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from the Savannah News. The Review mf lh« S«*l« Tr»»p»l The review of the State troops, now in service near Savannah, by Governor Brown, on Saturday, was one of the most gratifying and impressive military specta cles we have ever beheld in Georgia —im posing by its numbers, and gratifyiug to every Georgian because it was a demon stration of the military power of our glo rious old State. None could behold the compact columns of these well drilled, well disciplined ami well armed regiments and not feel that Georgia has nothing to fear from the enemy while she can furnish her full quota of troops to the Confederacy and at the same time keep such an army in the field for the protection of her own soil. After the review, which took place on South Broad street, and in which the Gov ernor was accompanied by Adjutant and Inspector General Wayne and staff, and Major General Jackson and staff, tlie reg iments were formed in solid mass in front of the Poland House and Johnson Square, where they were addressed by Iiis Excel lency, the Governor, from the balcony ot the hotel. GOVERNOR BROWN'S ADDRESS TO THE STATE TROOPS. Officers and Soldiers : I have paid an informal visit to the field of your operations since I arrived in the city, and hope to be able, before I leave, to give your works a more thorough inspection. 1 had heard that you had done much, but I was not prepared for all I have seen ; indeed, candor compels me to say that my heart has swelled with emotions of pride and gratitude, while I have been engaged in the examination of the fortifications erected by your labor, and while I have witnessed your profici ency in all that constitutes .the soldier. 31 any intelligent and patriotic citizens of Georgia doubted the propriety of such a State organization os that to which you belong, and severely criticised my action for calling into the field the State troops. A large portion of our legislators were so unfavorably impressed with the idea of maintaining a separate army, that tliej were willing to be rid of it upon almost any terms. Satisfied that the interest and the safety of the State required that the organization be kept in the field, I stood by it, with an unalterable determination, maintain it against every assault. Re sults haVe, I trust, convinced all, of the propriety of my course, while your own acts have sufficiently vindicated your own character as soldiers. For five months the enemy with a heavy force have lain with in a few miles of the city of Savannah, and their ambition and avarice have alike burned for entrance. Why have they not entered the city ? Was it because they feared the gallant and heroic bands of Confederate troops with their batteries, which lay between them and the city, who would doubtless have fought with terrible desperation upon the soil of tbeir own State, but whose number was inadequate to so great a task? No; it was not this alone, but it was their fear to encounter the compact columns of State troops who have stood around the city like bulwarks of stout hearts and strong arms, invincible before you bad completed your fortifica tions, but now almost invulnerable. You stand here to-day and invite a land attack, without stopping to inquire the weight of the attacking column or the nature of its equipments. Y’ou have borne the hard ships, fatigues and privations of camp life like soldiers and like men. But you have a rich reward in your own knowledge of the fact, that your presence here has inspi red the in- aders with awe, and saved Sa vannah from falling as Nashville did, an easy prey to the enemy. In the name of the people of Georgia, I sincerely thank you! While you have nobly performed the woik assigned you, I beg you to remember that the whole is not yet accomplished.— True, your term of service is tear its ex piration, and you sigh to meet the loved ones you left at home, but you must not forget that thq enemy is not yet conquer ed, and the city is not yet safe without vour presence ; and that so long as the en emy’s flag waves over the soil of your State, you have no homes which you can call your own, and no loved ones whom you can secure- If you turn your backs upon the enemy, be will march over the entrenchments which you have made, and occupy Savannah, which is the key to your State, ami will give him command of other important inland points. Will you permit this ? 1 think, I know, you never will. The enemy having overrun very impor tant portions of the Confederacy, and hav ing in the field an army of tremendous strength, whose watchword is subjugation and conjiscation, your country calls on ev ery patriot to lift high his hand, and swear that he will never lay down his arms till, by death or victory, he shall have been delivered from the enslaving power of the invader. You have showed yourselves able and willing to bear arms. You have passed through the usual camp diseases, and are in a fine state of drill and discip line. Consequently, one of you is able to do almost as much service as two new re cruits, who are yet to be trained and in ured to camp life 1 therefore invite you to show' your patriotism and you devotion to the cause by re eiilisting in the service of the State, for an additional term of tw o years and six months unless sooyer dis charged. a trust the war may not last that long, and if it docs, that the Confed eracy may, at a future day', be able to put in the field a sufficient force for our defence. Rut your re-enlistment should be for a term which will enable the State to rely upon you, while she needs your ser vice. This places you beyond the reach of a draft for Confederate service, and makes you the nucleus of an army of Georgians upon whom the State may depend in any emergency. Should you disband and re turn to you homes, you will be subject to draft for Confederate service during the war, upon the very next requisition, which may be in a very short time. Or, if the late recommendation of the President should be carried out by Congress, those of you who are over eighteeu and under thir ty five will be the subjects of conscription, after the French system, and will be forced into the field without the right to elect of ficers, or to demand that you be even con sulted. I may here state