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Thoraa* coanty, wbo arc JmTw • .1 |Ol
who may be called out
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Let * , iny*be in T’hmnasv ille
n Sufi ‘ ’ sat the election of officers. It *
will be absolutely*necexsary for every* r
punctual Jn canting Mb vote. 1
• i'i <oranii>ine 1 •short of Jlie vote a.full company,
and all tW-"iiin - moat be nor
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. “ .Ol*l COAST.DBFE.Vt'S.
*Som e 6t onr Georgia cotemporaries are tre
king .u;. to the in)j ■ § rtifying “our
•’ * le.diversion of the enemy
consequent upon his terrible defeat at Manas*
.as, and we and irstan I the impressjon genera
prevails jn S&vttnnah atid Charleston that, dis
fppoiuted irfhis dc signd upon Richmond, tjie.
enemy a ill attempt to iee][< his vengeance upoftl
Georgia’inti Carolina by a-sudden.forgy upon
‘1 hi-* *is not i; • le j but:we
tli,nk it improbable. * The enemy bas'hot’&’suf.
fieiept force to do us hurt utthe toast so lon<>
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aa he is obliged to watch Beauregard in* the
suburbs of his-capitoi, and : wh<;n we ’consider
that it requires :i sireng lorce to k<■ **|> down Ma
ryland*anothcr to operate in Missouri*beside his’
gfcat army of* Virginia wliitfh lie is obliged tT>
maintain, with Kentucky in*a restles- slate, it*
becomes muchifcore improbable. Armies are
not raised in a dav. nor maintained without mo
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ney.° Add to all this, the* overwhelm? tig and
disastrous defeat of the enemy at Manassas <
•aad k-* “ eshould bav.e bis hands full with
melancholy and much doubt pietuuosl in his
lace. We shlmUl not, however, be* billed into
j* false security. \V e sre fighting a powerful
etfemy full ol resources and only slightly check'*
cd in his overweening confidftixy. l,et us jpre
.pare on all sides that When he coigft he may
fin<> prepared .to meet him. •
vicr.A i rm.K wiiii.i:.
W e are request -H to state that Mr. Sache
will remain Ju Thoiflasvilfe two we*eks •longer
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for the purpose, of taking the Photographs of
those who have not,.under* the pressure, had I
an opportunity.to secure their pictures. lie
will positively leavtfon the*2oth inst., iflid all
who desire are requested to conic -forward at *
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aicrivi:i> i> ski .\wi(;k v
The Guards ami Oclocknces have arrived
safely in Brunswick from Savannah, where |
they had been detained for several days, and j
from last accounts were doing* well. .As the
coast at that point is unfortified they will doubt
less have some hard work to do ere long, and
tlie boys may as well prepare for the ordeal. —
.Georgians must never be caught napping by
the enemy.
*<m k tt\ %* bum:.
w e are informed that Mrs. ‘l>ouglass lias on.
_ hand a good Mot of socks made <f th*’ besfwia
terial.*hy the tad eh rat oil Knitting machine no. *
tieed in’these, columns some months ago. Lqjt
them be bought for the soldiers. TRe eoarsfsf
are 25 ets. and the finest. d7 lets. —clieapei*
than socks can t>c*made hy hand. ’ .
h oo!,i:\ 4 i,b’i iii:s.
Where are all*our ladles who used* to spiu,’
weave and make so muclg good woolen ctptb
whan it was too dear fb ship f*oift the JVijrth ?
Are they *ll.gone ? Are the sfoep all dead
that the wool cannot be had. or is that genera
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tion of women,*whfl could spin, wea\T an disc w,
passed away * We are not to believe ,
so. Well then, ladies, the time has eoitie fi>r
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you once more to set your spinning yrheels,
Ipouiswud knight ting-m edles in order. Winter
is rapidly approaching, umjpou wsl have *tico
hioifjti l(/ ■ ■* :, / s*h! ers in the field amid tjjp
snow.'? of V irginia ?ind the winds of win
• teV'fightiftg for you? courttjy. .They will tave.
•to be clothed or#perish with cplth* A\‘ill you
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aid them? If so now i- the time to Ugi 1. —
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.‘You cau*2qake woolen cloth* and you ejo *kftvt
.woolen ijoeki and -mi 1 to them from evc*irv faryi
house in thc< “Uiitry. fs’ dwe tell you lliat *
thcy*will bely atefpl ? Their arms will tlrys
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•he made strong in,your *defenee. Let every <
lady look around her and See tfhat she eansdo
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for the soldier. ‘ Tljere is no time to lose. It
will he coW weatficr in Virginia much sooner
than in Georgia, and August is the last Seim
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uier month. “Korget riot the soldier. Keep
him in memory.’ lie is away frtta all that i ’
.dear to him. let not his heart be sad or Ttis bo
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dy suffer through your* forgetfulness. That
would be uiikiicl indeed.
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. Br. P. S. Bowc’i; left, on Sunday night
to joiu.his company, the Oelocknee faght In
lantry, at Brunswick, as timer medical attend
ant! The Doctoi. leave j his thriving business
here to sfrve Iws country ia-the field. Having
and good run gs custom i?i the calo of drugs, be*-*
sides a lucrative end gltiwjug practice..* there
couldhft very tittle tuduoeifieai,.for him to en-n
Ver Uk 1 artny without pay, and biff friends and
customers at home should not forget or pgalect
lo* reward* his disinterested patriotism J Bp
I'rug remain open aid bis busi*ie-s
in that department continue a- ‘heretoforeuu
.der tlie management of Mr. Thetnas .f. Ponder,
student in the office * * . * .
