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3ENTKAL GEORGIAN.
BAstiDaojasraaiMa,
WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 1861-
NOTICE.
The affaire of the Central Georgian Office
during my absence have been, and will contin
ue to be, under the immediate control of Mr.
B. T. Casteixaw, 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, 1861.
^@„Mr. Wm. F. Pournell is the duly au
thorized agent of the Georgian for Washington
county.
Vigilance Committee.
The regular meetings of the Vigilant Board
will be held at the Court-house on the 2d Mon
day in each month, at 11 o’clock.
A. 0. Haines, Ch’mn.
Religious Notice.
A prayer meeting will be held at the M. E.
Church of this place every Sabbath morning,
commencing at J pest 8 o’clock, in which pray
ers will be offered for our country. All are so
licited to attend. r Pastor.
See the advertisement of Miss Anna M.
Smith’s school, in another column.
There will be an examination of the
pupils of the Bay Spring Academy on Friday,
the 5th of July. Col. James S. Hook will de
liver an address at the close of the exercises.
The public are invited to attend.
Tableaux.—See the communication in re
lation to this highly commendable enterprise.
It speaks well for the energetic and patriotic
young ladies of Sandersville. It is a noble
cause, and is bound to succeed when guided
by such hands.
IS JUSTICii BLIND ?
To the Patrons of the Central Georgian.
Friends, what we are now about to SO; to
you is said most reluctantly; but necessity is
our excuse. We dislike to intrude private mat
ters upon your notice, and we are equally
averse to making public appeals for money
which we have honestly earned, and which you
would no doubt pay, did you not think the
amounts too small to be of service to us. This
is a fatal mistake (to us.) The smallness of
the amounts is our destruction. But to our
statement:-
On-the first of May last we had 1,300 sub
scribers. Since that time we have cut off tlie
names of 300 of-them who were in arrears
from two to seven years. We now have 1,000,
and of these fully 700 are in arreais from one
to two years ; while not 200 have paid- for then
paper in advance from first of January last 5
and almost every day people are asking us to
send them the Georgian on credit.
Our paper bill is over Fifty Dollars pei
month, and we must pay CASH for it, or else
we don’t get it. Our other expenses, forprinters,
etc., is more than three times the above amount
per month, but as we can scarcely get money
enough to pay for paper, it is useless to men
tion that.
All the material we use is CASH, yet we are
expected to credit that and our labor out for
years, and live upon the wind, or some other
pnenmatological vapor of an equally unsub
stantial character. Is this right, friends ? Is
it justice? Will you say that it is ? If you so
pronounce it,' why then we will work on, and
starve on, our skeletons animated (?) by the
conviction that the decree from the throne of
Divine Justice will annihilate your verdict.
There are several thousand dollars due this
office for subscriptions, job-work and advertise
ments, and if there ever was a time when it
was needed badly, needed of necessity, needed
emphatically and keenly, and diabolically and
outrageously, (our readers will just consulcr
all the adverbs in here) that time is NO .
Two dollars, or five dollars, or ten dollars are
of no great amount to you individually; but
when we have several hundred owing us these
little bills, it amounts to a very large sum ; and
if we could get but the half or a fourth of ,1
we might carry on our business without inter-
ruption. One man will hold back, under the
impression that his two or five-dollars Is of no
importance to the printer; but suppose you all
do it—as is the ease now-what is to become
of your newspaper. .
Friends, « don’t nppeal to joor patriotism
—that tor jour con.tr, I « *»t appeal to poor
■a nf that we would know nothing. BUT
we do appeal to your sense of JUSTICE, to
your HONOR as good and true men to pay
that thou owest” to the printer !
The proprietor of the Georgian is hundreds
af miles from home combating tour enemies
fn the battle-field. Will you suffer bis business
.for the want of the hard-
Pence or War.
All toe world—the North included—are be
ginning to become sensible of the fact, that
riding rough-shod over the South and putting
her citizens to the sword is an Undertaking of
greater magnitude than was at first supposed.
The valorous North—whose warlike represen
tatives in Mexico taade shell-road time from
the battle-fields of Churubuseo, the National
Bridge, and all others where a gun was fired
near them—anticipated an easy victory and plen
ty of spoil in their crusade against the South.
Hence they enlisted men for three months, be
ing confident that in that short time the Con
federate States would be subjugated and de
spoiled provinces. What a fatal delusion for
the luckless freebooters. Instead of a pigmy,
whose pulings would prove to them a diversion,
the South has arisen and put forth her strength
as one man, assuming the proportions of a
monstrous giant whose embrace carries death
and defeat to the enemy everywhere.
The North, in fcolish ignorance, has been
accustomed to boast of their wealth, while rid
iculing, in disdainful terms, the poverty of the
South. Where now is her wealth ? Her ships,
her wharves, her manufactories, her palatial
store-houses and residences are valueless. They
cannot he converted into money because no
body has it; and if they had it, they are not
so silly as to invest it in Northern property.
Ships are of no use unless they have something
to carry, and manufactories cannot do much
without the raw material and a market. The
South furnished the raw material and the mar
ket. The capitalists of Wall-street had accu
mulated perhaps a $100,000,000 in their vaults,
and vainly considered it the entire wealth of
the country. They could not see the inexhaus
tible gold fields of the South, producing annu
ally $250,000,000 worth of cotton, and nearly
the same amount of other products. They con
sidered that their cash would last forever, or at
least long enough to capture and bring hack
their Southern customers. But_intead of this
pleasant result, we now see that Lincoln has an
army o-f 200,000 men in the field whBm he can
not pay, nor can he disband them. Neither
can he advance them on Southern soil, for fear
of Southern bayonets. We firmly believe that
Lincoln would make peace to-day if he knew
what to do with his army. Having placed arms
in the hands of this vast horde, he is unable to
procure money to pay them, and it is hardly
probable that, while they are thus armed, they
will return to their starving families and ruined
business without redress. The distress at the
North is unparalleled, and we anticipate that
upon the ruins of their former prosperity, de
rived from Southern trade and industry, will be
erected a military despotism of the most grind
ing character.
