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THE DEMON OF SPECULATION !
We hardly know which threatens greater
peril to the independence of the South—the
hordes of Lincoln who are now precipitating
themselves upon our border, or the insane spirit
.."iste of speculation which is possessing some of our
‘*“ t * people. A friend from a neighboring city says
war at the'
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MORE RECRUITS,
i the requisition, says the Southe *n Fed-
Union, has been made on the Governor for
regiments to serve for three y .arn or
1 the war a great many persons aie mak-
>rts to get to the coast as recruits to the
ktroops. Some of the State troop? are in
T;rm which expires in two months, and it
I be injustice to those who have tc go for
var to let their neighbors avoid the draft
Jd one be necessary, by joining a company
1 vo months’ service. For the pur pose of
typing this, the Governor has directed Gen.
son to issue an order to the officers under
i command to receive no more recruits, and
the Railroad Companies have been notified
, the State will not pay for carrying such j jj ^\*p. BEEN
cruits to the coast. Persons at temp :ing to
>id taking their part for the tear t>y this
rill do well when they start to tht coast
i remember that they will noj be received, and
absent from their regimental parade ground
pn the 4th day of March they will be the first
*5ons drafted.
SHELLING OF BOWLING GREEN.
We conversed with a gentleman last night,
says the Nashville Union and American, who
pros at Bowling Green when it was shilled by
the enemy’s advance forces. The depot build
ing was completely riddled by the shells thrown
from Baker’s hill by their guns and almost de
atroyed. The bridges across Barren Rj eer had
been previously burned. A man, a won an and
child were killed by the explosion of a shell at
the depot. Four old, unserviceable locomotives
and about twenty freight cars were destroyed
and 600,000 pounds of pork. T ie enemy
were reported to have abou’ r nr regiments of
any movcihenta of European
g to recognition, and we
tat the enemy are rapidly
region, and it is by* no
may draw upon the
derable supply of the
t, accept it as a most
o* tiie Confederate mar-
o£ (or an indefinite period,
ly planter should contemplate
er cotton seed in the ground this
answer, for we cannot,
e, in the future progress of the
|t, in prudence, to take the con-
t e-enl ; '»rther reverses into-consideration.
nrXb look at the possibility that we
its o».'’be driven back to the territory of the
>Tiwi States, which, in that case, must feed
,jr starve the cause of Southern independence.
Which are we to do ? Starve it we must, un
less a complete revolution in our agriculture
takes place. Cut off from Xf.nnessce and
North Carolina, want of >e would be
fatal to our cause, unless were aun some way,
increase our production tert hav.«...b4^d in any
case, whether cut off or not, what dependence
ought we to repose on the agricultural resour
ces of those regions, embarrassed as they wifi
be by the fierce struggles of contending
mies ?
These are serious considerations. Wb
press was urging the subject upon planters ,
year and received so many assurances that their
words were heeded, we felt no manner of doubt
but that food would he plenty. Add to this,
more corn was actually proceed than was
counted upon by the planters, by reason of
the propitious season. But, alas, what a delu
sion ! Not a fifth part was grown which should
have been ; and had Tennessee joined Lincoln
instead of the^ Confederacy, WE SHOULD
INED BY THIS TIME FOR
Thus nothin!- but good
rom star-
been
5e of
n or
infantry and a sc
tillery, with fou
ade had not left
left, but was dr.
march. Gen. H
attending to the
mil'tary stores.
• ;. of a h- .ttery of ar-
Gi Jinan’s brig-
j, whar _,r informant
up in the city ready to
>as also in the city,
s iinent ot munitions and
l.iis is another example of
the wanton wickedress with which the Hes
sians are conducting the war, by shelling
towns without notice, for the removal of wo
men and children.
SUNSHINE AND SHADE.
A-— '■ i , , • • • • -
sfiade, joy and sorrow. We appreciate more
truly the blessings of health, by being ill; thirst
renders more valuable the blessings of water.
Even sorrow chastens our spirits, and gives
greater zest to joy. Pain is a great blessing,
lor if one never experienced it, the citadel of
life could be destroyed before we are aware ot
danger. Pain, therefore, is the faithful senti
nel that guards the approaches. Therefore all
these temporary troubles are blessings in dis
guise. The human race, says the poet, are
LACK OF FO
fortune saved t,
vation
gone, i
our plan
meat.
Thei
for the futur
chapter of &i
be making o^
coin and the atMp "Apcrs.
—for a desperat?*fttruejfc , f'i of cheer
Our soil is to be disputed inch
malignant foe, of twice our numbers, and if,
the same lime, our brave troops are to
hunger and our armies to be embarrassed
every step by want of provisions, we may
well give up the struggle now as then. G
and raise your cotton, and the aboUiad
will come and take it at their own price^i
is nothing, and then take you and your plan
tation besides. O that planters would wake
up to this subject.
ATTENTION ! PEOPLE!
* The times demand of every man such servi
ces as he can perform.
Let every male, from fifteen to sixty, who
does not volunteer for the army, come forward
and DRILL. Those in towns and cities ought
to drill every day, and those in the country
districts three days each week. Arrangements
should be made to organize the entire male
copulation ot the country. Let there be pub
tie meetings ann committees appointed without
any delay. Will not the Mayors of cities and
Colonels of militia move in it at once. Every
place of business should be closed ,a part of
each clay—say from three to six P. M., to af
ford time tor the drills to those who are em
ployed, or at least not more than one person
ought to remain to attend to one store.
