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FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 28,1861.
• FORWARD TO WASHINGTON tf’
We thank God we are not in command of the I
VOLUNTEERING IN THh NORTH. \v e are gratified at the prompt and fearless *c-
- Whatever has been or may yet be the case in ^ . he 8 c<jtifederflU! Congress in levying a di-
the North, it is certain that just now, the war g ^ re(kmption of the Treasury note*,
fever has subsided below the wMMtlypehi UcontraaU beautifully with the sneaking policy of
Our Northern despatches of the 16th show thb ^ Lincoln GoTernII1 eDt, in passing a Ur bill to
to be true. The forty-eight “ skeleton" reg.- ^ pffect nelt ApriIi w j t h the assent of the State
ments to go forward from New York and the j cgiri aiurea. That Government appropriates half
I of 8,00u militia “ if necessary"—the a bHK#n of dolbiref to be borrowed, and then dodges
promise
31 skeletons from Philadelphia, with an aver- a Ury Ux npon iM people to secure the payment
Confederate army or any part thereof and have j age of j ess tban tbrec hundred to the regiment 1 of ^ j^regt on the loan, while it bolds out to its
no personal responsibility far a single one of its _ (he clamor of Cameron to the Black Repub- cred itors the idea that a Ux has been actu-
movements. Had some evil fortune derolved . j ican Q overnors —ill these facts point usrnifc- .jjy passed. The prompt and patriotic manner in
that trust in our hands, wc would be ready to , ul . ab ]y ^ dr y t i me9 j n volunteering. These w y c h the free and loyal people of the South will
make oath the Republic was ruined. But if, in skeleton regiments were most of them in pro- respond to this demand of the Confederate Gov-
" A 1 cess of formation long before the battle of Man eminent, will demonstrau the depth of their Uevo-
assas plains; and thus, even their meagre ranks . tion to independence and self-government,
furnish little evidence of the disposition of the Tbe ux itself ought to raise our Treasury notes
Northern people to volunteer.
-Could the actual >Ute of facts be ascertained
addition to such a trust, it had been required
of us to direct the anry movements from the
cobwcbbed and musty purlieus of the editor’s
sanctum, without any knowledge of the force
or condition of our own army, or that of the
enemy—the state of the commissariat—the to
pography of tbe country—the enemy’s fortifi
cations—in a word, of tho obstacles to be met,
or the means to meet them, our despair would
be complete.
How much wiser than ourselves arc the
Southern editors who are shouting “ on to
Washington >” Heaven only knows, but wc
fear not a great deal. Their shouts sound to
us much like Greeley’s cry of “On to Rich
mond!" and we have strong apprehensions
that if their clamor is heeded, no better result
will follow.
Three months of field warfare with the North
em hosts have been followed with results as
favorable as any Southern patriot could ask.—
Three months of actual campaigning haye cov
ered the South with glory, and filled the North
with shame and confusion. An enemy which
started out ninety days since, confident of over
running and subjugating the whole country in
that time, is now doubtful and despondent-
ready to admit that they cannot cope with
on equal terras, and extremely doubtful wheth
er they can successfully meet us at all. Three
months of campaigning end with the Southern
blood up at fever heat, and volunteers rushing
to our vic'orious-standards with unsurpassed
numbers and ardor, and three months find the
North cow,,.* loudly for unwilling recruits, and
resorting to the draft. Could any man ask
more? ard bow many ol such three months
will be required to satisfy the North that their
ideas of aul.j {gating the South arc as prepos
terous as a lunatic’s dream?
'But three months such as these do not satis
fy our field marshals of tho press. They arc
impatient ol thelaggaro movements of the army
of tha Potomac. They are weary ol news
which docs not tell of a grand battle, and their
imaginations arc fired with the idea of bring
ing Linedd, Seward and the whole adminisira
tion, captives to Richmond, ticd'to thowiclori-
o.is chariots of the Confederate conquerors.
Well, wclL ^ We suppose our Generals to be
made ol other stuff than old Scott, or they too,
might lie precipitated by the printers into inva
sion. We have no doubt tfley will take their
own course and their own' time,'and we will
rest contcht with the result, whatevor it may
be. It seems probable thatajorward and in
vasive movement is contemplated, and let our
readers prepare themselves for any result,—
Upon our own soil, wo aro invincible. When
we cross the line, another problem is ,to be
* solved. We have to taeet the enemy in his
own position and behind entrenchments. When
we enter the territory of Maryland and threaten
- the Lincoln-Capita), we appeal to the manhood
of tho North against us. The response will be
a half million volunteers and a revival of the
war enthusiasm beyond what It has ever been.
We shall thank God for success in this forward
movement—we shall feel a profounder joy than
anybody else, if our troops shall rout the Lin
coln legions in Maryland soil, and drive them
* Northward to their own dens, from "the faet
that we led no assurance of -such -a result—
When the Potomac is crossed, let our readers
prepare their minds for any fortune," and re
member that whatever may betide our invasive
experiments, we shall be still able to defend
our own soil against the assaults of the enemy.
above all other securities and paper circulation in
the hands of the people. At a loose conjecture,
we have no doubt that it would be discovered ,
we think it thould produce somewhere between
ot tnat n w„u,u uc ^ mUUon3 of dollars. The slave pro-
thatnota man has volunteered for the ranks ’ ^ ^ pro(Jucc ^ nine t0
for the past month unless under stress of want. — - - - w- 1 —
THE BLOCKADE. A TESTf , Delegates to the Gubernatorial Convention.
The Lincoln Blockade i-s getting into a prccaii-1 The Richmond Examiner appears apprehen- ( The following is a complete list <- f delegates to 1
oua condition, and we begin to think it will not live sive that the Direct Tax will operate as a se- I the Gubernatorial Convention, as far as we have
till frost. Our impression was that it would be j vere test to the great cause of Southern liberty, , been able to obtain the lists:
broken up bv France and England some time j security and independence. If he fears that Bibb.—T. G. Holt, John B. Lamar, Abr.er Lock- York Tr >bune“ under date of Ai^usi 1st
About the In it of November or first of December, ^gy much, he misunderstands the character of j ett, 0. G. Sparks. the following vividj picture of the terr^’I
next; but it mil not last fo long. Indeed, the our r e0 ple, and misapprehends the solemn con- Rulloch.— S. L.Moore, S.HarviIIe. retreat from Bull’s Run. He says :
patch is m follows — great struggle. Georgians undertook it in no. ^umhn.Luk^M Gmn R. Cannon, B.O. Craw- fallen upon our gallant army. The sights a^d
Ricuosn, August 20.-The Government, I hear,! no resentments-to IIon . E fflaBR our way
has this afternoon received despatchesby telegraph, 1 ’Ullulgg n0 wh.ms, and try no experiments.— and John C. Smith, Esq.
