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GRASS ItEl'tJltTElt. WILLIAM CLINK. EDITOR. THOMASVII Ll'.. CIA: MATUESDAY. II i> SB. ISFO. Ee iters for Peusnrola. All letters for tneinbers of eompatiies who liav<» gone to IVnsaeol.'i should be addressed to Montgom ery, Ala., and endorsed “for I’ensaeola or Warring ton.” A mail is made up nt Montgomery direct to these latter places, where the soldiers receive their letters. The letter, besides the name of the person, should be endorsed with the name of the company to which he belongs. Lv' M e call the attention oi our readers to the Curd of Messrs. CARHART A Bro. Merchants, of Macon, Georgia. Messrs. Carharts are Georgians, but were doing business, until recently, in the citj ot New York. The abolition liny at tin* North has induced them to return to their native home, and they now solicit tin* business of their old customers and Southerners generally at their eatab ishment in Macon. Mr. Risseli . whois extensiv <ly know n over the South as their affable ami gentlemanly travelling Agent, is still attached to the firm, and will be pleased to see his old acquaintances at the Store. Webb, of the New York Enquirer, has taken back all his abuse of Maj. Anderson. He says,“the charge was based on falsehood and lying.” No doubt of that, and Col. Webb Limselt the author. The Boston Herald says, one hundred young men have left that city tor the South w ithin a few days, as recruits stir the army of the Confederate States. We do not believe a word of this. It is one of the thousand falsehoods which daily enie nate from the Northern press. But should it prove true, look out for spies and deserters. Not one of them should be accepted, but be immediately ordered home again. V\ e have no reference to Northern men w ho came hero before the war, but to such as shall come as above stated. Two more Stars added to tlae South ern Constellation. SECESSION OF TENNESSEE. MONTGOMERY. At.a . May 7.—A dispatch receiv ed here from Hon H. W. Hilliard, announces that the Legislature of Tennessee has parsed an act of Secession. This act to be submitted to the vote of the people on the Sth of June next. SECESSION OF ARKANSAS. Montgomery. May 7 —T he Convention of Ar kansas has passed an Ordinance of Secession. The act is complete in itself. That terrible Proclamation of•• Mr. Linklmrn” seems to be doing the business of the Southern States admirably. The people of two more States have “gone home,” as appears from the above, and no doubt will behave decently and orderly. As to remaining quiet and passive, that may depend upon Mr. Linkhorn’s own deportment. If any of his raggamuflin soldiers come that way, they may feel themselves under the necessity of bucking them down and paddling them, if not inflicting a worse treatment. They will be bucked and paddled cer tain. President’s Message. The reader’s attention is invited to President Davis Message on the first and fourth pages. It fully meets the occasion, and, in our opinion, is an incomparable state paper, giving a just exposition of the principles ot true republican liberty as transmit ted to as by our fathers. If the Northern people, in t.'u-i” p--b 1 i <,-..1 ai.d uol,itiv«l "'ii'liii’l, hart properly understood that Liberty as limited by c< n stitutional checks, and protected by State Rights, i the woild would now be 1 spared the unnatural spec tacle of a fratricidal strife instigated by the fiery demon of fanaticism. The South has ever resisted ; the central.z:ng doctrines of the North, and resisted them successfully up to the election of the Kanga roo President at Washington, and because we will not have him to rule over us, he and his infamous party are compassing land and sea for preparations to cut our throats. This he expects to do in ninety days we believe, which is an easy job on paper. Patriotic Aclio a. It seemed, a short time ago, a matter of some dif ficulty to arouse the people of Thomas county to a sense of the true position of the Southern States, and assume action to meet the emergency. That time has gone by, and old ami young now appear to be making up for lost time. We have received three communications during the last week, sounding pa triotic notes of preparation for the contest, with all of which we are highly pleased. One comes from the ‘ Seventeenth” and another from the “Thir teenth and Fourteenth” of this county. We cheer fully give them an insertion, and recommend t. tie other counties in South Western Georgia to “go and do likewise. ’ Brooks, w e think, led the way in this commendable organization: Rally I To Arms! Thomas County, Ga., May 3, 1861. M ould it not be well for the citizens of Thomas county to think well upon what ground they stand ? There are a number of our young men who have volunteered to go off to the “wars,” and will leave us soon, no doubt. There are others that are equal ly patriotic that would (and will go if the occasion requires it) volunteer. But suppose we take <df the entire? verting population of the county—which we could do—what would become of our home affairs ? Would it not be well f„r our citizens to organize Companies, and drill at convenient times, for the protection of our homes and firesides? I have heard it said by numbers of persons that they could Whip ail persons that would land on our shores with double-barrelled Shot Guns. It is true the citizens of Baltimore put to route one famous legiment of Massachusetts, but the “price of liberty is eternal vigilance.'’ and to be completely on our guard we must meet and drill regularly at least once a week It may be that none of those who enlist in this “Home Guard.” as it may be called, will have to leave the county of Thomas, but if there is a call, “who is so base as to refuse the call ?” I hope for the honor of Georgia, the justly styled Empire State of the South, that there will not be one that will re fuse to spill the last drop of his blood foi ■ our homes, iamilies and firesides. Secession. Boston, Thomas County, Ga., May 3, 1861. Owing to the present crisis, the great danger that pervades our country, by the threatened invasion of the Vandals of the Noith, who are increasing their will, envy and strength every day, tor the purpose of overrunning and subjugating Southern soil, and aiming a deadly blow at our institutions, we, as a “hl men ol T homas county in the thirteenth and I'uurteenth Districts of said county, are desirous of funning a company called the old mens Company or Guards,” incase our young men should b,. chl |,. (l iht „ K(;rvice , , h( , G(( . ,_e»noi i‘ eeotgni,and leave our homes unprotected. Me desire an all the old men so in clined. at a meeting to be held nt Seward’s Depot, on Wednesday the Lrt!, day of May the purpose of organizing aud ejecting or appointing officers, &c. Many Old Men’ Men of Duncanv’Te To Arms! To Arms’! .... . . DUNCANVILLE, Ga., May Bth, 1861 I lie citizens of Duncanville District’ who have not joined either of the Military Companies, now or ganized in Thomas county, are requested to meet at Duncanville on the li-th instant, for the purpose of forming a company lor the protection ot our fire sides, homes, honor and liberties, and to take the field in case of an invasion . Come one come all' V’e regret to find that we were under mistake in announcing that Gen. Scoit had resigned bis com mission as Lieutenant General and (h.mmander-in- Chief of the military forces of the I’uiled State s He still retains that position, and we r.ppn hend is likely to retain it. The fact is, Gen. Scott, in com mon parlance, is a Gen. Scott man; and. ait hough he , has done the I nited States some service, he always fought for Captain or Colom 1 or General Scott.— After he hail done fighting, honor, fame and pretty , fair pay were not sufficient to satisfy his ambition. He aspired to the Preside ncy, but bis vatilling pre tensions were defeated, ami to (he Southern vote lie ascribes that detent. Gen. Scott is vindictive as well as ambitious. He will never forgive the South ern people for this delete. 110 no doubt feels that lie ■ r.wes them a deft, and is anxious to pay it. Ills pre - fence of adhering to his oath ofotfi. e is till nonsense He has too much sense not to be aware l that every Southern eir z n has been relieved from bis oath of office 1 long ago. by its repeated violation by the major ity of these in whose 1 favor the oath was taken. “A compact broken on one side is bimken on nil sides” is as wed) know n to Gen. Scott as it was to Daniel Webster There is another trait m Gen, Scott’s character. If he is as brave as the Duke l of Marl borough he is also as avaricious. We have seem it stated that his pay and perquisites as Lieu tenant General of the 1 United States army fall but little short of forty thousand dollars per annum, and he is well aware that his services would not be valued at more than a third or a fourth of that sum by the government of the Confederate States. It may be 1 said to be humilia ting t<> a brave soldier to suppose? he would w eigh his sense of duty in the scab l against dollars and cents, but—“also poor human nature!” Soldiersas well as sailors are “but men.” The BiaiH This seems to be the l childish order of the day, with many, on berth sides of the Potomac. On one side we hear that Lincoln is about to descend on the South as an avalanche, fem r h mid red thousand stimuli, devastate us with fire and sword, and apportion out our territory among his followers—that he is about mustering one innumerable force at Washington, and another innumerable force l at Cairo—that they are 1 to sweep the country throughout the length ami breadth of our unfortunate l land, ami come to n focus at New Orleans. The Wide 1 Awakes were muster ing by tlmiisand ami tens of thousands. and were 1 to come South and swallow us up without chewing or pinning our ears back, but of late they are as mute and harmless as sick kittens When we acquire courage enough to lift up our eyes upon this terrible picture, we find a few thousand starvlings, the very dregs of society, congregated around the President of the I nited States at Washington, and can hardly tell which is the most alarmed, Lincoln or bis rag ged, forlorn troops. We find another small force destroying an immense amount of public propertv at Gosport navy yard, lest it should fall into the hands of the Virginians—who had just declared for secession, and were wholly unprepared for < ffensive w a;lure—and running away as soon as they had ac complished that daring