that I anticipate no difficulty in filling up the ranks, of the State array, hut in accepting men for State service, I feel it my duty to give each and every one of you the preference, as you were the first to 6tep forward and volun teer to serve the State, when she called for troops for her defence. As you and 1 have passed through some tribulation to gether, I now propose that we continue to stand together, by our common coun try, and especially by our beloved Geor gia. As I am not able to extend ray voice so that all may bear my remarks. I pro pose that the substance of them be read at a convenient time at the head of each reg- iment wnicli cannot hear, and that everv man in the regiment who is willing to re enlist in the service of the State, be then requested to step three paces to the front, and that the names of all who volunteer be immediately taken down, after which a re-organization of the companies, battal ions and regiments will be had if desired, ana a re-election of officers as directed by Uw. (This will give a chance to reward met it at the ballot box after the aspirant lias passed the test of several month’s ser vice in presence of those whom he aspires to command. No one should object when his claims to promotion are measured by his own acts. When the organizations ire thus completed, the new commissions will probably' be withheld till the end of your present term of service* In that event you will, in the meantime, serve un der your present officers, till the expira tion of your present term. Should any- whole regiment, battalion or company volunteer, and express such desire, it will be accepted as a w hole with out ic organization, and a abort time will be given to increase its numbers by re cruit*. I shall allow one week to each company, battalion or regiment to decide the ques tion of re-enlistment before I accept other troops to fill any of your places. Each volunteer, who desires it, will re ceive a furlough of 20 to 30 days, with transportation, so far as he travels by rail road, going to and returning from his home. The furloughs to be so arranged that no more than one regiment will be absent at the same time, without the special permis sion oftbe Commander-in-Chief. I shall retain the guns now in your hands and in the possession of the State, and such as she may import for the use of the State Troops, and hope to be able to give better arms to those who have been arm ed with inferior weapons. I have import ed 3,400 Enfield Rifles, which have been taken possession of by Confederate officers, it is said, by mistake, which the Secretary of War has promised to replace with others as good. It is a source of much regret that the Legislature of the State did not authorize me to offer you a bounty to remain in her service. My* opinion is, however, that the next Legislature will remedy the delect. Should the State service be discontinued before the end of the war, and should you then enter the Confederate service, the time which you have served the State will be. deducted from the three years for which Confederate troops enter, and you will then be entitled to the bounty, if you have not, i-a the meantime, received it from the State. Should the next Legislature au thorize the employment of the State troops tor the war, there can be no doubt they will direct that the bounty bo paid. So that, in any event, you are in no dangei of losing it if you continue in service. I am satisfied that the enemy will not retain a heavy force on our coast during the hottest months of summer, and 1 think it highly probable that an attempted inva sion of the upper part of our State, may call loudly for your services in that direc tion. Besides, I am of opinion that, it would be injustice to those of you who are accustomed to the climate of Middle and Upper Georgia, to-keep you on the coast during the hottest part of summer, unless the necessity is most imperative. I shall do all in my power consistent with the ne cessities of the public service, to protect you against unreasonable detention in a sickly summer climate. I may also add that i hope to be able to make provision to furnish you plentiful supplies-of whole some food. It is said the supply of pro visions may be insufficient to afford full ra tions to all the troops in the service this summer. W hen the State troops are put upon short allowance, it shall be when I have not the power to procure supplies.— Every effort shall be made to secure plen ty*. Active agents now have this matter in special charge. In this dark hour of peril, when the Con federate Government has not the means to defend all its parts—when its armies have met with disaster, and when part of its territory, includinga portion of the soil of Georgia, has been overrun by* the inva ders, our people naturally look with anx iety to the State troops to assist in their protection. Will you afford this protec tion, or will you, because your six months’ term lias expired, at the moment when you can be of most service, turn your backs upon the enemy and return to you homes, to enjoy inglorious retirement, when your wives and children, your lives and your liberties are all threatened with destruc tion ? 1 think I know you will never lay down your arms and leave the field while the flag of the enemy floats over the soil of Georgia, and not only insults her dig nity’ and her sovereignty, but threatens the subjugation, and even the extermina tion of her neople. While you have saved the city by y r our presence and preparation, you have had none of the glory with which you will be covered when you have met and repulsed the enemy in deadly conflict. If I address a single Georgian who. after months of service, is willing to retire without havingl exchanged a single shot with the. enemy’, 1 specially* invite him to remain in the rear when the volunteers step three paces to the front, and let him beware, lest it be said of him, in this time of danger— The fearful man who tires and faints, And acts the soldier’s part no more, Submits to thraldom and restraint, And leaves his offspring insecure. Georgia troops have met the enemy on the battle-field, and have won for her a name as undying as history’s page, and woe le to the Georgian who shall turn back in the hour of trial, and permit her proud