Br. IX Branclpn,another of 041 r best Phy
sicians, left alwJ on Sunday night fbrWirginis,
to atteml the wouuded"in *the Manassas feht.
He *ill be absent five or six weeks, 05 ifiorc
•should Mother important battle* occur.
. . DiAPKBAti: It*:*cam ,riMt.
f I>r,.W. (*. Mi ::* reap County, Ha., *
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and Jos. AnderSon, bftlnsceunty,brothers-in-law,
fought withYnivcs and pis Cols n, . * on
Friday last, wHen Mcßae Vas
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■ killed and Anderson, we understand, mortally
. . We have heard nothing* farther
•fn m the dimculty and know.nothtng of the of-
Ig\p <f jtrie quarrel. Dr..Meßae 1a l left oir ’
office in the morfeing of tho day the difficultv
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* . Ifn the evening and informed us tl
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he had attached himself to # a volunteer
y • “ ty,.Fla., and left a publica
-1 tion of thanks to his pati ns for their* liberal
patrqnage.* .They were both viJung* t.iea of*
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strength and cotirage, and It is to be n grett
f that they did npf pour out their bloqd in the
. ol a needy cohntry", rather than ingl >-
riously *ia private, difficulty brother against*
brother.
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utfee have expressed a wish to enter- ’
tain ment i,n the nature of a tableau* for the bfl
nefit “I the soldiers it anybody would tyke the
lend. *( an it*be that so mush good must bet
thrown away for *Wi|nt* of a leader? The ob
jeet is worthy, and deserves *an •< ffortt Will*
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“not some *lady. .volqnteef to lead? kbit* ex
.•ebang.,'.- teem with such eutcAtaln uifints by tli.*
iedius.wi otfier phices, ;uid s*!:;fll.our ladjes fail
through Cif/iii!ill} ‘ l\T>hppc uof. *
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.Mj . *>• See advertisement of Baptist Female
(’ollege,Vuthbcrt Georgia, in another’ column.
Also, the°advcrtisement of T. Burke, *of
the # kSavanpah News, congcrning the Mtfji ot the ,
|Seat ok War.. [
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; npeemi OF -sir. v ii.i.yMMiai In. ,
We give ?oom to tlu: late.st)eech of this gen
tleman, in the I . S. lloyse of Representatives,
noktrithstandiugJlts^greaiJejDgth,believing that’
ncniy of our readers will regret reading it. It
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is a bold, vigorous and manly defence of the
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Constitution, uttered ui the very tgeth of howl
ing, bloodtliji'sty fanatics of the North,.clamor?
ing for the destruction of t!ie*South. Lbtev-c
cry Southei*ier*read it ;*i and rejyice that there
is one man.in the North who does not fear to
.speak the truth, thougli it be in fbe* wery .j\vs
■ of the lion.
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A “Lawyer,” writing iu the Savannah Re
publicano, calls for a regiment of lawyfrs to off
set the regiment of Doctors called for some
time .ago, and the Republican thinks, lis the
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Courts .are closed uinng the war, no class
f our population can be better spared.—
There, is no class ftf citizens in the South
and that nunjeronsly in the pre
sent war. Jioctors and lawyers lmve flocked
10 the defence of their country by thousands,
and those who arcTound inactive.al home fur
nirb no argument against tb*eir class*or profes
sion. As well might wc say the merchants or
farmers are unpatriotic because some of them
are still fbuiyl at their homes. Great numbers
of lawyers frdni Georgia .arid tyuriy
ot lier most illustrious men. J'hc immortal
; Bartmv was a lawyer, anTnearly all the leader’s
oV our armies belong to the profession. T. IT*
R. Cobb, Toqmbs, Gnrtrcll, Benning, Wright,
*an< l* lanv others, st’ll represent the Georgia I
bar, and .the bliwdy field oif Manassas will tes
btiTy that some uf‘ them are not tlic lca.*l atyong
.tlu'ir compatriots. And not only arc tliciP
found in the hod, but the ru'ih.< are thi<*k with
them. Thomas county has four already iu the
I field and is in a fair way to send thrcc.or four
mote, which will doubtless cqyal any (•(her
couirfy in the State considering tlig nuirterical
stfeiig'b of her bar. ‘1 hose arc al] •goVny ones,
it is tru, but tlic pressure seems to bb
that class,‘and.oldcr meiv have to stay jit hoiiM!
to take earn of tlieir wives and children and
other iatercMts Os vital importance to,them *
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f’AB.I. or 411:>. S4 OTT.
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If tlje news be true Gen.* Scott has been su *•
pereeded iu the chief command of the North- •
ern army*by Gen. McClellan. Bt’this ;-4*'p tlio*
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\ ankces bopa It) le rid of “old fogyism” ajtd j
more of “Young. America’* in their
Scott was too slow, they say. and too
far behind the military progress*of t'ae age.—
! Old 9 'fuss and leathers” says he fought the bat
tle of Manassas against his jlldgrilectj* having
hpen forced thereto by th*e Bjac’k* Repdblican
leaders whose napol&mic mott > ws “forward to
. Riellimaii.” Regarding Mci*lellan as a nuiok
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er and more vigorous man —better suited to tlic !