The Northern Congress meets to-morrow,
and there is much speculation as to their ac
tion. A public loan of $2001000,000 is advo
cated by some of the Republican press; but
who will loan them this or any other sum?
The capitalists have declared they will not lend,
another dcljar to- the Federal. Government.
The question then aiises, how and where are
they to get this money ?. Not by direct taxa
tion. as some of them propose, for whenever
they commence tampering with the Yankees’
pockets, then the war is ended. Peace peti
tions are already being circulated in many of
the large cities of the North, and thousands oi
people have signed them. Lincoln is in a
quandary. A growing peace party at the
North, the capitalists refusing to lend him
money—without which he can do nothing
and discontented, unpaid troops, are surely ob
stacles of no little magnitude to the prosecu
tion of his cherished scheme of subjugating
the South.
The fact is, this war, in our opinion, is near
ly ended. While the North, with all her vaun
ted riches and numerical superiority, has been
badly defeated in every move, the South has
been quietly and determinedly concentrating
her strength for the encounter: and now, in
stead of overrunning and devastating our land,
the North finds herself held at bay for three
months on our very frontiers. Nay, more—
our enemies are compelled to act on the de
fensive. Their want of money, the disorganized
state of their army and government—and our
strength, wealth and determined attitude, will,
we strongly believe, in a short time cause our
enemies to fully realize their position, and re
sult in the acknowledgement of our indepen
dence.
The News.
We feceived but one paper—the Savannah
Republican—this (Tuesday) morning ; conse
quently news is scarce. That we do receive is
unimportant. Vague rumors mention the pos
sibility of a battle at an early day near Alex
andria. However, we can give nothing defi
nite, except that our cause is prosperous. •
No news from Western Virginia, though we
anticipate stirring times there in a few days.
Wise is there with his legion.
Bread! Bread!
It may not be generally known to our citi
zens that Mr. James Franklin, at his saw-mill,
five miles south of Sandersville, is furnishing
an excellent article of corn meal. He has
stopped sawing, so we are informed, and is
turning his attention to supplying the county
with meal. We make this announcement for
the public benefit, as there has been much
trouble for some time past in procuring this
indispensable neeessaTy. This mill is a great
convenience to the people, and Mr. Franklin
will accommodate all who call on him.
BgL, The Savannah Republican of yesterday
says they have had rain every day for a week
down there, and that all accounts from the up
country are equally cheering. IV ithin the last
four weeks we have had but two very light
showers of rain iu and below Sandersville for
several miles, and the prospects for corn ip the
section below are anything but encouraging.
East, West, and above us thsy have had good
seasons, but South towards the Ohoopie, crops
are suffering much.
TnE Crew of the Savannah.—Our benevo
lent philosophers of the Tribune (says the New
York Herald) are thirsting for the blood of the
ship’s crew of the captured rebel privateer Sa
vannah. But this is a very nice and delicate
question. The rebels hold a number of Union
men as prisoners, and they are constantly pick
ing up stragglers here and there. Are these
Union men to he sacrificed in retaliation for
the hasty execution of these rebel privateers ?
Or shall we rashly challenge in the rule of rigid
justice against these prisoners as pirates, the
fierce policy on the part of the Davis priva
teers, of the immediate hanging of the crew of
every Northern merchant ship they may here
after capture ? No ; the lives of our own peo
ple are entitled to some consideration. Let
these piratical prisoners be tried and con
demned, if you please, and then held as hos
tages for the future good behavior of the enemy.
Thus many innocent men may be saved, who
would otherwise be murdered in retaliation.
Sensible views for the Hessian, about retal
iation. The Northern barbarians are begin
ning to find out that there are two parties to
this contest.
The War.—Our people, many of them at
least, entered upon the contest with the agree
able expectation that all the powers of Europe,
and especially Great Britain, would sympathize
with us, and exert whatever of influence they
chose to throw in the scale, in putting down
« e pretensions of the Confederate States.
aving entered upon the question with this
feeling and expectation, it has caused much
disappointment, not to- say astonishment, to
find, that the Great Powers either desire to re
main strictly neutral, or if their influence is to
be exerted in any form to cast it in favor of the
Confederate States. The indications to this
effect, more particularly in England, as devel
oped through the public press, the Parliament
ary debates, and the declarations of her respon- j 011
sible aiiiii^H, cannot well be mistaken—New 1 Pretty
LETTER FROM VIRGINIA.
Editorial Correspondence.
Beverly, Va., June 22, 1861.
Weeks and months have passed since I have
had the privilege of writing a letter for publi
cation, and no one but myself can tell the joy
I feel this morning in being able again to say
a few words to my friends and patrons in my
native State.
I deem it unnecessary to speak of our sojourn
at Pensacola. My friends are already informed
of everything of importance that transpired du
ring our stay near that place. Nor is it neces
sary for me to follow us through our travels
from Pensacola to Richmond. After a stay of
a few days at the latter place we set out for
Staunton. The citizens along the railroad from
Richmond to Staunton treated us very kindly..
More enthusiasm I have not seen anywhere.
At Waynesboro, in Augusta county, (Va.) we
found tables spread with an abundance of pro
visions for every man on board. We all par
took freely of the good things set before us,
gave three hearty cheers for Waynesboro—but
especially the ladies—bade them farewell, and
went on our way rejoicing. At another station,
(I regret I have forgotten the name of the place)
the citizens heard that our regiment was to
pass up the evening before, and made great
preparations for giving us a supper, but they
had mistaken the time and were greatly disap
pointed. Some of the ladies of that place vis
ited our regiment after we got to Staunton,
bringing baskets of provisions along with them.
