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SatnrJaj Morning, June Ist, 1861
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WHEN WILL TIIE WAR END 1
This question so often asked and so difficult to an
swer, is full of anxious solicitude, of profound mystery
and deep and painful consideration and foreboding.—
The celebrated Author of “Night Thoughts” says—
"AH men think all men mortal, but themselves"\nd
yet man will cling to the delusion of his own earthly
immortality in spite of his ercry day experience, the
elements of his bell g and the teachings of Revelation,
Philosophy and History. The hourly knell, the gravo,
the coffin and the worm fuii to impress on individuals
w isdoni and humi ity; while mined temples and pala
ces, broken columns shattered arches and theoiree
beautiful mausoleums of buried nations leave to future
generation. o , no lesson of rebuke to pride, fanaticism or
insolent power. These memeutoes of fallen greatness
hut serve to deepen the conviction and delusion that
each nation, as well as individual, porsesses s< me in
dependent immunity, some secret talisman against dan
ger and death not possessed in common with the rest
of the human family. They teach not that nations like
individuals first flourish in youth, then strut in brief
m.lnUood a short time on the stag© of action and at
last fall into the “lean and slippered pin tal con” of lux
ury, decay, corruption death. So thought and so acted
Assyria, Greece and Rome, and where now is Assyria,
Greece and Rome ? The excellency of the Chaldse has
van is lied, and the words of the inspired Prophet in re
lation to the Capital have been awfully verified—“lt
shall never be inhabited, neither dwelt in from genera
tion to generation, neither shall the Arabian pitch tent
there, nor shepherd make fold there, but wild beasts of
the islands shall lie there and dwell in their desolate
palaces.” Greece too, was once the proud, the mother
country of Republics, and the nursery of Arts and
Arms and Science. There, now, may be heard under
some miserable shed, the faint chanting of a Christian
Hymn, and even that suppressed at the armed footfall
of some barbarian soldier of Mohammed. This, this,
is now all of a land which once boasted, that from ocean
to mountain it was “irecdoni s home, or glory’s grave.’
Home too, what is she now 1
“Alas for Tully’s voice, for Virgila’ lay,
And Livy’s pictured page.”
The Goth, the Christian, Time, War, Flood and Fire
have but mocked at, and leveled the seven-hilled city’s
pride. After centuries of abasement, of civil wars and
foreign invasions, the heroic and patriotic Garabaldi is
now striving to gather together her scattered bleeding
limbs, and unite them into something of their original
strength, order and beauty. The iron foot of the Aus
trian and the fur aud diamond-covered hand of the
Pope is however still upon her neck, and the owl still
hoots among French bayonets and slumbers amid the
ruins of the Colliseuni. ’ The curse of AtiDa—“that tug
grass should ever spring from beneath the of his
horse,’ still,“w r ith its truth and novelty, startles the in
telligent traveler, the gaping tourist, and the wander
er'from all lands.
As with the ancients, so with the moderns. Foland
is dead. Her last shriek of nationality went out with
the dying groans of Kociosco. Order now reigns at
Warsaw, but it is the order of despotism and the gravo-
F*m the eloquent voice of Kostuth cannot reanimate
tire pale corpse of fallen Hungary. Ireland still leans
upon her broken Ilarp and sighs the name of Emmet;
and Scotland after ecuturies of border warfare is con
tent tor bide her national and native Thistle under the
folds of that blood-red flag, on which the sun never
sets. Spain, after a thousand years of civil conflict in
expelling the Moors, is now only recovering that
etrength, which once made her Infantry and Cavalry
irmticible, and covered the ocean with her terrible ar
madas. England after years of bloodshed, restored
the Stuarts; and France amid scenes of carnage, at
which the world grew pale, ended her late bloody rev
olution by placing a Rombou on her throne. The un
conquerable blue-eyed, flaxen-haired German, now
scarce can claim a i a.ionrlity; and the romantic Rhine
and arrowy Rhone now w ashes Dukedoms and Princi
palities unworthy the name and prowess of the ancient
Scandinavian. Blood, famine and degradation, tells
the tale for South America and Mexico,
The little Republic of San Marino, isolated ard
perched among tne Alps (after we have gene to w reck)
will alone hold out a beacon, aud occupy the last for
tress of liberty in the wor’d.
