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SOTTTIJ'TSkN’ ‘■ Id 11a PKISF •VOL, IV. . *_••* •.* * * Thi llrifci-.i !’• ““ • I'* iJ ill: i)l i • • * *. * * • * * ‘ * hr*. I” * . * • • upon war. . . •am * • * * * • we fallen • ,• . m ’ the ft * i \i ° t j >ver, and wlufn the bless me j , ‘-'l'd, we think*we nuvfcr hi ai 1.. fa •• • • which 75,04! t men | * * * on each side*, and wbi . * jmblic ear, snij engaged so IffHe* European i 4 • • .. !t >*. eif us wji -n fte wold be serious. * , , * and “ ith G *|fttle gun to feel that we lievc.been bheated out *of -f o this war .broke <Jut we English all pictuw and to ourselves two eafnes .* * i in mortal conjbat, wari ing jo the k * * * death, . We receivi i by every n*ail little sam* pjes of an ‘atnftfsphere of blood and** thunder* •and war And wounds. All ‘Amerib} appeared ac the fr< : -*-alli>m >k ©, at* 1 fra •. •• We fun lot# * . ceckfc ss, .furious, fly? • * * .* 3 of theii* uv, n safety* At tho,tarn * * shaking their knives a? each othi r, /In y weft shaking theiif lists at us. JV trembled ‘what we were* fated to see. We held oftr breath (or the ti; t shespk of battle between ; .young giawts. Wc ehtft our eyes against# the deadly struggle. Wc are * i nofir.. Wc are al *c tlmi r. V\ e* a;*- satis fie 1 i!;a r thesjp warlike athletes, who arfi issuibg such # aire threats .• ii; - r aijy one whd Ist fer ta sej aratc them* are .* * „ • Since their .dissensions have assumed ‘ .• * • • • e * • r *6 ° . , upon strictly hftufanß.inon* des. * if we sure to believe the A meric can battle has n< v i be< * so la * an American passengo’r boat, end not much moie so than an American raih 0 • • ‘ - sfi 11 a. a.) dther oftt of strong fortresses without losing a single life. • 1 1 , tie ?n Western Virginia, f hick determines the • i■! a district, of the expens eof 1 • * jjeore of casualties; and a great etauthup bat tle. i fiught between 15 ,( • men ei tig in panic and a twenty miles’ ryn ; jftid wheu the ••I ireal.*\rmj of tin 1 *• . “• i ach - Ai ‘an 5 via. t! e 5 ‘ k i Wra’ i r m - that *-t.;e 0 0 0 billed on our eide u 11 be between three and live hundred. 1 * . • Jt is vc* • uk to. g tage* the solidity ©f “anything American—even of*a grtitlt battle. — We : there was a grdat rCut in front of that gap whieh runs it > the 1 r we # .were represented in the ruck, and may say (hat. we saw it with ear wti c* -and heftrd the can ,nonade.with ©ur own ours, ih<re is api i I iber*of i at the battle amounts to .* 4 re of for* * I • Bey ••*.. v\cryl seems vague and ui • ’t * * cot ‘lhe “( 11 aui Army of tlic 1 *ot uriae -t!> • \: • • . Jeja burlesque of Xerx es to tlie Hellespont. i.* gr<. * torv at’BJll Run. which was flashed over the * ? rn States and i ... jaj ers, was u tiling 1 * yet i jyint, upon the confines of fancy ana possibility. ; * , . * * e re •ality, was what ild have least believed.— , J\ rha] s we ought tj have anticipated that the sjjme fejocious p n \ ho hftd up the h>m •* * j would s back oa* r the <ml ers with pale faces in theft” • jtaniv’ flight But ti is m ver • it requires the testim iny of the Ann# • • our own corros pondeut to ss patriots fled%r twenty miles in at# ggony of fear, although no one v: # - pursuit t that 75,00 fir t * • , . from pursuing t?ies*e •OQ < • they Irere not inform’etf how frfgiitffncd th< -*• were. Eveb the wrtl'lery was not captured, but picked up. T*iie mans* ii\ re left* behind, because they unpeded the flight of the artillery men, ajid they uiigat have l-veu to a ~i\ at ■ a . tent • * . the appre hejisiflns of the gunners wsuld have allowed them to take ad the leisure fthich the prudent cm queror whs so ready ; • • Ferd. ()n hand, our c >rr . fcth* ; li i l gone so riglfi totfc > 4 it’ Hen. Ik te • e ° o wo low up his most unresiste 1 into \\ ishi . .. .All* that, the Northern press say uj m this |ect is to Congratuiate tnemselves t • , . mv did not know iu*what a fright th sy were. This is not oiy aeeoawt 1 1 tins j aide, .it h • the .Uncrican account* It *is the account of? the* New’ York papeft, alternating as ‘between shrieks of •"Viet* ry, of agony hnd of de r. *lf they havj . ‘lost between ihfee hundred and five hundred prep, it seems to us *to be a very ‘cheap lessqn.. See what gained by it* They have found/qjat now that, tiie Spgit ot’ patriotism, “ind ©yen the instinct’ of .combat, does not Y) re vent Northern volon . teers.from off.m a bodj(, under Yretene? df their tipie of enlistment being up, although tns morning *f the‘combat may be come and we cannon may be*sotfnding in ttfoir ears. — They bajre.found l*i?. also, that even a North * . good mil so*i given, its attraction of cobeswq and dbselvejnto ain >S. They Jiave also found out that the Southerners are not to be walked over ‘ like parwidge manor, a rut that they have ( some military heads among them, bit course, J” I:iU ' t ® x pecf *to meet theSe iaftd f by a ceftun p 4 iamuv ui’ blnsfer. •Idlev must .