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ling to join,%re,requesto*l to teeet at the Courthouse, ;
morning ueit, aw i<'■ o’clock, for the :
Turf ose of firpanizing. . . *
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* * fOUATLERN CALLED UVAV.
• All persous frho.l scribed to the Fund
Sar the*Voluntecn of Tbcmas-County, jp&d|ha?e
cot paid, will please come forward and do so to
either of the sub.-criber*. as the Volunteers are
or soon will be called away, artd will need the
monef’.* It t liege are any persons in the conn- !
tv who have npt.yet paid anything, and desire
to make a’eony *ntt,U*n, they may eiirry *out
their good intention % calling on
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11. HAYESj Tn.-.-i.-urtfr.
.Thomasviila, July 4 1 361
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Tjiv citizens are hereby notified tlyit the Tax
Books,-for receiving th<fcity taxes, are now*opeo,
and they are requested to give in their .taxes
.without delay. Volunteers, who Expect to be
• ordered out of the State scop, are especially re
quests! not to neglect:this opportunity, as they
may otherwise have to be doubk taxed against
the “wishes of the Clerk. . *
WM. F! dir BERT, Clerk.
Thbmasville, June 12, IJ36P. .
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The .printer made sad bavge of the narriage
HQticie*in our columns last week, and. we repub
lish the.noticq this week corrected,
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. • TOE !VEW CO\NTITITIO>. *
Was ifc ratified*'/ • So fjy> it is very ’doubtful.
Wft have noticed yery few towns .and cities in
Ahe “ratifi*ation” triumphed oy£r*
•‘•no ratification.” ‘and,* “no ratification”
trijihiphed it was by considerable majorities'*—
V e do not think tht polls weae opened except
in thereities and tow.ns. Fruiupresent indica
tions the*whols vote for and. against cannot ex
ceed. twenty-five or thirty thousand, and con
sidering that a large fnajority of these is like’.
ly.tQ turn up for “no ratification,” it will hop j
.‘most huiiiiiiatingf.defeaf of’ the ’ New Constitu- ;
tion We know its Support*:rs 4 more espe daily j
thjose.members of the Convention who assisted
.in its construction,Regard fts opponents,’espe-’
cully those #vho opposed it on the ground that
the Convention, acted without authority* as a I
set of Ihck heafa, but we have .the effrorfter?
to assure tpern that the people* have sustained
‘the block heads this time, and tKgt .principally
upon the ground’above indicated. Stfme of our ,
cotetuporarics* wo* know, opposed it upon other
grounds, but if then • objections jjrftcnced its
defeat, it would* le strange that the people
would risk it* ratifieqtidn ‘by ’the few,*a*nd stay
. away from.the p*>lls, instead, of vo?in£ agaist
its perniaious measure. Thdtauth it*, the peo
*ple beliCVed it good enough, but were unwill-.
.ing to sanction so outrageous an assumption of
authority on the part of the‘Convention. Sb,
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gentlemen of the State Convention, you inav
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consider tl. - little* insiguifi ant’vote on the
.new Constitution, whether ratified or not,as a
signal rebuke to yonreelves, rnd to all who would
■ advise the people of.fieorgia to forsak,e. their,
integrity to the Jaws. If the old* Constitution
is deficient, it provides Its own remedv. and all
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know how to*adniinister to its relief.
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•V e publish to*lay a synepsis of Lincoln's*;
Message fnoui the Savannah Nit tcs. It is a doc- ;
ume fit gotten up, ti course,* by Uis cabinet, anj
will nve to brand them as liars and. deceivers*]
•loag*af*er they have sunk their cOttntry jnto.
ruin ami their own’•sinful heads ;re mouldering
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tu the dust.. It is tfnbecomingfn us to use thb
word h’- irtTcference to high officials of our
own or any ffther country; but the plain truth*
‘oygl ‘to be written in j-f ;i;i language,find wri-,
ting thus wcshould be compelled to pronounce
the whole menage £f tissue (if lice from begin
. -to end, artfully, huncolu tlfink,>, no doubt*
designed to deceive.foreign powers, and gheat
the’ people of his own Ltoverritaent at the
North. It jve should undertake to show where-,
in lie lies ank makes these attempts bo deceive.
.W’ 1 would have a lengtlfy task oti our hands.”
tor wy ,'hould Irave t “egin at the betruinia”
*nd end at the ending, if liv intended to be
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artful, he Received himself a*id prove* his ig
norance, forjio unprejudiced man is fool enough
to be deceived for his statements, or ’so blind
•-s not to ?ee*hb’ Wilful falsehoods. lie’ hp*
deceive liisterf. buff yrifortunatelf
. 1 him, intelligent imwi living is* his
cotemporary and *well .acquainted with tfie.fact*
w’rdeh l*r\evts and jiiisrepr&eots. Let
Southerners read fo f .th*mselves. *
OJie thing, lif.w.ever, ’cannot be ia*#taken.—•
The whole tenor <Jf thodOtewmeirt breathes bte
tility t.o the Skmth, *od Lincoln
and his Bke , * ibjiean qiyrmjdoye have not
yey.sunk the North to the* lowest depth**of he;
destined degradation and ruid, and we of the
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. South may gmd on our armor, as we before pre
dicted*, aud pfepare for such’a struggle the
• world has not yet witn’essed.’ Thi wo shall
conquer pfltC6) wie have no doubty but it will
be when tht: Coj of battle? has strengthened
■ rin£ from fheir Governmeßt tlu
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■. last symptoifi of its vitality and tile* mostefear’
ful vengeance taken lor-the murdfr of Cbnsti’
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THE WAR CO.VTI.M Pnr
Lincoln’s message xeaies no hope of an*ear!y con
clusion of peace, and the Jouth inay'low prepare la
i .earnest for a long and bloody qpntcst. Hav
ing asked his Congress f<jr 400,000 men and 5400.-
000,000, we may. well interpret it to mean i car to fiie
Jeath. The States, to oppose tteis fove,
will require 150,000 more nfen. Will they he*forlh.
