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PRESIDENT DAVIS* 7V> thr, CoHgrcS tkc Con! ft ;■? Anurir-i 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!'. 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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. 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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 Radway’s Remedies. Radwnv's Ready Relief gives immediate ease in the choleraic attacks common at this season. Nodif fusive stimulant so instantaneously pervades the sys tern. The most terrific spasmodic paroxysms, the most agonizing attacks of RHEUMATISMS, NEC RALGIA, COLIC, CRAMPS, CHOLERA-MORBl’8. Sec, are arrested by it with a suddenness that seems like tlie effect of mechanical power. As an antidote to malc-ia it is infallible. Those who use it ns occa sionai stimulant, invariably escape intermittent am: 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. RADWAYS REGULATING PILLS. 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 Hours. 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. RADWAY’S RENOVATING RESOLVENT 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 hie to females iu the later ci isis of life, and is the mo powerful invigorunt aud rejnvenant yet discovered Persons suti'ermg from Asthma Bronchitis, ”W“* ' amt Lung Complaints, may rely upon deriving im dinte ease after taking a dose ofRudway’s Kesotv • It soothes and heals, elenses, purifies and re no? a 1 the entire system. Radway's Remedies are sold by druggists every where. y RADWAY Se CO.>23Jobu Street, N- AGENTS. HERTY & HALL, Milledgeville; DAMS GREEN, Eatonton/J.C. BATES, Louisville; A. ■ ALLEN, Sandersville. O AMDS’ #*B»APA*II<LA.—* or the r S val and permanent cure of all diseases " r ‘ 61 ”^f e V an impure state ot the blood, or habit of t This pleasant and efficacious remedywffig ly nlato the functions of the *° n ?gfag lar end healthy a<rtion|^an(^witbotn^naBsea_or^p rg^ EfbLXVK.* a. i"*r ,‘, ST^sSSJSBKwSW* *• disuse.