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GenTi.kmbn: Mvnu^ Addressed to >oii<rt
the commencement of .he session eontawod eitah
fail information of the Confederacy, as to ren
it necessary that 1 should now do i.« more than
call ycnr attention to such important tacts as na\ e
occurred during tlie recess, and to mailers con
nected with the public defence.
I have again to congratulate yon on the acces
sion of new members to our Confederation ot nee,
equal and sovereign States. Our ioved_an 1011^
ored brethren of North Caroliua and Tennessee
have consummated the action foreseen and pro
vided for at vour last session ; and I have had the
gratification ot announcing by proclamation, in
conformity with the law. that those States were
admitted into the Confederacy.
The people of Virginia, also, by a majority pre
viously unknown in her history, have ratified the
action of her Convention uniting her fortunes
with onrs. ,
The States of Arkansas, North Carolina and
Virginia have likewise adopted the permanent
Constitution of -he Confederate Slates, and no
doubt is entertained of its adoptian by iennessee,
at the election to be held early next month. _
I deemed it advisable to direct the removal of tue
several Executive Departments, with their ar
chives. to this city, to wliich you had removed the
seat of Government, immediately after your ad
journment. The aggressive movement of the en-
'emy required prompt, energetic action. T he ac
cumulation of his forces ou the Potomac sufficient-
ly demonstrated that his elfor-s were to be di
rected against Virginia; and trom no point cculd
the necessary measures for her defence and pro
tection be so efficiently directed as from her own
capital.
The rapid progress of events for the last few weeks
has fully sufficed to strip the veil behind which
the true policy and purposes of the Government
of the United Slates had been previously con
cealed. Their odious features now stand fully re
vealed. The message of their President and the
action of their Congress during the present month,
emifessthe inten.ion of subjugating these States by u
war whose folly is equalled only by its wickedness—a
war which it is impossible-to obtain the proposed re-
suit:—whilst its dire calamities, not to he avoided by
us, will fall with double severity on themselves.
Commencing, in March last, with the all -cl at ion of
ignoring the secession of the seven States which first
organized this Government: persisting, in April, in
the idle and absurd assumption of the existence of u
riot which w is to be dispersed bv a posse eomitatn» :
continuing, in successive mouths,.the false represen
tation that these States intended an offensive war—in
spite of conclusive evidence totlie contrary, furnished,
ns well by official action, as by the very basis on
which tins Government is constituted—the President
of the United Stat s amt his advisers succeeded in
deceiving the people of those States into the belief
that the purpose of this Government was net peace at
home, lull conquest abroad—not the defence of its
own liberties, hut the subversion of those of the peo
ple of the United States.
Tne series of manoeuvres by which this impression
was created—the art with which they were devised—
and the p* rtidv with winch tiiey wereexecutod arenl-
ready known to you ; but you could scarcely have sup
posed that they would be openly avowed, and their
success made tlie subject of boast and self laudation
in an Executive message. Fortunately for the truth
of history, however, th ■ president of the United
States details with minuteness the attempt to reinforce
Port Pickens, in violation of an armistice, of which
be confesses to have been informed, hut only by ru
mors too va -tie and uncertain to fix attention.
The hostile expedition dispatched to supply
Fort Sumter, admittted to have been undertaken
with the knowledge that its succes was impossi
ble; the sending of a notice to the Governor ol
tSeutli Carolina of his intiution to use force to ac
complish his object, and then quoting from his
Inaugral Address the assurance that there could
ho no conflict unless these States were the aggres
sors,—he proceeds to declare that his conduct,
as just related by himself, was tlie perfotmance ot
this promise, so free from the power of ingenious
sophistry as that the world should not tie aide to
misunderstand it; and in defiance ot his own stale-
raent. thal he gave notice of the approach ot tlie
hostile fleet, he charges these States with becom
ing the assailants of the United States. Without
a gun in sight or in expectancy to return their
gre. save only a few in the fort, lie is. indeed, ful
ly justified in saying that “the case is so free
from the power of ingenious sophistry that the
world will uot be able to misunderstand it.”
Under cover of this unfounded pretence, that the
Confederate States are the assailants, that high func
tionary, after expressing his concern that some foreign
nations had s<> shaped their actions as if they supposed
the early destruction of our National Union probable,
he abandons all further disguise; mid proposes to
make his contest a short one, by placing ntthe control
of Government, for the work. 400,000 men and $400,
"Oil,I Mill. The Congress, concurring in the doubt I bus
intimated as to the sufficiency of the force demanded,
has increased it to a half million of men.
These enormous preparations in men and money for
the conduct of the war ou a scab- more gigantic than
any which the New World ever witnessed, is a dis
tinctive avowal, in the eyes of civilized man, that the
United States are engaged in a conflict with a great
and powerful nation. They are at last compelled to
abandon the pretence of being engaged in the dispers
ing of rioters and the auppre sing of insurrections,
anil are driven to the acknowledgment that the an
cient Union lins been dissolved. They recognize the
separate existence of these Confederate States by the
interdiction by embargo and blockade of all commerce
between tbem and the United States, not only by sea
but by land—not only ou ships, but in cars—not only
with those win* bea: Anns, but WlrtlTbe *»utiro popula
tion of tile Confederate States; finally they have repu-
«-<l the foolish conceit thal the inhabitants of this
Confederacy are still citizens of the United States, for
they are waging an indiscriminate war upon them ail
witn n savage ferocity unknown to modem civiliza
tion. In this war rapine is the rule—private resi-
dences and peaceful rural retreats lire bombarded and
burned, grain crops in the field are cousumed by the
torch, and when the torch is not convenient careful
labor is bestowed to render the complete destruction
of every article of use or ornament remaining iu pri
vate dwellings after tiieir inhabitants have fled from
the outrages of a brutal soldiery.
In 1781 Great Britain when invading her revolted
colonies, took possession of every district of the coun
try near Fortress Monroe now occupied by the troops
os'the United States; the houses inhabited by Un
people after being respected and protected by the
avowed invaders, are now pillaged and destroyed by ;
men who pretend that the victims are their fellow -cit
izens. Mankind will shudder to hear the tales of out
rages committed ou defenseless females, by the sol
diers of the United States, now invading our homes.
Yet these outrages are prompted by inflamed passions
and the madness of intoxication, but who shall depict
the horror with which they regard the cool deliberate
malignity with which under the pretext of suppressing
an insurrection said by themselves to he upheld by a
minority only of our people, they make special wat on
the sick, including women ami children, by carefully
devised measures to prevent their obtaining tbe med
icine necessary f* >r their cure 1 The sacred claims ot
humanity, respected even during the fury of actual
battle, by a careful diversion of tlie attack from the
hospitals containing tlie wounded enemies, are out
raged in cold blood by a government and people that
pretend to desire the continuances of fraternal con
nection?. All these outrages must remain unavenged
save hv the universal reprobation of mankind. In
nil eases where the actual perpetrators of the wrong
escape capture, they admit of no retaliation, tlie hu
manity ol our people would brink instinctively from
the base ideaot waging a like war upon the sick, til.
women and the children of the enemy. But there an*
other savage practices which have been resorted to
by th'* government of the United States which do ad
mit of repression by retaliation. 1 have been driven
to the necessity of "enforcing this repression.
The prisoners of war taken by the enemy on
board the armed schooner Savannah sailing under
our commission, wen*, ns I was credibly advised,
treated like common felons, put in irons, confined
in a jail usually appropriated to criminals of tbe
worst dye, end threatened with punishment as
such. I had made application for the exchange of
the prisoners, to the commanding officer of the ene
my's squadron off Charleston; hut that officer had
already sent the prisoners to New York when m>
application was made. I. therefore, deemed it my
duty to renew the proposal for exchange to the
constitutional commander-in-chief of the Army and
Navy of the United States—-the only officer hav
ing control of prisoners.
