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BOMUm, NISBtiT A BAttAE.*,
PajUs»iei’s ani Proprietors.
joZ.' ,
tyt £oufj|trir Jftbcnl ctnion
li published, Weekly, in Milled gentle, (it
Corner of Hancock and Wilkinson Sts.,
(opposite Court House.)
At $1 it year in Advance,
(UNLESS is Ahvakce, $3 Pep. Askum.)
bate* of advebtining,
/Vr square of itretre tines.
fl C e insertion $i 00, and fifty ceuts for each subsequent
oontinuance.
without the specification of thenumberof
insertions will be published till forbid and charged!
accordingly. ,
BadneM or Professional Curds, per year, where they I
do not exceed Six Lises - - . £10 0(, |
^ /,herd! contract trill be made with those trho tcish to I
Adrtrtise by the year, occupying a specified space j
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS.
Sales of Lnud and Negroes, by Administrators, F.x-
'ot-ctiE mn.]
MWSV CURED! !
f.,. M) U *feEE HI MUG!
"P y ntil you try Broom's Anti-\
T Hydropic Tincture!
nn . dersi ened would respectful! v call th !
«ur tieament u 4 nCe x he m “ st incri ‘ ,llllr " }s 'hat
srmir.? , f S ‘""dug. Many who have de-
der our treatment*^ \v VG ** n ctt,inl y reliev *-d tin-
will, tint I,eitl I ' ‘ oul<] sa - v to afflicted
at lo a*!'sontp disease, the Dropty. to delay
U8 ml! .1 . .
M ILL EDGE VILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, J U L Y 2, 1861.
L1WMBER 6.
from tl.* hicl.mond Enquirer.
AVHISKEY VS. BULLETS
An old soldier offers the followin*
cellent advice to volnnters f
“Mv boys! if any of you have been in
ZViacT* aLotrs liettei.
Be' xr will be found the very able let
ji r of T. AY MacMahon to Thomas Fran
i cis .neagher, which we find in that ex-
i ccllent paper, the “Kiclimond Dispatch.”
It ought to he seen and read hx all N«*rtli
the habit of drinking much whiskey, rjuit j ein Irishmen. The sympathies of those
it! If you continue to drink hard, yon j people have ever been with llie South,
are flished—your more sober comrades | aru | their present position is one which
will bury you. . In the service you have j | ias l, een forced upon them bv circum-
to undergo, whiskey will kill you with
more certainty than the ball and shell.
If you are exhausted after a lone: march.
j stances over which they had but little if
any control.
This letter is one which is worthy of
Xotice of these sales mant be given in a public "e-
zett, W d«vs prevhius to the dav of sale,
Notices forthe .ale of personal property must begiv-
en in like manner 10 days previous to sale day.
Sot ice* to the debtors nud creditors of an estate must
,t,o he published 40 days.
Notice that application will be madetothe Court.*f
Ordinary for leave to sell Land or Negroes, mus! b,
published for two month..
Citations for letters of Administration Guardianship
ic, must be published 30 days—for dismission, f,
Vdtninistration, monthly six months—hr dismission
•rotn Guardianship, 40 days.
' Rales for foreclosure of VIortgage must be published
semthlsforfovr months—fur establishing lust papers
forthefidl -pore of three months—for compelling titles
f-om Executors or administrators, where bond ha
jijven by the deceased, the full
month..
Publication* will always oe continued according t,
t i ;e *>. the legal requirements, unless otherwise ordered
,»the following
RATES:
Citations, on letters of administration, &e,
dismissory from Adiur’n.
“ Guardianship,
baave lo sell Land or Negroes
Votice to debtors and creditors
Sales of personal property, ten days, 1 sqr.
Sale of land or negroes by Executors, &c. pr sqr. !
Estray*. two weeks ... 1
{far* man advertising bis wife tin advance.)
GENERAL ADVERTISEMENTS
bond has been
space of thri
d0 !«- 8 . - - ard to unyJUtoZaW
>ot its value m pur medicine. ‘ Ur
1> & J n BROOM.
.', , communieanoris must be addressed
lee';: rt—m
Nottl, ante ;;. P ub,i d c XZT* a ‘ iiiS * ftt e ° n
JO.-EPH H. BLOOM
( nmillion, Georgia.
n , CERTIFICATES,
j, ‘ k c ' UI Ga„ Jan. 16, 1856.
fifv ,■ P . • 1 , Br " oni . Ecq-Dear Sir: This is to cer-
uf-I)r",. l .T f\ r ‘f'- 1 h<id under my care a cn*.
p*. , which I directed to be placed under yom
* placed under youi
a jnrntn of strong tea and a chunk ot stale ! perusal not only bv every Irishman,"but
broad will do yon more good than all the every Iriond **f pohtical and religions lib-
whiskey that was over concocted. The \ er ty. We hope its length will not prevent
et armis, the sovereign State of Virginia. I 0 f’that reign of terror? Who put tl <
and canonized in their calendar of saints I burning torch into the hand of the inccn-
at d martyrs tlie captain of the raid —
Through the lips of their finest orator,
they glorified the black tiger of Hayti;
inscribing the name of Touixsaint L’durcr-
turt on the blue vault of Heaven, high
above that oi George Washington.” They
diary ? Who laid in ashes or ruins tin
convent at Charlestown, Massachusetts 1
attacked the Catholic Churches of Phila
delphia ? Who made a street bonfire ol
Dr. Moriarty’s library? Who were the
disciples of Fanny Wright and the apos
$-
4 on I
J, A. A W. AY. TURNER,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
Eatoiilon. Ga.
. 21 lv.
October. 18, 1859. *
ImtesT woolfolk
fifilarcboust anti Commission
P MERCHANTS,
ARE now open and prepared fur the r.- option oi
Cotton ot their NEW FIRE PROOF WAREHOUSE
oppisite Hardeman fc Spnrks. We will endeavor t<
prove ourselves worthy of the patronage of those win
wiilfsvor tt* with their business. Liberal advances
ma'ic on cotton wlien desired.
MaconOa.. Sept. 21, 1853. IS tf
JO i -4 T. EOWCOIU,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
V. VVOVVOS. ti \.
Fntonton Ga.. heb 14. Isfill, S*-' tf
AND
BOARDING.
M Y HOUSE will be open for transient m (i regu
lar boarders. JAMES E. I1AYGOGD
Millcdgeville, Jun. 18tli, 1861 35 tf.
M \ HOUSE will he open for the re-
eepii..n of MEMBERS TO THE
t < INVENTION. ALL MHO (ALL (>N
ME will be made Comfortable.
E. S. CANDLER. .
.Milledgexille, January, 4th, 1861.
t'.vc
SAs\F(JliJJ'&
LIVER INVIGORATO R
Aercr Debilitates.
