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Athens Southern Watchman (Newspaper) - July 30, 1862, Athens, Georgia?er32>�-t it-.-, a a a. -.hr. A a to i. A v a. A a a. A .j,r.� a a a fight bet Fin Fth amp Attix Arkansas As i. A re the of Edbril Fleet at Vicksburg a t thin graphic description i an kt1�-Ivit h ne8s. A m Athens Georcia wednesday morning. July 80. Lir just circular Ira of any paper Ever in Lett in Athens Quot a see fourth Page. Corn floor. Gen. D. Burns loft at on office a few Days ago an article which is new to Nso being flour in a de of Indian Corn. It looks like wheat flour. To regret that the lot is too Small to test by baking Thor being Only about two spoonfuls of it. The situation. Mcclellan so change of base by a flunk Novom Eiith Lias loft him in a position of such natural strength and so Well defended by Bis gunboats and men of War that we doubt whether it will he prudent to attack him now we will probably have to await his movements and they Are known to to very slow. Judging his future policy let a his past Ino moments lie will probably not attack our lines near Richmond within the next three months. We need not look for any fighting at Richmond soon. The theatre of Active operations will probably to transferred to Tennessee and Kentucky in the meantime. B it la sides Are concentrating Large bodies of troops in Tennessee and the invincible Morgan is operating in Kentucky. His movements i Here Hace of a ate been rapid and Brilliant and feb very much question whether he will his operations to destroying Bridges and capturing provision trains. He will probably soon have a Large army in the. Rear of Buell with which after in ohm Stosl Rution he can make a descent upon the Swine of Ohio. Indiana and Illinois and give Thorn a taste of the effects of War s desolation. In Arkansas and Missouri we will probably soon have Lively times. The Veteran Paic Quot is Drifting Back towards the scenes of his former glory. The enemy will yet a suffer in the Tieshy a before the Campaign closes if the old hero really is in that Bailiwick. A Fred in in rapid succession. Ino is visible hut the Smoko and nothing card Bat a continuous explosion of heavy artillery. The Roar is incessant shells bursting in the air shot crashing through the treo tops some hissing off a mile or More and spending their fury there. The firing goos on in All its fury. It cannot be it heavier unless the remainder of the Fleet lying below Vicksburg should be magically transported across the neck of land separating front the Bend Buovo and join. I her voice to the mad howling going Oil satisfactory and thrilling an account of the h a it mls i Tuu Poillot. A we have been kindly permitted to pub wish Trio following graphic Anil truthful description of the recent ii counter be tween the Confederate ram Arkansas Ami the Federal Fiedot at Vicksburg written by an officer in command there to his wife in this place. We have not Mot with so Lull. Adventure elsewhere Vicksburg july i fitly 1802. My dear a yesterday was one of excitement from Daylight to Midnight embracing one of those thrilling events that astound after All is Over. We had enlistments at the North. All accounts concur in the statement Llma enlistments proceed slowly at the North. The people show an indisposition to go into the army indeed volunteering Anil enlistment May be considered As no longer effectual in filling the ranks of the Northern invaders notwithstanding Federal and state bounties amount in some the states to two Hundred dollars or the Northern papers Aro now to manding a draft. The fact is and Hutch who Aro witling to fight us Are now in the army and the us to yes of the Freo states have never Boon keen to Volunteer. Trio killed and wounded men Cut Home from Richmond have had a wonderful effect upon the Northern people. Evory Duy shows that the War fever is Cooling Down very rapidly. The army contractors and politicians Alono keep it up the people Are getting tired of it. Upon this fact we base our Only Loop of peace. The people of the South cannot now Lay Down their arms without Dishonour. We must fight As Long As the North threatens us. It remains for them to Stop Trio War. They can do it whenever they get tired of it. We think that time is now approaching. To lies see Thoy arc no nearer conquering us than they wore at the beginning. They Feci the horrible effects of the War growing worse and Worso every Day it must it will a Bacomo unpopular with the North Era people sooner or later. It does not pay and they will not support a non paying institution. In this fact lies our Only to k of pc co. Been for two nights on the Looi cout for thy Advent of the a a Arkansas a with guns spotted and