feat, before they had seen an enemy. Another handful of troops may bn seen at Cairo, whom the Kentuckians threaten to drown out like rats, by letting in the swollen Mississippi upon j them with its deluge of waters. These? are the mighty hosts of Linen In. Among his people every one is losing whatever little confidence they had in him: and already threats have gone forth from his own press of supplanting him with a more effi cient governmental head. His Cabinet place no confidence in him nor each other; while Granny Scott and Granny Wool, his two principal military , Llu-. u —t— .. ..re hrtntl. trmt ar last accounts the Lieutenant General, who wears the largest feather, ordered the Major General, whose ■ feather is shorter, to leave the city of New York and be off to Lis own quarters at Troy, ami not to meddle in future with military matters unless so di rected by him. And lastly we see it stated that Eng land has offered arms, ammunition and troops to the | L nited States, to assist ter in conquering fur rebel lious States. This is the state of the brag game on Lincoln’s side. How is it with us ? M ell. Ben McCulloch bad, some time ago, be fore Virginia took her noble stand w ith her South ern sisters, ten thousand troops enrolled in that State, ready to march upon Washington City at a moment’s warning, and Mrs. Davis had invited Mrs. Lincoln t<> join her in a cup of tea at the White House in that city at short date. Where is Beu i McCulloch’s “bugle note” ami his “ten tlmiisand I men'’ now? We hear nothing I’m ther of them. A short time ago Genera] Bragg bad a larger number i <>f men than he needed, now he is asking for three i thousand more. Gen. Pillow only wanted permis ; sion to raise fifty thousand Tennessee troops, and I they would spring up like dragon’s teeth, ready-made ! soldiers, armed and equipped for battle. Gen Pil- I i low’s force is yet confined, as far as we can learn, to one Tennessee regiment. Virginia too, had sixtv i five thousand men in the field, ready to du or die at : command —in fact the Governor had to order them i to stay at home, as he had already more than enough j troops. Where are they? Then there were the 1 “Knights of the Golden Circle,” a Southern “secret i organization,” which were like the Italian Illumi- I nati, to carry the glittering stiletto or poisoned bowl to the vitals of abolitionists under the noonday I sun or in the gloom of midnight. “The organiza j tion,” writes a New York correspondent, “numbers i now over twenty thousand men, good and true, who, ! under the form of an oath, with all the sanctions ' which can attach to an obligation, have pledged ! themselves to thin out the ranks of these Yankee ' I scoundrels before they reach any of the seceded j States”—“l heard,” continues this writer, “one of ! the most active members of this organization say to i day, that the plans of the organization, if effectual, 'would stiffen the joints of two hundred thousand ! Yankees at the? very lowest calculation.” It ap pears the plans of the organization were not eflec j tual, for we hear nothing of this terrible slaughter. ■ And we are rejoiced we do not. The people of the ’ South are not assassins. Give them a broad field | and a fair fight with their enemy, and they desire no I other advantage. Now all this bragging and swaggering and Fal ! staffian fustian is net only in bad taste and useless, j but is worse than useless. The gaze? is too trans- I parent. It is seen to be the vapouring of a brag : gat'd, and usually of a coward We have got to ; face the realities of a matter of fact war, and the I sooner the Southern people make up their minds to the stern reality the better. Slaves we never can be. A despot can never rule over us. We must j prepare and deport ourselves worthy of our beauti- I ful heritage. We must conquer in the fight or lay our bodies upon the’ ba'tle field, and we should make up our minds to do this without swaggering or blus tering Let the enemy boast and brag their fill, it can do us no barm. We will stand to our arms, and j tell the tale after our work is done. We have not a doubt that we shall have brave men in the field in abundance, whenever the Confederacy needs them, ' such men as are not to be alarmed by the idle vapour- I inged Northern editors, or their ragamuffin scarecrow [ mercenaries who may be sent to subdue us. No war news of any note th s week. [ " The following is an extract frotn tiWer re- i eeived by the Editor of this paper from his son, late l Mayor <>!' tin? town ol Griffin. It is pnldislied ns showing “the very age and body of the? time, its form and pressure.” With such feelings, what can < Lincoln’s minions effect at the South? and this let - ter embodies the universal feeling of the Southern • States: 4 GitirriN, Ga , Muy 2, 1861. I address you a few lines, my dear father, to in lorm you that I shall leave in a few days for the sent ol war—l presume l for I’< nsaceda, tlioinh I am not . certain w here our destination w ill be Igo ns Se cond Lieutenant in the Griffin Light Guards, and if. an opportunity offers, 1 slmll be certain to make my I ' I mark in elefence of Southern Rights and Southern I e 1 lidepciidence. j I shall leave Mary Alu [his wife] at home 1 , soli- ; t tary and alone, and commit and commend | her to your care and pixgtectimi, know ing that you; ■ ; will be a father to her. aiielglo all in your power for I her comfort nod mippiness. She is willing, under] I In 1 circumstances, that I shouleLgo, and is as much j satisfied as I could expect. AViTte t<> her often.! 