This hasty epitome of history and truth, will exhibit
that nations are not born and destroyed in a day—that’
even after vitnlity has been crushed rut by the foot of
power and oppression, that no servitude can ever erase
the beautiful home and lives where liberty once dwelt
and recorded.
Orotnwel! told Ms soldiers to pray but be sure to
keep their girder dry. Napoleon believed that God
was always on the side of strong battalions. We be- !
lieve that God is on the side of Truth, Justice and our
Native Land. We believe that the avarice, ambition j
and cower of our Northern aggressors will sooner or ,
later be brought to naught, and that they will see the
impiety and impossibility of subjugating a people fight- ‘
ing for their rights and their firesides. We are full as- ,
sifred from History, that the passions, vices and cour- i
age of humanity, aie not confined to any especial lo
cality, and be the war long or short, whether it lasts
for a day or a century—
“ Thrice is he armed, who hath his quarrel just,
And he but naked, tho’ locket! up in steel,
Whoie conscieuco with injustice, is corrupted.”
Id other departments men can take in sail or
ca!d* anchor, until the Hoi m is over. Butin
newspapers there is no cessation, and no abate
ment of cash expenses, while difficulties are
multiplied. So whoever you may fail to pay,
don t tail to pay the printer. Don’t forget it •
it you please.- We can’t send* collectors out
sto've. • Nor can the people afford to let the news
papers go down. The press has a most’impor
tant function to perform in the present crisis.
Editors may give their labor and their time for
the sake of xhc cause; but to pay the composi
tors and buy paper, require money. No amount
of* xeal for Virginia will pay a paper bill. No
excess of patriotism -will balance a pay roll.—
Money is as much’ ueeded for these as it is to
Mifffiie*Tifl<?s or Dupont’s* gun-powder.—
Then l pay the printetl
ta k<*- the above from an exchange.*, and
it! fully. .. ..
OUR APOLOGY.
The Pilot did cot n-ppfAf last Saturday
for the following reason :—We sent An of
der for the paper by express on the 14th 6f,
May, the receipt of the money was acknowl
edged by the agent of the Marietta Paper
Mill on the 17th, the biif bears date on the
20th and the paper was received on Tues
day evening the 28th 1 We hope this ex- :
planation will remove all imputation of
neglect from tls, among all our subscribers |
but those who never have, and never will,
pay for the paper. No reasonable man
would expect (in these times) that borrow
ers and non paying subscribers, (if one copy
is missed) would but grumble—they never
reflect that this is the only time they have
been disappointed inreading the Pilot, reg
ularly, for nearly three years, without con
tributing one cent to bear the expense and
toil of the enterprise. To all such angelic
happy beings, we commend the following
Fable, (if not Truth) from the Randolph
(Ala.) Dispatch:—
The Devil once thought he’d regain his
lost place in heaven. In order to do so it
was necessary to reside on the earth to cul- j
tivate his morals He commenced editing
a newspaper—published one number, and
went whizzing tuid yelling, like tlie incar
nate fiend he was, to the lowest cavern’s of
hell’s boiling cauldron. The reason he as
signed was, that he’d sooner serve in the
infernal regions than* reign in a sanctum to
cater to ihe taste of a public who were for
ever complaining of his political course, it
being either toe tame or too fiery.
of course, can stand it better than his sata
me majesty.
THE CASITsYSTEM.
