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•’ ..TffOM4gVILLE, G A. .7:
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Ailvej'tiseirients.
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Tkiof Gftwovervilk District is Qrooiuj
are respectfully invited ?o meet at Groov^rville
• Batirda>"*tLe Stb day of June next to coatkk and ,ir
, “-itige for*furuisaiat t Cl t : ir S-rs wdw in the *
i.elu in defeat® of our right? in 3 •
lia Eomßwcj, Gov Brown
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*t seec-rerTi'lc MavS? l a 6l *• * • •
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.AFFAIRS
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. *ls ..of or peoplg ; bear I bat
the eaemi hw been soundly thrashed will
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- ly permit os to pass a whole week .with
v-nt, giving an ; ceou.nDof the state of affairs,
*weacoordingl ■ . upon that du
ty, notwithstanding nothing of* material int i**
*st has transpired since >ur hist issu-’
•The most important movement on the part
• *. mce ‘la occupation of Al
.* xhudra is :Le taking possession, of Grafted, a
to . town in Y not* tar from Harper’s
Ferry, ’with* the intention no doubt, of prephr
mo-for a sei&e of th t str ng fortress when
• ufficient forces can be concentrated tosurrotfnd >
•the place JC is repotted also, to he found in
dispatches published in oyr news columns, that
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there has been a small fight? at A quia Creek.—
f lit- cam to be a ’movement towards Rich-.
mond.’thc avowed intention of the enemy,
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while he threatens Norfolk with fresh reinforce
ments at*Fortress Monroe. .MT these move
ments however, appear to*us, tq be only threats
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for althougli Rinuolp’s troops marched into AN
coandria, with flying* colors aud great eclat,
they have not in a whole wf-ek ventured beyond
that corporation in execution of their threats
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cf invasion. M e Relieved from the first tliat
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Lincoln only meant by •thcpnovemtnt to divide
lm Washington army. hi order tis lessen t*he
dangcr.of. keeping so* nrtwiy together in that
<?ity, and Alexandria.undefended by the South*
• r u*troops offereia temporary and compara
ysafe assylum from the fchrfiatened.-epideni- j
ic and‘gonesal disgust,*of.the Capitol )kis.’
.our opinion that Lincoln does not desire a gen
eral *iTn gage men t before the ’meeting ’of hitn
Congress on the foilrth of July, because he
hop’es to escape the responsibility o£ the wqr*by
th’rowhig its whole weight ilpon the sljoalders |
• f 3ns Congress. .Meantimt.it beccnn’es him as
.the head of his goyernment to’occtipy .the vary
best and most advantageous position in respect
*to*liis enemies thal his circumstances will allow,
aTid thus for t.wo important’reasons. Firsts that
.if his Congress declares war hp will be in U po
sition to advance without delav.”and second, if
it concludes to negatiute for peace he qan nyakc*
overture? wikb, some *how t>f mogflaniciity, since
he n v -iy fla.tter hnnsrif that his army alid posi- *
t'oris’ were superior to tßqse of Mo cnomic*.
• W.ith this view he uipy liav'q a*dvaneed on Al-.
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exandria. Grafton, Ajuia Creek.*}laflper’s For-,
ry, reinforced lAytress Monroe ami eanjionaded
the Httk‘ battery at'Jewell’s Point. We has jn
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• no instance led his arh;y .into* danger and hw
slothfulness and caution in advancing only ,
wlicit there was vert smaH or up probability*at
all of meefiMg*his cn*iny in force, tives sane
• tiou to tLe above inference. • •
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Our own army, th"c bps* we t in in!iLe of its
preserft.atitude, likuthe crouching lion, having
chosen, a conceded position onfy awaits, Ihougli
with vigilance and anxiety, [the ’confident ap- 1
proach of the unsuspecting *prc\r* President
is already in .Yipgmia with • legioys. of
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bvaw and ftifxious soldiers iftjiis command, and
the fact tliat tin* ciiemv with all*his
tions, has not be est able-to draw him from his
position convinces is Hint lus position lias been
chosen in the heart of Virginia and that the*
borefevs of that powerful*State litis* juny been
■fft Ss a ten inline l*;tit to deeov his adversaries
into irremediable disaster. The important
points on the bordvF. art nevertheless* strongly
defended and cannot be takes even by greatly*
superior force and • discipline. Our J'res-.
ident cannot lw in TviTnt of soldyjvs, for
knyws that There are now at least one huiirfred
* --<*>;• 7 men tire States bqhind him*ready
eager so fly to his assistance wbenlwev per
tnitied to do so.. With IFiesc assimmces we are
contented to await th* development of .events,
confident that the ability of our loaders and*the
righteousness of oiy cause will finally crown
th-.ni with sueces%. J • . *
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The sum to be raised bv Thomas CVmn
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tyfor the support of the soldiery, as.suggesteTl
bv Got. Brows, is f14,027. Ehevhere we
publish'the Comptroller General’s lisfbf alltlie
Counties. Lottie ‘of the aounties af raising
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this Boney by issuing and selling their bonds:
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• THE RIGHT SPIfCIT.
An elderly of this County*came to totfn
the otlte day and purchased oloth to make
thirty garments to be.scnt to G*ov. ‘Brown for
.the annj. M e # havc heard af others doing
Ae same. Yfjieu the ladies taker the. work in
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hand the soldiers will b<;clothed.
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I.OCK OPT FQIt IVCKVRURU S
(hi Y riday night last the gin house of Mr.