This is emphatically a land of milk and but
ter, and the milk has flowed freely to the weary
soldier wherever it was to be had, with a few
exceptions. We find here, as well as else
where, occasionally, persons who are disposed
to take advantage of our necessities and make
us pay dearly for all we get.
At Staunton we were also treated kindly.
Scarcely an hour in the day passed without
something being sent to the camp for our com
fort. The same spirit that animated the hearts
of our mothers in the days of‘76 is still to be
found in old Virginia, and in other States. All
my acquaintances know that I have ever been
a devoted friend of woman ; but I have now
great reason to be more her friend than ever
before. Her hand has been ever ready to sup
ply the wants of the soldier as he passed her
door, aud her generous heart always responsive
to those ennobling virtues which render her al
most divine. The memory of her kindness has
sunk deep into my heart of hearts, and will
there be cherished to the remotest period of
my life. But I have not language sufficient to
do justice to the subject. I shall never forget
a kind lady in Staunton, Mrs. A. B. Cowan,
who, with her own bands, prepared provisions
for me sufficient to last several days. Every
thing good that she could crowd into my hav
ersack was pat iu, and then a bundle placed in
my hand. Her kindness, and that of her fam
ily, brought home so forcibly to my mind that
I found a tear welling up in my eye. May God
bless her aiul her household. But I have al
ready devoted too much space to myself.
From Staunton our regiment set out on foot
on Saturday last—just one week ago to-day.
ascending the
LATEST NEWS.
Miscellaneous Despatches
Baltimore, Jnne 30.-Three Federal Regiments
have passed through here in the last twenty-tour
h °ST S ' Louis -Inne 30—Tlie Coroner’s jnrv in the
casiJ' ofshooti ug the dti».» of the Uu.tedBt.tt.
troops, have rendered a verdict that it w.u» none
Cl? *>.-11 is reported lj.tr,1 that a
through 1 Ba:ti^mre! r were ‘greeted ’ with cheers for
Jeff. Davis.
The Tribune says Col. Allen, of the TUY- lst.
Regiment, has been arrested by order ot General
Buffer, 6 that General Butler’s loyalty strongly
petition tor his removal. The New.eg™
i, clamorous; both reguh r and volunteer ir„ v
tiers'.ood that the blockading fleets
[communicated]
NOTICE! NOTICE 1
Tableaux Viyasts, Ac.—There will be an ex
hibition of Tableaux, Dialogues, Ac., given by a
number of the yoong ladies of the “Volunteer Aid
From the Missouri State Journal.
The Battle at Boonville.
FROM aS EYE WITNESS.
An eye-witness of the fight at Buonvfl:,
Monday last, at 8 a m„ about six mUes be'low 89
j town, gives us toe subjoined feels:
that
Association,” on Tuesday night the 9th of July, at, M ^ r . Geiieral Pric . e \vas on Sond m
the Court House 111 Sandersville. A sm.ill admts- I gtied an order fur the retirement of the State IrimiSj
sion lee will be charged at the door, the proceeds towards Arkansas. He himself left f,, r his
to be appropriated to the use of the volunteers. ! at Brunswick. The forces under Gen. Lyon land^S
We JSJL. ...lie Ur- ».i.« «_< - »«- - SSS-T KTSSASSH
ented. will have ihe satisfaction of feeling that they j few companies of State troops met them about six!
are also in some slight degree helping or. the good ' m-b-s below Bnonville. and attacked Lvott’s fu r ^ 1
reuse of the South. The object of the exhibition, Company B. Blair’s Regiment being the party
and the spirit with which it is prosecuted, is alike j wiring the fire. About ten of said company w „ r5
creditable to the public Spirit and patriotism of the j killed and wounded, as the result of that fee. y he
ladies and gentlemen engaged in it; and it is hoped company firing then retreated. Several other 8i al0
there will be a large attendance of the citizens of companies, at this point of time, kept firing | r „ m
the county—thus testifying their sympathy with different directions on Lyon's forces. Gen. Lvo»
the cause, and their den t mination, by every means then planted his cannon, and fired about twenty
in their power, to give “aid and comfort” to our rounds on the S ate troops, using grape ami ball,
volunteer soldiery. The exhibition will be cun- None of the Suite troops Were killed by this
ducted m ihu order following; nor.ading. so far as is known. But those who
r!,n ‘tVenNnsmtcred t'Tw.Vtch the British cruisers
have
Who.^belng'Xrmed^ff.e'eflort was unsuceeas-
lul.
From Manassas J cnc-tion.—The Lynchburg Ee-
P, SmenXlcShcrevesterd y from Ma-
Junction, soy that only three regimen s are
t that Dh.cc—.11 of the other lore-re under
command have been ucl-
na>S;t8
now at that place-
viureediiCThc direction of Afrxnndria. TwoSv.uth
Car-110.1 companies are within tour mi.es ol Alex
andria.
Onr Indian Allies.
A letter dated Fort Smith, Arkansas, June 15th,
in the Nashville Gazette. tays:
Gen. Ben. McOul.ocIi, "The Brave Fighter
and favorite of this (rentier, ar.ived hen-a tew
days ago. He is appointed Biigadier-Gemoal
nd
takes command ot the forces on this V\ e-tern fron
tier. He is also commissioned to raise several reg
iments ofvolunt.-ers in the Indian Territory. Iain
f.,lly convinced that he "ill have no trouble at all
to accomplish this. The five tribes of < ur red
brethren west of here, have among them a good
many slaves; no country richer and more beautl
fttl west of the Mississippi; none better adapted to
the use of slave labor than theirs. They consider
themselves Southern men. and sympathize with the
South. Their Chiefs and leading men say that
they will fight for their Southern brethren. Tney
are a brave race of people, and will make fine
warriors. ,
The Chit-kasaws, Choctaws, Cherokees, Creeks,
Seminoles, and probably some more of the Indian
tribes. 83 all are invited to attend, will hold a
grand council on the 24th inst., for the purpose of
formiti"- a treaty with each oilier, and also to "i ter
into a treaty with Hon. Albert Tike, Commissioner
on the part of Ihe Confederate States, who passed
through here the other week to visit the different
tribes, He is authorized to pledge to them the
same privileges, rights and annuities when linked
to the Southern Confederacy, as they enjoyed un
der the old Confederacy. They sav that they
will never permit this count!y to be invaded by an
Abolition army They, together with our troops,
will he sufficient to send Jim Lane, with bis abo-
liiiou cohorts, “to the happy land of Canaan."
