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** THA > V%>o DAY, , .
Let eur readers j-emember H’at to morrow
vs*L een appointed by tfur President as a day of
prayer and fasting for the success*of our cause
u:.i for the blessings of Providence .upon our
r; ew ‘• \ errn.Put* ihis tlie first r roclama-*
t; 4 tlte kind issued for the Con
federacy, ami a* we hope to be success£ul.auain st
Wrcnemiba, bui Id upa free and • Independent
9tien, perpetuating those* liberties we hare?
• teyrned to lo?e,,we should not forget to offer
tip ur prayers from grtkeful hearts to that All-
Wise Ruler i>f all things, to whom wc vc rnd
must.ever be indebted for every'good and perfect
gift. Business of every character should Tc
1 tbro*l? *ut the land and the chujcli
rs crow led to overflowing‘with 0 an earnest,
sgatcful people. Let HeaVon be beseiged on
that da y with the petitions of a Gbdly people, 1
Ad, if the Bible i~* true, ft universal, earnest,
I * i prayer* will plead iJur cause before the
• eternal throne ©f Jehovah.
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We publish an account of a fight in Western
“Virginia, at a place called Phillippa, hut. give
very littl* credit tatlie reported “termination.— j
The Northern papers -tell it very differently
“from the report brought b*y our. own side, and
as both paliate and exaggerate # to ’suit them
selves, we must wait for further inyestigations*.
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We, return our thanks *to the -Lady
frfend who sent us those two glasses of jelly, |
hot from the kcttla; We have neve’r seen bet’
ter. and are convinced that the lady. is a con
noisseur in, the art of its manufacture.
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fesT’ A*lady has prestyited us with a highly
wrougliC,and*beautiful needle case.'prmed with !
••needles and pins,” with their usual and neces
sary accompaniments, buttons, thread, wax,
Xc.', , &c., all neatly packed.irtto d&inty silk
en popkets, or pier.ced in velvet* cushions, the
whole*coustltuting a very ingenious and beau
tiful case, of very useful articles for a (baehe* j
lor) soldier to have in his knapsack. • Well, we
will take good care of*the higlfly estemned lit
tle u sdtn;enir” and. with many thanks we pro-*
V.iise fair.friend ‘thft if Abrahatfi Lincoln'”
takes that case lif will liave to talce us. .
K*GL The Thpmasville Guards’;yid Oclocknee
Light Ihfantry *are enc’aiiiped at Duncanville
where they have*every attention paid.them* by |
she citizens. The Guards marched •put of town
on Moncfa y morning and the Oclocknecs iu the
evening of the same day. • We have not heard
bow ihey stoed the tramp but presume no mem- j
•.ter would complain of only “a tuitf ce mile heat,*
however warpi Hie weather.*
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te-- she crops i.n this.region afe.tie, though
in thiVininiediate neighborhood in'need of'rain.
<to k\ showers have passed all around *ps within
the last few days, and only two days ago arf ex
.eeilent rain.visited most of the ’plantations jn
the louver par t'of the county. *
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SSL. *lhe Brooks Rifles, we understand, left*
under orders'fot yesterday morning.
Mr. Cuyler’scard in anothcr.placc. ■
NTI:aI,I.>G IVCUBOES—AXIt lIKK JOJIA .
B KOW> RAID l.\ VlßurviA.’ .
•,.L *u. Butler, of “Massachusetts, in confmand
“t T>incoln s troops at Fortress Monroe, has re- *
cei\cd great applause, in the North for,dciding
j.at negroes are contraband property and,
therefore capturing ifnd holding’ them as 1
such. Having .stolen a number of slaves and j
euu,* ; them into his sqrt, Butler wentto Wash
•ington to know if lie should be sustained ‘in
.the theft. The Northern press as’ well as*Ty-
rant Abe apd his Cabinet, were at first greatlv i ‘
perplexed to know how they should manage |
the matter with a show of hones fy tV the South,";
and respect for the laWs of Nations and of fir- | ‘
Vization* At last they “hit .the nail on ° the
head, a.<d Buyers inventive genius showed j
them to.be military engines, ahd therefore con -
trahand oj tear. the ifew name to
K gi\on to negro steaHntj ami the
< “iiit John Brown raid on Virginia to be “
conducted under* Butler this ne’w name at
lor tress Monroe. The truth is, these Northern
hypocritical thieves and murderers .want* ;fe
grocs, and this war being a good* tim# to get
them, they intend to seize them, if possible, as
contraband property. The New York lU'raid
recommends Hie negroes of Virginia,
amounting to near a quarter of million, be ta
ken and held tef service during the war and
then sold hack to the South, in as*mucb as it is
not a icar .upon sin cry, to pay the e.xpenses of
the war. That paper calculates that at least
* 5,000,000 may be obtained in this way, which •
v )e a s plendid “Wall Street” speculation.*
Al£ abolitiiindom hold negroes *to be freemen
as soon as they escape from their Southern mas
ters, and yet we find these ctmsurnnyite hypjt
crites holding fugitive slaves to service in For*
XWjClroe. \V hat* will the civilized world
-think of * Tdi*ey are.unTjoubted
* • y the most vandal like destroyers* of morality
a-hd iniquity workers that ever made’ onsloflgfit
up.on the civ 1 libertVs Philip, tile
II of Spain,, the Catfe&e Millstoi’ie the fifteenth
c#utury hung about the* neck gs ,the
wori'.i, vtas no. more wreckless of commoa hon
esty, tr'u.h and humanity, in his hypocritjeal
and murder.-us decrees against the
inhabitants of the Netherlands.* Humanity is
appaled at the*savage vengeance of. a cii
foe, and*civilization at the wither
ing spectacle of the. double refined iniquity
blood and carnage of .the age. . •
REBEL CADETS.