*. **“ out u fcwtoare milliens’of, volunteer, and owslYnake ;# confident demand upon an inere.iul.hts world fora fewnwfte hundred nfijl ions*sterlm r -. ]J*it behind all this there most • rise a gathering (Joubt tligt this Southern nut “ to?) ®**d to crack.%ndtl * military line, as a matter of business* doe# m - answef. The .North has now made its exflferimnt. and not • o . . visi:v \\ v it i: \ o i: u,j • * ‘• I* roprit lor*. • W • * onK has it not answered, but th,’ process has * • , *. • • e iraging. Asa matter >*t burnt. nd to *as • th* American mind, certain qnan* tity f threatsand iall may- be 1 0 • , ryf aid they may pass. l>u* they will be of no • av§il against the t'acvs as they w>*wstamk. store*of that segeaming cfowa-y-the grand army of* the i . &c., tl ■ great words from the expectant gentle n . hf lose < , * • • f I se j ■ ople do ull in their power to mi n ui] atl y, for are amfl'nable # netth cr t c*irtesv nor uiisfwrtun*. Nothing civili . - 3'. They seem to Chink that*a% all%eab otis* aqd upon all occasions, England *is a safe* .targef for thgu- insults an I their threats. They ’ * . very* vrtill, nr else they “positively think they can influence our* policy, by tlmi* * u-rer. Tjieiv was a nuunMit —on the Ld-tV July —when vietory was suppojv*d to be with _* id army of the Potomac, and the ni isf 1 ] .pillar newspaper in New York suizecl the.op ’ pnrtuiuty to show wlnft use pur excellent Triends to make of* their .victoiy Their first thought was revettgfe upon England. We are not, however, * fearful enough to be ferocious. {) the ‘contrary, we cordially, and ■ n sincerely, congratulate our would be ene mies, that they have escaped with such* stndll 1 - from the*sword of Gen. Beauregard ;*and, cn a- t'n. V teil us it would beagainst our in terest, we sincerely advise them to make up thcic quarrfel, and avoi4 a[l sbrio*is effusion*of , !-!■•'♦>. When they have returned # to the habits of ] ice *they will not be naar so bloodthirsty a.- fhey think they will be; or, if they should be,£Hey w ill notjbe so mischievous as they say they will be. will know hots to keep in cbei k a - ‘ ed bv t\\*o fjuuiH privateers, and tlie Canadas have in other days given a very good *accot*nt nf invaders from the other ide ot tho-rivec —. Tfie 1 nited Stfites area very.grpat'tiation, and* ,v. ■ v;*r-*!i J hem all lawful prosperity :*b?;t thev •re not Jiajf so capable of uuschief as their hews papers (hiuk they are.* . ° 4 -• • * • , • • . stclrli of lini. llci nllixii. • OO O O In eonm qtimt with the recent battle in jlis-. ,scuri, the folliwwMig sketch of Gen. under whase lcadership*ttle glorious victory was *wwn, \vj! Ibe rpad with interest : < . ’ Gen. McCulloch was born in Rutherford •cmintv, Tonn., 111 l v l t. His fatJici", Alexan e r MeCulloeh, w*is aiii-de cfitnp to Gen Cof !* e, a I fought under Gen. Jackson at the hat- sos Vail* lev.. Tallalms !*n aiwl Horseshoe during the Creek war. liis lather emigrated, to Georgia wheh Ren was very yojmg, und Ren was kept at schctl in Tennessee* until he was Jt y • *,ll'.- old# Aftew ill s Ben was ke|t. hunt ing until lie was near til. At that the tears were so bail in Tennessee that* the : et tler.s civ.ild not raise their hogs. Hunting hfeus in the cane required much caution, and if ;; man's g;uf suapjied lie lost his breakfast. — Young olcCulloelf frequently killed as many as StJ bears in a season, and navqr less than JO in the course of the winter*. r J lifs life gave him a tase for wild* adventure, and when Jic 1 *• ime of age hedetenmned to go on an expedi tion to the. Rocky Mountains, and left.his home ‘ for >*l. Goofy to join a comj.iny oT trappers lie-arrived two late, however, and likewise fail- j cd*t join a company of Santa Fe traders. He returned hftme, and soon after called on ‘ Col. DTivid Crockett, who was making up* an j o. it dition to go to Texas, to take part in the (revolution. ‘The whole southwest at that time was Give with feelings of sympathy for the xans, ams men wen* daily flovking to heir standard* Nacogdoches was appointed *the place “of rendezvous from which the expedition was to start, and Christinas of the year I<S , was named for the Jay of meeting, when, as “Old Davy’’ expressed it, they were to make ih.'ll” ChrisUii*:s dinner off the hump of a buf *fal#. McCuUoch again arrived too late, and party gone,, he *prtreeeded on by himself to the river Brazos, whera he was ta ken sick*, and he*did not rfcove!” until after the fall of‘the Alamo. MfcCullwch’s disappoint m< i#t wws /cry great#at not-.bfiyng ab*le to join the gallant baud ot* patriots, but it afterward, proved very fortunate for him. for Col. Travis, >afterJhasing sustained a siege of tlyrteqn days, w*thtmly 180 Texans, against Santa Aun.oV . rn#*. j* ll*with his brave little bijud, after hav ing killed SOO c*f tkc#nemy. * * Mc( if; oil.V!1 joining the Texan army .mi- O r if 11. Sum Houston, was assigned to the ar tillery. ifnd madg.tvptain olb-f gun. lie served gallantly tit the battle of £an Jacinto, wliere :• inta was taken prisoner, apd his iirmy of ] s'. “Y’men killed or #akcn prisoners. 