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hecu saved the
*d, and
. . j,-aiming
* its exi tence
, ' ' ' . r i.; s'-n'l s.-.nforce
’• ' ! .! t , (, to return
■ ' ’ ’’ t<. And when
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■ *. .< 1 \'_ .. -,* .j anil lijils,
■ ■ ' 1 ri -.■[ rvsr -rr-:- 1 ' were kept: tn
' : ' ", ... | j.,... « ,ly a battil
i 1 t-nfriiy ’and she has
other States,
iieen taunlea uy t j o f a f t , w tilou
.l not able, in the
: ' and ':; active so (e. to whip an army
)ops, under the .beet
- “1. .1 •' ‘ ■Pi.-'! all tbe Georgia
• ' " '/ . ! ‘ • •iued all tbc Georgia
.i ; _ . , tbe Governor
ul i have I
V : ..:*•, c opened the
I
j , ~v :_j ti;(, midst of an
-o.s surround ibem with an
‘ : . • ••.. n on demand.-*-
:;rrn fi! ’be 'iorgatt- i that Sherman
mi ;.r u 0 f supplies
T' ' . ! had three hundred
ts J: march throngli an enemy’s country,
~ bich he could car
-2
■’ n ( ;tf, ; i... :iirt of ail I
•u.-icn two militia’ and bad fought him at ev
’i|V- onununition must toon have
’' r y 1 j.,-.. . r.rremievan accom*
‘'L 7'■'■ 'V ' , ;,v.v been worth
pushed fact * g{o confederacy.—
" own promised
And wlio tion u the Gear-!
ffktromtHliad been upon the soil of the;
f , 'j i !( , c , ~i v policy was adopted how- •
Ler the 'oi was wit!ih ' I and the great In
terior was sacrificed W+M « pride, to hold
... , . i;.• tits !< cg-ir, while Sherman was
, 1 (n a position to com
'lnand Rieltroond in the rear. When will the
' ri 1■ • R’clmioud learn wisdom by ex j
perience? and consent lo sacrifice ’ false pride I
1 ol the couUtry, and |
jt <• follow •»1 ■ r 1 letter referred to:*
; . b, i , n ... ;ii« roilof Virginia,
-learlv-fiftv re'dmci'b of vs brave troops as ever
" f/t i .ii i\ iu den I '-, conflict,'not one
. .t*. :d i U!i< hour of trial. She
.' ' „ ,-ii v . aiding in the
*•«“ e e r : 1 Ofher
< ’>u'r"i'• 1 c < '.I : pi,cry h til-field,
.
1,., i-i-m jicr sod, ut Iheir homes ore being
overrun, their wi h children driven out
before the enem - : to beggary and
pmi t. at and ttu ii - ' " ''P< ‘
l e;><*o Jiavir.f' vw '■>' of Tcnnewoo
xviih t.l ♦ I * iiiiia forcnol
the State i "hie ■ v.'ii’.'iiPind nn<l dnvo
back tbooveiv helming numbers of the army
of invasion, r .’..0 i*:*<*oc«:i% -of Gcorgis, in le
half of her brave sons now absent In other
<1 . )e ,, iu well m- c f her •. , Gt•: -* peoiilo at home,
1 .. maud as an i-.cf ■ ' justice, that such
'Vtuen-
Oheannyupoti her t ul t-.siop tbo pro
, t and drivo
• him back.
i n v i,.-,v' of i’if* that t«jo permp.nent pos
session of Gem in by the enemy not only ruins
nconle. "!« y■■ wt i I tile •
Mississippi 1« t *.. a “STm*
the Confederate Gov U If, I trust this
.1
i ; m and -1 o
Vr. :: re .*« n r ci-'lVur.-, I then
all the 3 of Geoi gta
: nd yrithin her
own lirni 'to rally her glorious flag,
and an it Hutto:.' hi 1 ■ot t;-i* 100, while it
waves over their heads, to strike for theii
Vivi*.-■ :.‘.d :r ; ii't ir M»u Ihcir
•altars, mid the g cen grave of tlieir kindred
Jlif?.t, ivliv Vi l <I.- 0 nv:> he \ • •'•ldruwu from her
delete e. UiVv v, itl dive t': ; > cm. my back teller
, en down,
r. tad mid
indam of hor
n the grasp ot
the oppressor, and plant it immovably upon
Jcr-cpu E. Brown.
* ilmi. J: -ii • A. • .••iii-.'f' Secretary of War,
' Eouoa n .tXAi. Comm g.siok eas op MtsSkJitu’i.—
Th l.rk,
i) pun..:,- !,>r t -, * e ncatr-on of the children
i.f ru.*h • -pi .• U.-. 5. -as may he killed
or *dmi u-* war, met at Jackson
. ‘Ufa* rin Utef. There were present, liizht
Tl.'v. Wm.-M. Green, D. 1) : Hem. W. L. Bliar
key. Ho .A. 11. Handy. Rev. D. P. B.istor,
u E. G nod . R* v. I >
i- and Bishop
Grec-ii v-a- called to tho chair, and Mr. Hun*
* Tue svssti’U * n lirsi dvy was occupied in
«li of meeting,
rich e. : ■ i»v*-.,er t w:.s called upon, and
extm ; i.ri yi«-*.*'.-; a*, length. On tho second
d.tv ;*. \* f.’.-nt each member of Ibo
uni:... -.! l*v G:-v. Clark has tho
poiv. r ii. prn, i ! - to the collodion of
-.•.*•; cad * a;:. it of a iiaiita in no do
. irri.u- ot:* Logfclature.'
,\r..l i; '..-meat of other prelimina
*j: , ii.** >. -»rd a io*t! nod to moot again on
V,’.- ; -i.v'vviiii th*' !dk-h:dppian in Die hope
• * a 1 - -I - *. ' ■*-':■! i' perfectly suc
natiiofie uudor
-. a-* -t oik- i;t v.'ri. :i every citizen of
T. r —it i time cur lenders recovered
• * * .*» bau .'iration which r- msto actuate
:■ i ,-.* ; -,.*t : ii. people arc s ) many automatons
«ii: ..*- :ri; ■ .-.ulapdf. They have looked
n re: ilo-.o w..:* faith to {heir rulers to Like
caro of thorn, and not lead them bliudiv i:U:i
the abyss ot irretrievable rain. Lot nut this
,t;‘ ; . 1 ;:>ut tun vp
Our Cot! *. •* *-c ms .•-•*•.: * us 'rime in secret!
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upon < vi: , thnsl-nrr d-spon
— -SJKO——
aaxl'.w:; ■ res;".tewffen and
persons in tt.-i South wi > •- ivo proposed to*
i than t' at
ft the pew taakt'--. H '• n protnis.-s to bless
. > world I up him Its
tvfr i'-ivii*:-* * ' . •: t. y are entitled
";■• 11 iii ri i,:i navigable, ul
■i, u there r- ui...U -eaiias iCe.
711 mUiOVAL Ol' (iF.\ johvstos.