pointed Cannoniere at their posts Banks lined with Sharp shooters and every precaution taken to help on friends and destroy our. Enemies if they pursued her under our guns that was practicable. The upper Fleet consisting of at least two Leo heavily armed vessels and rams do Sorters say thirty had apparently been on the Lookout for her for several Days As they Hud some vessels in the Yazoo some at Anchor at the Mouth and the remainder of the Fleet Between us and the Mouth. Leaving the City for the Hills that Overlook the Yazoo Valley Early yesterday morning the first glance revealed two smokes evidently from boats sovino seven mics up the River further that they were a approaching each other from opposite directions. My Point of View was Distant about the Samo number of Miles. A minute More and there cat no the heavy report of a Cannon from the lower one then another and another and so on the two smokes constantly nearing each other. Now the upper one has evidently opened now come two report together now two three and four in rapid succession for a minute or two there is a pause the two smokes appear together and the vessels ceasing to fire have perhaps made a Rush at each other and Are being crushed by masses heavier than 8 and 10 Inch projectiles. No this is not so heavy reports Are again heard the smokes separate and both move Down the River. Which is in Advance has the a car Kansas passed and is she fairly in the Gauntlet which sink or Swan she cannot turn from or bus the boat that so boldly met her turned and keeping up a running fight is making the Host of her Way to the Mississippi where it is Plain there Are More waiting to join the combat As they Home out. Down the two go with increased Speed the White Smoko Curling upward to the tops at every discharge fron. The How gnus of the on and the Stern guns of the other. At. T his Point i am joined by two other officers. A gentlemen was there Over anything More Gallant ? was there Over More fearful Odds than our sole representative of the Confederate Navy in Southern a tors has deliberately started to encounter god Grant that the Brave capt. Brown with the Arkansas and Crew May come safely out of the heavy reports Continuo now they must he near the Mouth Wboro the fearful contest really commences and where four smokes Are now visibly moving to prepare for those descending. No on knows precisely inhere hid you Hoar that Peculiar noise ? yes it was a decidedly different sound she must have struck Sopfie be Sci. If she can hut sink one of those sin a Jis of War before they crush her is c will bo1 Well avenged. The Battle still Ragas a they Bavo not got dior not that the same Quot Black Smoko now slowly emerging from the Volcano and moving on Down ? god Grant that it May Loo so 1 one ii Ile Mono and whatever it is comes in View. A tis almost too much to believe possible that _ conic out of that terrible contest. That smoke is certainty descending. On it coins More and More distinct. Now the wind lifts the dark curtain arid it is 0y itself. It increases its distance from the main noise there plainly goes a shot Back returning the fire aimed at it a huge mortar Shell is burled Forward and explodes High up in the air. The Arkansas has no mortars the to hers Are our batteries All ready the fight must soon move around the Point. A rapid glance shows everything ready the men it their posts. There goes a cheer Frodo the upper Battery Anoja incr and another. Three Hundred Man have mounted the parapets waving their hats and making the air resound with their Hurrah. To do not Sec her yet but Trio enemy a shots Are duelling up the water in Plain View ahead. Our minute More the Point is reached. That is tier there she is. No w she Otnes in Plain View her Flag the Confederate to lag still flying but torn and rent to shreds. Slowly she moves As if wearied and exhausted with her great combat yet still dangerous Ami determined. The Captain is seen standing alone near her Chimney Moi Oniest the Only human being-.vis-, in of still guiding his Noble vessel regard less of the maddened frenzy of those making his destruction. Look at her Chimney wish it were possible to depict Trio Sec me a it was seen and impart some of the of bag that possessed us us the drama progressed. Yours. The growing Corn crop. Don t Hull to speculators. As the very existence of to Southern confederacy depends Oil the growing Corn crop we Hopa that nobody will to found so unpatriotic As to at Mph to speculate in it by Trio Moat produced from it. It will be st into Tine life bloat of the Republic. Ii. A his a Vever the cormorants shall attempt to Lay Liaos upon it tvo liop1 the Farmers and planters mindful duties to teems bees Aii a their Eoa in i it. Will not sell them a Bushel of Corn Ora of meat. The cruel War Ali Iii our oppressors wage against us demand i the unite efforts of to whole Tun try. There is o it a no time to look to it private gains or speculations. Let us All look to the common Causo. To Man who is not willing to sacrifice his life if need be for his country is not worthy of that country. Let then Ovet thing in the shape of food cease. It will Lake All to can Sliko and Moro too to support our army and people until next Harvest. Lot producers sell at fair rerun rating Price directly to to Consumers. Ali so articles will then lie High Ono ngh. Without the intervention of a a Middle men.