1 ami come up and spend a portion ol the summer ] ■ I with Imr. j Our company is orderml to rendezvous .at Macon j i on Tuesday next (7th inst.) preparatory to leaving. Should anything occur worthy ol note, on our route I or in camp, I w ill give you the items. A Itfiwksud for ;»jb Oliver. Vi o accidentally struck upon the following corres pondence between 11. M. Chastain, Post Master Ii m Thomasville, and a New York merchant. The? impertinent presumption of the one and the “beauti ful square-off ” of the 1 other, are too good to be lost, so we publish them for the edification of our readers. ' New York. April 27,1861. j 11. M. Chastain, Thotpasvilie, Ga. Dear Sir:— Since' the I 'commencement of (iWFwar, I suppose nothing w ill be allowed to pass into the • seceded States, as all ports are to be 1 blockaded.— An army w ill also be on the move soon, of perhaps ! I 5(10,000 men, ordered out to put dow n rebellion, and the slave States will have to return to their allegi-j , ance and give up government property, or they will be ruined. May God save our country. lam griev ed at the thought <rt‘ the future 1 , and I am fearful im Southern triends do not nor will not realizctheir danger till it is to<> late; for the Northern people stand to-day as one man, sworn to avenge the outrage upon the flag of our country, at Charleston, and will fight twenty years rather than give l up an inch of territo ry belonging to the United States. And, my dear sir, if the 1 war continues long, slavery will be wiped out of every Southern State. Mby people can tints rebel against their governmenit and bring ruin upon cannot see*. Os course 1 , I think you to be l a man I'iyal t<> the United States Government, as you are* one l of its officers, is the reason I w rite you thus, as you are aware I w ish the South well, being a native of the old Stat'? of Tennessee. Southern is only worth fifty cents in the dedlar here now. As soon as our difficulties are settled I hope? to be in receipt of your oidcrs. Should be glad to bear from you, and how things are 1 getting on in your State. Respectfully, M. S. BYRN. I P. S.—Your premium, either in pen, pencil or socket, is ready, how can I send it ? 'I he mails may be stopped at any moment —in fact they are so much obstructed now that there is no safety in sending anything. Ido not know how to do, but will try to send it if you say do so at your risk. B. Southern Confederacy, 1 State of Georgia, > Post Office, Thomasville. May 6,1861. ) Dr. M. S. Byrn— Sir:— Y'our favor of the 27th ultimo is received and contents duly noticed. i “5U>,000 men !” You say “slavery w ill be wiped out,” Ac. M’ell. your Northern fanatics may do all this, but you will find that talking is much easier than doing; and by the time they ha r e accomplished this they will not feel like making another wipe soon. Our fears are not to be excited by Black Republican threats. We are united, and when they have exter minated us they may boast, and not before. We will welcome yu'\v paupers and insane populace, who think to make a pleasure excursion b? mareiiing into the S.mtii. We are waiting for them. An army of negroes could bi l raised sufficient to light our battle’s for 2) years. A free negro of this town contributed one hundred dollars to military companies in this place on the 25tb April. This was a voluntary act <it his w itb.eut selieilatien. What think w«u <>t ? Sir, 1 am surprise I at you who e laim Tennessee as your birth place, to talk about wiping out slavery.— ; Now, Sir, you may understand from this time forth, ■ that my loyally is altogether to the Southern Con federacy. I owe no allegiance to your Black Re publican and infamous re.xeruiueirt. 1 want miinore l of your goeais, gifts or any t iiiii” that you in ve, fori lock upon you as a Traitor to your native State. If the co'.eminent is ruined it is done by the 1 insane l policy ot Northern demagogues and the ciluiinal blinelness of then’ delink'd feeilowers. who have neg le-eteel their e>w n Imsinets f <> meddle with ours which did not concern them, and deai ly will they pay for it. We will w elceimt l your o'rtl.lrtfO met; nay - 5.(i(i0,- (.'tfii it you will, with ‘‘hospitable hands io bloody graves.” Respeetfiillv, IL M. CHASTAIN. -* t “Fi ty per emit, more? corn,” says an ex- , change, “has be-en plantnl in South Western Georgia I this year, than was planted last year.” Not sei fast, J brother, twenty per cent, is about a fair average*. — But less or ineire, wheat, euits, corn, nay the* whe>le vegetable growth never loeeked more preimising. It is toe? early to determine the yield of the sevetal crops, but if they heeld emt as the y have started they I will all be abundant. The Possliosi ol SAeastßßfky. Hein. James B. Clay, son of Ilen’ y Clay, lias issued a card declining to be a candidate for a seat in the Bordet States Convention, lie sees no piospect for such a Convention to beheld. We copy as follows from his card: “It is my fluty