acre, or rood after
rood, or even pole alter pole, of nice, sweet, rich
grass, in spots an liis brandies or on his hill sides
that are embraced inside the enclosures of his cul
tivated fields, and which grow aud luxuriate and
to eDaole him to cope with tho rebels.
An artesian vvcH is being bored to supply tbe
troops at tliis point with water.
From Washington—Presidents Mes
sage.
^Washington, juue 17.—Arrangements are be
ing made, and will be completed in a day or two
to prevent the publication of the movements of the
Federal troops.
The President is working on Ins message to
Congress at its approaching extra session. He
j ..„n nP n irr
$I66,4s7,7o5
*3^, The-citizens of Wilkes county subscri
bed 1,955 bales of cotton to the Confederate
loan the other day, in a few minutes. The val
ue of this cotton at $50 per bag is $97,750.
Pretty good for Wilkes. Patriots inhabit that
countv. How many bales will AA ashington
county subscribe next Tuesday? AN c shall
uot attempt to auswer that question, as wc
made such a mistake in our calculations about
voluntary contributions to the soldiers cause
we cannot again afford to speculate upon such
uncertain data. We believe, however, our pa
triotic farmers will nobly respond in this mat
ter.
Nonsense.—There has been a foolish tele
graphic dispatch going the rounds of the pa
pers lately, to the effect that Gen. Beauregard
had declared his intention of concentiating
70,000 troops at Manassas Junction, when, al
ter suffering the Federalists to exhaust them
selves in attempts to dislodge him, he would
advance upon and overwhelm them. AN hen it
is recollected that Gen. Beauregard is not the
Confederate government, and also that such ^ ^
foolish bravado is not in keeping with the char- ennnen t to drop the mild policy it has hereto-
ar-ter of that brave and accomplished officer, j fore pur3ue d in its dealings with the Northern Proceedings of the Planters’ Club
our readers will at once perceive how ridicu- j ruffians. If one of our citizens be hun g’^ e j p ]antcr s’ Club of Hancock met. Pres-
Ions the dispatch, is. AYe are astonished that i blood of a Northerner should atone for it. AN ar, , .^Th Thomas j n the chair,
raddle like this should, find a place iu a South- ij 0rr j dj relentless war, is upon us, and war mea- | motionj ]£ r . g. T. Harris was appointed
urcs. to the very letter, should be adopted. ; to write the essay'for the month of July, to be
Confederate camps in A T irgin- ’’ ’ ” ’
A Low Newspaper Treasury.—The editor
of the Attakapas Register in the last issue of
that paper says:
“After carefully counting over our cash bal
ance on band, vr<r discover that we look exactly
nine dimes and a five cent piece of having the
equivalent of a gold dollar. Our cash assets,.
therefore, are considerably below par, and if
any one asks us to “stand treat’’ under the cir
cumstances, we will have him takeu up for of
fering to insult us without cause or provoca
tion.”
That fellow must have had a peep into our
“till.” . lie couldn’t have given the amount of
bullion in our vaults more accurately had lie
“ciphered” for a month.—Georgian.
For the Central Georgian.
No Examination.
The Trustees of Bethlehem Academy have
determined to dispense with a public examina
tion, at the close of the first term.
A patriotic public will require no other ex
planation, than, this is no time for festivities,
not even literary ones, when our friends and
relatives, and oven the students of the school,
arc far away on the soil of the “ old Domin-
” or perhaps, ere this, fallen in the defense
Massachusetts §16,036,603
New York 104,726,-.46
Pennsylvania i 5,278,635
Khode" Island 292,090
Vermont 295,659 ,
$126,029,533
While, then, these five Southern
States exported of Americau
produce
Their foreign imports were only..
A diffcrence*v,f
How was this hundred and forty-fi
dollars paid ?
Wc shall sco.
During the same period, these five
Northern States imported
And exported of American produce
§166.487,735
21,487.631
$144,999,91 4
i-c million of
§163,878,8
dry up and waste because he cannot venture to take stro „„ ,.round in favor of a vigorous
put his cows or horses on them for fear that, even ’ t He war, and call for large levies
when guarded by a servant, they will, when they | P f Rt , diliona] troops .
have led awhile on the grass and waxed sauc}, ; ^ entire reserved force is to be ordered to
stampede and run over the growing crop. Don t j , . .
you often, in riding through the form while_ the j Washington.
