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lion. THOMAS SI. LLOVD, of Chatham.
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,| District ElWtf ND MeGEHEE, of
KVIN. of Richmond.
6th D it —MC. M. IMMMOXD. of Cl
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1 Liidio3’ Soldi A,.f S .fi- ty
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ret irn of that mad • op bv the members, will be helti at
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. Sept i)81; r 3d, and i 1
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a CASH SVSTEfI. * * . ,
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vc., we har^determined to Adopt the sys
tem. Hereafter all transient ‘Advertisements must
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be paid for boiore insert <*l. and all* Job. Work must
be paid for on delivery. In no case will ?ve doviate
from this .rule‘s For rates of advertising see fourth
page. * *
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siSpeasios..’ .
Tt has been intimated that the stringency of
tlie timet would force the suspension this
paper after two or three'more issues; bul we
hare.concluded not to sti pend for the present,
norhntil the close of the*year. .By that time
we may perhaps, bfi able.to ‘judge whether it
will lie prudent to continue not. Meantime
we shall strictly dhe cash .y/steng, as it is
by that course only, that the paper* can be is
sued*at all.
BIAMKETN! BLAMiETM!! BLAWKETn!!!
Y inter is at, hand and many a poor soldier is j
in the field without a Man kef,to kep liitn from
the cold. D hat is to be done ? Cannot Thom*-
as’Coutity furnish a got 1 blanket, or comfort
for eseh'Of her soldiers f Many yf fhctiff arc
already sup’plied of their*own mpans. ,Say
there are 500 uicn .from Thomas—3oo of these ‘
have .furnished themselves. the Coun
ty furnish the reraartnng 200 2 Wijl every
tdtizen make a Tjood • —a <A r rmined effort to ob
tain oHc.blankcffor the soldiers* If so .we
have fco/ioubt that success will crown their la
hors ipul every* soldier be provided wi*h*a blan
ket, or somethin” as irood. * . *1
Oommon Kersey lifted with ticking or other
good cloth makes*an excellent blanket—or 1£
thi> cannot be obtained, comfortg of common
cloth of any klpd may be*abundantly sflpplied.*
They should be*thick and heavy—wiell stuffed
with cotton* interstitched. We know that the
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ladies are doing all in their.power; but what
are .the men doing?. If they were* half as en
ergetic as the ladies, t?ie co-operation of the,
two would •fcertainly’effect the object ami that
■speedily. The whole burden should notJbe put
flpon tlu*ladies because ttav are*willing tQ work.
Let them • and feel that they tfre stroiT- ly
aided b} ’ urn and much more will be ac
complished.
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’ Ljt the little girls and boys on Friday night
last deserves particular* commendation. The
pieces were selected with excellent tastendd-*
miratdy pe; rtned. J.l;o weatlier unfa
voiwblS that .the audience fas small; but the
i ‘..0 pStriiits should not be d*.shdartened on
t. it ateoiyit. Theip object was ntible and their
efforts fully Th*y will Taave, as’
they deserve, better success next time.
£TO THE VPTEES* •
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SEdDD (OMSRESSIOAAI, DDSTRIfT.
In answer te the call of l is fellew-citizuns,
the Ho#. CHAU J. JMUNNE£L*YN,*of De~ j
catur county, is annoVncedf as a candidate to
represent* Congressiqpal District in
the Congress ot Conic-vrate tstutes. at the
eleefcitfn to 3>e held on the first Wednesday in
Novcnlber next. * . . * *
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• -Urs. France* 4iider,*of tlii* county* a
lady 92 yea;* o£ age. haeseni us a pair*.of ex
eellcpt .woolen socks,*‘the labor of lier own
haeids, as an Evidence of her faeliners on tire
war Sensation, fjfa has livih a stfi
eonj revolufion in America, a*nd ht*r patriotism
undiminished has set her fingers agafti to ueirk
for she. soldiers. The Captain* of the
f?oys returns his thanks for the. compliment.
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John llice, sen., has contributed*
the folliAwhi. * -to t*fm volunteers ot Thom
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• 4 puiA sock’s—3. pairs ‘blanket?—ll pairs !
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Messrs. ,f. SduiF.* & llro. inform
that now ready to buy all fcogd hides*
to s-pply* their Tan Yard for ftext .year, ond
wfil pay a goodprict for good hid**.
We think our citizen- had Mter briber their
hides to town than to §eli*th<yn td
as leather will be scarce fimgai the* blockade j
butte * . * . •’ •* !
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. Wi-Tl ° >atches published to-day j
shows that another glorious victory has cnwn
ledthe arms of the Stmth, ami.the Ll
battle wiii thrilling page iy the early his
of out Bepuhhjp. ° °. *
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SECOND CBIfiBBSSipiTAL VIBTBICT.
• 41 the .request <f ei .. • ft* or-
Aions 5f Ac district I announce i a can-
Stafes Cyngress from
1 ‘ U ( (INGRE3SIONAL DIS
TKICT. In doing so, lam Fully mindful that !
a candidacy for. ■ : l office in this title of our,
itrj -j ,u tar front*•(•;” a desjrable'po
—ition. F?tt as our I,^
fairs must havh attention, and *’ .
district ••..- .-0 have a representative, I eon*
.it a duty I owe many good * 9 who
dia| ; I>. lieving that vtt a crisis like the
one upon us^electioneering is I shall
Biot canvass the district, and shall 0 *^o
promote my success, except to make my eandi- ;
dacy known, and to re; i attacks il*availed. 1
.* it unne essary tb” make any exposition of j
my political opinfons, as there is now no divis
. ien of sentiment among*the people of Georgia.
