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Editor*. BOWBTON, MSBET & B.lRiVES, Publishers and Proprietors. . n. BorfiHTos,; JO*- " $ (T|jf Anthem Jfdwral Union h published If 'eek/y, in MiUctlgcv>11e, Ga., Corner of Hancock and Wilkinson Sts., fnpiwritc Court House.J At $2 a year in Advance, (Unless ix Advance, $3 Per Annum.) KATE* OT ADVEKTIMSfi. /Vr navare of tirefre /t ups. (Ise ineertioafl 00, and fifty cent* for each subsequent continuance. rtoteetnt without the specification of thenumberof J insertion* will be published till forbid and charged accordingly. . , „ in,. s s or Professional Cards, per year, where thev donot exceed Six Links - - . flu 00 , u /,ral contract trill be made tri/h those who wish to Advertise by the year, occupying a specified space LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS, g^es of Land and Negroes, by Administrators, Fx- .cstsrs or Guardians, are required by law to be bold , 1 the first Tuesday in the month; between the hours of i’ll in the lorenoou and three in the afternoon, at the (■ .art house in the county in which 'lie property is *it- '^’otice of these sales must be given in a public ga- V* 1H Jays previous to the day of sale. ’’’jfntiees forthe sale of personuf property must begiv- ;i like manner 10 days previous to sale day. Notices to 1 be published 40 days. Notice that application will be madetothe Court (i-dinarv for leave to sell Land or Negroes, must „ U bli9' , eO t° r inoouin. for letters of Administration Guardianship, 4c, must be published 30 days—for dismission from Administration, monthly six -..wnths—f,, r dismission (roro Guardianship, 40 days. ■;,! «< for foreclosure of Mortgage must be published "V far four months—for establishing lost papers. I ,r th'Y«‘‘ spare of three months—for compelling titles ! iim giecutors or administrators, where bond has been e;ven bjr the deceased, the full space of three 1 piibiications will always be continued according to llicse, the legal requirements, unless otherwise ordered following * RATES: Citation*, on letters of administration, fee. “ disinissory from Admrn. “ “ Guardianship. I.eaveto sell Land or Negroes Notice tndebtors ami creditors. ijV. nf personal proi>erty, ten days, 1 sqr. i <o Sale of land or negroes by .Executors, &c. pr sqr. 5 00 betrays, two weeks 1 50 Foraman advertising bis wife (in advance,) 5 011 I 50 3 00 4 00 3 00 GENE ItaL ADVE RTISKMENTS. Trnrwmm ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Eatouton, Cia. October, 18, ISqD. 21 ly. COATES & WOOLFOLK ©hrcljottsc ;tnb Commission & MERCHANTS, tllb now open and prepared fur the reception of Cotton ot their NKW EIRE PROOF WAREHOUSE, opposite Hardeman St, Sparks. We will endeavor to p-.ve ourselves worthy of the patronage of those who Via favor us with their business. Liberal advances mads on cotton when desired. Macon Ga., Sept. 21, 1859. 18 tf. JO HIV T. SCWDOIN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, V>ATONTON.«A. Eatontnn. Ga., Feb. 14,1860. DROPSY CURED! JV0 1ANKEE HOIBl'ft! Von t give uj, untn ym, try Broom's Anti- Hydropic Tincture! rpiIE undersigned would respectfully call the tUl .WTi'm-nnl 1 '? public to their justly celebra- Lllf NT f ' DROP1C TINCTURE. A fair trial is an we ask to conviuce the most incredulous that our reament is no humbug. Many who have de spairs o. recovery have bteu entirilu relieved un- .L 0 ’Y treatment. We would say to those afflicted witn that loathsome disease, the Dropsy, to delav no tone in giving us a call. Remember the old proverb “Procrastination is the thief of time ’’ e will visit patients when deRired aud reasona bly compensated for our trouble. On the receipt ot ten dollars we will forward to an v Railtoad de pot its value in our medicine. . M. & J. H. BROOM. J i j' communications must be addressed the undersigned to meet with prompt attention, he can be consulted by calling at hie office on the Aorth side of public square. JOSEPH H. BROOM, Carrollton, Georgia. CERTIFICATES. Powelton. Hancock county, Ga., Jnn. 16, 185fi. Joseph H. Broom, Esq.—Dear Sir : This is to eer- tn v that in the year 185(5, l bad under my care a case ot Dropsy, which I directed to be placed under your treatment. The above.case wasplaced under your can- and treatment, and in the space of six or seven weeks you made a final cure. The above specified case ins since been under my notice, but no sign of Dropsv has since been visible, I would therefore direct all who have the Dropsy to give you a trial," for I think your medicine the greatest ever discovered for Dropsy. Yours respectfully. It. F. SEAY, M. D. Loni,Coweta county,On.. Feb. ti, 1861. This is to certify that Mrs. Elizabeth Nixon sign ed the abovecertificate in our presence.—We further certify that we were acquainted with l.«r condition before she commenced taking I)r. Broom’s Anti-Hv drophic Tincture, and so fur as you know, all she states in the above certificate is true. She was en tirely helpless, and dependent entirely upon charity for a support for herself ami family. No one thought that she could ever be relieved. She is now, to alia" 1 pearance, entirely well and able to work and suiino. herself and family. WESLEY W. THOMAS, JOSUA MOORE, JOHN T. McCOY, J. P. Greensboro, Ga., Jan. 30, I860. Gentlemen : This is to certify tliut in the year 1853, I hail a negro man afflicted with Dropsy. 1 gave him Broom’s Anti-Hydropic Tincture, which I belieTe ef fected a permanent cure. This negro was treated by other physicians, but to no effect, and 1 cheerfully re commend any one who has the Dropsy to try Broom’s Anti-Hydropic Tincture. [32 ly-j Respectfully, NANCY BICKERS. AND 38 tf. BOARDING. M Y HOUSE will be open for transient and regu lar boarders. JAMES E. HAYGOOI). Miliedgeville, Jan. 18th, 1861. 35 tf. M Y HOUSE will be open for the re- c. ption of MEMBERS TO THE ME will be made comfortable. E. 8. CANDLER. Miliedgeville, .January, 4tli, 1861. 