1 tl ®S ;n l’- iyoos, near Glasgow, in this county,
• was totally desiroyrd by fire, toaetherwith otl*
V property —v # a]ue n*t estifUated.;
The smoke # hou?e # of 4lr. 11. 11. IVilWaml
burnt aiso• a *<\v -lays f>efure, < ‘nsuuiih'cr
3* entire ri . of proviiitHis,, It is'lnotlcsom
that either -he work of an incendiary, but
our‘citizens will do w*ell to bo* oo their aruard
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Jhe death ol Llisworth seems to have crea
ted no little at \\ ashington. The
ProsTdeiit. k ig said, shed # tears at his ftmeill,
and r- Ini -** •i',-,. , f ,n !.ir
. FLAG ftUHIXG
• • r fhc ceremooiesof tkwviag to the breexe a
<’onfodcra*te Flag for Thymas.i maty toak place
on Saturday according to the .pwe
. viously ftnaonneed, and whoever will *urn * his
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eye to the eoust bouse square will discover its*
acipfc folds proudly arid, majestically wav nig iu
••the breaze So now we hare actually .commit-.
ted “treason,” aud Abraham has the .proof
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Lan overt act, upon which f* “hang when he
.hs conquered and brought ns back ‘into .the
Union. Our pee; .refuged to u disperte” at
, LG .L-iddiu^,*tiut Instead have* been gettinj*
ir.ore noisv, insuicti* nrir. In i nngoverrrabl*
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ever since . What incorrigible fteiftgs these
•Southerners rau-at be‘so totally to disregard
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tbc k c aetitvtiunal proclamation of a President
of the Crrited •State.*- * Nfl, they gathered in
Thomasvillo !at Saturdaj until a giqit multi
tude crowded the coitrt house square sad, amid
cheers and rejoicing- 1 , deliberately unfurled the
“red white and blue,” and -pith enthusiastic
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speeches pledged their 'qH li nceforth aud for
■iver to t,heir new flag, ,Tess Davis add the Sou
th’ rrf (Confederacy. <’rowds of ladies too were
present, sanctioning the whole proceedings and.,
as fall f patriotic enthusiasm as*was ever their
revolutionary mothers. ’* ’
The flag is a mammoth one, hoisred upon -i
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staff onti hytndred fact highland tOweriijg above
leverything else in the town. *. At the hour. ap-.
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pointed s)r raising-rfot a breath of air .geemed
to l*e in motiou, and.a dead calm threatened tq
disappoint the •expectant mukitud.e, but no
sooner did the tap of the drum announce the
tdevation of the fia's; toward its mast head, than
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a-most. gallant and timely bricze ypruug* up,
soenjingly for the special accommodation of the
flag, and dashed end waved’its* broad folds in
the most lively manner. . • • ;
‘I he* speeches on tUe ocfaskm wen* brief and
appropriate, delivered ky Robert Harris cf the.
Guards, and AVm. Spencer, Esq* cf the Oelocks
ee, followed by Mayor Wright. Col. B.tker,
*of Lowndes, also paid his respects to tlie’as
semblcd ladies’ after which the flag was*saluted
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by the two .Companies in several routids when
tnc crowd dispersed, the Companies taking up
theiflinc of'march for L>r. T. B. Little’s'*Dfug
•Viora where the Doctor treated them to a rous
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> ing* big iced lemoaade.* The day being warm
it was not difficult to take, and the soldier* its.
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‘.well as tire crowd fully appreciated the Docjtor’s
! generosity.
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The military spirit has no bounds, even the
women ami children Cmulafc and imitate the
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more warlike members of the community and
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tak.e to nnj. A corps of our young .ladies
have for some time been practicing witfirevolv* •
ers. anid now a smart Company of twenty-five j
l or thirty vour'g Master* are seen constantly
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/Iriliing with muskets On thq Campus in Flctiji
. erviUe. They take to. it •as naturally as the
youpg ijuck t*> wgt*er, and seem animated b\ a
.'Jiigh spisit of military enthusiasm. Mr. f\dd,
tpp Prinoipal of the Leliool Blieif proscftit'Cap
tain. [ We suppose tjiesQjQqng *e]icva]iors as*k
to be fed agifinst flic enemy.
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Rsfjtg Here is something for tilt boys and
girls, and many older person* .who have not
learned all the rules politeness and* good
•breeding. Paste it up until you Jiav.c lcarqcd
every word by heart. ’ It will *lie valuable to.
yoi during your whole life! Well bred people
are always’ welcome everywhere because they
never hiakg themselves tjources of annoyance .
to one.” Re me filter that,: . ** .
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Tiu.\gs in which .young people.
rcitder themselves impolite:
. 1. “Loud, la ugh ter. .
Reading \flien oilier? are talking. * 1
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o Cutting finger nails in company. . 1
, 1. Leavwig church before it is closed,
ft. .Whispcrint* in church..’. * ♦ •
<). (fazing at strangers.
7. Leaving a stranger without a seat.
!“*. A want ol* rcveresce for seniors.
* 9. Readijig.alod ‘y> company without being
asked.* * • * *
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10. Readying a present witlioat some mani-**
festat.ion of gratitude. * .
1!. Making yourself a topic of conversation.*
If. L*aughing at mistakes of others* „•
lo.*.’Qkiiig others in company.
14. Correcting older fierscJns than yo*irseif,
•especially perents.
15. Commencing talking befofe others are
througdi. o
1 16.°Answering questions when put to oth-J
ers. * * .