IT IS COMPOUNDED ENTIRELY from GUMS.
* n«i has become nu e*t&biu*he<1 fn?t, a Standard
Afe<uciue y known and ap-. j proved by all that have
u-ed it, aiul is now re»ur-| * ,tcd to with confidence m
all the dioeaaes for which ^ it is rectiininended.
It has cured thousand* Q within the last two year*
who had given up all Li Dopes of relict, a* tin
numerous unsolicited cer- ** ltifi<*atesin my jiossess.oi
ph«»w.
The dose mast be m 1 adapted to the tempera
ment of the individual , taking it, and used it
such quantities as to act O gently onthe Bowels.
Let the dictates of ^ your judgment guide you
in the use of the Liver | ■ Invigorator, and it wil
•lire Liver Complaint*.1 1 Billions Attacks. Dvspcp
' 1. Cinonic Diarrhaja,|^ Summer Complaint*.Dy
•• nt« ry. Dropsy. Sour g Stomach Ilaoitual Co*
tivenesSjCnolic, Cholera, Clii»Iera Morbus Choler
Iiit'antuui, Flatule nee. j Jaundice Fernab Went
lieges, uni may be usedj successfully ns an Ordm*
:y Family Medicine, It g will cure Sick Headaeii*
housand*can testify.) 1 in twenty minutes, if tw
three teaspfKinsful are|W |taken at the commenc*
n**Tit o< attack >1
All who use it are giv w ing their testimony in i
caru* and treatment
? : n “' lea l ' inal The above specified case
ms : .c been under my nut.ee. but nu sign uf Drupsx
; : j;; ; ; ™ ibU : 1 "'"‘W^refure fimrtall wl.i
tiudn-ii ■ 11 f< " i think you.
“ 11 • K'eatfht ever disenvered foi Di.psy
Youre xe.-jiectrullv.
R. P. SEAY, M. D.
,, . Sandereville. Ga.. Jan. 7, 1858
j '•'•ntletncn : Tins is to certify.that mv nu.tlier was
! -'filleted 'viHi Drepsy for a lung time, and that all
00 j ‘ *' 1 ,! **'" which conld be procured was exhanst*
I 5111 *!■ n ' Hl her recovery was r garded ns hopeless. She
5 till Y a " U> t,le virtue of Broom’s Auti-Hv-
; nropjc Iinctnro, and found in a few days she grew
I V‘!’ through its use n perfect cure was effected,
. ami she.lived several years afterwards. 1 cheerfully
! recommend those afflicted yvitl, Dropsy to give it a
I f «t 'rial. Respectfully,
JNO. W RUDIS I.LE.
| Greensboro, Ga., Jan. 30, i860.
Oeritl, men : Tins is to ccitify that in theyenr 1853.
j 1 had « negro man afflicted with Propsv. I gave him
; Bimini’s Anti Hydropic Tncture, which I believe i f
I Iccled a pcimanent cure.- -This negro was treated by
I other physicians, but to no < ffect, and I cheerfully re-
I commend any .me who has the Dropsy to trv Broom’.-
: Anti-Hydropic Tincture.
1 v J R.-speetfnllv, NANCY BICKERS.
2>r. J. U. IMTcrrAZO’S
STRENGTHENING Hi I.DIAL
HI ODD 11 R1FILR!
I::? Greatest Rtstd?
I st Hie World.
/) ANll THE
ff SSost Z?clicious
i V ANI.
Delightful Cordial
EVER TAKEN.
THE rhitiiKarulfi nponthou-
******rta* Who arc- daily usin^
M «• Lean’ii Strongthcning
Cordial, wrtiiy that it is p.h-
solutely :ui imallibe remedy
l->r tlic rt-ti«.\ .ttui” and IN--
[> .’ ■' .V* N'KIORATINC tin* shatter- I'
tfciurc taking « dand.ii t 4c. «i K y>tem f pu-Aiter laKing
lining and enriching the Biuou—rtutoring the sick
• ifiei ing inv4iiid to
II r % Is T ifi A A B> STB E O T II .
Til EWE IS NO MISTAKE ABOUT IT.
IT wilfcure Liver Complaint, Dyspepsia, Diarrhoea
Dysentery, Headache, Depre*sion of Spirits. Fev* i
tnd Ague. Inward Fever, Bad Breath, or any disens*
•f the Liver, Stomach, or Bowels.
13? GENTLEMEN, do you wish tube Healthy,
strong ami vigorous?
C3T LaDIES, do you want the bloom ot Health t*
«itiiilit to your cheek* again?—then go at once and gt t
flrLraiiN NtrcngCfieiiintf t ordial nmi Kioo«
4*nritier. Delay not a moment; it is warranter! togh»
atisfaction. It vvi 11 cure any disease of the Kidue\
vVomb, or Blmider; Fainting, Obstructed Menstrua
ion. Falling of the Womb. Barrenness, or any diseas*
arising from Chronic or Nervnn* Debility, it is an In
aliible Remedy F O 11 C1III DUE N.
Do you want your delicate* sickly, puny Children. f«
e healthy stroi g and rebust!—then give them
IcLEAN8>TBENGTHLNING A OKD1AL, (se<
.it* directions on each bottle^ it is delieiou* to lake.
One tnble-spoontul, taken ever}’ morning fas!
g, is a sure preventive against Chills and Fever, Yel-
• iw Fever, Cholera, or any prevailing disease.
ZKr* CAUTIQN!—Beware oi Druggists or Dealers
«4it> may try to pnlm upon’ you u bottle of Bitters oi
arsaparilla, (which they can bit} cheap ) by saving ii
just as good There are even men BASE enough
,i steal part ol my name to dnh their VILE deeoc
i*»i!-». Avoid such infamous PIUATESami their vil-
,uious compounds! Ask lor Dr. J. H McLean'.*
trengtheuing Cordial and Blood Puiifier. Take noth
g else. It i^ the only remedy that will Purifj yon
flood thoroughly and. at the same time. .SThENGTh
r*N and INVIGORATE the whole organization Ii if
ut up in Large Bottles—$1 per bottle, or six bottle
boatmen of Canada will tel! yon that.—
Coffee is not good-, but a joinru of strong
tea will check a tendency to dysentery
and bowel complaint. Soup is good.—
Much meat is bad in hot weather ; tin
any person into whose hands it mav fall,
from giving it a careful perusal:
IRIsH-AMERICANISM IN THE REV* LU-
flON —MR. M ACM A HON TO MR. MEAGHER
less meat tire less blood, the less blood the ! To Thomas Francis Ahaisher. Esq. AiW
York :
Dkak Sik : Yen are, I have learned
with regret, at the head of a company of
“Irish Zouaves,” now in course ot disci
plme, and inised for the avowed puipnse
ot aiding the hcieditaiy tot men oi • ui
tace ui ihe United State*, to conquer aim
subjugate the South. While deeply de-
pioniig this, your fatal life-eiror, 1 am fat
less load to carry-—hone at-d sinew mak
the soldier, not blood. A light diet may
go hard on men of strong appetite ; ! lit he
that lives soberly and lightly will recovei
of his eounds quicker, and trouble the
hospital less than the man that drinks hard
and gorges himself incessantly.”
