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Newspaper Page TextM: i TEEMS: Daily Paper, $8; Tri-'Weelily, 85; •Woafely, $3, IN ADVANCE. 7U Paper it alwayt Hopped, mUu a remiUaK, it modi to continue it. Timely notice to gbem, so Oat payment can it made before the empiralion (fa sulaaription. Agenti of the Republican. Thomas 8immons is our authorized agent to receive subscriptions at Monticello, Jefferson county, Florida. ^ Rev. Hamilton W. 8harpe is our agent at Thomasville, Thomas county. T. R. Wardell is onr agent at Bainbridge, Decatur county. W, B. Bennett is our agent, at Quitman, Brooks connt.v. ubvtnnd YOL. T..XT. ^zE^n^ir, crcriYEi S7, less. 1TO. 14=9. Police to Subscribers. When you Mnd X before your name on your paper, please renew your subscription, as it is a notice that the time lor which it has been paid will expire in a few days. SAVANNAH, GA. Friday morning, June 27, 1S62. Tlie News from Florida. The despatch concerning British proceedings pff St. Aueunine, which we publish this morn, ing, is significant. Having no syrnpa'.hy tor us, England at least feels lor "herself, and is umvil- linglonger to-be hood-winked and duged^, by .the Yankees. As to Yankee free trade with blockaded Confederate ports, she will not hear* to-it, and she objects very property. Mr. Lin coln, though, will, probably, claim enlarged privileges on those portions of the country which he holds bj’ conquest, and we may look out for wrathy demonstrations when he hears ol his transport being a prize in the hands of the British, and his starving soldiers wandering about the cofintry in search of bread. These doings will evidently rain bad blood between the two nations, but Bull is wide awake and knows exactly what he is about. The Bermu da and the Emily St. Pierre have already brought them to the verge of war, and, beitig unable to avoid it, Lincoln may pluck up cour age enough to'rosent what he considers an out rage upon his flag.- For ourselves, while we ca*c very lit lie about the matter, and, except that wc would like lo " 6ee matters livelier ou the water ihau the Con federates are able to make them, we look with a considerable amount of indifference upon the prospective quarrel. It is no interference in our behalf, and we leave Mr. Bull to light out bis own quarrel, with a lurking hope, however, that he will use diligence to blow a few hun dred of Lincoln’s'eli'p- out of the water, or rather to- the bottom of it, belore he gets through the prosecution of his rights under the blockade. We have telegraphed to Florida for full par ticulars of affairs in that quarter, but up to this writiug—6 p. m.—no further intelligence hus been received. We would simply add that the despatch which we publish seems to come Irom -a reli able source, though we do uot vouch for its • correctness. ' From Virginia —M itters are wearing an an gry aspect near Richmond, and the general im pression there is that a general engagement— the fiercest of modern tirms—will be brought on in the course of a very few days, perhaps before the close of the week. The two armies are in battle array, almost in sight of each oili er, and sleep on their arms nightv. When it does come,, we may look for a terrible slaughter . on Loth sides, such as will spread mourning throughout the land and drench the soil of Vir ginia with blood. To both it will be a vital struggle, aud perhaps determine jb^-war-. —We lCel a firm faith In the triumph of our arms at tbeclose of the fight, aud our generals will have only to correct past errors and follow up the victory, to silence effectually and forever all opposition to the Confederate States as an independent member of the great family of na tions. The Editor of the Augusta Chronicle Sen tinel has Lad a drink of ice water, and talks so enthusiastically about it that some might think there was something in it. to take the chill off. .[Wilmington Journal. A more*uatural inference would be, (were it not for the unimpeachable sobriety of the Edi tor) that he had been on a “bust,” and fouud a medicament for the beat. [Savannah Republican. If we ever get on a “bast” we shall try the Repnb'ican E-Jitor’s medicament, if it is to be had. He knows what is good in such cases. We have not forgotten -the bottles th it “Per son ne” found so plentiful in the “Professor’s” sanctum.—[Chron. Does the Editor of the Chronicle recollect how he “happened in” on a certain occasion, just in time to prove a grocery copartnership • [Rep. Cargo Sale.—Messrs. Octavus Cohen &Co. sold yesterday a cargo recently imported. We give the following as particulars : S60 barrels Turks Island salt at §33 to §40 per bbl.; 30 sacks Liverpool salt at $41 per sack ; 12 boxes soap at 87% cents to 90 cents per lb.; 65 reams letter paper at §20.50 to §22.50 per ream ; 10,000 en velopes, §11 per thousand ; 2 bags coffee, §1.30 per lb.; 2 chests tea, §6 to §6.25 per lb; 30 gross matches, §15 to §16 50 per gross. Jackson and Beauregard.—The Peters burg Express says: We have intelligence of the movements of these two active and wide awake Confederate Generals, but for prudential reasons, forbear to give our information pub licity. Let the public rest assured that they are in the right place, and in their own good time, will make themselves'’felt and feared by the vandals who are now desecrating .Southern soil. Mil Buchanan on the War.—The editor Of the Christian Observer has seen a letter from ex-President Buchanan, in which he takes th position that the subjugation of the South is impossible. He argues tbat the Northern troops now in the South will fall a prey to the diseases of" the climate, and this fact, connected with the determined spirit of our people, convinced him that it were vain to make the attempt at snbjagation. We hope soon .to be able to lay the letter before our readers. Xo Planter* and Farmers. Westmorland, June 20th, 1S62. 