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atthe close of eaVu month. * *
. H. Si. CHASTAIN, I*. M.
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Xbis instrument*will be found on our* first
fag- th.:~ week, and we as* a Careful reading of’
it by all who are interested. • It will- be
beril that next Tuesday is the day appointed
for iUratification of rejection by ballot. That
• be iulV ratified we*.hare * very little
tout t; tor the rcSson that *th majority of the
.people b#te been so well drilled Vy the*’poHti
-10 to ndone their petion Without thought
.' ’ r t.-ideration, that they w®uld*hardly deviate
* .is instance, although they have much else
<n . ’ * ! py their minds.at.present. It is notour
•aim to prevent men from ratifying it} but w©‘
• -ire jhut tluty shall know what it is they ratify.
• T t they choose to ad ’.t it let them do V> j but
f themtiot lose sight of *its important ehan
• end. thc # peculiar circumstances under
*bich it*made its appearance. A conjtmtnica-’
he* in thi.-t paper, from an intelligent
‘•’tjtleman, offers several objection# to its ratifi
cation, aiyl in calling attention to that we in a
• yr-iit*measure welievc ourself of the necessity
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<n advancing arguments against it.
Many Os its provisions are wise and good, but*
so arc those of the old Constitution : and it would*
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mdeed be lameytable, if so bilge a body o.f the
ntelligcnt men* of* Georgia bad proved* incapa- 1
bde of drafting mnCc’ wise and*good rules for
*tbe govefntncfijt of. the State;‘but we cannot
. • ’u: t that’thev have higher claims to our good*
‘r.inion than the framers of the old. And
*"ven if they should establish their superior wis
dom, wk should object to their authority. We
cannot admit that any and every convention of
the Stu:** is invested with authority to remodel*
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the CorAtikition, first, because then, there wottld
V- no end to new Constitutions so long as we
have ambitious men, and secondly,*because i[ :
has ‘ e. provided by l?iw that a convention to’
change the Constitution shall be called for that
Special purpose. We apprehend that no in
telligent man will undertake to show that the
Convention wliicli framed the nc.w I’onstitutJon
was called foj that purpose, or that the idea
was 4 ven rcaiotfily entertained in the minds of
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the people. Now if the ‘idea *was not evt*n
entertained by thc o people, there ‘could *hav<j*
been, in their minds, no dissatisfaction with the
•id?. and if nh dissatisfaction” with the ©ld,
whore was the necessity for the new*? . And if
:here was a necessity*for a ifew Constitution,
what impadiment prevented thedegally prcscri
bfd . mode of proceeding? None has ••been
pleaded among all the advocates o*’ the new
1 Vn-stitution.* Tt is evident then that sgmebody*
‘fuff!- ‘/ autlnjt’ifv', aiTJ although that convene
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tion nad no power to force the adoption of their
rnv borp creature* they had the assumption to
believe tlie people Would ratify it for th ■■//sake,
notwithstanding its illegitimate origin* They
wrre strengthened in this’belief by the exigen
cy of the times, supposing that.the people
wouhj not, in so dangerous a eiosis, stop to ques
tion their motives or authority. But ,wc have
to V\v. that wben a people withdraw their at> •
tention from their domestic’ruling boefies, and
surrender a*l power into their bands, because
threatens 1 with whinger from without, that peo
ple wiil’sooncr or lalcr awalie from a sad dream
to lament their lack of vigilance, and* const*-
qiieut loss of.* liberty. The* l&ws should be
i faithfully upheld and strictly carried out, and no
■ vpl fight to permit tliemseh es.to be seduced,
however tempting the bribe, from their integri
tv to their onlv safeguard— the faithful c*xceii’
tion of*tbe laws! * . •• •
* A VnK UKI.OS.
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* Our thanks are due to Mrs. Ti. A. Siblv .for
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the finest melon of the season. It was not on
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!v a “whopper,” but <*xcenent in quality. Mr.
?ibl. tells us that treats to sqch all who*pay
hiSi a*visit.aiid gives them dinner basides.—
T hat is the place to go these hard times, and
Especially this hot weather. We hope be may
ifi’ iti/.< be able to treat his friends in this hospi
table manner* •
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At- \T FOR TItLM l-O.W.
Win. P. Mitchell has been appointed agpent
( for the Confederate. loan foi Thomas county,
2n * we arc requested to state that he will b<; at *
ome u'.'oat the‘first of Jalt,’ whcti he Will J
’P<fi books for subscription. A
. a cut could not have.been* marie. Mr. Mitchell
:s a young, man of excellent moral character
p®B*##d ot a high order yf business tal
etit lie is at present at Athens,*wliejc lie has
been qualifying himself .JW tRe practice of law.
Ihe weathei nr this section for several
daya p?st has been exceediogly warm, the thcr
inymeter rising to 100 degrees’ The corn
Crops have begun to suffer, from, the drowth,
md-unless vre have rain in a verv few days will
t>e ruined.* in some localities it has not .rained
’ . n—x or seven weeks, and serious appsebem.
-ion; a jc entertained for corn crops. •
CITV TAX XOTICE. • *
dtitm are hgrc-by notified tfiat the*Tax
Tk-oks tor receiving the city taxes arc now open
3nd they are requested to give in theis taxes mith
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out delay. Volunteers who expeefcto be ordertid
* out of the .State sooa are especially requested
not to neglect Hus'opportunity a* they moy
■ otherwise have* to be double taxed, against the
wishes of the Clerk. . . * .