31 c ('nil -ti aiterwai in Gonzales county, Texas, And was employed on the frontier sur veyin and locating lands. He ftequently led theA'ilJ bolder w-'oijs against the Indians and Mexicans, whiclfservice h*e entered before the*-. celebrated Jack Hays. He *also distfnguished kiuiself at tlid* battle of Plumb Creek in a •fight with the Indians, who at the time, burn •l ai 1.- . •'*. and tße town of Linnville. He jbili ed the expedition against Mier, but, ifot qgfee- Rig with the plans of tb# leaders, he returned home beftre the fight, and escaped* the cruel hardships and imprispnment pf the ebmmand, which kail surrendered to the pcrtkfiAis Am* pgidia. * . . \\ hen the tar buike out with Mexico* he rallied a band of Texan warriors on the banks# iff the (tuadaloupe, and set 01st for ‘the seat**ot’ I war on the Rio (iraade. The company. arfiv c 1 |our days after the battles ot.P|do, Alto and j the lieSSaca. His Company was accepted by* Gen.*Taylor, anti he wSs afterwards empldysd* hi tin* flarivi* scoutiog*expedition Mon terey, iupvhich batth*. as well as tlmt of Btfe na 3 ista, he woh Imperishable reqown. lie*’ Isj ned Gen. Scott’s army, atuf *e m tiiiued with it to the conquest of the H.’ity of •Mexico. * For hiwga)iaaterviee he was • hou o with a national reputation, and ‘tire office of United States MSrshaf of Tex&s *was giv>n< him by Pre.-ident Piefte. 3Yhen Mr. BTichan •an decided*to send an ajmy to put down rebel lion in was appointed one of the Peace Commissioners to Salt bake., ‘and served the Gtfveriunetit nn.ist acceptably ii\ that capacity. . . ’.* • * Gefl- MeCttlk*h was married three of four yeare since, and a characteristic stofy.ie told of him when bis firs# child, a buy. was*born, that he insisted, to the great horror of his* young TIIOM ASYILLrE, •( i EORGI A..3YJ J)NESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 . 1861, •.••• . . . • wife, in having the youngster chastened, •Buf falo in hdnor of a particular friend, wu old indian el*ie*l of t!..at unique inyue. • * a thin, spare *man, of ri-at ruitfecle and activity, and is now about forty-* ‘age* Be has a pfeasafrt. face, ftl is m eourt?ous,in his mannens, jvith ;m*a:r of defiarne.” ll#r is very cool rod of do tcrm'ned bravery. Slili'i'at ol’ 1 “a : ■ S irt Ui uiaiin I'i oiii, Curt U'U"* 0 Tliri'liuy ."Varralive. * The \ lrgmia eorreso indent of the Charles . j ft a-deeply mitf renting letter * )f*lj . * en < lar nett’s and*Mc('lellan’s fofees atUarrick’s Ford, o and syl sequent events? The concluding for. ti(#n relates to the perilous retreat of a portion of Georgia Lfegiuieot across the’nouu -1 1 M ;• • ■. [t is a graphic picture, ami we transfer it.to our uolunius. The writer *• # • says : The foe wa& baflueJ of his prey ! i>ut scyeq companies of the Ist Georgia Reghnenb mu tiasked by them, had been cut off by the rap-’ •pid adv*nce"of the Indiana line, and were*dri ven frqm.the road a#id up the mountain ijjtoa wilderness where human loot had never trod • before. • • • Without food, .trith Scarcely a., blanket to I'A'cr them, and :*o shelter from ra*n or .w’.mF or cold but *the dark Iblftige oiveriioail and aroun*!, on an- untrodden 111 tain rafige, witli oyt in:f..s or gtiii!o,*tliese br/ie Georgians took up tin* line of march in such direction as their slight kyowledge of the “e fun try and the aid of a pocket-compass advised. Over the rugged jkicks an.d through the dehse uftderwood, often so thick that they had t** hew* a, passage with their bowieknives, flic stfaegling line toiled up the mountain until dark tress closed round them, anTl they lay down and slept. „ Thft sun rose on the Sabbath morning Bnd flooded their happy homes with light, and gilded the spires of klie vrllUge*chußchesl whither their mothtrs, aad wiv •• aya sisters, were going up to pray for the. dour ones at*war, and to .beg Heat Ten to s]iare their lives; blit*he could no 4 pierce the thicket to got a glimpse of that wan and lam isluai band who, with failing limbs bus stunt hearts, were#panting upwards for the day* . (>u ami mi Uii'eugb the weary hour*, and the laugh had hu&Jhcd, and their voices Seldom brokp.the deadly s<illnes an*d the face of y >uth grew sid andthej'aee of a„* anxious, but still