3fr. Editor:—The late heavy rains bavin; washed the corn fields, lias. In many places, ne cessitated the working over of much that was “ laid by.** We would take this method ot suggesting, where It has not been done, what we are doing ourselves—planting every corn field in peas with the last ploughing. What if seed is scarce and high, it will pay—pay 15 to 30 times its cost without additional labor,if used only for fattening cattle, sheep aud bogs, by turning the stock into the fields when the corn ha3 been housed. Persons away from the army have little idea of its immense consumption of provisions. Cav alry especially require larger quantities cfhay as.well as corn. Last year the heavy crops of rictS being block aded, have furnished a good substitute, thus sustaining along our whole southern coast this important arm of service. But now, rice plant ers having removed their forces into the inte rior, little or no rice will be produced. The chief dependence mast be upon you to supply this deficiency with corn blades^htb-iiOT^row foot hay, and pea vines. When properly cured, nothing can be better than these it only in suf ficient quantities. As we have little or no cot ton to employ our hands in gathering during August, September and October, an immense quantity of peas can be picked, hay cut aud cured, and all conveniently packed, in the cot ton press, fqr market. There will be no heavy tax for bagging and rope; a few hickory withes, or white oak and pine clapboards will carry them any wktere safe ly, and the planter will bring back as much ready cash a3 from his cotton. If the war con tinues, as now* seems most probable, bales of lny at $2 to $3 per hundred pounds will yield a fortune to a thrifty planter. Improve the suggestion and you will not re gret it. Any time before the full moon in July will answer for planting a pea crop. Respectfully, your friend, A Planter. balleve it Impossible^ What .effort has beeD made ? What door has been opened through which the passions and ill-feelings of the con testants might pass out and reason enter? None. The single idea has been forced upon the people that the sword, and the sword alone, must decide the Issue. It has been pronounced treason to hold an opposite opinion. Sir, if to have but little faith in the efficacy of the sword for joining severed friendships, if to earnest!) desire peace and to deprecate the horrors ot war, be treason, then I am a traitor; and I am prouder of such treason than others have the right to be of their vindictive, llaming and pre tentious patriotism. 1 conjure this Congress, in the name of our suffering country—in the name of wives that may be widows, of children that may be or phans, in the names of gallant men, now strong in health, and who to-morrow may be stretch ed in death upon the gory ground, or writhing, .maimed qnd disfigured,' jautii .tormenting wounds—in the name of humanity, that siek- t the daily record of this terrible strife— Mr. A Hairdo si the Altamaha. South Newport, June 25th, 1SG2. Editor: As rumors are rife from anj aeut made by companies,which continue to grow ia importance, it miy not be amiss for me to give you some few particulars which caused a company, the Liberty Guards, to take- up the line of march on Sunday last. Some anxiety was felt by our citizens on be ing informed that Captain Hughes had been credibly informed that two Yankee gunboats had passed Darien some four or live miles up the river, seemingly to destroy tlie railroad bridges across the Altamaha. The Captain, ever ready to hasten to any point where there is a prospect ol thwarting the expectations of the vandals, reached Darien at an early hour with a strong detachment. A gunboat bad been up the river as far as Champion’s Island— Nightingale’s plantation. On the arrival of the company at Darien, she was seen tying at Bar rett’s Island, about three mile3 from the town, having in charge a two mast sehoouer that bad been hid up the river. We are informed by some of the soldiers that she steamed off that eveoiDg before they left in the direction of St. Simons, carrying along the schooner, which I fearbeen loaded with rice, as welearn^nVe ?was a good quantity left on the Island steamers continue to infest our bating about principally from St. Simons. _ * Doboy, Sapclo and St. Catherines—occasionally coming i* nearer the main. Qii, that these miscreants might be smashed unexpectedly by a few pieces of masked artillery. They ha7e already stolen a goodly number of onr slaves, thus curtailing our provision crops, and benefitting themselves by applying these hands to labor; or, being consistent philanthrop ists, sell them for pecuniary gain. We have some crops on fields bordered by good size streams, which they no doubt would wish to destroy at a time when it w ill be too late to plant again, but should they have the hardi hood to attempt this, unless their gnnboats be very hot, I predict many a one cf them will catch hot lead from carbines aud shot guns So mote it be. Essolcs. Our Sentiments too.