While the above is the testimony, botl i
of medical science and military expert.!
onto, y«t it is a truth much disretraideo !
by those whom it so deeply cencerns. An j
extract fiom a Northern journal, now be
fore us, laments the “Rightful increase ” of
intemperance in that latitude. Nor does
our own service fail to furnish teasons for
solicitude in this respect , so that parent
and friends who surrender their sons and
their comrades with comparative compo
sure to the peril of the battle field, tiem-
Rle. with dread at the unnecessary bui
gt eater perils which attend the intemper
ate use of spirits by the soldier. To out
brave men we earnestly appeal to calm
this solicitude, and to show tlieir caie tm j
themselves and their devotion to theiu
cause, by heeding the wise warning,— j
though bluntly expressed, which we have
copied above.
Especially is it the duty of the officei*
to he examples of sohiiety ; for the fait
of their commands, and the success of oui
cause are deeply involved in it. A man
has no right to trifle with uis own life, suie-
lv lie should not trifle with that of an
other whom it is his duty, too, to watch
over. He has no right to seek a command )
over m<% and then betray them ; to ask \
a post ot responsibility and then sacrifice
asaciedtrust to low appetite.
Our enemy have suActed losses from the
indulgence of the vice of intemperance
among the officers. r ! heir commander in
the Fairfax skirmish is said to have been,
in plain words, drunk. General Butler,
at Fortress Monroe, is hut little better than
a beast, and has done nothing lau damage
his cause. Let not the evil he found in
om service, or, if found, not tolerated ;
otherwise we must not wonder if ourbiave
forces should I e humiliated, and put to
disadvantage by blunders and snrpiises,
due alcoholic mists upon the brain of tlio.-e
who should keep all their faculties cleai
and wide-awake. It is to he hoped that
the most searching scrutiny, into our past
and our future, shall disclose no single in
stance of reproach to our service such as we
have referred to above.
In this connection we may appropriate
ly state, that the steam tog. which plies
between West Point and Yoiktown. nar
rowly escaped destruction through the
real or pretended drunkenness of a stispi-
cious person. We cannot too catelully guard
against the emissaries of the enemy.
have been charged with repeated attempts i ties of Maria Monk? Who stoned the
to poison the wells of Texas. J hey have ! l a tc* Bishop P ow ell on his bed of death ?
been, as a party even, universally regard- J Who called into life Knnw-Nnthingism ?
ed ns notorious ne-rro stealers. And their Who sought to disfranchise the Catholi*
emis.saties are frequently detected tarn-j and the adopted citizen ? Who sacked
penne with the slave population of the — - - •
South, cunningly mid insidiouslv devis
ing fal*t hoods whereby to incite them in
to ’ insncircetion, murder, rapine, and es
cape.
N*>w, sir, this is a feeble and imperfect
picture, drawn fum the trcmnrv in the
forward towards New Creek, on the Poto
mac river, eighteen miles west of Cumber
land, four companies of Tennessee, who
found the Yankees posted r,n the Mary
land side of the P< tnmac. ( ur hrave
fellows, in the face of the enemy, forded
the stream, waist deep, drove them off in
the utmost confusion, captured two pieces
of loaded artillery and a stand of colors,
destroyed the railroad bridge at that point,
and retnrned to Romney, making a inarch
of thirty-six miles and gaming a brilliant
victory, within twenty hours.
Our readers will thus sec what Gen.
Johnson’s ‘retreat fr<>m Harper’s Ferry”
has Hone. It has thoroughly broken up
General Scott’s paper programme, de
stroyed his whole western combination,
and compelled him to remodel his whole
plan. If our “retreats”do flni3 much, we
wait in confidence to see what our advan
ces will do. In the meantime, we beg leave
to recall to our readers’ recollection the
old motto of this paper. “Nous Ver-
rons.”
pillaged and burned the humble settle
ments of tlie Irish and the Germans it
Cincinnati, and other Western cities l 1
answer, your ptesent Pmittnical nllie*
and associates. And they have recently
expelled the students from the Catlioli*
College'tjt Geoigetown, and converted
burn of the m* ment, of the manner in | into a military barracks, to which de-ec.a-
wnich the Constitution was • maintained j ti**n they Contemplate reducing the c*n-
tnvmlate” by the v orfh, previously to the ! vent of tlie'boly w men there also. Your
ejection of Abraham 1 incnln. r l his gen
tleman, on the 4th dav of March last, sol
. mco has been infamously slandered it
! nameless prints, Rv your present hrothe
rmnly svx.ro to uphold and protect, in nfficei— the contaminated inmate of i
I).. McLeans
For Liver ComrLint, i
Universa’ Fills.
iiilouHiEss, Htad-che, h
Mix mater in the I mouth mth tin
rieorator, and sir a How both together.
Price cue dollar per Rot tie.
—ALSO-
SAN FORD’S
KA.MIL>
In
Cathartic Pills
COMPOUNDED FROM
Pure Vegetable Extracts, and put up n
Glass Canes, Air Ttpht. tod will keep it
tiny climate-
Tlie Family Cathartic
Cathartic, which the pro-j
practice more than twt
| Pill is a gentle but activ.
Iprietor ha* used in lu
iiy years.
The constantly increns- W ling demand from thos
wh" have long Used the
which all express in re j
dueed me to place them *"
The Profession well 1
Pills, and the satisfaetio.
gardtotheir use, basin
within the reach ol ail-
know that different Ca
thartiesact on different t* .portions of the Rowels
The Family Cat hartie
Mice to this well estab-|
Pill Ims, with duo refpt
fished tact,been compete.
tied from a variety of the jO [purest Vegetable Ex-
very partoi the alimeD-
tracts, which act alikeon
tary canal and are good 1land
where a Cathartic is
Meats of the Stomach. CS
Back and L"ins, Costive- ^
over the whole bodv.L,
frequently. If negh eted SB
fever. Loss of A ppetite, jb la Creeping Sensation
Cold overthe body. Beet- lessn.-s*. Headache,
weight in the Head, ail **
Worms in Children <o o
irrear Purifier of :hej
to irhtel flesh isheir|
to mention in this advertisement,
Price Three
needed, such a* Deninge
Sleepiness, Pains in tin
ness. Pain and soreness
from suddeu cold, whiei j
entl in a long course ot i
lessness. Headache,
li.ilnmatory Diseases
Adults, Rheumatism. >
blood, and many disease-
to. too numerous
Dose, 1 to 3.