to yon, and to myself, to inform you that the change in circumstances, to which I referred, has caused ine to change 1 my position. As soon as I was satisfied that V irginia had dissolved her connection with the Northern Union, I made np iny mind that 1 Kentucky ought no longer to remain a mem- 1 her of it; that her only plain, unmistakable ’ duty is now to take immediate steps to array ' herself alongside her Southern sisters. I am 1 now for a united South. i Our friends who have heretofoio opposed us, now take l the position that it is necessary 1 to arm the State. We begged and implor-e'l 1 them long ago to do so. But for what do they now propose to arm the State ? To main- 1 tain, as they say, an armed neutrality. What 1 is neutrality ! It is a position assumed by ! one foreign State ns between other foreign ’ States. Is Kentucky foreign both to the 1 North and to the South ? With the bayonet of Northern hordes at the breast ofour broth- L ers; with the blood of our friends flowing; ■ 1 with towns burned and eities threatened, Ij 1 can eompieheud well that theNortb is foreign; | but 1 know no recognized Southern Confed-' 1 eracy against which we can occupy a position of neutrality. I he ide i is absurd in law; the argument is adchessed to our fears and not to our patriotism. Because it is possible Ken tucky may furnish once again a battle field, we are to assume a position of positive inac- , tion. Such idea and such argument does not i suit me, nor do 1 believe, it will suit Ken- 1 tucky. It is our duty now to take position oneway or the other. We cannot remain ; ’ idle spectators of such contest. , 1 am fully aware of all the difficulties and of all the perils of the position which 1 have taken, and which I advise you, people of Kentucky, as in my judgment, it is your du- I ty now to take, the earliest step possible to place your State with your Southern breth ren; but I have a full and perfect reliance in that scripture which says “the race is not to the swift nor the battle to the strong.” Uni- ' ted, we may hope to stand; divided, wc will surely fall.” C’os-p.Ji! Corn! I No one can compute, remarks the Macon Telegraph, the disaster ami misery which will come upon us as a people, should we fail to produce this year the most abundant grain cri p—not such crops as have been called abundant heretofore—but such a yield as will admit of waste in the ordinary operations of war, and perhaps some considerable de struction from the enemy. A short crop or a failure may be our ruin as a people, for we cannot starve ami light. A scanty corn crop is far more to be dreaded than anything our i enemy can do to injure, us. Tim planter j who is insanely neglecting Ids corn crop for I cotton now is unwittingly fighting the Ent itles of Lincoln. A good hand in the field is worth as much to our cause as a good soldier in the ranks, and the planter who is using a hundred such hands to produce only corn ■ enough to feed them is striking a fell blow lat the cause of his country. If you are not sure you are. doing your part towards an abundant corn crop set about it in God’s name. One, of our correspondents says "plow up the cotton.” Yes! plow it up, if need be. Look out for corn first, last and all the time. The Imtcst Xcws. Montgomery, May s.—Congress was in secret session all day yesterday. The in junction of secrecy was removed from an act passed providing for the formation of a Regi ment of Zouaves. j Resolutions were adopted, allowing all ; persons in the, slaveholding Stales desiring patents to file their caveats with the attorney General. General Beauregard and Mr. Ri ssel of the, London Times, have arrived here. Richmond, May s.—New York, Philadel phia and Boston, aie reported to be, in a wild state of excitement, owing to an alarming re port which had gained currency that an or ganized plan had been laid to burn those three cities. Special guards were immediately placed all over these places. The N orthern papers urge an immediate attack on Harper’s Ferry, Alexandria ami No;folk, before the people of Virginia have time to ratify the ordinance of secession. The Maryland Legislature has appointed five Secessionists on the committee to super intend the arming of the State. Gen. Wool has been ordered from New York back to Troy by Gen. Scott, in a brief, sharp and snubbing letter. Wool is request ed not to interfere with Scott’s orders. Several persons have been arrested in the neighborhood of Annapolis as spies, and some had made accurate, surveys and minute de tails of the operations there. The Railroad between Annapolis and Washington is guarded by Federal troops.— The Baltimore ami Ohio Railroad w ill soon be made a military road. Mr. Faulkner, has had an interview with the French Foreign Minister, Thou venal, who said that the practice now was clearly understood to recognize all Governments when clearly established beyond dispute, and that when the new Ameiican Government arrived at that point, he presumed it would be recognized. Thouvehal then demanded information on the subject of a low Tariff, which, he said, so deeply affected the French commerce.— Faulkner ansn ered this. He said the tariff would be modified by an extra session of Congress. In New York, on Friday, a seizure of a million of boxes of percussion caps was made. 