The circumstances in which all are now pla
ced call for extraordinary action. The action
must be immediate. Wo must become a na
tion of soldiersi—organized to act on any tud-
it is an actual fact that the people are talking
less of our perils by war than our perils by
sharpers; and if things continue long at this
rate we shall have two of what Lincoln would
call civil ware on our hands at one and the same
time. From the great degree of exasperation
among the people, he seriously fears that the
internal peace of the country will be in danger,
unless a greater spirit of moderation prevails
among dealers and manufacturers. It is be
lieved that the high prices now prevailing for
the necessaries of life,—many of which we all
know to be needlessly high—raised—to their
present pitch for the purpose of exorbitant pro
fits are having a more disastrous effect upon our
efforts to meet and repel the common foe, than
all other difficulties combined. Men cannot vol
unteer and leave their tamiliesa prey to starva
tion from the exorbitant prices of food and
clothing.
The occasion of the present excitement fs
the extraordinary and general rise in sugar and
mclasses immediately upon the receipt of intel
ligence of our disasters in Tennessee, by which
it was supposed the railway communications
with the Mississippi and New Orleans were en
dangered. Upon this every dealer held out at
rise, and it is said molasses in va-
•rkets, went up ten to twenty-five cents
and sugar three to six cents a pound.
» is only the occasion—the grievance
Jof'AiUd of affects almost every article of
^nsumption or wear, and it would almost ap
pear as if every man who had anything to sel*
had determined to make the last cent possible
out of it, in tear that he never would have any
thing to sell again.
We regret to know there is any occasion for
these general remarks. They have no personal
application, for the simple reason that the wri*
ter has no knowledge of prices or dealers, ex
cept that gained in the little purchases neces
sary to meet his own wants. We should be
sorry to wouud any man’s feelings or interfere
with his business, but we do feel that a great
emergency has arisen, calling upon our people
to rise sfthe Ibr to considerations of mere tern
po’fcsonstrv^xorbitant gain, or prepare to lose
all andlie the abject slaves of Abolition task
masters. In God's name and for your own
and that of your children, we conjure
select the moment of our convul
wCN pi struggle for life, liberty and
Is itf time for skinning the peo
otits. Arouse to a tru4|
Correspondence of the Telegraph.
Mr. Clisby.—In this day of our country’s
trouble, it is possible, while the attention of
every one is directed to the movements and
operations of the armies, that some things of
much, perhaps of vital importance, may be
overlooked. We may have secret as well as
open enemies.
That European governments have contribu
ted to bring about our present condition, every
well informed person knows ; and that such
governments are gbatiffj^Jat the dissolution of
the American Union, is*9urious to the discern
ing-
The American government, as it existed, was
rapidly becoming too powerful. Its agricultu
ral and commercial importance, advancing with
unparalleled rapidity, required that American
political principles should, everywhere, be re
cognized and allowed. These principles and
views come in conflict very often, with the
principles, views and interests of monarchial
governments—the slavery question was seized
upon as the one certainly calculated to bring
about dissolution—how wisely our foreign en
emies have acted and succeeded, is now in the
past—is matter of history—the Union, once
so revered, is gone, gone forever. Thus far,
then, European governments have succeeded.
I say foreign enemies, for I verily believe that
tha policy of England and France, (for with
both the policy in this case is the same) had
its origin in Exeter llall and the Tuilleries. If
I am correct in the view stated, the people of
the United States, in this war against us, are
fighting the battles of England and France!
I have said, and I consciously believe, that
in the main the dissolution of the American
Union was the work of Fngland and France—
the question now is, will those governments
be satisfied with the simple dissolution ? Is
that the end and extent of their policy? It
may he so, provided they can accomplish no
more. But if more may he accomplished, the
policy goes farther.
England has been for months engaged in
transporting large numbers of troops to Cana
da. And although this transportation of troops
was going on long before the arrest of Mason
and Slidell, that arrest was referred to as the
cause of the transportation of the troops ; and
after the Mason-Slidell affair was adjusted, the
transportation continued, thus showing that
the assembling of troops in Canada had noth
ing whatever to do with the arrest of Mason
and Slidell, and that their arrest was but the
pretext fallen upon for the purpose of diverting
attention from the ultimate design. Besides,
what is the meaning of the large collection of
English and French men-of-war in the Ameri
can waters ? Blockaded as the ports of the
Confederate States are, English and French in
terests cannot be sufficiently extensive to jus
tify or require such large armaments kept up
u _ at such enormous costs 1 Looking at these
k ?fcts and their surroundinjjs, may we not rea
sonably fear that the object of European gov
ernments may be, so to conduct themselves be-
Cjsnterests, and be content '■»pr** | ich ' tween the belligerents as that when we have ex
ot profits as will enable you anil haus'ed each other that they may step in and
decide the strife by giving us European mas
ters? Tins view, it seems, Mr. Editor, is worthy
of consideration , at least, it is well enough to
keep an eye in that direction
The idea, (perhaps it is best to say, the wish)
has long been cherished by the citizens of the
Confederate Stales, that European governments
would so lar intertere in American matters as
to raise the blockade—this is a delusion—no
interference in that way was ever intended;—
; to what extent this rage lor
K est, even where
a the demands
rint this paper,
r hence, at the
rate it has been growing fur thrcStt^uhs past,
not ten dollars a year I'rom eai^^^^^ertla-r
will enable us to print the Telegri^^^E £e.
ceived yesterday a bill ut “inctc^^^K,.. Vuid
eighty cents for three reams of col^^ffj!. u fcing
paper. “ ,J v-.i, ,... ♦
courage of our sons, especially those who have
been called to exhibit it on the field. Georgia’s
fair escutcheon is as yet unstained by a single
defeat or deed of dishonor. We feel confident
you will preserve it so, and in history will al
low our gallant State to shine forth the bright
est star in the Confederate galaxy.