Missouri Affairs—Gov. Jackson Pre
paring to figlit— Reported engagement
Of foreign produtes tlisy exported
not piracy,~and notwithstanding the strength j of Southern independence. Tho school eser-
r J t it! «-• *11 \\ noerl X7
and position of the Confederate forces-should j ciscs will close AN ednesday the 19 ^ of J '’ C >
commit the foul crime of hanging prisoners of to be resumed again Monday ^^fjuly
war, they may assuredly expect a Moody retri- | unless I too am called away to the deiense of
button. It is time—aud so think thousands of
people in the Couiederate States for our gox-
mv Southern home.
GEORGE AV. SPARKS.
Bethlehem, June 11, 1861.
ern newspaper.
Fast Day
Was properly observed in Sandersville. Bus
iness of every character was suspended, and
the doors of the shops and stores closed,. At
I0J o’clock our citizens repaired to the Metho
dist Church, where an appropriate sermon was
delivered by Rev. AV. S. Turner. .
AVe gather from our exchanges that the day
was generally respected throughout the Con
federate States. This shows that our people
rely upon Heaven’s aid in this great struggle.
If “ He be for us, who shall be against us ? ’
Public Meeting.
It is possible that the proceedings of the
meeting on Monday may not meet the cordial
approbation of the people of the county. AVe
had hoped that the unenviable position Of be
ing the ouly county in the State that had re
fused to contribute voluntarily to the relief of
their soldiers would fall to some other than
AVashingtou. There were many good and' gen
erous citizens present with money in their
pockets especially to contribute to this cause.
However, we suppose a desire exists to ascer
tain, by law, precisely how much patriotism
there is in the county. The proceedings of the
meeting will be found elsewhere in this paper.
The AVur News
Is and has been, fi>r several days past, high
ly favorable to our cause. The Confederate
troops have defeated the Lincolnites in evC-ry
skirmish and battle, and crowned Southern
arms with glory. Full accounts of the great
est battle yet fought-Great Bethel-w.ll be
found in our columns.
has been evacuated by our
Spies throng tin
ia, but wc hear of none of them being expelled
or punished.
Napoleon and General Jackson thoroughly
understood bow to deal with a savage enemy,
and we can readily imagine their course under
tiie- circumstances we have mentioned. The
rules of war are inflexible, and cither of these
$15,891,714
Leaving a balance of £147,936,669
Here we have one hundred and forty eight mil
lion?. excess of Northern imports, and one hun
dred and forty-live millions, excess of Southern
exports.
These hundred and forty-five millions are expein
ded in buying foreign goods and “Yankee uotious,”
at the North, which are paid for by foreign bills of
exchange, drawn against, tiiis balance of exports;
and thus the Northern importing States are furnish
ed with remittances to pay for their foreign purclia
ses, practically far better for them than an equal
amount of coined gold. Take these annual hun
dred and forty-five millious from New York, Phila
delphia, Boston, and Providence, and where are
your Northern “sinews of war?”—Augusta Con
stitutionalist.
Retaliation.
THE CONDITION UNDER WHICH WE ARE TO FIGHT
THIS wail
The judicial murder of the citizen Latimer, if
he haa a trial at all, inaugurates the most horrid
necessity of civil war—retaliation. AYlieu, in the
war of the Revolution, Col. Ilayuo was executed
by the British, under the sentence of an incomp--’
tent military tribunal, tho officers of the Southern
American army unanimously called, in writing,
upon Gea. Greene to retaliate upon tho British of
ficers who were captive. Greene notified the Brit
ish General that lie would retaliate, not upon mili
tia, but upon British regular officers; aud heat
once clapt up several of them in close confinement
with a view to their execution. This cured tho
mischief. Uuless our govir.nncnt adopts this plan,
uot simply for the protection of our soldiery, but
crops are growing, wish that the favorite cow or
tho family horse had tho rich plats of grass that
meet and please the eye? If you do, learn the use
of the tether—the horse and tho cow know it al
ready. It is you that arc- the laggard and behind
the times. A strap of soft, strong leather fourteen
inches long, inch and a half wide, buckle at ono
end, will go twice around the horse s or cow’s foot
between the lioof and fetlock. To this strap at
tach u good hempen rope about tiie size of the
fourth finger, fourteen feet or even more in length.