banner to trail in the dust. As y*oitr Commander-in-Chief, I call up on you, in the name of the people of out- glorious old State, to stand by her colors and strike for your lives and your liber ties, y’our wives and your children, your hearth-stones and your altars! At the conclusion of the Governor’s pa triotic and forcible address, a loud call was made from the ranks for Gen. Jack- son, who responded in a brief but spiiit- stirring speech, in which he alluded in feeling terms to the important service ren dered and the arduous labor which had beoti performed within the few months past by the troops under Ids command, in pla cing the land defences of the city in a po sition to give security’ to our people and defy’the assaults of the enemy. As thc-ir commander, lie was proud of them; as a Georgian, he was grateful to them. Com plimenting them for their soldier like dis cipline and subordination, and for their patriotic devotion to their country’s cause, lie appealed to them to accept the invita tion of the Governor, and preserve their State organization. General Jackson’s fervid and eloquent appeal elicited a cordial response from many of the troops, and from the spirit which seemed to animate them, we arc en couraged to»believe that only those who may be prevented by circumstances of ex treme necessity will relnso to re-enlist on the expiration of their present term of ser vice. We sincerely* hope that a majority of the men will continue iu the service, as after our past experiences we should regard the disbanding of our forces, at a time of such peril, and when the Confederate government is relying upon their aid, a se rious calamity. Forward! The hero of fhis war says the Wilming ton Journal— the man who will win for him self the highest fame and do the most essen tial service to his country is that Confed erate General, who will first assume the offensive—take the first successful step forward, first teach our armies to advance, not to retreat—to regain what has been lost, not await the attack upon what is still left to us. The man and the move ment will both soon appear. Yea, we j trust that we may say*, the men and the movements. It is, of vital importance that this should be done this summer-yea, within the next three months, lest Euro pean intervention should overtake us with an attempt to patch up a peace upon the basis of each party retaining all the terri tory occupied by it? armies at that partic ular time. Such a thing is certainly a mong the probabilities. iCciilurkinn* at Six months ago. you professed loyalty to the South, and war to the knife, against the North. You then boasted a long line of noble Southern ancestry ; that the bones of your fathers lay mingling with the soil of every Southern State ; that you were, bound by every tie of interest, affection and consanguinity to the South ; that your State, from its geographical position, be longed to the South, and that with the South she would go, if there were virtue in your true hearts and stalwart arrqs.— In short, that every honest instinct of nti- manity prompted you to side with the South in the controversy about to be sub mitted to the arbitrament of the sword.— At that time, when tho North threatened to precipitate her armed legions like an avalanche upon your fair fields and fertile valleys, you were ready’ to meet them upon the banks of the Ohio river with the sword in one hand and the torch in the other, to dispute every inch of their pas sage. Y ou were ready to seize the proud banner of the Commonwealth, covered all over with gloiy, to elevate it, to plant it upon the loftiest summit in your borders, and gather around it tho noble hearts of her gallant sons, to perish, if need be, in its defence. Then the proud spirit of the Commonwealth, in her purest and better days spoke through your lips- Y ou armed y’ourselves with shot-guns, Bowie-knives and revolvers. The world was led to believe that y ou were iu earnest, by your loud professions and hostile preparations for the conflict which all knew to be in evitable. The enemy are in your bor ders—syour brethren are in the field—and where are. you wordy warriors, while the keen weapons are clashing in sharp con flict? No blast upon your bugle-born encourages those who are laying down their lives in your quarrel. Notwithstand ing all the glorious recollections of the past and your vaunted courage, you remain at home, silent and inactive spectators of the mightiest revolution that ever convulsed the civilized world—a revolution in which all that is dear to the freemen of the South is involved in irreparable ruin, it unsuccessful. Every* safe-guard of your constitutional freedom lias been broken down—your every civil right has been swept away* by repeated infractions of every clause of your Constitution. Your freedom is trampled jn the dust beneath the armed heel of the oppressor. Your citizens are transported in manacles and chains to Northern Penitentiaries, ar.d y*ou, like dumb cattle, await in turn the same | fate. Others are forced into the army to j fight against us. Taxes are levied upon ! you to defray the expenses of this iniqtv- 1 tous war, waged against your brethren in the South, and you pay them. Y’our gold is weighed against our lives. Y’our prop erty* is threatened with confiscation. Y’our wives, your daug’nt ers and sisters, are subjected to the insolence of an infuriated Northern soldiery. Awed by the majesty of military power, trembling for your lives and property, you dare not be free.— Great is your long suffering and forbear ance. AVill yon submit forever, or strike in some wild hour and tell the world what brave men will dare? In Eastern Kentucky', fifteen hundred of your brethren have sworn to be free, or nobly perish in the attempt. 'I heir solemn oatli has acendedto heaven. Angels have registered it there—cut off from the land that bore them, almost betrayed by the land they found. During the past winter, this litle band of exiled patriots have endu red more hardships, privations and expos ures. than any* other army* in the same period, in the service of the Confederate States. They have scaled tho mountains, forded rivers and creeks in the dead of winter, at times scantily clad, often with out shoes. Their pathway* through the wilderness might have been traced by their bloodstained tracks. They have met the enemy successfully upon every battle-field, and some of their brave com rades have found upon those fields of carnage, a bed of death and of glory.