AH are < • aired in the nrcat work oi f our “de
• .rato-.- a i .... rty. * Iry vitfw, hcwcver, of.
| the r - 1. aof peace, which will never hrgj
; poo until the Sontheiru peopl their stand
[•among the.iT; tions ol ‘earth, I deem it pro’
pe\ ti* •••;. 1 :.m a >fate, llirrhts .man in the
‘strn-i >t - ;:.-j . f tlie term, and if’elected shall
i vigilantly watch and oppose wjth.all my
Uy, every attempt by Congr&ss to exercise pow
!er wli;ch*!.s , imt cleat 1 * granted in Ute Ctjn&titu
ti >n. in every place of pitblic confidence with
, v*hich the pe ;Je have 1. i.ored me, I l*ave ad
-0 lly to this rule of.political aotion. —
Its violation is the cause of the .dissolution oT
tnc L line.), an . taking warning by cxpeficvtce,
its should be the constant effort lover
[of histcountry to see tnat none yf ibe.errorg of
the old government creep into tfa new. It is
jmy earnest’wish that the present ‘cessdtien of
political feeling and animosity ghaU ajways.con
tinua, and that the citifens of the Confederate
: States shall .vie dach other.onfy in making
our nati n tlfe best and strongest among’lier rv
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Haying explained myselfi as far as seems 1
.necessary, I submit the question tis the voters
of thg district, if 1 should he elected, 1 .-hall
levl honored as any ’man sfiould be, with the
cnnfi.lence ui’ the en lightened amb patriotic pco
j pie of this district. If I should not, I. shall be
gratified that the district h*s a “worthier son”
than I. It is in this spirit towards the people
Sml my worthy competitors** that.my candidafiy
shall begin ai?d eml.
. ‘ * lIICIIARD 11. CLARK.
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* Mr. Editor: We will sdon be eg) led upon to
cast our votefor •Representatives in the lirst ’
Congress. As there are i]o issues upod wh[ch
thceountry.is divided, the election will turn
upon t'ye personal merits of the canclidatcs*—
There are, so far as 1 have learned, three can
di l.tes in tins district —ik'v. Aohnathan Davis,
it. 11. Clark, J4stj k , and Cok Charles J. Mun
nerlyn. I trust it will not be deemed iiltiincd
or improper to state why i have determined,
upon mature consideration, # *to ea.st my .vote for,
’Col. Munnerlyn. I shall do so because L k’now
he, possesses abil*ity, unsulliad*
probity and patriotic zftal.and* because he has,
not sought flit oflpee, but feft’it te seek him.—•
When tjn* strong anil of Northern Despdtfsm
was strethel forth to subjugate and crush our
beloved South, die intmejliately volunteered in*
her defence and served asa private ifl*thc•rarlks ,
uutii 3isch:*rred. from the .service in.conse
tjuc’nce of failing .health, which unfitted him
for the hardships and privations of thti t;amp.
Jl lie Seeoub ] Strict h*as within its limits, a
worthier or timet son —no one who commands
more fully tho.respect %n<4 affc(iou of the peo
ple and In* more.compjetely theif confidence.
Col. 2dunnerlyn is a plain 04m ntry farmer, of un
assuming milliners, line sotyal qualitjcs, gene
rous, chivalrbus and lofty, in every impulse.—
•Among tiie platters l can hear, with Scarcely
an exception, but one voice and one sentiment,
viz: that Col. Munncrlyn i?i ,the.nian of their 1
choice. Tlu? farmers and ’planters are the
urouinT work*? all.othcr trades and professions,
and hould l e.represented from riiisis*own class’
•lie h U i Congress.
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: u com! -ion, there are now no parties in the
South. 4:• ‘ touialiayk*of fiarty strife has been
jiuried, and eitizens, of whatever party creed*
in the pa&t, meet around one common board
and advocatesomiuoD*oause. We. are all ot*
the same <creift party —-jUr party of thg country.
, Then “let all go to th©polls with a kind brotii
erly fueling, and, uninfluenced by farmer party
, bias,‘select from among the candidates the one
*b&t j for tl-e oiheh. * A Farmer:
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um v.w v *l . school.
’ •- “■ ./■; Havig succeeded in secuan
the S’ vices ot the accomplished Teacher whose
name heads this we* take, pleasure in an
nounsing, that she*opens lper school in Thomas
vilie en 4lu??'!ay the ,4th d;jy of November
lyixt. *
W hilst luy schoel ;S designed more espaciaF
ly*for younfj ladies, yet ttfe w small “buys of
£Ood moral character Pull be
In introducing Miss 8. to the Community as
Teariier, we state in a few avoids that she em
bodies.the best requisites for. a thorough and
accomplished Teacher. .* ...
llw rates of tuition are moderate.
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f . litl4f 11 ManuAas Plainw.
The Charleston 31*rcury’s. Richmond d*e.s- _
patch says, according to Beauregaifl s official*
| report he had^2B,ooo mej uirlov liiig on the
i*l st of* Julyt of \*uich only 7,01*8 were #cn
gaged* • The Confederate 1 in the action was
. t>>o
loss was |.ooo killed, founded and missing.*
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f AA hat A i haw Hone.