Tiie rope maj- be lengthened as the animals be
come more accustomed to your object. Drive down
a stake firmly in the center of the plat that you
want the animal to graze on, and fasten the rope to
the stake. Be careful that there must not be ever,
a twig, much less a stump or tree anywhere in rite
circle which the rope as a radius will describe.
There must be no thing which will raise the rope
off the surface, for then there is a chance for the
animal to wind it around its foot and throw itself.
There must be no tree or stump, lor if the rope,
while the horse is circulating around his center,
comes in contact with a firmly-resisting obstacle, it
is obvious to a moment’s reflection that the ten
dency and effect of such resisting force is to draw
tiie foot of the horse towards tiie point of such
force; and if it is a stump or tree, nine times out of
ten the animal will continue under tl:£ affluence of
the first direction given him by this lorce, and will
go on winding himself around tiie stump or tree
until. !us_ tellier is exhausted and the animal as
firmly fastened to the tree as if he had been tied
there. ' .
I have a fine acre or two of Bermuda grass iu
the enclosure in front of my house, iu which enclo
sure I plant corn and peas and have fruit trees, and
(J course canuot have horse3 loose on the ground.
The fine grass, pud my fondness for seeing a good
hio e and a good cow eat such grass, led me to :
adopt the tether—the expedient so common with j
emigrants across our western prairies. I have done
with great benefit to my horses. AA'hen not ,
working them I can keep them fat ou the grass, !
which would be lost to them without the tether.
There is no possible danger in the use of it. AN hen
I commenced using it I tied them out near trees, j
and have had them to wind themselves up so tight
that they could scarcely move, and yet I have nev
er had one to fall with tho rope or to get at all hurt.
I have three very good milch cow?, worth twen
ty-live or thirty dollars each. If they wero well
broke to the halter, so that I could lead them to
Ahe rich spots of grass ti at I can find in the unsub
dued cornels and branches of my cultivated fit-id^,
I should set double the value upon them. I am
regretting every day what they and 1 both lose be
cause they are not broko to the halter the tether
comes natural. Stook, sook, or so huzzy is all
published in the Central Georgian „
The President appointed Mr. T. J. Smith our citizen?, we shall hear of the most brutal out-
nrepare the essay for August; Mr. AVm, E. rages and murders every day. And no army, of-
* L n ■ l T» T IT i n r T-xr 4‘rxi. i ^ .xr. r.n ttmII Vxrx nrillirirp fn firrllt. lir.lpRS thiA
Bird, for September ; Rev. AV, I. Harley, for
October; Mr. Jno. T. Berry for November;
and Mr. Thomas M. Turner, for December.
Mr. D. AA r . Lewis then entertained the meet
ing for half an hour, with some interesting re
marks upon tbe subject of tbe best small grain
as a substitute for corn.
He was replied to by Miv H. T* Harris.
creat captains would have ordered tbe destruc- , — *---- , .
fion of. a whole regiment of prisoners in retal- j Some very interesting facts (to the Secreta^at
iation, or hung a spy upon the least, possible
proof, with as little compunction as they would
have shot a wild beast. Generals in command
of armies near an enemy’s territory, need to be-
made of such muff; and if it is ascertained, by
actual experience, that such men command tbe
Confederate troops in Virginia, it will do much
to quench tbe thirst for blood among tbe North
ern butchers. AVe have tbe utmost confidence
in our generals, while cur enemies entertain a
reasonable fear of their ability.- Of one thing
else wc are also satisfied t The crew of tbe Sa
vannah are from South Carolina, and if they
are harmed, that gallant iMate will never lay
down her arms until they are fully avenged.
The Northern fiends may as well understand
this, first as last.
Change of Tune.