To this end 1 dispatched an officer to him, un
der a flag of true *, and in making the proposal I
informed President Lincoln of my resolute pur
pose to check all barbarities on prisoners of war by
such severity of retaliation on prisoners held by
us as should secure the abandonment of the prac
tice. This communication was received and read
bv the officer in command of the army of the Unit
ed States, and a message was brought from liiin,
by the bearer of my communication, that a reply
would be leturned by President Lincrln ns soon
as possible. I earnestly hope this promised reply,
which has not yet been received, will convey the
assurance that prisoners of war will be treated in
this unhappy contest with that regard for human
ity which has made such conspicuous progress in
the conduct of modern warfare. As measures of
precaution, however, aud until the promised re
ply is received, 1 still retain in -ustody some offi
cers captured from the enemy, whom it had been
my pleasure previously to enlarge on parole and
whose fate must necessarily depend on that «f pri
soners held by the enemy.
I append a copy of my communication to the
President and Commander-in-chief of the army and
navy of the United States and of the report of the
officer charged to deliver it, marked ‘document A.’
There are some other passages in the jemarka-
hle paper to which I have directed veur attention,
having reference to the peculiar relations which
exist between this Government and the Stales usu
ally termed border slave States, which cannot be
properly withheld from notice.
The heart of our people are animated by senti
ments towards the inhabitants of thGse States
which found expression in your enactment refus
ing to consider them enemies, or authorize hostili
ties against them. That a very large portion of
tlie people of those States regard as as brethren:
and jf unrestrained, by the actual presenceoflarge
armies, the subversion of civil authority, and tne
declaration of martial law, some of them at least,
would j rytuliy unite with us That they are, with
aim *st entire unanimity, opposed to the prosecu
tion of the war waged against us, are facts of
which daily recurring events fully warrant the
assertion.
The President cf tho United States refused to re
cognize in these, our late sister States, the right
of refraining from attack on us; and justifies bis
refusal by the assertion that the States have no
other power than that reserved lo them in the U-
w.on by the Constitution—no one of them ever hav
ing been a State out of the Union,
Tho c! c \v of the Constitutional relations be-1 change before tbe disappointed can np- ' stances, efforts that tne people are heartily tired
tveeb ii o btains aud the General Government, is r* . Brown's administration, j of Republican rule. If 1 am not greatly deceived
.1 fitting introduction to another assertion of the | r* ' . . . ' . . . -. . , r
iless-.ge, that the Executive possesses the power j lienee It is natural t/iat this class ol ci
of suspending the writ of Habeas Corpus, and of | zeilS should be horrified at a third term. I p Hr( ; u bringing (ha country into its present
delegating that ;u>wer to military Commanders at | aud should be strong in their opposition to terrible-distress. Mr. O’Neill avow
the Governor. It cannot be contended
that tbe Governor was always right—-that
would be to claim for him superhuman
powers; but it ran he contended that in
the general he teas anti is right. That he
his discretion, and both ot these proposilions
claim a respect equal to that which is felt for the
additional statement of upiuion iu the same paper
that it is proper in order to execute tho Laws, that
some siugle law,’made in such extreme tenderness
of the citizens libeity that practically it relieves
more of the guilty than the innocent, should, to a
very limited extent be violated. We may well
rejoice that we have forever severed our connec
tion with a Government, that thus tramples ou all
principles of Constitutional Liberty, and with a
1’eople iu whose presence such avowals could be
hazatded.
The operations in the field will be greatly ex
tended by reason of the policy which heretofore
secretly entertained, is now avowed and acted on
by the Untied States. The forces hitherto raised
proved ample for the defence of the States which
originally organized the Confederacy, as is evinced
by the fact, that with the exception of three (it)
fortified islands, whose defence is efficiently aided
by a preponderating Naval force, tbe Enemy has
been driven completely out of those States and
at the expiration of five months from the forma
tion of tho Government, not a single hostile foot
presses their soil.
These forces, however, must necessarily prove
inadequate to repel invasion by the half million
men now proposed by the enemy, and a corres
ponding increase of our forces will become neces
sary. The recommendations for the raising aud
efficient equipment of this additional force will be
contained in the. communication of the Secretary
of War, to which I need scarcely invite your earn
est attention.
In my message delivered in April last, I referred
to the promise of abundant crops—with which,
we were cheered. The grain crops generally
have since been harvested, and the yield proved
most abundant kuoivn in our history. Many be
lieves the supply adequate to two years consump
tion of our population. Cotton, sugar, and tobac
co, forming tbe surplus prouuction of our agricul
ture, and furnishing the basis of our commercial
interchanges, present the most cheering promise,
and a kind Providence has smiled ot" the labor
which extracts the teeming wealth of our soil in
all portions of our Confedera.-y. It is the more
gratifying to be able to give you these facts, be
cause of the need of large and increased expen
ditures in support of our army.
Elevated and purified by the sacred cause they
maintain on our fellow-citizens of every condition
of life, exhibit the most sell sacrificing devotion
j it is the premonitory symptom of the utter over
throw of the dynasty which has had so large a
• • • • into its present
owed himselt dis
tinctlyin favor of prosecuting the’war with the
utmost vigor, and of crushing out the traitors with
“uncompromising” fury. Mr. Biddle made no
pledges ; simply saying in his note of acceptance,
*T will endeavor to do my duty in whatever Posi
tion it pleases God to place me.” Our Republi-
. , , .1 1 can papers (always fertile in explanations when
lias acted from principle—that he lias the j defeated) ascril
honor and interest of Georgia dear to his
heart, and lias given as much satisfaction
and done as well as any other man could
in the same situation. As a proof of it.
lie is strong in the affections of the peo
ple, who have no schemes to carry out and
no desire but to have an honest and able
administration of our State affairs. They
will not be afraid of tbe evil effects of a
third term, and they have the greatest in
terest in the Government.
IMPARTIAL.
Important l.rttrr front lion. .Hark A.
Cooper.
LOCALITIES ABOUT THE SEAT OF WAR.
Movements of (Jen. Johnston's Army—Skirmish at
Martinshurg—The Yankee Cowards back ont—
Numbers on both sides—Disappointmrut of our
Men, i(*c., i5i*r.
Etowah, Ga, July 12, 1861.
Editors of the Confederacy :
I returned last night from a visit to our friends
in the Confederate Army, at General Johnston’s
Camp, near Winchester, Va. I dined at the
Camp on Friday (he 9th instant, and arrived here
last night. To save inquiry, I give the following
facts;
My observation was confined to the following
points: Manassas Junction, Strasburg and Win
chester—these being the- localities where Gens.
Beauregard and Johnston, witii their forces, are
located. Connected with these, the interesting
localities are Alexandria and Arlington, on the
I'otomac, where the main body of Lincoln’s Army
rests and is fortified. These are on the west bank
of the Potomac—the first nine miles and the latter
two miies from Washington City. Both command
a plain view of th« city—the river only between,
'l’he enemy’s forces at these points are not certain
ly known to me—supposed to be thirty or forty
They manifest a laudable pride in upholding their j thousand men.
independence, unaided by any resources, oilier I Three railroads lead out from Alexandria: one
than our own, aud the immense wealth which a up the Potomac, to Leesburg—which is near the
fertile soil, and genial climate, have accumulated
in this Confederacy of agriculturists could not be
more strikingly displayed than in the large reve
nue? which, with eager zeal, they lwve contributed
at the call of their country.
the single article of cotton the subscription
to tlie loan proposed by the Government cannot
fall short of filly million dollars, and will proba
bly exceed that sum, and scarcely an article re
quired lor consumption by the army is provided
otherwise than by subscription to produce loans
as happily devised by your wisdom.
