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GEORGIA'S RECORD OF BLC’D.
It is a proud reflexion for every Georgian
that, in war for independence, bi*
State has borne a very conspicuous and honora
bio part. From the bloody plains of Manassas tc
the recent dear bought victory at McDowell
Georgia troops have been called on to strike
many stalwart blows for the Southern cause
In almost every picture of bloody and heroic
deeds, they have had a conspicuous position
They have been nearest tho flashing of the guns
and, face to face with the foe. on’many a wel
contested Hold; and when the notes of vic
torv greeted the Southern banner, they wore
among the foremost to raise the shout, or tc
swell the joyous chorus. Even when adverse
fortune clouded that bright banner, and com
pelled an unwilling retreat, no stain of recre
ancy and cowardice rented on Georgia arms.—
The escutcheon of the State has been borne
proudly and bravely,even in retreat and in dis
aster. Laurel Hill and Santa Rosa bear hon
orable testimony to the noble intrepidity of our
soldiers, not less than the more renowned
fields of Manassas and Greenbrier, and Alle
ghany Mountain, of Chicomocomac and South
Mills, of Shiloh and McDowell.
On the last named field, Georgia has, through
her chivalric sons, been placed on the page of
history in letters of blood, most honorably shed.
Many of the best families in our Stateare called
upon to grieve over that sanguinary record. —
Yet, in the midst of their grief, comes s he con
soling reflection, that the brave sons they mourn
have illustrated Georgia in another historic
page. Their names are secure from oblivion,
‘ and will forever adorn the anuals of Southern
heroism. *
In this tribute to the lamented dead, it is
very far from our purpose to draw odious dis
tinctions, or to disparage the courage and con
duct of the troops from other States who have
fought on the same fields. It is simply our
purpose to remind their surviving comrades
that eyes of solicitude and pride watch their
career, and to assure the friends of the lament
ed dead that those heroic martyrs have not
died in vain. The blood they have poured nut
as a libation to liberty will yet call down a
blessing from Heaven. Amidst gloom and sor
row we remember them gratefully; and even
when peace and independence snt.ll com0 >
-amidst the rejoicings of a redeemed Sou*?;
they will not be forgotten/
THE EV ACL VTIOX OF NORFOLK AND PORTS
MOUTH, VA-, AND PENSACOLA, FLA.
The movements of the enemy, the increasing
number of his ironsclad gunboats, and the dif
fusion of our troops over too large a territory,
have rendered the evacuation of certain points,
by our forces, absolutely necessary. Pensacola
« might possibly have been successfully defended
against the enemy, but it was not of sufficient
importance to keep a large standing army there,
when troops are so much needed at much more
important points. Norfolk and Portsmouth were,
perhaps, not so capable of defence, and were,
therefore, abandoned. Os course, such move
ments as these are not taken without due consid
eration and good reason by our Government;
hence, we should not feel despondent at their oc
currence. By withdrawing our troops from these
exposed points, we will be enabled to concentrate
m where most needed, and when once we have
b -ofcv K and defeated the strong columns of the
“nemy'. s io vad ‘ n g forces, we shall be better ena
bled to /oU°w up the victory and transfer the
horrors -of war * rom our -more Northern
lands.
From all that can learn, we think it highly
probable that die great battle of the war will be
fought before many days, within a few* milt'S of
the Confederate Capital. May God give us
the victory I Then will public confidence an.d
popular hope be once more fully restored. Until (
then, let jja one give way to despair, but on the
keep up a strong aud abiding faith in
the wisdom of the Government, the courage of
OU r brave defenders, aud the favor of Heaven.
The hour is now dark—but the sunlight of vic
tory will soon burst through the gloom and light
our young Confederacy on to a glorious nationa
independence
THE CAPITAL IN DANGER
Too destruction of the Virginia, and the silen
cing of the batteries at Dey’s Point, have opened
the James River to the vessels of the enemy. It
is feared that their gunboats may push up that ,
Stream to Richmond, and then co-operate with :
McClelian’s army wnile it attacks Johnston on
the Chickahominy River. In view of.this con
tingency it may be for the Government
to seek some more congenial clime, less liable to
visits from Yankee gunboats, If so, we venture to
suggest the propriety of locating it at some point
m the interior as far distant as possible from any
of the large and navigable streams. There need
be no fear of any Yankee army taking the Capi
tal, but we cannot successfully resist their iron
clad steam gunboats with land, batteries and
smooth bore cannon.