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coming? We a- not douitt it. Bverv man in ti e
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■•South, bear arms, will marck toehe 4ield of
tittle if neceSsary. • Lej them begin to prepare,
then for the time is approaching I*ill up the •yol
i unteer companies already organvad, and proceed at
i once • organize others Thomas c*>un;y ought, to
furnish at least three companies-itwo are alrcaflv
} equipped, and.a being fermefl. • Only twentv
. , however, have ye't enlisted isl the jicw *q,omfla
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Who i it up next • iVhere are the j'oung
men of the county, so full of patriotism a short.time
ago ’ AH ,<nrt go in Iwo *ompanie?; wc must :
have a third. * ‘ •
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AVe ary late in aimofiacing this strangef, aL <
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though we .were on the look out for it more than
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a month ago. • All our* presume,
; hvte seen it by tl\is tinTe, and in all probability
know’a? myth about .it.&s we do. AJI the in
idormafion upop botnets is uidse speculation, and
even one is entitled., to say what he jdeases on
|*the that nohody ’will fall*’out
about it or notice in the least
♦ .at; as. A’ tanner of this oountv, howSver.
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• *iiou? for’ the pfofunditv of his astronom
leal. mformatiOn and .tne accuracy of his,
intorpretatiens, li*s revealed the secret of
Ihe present'corner's mission. He saw? it will
be obser\ (*d.that.its tail paints directly east —
towards England ,an*d France—and that thnt
may be taken a- a *wre sign of the’ determina
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•tion of those two ’powers to rais'c Lincoln's
blockade in September. • - *
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THE XORTA ON FIRE.
From the accounts which we copy to-dav of
coyflagrations in Northern cities, it would seein
•*oat they have enemies within as wvdl fts with
out, and |hat the‘whole North, between the in
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eendiaries’ torch and tjie tyrants’*rule, is devo^
• ted to destnfc o tion. *
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t HII.IA VIOIEANCE ( OtPIIfIKK.
The article wepublish elsewhere, signed as above,
is not one fitted tft the .columns of a jiewspaper in
these times, but'as the committee .assume thc’re
sponsibility.of Jiublishing it as an advertisement
: against*the parties alluded Jo, ail'deeming ft impor
tant.* -v they conceive, to dixftibufe the mfnds of*the
people of Thomas and ther counties in reference
t” die persons dealt with,*v£o. admit it reluctarftly,
and publish it verbatim it literatim. We confess,‘how
ever, tl;it. we are ftt the first of'tlje affair, uefer hav
ing.heard of the refuge of thc*in*n named, in Tho*
mas of other counwes, or of any threats ifgainst
Mitchell county.,We arejnclined to tliiuk.-tlfc whole 4
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affair greatly siagnifieVl by “ hearsay ” and madam
i rumor. * * * *
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O THOMiSTILLK KI’ARDS.,
This Company has again gone into camp and
those whu have favors’to lsestow will find them
the Primitive Baptist Chqrcli*
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BgL, Head the advertisement .of Prof. Jet'-
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.ter*, and *tjien call and examine his large va?
irietyot new specimens n<jw on e'xhibition at
his Photographic, Gallery.
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. . fourth of July i* E^-liolo.
By requeM of the citizens of Statenville and
\*iciniti- the yoluntdier. company, the Echols
.County Hornets* coifimabided by. J. P. Pres
cott, met*at the county sjte.* •The invitation
h’avingbeen previously, eiftemied to* the ladies
ancM’aptains df, the several militia companies,
1 Capfoins J.L.Rt iberts, *\. C. Mattin and J. 1
R M ilcr, with tliejr militia companies, appear
ed in frtfnt of tlje ifotel and united, in chill,
with'the volunteer company, in full .view of a
* large collection of‘ladies* w here they amused
themselves oiltl spectators until dinner was an-’
i iiouneed by the committee of .tlie “Jay, when
The ladies, by request, formed in double file arid
inarched to the waterside nearby* followed by
the’ four companies ybovfc named, where a
sumptuous barbeetui was prepared and‘carved..
After the feast was over, she crowd 4ispers,ed
in peace sfnd'quietudc to their respectivb Jbomes.
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Foil* ( w(nJcratCNchooiim. Itcriintiircil off*Hie
• CnlHr Key.. “
. We give below flic fact!? as we have beeTi
able t*> gather them: Four .sailing vessels ap*
’ pcared off Cedar Iveys op the Ist inst. On tire
i secend the steamgr Madison, fully arnfed ahd .
manned xyith two companies stationed.at tliaj
point—Gen. Whit Ssmitli ‘fin command, went
, out’after them and succeeded fn capturing the
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lour. ....
•> It will be remembered that time ago
•the blockading vessel off New Orleans* some
where-.the Massachusetts—captured five .of j
our schooner's—one’ loaded with*.Railroad Iron |
for the Mobile Railjoad, one -with Baick. one
with Turpentine, one with uVixed cargo ot Tuv
pen’tipe and Salt, and the filth, a Mexican crafty
, with Flour. This ‘sqeadrofi proves so be the
same boats?, and were bn. their way to Kev’We^t.
-as priztii. undf* command es jtieut. Geo. L.
Seldom jvhe’if the four first became beealmed
off Cedar Keys, and were re-eaptured. *The
fifth had left*the somedayft previous,
thf Lieutenant says, agajnst hi? orders, and was
in)t seen*by
suggested that her crew may have become’ dk
gtisted with the dirty work of Mr. Lincoln., ayd
yre ncA\‘ afloat on theiqown*hook. “ The nam6s
of tfie schooners xw? have'not learned.
Our priso.neri released consisted of fourteen
wliite fen and.one negro! Ths Lincoln vas
sais capurred consist M* Lieut.* B'elden ten*,
seamen, from the Massachusetts', crew, who*
wefc brought to this city on Saturday morning,
and who are noW, esctpt the. f 4 ieu?enant* Who
*s on his parole of honefr. confined in our coun
ty jAil/uraiting the orders of the’ Governor,
who is now absent from*.the capitol.’"Li(;ut.