We heartily endorse the following from the 1
Arkansas Camden Star:
We would, if we were able, publish a paper
for nothing, and pay men to read it; but as the
case now stands—poverty stricken, a family to
support, and honest debts to pay, we cannot pos
sibly do so. We have been begging our sub
scribers to pay ns their dues; some have done so,
for which we heartily thank them; but a very 1
large majority have heard us not, or hearing,
have failed to respond. We have concluded
that we bad as well come to the point at one
time as another. This week, irrespective of par
ties, we scratch from our books the names of all
who have not paid. Necessity compels us to j
adopt this course. We have to pay cash lor eve
ry thing,—and we cant get anything without
cash—and wc canoot keep up, unless we receive
cash for our work. is cheaper, for a man to
pay cash for a paper, than to take it on a credit,
and it is far more beneficial to the publisher.—
We have, now, scattered from Dan to Bersheba.
little newspaper aecouuts, which if all altogeth
er, would amount to a considerable stun of mo
ney. It will actually cost us more than the
claims arc worth to collect them. Wc have stood
this way of doing business already too long, we
arc determined to stand it no longer. We hope ;
none of our patrons will become vexed at us for
stoping their paper, on account of non-payment,
we do it, because we know that it ig the only
way by which we cap possibly sustain ourself.—
Wc knovf that all our subscribers are good and
’ would pay us some day, hut, we would have to
go after it, and that would cost more than the
account would be worth. We hope they j
will appreciate the necessity of adopting the cash j
system, and send us the money immediately.— ,
Such as fail to send us the money, will receive
“narry notber” copy of the Star. Every man
is able to pay for his paper in advance, and so
far as we are concerned this must be the rule for
the future. Wc try to publish a paper worth 1
two dollars; if it is not worth two dollars, you
ought not to take it, if it is worth two dollars, j
why you ought to take it, and pay for it. This |
we hope will be satisfactory to all, and we hope
we may not be compelled to lose, on account of
their failure to pay, one of our old subscribers, j
Money may be mailed to us, at our risk by
taking the Post Master’s receipt.
For the Upson Pilot.
GOSPORT NAVY YARD,
PoRTSMOTTir, Va, May 17th. 1861.
Dear Pilot : —Military movements are of
such a character as would lead us to apprehend,
at early date, a collision between the Confeder
ate and Northern troops. Both Southern and
Northern forces are being rapidly concentrated
at, and near Harper’s Ferry; and from the na
ture of the case, wc suppose that an attack would
be almost unavoidable, where two hostile ene
mics are brought in so close proximity to each
other.
Coroodorc Pendergrast, of the Cwmbeiijfnd, j
off Fortress Monroe, has proposed to the Lin
coln Administration, I understand, to capture
this place in three ways. First, if an attack by
waUer proves ineffectual, he will next attempt to
i carry out his project, by a combination of the
land and naval forces; and if defeated in this,
a desperate attempt is to be made to prosecute
his scheme by attacking us from the Western
land route. Hampton Roads has been blocka
ded, and all communication up the James river
stopped in consequence of the blockade.
The position of Maryland is now of a neutral
character ; she considering the occupation of
some portions of the State by tbc Federal troops,
an invasion of her rights, and in the highest
degree insulting to her dignity and constitution
al sovereignty. The Northern press are heaping
anathamas of malignant abuse on the State of
Virginia, in consequence of her desertion of the
Lincoln Standard, and denouncing her defend
ers as “rebels,” presumes to suggest to the Re
publican Cabiuct, the propriety of sending thir
ty thousand men to Richmond, for the purpose
of’ menacing the State into submission, and in
ease of resistance, to “i cipe” her from the face
of the earth.
Late intelligence from Europe, is to the ef
fect, that Lord John Russell favors a recognition
of the Southern Confederacy, and is very much
opposed to the Lincoln blockade. When the
commercial interests of England are in a dan
gerous condition, as they certainly will be, if
ffiis blockade is effectual, and continues so, her
statesmen are too polite in their national coun
cils, and* too much devoted to the advancement
of ber glory and welfare, not to advocate the re
i cognition of & Confederacy whose principal sta
• pie wieldrso august an influence on tho coniincr*
cial world. Soon a fleet of war steamers from |
England and France will be seen along our !
Southern borders ; and due respect will be paid
those flags which have floated in triumph on so
many victorious fields.
