Newspaper Page Text
Ttie Greorgia, Literal
eraroerance Crusader.
ia Crttsabet.
r
THUKSDAY SEPT. 12, 186l.
JOHN H. SEALS, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
PARTICULARS.
Term* : Two Man, is advance.
In ordering the paper' write your name and office
plainly. /
In ordering yunypuper changed from one offl e to
another, name jxafe office# dietinctly.
Vnrlernia require that the caeh most be paid inva
riably in advance, and the reception of the paper will
* - arance that the money hae been received.
Maps.
AVe return our friend James McPherson,
many thanks for two well executed maps ; one
of the Confederate Slates, and the other of the
battle grounds of Manassas and Bull Bun.
Price of the former 75 cts. f hy mail 80 cts.,
of the hitter 40 cts.
Mias Buie.
This lady who lyxs made considerable repu
tation as a writer under an assumed name, is
now slopping at the Trout House, and propo
ses spending several weeks in our city. She
comes very highly recommended by the press
and many distinguished men, as u successful
teacher, an J s-he is desirous of getting a school
here. She is also agent for the throe papers
published in Augusta.
Religion* Meeting.
A glorious work is going on in Wesley Chap
el under the charge of the Hot. Mr. Scott.—
Many have been added to the church, and
many others arc ae«kiop dvadun.
nit iaou. J At. B*rrlck,
la the peijured, false, anil Abolition State
of Kentucky, there are many brave and true
Southern hearts which pant f r fn loin, and
among the number i> the lion. J. R Ilu*.rick.
He writes us word that lie i* looking out for a
home in case K* nlticky fails l" take h«r p *ii-
tion in the Southern <'ont«dv.racy. -ud prop -
a«** \i.-iiing Atlanta with the view «’f settling
her
mac hi;
Knox v
turni.i
Pfuutilor
r, yesterday a
invente l by Mr.
p. in this state, r
ait about 150,0;Xi
C nj n
per day. This r.i
the very tiling for
can be worked rill
Johnson has sold t
to a company in M
the manufactory < !
has up plied f.»r a
y'••krill* Union.
. Johnson,
is cap able
BOO neatly farmed »
no appears to ns t
•r by hind or steam.
machine he has with
■p w!m ai
c ips. We uwdrrstan
atom tor his invm'io
wh
Hints far the Month.
Prepare for the war! should be written ever
the door of every farm building. Save all
the provender you can, that will nourish man
or beast. Take care of your straw, chaff,
bran, everything, and don't feed extravagantly
because you have full cribs. Fix up your
shelters for the protection of stock during the
winter.
Repair all farm houses.
Take care of your stock.
Don’t indulge any longer in mutton, but
look to the wool, and guard against hard times.
Set all the old folks to knitting stockings' for
the soldiers. Half a pound of cotton and half
a pound of wool will make four pair heavy
winter socks, and they will be sorely needed.
We have no Yankee knitting looms, and mu>t
rely upon our fingers.
Get yoar horses in marching order. We may
need more cavalry, and every man who can
spare a horse should freely offer him to Ms
country.
Prepare early to sow a large area in wheat,
rye, and barley.
Sow large turnip patches. R«*d top will do
well sown any time in September. Save all
your peas and pea vine.-.
Colton —Pick it out as rapidly as it opens,
and don't let a bale of it leave your gin bouse
until the blockade i? raised, and it can be made
available by your Government.
Woik day and night—not to make money,
but to be able to protect the soldier and his
family, and secure our own independence.—
Fanner and Planter:
Nap< leon declared a? St. Helena, that “ar-
tn *••*<? present Jay, decides ttie late of
nations, and he who knows how to bring a
mass of this arm to act upon a particular
point, unknown to the enemy, is sure to carry
it.” Acting on this formula, his artillery be-
i-arue the most formidable of any - then known
iu Kurope. He lost Marengo u> der the fire
of 100 cannon, but recovered it by the skill
ful use of oi ly 15 pieces unexpectedly brought
upon M.;rmont. At Friedland, JIG gun-, sudden
Jy brought up, did more service than 20,000
ni n uiidtr Ney had done. In the pas age of
i he Danube at W a gram, he covered the army
with 5bt» gun.-. He w:ts constantly increasing
hi.- aitillerv. He entered Russia wiih 1,072
pieces, i.mi at thelmitle at Borodino, 590 were
brought into service, the Russians having 040
The following communication ia from the
pen of one of the moat respectable, intelligent
and patriotic ladies of this community. It pre
sents facts which claim the serious considera
tions, and calm reflection on all our people.—>
There arc too mAny among us, who are striv
ing to get rich, and make great gain out of
the present war. While our poor soldiers are
risking health, life, fortune, and enjoymente,
in defence of our common Southern country,
there are men among us, who are taking ad
vantage of the t.mes, exact of poor laboring
women who are striving to make bread for
their children prices they can barely live at,
and force them thereby to put off poor work,
so that these heartless speculators may make
money by selling soldier's shirts, at from 50
to 100 per cent profit. Who arc these Shy-
locks? Let them be ferretied out, and let the
scorn of an indignant public hunt them down
to that grave of infamy, so deep that the band
of resuvrection can never reach them.
r
More Naval Expeditions
The New York Herald sav^:
W. understand that si .ice tho brilliant i-oi
quest «»f Hat I eras Inlet, the Government h;
resolfi-d upon several similar expeditions will
• hU loss of time. We i«re glad to hear it. f
tbi* i- the shortest way to the vital parts
this Southern rebellion We thus li.*“ it in
the flank and rear, and c impel it to face about
to deb nd itself. Better still, by our occupa
tion of the inlet.-* and seaports of the Cotton
State* we shall be abl**, in goo-1 season, to re
lieve the Manchester cotton spinners and mak •
ibeni good Union men Let us make a bold
dash for i i..• hca b|ii.triers ot King Cotton, and
we shall soon have him on the hip on b- lU
sides of the water.
Mrs. Sarah Wlalldru.
A friend informs us that this lady, aged J- >
years, and so iufirin, that she bis n f walked
for two years, has sent on to Virginia a pair of
socks for President Davis, one pair each for
Gens. Beauregard, Johnston :.nd L.*e, knit with
her own hands. He further informs us that her
needle is constantly going, knitting socks for
the soldiers, and that we will hear from her
_onjy;r socjt UiLitifore Th*
may become feeble by reason of years : but i|
really seems that age make ’lie fire of patriot*
ism burn bright and brighter slid. Such acts
of unalloyed patriotism wo think should be lew
on record Generation* will yet rise up and
be call her “ blessed.” We have but few of
»bis generation of patriots, which is f.ist pass
ing away ; but one thing we do know, they
are as “ true as steel*’ to the rights an l liber
ties of their country and to the honor nud
glory of ti.eir God. All h- n r to tin m for
their patriotic and unceasing energies in the
cause of So*.’hern independence.—Sumter
Watchman.
Military < -£nlliu»laHni ,> of tlie Aortli.—A
Draft Proposed.