—The following ex tract from an article in the Richmond Dispatch expresses exactly the sentiments and feelings with which we regard a re-connection with our worse than Vandal .invaders. Says the Dis patch : Should the South be conquered—of which there is not the most remote prospect—any for eign enemy of .he United States would be wel come to our shores, would have every advant age that our territory could- afford, and our co-operation In every way and shape confer,— Frenchman, Englishman, Austrian, Russian, or Turk—that nation"which is the enemy of the United Slates is our friend aud brother. We would a thousand tim**s rather be under the dominion of England or F nice than of the de testable Yankee tyrants who are nibbing and murdering us for no other purpose than to force their wooden nutmegs down our throats, and make us their hewers of wood and drawers of water to the end of time. Speech- of Ben Wood, of New Fork." . ON THE , . ' T STATE OF TREfCOUHTBlT. ~ ' '■ j Sir, it may be. said that' 1' speak of peace* while its attainment, without-fufctber recourse to arms, remains Impossible.'' But I do nqj rad cheated by an ever-craving .horde ot po litical hyenas, how long will they have a choice between lreedom and "anarchy, between a Re- u public and a despotism ? Alas! we will cling Jief" that hostilities will not he resumed. r,o the name ot a Republic, but have We the re-“ —— It is emirely at the option of one man f conjure this Cougress to seize at the merest chance that may exist of a present termination of this tragedy. Let something be attempted in the spirit of mediation. Sir, the people will respond to it. They will thank this Congress for it. They wUl bless this Congress for any measure that breathes of the spirit of reconcil iation. They are weary of this war—weary in despite of tne excitement of present victory They will awaken soon to the consciousness that' such victories are being pureha.-ed at a sacrifice that is terrible to contemplate ; that a uationai debt is being created whiib, in its rapid accumulation, is appalling—a debt which, if ever paid, will press like an incubus upon tnture generations, stunting the growth and paralyzing the vigor of our young Republic, or, it repudiated, resting a blot upon our annals. Ami wtiile at Inon - we ale groan ng with dig ress and standing «>n the verge of bankruptcy, , if we look abroad the spectwdc teuds only tv* >ur shame. We see the sc-ptred hands ot Eu •••»•**» planting their royal banners upon the soi.- >! this western hemisphere, which it is our natural duty to consecrate to RepublicanUm rad which wc might at least, hav the greed ot foreign despots. Y!;-- il ig <>f Ara gon and Castile ll .uui-* is; tVs ot Sm Do-J! •ningo, aud. united with Use blaz >nrie3 t Ogi France and England, is uujuried upon the wait-’: of San Juan d’Uiloa. Where m iy they not float twelve mouths hence, if wc, the natural guardians of to is coulincbt from foreign intcr- rercnce, should stiff be busy with dabbling in each • ther’s gore.? Sir, if there must be war, let it be against, the natural enemies of Repab- lity ? jr of a council of men, whether the citizeif hall breathe in freedom the -air of Heaven.— At the “open sesame” of the Executive, the gloomy portals of the Bastile3 Lafayette and Warren will gape to receive him. And this i? the Republic 1 was taught to love! Sir, it is only a siga and foreruuner of what must inevitably be, should the. South be crushed into the Union. Yon may bring the Sonth to terms with yonr bayonets, but when you have done so, yon will have a bond cf air; a covenant to entorce which will necessitate this Government to assume the functions ot h military-despotism, and to break which at the first opportunity will be an aim and a purpose on the part of the subdued section. What ■hey have attempted once, they will not faii to ’.tempt hereafter, whcnjsmariing undqt the' re- embrance of defeat, while cherishing the .city hale that a war to the utterance wili en grader. * For the sake of anion now and of union here after—not enforced union, but the strong union o< willing hearis—let the word of peace - go. let tffq,hand ofrreeonciliatlon oe extend- ,e<LY'Wl^tjK^^ha.ve heard such words ol bit- teFhatred^JurpffcsdCd,' towards the Southerners by Northern lips, that I fear it may l*e already too late ever to renew the bonds of fraternity. Such sentiments I have heard ol implacable, ol thirsting vengeance, of sectional antipathy, as Hannibal was Caught to nurture against Rome ; as Home in her quenchless jealousy conceived towards Carthage to the end. And the doom of Carthage nay be accepted bv the South, rather than re-anion at the bayonet’s point. I appeal to this Congress to’ avert that late as inglorious to the victor as to the vanquished. L ;t the door to negotiation be tiling wide open, flingopeu now while we cau make advances With good grace and with laurels upon*our brow. To the winds with the doctrine that you W.ll not treat vita armed traitors It is a sen- ti nent litter for the epoch of a purpled Roman th m for the Christian age in which we live. Il is the sentiment of one who rules with a rod ol iron, qoi of a great and generous people who .4-sum.-. n» rule i!i , :iuv hi-». Enough has been •lone i« proof id the valor of tne North .uni tut res->4*e* s ...i the government. L t some! him: ae now done fir ihe Mike of the past, u»r i!;> sake of the memories of LUo Kuvolmi >n. ol th- '-struggle .*f IS 12, ot ihe battle field ot Mexico ; led ti'o.m -for tUe sake <J a Union whose cement »htli l>< forgiyeoe-s for the past, and friendship and for bearance for the'future. try, will adopt some measure which mav brin- about a cessation of hostilities, with a view t?> DCKOtiation. That done, 1 am Urm in mv h.- ISof Knof SIStfaa «n» l. . — itlu-place of exulting over victories, and long- ’ g for uaw triumphs, how much more pioasatii and more holyio draw a picture ot the joy iha« will pervade n<any a now gloomy household when the glad tidings ot peace shall be borne prom city to village, from village to homestead, from lip to lip, unit heart to heart. A tntion’.- jabilee would well repay you for seme littl. iicanism, and as we have already humbled ourfy'nittiqg of your stern policj'. II >w many arm.