THE BATTLE AT 3 ARK AMS VILLE.
The Richmond jWsnato/i and Petersburg /Sr.,
press state that the report of a battle at Bar
iiamaville on ‘Thursday lasi, was false.
En the list of wounded m the Georgia Hos
pital, at Richmond, there is quite a number
, eported wounded at Wein Point, on the day re
. forced to. They are Jroai Virginia, Toxas, and
SonthCarolinia The report of a battle on that
da. , therefore, is not entirely without founda
tian.
] Cnait'JNtCXTYIJ J
A .* meeting of the F’e<d and Company ■ ffi
3il-a of the First Regiment. Texas Volunteers,
convened at headquarters. Camp Quintico, Jan.
•1. i 1888, for the purpose of paying a suitable
tribute of reaped M> the memory of their late
Commander, Cot. Hugh McLeod.
<Ju motion of Captain McKeen, Lieutenant-
Colonel Rainey *aa called to the Chair, and Ad-
I'jiaat Henderson requested to act as Secretary.
The Chair having stated the object of the
meeting in a graphic, but eloquent speech, allud
ing to the many virtues watch were cbaractei is*
t.e of the deceased, in the social circle, and the
indexible, resolute, vet dignified and captivating
demeanor in the field. It was moved and adopt*
ed that a committee of five be appointed to pre*
pare suitable resolutions.
The’iChaic appointed Captains Black, Base,
Woodward, McKeen, and DeWalt. On motion
of Captain Bass, the Chairman, was added. The
Committee presented the following preamble aud
resolutions •
Whereas, Providence, in its inscrutable de
crees, have visited the Ist Texas Regiment, with
1 the heavy hand of death. Col. Hugh McLeod is
> uo more—be has been called from the active and
, stirring scenes which surrounded him, and from
the sphere of his usefulness, while we, his asso-
> ciates in arms, are left to mourn the loss of a
, brother officer and soldier, to whom the whole
, regiment was endeared by ties which nought
but death itself could sever. Therefore be it
• Resolved, That in the death of Col. McLeod,
> tile Ist Texas Regiment has lost a brave, chivals
rous, and most accomplished officer—who, though
ever prompt in the discharge of bis official du->
, ties, yet, bv his uniform kindness, won the un-
I divided respect and affection of the whole com
mand.
Resolved, That the entire Regiment, without
, respect to persons, mourn with sincere and unaf
fected sorrow the death of our brave and much
1 esteemed commander, and with one accord ex
s tend our heartfelt sympathies to bis bereaved
widow and son, who now grieve for a husband
and father, whose loss can never more on earth
• be repaired, invoking that'•God who tempers the
wind to the shorn lamb” to shield and protec
them through fifes "troublous scenes.”
1 Resoloed, That in token of high esteem and sin»
cere regard for the deceased, the officers of this
command will wear the usual badge of mourning
for thirty days.
Resoloed, That the Richmond, Georgia and
Texas papers be requested to publish the pros
ceedings of this meeting, and that a copy of the
same be forwarded to the widow of the deceased.
The resolutions having been unanimously
adopted, Cupt. McKeen paid a short but eloquent
tribute to the lamented deceased.
On motion, the meeting adj turned sine die.
James F. Henderson, Adj’t,
Secretary.
GEORGIA RAILRoTd CONVENTION.
FIRST DAY—MORNING SESSION.
Tuesday, May 13th, 1862.
The Annua! Convention of the Georgia Railroad
met at the Masonic Hall, in this city, at 11 o’clock
this morning; Hon. John P. King, Chairman; Dr.
Milligan and M. F. Boisclair, Secretaries.
The Secretary called the roll of stockholders.
Those who were not present at the call of the roll
were requested to hand in their names to the
Secretary.
On motion, the Chair appointed the following
Committee on Proxies, viz: Messrs. Sam’l Bar*
nett, Geo. T. Jackson and Richard Peters.
On motion of Judge B. H. Warren, the conven
tion then adjourned until o’clock this after
noon.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
3J-g O’Clock, P. M.