The Hartford (Conn.) Courant—a Republi
can sheet of the ebon hue—says public opinion
at the North is gradually settling down in favor
of the recognition of the Southern Confederacy
by the Federal Government. AVell, the South
ern people will be sorry to hear this. AA r e had
hoped that the thought of a bloody and pro
tracted war, and that, too, as a matter of ab
solute necessity” on the part of the North,
Of wouH not so soon become .. <»
them,, as a strong desire pervades the Southern
mind to learn them a wholesome lesson, wh’ieh,
the cause of this, of course we cannot know
here, t^^onlideSe ! however, their cowardice seems likely, atpres-
evacuation, perhaps, in a.fbw days. i ”' x
least) were disclosed during the debate, which
was participated in to some extent by other
members ot the Club.
On motion, it was ,
Resolved, That the Club will hold no Annu
al Fair the present year, owing to the unsettled
state of affairs in our country—-but that the
monthly meetings of the Executive Committee
be continued, and for the s" »er and autumn
months, will be held at .u Fair grounds—to
which mcetiugs all members of the Club are
invited. ,.
Ou motion, the President appointed the tol-
lowing, as the subject of discussion at the next
meeting : “ What is the cheapest and best
mode of keeping our stock during the winter?
Adjflurned to 3d Saturday in J uly T lOo’clock,
A. M.
JAMES THOMAS, Pres't.
E. Cain, Sec’y.
Glorious News.
Norfolk, June 12, 7.30 P. M.—AA'e Lave no
further information yet as to the supposed bat
tle of this day, at 12 M., on the Peninsula, ana
no more particulars a3 to the battle of the 10th.
All quiet here. A telegram from Petersburg,
just received, states that a gentleman front
Manassas has reliable authority for reporting
that, our troops being re-iuforced, have com
pletely routed the enemy at Phillippa, killing
and wounding one hundred of them, besides
capturing a number of prisoners, large quan
tities of arms and ammunition, with several
cannon. Our loss was very small, and our
troops are now in full possession of Phillippa.
AATiat Mrs. Lincoln is Doing.—Old Abe’s
better half seems to be going on in all respects
as if there was nothing wrong in public affairs.
She holds a levee every evening at the AVhite
House- all that is necessary is to sernLe. card,
and admission is obtained. She receives in
the Blue Room.
ficers or men, will be .willing to fight, unless the
conditions of wararo equal and reciprocal on both
sides. Further, the murder of Jackson, defending
his own house against the marauder—the execu
tion of Latimer, tor tho simple discharge of the
same duty—the horrid excesses which have been
perpetrated at Alexandria aud elsewhere upon life,
honor, and all that is precious to civilization, puts
the aggressor totally out of the pale and protection
of war, law and humanity. The Zouaves deserve
no better fate than to be shot down unsparingly
iu their tracks—no quarter allowed them—and it
takeu, bung outright—not as soldiers, but as out
laws, murderers and plunderers. The wild justice
of retributive vengeance, in all such case-, must
supersede ordinaty forms, and technical pleadings
and common jurisdiction ; and every prisoner now
iu our hands should be held in close Uuvesie, as a
life bondsman, pledged to doom and execution, at
tbe tidings of one Southern soldier or cjtizen hung
or butchered by the remorseless enemy. Nothing
less than this will bring these laud pirates to their
sense?. This justice, promptly administered, un
sparingly and sharply as the offence, a ill cure the
evil, and check the sanguinary thirst of these ma
rauding demons for the blood cf our people. Let
it be done, and quickly.— Charleston Mercury.
A New Yankee Speculation.—The Augusta
Chronicle says:—The Lincolnites are now broad -
ing the idea of capturing the Southern slaves, not
to free them, but to sell them , to Northern task
masters, for the purpose of paying the expenses of
the tear. With all their hypocritical cant they
never were the friends of the black man—but sun
ply enemies of his master. And there is not a ne
gro in all this land that would not fight to the
death if necessary, before be would be tom from
the master and mistress of his affection, of those
whom he has raised from childhood, and who now
take care of him in his old age, or of those who
have guarded and protected him from infancy, and
be sold into the hands of these Yankee masters
Returning Reason.—By a letter received in
this city yesterday, says the Charleston Courier
of Thursday, we learn that a great reaction has
taken place amoug the moneyed men of New V ork
aud Boston, and that petitions are now circulating
to be laid before Congress, asking the peaceful re
cognition of the Southern Confederacy, and the es-
taltf"’Ament of amicable relations by friendly treat-
je's T, 1 '" 1 - petitions set forth that unless the war is
broughtow ve.y speedily, New York and
Boston are cities-
St, Louis, June 17.—Gov. Jackson has taken
charge of the State troops, and will make his first
stand at Boonville.