-— This little army* has hovered around your borders—and for what ? Not for this part of Kentucky*—for it, from its geographical position, and from the character of its pop ulation, would have been controlled by the destiny of the interior. It has been that you might fly to them and escape from your accursed thraldom. They have invited you, and still invite you. All things are ready. They will give you arms and ammunition. Will you not come?. Perhaps you arc deterred by* their hard fate. Dark and gloomy as has been their path in the mountains, no matter how terrible have been the trials which have gathered over them in the darkest hour, their condition has been preferable to yours. They tread their mother earth with step as firm and free as that of the bounding deer. They are free. Y ou are not free. Y’our condition is worse than that of the African slave.— You have been free, and the sweets of li- bery must still linger upon your lips.— The negro was horn a slave, and does not long for freedom. Burning shame will stamp its seal upon your brow; and when you travel abroad, you will blush to hear the story of your dishonor, as it falls from the lips of the sneering stranger. The mark of Cain will be upon you. and men will konw and shun you. Men of Ken tucky*, was it for this that the blood of your fathers flowed free as the waters of a gushing fountain, until your soil was baptized with the melancholy title of “The Dark and Bloody* Ground?” Was it for this, that the bones of Kentucky*’s gallant sons lie bleaching upon every bat tle field of the Republic, of which she was once a proud member? Lover never wooed bride as freedom now woos you. yet you laugh her to scorn, bow down and kiss the rod of your oppressor. Are you degenerate sons of an illustrious ancestry ? Does the blood of that ancestry no longer How in your veins ? Is the rich, blood- bought legacy* received from your fathers to be transmitted untarnished and unim paired to posterity, to be forfeited ? If so, you will have an awful account to ren der, and your names, once the synonym of noble deeds of gallant daring, will be a by word of scorn and reproach. I cannot be lieve it. God forbid that the history of my native State should be written in one word, and that word Infamy f Kentuckians, if you mean to be free, you must fight. There is no alternative but chains and slavery. Now by your fathers’ graves, now by your children’s cradles.be men, or be forever slaves ! Burst your bonds. Be free. Banish for a time the endearments of home. No longer fold your arms in silent and complacent apathy*. Enter the ranks where fame, honor and glory await you. Draw your blades upon the side of constitutional liberty—upon the side of the South. Then, when the con flict is over, when the battle is fought and the victory won, return to your homes. Venerable age, trembling beneath the weight of years, joyous youth, with spark ling eyes, will alike bid you welcome—the welkin will ring with welcome, thrice welcome, to the returned volunteer ! A Kentuckian not at Home. fWritten expressive for the South Confederacy, j j ter and ravage some of out* territory. The The silver Grey«* j Empire State cannot hope for exemptiou. Toe Duties of those who remain at home. \ Let ns look this danger in the face. W hat . . , ,. ! then?—Why, we must do as our fathers I he writer has passed his h t.eth year. * di|1 wben lho lki tish and tories were Chrome disease has added to the deb.li.> ^ - st tllem . We must fight it caused by lapse of years. He belong»,. s j. . out> Tliere is i i i infuse into the public mind, the principle bare the hardships , . - , , , , I j, 1 I that our cause is quite independent of lem- try is repelling a wicked and causeless in- i. vasiou. We cannot of the camp; our sous are doin because we cannot fight, are we therefore . j ^ ^ ^ d)te thcend V vl,ich is cor to be useless! l y no means. Wc have ^ ^ acllievme iit of our inde- or.r duties to perform, and they* aic essen tial duties—essential to the army and the State. Let us look at them* It is often a great help to us to contemplate a sum mary of even familiar duties. VY hat can we do to help on the great work of our country’s freedom? What Farmers can do. If we are farmers, tliere is much that we can do. Enough has been said of the incivism of making cotton, and the neces sity of raising grain. In this connection take a friend’s caution. YVe have a rainy winter—we shall probably* bavo a dry* summer: Therefore make your no- groes put their ploughs deeper into the ground than you have over done before. Remember the statement or that sagacious farmer in Middle Georgia, who saiil that he always ‘•buried rain enough in March to do him until June.” If we have good seasons and our crops are well worked, we shall probably make bread enough for our use. Besides potatoes, we should plant every acre of our corn land in peas. As we shall have little or no cotton to pick our negroes can pick peas. Of these our sol diers arc very fond, and no food is more heathful for them. How to in a he Syrup and Hay. It is probably that we shall^avo difficul ty in getting a supply of molasses next winter. It will be prudent then to plant a good deal of the Chinese sugar cane for | syrup, which is all that it is good for. Or- 1 dinariiy, it is better to buy the New Or- ! leans molasses—now we must take the next I best thing that we can get. We shall be in want of Hay i YVe have few meadows. We must use the best sub- j stitute, and that is corn, sowed 3 feet apart I once worked, and then cut and cured. Our ! cavalry and artillery horses have suffered ! more from want of fodder than corn. It ! everv farmer would sow a few acres in i corn, there would be no deficiency* in hay* i or fodder. If Georgia becomes the scene of war next winter, the soundness of this ad- ; vice will then be felt. How to Raise Hogs. YY'liat shall we do for meat? IIow can | wc increase the quantity* of it? The pres ent price of bacon is alarming. YVe shall 1 probably get neither beef nor pork from ! Tennessee. The slaughter of beef cattle has been