not a murmur nor a thought of Yielding: and the g • J second niif.it came down and the cheerless halt was made. Again the sun wont up, and the sfoaming* mists curled ©way over the mountain tops, and the*-;■ 1 >s? and now faniisficd men, with chilled liml’sayd swolkm feet, and railwig hearts, weyt Forward once more. Rut the pangs of hunger gnawed at their vitals, and the line grew more and mom stnmliog, ami the halts were ire (juent and prolonged, and the anxioqs “Close up I (.'ftise up, boys ! ’"of the cheerful toned officer*, was 110 longer responded, to by quick ened steps. They tore ijt tlie inner baik of thy birch and spruce pine, and foftud some comfort and support in* swallowing the.juice. Five dollars was offered the fortunate possessor of a bit of biscuit, two inches square, discov ered in ay odd corner of his knapsack, and. re fused. One of the Captains —Jo*y?s, of the y\ ashington Rif!es-*-had a son in his ranks--a lad of IS and tenderly reared, lie ea’nic up to hi? father and begged for food. “Take this, my dear boy,” he replied, shaking oret a few* eieimbs of bis<#uit l’nf.n his Jiafersm.-k,” -eatit slowly; and may God save your life.” .Strong men sat down and (jiied, the weak drag ged oi uinepining. ‘Some of the ii-ehlesf, pale whom the kghU st*Ldow might fell, showed hearts'of oak in that4iwful extremity* S1 1 ! thy “Close uji!” was uyged ‘*u the laggard rear, affil she slow lour- seemed lengthened in to years mind the day sped on?.and tin? liioun taiifs close’llJbeforc them* and the third sMu. set o 0 0 and they were not saved. * Tuesday camy and tficir strength and cour ifgc was gone, and despair had seized tlimn. — ,Now thSjuen became ufutinous.. The officers Urged, ami ’entreated, and coniraauded*them to maka* one wore effort to savewtheir lives* : but the latter had Inst all value, and famine and fatigue frns fast exhausting its Veniaining'seore. •Still the habit of obedience, ©nd old’affcg- ; tiim aji ! well tested Confidence prevailed, and* aasiif they w nt forward, though .with little hope*of success in their desperate effect to reach a'hbman habitation! And* tKey would liavy failed, hi all reasonable probability, and. their* bofies would nave, whitened on* that j ’mountain ridge, ay 1 the accidents of thciw fate would lutve been as jfea#fullv as those# who Tiavc gone ifown at sea und left no trace or sign of shipwreck, Suddenly, fit mid-day, a j stranger appeared ,amon*g them. “Who. a*rc I .you where did you come from are the I eager questions? “J am a Virginia# —a'fiiemk; have followed your track, and have come t< 1 save you, was tfie welcome reply. But, though the face vwis as ar* angel, thyse men misunder- i stood it.# TKey were*on verge of de struction. An awful death awaited‘flieur if they did not follow bi? ghi-lance, and yet."they preferred‘famine, before cap tivity; and* lmw o-.mM they tell whether he Was’tq be* trusted { were ?n a* hostile country, and the man was lAteriy unknown to tlyem. “Gd on*”.said the leaifer, “take us oMt of this wilderness and*we will reytttd joa. de ceive, betray us, and 1 \\"ill blow your brains out with my own haod,*at the first stght of.the enernv.” • • Q He carried them by a ohaftige of direction down tne mounfedn ; “strikifig a shaUow*stream * at its ba%*. they followed its bed, jumping from lock to rock, find siftirethqcs Wading through tjie fer miles;‘then over !t field int*i a road,.nd a wifd clwter rifng o#t then” joy at the uexpected *deliwewince.#• Attended l*v a guard the. guide 4 ftent. .to a neigbhoriyg farm house, and returned by • nightfall with a *- O . q wagoh load of provisions. His name is Par** sons, add the*(’ in fi rste fiernment should bestow on him'thefr firs£ gd3d medal. “How much dip you tat that night?” ? ask ed my narrator, ft jdn of the lat*- ‘of Carejina* “WhJ, qothing at all, scarcely; the fdHows nibbled jj little idrough. the’idght • i ut tjfe next morning, aftftr sucfi*a breakfast as {ould have killed it Wolf, we “ p ped tWiec anij cooked our haversack? fuff of provision:?, and by nightfall there “was* imt a • • 0 ” 0 0 crumb hi them.” Oup of the Lieutenants who sliarep the horrors iJ that retreat \\.as on the . going home td ropruit flis shattered health. ‘•Typhoid W’evef had iollowed the exposure *aml exhaustioy—he lookud ii.ke the genies of* fam • in.e. *. • * . * . ts. lj. M •**•* ► • • • m •*!< ,^fS•; of iiu^iuiliiw. *(?hi Thersilay, at, 11 o’clock,*a nniAber o f the guihsiiiiths i?f. flys State assembled at‘the Uitw 11- * ‘ E. 11. Walker, of Monroe, was chysep Cnstirman, aqd \Y. J. Camp, of* Couiugtion, Sv-i retary. * *.* . The fojlowing Committee was appointed Jto wait on t!ic Governor aiul infbui him that thy meeting was organized, and ready to *he*al*any stiggestious he wished to ntake —-I. AI .