, I th\r<l military company* has made *its ajp
paarance in Thoniasville, under* the .con.uand
of Gapt. Dodd, *ivho, by his usual energy and
persmeience has succeeJcd m disciplining the
boys of his school to an. admirable degree.—
For Hie want of a better name f*)r the present
: we call tke Rebel Cadets. o They werd out
on Sdturdiy evening.in full force as \tell as full
of checked shirts ?lnd brown pant* witl*
\eHuw strtpe. Their evolutions were achniia
: b!v ejfecuted considering that it was orHv their
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third drill, and we reattv, believe that
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-through tKeir earnest enthusiasm these twelve
year old soldiers, acquit themselves ’about aa,
creditably as the older cniPs. In response to a
treat to wine at the residence of Judge Swift,
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att£r vast preparations, they fipgd a salute from
their rnusketooils with great gusto*. They will
be out again‘on next Saturday evening.
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CHEAP PIJfORTAMTI',
.* A writer in file Savannah Republican ign
ing himself “Eqiiality”*in defending Captain
Bartow against Gov. Brown belabors tRe Gov
ernor sorely about his conduct, towards the
Banks, and gets off the ’following:
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“Scott waa ma*de‘ ridiculous by fating a “has
ty plate of soup,” and Taylpr by being “at
peace with all the world and the rest of man
kind,” and to step down to a lower level, “no
body hurt” made Lincoln a laughingstock, ahd
a “quarter of a cent” has made Brown immor
tal” . ’..*
We regard that as, * very cheap immortality
for our Governor, hut it must remembered
that lie gained it with great’ diiHcultv’, as usual
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in acquiuing great reputations—by an elaborate
message upon the evil operations of the Banks
in whfch he says Ue writer, .that*
they always madb their accountsp“btf/T-e to a
! quarter of a cent.”
The article referred O to will be o puhlished in
our next issue, not because we"desire.to distract
the public attention from Hie mors important
topics of the day, or encourage debate and
wrangjing at home tit this -critical period in our
national affair?; hut becaue°we have published
in the present issue Bfown’s letter of cen
,sur<? of Capt. Bartow, and .k is*hut* fair lo let
our readers hear Capt..Bartow’s defense. \Xe
’might add aiso that both these officials will soon
be beftfe the. Alters of Georgia for fresh lion
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ors, and their testimony.- is* important against
•each ether. There are few things in ’ the puk
lia career of either of Jthem to admire “and
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really, if their own testimony is to be taken
agqinst each other,* it .would perhaps be better
; to hang both—the one*for ambition and fnsitb- \
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ordination, qthe euier for monstrous vanity and’
; assumption. * * *. •
jTiese’thhfgs should llot he oyerlooked be
cause we are in a state of war, and danger, aTid
because the parties may, at present be render
! ing vftluable service to tluHr country. .Caesar
rendered valuable services to his country in his
t Gallic wars while P&mpey goverifei Rome ; hut j
the sequel ppoves that between (Jie amhitiem
an At corruption of the twain Rome lost her free-1
dom and fell finally ruin. *lt has been
well Said tliaJJ “eternal vigilance , is the price of°
liberty” and if we are <o maintain our own we
must expect to he cvef un our guard. The ;•
danger pevov come* from wjrfiojit, .but claims
its birtli in our own lio’mes aud at our very fire- *
sides. \\ r e seen some of its likledusneSs i
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in tbe* Jat-e strife confusion .-ampng our
statesqien in adfising about our future after the ■
,election*of -LincoTn, an°d wel sliodjd be fldnym
•ished to guard with jealouij oare those rights’
and privileges guaranteed.by oui Constitution, j
permitting them in jio wise to be infringed
whether we be engaged in a dangerous war, or
‘at peage ’wrtlf all the world.. Vo favoritism j
military or civil, should be evetfour motto—-un
less that/favoritism spring from perfect obedi
ence to the laws, and the most* unquestionable
devbtion to. Constitutional liberty. When we
•become such a people our liberty will then be
secured against every aggression, eitlie’r frotn
within or without.