Governor Harris, in hi< m&s§agelo
islatun? of Trtifles.- ee, says :
• In the aggregate, Tennessee has contributed
. thirty’eigkt seven, cavalry
hattalitJus ams sixteen artilfay con>panie to°
the couvmoii defence. Attention* i? also called
to the efficient services of the @fete Military
.Hoard, wlne labors are visible in results of a <
tangible character. One instance of their utik
1 ).i- -een in “the establishment of a cap facto.’
vy. which has already yielded to flic CoModep
,** , . ® ver 12,000,000 of pei’cussion caps,.
teu“.Tr % --
The Lolumbusn orner Stone says • .
‘ 0 ° ; . b y Gov. Brown to‘say’
<hat he can receive ITO more companies for &
‘ u: v h ‘ twice, having already blen tendered
morS tUan he possibly use in coast defense ” 1
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LATEST WAR JSTEWS. .
?'• Hot 20.—The Cincinnati Jjm jui-*;
ror. 12fh Ooteber, sjjvs the Foder 1 cam; ui_n
in’Western Virginia la ended .for tbe*wintdt.
1 Forage cannot be procured, an*l transportation 1
is difficult. • *, .
Rosencrantz Ijas* fallen back .to •u*itain #
f a\e, thirteen miles. w*ost ot jGauley. He has
only 6,000* effoctire .nffen, and nearly 2,000
sick. • . * • 0
. Rosencrantz wijl probably Toe detached* and
■t to Kentucky, leaving a email force Veliind
rates. .
* l ■ and, Oct. 2t>.—Later Bgcounts froift
Leesburg say the enemy comtuentt-f ero.-sftw
the Sunday nigbttaud cotiriuued to
c;o-s while tke fighj was progressing. . •
was terrible on both sides. <The 1
Feder o re well protected by a dens for-*
e>t. *i ln*y were routed three times at the point
•of the Uayouet, and wev reinforced each time.
‘J he ißth yir tegiment* charged and cap
tor 1 their 1 r*s battery and °put tlffi enemy to !
Big*ht. The.Federalist* made a desperate stand
at the river, but were slmightemd there until.*
panic s.truek, tcj-attfmpte'J to cross and were
drowned. * * .
I . The battle field- is*strewn tfeickly with the I
Federal-*!:Hi. i and wounded.
Col. Burt, of ‘the *th Mississippi,;- was
wounded.* * *••.*.
The*Confederate fought und*er* great
•disadvantage. They endured a heav\* march
f*unday on two meals, Tlept utnter arms in the
air Sunday* night, and had only thtjir
breakfast on Monday. They fought • all day 1
without nourishment or reinforcements.
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LATER-faI TiP.IVAL OF PRISONERS. * * *
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• -Richmond*, Oct- 24.—Five hundred and
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twenty-five prisoners, takey in the
battle .of Monday, arrived hcs - e *by ‘the train
this morning. Among them are tbft following:
Cos!. W. R..Le, of the Massachusetts
Regiment. . . •
Col. Coggswcll, of the 20th New York Reg'-
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. 3iajor.Reviere, of
Regiment. * • 0
Adjutant Peafson and Assistant Surgeon Re
vicre, both of 20th Massachusetts. 0
Six Captains and eleven Lieutenants,‘from
II the New Yoikf California iwut Massachusetts
regiments. .
A large’additional yuniber of prisoners will
be* bnjugbt* 3ow to-moarova Some raport
that over one ‘thousand were* taken, and the
the lowest estimate as six hundretfaud fi3'ty.
No reliaide details have yet been reA-ivgd of
the killed and wounded among tfa Confcdcf
ates.
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Eichmo.id, Oct. 24.—m. —One hundred
and sixty moro> prisoners from Leesburg arrived
here this*Siftertioon.
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Passengersteport that Lcesbfirg is now in
Alfe possession df 20,00 # 0 The Con
federates retired under orders to evacuate Lees
burg if the Federals appeared in largc o force. —
It is understood that siufilar opders jvere issued
previous to th‘e battle of Monday, bi?t Gcner[
Evai* fought llie battle notwithstanding.
It lias*be # en # ascertained that the Confederate
loss, in killed, wounaed and missing, will nut.
reach 200. . * *
The. Federal loss *n killed, pounded, # prison~
* ers and missing is about 2,000-.
. Sci’eral hun*lredtuorc <prisoncrs arc expected
to-morrow. ’ . • .
1 . Njimarous mstanoes ai o e related us gallatff
deeds performed by “the Confederates.* TMen
sever fought with more daring ehivalry.*
Fartten from the liCesbnrg Fijht.
Richmond, Gst. 5. —Our loss at the Lees
burg {fait, k appears from late and more au
thentic accounts, was at first, exaggerated. It
is to lj,ave amounted 4o 40 killed aifa
108 woupded.
, The*Eighteenth Mississippi Ilegimcijt, alone
killed G4O Federals, and surrounded a .piece of
w&wis said‘to contain uiuny more, who.jvill
doubtless be captured. .