* 11 i . c. Hodgkins, J. I*. Newton. . . > R.-i-k .i; Bowman, of Atlauta, stated thyit tjiey ii'ad contemplated for soTne.fime the .es* [ tablishment ftf n arm iry at this* plafte that they had a sufficient shop and machinery and ( eould nianufacture to a considerable extent, I with sufficient fineouragement. ! .. others*made refbarlts, advocating the jisopriety of caph man making written proposi tions, stating jheir preparations for timing guns, yrices, Ac. *’• . Gen* Wayne then said, thu purpose In* call ing the Convention was firSt to seen.f we .could . ir#t fei*cfficicnt service the common shut guns’and riflesof the eduhtry* ajid how I'arihe rifles eoufd be j'eatiicd out? to bring them : csl of 58-100 of #m inch—the size of the Harper Is Ferry Rifle and the *Minnie Musk t. Itwas desirable to,hove all the guns of the same size*so that :yll the annj’unition— the halls and oartsidgSa—may be of the same .siz aurt have the same* charge, and no coniu sion arise from haft’in” difkrent ?ized °ba*lls and cartridges prepared. He forcibly showed* the tercible oeusequen’ces of furnishing* companies* .and regiments in a battle with the wrong sized aniiniuiition through any kind of mistake. ‘The guns shouhJ’all be “of the .same* length as ©vel 1 • * • *— as ime.. iiayoncts wvre not ncyireu on them. 111 close qu liters the bowie knife was the best whaponrio the world. ‘The rifles should a is*. have but few grooves three being preferable. Mr. lladgkins haiFexperimentcd with riffes, with flew and.inajiy grooves,avith 1 !-, 10, 7,4, an !3; preferred she latter. All military guns ,should have the grooves wide aparf, on aceaufit ■of tlrnsi- witli a ereat number of grooves lfaving o m O to be often wiped. A gun.with many.grooves miglit be •norc accurate, but it .was toe# much .trouble to keep clean. *ile exhibited a •jieei inen of short ritle of Iris own make, and stated that the greatest difficulty was t. 0 get wood fer the stocks ; that wood of one or"two years* was not sufficiently seasoned. •It ought t ) be cut tVenty years. The bark should be taken* off* •the tree at once. Some thought best to cut the timber in the sunfluer —otliets in tlift fall* or O winter. • Ms. Xewt.on, of Athens, suggested that we would be under the nccysfety of adopting some arttliidal process of seasoning timber for stocks, and called on any gcnPlcuian present acquain ted with such a process to respond. Gen. Wavno read the following from the | *• o Ordnance Manual : * “The most suitable season for felling timber O © Q | is that in which vegetation is at vest, whieh*is • the case in mid-winter or mjd#summcr. Ite cent experimewts inelifte ti? give preierenefi to* the latter season—says tlfe mtmth of July; but the usual practice is to fell trees for timber be tween the first of December and the middle of* March.” Mr. Portcs advocated the manufactuuc of new guns instead ftf remodeling thC old ones. He was ah old gun nuyiufavturer, and explained the dilileulties in the way of Lmrim? out A)ld guns. lie also stated that there was more ae e 0 curacy in a gun wifli a few than Ivitb many grooves jn them* , * 31 r. Henderson :#aid that there was not more* than one out of o4ovy fiive of the old rifles in •th*’ country thyt would bear the Goring out ; that the jjcojde“would not sell their guns wit!#- 1 out ijmv money than it woukbtost to get mate rial for new ont'S. . ‘ . ’ * ’ 3lr* Porter said tlie guns shouin all.be made * • * # • .new, then they would all he of the sanu; size * *and pattern, and at most could cost but little more. The President ulsolsuggesteif tfeit it wlmld* •sot be prbjier to carry the guns out* of the country. Those flow ftwiriwg and having them .on hand should keep them in.the coupt-Py. *. * Gem Y'.ftyire, 0.11 being* inquired of.guiae his opinion that there was no mstifieial process in* seasoning wood that'would answer, for malving •gun stocks. * ."Mi;, i! [jer said that twnber could bc seasoned rtipidly by being boiled in oil. It j prevented its cracking. IWsoon seasoned jl*or oughlj and woaVi’ribt spring. . * : 3Ji". Lamb‘stated tluit walnut was the best for Stocking guns*, but harder (.* season, to ppjircd a great number of years—say twenty years or nearly so. Maple was ji*xt**anu per simmon was the iiyxt. • These eould be “season ed*bf artificial process. * . Mr.*Xewton tfaft loth to give up t}jc iflea of using the old gflns. they edhld be-used to adtyntagi? in the way of cost; and” ii 4 they Cfluld not all be Bored to 58they to 50 or 4*l. • . Mr. Lamb sititgestcd to let cvefy matijuseliis owYi gun, manufacture his.ovan bullets to suit” lift gun, and use tl*em in the defense of the State ; btlt di*rnot AKink they wpre fifc*to go in to regular servicA* . Gen. Wayne was of i#piition tlinf the old ti'uns would n#t do So rely upßn. He would edn fer with the* Governor before the meeting* o • assembled again. ** * . Mr. Espei*ahd Mr.