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ige, they flow oxpeci to sj eedily carry out tlieir
designs upon Richmond. If. Scott did fight
the battle agpfast his judgment he cestainly dej
served to be supercedecl ;.but what intist.be the f
focUngj; of the old - ldiey who has stood at tlic
‘headof the military*afifairs of tly? nation*Tor I
•half *a century ? At the beginning of ti*e war “
1 b*c proved fajscto the South atiX took side ag
*a*nst Ill’s native State, and with great labor and
expense nsswnbled a mighty .army to invady*
lier soil. That army, one off thghegt equipped
4bat*ever marched upon a battle field has* been
defeated, yoifted and demoralized add its over
throw has ntined its leader. . A traitefr to bis 1
own State, condemned and disgraced by *tbe
North, Scott is DOW ‘ti miserable old solder
turned out* to die, without a regret fifun any vas
ter all his’serviecs. ’ •
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Ouc hundred and eleven letters arrived
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here yesterday, morning from Brunswick. —
Hurrah for oUr.boys! Wc dago sa^ - many off
the young ladies.at (kuw received Icittr.-. ve.--
terday. .By-the-way, we hear that tile .young
ladio- db .ten to el.mjeh no’w because tfiey
.do not wish to be seen by the* y W
remain.* This is osc*tale. that W *
not the.caus.e, but that the young ladies are V- ,°
-v organising thomselvre into a corps 0 f Home
Guards for theprotCctidn of the af..rcs.*udyoung
I men. We do not vouch for “any of it. ,
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, t BTAI® ABjM ttUAVSTE*.
• (\ov. Brows aupouaecs by proclamation t
‘lie has bow exhausted the supply o! State
arms.in equipping the troops* received L*. him
twnou utiug t'’ about A l . •, and ni>w at ■ .a!.- ti>
the citlz< ns of tie State to loam him thi ir j ri
vate arms, wjiicji he hopes’to lx
effective by alteration where necessary. He
I'tbiukß there are about 40,000 go ■! double bar
relled shot guns, and about 25*000 rifles jn.the
State, in the posse.-.-*on of *ciAzc*m and he ap
fieajs to flic people of eaeh county having one
representative in the Ligisiature to organize
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ofle company and to-oounties havifl< two*repre
tiiuves. to*. organize two* com parties of eighty,
rank and iile, and 4) arm s*aid companies with
country rifles of good substance and heavy bar
rel and to notify him as soon as the guns are
bolledtea that he may have them iepairedt fit
: the expense of the State, for the use of the
I’ompany from tlie county when. the auns*wcrc
This he estimates the State
an additional armed force yf 14,0U0 n tn. Ah
tn&tmd of the struggle the guns are* to be re-
J turned to their owners or g. reasonable price
pahj for them if lost. • •
..The above is the principal substance of TKe,
1 Governors proclamation. In connexion with
it we have a word .for the “Dixie Boys” “and
also tRe citizens ol* the county.* * *
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l.he Governor has hut anticipated ns op the
sul>jet*of private nns, tifr sfq>psing, I’roni‘the
number of troops * lie has armed that lic*liad
drained the Statt; arsenal, we were about to ;>p
p* al. to the citizens of Thomas county to loan
-private arms so tiur companies now fitting out
for the war.*. Wi? haw been collecting up some
old irfles apd have tli'e promise of scveml ojtlx
ers wliipli we intended leaving repaired in Sa
vannah; but now that the Governor prbpdses*
! to have this done at the expense‘of the State,
we arc glad to bo rid of th? jo!*. What we
would say to the* “Uixic Boys” therefore is
this : the} arg very near al|, of them excellent
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: rßlemenand some of them have good rifles of
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• their own-—letthem bring un their rifles and
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! have them sent to the Governor, to be fitted as
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| promised for the Minie ball, and let all citizens
of the County briug’ up the rifles they propose
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to loan tilt* State, that they may be -sent off at
once for change or repair? It is important that
no time be lost as delyy always dampens the
ardor of companies toady to march. We know
there must be a large number of lTfles .in Thom
as county and enough could be spared to arm
at least one Company without materially dimiiw
ishing the stock. .If “any man has two let him
Icing at# least one, and where 0 he hjs a double
barrcll sla>t gun lie can o spare his rifle in every
instance. There are many excellent rifij bar
veils ni°llic county without stock and otherwise
£>ut of order. It would be but small gencrosi.ty
to give <7<4hese to the State. What better
service will any man’s gjxn ever do than defend
the liberties of its owner ? llct no man lbrgct
then to search his house for all old rsc barrels,
and if lie has no old one, let him bring anew
one’if he has nny.other dfun, and “bring 4t flic
very first time he come* to t^vn —na, lie should
not Wiiit for a eonrPnient time to come, but if
hiscState needs —by should coiyc expressly to
Serve her. ° . •
0 sent off Uvo Cohn panics and lias
two more working herd to get off—and these
lattei®two are to be’armed as above imlicsted.
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These two will answer the Goverm*r’s “appeal,
and we think four companies are .sufficient to
send out of the county. .More IJiati 7,000 of
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our population arc not represented “in the vol
unteer companies adid it i.*not good to be too
weak at home.