PROGRAMME:
MUslC.
Tableaux.—The Intercepted Letter.
The Parlor Sylph.
The D- claret ion.
Smiles and Tears.
DiaLoGCF.—The Mad Cap.
MUSIC.
Tableaux.—The Secret.
Frank Jon-s.
Help my Mother.
I’iu not Forgotten.
Dialogue.—Ignorance and Pretension.
music
Tableaux.— The Love Letter.
The Soldier’s Last Farewell.
The Marriage Scene.
The Gentle Warning.
Dialogue.—The Stratagem.
MUSIC.
Tableaux.—The Moment of Trial.
Meditation.
The Dress Maker.
The Dress Wearer.
MUSIC.
The Gypsy Scene.
Plotting Mischief.
R -ading Horn a Sense of Duty.
The Ball Room Sceue.
MUSIC.
Love Below Staiis—Scenes I. and II.
What we expect to See a Few Years Hence.
Exhibition commences at 8 o’clock.
Another Skirmish.—The Staunton Spectator, of
the 25tli io-t.,says:
We have learned from a reliable gentleman of
this place, who returned a few- days since from
our camp at Laurel Hill this side of Phillippa, that
on Tuesday night las', one of our scouting parlies,
n'Unbeitng 25, met a scouting party of tne enemy,
numbering about 5(t, within less than two miles of
our camp at Laurel Hill. Both parties fired, aud
but 11 retreated. None of our men are Inn t. A
ladv being in that neighborhood wrote to a friend
in Iluttimsville that the enemy buried eight the
Notice.
The Ladies Volunteer .lid Association, at the
meeting oil Monday last, requested the President
to call upon the liberal and patriotic citizen^ of
Washington County, t' tough the Central Georgian,
to contribute money tor the purpose of buying uni
forms for the Washington Rifles. Tne ladies of
the Association are ready 10 make the uniforms,
and our soldiers need the clothing. It ‘ s confident-
ly expected that our citizens will promptly and
libei&lly aid 11s in this good work. We wish to
reeieve the money this week. Leave your contri
butions at Youngblood. Newman A Co's.
Mrs. Wm. smith, President.
July 3, 1861.
A Good Move-
By the card below it will be seen that our mer
chants will close their stores at 6 o’clock iu the
All
soon we commenecu
next morning.
Our party retreated because they supposed from
what they "had learned previously that the scout-
in" party" of the enemy consisted of about 300.
York Courier and Enquirer.
This is not the only great error the Scythians
have fallen into; and they will find themselves
grievously “disappointed and astonished” s.v-
eral times before this war is ended.
Molasses a Substitute for Bacon.—A
planter in Mississippi states that seven years
since he commenced giving his negroes two
pounds of bacon and two pints of molasses, in
stead of four pounds of bacon per week, as be
fore. His negroes soon began to like the mo
lasses better than the meat, and he now looks
to Louisiana for one-half of the meat used on
his plantation. The Medical Faculty of Lou
don, several years since, decided that those who
live on molasses as a part of their regular diet
never have the typhoid fever. The Mississippi
planter's experience corroborates this decision,
for his negroes have not had a single case ol
typhoid fever among them, although frequently
in the neighborhood, and once in his own fam
ily. Let the planters' of Georgia try this ex
periment. It will save more than one-half. So
much fat bacon and grease in our climate is
injurious and unhealthy. The negroes on sugar
plantations are always healthy and sound.—
Macon Telegraph.
Criminal CARELESSNESS.-Almost every week
we hear of soldiers being killed by their com
rades by the careless handling of arms. The
last instance of this kind occurred recently in
a Kentucky company in V irginia. A private
leveled his gun at a comrade in a playful man-
The soldier at whom the gun was pointed
ner.
remonstrated against such carelessness, and
put up his hand to push the weapon aside,
when it was discharged, mangling his hand
terribly, and lodging the charge of ball and
buck-ihot in the back of the next man in front,
kiUintr him instantly. We hold that the man
who pointed that gun was as much guilty of
murder as if he had waylaid and deliberately
shot his fellow soldier; and he should have
been immediately tried and executed for bis
criminal foolishness. At this rate, there is
more danger in our own camp, than is to he
apprehended from the abolition enemy. The
execution of one or two of these fools would
prove a salutary example, and perhaps save
the lives- of many good soldiers.
A Federal Prize Recaptured.—Old Abe’s
blockaders have been foiled for once, as will be
seen by the accompanying private despatch
received yesterday by a commercial bouse in
this city, from a perfectly responsible source:
“Wilmington, June 28.—The brig with the
cargo from Havana, sent off from Savannah by
the^blockading squadron, has been retaken off
Hatteras by a North Carolina steamer and
brought into Ocracoke.”
The brig alluded to, was doubtless the Han
nah Balch, consigned to Mr. Charles Pi rsous,
of this city.—Savannah Republican, 29th.
mountains, and were perfectly carried away
with the grandeur of the scenes presented to
our view. The first night we slept at Buffalo
Gap, ten miles from Staunton. I cannot re
member the names of all the places, hut will
"ive the names of the mountains over which
we passed. First, Little North ; next, Great
North, Shenandona, Sham ltidge, Bull Pasture,
Heaven's Middle, Main Alleghany, and Cheat
Mount iin. Yesterday afternoon we arrived
this place. The men stood the march
well, and I believe would have willingly
the enemy this morning, if necessary. Web
not been "here long before some of our Georj
boys hoisted the Confederate ilag on the co
bouse. This, I suppose, is the first South
flag ever raised here. I should have said t
the distance over which our regiment
marched, from Staunton, is 105 miles.