Gen. Baker, of Oregon* five balls
in tlje breast. He was made a Brigadier Gen
eraPonly the Gay previous to the fight, and
commanded a coHimn. 0 • •
n 4 lie battle lasted all day, being seririus skir
mishes until* towilrds* night, when a i?rand
charge was made by tin? Confederates,°a panic
took pos^A-^iortof. the enemy and°they fled ib
the greatest confusion t?nvard the riveT. 0
o The object of this demonstration on the part
of tli*> Peilerals was to p<*scss and fortify Lcua
’ and thence make a flank movement in
•co-operation \ritli an attack from .McClellan on
“ our centre. * *° * * •
Two hundred and fifty of tly3 prisoner? t?i
ken in tlfe action are fror# Worcester couifty
Massachusetts, the hot-bed of Abolition, apd
they are full of rancor and hatred against the*
South. o
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Nashville, Oct. 24.—A private despatch*
•from l k afis, Tennessee, says the city of Mays
ville, Kentucky, wss burnt by A,OOO Federalists
on the s'2d inst. °
r l*ho Knoxville Register of # the 23d reportso
that the Federal camp Dick Robinson
ha(j advan#od within ci<*!it miles*of Zollicoffer’s
camp • There had Jieen some skirmishing be
tween the pickets, Witlf a loss to the enemy of
> thrtie kiUci. Oi*e*priscner states the Fedtral
forces*at 8,000, and says an etfrly ba’tle is ex
pccted.‘ # o * • • *
4he Bowling Green* correspondent of the*
t nion A American says a gentleman who left
fjouisville on • reports flit; Lincoln
troopg between Bouisville and Noflin as Is.OUO
.strong. • Rossegu’s forces ifte mainly fro<n (Jhio
and Indiana. • There was conatkirable (fi^satis
• faction among them, owing to tlu^indifference
manifested (by tl’e people) of their success.
; Nashville, Oct. 23*— Anspecial despatch to,
: *the Banker frem Bowling Green 22d, sayfaßos
seau with sight or ten thousand men had ad
vanced fc) 1 bacon Crftfk, eight o miles from Green
Ri\Br Bridge. . . . 0
One of gutrfioats ascended the
Cumberland to Linsport, 2CT*miles lic’lotvb Fort 1
oDonaldson, and carried off o a barge® with three
fiundred barrel* tjf flour! * * ° #
4he Louisville Courier oft V-day says the’
Federal®pickets are at Bacon t reek and the
diaiu iiody of th?MUj scat ter# d° botweeij that
place and Muldrongh’s Hill. They numbered
*afaut.l7,bV). ° 0
Jiruioval of 0 o
A ashville, Oct. 24.—The Cincinnati Com
snercial learns
, moved on the 22d, and that Gen. ollunter wild
succeed him. Gazette .says Fremont is
Removed by orfar of the President.
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, Tho Polotiinc Closed. 0 • ,
. Richmond, 0 ()ct. “Id. — intelligence
announces that the Potomac is effectually ios
ed to Federal ve-.-t Is, no steamer or other ves
,bcl having ■ : btdterics in she past f^w
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Capt. St ivcnsoo s invention has n o ldy -
lived the doubts thesneenof skeptioi, an I
has shown, by the quick work the has made of#
’ the etoop-of-war Treble.°th*tsh% is able of hep*
0 pi rivqp hos- L
-* . • • w. # bio their anuiunent
\fie have no doubt that Coimnodojje JloHin#, orJ
some other officer ut th *:_ . tnment, will iyi
j mediati have anothei* Kam fisted zip, alter
•tfce same model* to look after the Ipncoln gun- 1
boats above. Memphis. . 0 “
\\ !*.ei the Manassas Vent ando # \vn th? river as
’ a private enterprise,.under < . “ • . a
plan was drawtfer.p wr a a equitable tllire of
•any prize money she migh£ win, among ;dl wh<# i
were on ward- Bufat the fjrtsf Gomt xfore
HoUia s took p issesgioa in the nainp*of the g •
detached Jjieutenanl Warley from
the Mcßae, to take charge of her.* Ca.r. Ste- I
venson resigned qis comman a°and went ashore
with tears .n his
authority to the crew, an 1. then informed •them !
t tlrtit according to the Navy Regulations, and
Osager, aU prize money gained would Jae divided
atiiTTnV the wli de fleet, ..whether won by the
I Manassas or any othep vessel.. . *
This created*eonsiderallle dissaftisfactiofi par
ticularly as it was beloved that the navy
latisns provided for the division of prize toon-? :
ey only among the commissioned officers, and
I gave po slmrtffto jthe men. Although the.ma- .
jurity ivere resolved to stay by htir, whether re- j
wanted o? not, sonic fourteen took tfcei* effeefs J
and went ashore. Lgeut/Warley then passed!
• word Tor yulunfeers'to fill tlfeir } laces from the
rfuen oiJ*®oard tlfe dther vessels, and found no
| difficultyprocuring the required number.-
‘1 here w # ere thirty’■-fw* .souls, .all told, on the
Manassas, when she finally st%rted on her ftx* f
penmental trip. Lieut*AVafley had command ;
—dairies Austin was .his first officeVj anil Wifi. J
Hardy was the engineer. Three more resolut©
or determined men cautibt be found aln v. here*, 1
and they were Selected for their post* nut only
for their courage out 0 for their coolness.
Incut. Warley had orders frgm Com*.llollins
t) fuft ahead of the whole expedition and make
a trial of the ram under any circumstances and
at all hazards. Her mne-incfi gun was i*jt to
be used at ail, and in fact she ha-4 only a dozen
cartridges for it in her magazine. Tlfe porthol*
forward was closed flowft, “and so was the after “
hatch. The forward batch aliVne wa* opened!