The Night After the Bniilr ai
VIVID PICTURE OF IT.
A T? ashington corr-espondent of the
1 Arif , rriblir,n nn/1 ,1.«. 4 . _
Court House, where we arrived at two o’clock
millions of this sum. The Confederate securities,
Thousands are unemployed and must either we t0 5e the be8t securides bn earth, and w f . ,
beg, steal, starve or volunteer; and it is the we undertake to say that every one of them will I l * 011 * t,ie Showing from tht Loi. . )n
misery of the people alone that makes soldiers ^ redeemed before it Is due, if holders consent to
for the Lincoln government. ^
The World of the 12th stated that, at the COTTON VS. ^VOOLEN SOCKS-
three recruiting rendezvous in New York, ‘only \y e bsvc seeni ; n several of our exchanges,
fifteen men were added to the service last week.’ ; express i ons 0 f apparently intelligent opinion,
stating that the English Government has sent or-j They saw nothing in the proposition to submit Chatham.—Julian Hartridge, Edwin If Bacon . ,
ders to Admiral Milne, commanding the powerful t0 the hostile domination of a sectional aboli- *> T. Thompson, Hiram Roberts, F. W. Sms, Levv , neV t r be elfactfl from
British squadron in the Gulf, to see that British . , . ,. . , . . , S. D’Lyon. ' f®*?**?’ *. or “ye long hours we stemmed the
merchant vessels be adequately protected in their tlon party but cer^in and inevitable rum at no ! Effingham.—Thomas R. Hines, Maj. A. G. For- [ ™
ingress to am! egress from the ports of the South, distantday. The catastrophe might have been ter, Henry McCloud—E. C. Corbitt, alternate,
over which Lincoln claims that his paper blockade postponed a few years but it was bound to Houston.—Green. Hill, I)r. W. A. Mathews, W.
extends. I know that high officials here believe - , / , . ' D. Allen, J. W. Woolfolk.
’ come soon > and the onl >' avenue of esca P e i Liberty.—Messrs. A. Winn, S. M. Varndoe, S.
at the threshold. That once passed, and Black ; A. Fraser, W. L. Walthour, E. Daniels, and II. H.
Republicanism fairly inaugurated as the con-
trollingpowerof all the energies and resources J Ru^ei^ 1
of the Federal Government, we should be tied j Clark, Jonn yumn, vv. »v. uarraru. 1 wenrv lmn«rrmi . AT.y’ tt:—I 1 ™
handandfoot, and escape *_*&&***• .feghS^S J ^senate
“Recruiting for the army ” says that paper, tbat coarse, thick, cotton socks will be far pre
“is dead—aotuallv dead.” The Herald to- I f ersb | e f or tbe soldier, to those made of woolen
spondsfora reason that “ it is because of the j y arn An old correspondent of the Nashville
bad treatment of the troops in food and cloth
ing—the cheating and swindling which have
been practiced upon them, and the fanaticism
which has sought to pervert the wnr into one
of abolition.” That paper says “ the troops
sent forward to Washington, once so enthusi
astic, have returned dejected and dispirited,
and they go about the city exposing their suf
ferings, and the oonsequence is, no recruits can
be obtained.’ -
Union and American who has tried them both
under much the same kind of exposure to
which our soldiers will be subjected, siys the
cotton are warmer and better. They do not
sweat the, feet like woolen, and when wet can
be dried in half the time. An intelligent gentle
man of Macon who has tried them both, first one
and then the other in tramps'over these same
Western Virginia mountains, says the cotton
are far better. And so, we think, of under-
lint whatever maybe the cause—whether . . . , , ,
, , , ' / • shirts. A thick cotton undershirt willbewarm-
the harsh treatment of fnends or foes-.t .s er than an<J bea better security against
dear the rage for vo.unteermg is gone m the | rheumatism A fr!tn d who bad been victimized
North and as the records do not show a smgle to inflammat rheulnatism for years and had
case of resurectxngn Northern sensaUon which ; w ..... a in , lUO u»w; n , „ilk and rep flan-
has once run Us course, we are quit*-»re North- ‘ ne , . t toM u S tha^ at last, npon the'ear-
ei n volunteering has diedout tinally,unless some c ntr ctv of a physician, he put on thick
unexpected cause should arise—such for ex
ample, as the repolling of actual invasion. In
lhat case, no one need misjudge the’North so
far as to believe they would not rush to arms to
defend their own soil, with something: of- the
enthusiasm and spontaniety which tbe gallant
sons of the South ltave displayed in rescuing
the soil of the Old 'Dominion from the polluting
footsteps of the invader. - ' ' -
And right here we can assign, for the benefit
of the Herald, what we believe to be one great
reason why Northern volunteering lias run to
seed in so brief a time. When the shout rang
over the North that the “flag" had been in
sulted, and Washington, New York, Philadel
phia and Boston had been openly threatened in
a public speech in the Confederate Capital by
a member of the Cabinet, wc have no'doubt
that tho Northern prisoners in-.Richmond say
cotton and in a few weeks thereafter the rheu
matism left him forever. Cotton is a cure as well
as a preventive to rheumatism. Wool is scayco,
but we have plenty of cotton. Why not try
good” thick cotton socks ’and undershirts V
CITIZEN’S MEETING.
The meeting yesterday to appoint delegates
to the Gubernatorial Convention to assemble
at Milledgoville oh the 11th of September, was
largely attended, every portion ol the county
being represented. 'T.'C.-Nisbot, was called to
tbe Chaif, and GoL J. Josey rcquested to act as
Secretary.
On motion of E. C. Grier, Esq., a com*-
m ittee of seven to report the names of suitable
persons for delegates, were appointed. The
committee consisting, oif E. C.’Grier, Esq., T.
G. Jloh. O. G. Spark.-, J>i\ Branham, J.
such to be th« fact, and the members of the Cabi
net seem highly gratified.
We do not, however, credit this statement, al
though very probably it had foundation in instruc
tions to the British Admiral looking that way. In
other words, the Mercury has stated the case too
strongly. We have the statement of English pa
pers that Admiral Milne did send home for iustruc-
Jones.