It pains tne to record the death of two m
bers of our regiment since we left Staunti
The first was a Mr. Meyer, of the Newn|
Guards; the last, one of our own compa
Mr. Green Cutnining, who died after a sh
illness, on Friday last. I suppose the disei
of w hich he died had been preying upon b
for years.
But I must close. We rest here to-day.
morrow we march toward the enemy, and sh
meet them soon if they give us an opportuni|
With the slight exception of fatigue, our
are in good condition and ready for a 65
We all feel proud of our regiment, and exp(
to give a good account of ourselves in the d
of battle. We are now within a few miles
our enemies. I hope, if I am spared, to Ij
nish a letter for publication every week. M
The Arming of Canada—What Does it Mean ?
A n port Inis b-eti published in some of our dai
ly w „. ers to the 1 SI A » militia f,,rce of
thousand men is to be raised in Canada, and that
they have already been supplied with aims and
equipments from England. It bat is the meaning
of this? We had suppo-ed that ihe relations be
tween our government ai.d that of Eimland were
of the most friendly character; but loket, in con
junction with the- announcement in English papers
that activity prevails in all the Btili-h d ■e-kyaid.-.
evening:
We, the undersigned, hereby agree to close
our stores every evening (except Satuiday) at 6
P. M. until the 1st of September.
W. W. Carter,
Youngblood, Newman & Co.
E. Waitzfklder,
A. Y. Haines,
P. Harp,
H. Zibakt,
Joseph Bangs.
July 1,1861.
seeking the State troops, to join in the fight, * er0
made prisoners to the number ol firieen or twenty
and three are known to be killed. Those pri^
ners were taken, and the men killed alter a retreat
was ordered by the officers commanding the Siaia
troops.
The State troops retired in good order, not morj
limn three hundred having engagi d in the skir-
niisli. Some ten of the Federal tnsips were killed
and ns many as from twenty to thirty wounded
some mortally.
(.'ol. Ma' tnaduke commanded the Slate t r nopj •
and Gov. Jackson w as in person on the gro wd.
No cannon were captured by the Frd-rul troopn
all having been saved, except some pieces which
were thrown into the riter, these having hee n
placed in position on tne river, four miles south of
Boonville. ■;
Gen. Parsons, with some fifteen pieces of ord
nance, was advancing to meet the Stale troops, at
the time they were retreating. All these tvers
Ssved No word of disbanding the State troops
was ever heard of; nor of the flight of Governor
Jackson, who, on the contrary, coolly remained
two hours after the retreat of the State troops.
Gov Jackson is now with his men; the Older to
retreat was given on Sunday, purely as a strategic
movement; while Some of the boys determined
to have the fun of making the ii.v.d-rs smell
burning gunpowder anyhow ; and the a t ek was
made with the distinct purpo e of retreating mime-
diarely alt. rwards. It was currently report.d ut
Boonville that Gen. Lyon remarked, if the fire of
the S'ate troops had been continued, lie must have
ordered a reiriat.
The F< d-ral lorccs st-od their ground and re
turned the fi e; but the State Hoops were covered
bv a wood ami, and tired from different directions
oti Lyon’s forces. Lyou has now possession of
Boonville, and lias issued a proclamation. The
State troop3 are concentrating at a point fifteen of
twenty miles west of Boonville and are organizing,
and preparing fully fir the conflict.
Ben McCulloch, it is staled, is now advancing
between Springfield and Tiplon with 10,000 tneu
and 20.000 extra siand of arms Gov. J;.ck*>n
intends to d. al kindly and humanely, not only with
any prisoners who may be taken in battle, but
with all those citizens of Missouri, whether native
or adopted, who have been mi-lead and deceived
by ihe wicked teachings of the enemies of the
State and iis institutions. Those men who have
b. en loiced bv want of bread in enter ihe Federal
service, have nothing lo fear, either in w'Bf or
peace, from the civil government of ihe Slate, ot
from the Stale troops, who may be made priamerj
of war.
A marketman at Cairo, a few days ago,
was swindled out of his vegetables and articles,
which had a tendency to excite his ire to a con
siderable extent. He told the commanding of
ficer there that if the angel Gabriel stopped at
Cairo there would be no resurrection.
“ Why ?” asked the officer.
“ Because the people would swindle him out
of his horn before he had time to make a single
toot.”
to languish and expire
earned dollars you an . .
believe it-we have a better op.n.on of you.
We are not unreasonable ; we don t ask you
for all you have, but if each of you pay u
some, all will be well with us, whtta seraphic
sounds shall lull you to gentle slumbered
ntake vour couch as “soft as downy p.llows
L “ Besides, recollect that no man was ever
known to be drowned with a rece.pt from the
printer in his pocket.
Newspapers all over
the-country are suspend
ing for want of money
, Ten on twelve have
stopped in
For the Great Cause.
The citizens of Dooly county last week vol
untarily subscribed and presented $6,000 to
the Dooly Light Infantry, the first company
that has left that county for the war.
The citiz.ns of Warren county have subscri
bed between 2,000 and 3,000 bales of cotton to
the Confederate loan.
What has Washington county done? Yea,
verily, what has she done ? Besides the pri
vate contributions of several of our patriotic
fellow-citizens, we had hoped that she would
subscribe more than $000,000, to her volunteer
companies, and 000,000 bags of cotton to the
loan. She has done thus much. “Well done,
thou good and faithful servant; thou hast been
faithful over a few things—I will make thee
ruler over many things.”
Another Jackson.—Several of Lincoln s
rabble, while on their march to Romney, were
sent headlong to their final account by tbe rifles
of our unerring mountain sharp-shooters.
On entering Romney, a shoemaker, whose
name we have forgotten, took his gun and
bold*iy shot one dead in the ranks. He was of
course in turn killed. The villains will meet
with many Jacksons while on the errand of
plunder and assassination.—Columbia Guard.