D i in c s .
I lit re l»a* nevet been it ( A'l HaK i IC inedicine. <»!
i*«, l«> titemil>ln-. llmt lLi«^ yrwvu eaure satlsUuc
.i. a* McLhAA’S IMYtLSAL I II Ls.
Leii-t: eiitnv!} Vt jretabk*, t!«ev ale peuTc*tlv ir.m
Dl aim call be taken by tlie teimei iiilaiit; y«
,,ti i»t «i»a ptiweilui in removing all Biiiuu- *ecietu.u
4*id or Impure, Feteo Matter ti<*m the JStoniacb. L
ri. they mv theoiily BILLS that slioiilu be used ii
aiariotts UitftnctH. ^ ^ A *
rhey produce u*- Griping. Sickness or Pain in tin
• >m»ch orBmvels, tlmugl* very active tiuil »enrchii.j.
their operation pi a nni«>iu>£ liealtl.v secretion* ot -In
iver auu Kidney*. \VTm« will suffer tn»m Bili**tnsi»eb*
t. adaelie and ioul St<»inacli, when so cheap a rem< -
y can be obtaineu! Kc-ep them constantly u lmu« ;
"'iu^le do*c, taken in season, mav prevent bout*
.lY-*, and months i t *ickne*s. Ask tor Dr. J. II Me
.cun'* Universal Pills. Take no other. Being! coate«
ey aro tasteless. Price only 25 cents per box, an
•an be sent I>v mail to any part <*t the United Slate*
])r McLean s Volcanic Oil I iniment.
The Best External in the Wart**
for man or Beast-
Thousands of huumii beings have been saved a hfi
•1 decrepitude and misery, by the use of this mvahia-
•le Liniment- It will relit ve PAIN almost instai ta-
.i-t.nsiv. and it will cleanse, purity and heal the foulest
-OKE in an incredible short time. McLEAN S \ OL-
■'ANIC OIL LINIMENT will relieve the most in
vet crate eases ot Rheumatism. Gout or Neuralgia. Foi
Pataivsis.contiaeled n uscles. sliffm ** oi weakness in
lie Joints, ilnseles or I.igsn t-t ts. it wil never fnil.-
Two applientions will cure Sore Throat, Headache or
Earache. For Burns or Scalds, or any Pain.it is an
infallible Remedy Trv it, and you will find it an in-
ispensihle remedy. Keep it always on band.
PLANTERS. FARMERS, or any one having charge
•I horses, will save money by using McLean's Vole n-
ie Oil Liniment. It is n speedy and infallible cure tor
(Jails, Sprains,Chafes, Swelling, Lameness, Sweeney,
Sores, Wounds. Scratches, or any external disease,—
l’rv it, and you will be convinced.
DR. J. II. McLEAN, Si te Proprirtor,
SAINT LOUIS, Mo.
The above preparation, will be manufaetui i d it New
Orleans,La. S-d.i by GRIEVE & CLARK, Mifiedge-
ville. and bv Druggists everywl ere. 4i ly
CROP PROSPECTS.
In the midst of the exciting and trying
times in which wem-w live, let ns not foi-
get the gieat “ Giver of every good and,
pei feet gift,” u ho has thus far smiled on
out beloved Confederacy, and given usthe
most generous ciops of all the smallei
giaibs, wheat, oats and rye—while the
propitious seasons he, is now bestowing,
lea- s to the almost certain lo pe that we
shall have plenty of coin to “gladden the
hearts” of both man and beast. \\ e learn
that Gen. ll. Williams, who arrived heie
on Monday last from Funis ana, via Fitsh-
: tion, the full right of j our independent vo- [
j lition of thought and action. 1 am not, !
sir, however, blind to tlie singular iucon- I
sistency of that Insli refugee, w ho, in the !
•acted cause oi' Ireland’s injured rights,
s ! rebelled against England s tyranny and !
oppression of motherland, but'now buckles |
mi the armor of Exeter Hall's fanaticism, j
to stnke down the iihenies of a people
contending only for the inalienable privi- \
leges of seif government.
Put. sir, the great tragedy of this drama t
is not your political a post a cy ; it consists j
rather in the use wliich you, and other I
men like you, may make ot your influence j
—the result ot a series of accidental cir- !
cinnstances—in wheedling our people into
the adoption ot a devilish policy. It is.
I alas ! a melancholy fact that, in jour sec
tion, Irishmen aro once mote in danger <>I
becoming a prey to the Mephistophtlean
blandishments ot latse teachers, false lead
ers, and false patriots. God help m\ un
fortunate fellow coimterymen ! Without
a nation ora government that they could
call theirow ii, they have been driven from
their beloved homes to the four points oi
the compass, exiled Horn the cradling-
sod, and resting place of their ancestors,
only, it would appear, to he invited bj
you to smite the hand that fed and was
first stretched forth to welcome them ;
and to canj’ desolation and extermination
to the health stones of those who sheltered
their distress, and were the chant) ions < t
their rights in the new land, when those
rights were threatened with invasion and
subversion.
I am aware, sir, that this godless and
accursed crusade into w hich they are hur
ried and seduced, is masked beneath the
visor ot insidous hypocrisy. Even yon.
sir, exhorted them to uphold the Const!
[ tutiou, and to guard the honor of the old
flag. Put no other man knew bettor than
1 yon did that this was worse than sophistry
i —* hat it was beneath sheer bluthervmskite
j —that it was naked deception. You
know that the disruption of the Union
was the re ult of repeated violations ot the
Federal Constitution on the part of the
North. You know that civil war is the
natural fruit of the seed sown for a quar
ter of a century by Old England and Aew
England Abolitionists. Yon know that
this crusade, of which you are an analyti
cal fiagmeut, is a crusade for the liberation
and civil and social canalization of the ne
gro. Y ou know that Gerrit ismith has de
clared that the torch of the incendiary
i should light rip the towns and villages of
' the f until, while the North would mock-at j
i her calamity and laugh at her fear. You !
know that Senator *r-ward preached the
! doctrine uf "iirepiessil It* conflict,” declai- j
| itg that Chat leston and New Orieansj
should bee me “marts «if fiecdom” a--cmtl- ’
ing to the Massachusetts vocahulaiy.—
| You know that : enator Wilson averred 1
that there could be no peace, no compro- i
its intpgii’y, that sacred charter. Let
us see how lie has observed his oath
since.