Stldeirisa Srginian.--- 'Tallahassee News.’
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. *• r ui Georgia Troop**in VirjiUia.* •
An t tor in tlje Rgoie Courier, from the carflp
unutr Tien .Johnson’S conjmand,. sear Win
eh<i<ter. .4 a., dated, June ISth, says: “A Brig*
•- h*’ u IT?™* ■* c £ terda y cutopoM of the :
th Georgia SogiawaAe,. and* the 4th i
l K&v f Ken i
Bn V. t Brigadier lion, ral ‘Lieut. !
gomery.Gvdoer, of Auguita..He (J rgla n ha
c.u,mandt our tb’ G h Georgia , Kegitn’em',
J nomas L Coopes is our Major. *
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THE LATEST NEWS #
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•Ri ‘h y ‘ • —!’.!"• ■ rs *i* r>, h
here lute last night that * skirur.-i
took place near Kewpoat NT< TnrrfsikiY
night lxsfcj one hundred and fifty Lou- c
is uin iuri'. under Lieut. Col. Dreux, an A a Regi
ment ol N"<?'f. \ JVk Zouswet® Jhe Louisianians
wore out on a scoutWi;* expedition, 0 when tin v !
encountered the enemy, and si? fire* was
openedoanu kept - #*pon Jooth sMesfor some time.
%hree of the .Confederates wert? killed, am.
them Lieut. Cel. Dfeux.. ’Rhe immtjer of
the enemy, kflled anity womaded is n*>t yet known.
Passengers also jeport heavy firingln the neigh
borhood Qf Newport Neufsyesterday mofning.
T&e.Petacsburg*Express si’ this morning re
.port the killing of ('•)’. bat os C§l
.1). left Richmond for Aorktown on Thursday
morning, it is evidently a mtystyktf, and refers
to Lietit. Col. Dreux, the .name rfVtte officer
* killed. * . * • .
Later. — Rirliv* ons, July fi, P • M.- -Pas
sengers just arriv/i confirm the k*illirt£ < 1
e Col. Dreux* at .\ewpoct jiews on Tbondtj
list.* Private Morgan Kennedy, of New# Or
leans, •■was K.iieJ in the same skirmish.
•liuhijiond, July 6. —Passengers iuoui Win
chester to-day deny the report brought by Ex-
Gey. Lowe, of .Maryland, and other intelligent
persons, about a battle between Johnson and
* Patterson’s forces, near Martinsbing. on f hur.”
day last. Passengers, to-day agree that (icn.
JMtterson was at Martihsburg, and Gen. John
, ston six .miles oft'. • Lew a tor Slason, who deft
| Gen.Johnson’!*Qa.mp on holiday aftorhoon, tty.
5 o'.clock, says tbal there*lias been no fighting
wi that vieinitv sTm’ee Gen. Jackson’s eagage
me.nt on Monday or Tuesday ljkst. The body
’ •of Lieut. Ool.Jdreux is to be sent to X. Orleans.
Columbus, Ohio, July 6.-*—Twenty YjVgiii-
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lans. as prisoners of Van hawe arrive;!.°lu;re.
Washington, July 6. —Secretary Cameron
at)d Gen. Fremont have'*gone to Fortress Mon
roe. Gfn. Johnsdn is seven miles from Mar-’
tinsbbrg in force. A* general advance has not
yet been made, lu;t 4li” still ap
proaching *the Federal Hues. A general Felite
ral uibvcment will cfccur during the coining
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week. • ,
Wasfiinykm,3ii\y 6.—(Jen. Patt6rsonp whole
force is at Martinsburg. The Federal j>ickyts
fired on <*ach other, killing ten of their own
*nurttber. •Tin. McClelland.is reported- as be
in* within two days * inarch of Martinsburg.—
Gen dohnsop is within tyhreg fniles of .Martins’
b.urg with 4,000 met? less than the*Federal ibr
ces- * , .
Fortress M&ni%, July 5. —The British Cori’
sul visited Fortress Menroe tO'tlay under a.flag
l of tru*e, wishing ty) visit Baltimore officially,
! but Commodore tdringham .refused to repog-
I cie the flag. * *
JRichmond, *fuly*ls.--I # assengess from Frc’
deficksburg report that*a cargo-of ice recently
captured sold for 84,000 ; also that heavy firing
was heard on Thursday about Matthias Point.
Passengers from Manassas, and the- neighbor
hood of Winchester report, that the Coriffd(*r’
ate forces .under G*n. Johnson repulsed the
Federal font os under GerL Cadwallader and
Patterson thVee t-i;nes, with considerable slaugh
ter,‘and at last drove.them into Martinsburg.—
Gen. Johnson has’sent word to the authorities
of this place to remove tke ‘women and chiP
dren, as he Would shell the-tawn. ]t w;js..ho’
lieved a sanguinary li_lit would Qccu’r on Thyrs
day night or Friday morning. Uo statement is
given of the loss in pr;souejs, in*, killed and
wounded, on eitli’er side. * *
Louisville, July* a. —The Tndia’napolis; Four
teenth Regimen* ind’* a company pf. Qavalfy
have arrived. They are a muni with jSliarpe’s
carbines‘and revolver’s, ;iud \vilMeuvc\.for Vir
ginia ty day. ..
Washington, July, s.*—(yen* Patterson is re
‘ported as having readied Martinsburg jester
da}*. The Confederates rctneathd as he advan
ced, havjng lost in an engageincnt.at the river
•sixty °ki 1 led. The Confederates are now irr po
sition, for a renewal of tlio tight eight miles
from the river. .
• Washington, July*4.—JEtlieridge of Ernst.