'l'lnse were destined lor Charleston. 1 lie frigate Niagara sailed eaily this morn ing on secret service. The papers all agree that on Monday be gins the offensive opciations by Lincoln.— Noifolk, llaipei s Ferry, and Alexandria, are points designated. The New York Tribune, says: "On Monday, at farthest, let the coun try be prepared tor a proclamation from the. President. He. has determined upon active, instant, decisive and comprehensive action. The time has ariived when, in accordance with the, doctrines he announced in bis in augural, Z/?c President ti'ill proceed to repos sess the property of the United. States." ort 3-3 l* t b• Col. Harvv Brown, who now in:s command of Fort Pickens, is doing everything in his powei to prepare his soldiers for what he im agines to be a "hard fight” with our soldiers, Gen. Bragg, a gallant soldier, full of nerve and full of pluck, and with the sagacity of Beauregard, is equal to any emergency. He is watching the movements of the enemv and making his preparations accordingly. It is thought by some gentleman who ariived in th’s city, that Brown intends to land some of his men near Pensacola, and take charge of the Pensacola Railroad, and also the city of Pensacola. Whether this report is reliable, we are not able to state; but the fact that General Bragg had sent an order for two thousand more men, leaves the impression upon our mind that he anticipates an effort of this kind on the part of Col. Brown. The arrival of the large U. S. steamer Illinois, crowded down as she was with men and pro visions, looks as if an energetic effort is being made on Santa Rosa Island to put the United States soldiers in a defensive position. Gen. Bragg shows what he is about, and desires to be t horoughly prepared and strength- I ened before any demonstration is made. If Brown’s idea is to take possession of Pensa cola and the Railroad, then it is absolutely necessary and important that the two thou sand men which Gen. Bragg sends for, should be on the line of march at once to the corm templated seat of war.— Montg. Confed. JE3F = ’Tlie military bill hasbeen passed in Tennessee, calling tor 55,000 troops, and appropriating $5,000,- OOu, two millions positively and ihiee millions con ditionally. The statistical reports of the batteries engaged during the bombardment of Fort Sumter, show that the number of shot and shell thrown, make a total of 2361 of the former and 98 ) of the latter. Pickens. The steamship Atlantic, which returned to New York last week, reports that the ieinforcement of Fort Pickens was mostly accomplished on the night of April 16th, but the landing of horses, artillery, ammunition, provisions, and all kinds of supplies oc cupied the fleet till the 23d. It is a suggestive circumstance that most of the ships arriving at New York from Europe come in empty. The war is having a crushing effect up on the Northern shipping interest. The imports of foreign goods show a woeful falling off. An Irish Regiment. We learn that Major Cavanaiigh, of New Orleans, ’ has arrived in this city, for the purpose of offering to the Secretary of War the services of a Regiment to be composed entirely of Irishmen. He says it will be the desire of his comrades, should the Regi ment be accepted, to be placed directly in front ”of the boasted 69th Irish Regiment ofNew York when ever the line of battle is drawn, so as to show' them the diflei ence between those who are fighting on the one side as mere mercenaries, and on the other for their firesides and their liberties.— Mont. Advertiser ' i The Confederate Congress has accepted Lincoln's war measures. From the Savanmih Republican, 7lh inst. 'E'er! i’»Ee Acrtcßcn! eat Steamer. Lieut. Nekon MortaHy Wounded— -Col. Miller Gneve Seriously Injured. W t arc pained to record a most melancho ly occurrence that took place on our liver, late vesterday afternoon, bv which a gallant ' young Lieutenant of the Georgia Army was fatally. a prominent and much loved citizen horribly woiuided, find another citizen of the ' up country .severely lacerated. As the steamer Habersham was coming up fiom Fort Pulaski, with a considerable party of officers and visitors on board, as she neared F<nt Jackson a small iron swivel was brought out and loaded for a salute—unfor tunately over-charged. The fuse being ap plied, the, weapon burst to atoms, the frag ments flying in every direction. Though sad as is the result, it was fortunate, that it was no worse. One of the pieces of metal struck Lieutenant William Nelson, of the Georgia Army, and son of the bite Gen. Chas. 11. Nelson, i jflictinga fatal injury from which it is impossible for him to recover. Die wound is on the light side of just above the eye, iaeging npward,vn)d back ward. The flesh is much lacerated and the skull broken for a considerable space. He lias not spoken since the accident, and his case is considered hopeless, though he is still alive as we write, 7 p. m Our old friend, Colonel Miller Grieve, of Milledgeville, is the next sufferer., lie was standing some twenty feet from the gun when it exploded, and was struck on the left cheek, just below the eye, and passing back ward inflicting a terrible gash anil probably breaking in the cheek bone, if not destroying the sight of one eye. The flesh is literally tom up from the bone and thrown back, presenting a frightful spectacle, while his whole person seemed ’ soaked with blood.