! Fr om Richmond Examiner]
Our brl iit prospects were changed in a j
day Generals—in other countries —are some- .
times cashiered for losing battles, wtin.* ;
armies, surrendering strongholds; bat tne ;
Confederacy bad not such a General m Gsi-r
--tria It had a first-rate military man. who J
hail never lost a battle or a regnnent in h' - j
whole career, who was executing the manwr
niece of his professional life with a perfection
Oi design and detail wiiich delighted h s own
troops and tilled his adversary wit i lnvolun
ition. But Mr. Davis
turned him nway, and put in his boots a t
eratile brigadier. Sherman, who had been a
cautions as if walking on eggs, and who •••ever
put down his foot without construct*ng mile.
i,( c artbworbe, at once became the most da n-j'
. ,; •: 1 iic country , ye got his ndverf * •
1 out of Atlanta and sent him thirty miles away
: di « v sred wl if was beii
; <in that day, McClellan's nomination hut .sin.-
! t orn, and an heir was born to the Abolitionist
dynasty. On that jdav, pence waved ihn-o
••white wings” and tied to the ends of the
moaning. On that day. calculations of the
; war's duration ceased to be the amusements
< v nos the idle. Cut who could have looked
for the act? What sane man could have ex-
pected it?
Once on the road, Mr. Davis would rot
ii ruse. It was still possible to prevent fur h
n damage in Georgia; but in a set oration be
inhumed the public that he had seen flood,
and found his strategy ‘-good;’’ that he would
! c * s'aerman’s communications much furtlmr
' Sorth than the enemy expected,* and would
! r-.u-.c the retreat lic.m Atlanta to be more
|(1 iv-.trousthan that of Napoleon from Moscor.
I Hood's state ;7 is now well known: Hood went
to >T:i-hville and Sherman to Savannah—with
theresultrat present visible. Put all this was
supertious—the eyil was already done—the
enemy had the. “success.” Aud the last year
of the war had not arrived.
These aro unpieasaut reminiscences. But we
uust sk'dv the past to understand tins f eUirc
! To forgot what is disagreeable to remember,
: will not assist tbo judgment oti events to come.
lue people of this cotintry cfjn only pro":” ? - *'
ilmir lives and liberties by efforts to prevent
repetition of thaf conduct which has caus
ed their disasters. It is the duty of Congress
to take some decided slops to prevent tmr
an j.ns of detenco from being thrown away any
: longer at liax ird, aud at worse than hazard by
; the"faucici; and caprices of ono unlucky man.
WHO Id TO iilaihe: t
[From the Wilmington Carolinian.]
Sherman marched uninterrupted through the
heart of Georgia three hundred miles, and <s
• now ba*e of operations at Savannah,
tho result of this success is to be, we
would not venture to calculate. _lt places Char
ts': ton and Wilmington in imminent pen!, to
/ Ui.: b ast, and threatens us with the loss of
every important depot in Carolina auii Geor
gia. The destruction of Sherman’s army was,
to our mind, more important than tins de
hi. •* es Richmond. '.I ho authorities at
mo'.id r itts t have been B".n:;iide that our means
oi resisting in Georgia were too insignificant to
check the columns oi hhenn&u. Fifty thousand
men detached from iioe’s army, would liave
;.;jde nn impassable barrier to t-h« enemy. One
battle would have exhausted his ammunition,
and his destruction been inevitable. As it was
Bherman’s ctpedition was simply a Northern
otoce-Mon through Dixie. They might have
; rv*t!*-*l broomaUcbs as well as guns. It is
j b.'.' Uv stated that Bragg and ltoaurei,' ::■!* nn
j pri. if Mr. Davis of tho situation iraukly. Mr.
Davis will learn in time, that his jua«si<*n
i: not Solomon’s torn pic because he liv. > in it.
[From ihe Montgomery Appeal.]
A ti-.st grave error on the part of somebody
was in not heeding the notice given by the
Northern pi ers, that Sherman would attempt
precisely the march ho has accomplished.
Tli. plan of his campaign was foreshadowed
«*.: ks 1,,-k.re the movement 'was commenced.
| Vet v.-o board of no preparation to meet it.
:v-ult a; as the Northern army bad go no
•a'* t iW ml aCCi.-mplistiiug tho purposes OI it.',
commanders, beforeour authorities woko up
And another fault was that the force of the
1 :. 1 i••parly was greatly underestimated.
: i;e iuea ihai tho “movable column” could
mart hJo the coast was laughed at, Thevoon
fu'i.nnpt'O was our people wore lulled into a
1 ... col false Eocuuty, our preparations wore
•wly sod cuily halt way made, aud to day w.i
| : re staggering under OOP of the heaviest blows
[ experienced during the war.
[From Macon Confederacy.]
WVTt Wt:*', WHAT OF THE FUG H I t"
1 u: usual reply that “all is well,’’ we regret
to i iy, cauuot l>e given in reply to this, as G-i*
news, for (he past few weeks Irani every nil af
ter uimot t, i. u..-. been of an tiufavorablo char
actor, and plainly indicative of a fixed do
termination on tho part of the United States
Government to continue the prosecution ot
their war of invasion and spoliation with ia
creased vigor and impetuosity.
It is useless to deny and endeavor to conceal
tlie fact that tbe operations for some time past
are not efficient to cause gloom to oversha
dow the canopy of Die Confederacy. -As we
vi marked a few days since tho people have
beet deluded and hoodwinked long enough,
and it is the duty of tho press to no longer in
dtrige in such inglorious experiments but ou
ter iomediiitelyAipon the task of opening tho
. >s of the people to the true state of affair:-.,
•or if this is not rjono, this generation will
nover tteo the sun of peace rise.
Where is the man that will advocate ihe doc
trine that it is policy to continue to deceive
the people of the South with tho idea th it our
enemy's groundwork is last giving away and
he will soon be subverted! 1 anarchy aud bank
ruptcy? Our enemy lms tho world to recruit
end purchase from, and is bet ter prepared to
day to continue the war ten years longer than
they were, tho first day'tkey began it. Then, in
tbc face of this great truth, why is- it nc-cessat-y to
blind the people of tho trye states of affairs
M.-oret Sessions.—“Mr. Watson submitted
proposition from a Joint Select GomtiiiUc -,
requesting the President-to appoint a day of
fasting, humiliation and prayer: tho Senate
then resolved into secret session.” Such is
tho language of a dispatch from Richmond
Socre-t sessions! Nothing but motions to ad
journ, tinker tho currency, or appoint days of
;.-• ii:lj and prayer, is dono iu open session.—
The servants of the people sit with closed
doers and the revolution is bring conducted
aud our cause being wrecked by men who arc
afraid or at-hamed for the world to see then
acts. Haw long are these things to conlinu* :
Can weekne s. imbecility an ! corr*; jion al
ways hide ilsclf behind secrol sessions.'
rirxsttn.E Rmmajiks.-—Tho farmer has lo labor
under many disadvantages, he in is no way res
poui-ible for tho depreciation of the Currency,
msd for what ho has to sell lie has a right to
demand and expect cun*ut rates. If tho gov
ernment bad never resorted to conscriptions,
impressments, or other unconstitutional pro
, "."dings, we should have had more m*-n, bet
ter armie-q and more and better supplies : and
: nr cause would have been in a muck more
hopeful and prosperous condition.