But if we relax ouc vigilance and become
careless, or trust everything ip the hands of a j
few merely because wd are in danger, or because
those few seem to have the honesty and ability
to sevve us, wc shall soon find that these trust- I
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ed few liaye d.ecidctf in their own minjs that ‘
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our confidence in them arose from our credulity
.and and that their wildest Smbitiofi
’may be ’gratified from the some source. The
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olihf safe repository pf the liberties of a peoplg j
is their own, bosoms. All past experience lias
provecl tbqt it will not do to leave Uiem in the
of the leaders, and the founders <Jf the
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great American Republic left the people there
fore, to he their *>wn gpardians in thi*> impor- !
tant matter. L*et us Hien* be faithful to our
sclves*amT our posterity by keeping eternal vig
ilance over the preious boon, not only when it.
is day and we can see all around*us; but even
when tTie deep gloom of night dbsifures. our J
,sight and the storm clou'ds of war hang as a
threatening pall over our beads, ready lo engulf*
us ir? its ruin and <*it every tnme of our
habitation. • * .
Lincoln has furnished us with a'vivid illus- <
tration’of the ease arid safety.witji which cvcff
Constitutional liberty may bew tranlpled under
foot wfeen a people have become careless of Higir
liberty, made blind by fanaticism or infatuated
with the love of-spoH and conquest. Almost,
tveryact o# hi s government/since his inaugu
ration has beemf cV’ the Constifcution
he woic to maintain with all tb(? powers *hf
pl l mmT' Q ,cl m - vct that those"who
i rt f ° r right., a D d*
of being./re-m.n, prore tl.cmselvcs -
’ a thl l Ve 7 “°. ment to be the abject slaves t)f
all .robccle conduct dai
ly .gives the Jie to their slavish.boasting The’v
liave hot Unreel to impeach him,.though hi* C y
ery act*furnishes evidence to cffpvict, nor have
evefl remopstrated aga’inst his groat strides ;
.toWirds absolute d’espotisa. ,r .
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THE \I. V I (.(HKinUll.
It is'perfectly ridiculous that some of our
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cotemporasrcs fa vefy few erf them however}
are advocating a violation of the rule of onJy
U <:o Gubernatorial terms in succession, in ey-der
e to accommodate Gov. 800 wn to a thirchterw. —
Norgire they satisfied with this, but must have
hn chosen bv “acclamation To sustain
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jh jmselves in tlTese positions they aigue that it
1 is a case of “nec&iity,” due to Gov. Brown
because of his great efficiency as a Governor.—
That as the war is upon # us and G*ot\. Brown has
done so much for the liquor and glow of'Geor
gia, therefore any change, omission or suspcn
.ision.ru the machinery of State government is
admissaWe, provided, it is-done lor the benefit
Os ‘( Hoc. Bro ini. A crily, these men wouli]*ab
olish the’State government altogether, if there- i
by thei? could elevate to a higher, office the man
who has so long been their liberal pairon, and
since they* have found an excuse in the coun
try’s danger, we believe they, would plead that
<ts an excuse for “blottirjg out State fines,” or
aoy other ridiculous absurdity that, happened
stride theif fancy. How l(ing*do they ig
tend to insult the people of Georgia Avith these
outrageous' propositions ? ‘Are we to *ee ; no
end to this wrangling for individual aggran
dizement ? Some’ have feasted so long on the
spoils of office that now partyism is dead, they
are # in mortal dread lest some other man *be
elected Governor who might not *!cnoxo Joseph.
A% for our part we.are not yet prepared to oab
andon the laws of Georgia to accommodate
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Gov. Brown or any other man whether the
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country be in or out of danger. Nor shall the
peril of the country prevent us from “opposing
all such aggressions whenever they occur, for
behave no£ vet to learn that ambitious denqi-
I gogues make use of the perils of their country
to establish precedents and strengthen their own
hands. • * •
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. , DESTINY.