I Muscogee.—P,
memory.
flood of panic-stricken civilians, streatninc bv
on horseback and in carriages, bailing their
steeds to tbe top o: their bent - c f army wag
ons, emptied o, their loads, and filled' with
stragg ers, urging their tired teams forward
with all speed; of.soldiers of allraeiments ; n
squads of threes, fives and twenties, some i
iscogcc.—P. J. Phillips. A. M. Jeter, J. M. complete armor, and others ‘Urinned of
:lh Thomas Sloan, J. J. Abercrombie, Benj. , thing but trousers, shirts and sho^and all so
, John Quinn, W. AV . Garrard. weary, htini'rv and (Xnt cr.ra _ v ,
w Gresham, PT S. Holt and Washington Poa, re
truly lhat they volunteered to save \\ ashing- . , ; . , • - “ - . ,
•• * ^ I iipa/l «ft or n iirmf Prtncn lalmn r#»nnrlr»n
ton and avenge the V insult’’ to their flag.
Thousands of the baser sort might have had
other motives—but those could not set the
l Thoy were but the scuul that floated
on the current * > _
But when this pretence of saving Washing-
tired, and after a_ brief consultation, reported
the’ names of the following persoas for delegate
to the Gubernatorial Convention, which was.
unanimously adopted: T. 'G- Holt, John B.
Lamar, Abner Lockett, 0. G. Sparks.
On motion ol Washington Poe, Esq., the
ton was exposed, and. these Volunteers, the | cwttoittec were empowered to fill all vaeancics.
THE NEW YORK .PARTIES. -
After a considerable interchange of diplomat
ic notes, the three New York political factions
have taken their ^round off follows:
1. The Black Republicans for a vigorous
prosecution of the war and ar. unquestioning
support of the Lincoln administration.
- 2. Tho Douglas Democrats lor 'a vigorous
prosecution of the war, but also for opening the
doors for a liberal accommodation with the:
South under the Constitution and the Union,
and for undying opposition to the doctrines of
the “Irrepressible conflict’’
•*. The Breqjvinridgc Democrats affirm^ that
the present VariSTltf no sense a struggle for the
Union, and belike that those who precipitated
<T neither careJfor nor desire a restoration.-f--
They advocate an armistice and a convention;
and gratified at the refusal of theJDouglas men
to co-operate with the Republicans, propose to
oall no separate Convention, but to bOry all
minor differences, and unite in the Douglas
Convention at Syracuse.
It trill be seen that none of the platforms are
• 3atisfoctory—none of them affirm the time hon
ored democratic doctrine of sovereignty of the
the State*—none of them denounce coercion
and subjugation as an equal outrage upon the
rights of the States, upon the fundamental the
ory of republican institutions, end upon «Very
authoritative exposition of the nature and char
acter of the Federal compact
• Wc think it is probable, if the Caggerittfe
and Breckinridge men unite upon good candi
dates, they will give the Black Republicans a
lofty tumble. Thc good that may oome oiit of
it will lie in a partial repudiation by New^foi k
of Seward and the Lincoln administration, and
tbe turning of come of the Lincolnifes out of
Congress. .
great mass of whom were democrats and op
posed to Lincolnism. were told that they must
invade Virginia, all that enthusiasm was gone,
and wo believe the minds'of many ot them re
volted from the task. The Five Pointers and
ragamuffins, and the Black Republicans, might
have rq oiced over the prospect of plunder, ra
pine and massacre, but we don’t believe .the
men in the Northern army .susceptible to any
of the moral qualities which, as much as bone
and muscle, make the good soldier, had any
. A resolution inviting the citizens of Monroe
and Pike counties, to meet with tb f ‘ citizens of
Bibb,' in a Convention, at Forsyth, on the 17th
bf September, to select a candidate for Senator
from this Senatorial district, was unanimously
adopted.
Major Thomas Hardeman being present was
loudly called for at the close of the meeting.
In response to tbe call, he appeared npon tho
stand,-and-addressed-tbe meeting in a tew brief
and eloquent remarks. He had coino to "the
■gone when they found that, instead of defend
ing their own soil, they .were to invade the toil
of the South. U ... . r
And.these leelings In the ranks were soon im
pressed upon minds of others like them at home,
who were looker! to to beep up A steady cur
rent of fresh volunteers. They began to draw
back immediately after Mie Northern army
crossed the Potomac,and volunteering languish
ed soon after that-event. We do not believe
heartfor the business. The “enthusiasm"-was ‘ meeting, he saiil, to see many of his bid friends
without expecting to make a speech, nor did
be intend doing so. He had witnessed in this
meeting-a verification of a passage -in the Sac
red-Scriptures, “ that -the Lion and the IxCmb
chou iw wpftcr,” tie hoped tbit tne'day
was far distant when they should be separated.
We were qn5 people in interest, and he trust
ed that we were one in "battling for tho same
glorious' principles. He' liked the spirit of unity
and accord that prevailed in our midst, _ He
the mass of such of the Northern - people as I wouId „ tothos8 prcs ^t, who had friends or
will volunteer, the Irish, the democrats, can ( kindred under his commMldi tliat they were
.enter heartily into the business of invading the „„ and ^ ere Co o n try,'without
-South. The German ibolltiomsls-the few com laint or murmur]Wrully;Wcnfyttm-
Black Republicans who are willing to risk their j ^ ajnt beingUiat tbcyt f rilin their position, at
hecks towrry out their doctrines-the loafers, | prcsent> wer £ inactive . *
vagabonds and thieves who live by (heir vice?, J This brJef anJ pithy . addreS9i breathing - the
maydKrdelightod with mvasion but rest-as irit tliRt aUould actmte every Georgian at
surod.the business does not find a responsive this tjtn ^ loudiy applauded by the' audi-
c.-lio in till- mui'L «.f tiiOM- wno nm>t mas- up .. . * . • . • • j
the file of an effective Northern army. Re- i
verse the picture, and Jet it bo their soil inva-
We'may add in conclusion, that whbn the
hesitate in the course it should adopt’ 1
All the English papers from which we have seen
extracts quoted are unanimous in denouncing the
blockade; and calling for the effective interposition
of the Government against it. The London Herald
trips up tbe Lincoln Blockade very handsomely, as
follows:—
"Duiii.g the Italian war, when the Kin- of
Naples thought of blockading the Neapolitan ports,
an American vessel forced an entrance, and was
subsequently indemnified for the Joss sustained by
the seizure, the Federal Government claiming tbat
such abjochade^—the blockade pf a nation’s own
ports again.-t aliens—was without the sanction of
international law, and, of course, invalid. When
1 such a point has been contested successfully by the
Federal.Government, it is at. once apparent what
the determination of the Federal Government would
be-were we to attempt to maintain a blockade simi-
to its own of tbe ports of Europe in a war against
the European powers.’!