*Hodgking suggested that ’ it yould be well for the State at the State Road * Shop to forge the barrels and furnish tfi’em to the artists to finish. • * • • 31 r. Porter suggested that it would be well, to lcaito the State ec?ntract with Major Cooper •to serge barrels, fie had the proper duality of *ron, anil was well tfxcd for (ju-ging. IJis iron was clearer of, flaws than ftny Kb ever worked — wa- soft onougji, and A-ven-tempcred. “ The P/esidcpt stated that 31,r. (.’ol# had tl'imf Cooper’s iron, and found* it.to be superior for making guns. . . • * *Vt'3j o’clock, the Governor appealed in Ithe. rooin, amd was introduce! by trie Ghkirmain. —- •O- . . . LHe the meeting at length .upon the object for which they were * assembled, lit I*oll elusion : • • •It hasjheemsuggftsted to im; v that I could have the barrels forged mi the State*Road shop. There is such a furore.toget ©*ff to the ! #nay good mechanics and machinists Ijafte al ready competent workmen’are hard t*> get. Ifuhey can be**lrad*!ind if gua barrels can l*e forced in the State shop more readily 1 than elscwhqre, the wbolq motjve* ppwer of the rsjiop’j that fan h* spared from tli£ service of the #road,hall be put to the work. * • ; A cojnmittee was .appointed to visit the State shop to ascertain what portion of the shopiind machinery c.otjld be given up to the.work, .who .reported ihat four, forges could be gpared for immediate u%c, an°d ?lso*rooQi for necessary for Auvniug stud rifUng. * * . • Mr. Esper stated that ten • barrels per day eould be wcld*ed— tuo fougn —at cahh ‘*l tlie forges. . .It was ordered that; all the names “ol the gunsmitlis preseijt be cal.led by the Secretary; and that cm hone a.-•his name wnsvalled should make ?t statement of the extent of his opera* tions—what he did .in his shop, *a.nd* what he \vas willing to undertake to’dg. N\mc of tlifttn seemed wHlinj>to undertake to* forge tlid bar , rels, and but few.had heett ibrging them*. Most of them Ilowaver, were prepared to do the diw* ishing*—boring out. rifling, stocking, Some oV them, were ]i re pared h* turn out fifty ‘guns , pen month.and others tfiro huftdred. ° ’ • .Mjs John 11. Xeutiin, Esq., of Athens; rose ami announced that Ire was no gun* maker,*and .knew nothing of*the business ; but (jiaßhe and a*few others iifliis piaee Inul rCSelved Jo start’ an iifmorv, and had raised the means for that purpose; thatGic had just been consulting with an manufacturer, who informed, himJLhcguiTs could be com’pleted, aftt-r the ,rou^li*barrel was furnished, for 812.”,') each. — (Several gunsmith* said it aould be dojti?.* The Governor then announced that he would* give 8.10 for e’reh gun, unit bind the State to the bargain, as far*as.the Executive could.; and furflicr, that ho would, for tlie first two months give 817 fwr*each gun. . ’ . A motion was then made that the statement of Mr. Newton and the proposition id’ the Yibv ernor be adopted aiid agreed to by the Convgn tion. which was uijaniyiously adopted. * lYhcrcunon Flic Convention ©djourned sino* die- 0 * The work” y ill he coiftmcnced in the State Road shop at once, and soon gun* will he man ufactuncd after the Harper’s Ferry Rifle *jiat tern. „ 0 . * • * • ~ ‘ *"•••“► ( Tyriui ny oi’ llir Xm lii. * ‘ • Thg “enforcement of the laws” is gettijig on famously. The seed sown by 31r. Everett has fallen in fertile places, and has sprung up to its natural fruit. . 4'Jie (pf the. law, by the constituted authorities of the Government, has been followed, naturally enough, by similar patriotic demonstrations on the part of tlie Northern people. In Pennsylvania they .are having a delightful time of it. Newspaper of fice? arc*“gutt,cd”— ites the term is—width great C • # c? siftcess, by “loyal*’ multitudes. Congressmen are burnt in effigy, in the most creditable and satisfactory way. In Maine and New Hamp shire they am not behind hand. *ln 3lassachu- > setts where they always do such things best, and where the influeifce of 31 r. Everett’s elo* quent precepts is likely to be greatest, .because of his proximity, they add tariff ■ garni feather inip and riding on ;? rail* to the list of their ef forts Tn behalf of the Union aijil Constitution. Nothing cati sup*pross the noble anil generous patriotism in whigh tjic citizens of Haverhill possessed flierflselves of the “editor‘of the.se cession sheet,” (meaning an unhappy man who dared to oppose aboij'tionism"and war,) covered lftin with a “*eout of tar and ihatJiers”* —rode* him OTI ft rail through town,.and then compelled him to make recantation of his opiniu’ns on his knees, in the midst ol’ brutal a*nd horrible i?n pj'qeations anil indignities. “1 am sorry,” the , ifretcheil victim was made to say,‘.