�?�. If those who have Money to invest cannot he still awhile Lut them Bay land Anil negroes invest in Mineral lands water Fallman manufactories. Wonted All kinds of manufactured articles have abundant Wood water Power and every other requisite for entering upon Tho business largely. Within ton Miles of where to write Are inexhaustible Beds of Iron Ore near excellent water Power and surrounded by dense forests. Why not go to manufacturing Iron castings nails amp a. On a Large scale ? there Are number of Oiler water Powers near town and Aii Over the country lying Idle. . Thousands of useful artiries Are daily wanted while we have an Tom Danco of Means at Odd what a sight i literally Lorn to frag. Ments it tells its own Story shot shells hand for their production. Go to work a trap Anil Corv Thiim in the shape of mis,.,. 81 a it ii n a a i . Dov Elomis t the resources of Siles has been Ona mentored by it. Uno boat hangs dangling by one cud All the others having been a Siut away. At last the Point is rounded the go it is gained and the Arkansas Inis passed the Lino within which the contest can be taken up by others. Ono boat attempts to pursue or makes a show of doing so but a few Well directed shots from the upper Battery on Shore,.and she disappears. The fight is Over and All now Rush to Greet the Gallant band that Lias passed through such an Iron tempest. The Crow Are seen swarming on Dock exhausted by their efforts and the confined heat of their a Rou Clad Quot Home. Soon they Uro within hailing distance and capt. La rown is again enthusiastically cheered. There to stands Calm unmoved Pale bloody put Trio Light m his Eye yet glittering from the excitement. A Cut Over Hie Toft Eye and a wound the Mouth of Trio River is or where the 5&Quot Lett Bead a. 1 senseless tor More open water is reached Trio turnings 1 some initiates have bean received but in of the Yazoo too brings the smokes Appa other respects he is himself. A Cully together when really they Nav Lio i now for the nows of the Battle some distance apart. The tiring seems to toe boat that foot him up the Yazoo was Slacken not More than two guns per Miu i Utoy now not More than one now it slops old Abe and the Border states. The old Baboon at Washington mid the members of Congress from the Border states have a Lime of it Over his pet measure to a Send the rebellion a Viz emancipation of Trio slaves of Tho Border states. To begs them to urge Tho measure upon their constituents that if the was Continuo the institution will a a Wear out by abre Sion and they will got no pay for their negroes while by adopting emancipation at once the government will pay for them. A majority of ibo member from those slates oppose the measure and a minority including the White slivered Massachi cells scoundrel Horne Maynard who pretends to represent a Tennessee District agree with Tho president. The Asuro will no doubt Pas Tho Lincoln Ogress hut whether a majority of the a can it be that the three have overpower cd her and Are having her under water As three or tour Ball jogs might Pilch upon a watch dog and worry him to death ? heaven Grant that to May hear the Cannon open again tor As Long As their booming Roaches is the Arkansas still floats. Well hers has been a Brilliant Fate even if she has gone Down nod boldly Mot. What would not her Brave Captain give to have one of the boats so ignominiously burned by capt. Pink my to assist him Are. Not those moving a Oinos done to they begin of sep Ralo a Little ? there goes another gun another and another they have not overpowered her yet now she must to in the Mississippi and have some room to take care. Vos Hoy Are All in it now and begin to move towards us and the regular Roar of the guns shows them fighting As they get nearer. The main Fleet in the Bend so me is some eight ten or twelve vessels nobody knows How in any begin to show signs of activity and Are steaming up in Libaste lookouts Are visible on the tops m its and chimneys and occasionally dark hulls Are seen through the tree tops moving