Rumors are current that tho Convention u ill be
called together immediately.
The State Treasurer, after a brief arrest by the
Lincoln troops lias been set at liberty.
Ben McCulloch is reported to be at Fort Smith,
Ark., with 10,COO troops; lie is also reported to
be in Benton county. Ark., with 5,000.
Twelve Illinois "regiments are stationed within
two hours’ march to St. Louis.
Two thousand State troops are at Boonville,
well prepared for a fight. .
The Secessionists have full sway cn both sides
of the Missouri from Boonville.
A skirmish had taken place near Independence,
iu which the Federalists are said to havo been
worsted. .
The Federal troops arc moving westward from
various points, and the patriots are burning the
railroad bridges to check them.
Army New?, &c.
IliOF.RSTOWN, June 17.—Six hundred Confeder
ate troops are .- till remaining at Harper s Ferry.
Gov. Wise is moving forward with a largo force
to oppose tho advance ot McClellan.
The Southern pickets are again visible opposite
Williamsport.
The Southerners have buried seventy locotaOLtves
ou the railroad.
At Alexandria to-day the mercury stood at l“o
degrees in llic shade.
Louisville, June 17—It is reported that Gover
nor Mao-offiin lias issued orders that no Tennes
seeans be allowed to occupy the Kentucky islands
on tho Mississippi.
Harper’s Ferry Has Been Fvacuated.
Richmond, June 17.—Pusscngors have just ar
rived here, who crossed at Harper’s berry, Sunday
forenoon. They state that the Confederate troops
evacuated the Ferry, blew up the fortifications, and
blunt the bridge.
Tennessee Election—60,000 Majority
for Secession !
Lynchburg, June 10 —The Uniou vote of Ten
nessee is smaller than was anticipated. The State
has gone for Secession by at* least sixty thousand
majority.
From Manassas Junction.—Gen. Beauregard
havin'* arrived at Manassas Juuction, an order
was read announcing that he had taken commaud
the training mine~bave', and 'that won’t lead them j of tho forces at the point. The U00 P 3 eat ^!’f j s
safe!v through cultivated grounds. Tho tether, of j tically rccetvea the General ou li.s arrival, and his
course should be to the fore foot. ! presence has infused fresh ardor throughout the
Observation IV. The best teams of mules—I j whole command,
mean tho teams in tho best condition—I have seen i Ono of Lincoln’s Body Guard has been taken
this season in the- plow, were kept all the winter ! prisoner and brought into camp. AV hen token he
mainly upon the stalk and seed of the repudiated J “ " fi "° nn
su^ar millet. This crop will make if sown any time
aslate as the 20lh July. It will make when no
other grain, planted or sown as late, will make.
I have no seed lor sale or to give away; but as the
year and the times call for a large provender crop,
let all adopt the best expedient they can to iu-
crcasc it. .
I could extend such chat ns this almost indefi
nitely, but ouo of the wisest men I ever knew, in
private and practical life—old Bennett Htllsmau—
once told me, when I was trying to extract from
him all ho knew of tho facts of a caso in which I
was counsel and he was expected to be a witness,
“ never to tell all I know at onco.” I have found
it a good rule, and on that principle I now close
this— thing. Respectfully submitted.
’ DAA'ID AV. LKVYIS.
A Recipe for the Times —I have tiie opportu
nity of knowing that many persons are using flour
who cannot procure lard; and as the times are hard
I will give a plan for making bread which I, at all
times, regard as infinitely better than bread made
Ulllua, luuaiu aa niuiniv.«j j aauiuv.»v. — • • • * m
of hog grease and physic (soda salaratus, cream 1 j M to Bonds at will, and tho Bonds again into ireas-
tartar Ac) a 'n,n=o convertible bonds.
quantity of flour to be used, with salt
it taste; pour upon it boiling water, stir
Take the
added to sui , . . _
with a spoon, aud when sufficiently cool to handle,
place the dough upon ?. board covered with flour,
and roll it to the thickness of half an inch, cut
abo il the rame w d h, and roll it rcinl with thi
hand as you would marvels: then bake in a hot
stove or oven (covering tho vessel with flour.) uu-
lil brown. This bread will be light, nice and sweet.