- national pride to conciliate the British lion, le^Vwould be outstretched, how many hearts would us make some sacrifice to win back in umby and not to subjugate, the South, that wft may stand once again as comrades in arms, to scourge these foreign interlopers hack again within their proper limits. I am no advocate of bloodshed, but if a for- e : gn war should be the alternative of .submis sion to foreign insolence, I trust that I should be among the last to faii prostrate, that the' hurricane might sweep harmlessly by. To sub‘- -erve the schemes of a pmy we have already humiliated, the "American people in the eyes ot scoffing Europe, and it will be a task hereafter to regain the caste we have 1 sst in the family, o: uatlons. No much greater evil could befall than to be forced from the position we ha%e hitherto assumed towards foreign Powers. J would not have, my country swerve one inch from any vital principle of her foreign policy in any emergency whatever. Above all things. I hold dear that national honor which we have houtuV-to give a “welcome h >me again” to tli war stained«vo!nntecr. Oh, sir, those meeting-* at the cottage threshold, those da-pings at the farmhouse-porch, those cleavings of the throb bing bosoms oi women to scarred and manly ■Jfcasts, were worth nil the laurels that were fver snatched from blood stained fields. Tin news of.our victories has been bailed with panus and illuminations, but, with the fir-i tidings of peace, there is not a hovel in the land that would not have a candle at its win dow, not a palace that.would n t bl..zi with splendors in token of the advent of a blessing priceless beyond aiLearthly triumphs. Then, sir, let us lower the point- of our vic torious swords, and parley with the fas while the bugle bkists of victory are yet ringing in our ears. If %ve are Irec in anticipation from tlje peril of tnture reverses; if we are sanguine that the Fod«y\ll arms are henceforward giited with invincibility, that is the nobles* reason 'eVer home; I would have our flag float as pronely as eve tbroad, uot even deigning to make domes tie alll etiosi a plea for humility, an excuse for cowardice, or a palliatiou of national shame Whenever occasion demands that a stand should be made against foreign aggression, or a icouke administered to foreign pride, or a chastisement .nflicted upon foreign insolence, I would have the gauntlet thrown down upon the impulse of the national sentiment, "without reference to domestic exigencies, or pausing to measure the strong proportions of the foe. In the heat of our private discord, we sci-m to have forgotton that our great mission a- 5 a people is to repubkeanize the world, to advar.ee the principle that men are capable of self-gov ernment, and to check the progress ol monar chy. Sir, we are losing ground in the fulfill ment of that sacred mission, and monarchy has gained a new foothold while we have been weakening oar sinews with intestine strir- ever till of late, preserved uuLn«rulAb4)d.-'tft<! > 'V '* *Wby wc shoqid say to onr oppoiiis^p, “pause il ■fVer**:ityfcmYy be the nVccV-of things at, yon wilLj, sefiecr.” vidd^hem. on*- chance of reconcilement before we drive them to the resistance of despair. There can bo no victory where kith aud kiu, where broibersjis.il fellow countrymen, where men who are bouuu to each other by the holiest of past a-socia- tions, ire struggling lor supremacy. All is do- leal; all is disaster; all is misfortune, tears and mourning. Do not let us elTice with blood every sacred memory tint may yet bind »bese men to us as brothers. Give one sign of invi tation belore the death struggle be renewed. Let the spirit of forgiveness pass between the lines of those opposing hosts, and with the blessings of Providence, those armed legions will take a lesson Irom Sablnia and early Koine, whose soldiers, unit-d by domestic tics,, threw down their wcapous upon the battle’s veige, and sprang to each other’s embrace. Sir, I have spoken freely, studying only to make my words an^ndex to my thought. " My pinions have brought upon me the censure ' Interesting News from tlie West. We cl ip from the Memphis Appeal of the 20th (now published at Grenada,-Miss.,) the follow, iug summary of affairs in that section of the Confederacy : FROM ARKANSAS—DEFEAT OF CURTIS. .Intelligence has reached this place tjirougb Memphis, by geutlemen direct-from.As kansas, to the effect that some short time since the Federal General Curtis met with a signal defeat twelve miles from Litile Rock, at the hands of Generals Rbaffe* hvd - Hindman. The facts, as we gather them are, that hearing of the advance of Curtis upon Little Rock, Gen. Roane at tacked him in front while Hindman succeeded in getting in his rear. In this situation he was completely routed, losing his trains, stores, camp equippage, etc.,• {together with many pris oners. Those of his forces that made their es cape, scampered through the country in every direction, -Hindman following in -puusuit oi them. The intelligence is said to have produced considerable commotion among the Federals in Memphis, and some twAor three regiments have imcr. scut up WlirggTIWBrm the rwfo-t Curtis. CV'e shall await with some solicitude the particulars ot this aud hope soon to chronicle the fact ihatvtVikansas has And to what purpose ? Is it possible that gentle often most discourteously expressed, of many men can hope to reconstruct the Union by pur- differ with me; but for that I care but suing a policy of unrelenting severity? Can ' lit". 1 am content to bide the hour that shall they expect to re-estanlish concord and broth- ! set ine right before my countrymen. As 1 have erly love by pushing hetetilities to the extreme believed the’prosecution of inis war * ^ - verge? What is the Union worth without inu- The Whereabouts of Halleck’s Army.— The York Herald sajs : The inglorious .retreat of Beauregard from Corinth has been the means of scattering Gen Halleck’s army over a wide range of country. Gens. Buell and Pope sxre in pnrsuit of the fly ing rebels. Gen. W T. Sherman, with his divi sion, is repairing the bridge on the Memphis & Charleston Railroad, between Corinth and Grand Junction, and he will soon have the road clear to Memphis. Gen. Wood’s division is re pairing the bridges on the same road east of • Corinth. Gen. Thomas, with his force, is oc cupying Corinth. Gens. McClcrnand and Lew. Wallace are at Purdy. If this location of the Federal army be cor rect, why is it that Beauregard does not salty “forth and cut them to pieces in detail ? Wesleyan Female College.