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Athens Southern Watchman (Newspaper) - March 5, 1862, Athens, GeorgiaA Athens Georcia wednesday morning March 5. Largest Cirr Ulitin of air paper Ever published in Athens credit is dead bad pay killed it we Hopo nobody will ask us to Send the watchman without Cash in adva Aoe. Twenty thousand dollars is As much As we can afford to lose by the credit system. We know our paper it Worth now twice As much As we ask for it Bat we still offer it at two dollars in Advance notwithstanding the extortion to which we Are forced to submit. Send in your orders and the Cash. Cash far Job work Art oar friends aware that All the material and labor employed by us upon Job work Are absolutely Earh articles ? it is so. We have to pay Cash for everything. This being the ease we Hope nobody will ask credit on Job work. Our facilities forgoing work Are extensive our prices Are reasonable. Work will be done we and Doc promptly Bat it Wnm to 6� paid for. Inn sit nut it paid in Advance be Rexfor to shall Projain Cash in Uriah from a ii add Artl aers of copt county officers or those who advertise by the year. See fourth Page. A in order 1� attend our regimental Parade at Walkins Villo we Are compelled to go to press one Day in Advance of our usual time. ,. Fast Bay we learn was observed with becoming solemnity by who congregated at to presbyterian Baptist and episcopal churches where appropriate services wore held. Owing to absence from town to wore denied the pleasure of attending either of Tho above places. Volunteering. Going to press at the time to do of course to cannot speak positively As to what the people have done towards filling Tho requisition for twelve now re Gimont though to have no doubt from what Havo Learned from personal observation inquiry in adjacent counties that Tion of the state As responded Handso by to the Call. In this county recruiting for companies and regiments in the Field has been going on briskly for Tho last ten Days and we suppose at least two Hundred or two Hundred and fifty men have volunteered in that Timo while Tho governor s requisition called for Only 94. Columbus kor. This Point which it was announced in our last Issue had fallen into the hands of the enemy a a still in our Possession and Gen. Beauregard it is said is making vigorous efforts for its defence. As it is a very important Point we Trust to will be Able to hold it. If the feds gain Possession of it they will at once fall upon Memphis and from thence attack new Orleans. To Trust therefore that a Little Beaury will prove himself More than a match for them at Columbus. Pikes Mes Quot to to the mechanics of Georg gov. Brown has issued an address to to mechanics of Georgia culling non them to make within the present month 10,000. Pikes and the Samo number of 18-Inch Side knives for the use of the army. Lot every Mun who can make these weapons go to work upon Thom at once. Patterns will be furnished to All who May apply for them. More volunteers. If Rumor May to credited there will be a requisition for 8 or 10,000 Moro troops during Tho present month. Let All prepare to go. We must Rush to the Field at onco to must pour out our blood like water if we would to free the enemy will overrun Tho whole confederacy if to hesitate now is Tubero a Man so base As to fold his arms in idleness and tamely submit to Buch a desecration of the proud heritage of Freedom Arm then for Tho conflict if we cannot quit the Field As Vio tors we May at least die there for our country 1 better perish thus than Havo our free limbs lettered with a despots chains let the extortion ers of the present time read what the Enthor of his country thought of Mon of their stamp in 1779, and Blush for of patriotism in a letter written in 1770, to Joseph Reed a president 01 Pennsylvania a a Geo. Washington in writing of extortion ers who wore profiting in the Public necessity said a it gives me sincere pleasure to find that the Assembly is so Well disposed to second your endeavours in bringing those murderers of our cause the monopolizes Forest allows and engr Ossers to consign punishment. It is much to he lamented t hat each state Long Ere his has not Hunt a of them Down As pests to society and Tho greatest Ono mics to have to Tho happiness of America. I would to god that some on soothe Moro atrocious in each state was Hung upon a Gallows Flea times As High As Haaman. So punishment is too Tovare for the Mun who can build his greatness upon his country a our Hoar that Gen. E. Kirby Smith a is Buen sent to command our forces in Tho neighbourhood of Cumberland Gap. Get Loring is relieved from to department of Virginia and it is under stood Ilia to will go South probably to North Carolina. Gold. Crittenden Lias demanded a court of a Fca Alry with Jclarence to to Soi nors. Of Dimisher Quot Quot tub Moss Ink p0uc�. From Tho successful bombardment of fort sent of to Tho present moment we have All Tho while advocated an aggressive and consequently Luul Little Faith in Thede pensive policy adopted by our government. To arc aware that Many of our friends were dissatisfied with our cd Urso. They said to us from time to time a a done to be uneasy await the developments of Tho future a Krar government and its Able generals Havo sufficient reason Trio defensive policy they have Sot a trap for Tho Federr is and will shortly have them ensnared then you will be forced to Admire the Wisdom and sagacity displayed by our leaders. Wait judge these matters by actual this was Tho language of our friends who admired the defensive policy. Well to Havo patiently waited