* Some people attribute all their ’crosses, re*
verggs and misfortunes to the workings of a.
fixed and inevitable destiny—believing’ fgr
want of better information or faith in the teach
ings of th’e Bible, that God has singled, them
out from among all mankind as peculiar vessels
of sorrow and wooj as if to actfuaint the world
“through them of how great “burdens of tribula
tion may beborrm upon human shoulders, “wjiile
lie has in viaw their especial, refinement and.fit
ness, by this process of chastening, for a high
-oec and nobler sphere of human'action. They
cannot seC, though daily committing sins and a
thousand acts of impropriety against God, Na’
ture and Society, how it is possible for him. to
bring upon th<?m sorrows, disappointment?, mis*
fortunes and disease, up less he chqpseg this par
ticular method for [he express purpose’*of ole
voting them to some higher position for \thieh
they were before (and fitly) unfitted. The<
wrongs and improprieties committed by them,
though oftep amounting- to outrages uj*m moral
and divine law, in their ([dous) estimation have
noticing to do with tiie jnatter. *Bc ng the crea*
turcs ofylcstiiy/ they Ipid no powe* of. rnsrst-.
ance. *lf overtaken by or any
,of the evils above enumerated, they fin'd them
.selvesikhe Victims *>f gj-eat mental sufferi'g and
their joy and hopp superseded by griff end “de
spair. They reason after thin wf?se : •
Evcr.vthfng combines against me. There is
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no use in striving against fate —m# destiny is
fixed, and tire more 1 struggle to bC free the deep
er I become entangled in this ihcpjicat)leinys a
tery that I strive'so earnestly to understand. —
d’here is an effort of the soul, strong, and
drtiperate tg cUtain even a faint” glimmering ot
the dofibtful foreboding future to which this
strange fatality is s<i sufely ifnd irrcsistably bur - >
rying me ; but alas ! All uiy atteftip'ts* are abor
tive, and my sighings gnd yearnings vain—i
loii” to solve the dread mystery by .tasting
death, which lias no tot rots for jne* who lafvc
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suffered so much, and be rid at once and forev
er of tfus * wearisome heartless world where I
have lived a falsehood ia trepidatiem, fear and
all my life.
Such is their reasoning and conclusion real
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or imaginary whenever determined to perse*
verc in their wcab’vacillating course°and seek to
quiet conscience by bewildering it in flic dark
JaJjyrinthinb mazes of an untutered and.diseas*
ed imagination. It is of no use te point them
to the Revelations tqf Jehovah declaring that
ll.e had set gpod and evil tioLrc them,, and
commanded thetu to “choose this ° day whom
(you) they will serve.” lt is all stuff to them
that they lfave the full exercisc.6f a freewill,
notwithstanding tlfeir actibiw demonstrate k an
hundred times a day.
What shall be done with sudli people ? They
will not believe the Bible, though they pckitpwl
e*dge.t/iey are fools compared with its wisdom*
and pretend 4o tfecfpt because others reverence
it: They complain of the world, arc wearied
“of themselves and wuuld o be willing any mo***
rnent to die, but o for “some earthly o ohject of af
fection. Ah, their affections. These are ever 0
deeji as the dark and .silent “stream, broad as
the boundless ofiean and abiding as eternity it
self. • What more need be said ? hk ery man
or woman thirty years oPage has encountered
owe’sueb, at lqast. .
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* * ’SAVE l'Ol'K HAY.’ •
Farmers.everywhere should remember that
large quantities of. Northern hay was used in
tdie South heretofore* now that supply is to- .
tally cut off. Let horns’ produce now therefore ‘
supply its place*. We know not.how longthe”
war will last, and everything shoyld Jbe saved.
l An abundant ha’y.erop will assist, the corn. crop ‘
* and make it cheaper.. The* army houses will
also.have be fed during the war, and much
forage will be needed for that purpose. Nor
will any farmer be. so fajr from the .seat of war
as to*render it unnecessary *ior him to make
this wise provisierf. Save yqur Jiay that kss
1 corn may be used. • * “ # .
° B V>K ( OWEMIO\.
The Presidents of the Southern Banks have
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just adjourned their Convention at Atlanta.,
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Ga.,.and here the report they unanimously
adopted.* They have exhibited a commelidable
spirit of generosity, for which all the people of*
the Confederate States will sees grateful for all
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time to come. Such noble, patriotic devotion
to the cause *of liberty will surely give*us the
victory: • .
REPORT.
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The Cohimittee beg leave*respectfully to re
port that they have.carefully considered* the
.several matters.referrt;d to them by the Con*
ventioh, and recommend the adoption ctf the
following resolutions, which embody all the
meaiOires they would advise the Convention to
adopt at present? .
Resolved, That this Convention do reepm
-1 mend to all the Bifnks in the Southern Confed
eracy to receive in payment of all dues to them,
the Treasury nute.s of the same on deposit, and
pay them out again to customers.