—We acknowl edge the icceipt of a Catalogue of the Wesley an Female College, located at Macon, Georgia, for 1861-’62. Il is printed at the Book and Job Printing Office of John L. Jenkins & Co*, Ma con, Georgia, and exhibits the College as in a flourishing eondl ion. Wounded Georgians.—William R. Hagans, Thomas Houghton, aud Ishaai West, of the Twenty-seventh Georgia, and wounded at Seven Pines, are in the (Federal) Naval Hos pital, near Portsmouth, Vsu - Removal.—Gen. Prentiss ana the other Yan kee officers who have been in Atlanta for some . time, have been sent to .Madison, Ga., lor safe keeping. .» Roasting ears and cotton blos?oms were ex hibited at the Columbus Law office Tuesday last. Gamblers Doing Good.—We find the fol lowing paragraph in the local column of the Richmond Examiner: Ttfe “Sporting Fraternity” of this city on yesterday made a deposit, in proper hands of §6,380, for the benefit of the sick aed wounded soldiers. We learn that this is but the balance .of a fund gotten up for that purpose the amount already distributed having been about §15,500. The example is worthy of being fol lowed by another, and,'if anything, far less worthy, though nominally more respectable, class of the community kno<vn as merchant ex tortioners. No such good thing, however, is likely to happen. A Mourner a-la-Mode.—John G. Saxe per petrates the follow on a dressy widow : "When measles como handsomely out The pali-.it is safest, they say. And th sorrow is mi’dest, no doubt; Thut w«»rhs in a similar vr y! The New Orleans Creseeut was seized by Gen. Butler, and sold for the benefit of the United Stales, at §3.000—property and good will of a paper that any day, or any Ijonr of the day, one year ago, would havabrougfit §100,000. tual respect and reciprocated*amity to bind the sections? W r hat! a Union of unwilling States, driven into companionship at the point of the bayonet, and held there hereafter by military power! Such a Union would not be worth the shed iing of one brave man’s blood. We waist their hearis or wc want them not at all. And we cannot conquer hearts *ith bayonets, al though they should out number the spears of Xerxes. If not brought back by negotiation, in the spirit they are gone from us forever. To conquer them may be possible. To slay their soldiers, lay waste their lands, and burn their eitie?, may be within our power. But to hold them in subjection, hiving conquered them,’ would, in itself, be a final repu nation of the first principle of republicanism. Prosecute this war until you have accomplished the necessity of holding a subdue'd section in subj *ction, and the world will look in vain lor a Republic on the Western hemisphere. Sir, I love to entertain the hope that our In ion will be restored upon the foundation laid down by our fathers ; and I desire no change in the plan of that glorious superstructure. But I am not so unnatural a worshipper of the Luioa as to seek its salvation with the destruction <.f those for whose welfare it was conceived ; to build it upon the dead bodies of my country men, when other means are at hand for its re construction. I would purchase its redemp tion otherwise than by anarchy aud rum. 1 would not fling away the subst&uce to perpelu ate the name. Every drop of blood that is shed In this struggle will weaken the keystone of the fabric for whose &ake the blood is pretend ed to be shed. One word ot conciliation at this crisis will do more to save tne country than all the achievements, past and to come, oi yonr victorious soldiery. Why should not that word go forth, even now, in the hour of the triumph of the i' euera. arms ? If there has ever been a period m t.»e history of Republics when prolonged civil strife has failed tut curtail the liberty ot tne masses. I have not read that history aright. Already, with one year’s bitter expedience, K.iknSrl'aAtn A Ap t ll O dCHTCSl prlVlICgCS Ol have beheld some of the — American citizenship wrested from our grasp. And how long, at the same rate, belore, upan the convenient p’ea of necessity, we sbai. stripped of other rights which heretofore «.ave made us deem ourselves lreemen ? How lou o» while personal liberty now depends on the n«»a of an official ? How long, while free-born American citizens can be lelt to languish in Bastilcs, beyond the reach ot the constituted tribunals of the land and at the mercy of the Executive for their liberation ? flow Ion be a widening of the gulf llut sepsxrsites the sec tions, 1 have earnestly opposed it. I have always looked upon the subjugation of the the midion ^of a party?' How long, voters are arrested at the polls by military pro cess, and'legislators are hurried off to prison befote they can assume their eacred functions . How long, while the partizins^of the irainacii- l K te ^°^ l *°n party are coining money out of the blood of their countrymen, parading their showy .patriotism and shouting “Union,” wiifi e 4LKmBup to the elbows in the public e^oiyr? * How long, sir, will the people of bll, Will LUG the North, taxed beyond endurance, robbed nth as a project whose fulfillment would strike a hedvy, perhaps a fatal blow to true re publicanism, and although I will yield to no m in in devotion to the Union—although I would make any and every personal sacrifice to restore its glory and integrity—I will never con sent, even for the sake of that Un.oo, to yield up my birthright as a freeman ; to sacrifice those principles of self government, those rights of Yree