33 If. VOLUNTEERS UNIFORMS CUT TO ORDER. T HE Subscriber w ill, npou short notice, visit any County in the State, anti CUT UNIFORMS for Companies, and warrant a good fit. Orders respectfully solicited. Hr Address, THOMAS BROWN, Merchant Tailor. Miliedgeville, Ga., July 15, 1861, 8 tf NOTICE. T HE UNDERSIGNED having bought the es tablishment of his friend F. SIIOENBEIN, deteased. respectfully informs the public, that he will continue the business in the same form and respectfully solicits a abate of public patronage. WS1. 3CHE1HING. Milledeeville, July 15. lefil. 8 lvr. NEW HARNESS AND SHOE SHOP. T IiE undersigned respectfully informs the Citi zens of Miliedgeville and vicinity, that he l.as opened a HARNESS AND SHOE SHOP, at Hugh Treancr's old Stand, corner of Hancock and Wayne Streets— And solicits a share of public patronage. Harness made to Order.—Repairing of old Har ness done promptly and on reasonable terms. Boots and Shoes made to Order. Give him a trial. E.J. HOGUE. Miliedgeville. May 11 tb, 1861. 51 tf eook-biIding" The Subscriber is now preu pared to do JBook'Bind- ing, in all its branches. .. . i. Old Books rebound, Ac. MUSIC bound in the best style. Bi.axk Books manutactured to order. Prompt attention will be given to all work enttueted to me. S. J. KIDD. Bindery in (Southern Federal 1 nion tllltee. Miliedgeville, March 19th, 1861. 4-1 SLATING—SLAT IN U. IV. E. ELLIOTT, PRMTIf.iL SLATER ATI) DEALER IT best slates, RECENTLY FROM RICHMOND, VA., I S now ready to do any work in bis line of busi ness—Slating, and warranted free from Leak, age. Bepnira to old "Mate Roofs attended to Promptly. W. E. E. is Agent for an extensive Manufactory Iron Railing. Verandah, Balconies, Iron Stairs, fountains, Settees, Chairs, Tables. Tiee Boxes, Figure*. Ac . Ac., and all other Iron Work or a decorative character. Barloaing Ometcry Lola trill receive bia par- ticnlar Attention. W. E. E. is Agent for an extensive Marble Monument Works, likewise for the Steam Marble Mantle Works. Designs of all, with prices, can be seen at his office, up stairs, over Morning News office, Bay Street, Savannah, Ga. A specimen|of our work may be seen on the Depot building in Miliedgeville. Reference—G. W. Adams. Superintendent C. R- R. Savannah. 23 ddsAwtf. Blackberry Wine. \ 1’UHE article of tbia Wine, can be had at the Ston- of Grieve A- Clarlt. also at the Va- n «ty Store of J. CONN A SONS’. This Wine 11 four years old, and in taste much resembles the \ery beet Old Port. A few dozen of this age cun be ebt&ined. d?* Price $125 per bottle. d tf. Or. J. H. TVTcLEAN'S STRENGTHENING CORDIAL BLOOD PURIFIER! The Greatest Remedy I n the World, $ AND THE Idlest Delicious AND Delightful Cordial EVER TAKEN. THE thousands upoutliou- RKnds who arc daily uxiug McLean’s Strengthening Cordial, certify that it is ab solutely an iufallibe reuiedv for the renovating and IN if m— . 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Do you want your delicate, sickly, puny Children, to be healthy, strong and rebust!—then give them Ml LEAN'S STKEXGTHEAIHO LORDIAL.i^ the directions on each bottle) it is delicious totake. ["gs- One table-spoonful, taken every morning fast ing, is a sure preventive against Chills and Fever, Yel- low Ft ver. Cholera, or any prevailing disease. l~fp- CAUTION!—Beware «f Druggists or Dealers wYio may trv to palm upon you a bottle of Bitters or Sarsaparilla’, (which they can buy cheap,) by saying it is Just as good. There are even men BASE enough to steal part of my name to dub their VILE decoc tion*. Avoid sucli infamous PIRATES and their vil lainous compounds! Ask for Dr. J. H. McLeun’s Strengthening Cordial and Blood Pnrifier. Take noth ing else. It is the only remedy that will Purify your ltlood thoroughly, and, at the same time, STRENGTH EN and INVIGORATE the whole organization. It is put up in Large Bottles— f 1 per bottle, or six bottles tor $.». :ooo? Dr. McLean’s Universal Pills. For Liver Complaint, Biliousness, Headache, h, There has never been a CATHARTIC medicine, of fered to tiiepublic, that lias given such entire satisfac tion ns McLEAN'S UNIVERSAL PILLS. Being entirely vegetable, they are perfectly inno cent and can be "taken by the most tender infant; yet prompt and powerful in removing all Bilious secretions. Acid or Impure, Feted Matter from the Stomach. In fact, they are the only PILLS that should be used in malarious distric ts. Thev produce no Griping, Sickness or Pain in the Stomach or Bowels, though very active and searching in their operation jiromotiug healthy secretion* of the Liver and Kidneys. Who will suffer from Biliousness, Headache a:.d foul Stomach, when so cheap a reme- dvean be obtained! Keep them constantly on hand; a'single dose, taken in season, may prevent hours, davs, and months of sickness. Ask for Dr. J. H. Mc Lean'* Universal Pill*. Take no other. Being coated they are tasteless. Price only 25 cents per box. and can be sent by mail to any part of the United States. Dr, McLean’s Volcanic Oil Liniment. The Brat External in the World for miin or Beast. Thousands of human beings have been saved a life of decrepitudi jind (misery, by the use of tins invalua ble Liniment- * It will relieve PAIN almost instanln- nenuslv, and it will cleanse, purify and heal the foulest SORE'in an incredible short time. McLEAN'S\ OL- CAN1C OIL LINIMENT will relieve the most in veterate cases of Rheumatism, Gout or Neuralgia. For Paralvsis, contracted muscles, stiffness or weakness in the Joints. Muscles or Ligaments, it will never fail.— Two applications will cure Sore Throat, Headache or Earache. For Burns or Scalds, or any Pain, it is an infallible Remedy. Try it, and you will find it an m- dispensible remedv. Keep it always on band. PLANTERS, FARMERS, or any one having charge of horses, will save money by using McLean's Volcan ic Oil Liniment. It is a speedy and infallible cure tor Galls, Sprains, Chafes, Swelling. Lameness, Sweeney, Sores, Wound*, Scratches, or any external disease.— Try it, and you will be convinced. DR J. H. MeLEAN. Sole Proprietor, SAINT LOUIS. Mo. The above preparation, will be manufactured in New Orleans. La. Sold by (*RIE\ E k CLARK, Midedge- ville. and by Druggist* everywhere. 