It the ;ov. ament wants siqiplics for the
arui •'. let it.prooliimthat all impressing officers
a-, ’withdrawn, and that its Agents are in the
i.-ket t-> buy at ruling figures. This wiii not
. ■ ■ ;» - out such surplus as there may bo iu
;..*«■ it will stimulate production,
it try it. A li^.°
c.a , v r* * > uiiiouut of (X>v*ici\ © tyrau
uj.—Mitidgh Progre**.
FROM Cl! tBLESTO.V
A Yankee Monitor on picket duty between
Foils M-ulsne and r- enter was suddenly sunk.
'■ -1 ■y a torpedo, at about eight o'clock
. ir.-lay night, leaving only her smoke stack
. bcr water. Tin hailit g of the crew for
'•.-.■■a disdn-.-Uy heard on Sullivan's
i 1. Av at ion of the crew are supposed
have 1 it. mken li mitor is be
in vc ; to be i .; ••Montaukv’ which has been
picket beat ,-ff Sumter for some time past.
. the Vai.k' ■ tuir boats were employed at the '
1 v .. . k during jb-v.'Uy, making efforts to save
on eof tli ' furniture of the wreck. The üb
uce in the tnctnir. r of another Monitor
from the ot h 1 to the report that two of tha
Yu: iron cl bad been suok, but towards
• •vcttb.s ~ue missing vejsel reappeared lathe
« - /) ®
, S: i’l'Oiit tui. GorisiiNiicsT.—Nothing ia mere
mi!:: n . ts n to b'-ar inilividuals say, in re
•- ' • thi management of onr
,n.iir .*T eut.port tho Guve noi-nt ’ V* hat is
• 1,, Mij.pcrt D o Go\eruniint? A Despotic
he wil of 01 e man- the > >es
, - in support the Govcrniaent, iu such a
*; :i‘. A $ support this lt’.au. A Free
n very different thing
fi- a !V-j •!*•* (fjrernu t:t. Ihe will of no
„oi: •n> ui. * ■: : i'i 1 ■ fi vc::lt i.'uit. !;■■ the Govern
1;,, _ i oi- ../oruinent" consists ot tbo will
man- all of -whom, are
; 1 .. .- . certain fundamental laws,
,•1 , >ll - by which the organization
»:nt ~ fram and, aud the depen
• administration
.. To t fippovt tho will of any \
*: n U .•err.mt-'it, is nut.to
at, but to destroy it.
i, t us r peril 7.
:. . dm! ■ -iat.il p-ineiple of a free repre
■ G v.siiiui ti 1 Is t::o independence of
, i :‘.f :.t :>:.* Executive, Legislative, and
,1. ' .! Jlcp-irttuemit of tho Government. If
.1* : crouches on the independence
i:l the I. tativo Department, or the Legis
lative, or J udicigl Depart
it i, t> t rat. and, the whole Government is
overthrown. Iu such cn.-e?, to support the
usurpation, is uol to suipport Ihe Government.
H is to destroy it.
.ii* :ntal law —the Constitu
tion-mu A let sustained, to "suppoii the
Government." One or more of the Depart
meids may *, iotate the Constitution. The Leg
Department may disregard it in its
r.. j.,n—and th**n, to support tho Govern
..tli.; Executive must veto such legislation
ure. Or if the Executive and.,
, mbine in the usurpation, the Ju
y (iveivule boti 1, il it would "sup
port th Got • imeut.” To Bupp'ut the Gov
cr:id, ut«!ei* a free Government,, the Con
stil .itioit, which gives the Government its cx
istenc and'vitality, must be supported.
Fat eve i when the f Tuiriitulion is not viola
t: and, i .and liit diiiai: ul, ilepiultnents of the Gov
ertime.it are kept in their proscribed spheres,
ucilher of these departments aie the Goveru
mi oi: and noither of them should be support
ed. ~v'A:ie ti“ ‘cadency of its operations is
against the Government. .lie f'uaaccs of a
Government, are Vital To its prosperity ami
safety fcjupp::*.*' thef? sw ..managed without
iiiU'grity,' wisdom or skill, the eh. et might bs
. ration aud overthrow of tho whole
Gov,a'cnnuit. Jsy smppoiting the raismaaage-
m •*• ai.ich jeopardizes tho whole Goveni
triiwilt ii citizen be supporting the Govern
ment ? Or suppose the Executive, either from
i-M t ar.c ** or in ten l.htx. in peace ot in war, pur
. ~ such a . .... , oi policy, as to endanger the
exist* It CO oi the Government, shall ho be sup
ported ? and, if snpoorteti, do wo thereby “sup|
port tlte Government-We do not. We arc
only aiding the Kx* eutive in destroying it
And yet there u a huge class c f tho people
in the t'urilederat** St:*tes,«vho believe, that the
Em unlive is *.' o u >v — and to support
th s derpartment of the G-ovornwent is their
den y, without regard to its fidelity, wisdom or
rib den. v. 'i hi y act, as if the Government ul
deraic Stabs was a despot win, and
till ts its cheifruler, ltap
. ;*. tb : • ■' ought to WI port ii. r.:* it is,
and ai.i.: iV(*:* Govcrnmeut of sovereign
3'a.tr-; .•■■ ! ;-.:>ii:l.-t Urn !reincndous dangers
. , . un ;au it, from wiiltin and from with 1
diitfri Jy ;.i.d feP.rtuliy.lo consider .'he couiscof
ail ii.- agent.:, and support them when we can,
i . th iu when wo must, looking to
ino et.-al end lor which it was established
tho iiheriv Sad independence of the people oi
tho Confederate States. By such a course, we
!«v aJ. ■■■’ ißtiOi.etit 01 I‘VoUIG Cli'jfl-uton
JO. .
r.«;t.vK£Ks Aii : : iu!— l’tie unie of tho Press and
.nei'.sp.iiH-r c 'crefipandeuce from the scat of
Gove: ment ill >rd unmt itakble evidences of
iu; a: ju'.ride j vhmigo of policy, and indica
tion:: lb;..' :ui ell’ort will shortly be made to
xiirdc a;: : . tie: te gio populution, it uot to
.i • 1 1t .1 c.n*-i''.eipuUon. Kveiy where the novel
.li'il ,-1,:: :e preposition? advanci.d, toil of the
pre *.:.;• ••>: :*. m imeutousctikis long tbreaten-
To li.-tti i!u cxpltetxdoDs vs cur
sage conk-mpoi.aides v,ho have o-sayed to di
r .•■: the atf-.ns, national »n*i military, it would
at* tlt.-i*. cur gaUeeit sh ! pbf Slate, so long
bailliug be*, ideally ogainat tin tide ot iuvn
":; —' the rapids, Con -
iii.iii.n on tho (1- ei;s, chaos in tlpj hold, the
oouipass out of order, Dio rudder unshipped,
ti.e mad*:, a drunk with passion and excite
ment, and!!;" bela:-;*lien cf tho ijuaiterileek
ciingiii;: to tho hope of Afikau salvation only
to Gin! ii with foieign Intel veution, but the
• Nr lupin k'psy of a fond dospait.’’