Tho Now York Journal of Commerce publishes
the following extract from a letter to a New York
merchant from a leading firm in London:
“London, August 2. *
“OsSorne (Donegal, No. 101) is ordered .to tho
North American station. We are preparin’ enor
mous reinforcements to protect British commerce
against 4 blockade, which is both illegal and ineffi
cient .
“There are only t£n weeks’ consumption of cot
ton in tbe oooatay.
“Even if you uould whip Gen. Beauregard, he
has only to retire and await events ’
"There is no possibility of getting a loau here,
so Mr. Chase must depend ou what he can get at
homy.” . . . . v
The military and naval movements from France
and England to the American coast and Canada;
show conclusively to our mind,that movements are
od foot in that quarter which, it'is thought, will
involve a collision with the Lincoln Government.
These movements can be no other than the rupture
of the Blockade. Thus, while we do. not credit
Lm. mat orders to break the blockade
Shipping Gazette of the 1st August:—
“It has been stated that Admiral Milne, com
manding on the West India station, finding him
self placed in a position of difficulty, and in the
neighborhood of operations, the propriety of
which he does not exactly comprehend, has writ
ten home for instructions. We are not, as yet,
aware what may he the decision of the Government
iu reference to the very important question raised
by Admiral Milne's despatches, but this we will
venture to say, that there will be no retreat, on
the part of our Government, from the principle laid
down in the declaration of Paris, relative to the ef
fectiveness of blockades, and we have every rea
son to believe that Ministers will have, in the en
forcement of this policy, the hearty co-operation
of the French Government. "* .* ■
“If it shall appear that the Southern coast is not
effectively blockaded, but that, nevertheless, sei
zures are made on the high seas of British or
French vessels and their cargos, on pretence ol
having bioken a blockade never fairly established,
then it will be the duty of France and England, at
whatever hazard, to maintain, with all their power,
the freedom of the seas, and to cast the responsi
bility of any collision that may occur on those who
wantonly provoke it, by a disregard of those obli
gations which the code of international law impo
ses on all maritime Stales. Wc do not say that
the necessity has actually arisen for action so
prompt and decided on the part of England. We
have strong hopes that the conflict in the United
States will not be prolonged. But we cannot dis
guise from ouiselves that events have occurred and
acts have been committed which, if they be repeat
ed, will render a decisive movement on the part of
the English or the French Government, or of both Confederate Congress, maintain the cr"<jit of
—
was impossible.
That these conclusions were sound, every
event since the beginning of the struggle,-has
contributed to demonstrate. Nay more! The
deadly hostility of the North to this section—
her intense selfishness—her utter recklessness
of every constitutional restriction—her dupli
city and falsehood—her remorseless cruelty—
have all far exceeded the apprehensions of the
most despairing, and stopped the mouth of
every sensible man who had conceived the idea
that the South could be safe in her power. The
men who were reluctant to give up the Union
until some “ overt act” of tyranny had illus
trated the ruthless character of the most de
praved and abandoned party which ever sprang
up like a fungus from the feeted political cor
ruption of the North, are now fully satisfied,
anil thank God wc did not wait to begin the
struggle for liberty until the grasp of the ty
rants was upon our throat.
And is a tax of .fifty cents on a. hundred dol
lars’ value of property going to be a doubtful
test $! fealty to the great cause of liberty and
Bali"government undertaken upon such convic
tions?. The voice of every Georgian who has
heart in his bosom or blood in his - veins,
woulifanswer such a question with a hiss of
indignant rebuke! No! Tax us enough -to
j Peden “ grave could have impelled them onward-
' Spaulding.—C H. Jobnfon, J. H. Aikin. , of ambulances, hearing wounded men. cut and
Sumter.—Gen. George W. Bivins, D. H Hill and “-sngured by every conceivable form of muti-
A. A. Adams, Esqrs. Iation ; of vehicles broken down, overturned
Thomas.—A. T. Mclntire, A. P. Wright and W. i and abandoned by their occupants in their in-
G. Ponder. sane flight; of artillery horses, running loose
Taylor.—Dr. J. D. Bell, I)r. J. Griffith. with their harness dangling at their hc-U, and
Walker.—J. B. Sorrells, .DeKalb Reynolds, Geo. , of cattle for the camp, turned back to avoid
Spence: alternates, Tlios. Cooper, W. D. Malcom. capture, and wending their lazv wav to the
_ ■*** Potomac, or wherever else thev m -bt t’caxa
. 'COMPLAINTS FROM CITIZENS. to wander.
* Some of the citizens in the southwest part of We passed vehicles in everv stage bf c
the town, below the passenger station, ask us
to state briefly, that by reason of their end of
town being made a depository for city garbage
oi all kinds, including dead animals, the atmos
phere has - become exceedingly offensive and
prejudicial to health. Thev respectfully pro- n ‘ as f of blankets, knapsacks and haversacks,
., . .. - -. . ..." t.j.- the latter containing letters and mementoes of
pound to the etty authonttes, whether, !f they: affection fr£ . sh ]oved . oncs at b 0 „e.-
pay their taxes and deport themselves like good | yonder were a comple of kegs of powder
citizens, their comfort is not entitled to as much , rolled into close proximity with the most de-
consideration as that of others. ' structive kinds of -shot, shell and other death
missiles. While here and there the army driv-
tion—wheels off. axle- broken, haxnaai __
beveled. Implements, habiliments. arid nttenk-
tions of war, were strewn around at wkmrt in
tervals, or tumbled in heaps by the rot iside.
Here lay muskets of the rhoisest patterns—
there were scattered in wild medlev a mingled
Qck Market Rei-okt.—The attention of our
country readers is specially directed to our re
port of tho market in this city. We have en
deavored to make it as reliable as we"possibly
can. It is carefully compiled from the state
ments of our leading merchants, and we think
perfectly reliable.
ers, ’’to facilitate their cowardly flight, had
emptied their wagons of pork, oats, sugar and
like commodities, which were scattered about
in the most scandalous confusion. As a proof
oTthe utter abandon that prevailed, I was
amused to hear a loquacious Hibernian, -dress
ed in the costume of the Zouaves, who had be-
strided an elegantly caparisoned horse, say, in
reply to my sharp inquiry, “Whose horse is
were * ^at, and where did you get him that he had
e .._ .... w Military.-—The'following officers I j. ■
carry this struggle toa triumphautconclusion! chosen to command the 13th Regiment Georgia StartttajIX
Volunteers, at an election held at Brunswick on I w b j] e he was dyine- 1
Saturday last:? ...... ' Aftera while the main driltof carriages and
Colonel.—Capt. Carey W. Styles.