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Tali': i'A pit is s: rt iismki n s.
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It is reported, and yow ascertained beyond
doubt, that tlfirfi/ thousand 0 were
brought alon£ by the enemy ;fnd* Taken by our
forces at tlm battle of Manassa*. Let evcrV
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.Soifthern. man ask himself jvhnU the enemy
.meant to do with these handcuffs*. They had
•-et out jto titkc Biolimond ,;md seex*icd to have
no idca.of being stop’peij Short of the capture of
that city. .The handcuffs wrtre hot intended for
the uegroes, because ’ flu ft could be deceived
and carried oil TvithouT them. The* only ti.se
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they could have for fh*>m therefore, was to iron
iiiej-ebi ls whom*they expected to capture in ta
| king Richibond? ‘They eSpectei] to ha*ve a fine
lot tf traitors to harm when 4licy got Jeff. Da
vis and hi?s*Congress, “and theyn*eant u> make
“sure work of it once in theif power. WiH'the
•South fiargefc this*soon ? ,\b, will. no.t* every
Sout3iern soldier wednember it cfli even- battle**
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“field?. . ‘
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lie will remember fvlicn lie meets the enemy
%c to face, that tin ft .enemy denies* higi the
usages, the hflmanity of civilized ai*i
“nieans-to hang him as a traitor if (tiptnred.—
It drill nerve every Siouthcrn arm for the con
flictand make putsuing iflengcance seven fold
greater in*its £urv.° * ** . •
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the SOI K i ll GEOKUI.t I(IG VDE.
J lie Savannah Jiepubjiean “charges upon
Governor Brown* that the reason.*the abfcve
•brigade lias not been sent to A'irginia, where
it was so much needed, js, .that Gov. Brows
I*tendered it t<j* tlie Pfeaident ‘em*condition of
thc'CestinsjiDce jn their positions of the officers
el’ the Brigade lie ( ‘jbr. Brown) had ftppoint
ed. ..This President refused, as “lie could
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nht receive'Brigades i>*der tl*e authority vest
al in him bv°thc CoafedeoUe States’ and’the
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Brigade therefore remained idle.* *
. cjuote the following from* thp ll>j)ul>li
can on tbg subject: . * “ ‘
The President was rtnxious to obtain the
Brigade for service in estefn A irginia, where
iiarnett’s command met with a recent Jisaste*
jfor the*want of support —and had these Geor
gians there the haund Hill*retreat would
n*v*fiuive occurred. He wrote.ta(>ov. Brown
ur ging that they be sent on--rthe men *{md
■ pnps Gov. Brown’s reply ftas : yes, if you*
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will take the office wnOm 1 have appointed.-••
The rent rejoined that lie was n autjio
rized, finder tho few? receive Brigades —only
Cdinpanics, Bat fid. i us ■. I 1U giments. Gov.
Br-wn r -p • it ; Ik*>w th ;t. s\n pr.unisc to
.’nit the men to the Briga-ieMiat T Jiavc al
ready aj • oijitejJ, and you shall fiaveat. Such .
was substantia4ly the coiTespond ncg. 8 <>
,1 !o*. of course, th refused to do,
not wishing to abdicate the app lintiug p-awer
•in favor of Governor Brown, not feeling
i \ d : o *.it ,!*•>. c ;'.''-’.Lilly in *. *uaw ,
ter of < Jonsti tuti >nal duty.
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* IXCRKASE 0E TOE AS’.TV...
TTie.*.Secretar\ of \\Vir of the Confederate
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States recommends to Congress at Rich mono i
the mcreasino *of the Southern army to fivt (
hundred thousand mhn. This o .will require
‘Jie-+ huijdred • nd* jifty th >usand t< > •
the present army.. Look out young, mefi, vou
who,cannot find it in your hesrts to join a vol
unteer company* lien volunteering .ceases
dVafts bee.li>.
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. r- r ... Somehp ly a -k- lus this other di% what*
had become of blind T<yif, thi negro pianist. —
The ibllowifig* fjoin the Nashville (Ten*).
American , of the 21st ult. shows Tm “about*
tqset oitf on* a very patTiotic Work. His own
er, 11. Oliver, is well ktunvq to ilia
ny of our readers artu thdV will readily credit
Ins patriotisn*. •
Patriotic and Liberal Proposition. >
—Mr. Perry ll..Olivo*', the owner of “blind
•Tom?” \\ hose wond.erful powers its a pianist
have excited the admiration of the
pcojiie, proposes to give concerts in aTI tlie p’rin
eipa] towns oft Tic t-outh*, the whole jyocecds.
of wh;ch lie will apply to th* equipment of j
volunteers?whojoin tlie *anny. He.
things ln>i*iii equip fV*un I.!_> to 2*o men cadi
week in this.way, provided Sails c k iv furnisiied 1
free of vhqrge, and the* taxes “upon his con
certs an* remiHt'd, •whicli* will, of course, be
doi¥3- Mr. Oliver desirey to *comineice his
concerts in Nashville.* cndoivo him as .a
man of honor and integrity. Vlfo will do .what*
ever he engages to do? His he*irt i* warmly j
enlistcti in the Southern cause, lie is* a* na- ;
five,Georgian, anil it is .his purpose? to soin the
forces or do anything Which will be umst. use
ful to tlie cause. 8o patriotic a proposition j
..ought*to be at opcc rcsjionded to by the pffojflc, i
the City Ccum'cils and the prepnet rs of Halls,
in the. proper spirit. Will not the lessees oft
M.isontc Temple tender.him. flic use of their
Concert llaJj, and will pot tlie City (*oum*il in
vite him to commence bis noble w*ork in this
city? Mr. Oliver i*s now m Russellville, Ken
tucky.