• . * Wtf. F. HUBERT, Clerk.
J ma.-vilie.* Juhe 12. IFOI. •
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Mr. Ri A meeting ;he people of
J hou.as uiity is .called for Tuesflav of next
Week, to see*what can be done in subscriptions
of e< tton for tlve’Confederate States. * J,et eve
's rybody come to the meetfng. Let not our i
bounty fall behind* si'ter* i® this wflrk.—
Let all conic, and let the ladles turn out too in
full force, as we trust it will be a Jay to be re
meniberca with pride by ‘every citizen of
. * Thomas.
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.come, mi J if i&e ladietf
will turn out is “full fefree,”everybody will cepie.
TKe influence ol their presence is worth much,
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and the ladies should* remember this’oii all oc
casions. *lt !*• paying them a high tompiiment
alt thus of them, where the men are of*a
high or-4er of intelligence,* but it is he trifth.
‘lhe meeting is an* important one, in *which Hie®
eourttA will do ite-elf credit or ‘disgrace. If
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.oifr people refuse t< a.-sist in tips it will
subject them tp the charge of.injifferenqe to
ward the -uccc-w of the Confederate .Stated,
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and we know such a charge would be. unjust.*
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Let ‘ill come, therefore, and proveotheir faith
•by their works. Other*.counties in the State
liavk taken the lead aft’i done nobly. Ik wc
have not taken the lead, let us prove that we
can follow a good example. We are
in warViith a bitter enemy —when**it will cn£
we know nor—we have got to croifqucr a peace,
Snd it cannot be done without money. ° Jdhall •
wc loan it to the Government, or shall we (jive*
it by taxation*. -.One hundred and fifty thou
sand of the noble sons of the South are alrca
| dy ‘under arms and’in.the field tq, fight for will
that renders us a groat and powerful people. —
Shall we feed and clothe them voluntarily, or
shall we wait, like a dishonest debttfr, to hi?
fjrcf’l by laic? Their support is a debt we all
owe to our liberty, our future peace and pros
perty, and it Vhould/be the first yaid. Cofnc, |
then, with one aficord, ineu and womefi, and if
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we have anything to give let us give it.* But it *
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is not a < yijt , it is not a sacrifice. It is only a
loan-— breSd cast upon the waters—for the Gov
ernment agrees to.pay interest on all suni thus
advanced. Ikrt suppose -it was a sacrifice tt)
the Government, should we not be billing to
m:dve*it ?. Most assuredly scf, since* it would
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be an offering upon the Altar of Liberty t for
what arc*all our riches wortlf without libertf ?*
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TIR. KIMMKLi, |
THE I.OXDOV TIIIEK.
We have just been reading IMr. 4{sSfcU’s ‘
Charleston and Savannah correspondence of the ■
London lilies, and if®our readers wish to know
what report he fcnakes of ns tolas Uovernmcnt
it may be suuimgd • lip in these wards:* That
•south Carolina is .pining for a. King,* and
Georgia is rcpcntingo£ hsr seceesioufrom the
i'nion. 3lr. llussell the deep stated
aristocratic aniipathy.of South Cifrolina to N r ew
England, and faintly compliments their mtf riot
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ic State in-ido, bflt *itributes* it to their assum
ed And ostentatious dissimilarity *of character
to the Norther® people—basing ißeir ruling ,
pride upoji their fondyessihr and •emembyaffee
of rfieir illustrious English origin. The idc^
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of *£tate ‘Sovereignty” is an incompgehensl
.Uc dogma to Mr. Ifussell, notwithstanding hit
’reputed*/earning and acquaintance Villi Ameri
can 4ievefnment pnd American statesmen, and 1
he frankly coafesscs it, to him •‘inexplicable pr
absurd,’’ in spite* of all “the messages, public 1
documents and records to which he has fiad
access since he came among* us. Thouath* lie
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beholds, ale veil powerful States in aryis, with a
resoluteness and determination to defend their
‘“rights” unparalleled in the history (A‘ the
fiercest revolutions of Eurt>pe 4 hc cannot untler
stand vyliat the term means. * Acquainted as lie
professes to be with the provisions of the ,pld
Constitution where “equal rights” were guartin*
teed to r///.thc States, not yet conq'se-*
heud upon * what ground half a great .nation
have unanimously rebelled and takeli up. arms
agaiiist.a reckless and unscrupulous majority.— -
What else than the niainluinaocc of* rights
could qiroiflpt a people, otherwise prosperous
. find happy, to forsake their pacific employments,
their homes anil their firesides and pi unge head
long into all the horrors of a desperate rcVolu’
tioh One vfoulj iuiagipe from Mr. Russell’s
correspondence that the liospitable firesides of
the South Carolinians had flattered and cajol
ed his old English vanttj’ into the* belief, that
all we iiava w3 would give for the good opinion
of an English sowereijrii, and that the eigjity
years of peace and unexampled prosperity we
have enjoped since the Revolution has been
spent in sepenting fliat wje ijid not choose a
British yoke in preference to “State rights”
•and independence. .