The Convention met pursuant to adjournment.
The Committee on Proxies, through its Chair
man, Mr. Sam’l Barnett, reported that there are
8,102 shares represented in person, and 18,671 by
proxy—making a total of 26,773 shares present,
a majority of the total number of shares, and,
therefore, a quorum is present.
vn SlOtion, the report of the committee was res
ceived and adopted.
The Chairman then proceeded to read the Ans
nual Report of the Directors of tile Company
showing the progress and condition of the road.
The following is the President’s Annual Report ;
Office Georgia Railroad & Banking Company. i
‘ Augusta, Ga.. May 13, 1862. )
lb the Stockholders of the (deergia Railroad <£•
Banking Co-.
x' reference to the accompanying Report of
tha and the annexed statement
of the Cashier, will exhibit the operation of the
Road i or. the past year, and the present financial
conditin'nof the Company. .
By But erintendant’s Report.it will be seen that
the ” Gross Earnings have been for the
past year.... 5859,598 13
Deduct Ord. nar v Expenses... .439,687 92
Nett Earug of tffi 1 Road for ,he year. .$238,207 37
The profit and k ‘ BS account from actual receipts
into the Bank fro maH sources, aud disburse
ments for all purpoA ,s charged upon them, may
be stated thus—•
Receipts from Railroac 1 earnings.,.. .$846,926 29
Charged with expenses ordinary and
extraordinary.."2l,39o 7 6
Nett profits from Rai1r0ad..,025,535 53
FROM BANi’<-
Dividend on Stock.s 90
Discount
Interest.... 35,4a 1 79
Premium Account.... .... 15,06% Oi
Real 356' 00
150,685 H #
Deduct salaries, incident
als, intereat on Bonds,. .
Agents’ Commissions,
(at Atlanta, included,)
Taxes, &c 44 5 630 79
Nett .profits from Bank jO6, 005 04
Nett profits from Road and 8ank431,5k 0 57 .
Add Reserved Fund, 1,097,3 b? 49
Total Nett Profits and Reserved
Fund,1,528,851 06
Deduct Dividend in April, 1861, of $4
and Oct Dividend at s3}< pr share 311,700 ok'
To credit of Reserved Fund, 31-st
Marchsl,2l7,lsl 06
As compared with last year, the res
ceipts from the- Road, have fallen off. $25,64i b 8
And from Bank ■ ■ 34,523 47
Making a reduction compared with
last year of 60,111 15
Yet the Nett Profits are increased over last
year $133,955,07- The. result has been produced
by a reduction of expenses both ordinary and ex»
traordtnary, as Baay be seen by a comparison of
tbe Superintendent’s Reporte for the two years.
The expenditures fer new work will hereafter be
confined to relaying branches with the T rail—a
work already far advanced, but which cannot be
continued until the opening of communication
with foreign ports.
Unfavorable as the receipts of the last year
may appear when compared with the average re»
ceipts of former years of prosperity, yet they are
mueb better than anticipated at the date of the
last Annual Report. But little produce has been
moved, and the purchase aud consumption of
goods for domestic purposes has been small.—
Travel aud traffic have been diverted from the
usual channels, and regnlat commerce and the
trade connected with it, have been broken up or
greatly deranged. The business haa, therefore,
been mainly derived from unusual :uid often un-
expected sources. The heaviest class of trans
portation has been in arms, military supplies,and
munitions of war. Also heavy groceries from
Hew Orleans for Georgia, the two Carolinas and
Virginia, have been forced over our Road by the
blockade of the coast. For travel, we have been
ccainly dependant on the transportation of troops,
and travel connected with the movements of the
army, and refugees from aa invaded coast, have
fnrnisbod no inconsiderable item.
With such uncertainty in the past it would be
idle to speculate upon the future, whilst the same
causes of uncertainty continue. Whatever the
future may bring tortlrour enterprise must abide
the fortune, and share the perils which be«et
other interests in the country.
For details of business, and other matters
touching the business interests of the Company,
(he Stockholders are referred to the Report of the
Superintendent, and the tables annexed.
In behalf of the Board,
J no. P, Kino, President.
On motion, the report was received and adopt
ed.