Then, for the sake of her bright honor—for
the sake of “loved one’s”—for the sake of
home, happiness, liberty and glory, we adjure
you to. stand manfully by your flag,and lay not
down your arms until you are the undisputed
occupant of the field, or until your strength is
made nerveless by the greater enemy, Death,
to whom you willingly surrender, satisfied
with the precious boon your life willsecure.
“So sleep the brave who sink to rest
By all their country's wishes blessed."
And while we urge you thus to dream not of
home, ease nor comfort, while our soil is pol
luted by the foot of the invader, we would of
fer you the o’erflowing sympathy of our hearts,
inspiring words and epistles of cheer, tokens
of love in anything our willing hands can do to
conduce to your comfort, and lastly, give you
our .united prayers. Prayer is a mighty wea
pon, we can, in the quiet of our homes, wield
to your advantage. The great Leader of Hosts
may be entreated of us, and when He declares
himsolf on the side of justice and truth, whom
have we to fear?
We await your victories and our indepen
dence, and in an unclouded blaze of glory, we
hope to see you return, to have your brows
chapleted with wreaths from our fingers, and
your n3ble deeds rewarded with the smiles of
a nation of appreciative women.
February 20th, 1862.
PROLIFIC SEED CORN.
Mr. C. R. Pringle of Sandersville, Ga., has
on hand a small lot of Prolific Com, which he
thinks is the best variety of Corn ever grown
in the Confederate States.
We learn that Mr. P. bought Seed from this
Corn merely for m vv.i use; but being satis
tied that it yield? from one fourth to one-half
more than any of' et rom, he has concluded to
extend the benefit o'hen on very seasonable
terms. A sample ol this corn, as it grew on
the stalk, may be seen at Messrs. Greer k
Lake’s, in this city ; which we are assured is a
poor sample.
Of the growth, production, Ac., any particu
lars may he had by addressing Mr. Pringle as
above. feb3-lm
WORDS 0 F* SO BERN ESS.
A writer in DeBow’s Review, of September
last, in an article entitled “Thoughts suggest*
ed by the War,” submits the following views:
“We should not fear defeats. They ruin an
invading army, but often benefit the invaded.
Victories, in the beginning of hostilities, beget
falso - confidence and remissness in an inva
ded country. People will not turn out en
masse after victory as they often do after defeat.
Frequent victories exhaust an invading army,
and frequent deteats often strengthen their op
ponents. Pliyrus, after three times defeating
the Romans, exclaimed, “One more such victo
ry and I am undone.” His dearlyscost victo
ries did at last ruin him, and he quit Italy in
disgrace. Hannibal the greatest general that
ever lived, was exhausted and ruined by his
many victories. Napnleor\ ditto. Peter the
Great was the hero of defeats, and conquered
Charles XII by standing whipping well. Wil
liam of Orange, a much greater chieftain than
Peter, was always defeated, but at length ex
hausted the wealth and power of France, and
overcame the armies of LouisXlV by his dogged
perseverance and elasticity in recovering lrotn
defeat. Washington, too, was often defeated,
By Electric Telegraph
Special Dispatch.
Fort Donelson Captured—Nash
ville Surrendered.
Chattanooga, 17.—Fort Donelson has been
taken. Gen. Pillow’s and Buckners’s com
mands aie prisoners . The enemy vre march
ing on Nashville, and that city has been sur
rendered.
- LATER FROM LINCOLNDOM.
Richmond, 16th.—Northern papers of the
16th have been received.
The New York Herald continues its extrava
gant jubilation over the affair at Roanoke Is
land, and says that thirty were killed in the
-army and twenty in the naval force, and 140
wounded. They captured six forts, forty guns,
over 2,000 prisoners, and 3,000 small arms.
The Herald says that Gen. McClellan has re
ceived a despatch that Gen. Price evacuated
Springfield on Wednesday.
Lincoln has issued an order releasing all
political prisoners, in the custody of the milita
ry authorities, in every quarter, upon their pa
role to afford no assistance to the rebel govern
ment, as (Lincoln says) the rebellion is mani
festly on the decline, the severe measures for
merly resorted to are no longer necessary.—
Spies are excepted from the benefits of this pro
clamation.
The Naval Appropriation bill passed the
Federal House of Congress with an amendment
appropriating fifteen million dollars for addi
tional gunboats, and one million for an ordnance
foundry.
The steamer Ariel had arrived from Aspin-
wall, with $614,000 of gold.
The news from Central America is unimpor
tant.
Advices from Venezuela state that the coun
try is in great commotion.
A British steamer arrived in New York on
Friday, with a cargo of East India cotton. The
cotton market in New York is very irregular at
28a30c. Corn 65^c.
Despatches from St Louis ou the night of the
14th, state that twenty had been killed and 250
wounded up to that time.at the Fort Donelson
battle. The fighting was desperate and terri
ble.