47 ly SPRING AND SUMMER iisaa.&aCT’Bi Miss CARR IT* ha* on hand a large beauti ful assortment ot SPRING AND SIMMER 50 Saw Cotlon Gin for Sale. ONE of WATSON'S best 50 Saw Cotton Gins, ■’offered for sale. This Gin is new, aud is equal to an v in use. Sold for no fault, the present ow- n *’ s having no use for it. Any planter wanting a Rood Gin, can have a chance to get one at a re action on the regular price. Apply at tiiis office, 1 0< N- Tift, or J. H. Watson, at Albany. Confederate pHEASURYNotes and Bonds taken at PAR for L r uruiture or Notes and A.-counts due. WOOD & CO., Macon,Ga. Americas, Albany, Cntlibert. Fori Gains, Griffin and iJedgeviUe papers will please copy six month* and gjMl. (4 fe„s.) W.&CO- FOR SALE. Superior tsxtt cioth, ‘-’ weighing 12 ozs per yard, 30 inches wide, j otles containing about 620 yards, snanufac* ‘Ored by Ocmulgee Mill*. . Apply to ISAAC SCOTT, Ju >y 18th, 1861. (9 6mos*) Macon. Ga. * r ® afflicted with Piles, send to Borty rr... * D<J Ret a box of Btnrdevant’s pile oint- and be euied. Price f 1 a box. Consisting of all the LATEST aud roost desirable styles of I French Hats of every variety. Also, many rich and fancy articles, beautiful Em broidery, elegant Laces and Y elvets, . Head- Dresses and Dress Caps, Bead Netts,. Hair Pins, Bonnet Pins, Fancy Buttons,Lace Veils, Ruches, French and American Flowers, and a very large and well selected stock of RIBBONS. MARSALAIN SILKS, HOOP SKIRTS. &c., Ac. Call and examine for yourselves before purchas ing, as it will be much to your interest^. She is thankful for past favors, and solicits a liberal pa tronage from our city and surrounding counties. Miliedgeville, April etn, 1861. 46 tf ' “CHEAP FOR CASH! ' JlMIf-dgevillc Clothing Slnre. HOTEL No. 1. T nE Subscriber having just returned from tbeXorth, is now prepared to furnish hi* old friend* and cus tomers (to their advantage) Clothing of an. Description, from a very large assortment of the best quality ever brought to this City. All made to order, and the work warranted. I can give you u good a bargain for cash as any other e.-tablishment, but not as low down either in price or qnality. A. C. VAIL, Agent. Miliedgeville, November 5,1860. 24 tf jncob’s Cordial, which is an excellent remedy for cough, colds, pain in the breast, inflamed throat, Ac mey be iound at the Drug 8tors of HtRTT A Hut. By special Electric Telegraph. .VI EMM AGE OF OI.E ABE. To the Federal Congress, Four'll July, 1861. Once more, Representatives, Senators all, You come to my Capitol, swift at my call. ’Tis well: for you’ve something important! to do In this most disgraceful national stew : For since I came hither to run the machine. Disguised in Scotch Cap and full Lincoln green, There’s the devil to pay in the whole d—d con cern. As from Cameron, Seward and Chase yon will learn; Yet, though everything here of a burst-np give warning, I’m certain you'll put it all right in the morn ing: So to do as I tell you, be on the alert. For the panic’s fictitious and nobody’s hurt. 1 have started no war of invasion, you know, Let who will pretend to deny it—that’s so. But I saw from this White House an impudent rag, Which they told me was known as Jeff Davis' flag, A waving above Alexandria high. Insulting my Government, flouting the sky : Above my Alexandria (is'nt it, Bates ? Retrocession's a humbug; what rights have the States’) So I ordered young Ellsworth to take the rag down, Mrs. Lincoln, she craved it to make a new gown— But young Ellsworth, he kinder got shot in the race, Aud came back in a galvanized burial case: But then Jackson, the scoundrel, he got his de sert— The panic's fictitious and nobody's hurt. It is true I sent steamers which tried for a week To silence the rebels down there at the Creek : But they had at Game Point about fifty or more Rifled cannon set tip in a line on the shore, And six thousand Confederates practised to fire ’em, (Confound these Virginians, we never can tire ’em 1) Who made game of our shooting and crippled our fleet, So we prudently ordered a hasty retreat; With decks full of passengers, dead heads, in deed, For whom of fresh coffins theie straightway was need. And still later at Gresham’s they killed Captain Ward, In command of the Freeborn, ’twas devilish hard— But iu spite of all this, the rebellion’s spurt. The panic's fictitious and nobody’s hurt. Herewith I beg leave to submit the report Of Butler, the General, concerning the sport They had at Great Bethel, near Fortress Mon roe, With Hill and Magruder some four weeks ago ; And here let me say a more reckless intruder I never have known than this Colonel Magru der; He lias taken the Comfort away from Old Point, And thrown our peninsular plans out of joint; While in matters of warfare to him General But ler Would scarce be thought worthy to act as a sut ler, And the insolent rebels will call to our faces The fight at Great Bethel the “New Market Races :’’ Tiien supersede Butler at once witli whoever Can drive this Magruder into the river ; And I shall be confident still to assert That the panic's ficticious and nobody's hurt! ’Tis my province, perhaps, herein briefly to state Tiie state, of my provinces, surly of late, Missouri and Maryland—one has the paw Of my Lyon upon her, and one has the law Called martial proclaimed through her borders and cities, Both are crushed, a Big Thing, I make bold to say it is. St. Louis is silent and Baltimore is dumb, They hear but tiie monotone roll of my drum. Iu the latter vile seaport I ordered Cadwaliader, To manacle freedom, and though the crowd fol lowed her. Locked up in McHenry, she's safe, it is plain. With Merryman, Habeas Corpus and Kane. And as for that crabbed old dotard. Judge Tftnpy. For much, I would put him on board of the Paw nee, And make his decisions a little more curt. For the panic's fictitious and nobody's hurt! And now I'll just sav what I'd have you to do In order to put your new President through— First, three hundred millions is wanted, by Chase, He cannot run longer the Government’s face : And Cameron wants, tor