enormous. The stock of hogs jin the.State is very small. The prospect of a scarcity of meat for our army should cause serious anxiety not only for ; this year, but for the future years of the long a struggle that is before^us. Not a i ewe lamb—not a lieifer calf should be kill- j ed. YVe must increase our bread in stock j of all kinds jn view of the future. YVe can make up for deficiency in the | number of bogs at present, by adopting j the proper plan in legard to those we have, jin January‘last, the writer killed hogs ! which weighed 350 pounds at one year old. 1 Pigs brought forth in April may* be made ! to become good bacon hogs in the follow j ing January. Let them bo put into a I small woods lot with running water in it, ! and fed fully with cooked meal until the | harvest fields are open. YY’hen these are 1 exhausted, let them be brought back into I their lot and be again fully fed until the j pea field are open, and afterwards fed with ! corn to harden the meat. It is astonish ing to see the quantity of bacon which a few pigs thus treated will produce. In or dinary times these suggestion would seem insignificant to large planters or farmers. But they* are certainly not insignficant now. If we cannot fight ourselves, the next best thing that we can do is to pro vide hearty food for those who can. YVe are not considering profit or loss. YY’e want meat. Our army cannot be kept up without it. The plan suggested is proba bly the best method of supplying it. YY’hen you next look over your stock hogs, neigh hors, remember “>i!ver Grey’s!’ sugges tions, and if you find any sharp-nosed, slab—glided ones among them, begin to fatten them that you may* help feed the brave boys who are fighting for you. If the farmers and planters will push their young hogs as rapidly as prudence will allow, we shall have meat enough. If they do not, then God held the sufferings poor. Not Merc Money making— The issue. In short, so far the farm or plantation is concerned, let it he our object to in crease the amount “something to eat and to wear.” As patriots we have nothing to do with money making until this war ends. After a support of our families every thing that we do, should have a reference to the success of our aims. Apart from patriotism, the interests involved are suffi cient to render the advised course sound economy. It would be better to sacrifice even half of our estates than to lose the whole of them, which loss will occur if our pendence. Hole to Deal with Extortioners. YVe rnav also do good by giving a just turn to public opinion in regard to exces sive speculation or extortion. -1 liis extor tion. This evil caitnot be reached by leg islation, which only aggravates it. It can he reached by public opinion. The man who is new guilty of extortions is hot gentleman, should not associate with nim. Our newspapers condemn extortion—our ministers preach against it—our rulers makes laws against it y*et the extortioner is received into our houses, is courteously met in the street, and is, altogether treated as we treat, those who are denying them selves for their country. This is wron Let the extortioner be received with grave displeasure. Let him be avoided, and let him see that he is avoided. Let him see that his family must suffer for his rapacty. Let him feel that his name will he branded with public infamy. Upon this subject our years entitle us to speak. Let speak so plainly and continuously that the extortioner will he placed upon the same level with the burglar, and be avoid ed by decent men. Criticising Public affairs and Public Men. YVe may be useful likewise, in establish ing a sound opinion on as to public affairs and public men. Querulous complaints are unjustifiable, but not more so than blind acquiescence, in public measures. YVe have a future as well as a present. YY’e arc shaping both the destiny* and the character of a nation. The precedents now established will be of great loree here after. The principles and practices of our public men should be closely scanned. —They are our servants. YY’e should know if they* are acting in accordance with our wishes. Iiow can we know this it their acts are concealed by the darkness of secret session ? Unhappily, there has been much of which we cannot approve in the conduct of our public officers. The offenses have been rather those of omission than com mission. YY’e knew the North was making gigantic preparations. YY’e remained idle. Qur reverses have been the consequence of the idelness. YY’ho is to blame? YY’e ought to know, and the offender should re ceive our stern disapproval. Look to tic Future. YY’hen peace is declared, it does not fol low that, internal peace is to be. the result. Remember the condition of things after the Revolutionary war. How much grea ter will be the danger when this huge ar my is disbanded ? YY’ill it quietly* disband ? Will there not he found ambitious, shining and popular leaders whose interest it will be that it should not disband ? These and similar apprehensions should cause us to determine to know everything which is done by* our public servants. Dangerous precedents have already* been set. Sol diers have assisted to make the laws by which soldiers are to be governed. Even now it is proposed to overlook tlie State governments, to order out troops by* con scription, without the intervention of the State Executive. All these, and similar acts should be closely* .scrutinized, and when they are wrong they* should be con demned. * YY’e have treated this whole subject of Congressional action too gin gerly. In our fear least the enemy should suppose our country* to be divided, we have given too broad an approval of all public measures. An earnest, manly and fearless scrutiny of public men, and meas ures will be attended with much good. If tliere be any who fear it, let them give place to those who do not fear it. YY liile, therefore, discourage capatious fault-find ing. let us encourage the most watchful vigilence over the conduct of officials, and the honest expressions of disapprobation is deserved. The. Wickedness of our Soldiers. In another particular we may* do good service to our cause- YVe may* assist to diminish the flagrant wickedness of our soldiers. If this be not checked, in a few years our country* will be thoroughly de