.17’ Commencing to cat as s<fon as you get to
the tablfi. .
l'L In not listening to what one is saying .in
company, unless you desire to show open cou
fcempt for the speaker. A well-bred ] >**rsou
will not. make an observation while another of
tikf eotjipaify is addressing himself. td it.
Texas lloi'Krmrn,
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Among the Texas troops here arc some of the
be-4 horseman m the* world wi.;o, as guerrilla
horsemen, would be invaluable. Th’ese are In-,
•dian. fighters from Texas, who, at full speed can
raise an infantry soldier from the ground, svalp ,
lym. and throw him away wittyaut arresting the
rush of the horse. A bo’dy of these warriors
on the borders cf (Myaoa&d B.ennsylvania woflld
be |Sjvafoable.- —JHckotoikd Ztispatch.
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The Comaiittee of safety in Memphis k,a v c
interdicted the circulation of .Prentice’s •Louis
, ville Journal? ‘lie calls -upfton his.friend Lin
coln* to avenge the insult to lift? paper by cutting
t? the mail facilities in ’i*ennes?e. uttcrlv-.and
.at once. * ..
Volusiitrm, Kcnirmhcr Th.
•To jub omitaoß* hard rt>ap wqll info the
threads i>f stockings* before putting them ou
h;r a lon march, is recommended as a prevent
ative to the ordinary foot soreness .aTid blister
ing which occurs to those no.t*used to.travekng.
ytis remedy and may prowe valuable
<0 or volunteer-. * .
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• * . Jlorr Troop fbr Virgiain,
Thrfcc rogimentB —the 1-; < Jcrgia*, ('ol. Ram
says. tire sth Alabaftua. and a Louisiana eor,'..-,
total of 2750 wen-have .beee .tolmil (Vom
Eenreeohito Richmond, Ya v *and are
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Camp Oclsgxijss, Jane 1,1861-
I ? The undersigned fming been .appointed.*
committee for the parpoeif, embrace this oppor
tunity, .in behalf of the Oeloekoee Light In- .
, fantry, to return their most eyate’fui thank* io
the.ladies efti Thomasville and i ioinitv for thftir
.noble generosity, care agid . kmdaess, not only
in ‘abundantly the. Company while in
# cartip with provisions, embracing’all the ctaliea
ciea of the season. but also honoring tjie camp
with daily visits* and thus, through theij
patriotic;zeal and open hearted* generosity in
the comfort of the soldier, affforu
ing him, at the same tiftne, that society which
ever elevates and refines yis grosser nature.--
The gemlo influence of Vrolhan is felt in every
[flace where she is know*n, Jnit in *ne mo if
•than tile nsnally unpolished despotism of the
soldier’S eamp.* lie js thus, made to feel* that
miterifig intp tile military service of bis conn
try does net necessarily .exclude him, of
ten occurs, Iron, refined society, ‘and copdemn
hits to that immorality, ‘.wickedness aid folly
which almost invariably fqjlow-hmg*-oi vice tn
tl’c absence of woman’s influence. Not* only
this, but when he knpws he is the object of her
■ constant solicitude, ami views himself as stand-,
ing high in her regard, it*nervcs his mni for
tbv conflict and fills his heart with tmcoiiquer i
blc heroism, ffe feels that fie has something*
to light for, ai*i his foes will surely bt. the
Worse oft’ for his h;ning been drilled under the <
influence af woman at Home. ,
The rctipieuts oi’ sti ‘many fi \°ors, the objects
of so much kindness, c ire and •solicitude, ahd
,so often hdnored.in every possible manner by
the ladies in and aroumj their home, how can
the Oclocknee Light Int'antry’do otherwise than
perform their whalr dirty when they shall t be
called to occupy the post of danger? They
will remembw with heartfelt gwititud? all tlics # e
kindnesses when on the distant field of action,
and feel*that those for whom they have drawn
4ne sword are worthy of the utmost deeds pf.
.valor, ° ° .. * v * •
Once more,.tlicj), for oursplves and the Loin-*
pany, w® return our sincere thanks to the la
dies, with assurances of theti’ullesfrappreciation
of the ]eust of jdieir many favors Jay every offi
cer and private of tJie Oclockncc Light Tefan
try. . Vfw. A” f’UGH, ‘j
W. W. SPBNCK4* ( .*, . •
. i, /Committee.
* .• li. G. MfTCUKLL, (
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.* * Ql ITMAN, Jane 1* o 186 F
Mr L'Jitut :. \s iuauy of your subscribers
reside in tllis ‘County, and art- ngturgllyantercst
*ed in *ts affairs, yoi* will probably .grant a little
; space* itT yoifr valuable’columns to* a coinmtini
catinn from this place.