the use of old Scott, Some three huudred thousand more men than he's got. Then sixty new iron-plate ships to stand shells Are loudly demanded (must have ’em) by- Welles, For England, the bully, won't stand our block ade, . And insist that we shall not embarrass her trade ; But who fears the British ? I'll speedily turn ’em As sure as my name is E Pluribus Unum, For I am myself the whole United States : Constitution and Laws, (if you doubt it ask Bates,) The Star Sangled Banner's my holliday shirt— Hurrah for Abe Lincoln, nobody there's hurt ! [ Richmond Ring- [From the Richmond Examinoi.] The War and its Results. A three-years yvar would be better for the South than that immediate peace, which should restore friendly relations and renew trade and intercourse with the North. We have been so long dependent on New England in almost every department of business, and the affairs of our citizens are so mixed up and inter-ramified with theirs, that an early peace, unless very cautious ly and carefully guarded in its provisions, would be sure to restore in a great meas ure, our former dependence. Again we should be flooded with Yankee goods, Yan kee manufactures, Y ankee teachers,preach ers, pedlers and drummers. Again their vile literature—their hooks, magazines, reviews and newspapers yvoidd infest ns thick and noxious as the plague of Egypt, and inoculate our people with their shal low thought, taxvdry fashions, mischievous theories and gross immoralities. Again would our merchants flock to their cities, our youth to their schools, colleges and universities, and our rich and fashionable men and women to their watering places. A peace attended xvith these consequences, or even a part of them, would he worse than a three years’ war, for such a peace yvould rob the South of its money and its mind, destroy its nascent manufactures and prevent the groyvtli of its foreign com merce. Such a peace would impoverish the south and restore the xvealth of the North. In all but name, xve should again become theij slaves and tributaries.— Trade now conquers faster than arms; and the centres of trade are the seats of power; whilst the countries which they trade with are their subjects, their provin ces, or their colonies. If disunion does not build up centres of trade and cen tres of thought and centres of fashion in the South, disunion will have eft’ected little good. Centralization is one of the great evils of the day, and the only way to become independent of centralization from without is to create centres within. YYhilst a speedy peace is alinst sure to make us again the tributaries of Northern trade and Northern centralization, a three- years’ war would be certain to make us sufficiently independent of all nations, by teaching us to live within our selves, to do our own hand-work and our own head- work, to write our own books and make our own shoes, to manufacture onr own doctors, professors and pillvenders, to build our own houses and make onr own clothes. In effecting all this, we should necessarily establish centres of trade, of manufactures, of education, of thought and of fashion. The very hope of a speedy peace is do ing us much harm, by preventing men from undertaking various forms of manu facture which they knew would prove profitable during the war, but would be ruinous after a peace, patched up on Y'an- kee or Submissionist terms. YVe desire peace as much as most men, and would not have the war continue one moment after its legitimate purposes have been attained. But this is a war of inde pendence—we are independent whilst it lasts; and if peace is to restore depen dence, we say, then better fight on—fight forever! There is a greater danger to he appre hended from a hasty and incautious peace than any we have as yet suggested, and which we have, therefore, reserved for separate consideration. It is bad enough to deal with Northerners—to have them visit us, and to he forced to visit them— Unt it would be ruinous to have them come down upon us in shoals as numerous as the mackerel and cod about their coasts, to seize the ballot-box and control the helm of State. Unless the terms of peace ex clude them this they will certainly do. The Y ankees arc not farmers, and few will remove to the Northwest YVe have been their best customers—have bought most of their manufactures—and, if we refuse to go to them, they will certainly, (unless prevented) come to us. Lowell and Salem, Boston and Hartford, and eve ry other town and village in New England, will empty their scoundrel bossas, theii filthy factory hands and starving laborers upon us. They will change the whole tone and character of our society, and soon, uniting with the Submissionist, abo- litionize one-half of the South. No treaty of peace will be worth a fig that does not effectually exclude Yankee notions and Y'ankee people. Our tariff should discriminate against their good, and our naturalization laws against them selves. The Militia.—About four thousand militia from the surrounding country are en camped in town, and a finer body of men we have never seen. They have prompt ly responded to the call upon them, with out a murmur, leaving their wheat and hay in theswarth, and, in many instances, no one behind to protect their property fromdestruction. The ordering out of the entire militia is a severe drain upon this section of the State, and we can but trust that, in justice to all sections of the States, the militia may be drafted, and each coun ty be compelled to furnish its due por tion of troops. In fact this should be done in all of the States and not leave the bur dens of the war to fall upon any one State, much less on anyone particular section of a State. We have heard the complaint made that Y’irginia is not doing her part in furnishing troops for the war. This sounds strange in the face of the fact that Virginia has more troops now in arms in this State than all of the other States uni ted. Augusta county alone has furnished more troops for this war than some of the States, (we allude, of course, to the South ern troops now in the State. The theatre of war is here, and it is of little moment how many troops may he in arms in the extreme Southern States, unless they come on to the field of action.) YVe allude to this in no complaining or captious spirit, but as a sheer act of justice to our own State, which has, we think, been unjustly reflected upon.