Tennessee is elected CJeek TJn Senate organ
ized, Powell, J>reckinrjdge f *Polk of ,\1 issouri*
Johnson, of Tennessee, Kennedy* Pierce of
Maryland, in their scats wjtli credentials; .Lane*
Pomyro}*, “Dr. Ewii*g -gs. flic long term from
Kansas, Browning* of.lllinois, McDougal, of
Californiat. CofTies. of isavy tracts were deman.
ded and presented. Wilson gave notice that
he wpuld introduce a bill to-morrow to confirm
the acts of the President, aqd fioticc of bills t<J
employ Volunteers and enforcing’ the military
establisfiuient, also for the. better organization
of tlye military.and to promote efficiency in the
organization of the volunteers, |h militia force
. to be called the United .States Natioiyil Cluarit.
.D.iekens secreturyslwp, when* the
Senate adjourned. (Vie hundred and fifty mem
bers answered to their names at tJiC organhia
tisn of the Mous°e. Colfax withdrew Hickman.
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as a candidate for Speaker* and nominated
Blair, at which the gallery <epplaiyU.l. * GroV.
wfas nominated, ad in the balloting the°re was
choice, when Blair Vitßdrew.* On the s*c
rwid Tjallot the vote stood as follows; 4Jrow, I*B,
|*Blair 11, Crittenden 1". . . .
. Jjouisviih :, Jidy 4.—Ji,5i00, iuclfidi|ig °1,00?>
Tennesseans,.2,oUo Arkansians, ancf 800 Kiwi
tuckians are at .V’llylle, with 10 pieces oi’ fly*
.iug artillery. The iudicatioifc are that about
12,000 itfe To advance.* Evejy
’in Sottthero.Missouri is curdling. “ * .
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JliTtfl l-'iri'M ill In-.\orlh, .
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r>ost<m + July 5# —A conflagration oeci*rred isl
Easl Boston consuming the East Boston wharves
and Salt. Warehouses, the Suffolk Mills,
*East*Bost(ffi Iron Foundry nuuSiiift sliojis, the
Sectional Ruck. Murine.Railway, Marine.and*
*t’he®ical Warehouses, and one humfrvd-dwtJL
ings, besides an immense amount of lumber,
timber .and marine store?- Mould, •Forehand
and Curtis’ new gun boat, and fcairVessels, wefc
loyally.destroyed by the tire, and five otluns.are
“badly injured,as well as’twelvc. dwellings* in
other pArts of the citv*. *• .
* Albany, A*. J° July 9.—A large fire of curv
ed hare to-day. \ whole square, iflcluding
two freight depots, a passenger depyt, and ele
vators. together with* sixtV freight “cars, fifty
four of th.em loaded, also live canal boats were
consumed. Iss lialf a mijlfon of’dollars.—
Several lives wer3 lost. • *
Milwaukie, BVs., July 6.—An immense fire
occurred here to-day. Lay- 8100.00 CV
Btfston, July t>.-rA flie'oeeurred in Pittsfield
Mass , yesterday. Loss 83Q,000. .
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Pays the Louisville Courier of J*uly fth-:
We learn fromv gentleman has just se-
from*York, thflt the sealed 1 ’ cafs
which recently jiSssed through Baltimore to
Philadelphia, and supjjosed to contain the arcli
icv; of the Government,* turns out to have
•been the fieacf bodies of the Federalists killed
ikt Bethel and ViJnnat . •
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Tb xi -Bsa - t President Lineolft wu> delivered to
. * - lit says: At thft 1.-
I ginninir of dus adnahistration he figtud the Fedentl G
0 speifded in several of the States, except In it?
portU I’lmciions. Tht # Natio&al property, except
1 - Taylor, Sinter and Jefferson, had b,
and pat oi offen*!\% position. Other Feddhl forth had
been built, aiai armiesSeere oivannsed and being
• igeihavoTcediy hostile to the Federat authority, and these
States or menaceo!* A disproportioaMe amount
of arm! and munitions had somehow found their wav in
to the rebellions Stages—accumulations Xationak
revenues within the jebel borders had Ireen seized —the
’ Fc-Jcra! Xavv s.-atter--o —Federal A y sad Nvt offiJ
cers ftagMtL A great nnmoer of ordinances declaring
Operation fttn the Fnion had been passed, and those
States, under the title ofHWte States of Aiuer
* powers for reeoirnitiou and
assiritance. The lncomgig Ai:nitnVration believed it
to he its imperative dory to grevjnt th*^threatened
dismeuihajtnent of* the Union. . A choice of means*
was indispensable. The pgliey chosen was indicated in
mea.-ur*-'before a resort * coercion, the Government “
seeking only t 8 hold the public places and property uuar
cpsted,and the collectionsf the revenue, leving upon time,
discussion and the ballfft box for tb^rest, an# promising,
meantime, the continuance of the mails ai*! everything !
forborne compatMjle with kee{gng the government on 1
diot, on Mart-li 4th received a letter from Col. Audi ’- ‘U,
inVommltnd of Fort Sumter, stating that tke plat# could
not be held. On further cQiisulftittfm with General Scott,
it was considered that the military force at the disposal ,
of “m (1 ivtffnment was amend,'.mate for the* relief of
Fort Sumter without immediate victualing, ‘flie Admin- *
istrotion’s duty was reduced to a safe withdrawal of the
garrison. It was believed, htWvever, that the abandon
ment oi Fori Sumter would be utterly Aunous; that the
action of the Goveramfint.would ht’- siaderstood, distVur
atflng to the friendt. of-;he Union, emboldeniiur and
cheering Jo its enemies, and encouraging the recognition
of the Confederates abroad, lu fact, the nntkmal des
tniction of this coarse wi,uld*be ttnavoidabW. It was
previous to Sjututef'e starvation, that Pickens
Slight be reinfowed, thus iftdiciiting’the Administration %
preparing the puldfli mind for Sumter's evil,’ •
mi! ion as a military Orders were itnms4mte
> ly uomed for the reinfofeeutpnt of Pjckens. The trans
uiission of the.orders being impossible by laa& were Aar
by sea. The liis! return to orders was received u
week before the f;,li-ot Fort Sumter. r lfic Brooklyn,
under President Bari.anan's iiiias: armisitiee, refused to
liftill troops*ft> reiuforee Fort l’icketls. Before the crisis
.could be relieved at Sumter, to prevent the evacuation of
that fortress, and beforj Pickens could be reinforced, the
Government had planned an expedition to relieve Sum
ter, to be used or not. as circumstances might gequire.—
Contingencies required the consummation of tne qjlau,
• and Gov. Pickets was notilied that if the vivtualing of
• fortress. was unresistedf no attempt would Ne made to
throw in menjind munkisns without.notice. Fort Sum
. tertwas taken hv the Carolina forces, without waiting
for tii? victualing The attack on Fort Sum
ter can in no sense be regarded as an act of self-defence.