It rises upon the principle of expansion by heat.
Persons who imagine that they cannot eat bread
which does not contain fat aud drugs, may use
butler or syrup, and the most cultivated taste
scarcely observes the difference. This I haves°en
tried upon the most fastidious. A egetaRIAN.
Columbus Sun.
How IT AVorks —The telegraph this morning
announces that Hon. John McLellan, of Illinois, is
in Washington City urging the Government to pur
chase the provisions aud grain of the suffering
merchants and farmers of his State. So it would
seem that while, by their embargo at Cairo, they
are endeavoring to starve out the South, they are
really bringing distress upon their own people.
We are seriously of the opinion that this embargo
business will in tho end prove of great advantage
to the South. But another season, the planters ol
the South, by a diversity of crops and a proper at
tention to hog and cattle raising, will place an eter
nal embargo upon all future shipments of produce
aud grain from tho North. This embargo is to
them a salutary, practical lesson, and oue winch
they will never forget. By all means let the em
bargo continue.—Memphis Appeal.
rgp A woman committed suicide in Cincinnati
the other day. Reason: destitution. Cincinnati
is furnishing men and money for the subjugation
of the South, and her poor are starving to death in
their miserable hovels. God keep the Northern
poor, for they arc unable to keep thcmscivcs.
was mounted on a fine horse, and stated that lie
was on the way to visit his wife who lives near the
Junction. , _ . , _
The Federal loss in t.ic battle at Fairfax Court
House is variously estimated from five to fifteen
killed, and ten or twelve taken prisoners. It is
supposed a number wero killed who- were carried
off One of the wounded, whoso thigh was broken
bv a musket ball, lias since crawled iu and asked
the protection of our'troops.— Portsmouth Tran
script.
Subscriptions of Cotton.—AVe are inclined to
the belief that a very material error exists with re
gard to the Bonds to be received by planters ou
the transfer in lieu of the proceeds of their crops,
or so much thereof as shall be subscribed to the
Confederate States. Perhaps wo have done our
6hare towards causing the mistako.
Ail subscriptions or crops stand in the light oi a
loan to the Government-on Bonds to run for twen
ty vears and bear interest at 8 per cent per annum
The Bonds are not convertible into Treasury Notes,
as some seem to suppose.
Holders of Treasury Notes may convert them
" ho Bonds again into Treas
ury Notes if desired. These convertible bonds,
however, are a different security from those issued
to crop subscribers, and are tho only Bonds, which
together with Treasury Notes, the Banks have re-,
solved to receive on deposit.—Savannah liepubh-
THE FIGHT* At GREAT BETdEts.
AVe take the following extracts from the Rich 1
mond (Ya.) Dispatch oi 3aw 13 :
the attack.
Our Colonel stood with glass in hand and soon
discovered the glisteniugs of bayonets coming from
cover of the woods and up the road. As Soon as
they had arrived about one thousand yards from
ns, they planted two catlnon in the road, one in
the woods and several in the field, to our left, all
of them being guns of heavy Calibre: As soon as
they were seen in position, Major Randolph gave
the command, and their splendid Parrot gun
belched forth a shot which took effect on the col
umn in the road and did considerable damage;
this was replied to by the enemy from their gun in
the road, and replied to by Captain Brown’s bat
tery iu the field. The action then became general,
and the deafening roar of the guns was all that
could be heard for an honr—our shot taking good
effect, that of the other side not having hit a single
man or gun, all being aimed to high, doing gresc
damago among the boughs of the trees. Col.