The Secretary of the Treasury, in a report sub
mitted to you, will give yon the amplest details
connected with that branch of the public service:
but it is not alone on their prompt pecuniary con
tributions that the noble race of freemen who in
habit these States evince how wort in* they are of
those liberties which
foot ot the Blue Ridge, and about 50 miles from
Alexandria—perhaps more. Another railroad
leads from Alexandria to Hampshire. Aloug the
lines of these roads are the points Vienna and
Falls Church—from 10 to 15 miles from Alexan
dria. A third leads to Lynchburg. Va., Knox
ville and Chattanooga, Tc-nn., and connects at
Gordonsville, in Orange county, with a road iliat
leads to Richmond. Coming west, 30 miles from
Alexandria, this road connects ’.villi the Manassas
road, which leads to Strasburg, GO miles; thence
to Manassas Gap, from which it takes its name.
This Gap is the pass over the B’ue Ridge. Near
the junction of these two roads is General Beaure
gard’s headquarters. His Army occupies tin*
country on all the.-e roads, to within six and
twelve miles of Alexandria and Arlington.
Fairfax Court House is between these roads,
four miles from the Orange railroad. How rnanv
they know so well how to ,, T1 , ^ , ,
defend. In numbers far exceeding those author- j Gen. Beauregaid has, I do not know. He
ized by your laws they have pressed the tender of aas 1 *•»')« men at Leesburg, and holds that place,
their services atraiust the enemy. Their attitude I \ lie e, "‘ m - v occupy the north of the Potomac, from
ot calm and sublime devotion to their country—
the cool and confident courage with which they
are already preparing to meet the threatened in
vasion. whatever proportions it may assume—the
assurance that tiieir sacrifices and their services
will be renewed from year to year, with unfalter
ing purpose, until they have made good to the
uttermost their right to self-government—the gen
erous and almost unquestioning confidence which
they display in their government during the pend
ing struggle, all combine to present a spectacle
such as tbe world has rarely, if ever, seen.
To speak of subjugating such a people so uni
ted and determined, is to speak a language in
comprehensible to them—to resist an attack on
their rights or their liberties, is with them an
instinct.
Whether this war shall last one or three or five
years, is a problem they leave to be solved by tbe
enemy alone. It will last till the enemy shall
have withdrawn from their borders, till tiieir po
litical rights, their altars, and their homes—are
freed from invasion. Then, and then only, will
they rest from the struggle, to enjoy in peace the
blessings which, with the favor of Providence,
they have secured by the aid of their own strong
hearts and sturdy arms.
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
ibe the result to the smallness ot the
vote—being about 5,0(0 less than usual. But it
the vote had been larger, the majority of Mr. Bid
die would have been larger. Probably one thous
and Democratic voters of the district are in the
army. For, as in New York, so here, our Repub
lican friends are quite willing that the Democrats
should have all the military offices—except those
which exceed $500 per annum. Of the Demo
crats at home, some would not vote because h«
was a “Breckinridge Democrat.” Mr. O Neill,
on the other hand, had no offensive antecedents,
and rallied the full strength of his party on the
particular issue. Tlie result is evidence, to my
mind, that onr people are becoming tired of this
war. They begin to ask, what shall we gain by
fighting .’ They begin to think thal Mr Lincoln
was right when Ire said there cannot he any gain
on either side. I sincerely trust that Congress
may be admonished by this election, and may
take the inititative in those pacific measures which
the people will ere long demand at the ballot-box
with a tremendous unanimity. But this is a very
vain hope. We must have another Congressional
election before we can hope for peace to our dis
tracted country.
Did you notice John Hickman's denunciation
of the Government in the sDeech which he deliv
ered at the Blair serenade in Washington on Mon
day evening ? it seems that President Lincoln
and General Scott are too tardy in drawingblood.
for the vindictive wrath of the WestChester Abo
iitionist. By a public castigation he hopes to
force upon the ignorant aud inexperienced Scott
(!) the adoption of Lis own wise programme, and
even goes so far as lo insinuate that the Southern
birth of the Lieutenant General is prompting him
to play false to his country. Wliat else does he
mean by the following classic metaphor with
which he closes his speech, and which he employs
when attempting to heap ridicule on the General
for detaining so many men in Washington ? “If
an egg were laid in Virginia and hatched in New
York or Pennsylvania, I would not trust a chick
en that came from that egg.” Perhaps some al
lowance ought to be mads for Mr. Hickman’s zeal
in pushing on this war. Ile has a v ry feeling
recollection uf Southern aggressions, aud he may
wish the offenders chastised for personal as well
as national offences. In c:i**e any accident should
befall the veteran chief of tlie array, the repre
sentative from the Key Stone State should by all
means be placed in the. position. Ile was one of
tlie loudest in the cry of no compromise last win
ter, and is the londestin the cry for blood; and
can there be any better evidence of his fittuess for
the high past in question.
From the Augusta Constitutionalist.
First Elay’s ECiillle at I.aiirel BIill.
Laurel Hill, \
Monday, July 8th, 1861. j
Friend Gardner :—Thinking au account, of the
first day's battle, at this place, may be of interest
to your readers, and as I promised to write more
friends than I possibly can, situated as I am, I
hope you will give the following an early hearing
before your readers. Yesterday, Sunday morn
ing, the scouts on the Phillippa roads anticipated
their relief, and started in before their relief reach
ed the outposts, and it seems the advance of the
enemy just happened to follow them in to about
two miles of tins camp. Being somewhat sur
prised, the scouts, without ascertaining the real
euc
lo Harper’s Ferry, thiity miles. Charlestown,
where John Brown v.-as hung, is on this road, 25
miles from Winchester. Williamsport is on the
Potomac, above Harper's Ferry. Thence coming
south twelve miles, is Martinshurg, with 2 or 3,Odd
inhabitants. Thence, by turnpike twenty two
miles, is Winchester. On the way, seven miles
from Martinshurg, is Buckelstown, called Darkes-
viila. Three miles from this is Bunker Hill
W inchester has about 7,000 inhabitants, and
is Geu. Johnston’s headquarters, and his Army
are encamped around it. At present, his squad
ron of Cavalry, 7 or 800, is at Bunker Hill, to
watch the enemy.
Patterson, with all his Army, said to be 25,000
men, are at Martinshurg and Williamsport. He
crossed tlis river the first of last week, and came to
Martinshurg. At that time Col. Jackson, with
3,000 of Johnston's men, was at or near Martins
hurg. He met Pattersons Army, two miles from
Martinshurg, with one Regiment of Virginia
troops, aud his advance guard of two or three
hundred men engaged Patterson’s meu in a skir
mish; loss two men killed; killed 20 or 25 of the
enemy, and took 42 prisoners. Then retired this
side of Martinshurg and waited until Johnston’s
Army came up.
Tuesday evening of last week, Johnston’s whole
force moved up and arrived at Buckelstown on
Wednesday morning, seven miles from Patter
son’s Army, taking three days’ rations and leav
ing their tents and baggage. Thursday thev of-
r 6n .Saturday, at 11 o'clock, I arrived there. At
1 o clock couriers reported the advance of Patter
son's Army. Orders were given to form line for
battle. With smiling faces and light lect, in half
an hour Johnston’s Army, 10,009 men in all fit
for service, was in line, with batteries masked,
lie passed the lines, said a few* words to the Reg
iments, and iu succession they sent up a shout,
such as I never heard before. The ground was
favorable and the scene grand. They rested in
line for two hours. The enemy didn't appear,
and about 4 o’clock the line was reduced and the
men retired.
The next day Johnston's Army returned to
! tln-ir camp, and then I left them at Winchester.
I as before stated, in good condition, but sore morti-
1 rom “ ie Macon Telegraph. j fication at having no battle.
The next Governor—A Convention—Governor Johnston has about 15,000 men, and is being re-
Brotrn. i inforced daily. His troops are the very best, aro
x - . . v .i ,1 , «! well armed, aud have powder and lead aplenty.