| The assailants knew that in no event could Sumter be
mischievous to them. They*were notilied that the feed
ing of hungry*men was the only object, and that#lie Go
vernment only-wished to maintaki a nominal possession
of till'.tort, tints preserving the Union from dissolution,
trusting to time, discussjon and the ballot box for a lfnal
adjustment. The fort vj as asshiled for*tbe object of driv
ftm out the wisible Federal authority of the Gov ernment,
ami forcing an immediate dissolution* .
This the Executive understock, havitfg hiaugurated the
prims pie that, ‘you can have no edtilliet wiftiout being!
yourselves the aggressors.' 1 [Lincoln took pains ttfkecp
| the declaration good.in the circumstances surrounding
j the Sumter alfaii.J Thcjt these Confederate States began.
the conflict. They have forced upon the country the de- j
Instructive issue of immediate .dissolution. Einbraciqg
Ignore than the fate of tin*Union, it solves the question
whether a people’s government epn maintain the integri
ty of itAterritory ;tgaiust domestic foes, and \(ltetfieriii
i dividuale, too few to control the Administration by or- I
gani/ed law, .-an break up the Government, thus ending
i free government on earth? It forces this question —must
. government be too strong. f< tfie. people’s-liberty, or too
j weak ft> maintain its own existence ! . Vo choice was left
j but to call yut the war power of the Government to re- •
t't'ce eipjiTwyed for its destruction. The response
to that call lias surpassed sangtffne expectatious-
I ITMaware alone, however, of the slave States having ly
: sponded, a iev( slave State regiments have been raised by
individual enterprise and accepted. The border States ,
were nt uniform in action. The course taken by
Virginia was most remarkable and important. A Con
vention to consider tliis question, ig sessio'n when Sumter
! fell, with a large. Union majority, went over and carried
-■ te out of the Unidh —made extensive military nre
pariftiotis, seked Federal property, received large bodies
of W onfederat*- . oops, entered.into at ity with the
Copfpdqrates, ’sent representatives to the Confederate
counfils, and permitted the insurrectionary Gov’nimenl*
Ito 6e traqsferred to Virginia’s eapitSl. The (#o\;emment
has no choice left but t* invade Virginia, and does.so
witli less regret from havifig been called to protect the
.loval citizens, wl.ini it is to sustain. < Hher hordi#
, States favored armed neutraliiw, and arc.-irming to jire
vent nnk.i and disunion ti-Oops from occupying their -yil
Thi. would bo iksuniou eompß-tc; lignrativelv, ii would
in hnildfnp; impassable walls along tne.fine of ewpaijition. ’
Under tlse guise of neutrality, they would tie the haqds
• unionists and S-ed insurrectionists * Taking all the,
trauble from Recession hands except what tjiiaes from ex
ternalhl<M-k:;du, thev woi.kl givr to malcoid -*it- disunion •
j without-a struggle of {lieir otj’ii. It recognizes no (Jdcli
Ity to the Constitution—no fstimatfon of our deternyna
t ion to maintain tke Union. While many loyalists favdr
<-d i;s very injnriwus refurring act.iod, tiuvcriinient tir.y
‘called out 75,000 troops, and proclaimed tht. blockade of
the ports of tjie insurrectionary Slates. The insum ■
i tionitjjs announced privateers, and three years’
#roops. . *
Large additions (*f the army and navy woit measure
\ entured a U|>on under popular demand and public necessi
ty, trusting tcvCongresfconal Beat ion. Soon after it
was considered a dqty to authorize the Commandift* ik
lieral to suspend t.l*e habeas corpus where public .safety
n-quireii I bis was nec.-sir* to the execution of Wo
! Jftws. • The continuanee of. the law, ma<y- in such ex
ttvme tenderness of*the citizens’ liberality, are all the ,
laws hut one to be executed, and goveruuietit go to pice
ts lest one l*e violated? But it wav believed tfiai the
ispcii.-tsou of the habeas cot pus wv no: unconstituthaii
jil. Forbearance had to be so extrJimßnary.and long
, eoiitimied, as inducedfftireign njtions to shape tiwii m
j tion “ii the supposition of n early dissolution of the Un
ioW The Administration was concerned, but is now hap
py to stale that the sk\*erei*nity of the Union is even
whe e practiikilly respected, and that sympathy with the
Government is throughout the wold.
The reports of the Secretary vqjll give detailed inform
ation, and the Executive and Departments of State are ;
ready to supply omissions necessary fu guide tiff deliher. :
•ations of Uojgress. **
Th%President recommends the adoption of measures to
make the contest iffiort and decisive—that i.ni place at
tin- Government's disposal *t least- four lmndfed thousand
meintnd lour hundred millions of nxu. v. That number
i-i'iiH-ii is about one-tenth of the avqjlaole men withift
the willing region. The sum at file rate of two-tlird.Mf
j the wealth would be six hundred millions—this being
less than the debkper head was at the of tin Kevo*
, Ritionary struggle. Surely the motive is now ?;s strong
a* then. Might not the jtAult now be jvorth to tin world
j ten times the men and ten tiin< - t#io money ? Legishitive
! sanction <#il? is necessary. Tlfe material for the work is
1 abundant. •
.The greatest perplexity of the Government is to avoid
m-etving men faster than it is prepared to employJlieiu.