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To llie Peptic of Tliouiiix Count;'. .
We yre in tlie beginning only of a Moody war,
urged by defeated but infuriated enemies tyr our 1
mbjugation or extermination? Are yoi \vilUu£ to.
do anytbttig for oiu- country in this day of trial ?
Evei'y man will answer yes. but bow many are do
•ing almost nothing. Let us be *ip amtat work hear
tily and.earneslly. Thcre.arc many things to* be
done to protect our homes and families. Let us
look at some'of tlic*n. ® * .
It is but a few weeks before our summer will be
gone and our brave volunteers will need aid
for the winter. Let our ladies, always ready to
serve the country, organize ot once a *‘Boldiers’ Aid
Society,” and go to work regularly making clothing
for them. Let the men too bring in their money,
or furnish materials to be madi* up, and ►ring in all
tlie blankets whicli can be spared, as they will be
needed badly. Let fm, if necessary, dispense with
some of*mr luxuries to make sons and
friends, who are risking their lives for *>ur . .ikes, as
comfortable it* wo can. •
But the cool weather of October may bring ene
mies too upon ou*r own soil. Do any of yon feel
Killing to stay at home while iln*o so dear, to ys
may be battling oven on our own soil with our.ene
•mies? If there be any such we do not call upon
them, but we 4o <*all, it* the sacred luTmc <J’ our
itntry, ppon every trtfe brave man to lit himself to,
setyve bis country when calls him to the field.—*
Let every man drill. Vou*can Wo*it if you will.—
T*iere is in* man too liiw-y for this work. Only tfte
aged an*! infirm can excuse themseUeS. You can
quit your business for two hours, twico*a wck at
least, a*ul gi tie those hours to your, country. Arc
you too fi*nd of your money, too lazy, or too care
less abtfut your country's safety, or too much 4 fra id
of fightieg to*lo this niucl*? L^t*every man clyan
ffp bis si *it gun or rifle and have it ready, and if lie
he needs, or has not the nefve to ise
‘them in lb dyy of trial, let liimflurn theiii over to
the Stafle, so that thoy may do good service. Lot
every man prepaiflj hi.'* powder a ltd lead for immedi
(l ate ufle*antkkeep it rtadyfl
. Our'encmies, (oiled in their attack upon Virgin
ia, will *OOll change their battle field, and shame
fall upon every•G.Pojgian wllo. is not readj- and will
ing to meet them wherever thej- Ire >1 upon our soil.
Let us organize fitlly. fflid if ptir sister counties of
Jout-liern Georgia wtll join rts we can have at leas?
a Regitnent of well (prilled men ready, as a reserve,
to fharch upon ajjl ty’s nßti*e to i upport ofir gallant
men in the field? •Youwtailure to d<*this may eaiise
mourning in many hearts, and mat- bfing destruc
tion upon your property and \*ourselvcs. Heavier,
are 3 o*l ready ? If solnct at once. •. Tiuuns *
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(1 The present army es Louisian* in tlitt scr
vicg'of the Confederate Stains,. emhractas 20,-
540 ni('*i. with overdone hundred pieces of large
cannon including the batteries off till? lofts.—
“Residedth*?e, (jve or.-ix ships have hee*n man
ned aikd equipped in New*Orleans.
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. * .The 4’ollowing from tl*U Oxford Mcrejiry is
about the neatest ;*ul delicate th^lgof
the kimiwc Rave seetv * •
‘•The delinquent suhsvribcrs to this *pafier
arc requested to cad the.sixtt*entli ’chapter and.
tenth verse of “ Luke.*’ *
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• Valuable TMiiliirn.
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Among the spoils taken'on die field, o tl*e ,
eventful contest of the 21.-!', was 4he.celebrated
Rhod(?*lsland BattcrJ. (’apt. I'onikins. ’ It is
composed of six wiled cannon made by Senator
James, manned by 130 mem with AhoTßes.
The guns weigh nearly. 875 pounds eaqh, and
can be tired with astonishing *ai'eur*ayy • Kacji
gun is* provided wiitfi a kind of telescopic ar
tangement jngtead c4* the sight, and
by means of fhis’ fian ht*rike a treo which ftaay
be so fctr distant s to be hardly perceptible to
tlie naked eyfi The giyis *re nominally G
pounders, but tiie shells used weigh nearly four
4u*i pounds and arc self exploding. ’J’lic guns
i comprising tli is battery wore made? for the Statfi
.of Ahvhama, but “after that ,State seceded, kite
captain refused to carry *mt his contract. •
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. Frewli IVorthcrii* Troops. • •
• xhe Courier of Saturday, speaking
“l the boast# of title Hessian pribts * that 200,
DOtt iresh Northern troops have been tendered,
to Lincoln.since tlifl Manassas fight,.says ?