That until the gaid Treasury notes can be”
prepared and issued, it be recommended that
all the Banks do agree to advance to tire Gov
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vernment, in current notes, such sums severally
as may agreed upon by them and°th§ Secre
tary of the Treasury—the said advance to be
made qn the deposit with the banks of Treasu
ry notes of large denomination, or 8 per cent
Stock or .Bonds. *~
’ That all the Banks in the Southern Confede
racy are earnestly urgedfo take imsnediate ac
tion* on* the’ foregoing resolutions, as a measure
of the greatest importance to the Government
and the people, and communicate tjie same,
•without dela’y, to the Secretary ck the Trtasurv,
at Riohmolid.*
That.it be recommended to all the Railroad
Companies in the Southern Confederacy, to ve
ceivc the Treasury notes in .payment of fares*
and freights. • ...
That the Legislatures of the several States
do make-it lawful for their Tax Collectors, and
other officers, tg receive the Treasury notes in
payment of all taxes and all other public dues.
That all the States, cities and corporations,
having coupons, payable in the city of New
York, or elsewhere,*in the enemy’s country, be
requested, during the continuance of w y ar, to
appoint some place of payment in the Confed
erate States, and to give their creditors notice
of the same. . .
That the Committee recommend that when ‘
this Convention adjourns, it adjflurn to meet
, again on the 24th Ray of July next, at Rich
mond, Va. .
The resolution were read seriatim, and each
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one was adopted unaninfously. # o •
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TRUTH OUT.
The* following we clip fVgm a correspondent
of the New York Ilerald. It shows .how the
war is e'ffecting business iy th city of'Newport
If. I , and.is hut the experience of every popu
lous town in New England : •
f ‘Our Second RegimentJ enlisted for three
years, wiU be read# to march soitie time* ncjt
week. f J*li only difficulty in .organizing it ar
ises from the fact that we have ntyctewu compiv
where onlyton ‘are wanted. We could
say “No,” 0 to the .piivates w 7 ell enough; but
there at£ nineten captains, whb haw; labored
hard to get up and driM their companies,,and
\yho will irpon having I
may qs well tell the truth —that four-filths of
ajl those who iiave volunteered have done so,
not because they ar<if itching fora fight, but be
cause they have nothing tb do at home.
0 Business is very dull here, and s seems to be
growing®duller. We are expecting that all,‘or
neafly all our cotton mill% will stop. Our ves
sels are already idle at the whjirves, and most
lfiecbapicai business oift a Inferable
existence, ]iut oyr fartnee.s are planting every
acre, a®d wc hope to keep the wol£ from the
door. Nearly allaour are mechanics
operatives and merchant’s clerks.
What poor old Newport will do.tliis summer
Ido not know. The Southerners will nßt come
anjl as a consequence tho New .Yorkers and
Philadelphians wjll not come. The “naval ac-*
ademy will not support the hot<?l, and indeml I
doubt if more thak one or two of them are
’opened. The town will groan like*, a stranded y
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e CAMr Georgia, Near Richmond, Va. h
o 0 June 4, 1861. )
Friend Lucius 0 : f thought f “would drop
you.a few lines to let you know “how the Gcor- (
‘gia boys were gikting along. Wc are camped
out at Howard’s Grove, a beautiful place near
the city. We have been having ’ a'fine time
aJI along. The ladies come.out every day to
s<?e us, and bring any quantity of boquets with
.theyi—in “fact ever since we left Savannah we
have been received with smiles and wosds of
welcome all along the whole roiko.
The Oglethorpe Light Infantry was the,first
Company of the ll<?giment to arrive. It now
numbers 110 men, and I believe its position is
’tobe on the right of tlic Regiment. “There is
still one Company to conic before the Regiment
is completed, but we are ordered to leave with
out it if it does not come this morning, o Capt.
Bartow, of the Oglethorpes, has Cecil appoint
ed Colonal of the Regiment, and orders were'!
read this morning for the different Companies
to get T-caJy-to break up camp at 5 o’clock this
evening. The Regiment is ordered to Harper’s
Ferry, whctc I expect °we shall l?c stationed
until the war is over. lam in hopes wc shall
have a little work to do there 0
There is some difference in pkiying soldigr
around town and taking a place in camp. Wc
“don’t gct o dl the nice little delicacies, but gßo°d
hard fare,and sleep on the ground with a knap
sack for a pillow and our bfenlfet for covering.
We are notallowed gny more baggage than we
can carry on our backs, so you see we don’t care
,about their being so heavy, and °I cifti tell you
they are not very light anyway.
Tell the hays in if they are get
ting anxious for a fight, to come on here now,
for there is going, to be some work before fcwo
.weeks, but I think when we get <fff of this
‘campaign “(that is if old # Abe dpn’t get?” oifr
scalps) we will know how to appreciate home,
“but Ldon’t waMit you to tiling by that that I
am getting for I l\,kc it first rate. I have 1
neveqenjoyed mysfclf better. The camy> is all *
.active now in getting ready far the march*- 9
,We have got*to take along three daysJ'provis
ions in our haversacks. # . . °
I give you “a list* of the Companies below’
that compose the Regiment. •
, • Your frigid, . • “E. S. “R.