thought, aud personal liberty, without which Union is but a mockery and a name. I: is not grandeur and extent of territory that I covet as the chief attributes of the govern ment under which I am to live. Were I one*of but a simile community, insignificant .in num bers, but secure in agnaruutee of pure Repub lie in ministration of affairs, I would be proud of my citizenship. But the union of a thousand States, each one as great* and populous as the noble one among whose representatives I have the honor to be, I would detest—yes, sir, in my most inmost heart detest, if the holding to gether of component parts should create a ne cessity for the assumption of despotic power. Self-government is the god of my politic il idolatry, and the Union is buta tempi- in which 1 have worshipped it. Should that temple be destroyed; I would not forsake the creed*, nor would the mighty principle be buried in the ; ruins. I love and would preserve the temple, for beneath its roof arc gathered the treasures of holy £»St associations; 'hpqn it^ .hallowed walls arejnscribed the names or patrfbts, from the North and from the South, whose blood has been its cement. But rather would I have the glorious fabric crumble to the dust, than see tue spirit of despotism, enshrined within »ts sa cred precincts. I have seen already the silent but lengthening shadow of absolutism creeping into the 6pot. And when the Executive hand, for the first time in our history, was interposed between the citizen and his rights, the germ was planted of a danger mightier than rebellion in its most gigantic phase, for I believe encroachments by an Executive to be iu itself rebellion against the unjy sovereignty I acknowledge—the ma jesty of the people. I believe each step to ward s»absolarism to be more fatal «o the welfare ot the Republic than auy possible act within power of the citizen to conceive and execute I will resist every grasp that may be made upon an attrib :te ot sovereignty not heretofore ac knowledged to the Chief Magistracy, for reason and instinct, no hiss than'the fearful examples that history has famished from the ashes of Republics, teach me that the first step un checked, will not be the last, but only the precursor of those giant strides by which, over the necks of betrayed freemen, ambitious men have mounted to a throne. We want a Union, sir, of sovereigns, not of subjects; aud tfaat our Government shall ex Lead over a vast area to me is of les3 monieut than that it should be purely, strictly, and uq- eqaivocally republican, at all times and under all conditions. * Sir, I have done. I have only to reiterate my hope and my entreaty that this Congress,which has in sacred charge-the welfare of our couu- b*cen cleared of tlie.Federal forces. Hindman, we predict, will give them no peace or rest as long as they remain outside ot ttt. Louis. Skirmish at the Tallahatchie.—The ad vance of tlie Federals from UolljvSpriuga was, we are pleased toflearn,-signally checked at the Tallahatchie at an early hour yesterday morn ing. The advance of the Federals, as they neared the river, encountered the Confederate pickets when a sharp skirmish ensued, result ing in the repulse of the enemy. Our-ioss was »no man killed ; that of the enemy seven killed and wounded. The forces engaged, wfere 3 a coinpany of Federal, cavalry anfl' e T5@e«of Con- fedi4aiq«ilnntry. When xW fy iy no rtre t rejfi^d,. our.merfccrossed the fcivdr "to the main body, when the bridge was. destroyed,* V ici;-,qukg.—Wo haye eujo^d opportunities >1 >• -.iVoxa?!!?wifa .tt-Ver.iilo-uay, •v'.. > have just arrived from •Yicks'barg, all ol is so lApres nt llse preparations*made at that ■ •••i'Yi. to meet the enemy and give him battle as heing ample. All non eomb.otmis have with drawn Irom the city -no one is to be seen ex cept those who have determined to defend it to tlse utmost—even to-the total destruction of tliC place. Tne utmost Tmthusiasm and determina tion is represented as prevailing, ard we.-pf^tlict ill at Mi-sissippi, even if slm should l’osTT her fairest city, will not be e.JIv *. upon to witness ar.y fiinching on the pkrl of her *ous.wbo have rallied to defend it Holly Si*k! 'Gs Evacuated —Information ol > perlce'ly reliable miljire has been received here announcing that the Federal-troons have evacuated ilolly Springs. What could have i.» :s.!i their motive for no sudden ;» visit, so brief x stay, and so h\-iy a retreat, we cannot tell. It is probable their purpose was, ns ranch as mything t-N*», to capture the regiment of Ool S'leioy, svuioned at that place. The colonel. However, was a little too quick for them, ns he made his escape a few hours before their en trance into-the place. The little check which they met with at Tallahatchie bridge, will uo doubt induce them to advance southward more eaurioa-dy, and in larg r farce the next time they take up the Hue of march. The Army of the Mississippi.—We con- tinue t<» rccive the most favorable accounts from the army, in its new location, anil the people of the South will nj rice to learn that all the benefit untieipited h -s resulted from the change. The strength of the army is being greatly increased, not only by the return of those who temporarily absented themselves on the aban donment oi Corinth, but ala • by new roinforca- silimti. Twr, of the corps are in<?rrfaain'j sir. ao almost incredible rate, and Gen. Polk’s corps is cod to bn particularly fortunate in this respect. All are confident of success, whenever an op portunity m iv offer, and the benefits of the re- organizuion that has tuk< n place, and the strict di-c.ipliue now enforced, are lelt by the wh >le force. The health cf the army is certainly much im proved, aud the spirit of our men, iu spite of Jb*: events ol the last thirty days, is as high and d' liasit as c mid bo desired. The}’ but feel in