On motion es Mr. Warren, the convention ads
jonmed until 10 o'clock Wednesday morning,
when the election of a President 'ind Board of
Directors for the ensiling year will, take place.
CONVENTION OF THE GEORGIA SALT MAN
UFACTURING COMPANY-
morning session.
Tueesday, May 13, 1862.
Immediately after the adjournment of the Raila
road Convention this morning, the Conven
tion of the Georgia Salt Manufacturing Company
met at the Masonic Hall, Geo. T. Jackson, Esq.,
in the Chair, and Gen. Geo. W. Evans, as Secre
ary.
On motion of Mr. Samuel Barne*t, a committee
of five was appointed to draft a Constitution for
the permanent organization of the Company.
The Committee were: Sam’l Barnett, Chairman ;
Asbury Hull, 11. H, Tucker, James Gardner and
James Hamilton.
Prof, Tucker was requested to address the
meeting on the importance of the manufacture
of salt, but declined, and stated that Prof. Willet,
who was present, had prepared a report of his in
vestigation of the salt springs in Cobb county
Ga., which he thought would be of sufficient in
terest to read to the meeting. Prof. Willet then
read the report.
It was stated that $40,000 had already been
subscribed.
The meeting then adjourned until 4X o’clock,
P. M., this afternoon.
AFTERNOON SESSION-
4X O’clock, P. M.
The Convention met pursuant to adjournment.
Mr. Barnett, from the Committee on Permanent
Organization, made a report presenting a Con
stitution. The Company is to be called the
Georgia Salt Manufacturing Company, with a
capital of $200,000. if practicable, in shares of
$25 each; the books to be closed by the Ist of
June, provided the sum of $50,000 be subscribed
by that time; and operations to commence when
that sum is raised; the annual meeting of the
Convention is to be held on the Tuesday after
the second Monday in May of each (year; when
the books are closed, if they should be re-opened,
the original stockholders are to have the privi«
lege of taking the additional amount of stockfin
preference to outsiders ; and no expenditures are
to be made beyond the cash capital, of the Com«
pany.
The report was adopted, and then, on motion,
the vote was reconsidered, and the report adopted
by sections, some of them eliciting considerable
discussion, and being amended. The above,
however, are the principal features of the nsw
Constitution, which will, we presume, be pub
lished, as soon as practicable.
On motion of Mr. Barnett, the Convention then
proceeded to elect a Board of twelve Directors.
The Chair appointed the following committee
to make a nomination, viz.: Messrs. Peters,
Tucker, and Gardner. The Committee made the
fellowing nominations: Messrs. Wm. Schley, D.
R. Wright, E. W. Doughty, A. Poullain, Jas. T.
Gardiner, P. Fleming, George T. Jackson, H. D.
Leitner, M. J. Wellborn, Samuel Barnett, Asbury
Hull, and J. S. Hamilton.
These gentlemen were then elected by acclas
mation.
The minutes were then, on motion of Mr. Bars
nett, read and confirmed.
Mr. Schley was requested to act as temporary
Chairman of the Board of Directors, and called
a meeting of the Board for Wednesday morning,
at 9 o’clock, at Masonie Hall.
The Convention then, on motion, adjourned.
SECOND DA Y— WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, 1862.
MORNING SESSION.
The Convention met at Masonic Hall this morn
ing, pursuant to adjournment —Hon. Asbury
Hull in the Chair.
The Chairman announced the first business in
order to be the election of a President and board
Directors of ihe Company for the ensuing year,
and directed that each stockholder present, as
his name was called, should come forward and
deposit his vote.
Messrs. A. Hull, M. P. Stovall, and G. W.
Evans were appointed a Committee on Election.
The votes being all counted up the committee
reported that the total number of votes cast was
2%875 shares, and the following Board of Di
rectors was elected;
President— JohnP. King.
Directors.— John Bones, John S Hamilton, As
bury Hull, GeoT Jackson, Richard Peters, Sam’l
Barnett, John Cunningham, Wm B Conyers, Geo
W Evans, Jas*W Davies, Elijah E Jones, Antoine
Poullain, Benj H Warren, M P Stovall, Edward R
Ware, Nathan L Hutcnins.