Official despatches from Burnside and Golds
l»oro had been received at Washington.
At New York on the 14th, foreign exchange
was selling at 1I5J. There were large tran
sactions in gold at 104|. But little change in
the stock market
A boat with a flag of truce
Monroe arrived this afternoon, bringing Mrs.
Myers and Capt R. A. Bunker, of Mobile, as
passengers.
Intelligence received from North Carolina to
day states that Elizabeth City was retaken by
the Confederates in force on Friday. Four of
the citizens, regarded as traitors, were brought
to Portsmouth this afternoon as prisoners, viz:
Wilcox, Labyteaux, Sayre and Biiuont. [In
telligent North Carolinians here believe that
these men are not natives of the old North
State. 1
The Sumter was at Gibraltar on the 2d. j
Gieat consternation existed among American
shipmasters at Marseilles on account of the
Sumter.
The American question as affecting the su P'j
ply of cotton is being debated by the ManchesH
ter Chamber of Commerce. A great desire
manifested to bring the war to a close. Sale
of cotton at Liverpool on the 1st, 5000 bales
Prices unchanged. Consols 93.
The New York stock market is steady.
The Roanoke Island prisoners are on theiif
way to New York.
St. Louis, 16th.—Gen. Mitchell has crossed
Barren river, and is now in possession of Bow
ling Green.
Special Dispatch to the Nashville Cnion A American.
Sbelbyville, February l6.—The extensive
government hay "warehouse at this place, was
burned to ground to-day, with its contents. It |
was undoubtedly the work of an incendiary,
supposed to be a tory. The fire was within one
hundred yards of the new government ware
house. The bells were rung to-day in honor
of our victory at Fort Donelson.
. TERRI 3LE DESTRUCTION.
"[Private Dispatch.]
Messrs. Ross A Seymour :
Columbus, Ga., 20th.—I have no Hour to -
price. Canals all gone—Mill under water—all
the Factories broken up. R. L. Morr.
[This is a serious disaster, and much to be j
regretted. We trust to see our Columbus
friends soon at work again, and that the dam
age they have sustained by the freshet is not J
so bad as reported.]
13?-Information received at Columbus, on
the 14th, stated that three transports, with 800
Federal troops wounded in the first engagement
at Fort Donelson, had arrived at Paducah from
the Cumberland river, and had been placed ; n
the Federal hospital.
This, in addition to the five hundred killed
in the same tight, shows that the Snemy’s loss
was a serious one.
NT In the retieat from Fort Henry to Fort
Donelson, on the 6th, but one man, a member
of Col. Gee’s Arkansas rtgiment, was lost—
The entire forceoaas j)000, and they were con ^
tinually harrassei
more successful
during the war.
Europea'i newspapers have heretofore, and will i seldom victorious. That moral courage’ that
hen-aller, continue to say so, but newspapers
do not control in Europe, even could they be
k „ allowed to be sincere. There is but one thing
One year ago we could ImAl DoJ the j upon which we should rely, in this day, that
sons of sorrow born, and each must have his j den emergency. All experience has proved that
portion. The vulgar refuse or crouch beneath ten men organized are more to bu relied on than
one hundred without organization.
Let all make read^ to help themselves and
their load; the brave bear theirs without re
pining.
“There ie a strength *
Deep bedded In our hearts, of which we reck
But Utile tl,l the ehalta ol Heaven have pierced
Its fragile dwelling. M ust not earth he rent
Before her gems sre found?"
STRIKING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
It is reported of a celebrated physician, who
was summoned to attend on a habitual drinker,
that when asked by the laOer if he could re
move the cause of his complaint, replied by
turning to the sideboard, upon which were
ranged several decanters of liquor, and with
one fell swoop of his walking-cane, demolished
them, and said: “there the cause of your com
plaint has been removed.”
The Lynchburg (Va.) Republican learns that
a general order from Gen. J. E. John? ton has
gone into effect, imposing heavy penalties on
any officer or private of tha army of the Poto
mac, who shall bring into the lines any wines
or spirituous liquors of any kind. Further,
the order requires an examination of all boxes,
etc., upon their arrival at Manassas, and if any
liquor is found it is to be destroyed. This is
striking in Hie right direction.
— - ■ >»>
Pikes 1 Pikes! Pikes)—The Athens Banner
of last week States that a company of stalwart
mountaineers from Habersham county, under
Capt Littleton Stephens, armed with pikes,
recently passed through that city to the coast.
The pikes are in the shepe of a cross, with six
edges, upon the end of a wooden staff. “Bring
them to the push of pike.”
HUMAN NATL'RE.
For the benefit of the people of the present
day, we make the following extract fiom Vol
ume 3, Micauley’s History of England:
“It is the nature of man to oveirate present
evil, and to underrate present good; to long for
lissatis icd with
to help each other.