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Savannah Oglethorpe Light Infantry, Atlan
ta (/reys, Rome Light Hua’cds, Confederate
State Sentinels, Chattahoochee ileauregards/*
Butler A'an Guards, Letcher Guards, Echols
Guards, Pulaski’Yolpntccrs. * • •• • °
THE LATEST NEWS-
Fredenck, Md., June 8- -The concentration
’ of artillery at Harper s Feffry indicate*
the refreat or advance of Southern troops via
the point of rocks.
Washington, June B—Tht Fed end pjekets
at Georgetown were fired upon lass night —with
what result is not known. It is understood
that the Federal Go\t?rnmenf wtlj make no fur- •
therrequision for troops at present. Senators
and Representative of the July Congress are
daily arriving in tft is city. Scouthip parties !
from Harper’s Ferry have seize*!*thirteen loco
motives at Williamsburg, which tliev switched.,
on to the track (f the Winchester (Ya..) Rail
road. Several companies oi* Regulars have left
this point for Chambersburg, l’enn., to assist
in a movement on liarper’s Ferry. It is under-.
?tood that the lines ot. cifcuiuvallation around
the latter place are rapidly closing. The 71st
New York Regiment* is employed in scouting,
through Southern Maryland in order to prevent
supplies from going forward to thp Southern
troops. o The Cabinet has been*engaged in dis
cussing the amount to be demanded of Congress
at the July session. .One hundred and fifty
millions of dollar? will probably be ths demand.
14 is rumored that the Southern troops at Aquia
Creekjiave been reinforced to tht? number of
3000 men.
Baltimore, Md, June 8. —Important milita
ny’movements are on i'oofat Fortress Mo.nroc.
Washington, June B.—The Southern batter
ies are beiyg withdrawn from the Maryland side,
and the troops artj retreating towards Winches
ter, Va., tjie route to which* place is* strongly j
fortified.
Chambersbiirg^Penn., June B.—-The publi- \
catton of proposed military movements has*been
suppressed by order of the Federal Govern
ment. * *
Cairo , 111., June 8. —Gen. Prentiss, Federal !
comitiandr at this place, learning that the Se
cessionists had a military camp at Elliot's Mills,
Ky., sent two companies there to disperse
them. CJ. Wyckliffe, of the Kentucky troops
remonstrated against this invasion. Gen. Pren |
tiss replied : “My determination is to send
troops°in any direction, and .upon any soil that
the Government may require.
, Washington, June B.—The best informed
nien here consider a collision with England as “
inevitable, as soon as that power begins ter feel
the want oi‘soutlcrn eotton. J’he despatches
that have been sent North to the effect tlfat
France would .combine with the North, on ac
count of fearing that England’s only maritime
rival, the United States, would be crippled is
untrue. There is nothing in the Government
despatches or letters from Europe to warrant
even the supposition of any such movement.
-New York, J uno> B.—A letter from Western
I Missouri to the New York Times says that*for
one Union flag flying in . that Section of the i
State, therefore flaunting in the face of law and
loyalty a dozen of the hateful emblems of trea
son —flags of the Southern Confederacy.
Frederick, ML, Juno 8. —The Secession
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feeling here ingrowing stronger daily, and the
! Unionists there arc quaking in thoir hoots with
| apprehensions of an attack* from the Routh.Car
; olina troops stationed at* the Point of Rocks,
thset nfiles .distant. *The present feglings of
| the Marylanders indicate theJTaet that they* will
> at all hazards, continue to furnish fpod to* the
Southern troops a/ Hamper's. Ferry and the
l*oiut of Rocks. . . •
Louisville, Kg., Jun*Jß.--Tht mails in this
gection have beeh.stopped.* *Postmas*er Sgccd
hii^telcg’rafbed instructions 4Vom Washington,
to send all mail matter Intended for the Seced
cd*Sttitcs, and Memphis, on*to Washington.—
The merchants of this city, request Coniidcrate
States Postmasters, not to cancel Federal Pcs- j
tage starting, os'they ate not acknowledged on
rcaching.Federal* ferritory when Cancelled in.
the South. . • .
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A Kightin Aorlliwrulciii Virginia.
0 • • * Richmond, June G.
We havq received the news of* a sharp and
“briHiant fight, whit'll occurred on Monday last.,
ijear place (tilled Philippa, in Barbour coun- j
ty, in pie Northwest part*of our State. About
nine huiTdred of our troops posted there were*.