Stewart’s command were placed fifty yards on the
ri"ht of Captain Brown’s battery; to serve as a
protection to them, and we soon saw the approach
of a company of Zouaves of a New York regiment;
advancing under cover of some houses, and a large
orchard to the right of the field. The A r irginia
Life Guard were ordered to rise and shoot them,
as our position had not been discovered , the men
of the first platoon rose, and taking deliberate ain-i
fired; the shots had good effect, seven of the
Zodaves falling, two killed and remainder found
ed, as we ascertained afterwards by findiug tho
bodies of the dead. We immediately drew upon
us the fire of the Zouaves and one piece of cannon •
but our men were undaunted, and between every
fire of the dastardly crew they rose by the file and
fired. Nearly every time a man was felled. Our
guns being the Enfield rifle gun, were very effect 1
ivc. The entire force of both sides then came into
action, and to men unaccustomed to such sights
the scene was sublime. After the first fire all tiie
hesitancy and trepidation incident to the first bat-
tle was over and every man frit eager to give them
a salute. There was a cessation of firing for five
minutes, whep our guns commenced again, and
constant and rapid firing was kept up for one hour
more, our guns working beautifully aud doing great
damago. The shot of tho enemy wounded three
of our Howitzer aud ouo of the North Carolina
regiment men.
During this engagement tiie howitzer gun in the
field was accidentally disabled by the breaking of
the vent wire in the touch-hole and had to bo
hauled in the woods and abandoned; and Colonel
Stewart’s command was ordered to close in upon
the fortifications, and defend the interior of our
camp as wo moved off. A regiment of infantry
was seen to tile up the road to the south of our
position, in order to get in our rear, and several
cannon were ordered to the toad through which
they must pass The cannon were supported by
the commands of Col. Stewart and Oapt. Mon
tague ; but they did not make their appearance
aud wo remained interested spectators of the third
attack, holding our position iu our trenches, and
prepared to defend the ravine and tbe road to the
South and West of our fortifications.
Tiiis attack was made a few minutes after 12
o’clock, and was the most .severe of all the day’s
work. Our guns commenced again, and after ex
changing shots for fifteen or tweuty minutes, the
euemv formed in column, ono thousand strong and
uuder command of a brave looking General, well
mounted, advanced over the road, over the bridge,
and up the embankment on the Southeast. Every
man looked ou with breathless interest, as the
charge was a brilliant one. As soon as they were
in good range, our battery opened, and the first
fire struck the head ol the advancing column, and
crashed through from rank to rank. They attempt
ed to mount tiie embankment, but our infantry
rose, and thev were repulsed with great loss, and
so discomfited that they retired with a double
quick movement down tbe road. The Colonel
commanding in this charge was seen to reel in
Ids saddle. The battery again exchanged shots,
and the action closed with six men wounded ou
our side.
It was one o’clock, and tiie enemy showing no
disposition to commence again, the dragoons were
ordered out and found the enemy retreating with
all speed towards Hampton. As they pursued
them, they scattered like sheep, and the wounded
and dying fell on every side of tiie road. It was
a pitiabie sight, and os our men came back they
were picked up and carried on litters to our camp
and cared for.
The battle was now over, having c mmenced at
9 1-2 o’clock, A. M., and continued till 1 P. M.
One of tbe wounded of the enemy said lie would
. tell the truth before he died, and say four thou
sand five hundred were engaged on the part ot
tho Federal troops, and five hundred held in. re
serve, and the dend and wounded were two hun
dred : while on our part there were only iwelTo
hundred men, and at no time wore there more
than eight hundred engaged,
During the engagement, Col, Magruder was in
every part of the field, and displayed consummate
generalship and courage, directing every movement
iu i ersou, and expossng himself with a recklessness
which was seen and admired by all in camp.
incidents of tiie battle.
The enemy, when they first approached, tried to
keep up their courage by repeatea cheering, yell
ing like so many savages, which the writer of this
beard distinctly, while our men said not a word - r
but with uplifted hearts to the God of Battles,
stood silent and courageously, awaiting them.
.One of the Captains of the advancing coulmn of
the enemv approached near the N. C. Regiments
lines, aud, standing on a log, cheered his men.
He was seen, and a private in one of the compa
nies took deliberate aim, and lie fell dead. The
roan ran out and secured his sword as a trophy of
liis valor. . »
The Howitzer Battery, under superintendence
of Major Randolph, elicited the cheers of ihe entire
soldiery, every man performing his part with the
celerity of practiced gunners, ahd eften exposing
themselves upon the parapet to see, as they said,
the enemy’s eyes, so as to take aim. In a word,
no man ou tho ground could express how much of
tbe result of our victory is due tiie howitzers.