The New York World -ays :
It is useless to disguise the flier that there
is a strong pressure upon the President and
Cabinet by men high in military station to re
sort immediately to drafting to fill the ranks
of our army to the number required to carry
on tin* war successfully. At the present rate
of recruiting to our regular army, the new
regiments will not be filled up before January
thus keeping out of active service our best
regular officers at a time when their services
are most required. The 23 ; oo0 increase of the
ry^v j&rroy ought to i*e in ti* field before
the 1st of October; but how to get the men
without a draft U the question. It is feared
by many persons here that tin* stoppage of all
new-* res pec ing the condition of the army' is
laHiug the North to fatal s*\ UTity. and that
wc are credited wi ll twice the number or
troops cn the line of the Potomac than we re
ally have in camp. If such is the ca-e, let it
be known. that while we have plenty of i. en
to guard Washington, we want 60,000 more
troops to make an effective forward movement^
With the complications like to ari.-e in Ken
tucky within the coming month, and with what
additional aid Gen. Freemont will require, 20o f -
000 more men can find enough to do.
At I vrzen, when the French had all but
11*.~i the banU*, HI guns, unexpectedly brought
up, broke thr. ugh the allied Russians and
Frn«j ;ir.s. ami a charge by cavalry and
Imperial Guard secured tho victory. In the
gig-ir.'.ic battle of Leipaic, the allies had 1,570
guns, and Nspolcon 720. These he discharg
ed 2*’>0,000 times. At Waterloo, however, the
usual superiority of Napt Icon,s artillery failed
him. In that action he had 246 guns, while
the Bxiti.-h had but 150. It is an extraordi
nary fact tha ? during the whole Peninsular
War the quantity of artillery possessed by the
British was much less than that of the French,
yet the former were almost uniformly victo
rious. It was when Napoleon brought hr
batteries to play against the Allief that his
success was secured.
From Europe and tlic North.
We had the plea-ure of Conversing, Ia*-t
night, with a gentleman of Charleston, who
has just returned from Europe via New York
and Louisville, He informed us that great in
terest was felt across the water on American
affairs—and tLat the battle of Manassas Plains
had raided tho South considerably in the esti
mation of the European-.
In France, the Stock of Cotton is quite low,
i only fine goods are manufactured there,
the peopU must have American Cotton. Our
informant thinks that France will, therefor#*,
take the initiative in FS&firg-tfi(TfiMckTue, and
that England will back her in the operation.—
This, he thinks, will he effe t< d within the
next forty days.
A great number of Southerners were in Eu
rope, purchasing goods, on condition of deliv
ery; and purchases can be made tl»;*re fifty
per cent les9 than in the North.
Our Commissioners were in good health and
spirits.
On arriving at New York, the gentleman was
arrested and .searched—many articles in his
posse*-ion being seized and retained, as con
traband. Ha thinks that the war spirit U not
as high there as it was a few months ago : he
was in that city soon after the bombardment
of Sumter, and regiments were sent to Wash
ington at the rate of four to five per day ;
while within the four day- that he was there
recently, only one region-nt was sent on.
In Kentucky there is considerable excite
mcr.t, but the gentleman thinks that if forced
lo take a position, she will side with the
South.—Augusta Constitutionalist, 10/A
Communicated.
I have had menna Lyes to I on me sen* that
I epn from texaa to Gorgia by thea pepelsthat
It tis ther way Doin in henna thiag not nowin
it I Ceal prowerd that I Ant Got to answer foT
thee pepel Lyes that is ther way do in henna
thing not nowin it At the bar of God.
WILLIAM C SWJNDALL.
The above notice was handed to us for pub-
Hontion by Its author, end it is published ver
batim it punctualim.
Wo are personally acquainted with the man.
TJtc Sequestration Act.
Tue N. O. (Vcscent ?ays :
There has been a good deal of talk about
the Confiscation Bill; a very just and proper
one to meet the robberies of Lincoln, Seward,
Chase & Co. There are many fine siores on
C unp, Canal and Poydras streets, which must
come within the meaning and intent of the
law. The great iron front store, corner of
Camp and Common, will come within the law :
stores corner of Bank Place and Gravier;
sloivs corner of Poydras and Camp; stores
corner of Cr.nal and Chartres ; the fine block
co-rr.LT of Loyal and Bienville, known as Ro-
~mrnzo”\V.^Montgomery'a ; the large warehouse
on Fulton and Front Levee streets. There
vrUX be some hardships in som«' ca.es. For
instance, the owner of one of ti e valuable
corners on Chart roes and Canal streets resi
ded in our city from 1818 to 1855, carrj ing on
his business as a grocer, though he never
spent over two summers in the city, t^e oth
ers he passed in New Jersey and other places.
For eveT twenty years he has ceased to be a
ciiiz*n of New Orleans. He has a son who,
wc believe, was born here and educated North,
but who has resided here for many years. He
is now fighting for the South, being a member
of the Washington Artillery. As the party
alluded to (the senior) is pretty well advanced
it might not be oat of place to suggest to him
to divid** his property anttrior to his being
called hence, that the son, who is now en
gaged and identified with the glorious cause
of the South, may secure his share. There is
also a resident of Brooklyn, N. Y. f formerly
a distinguished lawyer of Attakapas, who owns
two valuable plantations—one sugar. It will
also go bard with him. He removed from
Louisiana many years ago. As the South did
not cast the first -tone, there cannot be any
expected relief for those who have ignoiedihe
South fi*r year-, and drawn large sums of mon
ey from its great storehouse of wealth and
riches. True, the present state of affairs may
be and is without a precedent. But the stern
arid unbending demands of justice and retali
alien require the course indicated by the Aci
of the Confederate Congress to be carried oiv
to the fullest extent, and our own citizens who
have suffered by the illegal and vile acts of
the Lincoln, Seward & Co. dynasty, be remu
nerated from the proceeds of the confiscate
prope rty. As the Act is retrospective, taking
effect from the first of May last, it may col
nto question the rents paid by tenants since
that date; therefore, tenants and hirers of
property which is liable to confiscation, will
do well to pay into the Confederate Treasury
hereafter. No suits can be instituted in our
Courts for residents in cur enemies’ dominions
Now, Messieurs Tenants, you can either pay
your rents or let it &h>n<*; but if you pay
them now, with the law before you, you may
have to pay them over again. We talk to you
for your own advantage.
According to law, there will be subjec
confiscation:
Seven thousand shares (S7no(n>0) Canal
Bank.
Three thousand shares (£300,000) Bank
Louisiana Stock.
Twelve* hundred shares Southern Bank.
Some few shares of Citizens’ and State
Banks, also .-ome few hundred chares (las
Light Company, particularly those shares
which have b:en transferred since the 21st of
May, in expectation of senn* Act of the kind
being p osed by the Confederate Congrats.
Kr<>m the Daily Intelligencer.
Atlanta, Sept. 9ih, 1861.
Messrs. Editors :
Just at this time when soldiers, soldiers
work and every thing that pertains to the sol
dier, seems to be the all absorbing topic of
conversation, as well as the most vigorously
prosecuted work that is carried on, there is
one thing relating to soldiers work which seems
to me has been neglected, or over-looked in
the multiplicity of other cares about the sol
di eT.