It is our opinion that if Brjtiah statesman
depend upon Mr. Russell's Corrcspontl
cnee of*the Titles, to lParn hjw to shape their
policy w.hh* us during this crisis, tlje’y. will yet
be some time in comprehending the movemen.ts
it* America, and be obliged a’t last to accept
facts already transpired, and unlorseen by the
British (iovcrfnnpnt, because too* profoundly
obseurc*d by the eoifiplitated machinery of Am-,
erican progress for Mr.. Russell to comprehend.
lie can tell more .about the .follies of Ameri
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cans, their love for and resemblance to h'ugl&h*
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ntn than he can about their policy anti insti
tutions. all other English metvhc cannot’
see genius o.r merit in foreign? 1 rs or their
governments because hi* sight is <?ver dazzled
by the surpassing glory of English achieve*
nients. V e doowiwb this everlasting se!f-con
C f* t i, CoU r d J JC I . fr [ ound the *ncrrigible,
skulls ot .Englishmen, amj some means adopted
to make tjiein, for once, take a clear and phi
• losophical survey of the world. They would 9
very naturally like the man who. undertook in
a dreadful fngh* to.climb a true from a bear
be astonished upon the return of reason, to
find that luminous British nation, so great,
grand and heroic in all°ages, fitting upon the
ground clasping jhe o root of the tree, tfo battel
no higher up the scale of humaij great
iif-s than f sonic other nations whom they Wave
treated with contempt. ° 0
SI'IHE> OKVTII. ®
ftfA. Gforg# FV. Brown t>f this county died
suddenly at his # residence uflar J)uw;aflville on
Sunday evening last, of paralysis.® Ik*, casin’
the prime of life, a .useful and influential citizen
and his loeq.wijl )>e severely* f€lt. • • ,
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cor. broWam) the mm hi m rki;.
ABB*.*
1 The so eech made bv the Governor before
this Brigade if correctly. YepreseiUed in th ar
ticle we copy alsgwherc, places him in a very
unpopular position’.! He sayfc be has mote trou
ble in getting* rtT? of men.than he Jias in.tret-*
ting them, and we are disposed to thlsfe there’
istuuch •truth in the* statement, if we iiubv
from The. general scuffle among the
Companies of.the State for marchings • orders :
but we do not think Gow. Brown has auted just
ly in bis disposition of those accepted. As an •
example of his injustice, he aeeejrted the Coni’
panics of Thomas and having entered them in
their order* upon a list* promised that they
shrtuld be caUed ov*t*as they there appeared.—
This arrangement threw thciy ink) the fadev
cntli Regiment, which has no? yet been called
into service ; but we notice That Gov. “’Brown
has*acccpted jtnd actually off to ‘Virginia,
several companies wholly organized and equip-,
ped since he accepted* the Guards and Oeloek
nees, and still ‘the Eleventh Regiment has not
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been called ‘Now how this could happen
without partiality we do not understand. If
he had already aec’eptcd companies enough to
form ten reui merits, befone our companies ton*,
dered their services, how is it rfiat several new’
companies.have obtanied placets in eighth,
ninth aud tenth • Regiments,.thus stepping in
before us, although they"were not even organ
ized when our serviccs*were tendered and ac
cepted ? Gov.. Brown has in filet ordered oul
all the Companies iif Southern ami South-jve?-
tern Georgia except those of Thomas, \yhtn at
least one-half of them were not organized at
the time he placed sis in the EldYentU llegi
ment. lie mhst have been, therefore, guilty of
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deception to cover his favoritism, and ten Reg
iments were not really made un as lie represent
ted jo Capt. Young when he tendered the Ode*
locknee Light Infantry. What Jias Thomas
.done that she merits such trcaknent.lt the hands
rjf the.Govwnor ? Is it fair, is it honest ?•* .
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Mr. m Editor : The*“War”*is the all absorb’
ing question now r . . Every eye is cagrytf to .see
anif evrjry car gager to**hear some .n'cws frtnn
the’seat of war. This is natural, for w<? hive
git>at interests at stake, our liber ties our homes,
our altars ayd ourdomestic- rights, Tree cit
izens, arg ail at stake, and fnbre than this wm
have to contend again si one of “the worst ty
rant?; that* ever disgraced humanity in the per
son oY Abraham Lincoln, backed by a horde of
. fanatics as senseless .and as blind *as tlwjy .are
j cruel and fanatical. Wc shftpld all feet great-,
lv interested iji the war issues, and ‘pray that
( the Go 4 of the arjnics of Ileaven* and earth
i .lToidd shield our army, preserve -their lives,
keep^hch 1 morals pure, and drive back the in
; vading foe. * . *
Rut therefore ollicTr issues # and other ques~
tioasf in* which we arc interested,‘that should
claim our consideration. We arc soon to tfote
“Ratification” or.‘.‘No Ratification” on the new
of the State of Georgia. Tis true
tluit our late Convention, created tfl consider
( Osj- Federal .Relations’, wewt'bcyond ‘the letter
of our instructions arid £if beyond our expec
tations, ant® sought by.their acts to inaugurate
ifreat change in the fundamental laws ftf the
State, and now ash.us to sanction what? they
•have done, syid the question .now at issue. i3,
shall we do this ? In so far as tlitiir acts goes,
touching on Federal Relations, I pres’umc that
there cannot* be found a'diccordant string, hut
all are united hi approval oQ the a©ts of the
| Convention in so far as our relations to the*late
j Unites States fire concerned.. It “is true that
there wcre’sonie,* perhaps ihyny, that did mU,’
; approve of the act of Secession at ?he time,
; (and they patriots as any,) but the dc
! t’clopmcnts ot many things happening since
than, has hipde a unit of the'State Sf Georgia,
\ and th*e tv hole South, on the issues now Tlivid
ing and distractfng .our once }wosperous°and
happy land.