Desire of Soldiers for Water on t
Battle Field.—A Yankee participator in tl
fight at Great Bethel, gives the following id
of the risk a soldier will run to obtain wa
upon the battle field:
“Some of us have had very narrow chan
for life. In the course of the fight, several
us ran across a road along which the cann
of the enemy were constantly playing, in orr
to get water. (I find, by the way, that on
battle-field a man will risk his life, without h
itation, for water.) Having got it, we w
wa ting to rush back again, dodging the ba
in order to do so. Our first lieutenant saj
out, “Don’t so many of you come at once 1 1
with some others, stopped to let the next
They made a rush, and when nea
pass.
across, a cannon ball came whizzing along
killed four men, mowing them down iustam
A New Georgia Regiment Complete.—The
Cartersville Express, 28lh, says : We under
stand that the regiment which Hon. William
II. Stiles has for some time been engaged in
fortnin'g is now complete. That it will be arm
ed and equipped by*Gov. Brown, and by him
be tendered to the Confederate States. They
expect to proceed to Virginia on the 10th day
of July.
The Abolition “Zouaves.”—These soldiers,
says-the Savannah Republican, bid fair to im
peach the name they bear. In brutality and
cowardice they excel all the rest of Lincoln s
army, taking the lead in every act of rapacity
or villainy, and being the first to run in time
of battle. Tbe name of Zouave, if matters go
on at this rate, will be considered a term of
renroacb.
You can
„« one-SlUi of "hat Ho, •« “ d
certainly do .bis Co», “P “ d
enable us to continue to cheer y
by onr weekly visits, clear your own con
sciences, and entitle yourselves
of the Faithful
to the reward
We have already extended this rambling no
. tn „ preater length than we proposed ; but
the sedulous aroidance bf .hi. oiBee b,
thin"' in any way resembltn
dered us desperate, and causes na to
“Help us, CASH-us, or we stuk!
Tennessee.—From present indications there
will be trouble with the Union men of East
Tennessee. Some thirty thousand of them ap
pear to still want to adhere to Lincoln s despo
tism. The people of Tennessee have been
guilty of a sad oversight in not long ago hang
ing Andy Johnson, Etheridge, Nelson and
Brownlow. The latter, if possible, is even
more infamous than Johnson, and declares that
he, with the Union men of East Tennessee,
will still hold on to Lincoln. Is there no hemp
1 , ren _ in Tennessee, that these wretches are permitted
money, ^ j tQ utt0 p sut b atrocious sentiments, and disgrace
tbe-State l?y t^eit vile presence ?
A Dangerous Position.—The Ellsworth
Zouaves have to be punished to compel them
to go on guard at Alexandria. Nine were
killed on Friday night last, four Monday, and
two Wednesday, and every night one or more
finds himself a dead man. Each takes leave
of his friends when he mounts guard, and the
first thing he knows he is dead. They say we
have Indians about who shoot them with ar
rows. Jackson’s brother and friends have set
a good example.
Seven Hundred Thousand Bales.—The
Mont"omery Confederation learns from the
most reliable authority, that the people of Al
abama, through their Congressional represen
tatives, will subscribe at least 700,000 bales to-
' the $50,000,000 loan. All honor to the ■■.»» & ,
patriotism of a generous and liberal people, filled ^^!it!te_Goyernment *rc
“Close Quarters and Cold Steel. ’—
Macon Telegraph says Hon. Mark A. Coo
has left for Virginia, carrying with him a
perb Bowie-knife for each member oli-the At
lanta Grays. These knives were manufactured
at the Etowah Iron Works, under Maj. Coop
er's personal supervision. They are hand
somely mounted, of excellent workmanship
and most beautiful finish.
Soldier's Relief Committee of Washington
County.
Sandersville, July 2,1861.
The Committee held a meeting to-day at the
Court House. ... _ _ ,,
Present—J. S Hook, A. O. Haines, W. G. Mc-
-o_: ■ \v tn G. Biddle, M. Newman, W. G.Bryant,
w’.'f.’ Hbuible, T. E. Brown, JL L. Johnson, iV.
A. Irwin.
The following officers were elected ;
Dr. H’. G. .McBride, President;
A t*. Haines, Vic-e-Presideat;
M. Newman, Secretary. ....
On motion of Col. Hook, the Judges of the Infe
rior Court were invited to partieipatc in the delib
erations of tilt Committee. „
After an able argument, delivered by Co.. Hook,
setting forth the necessities ot the Volunteers, t.ie
following resolutions were offered by him aud
ad Kesoh'ed, That this Committee see the Captains
f the several -oltiiit<-er companies in this county,
nd ascertain from them the probability ot their
iieedy call into the service of the cirtintry, and ul-o
chat amount ot money will be necessary f'-T the
.proper and just equipment of tlieir companies, and
the support of the families of such of their mem
bers a- m.y be in ucedv circumstances, and report
at the next meeting so that proper action thereon
may be had. . .
Kcsolved, That tne Committee meet again on
next Monday, and hold its regular meetings on such
days as they may hereafter agree upon.
tt.iv. as tiny y W. G. McBKIDE, Chnt’n.
From the Memphis Appca J me 25.
Glorious News from Europe.
THE CONFEDERACY TO BE RECOGNIZED AT AN
EARLY DAY.
Maj. Gen. Pillow ha. received, from an official
source, and in such a manner as m ikes it perfectly
reliable, information that a bearer of dispaielies has
at rived from the Gout, derate ministers in Europe,
with advices that England and France Imvedeter-
mimd to protect their commerce on the Western
continent, and that, to ensure its entire safety,
each of the governments have ordered 2ft addition
al sllips, from their respective navies, to FeiuSirce
their squandrous in ihe Southern waters.