Suddenly attacked, *at on Monday
mornfng, *by three thousand Hessians. At
first our men welt tl’rown intg confusion, and
•retreated for a efistanoe of about two miles to a
[hill. Here, taking advantage *of the ground,
| they made a-Stand and threw times repulsed the
| enemy notwithstanding the great disparity of
i the numbers engaged. . *
The L nited States troops having lost about
70 men giive up *the pursuit and *rc treated.—
•Our loss was rily G killed. The victory is con
sidered a very handsome one, for the .encmw
were well provided w.ith light artillery, manned
by Regulars*from Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylva
nia, while Qur men had.no .cannon. —Mereuryt
• The Ihijlhfi \’mvs in TPorh..
‘lhe effect in New Y.ork of the latest news
fiom England is thus described ih the Express:
“The news from England, and the
ofothc British press, have, excited to-day a pro
found sensation in Wall and oflicr streets*; and*
hut .little else is talked of, or was talked of last
evening. To say.there is a general indignation
would but feebly .express the pubpc sentiment. 0 .
The British Minister's comparison of us with
the Turks, nd the**revolutionists of the South,
.with the Greeks, but exasperates the confmon
feeling. All so*ts of movements in reply, or in
reprisal, are talked of. Some?‘propose to touch
taste, handle no more British good.s ui*til Great ;
Britain ceases to lend countenance to privateer
ing Jay our own people upon our own commerce
and ships. Anti-British Associations of', all
all sorts are suggested, which it would
be mischievous to name, as some stretch filr be
yond lt?w or propriety. A publi* meeting of
merchants and others doigg business with En
gland, to remonstrate, is suggested.
e .Hon. John Bell spoke on the? 4th inst., at
Knoxville, Tennf, td the troops, urg
ing war to the death against the. North, declar
ing that five millions of soldiers canflot conquer
the South. Greatenthusiasm for.the Southern
cause manifested? •
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Whni the >orlh in fighting for.
The New York Times, Seward’s organ. Says:
“There is another reason why Virginia shoujd
ne the baftle field .of aM the Seceding States.
She has been the greatest offender. She, more
‘than any other State, is* responsible for* the l
great rebellion. Her spirit is the most vindic
tive and intolerant of all. just retribution
i s already upon her. In a few days more a *
hundred thousand lighting,men will be on her j
soil, which will be devastated by the terrible •
storm of* war, htr people driven from their \
homes, theirfielits°blasted, their property des
troyed, qnd their great institution <jt the mere’/
of their foes. Virgfofa should never have been
a Slave State. For the first time*in our history
it is in our power toomakc it a free t>fle.
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1 iiiform of thr C'onfederate Nlatew Army.
0
The War Department of the Confederate
States has recently adopted.the following uni
form for our army :
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The coat is to be a short tunic of cadet grey
cloth, doubl<?-brcasted, with two rows of but*
ton*down the two .inches *apart at the
wiyst, and widening towards the shoulders.—
’The panialdbns are to be made of ky blud
cloth, full.in the legs. TRe buttons* to *be of
plain gilt, convex form, three-quarters of’ an
inch in diameter. r j’l?e different *a*rms. T)f
service arc /o be distinguished by the color of
■ the trimmings—yblue for infantry, red for artil
lery, and yellow for cavalry. In the afillery
service the buttons arc to*be stamped with
letter A, but in infantry and cftvalry the*but
tolis vdl bear, only the number of the regi
ment. * •
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For the Hepcrals and the officer* of his stflff,
tlicaress will be of Mark blue* cloth, trimiyed
withhold; for the medical department, black
cloth, with gold and velvet trimming. All
badges of distinction are to be marked upon
the slcees*and collars. I’adges ot cji.-tinguish
ed sank, on the *ollar only. Fora Brigadier
Gcnertil, three large stars* for a Cal(jnl, tw&
large stars; lor aJJeutenant Colonel, one large
star; for a Major, one small star am? horizontal t
bar; for a* Captain, three small stars; for a
First Lieutenant, two -qiall starts; for a B’econd
Lieutenant, one small star.
For a General and staff officers the buttons
will be of bright gilt, convex, rounded at Ihe
edge ; a raised eagle at the centre, surrounded
by the thirteen stars. Exterior diamctei; of
large sized Tiuttons one inch; of small size,
half inch. Cor officers of the Corps of Engi
neers the same button is to be used, except that
in place of the eagle and stars .there will be a
raised R in’German text. For officers of ar
oillerv, infantry, riflemen and ca’valry, the but
tons will be plain gilt oonvex, with a large rais
ed letter in the centre —A for artillery, I* for
infantry, etc. The exeterior diameter of largo
I sized buttons, seven-eights of tm inch; small.
size, one*half-ineli. * *
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• ITlcrcatfYilc Itrforni. • •
“When the devil was sick, the devil a monly
• would be; hut .when the devil got well, he
went his own devilish way.” ’Tfs an old story
and a very sad, one.