It was my good •fortune wsterJuy to* attend
the closing exercises for this term of tbe school;
* located within half a- mile oi’ Quitman, and
taught by Mrs. Smith amt her accomplished
daughtet, Mrs. I\iugsltcrry. ’flu? examination
sos the different classes jvas irt every respect su-.
pefigr to anything of tbe kind.that I.have wit
•licssed. in many days *Tlig classes in lafin
’ amj algebra, under t he admirable conduct pf
Mrs. Kingsferry A afforded much gratification
tw the many visitors. The young ladies who
| composed these glasses read*their latin texts
with perfect fluency, and in parsingevinccd an
accurate hno’wlcdgc of the grammar; in fact
they appeared so be : quitc at tliir case in jliat
language, and the readiness* with which they
performed their Aiatlrematical exercises on the
.blackboard was also equally surprising and
pleasing*. Tho’opiiiion that the dead languages
and higher branches of uiathematics are ‘un
suitable studies fuf.young ladies, seems to be
fast losing ground*;‘ary 1 such * examinations, as
the one of which *1 write, can got fail to diiirin
i*h4hc weight of that opinion more and. more,
whenever they are witnessed.
j mention .these classes, particularly, only
because tliey are the most advanced, in* the
school —all thefothci likewise Reflected
much credit upon themselves and their tract)-;
.crs. Georgia meed have no fears I'Or her great-,
•ness’tvhMe lies rising generations a rafted rm to
virtue and knowledge by sueli instrumentalities*
as 4hese two tafented lilies. Long may they
live tables* (as tUev do) oiu - noble State.
* . . * Sign.
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Tl/* l’rizm la* !• Privalr-rx. 0
Yesterday, as we noted, the privateei* Y. 11. ,
fvey captured two prizes ißekny the bar of the
river. There prize* consisist .of the ship Mar
shall, in ballast, CaptaiftSprague, from Havre,
via Key Vest; the ghip Knock Train, Captain
IJunvell, iron* Singapore ; cargo, 1,-1 ‘do sacks of
Three more prizes ;fre being sought om
’side the bar, and lmjy be overhauled this u*orn
ing.
Already the prizes captured, by two priva
teers amount to 828f>,000. Good work that for
fotfy -eight hours !—A’. O. Delta. • °
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. The Hull-- ?liiKfn >olr of llii 0
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The shape of this bnlljs what gives range to
the s#-cal hid Minn!’ rifle. Tlie kali is named
aftei* Captain a French officer of dis
tinction. o .
Any rifle, no matter, what is its bore, can be
Minnie rifle, by*simply casting a ball of
the elbngated shape, hollowed at the bottom',
and having circular grooves about the* lower
cud, teid using that ball, because ('apt. Miimib
hrTS no especial rifle for bis ball. An ordinary
rifle can thus be made into a so-called Myinie
rifle* •
The length of ihe ball sliould be about twice
tbe Uorc of Ibe rifle, and it should go into tfie
bore very easily, so as not te.drop out. The
ball having a hollow, the pQwdcr drives the
lead against the grooves, so that it Ys not so im
portant to have the ball fit very tight. .
Any rjfle having* bore from four tenths to
•seven-tenths of an inch, will make a good Alin
; nic rifle by first using tlfis ball.* . • *
If the bore is about six-tentjis of my inch,
the ball must be made a° little less in lc’ngth
than twice the sije of Tie bore, otherwise* the
; hall will be two heavy. It should never weigh
over twelve to the pound. o
The charge of these* rifles should be
onc-jtenth, to one-eighth the weiglst of the ball
•being spsall as the ball.is heavier. •
The Charleston Mertury, of the lMh inst.,
ha? tbe*fpllowing paragraph in regard to this
subject: • • .
friend, who’is in coßftaat* practice with
the rifle —tod is.not*veniparticular whether Ite
uses -mq of Happoldt's (Charleston make.) an
.ordinary A’tat’e rifle ; nr Minnie musket —informs
u* that the oonical ball caa*be ?uccc>sfulk’ US
ed*in any of common rifles usually found in
tbe Sootb and Southwest. *
. If any of our readers will mould some, of the
conical slugs, find experiment, at* thyee times
the usual distance, the.rcsult will* satisfy tin in
pf t be increased r*ng<- and aCcuracy
rne latest*nsws
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, * Korjalk. Tune 1. —The steanufr Metximac
has bfeen raised. Tier .machinery* is* uninjured,,
and* shy will be ready*for sea and service in a I
* faw’days.
Baltimore, Jane* ITwo CoJumbiads, dt>.
tined for Fort McHenry, were spiked in their ‘
passage*through this city, but tl q ’damage was
iy?t discovered until.they wene mounted on the ‘
fort. Kx-Governor Pratt hae.been arrested and
taken le Washingt Kx Governor fcowe has
alss been aYrestfed # by ord cr ■ f ihe Federal au
iboritiea. Gen*..Butler spent Monday last in
Newport, Va. *lic reports tlyit vreat c< nfusion
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and sattenftg were prewilißg amoijg the troops
there, in coDHSOence of souig lierangeipent. in*
the Subsistence Bepartmenti and the.fact that
1 1ft’ stores of the foftigfng parties, had. been rob-*
bed* and destroyed. The Northern troops,arh
pushingjn to-wAYds Fortress MOnrae. Nrf< lk
i- threatened with an attack by a .-circuitous
route.* • • •••
A rjr York, June 1. —A poiti^i*oi the Gar
ibaldi Guards threw down th&ji*jymA.ct- to day
and said they would have nothing but rifles.
Two gs the mutineers whereupon the
under consented to take musjeets. The N.
’ Y. Herald lays.that scouting parties report an
imm use number of Southern troops at MaHii?-
sasJuntTion. Va., btit Gen. iscott believes that
tbe number there does not Exceed four of .five
thousand.