— , He had not been thoroughly examined when !we saw him. It is Imped that this is the on ly injury, and that his valuable life is not endangered. He is entirely sensible. He has a son in the service at Fort Pulaski, and had just been down to visit him. Mr. Marshal] Perkins, a citizen of Burke county, who had been down on a visit to friends in the service, received a severe gash, to the depth of some two inches and three or more in length, on the back part of his left thigh It ie purely a flesh wound, and he will doubtless soon recover. U.S.—IOP.M. Lieut. Nelson has been trephined and is somewhat revived, but very little, hope is entertained. We regret to hear that upon examination Col. Grieve is rseer tained to be, far more seriously injured than was at first apprehended. The hones of his face are crushed op to the base of the brain. He has had several spasms, and his condition is considered hopeless. The Republican of Wednesday the Sth contains the following in respect to these unfortunate gentle men: Ths Victims of the Explosion. We regret that we are unable to give any more favorable accounts of the parties in jured by the bursting of the cannon on board the II tbet sham, Monday evening. They arc all though yet alive. At mne o'clock last evening Col. Giieve was comparatively quiet, with nomateiial change in nis condition. No favorable symp toms have presented themselves, yet, as then l is no apparent decline, his friends are enconr : age to hope for some favorable turn in his Lieutenant Nelson was in a dying condi tion, ami it was not thought that lie could survive the night. Mr. Perkins’s injury being only a flesh wound, though severe, he took the cars for home Monday night. DsalSa off JLjeut. Aeisoj?. V\ ( > regret to record the death of Lieuten ant Vv illiani Nelson, of the Georgia Army.— He expired 7 o'clock yesterday morning, at the Pulaski House in this city, of the wounds received in the late, explosion on board the steamer Ha.hersham. His body left here for Gordon county by the J o’clock train, under an escort < f a detachment fiom his comrades in asms. Ihe event has created a deep sad , ness in this community, to whom he was a stranger We were gratified to learn last night that Col. Grie’.'.e, ti>e other sufferer from the, same calamity, was considered better. There was a manifest improvement in his symptoms yes- ; terday, which gave much encouragement to his friends.— Republican 9th. Die Charleston "Mercury” sees peace looming up above the. heavy war clouds in the Imrrizon. The “Mercury” thinks, we suppose, that the darkest hour is just before day. It says: Let the great, end of a union of the fifteen Slaveholding States be accomplished, and war by the North upon the South is a fla grantabsurdity. Paradoxical as it may seem, the avoidance of fighting was certain war, and fighting was the only way to obtain peace. Hence, we longed for a collision in our bay, as opening the only avenue to peace. The press and the people of the North ap pear to be furious for war. The abolition Government at Washington appears deter mined to conquer the South. These are ; necessary for peace, because they are necessa ry to arouse and unite the Soul h. The mine de cided the demonstritions of hostility from the North, the better for the great cause the of the Soutern ledemption and independence. Here tofore we have been too slow in action—too forbearing—for Southern union; we must await their coming. I’he Confederate States should be, in their preparations for war, equal to »he I United States; but they should not perci pitate conflict with the Unted States, unless in counsel with the Frontier States, where the conflict must rage, \ iiginia signalizes her independence with her wonted bravery, She seizes Harper’s I’erry and the Custom Houses, and will soon make the gleam of her bayonets tell her de termination. Give the illustrious Old Com monwealth time to wake up her strength and rage. Let her glorious daughter, Kentucky, shake the bloody land with her martial tread; l and the steady columns of Tennessee, which I marched on in the streets of Montery, when swept through with grape, without a pause in their step, have time to form. Maryland, in the streets of Baltimore, forbids Federal troops from passing over her soil. The work goes bravely on. The South will soon be invincible by a union of the South, and command peace by her invincibility. We repeat, “’Die day breaks, and the sun of Peace tinges the black clouds of War.” 1 for the War. I am now preparing to leave for the war, and earnestly request all who are indebted to me to come, forward and settle.-- Those hav- 1 ing accounts will be expected to give their notes in all cases where they cannot pay me , the money. I desire to leave iny business in a tangible form, and trust all who are in debted to me will at once come forward. F. 8. BOWER. 