moralized, and be in a condition, as sad as that of Revolutionary France. It has been the lot of the writer to see something of the soldiers of our countries. It pains him to sav that lie has not seen in any other an approximation to the wickedness which is unblnshingly exhibited by large bodies of our soldiers. Let any one trav el in a railroad car with a body* of our troops—let him hear their oaths, their ob scenity; let him observe their indifference o the presence of ladies, and as a Geor gian lie will be pained beyond measure. In no other country ^vould such things be tolerated. Yet they aic borne in silence. Is it asked what can be done ? YY’e can render it a source of incessant compliment to the officers of the army. YY’e can in- enemies triumph. Our property will be s i st that a guard with proper powers be re- confiscated. It is not a pleasant thought to contemplate a self complacent Yankee comfortably seated at the fireside around which we have raised our children, and with which the pleasant remembrances of our live are connected.—Y et, sure as the shining of the sun, this picture will become real life, if our enemies are victorious This alternative is not sufficiently consid ered. Look at it steadily*. Understand it fully. Consider what confiscation means. Think of you wife and children driven from their homes; houseless and homeless. YVhere arc they to go to, with the deep sea on the. South and the enemy on the North, and on every hand/ lie who ful ly comprehends tlio peiil of these nearest and dearest to him, will be stimulated to renewed exertion. The old men will be come young again. ’The blood will flow with unaccustomed vigor in his veins. The infirm limbs will become strong again. Exert good Influences at home. Beyond those industrial pursuits, there are social influences of a beneficial charac ter which we may* 'exert. Unless we have lost position by misconduct, our age gives us a certain degree of influence in the community in which wc live. YY’e have much to do with the formation of pub lic opinion, and opinion is not less potent for good or evil in time our brave troops sutler for food and clothing, of war, than of peace. YY’e are in need of a sound pub lic opinion now. YY’c are a people of ex tremes. Under the lead of men who ought to have known better, the South was induced to believe that war would not follow the disruption of the Federal Gov ernment.—YVar did cotne, a few victories created the opinion that wc were invinci ble, even with the force then in the field. Recent disasters have carried us to the other extreme, and if these disasters should be repeated, it is to be feared that a state of despondency will follow. Let it be-our part to show that there is and can be, no real cause for despondency. Federal successes have not yet been as great as any reasonable man might have expected from the Legining. The war is coming nearer to us daily. They will en- quested to travel in every passenger car while our troops are so constantly in mo tion. Every offender against public peace and public decency should bejvrrested and lodged in tlie nearest jail for trial. It is sacrilege to speak of our cause being Heav en-approved when its soldiers are guilty* of such flagrant impiety. Gov. Brown has, with proper firmness, done much for the prevention of drunkenness, the evil we are considering must be corrected by an indig nant public sentiment. Take Special care of the Children. In still another form we may exert an useful influence. By endeavoring, so far as possible, to keep up the established usage of a well ordered society, especially in relation to children. Our boys are in danger of forming habits of license and in subordination which will soon place them beyond control. They are already aping the vices of the soldier. The institutions of the Sabbath—the Sabbath School, the sanctuary—should be diligently obsorved. Unless certain evil tendencies are checked, the next generation of inen will exhibit a fearful declension from even our present standard of morality*. Men who ought to go into the Army. Public sentiment has not yet viewed with a sufficiently stern frown, the able bodied men of some degree of intelligence and fortune, who are taking no part in the public defence. There are thousands of such in the State. Our privates are mostly very young jnen or poor men. The class referred to will not serve without office. It is true that the associations of a private in some of our companies would be disa greeable to men of education and refine ment. But there are companies compo sed almost wholly of educated and virtn- ous men. These need recruits.—There is, therefore, no apology for an able bod ied man whose family can be left in toler able comfort who does not enter the se r : vice of his country in some form. Georgia needs the service of every one of her sons. Her language is, “He who but ^plters, it; no sone of mine.” Such men—and there are such men in every community—shoul (l ( be held up to contempt. It is the duty of the aged to see that they receive their de serts. Closing Remarks. Bat these remarks already exhibit the garulity of age, and must be tflosed. There are other ways in which the aged ar.d infirm may be of public use, but they cannot now be pointed ont. Let tlie ear and the eye be open for opportunities of advancing the welfare of otrr beloved coun try. Then each one of us may help for- w; ml th is glorious struggle, although he may be a SILVER GREY-. From ,the Atlanta Confederacy. The-TI©»: During Ffal Yfl! The Newspaper fraternity owe a heavy debt of gratitude to that “gallant partisan leader,” Captain John II. Ylorgan, of Ken tucky. for furnishing them during the past few months, such abundant material for the most spicy paragraphs and interesting articles, by his many dashing exploits against the Y’ankees.