1 he truth is, tjiat Awhile twenty-one regiments
of the three months volunteers, *on’-their own
Ktatemeifts, havfl refused to*,serve longer and
gone home, not one single regiment has beeft
raised or tendered to the Administration since
the* battle. Sickles , ayd a .few other regiments
previously’ raised aud tendered liave.liecn ay
• CVptcd--not urn? new one raised or offered
Latest-war news. .1
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S'orfolk, itlv 31. —The’privafecr Gordon of*
* ton, on Sufiday last capiured ants carried
i into BjUmS Inlet the brig McGilpev, of Han
. • , witii*.a cargo §f molasses. A!so 4
tile schooner Protection from Chba, bound for
Plnbyielphia, with a chrgo of fruits. The pri
lOtlu r konejr
with /ruits. rhe privatect \ •>•]; has captured
the brig I>. yf ijestqn, with a cargo,
lot machinery.
j JlicfuflomL Auggst. I.——The Raleigh Stan*
•dard says a A aval battje Occurred ol! Sunday,
, tlic 2lst ult, at Oi* i thg. t asi of*
North ('angina, bo tween the Uont'dorate stda
mef UetTufort,. and a large Eederal stcauffer,
ivh<*se name is unknown. The enemy's vessel
was struck ’mv “times I*y fiiot from the Beau
fort, when she gave up* the fight and* retired*
* *1 Ynshinntaa. August 1. —McClellan is* insti
•o. . . •
tuting a*tlu)rough examination nfto the army to
see if any incompctency remains. Eighteen
rhree months regiments* liarve left f r home. —
tHongress will , not*lidj outn this week- The
House will kill the Semite's Tariff hill. a*ml the
Senate will kill the House’s IHrect Taxation
bill. An e ’.. nee is exj octed. ‘1 he
J usc*has i.. the Sub-Treasury Act k
j which rcquires*that gold and.g3ter only, shall
be received for.tlues. Pt is that Gen.
J!ut*ler is t( by General \\ 00l. —-
Recent heavy rains ’nave swollen the* Potomac,
* and the fouls are difficult <*i’ passage. Sixteen
igers .of *the Garibaldi Legion have gone
j home. * •
I. Baltiimre, August 1. —Gen. l>ix 1s closely
patching the Maryland Legislators, t- jrovent
j her passing an ordinance of Secession in se
| crejt session. * • *
St. Lohis, August L.-i-Adviees from Nebras;
>. ka Territory* indicate geneFaF .Indian troubles?
j Three wagon losd of arms recently crossed the ,
■ Big “Blue* men I‘oT tin? Confederate partiz*uis in
, the Territories. *
Nashville , Aug. 2.—Reliable information J
reemved here that* slcCullough, witdi
12,li(J(.)*Cunf< derates, attacked* the l.'edaralists
at Sprinytieh!, Mi-sours on I'ridav tl* 20th of
July, killed J J*amf took about the samuminr
her prisom iA, r J he victory was complete and
* tlic Confederate lohs-vesy trifling.
Richmond, August I.—it fs stated, on moss
i undoubted evidence, that when the news was
received at Washington off the capture of Shcr
j man’s Raj eery? (lon. Sct>tt privately ordered six
cannon to be.takcm to with horses ‘
|ind then broflght.bacl? a* tin* to Washington,
i with the gnnouncemtnt that it was .Sherman’s
; Battery. .
YSanhirujkaf, July 30-*T!*c New York Fire
|*.Zouavs h*ve l#:cii in a stat • of insubordination
ever since their retreat fryin* Manassas. They
brske*out in opsn rdvolt or.Saturifciy, and a
whole regiment had to be drdtired out to re
strain them. theui are in jail for an
attempt to desert. • .
‘Jhrotito, July 30. —The fjh>br. of tliiscity,.
says that the synyatldes of the British people
are J**ing willidr wn* from the North ? and the
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L inl<r, tiie Government organ, advocates the
sending of additkyral troops to Canada
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ficreainjli’ l<i Dnvi.,
RICiiMoND, July f ). — President. Davis, af
tgr repeated calls, made a Ifrief sp eh t>night
to a large crowd."assembled in .front of the
Spottswood Hotel.
lie described t!’ licroie conduct* of our
, trqpps in glowing terms, and said that Lincoln
must now admit tliat there is hurt.”
Although ‘greatly super! u- i.u numbers, the ene
my had been routed alter a desperate engage
ment -all their any, terift and camp equipag-o
falling into our hands. Alier'yie battle *had
raged for lour hoi; lie the President) arriv
ed oif the ii; ! 1.. ‘i ho lvscdt w;y- then
but, being recognized a.-.the ftipresciftative* of
the prinwpltji, the wounded waved tjieir haud
>(l ket'chicfs, ;pid oi'icd ‘‘There’s Jeff. I >av*> T
| which emitted wild enthusiasmyn tytr ranks and
| a panic in the raifks oi th.c enemy.. J-rom
imfincnj the victory was .lie passed
hkgh eulogiums noon Johnston and Bfcauregard.
* Col. Chesnut* also m .*>■ a few remarks. IP
dcseribyil the unerju.ir combat with graphic
rce. ."'(■liit iifid found it impossible ttxjine it*
Richmond at the appointed time. At Manas-*
.sas. oii*&u!iday, the si •of ejernal* separation.