Troops continue to arrive iu Washington City
from the North, without any obstructions to
their progress; and it is estimated that there arc
now between twenty five and forty thousand ip
the city. Does this seem much like the concen
tration of forces fur the defence of the Capitol
only ? or is it not apparent to those of sagacity;
that the thousands and tens of thousands now
mustering in the Northern States, betoken th%
inauguration of an aggressive war upon the dear
est rights of the South? Certainly. Lineoln has
proved himself insidious and treacherous in his
policy, and exhibited to the world the duplicity
of design of which he is capable.
In reference to this place, I will say that effi
cient batteries are being erected at the most
available points of attack, and the greatest vig
ilance is kept up iu consequence of a supposed
attack on the Navy Yard. Norfolk is alive with
soldiery and things daily present quite a milita
ry appearance. OSSIAN.
TO TIIE LADIES*OF TALBOTTON.
Gosport Navy Yard, Portmoutii, Va., \
May 15th 18(51. j |
Wo the committee appointed by the
“Southern Rifles” to return the thanks of
the company to you for two packages of
eatables received by Express, do hereby de
clare :
Ist. That the members of said corps, in- :
dicative of their high appreciation of your j
kindness, tender you their sincere thanks,
with the pledge that with gratitude they 1
will ever be mindful of the hospitalities of
which they have been the recipients.
2nd. That should the conflict that now
threatens engage us, we will never prove
recreant to the trust imposed in us, nor
show ourselves unworthy the confidence of
ladies so noble and patriotic as those of
which Talhotton has the honor to boast.
Jas. 0. A. Sparks, Chap. )
Ossian D. Gorman, > Committee.
James 11. Weeks. )
For the Upson Pilot.
Resolved , That the “Upson Guards” do
fully appreciate the high compliment paid
them by their former county man and fel
low citizen, the Kev. J. C. Lindsey, in the
sumptuous dinner served np for them at
his residence in Barnesvilie on Tuesday
the 7th inst. May his declining years he
his happiest.
That this company does feel j
itself under the deepest sense of gratitude j
and affection for the untiring arid patriotic
devotion of our friend A. J. While, EsqT,;
in looking after ORP Interest and comfort,!
atffc only before we took up march hut du
ring our sojourn at Camp Oglethorpe.—
We feel that his kindness and liberality
| have relieved us of many hardships of
I Camp life.
Resolved, That we are proud and happy
in having this opportunity of acknowledg
j ing in him all the impulses ot a high
toned and generous spirit, worthy of a sol- i
diers gratitude and love, and that we will j
’ ever cherish for him the warmest regard
and most faithful memory.
Resolved, That in honor of his liberal
and generous offices to our Company, as
well as his gallant spirit, we will name this ;
first pitch of our tents at Pensacola,
“Camp White.”
Resolved, That our grateful acknowl
edgements are due Mrs. Joseph McAlpin
of the city of Macon for the fine aud boun
teous eatables which she sent us at Camp
Oglethorpe.
: * Resolved, That we thank the ladies of
the city of Columbus for the rich and
bountiful breakfast, which they furnished,
us on Tuesday morning the 14th inst., at
the Rail Road depot. Such noble spirits
are worthy of our protection, aud we wii
j lingly endure the hardships of Camp,, and
I the perils of war for them.
Resolved, That we hold in fond remem
brance all our friends, who have favored us
with their encouragement, assistance or
smiles, and particularly those who visited
us in Camp Oglethorpe at Macon-.
Resolved, That our hearty thanks are
hereby tendered to G. A. Miller Esq., of
. the Upson Pilot, for a large package of his
; papers.
Done at Camp White near Pensacola,
Florida, on the morning of May 16th,
IS6I, in lull company assembled.
A Company of Cherokee Indians Or
ganized in N. o.—The Raleigh State
Journal of Wednesday, savs;
Col W. H.Th omas, Senator from Jack
son, has at the service <*f the State one of
the most remarkable bodies of men in the
country. It is a company of 200 Cherokee
j Indians, organized for battle and styled
the “Junaluskee Zmiaves.” It appears
: that Col. Thomas, who is the business a
i gent of the Cherokees, lately called a
| council of the Indians and explained to
them the condition of the country. The
Chiefs discussed the matter, and said after
consultation, that although they did not
understand the national difficulty, they
did know North Carolina and woud stand
iby her. They were ready for any position
in her defence. This is remarkable. Out
jot a nation of some 15J0 they muster 200
Warriors fra’ the defence of North Carolina.