spirited at seeing the advance of the enemy, and only ask to be kept active when hard fight lug is lo be done. As b us been stated the now camp is, so fir as sanitary advantages are concerned, decidedly preferable to the situation at Corinth. Tlie supply of water is much greater, and purer. In this respect a gn at advantage his beeii gained by the change. Olff-r features oi‘ a gratifying character miglit, were it uot ice prudent; be no- t : eed ; but onr readers may rest assured that siffairs generally, connected with the late army al Corinth, are in as prosperous a condition as the most sanguine could expect. Offerings to Freedom:—We have glorious news irom the river counties, of the voluntary proceedings of the planters in burning their cotton. In most cases the offering’is one of free will—the torch being applied by those who must susta n the loss temporarily. Iu but few instances have the authorities been compelled t<> interfere, and the work is being thoroughly done. It is also said that the raze of the Yan kees, at this summary manner of disappointing their eupiditv, is great. When they expected a prize they find only a blank, and they cannot conceal their disappointment. Neither can they understand the spirit that prompts the sacrifice. Having po idea of patriotism them selves. they cannot conceive the existence of the principle in others. Bat thej' are fan being taught a lesion they will not soon forget, viz; that a people determined to be free will submit, to any sacrifice, aud cannot be conquered. Depredations in Ijouistana. Clinton, La., Jane 13th.—The Federals arc committing great depredations near Baton Rouge and surrounding c «antry. They go to the different plantations and inquire for cotton, and, if the cotton is burnt, they ask who burnt it. If the owner answers that he burnt it, they march him off and destroy everything on tlie premises; drive off cattle, sheep, hogs, &c., and lay waste tbe premises; But if he answers that the government had his cotton burnt, and the owner can show a certificate that the gov ernment had the cotton burned, they generally let things alone. The plantations of Messrs. Geo. Keller, Pike, Castle, Tom. Bird and Capt. Cams, have been entirely destroyed. Clinton, June 14*h.—Four or five thousand Federals, with gnnboats and transports, were preparing to leave Baton Rouge yesterday for Vicksburg. A few Federal officers and men went ten niiios east of B iton U rage a few days ago, to the" plantation of Major Stephen Roberts, an old veteran of 1S14, to devastate his place As the. Federals entered his house, he shot one of their officers. IIU son, Josiah Roberts, was killed in the affair. , . . _ The old veteran Is now a prisoner in Baton R »uge, together with another one of his 6ons, vVa-hington Robert*. The Federals destroyed everything ou the place, but smoke house a^d barn. Butler’s Doctors wont Do —It is ram cred that Picayune Butler, the veritable butler of the St. Charles Hotel, New Orleans, sent for Dr. Warren Stone, when the following conversation Is said to have occurred : Butler—I require your services with my officers. My army surgeons are well enough— but they are not acquainted with the diseases of this climate. * g tone —Then, what did yon bring them to New Orleans for? Butler—Never mind that question—I want you to prescribe Tor.them. Stone—I’ll see you d—d first! The Doctor left, bat was soon arrested, and permitted to depart again on the “necessary evil.” The Hanging: of Wm. B, mumford In New Orleans. AtiDainfqTbut»plain duty awaits performance at thiUb stops of Abe authorities here. It is to select from the enemy’s prisoners in onr hands a subject for retiiaation for the illegal, barbar ous and infamous hangiugof Wm. B. Mumford in New Orleans lor the “crime” of tearing the Yankee ensign from the Mint in that city, ou the 24;h of April last. The facts of the case are, that the Yankees, having passed the forts below New Orleans, made their appearance off the city on tue 24;h of April, and demanded its sai render. The Mayor replied that the city was at the mercy of the Yankees, but that it would never be surrendered. Uuder such circum stances the Yankee commander sent a party ou shore to hoist their flag on the public build ings. Tney were not forcibly resisted, and ex ecuted their orders unmolested, but no sooner had they gone on board of their boats than Mumford went to the top of the Mint and tore the hated banner down. The crowd assisted him. and, in a few minntes, the “stars and stripes” so defiantly flung to the breeze were trampled beneath the feet of the indignant people ol the city and dragged through the streets. This act of Mumford was committed before the city of New Orleans had surrendered. The Hag was planted upon the dome of the public buiidiug ov iprce. and. while thsro no act of the authorities to bind him, Mumtord was perfectly justifiable in tearing it down. Indeed, the Hog was placed there While nego tiations were being conducted between the commander of the Yankee fleet and the author ities, and, under these circumstances, tho rais- ' ing of ihe enemy’s flag was a plain violation of the rules and amenities of war, and an outrage on the authorities and people of the city. Bat even under the harshest rule of construc tion, the act ol Mumtord having been com mitted before the city of New Orleans had sur rendered, and while she was steadily refusing to do so, was nothing more than an act of war, for which he was no more responsible than as a prisoner of war. It was an act, too, to which no l.ie was sacrificed or blood shed, and which ameunted to nothing more-than a show of re sentment to the flag of the enemy. For this simple uiauiieslatioii of hostility to an enemy who had neither occupied the city with his forces, nor received its surrender from the authorities, the unhappy