Lieut. Col.—Capt. Lane.' -
Major.—Lieut. T. N. Gardner.
blow lack vigor for want of money!. TaX us
all that is necessary. We will stand to it to
our utmost ability. “Millions for defence, but
nqt a cent for .tribute” to the Northern aboli-_
tion fiends: Talk of a test tax of 50 cents on
a hundred dollars 1' Our contributions to this
cause are daily, and almost hourly 1 Our
wives and daughters are' toiling -at home, and
our sons -are shedding their blood in the field
for this cause. It involves our earthly all,
and to it our all. shall go if needful.F Such
would and will be the response of Georgians to
the test proposition 1
THE LAST ABOLITION GULL .
IVe republish to-day from the New York Herald
of the 11th, (copied from a Cincinnati paper,) the
report of the last lying Yankee fugitive from Geor
gia. The man Blaisdeli came to Macon from New
York abont two years 'ago, in utter poverty, and
speedily earned here a very bad reputation. Judg
ing from our own experience, as well as the com
plaints of others, we feel well assured Blaisdeli
swindlcd.eTerbody he dealt with- * Furthermore,
he was considered very unsound on the “googe
question.” 'From Macon he went to Butler, in'
Taylor County, and repeated the operation, and
we had entirely forgotten him, till the other day
a letter was received htnn Wilkinson County, for
horseman floated by, leaving straggling soldiers
almost the sole element in the streaming tide.
On they came—on, on, in solemn, silent pro
cession, clad in all costumes, belonging to all
~ * • j 1 regiments, uttering not a word except in re-
A* Excellent Selection.—-A. B. seals, Esq.,' eponse to some query oi mine, or to make a
the accomplished editor of the American Week- hurried inquiry for the direct route to Fort
ly Host has been elected Professor of Ancient
Languages and Mathemathics in the Furlow
Tate the Institute upon their securing the ser
vices of so finished a scholar and well post?d
gentleman as friend ijeals.
Corcoran, the Long Bridge, or Alexandria. As
we pushed onward, the current grow stronger,
■“ . 6 t ^ . but maintained the same disorderly flow. From
Masonic Institute of Amencus. We congratu- yjj tQps and va!k . JS) wbere eye could
Oglethorpe University.— 1 The exercises at this
Institution will be resumed on Tuesday! the 1st of
October, the usual time forbeginning the Collegi
ate year. - . - - .
compel their return, and to enforce within
their limits the laws of the United States, has
assumed the proportions of a civil war of vast
magnitude, threatening the people ofthe coun
try not only with the burdens of enormous tax-
es and public debt, but tbe destruction of all
publication in the Telegraph, stating that the exti- .their varied material interests, and the lives of
zens ofthe County, incensed at his base conduct,
had treated him to tar and feathers and ridden
him on a wooden steed. As for Blaisdell’s planta
tion and negroes, we do not believe he ever honest
ly owned a.cent’s value of anything in Georgia.
THE GERMAN ARTILLERY.
This corps is now organized by the election
and commission of F. H. Blkguaed, Captain.
ai.J J. H.'King, N. Bmswanger, and F. Herzog,
, first, second and third Lieutenants. The ser-
1iaw« acMafiy oaiaa, because there-U just y< t no
commercial necessity for breaking it, and we infer T 55
that both France and Englaud, in the absence ef
such .necessity Will prefer to wait on events - still,
ft is hardly-to be questioned that both those pow
ers aie’quiet) f-and vigorously taking all the
sary steps preparatory to a rapture of the blockade
at any moment their interests require it. *
The XfOuisvillo Journal and Gov. Brown.
A friend has sent us a copy of the Louisville Jour
rial of the Uth instant. It is a loathsome sheet—
Btdre malignant in its hatred of the Ooutt OOd-oftift „
Confederate States, if possible, than the. New York Germans, into service, and if will Be pne of the
take a long section of this straggling panorama,
it presented a strangely fascinnating appear
ance. As we stopped to rest at the foot of a
long acclivity, and the full moon filtered her
beams through a slight haze, an unusually
dense line of half-armed soldiers stretched away
to the top, looking through the light cloud of
powdered dust like some huge serpent wound-
i ed in a mortal part, and writhing with a mazy
; motion as he dragged his extended folds down
the B *- k* Mil • - *
There are darker shades to this gloomy pics
. ture,-and J feel it my . duty to show some of
them upon the canvas. No tran is botni to
Peace meeting in Bloomsfield, Conn
At a large meeting held August the 5 th at
the above place, the following preamble and
resolutions were adopted: r _„ m
Whereas One third of the sovereign States enter our volunteer corps—certainly no one
heretofore comprising the United States, have j compelled to assume rasponsible command,
withdrawn from the Union, and the effort to ’ Whoever 'docs take upon himself these high
" ’ ” 1 Lr- obligations, is bound to show himself neither a
dastard nor a sneak. I can excuse the common
soldiers who yielded to a panic so sudden that
ere reason could resume her sway it swept
them from their feet, and bore them off the
field on an irresistible current. I pitied, them
« . , . .J meeting adjourned, the Lion and Laihb locked
dedto be defended, and the same -men will >rfns a ° d ,; a ' Iked efftogcthcr. .
T. A.R< Nelson, of Tennessee.
This gentleman, who was actually arrestid
In Virginia and carried to Richmond, was re
leased npon his pledge of honor, that be would
acquiesce in the decision of his State. He hai
since returned to Knoxville, and expresses his
determination to exert alibis influence ttf in
duce the Union men of East Tennessoe to pur
sue the same honorable course, ne has writ
ten a letter to the Knoxville JlcyUter stating
that hqreceived nothing but tho kindest treat
ment at the handsel his captors. We sinoeft
ly trust that the humane manner with which
Nelson was treated by the Confederate authors
ties, will allay the bitter animosities existing
In East 'Tennessee, and that, all the pcopl^of
that section will rally to the defence of a com
mon cause with all their strength.
Xtumorod Captoro of a Savannah Mail
Packot.
A rumor prevailed in Savannah on Monday
night, that the regular mail packet plying be
tween that city, and Florida, the St. Marys,
Capt. Freeborn, had been captured off Fernan-
dina, FJa., by t)uj blockading squadron. We
sincerely hope that the rumor may pyorc un
founded. *
Baldwin Cqi'ntt.—A meeting of the citizens of
that County'is called for Satorday next, to select
delegate* to the Gubernatorial Convention on the
llth ulL
rush to the ranks by thousands. Wc believe
this is the true reason Why volunteering in New
York is said to be “deadThis is the answer
to the question of the Herald,- “What- is the
cause of this in a city in which, three or four
months ago, the flame of military enthusiasm
burnetl so fiercejy.?’’ That.flamc was lighted
up with the false plea of defensive war—it
bullied low and flickered out when the cry
“Save Washington” was changed to “Sack
Virginia.”