: for inches, so as to permit the steersman and ;
pilot to have a good view’ghead. Mr. Austin, i
whet knows every Inch of the river,.piloted her
himself, the pilot having left her at .the fort.
It was a peculiar hazariß this —to try a nc„\v
invention, withoul a precedent oh which to
form a conjecture e.s to the result; and to run
•boldjv into the insist oi’ an enemy’s fleet on bhc
liberal principle of “victory or death.” The
men on board her \\ero* not Lightened, or they
wOuld not have deliberately made the venture;
but tlu*y would *nof have been human if they
had not felt the oppression of an ;u\*iiil suspense.
Shut up in that iron-bound case, they k\ew
Jhat*in a short.time it migh*t*be tjigjir coffin.
It was pitch dark- V •better night could
not have ben selected Tor the purpose, and the
j ram glided noiselcssly’dowu the current. Nev-.
<tr before had sire Jam.so well. Ten* milos-au 1
hour was supposed to'be her maxirpum speed,
but she was making at least thirteen knobs.—
‘fiic water*ran tip over her l?o*v;iud split off on
each side with beautiful play, maki: gentle
afid really musical rippling* souifei. She had<
the other boats far behind, but stlH she
kept on.her swift course.
All jef a sudden Austin discovered fhedife
outline of a ship right aheaS. lie sang out to.
the engineer : “Let her out Hardy,defc her out
now.!’ l'nstantjy th*c tar, tallojv and sulphur*
that had been prqpaycd were thrown into fier
furnace, and the hand of the steam guage rah
up t(i the highest point. How much pressure
on tTie boilers were given can ncv*cr Jje known*
but*it*was fife above her allowance.
New she w?i* discovered Ly the watch on
the enemy s decks and they gave the alarm,
and. sent up :f blue light from the Richfnbmd,
; probably gi private signal to theiNiagara below.
Austin made.outthe* bow of the* vessel she was
and •steered her Tor it so as to
strike between hog chains and yiain chain* .
The aim was 3 true one, the mon&iftum ot the
ran? \v;igi terrific and*the Crash, °as she* dj-ove
aer prow twaifty feel deep ii>lo the ship’s hull
was truly fearful, 0 Every man aboard the Ma
nassas was knocked down by the violence of
the correussion, andvlie wliolp boat vibrated
like an aspen. The engines were at onc-<A re
versed°and she backed.right out, bringing off
c® her prow wjiole*sheets of the Treble’s cop
poring and big splibters ol her solid, live-oak
bow. o • 8 .
The dismay, the consternation, the panic of
• horror that Sauc’d upon the degk oTthe strick
en Tibbie may be imagined, but it ceinmSt b*
, pictured in words. Most oi’ the eyew*. aroused
from slumber, rushirTg frantically about, ervzy
with fliglft. Somp “of them, must* have been
wounded or mangled by the sharp*prow of the
Manassas, judging from their piercing, agonT
• zing shrieks. . few cf them were scow to
leaf) overboard mto.klie river, and upon deck a
perfect saturnalia of frenzied terror reigned.—
Thcji knoiv not'what to follow* aytk could
’ not understand what hd occarrSd. •In the
Manassas theiayells were distinctly heard, With
such cries as* “\\*e’rv sinking! She’s g ling Jto
. ( blow iiji! We’re all lost ! Oil mj (loti.” •
The Richmond, Treble an 1 Wa-*
ter \\ itch*were at-vanahor in th line of <f.V,
( .with spring cables, aud steam up on* the two’
steamers. As the bached vdt* frogj
tly Treble, h#r officers saw the Richmond lying
| right before them, with her .full “broadside cx
; posed. Here w%s a splendjd oppfirtuirtty, and
I they had no doybt, from their succe.-e afeunst
• that they weuld cut.licr in two.-;
Not a singlg shot had filed at th yet,
ayd suchVas the confusion .ofi board of the
shi(?s that they aommenzed ringing their fog
bells, which proved that evez yet they were so
confuses! and ignorant of the nature of the at
• ta<Jk, that son.c of theiy supposed it ft) bean
accidental “comsion, caused by the “extreme
lHarkuess, and iguig the fjg bells so as to*sfaow
the 3han°issa.s their positjon and enable her to
(ploid them. 0 * * •
Aealn, Mr. Austin sang oul to the engineer:
; “Now let !n>r out, L';uM v. o an?l give it tvi .herA j
It. was at ibis moment that 31 r. Hardy diseov- !
| ered tlTat one ot the condsnsess had been bro- !
°ken by the*shock vs the concussion in striking 1
the TrebTe. w]iich iierulered one of her engines
u- 1 less,and he knewwffi*had not
jin the §th&’ to run !yr mt'o.any.tlijng else, lfe
! therefore passed*the word up tlmtthe mzchhie- !