24cntiirky— gEflhons, cliivalic Ken tucky— Is coming up to the work, and meeting the “great occasion” of the hour, in a protind de fiant spirit, which might be expected of the brave Heroes of New Orleans—the gallant "Hunters” of 1815. Last Winter the Gen eral Assembly deviated that whenever the Nmiliem States attempted the invasion of the. South for coercive purposes — "The people, of Kentucky, uniting with their brethren of the South, will as one man resist such invasion of the soil of the South at all hazzatds ami to the last extremity.” In view of this resolve,‘well may the Lou isville “Courier” tell them that “Lincoln has not men enough at his" command to penetrate fifty miles into the' inteiior of Kentucky. Legions of gallant men will spring up, armed with the : “Kentucky rifle,” and mountains of the' . slain invaders will arrest the march, anti it may be protect the retreat, of, the minions' of fanaticism, should they have the temerity to accept the invitation extended to them by the Submissionists among us.” Well may the Journal, remembering Ken tucky’s record, and the deeds of her brave sons, remind them that. “Xerxes and his millions were driven back, by a few little Greek States, whose whole Territoiy was not as large as the State of South Carolina. Prussia, not larger than Kentucky, successfully maintained a war against all Europe combined for seven years. The Ameiican colonies, poor, weak, unarmed, defenseless, exposed on one side to savage ferocity and on the other to British invasion, held at bay for seven years the first power in the world, and succeeded in secu ring their independence. Texas, sparsely settled, without an army, and unaided, nobly achieved her independence of Mexico, and took her place among the nations of the world. With the means at her command, the loyal sons of Kent ticky, if it were necessary, could, alone and unaided, successfully defend her soil and protect their homes against any power the enemy can bring to bear against her.” THE CLOSING YEARS OF LIFE are often rendered wretched by ailments which are trifling in themsvlvi s and are easily cured if fallen in time i Affection of the liver, stomach, and other organs concerned in digestion, are the most frequent.— 'I hey naturally make the sufferer nervous, irritable and complaining, and relatives and friends are forced ;to b-ar the brunt of their ill humor. The use of Hostetter’s Celebrated Stomach Hitters will prove <in efficient remedy for this evil, it will riot only strengthen the whole physical organization, but en tirely erne the most obstinate cases of Indigestion, , Diarrhoea, Dysentery, and Liver Complaint. The first physicians in the com.fry are loud in their praise ol this preparation. Another recommendation <>f the Bitters is that it is so palatable to the taste that it may be used even as a beverage. Sold by all druggists. J “•———— e would call the attention of tlime suffering from Consumption, Bronchitis, Ac., to an advertise ment in another column of this paper, of an in por : taut discovery for the cure ol those diseases, now introduced foi - the first time to the Ameiican public by Messi's. Leeds, Gilmore A Co., of New Yolk. New (LATE OF YOBX,) T i AN r. returned to this place, where they will be pleased to see their Friends. All communica tions w ill be promptly attended to. Store in Ralston’s Rock Building, Third Street. A.' S ' ° I WM. B. CARIIART. Aia.-om March I>. ]BGm Caution ! fJMIE public are hereby cautioned against trading 1 with my w ife, or any other person on my »c --emmt as 1 will not pay any debts of their contracting alter tics date. JORDAN HARDY. <»iLOgJCiaA—Thomas <’o:iaty. Court of Ordinary, May Gth, 1861. REAS John C. lieymdds makes applicr,- » V tn.;: to this court for letters ofguardianship, for the persons, property and effects of James M. Wm. 11. and George J. Reynolds, minors of said county— All persons Ini. rested are therefore notified to silo their objections in sai-1 court, otherwise said letters j will be granted to said applicant at a regular term ot said court, to be held at the court house in Thom asville, said county, on the first Monday of June nC i : B-30d HENRY 11. TOOKE, Ordinary. <xEO2Z<S2 A—Thomas County. A LL persons interested are hereby notified that \Viii; t,le administrator on the estate of i l ' h<,| ‘ is - deceased, of said county, will ■ipplj to t ie Honorable the court of Ordinary pf Mmleouuty ata regular term of said court, on the hist Monday of August next, for an order ami judgement of said court, granting leave and authorizing the sale of all the real estate and lands of said deceased. .r P JOHN C. REYNOLDS, Adm’r. Thomas County. A niH’ersons iudebted to William H. Reynolds 1 k Lite of said county, deceased or Lio x \ Kld8 * requested t > come forward and make i " are claimetiail.st Ids'l'- a “ d aH ' \[ !lV g u C. REYNOLDS, Adm’r. ——l B-40 d. W. DUX CAN, ~’— — J. H. JOHNS! ON J >b 'N<’AA' A- JOHNSTON, COL ON FACTORS AND COMMISSION SAVANNAH,... ’ REE..U TO MESSK S : R S ° n ’ n o ]' akl M <-Lean, Esq. B ' F ' I rxr. rA F,OMr ’ Flour. 20 000 : FOFND ® OF THE FOLLOW , g brands: Family Extra and superfine; just received and for sale bv —— L- REMINGTON & SON Bank Agency. I HE subscriber has been appointed Agent for firn Lank ol Savannah at this place, and is nrevar ed to discount Bills of Exchange Draf ts Ac i and has for sale Checks on New York i |lly EDWARD REMINGTON JOB WOKK AFATEY EXECUTED at THIS OFFICE,