Notwithstanding tlie war, the voters of They wi „ meet anything, and are a match forany-
Gecrgetown up.
Strasburg, on the Manassas railroad, is tiie point
c i • r, -iii * | lmidcu. liic ouiuia, wiliiuul ascenau
of leaving the railroad, by turnpike road, to go to ,' t th of t he enemy, reported immediately to
V inchester, 10 miles. 1 hence, there is a railroad j Genf ” al Garnett’s headquarters the advance of the
nemy, who immediately ordered Colonel Clark,
with the Quitman Guards, Walker Light Infantry,
The “Octogenarian” in Motion.—General
Scott has at last crossed the line in Virginia, for
the purpose of seeing that his columns are in
order for their grand march on Richmond. The
despatch does not say whether he returned to
Washington or not; but be, this as it may, he
was never yet far off’ from his assailing armv” *.r*4
i.o ,riu douutiess accompany ttiem in person to
Richmond or their fate. Great events are immi
nent, and a few days will doubtless bring us tales
of glory or woe.
Later despatches announce the unwelcome in
telligence of the capture of four Georgia compan
ies of Col. Ramsay’s regiment, and we presume
there is little doubt of its truth. We feel well
assured that it was their last resort.
The movement of Patterson against Winches
ter, and McDowell and Taylor against Manassas
Junction, show that we are on the eve of a great
battle, if not battles, and very possibly an en
gagement has already taken place.
Georgia must decide, in October next, who
shall he the next Governor. The first
thing to he determined, is the propriety
and necessity of a Convention. The
writer cun perceive no good reason in favor
of a Convention. Conventions are toler
ated only because they are the necessities
of party organization. There ’ is always
grave objection to them, and that is be
cause a Jew men—sometimes a very few,
dictate, to the whole people. Now, we
have no parties, and the reason for a Con
vention has ceased to exist. It is scarcely
possible for the action of a Convention to
give satisfaction to a majority of the
voters, and it is wrong in principle to place
them where they must register the edicts
of a Convention, because opposition might
produce a hitter party spirit. For one, 1
am unwilling that any set of men, however
pure, cr however well selected, shall de
prive me of my vote.
The nominee of such a Convention would
owe his nomination to mere chance, or to
corrupt combinations, and the Executive
office is too important to he supplied by
either manner. Then, let it be understood
that every citizen of Georgia who has
friends enough to give him a fair stand,
and who would accept, way become a can
didate.
If this policy should be adopted, it is pro
per to consider—what would he the best
for Georgia as she is notv circumstanced?
It is proposed to continue Gov. Brown in
the Executive chair. There has been hut
one objection urged to this, which has
merit in it, and that is. there, is no pre
cedent for a third election. This is true,
and at any other time, it is an objection
which should control. But we now tind
ourselves in the midst of a war for onr
liberties. Governor Brown has been tried,
and lias been found equal to the emergen
cy. He fully understands the resources
and wants of the State, and to say the
least, it would do our great cause no good
to confide the weighty affairs of the State
to a new man. He who has been tried aud
K**jnd faithful, is more trust-worthy than
tl*e Un *rie.d, notwithstanding his antece
dents may \>« good, and his promise excel
lent As the country is now situated,
there istnuch peril in the election of a new
Governor. The people MPj 80 much ab
sorbed in the war, there will likely be a
scanty vote, as there has just been on the
adoption of a Constitution. There are no
parties and it will be impossible to obtain
a fair concentration of public opinion in
favor, of any new man. Thus all will be
uncertainty, and this uncertainty will
cause a choice which would either not be
the choice of a majority, or if so, might
injure the commonwealth. It is to be re
gretted that there should he the opposition
to Gov. Brown manifested by the tone of
some of our press and their correspondents.
It has been Governor Brown’s good, or
had luck to make many personal enemies,
because his convictions of duty would not
allow him sustain this or that measure, or
to appoint this or that man. Human
nature will have to undergo a radical
thing lo meet them.
Yours respectfully,
MARK A. COOPER.
Archbishop Hughes ou the IVnr.
Aiclibishop Hughes, of New York, is out in a
letter denouncing the War of subjugation, which
Lincoln has inaugurated. He calls it a “civil
war ” We make a few extracts:
Above all the wars a civil war is the most de
plorable and the most destructive in its conse
quences. both to tl’.e victor and vanquished. Its
progress is marked by ruin and desolation, it
gives a loose rein to tho worst passions of human
nature : rapine and carnage, though horrible to
gaze upon, though terrible to witness, cannot be
compared to the moral evils which it inflicts upon
society. It is not iu civil strife that the nobler
attributes of onr nature are shown : the mind of
man becomes hardened and callous amid scenes of
blood and devastation. The transitions from a
peaceful republic to a military despotism is more
easily effected through such a medium than peo
ple generally suppose. Mankind are pretty much
the same in every age of the world. Material
civilizalion, it is true, may develop the mind and
sharpen the intellect, but it does not purify the
aspirations nor elevate the moral nature of the
race. » * * * *
We have heard a proposition made by a promi
nent speaker at the great demonstration which
was lately held at Union Square, that we trust
was either not seriously entertained, or had its
origin in the excitement of the moment. It was
nothing more or less than a recommendation of
the policyl which England has pursued towards
Ireland. The speaker expressed himself in favor
of taking away the plantations from the Southern
owners and bestowing them as land bounties upon
Northern soldiers. The idea, as we have inti
mated, is not an original one, as it was partially
carried into effect against the people of Ireland,
aud as a means by which that people were to be
utterly exterminated. For onr part, we protest
against such a wholesale system of spoliation—a
system which is calculated to plunge the country
irremediably into a war that this generation may
never see the end of, and to arouse feelings of
hatred and revenge that may live through centu
ries.
The proposition to which we have referred is.
however, comparatively mild in its character when
compared with the suggestion that has been pub-
Dahlonega Volunteers, and Bainbridgc Independ
eats, to advance and meet them, which order, al
though many oft he men were at their breakfasts,
was complied with so promptly, that in ten min
utes the companies were ou the march, fully armed
and equipped, and I presume two miles was never
made so quickly, or by more anxious men; our
men, feeling highly complimented by this order
from the General, to first advance and meet the
enemy, although several crarJc regiments were on
the ground from Eastern Virginia and around
about Richmond. This may have been done by
the General, however, upon the idea of seating
invited guests first to the table, or inviting them
first to drink—Virginians (General Garnett being
one) being always noted for their extreme polite
ness.
The Gate City Guards, who were on picket
duty—“true as steel’’—had halted about one thous
and of the enemy, who, just as Col. Clark ctme
up, where endeavoring to reach tho top of a hill
flanking the Gate Cities, and preparing them
selves for any assistance sent, as the road led im
mediately under the side of this hill, and would
give them an advantage of at least ten to one. Col.
Clark with the quickness of thought, perceiving
the advantage to he gaind by this position, im
mediately ordered Ids men to the hills, which or
der was executed by his men in double quick time,
there in double our numbers. In this charge the
Walker Light Infantry, officers and men, behaved
most gallantly, as did the Dahlonega Volunteers,
to whom this order was given. The t)nitman
Guards and Bainbridge Independents being detail
ed to guard the opposite side of the road, an
equally dangerous position, yet the enemy ap
pcaring in such numbers on the hill and none ap
pearing on their side they immediately advanced
to the hill to the relief of the Walkers and Dah-
lonegas, anxious to take a baud in the sharp niiis-
keteering going on between the enemy and tlie
Dahlonegas and Walkers, yet, to their great mor
tification and regret, the enemy had not the cour
age to stand the gallant charge of the Walkers
and Dahlonegas, under the lead of the gallant Col
Clark, but retired in -‘double quick,” undercover
of six cannons about and 5,000 infantry in ambush
On this hill our men have taken their stand, and
have succeeded in holding it against a very su
perior force of t he enemy around, with long range
guns of the latest and most superior style. The
strength of the enemy and brisk shooting in ta
king the hill caused Gen. Garnett to order Col.