Tiif.iO ]. i,d, virin-s have long been predicted,
Ui the* t *O3 of pnntcriptiou :md fanaticism,
ii.ul the tint? notes have been repeatedly
sounds ! by the c mservalive press. They have
not uafieipienlly urged th** Mipuvcilious and
••.rn-eivo! aVana;"'-* ; to osemso their reason in
j:: re .-. 1 and stit’esuiiUjlike ehort to
engiinvr the ve.-sol into the haven of peace,
instead of endeavoring tn* l-neive the people
a tn j:,. ir military power I***l ability to main
...:,, a iiioody ;•.*;•! s.iv '.ge iv u* lo an indefinite
a, ;-,,.!, and countless sacrifice of life aud pio
p: sty
•;:,. ; .!iv i:; ••’.*:aged into civil war lo
~!• .. she it! vine instjtufion of slavery even
th- ;vi , rii e, iitid now, what do we hear ?
■ Vb-.-.Ui jadnal or immediate, to save us
lie!** rttifi; flu* negroes armed to preserve us
;■i *:.. at'ti <’ eleventh hour. We
• -h i Uei.ud v.-'dl* joy the appearance of any
new theory u-.dmiiift <«» a change from the
min u:* poi-ev of the past if with it we couUl
li,. *,- the ruivit} possivsed the sbitesmausbip
ai-.'l y to i iHs.t, the patriotism of the peo
ple. n-ei would exercise the argument of dip
kuta-xy as well as of blind r«go and jwsfiou.
Wo w nid thunder it in their cars that tire
country' demand e-*e e. : i.peoplo expect
s -Ui.:-* more at. t.-ieir h iiuls than sweeping
-1 1 e::m ; i Don, the suspension of the
wiit <•; habeas c-.-jp*;.-*, tru-i interminable reeo
|nti-.n *.«l' th *i.u.ee in s- e! eoaelave. It is
' vc"y well to tan :*• r with eonsUlutious upon
'j le . cf - military nece-oHy, aud emat:cipa f e
(• i cegroee for cm- national ex--
•steci-c, but is th- ■to lie iso measure looking
«(, a ii-i.-.i i*:U.:;ue;ti- of onr ipi.vvrel with the
bo the lasi man and
ill •* !a<!. .lilch t i it to to ..till Vici-hurg aud
Ml :*.t‘V Ri ! t ; *, ufiiil the*e is uotiling ot us
*,.(•( » t> country demands the reason
v.hy t iloni'j; ) o- '■! ;<'/.
<:. ■ . .'io',. I'ho N‘.rlh Carollaa paper
ivitc th:- -ui; |!.:--jge o! Gea Jos. E John
ston on Danviiin rotri on ids tyay Booth.
: i oi'*'«nni*<!:iuo--, Ims uri-.-n (he
:; p;d : -r that !;e Was .to lt-MIUM h« old
s-jiun: mu.
Vi'i- a John leu was relieved of his
e niiu;:U.-l ncblo a,my nud a whole State
and upon tho altar (fi uu *gs<<i thy
ain'-irio .; he.iw was struck tho cafieo ol
in*' v ud ecu vvhieU l*a j . *> :I1 nigh proved
f.'.Lri.
Vi J b-.sten c- --nmauded, no disoidov
• and !■•- pri-e-rved itia %rmy. Hu was
re . I Yi’as it be-'ati -* be was unable to
whip rili.-tman who commanded an army two
thirds huger thau ours? A BUcees-Sor, with
more dash than good judgment, was appoint
ed to “strike an honost blow.” The blew
was struck; ten thousand Confederates were
sacrificed upon tiro enemy,s breastworks bat
Atlanta fell, ’res, Johnston was*res!«red Ruff
t-bam Shernytp walks over Georgia fit MifiKi
Ltxch Law.—a man named William
Baugh, ot Jjuksou county, of Col. Dorough'g
Regiment of Reserve cayalry. was hung' by
some of bis comrades at the Camp near this
place, last Friday night. We have obtained
the facts from a reliable source. Baugh stole
a hors.* from Jlr. Pass, of the same regiment,
and carried him into Legingtop, where he ex
ebanged him lor a mule, wiili one of Wheel
er's men. tie afterwards sold the mule to
some person at Lexington depot, ami returned
to tiits place. Pass pursued Baugh to i.--rirc -
ion id Laving ioarne i the above facts, re
turned and reported the matter to Col. De-
, 0 , *.. wb ) ordered a squad of men to arrest
B-. ■ hand bring him to Camp. The men
f.-.ii! and him in a private house in this place,
wl.-n thev carried him to the vicinity ol Camp
and hung him. The report that Col . Dorough or[
’’•■rod his exi ention.is hieorren. lie knew noth
ing of tt in,, 1 the deed had been accomplished.
Be approves it, however, and will do what he
evu to protect those who did it. —Athem fan
ner.
Carottofe are at work in Wilmington.
SlliltM V>> paUfVi »
Use following letter from Gen. Sherman
gives lijs views as to the manner in which ho
think- ibis war cau bo brought to r, close. It ]
is published in the Savannah ltepr blicaa :
Headq’rs, Military Div. of tbo Missis- i
sippi, fc t’*.e field* j
Sxvasxau, Ga., January S. 18C3. )
A W.— Fj:j County, #nt :
Dear Sra : Veins ol the M i instant is re
ceived, and in answer to your inquiries, 1 beg
to state : ~
I am merely a military commander, and can
only at* in that capacity; nor can 1 give any
assurances or pledges affecting civil matters in
the future. Tuey wiil be adjusted by Congress
when Georgia is again represented there as of
old. •
Georgia ij) uot out of the Union, and there
fore tho talk of*Teco:i3tiucti<u)' appears to
me ioappropiiate. ootno of the people have
been aa I still are iu a state ot revolt ; and as
long as they remain armed and organized, the
United States must pursue them with armies,
aud deal with then* according to military law.
But as soon as they break up their armed or
ganizations and return to their homes, I take
it they will be dealt with by the civil courts.
Some of the rebels in Georgia, in my judgment,
deserve death, because they have committed
murder aud other crimes which are punished
with death by all civilized Governments on
earth. 1 think this was the course indicated
by Gen. Washington iu reference to the
Whisky Insurrection, and a like p»iciple
seemed Io be recognized at the time ot the
Burr conspiracy.