I mean the manner iu which the work is
done. I will give you one instance from
among the many which have come under my
obesrvation.
Last week, ubout 8 o’clock, in the morning,
I saw a woman hurrying by with a bundle of
shirts in her arms, 1 ran out and asked her if
they were for the soldiers’. She said “yes.’’
I asked her how much she was paid for mak
ing them ? She ?aid, “ seven pence apiece,
and it was poor pay.” I a-ked her how many
she could make in a day Y She said six, and
added that siic and her sister had made theta
that morning. She had six iQ her arms. 1
then took one and examined it, and I think I
may safely say that, the sewing would uot hold
the shirt together ’till the soldier could got one
wearing out of it !
Now this was a common-place conversation,
but these arc facts.
I can sew as rapidly as any lady, but to d
the sewing good, and make shirts as soldiei
shirts should be made, I coul I not make two
in :i Jay.
You see where the evil arises. As the dar
key said, “pooi pay, poor preach.*’ This j» >or
sewing is the off spring of poor pay. And
just here let me say, l never pay loss than
twenty-Jive cents for making a negroes shirt. j
The woman who had the shirts, told me she j
was making them for a certain dry good store
in town. 8o passing by the store the other i
day, I wont iu, and casually ask id the price of I
the shirts. 1 was told one dollar.
Now let see v.hat they cost the merchant— i
say three yards of Hivkorv stripes at 22.1 cents I
per yard, <1 presume they can get it at that |
price from the Factory, j comes to S7X cents. !
buttons and thread 5 cent-, and 12'. for mak- ;
g, makes the shirt cost him 55 cents. You
e the profit!
I think too l have overrated the number of
yards, for when the last Regiment rendezvous-*!
here, I noticed a number soldiers with tiio?.*
shirts on, and the sleeves were too short by
an inch or two, and so small they could scarce
ly bend their arms.
Now, in the name of all that is patriotic, is
this right, to impo.-e such a shirt, such work,
and at such a price oa our soldiers ?
And in the name of all that is charitable,
is this the right way to treat our laboring
poor ?
These same poor women make Haversacks
ai 35 Cents per dozen—with thei»* fingers bleed-
ing and that—his such rough work.
I was afraid vhat Governor Brown had then>
ade, but I bar** been informed this morning
that he did nut. I felt too that our good Gov
ernor who has done every thin/ ?o well, could
t do a thin/ so unjust. If ladies were al-
1 >\vt*d to hurrah, how I would hurrah for him ;
and, if they were allowed to vote, I would say
Governor Brown forever!
But while I am writing and finding fault,
there is just one more item and 1 have done.
a making up a box for the Georgia Hos
pital, and looking over the published list of
articles desired, I see they want Comforts 42
by 78 inches, and Matress Sacks 32 by 78 inch-
Now I insist that 42 inc .es is not wide
euough for a comfort; and as to the length,
how unreasonable to have the comfort tLe same
length of the mntnts*.
I wonder if some gentleman did uot make
out that list ? No good house wife did it I
know.
We do not wish to be extravagant uor at
the same time stingy towards our poor sick
soldiers. Wc want them lo have comforts
large enough to turn over under, and every
other comfort that we can give ; but we want
a good standard to work by. Who will starts
us Tight?
I would also like to know if there is an ag
ent or a committee to receive contributions to
this Ifospotal in the city. If there is let them
make ihcmselvr-s known through the papers.
HESTER.
The following handsome pr<
the fertile brain and truly poetic
Vaughn, was handed to u3
members of the Isabella Socict
posed of the young ladies of th»
male Institute. It was delivered before that
Society Mrs. Vaughn, and CfPToccasion,
though sudden and rather unexpected, proved
to be a very interesting one. She is t’hp author
of a series of Southern text books, (designed
for the primary classes, and her wfrks*have
met with the most decided approbation of many
teachers and excellent scholars.
8ALITATOBY. ^
To the Isabella Society, Atlanta Institute,
Atlanta, Ga.
Author of the u Southern •Series'*
With glowing vision# of a w<*rM
t'uauug ia aacicut story,
Columbus Nc*'ks the rojal pair
Now flatbed with martial glory.
Iu Salamtnc i’s stately halls
By georgt-ous trains surrouinh-il,
(The pompons pageantry of war)
Where war’s dread notes resounded
Ah ! how amid this proud array,
Shall hoed to him l»e given !
The Moor from And lusia’s vales
At length is to be driven—
Toj long has gleam*.* 1 the cn-cent o'er
These paradisic regions.
The cr ma must triumph, Afrie take
Boabdil's brok ; n legion-*.
Bold, haughty, knights, priests and aa\
Scowl on this pale-browed stranger,
Who, wrapped in his sublime emprise
Becks nought of scorn or dinger.
Unmoved he pliis his argument# ,
Made stronger Cy
Demonstrates his grand theory.
And impetrates
eJ In
1 he <jueen
Soon Europe hears the pc
•Columbus a new world has giv<
To old Castile and !>on !*’
And lo! where then the savage
Our loved Atlanta College,
Written for the Crusader.
The East trig Judgment*
“Let me kiss your cheek, Evn,” said Joe, as
they were about tojppr&t Mr. Hale’s gate.
“No, you nef^lhall kiss me, sir,” was tbe
quick rejoivder, and she tripped up the walk
leaviag the poor disconsolate boy to his sad
reflections.
Eva was an “independent individual” of
her sex. But though her independence reign
ed supreme, when prudence required it, yet
her soft blue eye spoke the depth of affection,
and the tenderness of her pure, warm heart*
They had just returned from church. Joe
lingered some time nt the gate in a kind of
lost amazement, not realizing the flat refusal
till her “light step*’ was heard no more. As
he turned to walk away he began to reflect
and soliloquize thus: Probably if I had took
it, *1 would made no difference. What is there
iu kissing? ’Tis the token of love—of all that
is pure and holy And 1 only asked to kiss
her cheek; and to thins I’ve paid undivided
attention to her for two years, and nev
er attempted to kiss her, and now she refuses
to let me kiss her check. Never said good
night, and I am going to leave the city in the
morning to see her no more for a fo? tnight. I
am determined it shall be a lasting judgment
though a cruel cne. May honor as a boy for
it, she’ll, want me to kiss her before I do it
now. The following morning he left the city
and remained away some time not writing to
Eva a line, a very nnusual occurrence, to her.
* * * * •*
“1 am going to Conyers this evening,” said
¥rra are? sUid o*« I go with yodFt J TwouW
ho a great pleasure to go—especially with you.
Though if any one else is going, of course—”
“O no ! no one else is going that I know of
but myself. I can lake care of myself, though,
1 would be pleased lo have yon go if you
A very cool r.-ply, and poor e^t-crafage-
love and cherish you in your bitterest trials.—
But were I worth millions ’twould be the same.