into position. Now a Lino is formed entirely across the Mississippi. A tis no longer the Iron Clad rams and boats of Tho Western Waters that Are to to encountered Bat com. Farragut a Fleet it it regular vessels of War manned by the Choice Federal officers and sailors of the Navy and carrying the very heaviest Arm Ament. How hard that after having fought continuously and successfully for an Hoar and a half against fearful Odds that Trio Gallant Craft has but commenced her Battle and is soon to encounter Odds four fold greater. On they Como nearer and nearer even now to begin to hear the whizzing of the shot through the air Tun minutes More acid they will to around the Point in View. What would to not give were Sho under our batteries so that to could drive the pack off and give her Somo assistance ? can it be possible for her to endure the Iron storm that awaits and successfully pass that Lino ? there comes something around the Point that must to her no. I Sec two chimneys she ims but one there comes something else is that her both Are firing but apparently not at each Othor. That smoke still behind the Point must to the Ono on it Conics rather slow apparently returning shot for shot Well in the fetid of the River everything ahead Noth Sels that Are waiting for her is fired and Ana was Lowon or a p Rig is but Little doubt she is just getting in the Captain try and a comply dash at the Brooklyn or Ricoli then take Tho Chance of i both in an Iron Clad ram also but after firing several shots us the Arkansas approached turned and fled the hitter playing upon iter with the Bow guns with such effect As to drive the men from the guns and finally silence her. Running Aion Guido at , capt. Brown with depressed guns get to a broadside which be Tobii iks must have sunk her As Tho Flag was hauled Down and the boat run ashore. Passing directly on. Three other Iron leads were attacked. One was blown up by Ilie first shot and Tho Crow driven into inc River or killed by the steam. Turning attention to the other two who hesitated on a Piug the Fate of their two consorts a few broadsides sent them away so severely crippled. That they got out of the Way and made no attempt to follow Down the Mississippi. This Success cleared Ilia passage out of Tho Yazoo and what was left fled before him Down to Tho main Fleet closely pursued and hotly fired on. 1 on coming up to the Fleet the vessels were found ranged across the River As if to completely bar her passage and every Ono of Thorn opened on her. Keeping straight on firing As rapidly As she could she broke through their line despite Tho enormous calibre of the guns pointed at her and arrived safely at the City. Capt. Brown thinks he Sot Ono vessel on Tiro in passing. Certain it is there was a Larga conflagration up in the Bond soon after which Burnt All Tho afternoon and late into the night. And now commenced a furious bombard Mont of the town again apparently out of pure rage that Tho ram Ltd beaten them which lasted the remainder of Trio Day increasing in rapidity As the Sun set when suddenly i hour from my upper Battery a shot then another the two More and immediately a broadside. It is at once apparent that the upper Fleet have started to pass our batteries and get Back to their old position. In a be w minutes every available gun on their Side and ours Hud opened and it seemed As if Tho Lio Amis had come together Tho explosions were so heavy Ami so continuous. Tha air was fairly fill every imaginable projectile shot and. Grapa hissing Rifle projectiles and. Shells crashing through Honses ton of Lodi he with reports almost deafening from their proximity. The night was Cloudy and they were firing by each others flashes the whole soon being intensified by some houses burning up which the shells set on tire. This pandemonium lasted until about 10 of clock when the fire at lust ceased. How much the enemy suffered in this their second passage we will not know a r. And was Tow speculators developing the resources of the country and adding to its real wealth instead of investing your Money in Batter chickens eggs Corn flour &c., Thoreby raising Trio prices of these necessary articles beyond the reach of Tho wives and children of the poor soldiers Boaro fight nig for you in the Lipold. To Hope we May Hoar of no More speculation in Tho necessities of existence food and clothing. Invest your Money in any. Tiling else but in those articles never front Richmond. The following extracts Are from the Rie Minond correspondence of the Carlos ton Mercury under Date of tha 2jd inst a your late Victor As have Given us a respite which the administration has rather the wish than the nerve to improve. It complains of a want of men