Tne’people wyi then have a Government if Government
dot* depart kom its duty. . .
While perceptibly there is little difference between se
cession and revolution, thturnovers iu this rebellion knew
they could nmter raise their treason to respectability byH
mune imply ing violation of law. They could lntpe
; to usance indireetlv# In the teeth of the •noble “semi
mets of th* people they commenced an insidious publit
eeistiment and invented ingenious sophisms, which, if
considered logically atid.h>.llo\vd out in ;J1 its incidents. ‘•
woijd lead to destructioivd the Union.
J’]*- sophftm was a cWim which tlg“y set np#toa h-fal.
ptffeeful withdrawal, without the Union's consent. With
this sugar-coated idea of Rebellion, the illiblic mmd kus
been dragged for thirty years, and wjth good men in arms
against the (.-iovem#ient, this sophism.derives currency
from son® impotent- supremacy pertaining to a State.—
States have neither more nor less than aareserved jiowPr
y<e one of them being i? State of she Union, av the origi
mil oih s.p;iss*d into the UiAm before casting .off tlieis
• British colonial ffopendenee, and the new one’ came into
the Union Ji#un a condition of dependence.. I J-en if the <
Union was tornjed during a state of temporary independ
cncg,*(here wasjiothing ill she aettff Union that designa
ted a State. The words •Sovereign Stat* is not in the,
• Constitution, nor. a’ is believed, in anv StSte Consiitu
• O
tion. • ?
[Here elaborate argument again?: the right
of ‘.cession, in which Lincoln, questioili* whether the
people of any State, except Smith Car;>lina..ure not fa
vor of the Union. Th% contrary, he says T *is not deunai
stnited.] • • *• , •
The menage proceeds: “Our adversanes have adopt
ed tin - same declaration of independence* hut in which
tin* phrase “all tyen arf created equal ’is omiited Their
Constitution, iirtitead of saying “We, Jo- people,” has,
lln-expression “We. tiie deputies of the Soverv-igfi and
indej'emient Slates ‘ Why ig>re right <#’ men am?
the authority of the people j This is essentially a peo
ple's coutenf. lam happy to Relieve that plain,
people uudersuaid and appreciate*this fqc* Is it not wor
iby of notice that while in the hour of th* nation's trial
officers have resigned, no common soldier or sailor has
deserted the flag ? ty remains to be (tymonstrated th;tt
thoae who can fairly carry an elcctidta, can also repryss a
rebellion —that ballots are the rightful and peaceful rk
eessors of bullets, and that when ballotr>° have fairly and
■ constitutionally decided, there can be bo successful ap
•peal hack to ballots. There can be no appeal except to
hali.ts th*emselve*ar sacceedingelectioi)?. Such will be
the lesson of this revohftion-- no peacc-Jhus teaching
mqn t#ia* what tjicy cynhot Xttain liy an cl*<-tion. they
cannift a.fiieve fov.war. . .
1 * la-st there he uneasiness regarding the ’course of tile
government with reference t” the States after
the saopression.of the rebellion, it is proper t” say that I
shall be guided by the Constitution and Law - The Ex
ecutive desires to administer the government as it was
administered by the governme#it makers Lovtty person?
1 evey\vbcrc*hav# a. right to claim This Nor is it per
*
ivivt'il that there in any coercion, subjugation or conquer
ing, in time teruw. • •
The ( (institution guarantees to each.Stflte
taivel ra> of 4,'overument If *a State-withdraws f*om
the Union, its Jforui of goTrijifflent may lie changed in or
tier to prevent Ha going ont. This power on tne part of
the uoverrynent iamdispensable to enable it to maintain
* tee. I
“With tin! deepest regret the Executive has employed
the Btueb power of defense the goverafcent possessed*
bus as the necessity was forced upon him -he could but
perform his duty or surrender the government NtVconi
gsomise in this rase couldcure---Bot that compromises are
not often propc9 > r bat eoo populai* govenfinent long
survive so marko >se who carry an
* election &n only save the country by jri\*lng up the main
point upon which the pe-pU u.iveti detection. Ti:epeo- *
*ple themselves. ie?private citizens, not their servants, can
reverse the deci.-ion. could not consent
that, the it institutions should perieh, much less betray so
vast, strtsacred a trust as the free people of this nation
have confided to him. lie had no moral right to shrinh
or count the donees of his own life in what illicit fol
low. In full view of tkp great responsibility be has
none his duty. You know, aosordingiv your own judg
•meift. * Doyours. ¥h Executive hopes your views and
actions will accord with hi* as to assure faithful citi
zens disturbed in their rights ffpeedy restoration. „
Havin'* thus chosenourcour.se with purt*motivej and
aud purpose, let u.- go forward* without fear, tind° with
manly hearts. *• .
Washimiton, .Tuiy o, A bill was introduced in t^ic
Senate to d#y confiscating the property ol aB civil and
military officers above Lieutenant, yho latve
, left tiic United Sta'.-s servicT*. and and ~ inalifvitm them
frOta bolding offices #f profit or honor The property of
a the traitors to “<• applied to t?h restoration of tin- Union.
The resigning Clerk was Joseph Nichols, iyu Ashury
Dickens. * * * ,
o o * *
Haring K\|>loit of the I|itil Zoit.i><*.
Lieut, Hen. Alexander, jdT the Ist Regiment
of Mary fund reached Richmond on
yesterday morning, with forty otid Lincolnjtes
prisou#r? a of w*ar, captured on the Potomac eats
*ly Saturday morning. It Sjipetns that the Zoits
. ave Regiment has JiScn for siflne time past in*
process# of formation by Col. R. Thomas, Litiut.
Alexander (Adjutant.,) Lieut. P. Gibson* ind
otiier* in Baltimore® _ * . •
* A short time-since* Ccd. ThomaS went from
Hal timore to*Philadelphia in disguise and pro
cured a supply *of arms. Himself aud cc*n
radcs then conceived the project of capturing
tlyi St. Nicholas, a large steamer in the employ
1 of the General Government, running between
Baltimore and Washington. The boat started
at four o’clock oft Friday evening from her
■wharf in Baititaiore. Previous thereto 0 Col.