Judge King then made a few remarks in refer
ence to himself and the finances of the Com
pany, w’hich were well received.
Ou motion, the Convention adjourned sine die.
THE MESSRS- TIFT.
It will be recollected by many of our readers
that Col. Nelson Tift and h:s brother, Mr. A F.
Tift, of this State, had the contract for building
the steamer Mississippi at New Orleans; that this
•war vessel was unfinished and was burnt when
the Federal fleet reached that city ; and that the
Messrs Tt ft were severely censured, and even ar?
rested in Mississippi on a charge of treachery,
for not having the boat completed. In view of
these things, the citizens of Dougherty county,
Ga., held a- meeting at Albany os the 10th. inst.,
and unanimously adopted a series- of resolutions
declaring their faith in the loyalty of the Messrs.
Tift, and vindicating them from the charges
made against them i® certain quarters. Col. N,
Tift addressed the meeting, explaining hia con*
nection with the contract for building the Mis
sissippi, Ac. The boat was within two weeks of
being completed, and was burned by order of
Commodore Whittle to prevent her falling into
the hands of the enemy.
The Richmond (Vs,) .fi’ngWrer, in allud
ing to the destruction of the Virginia, says that
if the enemy’s gunboats break tbiouga the ob
structions on the James River, run by the batte
ries, aud evade the Sharpshooters, there is one
other means of meeting them, that rwt be em
ployed. Iron»clad. or whatever thev may be, we
must Jjcrt.rd them. In the narrow James, too, Are
ships may be most advantageously employed. It
is to be hoped that these suggestions will bo
adopted, and no means left untried to defeat the
attempts of the enemy to get possession of the
Confederate Capital.
Pensacola in Possession op tub Y'ankkbs.
The Federal fleet entered the harbor of Pensaco
la yesterday morning, and took quiet possession
ot what of the worits are left there. After most
of the valuables were got safely away, the beau
tiful navy yard was burned, and the forts were
destroyed us far as could be, Bverything in
flammable was consumed, The city of Pensacola
was not harmed ; but the railroad leading thence
was being taken up and will be Left useless to the
junction -a distance of about sixty miles. .
All the troops, except Capt. Clanton’s company
of mounted men had disappeared. That com
pany will remaiu for a time for scouting duty,
I keeping aa eye on the movements of the enemy,
!, 1 JMA*
OWELh&E. ON THE BELGIAN, FRENCH, AND
SPANISH CONSULS.
The proceedings of Geu. Butlor at New
Orleans are high banded outrages upon the
comity of nations, if not in utter derogation of
international law If our wishes do not greatly
mislead our judgment, the upon
’ the Belgian, French, and Spanish Consuls, will
create a disturbance, scarcely short of that pro
' duced by the Trent affair, and not any more
' readily appeased. No doubt, however, the
• Lincoln Administration will, if necessary, cut
i dirt again; and, to avoid a war with the Euro
pean powers, insulted in the persons of their
representatives, will disavow the acts of Geu.
Butler, and give up tha money piratically rob
bed from the vaults of the Belgian Consul.—
Seward will prepare another long Jesuitical and
flimsy essay on the law of nations, applicable
to the case, winding,up with a tender of the
amende honorable But- it is very much to be
doubted, whether, in the present temper of the
commercial nations thus offended, apologies
will avail very long to postpone the castigation
that Y'ankee arrogance and braggadocio seems,
with a fatuity truly marvelous, to have been
studying to bring down upon that audacious
people. Already it has oscillated with re
markable rapidity between the extremes of
bluster and back down; and a second edition of
the humiliation which it submitted to in giving
up Mason and Slidell, is in store for them. But
the patience of commercial Europe has been
already stretched to its utmost tension by the
effects of this iniamous'war, waged by Yankee
rage, and avarice, and fanaticism, against the
fundamental principles of republican Govern
ment—a war waged against the doctrine that
all Governments derive their just powers from
the consent of the governed— against a doe
trine which the French nation aided the thir
teen colonies to vindicate, and which thirteen
Southern States are now seeking again to make
good.
This is now France’s opportunity There are
many reasons why the Emperor Louis Napoleon
should desire to come into this war, and he
could come into it with a combination that
would be utterly crushing to Yankee pride and
insolence.
But let us not be too hopeful of these things.