am it must be confessed that then is a great Deal of straggling. But this straggling the government seeks to cure by moral suasion and the Force of Public opinion As if Tho deserters lost to nil sense of shame cared for opinions. It is said Thero Are 100,000 men absent without leave from our various armies gone nobody knows where. If this to True Trio time has passed for milk and water measures. A a therein literally a a trouble in the objection is made to gon. Johnston a resuming the command. To is entitled to it or else a wound becomes a badge of disgrace but Lee is thought the Safor Man mid All things must yield to the country a safety. A. 1?. Gilill is under arrest by order of Longstreet and there is a quarrel Between h. Ii. I i and Toombs. A a reliable says Hill called Toombs a Coward on Tho Field and after the. Battle Toombs challenged him. The Challenge was declined on religious grounds but the epithet was re applied. Mugruder has been recalled from the command of the trans Mississippi department on account of Tho Chirigo of incompetency preferred by col. Chilton formerly of the adjutant Gonor a Solice now on looks staff. A a those trouble should alarm nobody. A a wild will the �h><2� Gither particulars if indeed the article Over appeared in its columns ? Subj Gatun. , except the besotted fanatics of the North can Seo not Only thu utter hopelessness of the subjugation of those huh but Tho Manifest violation of every principle heretofore held dear by the people of this country and so clearly embodied in a the declaration of Independence. The following out Jet from Tho will show How this matter appears in the eyes of the English Pho ple. A two would then once More raise our voices against the indefinite prosecution of this horrible War. While the. Scorching Sun is filling the Cam with fevers und cholera while the youth and strength of the country Are being harried a it a Iio common Frontier in preparation for i Rcw feast of blood in the autumn Whilo the North is burdening itself with a debt concerning which even its fillers tear to speak plainly,.and while the great Staples of Tho South Given to the Llamos we should ask the Federr is with whom Tho whole mutter really rests whore is their conscience Hufe is their common he inanity or their prudence ? they Are in arms to enforce on men of their own blood submission to a Rule Eliut the latter detest. A a although for months after , the most eminent men among thong including the late thu present Secretary of state declared t hat the subjugation of one part of Trio Union by another Vas a scandal not thought of and that separation though deplorable could never to opposed by arms Cyl the North now talks of Conquest and confiscation and military colonics with All the readiness of an austrian commandant what becomes Oil the famous declaration of Independence what becomes of the theory that government derives its Powers from the consent of the governed if the populations or seven or eight great status which Lieh and poor Bond Anil free White and Black Aro proved by events to to All of one mind Are now to be invaded conquered and kept Down by a standing army in the Niitme of Republican freed pm ? that the Sepulb if it wishes to go should he allowed to depart peaceably is the Only policy which is agreeable to Justice find Wisdom. Unless the Wenli can learn to see this it must bring evils untold Oil itself on us . A i bitty. Or. Slidell is in to Uisu is suits so far of his Mission to ,.u though not officially received to. Frequent opportunities of hold i a a in views with various my mba Tsoi Ihu a rial government and his . Matters relating to american affairs always listened to with . A dial position at Paris is All that he desire. To bes Ion of his hotel is Ali t filled with people moving in the rms a tue Filiai circles nud a his Entenz a Era tire aiming the most elegant m Paris to ire constantly resorted to. Indefatigable in the. Southern ideas in ovary re has dissent National i i Chi rival it. Way Why Means of books pamphlets eight a opt lugs articles in the newspapers pc. A a Only a Quot few Days Botero the or sailed or. Slidell Luid a Long interview Witt personage of very High Rauk a member of the Imperial Govon Mient. Tea item. F the French a overseas in Mexico had a a a of the emperor great concern. It. Seem that this official had Beer instruct i off what will a a ? make a Ion sink 0s-1 is sell non and in we Are Ipi ito As Side Lii of gun but none on to Shore is. There injured at ail r them to y choose. _ the Burat Tho enemy. Arkansas again player her part a id killed and Ono wounded 1 a War is a business especially in a free country Olio to every Man is As Good As any other Man and i Quot