* Wa • May 3k. Nbarly tfrety regi- 1
ment in Washington was under matching
last, flight. Bei'ore the Southerners can get
within *r< ’- liable lighting distance oUJ'UU men
will be oouccntrated on fh.e heights to tbe west
of Alexandria. It has since b*een ‘understood
that thf south Caruliniaus arc stiii in possession,
*o|.Manassas Junction. TJ;e, Federalists are
especially anxious to get at the South Carolinij*
ans. * *•
’Wusihln atan, June I.—Alexandria lias been
made a port oi’ entry by Lincoln’s administra
tion. A column of Federal troops is now mar
ching on Fairfax C. 11., Va., with orders to.oe-*
cupy the .place before daylight, d'iie Federal
steaiiiers.iYeobora and Anacosta are now enga
ging the* Confederate States battery St. Acqua
Creek.. Two war vessels have been oYdesed to
their support! . . *
liichmomly J une*l* 10 I’. M. —*A slight
mish*took place at Fairfax Cb If. “this eveniijg,
between the Federal cavalry and* the Coftfcde
. rata troops. Capt. Murr, oi - the Virginia cav
alry, and tTvo or three tithers wouftided. . None
killed on our sTde. The Federal ♦♦oops were
forced to* retreat.” A number of* tluhn avere
killed atTd wounded, iyul fiiV-cn <*i’ tliter horses
captured. .* •
•St.’.Louis,’Mo. .1 line 1 .—Gen..Harney
been removed from the command of the Fede
ral forces in* fhisiStatc, and it *is supposed his,
successor will be Gen. Lyon, the Court having
■ decreed that Harney’s answer*to the McDonald*
habeas CovfAis’cae was not satisfactory. The
j (general Yej*li<;s thru McDoflald’s’body
•was in*his custody* •
. 4Jh.uago, Juno I. Senator Douglas .is still
in a precariousbcomlitfoii ;*if there*is any change
4 whatever,.it is for the worse. •** .
AciO’
tiOO mOn w<ll be'rendezvoused at Cairo for afi
uiftiicdiatc*move on Memphis. . .
McClellan’# advance towards Harper's Fenw
is checked by tlie burning of‘bridges and tear
ing up of goads. * .
. Lfeut. Sfcnuncr has arrived. He says Fort
Fickejis is impregnable to any*t*uVce that canhc’
♦ brought. ‘l’lk* garrison nuiubcrs 1,000. man.
• Fremontwtill probably command tliQ diyisfou
opergting in the Mississippi Valley.
The Times says the Goveiywiicnt is embar
rassedaat 0s # t 0 the disposition of prisgners’, jn all,
id which tli(tee Tire now about one thousand in
durance vile r at Various pldpeS ftnd under vari
ous charge* ; of. whom •>() are legitimate pri.-On
•ersof wav. If tliege mcn’are considered.aisl
ed rebels, tfiey should he hung; if exchanged
tlitf iiebels are recognized as hcljigerents, accoi*-
Jing to the- law of nations.* The Cabinet*^
;i therefore perplexed. • .
, St. Lons, May £0. —Col. * Iftiair * regiment
.have marching orders; it is J.re/ijmYd they wid I
’ move in the direction of Vifgitiia.
Baltimore* Mi*’, o(). —The.steamer which nr
rived here test ifight from Lortress Monroe, re
jiprts Ute arrival at the Fort *f T white,
steamer witli a hundred• wives and cftiildrci
from tl*c Gosport Navy ‘,,drd. The •workmen
f report that the Louisiamr and arc the
best accoutred and disciplined troops in the ser
vice at that point. - . *
No immediate attack wfis cautcmplatcd on
Sgwcil’s Point or Norfolk, Gen. Duticr cansiif-*
enng other points *f more strategical value.
• The erection *of Federal Entrenchments at 1
Newport Noose, at the mouth of olaines llifer,
is confirmed. •
Q
Tlip Sewell s Point battery ligd fired four
j shots at the ♦‘Empire City” steamet, ovemthrae
miles dtitant; the Shots nearly reached the*
vessel, thereby sliowiTig the o excellence of othe
Ordnance at that jjost. 0 0
•Washington, SO. —Six additional Illi
nois regi in ends have been received by the G ov
er/! ment. ° °
Tlie Seventy-first °N. £. Kegimiyit, living
a o landing o at Aquia Creek, it is report-*
’ cd have rctiyned to this cifyo
Louisville, 3lav HO.—LouWell Rousseau, who
recently saW at Cincinnati, ‘T am unalterably
-a Union man; 1 live in Kentucky, but if sh'fl
the l niou anfl goes under Piiat rat
.‘tlesnake concern, I will abandon her,” has been
appointed General, of the Home Guards, of
Louisville by Mtij. Deiph. The appointment, 0
on account of°its partisan character, lias de
moralized the Guawls, and manj of its best
members are withdrawing. They want in vio
lent partisan, cither beccssiofti, Border or f.ition.
Gen. Bonham, of tiontb Carolina, is appoint
ed Commander of tjie Confederate force at
MaiTassas Junction. Col. Magruder is there
in command of a battery. * . .
New Rri,*M>y 81.—A discussion lia<l ta
ken place in the British Parliamentjrelativo to
the America . ,
J Xord.Derby stilted two points: First, that a
• partial blockade cap pot .bb respected ; second
lv. that by the law of Nations privateers could
not be treated as piratCs. . • .
. I inefynahi, May 81.—Grafton wa? occupied
by the Federalists to-day. Tjie Southeipers
retired without firiivg a gun. *
Capt. Kngle reports that S(?weH’s Point is
impregnable. Four thoosfind troops are there.