“thatT have published what I have, and I will premise that 1 will neveV again* write or publish articles ag ainst the Noi.tl*, or iu favor• *of What a.U'iumpll of rcasoiy and* free jnstitiltions*. What a glorious record for history. What a* segluctjve appeal to our benighted Southern brethren, to re-unite thetnsePves with tire free • dom and civilization, from which Imp men ha ye persuade?! them, in an evil hour,*.to te*ii” tliem seK.es*away. llow it rrfuinds one of* the joy ofis Jays of the Massachusetts Colony, desorift cd witdi so much ufletion by tlic reverend Min ister of Ipswiefi, when they did bi©rn and slay the Fcquuds and Nauragansetts in their wigwams “by the • goodness of t?od.’’ How it* siw/icka ot the filched time* wlu*u old®women were for* cod to sign* a confession"that they wiire witches ’and tlym werc # drowi©ed or Imitged for their jiains; wheri Quakers were vhqiped a fid* bran ded, and had their o ears cut off, *as a merciful preparation sos tl?e’ scaffold. How*” nutiwally petokTirfus editors assumg the place .of “Devil ridden” hags and ‘-nettorious heretics.” “Ilovv llie blood of th<4 Mathew and WiutlnAps vin dicate the purity of its descent. ._ lip on the heads of such m<°n as e Everett and those who liVite with liiifl in his crusade against “fresdom of opinion asid against theosin and shame of such an outrage.” 0 0 0 .1-0 Q • Ypon their heaifs must fall the Retribution ‘als*". 33 ho, th’it tell* a people thnt “Iftws are* silent has tit complain ot .their taking him at his word ? Ts the l.iws. arc*si!<?nt, why shall the mob at. Haverhill, (.'uncord, or Easton, hear them arfy •more thtga-tlle Cabinet at Washington ? If the lauft leep at all,* they are to no man. It ’they age silent atsH, they are altogether. If the I’resident may suppress a puWi j?jur-. iftff. without color of law, because it dogs “not suit him,"why shall the yreople, who are sover eign,. not ando # the same thing? The question’ between bayonet Sand bludgeons is*ohe of de tail and not of principle—#o*t is between *tar and leathers and* Jfc’ort La&yette., Nay, the mob have fatiicr tl?(> advantage? if riiere be any* in the"fe’§Boning. *if it be patriotic tu suspend flhe laws, they are ftgd to be less selfishffn their jmtiff iti.-ia than tfieir rulers. A President or a Secretary m*ayreadily mistake a Around to his, selt'.fove, for a wound inflicted on the coimtry. A"mob,,if* more*fanatical Tand mad, is* not likely lujjc . 0 personal or so selfl-secking. Only two 1 l, TKJC.XIN. TWO IMH.l.iit". J l ‘ ‘ Lti Advnner.- t * S [days‘ago the Federal iclcgratys.informed us*. under official at VVashiugtotv that 1 ‘ *t 1 1 0 sever* strictkirwi of’ the Northern newspa* ]g'rsHij>on mem lmrs of tli ( abincf arc regard - < ( rd there as attacks on the country.” * f ‘/Af<^ | erst. ,!)*i .said thq <j rail'd Moimrch, “The St;Tte, it is myself.”’ ’Attacks upon the members of the .Cabinet —arc attars npoa, the country. V\ o tire. ihc country. . A mob . might he wicked eilough to d"d anything —it* could.nut lie so absurd or yegid as to say this.” Ins “effervescences are nfadness —the tyranny of ” Presidents and Cabinets is systeny. The sins .of the nfiiltitudegire ignorance and pasSiotf- — those of. rujers ar*- ambition and” lust of power. The deader of a.mob which destroys n printing office anti lynches at ed'for in it* rape, is ljot •half so unprincipled or dangerous,.as the Pres i ident oj* tlie General yvho siiencys free speech witli’a Mpiad of* s.'JdV-rs in afmeJ and a*te defiance, of the Constitutiort. fwWd worse tl’au eitlnrr is the rhetorical, plirasc-pol-. fshingdcuyigegue. who, safe in hfe onl pkrsoirtil risk or offici.ll responsibility, pros tifutes his talents to •oyertlvow of public* freedom and the corruption of a people whe •look up to him as a pal riot and a counsellor. .. • *••*■* • • • • * . . l’rocliuniilion of tlio IJiTsiilrnl of the l*nitl • * Stale, of Amerira., •*• • _ • * . ;• WASHINGTON, August l(>, 1861 f . ■ •/!’/ flit President of the .*£ nited * Spates <;/• .Amer*a ? • * * • . *Whe reason the fifteenth day of April, the IVsideni of the IVitKl St,te.s, in vidw of ;m insurrection against the laws, constitution “and the government of the I nytijd which • luubbrokcli out “within tin* States of South Car- • olina, Clcorgia, Alabama* Florida, Mississippi, ’Louisiana anti Texas, and in puisuaifce *of the* provisions uf°the act. entitled tm. act to pro vide for calling forth the militia to execute the Unvs of the l nion, si oppress insurrections and repel invasions, and to repel an act. notv in force for that purpose*approved February 28, 177A, did call forth the militia t& suppress^said • insurrection and cause flit- laws of the Union: to be duly Executed) and .the insurgents having tailed ttf disperse by the time .directed by the President : And whereas, such ih.surrartion lias since broken out, and yet exists within, the Stages of.