— Winchester Virginian. Gen. Johnston.—This distinguished offi cer, on Sunday last, resumed his original position, and has again made YVincbester his headquarters. He moved forward from here to meet Patterson’s command up wards of a week since, and three times of fered the invaders a fight; but they, pro tected by the petticoats in Martinsburg, declined to come out and test the temper of our Southern steel. After a fruitless effort to induce the enemy to give him bat tle, General Johnston retired with his com mand to this point, where he is prepared to receive an attack or advance upon the enemy whenever they may be disposed to offer an engagement, without risking the lives of the women and children in Mar tinsburg. YVhilst all may not be able to appreci ate his movements, yet neither officers or privates question for a moment the wis dom or propriety of his actions. True, we have some veterans of our town of great military experience—Men who have for years back seen the militia annually parade our streets—and who consequently must be well versed in the science of the trade of death, who would willingly give the General much valuable information, and might perhaps he induced for a small consideration to act as his aids during the interval between battles. Perhaps no officer in the service enjoys a greater reputation amongst the military men of the country than Gen. Johnston. Certain it is that he has the faculty of in spiring—not only the confidence, but the admiration of all those under his imme diate conimrnd. Abundant evidence of this can be had in the deafening and en thusiastic shouts that greet him whenev er he makes his appearance amongst them. — Winchester Virginian. Are we ready ? YVe learn that Mont gomery comity has now enrolled one thou sand Minute Men. They have one thou sand five hundred shot-guns, muskets and rifles. They also have seven pieces of artillery, which will in a short time be rea dy for active service. The Commander is Robert YY T . Humphreys, a gentleman who led a company gallantly on some of the hardest fought battle-fields of Mexi co. Let every county in the State follow the example of Montgomery. Enroll its men, prepare its artillery and small arms, and be ready for the invaders. Not a moment is to be lost, for our homes and onr families are to be protected against the most reckless horde of invaders that ever disgraced the battlefields of any country in the last three centuries. Let ns be unanimous at the ballot-box. Let us be unanimous in support of every measure to arm our citizens and sustain them. Let the people be aroused to the greatness of the danger which surrounds them. Let us recollect the burning of houses, the des truction of property, the violation of fe males, which mark the footsteps of the dia bolical and marauding Yankees. Let us recollect that the tone of the Northern pa pers encourages a course of blood and atrocity which we could only have expec ted of Mahomedans rushing on Syrian Christians. Let us be ready for them. Let every man in the State recollect that if he has in his own house a good musket or rifle, that we are at once invulnerable to the ravages of the barbarians who are, with a portion of their troops, about to in vade Tennessee. Let us recollect that the few Southern men who are showing dissension among us, who are whining about the glories of the Union and talking about reconstruction, are traitors at heart, who will desert to the invaders the moment they get in sight, and deliver their State to them, and the bodies of our commanders to butchery and their property to confiscation. Let every man be armed, and let him be fully aroused to the danger of the oc casion, If we resolve to be a free people, we have the power to he so. If we do not rise to the occasion, we shall be subjugated, and this country hereafter controlled by standing armies in onr midst, and Tennes see he converted into a Hungary, or a Po land; YVe then say to all Tennessee, arouse and prepare for action. Laurel Hill is not a mere knob, hut a long ridge or rib of the Alleghanies, ex tending for at least one hundred miles in length. The. Baltimore Ohio Railroad pierces it by means of the celebrated Kingwood Tunnel, the longest in the world. It stretches down in a direction a little west of south, to the head of waters of the Kanawha, there called the Green brier River. The main turnpike leading to Staunton (over which YY T ise's army passed from Eastern Y T irginia,) runs along Laurel Hill’s base. Leadsville, Beverely, and Huttonville are situated on that turn pike. MILITARY* TYRANNY. There is no fact which has been more fully verified aud more despondingly ac knowledged in the war annals of the past, than that the commander who tyranizes over his own tioops in the camp is the van quished party on the field of battle. Strict, but at the same time humane, mil itary discipline is the sine qua non of an efficient soldiery. He who has more than a limited knowledge of human nature, and a heart that can feel as well as a brain that can think, can enforce the most rigid rules known to the mode of modern war fare, without forfeiting the confidence, while lie wins upon the esteem and affec tion of the soldier under his command. Such a commander on the field of battle can achieve a victory over three times the forces opposed to him, if the commander of those forces is his antipodes in the con fidence, esteem and affection of his men. Some men,when prematurely raised to a position which is pleasing to their pride and gratifying to vanity and self-esteem imagine that they have spontaneously grown famous, and can scarcely realize the giddy height of such a “mountain ele vation.” They are conscious, however, of