for results Thoy Are now Cloro Tho country. Instead of having entrapped the enemy to have ourselves Boon surrounded and ensnared a our Fields and dwellings made desolate in Many sections of the country our Bravo soldiers Over Power by a Porior numbers a our fortifications captured our Ord Nance Small arms and munitions of War in Tho hands of the enemy the Federal Flag waving in every seceded state save Arkansas alone the capital of Tennessee in the hands of the ene Tny and Charleston and Savannah threatened with Bele Guering hosts these Aro some of the a a results of Tho defensive policy. To refer to them not to vindicate our own opinions in the outset but to show the necessity of an instant change of policy. Public opinion we Are glad to Perez Ivy is becoming aroused Tho press is Ivory where speaking out and we Hope that henceforth the government will respect Tho wishes of the people in this matter. There is no time for delay. Instant action is demanded. To enemy is at our doors be comes flushed with his recent victories and woe betide us if to Are not capable of learning the lesson which the Stern logic of events is teaching Sidny by 7$hn8t0n and Sterling a bib to my to our views some time ago concerning Tho relative merits of a a West Point Volunteer commanders. Tho Cair of the two officers named above bettor Llu Stratos our views than any picture we could draw. Some months ago everybody we met on the streets seemed to be in raptures because Sidney Joi Inston had arrived in the Confederate states old men Middle aged Mon and beardless boys All assured us that to would give the Fud orals a a fits at ouch because Sidney Joi Inston had arrived. To asked Many that he had done to inspire such Confidence. Most of them did not know bit informed us that a a old Scott said to was Tho greatest military Man we had. Novor having Felt any partiality for a old Scott Quot the information was not satisfactory to us and we Scro told by Somo of Tho knowing ones that to commanded the Utah expedition. This being an Honor about As questionable in our mind As that attributed to a celebrated Man of being a Tho hero of hulls surrender two were still uni Liing to but on Sidney until he did Nom thing. To Havo waited patiently Sidney has been very unfortunate in creating Tho impression that he is one of to most incompetent generals we have Over had. Assuring Tho government All the time that All was right in his a Bailiwick a he has suffered the federalists to outflank him it Bowling Green compel Tho evacuation of that stronghold to gain control of two of our principal Rivers to capture forts Henry and Donolson by overwhelming numbers and to sending no reinforcements and finally to Jake unresisting Possession of the capital of Tennessee a week after he bad deserted it and he and his army Only thirty Miles Distant Fidney Johnston now Hasar Cord. May heaven preserve us from any More Liko it look at Price without Money without a rms with no commissariat without even a commission from Tho Confederate government he creates an array in mis. Souris he arms them and feeds Thom by foraging upon Tho enemy. We Beli ovo Thoy know Little of Tho luxury of cloth Iii. Controlling circumstances and creating events he flogs Tho feds whenever he meets them the very latest and Only news we have bad to cheer us recently is to account of one of his Brilliant achievements and will continue to do so Whilo to War lasts Congress has lately taken some Steps in reference to Tho creation of a Generalissimo for the War. Confer Tho appointment upon Price vote him Tho necessary supplies a let him make the War aggressive and in the War in the West. All accounts concur in a Stahli fact says the Charleston Mercury of the 20th that no in lilo unit Ever transpired on the american continent was More terrific More fruitful of deeds of during or valor or Intro hardly contested than that at fort Donelson on saturday Tho 13th of february 1862. Tho Memphis Appeal gives a list of the companies at fort Don Alsop and remarks our. Total loss will thus be seen to be Twenty three regiments of infantry of which were nine from Tennessee a six from Mississippi Throe from Yir Ginia two from Kentucky one from Texas Ono from Alabama and one from Arkansas. Neva bos been received at Columbus that and staff together with the officers and men Token prisoner at fort Tenry Hail beep sent from Paducah to Alton 111. It was also stated that Gens. Bucknor R. the officers and Mou taken at port Donelson Scro sent to Tho Samo place. All the Mablie buildings and valuable Bouses at Paducah had Boon appropriated for the use of the Feder Al and Confederate soldiers wounded during the engagement at the two forts. The Fodora officers acknowledge a loss of not loss than six thousand in killed and wounded at forts Donelson and Henry. The private states that it is not less than ten thousand a a As some regiments Wero literally Cut to the gunboats suffered severely. Thirty two shots passed through Tho Cincinnati. The Essex Thoy Sta a a was n perfect Slaughter the regular Crew of the boat and the members of an Iowa regiment killed by the shot from Tilghman a batteries and Tho st Eam from the boiler that was penetrated by a shot from the fort were Pilod up in an mass on the main deck. A a two other boats wore badly injured. Commodore Foote is satisfied that his Iron Clad boats will not an a War to attack Tho fortifications at Columbus and had to Send to Pittsburg for a lot of mortars to mount upon the bomb boats Provo ugly condemned but now laying at Cairo. The Federr is sew completely astonished when they ascertained that Tho