■ry disabled and all sin could do would be
to huukoft as host she COufcL *s>ittor was this
disappointraedt to WarleJ*, as he 1
..-aw tlie full side ot the Richmyud before,
him, bat tjiere wife no help for it and it mig’ht
! evcn o be a. critical matter to # cscapj. ’ * . . J
. forking one •engto® she made a dircuit
around to lYvad up steam* atl, J this.brought her I
right under th*’ iTjejjmbnJ ana the A in®ennes.l
Tv this time the officers on board those vessels
• had recovered their presence of mind
lv to cenrprdiend that this extraordinary cellist
Uon was no accident, but a very cool and auda
cious assault by the “enemy, and that the long,
1 low, black looking object tkwtiirg eight, before
Phep was the cause of their daqger and alarm-
Tl*ey then Aanoed their guns, which were uj
ready sh >trett. and i*.v the invulnerabjlity ot
the*Manassas <*aa fairjy tested. First came’i
th whole*broadside*of thg Richmond, and di- ,
roetly after the entire broadside of the Vincen
nes,fallowed by the* eight*inch shells of the
water AVitcli. The roar of the gannon was
. trciuemV-V, atf 1 it seemed to ttto.-e e ped* ifp
in the Jittle ram as if all the t.huiflcrnolts of
; dove were raised upon them.
i lii:e1 i i:e tiag staff and one of the.ehimnov*staeks
•T the Manassas were*Cu4 T>.i.aj eleay *us ;f bv ;
ha knife, but the*guns of this had not been ;
: sufficiently depressed, and all their balls, ex
cept two or three,.went bver her. She has but
Lone indention, n&ar the bow, in her irtus armor,
to show that sjte was struck at all, but it ispbe-
I lived that other shots reached her and glanced*
.off Vithout leaving a perceptible nitwk of their
, visit. *Now the cotffidenee ofi all on board re
i turned, and.after having passed through uueba
•volley unscathed they knew tljey were.s.*e and
sound.
According to the directions of (A mmodore .
! Hollins, a rocket was to'bc.sent up frfein the
• • * •
! moiivcnt of her jnakmg the attack, as a signal
for the other boats to come *up, but she had
i come uj>n the Treble 0 lly there
was no chance until now-to obey thy order.—
Rut altar the boadsid*es* were fired at life the
• ■ o
| after hatch was thrown ojjcn and*the midship
j*man who had charge of tlie'rockets jiglwe l one
jof them. In the*cxcitemerft of the moment
lie held*fast td the spick.so that (Tie fire burned :
; his hand and flew down the hutchway. A
nusiher of men were close by it below .and*
thought it wa'* a sholl from*the. enemy The |
way they rolled over and piled into corners is a
joky.’ they will never foiget in*their .lives.
. ‘! iiree rockyifs jvere sent up, as tlie ‘signal es
• a successful attack, and the Manassas went on
up the rivzr,•although making very slow time
Lin comparison with he* velocity down “stream, !
f just before. The Richmon4 bow took tlie A in- :
j cennes and tlfe Water'Witch grappled the Tre- j
I hie, all tLe time keeping up a heavy fire on tfic |
I*ram but without striking ]n r <A\c'ent once, and
then knocking down her remaining chimneyn
over the vent of. her other one. This choked
up the outlet for the smoke, and as they* were
yet'burning the tar, sulphur and tallow, the as
phyxiating gas t halt rose* from it rushed dowij
ayd spread tho.b-iat, thruatenui to
suffocate every one in a lew minutes. Nothing
was to be done except tor someone to go on
deck.and cyt aw; • the wreck, while tlie ship-,
les? tarptirferof a igile distant-, were rain
•ing tli- ir halls all ahiut, them. •
Seizing eyi.ax. Air. * Hardin tu-lc.l up* the
Companion way, nor coflld Lieut, \yarley, who
I had not discovered the Becideyt, hohi iri \ . hack.
| Austin saw him. go ?ip and. kno.viftg he couhi
; nos stand alone*on th? .arch* 1* roof, followed
him rfjj. ’i here. oi*Ahe ungual led to.;?, ila! *y
cut av, iy Hie iiilien chimneys and its guvs with
tlre.ax - Austin,- bracing his fc%t Jsi
apari, held him steady. All tin bulls
and shells wire wiiistlinp*pa*t and aroufld them.
The.vent was opened ami Hie sulplimous smoke*
rhsl > : *.- <* j beloVi were getting al
most, suffocated. . ’ *
. The fire boats hai Ivs set orfire bit were
• blown ashore bjHtflo wind, and burned up with
. out doing an;. The h ctvrara *
•ahead of the other # boats, but she “got agipnnd
and they had to pull her off.* Commodore llil-’
I l?ns ordered “Lieut. Warley to r;*u the °ram
aground, :s it w;:* t.wur rtian ty an “lev her,
ay 1 the*fleet then went on cWyaittr the cue
.m-..
. As an menfont of the panic among the Lin
folnit®, when the yteamers towefe off the
.slpops-oC-wai 1 , a?id left tlye schooner Tooue ?•
look out for herself* her officers and i?m Tan
ashore and nmde off into the swamp., where
they will probably starve to death, for our men
tried for several hours on Saturday uipvning-to
fiud them but did not succeed. * . . 0 .
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I'm >tu the Lon dot/ Review.
The Nortif and Sositli.
• The ficet may be ignored or forgotten in the
White I l,use and i?i tliVi /esidam <jf a Congress,
hflt Nort.h and Soutfli do nofstalid towards each
other in the relation* of sovereign and subject.