As to the Union of tWstat.es under our Gov
ernment, we have the high authority of Gener
al Washington, who bade us to be jealous and
Civoful of it, and tbe still more emphatic words
o’s General Jackson, ‘‘The Union must and
shall ho preserved.”. Certainly Georgians can
not question the authority of such men, aud
should not suspect our motives, who are sim
ply fulfilling their command. Whenever ne
cessary, force has been used to carry out that
end, aud you may rest assure*l that the tfuion
will be .preserved, cost what it may. And if
you aro sensible men you will conform to this
order of things or else migrate to some oilier
country. There is uo other alternative open
to the people of Georgia.
My opinion is that no negotiations are neces
sary, nor commissioners, nor convention?, nor
anything of the kind. Whenever the people
of Georgia quit rebelling against their Gov
ernment; and elect members of Congress and
Senators, and these go and take their seats,
then tho State of Georgia will have resumed
her functions in the Union.
These are merely tny opinions, but in confir
mation oi thorn, oi* 1 think, tue people of Goor
gia may well consider tho following words, re
ferring to the people of tho rebellious, States,
which 1 quote from tire recent annual mess
age of President Lincoln to Congress at its
present session:
“They can sit any moment have peace simply
by laying down their qrms and submitting to
tho national authority under the Constitution.
After so much, the Government could uot, if
it would, maintain the war against thorn
The iov-al people wo.uid not sustain or allow
it., It questions should remain, we would ad
just them by the peaceful means of legislation
conference, courts and votes. Operating only
in constitutional and lawful clsanuels, s me
, certain and other possible questions it.ro and
would bo beyond the Executive power to ad
just, as for instance, the admission of members
into Congress, and whatever might require the
appropriation of money.”
Tho President then alludes to the general
pardon and amnesty offered for more than a
year past, upon specified and most liberal terms,
to all excep t certain designated classes, oven
these being “still within contemplation of
special clemency,” and adds :
‘•it Is still s f > open to all, but Ihe time may
come when public duty shall demand that it
be closed, and that in lieu, more vigorous
measures than heretofore shall be adopted-.”
It seems to me that it Is time for tho people
of Georgia to act for themselves, aud return
in time to their duty, to- the government of
their fathers.
lvepectfully, your obedient servant,
W. T. Subbmax, Major General.
The Order is Rkuabd re Cotton. — There
bias been many rumors afl tat within the past
few days in regard to the cotton stored in this
city. Here is a copy of the official order:
Headquarters Department of 1
South Carolina, Georgia and Florida, r
Charleston, S. C , Dec 80, 1NII5.)
His Jumlteney Jo*. Brown., Qouerm/i' of Georgia.
Sir: There w&3 in Savannah a considera
ble amount of cotton, for tha most part, prop
erty of pilvato individuals, which, for want
of transportation, it was impracticable to re
move and v/h ! ch, being stored in buildings in
various parts of the city, could yiot be destroy
ed when Savannah was evacuated, without
destroying the city.
There can be little doubt that the cotton
has been taken possession of by the Federal
authorities nod will be applied to the use of
the Federal Government.
To prevent a recurrence of this, I have re
spectfully to urge, as a matter of precaution,
that all Cotton in Augusta or vicinity, to he
reuK<ved;to> place of security, and that you will
give the people notice, that in case Augusta
should be endangered, all Colton will be de
stioyed by the military au!ho:ity.
I have the honor to lie,
Very ves-peotfclly,
Your obedient servant,
\V i,. Harder.
Lieutenant General.
Headqnautpur, Macon, (!a„ £
January lfififi. )
Brigadier General hry, Aiojusta, Ua.;
G»\RRAb :—Enclosed pleasd find i commu
nication just received at (hose headquarters
from Gen. Harden, which is sent to you with
the belief that if the import of it could be com
niumoated to the oitix-jns of Augusta, the de
sired object couM he secured. Will you plehso
give it Hitch publicity as in your judgment is
peecßsary. ,
Veiy truly your trbedlent servant,
W. K L)EGn\i’VKMUEi>,
Major and A. A. Gen.
Official : F. A. Titnberlake, A. A. A. G.
llkapq’ks Dimmer AfWsTA, Ga., [
Jan. l!)ih, 18G5. )
Hon. R H. Mat, Mayor of Augusta :
Li. Gen. Hardee directs me to have cot
ton bt|ine;l in She eity on too approach of the
Yankees. This older 1 run bound to execute,
even at the peril of (he eiiy. 11 ia to he hoped
that your patriotic chin-ms will at once remove
this temptation to Yankee invasion, either to
distant points or to the commons, where the
torch can be applied whrn the exigency shall
occur. The military wiil render you all the
a-nistauce in its power for the removal.
With great respect,
D. H. Ilnx, Maj. Geul.
I'KKIiICS STiiMS.
Fifty pounds is the tine inflicted by the Brit
ish court upon the parties guilty of furnishing
and fitting out the pirate Georgia to prey upon
American commerce. There was no doubt
whatever of the agency of the firm in the crime
with which they were charged. Our countrymen
can now estimate the exact cash value Brit
ish courts set upon the good faith and honor
of their nation. So says a Northern paper.
By an order of the British Admiralty, a di
ver has been appointed to every iron clad
The armies of Europe have A total of 4,G!H,-
000, men costing annually $425,000,000. Rus
sia has the largest army, numbering 1,200,000
men. That of France numbers 750,000 men.
An elephant and bull fight took place lately
at Saragroesa, Spain. The elephant was walking
quietly about the arena when the first bull was
released, and rushed at it with all his might.
The elephant received his antagonist with great
coolness, aud threw him down °with the utmost
ease. The bull arose again and made two at
tacks, which the elephant resented by kiiling
him w,th a thrust of his tusks. The conquer
or did not seem in the least excited. A second
bull was soon released, aud in a few minutes
suffered the same fate as the first
The accounts of the cotton cron In tv. w
J, ~4-r.< 7 « tend” at L“?, c b *r h
t is pretty certain that the extent offend sown
ns greater than heretofore, yet the qnaiititv of
will fall short of that of IhCS Tb e
is worse in Bengal, where the cotton crop will
be much lees than it was last year. P
(ifrnraicle S: JSentmel.
. AUGUSTA, GA.
WSDKRSB’AY MOHAIXU. JAMJ.VH V 25.
%Ve \3w«vs s’cp tb#(’nr..-- i. i.r A* Sis Tut.; v lb
sr.u of the year, or *for r.b-b it:: oaiit, <-r whlota tho
i> notie nth* ts too wish
to oi,limit- ii. t tr- -•• dhe well to irnew your subscription a
east two we ksbefo -- he time expires.
We <:anuotetian*e t'hlress of a subscribe: unlesshe
Stve- us hisfonr.eraswelia&.Us breEcntarliiress.
Weelilv HnteH.—Tbeprh-o ofthe v. . . . Ch:-. ::t ir
.fc sk.ni ;lb. iss x -toll art tor :.:rce months, :■ .v’vfi Collars lor
six niontlis.
Hag.-! Hags! ! Hags I:!—The paper maberswar.;
rags L rcoltoii ir.eu.flux, chi rope, etc. I:. evc- v v"h: ot-rbero
ouvh: to he a ri-Jtmerehur.t, who should buy every .pc-;:.'! of
::. rbe can from all the surround’i':r country. Wo wo-; hi
iihe tc- bearfrom any who tvni tuidertake tobuy r: / i > ii-.afeu
paper furthe Chboxiclp. & Sektxxel. Oti receipt
we wilt state price, etc., etc.