to Hato the Yantz is none the a. J Good As any other Man and belter too. Less on account of those quarrels. After we have whipped them to can fight each other in a a tour Parte or your lifers this is the exclamation of the armed High Wayman who lie meets the benighted traveller in some dark Dell on n lonely Road. Unarmed the traveller is Froud to yield however Bravo he May he. Just so Tho extortion ers who find their fellow ii Zens on Tho Point of starvation a knowing that their Little ones Aro crying for bread and must starve without it a a in harsh and discordant notes repeat the highwayman a sanitation a your purse 6r your life in in both eases the fear of death induced a no Mph sauce with the demand. Which is the better mar. Of the two the highwayman or extort Ioner we in Iho highwayman Virago by jeopardizing virus it Tho extortion Saine end Tho Rob without endangering Are both robbers. One Day and bravely the i 1 cowardly i hesitatingly Ansu he exhibits some his own life in his of a a oomph wishes Ali Bury of his victim ins carcass the. Does the thin i. Other sneaking in i killed and bin too tired to Quot a wild m i l to lives Ian in of a s nem int i or signal to the eur a Iwen captured in live much nearer think it a aril a aim a Iii t a jacks in Poauty. In Libers of our sex. to the dal Ilono l that a wild Man ii Lickson county. As we a Ackson than the so a a a tut t Range we have never i to citizens of that con ring that remarkable i Amity Lodge no. 80, of v f. Amp a. M., walk Moville a. J our beloved brother John w. Reeves fell on the Battle Field at Ellison a Mills in now Richmond a on the 25th june ult. Unsolved that while to Lender to disconsolate wife the expression of our sincere sympathy we resign our beloved brother into the hands a of one who Doedli All things Well a in the exultant Hope that a triumphant resurrection awaits him on the morn of eternity. A. Resolved that our Lodge has lost a worthy brother society a Good citizen the Confederate army it Brave officer and the m. E. Church an member. Faith fill in and the relations of life to leaves As a Logay to his family friends and Brethren a spotless reputation. We. Y. Elder a Thomas Booth com. Jeff. Jennings Ftp a the Southern watchman. Camp Bex Hill near Richmond i july 21st, 1862. In a company meeting of the a Athens guard a co., a 3d.ga a Jet the following Resolution was unanimously passed resolved that it is right and proper that duo company action be taken of the feeling off our corps at the recent deaths of eight of Oil members and to that end that a committee of live be a muted by our commanding officer Lieut angst on to Prepuse a fitting memorial of Vojir deceased comrades and that furnish copies of the same for publication in the a Lions papers. The committee reported the following which was approved and adopted by the guards a memorial. Through recent severe dispensations of Providence towards our company it become our sad task to announce the deaths of our beloved come Dos Samuel to Boeklin sort. W. L. Griffith Joseph , John f. That Tran win. A Raincy Geo. A. Witt David g. Cook and win. F. Cook. Eight members of our corps snatched suddenly and within a few Days trom our ranks heavy and mysterious blow but god reigns supremo and a a the judge of All the Earth Doedli Sergt. Griffith and Pivato Mecloskey with their , were engaged in Tlle hard i ought halite of Malvern Olill july 1st. In that desperately contested though victorious Field our Bravo comrades loll being among Tho Foremost in the charge Oil the Strong posted artillery of the enemy Noble sacrifice in the cause of Southern Independence slow torturing disease was death is Mes our other departed Ivie mls. After having Long endured hardships privations and exposure for Liberty a Sake they Wei a destined to die if the Hospital far away from a a Sweet Homo and loved ones. While mourning the loss of on comrades to the relatives an friends of Tho deceased our True sympathies and mingle with their tears a Soldier s tear. Gono gone gone 1 yes comrades and friends though hard to realize a tis Truoy be have gone to a a that Bourne Shoaee no traveller in Young in Bood snatched away from the Gay the social and the sad experience of life and removed from Tho very midst of strife War and bloodshed Yoa spirits in a spirit land Are now trying the realities of eternity. Of the realities of eternity May we to floor upon them Quot spirits of the Brave i shades of our beloved come Dos Farewell Farewell for in eternity we meet you. U. I. , 1 a Serg. Geo. 11. , a corp. Sam i. Ii asks a Al or. So. 11 h. Jai , i 3 to ascertain from or. Slidell what Roba Billy there was that Richmond and Char lesion would to successfully defend eat