It remains yet to lie proyen Jbcyoud a “perad*-
venture to many minds.thntn Conv*ention, elec
ted to perform special things, can with impurji
tv do all thing?. l>ir+ leavwig.this V't us look
the instrument itself •full* in the face.. Is it
what w# want—<does it contain all the gflsrds |
and guarantees that should fully entitle” it to
the appellation of tin? “Constitution” of the
‘•Empire State of the South ?” 1 think not;,
and 1 think moreover that a carefuj examina
tion of will oonvince many can- 1
did minds that lam right. It is .a’rgucd tluit 1
in this ease the Convention at •Savannah did
not clim o to make a “GonStitutfog,” sfnd by
, their fiat perfect if as. the fundamental law if,
the land, but simply tingle a “draft” of such hn j
Instrument, gave it their approval and left it to
i the people to impart to'ittlie vitality of a lavs
or not, as their discretion fnight dictate. .Tligs
fjet, no doubt, and hence the necessity of
.th*e [;eople prOperly understanding and weigh-”
well the merits*and demerit# of the document
.before? tlfcy vote yea or nay on its adoption.
This document, proposed to be the perma
merit Constitution of the State, doe* not pre- ■
scribe the majfner >f electing nne*mhers # of the
Legislature nor the tom<? they are to kohl of
fiee, and to supply .this default we are referred
to the ‘‘Revisecf Code” of jhe State, which has
been ratified ’and /idopted by the* Lcgislasum,
A<?. Does this answer the* etise ? Upon such im
port ant*mattors the question.sliould.not.be what
I njfi the doae.of thfi State, hut°what
i?ays* the Constitution ’of tli.e State. • Has nht
this been the ease heretofore,.-and should, fige
threw aw*ay old usages and customs fbr “lipdit”
and.“trifling f? causes’vir'none*at all ? ” •
. A high, dignified bourse of fair dealing should
, most certa.inly characterize jjvery “attempt a.t o*
grave a ma’tter as changing the great Constitu
tion of oui State, ;fnd in the clause forbidding
“State aid,” *vhich was vnted down. Was
rtitve no rolling,” no shuffling of tricks?
T'think if some of the members of the Con
ventkm were put upon the stand and made to*
tell tTie whole truth a°nd nothing hut tlje truth,
we woqjd hear some strange developments of
faqfs in the cleliberations ®f this grave body.
Ry the tinie the election comes on, there wftl
be more than oten thousand of our best men
! gone to tjic “Wars.” Who will represent
I them at the polls? fan* iny do it, and sLaji
•Riey not be entitled td-vote*? > * ,
In conclusion* I will only say to the yotera of
> Georgia, read the proposed Constitution, and
compare it* with the old ooe,*and note particu
laviy.the difference yi regardto^amenddietfts”
lof the Constitution, and if we need a change,
‘which no doiibfc we and • it. - un* particulars, the
mode'is prescribed without jho intervention “of
this great and growi . vend rnnf Georgia.
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NEWS. * .
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GofdongvUle, June 21. Art engagement
took pl*ce.afc*s*o’c]ocl on Wednesday morning
Between two companies of*thc Third ‘Tgnhes
aee Regiment and twg companies t>f the Thir
.teeoth “Virginia Regijnewt, under l.'rtl. * jrughn,
■ of the Tennessee volunteers, .at New. ('. • .
Depot, eighteen miles *wut of Cumberland, on
the Baltimore and 4)h*io* llarhoad, an 1 abfl
..two hundred and. fifty ydjth’e eaeuiy in %ightrt>f
four tpx>p3- ‘The enemy fired a few rapdom
shots* and brok** and fici. Only one man woun
: ded on our side. The cnemy*sloss is “unknown.
Several were killed. }.Ye ‘captured tyvo gflns
and onT) stftnfl us colors..
Fortrcs% Monvec. —There* arc rumors here of
a Jieavy Southern advance on Vorktown. The
Federal Pickets,.near Little Bethel ha’ve been,
driven in. Persons representing themselves
.•as deserters front Sewell’s Point, gave such
. vague information, that Gen. Buttler has jailed*
tliein. The Southerners are erecting masked
1 batteries opposite .the Rip Raps. There are
no correct roturps of the killed at the Great
Bcthd fight, *a*.id none will -be jnade. /The
S.utherncrs are concentrating at Fairfax Coult
i House. ..
Washington. —Surgeons wen* ordered, over
the Potomac last night. . The War Department
has <liscovergd*that female‘Secessionists carry
on a regular correspondence witji Gen. Beaure
gard via Mount Vernon. The many officers at
Washington say a collision before to morrow
•night is certain —the impuession being* that the
Southerners are outflanked and must*fight*.
,Richmond, June 2-.—T fre President of the
| Memphis and Charleston Railroad. Idis taken
| S4(JOUO in Confederate Stitts bonds, and *fH7,-
000 in. Treasury notes. . • . •
li'chmontf, June 2d.—lt *s reported thaf
Maryland has pa&ed the Ordinance of Secess
ion. Items pasj-eTI in secret sessioh. Cgmnot
vouch for its reliability. •* .