I love you and that is enough ; speak and re
lieve my suspense. At this moment the moon
shot out from behind a cloud. All was still
but the hearts of the two. Joe gazed in her
face as she looked downward and breathed
lightly for an answer. He thought of the kiss
and the possibility of the correctness of his
dream ; the “lasting judgment,” and grasped
her hand tightly, and again ventured to say,
“Speak, Eva, speak, for my sake relieve my
suspense. Will you be mine? Will you have
me with all my faults ?”
She threw her head into liis bosom and in a
minute was in tears. Every thing was silent
for a moment more when he gently raised her
head and broke its Lasting Judgment.
May they be happy.
Correspondence between Gov. Magoilin
of Kentucky, and tUe President of the
United States and the Confederate
States.
V.llf
shall railia
The Uesseil light if knowleti
IU1 Isabella! Fame dial 1 h. ur
Yonriuime to fu’iire ag.-s,
Liitkitl with the world’s di-cot <
With bent-fact .rs—sages.
Wi-li Btss’d who raw England r
Recently a military force has been enlisted
and quartered by the United States authori
ties within this State. I have on this day ad
dressed a communication and dispatched Com
missioners to the President of the United
States, urging the removal of these (Toops
from the foil of Kentucky, and thus exerting
myself to carry out the will of the people in
the maintenance of a neutral position. Tbe
people of this State desire to be free from
the presence of the soldiers of either being-,
erents, and to that end my efforts arc n
directed.
Although 1 have no reason to presume that
the Government of the Confederate .State? con
templates or have ever purposed any violation
of the neutral attitude thus a.-sumed by Ken
tucky, there seems to be some uneasiness felt
among the people of some portions of the
State, occasioned by the collection of bodies
of troops along their southern frontier. In
order to quiet this apprehension,, and to se
cure to the people their cherished object ot
peace, this communication is to represent these
facts, and elicit an authoritative assurance
that the G jvernment of the Confederate States
will continue to respect and observe the posi
tion indicated as assumed by Kentucky.
Very respectfully, your obd’t serv’t,
B. MAGOFFIN.
gal lou.- around
thickly strung
arch traitor, doi
most contemptible <
do hold6n—a few more^
crackers, and yeu will
opening up avenues through
fighting rebels, and hearing prayers!
scaffold of traitors of “upper ten.
Give my best regards to Hosford.
good fellow, with a mother and
love Christ. I think he wants to b® * Chris
tian. I hope the solemn surroundings of a
soldier's life have not failed to infW" *' im
with a med of a preparation for eternity.
I am comfortably fixed in Brooklyn — au
vance in every respect over N.o old sp **• • > ’ f "
cession is an infer linn, you ?<*c.
Glad to hear from you at any time. May
your hmvr* return with many sralps. h ^
Your.- fra’.crndgiy-
J<»BT. LOWERY.
: .Joe to hi:
self.
i«l—n
J><
There-e’*, *ho her emp
Vfc*t »ria’a loved and g
A Bix's—Nightingale*'.'
T*> h\»m existence gh
Yirnr name well bear:
ll-ld up to emulvtion
«nt are there yet New
By which to exalt om
Here shall some new C.
With joy should wet
But if New World* are
We ll try tobies* the
Wt ’ll do i
t beside,
our teacher*’, ft hers’, mothers',
ho b.«mm o'er is ble?t. The world
sq>rt a.ls oat its charms before us,
»ir Flora’s train, field*, Woods and f*tr
The stellar windows o'er us.
And v
rids lu i
1.1 • !m
And bids us glean its pages;
Where glow the amaranthine truths,
Tho aliment of sages.
Lite misers heaping nj» their gold.
We'll hoard these precious treasures.
On which the soul may ever feast
Andfiudenuo ling pleasures.
world* we may not find-
We irfiy discover daily:
iese will we hoard a
As Carter—Barbauld—Daily
ars are the glories of the cart
The stars that roll above rs :
we, as yon. oar Maher love
And feel that he will love r-
r facts
fair <
Fair sisterhood of Isahc
Accept this faint exp
«»f my warm wi b h th it
AX*y be p ••
.l/hirtfot, Ca. Any :A,
*
Tut Kies Crop.—The harvesting of the rice
c 'mm"need about ten days ago on the Savan
nah anJ Ogeechee rivers, eays the Republican,
and wc may &ay generally that a better crop
has not b* cn made for years. It met with no
disaster during the growing season, and is
large and fully headed out. Toe continuous
rains since it. has been cut may damage it some-
wh at, but it. can stand a good deal of wet weath
er without serious effect upon flic grain.
The inland plantations in many sections
would have done better with more rains to fill
up the ponds, hut still we hour the crop is a
very fair one.—Savannah Republican.
Dank or Fittsvi.vahia.—The notes of this
bank are no longer current in this city, our
banks having for the last few days refused to
receive them. The brokers were offering to
purchase them yesterday, at twenty per cent,
disc* .unt.— Richmond Enquirer.
Salt.—We are happy to state this article is
now manufactured among ns, and large sup
plies will soon be placed In the markets. We
have examined specimens of this home-made
salt and find It exceeds in strength the article
heretofore used by us.—Norfolk Day Book.
wm
Harbor* on I|«c Southern Coast.
The northern journals, which are making
?uch a tremendous and triumphant clamor
over the “great victory” at Hatteras Inlet,
announce that the Government has thereby se
cured possession of the whole Southern coast.
As usual they are displaying the utmost ig
norance of the subject on which they under
take to enlighten other people. So numerous
are the inlets on the coast that a vessel of
moderate draught of water can run from Cape
Henry to New Orleans and make a harbor ev
ery night. It is impossible tlAt the Govern
ment can clo^e these outlets, even if the ships
and men at its disposal were increased a hun
dred fold. We subjoin a list of harbors be
tween the m uih of the Chesapeake and Flor
ida, and the distance between each. They are
of course known to the Government, and pro
peviy to the officers of every insurance com
pany in this city :
Inland and Coast from the Chesapeake Day to
the Calf of Mexicoi Muling a Harbor Every
Night.
Buns. Miles
1. Cape Henry to Oregon Inlet, 75
2. Cape Hatteras (through 1’ainlico Sound, 35
3. Hatteras Inlet, 10
4. Ocrncoke, 15 to 20
5. Cetlar Inlet, 02
6. Cape Lookout, 25 to 30
7. Old Topsail Inlet, 30 to 35
8. Bogue Inlet, 25 to 30
0. New Topsail Inlet, 30 to 35
10. Cape Fear, 40 to 45
11. Little River, 35 to 40
12. Georgetown Light (S. C.) 55 to 00
13. Cape Roman, 15 to 20
14. Bull Bay, 20 to 25
15. Charleston Bay, 20 to 25
10. St. Helena Sound, 35 to 40
17. Port Royal, 15 to 20
18. Savannah River, 20 to 80
10. Catherine’s Sound. 35 lo 40
20. Doboy Sound, 20 to 30
21. St. Mary’s River, .*50 to 35
22. St. John’s River, # 20
23. St. Augustine, 30 to 35
24. Alatanzas Inlet, 15 to 20
15. Mosquito Inlet, x g5
20. Cape Canaveral,
27. Indian River,
28. Jupetcr Inlet,
20. Hillsboro’ Inlet,
30. Cape Florida,
31. Roger's Key,
This brings a vessel inside of the Florida
Keys. Prom this point there is do difficulty
in making a harbor every night, or even ev
ery few hours
twL S
Ynnkre Morals aud literature.