: The JheFokees are expert riflemen. They
know nothing o-f military tactics, but show
them their work and then they have only
to he told when to cease fighting. They
fight in their own way, and every man for
: himself. The “Zouaves” are ready at a
1 tponjcms notice.
Camp White, near Pensacola,
May 16, 1861. j
Dear Sir : All safe at Pensacola, the
boys in good health and fine spirits. We
struck tents Monday eve at <’amp Ogle
thorpe, took the train for Columbus at
11 3-4 o’clock at night, and arrived at Co
lumbus about sun up, where the ladies of
Columbus (God bless them) had prepared
for us a breakfast that any epicure might
envy. Took the train immediately after dis
cussing the ride viands and arrived at
.Montgomery at 12. We marched from the
depot to the city and a committee of gen
tlemen waited upon us and tendered the
company the compliment ot a supper. For
the indisperrsible necessity, that wecould’nt
stop, we had to decline. The gentlemen
determined to evince their regard sent buc
kets of ice, sugar, lemons and brandy, mix
ed into a punch and the rear rank being
faced about it was passed along the lines
and the boys did it full justice. Our can
teens were filled with water from the arte
sian well in the city. We gave three cheers
for the ‘-Punch” and marched to the depot
of the Alabama & Florida Kail Road. We
here found miserable freight cars ready to
transport us, they were very dirty and hot,
and had anything less than patriotism an
| irnated our hearts every one would have
| rebeled. All baggage and equippageaboard
’ at 2 1-2 o’clock we steamed away.
At the depot a scoundrel with bread and
rotten sausages succeeded in imposing up
on some of the boys, I gave him a sound
abusing and made him pull the money out
of his pocket and pay it back. President
Davis and Mr. Wigfall came on the same
train in the rear passenger car. They make
rapid time upon the road. Our young pri- j
vate Birdsong after supper was invited on
the engine and run it for some time. The
train being a half hour behind time, the
engineer told him to put her through. The
valves were pulled open and she went as
wild as Mazeppa’. The train was about
200 yards long, flying over bridges, preci
pices and embankments, at one lime pass- .
in<>- through a curve the driving wheels of;
the engine bounded from the track and the ;
flange of the wheels run upon the rails till
the curve brought them back into the tfack- j
“Press” says this is all that saved us. lie j
prepared- to leap into the dark himself. I j
have rieVer passed so miserable a night in j
my life, notwithstanding all this, yester- j
day morning our Then cleared’ away the 1
bushes for encampment, pitched tents, and :
are now quite happy. Every fellow was out
yesterday bathing, fishing and looking af
ter curiosities - . We get a view of the Na- ;
Vy Yard and from one of the wharfs we ;
can see Fort Pickens standing out in the
distance, Santa 11 ‘sa, wi.h its sciubbyj
pines is very distinct even to the naked
eye. Two large men of war display their i
masts and upper rigging beyond tlie island;
with the telescope we can*see the “stars
and bars” flying above them. The night
we come down three spies were taken in
i Gen. Bragg’s camp and were hung yester
day morning. I was down on the wharf
yesterday evening, and thegriard there cap-*
tured seven as mean* looking men* as-1 ever
saw. They came ovei* in two” suspicious
I
i looking little crafts, one of them heapednp
! the wharf with miserable bedding, tables,
! chairs &c., as if they were moving. The
guard called for their papers and having
none were arrested and carried to guard
j house in the city, the leader, evidently
hears all the leading traits and character
istics of a Northern man. He got in a bad
hinner at first, but affected non chalance ,
and then swore the craft belonged to the
Southern Confederacy, that his captain
! when he come would make them smoke. —
Having on my uniform and feeling some
| authority , I beckoned the captain of the
guard to me and told him not to dispute
with the crew nor allow at that time any
explanations. He returned to them, pre
sented his gun and told them to shut up
and inarch, which they did immediately.