In the brief space of two months he has
managed to trample under foot nearly
everv i:i Dorfnnt pmcRmn of the Consti
tution. 1 he power to make war upon a
sovereign State was denied to Congress,
and the power to declare war against a for
eign nation specially delegated to the Con-
v ot Lincoln has sot at defiance the
! State prison—Ned Puntline The lu.lp
j less and unprotected wi n cn of your Moor
and lineage were ruthlessly insulted by
Henry J Raymond; you called him t-
account for it ; you found him a coward
and a poltroon . and yet yon have accep
ted him as one of your teachers Yonr
brother patriot and fell, w exile, John
Mitchell, was proscribed in New Y'oik fi-i
expressing his opin ons; the same aboii
tion element persecuted him in Fasten
nnessee ; he found a lmmo and a ivel
tl
gt css
restrictions in the foimer case, and usurped ; r p f
the power of the latter. lo raise and j come in *outh Carolina, in defendii
support armies is tlie special constitution
al prerogative of Congress : vet vour Pies
idonf has issued his Proclamation calling
for 75,000 men and, it is rumored, accept
ed the services of over two hundred thon-
im'ependei'ce of which his sou tecentlv j powei behind the tlin-ne gie:
distinguished himself And the Stati | throne itself. That power h
From tli* Richmond Dispatch.
The •ities' Pclitioa i«r Peace.
Papers are in circulation in Boston,
New York and Philadelphia, designed to
he laid before the Washington Congress
in July, praying the peaceful 'acknowl
edgement of the Southern Confederacy,
and Stating flint unless the war Re ernii-
nated tin se cities must Re ntteily mined.
1 lie movement is a rational one. and the
fact stated is n| parent; the wai is incited
destructive to its own nutRou. But the
petition fora peace is like the t; idj and
enforced concessions* f l.onis XVI. and * f
Louis 1 hilip; tley are but “too late.”
Two bundled thousand n en cat.tot Re
readily disbanded; they will no 1 dispeise
until they ate paid, and the pay is not
forthcoming. An army, especially one of
such huge propoi tions. has-itcelt s( mrthing
t<> say on the question of dischaige tn-m
the service
Nor is Congress in a condition to ex
ercise its own pleasure with respect to the
war. If Congress Re the thn t e <f the
Black Republican lie] iil-lic. tide is a
itei tl an ri.e
you aie immediately called upon to invade |
is Virginia—a State which first smote j
down Know Nothingism and secured t<
sam . lie power, too of catling out the | citizenship; peihaps tha first house
militia, suppressing insiurections and re
polling invasions, has been usurped by
him. r l he Constitution provides that the
ports oi all the States shall have equal
laws and immunities in the regulation of
commerce and ievenue ; but Lincoln has
by proclamation, blockaded the ports end
harbors of eleven Southern States. He
h. squartered soldiers upon the citizens ot
\\ ashington,in violation r fan express con
stitutional provision ; and he has invaled j
undeniable rights of the people tlieie. t* !
Re secured in their persons, houses, papeis i
and effects, against unreasonable seiztiies |
and searches He swore to presetve and i
you may sack will he the house of'yoni
gallant and knighth champion, Henry A.
Wise.
Let me implore you to pause, sir. Do
not imbrue your hands, in the blood ot
'hose who welcomed you, shaied with you
their hospitalities, and robed you in the
garments of citizenship. At least, do not
involve your fellow countrymen in yom
• wn error. Believe me, my heart beats
with kiiitlness and affection for yon. and I
w rite in sorrow rather than in anger. Yon
do not understand this Southern ' Revolu
tion. It is unlike any revolution ol histo
ry. It is a revolution of opinion—not ih*
a day. but the
protect the public property, but instead j work of an individual or ..
tncref. he wantonly destioyed it at IJar- j natuial growth of yeais, spontaneously
jun s Ieri\ and the Gosport Navy-yard springing from the almost unanimous de
And yet you talk of upholding a Constitu
tion w hich is thus subverted bv a fanatical
perjurer! Sir, you cannot aid him with
out becoming a participator in his crimes
and perjury.
But you “will guard the honor of the
old flag ” Let me tell you that that flag
belongs to the South as well as it does to
the North, that, in the day of peril and
danger its honor was asserted by Southern
prowess, while the parents of the dastards
who now surround you remained supine at
home, or sought to betray it. When, in
177 1, tlie British Parliament declared the
port of Boston closed, Massachusetts pre
pared to resist, and south Carolina and all
pringiiig
sires of the people of the seceded States.
It is the resisting harrier of ancient habits
and rights, against the contagious aggres
sions of new heterogeneous thoughts and
actions, suppnited by an unanimity of feel
ing unexampled in the world’s history.
And these people, sir, can neither be
ciushed nor defeated. They will fight
for tlieir independence.with Spartan valor
and Attic fortitude. Y ou may wage a war
of years against them, and beggar botl*
sections of the country, hut I tell you that
so certain as tjie sun shines at mid-day,
the old Union will never be restored.—
And, as a final consequence, 1 again beg
that you will recede from your false posi-
the other Southern States made common i tion—that y ou will not be instrumental in
cause wifii her; but when independence i banding down your own name, or the
ville. reports splendid crops throughout m *se, no concession, so long as the foot of
the vast region he has thus recently tr;
versed. From all quarters comes the cry
‘•unusually abundant cjijis.” To whom
do we owe this rich haivest
alone—for He is the ruler of all, and
“doth accoiding to His will among ihe in
habitants of tlie Faith, and among the
aimies of Heaven.” Physically as well
as Spiritually. “Paul may plant, and
Apollos water, but God alone can give
the increase.” Let us then, lender to him
the heaitfelt tribute of gratitude and love;
and, individually and collectively, be oRen
found on our knees, returning thanks for
the many blessings alleady received, am!
humbly asking fo* all that we need.
[ Floridian and Journal.
VOLUNTEERS FOR THE YVAR.
On Tuesday last 1 Sth inst, J udge Timm
as addrei-sed thp volunteers of this county
slave pressed American soil. Y’ou know |
that these men, their aiders and abettors I
oi a purely sectional organization, have \
'I o God ; I'h'Yftted to the Presidency a man pledged |
! to cany into effect tIteii opinions—a man j
| who had previously declared that the I
L nited tstati s could not exist as a nation
half slave and half fret—I mean Abraham
Lincoln, of Illinois. And you have be
come the volunteer soldier of this pack.
Yon drill daily., it is said, in the Central
Park, your Irish Ztruares\ and at another
point of the country, Trumbull, Ohio, it
is also said. John Brown -Jr., drills daily
his company of iSeg/o Zouaves! Alas!
that Ireland's chivalry should be thus de- |
| graded. Even your heroism is to be re i
! waided in common. Greeley, the mas-
| ter and dictator of both, promises that the !
| fair fields and plantations ot Maryland and \
j Virginia shall repay not only the follow
ers of yourself and John Brown, but the
T ie LiverInvigorator ami Family Cathartic Rill,
eretailed bv Dmggi'tsgenerally,undsold wbolesalr
ty the Trade in all Ihe large towns.
s. t w sanford, ih d ,
50 Iy. Manufacturer and Proprietor
208, • ornerof FnMonst . Broadway. N. Y.