Ramsay to proceed with tho remaining five com
panies ot liis command (including our gallant
Oglethorpes) to the assistance of Col. Clark, who,
with an eagerness I never before witnessed,
marched to tho scene of battle. After which time
until about half past three o’clock, only an occa
sional gun was heard. This suspense caused our
brave and gallant Col. Ramsay to desire an ad
vance on the enemy, which the General in com
mand, would not permit. At this time a Virginia
regiment, under Col. Talieferro, proceeded to the
relief of our brave Georgia regiment, who had
neither eat nor diank in the time, but bravely and
resolutely, without meat or drink, had kept seven
thousand Northerners at bay, nobly repulsing
every effort to dislodge them, and so galling and
destructive had been the steady fire of our brave
boys, that it seemed tho Yankees had entirely
given it up. It seems, however, that ns soon as
our Georgia boys left, the Yankees found it out.
and tried their hands on the Virginians, in which
attack they killed one and wounded two : the Vir
ginians, however, proved true as steel, and equal
to the emergency, by repulsing the enemy, after
killing and wounding many of them. About
dusk, this Virginia regiment was relieved by an
other under Col. Fulkerson, who held it during
the night.
This morning, whilst I write, Col. Ramsay, with
six companies of the Georgia regiment, including
our Oglethorpes, of Augusta, and the Walker
Light Infantry, are in position on the hill, and
occasionally we hear tiring—what the effect is or
may be, we shall probably never know its extent;
but of one thing we are confident, the advance of
tlie enemy from that direction would prove a good
day for killing, certain.
Jnst now, 11 o'clock, a- messenger comes in
with the information that the enemy, this morn
ing, have been driven back a considerable dis
tance, and none of our men hurt to-day. Yester
day, private Allen, of the Walker Light Infantry,
in tho charge, received a wound through his left
thigh, not considered dangerous, was all the dam
age done to our Georgia boys. Private Savage*
bad his bayonet scabbard marked by a Minie ball.
Private George Tanner brought as a trophie from
the field a new Minie mnsket, cartridge box and
belt, of the man he killed on the hill, ihe Yankees
not being able to get him off in their retreat. Many
more were seen to fall under tbe fire of our guns,
From tiie New York Tribune, June 28.
ItejM-llioa-Revelation.
The outbreak of a faction into lawless violence
and anarchy is rebellion; the uprising of a people
to assertand maintain precious, inalieneable lights
is revolution. The former is usually impelled by
baffled, restless, soured ambition; the latter
springs from the noblest promptings of unselfish
patriotism. History discriminates unertiugly the
ona from the other.
If the Jeff Davis conspiracy against the integ
rity of onr Federal Union bo founded in patriot
ism. in philanthropy, in devotion to right and
good, it cannot be put down. A brave, martial
people of eight or nine millions cannot be sub
dued ; an uprising, domineering, terroring fac
tion may be. Whether the Southern insurrec
tion is one or the other of these may as well be
determined in six months as iu six .years.
We can scarcely recall an instance in which an
Insurrection that held its ground for a year or
more was alterwardssubdued. Civil contests are
often prolonged, indeed; but only through the
mulish obstinacy of the losing party. When Sir
Henry Clinton abandoned Philadelphia and re
treated through New Jersey to New York, getting
worsted at Monmonth on the way, the American
Revolution became a fixed fact. The two subse
quent years of w arfare were just so much useless
carnage and devastation in deference to the dog
ged stupidity of George III. His Ministers should
have been impeached tor officially assenting to the
murderous lolly.
It maj* seem brave to bully foreign nations
that accord the rights of belligerents to our rebels;
but with a secession flag flaunting for weeks
in plain sight of tin: white House, it is very un
timely. Flog the rebels first, and bully foreign
ers afterwards, if ever, is the proper order of bus
iness.
Congress is about to assemble, with the rebel
forces threatening the Capita!, and at several
points within a day's march of it. If Gen. Scott
were to assail Beauregard in his iutrenchments
at Munnassas Junction next week, the artillery
of either at my would be distinctly heard at the
Capital.
It may be smart to intimate to foreign powers
that we hold the rebels very cheap ; but when
their Ministers at Washington write home that
they have retired to rest throughout the last two
months in constant apprehension of being
awakened before dawn by tbe alarm of an assault
on or bombardment of the Metropolis, and that
their apprehensions aro not yet wholly dissipated,
what is the use !
It is just absurd to talk about a three years war
for the Union. An army and a General compe
tent to beat the rebels w ill be competent to pin
them, so they must fight or throw down their
arms. A protracted gaerrila war—a war of posts
and strategy—cannot be maintained in such a re
gion as the South, and amid such peasantry as
the slaves. If vigorously pressed the rebels must
fight or run ; and if they will only fight when they
must, their race will be a short one.
If we cannot beat tbe rebels—beat them fairly,
thoroughly, and with reasonable promptitude—we
ought to acknowledge their independence. If we
are ton weak to conquer them by arms, we should
be ashamed to reduce them (a la Sumter) by
famine.
Whenever our armies shall earnestly set fortli in
in quest of the enemy, they will either tind them
or they will not be worth finding. If they occupy
peculiarly advantageous ground, they can easily
be made to abandon it and flee at once or to leave
it and fight. An army without depots, and with
out money wherewith to buy food, must fight at
his adversaries option.
If the rebels are not virtually whipped when the
next spring opens, and if they shall meanwhile
have steadfastly confronted our troops on every
mutual frontier without losing ground, we may
consider that, the Republic has been betrayed by
the folly or incompetence of its trusted leaders,
and that disunion is a fixed fact. The insurgents
will then have trebled their home supply of food,
and learned how to dispense with a market for
their cotton. On the other hand, if they aro
beaten in a great pitched battle, they will he sub
stantially used up. Humanity, not less than
public economy, dictate a short, sharp war.
lished in one or two of the New York daily pa- j yet they succeeded in getting them off the field.
‘ It is believed here, that iu the different engage
ments, seventy or one hundred of the enemy are
killed, and a larger number wounded. It General
Garnett was only in position to advance, there is
no telling the bril.iancy of the victory that our
men could achieve between this point and Grafton
and the Ohio and Baltimore Railroad. I forgot
to mention that, during yesterday, our troops cap
tured several prisoners, and have them now* in the
camps. If I can give you any further informa
tion this evening before the mail closes, I will do
it, otherwise I shall wait until I can inform you
of the result of the battle, commenced by the pious
Sabbath-braking Yankees, ou the Lord's Day,
soon in the morning, July 7th, 1861, at. Laurel Hill
Virginia. “Remember the Sabbath Day to keep
it holy,” I believe, is tho Divine injunction.
G.
pers. It is nothing more or less than a proposal
to incite insurrection, and by so doing, to precipi
tate tho Southern portion of our country into all
the horrors of servile war. * * * *
Have we now sunk so low in the scale of hu
manity—have we so far forgotten onr obligations
as Christian men, even before we have rightly en
tered into the heat ot the conflict—to calmly toler
ate or sanction a proposition fiendish and as in
human as that against which the elder Pitt raised
bis voice l
From the N. Y. Journal of Commerce.
Great Democratic victory in Philadelphia—
John Hirknian’o Impatience—Decline in
Commerce.
Philadelphia, July 3, 1861.
Ibo Democratic party of the Second Congress
ional District in this State yesterday achieved a
signal triumph in the election ot Chas. J. Biddle,
Esq., to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resig
nation of E. Joy Morris, Republican. IBs oppo
nent was Chas. O. O'Neill, an out-and-out Repub
lican, regularly nominated by a Convention ot his
pai !y. There were no personal objections to
Mr. O’Neill, He has been in the State Legislature
and in other public positions, in which, 1 believe,
he has acquitted himself creditably. His elec
tion was warmly advocated by Foruey’s Press, the
Evening Bulletin, and other Republican papers.