1 have not heard from them since. The
city has all the appearance of aclose. filthy,
Spanish town. The harbor is large and
beautiful and wharves good.
Fish abound in great quantity and va
riety, also crabs and oysters, the latter for
bidden to the soldiers. The sand is very
deep and the days very hot, but the nights
are delightful. Yesterday one of the city
authorities stated that the Confederate
Flag would not be tolerated by the Mayor
of Pensacola. Whether it was intended as
a joke I cannot 6ay, one thing I do know,
some of my men reported the intellection
to me and asked for one banner to come
out. I immediately ordered it out and the
beautiful banner from the ladies of Thom
aston floats from tho centre pole of the
Harriett, perfectly visible from the city.
It has not been troubled and better not be
by the city people, whom we learn are all
sticking up for the Union yet, except the
glorious women. The dealers extort in
i r ’
1 high prices, and if you offer them paper
money they discount 5 per cent. The llo
: tels charge 75 cents for breakfast and sup
| per and one dollar for dinner, poor fare at
I that except cr'bs and fish. More anon.—
My love to all the women and respects to
I brave men of Upson. Letters will reach
me at “Pensacola, Caps. Uppoti Guards,
sth Regiment, Georgia Volunteers.”
Yours trulv, &c.,
Wm. U. HorsleY.
Marsh allville, 19th May 1861.
Editors of ‘he Telegraph :
You will please publish the advertise
ment I now send you to the public,
i On yesterday I was visited by John
; Wiley Cook, accompanied by W. H. Mob
ley of Crawford County for the purpose of
identifying himself, charges having been
made against him derogatory of his char
acter as a southern man. J. W. Cook is a
native of Fairfield District South Carolina,
his relations are slave holders, and I state
withous hesitation that he is a sound
Southern man. He was a candidate for
the State Legislature in Fairfield District
| but a few years ago and received a flatter
j ing vote for a young man.
There being great excitement in this
County, the public should deal gently with
strangers until they have time to vindicate
themselves. Having made this statement
I refer those who are not acquainted with
! me to the following persons.
Dr. John Raiford Cook.
Rcfference, G. R. Hunter, Stephen
Wright, and Rev. W. C. Cleavelaud, of
Crawford Cos.
i R. P. Tripp and Judge Cabiness of
i Monroe, Dr. Ilorniday, Rev. T. C. Trice,
and James Freeman of Pike.
P. W. Alexander, and A. J. White, of
U pson.
j This man Cook is a relation of myself
and Philip Cook now in the 4th Georgia
i Regiment at Port mouth. He has been
I travelling through the Counties of Craw
ford Upson and Pike as a teacher of Mor
ris’ Grammar and the reports confirmed
in that section. Publish 3 times in the
daily and request the Epson Pilot to insert
j once for 3 weeks and send bill to your ot
i lice.
have been particular in putting
’ the Doctor to my name, from the fact that
there are two other J. R. Cooks, in this
part of the Country. J. R. COOK.
JOHN W. COOK.—-CORRECTION.
Thomaston, May 23, 1861.
Editor Telegraph :
I find in vour dady issue of yesterday, a
Card from one Dr. John Raiford Cook, in
I which reference is made to me, among oth
i ers, as an acquaintance who kno vs, and
! probably can vouch for the first one of the
! Cooks aforesaid.
Permit me to say, that I have seen two
, persons in this place, who called themselves
! John Wiley Cook and John Caps,and that
I permitted a servant of mine to scour a |
I room, where thev proposed to give lessons ■
!in Grammar. Beyond this I have no ac
I quaintance whatever with either Dr. John
; Raiford or plain John Wilev, and the ref
erence to me was wholly unauthorized.
P. W. Alexander.
- * 7” ;
B / the President < / the Xj noted States.
A PROCLAMATION.
Washington, May 3.