To the Ed?or of the Richmond Whig :—Your
publication of a letter purporting to be written
by a soldier of Comp my 1. 2d Vermont Regi
ment, induces me to send you the copy of an
other, in the hope that it will bo acceptabl • to
your readers. It not only corroborates the
vandalism set f->rt’n in the first, but sheds ad
ditional light on the manner in which the io-
vaj-ion of Virginia was prosecuted.
It was taken from the writer alter his death
in the battle of the 21st, by William L. Jones,
of (’apt. Boyd’s company, Nelson Grays, who
handed it t » me with a view to publication.—
The original is now in po.-session of Gen. Bon
ham, but the following i*? as correct a copy as
can be made. IT. C. W.
The letter lias the superscription of II. J.
Bishop, Burlington, Vermont. On the envel
ope thorc is a picture representing a man
sprawling on tbe ground, in one band is a
miniature representation of the Capitol of tlic
late United States, in the other, Fort Sumter
—an eagle is pouncing on the prostrate man,
while the lettering is—
‘ A bird's eye view of the j^eat 5? utliern loan—
All we a*fc i* to be let aloce."
Virginia, North Bast Division,
July Y.), 1861.
Dear Wife.—I will write you a few lines as I
have a chance to send it to you by Thomas
Canfield, he came into camp to-day, and T was
glad to hear from Vermont again. Wc expect
a fight to-night. Wc arc now seventy tli li
gand strong in our Division or Brigade. Wc
arc to reinforce Gen’l. Patterson’s Division of
sixty thousand, also to be joined byGen'l Mc
Dowell’s Division of severity-five thousand,
making quite a strong fojpie. Yesterday we
routed a camp of rcbbelfi and look possession
of a mass battery. To-d^y we burned a reb-
bcdl house and took the inmate- prisoners. In
the fight we lost on our side 3 and 27 wound
ed. Of the enemy the killed and wounded
must have been over four hundred. Wc arc
to inarch tu Manassas Junction to-night.—
Now I will tell you our atile and means of
living. Wc march on to a place of encamp
ment and halt. Our Captains of the seveial
companys detale 8 men from each com
go out and procure food for their corr.panfW I
do the cooking so l nin not detailed iu
squad ; but soon the boys come in
ox 2 or •» pigs, turkeys and chickens, urn
horse to help them along with their burthen.
If wc want-something nice the boys go right
into a bouse and help themselves. To-day I
went over about a mile from camp and brought
in a hive of l ees with about 70 lbs. honey. I
put on my rubber blanket! so they could not
sting inc and the old man and family took af
ter me but the bees drove them back by charg
ing bayonets on them, wc bad a fine feast of
honey, d:ty before yesterday wc took about 4)
horses and Last night the Zouaves brought in
some. Sixty head of fat oxen, all of our‘offi
cers have got a horse now. we take a gfeai
many prisoners but dont take their lives only
iu some instances. to-day we, hung one
Rebel which had been taken the thild tim .
we hung him on a tree and after he was dead
we tilled him with bullet's and left him hang
ing for a sign. 1 have not heard from ymi
since I left. I dont sec how it is wc get. a mail
every day. I want you to see Miles Everts or
Phineas Ballou and tell them to send my win
some papers to Capt. It. Smith. Co E Vt 2d*
Begt (Washington)
20th. I will finish this this morning we had
no light last night and dont know when we
shall have one you can write direct to Wash
ington I>. C. Co. E Vt 2d Itegt. givn_jn;
poets to all and writ** soon Yours
II. J. BIKII
What can he done for Big Bethel Bull
Col. Lyon was made a General for
an unarmed assemblage in the streets
Louis, and General McClellan, for su
Inga handful of the victims of trca<
Virginia, was promoted to supercede
Scott.
What can Lincoln do for Butler, after <
“ great and glorious victory,” which b« wfl
nesstd from a safe distance ?
After they lial got aboar*J, and the cars in
motion, .Joe fell iutn a dt*bp reflection on tlie
past and present: occasionally taking a glimpse
at the future, ^’ie had been thinking l«»ng of
offering his* K ind and fortune, (rather fjte, as
he was desolate of the latter,) to Eva, and had
good reasons to think her answer would he fa
vorable ; but for the few last times he had
b* cn in her company hlie teemed so really dif
ferent from her “former self” that he began to
doubt whether or not she would accept. At all
events he determined to propose the first real
good opportunity, for he loved Eva “hugely”
and d eed on h r as the only one that ever
could make him happy.
Their trip to Conyers was a pleasant one.
Afa r seeing Eva safely to her cousins, Joe re
tired to the hotel, though not without much
teasing to stay «t Eva’s cousins, where, as her
cousin -aid, he would have no hotel bill to
pay. Tbe hot 1 bill made little differenc
him, for he would not have slept there for ten
times tin* amount, fi r he was something of a
Fc i... ir.ibu:! -!, a: d was afraid he would talk
or w 'U: in his sleep, and Eva aud her roguish
cousins would have the joke oa him. He lay
thinking sometime about various things after
going to led, before he fell into the arms ot
morphea-. He tho’t of the similarity between
tlu* name of ike landlord, Thorne, and the
pang which lmd penetrated his “centre of cir
culation " Y»h.t a thorn it was to he in lo
and not tc.i ;’.s*-::rcd that he was loved in r
t'.rn. Aud in thinking of Thorn]so much, the
word ••h < .*rii” came in his mind. He tho’t
1 .*.*'• sweetened with honey; horns straight,
and horns cr* .kcd; of whiskey horns and
firuudy l oi ns :.nd roiled and tho’t and tho’t
and rolled till the “cough and quick turn" in
a neighboring bed convinced him it was t
f * sleep. And Joseph ’went to sleep and
dreamed a diCam. This was not the Joseph
of old, the interpreter of dream**, but it was
? m . in y vc, be dreamer. He dreamed hq
had an opportunity and proposed to Eva; and
that she nf flatly refused to have him l3 she
did to kis? him. She told him she did not love
him, that she loved Butler (who, however, was
not the Butler of old, the chief Butler in the*
h* US’* of i’haroah, but a would-be suitor of
Eva’s, whom Joe abhorred as did Eva.) and
that she meant to marry him. He tho’t he
went directly and bought him a gallon of Bike’s
Beak whi-key and prepared to take a horn,
ilc arose from his bed to the astonishment of
the young men in the neighboring bed aud
stood in ti e middle of the floor. lie dreamed
ou, that he drank freely of the sparkling
Bikes Beak, and began to stagger over the
room. The young men lit the candle to be
1 ihat there was a drunk man in the
room. Joseph began to swear that he was the
beat man in the Southern Confederacy ; could
whip any man, and wound up by staggering
back to his bed to get his pistol as he said, to
shoot somebody. At this the young men got
scared and left the room, called on Mr. Thorn
to give them another room that there was a
drunken man in theirs. Mr. Thorn went to see
about it, but found Joe in bed, quiet. He
looked fora bottle but could tfdt find none;
then for a pistol but could find one. lie
then woke him aud talked to him but found
him duly sober in speaking. Smelt of his
breath but could smell nothing but “hot
wind.’’ After Joe woke up he talked to liis
neighbors till they became satisfied and re
tired. All hands gave way to sleepy feelings.