The fabric of New York’s mercantile pros
pcrjty lies in .ruins, beneath which ten thous
and fortunes aje buried. Many a merchant
had foiled early nd late, had planned and.
when he.should have slept, had deni
ed hunself needful relaxation and enjoyment
in order to “make Iris pile,” wlitcl] he had just ‘
about completed, and was preparing to retire,
and speml the ‘decline of life in ease and com
fort, when the drash came*aud swept everything ,
bofiore it. ]>ast Fall, he was.a capitalist; to
day lie is a in energy, in*
hope, in resolution—and doomed to go down to
his gra\*c a dependent and a wreck.
. Our deliberate judgment that tin? trade of
the Cotton’States has, on the whole, been dam
age to N*ew York*, has not be<; lightly adopted.
We know that if has be<?n large, and in the
main at liberal prices; hue we are sure the pro--
Ijts have hfen fully balanced by had debts. In
lt?-7,.in ’35. in T<7, i ’4l,’in ’54, in ’57,* and
j nowjagain, such losses eersel through .jhe
I bankruptcy of BoDthe* , n debtors, that ;111 the
profits meantime realized froin the Cotton Ftatw
would, not balance them. * lsdividmils have’
• made money out of theSvauth* hut the City we
lliinlj. has lost mofe than it has gained bu its
trade with the Planting region*.-— -N. Y-.TriJj
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It rtP.
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. . Tli£ Tr<-a<fmiM ol’ I,ifr, * *
, A good hoiiesf sa’id once that A aR she
wanted when she*got to Heaven* was to gut bii.
a clean apron and sit still.” After a!) the idea
is more pro fund .than fflnny. times*
! in every housekeeper’sJife when'jhis would be
* the embodimenttif.Paradise. When the hed’
thrybs with’planning, contriving, and directing;
whe n*cvery bone aches in the attempt to carry.
the programme int*) successful execution; when**
after haying 3tme one’s host to draw t>*a focus
all the infinitesimal eobw’eb threads of cmeful
management, some new emergency is born of
every last attempt, till every nerve and muscle
cries*out, vyitli the old woman, for Heaven and a
flean apron ! Os course, after a period- ofcare-
J’ree rest, this earth seems after all a very nice
I place to stay in ; hut, whilst the lit lasts, no vic
tim of. unsuccessful love, or of sea-sickness, is
more truly deserving of that which neiflier ev
er get—heartfelt pity. It is well that.it is not
the prevailing fueling, else how could we all
tijil and moil, as we <lo, day after day, for six
fcfct of carfh to engulf it all at last ? It is well
that, to painstaking mother? and delving fath
ers,‘earth seems so real. Were, it not so, the
wheels of this world would stick fast, of course.
The men would hang themselves because*
tnerdarc tlfree hundred and sixty-five days in
a year, and every morning* *of all these days
they must button their shirt wristbands. Tho
- wojnen woidd.thinjc of nine ehijdrcn and one
at the breast, and every one to be .Worried
through the measles, scarlet fever, chicken pox,
and hooping cough; while Bridget and Betty
[would incontinently drqwn themselves at ihe
qpvcr-ending succession* of breakfasts, dirfhers”
and suypers, to be gobbled up by people con
stantly ringing the hell for “more,” ‘Heaven
and a clean apron ! tiie idea is* deliciou?. Let
’ us hope the old wgimwi got it.
• Fanny Fern.
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0 Sharpen your Nwords. •
One very great absurdity attending the hur
rying of raw-•militia iften into actual service. Js
that thij sabres, both of officers of foot and ev
en of the cavalry .soldiers are not sharpened.
A sword blade, not sharpened, is of fittle mbre
us f than a cudgel. The p’eint is, of course, its
most deadly application, but flic ddge is also
terrible when accurately applied. A sabre
blade should be made very sharp for about fif
teen to eighteen inchc* on the front cdge.oand’
for abouj six mfihes on the back. The blade?
as they come from the armies require Bconsid
erable k should be done by a cut
ler. . a
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• .The Vnlnc of a Crown. •
The cfown of England is vrfluable enoualj ter
found half a dozen moderate colleges. The
* twenty diamonds roundnhe circle aje worth*
9450,000; tw’oJjrge centre diamonds S2O 000*
fifty four smaller diamonds in the amde S -:> 7o >
•00U; four crosses each composed of twenty-five
diamonds 800,000; four large diamonds on the
the crosses 820,000; twelve large dia
monds in th z fleur-de-lis 850*000; also one hun- .
dred and forty-six.small ones twenfy-
diamonds.in the upper cross, 8150,000; two
circles of pearls about the rim. fl5#00; value
ol precious stones* exclusive of *mctal 8820,-
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