man, Mumford, has beeu huug in open day by the order of But- * ler. the tyrant of New Orleans. From such accounts of the affair as we have beeu able to gather, it appears that the brutal sentence of death, on the gallows, was carried into effect in the presence'ot thousands of spec tators. The victim was surrounded by a cor don of armed men, ready to prevent any at tempt at a rescue. The crowd looked on, scarcely believing their senses, unwilling to think that even such a tyrant as Butler could really have the heart to murder a citizen of the Coniederate States thus openly, and hoping every moment for a reprieve or a pardon ; but none ca'me, and the soul of the martyr was ushered, by violent hands, into the presence of its God. For this horrible and ghastly outrage there comes a cry lor vengeance. A sharp and dire vengeance must be "executed. The law of re taliation is a severe, but merciful one; it is a part of the civilized code ol war; it i* intended to check and chastise its excesses ; and the spirit that constantly threatens its application, but shrinks from it from weakness or maudlin tenderness, is alike childish in its nature aud cruel in its consequences.—[Rich. Examiner. Yankee Hearth on the Tennessee.—A late number of the Louisiana Journal contains the following doleful account: Dr. Blackman returned last night from Pitts burg, coming up on the Superior to New Al bany. and from fhence by rail. The Superior has on board 555 sick and wounded, aud, una ble to come up the river over the Falls, she will discharge her load bel<»w and return to the Tennessee. Dr. Blackman slates that the banks ol the Tennessee river are cavered by the sick soldiers, to be counted by thousands upon thousands. Tney are necessarily poorly pro vided for, and the boats are leaving hourly crowded with the invalids. The weather is very hot, and the sickness is rapidly increasing. Gen. Haileck has made hie arrangements not to bring Lis wounded at tho battle of Corinih from the field, but they will be cared for at Corinth. The roads were wretched, and our troops enduring all kinds of privations and hardships to reach the enemy’s fortifications. Dr. Blackman is still Brigade Surgeon of the army, the Secretary of War refusing to accept his resignation. Moke Yankee Vandalism.—The Yankees and Lories iu tiieir wild retreat from Chattanoo ga, a few weeks since, went to the house of a poor old lady in Sequatchie county, who had an only son in the Confederate army, droira her^ out of her house, killed her cow and calf not even “paring her dog, earned off all her chick ens and family supplies, tore down the fencing from around the house, and then threw down the chimney. They passed on to the' next house, owned by a gentleman in the Confeder-* ate service, killed or drove off all his stock, offered indignities to his wife, burned his out houses, and tore down the fences from around his growiug wheat and corn crops. All this was done by. the tacit permission ot Gen. Nagely who telegraphed from Shelbyville that he nad won a “brilliant victory” at Chattanooga “after two days hard lighting, completely routing the lebels” with severe loss, and that the “Union” was in a fair way of being “restored” in that section! * * * 1 * - } fr. TELEGRAPHIC. * ; gj»-' ' ** • IMPORTANT FH0M FLORIDA. JOHN BULL BLOCKADING 8T. AUGUS TINE AND THE ST. JOHN’S—THE YAN* KEES STARVING—^CAPTURE OF A LIN* COLN TRANSPORT—THE YANKEES RE* TREATING. [PRIVATE US3PATCU ] Bat.!*wtx, (Fla.) June 26.—Information, consfiltred writable, has b«*u received here that.British, ships are naw block ailing the port o‘. St. .Augustine, cutting off an supplies bound for ff,e Yankees A Lincoln Iran*.' uZd 1“ “pr“l U ° S 10 "‘- ter ’ c *P* u,ed “O !• »o» At list account, tho Federal troop, al gt AoomVcc were In ..frying condition and^p^^” across the country to ihe Sk Johns. ^ |It is also reported here that the British war vessel* are blockading the month of the 3L Johns* river. ,i -M The Fight of Wednesday near Richmond. XHE EXE MY DRIVEX RACK TO TIIEIR CAJIP. Expectation of a General Engagement. ’ [Special d«*»patch to ihe Savannah Repubhcan.} , ' Kk'iimono, Juno 2i» —Tho difficulty obtaining in formation Irom the line3 is illu-riratod by the indeflnl e accounts in tho morning rapers of the battle of yes terday on tho WilHaineburg road. So far as the iaefs could be obtained, it appearacer tain that tho JTirat ^julaiaua J^ogjucnJ were engaged for some time with two brigades of the enemy, who drove ia our picks.8 about $ o’clock, a. m. Regard less of the heavy odds, the Confederates advanced up on ihe foe shouting the battle cry of “Butler! Butler!’’ The front of ihe enemy’s lino fell back in confusion undo: thajflerce onset, and the whole brigado would have be-n dr.ven from the Held but for a murderous cross-tire from the enemy’s ambuscade in th.-woods. Tim First Louisiana was afterwards supported by other regiments of General Wright’s Brigade, aud the fluting was continued through tho day until the ene my were dislodged froxn-lh* woods and driven to their camp, which to >k place in the afternoon. Riiusom’aaml ilahouo’s Brigades ware both engaged rand ahlJd in driving back the Yankees. Col. Shivers and^llajor Nolligan, of tho 1st Louisiana, were, each, ' wounded in the arm. Lients. Gilmore and Mnrphey, ol the Montgomery Guards, Now Orleans, were both kilfettV ** i The total loss on the Conlbderato side, in killed and ^ oauded is estimated at about two hundred. The loss Of the enemy is very heavy. LATER. Up to one o’clock t>-d:iy there has been only occa sional caanonudLg along tho linaa^ The general ex- pecXatf »n of t£ great battle to-day has’notbeen realized. m ■ W, i Wk mm. r-ii: I . ; :* ! ;* 'fSf Wm.

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The Savannah Republican. (Savannah, Ga.) 1858-1865, June 27, 1862, Image 1