Taught by the bitter experience of the past, the
South must rely solely upon herself. Aftertail,
ber only stable and secure hope of final l de
liverance is in her own prowess, and
heroic spirit of endurance.
We are permitted to make the following ex
tract from a private letter received in this city
from a young Georgian in Hampton’s Legion,
new in service in Virginia :
"On the March, May 9th 1862.
“It has been a long time since I have written
or heard from borne, but the stirring events here
have prevented me from writing. I will be near
Richmond to-night, where we will make a stand.
We have been fighting for three days. We ■
charged the Federal Cavalry, 1,200 strong, with <
:u 46 pn t>td' our ;
wounded. We killed 30 of the enemy, ams ttAJS 1
14 of them prisoners. lam unhurt. The Gen- '
eral (Johnson,) complimented us highly. The ’
10th Georgia charged a battery and captured it. ]
Our army fought the enemy again on Monday,
and took 500 prisoners, We fought them again
on Thursday, and ran them back to their gun- '
boats.” “J- R -”
The French Minister’s Visit to Richmond. —
Vari on- and conflicting are the speculations with
regard to the object of the French Minister to the
United States, in bis recent visit to the Confeder
ate capital. From a source higher perhaps than
any from which the various rumors afloat have
been drawn, we learn the following ;
The visit of Mr. Mercier to Richmond was at
the instance of the French Emperor, and its ob
ject was to bring about a pacification between the
Confederate States and the United States. The
French Emperor proposed, through his Minister,
M. Mercier, to refer the solution of our troubles
to the ballot, as was done in Italy some years ago.
The North contends, as an excuse for tho war,
that a majority of the people of the Confederate
States are still loyal to the Union ; the South de
nies it. Under this state of facts, says the French
Emperor, let each State represented in the Con
federacy. decide for itself, freely and without
compulsion, with which nation it will cast its lot
for the future.
So far as at present advised, the overture for
peace will probably fail. Our government is
ready to agree to the mode of Settlement, but it
is understood that the Lincoln Administration
declines intervention on the terms specified.—
Mercier’s dispatch was forwarded immediately to
France bv a steamer in waiting, and it is not im
probable that Napoleon will take some decided
step with regard to the war as soon as t.he result
shall have reached him.
[iS’atianzuz'i Republican, Mag 14JA.
DEIT VS.
The Richmond A'Aiwttner, of the 6tb, has a very
sarcastic article on the conduct ot the campaign
generally, but particularly in the Peninsula.
From it we take the following extracts, which
contain some facts and much truth of no incon
siderable value-:
The reports from the Peninsula are encourag
ing. True, our army has fallen back “without a
fight.” True, onr heavy artilleiyr are abandoned
at discretion, and are a dead less , but the
pensation for it surpasses these in value. G.m.
McClellan has forty thousand sick men on his
hands. This hero of the spade and mattock un
dertook to cut a caual for the transportation of his
siege guns to their positions. He did cut the ca
nal and made a navigation of pure water where
before there had been one only of mud'and mire
He got his guns in position, and compelled there
by a retreat of oar forces.
But hia loss has been very heavy. This was
not from the “ attack-at- once and*fnrioMsly” of
Magruder, nor jcom the more di!liberate aud for*
mjdable onset of Johnston; nor yet from the
bloodless and masterly strategy of'Lee. The
forty thousand “disabled and missing” ip his
army is from quite another caus j. It is from
sickness. Ditching has played the wild with
the health of his men, and McClellan’scanal has
sent forty thousand of them to the hospital. hi
the graad chess game of MoGtellan v - Lve, >be
resell is as follows; McClellan for*y thousand
siek: Lee fifteen thousand siok; no killed; no
wounded; no battles; aud it must be
that Lee has got the better of the ycuug N»po<«
loonjnflictiog frightful damage upon the bowels,
lungs, and general health of the Yankee a ' m y-
The wisdom of th>B West Point, policy of us ng
disease as a substitute for battles, in our contest
with Yankees, will become more and moreappa*
rent as the summer comes on. Gen. Lee wm
Mallory couldl have»“ which can baUer
has lost. Wb twe « foriiflcailona that West
down m <*’ e “ " u ”Vv7vear«; what are mortars
shell tour miles, compared with
the Black Vomit. <hat can take off entire armies
and fleets in a week? No philosophic mind can
deny that sickness takes off mire soldiers than
mueketa and esnatja.