Thus wc hope the .North is destined hereaf
ter to fmd vokipteers' as scarce as money, and
the scanty supplies cf both will drive the Lin-
•celn government to peace 'before long..
The Juvenile Soldiers’ Relief Society.
' The reader saw in the report published yes
terday, the acknowledgement of $815,05 turn
odover by the Juvenile Soldiers’ Relief Society
of Macon to the parent association, as* the pro
ceeds of the Fair last week. This would be Sn
extraordinary result, at any time, but it is pars
ticularly gratifying at axeaaonof such pecunia
ry stringency as the present* It has resulted
in.a nobl»c«ntribution to the military fund cf
-the Relief Society, Amd the' patriotic Juveniles
whoschhsy fingers have created it, deserve the,,
highest praise. Gireat credit is also, due the
pafris-takingand-patriotic matron ofthe Sodlety,
Mrs. Mitchell, under whose laborious superin
tendence tho enterprise was'Initiated and car
ried through- The little Misses of Vineville
contributed by their supper table nearly one
hundred dollar^to the Fund and arc entitled to
much credit - . -
NOTICE TO POtfridfANS.
Now’s tbe Say. and Now’s the Honr!
Tbe Rutland Guards trom Bibb county, Capt.
j. W. Stubbs,baring been ealledinto’the the ser
vice of the Confederate 'States, we arcrauthor
ized to say the ranks of said-company is qpt
yet fiill, and there is now an opportunity for
few more oj our young men to join the compa
ny and go at once into the service of the cdun
try.
The company goes into camp to-day .at -the
school house, near the residence of Rev. Rich
aril Cain, on the Ilawkinsvillc road about eight
miles from Macon, and remain in earap.untill
next Tuesday morning when they will take up
their line of march for Griffin .where they-will
be regularly mustered-iotO service.
Any ope wishing to join Will repott them
selves to the officers at their camp, or to Col.
L. -N. Whittle C. F. Stubbs, er E. U. Grariniss
at once that they may receive their uniforms
and outfit.
As the fashion of canvassing the merits of
gentlemen proposed as candidates to office, of
ten without their- knowledge, has proved ex
tremely offensive to some, We beg leave to say
Jhat noinoresuch communications will be pub
lished. We havener objection that names shall
bo suggested-to-office through the Telegraph in
half a dozen lines of so, but when the corres
pondent proceeds, further to show his {n an -t</>
and the others down, it Is offensive and useless.
Wc will publish nothing more of tbe kind mid
nothing of any kind personally offensive, if we
know it. There is plenty of interesting intel
ligence to fill our columns to tho exclusion of
all personal squabbles. If any body ha? any
thing ill-natured to print, he must seek some
other medium, ft shall hare no place in the
Telegraph, - I pleasure.
' “TOMPS BKQWN.”
There are circumstanoes which, in-thcopm
ion of somo of our citizens, call for a-suspen
sion of judgment in the case ot ’“Tomps Brown, ’<
or Thomas Brown, a Tennessee drover, long an
habltul of this - market, and charged by a cor
respondent of the Quitman'Guards to have teen
a Lieutenant In an Ohio company at the Cheat
River fight. In the first place, it is known
that Brown left here on the '5th July, arid the
Cheat.River light occurred on tho 10th. Jle
left pecuniary obligations due him here, from-
higlily responsible parties. He bought land in
Lee county, alleging lhat'his place on the Ten
nessee and Kentucky line, did not suit his po
litical tastes, and was unsafe for his family.
His whole- conversation and. demeanor, while
here, indicated hi*'to* be a warm* Southern
man, and he tailed to take the first prudential
step in his pecuniary affairs which he would bo
likely to have taken, if he contemplated joining
the Lincolnitcs. against the South. It is sug
gested to us to ask a suspension of opinion in
this case until the facts arc clear.
Lost or Mislaid.—Wc extremely regretthat
'a notice of tiic Ladies’ Soldiers’ Relief-Society
of Twiggs county, sent us last week, was acci
dentally lost or mislaid. This will aocount tor
its nPO-appcarance in our columns. " Should
we be enable^ to find it, we will publish it with
Tribaae. The Journal find* tn Gov. Brown’* Bar
taw Letter, in an unguarded, and (without question
ing the Governor’s personal reracJty,)‘anuntrue dec
laration therein,materials fortwo columns of editor
ial exhortations to the Kentuckians to save tbeir'lib-
erties under the'segu of Lincolndom.- Tbe. wretch
exclaims.- '
And to what- Kis Kentucky been invited by the
Skeleton fingers oi secession t To fields where
ruin has been sown broadcast, and where tbe har
vest of destruction has been abundant. War, mur
der; assassination, universal financial demoraliza
tion, robbery on land, piracy on tbe seat, hundreds
upon hundreds of deeds of brutality done upon men,
women, acd.cbildren guiltless of any crime, aro but
•portion of tbe horrid features that history, failhtut
history, has beeg painting for the past few months.
■ * ' * In Richmond, a band of conspirators, cess to them, and may the spirited and patriotic
•claiming hrbe representatives of the people, are now -
in session j and tndy cover their doings m the dark
M- of the company have bein accepted by . - .. . . , - .