Oaean Sprni/js, Miss.. June 2o. —There is a
gunV>at*cfff cur Island, They h;jvc taken tjiree
schooyerl to-day, 4oadt*d wirii railroad iron •;uid
salt. One is.tlie Olfvo Branch. .There is also
a .war steamer off Ship Island. • 0
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of Louisiaiyi (?) has l;ijcn appointed‘Crtusul to
Tripoli, by the'Lincoln* A .bat
tle between Gen. McDowell s Division and the
Southern fbtccs at Vienna* is deemeff* inevita
ble to*morrow. It is how evident* that the
main blow pf* the Federalists > to be struck
from* this city, with .a force of 4fj,000. Syr-,
pris’t* is expressed* in so.ipe that Hem.
Sfeott is not ,pr<?ven ting thh erection Os batter
ies by the* Southerners at Various points along
tlm right bjyik of the l’otohiac* ; •
‘Alexandria, June JL-j-Sstcretary Cameron
telegraphs t tlrt; Governor of Pennsylvania,
and .\W Vn k for more troops. THc Wrtrbd
says?the.’Africa brings intelligence ttyit* sixty
Prussian officcrs°havt)*obtained two vears’ leave
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of absence and wi!l*tenderrtlicir services to the
Lincoln Government. .*. -
Washington, -I u20,-*-D is not denied that
Boauyegai'd is rapidly app?oa*hingWashington.
Th*Confederate picket G mud ad’vaneed sev*A
j ral miles in “that direction to-day. Witji in-,
creased 1 north, “vitlrethose at the
.Junction, large bodies placed in* position vvijl
pr<baWy attempt .to make* a foray upon and
bncak up McDoviell’s lino. Every bod}’ is op
the mwvrt. r j'hc troops licre arc all ready to
mftrch on a moifleijt’s notice. • *’.
* Wheeling, June 21. —’flic Republican Con
vention, is occupied in signing the doplaration
yf Western A'irgifiia. Pierpoint is.olcctcd Go
verreTi', and Daniel Paisley Lieut*. Governor. —
A full Go/crnor’s Council has been elected,
and theTioyernor formally inaugurated. Mc-
Clellan assumes command, # and exjtects te have
15,000 men in the field by .Saturday.
Richmond, June 21.--*-Tl?e Conycntiop this*
morning ejected *John II. Mebar
haml. ad*Roge*r’A. Pryor delegates to the tlon-,
federate Congress.* Other ballotings are” pro
*>re§sing tins evdung. It is probablj # James
A. Soßdon and Wm. B. Prcstpn will be chosen
for the Ot largo.
LATER.
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The Convention.has made choice of the fol
lowing delegates: . . *
State at large —Joint A. Scddon, Win, dL
Preston.. For Disjrictrt—John Tylfir, Wm. 41. *
Roger A Pryor, Robert .fminsou.
Walter l’restop, Robert E. Scott, W.
Russell, Jaiues L. Mayen, Thomas Bocoek,
Wm. C. Rives, Jolm W. llfokenbyi •ough, Wal- 1
ter Staplur.il. M. T. Hunter.
Richmond, June 21* p. m.—An extra, from
the Richmond Dispatch office reports Harper’s
*Fcrry*i.n full possession of the Confederate and*
Maryland troops. Despatches report that R*Qm
ney has again b#c"n taken in possession b% the
Confederates. OnThursday, in the vicinity <ff
Romney, four companies of Confederates, un
der coniirmnd of Col. Will, aTtScked 240 Feder
alists. The Federalists fief, leaving two jannon
loaded and.spiked. There was no loss onkhe !
Confederate* side. Several Federalists w’ere !
killed. ATiothcr skirmish *has taken place in*
tlig neigbboiffiooitlyjf Junction. The
Federalists, finding the. work tfio lifit for them te
took to their hyols. Lieut. Bowen, and
Lieut. Chasf?, of Pennsylvania, were
“songrs, aiM are noy in lliijiiwond. TLe rest
outran tjie Confedevatus OBeviperV... %
Feederklx, June 12. —Resolutions declaring
the flebt now r bein<* incurred, h,v tlie Federal
.Government unconstitutional, # and thateits at-ts
are unconstitutional and tyTanical, and favoring*
the immediate recogliition of°the S(juthe*n B
Confederacy, have passed tlu*Marylam> # Legis
latnee, b‘y a vote ayes tio. # noes 4. ;
° Louisville, &une 21. —Mallory and jjritte*y
denohave been elected* to tfe 4 nited States
Congress. Tho l?nion vo.te in this c*ky has .
’fallen off two thousand since April. ,
% ist.•JjOH.it, June 20.*—Gen. “occupies f
Bionville.. liythe engagement at that place
6>ur wert killed end twenty woun
ded \ Jour Federalists were .killed nd nine
*.Lyo?i,has # issued another proclama- ■
tion. • *, .* * .
* June 19. —A reliable gentleman,
just arrived from. # St. Louis,* says Gen.
an Jthe Federal troojA were defeated at Boun
ofille. hundred were killed
anjsevcn hundred taken prisoners j tuponsthe
latter was their leader. Si-o cannon and*
several hundred stand of jfrms were ouptureij.
The sTcamcr was sunk? by .the Missou- 1
ria?is # and two huactrod Federalists* on board*
.were killetl or \\;oundcd.* .
Kansas Vity, June 17.—Tnree hdndred Fe
deraf prisoners have b< • n taken, find tour thou- i
| Sand Secessionista are extravagantly joyful over**
the event. * * • *. •
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• The Fight at Vienna.