Whereas, existing exigencies, demand
immediate and adaquaie measures for thej
protection of the national Constitutii.n ai if j
the preservation of the National I ni< .i
bv the suppr*ssion ot tho insurrecsionaty
combinations now existing in several States
for opposing the laws of the Union and ob
structing tbe execution thereof, to which ]
end a military force in addition to that ;
called for by my proclamation of the fif
teen tli day of April in the present year,!
appears to be indispensably necessary, now
therefore I, Abraham Lincoln, President
of the United States, and Commander in-
Chief of the army and navy thereof, and j
of the militia of the several States, when i
called into actual service, do hereby call in- j
to the service of the United States, forty
two thousand and thirty four volunteers,
to serve for a period of three years unless
sooner discharged, and to he mustered into i
service as infantry and cavalry. The pro
portions of each arm and the details ot en
rolment and organization will be made
known- through the Department ot War ;
ands also direct that the regular army ot
the United /States be increased by the ad
dition of eight regiments of infantry, one
regiment of cavalry, and one regiment of
artillery making altogether a maximum ag
gregate increase of twenty-two thousand
seven hundred and fourteen officers and
enlisted men, details of the which increase
will also be made known through the De
partment of War ; and I further direct
the enlistment for not less than one nor
more than three years of eighteen thous
and seamen, in addition to the present
force, for the naval service of the United
States. The details of the enlistment and |
organization will be made known through
the Department of the Navy. The call ;
for volunteers, hereby made, and thedirec- i
tion for the increase of the regular army !
and for the enlistment of seaman hereby
given, together with the plan of organiza
tion adopted for the volunteers and for the
regular forces hereby authorized, will be
submitted io Congress as soon as assem
bled. In the meantime 1 earnestly invoke
the co-operation of all good citizens in the
measures hereby adopted for the effectual
snppresssion of unlawful violence, for the
impartial enforcement of constitutional
laws, and for the speediest possible restora
tion of peace and order, and with those of
happiness and prosperity throughout our
country.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and caused the seal of the
United States to be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington thrs
third day of May in the year of our Lord, i
one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one,
and of the independence of the United
States, the eighty-fifth.
(Signed) Bv the President,
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
William H. Seward, Secretary of State.
On Dit. —Judge Ruffin, in the Convention
which assembled at Raleigh ou Monday last,
when his name was called to vote ou the message
of the Secession Ordinance, said he would vote
■ye if a halter was round his neck.
1 I?°"1" 1 lhe Cl " -0 !> ic| o * Semin,)
Ttec rKnl*Btl.u on# ,
Hie Georgia Trno,s. f
There is a great fault in this thin-5,,.,
where. All the vohurttet Cohipankg J 0 ’
are exacted to be cafkd ifctoservice o„Ju
at once to be ordered into camp. f,’ r /
and discipline, supplied wirii tents a*,/’
necessary equipments fur a soldier’s lit', J,
’ all the expense of the State. But ins/ 1
of this, they are notified to hold them
selves in readiness to march ‘at a
| ment’s warning.” If they are enabled To
comply with such an order, it must be t
| their own expense— the Government f Rt
nishes nothing but the order. It - nr ~
from S4O to SSO specie to provide the ne*
cessary outfit, (besides the arms)— nun °~
are poor and unable to bear the expense”
; yet they are expected to be ready at a “ino*
ment’s notice” to pnt out and t iN
| battles of the country. The result is that
• they are compelled to provide for them
\ selves, or leave in a condition wholly un ’
| prepared, exposing their health and lives
I (unnecessarily) to the inclemency 0 f tho
j weather ; undisciplined, willing/ though
| unable to do half service in the —
| their ardor is cooled, their love ot country
j abated, and their manhood degraded—ail
| this from a penurious and niggardly fijl j r j t
lon the part of those whose duty it j] to
! make the proper provisions—we” fear from
the desire to economise a little pittance to
to the State, by compelling the brave V oL
unteers (from necessity) to provide those
things at their own expense. If this be so
there is a littleness, a fraud and meanness
in it, not much above Old Abe arid his
! pack. Do men expect our brave volun.
i teers (we will have no drafted men) to
fight the battles of the country and pay
the expense of the war > We know th
people of Georgia—they desire no such
thing. One soldier, properly disciplined,
provided and carnl for, is worth a half
! dozen undisciplined, catebed up exposed
i uneared for, lhe soil! of whose manhood
has been crushed out by neglect and bad
faith on the part of their government.
