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About The Independent South. (Waynesboro, Ga.) 1860-186? | View Entire Issue (May 22, 1861)
i by n j;| y y i My y Ms' v \y' -V CM Ws4, £ MAY 22, 1861. V ov it, I nmthounly Union mutt now ! WAYNESBORO, in tliii Alabnm, nml I shall certainly love just as soon ns I can git ofl’. J. L. Notv Bony. I feels like one who treels alone, Some log cabin deserted, Wlios trends nr fled, wlios kin nr ded, And all but ho departed. J. L. 3IAY FH. *H«E. tVImt War lias Cost (lie World. There was a time when Americans were in the habit of estimating the enormous cost of war. They did so for two reasons; first to show that foolish nntions that met in mortal combat to slaughter each other, what an expensive pastime they indulged in; secondly, to flatter themselves, whose “empire was penco" Now thecuso is different. In the whole country, there are not three news papers ttwit touch the pecuniary side of wnrmattcrs. It is too suggestive. Materials are in it to establish the fact that the United States, whose j!greatness was founded on police, is' about to commence one tff the cost liest. struggles ever mndo in the world. Be it tho task of the Daily “News” to enlighten people, then. Lot us see what, expense wars have hitherto incurred. The war preceding tho treaty of Ryswick in 1(197, cost. §130,000’()00 The Spanish war of 1739, settled for at Aix-la-Chapelle, cost §270,- 000,000. The war of the Spanish Succes sion cost §311,000,000. The treaty of Paris, in 1703, end ed in a bloody struggle, which cost §560,000,000. The war of American Indepen dence cost England and this country §930,000,000. The war .of ten years, which is Known ns “the French Revolution of 1793,” cost §230,000,000. Tho war against the First Napo- eon, whiyh I’egnn in lROMnnjl end ed in-1815, cost tho extraordinary (fount of §5,800,000,000. The Crimean war cost §84,000,- 000. The last Italian war (not includ ing the hostilities between Victor Emanuel, Garibaldi, Bomba, &c.) cost §45,000,000. The last war in India cost Eng land §38,000,000. The list might be doubled. It includes wars only of which definite staticcs are on record. The cost of the present war hero no statistician can estimate, be cause tho loss to commerce, indus try and trade which it will involve is beyond the reach of calculating powers.—N Y News. Newsfrom the Seat of War. We have just received letters from the Burke Guards, which state that the Confederate troops near Norfolk had fired into one of Lincoln’s steam ers, and the fire was returned, kill ing fifteen of the Southern soldiers. The steamer went on her way. Tho Guards are all well and in fine spirits, their only wish is, one of those steameio to com.. in gun shot of their’ camp. In speaking the hospitality of the Virginians, they say tkcladicssend to the camps every dayafter the clothes of the soldiers, to have them washed free of charge. •FROM TYBEE. Some of the Sharp Shooters arc hero on a Curlew nearly every day to visit their friends. W.-Jearn from some of them who are iin Waynes boro at present, that a schooner loaded with Yankees was stopped at Fort> Pulaski, on Wednesday last and taken a prisoner. We have several letters from tho Sharp Shooters, and they all say they are well satisfied.and that Ty- bee feels like home to them! jfliey all with one voice, speak of'Capt. Holmes in the highest terms, and_ say that his kindness, and courteous attention to his men, has gained the highest regard of every member of his company, and they are willing to’ follow him, even to death. \ a a p A Northern spy was hung at Col umbus, Ky., on Friday. iloiiic (Timmtarture of Permis sion Cups. Nothing more was needed to de- velopo the industrial resources and energies of the South than the sus pension of trade with tho North, which tho 'Yankees, unluckily for themselves, have just occasioned. As soon as the fact became known that a more abundant supply of percussion caps would be desirable for the Southern troops, wc find manufactories starting up in each of the Confederate States Wc were gratified yesterday on being present ed with one of tho first percussion caps made in South Carolina, We are informed that tho now caps arc found to ho in every respect equal to those made by the United States Government, and Messrs Cameron & Co, are now engaged making the 'machinery by which they can bo produced ill large quantities. Seizure of Blarney's Artillery, We learn that on receiving intcl- lY'ence by the telegraph that Gen. Yirney had been enlisting troops tCcmoval of itio tap:: .1 to Kiclr monel. The Montgomery Advertiser of Tuesday says: It is now settled, we believe, be yond peradventuro, that the Capitol ot the Southern Confederacy is to bo removed to Richmond. Va.. sh ly, the direct vote upon the subject' having been taken yesterday. It is about time for old Abo to pack up. ■ — - — > O ♦ ....... Thrilling Events at Maud. President Davis is now at Pensa cola. Mysterious movements on our Northern border indicate almost im mediate collisions. Even while wo pen this article, wc would not be surprised soon to learn that the thunder of battle was shaking the hills at Harper’s Ferry. Probably a simultaneous engagement was go ing on at that place and Fort Pick ens. We have, m all probability, for the past forty-eight hours,-been experiencing the stillness which pre cedes the storm. A few horns more will tell a startling story.—Augusta Itcpublic, 18 th. Adjutant-General Wayne has is sued orders, in compliance with or ders from the Secretary of War, that no more volunteers will bo received for twelve months, but only for the war. Mr.. Wigfall says in a letter to a friend in Washington, in great con fidence, that the Confederate army will capture Washington, Lincoln and his Cabinet, unless they leave before the middle of June. lie says they have nearly 100,000 well aimed troops, aml'in less than two weeks will be on their way to Washington, and expect to winter in Philadelphia. There is a private in the Rhode Island Regiment at Washington who is worth half a million of dol lars A v Washington correspondent states that he saw him yesterday mopping tho floor of the barracks. Possibly this fellow may have re turned to his original occupation. A Lady’s Account ok Things in Washington City.—Tho follow- | itig is an extract (rout a private let ter, dated 22d April, from a South ern lady, now in Washington City, to a lady friend and relative in Pe tersburg : This place is in a terrible condi tion ; it is really unsafe for a lady to walkout alone. Old Lincoln.sleeps with a hundred armed men in the East room to protoot him Irotn n .Southern army. Ho is expecting them to attack tho city every night, ho keeps a sentinel walking in front of hin bed-room all night, and often gets so frightened that he leaves the White HnttS" and fleets out. No