Mr. Biddle was supported by no newspaper, sim
ply because the Democratic party is, at the pres
ent time, without an organ iu this city. The
Pai.tr Ledger uttered a few words of faint com
mendation, iu a semi-apologetic tone. But with
this exception the entire press of the city was
against him His success, under the circum-
Commodorc Tattnall, who is forming the nu
cleus of a Navy at Savannah, invites proposals
for the construction of five vessels of about ICO
tons each, for the Confederate service.
— — ♦ —
The Northern papers say their government has
now 250,000 men on the pay roll. These men will
cost the government over half a million dollars
per day. The entire revenue of tbe United States
will not be over $30,000,000 annually. How are
these men to be paid > •
A correspondent of the Savannah News writes
from Richmond, July 8, that Lieut. Garnett An
drews, who was for some time stationed in Savan
nah, has been appointed on H. R. Jackson’s staff
as his Aid. The General leaves for Western Vir
ginia on Tuesday. A portion of bis command,
the 12th Georgia Regiment, left on the 10th.
Our Nenronut £>cfVncc*.
The large and extravagant orders for gun-boats
and light draught vessels, issued by ourenemies
naturally leads to the enquiry, for what uses are
they dtstined/
To this tlie reply is obvious. They are meant to
penetrate the shallow waters of the Southern
coast, from Hatteras to the Rio Grande.
The next question with us is, as to the degree of
preparation which we have reached for resistance
to tins sort of invasion.
We have batteries, no doubt, at sundry accessi
ble points; but these rather contemplate an
occasional assault of single cruisers, than heavy
armaments, numerous vessels, and thousands of
men.
In the case of South Carolina, we are to ask—
assuming the malignant purpose of the enemy to
punish her as much as he can—in what way will
he attempt to reach her vitally ! He can hardly
do so by land armies, passing through Virginia or
North Carolina.
Where, then, will she be found most accessible?
That will be his enquiry. He will hardly attempt
anything of moment alouirAhe,,.^;.^ ^Vi'fiisr Not
make ourselves too certain. A dash at Fort Sum
ter some dark night might unlock the harbor and
open the State to future invasion. We must be
ou tbe watch, at ouce vigilant and ready.
But, with harvest—say October and November
—we may look to see him, in force, somewhere
aloug our coast; for which purpose he is now
providing his transports, launches and light
draught gunboats.
His point will be to take Carleston. which will
be his base of operations for an advance into the
interior.
This he really designs, unless his reverses in
Virginia shall he such as shall cool his appetite for
war altogether.
But, we are to prepare for all chances and pro
babilities, and look out even for the possibilities,
assured, as we are, that the North is begining to
feel that the secession of the Cotton States is their
commercial ruin ; and that, out of the wrecks of
their trade, we shall establish a magnificent
empire, to which their past prosperity shall be as
nothing.
As this conviction forces itself upon them, they
will, iu sheer desperation, make desperate efforts;
not because of their patriotism—for this quality
wt* need give them no credit—hut their avarice
and love of gain. We are also to assume that, if
the war is to bo prolonged, and if they meet with
serious reverses, their passions may require des
perate action, iu order to recover what they have
lost, if not to revenge their mortifications ; all of
which they ascribe to South Carolina.
South Carolina must prepare for this encounter.
That the programme tor our invasion is already
conceived and made out, we have no question.
That it will occur in the first pait of winter we
are certain, unless it occurs before, and unless
we shall have conquered peace and independence
iu the meantime, as a Confederacy.
If, by a coup dc main, this summer, Strinligaui
could retake Suuiter, tbe affair would be easy. If
not, the plan of Scott will probably be that of
Great Britain during tbe Revolution. Having felt
the difficulties of a direct demonstration upon
Charleston through its commercial gates, tho
enemy will probably attempt to land his forces
south of them, at. North Edisto, Port Royal or
Beaufort.
Beaufort and Biuffton would afford him points
d'appui whether tbe object aimed at be Charles
ton or Savannah; and Biuffton could be reached
easily from Beaufort, that place being ouce in pos
session of the enemy.
In assailing Vera Cruz. Scott's first landing was
upon the island of Lobos, thirty miles from the
point to be stricken. The Mexicans did not at
tempt to oppose his landing. We shall probably
do better. But, assuming that he attempts to de
bark some 20,000 soldiers at Tort Royal or Beau
fort, by light draught vessels, iron clad gunboats,
armed with 15 inch columbiads, and transports,
covered by small war-steamers—what are our
preparations ?
We have been working some, we know ; we
have some strung batteries at essential points ;
and we have planted les huitres de I’enfer at eligible
points ; but we have entirely too few* ariillerists
now, and will need large forces ready by fall.—
We earnestly call public attention to this mat
ter.
We are, too, for making sure in another nmttor.
Our batteries on land should be seconded, we ven
ture to suggest, by tcater batteries. Every one
of our broad inlets should have its marine bat
tery. Occupying the narrow gorges, covered by
tho land batteries, covering them m turn, we
might make ourselves secure by this process.
We should put in requisition every harbor steamer;
every sloop and schooner; every pilot boat that
will carry a gun; aud—do more. We should
proceed tu frame any number of raft, or floating
batteries, such as will come easy to om hands, and
such as will be efficient in our hands.
These batteries may be made ic a few days,
and maybe made almost shot and shell proof. A
raft battery, iu shallow and smooth water, is su
perior to any gunboat or transpoit that ever
floated ; will carry more guns, and is less penetra
ble by shot, aud more steady under fire. Sup
pose you lake an ordinary “bull” of ranging tim
ber. Lay the logs iu alternate and crossed layers,
six feet deep. Bolt all tbe points of intersection
with iron. Leave spaces between the sections
large enough to take iu a bale of hay or a tight
bound water cask. Or, if you choose, employ
India rubber sacks itillated. When you have got
the proper depth for purchase, with water, floor
over with three inch plank. Roof with ranging
timber and iron, alter the plau of the Irou
Battery on Moiris Island. A forty foot raft
thus planned, will carry two or three 42 pounders.
Sides and rear maybe enclosed with shutters of
iron, or opened at pleasure, to be ust-d in defence
agaiust an enemy in small boats. I’ierced with
holes for musketry, the shutters may be let down,
or raised, accoiciing to circumstances, on the
sides and rear Two, or ten, of these batteries may
be bolted together, if so desired. Ten ot them,
with two guns each, or even five, would demol
ish the Wabash, or any steamer now blockading
any (Southern port, from Wilmington to New
Orleans. And these rafts, two or four, may be
carried out to sea by tbe most ordinary river
and comfort to the insurgents, may properly b
made to contribute to the expenditures made ne
cessary by their criminal misconduct. Asa part
of tho punishment duo to the guilt of involving
the nation in the calamities of civil w ar, and there
by bringing distress upon so many innocent citi
zens, Congr“ss may justly provide for the forfeit
ure of the Whole or a part of the estates of offen
ders, and forthe payment of its proceeds into the
public treasury.
Those whose property it is thus proposed to
confiscate embrace all Southern men who are. true
eyes to the deception that has been prac
ticed upon them. As an evidence of this
many of the young men who voted foi
Union, are now volunteering to fight Lin
coln’s mercenaries if it be necessary ; and
we venture the assertion that two thirds of
those who voted for Union will be found
in the same ranks, if the day of trial should
come. They want no war at home, among
neighbors and friends, brother against
brother, father against son—and will have
none.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
steamer, and made to occupy any position in ! [ From the Knoxville ct*6 i * .
respect to the vessel they would asSail. They L S-|Ut * r -i
might be hooked together,, having two fronts to. IHE 1 LOrLE RIGHT,
the steamer, while their sides, with iron shutters,! A few torv leaders of KihitGI .
pierced for musketry, would settle the account I W P l son „v nl , r . am ’
with small boats. They would ho as hermetically i , - 6 y,elson ,,rc ) *300111 to be left alone i n
sealed, thus constructed, as the back of a box- ,,ieir S lor y* os the only followers of Andv
terrapin. We shall resume the subject iu future ‘ Johnson, and advocates of his infam ^
columns. Mercury. j plan to introduce Lincoln’s army 0 f hir?