Juul been set •and never ttgain would the North
iind Sout[i lie united. Nothing could’exceed
thc.valor of our uooii-, ana, no matter who Tlid
it, Shcrmap’s battcTy had been taken. Beatirc
gard, hi- fiyes glaring, appeared kwfront otj the
lines, exposed to flic *iiie of the enemy, and
that oi liis own men. the very personiiicathin
•and tke “t!od of \\ .yr* Hut there would be
i more to do. (3i*r soldiers # would fielit if ihc
I enemy woufd only Jet them get at it
was ltie
Men and money wouW be*reqtiired fol achieve
a filial victory.— Clun l-sf ,* •)/ , /(/• /. .
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XVlint Voluiiifrrti Want for Service.
< Wlieeiis mes?t*s shouM’consist of the compa
ny officers—four persons. Lieu
tenant-Colonel,*]\iajor, Adjutant and Sergeant
Mftjoj, with the*.*Commyfeary,"•Quartermaster, 1
burgeon, Assistant Surgeon and Chaj lain, could
easily arrange two masses. • * .
Messes of privates and ixdji-coupmissioned of
ficers should nflmbpr six, for obvious reasons, 1
.■ji) tint the details for^guard*duty would always
leave* four in the tent. • •
• Articles wanted for
. baskets,’cohered with ooarsc"•canvas?, with two
j 1/ather stra[is*with buckles,*sixtin places,• s'g
■tin cup.-* six knives and fojks, >ix .bags of*SU
* gar,*•<dice, salt, Ac., to hold from ha]f agajlon
j to one gallon, a one lar-e size camp kettle, one
iron pot, one’bake oven, one # fry iag jifln, one
wafer bucket, one lantern, one coffee nilh, six
spoons, otfe tin salt box. one tin jej jer box,
two butcher* kniwes, two kitcdien two
tin dippyjs, one teapot, enc coffee kettle. .
I lie officers’ quarters should be provided
with camp’stools, and a table for’thc corwreni
ence’of writing, so tlnrt the private^could have
a chance of writing lcttcfs, Ac. Each officer
should # provide* himself a ivater-proof eoveriTig,
to wrap found his bed*. • i*
t Soldiers should*each have t*vo servjeeahfe
suits of clothes, and.not lcss*thn four colored
sbirtv. they should also be provided jrith two
grjly blankets, weighing*seven pounds to the
pair, one of which should be*iined w ith brqwif
dilliing* which wd'igi,.- four or five ounce*, and
doubles its warmth. . •
A proper.ktiaj&acb, ’which i* the soldier s
, trank.should be provided.* If possible,* each
soklier should have a lightJndia rtibber blank
et. I*his wfll always ensure a flry bed. though
a hard one to lip*on. . Every two hundred men
shfluld. have a washing mac*liiiTe. . .
1 have coHeolted these requirements for camp
or garrison duty from thejiest aujhoritics ho
ping they may be of service to my fellow sol-
J diew. * . A. G. Summer,
* * Rrcu(*nayt Guard. I
*. F that Mr RmseU 0 thinks^—A special, des
pateh’to thd Jlaltimore Exchange from WaSli*
’ fngton says, tliat Mr. RusspH, of the Londnji
•’Himes,nvas present* at the a battle of
on the 31st. . Ue estiftatds’the loss of tl
Northerners in kiTlpd and woqmfcd at* 12,000,
and of the .( on 4,000. *llc whites
that history records nsfuth defeaf for tjjie past
cemury ; no run* so.utter tindyomph'te as’.that
of the'Northerner. The figditing and condu(.*t
, of the Confederates, in his opinion, were -su
•i)o*b*and nufgniticcn.t... i hey fired with Jhc
cookiess jyid’pneeisioo of veterans. Fhey would
fall*to permit their artillery,to lu’G wd*then ri
* sing, would theirAnuskets an l.oliarge
bayonet? in splendid order. • Some of the evo
lutions were superb, anil all wef.'pcrformed with
perfect coolness, antf discipline*.
(*,!j>tuir of <4 ! oral Rrytnieftt. Aji Indi
ana Regiment., 700 strong, lias billon into tln>_
.hands of our aavsjry at Faffs* Cb.urch, ‘about 9
*mil3 from ATexa'iuJria ; and three # from tbb foi
tificstiftns at Arlington. ’The regiment was in
*tbe battle of ManassaS, and suffered .heavily.
living unacquainted with the country, these
men gut lost during the setreftß apd Wandered •
•about liutir Friday moriung, wheixtthey arrived
fit falls Church, entitety exhaust'd. Tin* fact
becoming known to our scouts* a message was
dispatched” anti a deta.chun'iit w •
, gpon on the way* dbe result was* the capture
oi the. entire*body, with all’tbeir arms. I hi*
prisoners weir expected ii Richmond last
night.
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* Tl ‘Captured W ’a.jonr The wagons cap- _
tured by our array on JS unday —ovef 50p in
number —are*said*by a correspondent to be all*
n.at. and of the most ad costly*
distfripfiion. *They were built at # Baltftnore,*
Philadelphia, New York and Boston, and* are*
! supposed t°liave cos* about*i>>My each,
much resemble tlu* large size* wagons used by
the Adams’ Express Company, but are covered.