one fact: that they are not the “ same individual!” The idea that they have suddenly undergone a transmutation, sim ilar to that which attends the change of caterpillar into the butterfly becomes a ruling mania. In their bewildered judg ments, all of what the French call hauteur must be instantly assumed. The former companion, who has been snstantly forgot ten, and the new made officer struts about the camp with all the vanity of the pea cock, all the assumed gravity of the hon ored owl, and simply all of the military skill and genius which ho had be fore. Not so, however, with the man of true military skill and genius. He knows too, well, that in the hour of battle the soldiers arm is the one onwhich he alone can rely forthe preservation of laurels won, and the future laurels which grace the con- querer’s brow. Consequently he is not only, in the hours of repose, as well as action, anxiously solicitous for the protection, pre servation, comfort and encouragement of those entrusted to his care. There is ev er a golden chord of sympathy in his bo som, sensitively acive to that cordial re sponse which should ever be given to the calls of suffering humanity within the pale of his authority. Ever strict in military discipline ; ever affable in bearing towards his inferiors in rank ; ever careful of the comforts,feelings and wishes of his soldiers, he wins upon the affections of all, to an extent that makes it a pleasure for them even to offer up their lives as a sacrafice in their country’s cause when led to bat tle by such a leader. YYhen, however, even Northern hire lings, who like the Spaniel expects to be alternately caressed and kicked, are pla ced under the command of a man like the dastardly tyrant at Fortress Monroe, who appears to live and breathe alone in an atmosphere engendered by the commission he holds under a would he despot, noth ing more can be expected from them in the hours of inactivity, but disgust, discon tent and loathing. These feelings are taken from the tent to battle-field, and there unnerve the arm, dampen the mil itary ardor, and too often produce humil iating defeat when, under different aus pices, victory would have been certain. “If I love a man I will die with him ; if I hate him he may die by himself,” was the language of a soldier who had fought in one-half of the battles of the French empire. As with him, so it is with thous ands now engaged in the present war. Revenge is sometimes stronger than pa triotism; and the soldier may he tempted to forfeit the battles in the hope oferushing the commander. Those who have large bodies or even companies of men under their control, should bear in mind that we are fighting against tyranny and usurpa tion ; not for the privilege of being tyran- ized over. This fact is as well known to the soldiers as to the officer, and hence necessity of mutual respect, confidence and esteem.—Danville Register. FBO.Vl GOV. U'lME'M I.KOIOX. The l alley of Virginia—A Beautiful Country—How the Mintons Crossed into Virginia—Depredations—A Battle Ex pected, Sfc., Sf. [Special Correspondence of the Dispatch.] YY'ise’s Legion, Galley Bridge, * July 13, 1861. I 1 drop you a line in haste from this ro mantic spot. The bridge from which the place is called, spans the Gauley River, at the very verge of its union with New River to form by their conflux the Great Kana wha. A half mile below are the Great Falls—great, however, only in name—in significant iu size, and taine in music. The head of the Valley is just wide enough for the river’s passage, and it does not average over a mile iu width until you approach within five or six miles of Charles ton, where, upon the right, the mountain melts away into a succession of round, arable bills. The Y’alley is of Arcadian beauty, and rich in soil as a Western Tempie, while coal, salt and oil creep out of the earth, or actually pour themselves on the bosom of the river. We have per mitted this garden to be so long tributary to Cincinnati, that she now claims it en tirely ; and this leads me to what you will doubtless consider more interesting—the landing and march upon Charleston of the Federal forces. In the first place, the Ohio wolves swam the river in boats and desolated the beau tiful plaee and property of Hon. A. S. Jen kins, member of the late United States Congress, and destroyed or carried off prop erty estimated at $30,000.—Capt. Jen kins, however, has determined to get even with them; and, to begin, captured a day or two ago, a steamboat on the Ohio and took therefrom one box of revolvers and one ot swords. He is a brilliant partizan chieftain, and perfectly Starless. YY’lten last heard from, he was in rear of the Fed eral army, which is rapidly advancing on Charleston; he may be cut off', but most likely his mother mountain will fold him safely within their bosoms. As to the advance upon Charleston, the following is authentic: On yesterday, at 8 A. YL, the Federal forces passed through Buffalo in force, estimated at 3,000, and liter in the daj 2,000 more arrived at that place, (hi the day before, they bad taken possession of Point Pleasant, captured two of Capt. Jenkins’ men. and fired into a crowd of retreating citizens, killing Mr. S. H. Mil ler. On the same day, (Thursday,) they landed at Guyandotte in force, estimated by an eye witness at 400, and also drop ped 100 at Meadow Bottom. This force is now on the advance, magnified to 1,500. From Ripley, the county seat of Jackson, they are advancing also, in numbers esti mated at not less than 1,200, while Glan- ville is in’.the hand of the hostile foree, which I informed you in iny last was wag ing war in Gilmer. This force is inten ded to get behind this point, or make a movement upon it, so as to lock us up in the Kanawha Y’alley. For ourselves, we arc in no wise alarmed at these well-plan ned movements of the enemy. They have all been foreseen, and, as far as cir cumstances permited, anticipated. The very finest spirit prevails, and the coun try boys are beginning to take down the deer-skin shot pouch and shoulder that female instrument which “allers flings her lead trhar you l'toll her,” called a mountain rifle. YV'emaybe defeated, but we have one consolation, uenjn’t he whipped. Ev ery step will be bravely disputed—every pass a Thermoplote, and “Resurgam” writ ten on every grave. L. Charleston, July 14th.