' 77 jTT*", T1 ! ling mercenaries into East Tennessee
1-rnm the Richmond Luqmrer j inaugurate civil war among us .The’
A W nr of Bapmc ami of Siavnge ICnrbnritT. I i v J . , , ' *‘ie Mo.
In the report of Secretary Chase, made to the ! ^ V* 1 ^" 1Rl . e <lre ( C’ ,0l,nc mg the Greene-
present session of tho Consolidate Congress, j s 1 vine Convention. they are not for sen-
lound tbe following paragraph ; | arating the State, because Andy Johnson
it will not perhaps, he thought out of place if| an ^ n lew of his followers are fired with
the Secretary suggests here'that the property ot i a hellish ambition to rule or ruin their se *
of those engaged in insursection, or in giving aid tion of country. This crazy schenT
finds no friends among those of common
sense. We hear from every county, that
those who voted against separation are
going, to abide by the will of the majority,
and they are much more ardent against
rebellion and separation of the State^than
they were against a separation from the
Federal Government. The Greenville
Convention and the host of falsehood*,
fuiiiiscaiunuuiatc tui ouuinriu incu niiuaio.tmtj . l A £ •, 1
to their Government. No one is exempt unles.*? he emanated trom it, nave opened their
be a tiaitor, or a torv. Those *‘engaged, in insur
rection” are our brave officers and soldieis, who are
periling their lives ift camp and in field for the
liberties ol their country. Their property is to be
confiscated, and employed to pay the wages, and
to feed and clothe and supply with munitions of
war, the aimed bauds that are hired to invade us.
Not only theirs, but the property of all who give
them “hid and comfort ” is likewise to be seized
upon and appropriated to the uses of our enemies
Under this last head is embraced every loyal citi
zen, no matter what his immediate employment.
Every lady who makes a uniform ora haveloek,
or sends a loaf of bread or a draught of cordial
to a soldier, comes under the condemnation. Nav,
the friendly waving of a handkerchief, or the utter
ing of a kind wish, or even the giving of a cup of
cold water, is to be punished by robbery, under
the name of confiscation, and it has already been
taught to Rev. Mr. Leftwich, of Alexandria that
an invocation of the favor of heaven is by no
means to be allowed.
The mother, or wife, or sister, or friend who
dares to carry the case of the absent ones to the
closet of prayer, and a-k God to decide between
the wrong doer and the wrong sufferer, is to b**
toobed for “giving aid and comfort to the insur
gents ” In short, no one can escape the net of
.Secretary Chase, save the exceptional cases of
Carlilo and Andrew Johnson, and tories and trait
ors such as they, ’i he Southern people in mass,
are to he outlawed and handed over to pillage
and robbery.
Will any one be good enough to explain what
room there is, in such a condition of things, for
moderation in our plans and efforts at resistance ?
Whv should we order our soldiers to retreat, in
tenderness to the property of out people, lest in
conflict itjmight be destroyed? Is it not more than
destroyed when the enemy takes it, as Chase ndvi
ses, and turns it against us ? Who wants to see
his house spared that it may shelter his foe ? Who
wants his farm or his store saved that the enemy
may pillage it ? No ! If such policy as Chase
advises be adopted, bettei far that we should meet
it. after the Russian method. Let us surrender noth
ing. Let ns make every consideration subordinate
to the work of defence. If ever we must recede,let it
ho inch by inch, and by battle after battle ; and
far better to destroy by fire and explosion what we
cannot de,fend or remove than leave it to nourish
the enemy or reward his mercenaries. Look at
Martinshurg into which the enemy have but re
cently entered ! Read the accounts, even in their
own journals, of the pillage and rapine and vio
lence with which they have abused our retreat or
their conquests, whichever be the proper descrip
tion. Does this not disprove the tenderness of
retreat ? Is net such tenderness only aqiparenl ?
Is it not real cruelty ? Do we want the fertile
fields aud elegant mansions and cheerful homes of
our beautiful valley, or the humble abodes of the
most humble neighborhood in our State, saved
from the perils that attend defence only to minis
ter to the comfort of the invader ! Shall they be
spared only to serve him J Never !
No ! Lincoln is forcing ns upon our policy,
whether we will or not. By his array of robbery
he forces us to stand for our property, and to de
stroy what we cannot defend. By his threats of
violence, he forces us to stand for our lives, aud to
tight with the energy of men whose only alterna
tive is victory. We will not count odds, and we
will not estimate sacrifice. No abandoning for
property to the enemy! No retreating save
under compulsion ! Resistance at every step,
and resistance to the death ! This will be our
spirit, and the sooner we rise fully up to it the
better.
OANDS’ NAl.T Kill*:i ll KKXIKD1 Nil!'.
O ferers from cutaneous and eruptive diseases should
at once resort to this valuable medicine, which vein
speedily remove the worst symptoms of these distres
sing complaints. No remedy has ever done so much
for diseases of the skin, whatever form they may as
same, as this. No ease of suit l beum. ring-worm, tetter,
■s aid head, barber’s itch, blotches, &c., can lorn;
withstand its influence.
Prepared ami sold bv A. It. *V I> SANDS. lira -,
gists, 100 Fulton Street, New York. Price 25 cents
per Vial.
Sold by HERTY <fc HALL, also by GRIEVE Si
CLARK. 9 It.
We would call the pai ticuiar attention of every rend
er to tU<* advertisement ot McLkan’s Sthengthesisg
Cordial and Volcanic Oil Liniment. They aretoo
well known in this community to require recommenda
tions. But there ore many of our readers who are suf
fering from a derangement of the digestive organ,,
without tlie slightest idea of the real cause, giving
rise to svinotoms such as despondency, Nervous un
pleasant feeling, indecision, lack of energy making
existence a burden. To all who may he afflicted, try
this Cordial; it will give immediate relief. To all who
may be afflicted, with Sores or Pains of any kind, try
the Liniment. See tlie advertisement in another col
umn.
MILS. WI3NTSLOW,
An experienced nurse aud female physician, has a
Soothing Syrup for Children teething, which greatly fa
cilitates the process of teething by softeningthc gums
reducingull inflammation—will allay all pain, and is
sure to regulatethe bowels. Depend upon it, mothers
it will give rest to yourselves, and relief and health
toyourinfants. Perfectly safe iu allcases. Seeadver-
tisementin ariothci column. 14 ly.
< IXOUTIIAO'HS*:.
Occasioned by Gold, exposed
Convrntiou of the Democratic Editors of
IVctt York.
Pursuant to an informal call, a number of
democratic editors of the State of New York
met at tbe Astor House, in New York city,
on Thursday, to consult in regard to the
convention," if *is "slated", 1 " was"a "’spomRiltB
ous gathering, produced more by the ex
traordinary condition of public affairs than
by any attempt or desire to create any
organization. The unanimity of feeling
exhibited the due appreciation of the im
portance of public action, and good citi
zens, irrespective of party, were invited to
co-operate for the re-establishment of
peace. After an organization and some
preliminary business, a committee on reso
lutions reported the following, which were
unanimously adopted, with a single excep
tion—the editor of the Hudson Gazette
voting “no.”
Resolved, That we earnestly desire the
perpetuation of the Union of these States:
but, in the language of the lamented S. A.