<Tn each wagon 0 was htalked “To Rmbmond,”
! and in each one’was *:f large quantity of po*-
1 visions. .* ’ . . .* *.. •’
All accounts ngi’cc tu representing the spoils
to be iuuneiTsc at the .battfa on fbe _!s(
I AmonJ the items not previously mentioned
:ue ()00 tents, and 7UUU axes.
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. si Cov:<ndly Calami. —A Qolotjel a
Western regiyien*, *it is currently reported, left
hiS men on the Held, jumping into a private
’carriage, drew Tiis revolver on the* driver, and
gomuiandgd him to drive*6n, behind
those Vho had hh*. tin- cctooh.’ Upon being
interrogated at Fairfax as t*> where bis regi
ment was, the*brayeColonel informed his friend’
that hosupposed they bad “alkgone to b—l,
Gen. Scott is paiqeil beyond descrii>tjon* at the
conduct oi tlie.odicers ki command of our for
ces. — 11 <7 si my ton Shir.
* Spirit <d C’ an/n( i/s.- J lie
iquirCr, of the .20fh,*says.: “2vt a .lyte.liour on
Friday evening, we met, on the street, a youth,
from Georgia, who anxiously inquired if there
was any chance for him, at that hour,io pro-*
cure a pass tb-Maftassas n>r the next morning \
train, stating that lie had ieft home on Wed lies- .
day, to take the place of one ot his brothers,
•who had fallen in the battle,of fSundjfy. Ha
added tljat he had lost ifi war anoth v bro
ther, whose place would also be supplied by a
member of his family.'’
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* A doting father, as he rode in’from the coun
try yesterday’, was met by a messengewwho re
ported to him the s.-uj news of the death of a
favorite*son. “How and where did he die?*
was the impulsive intern- t<>rv .“Under
BeauregSrd, at.Manas ss,* hting agaii t flu§
*if two so one,” wa’s tin* nplf* ‘•And liov,
the. ua . ■* * •
*-.'l ho enemy were routed and put to flight. - ’
was flip response. i‘Thank God . j*a Ith 6 1
ther —“’i holi i am satisfied— f give up m boy
Savannah Republican. *.
Gen Beauregard lias caused three Traitors to •
bd hung recently, 1 Hiving received tb ■ n ’* in
dubit’able evidence of their treachery. ’On :*
the parties was an engineer on the Manassas
Gap Railroads anotln r a ; reacherofthe Gospel
and tlic third it farmer. Thcy.had’all furiii-Ti
’cd*valuable aid to the* lumv.
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The J anl.-tv 7>o.<?s.-*-Tbe New Yoik Herald,
, of Tuesday last*, estimates the loss of the for
ces, i}t the battle of Manassas, in killed, wohjj
ded and missing, at twenty tdiousand. Tin •--
tinrate of .the whole Northern‘press shows that
the battle was a*mo.-t di?a*-'rous one*to them.
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It took* about three months foi'Gen. McDow
ell to march his gnutd ’army li om Washing tun
City Run. apd i; is ;s remarkable fact
that the same vnij returned to Washington iu
the short space of thyee fcour^..
Another, eJacitson. — (’apt. Howell,-U: S. A’.
was killed at Cagton,*Mo. 4 on the *4lfi ult., by
Richard ScVard, keeper of the Jiotel in th
village, who shot him for hauling.down a s< e< -
sion fia.g. • • ...
* ()f lour mndred I State? Marines -ho
left Washington *to take ill *th*e battle .
Manassas, ouly sevbntv-five.return I.
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Among th£ immense quantity of*arms cap-**
thred by our troops are two* four-horse wagon
loads of fine cavalry pistols.
r \ bktspkcmotts* Parson. —I’arson Blown low
•recently declared iif relation* to the'Union nn?u
ol East JPenftessee :*“We intend to fight tbtfc
secessionists until hell freezes over, and tla’u
fight*tlicm n the icq.”..
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* • Better Still. .. .. .
The.half million percussion.caps, Referred to
some Hays ago as Having bees •*discoverccL in a
bonded wariHioitse of. this city, turns* out to.be
r'fl milliflfi. * Some of them* we have fcason to
believe, did effective service at Mamtssa*.
This discovery, togethor.-with tliox3U,Ooo En
field Rifle. s * landed at New Orleans, the 20,000.
stand of arms, 00 cannon, wa*?vn"loaßs of am
.munitio*n,.and enough provisions to fead an ar
my of 50,000 for twelve months, taken at Ma
nassas, is likely to put us pn <i tolerable * fair
war footing. ’When \je make our next move
•*ou tlx; board M,r. Linculn'may 1 dole'out for his
“cattle.’*—- Nor. Republican. * * *
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. •From I’fiivicoiu. .
A private letter from Pensacola, Florida* da
tod JLuly 29 th, says:
* ‘“Two or three, of*Biljy Wilson’s .Zouaves
deseited4rom Fort Pickeus, and swam acyoss
the bay side. 1 bey were taken charge
by., i idonel Gladden. ‘.One of tlic desert rs
In ought liis cartridge box dinner with
huO
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• Generals Patterson and Cadwallader arelion
orably.dischaiged from thC’jservice ot tlie Uni
ted States. Gen. <’ox, of Ohio, ani> Gen.
, Schenck \ ichna notoriety,’are also honora
‘#b>y'#b>y discharged at the expiration of their.term
■ ol service, which is in a short time.
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