But, it may be said, in sinh times at
these, we ought to economise. Such econ
omy is “saving at the spigot and losing at
the bung.” But the authorities have ” n t
had time to provide all these things ! Five’
months, with the control of a million, not
time enough ? If one million i/ not
enough, we, the people of Georgia, have
[ two, five, ten, or any other amount neces
sary for this purpose. Let our soldiery be
at once disciplined, fittid out and provid
ed for like men, as they are. All we have
and are is dependant upon them. Let
them feel it. by our gratitude fur their sa
; orifices, and our hearth-stones are ail safe.
; Rather than feel the degradation in failing
! to supply and properly providing j’ r our
soldiery, and make t hem’ fc-el like men, wo
with our wives and little utvrs, w.-nhl pre
fer to sit Upon stools, sleep ott irief!< o , uit
c.rn bread, drink at tin* hnnvrh, and wtin
cur old clothes for the balance o! our Ims.
Jr.-Tit y.
THE LAW OF CLOTHING
Much misunderstanding se-uns L
atm ng Hit* volunteer forces frdh-d u.o \Yo
s.-i vice ot the Confederate Slat;*, m rt i
i tion to the subp et or’ cloth-.-s and cl bin:,
[ arid yet the law n( Congress enwir* I'hf $
| the quest ion is quite cl< ar. and admits of
no two constructions. Many Yoluntcir
Companies and Battaii -ns and Regimen's
entered the Confederate service with the
i idea* that the War Depnrtmen? would sup
j ply all <L fieiencios of clothing among
j them, and would moreover be prepan and
i with future supplies to meet the accruing
wants of tho soldiers arid, consequent!}*/
are now suffering in t n>s respect, bnanse
I of the want of proper informali<>n in the
! begining, which their officers and the
j States authorities should have given. Tho
; law of Congress, as set forth in the “act
| to provide fur the public defence,” reads a
! fellows:
| “Said volunteers shall furnish their own
: clothes. When called into active service,
and while remaining therein, instead of
; clothing, every non-commissioned officer
; and private in any company shall be enti
tled to money, in a sum equal to the cost
; of clothing of a non-commissioned officer
j or private in the regular army of the Con
federate States.”
By this law volunteers provide, at all
times , their own clothing, and receive
therefor commutation in money, and in the
passage of the law, Congress evidently had
in view those public exigencies that re
i qnired large forces to be thrown into tho
field while yet the Government was in its
infancy and stood provided with no regu
lar Quarter Master organization.
We have been thus explicit because it is
[ highly desirable the matter should bo
! thoroughly understood, as well among
: those troops already in service, as among
| those who are daily expecting to be called
into service. And we think it would bo
well for the newspaper press generally, to
set forth, as we have done, the subject in
the light of the law, and the reason of tho
law. —Montgomery Advertiser.
Old Abe’s Better Half.— The following
scene, says the Cincinnati Enquirer, actually oc
curcd, and we think should be set down. A
gentleman, one of the suite, we believe, while
passing through the rear car, was thus address
ed by the future mistress of the White House:
Mrs. L.—How do you “flourish V*
Gentlemen—Well, I thank you.
Mrs. L.—ls that a Cincinnati paper you have
in your hand ?”
Mr. L.—Does it say anything about us?”
The manner in which these questions were
propounded, continues the Enquirer, was more
suggestive than the intei rogatories themselves.
Imagine the successor of the accomplished Mrs.
i Madison, Mrs. Polk and Harriet Lane, address
ing a foreign minister with “How do you flour
ish ?” The “ns” reminds us of an anecdote of
the wife of an honest Dutchman, who had
expectedly been elevated to the position ot
major of the militia. When the result of the
election was known, the children wanted to
knew if they would not all be majors.
you fools,” indignantly replied the mother,
“none but your daddie and me.”
Beautiful Extract. —Helping a band
gome yonng lady out of a mud hole l