Douglas, we believe that ‘war is disunion,’
and that if the Union he continued, it must
be upon the principle on which it was form
ed, viz: the voluntary consent of its mem
bers; that any other mode is subversive of
the principles of self-government, and
hence, in order to restore this Union, the
first requisite is Peace—to the end that
questions may be settled, not despotically,
by the sword, but voluntarity, by free con
sent of the American people.
Resolved, That the present alarming and
deplorable condition of our country has
arisen mainly from the exercise of uncon
stitutional powers by the present chief
magistrate, who has not hesitated to inau
gurate a war, to enlist a large standing ar
my, to increase the navy, to seize private
papers, to deny citizens the right to bear
arms, and to suspend the writ of habeas
corpus, all of which acts arc in the direct
violation of article 1, section IS and 9 of
the Constitution of the United States, and
of the amendments thereto, art. 2 and 4.
Resolved, That the enormous expenses
of the present war will Seriously burden
our people; that a standing army is dan
gerous to the safety of the citizens; that
its expense is drawn from the toil of the
agricultural aud working classes, that the
Horrill tariff is simply a part of the ma
chinery of monarchy to enrich the few at
the expense of the many, and that we en
ter onr firm and earnest protest against all
of these measures as opposed to the prin
ciple of true democracy, and destructive
to tlie liberties and material interests of
the people of the Northern States.
Resolved, That the republican party
has proved that all its pretensions of de
votion to “freedom, free speech and free
discussion,” were simply cloaks to conceal
their real enmity to liberty and the con
stitutional guaranties of citizens, and that
the attempt to muzzle the democratic press
by mobs and terrorism, to prevent citizens
from expressing theirhonest opinions, calls
lor and deserves tlie sternest condemna
tion of every true friend of law, order,
liberty and the inalienable rights of man.
Resolved, That in view of the many man
ifest violations of the fundamental princi
ples of the constitution, it becomes the du
ty of the democratic press, aud of all
friends and advocates of free institutions,
to unite in resisting these alarming strides
towards a despotic, consolidated system
of government; and that it he especially
suggested to all friends of peace aud con
stitutional liberty, irrespective of party,
to agree upon a joint and mutual basis for
action at the present crisis.
After the passage of tlie resolutions, tbe
editors adjourned to meet at the call of the
chairman of the association of democratic
editors of the State, some time during the
summer.— Winchester Republican.
1 nerves aud many other causes, cun be speedily
and effectually cured by using tbe CLOVE ANO-
DYNE TOOTH ACHE DROPS. Acting upon the
nerve, it imparts instantaneous relief. Without dis.
coloring tbe teeth or unpleasantly affecting tbe breath
or palate. Once used, you will never willingiv be
without it. Only try it, aud complain no more of
aching teeth.
Sundersville, Ga., Jan. ”, 1858.
Gentlemen: This is to certify that my mother was
afflicted with Dropsy for a long time,"and that all
tbe medical skill which could be ; cured was exhaust
ed, and her recovery was regarded as hopeless. She
was induced to test tlie virtue of Broom’s Anti-Hy
dropic Tincture, and found in a few days she grew
better, and through its use a perfect cure was effected
and she li\*ed several years afterwards. I cheerfully
recommend those afflicted with Dropsy to give it a
fair trial. Respectfully,
JNO. W. RUDIS1LLE.
See Advertisement in auother column.
2 4t.
We would particularly call the attention of our read
ers to a remedy known as McLean’s Strengthening
Cordial and Blood Purifier. It is certainly a valuable
remedy. We therefore say to nil, call at the agent’s
aud test for yourselves its intrinsic merits. It is deli-
eious to take. We ask our lady readers to try it. See
the advertisement in another column.
JACOB’S CORDIAL will relieve at once the most
obstinate ease of Diarrhoo?.*?, and dysentery, no mat
ter how severe or violent, it controls with the utmost
rediness, soothing the mucous lining of the intestinal
canal, allaying all irritation and, brings about a speedy
cure. ,-..*w ot* nan, also oy crieve ao Aim,*.
11 J 8 It.
To Consumptives.
T HE Advertiser having been restored to health in
a few weeks by a very simple remedy, after
having suffered several years with a severe lung affec
tion, and that dread disease, consumption—is anxioan
to make known to his fellow-sufferers the means of
cure.
To all who desire it, he will send a copy of the
prescription used (free of charge) with the direction?
for preparing and using the same, whieh they will
find a sure Cure for Consumption, Asthma, Bros-
< hit is, *j-e. Theonly objeet of the advertiser in send
ing the prescription is to benefit tbe afflicted, and
spread information which be conceives to be inval
uable, and he hopes every sufferer will try his remedy,
as it will cost them nothing, aud may prove a bles
sing.
Partieswisliing tbe prescription will please address
Rev. EDWARD A. WILSON,
Williamsburgh,
Kings county, New York.
Oct. 9, I860. (c. t mca.) 20 ly.
ft. R.
Will a Mississippi rifle with the minnie ball shoot
through a steam boiler ? It will. A dispute among our
frienas on this question arose, and was settled by try
ing it; and the result was, that the ball made a hole
one-third larger than itself at about the distance of fifty
yards- When it is convenient we intend to test the
greatest distance at which it can be done. [Tuscum-
bia (Ala.) Constitution.
DISEASE
At its Onset Lin its Mid Career!
AND IN ITS MOST HOPELESS STAGES,
ARRESTED, CURED, AND PERMANENTLY
OBLITERATED BY
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Radwnv's Ready Relief gives immediate ease in
the choleraic attacks common at this season. Nodif
fusive stimulant so instantaneously pervades the sys
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RALGIA, COLIC, CRAMPS, CHOLERA-MORBl’8.
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like tlie effect of mechanical power. As an antidote
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remittent fevers, fever and ague, and it breaks up
these complaints with wonderful dispatch. Ladies,
hopeless of recuperation from ordinary tonics, recov
■red rapidly under its influence, from the debility pro
duced bv sexual causes.
-l»r. E. B. Perkins, of Marrielta, O.. writes ns that
the use of Radway’s Ready Relief in Fever and Ague,
Thypboid, Billions, and other Fevers, were hignlj
successful, and when used in connection with Radwav h
Regulating Pills, would cure tlie most desperate cases
in from three to six days.
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The purest and best Purgative Medicine it
the. world!
In the recent cases of BUlious Cholic, InflamationoJ
the Bowels, and in all violent attacks trill pro
duce a healthy evacuation from the bowels in sir
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Radwbt’s Regulating Pills, are the only fanull
cathartic that purges without depletion, without indu
cing after-constipation, and compelling, a perpetual
resort to the medicine. They operate more rapidly
than any drastic mineral purgative, never occasion
tenesmus, aud influence simultaneously the stomach,
the bowels, the liver,) and'the circulation. No form ot
indignation, b'lliou.sness, or intestinal disease, can
withstand its alterative aud corrective operation.
Radway’s regulating Pills are the purest and best
purgative medicine known to the medical science-
While they purge from the system all diseased an
corrupt humors, they impart nourishment, vitality.* 1 '
quiet to the suffering and exhausted body.
Persons troubled with restlessm *, bad dreams, rtur
ing noises in the head, one oi tw« of radway’s 1
will insure health, and refreshing sleep.
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Persons with Sore Eyes, Sore Heads, Sore Moutht,
Skiu Eruptions are guaranteed a tpiick cure bj
the use of the Resolvent.
Radway’s Renovating Resolvent repairs the
waste of nature; replaces decrepitude with vigor: e
tirpates every form of Scrofulous, Cancerous, 8yP n
letic. Mercurial, and Eruptive disorders; cures °P |
mia, and all affections of the eyes ami ears: is iuvala
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Persons suti'ermg from Asthma Bronchitis, ”W“* '
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Radway's Remedies are sold by druggists every
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AGENTS.
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