The system here recommended is in opera-
tian in New Orleans, with great success. When
it is adopted throughout the Confederacy the
enemy will be tilled with dismay, for he will
know that such a people cannot be conquered.
town of Macon with that paper or a better ar
ticle at two dollars and twenty-five cents per
ream. On the 6th December last it was three
dollars and eighty two cents and now six dol
lars and sixty cents. Look, then, at the hills
for these three periods for the same amount of
onvelnne nanur tn wit- *6 75—«' > •*«—IQ RO
One year ago, the paper upon which we now
print the Telegraph, if it eoul hare been sold
at all, would have been dear at $2.75, but the
truth is no manufacturer at that time would
have made or sold the stuff that it is now print
ed into newspapers. 1st October it was $6.25 -
December $3.65—January- $.‘!.75—February 1
$4.13—February 11 $5.00—paper steadily sink
ing in quality. Now in a single week’s ex
pense this ditft-rence on printing paper alone
amounts to $97.50 last October, against $150.-
00 this February, and wha* it will be in the
course of the • ear, heaven alone can tell. At
the rate of advance since the first of January,
printing paper in December next will he worth
is, ujion ourselves Relying upon ourselves,
with the blessing of God, we shall finally lie
triumphant. Another Old Man.
HOW MUCH COTTON TO PLANT?
Fort Valley, February 17th, 1862.
To the Planters of Houston County :
The planting season being near at hand, per
mit me to call your eorioua attention to a sub
ject which 1 conceive to be one of great mo
ment and wqpthy of grave consideration.
From the signs of the times, in all human
probability,' within a ? hort time, or during the
present year, our enemies will have control of
Tennt isaee and other sections from whence we
hitherto looked in part, for provisions, and
have indeed depended mainly foQsupplies for
our army. If these apprehensions be wt-ll
founded, and what sane reflecting mind can
doubt for one moment? then it seems to me, if
we would continue our struggle for indepen
dence and save ourselves and our children
from subjugation and < isgiace, we must seek
more than ten dollars a ream, and the suhscri- i t0 su PP'y °' ir country aud our brave and gal
lant army from our own fertile soil, with sub
sistence and plenty.
The most powerful army ever organised, no
ber who pays us novt six dollars a year, will
then cost us eight doll irs for the blank paper
upon which his Telegraph is printed. All this
by way of illustration.
Whereunto this spirit of speculation and ex
tortion is to grow, unless speedily checked, we
Providence helps those who help themselves. lc4V(yto the goo(1 8enstf of the rea der; hut ’that
Most of us have been relying too long that
Providence will do all. Let us make amends
for the past, by prompt action now and for the
future. Georgia.
The Fires of Patriotism Burn Brightly.
We are credibly iniormed that along the
line of the South Western Railroad the people 1 e ] t j cs 'i'| lc
have been thoroughly aroused by the reported
fall of Fort Donelson, and are burnishing their
arms ready for the conflict. They feel that the
South must exert herself. They are determin
ed to
“Snatch from the ashes of their sires
The embers of their former flres,”
And rush on determined to door die. Let this
sentiment prevail throughout our entire Con
federacy.
No more Six .Ylonlhs’ Troops Ri-rriud.
W e publish the following letter for tho infor
mation of the public:
Executive Department, * (
Milledgeville, February 15th, 1862.)
Capt.*M. R. Rogers,
Gresham Rifles, Macon, Ga.
Sir.—In reply to yours of the 13th inst., I
am directed by his Excellency, the Governor,
to say, that with the exception of a few com
panies, whose orders to march to the coast were
issued before the date of his late Proclamation,
no more six months’ volunteers will be receiv
ed into the service. Besides, an order has been
issued to all the Railroads in the State, not lo j n working order again in a few days,
furnish transportation to any recruits for the
service, with the single exception of those
it will blow everything in the South to Hinders,
seems to us a more than probable result.
Blue Se#.—After a heavy thunder shower
Wednesday evening, blue sky and twinkling
stars delighted .-uch of the world’s people as
were out after eight o’clock to look at such nov-
morning, however, set in cloudy
and threatening again, but a Northwe: terly
wind during the forenoon brushed awiy the
clouds and in the-afternoon not one was t:o be
seen. It was a goodly sight tqsee the ancient
quid nuncs come forth, without their umbrel
las, as dry as a duck from a puddle and gaze
upward with amazement at the bright scene.
Nothing but good news was wanted to com
plete the picture.
THE BRUNSWICK RAILROAD. .
This road, we are assured, is submerged for
a distance of five miles under a depth of water
ranging from 1 inch to 18 inches. A party
on the track day before yesterday in a batteau,
was unable to touch bottom in some places which |-».fli c icnt service
were washed. The water had fallen in town
night belore last about two feet, and it is pre
sumed began to subside at the railway bridge
yesterday. If so, in about four or live days
the track will he bare again, and it is hoped
that it will be lound not greatly damaged.
There has been little or no current over it, and
unless a greater current shall, accompany the
recession of the water, we fiope the road will
matter how brave anil self-sacrificing, will he
powerless unless supplied with at least substan
tial loot!. With this, under. Providence, we
can furnish them. If we neglect to do so, the
terrible consequences will fall upon us and our
children. But surely there are none or but
few among us so recreant to their duty to their
country*, so selfish, as not to cheerfully con
tribute to this very important work. Our sol
diers must he fed, as also their families.
In order that there may be concert in our
action, and to determine what amount or pro
portion of cotton and grain, Ac., should be
planted, I propose that we all meet in Perry on.i our guns and a’mmunition are exhausted, in
Tuesday, the 4tb day of March, proximo. Is
there a planter in our county, not interested, in
the great struggle in which we are now engag
ed lor liberty? If so, let him remain at home.
W. A. Mathews.
A question, we think, whiifii admits but one
answer—plant only cotton enough for seed.
Ed. -Tel.