Another important po-nt ot information is, that
negotiations tor a loan had so far progressed as to
have secured propositi uis from diff rent pai ties a..a
powers, to the amount of two hundred million dol
lars, upon the seemify offered by the prospeetin
toll on crop, or that portion of it which will conn
into the hands of Lite Confederate authorities,
through the confidence of the Southern Bgupla m
tlieir Government.
The same dispatches also conveyed the gratity-
ing intelligence that the Confederacy will be remit-
nil, d in a short time by the great European puff
ers- that the blockade of Southern pores can he ot
only short duration, and that the season when our
great staples are prepared for market will see us m
tree commercial intercourse wt.h a.l the *•««.
with the single exception oi out peis-.tutors in tin
^ We make these statements with the utmost con
fidence in their truthfulness—the intelligence tiaT
ing reached the commanding General at thisj
by express messenger ”
ov c.vp.eco ...v—.e- from the bearer of European
dispatches, who passed lo Richmond on Saturday
The repeated mutt- rings ol the Northern pre#
fbr the last few weeks has indicated all the tin*
the p o 1 .abilities of the results detailed ab-ve. an
that they were aware of the danger that their im
perious demands upon the powers ol 'he
wou!d be disregard, d. The abolition pres* «
New York city, editorially and through their IS
ropean correspond, nts, had of late deuounc- ^
Consequences of the War—An able editon.
tire Baltimore Exchange, on Monday last, on the
f tile two sectiotts to carry on
Ttmt they recognized tbe handwriting on
wall we have had no doubt; »nd the informs
gives abundant evidence of tM*
What a Dying Soldier Said.
AS EPTSODE IS THIS LATE BATTLE AT BETHEL
CHUttCll.
After t!ie enemy bad retreated, a Lieutenant in
the North Carolina regiment vvas walking over the r .lie a'te»-
ground among the d ad and dying, and came up to j t i, e I,.reign action that has occ, ' rr '_ d , Jrici
fwo of the “Hessians” badly wounded. One of tio n present, d by tire state ot ™ lh ,
them turned up his face and remarked. “I suppose
that you show no quarter here?’ “Ob. yes, said
the Lieutenant, “we were enemies awhile ago, but
now we are friends. We know how lo treat a
woou-ied soldier. You shall be car. d for. Bull
should lUe to know," continued the Lien enaut.
w'hy vou have all come here t-- fight and. kill u>/
What "harm have wo done you ?” “Ah l” said the
dying man, “this is a war ot the politicians. 1
have been sick of the business a good white.” And
-uct. we have 1.0 doubt, is tire concluson ol many
a reflecting Yankee who has any conscience
left.—Raleigh Register.
detailed above, p.c ore..,-i-i,,
sagaetty in reading tire signs of the tun
portents of an independent and recognized S” 1 ™-
at*an early dav, are overwhelmingly «»*«**•
and the friends of the South can rejoice hopelutty.
Why Cadvv :.lader RAN.-TI.e f 11^^
a Northern p iper will show why the Fede .,
my, above Harper’s Ferry, retreated across Me
Europe and the South.—The Nashville
Gazette, 22d instant, says: “An agent passed
through this city last night with important dis
patches to the Government at Richmond, and
reports all favorable to the Southern cause in
Europe. The Southern ports will be opened
on the 1st of September, victory or no victory.
Pro; ositions have been received for an advant e
on the cotton crop controlled by the Confeder
ate Government to the amount of $200,000,000.
The Mistake Explained.—A Northern ex
change savs, ihe sword of Capt. Waldrop, worn
by Major ’ Winthrop, when the latter fell at
Bethel, has been sent as a trophy to North Car
olina. This accounts for the inscription, which
gives the uame of Waldrop instead of Winthrop.
Ticking up Shoes.—A gentleman from the
eastern portion ol Virginia says, that the Virginia
and Nmlh Oaroliiiia troops picked up eight hun
dred pair of shoes, at a point near the '.rent Bethel
fight, the same having been thrown aw .y by the
fleeing Lineolnites. They appear to have made
good use of tlieir feet on the occasion.
poi.dingly benefit the South. The Harrisburg,
(Pa.) Telegraph, another war journal, announces
that work in the comm null al that place is to be
temporarily suspended, owing to an advance tn t.re
p, ice of cotton and difficulty in procuring sufficient
supplies of tire article. Tbe Conestoga Mils, at
Lancaster, Pa., have already suspended tor Mitiilar
reasons. These suspensions are, we . resume what
a Boston clergyman a lew days ago exultmgly ca
ed the “blessings ol war."
A Discovery.—'Tire last discovery made by the
Black R, publican Press is that Braxton Bragg,
tire commander of our forces at Pensacola, is a
coward. Perhaps after they run a few times more,
they will come to the conclusion that Davis aud
Beauregard belong to tbe sain© category.
The following is the report of the two deserters
from the enemy who canto in to the Confederates
after the battle of Bethel,
Howell and Williams report that the slaughter
of tire Federalists was absolutely appalling—so
warm that they escaped never intending to return.
According to t'reir statement, or estimate, not less
Ilian seven hundred were killed aud more tl an mi
equal number wounded. Wag hi after wagon,
cart after cut, had readied Old Point, (oelbre they
rati away) with tire wounded.
respective abilities
the war stices>fully, concludes as follows!
Whichever way we regard it tire consequences
are the same—partially ii-jurioqs to the South, btH
disastrous to the North. The South hises little; it
spends comparatively little, and is piling its wealth
up. The North loses everything, spends enormous
ly, and stores scarcely anything Every day adds,
in tact, to the strength of the South, and diminish
es that ot the North. Tire war tells alike on the
Western tanner, the Eastern manulac.urer, and
the New York Banker. The effect upon tire for
mer, however, is only temporary; upon tire two
latier it must be more permanent. The eventual
result of tbe war will surely be to unite the slave
Slates in one grand R* public, arid tire North will
then find that ius suicidal policy has only served to
establish a nation, which p--s<sses not only vast re.
sources in the growffi ot staples peculiar to itself
but winch has, in aduitmn, every elctn- til of wealth
possessed by the liee Suites. Tire Ninth will, at
the same time, discover that it has separated
itself horn a country upon the productions ot
which it was actually dependent lor the P'ospe 1 y
ot ii s hugest interests, and tor the means ot afi -rd.
i, g employment to its operatives aud occupation to
its maiinera. . ... v ,t.