On S uaday morning, *Col.*G reg’g received .or-;
•Jers to go out on a “recon itering* ; cspedition.’* — j
He took with,* him 1500 j-'outh Carol iiyqpa,* a
#compasy*of KeuiJ>er’g Art y. and two com
panies of cavalry, inolu ling ).**T Gapt. Bail’s
Chester Company and.Capt. Terry’s .company,
<jf Bed rd. Ha .-•■*• “a: ‘■>* n.. >ck A. *Jf.—
They remained Sunday night at ;w placfe called
Dranesville. On MiTnday mornhig*OoL Gregg,
with a 3 Glucinium t # of cavalry, forty-five men,
\Viut th wi to Uie Potomac aiverto make obser
rations. • They reinaine 1 in the.wicinity about
•an hour, ami distinctly* saiy tout's an! mn on
the Marylaqd'side. * jfhay judged thgre wete
about d’J'J mgn encamped at that point. *
Col. (irony afterwards returned to* Bnrties
.ville, fonm*i] his conmiutml in column, ami mar
ched down the road “to a plage called l ienna.
Here they remained long enough to tgar up the
track .of the .Vlexan Iria, Loudoun ami Hamp
shire Railroad, a water tank —proß- j
aiily about n hour —afiVr whiclidhey started to
return to Daancbd’ille? The troops had yroceed
; cd about half a mile whcji the whistle of the
locomotive was heard in the distance, wKercijp
[oa Col.®Gregg ordered a Halt, wheeled his
umfi and marched rapidly back to Vienna.—
f J.hey had scarcely time to place two cannon in
position Avhen mti’ain of-cars, consisting of six
fiats and ft baggage car, o;*me slorgly around the
curve, pushed by & locoiflotive. Kacli flat was
crowded with*armed lflcu, whose bayonets glis
“toneTl in the Aliening sun, # and gave our iucn*an
impression that*a Severe contest yas at hand.-sr-
Tl)is, howftvcr, was nol i ,, ealized ; .as ‘the result
will show. * * . . •
.Just as*tTre train wn.-'*about to stop, tlje'artil-
Icry freed a welt directed sfiwt from one of fheir
guns, wliich raked the •Hessians fore and aft*
i'onstt*iTiat?on and dismay were distinctly visi
ble, and.wftcr another fire, the cncui' were
seen hastily leaving the cars and taking to the
woods. • The engineer of the train was smart
’enough to ungouple the-locomotive and take
11 ig back tVaek for Alexandria, leaving .the en
tire traip tojbc captured by. outt troops.* Ool*
Gregg’.s infantry pnd the cavalry pursued
the fugitives a short distance through the *vood,
but were, unable to'ovcitake them. A few of
‘die party exhibited some bravery? and endeav
orcdl, by shoufs, to rally their filing* comrades,,
but \t was impossible. Tney then turned and
.discharged their pieces at Qur*nieli without ef
fect. Six of Att enemy; were left Bead upon
die ground. .* * *° * • •
m o
It is I oiicvcd this invading pasty consisted
of Regulars and Michigan Volunteers. ..Col 0
Gl - ei?g foul received inhumation jhit a', detach
incut, ofjFederalists came to Vienna o*ll Syndav
evening, and ‘brought timber tq re pah 1 th®
bridge, and that*theV stated while tjicre. that
they wcwld coflie on witli* men enough*
to wlw'p and hai*g.every d—3 ’Secessionist ft*
the neighborhood. .They made a sjigift mis* ,
, take ip their calculations. .*
About twelve rounds were fired by eur nrtii
. lory, bu.t the encmy^scatiered yft*r the second.
Neither tiifl infantry nor°cavahy fired a shot. *
Oiy troops burnt the cars*and captured a
considerable quantity of tools, blan
kets and other bpggagc, toy other* with ‘about
2ff uiuskctp awd a.nutqber of pistols. •
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Tiie Bi;;ar. ot 2 t'?s- ESatilc of tSiiiicl
• ‘ CloHrcb.*
• ** Charleston, . une 17.
7* b,*k-'!*.of Jate New b ofik papers Jotiyg been
rScmired here, mst refreshfug vari
ety. They !ind jieard of the Jrlttle of Bethel
Ohuach, ami‘-takiy on” dreadfully over the yc
uht. • • • .
Ihe *Timcs says: ‘'General “Butler has tm
, prudence and General Bierce ny courage? atid
the.S'juner this brace ..i|assacliusctts ban is- .
‘tors aiw disnyssed to.their pleadings the better.
Lives are too vuluaWc t bj squandered to con- •>
v<?rt hacks into oicrpes.” •
The Tribune says : “The war should be stop
ped* and the Southern Confederacy recognized*
if we caiVtodo any beWter.”
• T3io Herald condemns the mistakes by wldedi
•the Vpiikec tioops”tired on each other, and says
the offic.cfs ought to be cashiered. °
ihe New ork gapers geri*erally ackncwl
| yd go tfe\* were badly whipped.