Late in the evening the encampment was broken
up and we returned to Yorktowm.
Long live Magruder, Hill, Stewart and Allen, il
lustrious leaders in this, our first great battle and
glorious victory! while to God, thanks be given
for his providential care aud suppoit.
C. P. It., Life Guard.
Selling A'irginia Negroes in Cuba. A\ e have
hem u from various sources that a large number of
the negroes who have been captured by the North
ern invaders on the peninsula, have been sent by
them to Cuba, to be sold, ar.d that they declare
their intention to make the sale of negroes one
means of defraying the expenses of the war.—Kick.
Dispatch.
Tub Vert Latest.—A gentleman who reached
here on Monday, direct from Jamestown says it
h as been positively ascertained up to yesterday
morning bv persons residing in the vicinity, that
tiie Yankee loss by the engagement of last Monday
is over 500 killed. But few of 564 missing ut roll
call last Tuesday have turned up, and it is now
thought, they never will in tiiis world.—Pttertl’urg
( Fa.) Express.
ps- The Northern people are beginning to get
sickof the war. AVe are assured, by a gentleman
just returned from a brief sojourn North, that lm
found many opposed to its prosecution, aud in fa
vor of a peaceful separation. A few months more
aud the Yankees will cave.—Nashville Patriot.
Gfn Henninbsek.—We learn that this gentle^
man will probably be chosen Colonel of the Ninth
Georgia Regiment, now rendezvouses at AtUnta
He is a private in a company from Barite count}
More Tisoors.—It is rumored that another re
qnisition for two thousand Georgia troops has
been made on Gov. Brown,
Missouri.—Governor Jackson, of Missouri,
has issued a proclamation calling for oO,000
troops to expel the Lincolnites from that State.
jQp The Cotton Planters’ Convention met
in Macon yesterday, with a highly respectable
representation in attendance. AVe hope to
publish an official report of their action in our
next. AA’e understand they adjourned their
next regular meeting to November, and voted
to postpone another deputation to Europe un
til the restoration of peace. They have caller
a general Convention ot the Cotton Planters
ofUeorgia, at Macon, on the 4th July next, to
take action upon the Subject of investing Cot
ton in the Confederate Bonds, and of sustain
ing the Government, and have voted to invest
alf the funds of the Association in the same
securities. Hon. HoWell Cobb, the President,
was detained at home by sickness in his family.
—Macon Telegraph, June 12th.
Cotton Statistics’.—Tbe fetest’ reports froth
Great Britain show that fee Consumption ot
cotton for the current crop year has dimmish-
ed an averago of 5.200 bales per week, or 270/-
409 bales for the year, owing to the high price
and the commercial depression. The stock m
Liverpool, May 24, was 1,112,000 bales, suffi
cient to supply the weekly consumption at tho
last average (43,600) tor more than 25 weeks.
Besides, there were at sea, bound for Liverpool,
120,000 bales from the United States and 290,-
000 hales from Bombay, or supplies for nino
weeks more—thirty-five weeks in all,
A Peace Ambassador.—The Paris Mouteur
of the 15th of May, contains this announce
ment : “In consequence of the perplexity into
which the great and powerful cotton interest is
now plunged, it ought not to surprise any to
learn that doubtless very soon an eminent Eng
lish stamesman will visit the L mted States to
make a pacific proposition to the contending
parties there. It will be a personage towards
whom all eyes will be turned as he undertakes
to perform his task.”
Aberdeen, (Miss.,) May 25.-To the Editors
of the Avalanche:—This is something that *
probably worth knowing. There are butYew per
sons who know that shota gun with a brfl to lit .
the same as a rifle, with patching, will throw a bait
from four to six hundred yards, with as much
and accuracy as a rifle. Moulds for ‘ 6e, " l d uB
ly made. I shot a common double-barreled gun
against Colt’s rifle, and I won the nearest sliot tob
hundred and fifty yards Nearly every man ha
gun, aud by this means he has as deadly weapon ^
LUIS UICZ’.uj -
anv that can be made. Jf 0
Yours, most resfeci.
A. B. Dash*.
an enemy as
doubts it let him just try it
fully,