—He is incessantly on the move, appearing suddenly and un expectedly at one point, and within tlie next twenty-four hours quite as suddenly and unexpectedly at some other place more than a hundred miles distant. He is a perfect terror to the Yankees and has in spired tliern with greater fear than all the army of Gen. Johnston besides. His last •feat we are just apprised of by a gentle man direct from Louisville, and is the most daring and successful we . have yet recorded. On Sunday, the 16tli inst, Capt. Mor gan, with forty of his men, suddenly ap peared at Gallatin, Tenn., 28 miles the other side of Nashville. After catching all tho Union men in the place and confining tliemin a guard house, Capt. Morgan dress ed in a Federal uniform, prosceded to the telegraph office at the Railroad Depot, a short distance from the town. Entering the office, the following conversation took place between Capt. Morgan and the tele graph operator, a blustering fellow : Oapt. Morgan. — “Good day. sir / What news have you ?” Operator.--“Nothing, sir, except it is reported that that d—d rebel, Oapt. John -Morgan is this side of tlie Cumberland with some of his cavalry. I wish I could get a sight of the d—d rascal. I’d make a hole through him larger than he would find p’easant.” YY’hile thus speaking, the operator drew a fine navy revolver and flourished it as if to satisfy his visitor how desperately would use the instrument in case he should meet with the famous rebel Captain. “Do you know who I am!” quietly re marked Captain Ylorgain, continuing the convc'sation. "I have not that pleasure,” remarked the operator. “Well, I am Capt. Ylorgan,” responded that gentleman. At these words the operators cheek’s blanched, his knees shook, the revolver dropped from his hands, and he sunk to the floor. He literally “wilted.” After the frightened individual had re covered himseif sufficiently, Capt. Ylor gan required him to telegraph some mes sages to Louisville, among others, one to Prentice ot the Journal, politely offering to act as his escort on his proposed visit to Nashville. Then taking the operator with him as a prisoner, Capt. Ylorgan with his men awaited the arrival of the train from Bowling Green for Nashville. In due time the train came thundering in, Capt. Ylorgan at once seized, it, and taking five Federal officers who were pas sengers and the engineer of the train prisoners he burned to cinders all of the cars with their contents, and then filling the locomotive with turpentine, shut down all the valves and started it towards Nash ville. Before it had run eight hundred yards, the accumulation of steam caused it to ex plode, shivering it into a thousand atoms. Captain Morgan then started Southward with his prffioners and made his way safely to the Confederate camp. The Bridge over Barren River beyond Bowling Green, has not yet been rebuilt, and the Federals had only one locomotive and one train of cars, with which to do all their business between Bowling Green and Nashville. The serious damage inflicted upon tho Federals by this dashing exploit may be appreciated from this fact. An Interesting Incident.—YY’e have been informed that an incident, of recent occur rence, which affording a pleasing illustra tion of the steadiness and nerve of our men under the most embarrassing circumstan ces. The day before the enemy opened fire on Island No 10 1 of our men died. Thein- nterment was ordered for the next day, and his company was detailed to perform the last melancholy duties towards their depart ed comrade. While engaged in this duty the enemy opened fire on the party, although, by the usages of the war, they should, at such a moment have been exempt from attack. Nevertheless, the Federals threw a number of shells among the burial par ty, but without dispersing them or even disturbing the consummation of the solemn ceremony. Not a man moved, although thirteen shells were thrown, many of which burst in dangerous proximity to the little party standing around the dead sol dier’s grave. The ceremonies were brought to a conclusion without unseemly haste, and the company then returned to their quarters, fortunately without having suf fered from the enemy’s fire. This inci dent, as we have remarked, reflects great credit on the steadiness and courage of our men,— N. O• Delta. Prepare for a Dry Summer.—It is more than probable that a very dry summer will succeed the heavy rains and freshets of the past winter. It is therefore most im portant that every prudential measure should be adopted in arranging fer the crops, with a view to meet this more than probable contingency. Planters should select lands best adapted to drouth, and plant at different times, so as not to risk all upon the chances of one dry spell Then let them, in preparing for their crops, plow very deep ! and let tho after culture consist of a constant and shallow stirring of the surface—keeping the ground mellow and open, and allowing no grass or weeds those robbers of moisture—to get the least foothold among the cultivated plants. Thus, and thus only, so far as human skill can avail, may the fatal effects of drouth be prevented. The result must be left to Him “who giveth to increase,” but who has also ordained that only by labor and skill properly directed, must be win his food and raiment from the earth.—Sou. Cultivator. From the Southern Confederacy. . “TENNESSEE TRAITORS.” Much has been said and written of late concerning the clandestine cotton specu lation by traitorous East Tennesseeans. That much of it is true, we have no sort of doubt. This sort of game has been going on for months, and there is at this time, more cotton stored away in EaBt Tennessee than has been during any one year for the past twenty. Bat it is known, also, that Tennesseeans are not alone in this nefa rious business. A few traitorous Georgi ans hav6 a finger in the pie; also, many of them have cooperated with the East Ten nessee speculators by selling them cotton when they knew it was to be shipped to certain points on the East Tennessee Sc Virginia and the East Ten. Railroad, to await the arrival, of Lincoln’s army when it would be immediately transmitted to r - authority, that Genti ans have formed partnerships with Ten nesseans, and have bought „ p and shipped cott on to the line of East Tennessee roads lor t he purpose of selling it to the Yankees, should they succeed in getting iut „ t!)i country. Now that the plot has been dis covered, and further shipments on the State-Road prohibited, a spasmodic effort is being made to cast the odium wholly upon Tennesseans. Let justice be done to all; let the truth be known, and let not the Georgia tories attempt to make a scape goat of their brother tories of East Ten nessee, when both are alike culpable. \ toryisatory.be it known, whether h 0 breathes the mountain atmosphere in East Tennessee, or sniffs the balmy breeze of the gallant Empire State. NEP03. Bennett and Greeley.