OOLOSIAS. V Abut II *,<; E.
Colonial vassalage before Territorial slavery :
England rather than the United States will be
the determination of these States whenever they
are unable to cope with the enemy. Rich
mond Enquirer.
Vassalage in any form or to any power, is
the most abhorrent and repulsive fate which
we can imagt no for our beloved South. We
are unwilling to entertain the thought for a
moment that such a destiny is in reserve for
her. We repudiate the idea<-f its possibility.
The gallant and Christian people of the South,
reared in the atmosphere of freedom, intelli
gent, brave, aud free, were not nta ’e for vas
sals. They have no adaptation to such a de
grading condUian, and coni 1 not be reduced
to it by any human power. Never will they
to abdicate their own manhood aa to submit
to it. In vain do visionaries propose it to
them as an alternative iu any contingency.
We religiously believe that ihe Providence
which watches oyer us, intends for us a desti
ny far higher-arid nobler than this.
But of all vassalage, colonial—vassalage to a
European monarch, to a foreign despot—ia the
most odioH3 and inadmisaable. We have, been
reared with au inborn hatred of monarchy,
and all its pomps, its hoary abuses, and' ex
acting tyranny. We ban never voluntarily sur
render the priceless heritage ot republican in
stitutions. Wo have experienced too much, wo
have too strong and ineradicable a persuasiou
of their intimate and indissoluble connection
with national ireedom, prosperity and happi
ness, to voluntarily give them up. Whatever
may bo tho fortune of war we will most assur
edly try to preserve them for ourselves and
our children.
Wo can imagine uc more degraded or piti
able condition fov otirsaives than to become
the subjects of a foreign Prince; receiving out
laws from liis hand; with no other guaranty
for our rights than his-royal patent; onr in
terests subordinated to those of a loreign and
alien Kingdom, to be sacrificed to its selfish
views and aggrandizement; our peace sus
pended ia tho doubtful balance of European
policy. Aud how could our sturdy republi
canism ever endure in our midst a titled he
reditary nobility, the inseparable adjunct of
royalty, with nil its iusufferaUfb pride and
arrogance, its exclusive privileges and haughty
assumptions. The very idea is preposterous.
The whole scheme is wild aud visionary in the
extreme,
But the very fact that such a /oheme fc
openly advocated in our Confederate capital,
that it receives the sanction and support of
such an old and influential journal as the En
quirer, admonishes us of the necessity for the
into position of the wisdom and couservatisrp.
of the nation in tho present critical state of
our affairs, to save us from self destruction,
from tho evil effects of rash and intemperate
counsels, of mad and visionary schemes.
The cardinal aim of all should be to pre
serve intact tho free institutions bequeathed
to us by our father*, and not to suffer them to
be wrecked in the whirlpool of passion. What
ever emergency may come upon us, wo should
prepare to meet it with dispassionate season
and far-seeing prudence. We need practical
statesmanship and deliberate wisdom. The
people should consider well -and carefully
what course will best subserve their own in
terests and those of their posterity, and not
permit their liberties and well being tobe bar
tered away by panic stricken and reckless
leaders. They are sovereign, the masters of
their own destiny, and should hold the
reins ia their own hands, giving no heed to
<he indiscreet proposals of rashness and des
peration.
'I’ll:; Rccoiit).—As yet we have seen but a
single vote of the G.mfedjrato (’oagress, on
the habeas corpus question, and this we place
on record, that the people may know how
their servau's bland, and for future reference.
On the 25 til of December, Mr. Leach, of North
Caroliu i, offered a resolution declaring that
the writ of habeas corpus ought not so be sus
pended, except in extreme cases, when Die
public safely imperatively demanded it; that
the people are united in a great struggle for
liberty, aud that no exigency exists justifying
its suspension. The yens and nays on this
question were demanded in the House, and re
corded Ofl follows :
Aye?-—Messrs. Anderson. Atkins, Ayer,
Baldwin, Boyle, Branch, Glopton, Ooiyar’
Uruiksimiik, Darden, Echols, Fan -w, Foster,
Gaither. Garland, llanly, Herbert, Holden,
Lamp!in, Lestov, Marshall, Mences, Miles
Simpson, .1. M Smith, W. E. Smith. Smith of
Ala , t-'uiill* of N. C., Wickham and Wither
spoon -81.
Noeu Mfr.-.rs 'Aiken, Barksdale. Batson,
lilanford, F M. Bruce, H. W. Bruce. Chilton,
Ohrisnmn. Clarke, Ciurky, Conrtnl, Dickinson,
Dupree, Elliot, Ewing, Fumdou, Gholson]
Goode, Ibu'lrtdge, Hatcher, Holliday, John
son, Heebie, Koifftav; Lyon. M u-hen, Norton,
Berk ton, thigb, Sexton, Shewmuke, Snead,
Swan. Triplett, Vest, Villere, Welsh, Wilkes
and .Ur. Speaker- 41.
Fourteen of those who voted nay-—lli.it is
who voted to further trample upon tho liber
ties of the people—are members of States who
have never legally seceded, or whose States
have voted themselves back into the Union
again.
It is by tho votes of meu who have no light
to seals in the Confederate Congress that all
our bad and despotic laws have been passed.
Laws passe*! by- tbe votes of those members
of Congress who have no right (o vote are un
constitutional —even if their provisions did not
make them such. They are no more binding
upon the States and the people of jhe Con
federacy than the edicts of the Emperor of
China or Czar of Russia.
The people of Georgia want good govern
ment. They are willing to submit to consti
tutional law. They are willing to give a
hearty and undivided support to the same.
But when they have a batch of unconslitutioil
al and tyrannical laws forced upon them by
men who have no legal right to say anything
in the matter, they do not feel disposed to sub
mit to them.
The people hays rights. Lot those rights
bS respected. Afl will then be well.
Rcmobbd Fo»a»ixo Parties.— It is rumored
in Macon that a large Federal foraging party
of four thousand cavalry and numerous wag
ons had gone into Montgomery county.
I tuts:;;OH OK SPUE* H I’l l' UOIVA U\ TOE
U.i\ iffiEl*.
A fi w days since we beard the startling news
that a meeting of the citizens in Jackson couu- i
ty had been broken up—and that without resist
ance—by the interference of a military com
mander iu that section. Wo were loth to cred
|[t such a roper;, aud did not at the time. V. r e
could not believe that any Southern soldier
had so far lost sight of the great principles we
are struggling for, as to be guilty of such con
duct. We could not believe that any body of
Southern citizens had so far lost ail reff-respect
as to submit to such an outrage wi'hout re
sistance—and it need be without defending
their rights from despotic power by force of
arms.