So long as Maryland remnms with the North
she must share the fete ol the North
Harpers Ferry, June 18 —We
lion here that satisfies ns that General J'' 1 ')' 3
attempting a snrpnse of Gen. CadwaMaders >'
at or m ar Martinsbtirg. Instead of Ef»rng 1
be lias turned, wttlrW
Chester, as was thought.
apparently retreating force ol twelve ibousai'd-- 1 ' 1
lards Maitinsburg with a- 10 "
Wheat Crop in Tennessee.—The Jackson
(Ten..,) Whig, sayt: "Tire crop of wheat in all this
region ol couutiy has been harvested ; and no hv
ing man lias ever seen a larger a-erage yield ihau
it has turned out. Tire wheal crop of West len-
uessee is sufficient to bread double iut population
for twelve months. Then the growing corn crop
promises to be abundant. Fiom the breadth ot
l .nd planted, and the present promise of the crop,
we think we do not err in saying that there will be
more than twice as timcli cum raised this year, as
was ever belbre raised iu West Tennessee.
Scalpers Coming.—Five hundred Choctaw In
dians, from Texas, will arrive in Richmond in a
few weeks, under command ot Capt. Hainey, an
old Texan Rmg.T, tn join Wise’s brigade, lhey
o>rae with the understanding mat they are to be
allowed to take scalps. Tney will give no quarter
The Position of KE5TucKY.-Notwtthstar.dmg
the large Union majorities obtained tn th.- recent
OmgreLional ehc .-ns tn Kentucky, tt seems to be
believed that tire State will only awa.t the action
of the coining extra session ot Longfcss be ore d
lemoning her final course. A correspondent of the
Philadelphia North American sa^ ^ of the
and rt fuse to
Should that Cougie^s sustain
Government iu its war measures,
adopt sue. means as may appear acceptable and
honorable to bring about ». fllorZ- ky
nemin g difficulties, then will lire fate of K muc y
{Tast w„b that oYff.e S-.u h. In furtherance of
this Mr. Crittenden's first act will be the offer of
his’previously rejected compromise, accompanied
bv a 1 speech, which will leave no doubt ot the de
termination ol his State should the olive brauca be
agaiu rejected.
Medicine Contraband.—We btffieve that never
fe present highly Y« e«u
is pressing on town.-... -
patch, evidently designing, if possible, to saff*
Pair., moil's advance under Gen. Cadwallader.
Surprise indeed! This is all gammon^
f -p Why didn’t Patterson fell back on U"
wJIfeder and wi'b tlfir forces, number..?
tifiei n thousand or more men. give 6'-
XTjrJnWt Cadwal,ader r .dn r ^
,„rity ” f of Llreir overwhelm"*
Safer him, had boasted of ^i-venv^^
force. As we have said before.
to cope w ilt cen-e
they did m l lmve 60 000 to wyy •- — wiselj
Sion's 10 000, aud the valorous Cad. 1
mine to the conclusion, that
“He who does cot light, hut runs away, „
Will have u chance to fight some oth f
Petersburg Express.
1 of tk*
No. Sir ! No! -We find the fuller ver * , °" rt
famous “no” of Gen. Scott and McDowell, thus -
cord -d in the New York Tribune: 0..
Gen. Scott and iJen. McDowell—G • g
Dowell came to this ci'y to day and paid ' |
speels to General Scott, exhibiting a C ”"’P I Y; all d |
of tire land now occupied by the federal I- re®"' 1
showing how easy it would be to capture • ^ ■
my 1-cared wi' bin a short distance1 of the 0 ^
litres of Gen. McDowell’s survey which •r* 1 ®" '
to thb interior ten miles from Arlington
and ten miles below Alexandria, and the - l
distance above lire Cain bridge. Gen s
rent’d wi'h all attention, and wlren Gen. Mere
had concluded, and desired permission «/> “ av , e,
and make an attack, in order to wipe cut
disgrace of lire late blunders. Gen. bc-u •
quietly back and responded, “No, sir—uo,
—no.”
X/rJ®
to tM
Missouri-A PRF.biCTlON.-The ot.
State Journal indulges m speculations as
result of lire conquest 1.1 Missouri and expre a
doubt of the termination. It affirms that t ^
ral troops Will be vanquished in that Sl3le ’ 1 ^
cause they are mustered m the name «t
ral "overnment, but because lliev are arra ! ,
violation of lire constitution of that
against the rights and liberties of ^ ^
people; that the independent ^ gy
v ‘ .’ r». n....z. n .moiir will soon
have m. dieines b-eti made contraband,
before the open rupture, Northern apothecaries re- 1
fused to sell quinine and other arucb s 111 t »
trade, and since the war, uone whatever are per
mitted to cross the border. Tne
thus makes war upon the sick aud JN ««
Confederate Slates Goven.meut will 3 , h »
ktiuwledged by the S'atrs of the Nor^ - of
treaty of peace will include a solemn gn« de -
the right of every individual- outherii b*
term.,re ius proper federal . n „fll*
ten Hied, utiawed and unmolested^ express ^ ^
sovereign will ol their people,
111 lhal
wh^lovc tbeir country more than gold. [ Philadelphia by order of the Administration
SIIUW l| - *
they are willing to d ' e -
nai 'i'v" . »
believe, unparalleled in the history ot civilized na
i-* 16 w m <*«**
believe, unparaiicicu ... , i. 0 oI win « •
sjr esp— 1 el*—■- “ • t **-
Richmond Dispatch,
| erate St“ tea >