.Thomas went aboard with 1L men—the latter
as passengers, and their commander dressed *as
a French (Udy. ’
The vessel got under, way and stopped at
Point Look flat, where according to the }dan
previously agreed, bn, Lieut. Alexander with
iUiother detachment of men, came on btufrd and
secured passage to Washington. By accident
(i) Lietjt. Alexander went into the cabin of the
; steamer anfl recognized tlie French lady (!) as
an i?ld acquaintance from Paris. Both Thom-,
at* ami Alexander speaking the language fluent
ly, thev.found no difficultv in maturing their
plan oi operations. During the conversation
between flie French lady and her acquaintance,
instructions were gN.en as to Inav the party _
1 Should proceed. • The ai ms, which had previ
ously been careftflly loaded- and*concealed,
were made ready for instant possession. -At
one O’clock on Sat unlay morning, tlie time for
.sticking the blow having arrived, QoK Thomas
threw off his*disguise, appeared in his uniform
apdordering his men to dr# their dut.y, flie
steamer in five minutes was a prize to the Con
federate‘State?. The t>iplain and* crew .sur
rendered without striking a blow, and were
confined without trouble. They appeared ov
erwhelmed with surplus*. ♦
.. Capt. Ceo. N. Hollins, late of the T inted
States Navy, who had gone aboajd # at -Point
Lockout, then tisstinicd command of'tliosteam
er and ran her into Bone river, expecting to
• meet the ‘Tennessee Regiment aifd jointly eora
meuce further operations against thetailemy.—
* The Ttyinessjcans, hojveyer, did not’•arrive on
• the ground tifl bile SMurdify morning. * It was
then two late for any dountstration ’ up the ri
ver as originally iiTteiideil#ai>d the steamer he
headed dowif the strtui. On lier passage she
captured two schooners and one brig. Kadi
hud a crew of about ten men 4 y.Tio were taken
prisoners. * ,
(foe oT tjie vessel was loaded with ff,500
bags of coffee, aiiothfr witl; anthracite coal and
another with ice. • The ‘steamer St.. Nicholas
is a first i-inss bout, If • feet long, side wlyel.
••All of the prizes wfire safejy towed to the
’ mouth of Ka'ppalnuiu.oek, and*tjicnce to Fred-.
ertci;sburg. Ttfeir value is roughly estimated
at’three hundred and Seventy-five thousand
dollars. o * • 9
r l be captains of the- respective vessels, with
their crews, including several n&groes, are now
lodged in the prison dejwt on Alain, street i,n
this city.— Rich. •Ihsjtateh.
* * —.- * *
<>nltunt Affair Aear KoinnV).
Last ’Wednesday’ a jiarjy tiff fifteen, eo.u.,
manded by Pol. Asffby, weye out spouting near
Romney, Five of the party got separated
froln the others, and being absent some time,
ttfe rest went in search of them, and’found
two returning, who reported thatlhey had been
attacked by a party of fifty o or sixty United
States dragoons, and tlujt their .three compan
ions were probably killed. b The thirteen* pro
ceeded ;?t once in chasw of the Federal lhyrmi
dons, overtoo.k them beyond the Potomac, at
tacked them with swords, pistols and bowie
knives, killed eighteen and’routed the nemain
der—nonc\f*our party being seriously hurt.—
On their return, they found two of the o five
who fiftt went out killed, and Cilpt. Dick Ash
by dangerously, though, it is hape'd, not mortal-
J ly woundeck * • *
*TJiiS is a brillfitfit affair. The ofills were
fwur os five to one against us, and they United
Sttcs’Regulars l and ydOttf men killed more
than a man apiece anfl roated the r?st, and
took many of their horses and arms. The on
-Ily drawback is injury to Dick Ashby and
, the loss of hi£ two cotpi?wions. —RickmonH
•Whiff, Ist. *
, * EMJtTIOJf.
At an election held in Thofnas county,’pur
. suant Pro&lamatfbn of Gfov. Brown, the
following’vote was.given:
At Thoffiasville, For
No Ratification, 70 .
At Dupcanviile,’for Ratification, *OO
No Ratification, 17
• * ,
* * • , 16 87 °
• * * *
In Chatham county the vote stood;
• * • * * No Ratification, .228*.
. For Ratification, •I'fO *
•
• • *
In.*Bibb county the vote stood :
. No Ratification, .04 •
• *• For flatfficStion, 91
■-t r •** *
•l <‘iitli ReSgiinent Cieorgiii Volanfeern.
. ‘he Tenth Regiment of.Georgia Volunteers
jpsl* organized in Atlanta has chosen the fol
lowing officers: * .
Colonel . • G*. Ts Antlerson.
, Lieut. Colonel * °T. L. Guerrv. •
•Major ('has. T. Gejtdc.
. * •
iTIr. Gn’itory ou American A flair*. ,
“It is said the-invasioif o.Ptlie South tsill Be _
the nn’ans of restoring freedom ot speech and
action to*the Uijion party in the seceded States y
; You? faithful and clearsighted correspondent, ’
Mr. Bussell, baj not siiseovered as yet even the
existence qf such a party, anu 1 have reason t<>
believe that the British (Jonsuls in the South”
ern cities would edrfoborate. statements ol
•Mr. Russell. On the other hand, thiscan
affirm—that not a post arrives from the United
States that does not .tiring uie letter upoflj.ctter
fromjtereons in she North requesting me to.