—Upon return ing here post-haste to-day, I find fhe fol lowing state of facts: The enemy are com ing up the Kanawha in boats, and march ing up on both sides, in force estimated at from 3,500 to 3,0U0 men. YVhen last seen, they were twenty-two miles below here, and our army has marched down to meet them. Capt. Jenkins met them at Cabell Court House, but was compelled to retire, losing two men. He is said to have killed twenty five or thirty. A bat tle is expected hourly, and, unless accident prevents, you shall have the account, by an eye-witness. — Hon. J. C. Brcckcnridge.—Y\ r e are grat ified to be able to put the following au thorized contradiction to the telegraphic dispatch published in this morning's paper, to the effect that Mr. Breckinridge sus tains in the Northern Congress the appro priation bill which proposes to furnish the despotism at YY r ashington with the means to invade the South and desecrate the homes of its citizens. The authors of the following note are intimate friends and acquaintances of Mr. Breckinridge, and are especially authorized by him to con tradict all such reports; for he knew they would be circulated all over the country, to influence the election in Kentucky, which is to come off in a few days. By securing the Union legislature in that State, they expect to be able to chain Kentucky to the cariof the Illinois despot; but we are told that the sentiment of the State is sound, and that she will take her stand ere long with her sisters of the South: To the. Editors of the Inquirer: Gentlemen:—YVe feel perfectly author ized to pronounce the despatch of the 17th, in regard to John C. Breckinridge, false in every particular. He has not made a “ submission” speech, nor will he; nor has he voted for the Force bill, nor will he ever. Yours GEORGE W. JOHNSON. GEORGE HANCOCK. Scarcity tf Cotton in the Manufacturing Districts.—A letter from one of the lar gest manufactures in the East, received at St. Louis, gives the stock of cotton in New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore, all told, at about nine thousand bales, with no stock of manufactured goods on hand, while the stock in Louisville, Cin- cinnatfi and l'ittsbnrgis almost exhausted. The same letter states that the best inform ed Eastern merchants are of opinion that in sixty days cotton will be worth twenty cents a pound. All indications tend to approve the ad vice, “hold on to your cotton.” A cor respondent of the Augusta Constitutional ist urges the importance of withholding the cotton from the seaboard, pending the war: I would press upon our planters the ex pediency of retaining their cotton in the interior as much as possible. By crow ding it into the large market towns and seaports, they will subject themselves to an expense and risk which would he un necessary. Until the blockade of the port has ceased, or there appears a prospect of its early cessation, there can be no mar ket, or a very languid one. By placing his cotton in the market tow ns, the plan ter will incur the storage and other expen ses for a prolonged and indefinite time, or must sell at a sacrifice. No greater inducement can be offered to the Lincoln Government for an attack upon any city or seaport, or for a cotinu- ance of the blockade than the presence there of a large quantity of cotton. Cities will be the chief objects of attack next win ter, should the war continue; the country, they well know', is unassailable. Place one million bales of cotton in New Orleans or any other port, and the Federal Gov ernment could cheaply afford to expend five millions of dollars, and employ an ar my of one hundred thousand men for the capture of such a prize. If Lincoln’s pi rates and fillibusters were unable to effect its seizure, bis secret inccndaries might ef fect its destruction. No better bait eonld be offered to the British and French to continue their non-intervention policy, than for Lincoln’s Government to say to them, “keep band* off in this quarrel, and when we have captured the ports, the cotton accumulated there shall go out to Havre, as it always has done.” Better do this, w'ould Seward say, or even help the North and permit trade to resume its for mer steady course, than by provoking a war with *us, render yonr supplies preca rious, uncertain, and liable to capture on their passage across the Atlantic. YVith crop stored in in cities at a few as sailable poinls, such would be the Nor thern argument to foreigners—scattered through the country, it would be beyond the reach of the enemy, and Cotton would still be King. Is it not apparent tbat it is better that Cotton should be kept in interior towns, accessible to the chief markets in a few days, or, better still be stored by the plan ter himself at home until there is a pros pect of a revival of trade 1 ▲ Planter. ■teau »f Smlhera Iwlepra4ra«. Georgia is an agricultural State—never theless, she is a manufacturing one in embryo, and on a large scale, if circum- I stances require it. She has large Cotton lnanafacturies at Augusta, Columbus, Lawrenceville, Macon and Rosswell; Iron Foumleries at Savannah, Augusta, Macon, Columbus, Atlanta, Etowah and Romo; a wollen Factory at Rojwell, on a large scale, which is now making clothingfor onr soldiers. Cannon are being cast at Rome, Etowah and Savannah. Shot, shell and ammunition are being prepared at various points throughout the State. A manufactory of Percussion Caps has been put in operation in Macon. A Powder manufactory has been star ted at Kingston. A Paper Mill has been in operation, near Marietta, the past three years, which makes large quantities of paper, and can be increased indefinitely—having an im mense waterpower. A large Rolling Mill in Atlanta, is sup plying all demands for Railroad