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, MAY 9, 1861.
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with seven per cent, interest from
the date of the deposit, so soon no
hostilities shell have censed and it
shell again he lawful for debtors to
pay the same to creditors in t he hos
tile States above mentioned. This
lyill not only afford to such of our
Kittens ns owe money to Northern
■creditors, which international law
and public policy forbid them nt
present to pay, a safe investment
and the highest security for its re
turn to them nt the cud oi the wat,
but it will enable them, in the mean-
lime. to perforin n patriotic duty,
and to assist the State, and through
her the Confederate States, in rais
ing funds necessary to the successful
defence of our homes, our firesides,
and our altars.
And I do further command and
strictly enjoin upon all and every
chartered Bank in this Stale, which
may bo in possession of any note,
bill; draft, or other paper binding)
„„y citizen of this State to pay
money to any one of said hostile
States, or any inhabitant or corpo
ration thereof, or belonging to any
such State or persons, to abstain
from protesting any such draft, bill,
note, or other paper: Provided, the
person liable on such bill, draft^
note, or other paper, will exhibit to
such Bank or any of its agencies,
having such paper in possession, a
certificate, showing that he has de
posited the amount due on such pa
per, in the Treasury of this State, or
in any one of the Banks above men
tioned, to the credit of the Treasu
rer, or will at the limo this becomes
due, make such deposit. And I fur
ther command and require all Nota
ries Public in this State, to abstain
absolutely from the performance of
any official act for the protest of any
paper of the character above men
tioned, under such circumstances ns
arc hereinbefore specified.
Given under my hand and the
great seal of this State at the Capi
tol, in Millcdgevillc, this twenty-
sixth day of April, in the year of our
Lord, eighteen hundred and sixty-
one, and of the Independence of the
Confederate States of America the
first. JOSEPH E. BROWN.
By the Governor:
E. P. Watkins,
Secretary of State.
Cor-nttcfE Halls Deserted.—The
classic halls of Oxford and Penfield
resound no longer with the merry
school boy’s laugh. The pen has
given place to the sword. The stu
dents of each of the above named
colleges transformed trcmselves from
scholars intc soldiers, and organizing)
into companies, tendered their servi
ces to the Confederate States.
Heavy Batteries are being
thrown up on the southern bank of
the Potomac River, which were ex
pected to have been completed by
this time. It may be that some of
the transports that have gon up the
river without molestation, will find
some difficulty in going down.
JfAf’It is delightful, remarks tho
Charleston Mercury, to witness the
turnings of the Northern press.—
They say send fifty thousand troops,
nav, five hundred thousand—if that
is not sufficient, five million—to
Washington. Stavoofl' the “ terrible
calamity." In other words, fume,
gass, lie and bluster ad libitum.
25c” The Rev. Mr. Fuller passed
through Charleston on the 1st inst.,
anil confirmed the report of an in
terview with President Lincoln. It
is said that Uncle Abe’s nervous
system is seriously deranged, and his
official residence, it is Baid, will havo
to bo removed before any improvc-
metS can be looked for.
men t may'
list of Georgia will not be bebinl
any class of our fellow-citizens is
maintaining the independence of till
South by any sacrefice of trcasur<|
or of blood.
3 Resolved, That we acknowl-]
edge, with devout, thankfulness tc
Almighty God, the signal favor wit
which, up to this time, He has bless- 1
ed our arms and our policy ; nndl
that the Baptist churches of this!
State bo requested tho observe the I
first, and second days of J une next,
as days of lasting and prayer, that I
God will deliver us from all the I
[lower of our enemies, and restore I
peace to our country.
4 Resolved, That the Confeder-I
ale Government he requested to in-1
vitc tho churelfes of all dcnomina-|
lions within the Confederacy to unitel
in observing said days of fasting andj
prayer.
5 Resolved, That copies of tliesel
resolutions he sent to President Da-I
vis, the Confederate Congress, andf)
the Governor of Georgia.
N. M. Crawford,
James IIileykr,
Taomas Stokes, Committee.
R. Sikes,
J. II. Stokes,
A citizen of Raleigh, N. C.
has givon §20,000 in cash, and 2000
bushels of eon, to aid in defending
tho wrights of tho South.
fPSl,'' Abraham Lincoln 1ms pro
claimed martial law over Maryland,
dividing it in to four military districts
or commands, and a fifth distriot in
clude the District of Columbia and
city of Alexadrla.
Inofonsivo citizens have been driv
en off at the point of tho bayonet.
There is an absoluto reign of ter
ror iu and aroqnd Washington.
Civil War.
Tho Richmond Examiner has tire|
following:
Tho bug-bear of civil war need I
frighten no one. We are not cn-1
gaged in civil war, and thank Ileav-I
cn! all danger of that most dreadful!
of human scourges is passed. It al
most reconciles us to the. delay of the,I
Convention. That delay 1ms made I
Virginia a unit—has made tho whole I
South a unit. Tho natives of then
South nro leagued and confederated I
to repel Northern invasion, and es-1
tablish Southern independence.
Not an hour since the first while j
man set his foot on American soil]
have the people of the United States]
been one people. Prom the begin-1
ning each colony lmd its scpcratcl
and distinct laws and institutions,|
and its seperato government. We
have planted and have grown up nsl
distinct and different peoples and na-l
lions; and lho difference and dis-l
tinction between us havo been in-l
creasing and widening from tho day!
of our birth until tho present hourT
A war between Virginia and Penn
sylvania would bo no civil war, bc-|
cause we arc seperato nations; far!
less then is a war between tho If
North and tho South. Wo are so
cially and politically as distinct A
people from the North, ns fronl
France or England. The people oil
the two sections have ever hated each!
other, not merely because their laws,!
customs, manners and institutions!
are different; but more still, because]
their races, their blood, their ances
try wore different. Tim peoplo ofl
the South belong to tho brave, im
pulsive hospitable and generous Cel- I
tic race; the people of the North to |
tho cold, phlegmatic Teutonic race.
Wo include the old Greek and Ro-1
man among the Celtic races;—andl
also the Anglo-Normans, whose]
cleanly habits, language, laws, and]
personal appearance prove beyond nl
doubt that they wore of Latin orig-1
in? The Sotlli was settled by An-