Ibitler lias declared ’bis inteytiSn to have
satisfaction anet \Vhiif within fwcnty-<
four hours. * *
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li:l! ! k ; ’ tiiitcoluiicj jut lining vvih Jhi’ Cap
. torn! Rogrord, •
The Richt&dbd iinquiier says :
• gentleman informs is>, as from a*‘‘pcrfect
• ly reliable source,” that a le’tter jras fbmid*on
| the person of (Nipt. W-aldrop, who vwas sfaiTi hi .
the Jate blittlo- of BcthcT ChurcU, or County*
: Bridge, direeted*to his sisfsr, in which he said
that lie had not made much hcadwyiy as,yet;
i that he had captured ‘ttveuty negroes, anti when
he*had made sale of them, he would send*‘h°er
a nice present.” * .
.i he Bhfck llcpuldicanlcadcrs goto into the
negro trading business ! Thatois cfecidedly re
: frothing-. .
** The GrorgiitTegioii. * •* • <
° 1\ u learn 4hat Hon. T. # R. A? Cobb’s Legion
i of Voltigufcrs has been accepted \y President
Davis. There will be four eompanidfe of cSval
ry in Jt, thß Jlicbmomi Hussars® of August*,
j being one cf them. Th# word voltiguer*s,
means a liglft horseman or dnrtgoon. In the U.
*S. ArieV,*caelf Norseman has |oldier at- *’
tachcd to lfim, who in cases of necessity mounts*
behind f>n the same horse. —Moron Telej/raph .*
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An Al’jican •flnvrr Pn Tork. .
*he .ship Nightingale reached New Vorbon
B;?funlay*niorning in* c;ye°of Lieut. Guthrie,
United StStcs Navy, having
# ri.a, on the lo # th.<rt*Mify. . •
• The Nightingale was captured April 2'.>, <>fi’
’ Rabenda, T\ . (* A., iTy the 4oop- # of-war Sarato
ga, having on board 95 A negroes. 81ge ftas ta
ken into Monrovia, where thy cargoes put on
fiflore, and 27lijmon,00 woftien,B4o boys,
girls, malyflg a total of 801, IGO # having
• dictl on the passage from Rabegda. A’ prize
i erffw of 2ij men was pit oy bodrd frym thefyir
,atoga agd brougkj, to tills* port. * • #
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lirtijriiins Itrffnoii. ©
. Jsy a letter received in # this city yesterday,
•s’ays the ChaWeston Vourier of Thursday, we
learn that a reaction hfl.? taken
among tjic moneye<i men yf New # and©
Boston, and that # iftv now* circulating
, to he laid o beforc Congress, asking the peaceful
recogpttion of the Southern and ,
the* establishment of amicable relations bv
friendly, treaties. T?ie petitions set forfh tha"t
unless the war is brought to S cjose vefy spec- 1
, dily, New York and Boston are # ruined , citj > .*b
f.lir AHescil ECvaouation Af Hnr|nrN Ferry.
Columbus Tiwes correspondeace, dated Rich- (
I fbomiJune 15*: .* . * . •
\ ramor here al fxifi o’clotfl P. M.
to-day tdiat.our forces had evaCuartid Harper’s
Fjerw:- Itmaygolio Columbus ‘and lead to
and doubts.. It Vtill .be
ciafly corrected-to-morrow. My information is
.from an official source. Vve intend..to get to
Baltin* ‘iv at ouoe. • \ cgferdaj (Friday)
men were sent over t.j W inchester to catah the
viilians Who have invaded and 2,600
to the Rofntof Rocks three miles-iVom Fred
| eridk Md. Enoug|i is left at the Ferry to--uc
cessfullv resist 100,000 men. riiisls tbc (ru®. •
: state of flrtngs. Our policy yr plan a. rush
oa Baltimore.where 120,000 men awjit us, and
then a flank niovenu'nt on Washington aimulta
ngously Witli-an*at?ack ors Georgetown Heights
froifi Tdanassas Junction, white.Gtn. Henry A.
| Wise, and Jolin B. Floyd ,:lko go&d care
•of North-Western Virginia, and open the eyes
lof the border coniines of Ohio. Rely on this
adtcll our people to be of* good- cheer. -We
will whip thorn whenever we muet, and.slwill
not stop until wo receive? their submission* per-
I hap#auiid.th(Prulbc of wbat b now I’hikidyi-
I phia. . • _ _ 1
1 Biot to.day soldiers from \ork-
Uuvn. They are enthusiastic in their encomi
ums of Col.’tlolquitt ot your State. A fitter
soldier or a truer type of *the Southern gently--
man, they sy*docs iifit exist, illy for it,
lie will “ iVe a good account of •himself and his
f. o •
comiTuiud. * . .
* ilen. Scott is reported to have* informed the •
Gafiiiicf at •Washington that lie will be in Kicl*-
iiioiul -i i*K’ 10. lie may as a prisoner, but
lKjyijr as a .victor. W c feel luu-e so certain of
an ultimate* triumph, that many yf our compfi
nics aio filled up with brave boys not wer 15
, years obi. Our victory at Betlwß near Hamp-
ton, is-rcatev than we had supposed. The
enemy reports ROOD killed, wounded or miss
ing. *lt will be remembered-that they had*
4,000, and 800 in while w- had 1,10(1 ‘
altogether, and 300 of’thciy’hSld l*aek. Hur
rah, for “Southern soldiers when they meet Yan
kee cst throats.