Haldirrn’ llrlirf Mocirly lo the Twelve
Soldiers:—In this, the darkest hour of dan
ger, to you we turn with anxiety and interest.
To you who may be styled veterans in the ser
vice—the Old Guard—we turn beseechingly,
and add our frail voices to the stirring call of
our bleeding country, for your continued and
above referred to. You may regard it, there-
fore,*as a fixed fact that the facilities for ser
vice for 6 months are arrested, and will not b»
in your way of recruiting for the war.
Respectfully,
D. C. Campbell, Aid de Camp.
ANOTHER FLAG.
The Richmond Examiner gives a pattern of a
new Confederate Flag adopted by the Commit
tee of Congress having charge of that matter.
It is a blue Union on a red field, and four white
In a short time the term’ of your enlistment
will expire, and f ;rful lest the enemy should
take advantage of that circumstance, as has
been openly avowed by their Commander-in-
Chief, we appeal to you, and urge you by a
prompt re-enlistment to assure him that South
ern patriotism is no', an idle boast or empty
sound, and to inspire in our tremulous hearts
the confidence we would feel in the valor,
i strength and endurance of our disciplined
Meanwhile, we sympathize with our numerous twe , ve month8 vo i unU . er s. It is rending our
Twiggs county readers who are thus cut off hewt strinfes> and disappointing a dearly cher-
from regular intelligence in these perilous times, j ishod , 10pc bid you remaini loi , for those of
Not Exchanged.—B. R. Holt, of the Filth
Georgia Regiment, taken prisoner at Santa Ro
sa, was released by the Federal Government
upon parole, on condition that a Federal Lieu
tenant in the hands of the Confederates, should
be exchanged for-him. The Lieutenant trying
to escape was remanded back to prison and will
not be exchanged for the present. Mr. Holt, in
stars occupying the four corners of .a square in , States to deliver himself up, until he is regu-
the centre of the Union. Tho selection of a ] ] a rly exchanged.
suitable and tasteful flag seems to be the pons
orum of the Confederate government.—
you whom a merciful Providence would restore
to us at the end of the year of your enlistment,
there awaited a grateful oblation of warm greet
ings and joyous, gushing tears. But, we would
dishonor the name of patriot women, did we
yield to such selfish considerations in this
emergency. \Ye would rather prove ourselves
Spartan mothers, wives and sisters, and cheer
our gafiant soldiery to greater deeds of devo-
accordsnce with the high sense of honor always tion and heroism, and with a heart uplifted to
taken by his family, has returned to the United j to God shout, "On ye brave F
We are now confronting face to face grim-
visaged war, and the extreme exigency of the
hour must De felt and acknowledged by every
Extravagant.—From $5 to $10 is asked.
yet proposed meets the case, and that now, and paid, for hauling a hogshead of
rta. . ~ ■ 4 r-v 4 A D M ilwAJk . 1 | 1 ■. V. 4*M.-,,., t 1. ACT - -
•upon, with all due deference to the
>lu, e, seems to us the least attractive
^• l | s unmeaning of all. Why not stick
sugar to the. Railroad Depot from the W r are-
houses in Memphif.
sustains individuals or nations under defeat,
andeuab’es them again and again to rally their
strength, is what constitutes true greatness.
During the revolution, the English whipped
us-l’or seven years and exhausted their own
strength by doing so. They did pretty much
the same thing in the last *war, and cnly made
peace when they saw we “wouldnt stay whip
ped.” Switzerland, Scotland, La Vendee, Wales,
all invincible countries have been remarkable
for their defeats, and the readiness with which
they recovered from them, rather than their
victories.
We ought to fight the Yankees tvery day,
no matter what the disparity of numbers, and
if we are whipped at first, all the better, be
cause that will rouse up our people to exertion,
whilst victory might sink them into false secu
rity and apathy. Every victory weakens our
enemies, who gain it, for they have no means
at hand to supply the losses and costs of victo
ry. Every defeat will st-engthen us, because
ten ofour citizens will rally to the rescue for
each that is slain in bittle. lie who fears de-
feat will never win a victory.”
This is an encouraging view. But the cri
sis in all its magnitude is upon us. We must
meet it as becomes men fighting for all that is
dear and sacred. The enemy is upon us in su
perior numbers. We must meet them and con
test with them every inch of ground. Though
defeated, v.*e should not be discouraged. De
feat should on ly add strength to our purpose,
and nerve to our arm.
Shall it ie said of us tiiat a few defeats so
disheartened us that we gave up in despair?—
Rather let every habitation become desolate,
every city laid waste, every man fall fighting
for his home and fireside, every woman and
child an exile to the wilds and fastnesses of
the mountains and swamps, than EIGHT MIL
LION OF FREEMEN should be subjugated by
a base and malignant foe. * If we fight until
the name of Heaven let us fight with axes,
scythes, pitchforks, pikes, anything, than sur
render or submit. Let us die game. The ar
mies of England failed to subjugate THREE
MILLION fighting for liberty—why should
eight million submit to the oppressor’s yoke ?
What is life and property without !i >erty?—
The people of the South must awake to the
exigencies of the times! This fair land must
not be given into the hands df the spoiler 1
Arouse, Georgians, and meet the invader.—
The time has come for action—action—action.
Yet, thougii destruction sweeps our lovely plains,
Iiisj, fellow-men I our country yet remains !
By that loved name, wave ye the sword on high.
And swear roH her to live ! with her to die.