SLATING—SLAT 1 flU.
W. E. ELLIOTT,
PRUTIfil, SLATER A*ft DEALER iA
best slates,
RECENTLY FROM RICHMOND. VA..
I S now ready to do any work in his line of bti“i
■ cess—Slating, and wrarran ed free from Leak
ajfe.
Repair, lo old ttlnle Koof. attended to
Promptly*
W. C E. is Agent for an exten-ive Manufactory t
oflron Railing. Verandah, Bdcouies, Iron tsuiir,
fountains. Settees, Chairs, Table*, Tree H--xes j
Figure-. Ac.&c, and all other Iron Work u- »i
decorative ciia-acter.
tn< lo-itig Cemetery f,ol» will receive Iti. pnr-
ticnlar Attention.
W. EE. is Agent for an extensiv- Marbl
SPRING AM)
SI ’! & X ^ IT 3 Us 'X
uISS CAX1U
has on hand a large beauti-
'iil assortment of
M’UUYG AND SUMMER
Consisting of all tlie LATEST
tiid most desirable styles ot
Freni fa liat> ol e»er} varieij.
\iso, man} rich and fanc> articles, beauiiful En>
•roiderv, elegant Laces and Velvets, Ht-ad
dresses anJ Dress Caps. Bead Netts, HairPins.
Aonnet Pins, Fancy Buttons, Lace Veils, Uuches
Fret tli siiici Amtrit&n Fiouers,
»nd a very large and well selected stock ot
RIBBONS.
MARSALAiN SILKS, HUWPSuIKTS. Ac , &c
Call and examine for yourselves before purchas
mg. as it will be much to your interest
She is
Monument Works, likewise tor the Steam Marbu [ thankful for past favors and solicits a liberal pa
Mantle Works.
Designs otall. with prices, can be seen at hi*
'■ffice. up st-irs, over Slorning News office Bat i —
^tr*et. Savannah, Ga. _
A specimentof our work maybe seen on tlie
D-p.,1 building in Millcdgeville
R ferenee—G. W Adams. Superintendent T.
A K avannah vSddadfcwtf.
nonage from our city and surrounding counties
Mil ledge vili«. Apm rtn. istii. 4fi tf
V RI UE article of this W ine, can Ire had at the
Store of Grieve Sc tlnrU, also at the tl-
riH y Store of J. t OAX & W«N!4». This Wine
IS four years old, and in taste much resemble* the
v * r 3 r best Old Port A few dozen ot this age can b.
‘’Mamed. jy Price fi‘25 per bottle. d tf
5ii Saw • oiton in for S;*le
ONE of WATSON’8 best 5*'* Saw Cotton Gin*
tty ill use. Sold for no fault, the present
having no ns** for it. Any planter wsiifinj? j
SIIOFS! SHOES!!
1ST
received a very large lot of#
• 1 show, for Ladies, and Children, to h,
sold cheaper tl an ever heard ot before
J. ROSEN FIELD.
March 2 1861. 41 tf.
Til RAF F0K CAhirr
.Tlilledaeville Clothing Store,
HOTIL No. 1.
f|’HE Suhscnbe, I.Hviogjiist returned from the North,
1 is now prepared to furnish his old friends and ens-
litn '
lomers (to tin <r advantage)
Clolhiaii of any Description,
“ "“■'’OO ” "">■*• —trom a very large astu rln enl of llie best quality ever
1 °aered f nT 8H ) e This Gin is new, and is equa- <(> (hi* City. All made to order, and the work
*’ avion., c.j.i f.,*n fan It the nres'Hi<> w ,...i
warranted.
I car give you as good a bargain for cash a* any
Bin, can haves chance to gel one at * - j other e tablii-lm ent but nol ur/otr thvv i-uj.ei ii prior
au . the r ^"J? r £I ioe Apply at this offic j OJ v ,^j C - VA1L > 2^ nt '
t! nN. Tift, or J. H. W»Uvn, at Albwy.
Aiilledgevillt, November 5, XtKAI,
on his plans of combining them into a reg- j baggage smashing cut-thioats of the scul-
iment, and procuring their acceptance iii- lion, Bil y YVilsou also. I is tome, 1 as-
to the seivice. At the woid * t command j sum you, sir. disheartening to reflect that
for all to maich five paces to the. fmutjjou—once my pride and boast, and a soli
who weio .willing to go for the war, tlie j of the most es'imable of parents—should
Fireside Guards to a man, matched out— j be found in camp coni) osed in the main of
the McIntosh Volunteers except one, and | the\ety scum of social vice, and actuated
the Bowman Volunteers excej t four or i Ry mottv* s that would put to the blush
five, and we understand some of those l the most m rcenary soldier of Oliver
repented and signed the pledge to go. j Cromwell. 1 know not, sir, what your
This last company was not lull, but i* re j instincts may be, but 1 would not Rerti
ceiving acquisitions, and will be re..dy we! with swine
hope in time.
The Judge in his addressto the Volun- j
teers took occasion to enter pretty fully into j
a review of Governor Drown’s military ad- j
ministration, and noticed scveial points j
that are mged pietty extensively upon
him in this s« crioti. \V e confess to have
felt some suiprise at the stiength of the
defence that the ca'se was capable ot, tin
we had thought his excellency was to
blame in s* me matteis. ’J he Judge show
ed that the Govern r had managed oui
affairs with great prudence, .toiesiglit sa
gacity, and fidelity , and we think a great
many went away . entertaining different
opinions from those they had when they
came.
A large concourse was present, inclu
ding many of the laoies. and unbounded
was the enthusiasm when our brave vol
unteers maiched iorwaid to light foi tlieir
country until the end of the fight. /
| Btav of the South.
Domesticities—if the tender leaves of th.
w horlleberry bush br gathered am) dried a tea ot
most delightful Haver can he made fiem them,
r qua] in every respect to ihe beverage pioductd by
tbo veritable (_'h mse green tea.
Coffee mad* item rye is not over bad to false If
it has any fault, it is too stimulating It i-, how-
evei better in the shape oi coffee iliau whiskey.