,, * .. • ' Irov every w ell founded hope of a reconstruc-
- . c o r P s ^ now drillmg t ^ on oP thc Um 0nj and we "solemnly protest
nightly in exj>ectaUor\ of being iir. mediately ! against any. interference b£ warlike movements
summoned to.the field. . Capt. Rurghard is an * L ' r t r ' ^ *-
experienced artillerist, thoroughly drilled in
the old country, and has 'eeen a gofid deal bf
service, and been several times wounded in ac-
iion.>f3ap\e dozen pr.twen.ty of the other mem
bers are also veterans in artillery service.-. It
is believed they will takes hundred men, all
that. they 'would yield to its bufferings long
thousands of our fellow-citizens, and menacing s.fter the moving cause had ceased to operate,
the great principles of civil liberty upon which and though, as they turned a deaf ear to my
are based the institutions of our country, and
threatening to override the rights of States;
therefore. . ■
llesohed, Tfont while we are in f vor of up
holding the Constitution of the.United states
in the true spirit of its founders, and sustaining
the Government in tho constitutional exercise
of Us'legitimate powers, we do not bc-lieve in,
and therefore denounce the ftll spirit of coer
cion which strikes at the root of the great prin
ciple of State equality, and will certainly des
ness of mihuislit- .‘-They lave darkness rather than
light, becauso their deeds are erif.’.’ * *' * *
If tbe initial stages of secession, whHe courting pop
ularity, are even now receiving the anathemas of its'
public cbanfpjone for its utter repudiation of State
rights, what may be looked for in its full blaot f If
such things “a(e dona to the green tree, what will
be done to .the dry T’ If Governor Brown. «f Geor
gia, the New Orleans Delta, and tho True Delta, are
now denouncing the imbecility the corruptions, the
utter want of statesmanship* the wrongs and out
rages of tho Confederate, leaders, what calf there be
among Jhem to seduce Kqntuckians from their Eden
-pf law and Orderfto embark upon the VSging billows
of the treacherous aeas of sec cess ionism 1 " * * •
most efficient companies Macon has jrttlurned
out Success and honor to it
'-WELL REPRESENTED.
John II. Denson, a worthy. and highly respect
ed citizen of Twiggs County, has Tour sons able
to bear arms, and ail,of thqm are in-the Confed
erate army. They are in Norfolk, V&., under
Captain Folsom. Tbe-eldest, Dr. Joel"J. Denson,
is a young physician pf much promise, and left
quite a [iterative practice in the village, and vi
cinity of Jeffersonville. - He also left a young and
loving wife under thq protection of his-aged fa
ther, who paay well be proud of his sons. Sue-.
'Georgia, one of them in favor of preserving
States of tbe Southern Confederacy an they aTe, and
.the' otherjn favor of oaoconsolidated Government,
and the consequent obliteration of State lines. This
latter party may or may net be in a minority new,
but at any rate it wilt sodn be in a majority, not on
ly in Georgia but io the rest of the -Confederate
States if tbo-war shall continue for any length of
time, or if the independancrof the Southern Govern
ment shall be recpgnizsd. , ,
The whole tendency of tliiags in the South is to a
jnonarohy. This tendency exhibits itself in a thous
and forms and through a thousand mediums. The
Southern leader* find, that, for a sufficiently vigor
ous prosecution of tbs war in the present exhausted
condition of their section, a government ofthe great
est poesi ble vigor is ne«essary. Their present- gov
eminent, to be sure, stretches its powers to the ut
most and usurps power* very. unscrupulously, yet
still they cannot bat see that tbe State governments
ace an incumbrance, and they wiftnot hesitate to
dispense with them at the earliest practicable mo
■ntnt.
nple. Ihe real people, o| tho South,have bad
. „ jo (fo with electing the President, the Vice
President, and the Congress now Officiating at Rich
mond. Their Gpreminiiit is not a Government of
their creation or choioe, and it can become a mon
archy oral desputism-with or.without their- choice
just of easily as it can remain what it in.
Now will venture to desert, in opposition to Gov-
ernqr Brown's, declaration that there Jo a jMJftja
Georgia in favor of obliterating State liues, that nei
ther ha nor -anybody else can find one intelligent,
coriscientons man in the State, in favor, of any such
doctrine or project. But no doubt, lbe fact that
such a declaration ay this comes from the Gover
nor of the State, will be taken as proof positive of
the existence of a powerful party in favor ot the
“obliteration ot State tines” and prove a strong spoke
in tiie wheel of the submission traitors, who are
binding Kentucky hand and foot, a victim to the
Liuoolu abollti n tyrants.^
Doctor win mauy laurels!
’ * —*i
Tho Battle of I*ovettsvillo .not Fought,
It will be. seen that the Leesburg fight was a
myth, notwithstanding the great circumstan
tiality of the account,- and the particulars ob
tained “ from tho War Department.” Wo still
stick to Great Bethel, Manassas, and tbe-fight
at Springfield. If they are contradicted, we
will not publish the despatch. We must be
lieve something—wo can’4 live in astate of total
infidelity. We arc not a fighting man," but if
any jiody contradicts Great Bethel or Manassas
we shall do- something hasty.
A Company or. t$oxs or TRstrEitANCR.—One
■of the Companies composing Colonel T. R. R.
Cobb’s regiment, has nqnc byt Sons’of Tern-,
perance In its rankg. The offioers and members
of A ndersonDivision 100, at Lithonia,' De-
Kalb comity, forms the Cotlipafiy, and wc doubt
not will do effective'service- *
now tell uic the truth," an
''too.”
with the Institution of slavery as existing in the
Southern States, recognizing as we do the right
of those Statefe'to determine the social and po
litical condition of the African race.
These are the first Northern .Peace Rq&plu-
tions we have seen which hit the nail “ii the
head. ’•’*7: ' * in - ' * -
Irish DaoLLERr.-—An Extxrely Cosmopoli
tan Hibernian.—A son of the Emerald Isle, but
not. himself ffre^n, was taken ttp, (for he was
at the time down) near a rebel encampment, m-t
:V-.m Matm.-.<.K Junction. In a word, I'
’was taking a quiet nap in the -shade, and was
roused from his slumber by a scouting party.
He wore no special uniform of either atmy, but
looked more like a spy than an. alligator, and
qrr this was arrested. ,
. ,r Wfto arc you?” ‘-‘What is your name?”
and “Where arc you from ?" were 'the first
questions-put to him-by the armed party.'
Rat rubbed his eyes, scratcheddtis k&td, and
answered: ,
“Je me faith, gentlemen,, theinls ugly ques
tions to.'answer, anyhoxy; an' before I answer
■any 0’ them, I’d be afthey ax in ye, by yer lave,
the same thing.” -
•’Well,” said the leader, “wc arc of "Scott’s"
army, and belong to Washington.”
“All right,” skid Pat, ‘-‘I -knoiy’d ye was gjn-
tleraen, for I am that same, Long life to Gen
eral Scottl” .
rt Aha 1” replied the seout, “aow. you rasoal,
you aYe our' prisoner,” and seized him by the
shoulder. * - * *
‘tHow is that,” inquired Pat, “are we not
friends?” .juh - , •
“No^was the.answer, “we belong to -Gen-
cfal Beauregard’-s army.”
“Then ye tould me a lie, me hoys'and think
ing it migjit be so' I tould you another, Ahd
i’ I’ll tell the
10 truth,
V - ’
“Wfti, wo belong to the Stato of South-Car-
o^lna.' , . .