• We clip the following paragraphs from toe
Bavannah Republican., of May 14th;
• Will Savannah be Evacuated?—This question
, has been bandied about in our streets no little
witbin the last day or two. The evacuation of
?<ew Orleans, 1 orktown and Norfolk has led to
r the belief with some that it is the policy of th#
government to abandon all the cities on the coast
■ JQd ' v ‘ thdr aw the troops to the interior.
1 , 4 conc l u sion is a mere matter of inference,.
. ana in our opinion supremely ridiculous. Eva
cuations are ordered from cause, and not from
mere capnce or form-sake. The idea of evacu
} atiqg a town taat no enemy, so far as is known,
t s attempting to reduce, or contemplates reducing
foHv y i day ls a® * 8 able t 0 do if > ia worse than
' ttnorder under present circumstaa
r ‘ * . a uy circumstances short of imperative
the env - nd°th d b i L UD outru & e U P OD tl »e people of
the. city and the character of the State. We pro
’ uu-D il lFw l i t t h , Jh ,^ t t ll BavanD ah shall baverua
-hS? ,h he b ‘ ood ot its defenders. Let toe
defences remain as they are, and the government
no Feder B a?Kr W tboußand ,roo P s to sustain them,
J h* Ik* D °7 tbe coast of Georgia, o--
» .\ k i e 'T tO a bt tber f e for mo “tbß to come, will be
able to drive us from our homes and take poe-
5 h r° P u e n ? th, “g of the kind referred
i to is thought of by the government. Georgiana
are readv to defend their soil, and we insist that
3 they snail be allowed the privilege.
1 . Whc > Captured the Yankees ?-The recent cap
aire ot fifteen able bodied Yankees by a few Con-
’ federate p:ckets, almost reminds one of the exs
ploit ot the one Irishman who captured a con-
! s j d / r rabie P art y snrrounpmg them! We doubt. '
it fi.reen southerners, though unarmed, could be
■ taken and marched for several miles by no larger
f force of tbe enemy, even allowing the latter to
t - have muskets in their hands.
The four men who made the capture are Serg’t
; R. W. Meacham, Company B; Privates John J
. Chapman. Company A; J. H. Griffin, Company L
and W Dent. Company C—all of the 13th Ga
' After the capture, tbe Sergeant and two other
■ men guarded them until three others, at. anotber
post, could be sent for, on whose arrival the Ser
geant and his six men marched the prisoners
three or four miles to the camp.
Valuabie Property Wasting,—As the State
seems to have nobly hereabout to look after its
interests, we would call the attention of Governor
Brown—if he will condescend to notice a sugges
tion jrom his “favorito aversion”—to the condi
tion of the telegraphic wire between Savannah
and Fort Pulaski.—lt is flat on the ground and
trampled under foot to the extent of Confederate
jueiidiction—say six miles or upwards. This
wire though originally costing not more than
S3O, it is now worth S2OO per mile. If valueless
where It is, it is in great demand elsewhere, and
we have no doubt the government would givs
twice the largeasum named font per mile, for
military purposes. We hope somebedy will look
after the property.
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We clip the following paragraphs front
the Petersburg (Ya.) Repress, of the 11th inst.;
The Last or the Mbrrimac.—Tbe startling in«
telligence of the destruction of tbe iron-clad Mer
rimac yesterday morning, was brought to this
city last night by passengers from Suffolk. The
news is almost incredible-and we earnestly
hope may prove untrue. It is stated that the
vessel was set fire to on Saturday night, and the
crew made their escape to Suffolk. Yesterday
morning between 5 and 6 o’clock, the pride of
the Confederate Navy was blown to atoms by the
terrific explosion of her magazine. Gentlemen
who came up last night, state this to be undoubt- ‘
edly true, and we alio understand that several
of the Merrimac’s crew came up. This is tho
most unpleasant piece of intelligence we have
yet heard. The Merrimac was looked upon as
impregnable, and as affording ample protection
to James river. •
Latest—The Startling Intelligence Conn
firmed.—At a late hour last night we ascertained
beyond all doubt that the above intelligence is
certainly correct. The chief pride and reliance
of tbe Southern Confederacy, and the terror of
file was blown to atoms yester-
Confederate 'authorities. ’’’übes the history of
the world furnish a parallel to this stupendous
piece of folly? We think not. The Merrimac
was provisioned for a crew of 350 men twelve
months, loaded with coal to ber fullest capacity,
carried the most powerful armament known to
modern warfare, and was perfectly invulnerable
tri the combined attacks of the whole Yankee
fleet. What that fleet could not hope to do, has
been accomplished by the Confederates.