The facts in tbe case, as we learn them; are
t.'uesa. A meeting of the citizens of Jackson
was called lor the purpose of instructing the
representative of the county to vote* for a State
Convention, in case Gov. Brown should con
vene the Legislature in February. Gen. Glenn
hearing a rumor that a “Union' ’ meeting was to
be held, determined to suppress it. and tor that
purpose cin icd a detachment of men to Jack
son on the day appo’ntod. The citizens fear
ing a disturbance did not hold tho meeting.
The action of Gen. Glenn iu the matter, if
wo have been correctly informed, was
highly reprehensible. It is deserving of the
severest censure. In the first place he bad
tto business to interfere with a citizens’ meeting,
no matter for what purpose it had been
called—much less to interfere with a meeting
called for the purpose the ono in Jackson conn
ty was. In tho second place, if the meeting in
Jackson had turned out to* be a treasonable
meeting, no one had any light to take actesn
in tho matter except the civil authorities.
Neither would they have any light to inter
fere upon mere hearsay rumor, aa the Con
federate (ffieial did, but they would have only
the right to interfere upon good anil sufficient
evidence.
But what have we here ? What fact are wo
c-alicd upon to record t We are called upon
to record the fact that tho free people of
Georgia have boon prevented from exercising
au indisputable and inalienable right by the
interference of a military power! Well may
every true lover of civil liberty stand aghast
upon reading it. Well may every true patriot
exolwm : Hut it come to this !] Is this the
entertainment we wore invited to! Is this the
k-nd o! liberty we arc fighting for! Is this'
tho freedom our leaders are striving to estab
lish ! Is it for this that so much blood ha g
been spilled, so much treasure wasted! Is
it for a government of this kind Dial we have
struggled for for four years!
Truly, as wo look around aud see the real
condition of affairs, wo shudder at tho enormi
ties committed in the name of liberty— enormi
ties wiiich would shako the throne ot every
European despot to its very centre and cause
it to toiler and fail. It' things continue to pro
gress hs the direction they have (or sometime
past, wo shall be freemen in name—that is all.
And Die most dchasc-ff nations that we rea-i of
in history, are (hose who have allowed theii
liberties to be wrested from them by their
Own leaders.
People ol Georgia ! Are you jeady to tame
ly submit to such acts as these ? Ale you,ready
to allow your blood bought libsi'ties to bo
trampled under foot by a mliituiy official, no
matter what may bo his station? Are you
willing to set cileut'y by and see free speech
and i'ico discussion crushed under the iron
heel of a military despotism ? If not, tako ac
tion in this matter. t And take it in such a
way that your action will not be misunder
stood. Give ihe military authorities to plain
ly understand that you know what your rights
are; that you arc ready to defend them from
being infringdU upon; and what is more, that
, you will defend them in case you aro forced so
ito do. You have a right to bold conventions
whenever and wherever you desire. You have
a right to discuss whatever matters or public
topics you choose. And if you be firemen,
“worthy sens of worthier siren,” you will hold
conventions whenever you please and discuss
as you sco fit, without fear or restraint—always
guiding your actions by tho constitution and
constitutional laws.
The Governor of Georgia should tako action
in this matter as well as the people, The blow
struck is a blow aimed at the very vitals of
civil liberty. It is a blow given to tho founda
tion of gpod government. Wo trust be will
examine into Die affair at once; and if every thing
is us reported, we hope his action wiii be
prompt and decisive—and so effectual that
even the I’reaident of the Confederacy would
not even dare do in the future what one ts
his officials has dono in tho past,
Lot the Governor of Georgia announce in
the name of tho Sovereign State over which
fie presides, that despotic * kets of all kinds
must cense upon her sacred soil. The people
will rally around and sustain him in the posi
tion.
Know.s’ isy i-iikiu Dkkoj.—A at 9 are every
tiling. Names aro nothing. A man should
be judged by his deeds, not by his profession*.
If a man claims to advocate one principle, and
shows by bis acts that he advocates another
his very course proves that bo its not to ire
trusted. Deeds always iq»eak louder than
words.
Tb** e'istenco or non-existence of arbitrary
government docs not depend upon the title or
di'BOiuination bestowed on the chief of the
.State, but-upon the quantum ol power wiiich
lie possesses and wields. Autocrat, sultan,
emperor, dictator, king, doge, president arc all
.note names, in which the power, respectively
possessed by them is not to bo found.
The name by which a ruler goes docs not
show what he is. It ra his acts. A people
living under au emperor may be more free
than a people living under a President,
’the President of this Confederacy is endeav
oring to concentrate all the authority in his
own hands—notwithstanding the constitution
expressly denies him that which he is seeking.
He desires to absorb and engross tho whole
power in Isis own person and through his of
ficial agencies tcaUercd throughout the land,
and absolutely subjected to his control, to exe
cute laws of his own suggesting according to his
own pleasure or oaprioe. He is anxious to
have matters arranged so that his own will
alone will predominate in and animate the
whole community. If this be not despotism
despotism of the most absolute kind, then we
Cannot conceive or define what despotism is.
m~- A
The Admission or Louisiana.— The New Or
leans Picayune is advised from Washington, •
that at last a bill has been framed upon the
subject of a reconstruction of the Southern
States, which will meet the approval of a ma
jority of the members of Congr’-as, and will,
therefore, be certain to pass. Louisiana, It is
added, will be the first State admitted under
the new order, and the delegation sent to Wash
ingjton will at once bo admitted to teats,
Gkx. Joyeru E. J u siox.—About twelve
months :v?o, Gen. -1:-: .: .: .-•*.:i.i ,: command
of the dßor-gun .... , r.-.d ’ jlJfoted. but noble
army ci I. mi css* ost try
ing to The hope-'- >.f *;,-• t .; ii-.v army fell
back from onpsanother, with
■ : \i re punish
ment )*■;:>. at any -v,. time iati.-vtcd upon the
enemy ; yet iirii p:v ; rc -o; h„ chieftain who
mient>.y, almost to a fo.ftk oiuctt.d the then
inexplicable campaign, su t.-. the country
a safe gu :i*. ol ivouio. -.a: ■ :ho army tbe
•assurance oi honor and wisdom, ia all its
movemeiJi*.
Th** pubff .: were astounded by the late re
port.:': tho Hon. of War, to learn
that Gen. John; *c*-x had previously been reliev
ed ol hi* ' . jvv kortcom-'
b u btfeaus a liiical’’ ends
seemed to nqnirj* a fi'ii i i.y. General
Jofmston *to ot his army
and that of!)., people better than to adopt so
fatal a conclusion. lie appreciat .'il what the
Government did not - the fact which no com
manders can gainsay* ned achieve the freedom
of the country—thaWl;e people drr.w “moral
and pofiticrd” iDteivr.c.*.-*. ivom stubborn truth
aud not Loin sic'pieh'.i or !>:■: : i *icc.~ S ima
lieM.
TV hat a comment we liave here uuon the pol
icy ol the Administration. W hat an astound
big development is lie-c. made. Gen Johnston,
—an officer who had the entire confidence ut
his trocjfc and tne people)—win removed not
for incompeieiicy, but because “moral and po
litrcal ■' crab; required it. If ihe Secretary of
War had said "political ends," be would have
told the whole hath end nothing lut Dio
truth.