Iron, and contemplates making Car YY 7 heels, Axles, Railroad Chains and Spikes. A Musket and Sword factory is being established at Tilton. Locomotives are made in Rome, and have been built in the State and Central Railroad shops. Establishments are about to be J built in Atlanta, for the manufacture or. Lo comotives, Tyre and Railroad Machine ry generally. Passengers and freight cars built in the State shops i% Atlanta. A large manufactury of YVooden Ware and Household Furniture, is in successful operation on the upper line of Georgia, owned by John D. Gray. Esq. Holbrook’s Hat Manufactory, in Atlan ta, is doing its best and increasing rapid- h- . The Tanneries and Shoo Factories in Marietta, Atlanta, Decatur, Forsyth and Macon, are full of work and increasing their capacity. The Etowah Works are making Nails in abundance, and have a large contract for heavy Cannon for the Confederacy. Thus writes a correspondent of the At lanta Intelligencer. The Machine Shop at the Georgia Railroad have manufac tured several firstrate engines, equal to the best from Y'ankee-land, and, are capable of building all their engines. —m — [From the Richmond Examiner.] The Bloody Engagement nl Cninp Gnraetl. HeroicjCondnct of the Confederate Troops! Col. Seruggs, of YY'arrenton, has kindly furnished us the following statement of the fight at Rich Mountain, gathered from sources which he believed reliable. This battle, over which the Northern troops are loudly crowing, was fought on Thursday last. Onr force, of 1500 men, under Col. Pegram, was composed of bis own Regiment and the 44th, Col. YY T m. C. Scott. Col. Scott was posted with his Regiment (650) to protect one road run- j ningup the mountain, and Col. P. with the rest, and a body of artillery w-ere posted about two miles off, on another road. A portion only of Col. Pegram’s Regiment w as engaged in the fight, num bering abont 300, all told. These gallant boys for several hours kept hack 7,000 Hessians, repulsing them five times. Col. Scott having express orders from Col. Pe gram to remain in his position, on hearing the fire, sent Mr. H—to Col. P. to know if he should advance to his assistance. Un fortunately. Mr. H. was killed; and after an hour or two, he not returning, anoth er aid was sent—Mr. Liffard, of Appoma- tox, the Quartermaster—who shared tho same. fate. After waiting to hear from his last mes senger a short time, Scott advanced with his men, 650, and, when he reached the foot of the mountain, the gallant remnant ofl’egram’s command were, found. Colo nel S. then retreated, with all the strag glers he could find, and reached Monterey, Highland county, next day, where he stop ped, being joined by two regiments from Georgia and North Carolina, raising his force to 3,000 men, and there he proposes to give battle.—Gen. Garnett sent him word that he entirely approved of his re treat, and ordered him not to stop until he should reach Buffalo Gap, ten miles the other side of Staunton. Col. Pegram had his horse killed under him, and, before he could disengage himself, was taken prisoner. Captain Maury, of Buckingham, and his second and third lieutenants, were killed, and the whole company killed or taken except ter,.—The Artillery were destroyed, so far as can be ascertain ed, entirely. The brave Captain having been the last man shot, he firing two rounds of grape after he had been wounded. Our loss is about one hundred and fifty killed and wounded, and one hundred ta ken. Thirty or forty escaped. YVhatever General McClellan may report, the loss of the enemy was not one man less than three hundred. Our informant tells ns that when the artillery would he fired whole files of men would fall. Our men killed at least as many of the enemy as they had in the field. Highland Court- honse is about thirty-five miles from the battlefield and forty from Btaunton. Col. Scott reached Beverly in time to save a very large train of wagons, supposed to be not less than two hundred, with all his arms, provisions, &c. Injustice to Col. Scott, who has been represented by reports in town as having, at the proper time, not given the assistance necessary, our informant says he was, even after the battle, anxious to engage his 650 against the 7,000 of the enemy, but his officers besought him not to do it, and he retreated, saving everything. Had he gone to Pegram, or fought them by himself all would have been taken. The rest of Col. Pegram’s command were returning very fast to camp when last heard from. The writer believes the above statement to he true, having receiv ed it from a Lieutenant who was at the fight. The British Admiral, Milne, and the Blockade.—Aletter in the New York Ex press, from Fort Pickens, says that the British Admiral, Ylilne, who has been visi ting the coast to see that the rights of the English commerce are protected, has furnished to his snhordiuate, commanders a definition of what is to be considered as an effective blockade in the following ar ticle* : 1. No port is blockaded efficiently if any vessel can enter or depart from it unknown to, or in spite of, the guardian men-of- war. 2. An efficient blockade necessitates tho complete cutting off of all maritime ingress or egress, except in regard to harbor is lands having no outlet to the sea, save, under the guns of the fleet. The escape of the third vessel from the blockade squadron signalizes the invalidity of the blockade. The phrase of the second article with respect to “island harbors” is important, and seems to give no little uneasiness to the Northern constructionists of the block ade, who complain that there are each harbors as those exempted in Admiral Milnes’ definition at several of the South ern ports, which could keep the Confeder ates in provisions for months. A Strange Elopement.—A woman aged 50 years, and the mother of five children, recently eloped from Iowa with the nephew of her hnabyffl. The couple went to Peoria, and took up abode on the opposite side of the nver. Dan withe* to know if hides are combustible, a# bs often been of their being burnt.