Buyer’s plan is to sunound and starve, them
***• **• . .
It is runiored tb%t Chief Justice Taney'has
resigned.. • •* *
| • Two hundred Illinoisans have* crossed to Pa*
*dueah and join’d! thcjl.’onfeflerati
Rushmond, May HI. —lt is said that tbe 2nd ‘
\. w Regimen l, in* Wellington, **is de
, moralized and disbanded # •
• f Drmonifc Ho-wlim?*. .• ‘*
• • The bowlings of the Jicoft raffickibtly ietnj
irt-i parts. ‘l*l lose of the Northern Jjress, cspw
cially the philanthropist, are absolutely hellish.
, They rear like <J&vils, ao&ibdj rage like wolves.
They, to feel the*trath, in terribly #x
perienee of lass*and ruin, of the th*ouSand War
nings which yv gave them long'ago* We said
,to, them, ‘*¥ou grin.and leer *afid gibber now —
hut you will soon howl in detpeyation. • ‘ l ll *,
their blind vanity —in their retn ws
tv.* {he v took.no from wisdom, or
thought, or** the experience of nations, er the j
w.irnfttgs of histofy. Their lusts Winded thfliu
t> the light, thei* appetites deaf* ned .them to
all.honest and warning Voices, and the pni)
falls upon thciuTikfc a They roar,
with hStc and terror. They threaten with a,
fivh dish* malice, which wtflild be something jter**
ril lc, did : not declare rather for *their suffer-1
fnvs andntgonies and teft'drs. than their powers.
The spear is in thejhroat*of tlu’ wolfj and he
writhes upcn*it; the heel is upon the head of”
the .snake, and his are'death
and prove, not that there is vitality* but vitali
ty aboufrto depart. Nothiug, surely, can
mure fiendish than tk 1 ’ hale ♦hey .-how: ‘noth
ing more ridiculous than the vengeance tljey j
{threaten.* Su<Ji barking dogs? Theft’ gifms
sec fete ve*oui enough, but teeth are
drawn! • ,*. .
Asa f art v. the Abolitiun’sts are compelled
to make wyr upon us, in order to*, divert the
popular rage .ro*n ’] hey* hue not
gr*e* the people time to think, i hey have
Llrawn down ruin upon the mV Tfftey. have bro
ken* up tji* Confederacy. 1 Tiey hav*i
for their people, fk condition of ,tho most won-*
ekous prosperity jhat theworld,has ever seen.
• And tkev have” done this through Insolence,
vanity, blind malice, and a luo-J lidgotty ,med
, dling.with thiugh with,which they-had no eon
cejn, a a*o*st impatient appetite lop gluttony. -
A moment's cessation oi tile popular excite
ment —a iinuneiit’s payse lor thougnt and the
people thus abused to‘their ruin .must turji up
on and rend their false guides and Tying pro- “
plte'ts, and miserable roguish demagogues. —
They must keep up*t!:*e excitement as long as
they can. The inonyentit ceases they perish.
IJut the thunders of the press have.no bolts
in them. The sensational paragraphs, of “the
, telegraph are windy-wordy, wisb^- washy,Idatli- (
.er skitings. They epn have no effedt upon the !
South but to make our people firm—make them
,-t‘t their teeth elpsc together —tear down t'uq
rifle fym the wafl, and set forth for Utc bord
tfl-.s"! *To 11 1*1 borders, boys ! * * .
Compare the balderdash vaporing,s of tlfe.se
Northern heroes, and their heroic presses, with*
j the calm progress of the Government ol the
Southern Confederacy to stability afed powt
• You lufar none of this bluster in our country..
1 But our pcoplc-*-no .mercenaries—no rakings
; of penitentiary andprison, “are in (he fhdd. —
! Already wc have 100,000 fearless boys upon *
j flic borders, and when tfie Government “of Jt he
; Southern Confederacy speaks* it will spesk n
1 deeds, not words—in strikes that slift 11 resolve
mftionfd destinies forever, not \*ain Upas tings
that only puff and sioke and sweat and fume
j and stink .in Hie distance. AN’ait! The end
• • •
! will erowif the ftvorlL Finis vopouat opusff —
Be patient, sows o*£ the* South. We are not
j asleep, though sileixt. When wc do old
, memories wi!>ry\*Svc. Such mcmortcV-! .Wash
iifgtcai, Sumter and Marion; and Moultrie jjjuU
Pickens. “And such fields !—Eufaw and
Clufrlcston, and Cowpeusand King'* Mountain.
The North impv.fl’uader through Tribunes and
.j Times,"and Costs* ;u>d Tleralds-*we through
men and deads. — ( Ithrler.ion Men u-r//.
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• • ifornre
0 •
’I lie [b^lowiiu*-jtociiiuui of •olal depravity is
f’somthe .New York Tribune:. • .
•* ‘We mean to conquer them— not .to !
| defeat, but to r, to suhjmjnf, them —and j
*we shall d*> this the .iifost mercifully the'wy re
speedily we do if. Bift whffn the rebellious. 1
traitors arj? overwhelmed in l}io field? and skit
tered likc'lcaves before an .angry wfnd, *( m v’
not be Jo return f,) p'co •• ful and content: m hour ..