Fight at Barhamsville.—A telegram from
Richmond, dated May 9, says there was a skir
mish with the enemy’s vanguard on Wednesday,
near West Point. We fired one round and kill
ed and wounded from fifty to seventy, and took
forty-six prisoners.
There was a fight yesterday near Barhamsville.
We drove the enemy under the protection of
their gunboats near West Point.
In each case our troops were Texans and South
Carolinians.
The Despot’s Rule. —Ws understand that Gen.
Wool sent a flag of truce into Norfolk Saturday
morning, informing the citizens that they would
be allowed 43 hours to take the oath of allegiance
to the Lincoln Government. In the event of re*
fusai, they were coolly informed that they would
be treated as prisoners of war. We have not
heard the reply of the Mayor of that gallant city,
whose people have been turned over to the ten
der mercies of Abe Lincoln. It is thus the
tyrant conciliates an unprotected people.
Distinguished Travelers.—The lady and fami
ly of President Davis passed through this city on
Saturday last, en route for tbe South. Has tbe
Presidential mansion at Richmond Jost is attraCN
lions?
The Yankees Shell Darien, —We learn that
two of tne Yankee steamers, which have for some
time been lying at Bobo}’, about ten miles below
Darien, went up to Darien on Friday about day
light, and tioened tire with shell and shot upon
the town, which is partially deserted by tbe ms
habitants. Their shot passed through several of
tbe houses, and their shell tore up the ground in
many pl ices, but injured no one. Two or three
shots passed through the new hotel. DeLorme’s
warehouse oo tbe wbarf were also considerably
injury. One large shell exploded within a few
steps of the Court House door, which f - seems the
the enemy believed our pickets were quartered.
Capt. Hugh’s corps, tbe Liberty Guards, as soon
as toe approach of (he enemy was observed, has*
tened to Darien to tbe support ofthe small picket
stationed there, but were iwabled to reach the
place until after tbe gunboats had left, going
d.iwn the river, one of them proceeded m tae di
rec'ion ot Brunswick. The pickets which ocu
< upi. d a position on the river bank below the
ruwa, fired several rounds with their carbines at
the steamers "« they passed down. At the first
crock of the > fl s the Yankees on the steamer
dimmed <• n di-rk. where they remained out of
nuto unul tb v-sels far out of reach.-
Tbe Guard- iiii.ub- rißg some Seventy mea, were
tnuvb d.sHi i-mied bv the sudden departure of
be mei. V s ii>-> had taken measures to give
uiem u i vel» 'ime, had they remained in Darien
dtiiii n 'he nig I ' l .
‘ Savannah, Republican., May
vV, clip the following paragraphs from
ib M tnphis (Tenn.) Appta.l, of May 7th .
Jli-socßi The Federal usurping Governor of
Missouri has issued a proclamation convening
the State convention at Jefferson City on the
first Monday in June. The principal cau.ie g'veh
isthat the state ought (o be re-distrioted »o an
to give Missouri the two additional represent.*■
tires in Congress, to which she is entitled under
the late Federal ratio of'representatives. *
We learn that Mr. A. Deranee, of the garrison
at Fort Pillow, was struck by a piece of shell' and
instantly killed, durmg the bombardment on the
night of the 27th ult.
Forty Sbvknth R K GiMKNT.-The 11th Battalion
Georgia Volunteers having been filled up to a
Regiment by the addttion of another company
was organized as the 47th Regiment, on Monday
by the election of the following field officers.
Colonel—G. W. M. Williams,
Lieut. Col. —A. C. Edwards
Major—B. G. Cane.
iSrvaartaA JfavlSJA.