The next morning he made his appearance at
the breakfast tabic, and soon found that he at
tracted much attention. He remembered his
dream but had no idea that he had been out of
bed. He observed that one of the young men
that slept in the neighboring bed set opposite
him. After breakfast he accosted the young
man who told him the whole ; And how ho fre
quently'called the name of Eva, and spoke of
sane sort of judgment, and how they tho’t he
was drunk. Joe made him promise secrecy in
connection with the landlord, paid his bill and
hunted the way to Evas’ cousins to spend the
day. To bis astonishment, when he wi.lked
in he was introduced to the other young man
that had slept iu the same room with him the
night before as Eva’s cousin. Joe took a
d was mute, looking steadfastly at the
arp t in deep tho’t as to whether the young
. 1 told it ; nad if not lmw to keep him
it. When he raised his eycshc>**w an
rrupted laugh generally; the girla flung
t.ueir handkerchiefs to their faces and Mowed
their noses as if they’d blow ’em ofP At last
they began to leave the room one by one, until
all left but Eva ami the yuung man. Joe saw
the secret was out and wished for something to
speak about, but was choked. lie at last
gasped “water,” and Eva shewed ntm the
pail. While drinking she asked him how he
rested tlic night before, and he replied that ho
would hdvo rested better if he had not
dreamed so much. Nothing more unusual oc
curred on th. ir little trip while in Conyers;
but on their way home they talked ubout the
dream, and Eva wanted lo know what was
meant by the “judgment.” He explained to
her tho “judgment” the “lasting judgment ”
that she once pronounced on hiui and told her
she was the being of his existence, the object
of his affections—and went on in this love
strain till she had to remind him that they
were in the cars among strangers. This silenc
ed him, ns ho thought, forever, till Eva raised
up and whispered in his ear, “wo’ll talk about
that at Mr. Hale’s gate to-night.” Joseph tho
dreamer remained silent the rest of the way
hour
GOV. MAGOFFIN TO PRESIDENT LIN
COLN.
Commonwealth of Kenti cky, j
Executive Depabtmrvt, ^
Frankfort, Aug. 10, 1801. )
To His Excellency, Abraham. Lincoln,
President of the Unf ed Stales :
Sir: From the commencement of the un
happy hostilities now pending in this country,
the people of Kentucky have indicated an earn
est desire and purpose, as far as lay in their
original political status, to do nothing by
which to involve them in the war; up to this
time they have succeeded in securing to them
selves and to the State peace anil
as the fruits of the policy My
single object now is ‘r^iMBtethe contin
uance cf thcseJ^ssTtfg?* to the people tf th
State..; iigerent parties.” In the same cooitnunku*-
(Jntil within a brief period the people of Hon you express your desiTe Vo elicit
Kentucky were quiet and tranquil, free from authoritative assurance that the Government
domestic strife, and undisturbed by internal (> f ihe Con fed ■-mb- States will continue to re-
comni ition. They have resisted no law, re- <p-*ct and ob- rvo the neutral position of Ken
belled against no authority, engaged in no re- J tueky.”
volution, but cox stantly proclaimed their firm In reply to the reque . I lose no time in
determination to pursue their peaceful avoc.a- j a. «tiring vyi: that ih • Govcrnmcx#: *f the Con-
tion, earnestly hoping that their own toil . federate States of America neither i: tends
would be spared the presence d armed troop?, r !c c ire to disturb the neutrality *>f Ken-
and that the seme of conflict would he kept tm..;. . The assemblage of troops in Tenues-
rctuoved bevend the border of their State.— ; ee, to v!.ic!i you refer, had u > other objoct
By thus avoiding all occasions fi r the intro- ! than to repel the lawless inv; *:on of that Suite
DAVIS To G«»V. M\G«»F
FIN.
Hn’H .ioNB, Aug. 28, 1861.
Maqojffin, Governor
of Kent*
uve r
^HthuMooucethe commencement of the nn-
| happy difficulties yet pending in the eoantry,
j t he people of Kentucky have indicated n
! stead ast desire and purpose to maint&ui a
pc-ition of strict neutrality between the bel*
Thia hopciul ipistle from one who professes
to he a disciple of Him who preached “peace
upon earth and good will to man,” was picked
up v. jrh the port folio of tho Rev. Dodge, who
lost it near my li«*u p e in trying l f ’ Dodg "Ur
cavalry. If the old fellow wants hie port fo
lio, he can have it by holding ray horse, and I
will giri* him n r-ixpcDCo to boot.
idiers, and ofler-
duction of bodies of armed s
provocation for the presence of milita
ry force, the people of Kentucky have sincere
ly striven to preserve in their State domestic
peace and avert*the calamities of sanguinary
engagements.
Recently a large body of soldiers have been
enlisted iu the United States army and collect
ed in military camps in the central portion of
Kentucky. This movement was preceded by
the active organization of companies, regi
ment.-, kc., consisting of men sworn into the
United States service, under officers holding
cotnurissiGns from yourself. Ordnance, arms,
munitions, and supplies of war are being
transported into the State and placed in large
quantities in these camps. In a word, an army
is now being organized and quartered within
the State, supplied with all the appliances of
war, without the consent or advice of the au
thorities of the State, and without consultation
with those prominently known and recognized
as loyal citizens. This movement now imperils
that peace and tranquility which, from the be
ginning of our pending difficulties, have been
the paramount desire of this people, and
which, up to this time, they have fo .-ecured to
the State.
Within Kentucky there has been, and is
likely to be, no occasion for the presence of
military force. The people are quiet aud
tranquil, feeling no apprehension of any oc
casion arising to invoke protection from the
Federal arm. They have asked that their tcr-
rb^ -y In: Lf; five oitiii&vy occupation,
and the present tranquility of their eommut.i-
caVion left uniuvaded by soldiers*. They do
not desire that Kentucky shall be required to
supply the battle field for the contending
armies, or become the theater of the war.
Now, therefore, as Governor of the State cf
Kentucky, and in the name of tue people, 1
have the honor to represent, and with the sin
gle and earnest desire to avert from their
peaceful homes the horrors of war, 1 urge the
removal from the limits of Kentucky the
military force now organized and in camp
within the State. If such action as is hereby
urged be promptly taken, I firmly believe the
peace of the people of Kentucky will be pre
served, and the horrors of a bloody war will
be averted from a people now peaceful and
tranquil.
I am, very respectfully,
Your obedient s rvant,
15. MAGOFFIN.
PRESIDENT LINCOLN TO GOV. MAGOF
FIN.
Washington, D. C\, Aug. 24, ISM.