or Slidell demonstrated that in regard tit Charleston the Federal forces had Toen there quite Long enough to have effected Tho Ion. Quest of that City it they Over could a while on Tho other hand Tho strength of Trio con federate forces there and the defences the City Grealy during the last year and particularly daring the last six Mouths rendered the City Impre it Nal Hie la regard to Richmond or. Slidell Carlod the attention of Tho French offic Iai to the facts that the Union army had for weeks in the swamps and marshes of the Peninsula where the deadly Miasma the cold Dews of the nights and the intense heats of the Day must Loire Lead the most deleterious effects on the health the troops that the con fed Rale troops a. Richmond wore being largely reinforced and were already greatly Superior in non hereto Tho Union troops and that All the Best generals of the confederacy either were or would be at Richmond. The tone of tile French official during the whole interview led or. Slide to Jove that Tho emperors policy toward the Southern Zoufe Darroy would be Pei entirely upon the results at Richmond and Charleston and that if Tho unionists a Ere repulsed and the ted their ability Tod fend Ilive cup italic. Pcs fully the emperor woul-1 no longer Estale in openly espousing the crate of be confederates and would even go thu nth self Active interference in their he-1 half. It is the opinion of or Slidell that is wishes to make a treaty either with t United states or with Tho Southern con Federley in pursuance of which he will not Only to Perm led to carry on Ida designs against Mexico without inter crones from us but will also be Assis Lod by ear arms that he has souled or. on the subject and has found that the Roii Lio Hope of his even gaining the consent of a the United states much less its tid i my a such project which would indeed i Iii in Trio erection of a monarchy in n it America and that to is therefore Xci i singly anxious to make such a treaty via Tho Southern confederacy. It would seem that or. Slidell his Hen assured of the Active intervention of. Tha French emperor in behalf of Trio so Nice confederacy even to the extent of Frt to troops to serve in America on Concitina i of a treaty being Mode to the effect to the Southern confederacy will not Only 4 oppose his designs in Mexico but will. 1111 f the Othor hand assist them after the pres a ent War is Over with a Force of Lojiw i troops. Or. Slidell Call see no Hoje Crilow i 8uoh a treaty being made except that a some future time tile sont born Oon Federi i by will wish to Annex a part at least a i Mexico if not the whole. If such n trs a to therefore should be presented to Liim lie would Endeavor to have inserted in Lul clause by Wlinich the consent of the empt i ror will be stipulated to the Annex lion a portion of Mexico to the conf Dynit Yasuch is the substance of the news a it which the Southern sympathizers in Dimoro Are now rejoicing. According their interpretation of it tiie emperor a now certainly interfere now that it Hal been demonstrated that Riel Uund can a Success finally defended. From Tho chronicle 4 Sentinel. Camp near , ya., tul Yuji or. need at inst 700.c#�f bushels of Salt Georgia. Of to it is any a a toll Igent citizen can satisfy himself by i in a Trio number of inhabitants Ami of do in the Stato and making the a a i est practicable allowance tor the Suppf a a 1 at a under the contract of the govern a i much As 500 bushels per Day May bom hero. Under Tho contract of the Pic. I Salt manufacturing company o we in Lam president,a9 much As 1,000 i i per Day it qty be made. The no w re works under both contras Arob a pushed with Energy but it will b1�?Tf i time yet before any of us it Ere can much Salt Homo to Georgia. A girl for All practical Pur mses it will in Quot pm Lent to calculate that to can dry a this Curee to the Georgi t Sunn in 1 than 125,000 Bushe amp a time for late ? i since been Here engage dri1 r l a i paring for the manufacture o Salt 1 .1 Learned with much pain that Tho op1 a prevails in Many sections of the 8tate a full Supply for Georgia will be from Tho operations above referred a Dor the Ireum stasices i Wodahl in of tih Recreant to my duty to on ,1 a i f i were to failed give timely Corr in to an error so grave and a Quot tons of disappointment i there.or1 unon the press to give timely Mlo in order that their Onod or. S. F. Tenney on tuesday afternoon we wore visited by a a pleasant Little Shower not Suffi Lowe Var to do much service to Ali growing crops which have been a a a Many week upon this r �18. Above the Success Ope Ess Here Ca 1 yield Mere than Quot amp i this let us w 1 at every

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