Sensible Talk—Gen*ral Lee being vocife
roiiely called on tor a speech at CLange Court
House, app< aitd. and aaul he iiud much more in -
portaul mullets on hi* mind than apetcL makn g ;
advia- d all who wer- in service to Ire-drilling, and
thos* . »lio tor go* cl reason*, were oui. lutii ttiid to
tb* ir ptiva e attain, and jLTuid the ej.ciuaieut and
rumors 14 ptuwda, Ac*
But 1 think I hear you respond, “The
old Constitution mus* be maintained in
violate ” I wish, sir, that this had been
done iu the jutst. ho I wish the T reaty of
Limerick had been observed. But ns the
tieaty was violated, so was the American
Constitution. Tell me, sir, did yon evei
know a Republican nu mber of Congress
or State Legislature who properly regaid-
ed his oath to uphold the Federal Constitu-
I tion. or who did not »et the dicta of hi*
| paity above the opinions of the Courts ?—
nevei did. But in this connection allow
| me to lemind you of a few tacts,
i Before the election of Abraham i incnln.
the dominant paity of yonr section were
notoriously opposed to “the Union, tlie
Constitution, and the enforcement of the
laws.” T hey literally spurned the Con
stitution and the Congressional compromi
ses glowing out of it • hey lawlessly set
at defiance the decision of the Supreme
Couit in the famous case of Dred *cott,
and reviled, in the coarsest form of billings
gate, the Chief Justice thereof. They shot
down United States Marshals, or Deputy
Maishals, in discharge ot their sworn duty,
and they nullified Congressional enact
ments by thus obstructing “the enforce-
met ts of the laws.” They ignored the
Constitution and repeatedly refused to
surrender fugitives from justice. They
sent to Kansas detachments of hired ruf
fians; armed with bowte knives, Sharpe's
rifles, and Colt’s tevnlvers, for the avowed
(impose of exteiminating theiefrom the
citraeob of the South. They invaded, vi
was purchased- when the Federal Gov
eminent became one of the family of na
tions—was Massachusetts a,ways willing
to co-operate vviih her sister States? In
the war of IMrJ not only Massachusetts,
but most of the New England States also,
withheld their supplies fiom the General
Government, and.gave aid and comfort to
the enemy by means of blue lights and
Hartford Conventions. In our war with
Mexico, which resulted in the acquisition
ot Texas, they joined in the prayer of Cor
win, “that our gallant army
with a toe to welcome them with bloody
hands to ho.-pitab!e graves” And now.
sir, when these biavc Southerneis, w o
have been fiist in war and first in peace;
win* have honestly anil frankly guarded
every provision of yonr Constitution;
who have battled danntlessly and manful
ly for the integrity ol the principles upon
which the Union rested, and whose blood
fieely flowed to protect fiom foreign ag
gression our adopted citizens—find it iin
possible to live any longer beneath the
same political roof with the wooden nut
meg Puritans ot New England, you not
only buckle on your sword, but call upon
my countrymen to follow the lead of your
self and such shining virtues as Brigadier
General Sickles—the “walking battery,”
who murdered Barton Key—in coercing
them back into allegiance, to this hated
despotism. Et tu Jh utc.
And this from the storied Irish patriot
Meagher! Have yon yet to learn, sir.
that a government which rests not upon
the consent of the governed, is necessarily
an odious and bad government ? Nor can
you have any other name than tvrant foi
lie who usurps the rule of those who dcs-
spise him.
But. sir, why do you inveigle the Irish
people, or any portion of them, into brand
ishing their weapons on the side of Puri
tanism. in this unnatural and fratricidal
wartaie ? What is this Puritan—what is
Ins psychological charactistics what hi*
relations in history ] Why, sir, he is in
doctrinated with the conviction that he
is the elect vicegerent of trod upon earth.
His life from the cradle to the grave, is
pragmatical—peipetually intermeddling
with tlie affairs of his neighbor ; lasteuing
his plummet to the illicit line of his faith:
sounding hearts of men, and anathematiz
ing as pagan and pestifeious, whatever
may be inharmonious with his own little
cogitations. His long visage, nasal
twang, canting hypocrisy, and intolerable
prying, banished him from England to
Holland, where he soon became equalK
obnoxious, and was constrained to emi
grate to tlie sterile rucks of Massachusetts,
from which congenial locality he has suc
ceeded in keeping the whole continent,
savage and civilized, in hot water ever
since. Nursed in a horror of two imagin
ary phantoms—Slavery and Popery—he
is an accomplished hater of his fellow-man
before he has begun to learn how to love
God. What l»is course relative to the
slave ow ner has been, we Lave partially
seen ; but his policy in regard to your re
Iigion and mine—the religion of our dis
mantled and shivering country—rema ns
to he examined. I will not, sir carry
your mind back to those famous “Blue
Laws,” by the provisions of which the
Roman Catholic, like the *on of Man,
was denied a placo whereon to rest his
head, in all New England. But soon after
the formation of the old Confederacy, and
the establishment of the General Govern
ment, the true American principles embod
ied iu them were subverted by the enact
ment of the “I uritan, Alien and Sedition
Laws.” passed during the administration
of the elder Adams—a blow manifestly
aimed at Catholicism.
J will pass over similarly remote events,
and ask you : Who kindled the
tionist fires of 1844, and fo tere
own name, or
names of any of our people, wreathed with
the cypress of shame and infamy, to the
pen of the future historian.
I am, sir, respectfully,
T. W. Mai MAHON.
P. S.—As your Commander iu-Chief.
Abraham Lincoln will not allow me to
mail you this letter, 1 am constrained to
have recourse to the public press
T. YV. MacM.
From th*- RichiuoiiU Enquirer, of Mnminy.
should meet i K<*lrrnt from nm! Hit* Rr-oo upnlion o«
llnr|M»r*« Ferry,
We are now at liberty, on tlie best a*
rlmrity, to make pub.ic the true in tivo
actuating General Johnson, in what th*
Northern, and some *>f the *outhein papers,
have called the “Evacuation ot Ilaiper’s
Ferry.” The Geneial, like other military
men of educ tion. had long known that
Harpe*’s Feiry. in itself, i* faulty and un
tenable, Imm the facility with which it
can he tinned. Ii lies a* it were in the
small end of a “funnel,” the broader end
ot which could, with great ease, he occu
pied by tlie enemy. T he heads directing
the opeiations of tlie Y ankee forces were
well aware of this fact, but forgot that
there were fully as astute heads on our
side The minute and able investigations
of Maj. Whiting, Chief Engineer to Gen.
Johnson, had satisfied our leaders of the
justness of these views. It was well
known that Gen. Scott’s plan was to turn
Harper’s Ferry bv a column from Penn
sjlvania, under General Patterson, efiect
a junction near Winchester or Strashmg
with another column of McClellan's army
passing through Homncy; and cut off
Beauregard’s and Johns* n’s armies from
each other. T his plan was completely
foiled, and the enemy checkmated at theii
own game, as we shall explain.
()ti or about T hursday, the 16th instant.
Gen. Johnson having waited at Harper’s
Ferry long enough to make the enemy
believe that he intended to contest that
position to the last, and learning that they
were advancing on Williamsport ano
Romney, sent a portion of his force to
Winchester by rail. On Friday be contin
ued this movement, sent hack his tern
equipage and other heavy baggage, his
sick. Ac., Ac., set file to and burned th*
railroad bridge, and such uf the public
buildings as could be burned without en
dangeriiig private property, spiked such of
the heavy guns at Harper’s Ferry as conic
not be removed, and on .Saturday moved,
with his whole army, marching on foot, in
the direction of Winchester, encamping
about o 1 2 miles southwest of Charles-
town. The enemy, taking this move
ment, as it was intended they should take
it, as a retreat, crossed a bridge of their ad
vance division, commanded by Geu. Cad-
wallader, (who joined their forces on Sat
urday or Sunday morning,) which was
moved forward towards Martinsburg.