To liis Excellency, It. Magoffin, Governor
af the State of Kentucky:
Sin: Your letter of the 10th instant, in
which you “urge the removal from the limits
of Kentucky of the military force now organ
ized and in catnp within said Stat-*,” is re
ceived.
1 may not possess full and precisely accu
rate knowledge upon this subject: but I be
lieve it is true that there is a military force in
camp within Kentucky, acting by authority of
the United States, which force is not very
large, and is not now being augmented.
I also believe that some arms have been fur
nished to this force by the United States.
I also believe this force consists exclusively
of Kentuckians, having their camp in the im
mediate viciuity of their own homes, and not
assailing or menacing any of the good people
of Kentucky.
In all 1 have done in the premises, I have
acted upon Ihe urgent solicitations of many
Kentuckifl^ and in accordance with what I
belicved^md still believe, to he the wish of a
majority of all the Union loving people of
Kentucky.
While I have conversed pn this subject with
many eminent men of Kentucky, including
large majority of her members "f Tongt **.*. I
do not remember that any of them, or any
other person, except your Excellency an l the
hearcrB of your Excellency’s letter, has
urged me to remove the military force from
Kentucky, or to disband it. One other very
worthy citizen of Kentucky did solicit me to
have the augmenting of the force suspended
for a time.
Taking all tho means within my reach to
form a judgment, I do not believe it is the
popular wi-h of Kentucky that this force shall
be removed beyond her limits : and, with this
impression. 1 nuts' respectfully decline to so
remove it.
I most cordially sympathize with your I* v-
cellcney in the wish to preserve the pence of
my own native State, Kentucky; but it is with
regret I search and cannot find, in your not
very short letter, any declaration or intima
tion, that you entertain any desire for the pre
servation of tho Federal Union.
Your obedient servant,
A. LINCOLN.
GOV. MAGOFFIN TO PRESIDENT DA
VIS.
Commonwealth of Ky., ExYt Dff’t, l
— Frankfort, August, 1861. i
Hon. Jrjferson Davit* Richmond, 1 ’a.,
Sin : Since the comiiWUioement of the pres
ent unhappy difficulties yet ponding in the
country, tho people t>f Kentucky have indica
ted u steadfast desire ami purpose to maintain
a position of strict neutrality between the
belligerent parties. They have already striven
by their policy, to avert from themselves
the calamity of war, and protect their own
toil (Yom tha presence of contending ar
mies. Up to this period they have enjoyed
by the forces of the United State-, should their
government approach it through Kentucky
without respect for its position of neutrality.
That such apprehension?, were not groundless
has been proved by the course of that govern
ment in Maryland and Missouri, aud more
recently in Kentucky itself, in which, as you
inform me, “a military force lias been enlist
ed and quartered by the United States author!
ties.”
The Government of the Confederate State*
has not only respected most scrupulously the
neutrality of Kentucky*, but han continued to
maintain the friendly relations »»f trade and
intercourse which it has suspended with
people of the United States generally.
In view of the history of tie* past, it can
scarcely be necessary to assuic your Exc el
leney that the Government of the Confe lerat
States wiil continue to respect the neutrality
of Kentucky ?■> long as her people will main
tain it themaelves.
But neutrality, to be entitled to r speet,
must be tirietly maintained between both par
ties ; or if the door bt opened ou the one siit
for the aggressions of one of the belligerent
parties upon the other, it ought net be shut J
the assailed where they s-ek to enter it for tl
purpose of self-defense.
I do not, however, for a moment belie'
that your gallant State will puffer its soil to be
used for purpose «>f giving an advanlag*
those who violate its neutrality and disre
gard its rlgH^, ever tho-o who r snort t
both.
Ia couclusb-n, i tender to your Excellency
the assurance of my high consideration and
regard, I am sir, very
respectfully, yours, Ac.
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
to Ibe right of a Stale to condut; v.-.-mikr
“Km-iriball »njr 8t»ie keep or .-h
of wft krtim? of peacr, enter into an agroe
meat or compact with another .State or Willi a
foreign power, or mjajt in vir uniets ucluaU.f
iuoad.d. vr in muh knminnu ttanyir nt tc',11 aim!
of no <M*. n
Soon aftor the adoption ot itrio Constitution
I was informs* bj tbe Secretary of War that
the President assume*kfce control of all mili
tary operations in this State, which Were to l>,-
comioctod against any foreign pewntw—-Pinr
Prcsident (ben appointed -GodT'Tswtoa, and
extended his command from Savannah to the
Florida line, and assigned to Commodore Ta$-
nsll tile command of the small naval f »rce np
U our eoast.
ir own Convention while in session at this
passed an ordinance turning over the
IforN and or«ena!.“ of this State to the Confed-
•y. Fort Pulaski wns not at that time suf-
that I p
■: ill into a
“Eva,” said Joe, as they neared the goto
about ton, “you remember whnt we wore lo
settle this evening!” They halted before the
gale hand in hand - she looking on the ground
as if it were a sight unusual; ho looking into
her face as if ho’ had never seen it before;
silence prevailed around them, and the notes
of tho “Ksty did” sung as loud as a six poun
der. Their hearts did beat as never did hearts
-bent before. The hand of eaoh felt cold to the
other. At last Joseph begun, "Eva, I am a
| poor boy, t have nothlag to offer but a hand J comparative tranquility and entire domeslio
nd heart. A hand to protect, and a heart to peaaa.
Lelti-r of a Yankee Preacher.
N*>. 63, PoBTLAND AVF.Nl K, '
Brooklyn, July 12, 1801. j
Dear Dro. Dodge: Your welcome letter
reached me two weeks ago. I have been away
a week, so have seemed neglectful of your
epistle. I was very glad to hear from you,
and have thought of you frequently since wc
parted on Broadway, after the purchase of
that knife and revolver. If a bullet from the
latter ha J been honored with a lodgment in
the traitor Jackson's vile carcass, it would
have been a pleasant piece of information. I
am very much afraid your boys are not to have
a serious brush with the rebels within tho un
fortunate three months their enlistment.
It will be a dry rain with them, if they make
a return march up Broadway without having
had a real grand tug with th-.* foe. It will b'
like running the machine to a lire, and fmdin:
the fire out. I hope, for their own sakes, they
may have a chance to do a “big thing” with
those infernal traitors, before they get home.
I wish I could slip down and see you. Il
would be delightful to sec the boys in fierc' ar-
ray, spilin' fur a right, and no fight at hand.