A PikeV Woods Ploughman.
patriot heart among you. The fearful conse
quences of a powerful, well disciplined Northern
army* rushing upon our thinned and disorgan
ized ranks, cannot be foretold. Already our
: timid hearts are sinking within us, fearing lest
0f“The 5th Georgia Regiment passed thro’ « the P roud htati of the noble Southron will be
Je flag for the present, and leave the \ Chattanooga, on the 16th, for Knoxville. The “*th«£^oeHor Vower’and *ovei^hehmng
lerm&nent flag open for the perma
captut 68 ?
ground was covered with snow at Chattanoo- numbers,
gs. But no distrust do we feel in the inyincible
The Federal Oanboa s not Invulnerable.
We have before us a northern account of the
capture of Fort Henry, which we find in the
St Louis Republican of the 8ch inst, a little
more in detail than that telegraphed to us by
our Columbus correspondent on Monday night
last From if we learn the very important fket
that the gunboats used in the rivers above by
the enemy are not sq impenetrable to ordinary
gunshot as has bee’n supposed. It appears
that shots absolutely passed through the iron
coating—two and a half inches thick—on two
of these boats (the Essex and the Cincinnati),
the one being disabled, and the other badly
damaged. This much was accomplished, it
should be understood, in the short space of one
hour and a half with the use of only one effi
cient gun, a thirty-two pound rifle cannon,
which, accerding to the enemy’s own confes
sion, exploded before the surrender took place.
Our loss in the meantime was only fifteen men,
despite the use of the “terrific bombs” of
which we hear so much, whife the Federal loss
was over one hundred.
Under these circumstances, we have reason
to believe that had a dflzen guns of large cali
bre, say eighty-four and one hundred, and twen
ty-eight pounders, been properly mounted at
Fort Henry and made bomb proof, that the po
sition could hare been held against any assault
the enemy was able to project. Since seeing
the execution done by the inferior armament
at Fort Henry, we have greater confidence , in
•ur ability to hold our other positions.
Nashville Union <L American.
Deuiidoff, the one who has numberless pala
ces and diamonds, and who once was husband
of the Princess Mathilde, of France, had just
sold Elba to Louis Napoleon for 1,5000,000
francs.
Provisional Congress Adjourned.
Richmond, 17th.—Congress to day confirm
ed George B. Crittenden and W. W. Loriug as
Major Generals.
Hon. Howell Cobb made a feeling and elo
quent speech in closing the business of the
Provisional Congress, and announced that this
body is adjourned sine die.
REPORTS WANTING CONFIRMATION.
Many extravagant reports are in cfrculation
about a disaster to the Confederate army in
Kentncky and Tennessee, but nothing is offi
cially known here, nor known to the News
Agent here corroborating these reports.
FORT D’ONELSON CAPTURED.
Norfolk, 18th.—Northern papers of the
17th received.
The Baltimore Sun in an extra of the 17th,
at 2 P. M., says that Fort Donelson surrender
ed on the I 6th, with 15,000 prisoners, includ
ing Gens. Johnston, Buqkner and Pillow.
Chicago, 17th.—The right wing commenced
storming Fort Donelson at noon to-day, taking
the right wing of the enemy’s fortification^,
over which the stars and stripes are now float
ing.
The opposing forces are now almost breast
to breast, ready to open the work of death
upon each other at any moment
Cincinnati, 17th.—Fort Donelson was taken
yesterday with 15,000 prisoners, including
Johnston, Buckner and Pillow.
It was announced in the House of Represen
tatives at Washington by Col. Fox, yesterday,
who was authorized to make the statement by
Gen. McClellan.
Floyd escaped. Heavy loss on both sides.
St. Louis, 16th.—Gen". Halleck received des
patches from Gen. Curtis, stating that Price’s
rear guard were overtaken in the pursuit from
Springfield, but the rebels escaped, leaving
wagons and baggage.
FROM RICHMOND.
Richmond, 18th.—No details have been re
ceived in official quarters relative to the casu
alties at Fort Donelson. The telegraphic wires
connecting to Nashville have been covered with
ice and icicles for the past two days, and there
has been consequently great difficulty in trans
mitting messages.
A despatch from Nashville states that Floyd
and Pillow were in that city. The Federal re
port of the number of prisoners taken is not
believed. There is great anxiety to hear the
particulars from eur own men.
The Pi esident has authorized Cot T. R. R.
Cobb to increase the Georgia Legion to 5,000
men, and when increased to operate on the
Tennessee line. CoL Cobb leaves for Georgia
in a few days. •
LATER FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
Norfolk, 18th—9:45 P. M.—Northern pa
pers of the 17th state that six companies ol
the 8th Neft IlampshiA Regiment sailed from
Boston on the 16th for Ship Island.
Cotton market irregular on Saturday. Mid
dlings 28a29c.
* Late advices from Mexico report tnat the
people are united in the determination to resist
the invasion.
A large amount of hospital stores have been
sent to Roanoke Island.
The ship Macauly, from Baltimore, was
boarded by the Sumter, near Genoa, but al
lowed to proceed.
The Federal steamer Primere was lost at sea
in a recent gale, but her crew was saved.
The 9th Rhode Island battery, and a portion
of the Engineer regiment, sailed for Port Roy
al, on the 17th.