* Virginia, North Carolina,’Tennessee and’ Ar kansas; and whereas, the insurgent.-* pi all the *iid Stated claim to act. under, the authority • thereof, and such claim is not disclaimed or re pudiated, bv tlie persons exercising .the •func tions of government in such State or States,.or in the part or parts thereof, in.which combina tions exists, nor has such* insurrection been suppressed by said States : A.Ay, therefore, 1, Abilihjun Lincoln, Presi- * dent of.the*United States, in pursuance of an act of Congress, passed July l->, 18<A , do here-” iby declare that the inhabitants* of tba gaid States- of GeOrgia, Soutli Carolina, Virginia, North Carolina, j’cjynossee, Alabama, Leuisia na, Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi and Florida, (except*the inhabitants of that part of the; State of V irginia lying west of the” Alleghany ‘Mountains, and of such* other parts of Unit State, aud the other States herein before nam ed, as may maintain a loyal adhesion* to the Übion and the Constitution, or may be from time to time occupied and controlled by the forces engaged in the.dispersion of said ’insur gents,-) are in a state of insurrection against the United States, and that all commercial in-* tercoursc between- the same and the. inhabi tants thereof, with the exceptions aforesaid, and the’ citizens of other Slates and other parts o£ the United States, is unlawful, and will re*’ main unlawful .until such insurrection .shall cease or has been suppressed;; that all goods and chattels, wares and merchandise, coming* from any of said States, with the exceptions* glyresaid. into other parts of the United States, without the special -liutilise and permission of the President, through the .Secretary of ’tin* Treasury, or proceeding to any of said States, ~ with tire exceptions a'foucs’aid, by ’.and.or water,, together with the vessel or vehicle conveying the same, or conveying persons so op from* tjjyd States, \yith said exceptions, will be forfeited to tbe United States; and ‘thatlyoin anti after fifteen days from the issuing of this “proclama tion, all ships or vessels belonging i whole or in p;yt to’any citizen or inhabitant of.any of said States, with.said exceptions, found at sea-’ or nr any part.of the I nited States, will be for feited fro the United States : And.l hereby enjoin.upon all Attor neys-, Marshals and officers of the revenue and . of .the milkary and naval forces of the l nited States, to b&Vigifatk in the execution “of said jifct, andln the ‘enforcement of the. penalties land forfeitures iufp'osed or declared by *it> lea ving any party* who .may think himself aggriev ed thereby to his application, to the Secretary., of the treasury for the remission of any “penal ty, dr for forfeiture, which the sirid Secretary * is authorized by law to*grant, if, in his judg” . ment, the special .eirtiu.mstaTiccs *of any case shall"rtjtjuire suc*h remission.. *• In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand, ami caused the seal of the l States to be affixed. * *.’**. , Dotic in. the city <>l Washington, this lGtli Jjiy of iYngustj*in the year ol tiuii Loid. iHOiy and of th®independence of the United States flic elghty- s lx"th. • ’ • .*• Uy the President ABKAHAM LINCOLN'. • • • * . WM. 11. Sewarij, Secretary of State. • • * .V H|i(rmlul Ift-siou frojn North ( imlina. Tlie peopJe ftf'tlie old Noi tlr State are eioving to . rafse sPmonster 1 region for flic war, in. addition to ihe.Bo,ooo choke North Carolina troojw already the field.* The Legion is to nuniber 5,000 men, in. following proportions: 30 companies of infantry 10 of riflemen; eompanies ot cavalry, and 2 companies of artillery--*'li - cun.pan.es lk .eonsfsfcof not less tfcan To>me, rank and Ijlc. No pompany will be rA-civrt forays linif than the bvir The field o&cei-R, oomnsiasioned ana Bum commissioned staff wiW be aj-pointed bv Pitsideni • also tlbeca^tain^ of artillery. Tlioy wiU.bo men cd’the highest standing in Uc military line. - - .v * The Knoxville Wlii^f— the organ of the Last Tei*- ’ncssee L’uiouists —aimoftnces in ps issue of the - hh ult., Ihc abandonment of all .idea of lioldhig tlie Kingston Union Convention, tlie delegates to which were toiiavc been elected on the yotli ult. . This Conventym w.\s outginally projected foy*tho purpose of agitating the division of the Btatp, ami its indefinite postponement arfjues.wH for tlie gr<> - • ing.loyalty of East Tennessee, which will be nailed with*delight by (lie li*ile Soml> * “” . • so o NO. iiJc