Tresidenf Lfeceln is neither king.’enrperor, or
dictator Ile.dos. not inherit from a long line
f royal ancestors, like most of ihe sovcreieirs
of Europe j neither has lfe made a throve ‘for
himself, liko Napoleon I, or A*ietor Emanuel. —
lie is no niore than the CJ.iief Magist,ra’te*of a
. republic, the administrator, not the fountainof
law; and no one owes him any* greater, loyalty
or allegiance tha we, in tfiis country, owe to a
lord, mayor .or alderman elected by the? people,
or to a justice of the* peace duly* appointed by
the sovereign. ‘Fhe* people made him what he* I
is. Any fealty.they yiwe him is**solely due to’
the position they gave him ; and. if one section
iy, fi r instance, Umt ofi the’.North —chooses |
to invest him, in a fit of. passion, *or even froiy
’cooler.considdratiops* of business! a*mtl?er sec j
.won may, without*imputation* of disloyalty, re- j
fusp to acquiesce. ’• Th> treason or
\loyaity ifttkeSase’ The Hou.tli has as n.ai.y ‘
. inherited, rights.as the North and'thg North as
many as the South. It is not king.aml subject
who have quarreled, but •brother and*brother.
# They ought not*lo have “one* to* war; *tjiey
would have dime sauch bolter.if tSey had held ;
! firmly togi-thef, ?wnl contjnued* to sk*OW them
seltes, by thfer ami?y.* and concord, and their |
•unsurpassed resources,*a great natiojj; im .tju;
South had certainly—it* it felt itself agrieved.
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a,nd if ir suffered, or imagined that it suffered,
itfifs feelings*, interest, and comforts by *tl*e*
eoyipact —as much right to put an.
tcyit am the United States had originally to
put an end to the connection existing between
tltctyselves and (Treat Britain. The*North may
Atorjtinue to talk of the .‘•rebellion,V bfit it it
not u rebellion. o£ he word is an assumption of
a pWoit as well asa greater right which coused
to epst, if it ever existed at all, at tl“e *v< ry
i moment .when* the *Soufh itself strong
enough to deny and repfl’liate it. In-.fifct, tHe*
state of affairs is what the South truly cals it,
u secession. And.hgaever mujsh the .North “may
regret the consummation, and*struggle so avest
It, there will be .henceforward two* confcdera- 4
tint's, instead .of tlie once ‘great Republic of
j the L nited Strifes. Indeed, the sjgtis are not
j few that, if the star copfinues for* a* twelve
month, a third cotifederation will arise out of
she turmoil. The North cannot see these*
things because i?s leadet- and people are blind
.ed jv.v-sion ; but they are seen distinctly
[enough in the Soitfh and in the AYest, and a*re
.obvious and jjalpable in Uurojve*to. the meanest
- camfeity *-‘ f . • *
The .North is ni*a fair way of.losing far morq
than tin*'unwilling—and, did it kqpw -its own
i intereatj the •unprofitable-partnership of the
South. We do not. speak of the battle*of Ma-
v®ws had cjjough—or og its sec
ond repulse, ftear Spnngllehl, in Missouri, which
has inflicted ftjjnhst a abh*w upon its
military character, for these #re reverses which
it is 111 its“pewer to aet.neve. Tut worse tliap
tlie loss of Hie battles* worse than, the foes’ of
■ millions of moziey per day, is Vie lots of liber
| t/, that.the most niestimaUle privilege of the
people, and which, qp to the outl!r<°ak of this,
unhappy dispute, every citizen* ol tlfl-H nited
States lias finic.ied.liis inalitfiiaßle birthnghf.—■
1 Tjibi rtv if” bm /■ e- cists i I •tht b/ovtttt rri half 0/
, * *. *.. itary law, t)j .1 tdh find in-*
! vinci Wo necessity, rid eg rough-shod • over the
• civil law whenever the two come into Qplligion.
Congress—in a Vanic, which fr mistakes to*
vig.ir— v< ‘ :*/?-o, , without commeaT, tli% dcajr
j es t rigid* of the peoph ; overthrows, by a vote*
thzt is almost iitianiuvous, and that *vould be
entirely .so wgre th(y-e’*not a few Secession istrf
still left ainon! its members, all Tie •securities,
that formerly gtfirde l and the per
son A)f.the* citizen \ nqurfbders mqpey witli a.
refkh --ness that has never been equalled in
flie worst*wa of *<Hd \ orid*; and, in all
its doings, gallops at such * pace ds to suggest
| to Americans, as w>*!l as to Europeans, that the.
.day of :h dictator is at ha l—of a dictator who
• will mate permanent that deprivation *of liber
ty which ii?ifew*<iNe :e l to \To temporary.
U’Jie fery [fiv- of Auferica—tljat*ucharter
. ]*)*bertina> whose Jiberty suggested licence
! rather than hns—has pefually, umler iRe *fiital
tjjull *JL this ginh.ippy emuest, suggested to tlie
Generals in cifmmand tiyit is own wings ihoulj
be'clifpeih and that ilfsjioiihhnot be allowed ta
; tlfjow the full light *nd *g4a: iblicifjr up-’
i on thg events of the war aijtl t?ie conditictn of
the country, fi;ich• i.- thc influence
. of {he contest that the jfeopte of the Nofthera
i States .•rein rcrleeiTy willing to enslave them
m*lvcs if thevxuin bqt enslave their Southern
brethren. They throjv disc ©edit upon 4)eyioc
racy, and a? 1 doing their I>es( to root 4>ut Be*
puhlicanisni from the Ne(? World as effectually
as*it has been roofed out of the Old.