• ‘jgo da I,” promptly responded Pat,•“and- to
The Meeting To-Day.—Our citizens will
bear in mind that an important meeting Will
bo held this morning in the Court House, at
ELEVEN O’CLOCK, to select delegates to the
Gubernatorial Convention. We hope that our
oitizens will turn out en 'masse.
Scnstmix tor Flannel Siiibts.—The Savan
nah Republican thinks that under shirts madej>f
coarse, common Georgia Osnabdrgs, would be an
excellent substitute for flannel. It affords greater
protection against exposure, anJ is far-preferable
in rheumatic and similar affections. We hope
that the experiment will bo tested.
ye turns l would come all the way frpm 1
land to belong to one State, whim 1 had a right
to beloag to the whole of ’ejn f"
This logic- was rather a stumper; but they
took him up, as before said, and carried him for
further examihatioa. .
A Significant Sign.—The special corrcs-
>ondcnt of the Savannah Republican has’left
Manassas to go to tho lines of the Potomac.
- Amusements in Porkopolis.—Ciocmnati pa
pers of the 12th announce, “a splendid bill” at
•Pike’s Opera House that-night, ihp feature of
-which was the appearing of a captive nigger
from Virginia..' * * ■ "*» . * *' *'
Military 'evolutions, splendid tableaux and
gymnastic exercises will vary the performance;
and.a-decidvd novelty in the shape of a “con
traband," purchased "by the Zouaves in Virgin
ia, will make his appearance as the drill master
of a squad. Altogether the bill is one of the
most attractive of the season.
Kingston, Canada, to bo made a Naval
Station,
[From the London Poet, Government Oigdn.]
Advices from Canada of the 10th ult., men-
A LARGE CONVENTION.
From the raovemehta in the Counties, we hiTve
no doubt the Gubetnatoiial Convention atMiiledgo-
villc, on the llth September next, will be one of , ...P
the nwat. numerous, inteltigent arid iniluentiil | tionThat Kingston, in addition to being a inili-
bodies ever convened in Georgia. We YctSVune to - tary station, is soon to be made a naval onextlso.
say tbe State will be more generally represented, ^ said that an army and flotilla (consistent
than has been usual in the old party Conventions. ! ' vi ' h , trca ,^ stipulations) will be emplovcd up-
- A A * 1 A 1 A 1. 1-A , oil Canadian waters. 1 his contemplated mea^
There are yet twenty days to complete the list of sure apptars to afford satisfaction there. Sev-
delegates. Let every county take immediate steps vessels of war are preparing to leave Eng-
to secure a representation. J land for the American coast.
entreaties that night, I sometimes ventured to
reproach them, yet I never should have done
so had I then known how weary and hungry
Lad been the morning march, and how sharp
and bitter and bloody had been the midday fight
and how bravely they had followed their flag
into Mic very jaws of a crater that for hours
had spouted fire into their faces and showered
a storm of iron hail upon their heads. But, for
the Western- Colonel, who was one of the first
men to pass through the stockade that night
at Long Bridge; and for the New York Colo-
h-T, who was early met flf.een miles from the
battle fieM, skulking along with the strag
glers, and giving as an excuse for his conduct
that his regiment wa$ “cut all to pieces,’ 1
when, in fact it had not lost fifty in killed and
wounded ; and for the hale and hearty soldiers
who seized ambulances, which w re needed for
.the wounded, ahd coolly hfreatching-themselVes
out upon tfic mattrasses, rode jauntily to town,
while some of tlieir maimed brethren, were left
behind, ajid others brought in upon hankjplt-
ing baggage wagons—for such I Have nothing
tosity, except to record their disgraceful conduct.
. -The most pitiable objects we met were the
wouhded. ^Once, as -an ambulance paused,
hemmed in by the crush of crowding carriages,
a groan escaped from the writing victims with
in. Descending from my seat, the “struggling
moonbeam's misty light” permitted me to catch
a glance of some soldier or officer, -torn by phot
and shell, stretched on his -gory bed, urging
the driver to push on so that surgical pkiU
might be tried npon him ere it was too late.—
As we stopped to water our horse, a poor sol
dier, a Frenchman, staggered up to the rear of
the carriage, and lifting his hand ail crimson
with blood, showed where a horrid Minnie ball
had tom through it, and, in the best English
he could, command, begged us to take him jn.
For a moment our purpose to go to Centre-
ville for our wounded, friend was shaken, but
oqr paramount duty to search himootaitd res
cue him"from thCelebris of a routed army pre
vailed, ahd binding up the poor Frenchman’s
wound, and entreatiflg him to lie down and
rest till some passing vehicle could-bear him
to town, I bid him adieu and wo-went on. An
other soldier—from Massachusetts, I believe—
showed me a desperate wound in the thigh.
His gray pantaloons were saturated with bicod.
.He was hobbling along, as best he could, flee
ing from an imaginary foe, just in his rear. It
Was in yain. tbat l told him . his feats were
groundless, apd beggqd him to rest kis weary
limbs till succor came. Telling me that the
enemy bayoneted the wound, be turned away
and jerked himself forward with 5s much
strength as-he had, my prayers following him,
while 1'raised blistering, corses on the barbari
ans who, by their savage cruelty to our wound
ed m®* 1 , had inspired him with so much terror.
Since the horrid 1 vision of this terrible night, •
I have a glimmering of the retreat from Rus
sia, and the flight from Waterloo. Other inci
dents'than these I have recited rise before my
memory. »But I forbear. One feature of the
scene I cannot omit to mention.. It impressed
mo most profoundfy. After the vehicles had
mostly passed away, tht road, as has already
been stated, was thronged almost sofely with
the straggling soldiery. As they moved along
in.unbroken though disheveled procession, they
were utterly silent Not a jibe, not a jeer, not
a joke, escaped their lips—not a word was spok
en.' Not'a breath-of aur stiftfed the leaves of
the forest which skirted the road. The solemn
moon looked wistfully down 'through a filmy
haze ifpon a scene that.resembled naught else
■ on earth, but seemed like a funeral pageant of
departed spirits. • .
But why dwellupon the- grim and feaffiri
vision ? Though ten busy days have inter
vened since it -passed before me, it still sits
heavy upon my mind like the nightmare of
some ghostly dream. When we arrived at Fair
fax dnd found out whole 'army in full retreat,
and wert’compelled to face -about and return
with the reoedmg tide, the shame, tho sorrow
I felt at this tetrible blow to a cause I had lov
ed so long and so well, no pep can describe.—
The storm that descended all through-Monday.
and under whose peltings the remnants ef the
stragglers wamlored back to the Potomac, was
a fitting finale to the disasters of .Sunday.