TJirif roust fid poverty of doir Jiresides, and ‘
• privation *< ili< m on.ci-ats ti/ts *,/ mother#
and the rays of children. It is little enough j
the slaves will do when masters are at tKc'wars
aftd to be idle and wasteful is the “least; harm
•ful thing'in whtch lhey*wre like|y tp engage
thhiflsel'.A's.* There will be littlft cotton raised**
in the Southern States “this year, and that IgtU
nm. 4 pay the enhanced expense of anew route*
to market* if allowed so go. at si], toe prim
■ thereof* ty In; rei unTcyl in tHe bare necessaries ;
I ofTife, in limited qualities, at starvation prices, j
J The \Vhole coast of the couth from Deleware
to the must be ,i solithde, savy
from the presence of “a blockading squadron,
•so that no relief shall come into the beleaguer-•
ed people from the sea.’’ .
The Riclrtnond Dispatch ask : Gay there j
be a more detestable brute living “than the my
thor of that paragraph? And to tfiink* that !
tlie man utters these devilish
is himself, pursonjlly aijd individually, the
j worst coward in all Christendom ! (*)h, “that
the wreteh would cerne in his own persoir to
carry out his threats!. , .
O * °
O -*♦•*► o •
o ° GraftoH,
1 Occupied*bv the incepdiJry troops, is a small
Uuvy in Virginia where the Baltimore and (*hio
Railroad forks to A\ lufellng an*l to Parkersburg.
It m.fs occupied by t>oo A irginia trooj.s, who
retired before invaders. This lnoveiftent
looks to a descent upon Harper’s Ferry from
j tbe West, in conjunction with a similar move-*
ment from Baltimore and Annapolis. *
- *-
correspondent of the New York*
Times, of the 2dd says : * ° “ „
.M. Fould, fate Minister of State of the Em
peror Napoleon, said tb# other day, to an Am
erican with whom lie was transacting bflsiness :
i ‘'Vour Bepublieis dfad, and it is the. last l!c
----public, most probably, the world will ever see.
If you coulj not # succecd with such unpifiallel- ]
ed advantages in your favor, no other one can.
You are going to have a reign of terror, and af
ter that two or tjired monarchic^.
,* * 0
. The Stale i£<vad. •
1 • We are authorize*! to ghy that tfie folllowing !
arnoynts of money have keen paid into the
State Treasury, from the this grtfat
work, for the lust rfir“e months, to wit > Jn the
month of March, $40,W0; yi Afril,*sso,ooo,
•and in May $50,000, making the SUm’of $140,-
000 for the tb#e< •months- Leaving on •hiim?
a surplus to ftoct* any. contingency “that
may arisen, fins is exclusive of the amount
tor the tran-porf # ation of Goufederaft* troops. —
1 he*maF):gement and poetical workings*of this.,
road Yqflcets great eredit’upon Dr. Lewfts. the
I Worthy Superintendent, and tlie j’copde of Geor
gia will not onK remetober him for his qhtir
•ing energy and jndustn ..but will no doubt,
some day not far distant, reward him according
tT) his merit and worth as*a faithful and honest
servant of the*peopfe— Atlanta InDUiaencer
o. . • e
• * Who o I.ir f
WitVifi.® few weeks fast, honorable ftintioß.
has beeji ana le o£*General Lee, <C \ irgiyig,
ftays*the Federal • n:*n,Jif connection vith tbe
defense of the Goniliderate States. • Ouvjcad
ers would. doubUesa, be pleased “to know the ,
history of • in*a.n. who*if tins war.; prort'acied
will be the leader of our artnie*.
Hobrrt Edmund Toe, the.* presefttf .Maji
General and Com insider of thb ♦ irginia forces*
“is.th§ **n of .lb nrv Ife of ilu* RevlufH-
Ue entered the Military *at West
point, from Virginia, in year l§-5. _ Grad
uating with distil.. 1 . t the tread of bis class
“i if 1829, h.* v..- brcvetteda**secon4 Lien tenant
\n the‘Corps of. Engineers, from whih 4imc t.
the present, he has luamtfcincdi his asceritiancy
.ni the .service. *Aiyto.ng the pliftlic duties i
sigi*!.wd to lijift in his * .ts cer* iu all ut vJUch 1m
i ted tald&ts ancl c.haraster of the highest*
order, avc 4-he
hcVas Astronomer for fixtpg
; boundary between Mhio :itd* a first
ijeutenant in Septoiiiher 1 So* •; ( aptain in Ju
lv, ISbS; Glfief KnginecY of General Wools*
Army iithe Mexican JVaf, I§4G; Brevet Liest.
- hatflc fi ’ rro < ‘urdo, April, 1847^
! Brevet Litut* Colonel for battle of Contreras
and ( hurabusco, August, l v iT; lirevet Lieut
wjfs severely wouwded, September,
perintenden! ! uited States .'fcilitary.Academy
i atAYest Point. 1552; I/ieut. Cplonel of Gaval
;\ IS.'*.’* *. . .
It was General Io who ompbftticaby led
Gen. Scott from \ erCruz tjf the city of Mex
ico. He was the Gifneral’s right band, man,
• planning, devisiiia, . counselliut. Laborious,
•patient,"indefatigable, alwaw's good tempered,
ait'll self-possessecT, Gen. Lee won the admiration
iind csUem of thh Army, and deservedly the
iei#itatioii of being tlie first* military mind jn
* *. *1 . *
.if, not excepting bis gleat conimaitdef, S^ott. —
He is now acknowledged as the nuistcr military
mind oi'* tliis Continent, and under his guidance
our armies will inarch jvitli confidence to victoy
“ry. o We learn Coitgres<fof the Confed
erate. States are engaged, with the proposition
j of*creating the office of General to*cominand
all of tl*o troops fit the Confederate States.—
This office is*no doubt cheated with tjie view to*
Gen. Lee’s appointment to it. We.comment!
its wisdom. • . * •
Tfie above facts were kindly fityhished by
Adjutant GeneraT* Way tie. * .