\Y- have great confidence in Gen. Scott up
here, and we have confidence in prompt meas
ures, also. There are some rebel batteries too
close to Federal liuc« to make it particularly
honorable or creditable. I think the boys
would like to take those posts by the contract,
and give g< od security for the prompt perfor
mance of all engagements, and assume all
ri.sks. 1 do not know but that wars, general
ly, could be more rapidly and completely dis
posed of by the contract system, than in the
eld fashioned way All the munitions of war,
as well a? the Commissary Department, are
under the contract system, and you get glo
riously cheated and sold out generally. Sup
pose you w#«re permitted to look for your own
subsistence, and do up the rebellion at so
much for the job. I think in that cose, the
rebel UougrcsH would never meet in Richmond, -JU.b»«xr,eet*»d-bit • *
and would not The Fire Zouaves be there “D*. thuX-M ~ —
»ee*' uni have a b g Auger in that pife? Me- - -
thinks v>. I)u you think it would be worth
while to" correspond with Gen. Scott on the
Subject ? 1 am anxious tohavo those Palm-Leaf
Nabobs gloriously whipped; so thoroughly,
that fora generation to come, they will be glad
to hold a Northerners horse far a r--p-r.ee. I wi.**h
you and the boys could he in at the death
Can’t you all hold on to the cud ? No doubt
you all have longings for the good things of
Broadway restaurants and the bettor comforts
of home. But it is not often that freeborn
Americans have an opportunity to liglit and
die for such a country as this. Had you not
all better stay till you wipe the thing clean,
and then you can tell your children a tale that
'die angels thorn-elves would love to listen to*
.i-uppose if you could » nly put a bullet
through Fume contractors aud commissaries,
you would be more happy than you »tc. Some
of them, at least, ouglit to be sent over the
Potomac astride of a log. U is unpardonable,
that when thousands of men have laid them
selves on the altar of their c. uxxiry, a few
graceless, soulless scoundrds should disaffect a
whole army by this diabolical contract robbe
ry.
ficiently equipped, and I !. *v<* «ince expended
ubout eighty thou? .:id dollar.- f. :u the State
Treasury for heavy gun** ax. i r nec -Miiiry
equipments for the Ion
Gen. Lawton and (’omm «! . j'a’nall h iv e
been actually engaged in putting the < o iat in
a defi-naive condition, and i have c * op i « d
with them to the exteat my ability, ii; • v ry
case when they have called upon me for assis
tance. I have hoi ft-’*, however
sesscl the con?:itutio:i:il pow«*r t
tivc ervicc troops . ther than i • repaired
by the Secretary of W ar. and to conduct mili
tary operations upon i!,e cos=t. Until the
State is “ actually invaded,” < r in such “ im
minent danger ' of inr.i.-i u will not ad
mit of delay," the Constitution as-igns that
duty to other ppr.-uc?, who n ful authori
ty 1 l* *ve not wished to u- . -j . Oa account of
the protection which our climate naturally aff
ords to our coast again- - : hostile attack daring
the summer month?, I have up- to this period
been unable u* say that the danger of invasion
was so “ imminent'' as to “ admit of no delay
The sea- u n.-w ^-^Jvinccd^and ; t t _
may judge ui th • purposes of: he Lincofn*^ >. -
eminent fr ’ni the tone of tLc Northern prv-*.
and from its action in the late affair at Halt r-
as, North Carolina, wc may reasonably c a-
c’ude that the iava^ion . f t-ur own c >a«t > n-
eijded at no very distant Mar. 1
While I desire to act ;a perfect harm-.•ay
vith the Confederate authorities, I feel tha:
the period will very soon Lave arrived when
action on my part, as the Executive of : .c
at-?, by the us.- of the milhxry force of the
me. siting as State troops, tor the def-.s r-
the coast, will he justified both by the It
gvage and spirit of the Constitution. It wi.l
then he my duty to aet. an 1 to net with prom- --
ss and vigor.
Preparatory to -itch action, I direct t. , t
the late order i ted by the IJjiji mt f i i■ I —T^
of this f'ltAe^for t3k a! TS thorough organiza
tion and i.aining of the militia be promptly
obeyed, and the law s:r:ctly enforced against
ai! defaulters, except telegraph operators, per
sons employed ia the actual service of express
companies, aud persons employed in the ma
chine shops and other departments connected
with our l.ailroads, whu are hereby exempt
from the operation of said order, on the pro
duction of a certificate from Ihe Chief Officer
iu charge of the affair- of such telegraph line,
express Company, or K . l.-oad Company (it -
eluding the Mat ’ Iloa i. tbit the service- ,.f
sueb persons arc no e-sary operations. t'l
clerks employed in any of’.h- civil or m.Uta-
ry departments of the State, or Confederate
Govern mint, are likewi-c exempt fr.ru milita
ry service, so long us their servic s are no.’.—
sary in iheir respective positions.
An ! I further rctpf'v the Captain* af all
volunteer companies in this State not M w in
actual service to inform me, immediately, of
the number of each company r.-alr for aoio.it
service, or, if not ready, within what tin- •
they can he ready, and of the smber of good
country rifles or ‘hot guns hi "
company, which they v.i’.lh; piper,,..!
in case of enwr^cncy, till ].f,,er arms can
placed in their hands, which l trust l shall 1
able to do before much active service will !
required.
Those who first report themselves a;.
with good rifles or double bvrrel shot-g .a-
will he first received into service.
All volunteer companies hereafter for,. .
for coast defense will also rep. h their co
lion as soon as formed, whh t»num'
quality of guns collected by . a< a.
•a «v* viunlcsXa*,
A member of Duron's Regiment told me, the
other day, ho had n.a had thirty cents worth
of provisions in a week, in the face of the fact
that tho Government provides dt) cents worth
per day for each mau. The unmitigated
wretches that cause such a state ot things, arc
n thousand times worse than open traitors,
fighting in the rebel army. 1 wish you could
give them all a fair haugiug, ami hold a court
martial in their cases afterwards.
What lias become of Congress down your
way ! It looks as if old Abe was sound on the
“goose.” $400,000,000 and 400,000 men
ought to lay this little trouble on the shelf for
all time to eome. l*srt of the money ouglit to
be expended in the erection of a continuous
11 be
ceded, aft.-
roup.
i red
fense of tl.
vice so soon a-
vd.and formed
or twv.ve months, a. the exigcnci. -
quire. The Regiments will also b
iutn one or more brigades, under t
i-’ns of tii. 1 act of the '.a-u l.egi-lxtu- ■
Given under mv hand and seal, at Havana
this “th .lay of ^ept. tuber, 1S01.
JOSEPH K. BROWN.
Ihe M'Uth the fifteen Southern States—
contain now almost precisely as much popula
tion a‘ the whole 1'nlon eont.vinc 1 by tV ,.,
sus lfvO.
The South, therefore, is only about one gen
eration behind all ibe tailed s,b y ,],«
census of I860.
There are only about three of tho civilised
nations that exceed it in territory, probahlr
six in population, and about <•:,,■ : . wealth
ami none so free.
J-
XOTICE, SONS OP TKMPKKAKCR I
At the annual ae$sioa of the Grand Divis
ion, S. of T., of Georgia, iu October last, the
2d Wednesday ia October, 1801, was the time
appointed for its next regular session.
Rut, on account of the disturbed state ot
tho country, und the fact that so many of our
Brellireu arc now absent from home, having
gone as soldiers to tha war, it i» deemed ad-
visible and prudent to postpone the meeting i«
some future lime—of which time due notice
will bo given.
Subordinate Divisions will make '
turns as usual. • —
E. C. UUANKISS, Seu'r.,
p. a. w
J. C. C. BURSE
“%■ k,!
Jf> f