On Sunday morning, however, General
Johnson changed his line of march, at right
angles, and moved square towards Martins
burg, encamping at Bunker Hill, on the
Winchester and Martinsburg turnpike,
twelve miles from Martinsburg. to offer
battle there, or advance and attack, if nec
essary. 'Phis movement placed tlie enemy
in a “predicament.” He had not crossed
his w hole force, and if the opposing forces
had closed he must have been beaten in
detail. He therefore “acknowledged the
corn,” turned tail and retreated, re-crossed
the river tfnd evacuated the Valley, retir
ing beyond Hagerstown. A Lieutenant
Colonel and another, (members of the 8th
Pennsylvania Volunteers) were taken pris
oners during this retreat.
A day rr two after this, Col. Hill, 13th
Virginia Regiment, in command of a part
of the fbrees who had “ietreated” from
ersecu- Harper s Ferry, and who had been pushed
Native forward towards b omuey, ob our readers
Americanism ? Who were the Iconoclasts j have learned from
’ omuey,
Saturda
y’s edition, sent
tive, not so much by its own will and
might, as by virtue of tlie military legions
which it has called into existence and of
the will and sentiments of the p« pular
masses, whose month piece is the press and
whose pleasure is the law, with both < on-
g r ess and the Executive. 'I be cities of
the North are keenly sensitive to all that
affects the piofits of trace; they are cos
mopolitan, and comparatively eon.-eiva-
tive and tolerant of different opinions.
But tb** masses of tlie people, who popu
late the rural districts, are less intelligent,
more sectional, and m*>ie fanatical and
tiuculent towards tlie *outh. If will ic-
qnire a longer time before the sentiment
which is now takii g hold of the city popu
lations can rea* h ihe countiy at-o subdue
the mad war fever which is driving the
North into such excesses.
T lie timper of the North is not to be
learned from its cities. T he South has
been once mb led by snpposii giliat it could
he, and w.ll not repeat the blunder. When
our people were told be ore the war that
dissolution was inevitable, and that tlie
North sympathized wi'li old John Blown,
and intended aggression upon the South,
the fact was denied by our meichants,
who declared that, in tlieir biei nial trips
to the Northern cities, they found the
merchants enthusiastic in favor of conced
ing to the South all her just rights, and
cultivating with her relations of cordial
friendship and. confidence. I he politicians
of the South, who had not been much at
Washington, or watched the doings of
Abolitionists there, and whose reading
was confined to a single political news
paper of the re pectalde but obsolete
stamp of the Rational Intelligencer, par
ticipated in this view ot tlie meichants,
and repudiated the war as wildly chimeri
cal. It was in vain that the men who
knew tin temper of the rural masses, it
was in vain that the newspapers who read
the feelings and designs of the Northern
people in their press, sounoed the notes of
alarm, and exlioited the south to prepare
for the coming storm. The clouds hr* ke
over our heads unawares, thewai found us
unprepared.
* be South is not to be deceived in like
manner again. The cities of tlie Noith
may petition their sectional Congress for
peace; they may mourn the disasters
which the war has brought upon them;
they may ciy peccavi, arri. like the prodi
gal, impiecate the *ontii for forgiveness
and reconciliation; they may weep and
wail and gnash their teeth in the lowest
depths ot sef-repioach and remoise into
w hieh 'hey have fallen, biit it will ail avail
nothing (.’imgiess is powetless in the
presence ot the armies which those very
ciiies have sent into the field. Lii coin
and Rew ard themselves aid but mere pup
pets, dancing to the motion of these ar
mies, and obeying the caprices of the ex
cited and fanatical masses of the Northern
people. And even ifCongiess and the
Executive should give way, the South
knows well enough where all power rests
in the hostile section, and will never bo
deceived again by tlie cities.
Thetnith is, this war cannot stop nnt;i
it runs it course I: is like a mighty loco
motive with train attached that has lost
its bleaks and is lushing down a mountain
grade. No power can check its dead ca
reer. Down it w ill go until it has reached
the bottom and rushed on miles beyond.
T here is no help or escape for those on
board. If they leap overhead they are
incontinently dashed to pieches. Tbo
only thing to be done is to remain on board,
and to take the risks. 'J he Northern
cities aiepart and paicelof a mighty move
ment, just as headlong and disastrous as
that of the doomed train, e They helped
to set it in motion. They leaped shouting
and exultant on board as it was setting
off’ Prayers and petitions will now avail
nothing. T hey cannot vote themselves
out of the danger as readily as they voted
themselves into it. They aie in forth©
war, and they must follow it to the death.
Their fate is pitiful, but their doom is
just. -
A Dux*; Nation.-—The New Yoik Day Book
says: “A merchant ot this city, whose opinion )•
entitled to credit, both from his experience and his
sagaciiy, says that “it is useless to deny that a
c**mpleio financial wreck of the whole N**r h is
iiu viialde. unless something is done when Coc-
sreso meet* to bring ahout an honorable peace.”
“It is a sad business to walk out in the streets.
One can scarcely persuade himself that he is not
in Bedlam, Such laces ' Somo blazing with
fiendish passions, others, sad. sorrowful and des
pairing : but not one pleasant and joyons coun
tenance iu the whole city. There is something
ii* every man’s face wnicli seems to say “a nation
is dying !”
The He;roixes.—The two loyal women, who,
at the peril of their lives from hired enemies
and home traitors, escaped from the Black Re
publicans, at Grafton, and like the man in Rokebv,
“Cared not for break, stooped not for stone,-
Swam the broad Kske where ford ’here was none, '
to cry to onr troops at Pillippi, “To yonr arms,
O Isreal! tbo enemy arc upon you!’ are now at
the Virginia Hotel, in Staunton, refugees from
their homes Had the c ommanders at Phillippi,
been made of such stuff as these fair ones are, tbo
surprise and stampede which took place, and
which nothing but fighting to the death on the
part of the retreating troops can atone for, never
would have happened.
( Staunton (Va.) Vindicator.
The Richmond Dispatch of the 19th inst , an
nounces the arrival ot these lieruic ladies in that
city. They bad an interview with Gov. Letcher,
who requested them to make the Executive man
sion their home during their stay in the city.
Our people now have something presented to
them of higher importance than the acquisition
of wealth—that is the achievement of indepen
dence, to accomplish which they are willing, not
cmg to give the last dime, bat life itself.