Slidell has arrived at Paris. The Southern
ers there think that he will soon accomplish
his mission. Ex Speaker Pennington, of New
Jersey, died on the 16th,
The Paris correspondent of thd New York
Herald says that the Emperor is ready to re
cognize the Confederacy, but is waiting for
England to act first, and says Palmerston is
afraid to make the first move. [Another Yan
kee canard,]
..ow
the Confedc:
peace in a Union
separated themr
with vastly sup!
sources, tliey wagi
’s cavalry.
ij not been niadej
eorg
e people of
to live in
ern neighbors,
For this act
military re
ly war against uij"
with the avowed objeef of conquering ,us b^
their power, and compelling us to live in subjec
tion to their will. We relied much upon the
justice of our cause, but in a contest so unequal,
we felt our need of Divine assistance, and
Christians and good men of every denomination
lifted their voices to Heaven in earnest suppli
cation, and placed their trust, not in armies,
and horses, and chariots, but in the God of Is
rael. While our people were unitedly engaged
in humiliation and prayer our armies went
forth from victory to victory*, with invincible
courage am) strength, which filled our enemies
with shame and confusion. But it is fearei]'
that our constant successes filled our hea
with vanity, and caused us to appropriate
ourselves a large portion of the glory* which I
longed to God alone. We forgot that it wasf
only with His assistance that “one should chase
a thousand and two put ten thousand to flight.”
The feeling seemed to be that “our hand is
high, and the Lord hath not done all this”; and
we were ready to say in the language of one
of old who felt confident in his own strength
“is not this great Babylon that 1 .have built,”
The consequence has been that God bus, for
a time, withdrawn his smiling face from us, and
has turned the tide of victory against us, and
permitted our enemies to triumph over us, and
our troops to be slaughtered and made prison
ers, till the land has been filled with mourning
in place of rejoicing. In the midst of these
troubles we have been reminded of the languj
age of the Pslamist. “Thou goest not for^
with our armies, Thou makest us to turn ‘
from the enemy, and they which hate ur spfl
for themselves. ’
Impressed with the firm conviction, in thid
our time of national peril, that if we return
unto the Lord, and put our trust in him, and
in our united capacity as a people humble ou
selves in fasting and prayer He will be to usf
strong tower from the enemy,” and when tl|
“enemy shall come in like a flood the spirit
the Lord shall lift up a standard ag
and that we shall have cause as one^
claim “Rejoice not over me, 0 mine eTl
when I tall I shall arise ; when I set in dark
ness the Lord shall be a light unto me.”
Therefore, I, Joseph E. Brown, Governor i
Georgia, do issue this my proclamation se
apart Friday, t*e 7tii day of March nkj
a day* of Fasting, Humiliation and Prayer,
I earnestly invite the people of this State, ol
every sect and danominaticn, to meet at their
respective places of public worst ip on that
day. and to unite in humble and fervent sup
plication and prayer to* Go J foi His blessing
upon our country, and to implore Him to give
wisdom in council to those in authority, and
victory to our armies in the field, until our eg
my shall be driven from our territory and pe«
shall again be restored throughout all the land.
And I earnestly invite the Reverend Clergy to
he present and to lead in such religious servi
ces as may be. appropriate to the occasion.
Given under my hand and the Seal of tlj
„ Executive Department, at the Capitol
Milledgeville, this 18th day of February^
in the year of our Lord 1862.
Joseph E. Brown^
’W'hai if ikf Enemy Reach Weld«ji4
Fears have been expressed that the Burnsil
expedition, by an advance up the Roanoke river
to Weldon, may he able to cut off the railroad
communication between Richmond and the cot
ton States through North Carolina. This is
mistake. The railroad from Raleigh to Rich
mond crosses the Roanoke at Gaston, eight
miles above Weldon, and though we are not
sure that the enemy’s gunboats may not be able
to reach Weldon at a high stage of the river,
we are satisfied that they cannot get to Gaston!
ft is between these points, we think, that a
canal has been cut, or attempted, to rci&r the
river navigable above Weldon, and of course
it will be an easy matter for the North Caroli
nians to destroy, obstruct or dispute the pass
age of t he canal, if there is one available to
gunboats. There is also a railroad communi
cation between Weldon and Gaston, but this
can be easily destroyed, and the enemy thus
delayed until sufficient force is gathered to dis
pute lys inland passage. His cavalry may make
a flying visit from Weldon to Gaston and de
stroy the railroad and other property there, but
they cannot hold the position without their
artillery.
A railroad from Goldsboro’ to Raleigh con
nects the Wilmington and Weldon with the
Raleigh and Gaston Railroad ; so that a slight
deflection only would be necessary to avoid
Weldon by this route if the Federal gunboats
should reach it. There is also a railroad eom-
municaticn nearly completed between Colum
bia, S. C., and Richmond, by way of Charlotte,
Salisbury and Greensboro’, N. C., and Danville,
Halilax 0. H., and Charlotte, Va, The only
gap is that between Greensboro’ and Danville,
about forty miles. This is the gap that the
Secretary of War urged the Confederate Con
gress to fill up, as-the road was one of military
necessity, ».nd the wisdom of the recommenda
tion is now the more apparent.
Our despatches report the Federal gunboats
pushing towards Edentwn, N. C. This town is
at the mouth of the Chowan river, and ntf: p-
the head of.Albermarle Sound. From it tl e
gunboats would be in position to advance up
either the Roanoke river or the Chowan.
Columbus Enquirer*