persevere in mv jnction, and toutge the prompt
recogfiition ot the Southern Confedeiiuy, a.- m
thd writes? consider that such an event wyoulu o
be tin? greatest.blessing, t]iat could happen to
the North, *by* contributing to peaceful solution
of rhtl quarrel. They add that to express such
an opinion in the present state ot excitement
would be dangerous‘and that they locA, there
fore*‘to‘the dispassionate judgmenUof foreign
! countries, which may be hc;r<\ at* home. You
may be assured ‘ that there ii a peaceful sep
aratioaparty in the North far larger in .extern*,.,
though as yet unheard, than the restoration par
ty iu the. South. • ‘ ,
1 advocate the. recognition ol the Southern
• Confederacy, because 1 believe l>y the separa
tion of the North from the “South we may deal
an effectual blow at.that accursed traffic, the
slave gade. Hitherto, we have received ob
struction rather than co-operation from the l n
ited States in our endeavors to put down that,
tiatfic. The Northerners Itave always contend
ed that Sdutliern prejudices have .been a bar
to tlieir hearty co-operation with us. I hey
hifve now got rid.’of these prejudices j and as
the Cuban slave trade is mainly carniftd on. by
Northern capital, 1 look forward with confidence
to tlta fu.Kire action of the United States*Gov- #
eminent to restrain their citizens at least, from
this odious enterprise. As r the Soutlp the
slave trade Las lieen formally and strictly for
bidden by the Coqstitutfou;‘that Constitution
has been ratified by the several Confederate.
; States, and 1 should, had my motion come on,
j been in a position to prove, from various reas
ons, to the House of Commons the sincerity yf
the Southern President and Congit'ss on this
. 0 • •
1 point. . . .
] advocate the recognition of the Southern
States, because I aift of the opinion that by this
•epaViition thoarea of slave-occupied, territory
will be circumscribed, instead of increased. —
Moreover, all who arc opposed to slavery, but.in
filvor of the reconstruction of .the Union fhust.
; bear in ‘mind the offers lately made by the
North to the South, are rejected. These offers
were to recognize slavery by name, to. do away
with th# Personal Liberty* bills, and thereby
to remove every obstruction in the way of the
slave.owners to refoyer
not least, to surrender the chief principle of
! the Chicago Convention, namely, that slavery
should not he perniffted in tin* Territories. Tliis
tfie main test of Northern principle, they oft'er
! ed to give up, and to hand over to slavery all
Territories south of 36.30, if the South would
only come* back, ‘submit to Morrill Tariffs and
navigation law,.and be ground dr>wn by import
duties to'protect theTennsylvania
and the New Lilgland cotton-spfniTev..
I advocate, lastly, the recognitiosi of the
Southern Confedi raey bpeause I*bsSeye iu tlicit,
right to assert fhViv indepci Icueo. * In T-pitti oi
the letters Os your aide and ... . st respected c< ,
{respondent, Mr. Motley, I should hate* shown*
that from the earliest days of American inde
pPnd’cnce. Jowm t,i tin- ] i.-cnf. time, ghe ff-oe
trina of ..Sovereignty has been Jield by*
some or Die* most eminent Americans, and that,
tht-ugh it has been chiefly • Southern ffoetrinc,
yet that it eyas endeavored by th*e Notth to put
it into execution. 1 years before South Carolina,
in TS32z attempted to follow the*example. Air.
Motley has forgpttep* apparently, the Hartford
iutionsi were passeir, and secession fully medita
teD be has also forgotten what occurred in*tL
State Legislature oi Massachusetts, when one
branch.of that JiCgislature declared Massachu
setts to be out of the U 11.10 n, should, Texas be
admitted into. it. *
• Theti, as to commercial The
Morrill tariff is an announcement of the break
ing up of commercial intercourse between the
I nited States.and Luropt?. Ii is, the succes.--
.ful issue cf Northern policy against which the
South has invariably, but jn*vain, protested
The separation nullifies that selfish, short-sight-.
ed, retrograde policy, jjnd the Western States
/night, to be thankful for any event likely ‘to
i. break down a gysteuj so utterly opposed to theiv
interests. * . * •
i . 5\ lien the commercial treaty with France wa
discussed last year, one of the points nnffnly in -°
sisted on by Mr. Bright jnd tlie adwoeates of
that meagure was this—that every order foi°
j, French goods was an additional link in that
chain by which commerce was to bind tlie two
countries in constant amity;.and I entirely ami
cordially, eon cur with 31#* Bright in that opin
ion. There are bui two countries likely to cquic
into a collision With Bnglartd—France anfl the
I I lilted States. With F.ranc-e we have doiuf our
best, by. means of‘increased commercial intftj*-
course,-to promote and establish peace. 0 llith
ertft the vastT jeercantile transactions between.
England and the United States havta, in spite
of perpetual of dispute between u*.
rendered wtu^im possible', Ipit a Morrill tariff
will soon /iluinge this*state ptMhings.
J have here ewleavoted.to /rive n sketcls of*
the objects I had in yiftw in urging the recogni
tion of tile Southern .Confederacy. 1 should
“have done this with o perfect” .good fueling to
wards the North, and witTf the most liharty de
sires for prosperfty.’ I should no? have rec
•‘ommended isolated action tan the part of Ivng
i fund, but'that whatever step we take should bd;
( as far as possible, yi conjunction wi!h the other
great Powers of Epsope.” ,
. * The Point .tlatihiawAffai'r. • *
V e take thg following sty ther’account*of the
affair at “Matthias’ Point ftom.the* Freder
icksburg Herald of Friday evening:. .
Point, last night, which je give without vouch
ing for its accuracy:
.It is stated tliat a party of* the Fedgfral force
landed from one or.more vessels “with* saud*-
bags, apparently for the purpose of putting up,
•some’defences. After binding, they were at-*
.tacked by the Sparta Guards and ‘Caroline
< i rays, and repulsed, lie are informed .that
silos the- Federal •tro’ops. .were killed* some
twelve or fourteen drowned, apd Jhat from fif
teen to twenty* had to the woods, where
they were dodging about like scared par
tridges. . •
Jhe only, damage pn our side is said to be*
&• flesh wound on the'ebeek of one of our men.
> The guns of the vessej were i;ot fired lest *
1 their men* might be killed.
Pm •