T'Ue.“moi;:i" part of She ui. dr. is. for mere
cloak—Dial .; all. V: e ure" told of ihe evil one
putting on a false garb sit times in order to
gain his (-wit siriiis.h ptttpoM S.
In it any wonder !!■:.■ •es !■ are fast losing
faith In ourConfcd *-.it:> leader,- 1 Can a poo
pit) have confidence in a Government whoi-es
acts and cons-z sious prove iL.d it is seeking
its own ngsri-andk'.-tmi'ni. r.*.!!«••;• limn the good
of the people. -Tho wclfa-o <•; Foe country im
peratively demanded tl;**.l ibrn. Johns-on be re
tained in command of the army of Tennessee.-
According to a. slalom;-!!’. m lioadquarters,
tho "polilii*il writ' : i Dc- b.adiu-.s impera
tively demanded his ivumtal. Therefore l*w
was removed. What a conf.v:-ioa ! The coun
try sacrificed ! the oauzo periled ! hundreds
of happy horn v laid v. ! tbonsand -of wo ■
men aud children made widows and .orphans!
And all for w;:xt ! ii e have f.tm answer in the
words of a high CoHicde-r.ilo officer-*for “polit
ical ends. Is it to IU:; a... -.plcxion* that wo
have come at last! !v it from facts of this,
kind that tho people are to gqtlver aid and
strength in this the hour of their trial ! Well
may they exclaim in I lie Lingua.-•* of an honor
ed and beloved patriot of the revolution of
1770, “Great God, uv*d L il ceme (o this!”
Szi’AitATi:Statk Aortox. A number of tho
memljers of Got'..sere -, it appears, aro afraid
ihyl some of If*,- :*.!,wilt become and isgusted
will* their iiiiconstituiion*:l acts, end will in
self defense take : ■ (•:)>!•.*« acl i.m' in. endeavor
ing to settle existing dlfficnUicM. According
ly resolutions imv; been iidrcdoced pro
nouncing such a bti-n ii!: .nfi::;i ix.-d by tlie Con
stitution. Wo nvo.friait ft) notice that Con
gress onca more thinks that there is pitch a
document as the “Con:; I-.etion of tile COBlfed
evato States,” and it is to be hoped that they
will heu-after gevei ii Di: ir acl;: by tho same.
It they had done.no before, the people of this
laud would Slave vr-maiued a Bl.il-; oar cause
if not already won. would bo in a. far bd»
prosperous condition ; th*; ranks of our armies
would bo tilled; those it t homo would’be as
zealous for piv-:ecuDr t:.*. wav as when it
first commenced; -;\*ihln:: iu (hart would
be in tho best condition pccsihio.
But CoDgu s !;;*,-■ *.-;■; ii a>- it Diorc was uo
sush doonmont as H*o GensUtulion of tho Con
federate Stales. 'iTto rct-itU (.t such conduct
has been inert (F.-a.siious. Tb 'people are di
viiled ; onr out*. :o is in a n,«L pcrate con
dition; iiccordin.' to tbe c*>o!'* rsson of the Pres
ident himself, two (birds <o our armies have*
deserted; mistule >e'*;;ti trtir.iemc-; lawlessnesa
;s triumphant; e. : .i ldoody .o verity lias already
showed its fearful •>> .*.-i in come sections of on*.
fair land; everylhing, ia fact, ii in nearly
, bad a ecndiL; n :it p. 1:1 yt; u La-, an*’
teis arc growing worse <!.- iiy. AU tb
haw grown out cf C. e unccEclikiUc j 0 £
the OonfeJi r;t!*:i (ri a %■ '
, cecutive.
UougrcK* orin p**- tie !.**.•, a
~H;h*can prevent
sepamt’- Mate at- f '-* \v , . ...
‘, , . . . cry Stale tn this
... . ./. . .- Every Mate
bar: a tig h, t. : -*- s , . ; <• stc-pstowards
f V'"' ■ " - no constitutional
lawreßl.icaug>t;o> , * ... MeaoroM^
Tho peopla *!-.» . .. ;un ,p ors ofCon
gnsa aro more y : , vaai , o! - tll „ 1)e „p 10 ,
uJilu*'* o if x ejc .y- : . ;i powers.
They hate !H) uy,Uc <«> nay what a sovereign
btale f.b* ,|[ or shall n-' Neither have they
•> «'.. in thmr&:<v.-r.!i ca , y •:* Convention*'
or shat! no;, do.
I* tho people of in <„ i, O LI a State
Convention they have a......«, ,-t right ho to do ;
and alter they lave i.c. * in invention,
Di«y uave aright ty ; ... y j>ie;):-«;—all acts
of ConfcdemL c-;i;*:..-. ; i„ contrary not
wi.bstaudjog. U-:L : : llio ft iopie of Geotgia
wfl! not be alarm. 1 o.- iuiimj.ii .t e< l i.y (he bom
bastlo rcxilaticuti ol ; vents at Rich
mond, but,.will (la wj* it.-v.-i- b< icmeth good iu
their sight in the-:.- enwroign ca pacify.
I iusßini:xT!,ii,j!!: t a con temporary
which goes in ru.-mriiing (i: : administra
tion under *e.ii ;rc.:• i«?:■:. i.. : 7;k in substance*
ih:>.t the fact (hat i:. '-'i-at permits the*
“CuticMcLK A ri:::;:i; j. (o' exfet is evidence
“ thfn he would n ; with the freedom
“ol tbo press i. t:u: * v-q, in law was re—
“ pealed, ,’lh..-) (:;*',y . . v.'iy learned and
Kiptcut conclusion. U- benignant official!
ail extraordinary keen i.u.i ugacious support
er • "the Pre.-,j<len„ }-.■ : ,, tho Chronicle &
Sentinel to exist.” Suppose lie cannot help
hftwolf whether ho wants tho paper p>ublishe<l
or not, how much pen ritting is there on his
part then ? Wo read in the good book of the
supreme Ruler of the universe permitting
things to exist ; but never before have wo
heard of a President of a free country fighting
for freedom perm'tting a paper to exist be
cause, forsooth, it happened to show up some
of Lis, monstrous strides towards a despotism*
and the corrupt acts of some of his officials.
‘•lf tho court knows herself, and she thinks
she does,” we think it wiii be some time here
after before any free and independent paper
in Georgia is “permitted to exist” by His Ex
cellency tbe President of tho Confederacy.
If he or any of his supporters think tho ‘
Ohbonici.h a Sentinel e lists by his permission.'
they are deeidedly miataken.
The Southern Railroad.— But three' pas- 0
senger and mall trains per week now run
on the Southern Railroad between Meridian
and Jaokßon. These trains will 1< av.rTferT~~
dian on Tuesday,Thursday and Saturday, at
7 A. M., retarning from Jackson, leave thay
place on Monday, Wednesday and Fiiday