• • *.♦♦•
Obey Oriti'is-Ailvicr to Voliißliors.’
• • • ... s ii*
TbcAlo.bile Tribune jiuylisiics 41 letter writ
ten by gentleman of Altfbama to his* son, a
•young volunteer, which contal ns some good*itd
vice. .Wc quote:
. ‘‘ln tbe first plaoe, theft, my so*n, when a sol
!* dicr shcftildcrs his rifle und®f the flag.of It is.
j counify, Ife must surrender to thjit country Ids
will, bis •whims. t:i*tcs f fancies, aud.ptojtidiccs;
• and the first, highest, and mogt solemn duty ls>
I owes to th* t country i;i the most .implicit and
: prompt obedience to the ciders of his superior
hftieers. k)isdbedfencc,.eKen in natters qf. mi
ll o gray it 3 r , f.eqittntly forfeits life. ‘Ji’ an” or
derfis issued, that must be ib.e end of inquiry.
The success nf’.a battle or camjiaign may de
pend upon'tbe conceujmant of the jiurposcs of
the ctfmi’ land 4 a44d.it may become necessViy
to punish with “death an omission to ‘observe
tluft which may scm. to be an uni important or-’
•dcr to riie soldier who floes not uiiilerstand it
‘“Nhpolcoii .cnee issued an orde*’ that tlio
| lights of tlTe cayip be .extinguished at
height o"elofk, and on seeing light burning in
; the tcfyt*of an officer, after that/iiour bad elaps
ed, he rej :.inqf tliitlief m’person. qd entered
! iheteiit just as the officer hud fiitished writing
Ijis wile's name on Jim back of a letter he*lisd
written lo her. *J e told tlie Emperor iu> lijuj
qnconsciouKiy.vi'flated the lawl'ougnc moment.
’ and it was done in tli&.enthusiasm oT a.Sicction,
tvit*h wliTcb lie had* been 4 ’ ereume lA’ thoughts
• . J
“of hom<*. ‘Vnscai th t letter,’, said .the Empe
ror* ‘and “write"m L dictate.’ Jhe officer obey-*
cd,aud wroig as follows V—‘l’ S. —I dfe to
’ morrow morning it eight o’clock, for violating
the laws of the camp, by not extinguishing the
Ifght in my tdnt, at the precise time 1 was eom
m.*nded tp do it.’* . . .
j “That decision *nn:y have seemed savage ami’
| badbarftus, but wfien yoifir intellect shall * have
{matured td the of bow much
dej^ci*. l ■ upon subordiuatioD*and ;f rigid adlicr
-1 aneg to tlie lavs of tbe camp, you will see that.
Nftpolco* could only be just to the thousands
! of* lives uudqj’hi? care by assuming .the *ap-.
j earanee if cruelty to^ this one delinquent. .*
“T)be<lier)ce is iu;t s'ervility —it “is dutyv . It
■ is. therefore, slot cowtvdly but honorable. The
\ cauJp isjio'p ice for the soft* manners of the
drawing-room, # and soldiers are proverbially
blunt; therefore, do not imagine it an officer
speaks sharply to you that.he waftts *t<f insult
: youjer to browbeat you."*.
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o—• * •
The London correspondent psi the New
; A’ork Times ?avs :
*’ •• * • •
1 Taking the last first, wc ligve here in Lon
dqp, two hostile Aa.erican camps—the Union
party, represented by tbe ‘London American,
and the Confederate F:rt< * ]rt\\ by a .paper
! about to be started under some such name as*
Tht (\, /• dt / ate lit} w 1 He vn7 fit Coif ft
inion, or ThcCen federate Herald. *1 am told
on wliat must lc. considered whml authority/,
that everything is in U'ai® for the Southern or
gan making its debut in* a week or two under’
tlie editorsbip-in chief of’.Mr.oMann ftimself.—
IT is assumption of (be editorship is likely. I 11-
’ dcr the ifuSpiees of tlie Southern Embassy, and
the pen of Mr. Mann? London Southerns look
: forwara to the new organ being #great com
mercial and political success. It is to dissemi
-1 nafe information rcgardiil£ the rflid Cflt
ton States, and to make edinmon cause with
England for Uie of the policy ofTree
tjode. * • o
• # Well ifon(,CaM., . *
ilic Southern Confederacy say*: We are
kindly permitted to makethe following* extract
i%m,a private letter from a*gcntleman flf Cass*
to his friend in this city : * 0
. . Cassvillk, May 27, h*il. •
• “1 be Inferior Court of Cass county have
, parsed and order to havfi count, bonds issued
to the amount of twenty thousand dollars*.for
the (Pquipmeid of volunteers, and the* relief ofi
families^if those whdgo thwart** Eight thoftf-.
;ntl dollars of the bonds w#s subscribed for tn
liv‘.minutes after the orc|,er was passed. The
bonds to brtpayalje the first of January
a specific tax to be levied and collected**topav
•them.” * * J
• • _ #
• *
A letter dated LouisviWc, 2?tl*saya;• “There
to be a d'g lifts here tSUoB. MenUlttS
rusliing their goods down at six dollars
per dray 1 raftl. . Lincoln is arming “the Union
ists, but they will newer fire on the South --
Lincoln i> badly sold in Kentucky, and will
never another M iftouri out of her '* • *.’