Republicanism in AtTieriea n.ay be destined
( to last, but not it this fratricidal* war he not
speedily brought t a close, ifilitary despot
i.Vn inevitably grew out of such seeds as arc
now sown broadcast over the land. The North^
■ wlvetlier conqqpring or conqucrd, will feel the
; grip of the op pis or arouffLitS neck, and
awake, too Idle, to the sorrowful conviction that
it (Bice po.-se.-~ i d tlfo. substance of freedom, and
let *t slip out oltets gr*sp when caching at i
I shadow —that shadow being the subjugation
, oi’ liieir IViCit.l •• ; ml 1 rot hers, sepapajed from
them* by netesrities growing slug of oiinAte,
erai i material interests, and not out of
• m •
I riiuoiiioM oi ucsirc oi aomimon. • *
And ii’ the e tw°*no!*le Irotli^rs,could not’
*• • • Sand I rt os frit nds
| —it tl i* *.i 0 i 1: l. (without lbs “right divine
Ito govern wr * ; f ;!. > W'lufe House could
fallowed .. *’ fo* cogti ■ze the
Wasmnfft ... bes .. much humiliation and
. * l ‘. • foujaied upon the
isorthr.-n rtfr ■. t..c North wruUl ga n ,a very
men. • dc victory. It v■. u!f* lose, nothing by
‘he di l lin of ti, l g, with wliic!J>it might
* ■ 1 y which the two
♦ J te bj theii* rnal relatimu),
* *. ‘ uhst the*rest of
Jtl ... . ■ ° 14 have the uobler
*ag :oi a editt!J<-nt oil whiel? to thrive. Batter
tlian all, it won.fi recover aid mi a
■•solid basis its last varnishing liberties; and
j w.ould be able to pjove *to a now iucreduloas
Ivor Id. I * * ts> the nee
jessary fnd ol a dcnfticrady founded* upon uni
: versed suffrage. Tlu* tuo inn tc pa rate sootier
ior later • a, : {,<., rto % ij/than to-morrow.
Ihi lot tern tth result is procrastiva%ed the
tin bn r that must he fixyd upon the
: present and al? future generations of Ameri
cans. and the greater the •danger that freedom
j itself will perish in the struggle.’ \y c know
I that the words of counsel will fall unheeded
| upon the Northern people, who have not vet
suffered enough to feafn wisdom ; But we feel
cgßtaig v.iat the day will come when every JLm
•erlcan mow li ifj in the Korthtxn States, atrl
slid in ff and abettings m the nticjdul *as well its
fratici la lie ir, willruethe day when the South
ern scnr.oon ?'?< )o.tr *oj>n:.e(7 accepted
astir be.-f thing f>r bothy . / iiicompa rabfu the
best for the North: *
A\ hen a hundred ftnllious sferling slidll have
been added to the.publie dent, and tte inter
e-’t ot that sum has to be.defrayed te aq in
come and property tax, how long will (lalifor
ni a. and the rising State-ion the Pacific seaboard
consent to rcmaTn in th?; Union ? Not *a day
• longer than they can sec a reasonable* cli'anpe
fob effecting their seeessfon. .
. ihe South can act on the defensive without
a ruinous money cost; “the Nortl?cannot*act on
the offensive without incurring liabilities* that
wib breal* theJiackot the Republic. A.thou
sand men defending tlieii*own.soifr are eon *1 to
I fen thousandTnen who carry, .fire and ■ wrd to
ilivade All expezience prov ■*
v. hen tnc country to be iuwaded is as. ... • as
five sat six gydat Europeay ms>n the in
: i.glei Should remember the late ofi Napoleon
j ml’n.-.-iti, and lie commit his fiortunu
. to si), desperate an enterprise, and much as wa
. abhoi negro slavery in the Spyjh, •■(> must cOh
fess that we* slmul.d much p*ri‘er t< see it left
wlieri it is, for tizie aiTd circumstances to reme
dy or overthrow, to seeing the North reduced
tl the humiliating pfeitiol? ofi*a military auto-’
ciacyv, 111 which the liberties, of # white men
would be annihilated without thg slightest m-
I erfeise of.lHfe liberties of the blacks, ° * .
Ihe Noi 1 .1 may he assumed oi one thing;
which is, that%t tlie war lasts much Ringer, and
the temffi continues to win all tlfe battles,"the
Kiilgdoms and.Statea cf * Great
I Britain*amng tbo* number—wttlbe
rto-recognke tfiip Scfnttiern ('onfederation, as %
Ide facto .Government In our. day, Govern
ments cannot listen to debated upon*thctfe jure
.when the <i /■/•to is before them, for if“th<jy
did they would .be inuolved in a succession us.
wars. * ‘I liv King of Ttaly’is recognized by En.
gland and kraace, because his Kingdom is a*
fact; and the* Southern Con federation bids fair
• toAie acknowledged on the same principle.
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Tliruivy t'viiiiaa'qjlcr for Floridn.
Information has .been received in this ciCy
that Geif..E. Kirby •Smith, wJio wms recently
appointed to relieve the late Gen. GravSofl of a
jiortion of the* commaiyi in Florida, had arri
. veil in Richmond and declined the appoftitment
and that a Gen. TrapiSr liaj hpen ajipointed in
• his stead.— 4 - Tallahqsse m “
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Charles Lamb says, “My beil-fellows aro
epughg and AYe sleep three in a bed**