. Richmond? is in a state of thorough Jo fens A
and would repel an attack of %09,0y0 men. —
They will not trouble us* my word for it, _ nor
will thev ever go further South unless tho in
fern;J regions bear on tjiat point oi’ thc.com
•pass. Let yyr planters tmd farmirs,.there
fore remember that*lie who feeds an army is as
patriotic and useful .as he who leads it—-earner
their ‘crops anti save their cereal* fir our bryve
> btlys. AVcmttst depfind upon our own soil for
food, as w<* do unon our ‘ons for defense*.
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fltr ttcidLorf. oT CossgiV-w, Errlidrnl
am! ’( !!■ Fi’t'sidioif. . . .
AYe have had oceasiott “recently, says tlic
, Mofgomevy Advertiser, to look to Ui£ haw pass-*
ed atthe*exp-a session of our Coiigrcss foi; the
“ejection of ipciybers of Cttntre/s; and President
and \*ic* President.. Wit’find that j.lic-act pro
viding for (ho permanent recognition.of the
~Governificnt,.iequhvs thattnall of thotje States
in .which nr.) isiou* Tiys been made fyr the
election of mcnrljnrs of Congress under the •
new Constitution, an efectimr shall be held on
Djic. first \J ndne day *in November ncx’t, at.
wliiclf time the cfection of electors for I’resi
| dcnt s and Vice ’Bresijetit shall also be behh—•
] he rdccte * are required to meet in • their ri’- •
ective“States on the ‘first *\\3edqesday in Re-‘
X-embcr theretifter, and proceed to ca>t their
votes Toy President a*h*d \’jce Brcnident. .*
Tbp m< ml rs v ho ]Tiy be elected, and the
Senators to l*e # chosen**by the Sta’tcs, shall .as
semble at fboseat of Government of the Cbn*-
fcdc#ate,Btatcs, op the 18th day* of February,
L s (2, and re.-j)ec*tiv.ely to the election of .Speak,
or of thO*House and President Os the” Senate.
f)n*the 19t-!i day of I'ebruary the President of’
!.:• b'lwte shall wpen.the ciTtj(Rates, the votes
shaH then be counted? and the Presidcnt.be iu-.
auyurated oil the 22d day of February,*lßQ2-
Ala! >ama having nJ. law* contraveniiT* * the act
• ot Congress, the electimv yT’ members of Con
gress will” take place in tins State the. first
• Wednesday in Novcmbei! noxt. . ’
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*E3oaf!i ol I3o:i. I.ott WRifrcn, * .
Ouf coiiimuiy'ty Was shocked on 3foPd;wv
last, Jby.the sudden dqpth of*our beloved and
tcspcctcd.tywnsmaD, Jitdge Warren, wdio ‘Jied
ylmrst instantaneously, from an attack of Ap
-Ppplexy, while, addrereing the commitment
Court on Monday evening*last,. before whom,
the case of The State vs.'a slave Was progress
ing— ‘Atbemy Patriot, .
• 9
• • A ruts in the Mouth.
r lh® Mcsiphis Appeal makes an . estimatowf
the amount, of. aruis in the South, which expo
se?, says the Richmond Jb.-patch, theprrorxd”
aruidca lately prevalent in sonic quarters” that,
the Syuth i* totally destitute of. arms “and am-’
munition for her defense. ‘J hc t follo\yiiig scif
"ures Itave bcxfii made sirtce the ihfeption pf the
Southern movement*:
• l:iton Rouge ...'. -70^000
Ababama Arsenal .*. v .* 201)00 ’*
Elizabeth, N. C * 30,000 .
Ftfyetteviße, N. Cj. 35,000
, Charleston.. • 2 > .,00(1
Hafpcr’s Ferry .’...*. 5,000 . .
Norfolk * 7,000 *
Ollier places 100,COO
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T0ta1....*. ,*. 200,000
• I Fie State arms previously “purchased by the
States, ainownt to : * . . * * * •
Alabama.!...*. v ’.... 80,0Q0
Virginia. 73,000
Louisiana...'. 30,00(1 *
Geor g ia ; ......120,000
South (*>rolßia 47 noo
Mississippi “3.*” -
HoriJa - r 10,00a *
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To*al 410*000
Jlic -ratid total* thus “amounts to Tt)o,f)of>
iitai*(l of arms, besides 200,000 revolversivluch
to be on hand at varipus points. Wt* *
ha\c not yiMudPj in the aftovc, own
ed by the States of Tiymessiy', Arkansas, Tex
lis, Kentucky, Maryland a nd which •
wiß increase the number at lea’s* to l,ofy#,ooo.‘
Besides this, dierettire thouglft to g, 0001(4)0
of private # a # ims, which will an#tvcr all practical,
purposes in wise ot* the invasion of the enemy.*.
° The iiaul of heavy canfton that was made at,
tTie*N 011 olk,*Na\ y \ ard© was one ot the most
valuable acquisition^ever made by a people.
Well dow a Norfolk correspondent? of .the Col
umbus Times remark,.“the of Ophir wa.
not a possession ‘to Solomon* as is
this Navy lard. Fore six jT’eeks evefy trafrj”
that Raves has been loaded with gyns. I oft
thcolong •ows*tha*hav^ # been removed,
lin il o count^>and county wanned jyith the t<il feng
before the half is toj,d. Tlfe thought s very
extravaganf, but it has been#ilmosi irresistible
©is F*l\ave strfilled through this LI Jorado--
this Golconda mine,©that all of our towps might
be garrisoned, and every nyin slug P ant bp-
Tre his jJooYtti little battery, # am -> o c hja _
Jiome a castlc.’R . # ° ° °