—Bennett of the New York Herald, and Greely, of the Tri bune, keep up a. vigorous fire upon each other; but they are both such iron clad reprobates that no damage is inflicted or received. 1 he following we take from tlm Herald: . Poor Greeley Playing Jacobin.—Poor, silly old Greeley cries out for a traitor weeps salt tears fora traitor, howls like a hyena for a traitor, shouts for all the uni verse to bring him a traitor. What does he want with a traitor ? Why, Greeley wants to be blood-thirsty. He wants to be a little Robespierre He wants to ban** a traitor with his own hands. Let him come down to our office, and we'll give him a shilling to buy a rope—since tL e Tribune is so poor—and then lie may hang himself to the nearest lamp post, and thus at once satisfy his desire to hang a traitor, and greatly gratify the loyal pah- lie. Caught at f^asl. The notorious David Fry, of this conn- ty, the Lincoln marauder and chief bridge burner, has at last been caught, and is safely confined in a private cell in the Knoxville jail. He and nineteen others were taken on Monday of last week in Lee county, Va., some twenty miles from Cumberland Gap. They were trying to make their escape to the Lincoln army in Kentucky. They were escorted to Knox ville. w here they are safely lodged in jail to await their trial. Iu capturing these marauders five of their band were killed, two or three sup posed to be fatally wounded, and twenty maae their escape. Names not known of the killed. Fry is a mau of very ordinary intellect, and always lias been looked upon as a worthless, low down fellow. How it is that he could lead off and do so much mis chief, and escape so long, has been a mys tery to every honest man. He is consid erably gray, but lie has colored his whis kers and hair black, and wore an old slouched hat drawn over bis face in order to deceive those who knew him.—Green- rtlle, (Tenn.,) Banner, 2d. Georgia made Looms.—A few days since we saw in operation in the Athens Factory some looms that were put up in this place. YY’e were informed by the Agent that they would operate equally as well as tho Northern loom. There are twelve of them already running, and thir teen others will soon be put in operation. They were put up by the Athens Steaifi Company. This is another step towards Southera independence-—Athens Banner. BYT AUTHORITY. ACTS AND KESOI.TTIONS of the Fifth Session of the PROVISIONAL CONGRESS of the CONFEDERATE STATES. 1861 [No. 372 ] AN ACT to amend an Act supplimental to an Act to establish the Judicial Courts of the Confed erate States of America, approved May twen ty-first. eighteen hundred anrd sixty-one. Section 1. The Congress of the Confederate j States of America do enact, That the first section of the above, entitled Act be, and the same : is hereby repealed; and to the end that the causes j mentioned in said first section of the Act to j which this Act is an amendment may be brought j to trial without unnecessary expense and delay, it ! shall he lawful for the judges of the several Dis- | trict Courts to interchange with each other tern- i porarily, and the judge whose interest in or connec- ’ tion with the causes aforesaid pending in the Dis trict Court in which he presides, renders him in competent to try such causes, shall request such interchange with thejudge of an adjoining dis trict, and thejudge so requested shall, withoutde- lay enter upon such interchange; and the acts and decisions of judges so presiding by interchange with each other shall be as vallid as if done and performed in the districts for which they were severally appointed. Sec. 2. The judges so presiding by interchange as aforesaid, shall cause it to be entered in the records of the Courts in which they so preside-d that such interchange has been made according to this Act. Approved Jan. 29, 1862. [No. 373. | AN ACT to amend an act entitled “an Aei to prtV vide for the public defence.” approved March sixth eighteen hundred and sixty-ons. Section 1. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact. That the Act entitled “An Act to provide for the public defence,” ap proved sixth March, eighteen hundred and sixty- one be and he is hereby so amended that tlie pro visions of the iii i niiit*'if rTiiin of said Act, liatiting the term fof<fliich the militia may be called into service to e period riot exceeding six months, shall not apply to men drafted into service by the several States, and famished by said States to the President for service for three years or during tho war iu response to requisitions made upon sai'- States according to law. Approved, Jan'y 29, 1862. [No. 378.] AN ACT supplemental to an Act entitled “an Art providing for the granting of bounty and fur loughs to privates and non-commissioued offi cers in the provisional army.” Tho congress of the Confederate States of Ameri ca do enact. That the provisions of the above en titled act, so far as the same are applicable to re enlistment oftvvelve months volunteers, be. and the same is hereby exteudedto troops, now in the* service of any State for a term not less than ihrt-e months, who may ro-enlist in the service of to Confederate States, according to provisions of said act, for a term which added to their present term of service may amount to three yeais. Approved February 3, 1862. [No. 382.] AN ACT supplementary to an Act entitled “an Act to amend an Act entitled “an Act to raise additional forc9 to serve during the war » for other purposes, approved May eighth, ebf teen hundred-and sixty-one.” Section 1. The Congress of the ConfeuM* States of America do enact, lhat the section of the above recited Act, requiring election of field and company officers by regime and companies, shall net apply £ battalions and regiments raised under tb « section of said Act; but the officers »Pl»" l g ol J the President to raise such companies, t and ssaiaaettts shall be the officers of and the commissions of such officers, gra the president, shall when their respective mauds are fully organised, be absolute. Approved Feb. 3, 1862. 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