fort Donelson had surrendered. They Felt whipped on saturday evening but took fresh spirits when their heavy arrived during the night. It was then decided to surround the fort and take it stall hazards and at Tho Point of Tho Bayonet the following Day. They estimated their troops after being reinforced at 53,000 Moa. Double barrel shot inns. Us see capt. Delony s card in another column. A Short account of Tho fight and surrender of fort Donelson. The following account of the Battle of fort Donelson was written by John c. Urea one of to editors of Tho Nashville Nion amp american and a participant in it t if the fight commenced at fort Donolson on wednesday noon and continued daily until Tho fort was surrendered sunday morning. Tho main fight was on saturday when our forces marched out of our on Trone ments and attacked Tho enemy killing not less than 1,090, in pouring 7 pieces of artillery 250 prisoners and a Largo lot of Small arms blankets and Knapsacks. Our loss was about 200 killed and from 400 to 600 wounded. They had with a Largo Force surrounded us preparatory to cutting off our communication with Clarksville and Nashville. This was the Causo of our going out and attacking them saturday. The result of the fight on saturday made us Frei triumphant. About Sundown on saturday to sent off the sick wounded and prisoners in Small boats we had at Donelson. Early in Tho night our scouts brought us Tho intelligence that 14 steamboats Wero Landing fresh troops ii Miles below us. Three hours after our cavalry informed us that the enemy in Large Force had again surrounded us occur Pym Tho position from which we had driven Thom in Tho morning. The Complete state of exhaustion of our army and its Manifest inability to make or sustain another attack determined Tho surrender. The Snow was Throe inches deep the weather severely cold and our men had Boon working and fighting for several Days and nights with no Means of rest except what Thoy Lound in the trenches. They had Boon hurriedly carried there without their tents or Camp on Imago. The number Surre Dorod was about 9,000. The number escaped about 3,000. This does not include about 1,000 cavalry Tho most or All of whom probably escaped. Dur . Washington n. C., Fob. 2�, 1862. My dear of misty a As our regiment has Boon connected with the Roanoke tight and disgrace i had thought notwithstanding the Many accounts published of that affair that a letter from this regiment non that subject might he a source of gratification and information to those for whom my rambling an desultory epistles Are intended. From All that we have been Ablo to gather both from our own Sido and the enemy to Akuoko was Tho victim of a base treachery. Whether True or no it is not for Ono in my position to insist upon too strenuously yet i am Oil satisfied with Tho statements of or. Gus Lis before me who wits surgeon to col. Jordan s regiment that col. Shaw the commanding officer was and is a traitor. Tho Richmond blues and a company saturday Tho Atli Ender of Roanoke Island i i planters by reason of a. E. G. H. And l., 2 Miles and situated Fortune saved Tho Confederate a rim h dismal swamp canal starvation this your. The can n a Havo Boon Gono ii it had been left Providence of our planters to b0�ljh us the very heavy Rains at Murfreesboro a tenn., on saturday last did great damage to the Railroad Bridges in that Vicinity. Two Bridges Between that place and Nashville were washed away and one on Tho Decatur Road about twelve Miles from Nashville was also destroyed. These disasters dist us two or three Fine locomotives and Somo Twenty or thirty freight and passenger ears that were at Tho time on the other Sido of Tho Bridges. About four Miles this Side of Murfreesboro Tho Bridge Over Rock River fell while u passenger train bound South was crossing it instantly killing it. Col. Johnson a brother of senator Johnson of ark., and wound ing Bov Oral passengers some of them Quito severely. The escape of any of the passengers in the first two cars which were precipitated in the River and nearly demolished was indeed confederacy. Threatening to kill the conductor. A Tho Lynchburg Republican says that on Friday a party of Arkansas soldiers after arriving at Liberty on the Tennessee Railroad arrested Tho conductor and put him under guard swearing most solemnly that if to failed to make the connection at Bristol they would kill him and All connected with Tho train. The conductor �?�.,v a was allowed to Telegraph for an Oxtra twelve months to will dictate by Tho Aid of which he succeeded in making Tho connection and thereby releasing himself from custody. Terms of peace to Tho enemy at his Headquarters in the City of new York Nashville sews. A gentleman just from Gen. Crittenden a Oor Amand at Murfreesboro a communicates the following items of War nows which we think May to relied non. Gen. Bush has onto red Nashville and made a speech to Tho citizens in which he disclaimed any Parps be of molesting private rights. The a a. S. Flag was hoisted upon the Cape tol amid the cheers of some of the citizens who remained in Tho City. Gen. Buell has issued a proclamation in which he offers amnesty to All who will take Tho oath to support the Federal government. A a a capture of a Irvinia understand that a letter was received last evening by a Delegate from Ono of the. Valley counties conveying the intelligence that col. Baldwin and a portion of his command Tho 31st regiment a. Militia were captured near Bloomer in Hampshire county during the latter part of the past week. The number captured is stated to be Between thirty and forty. The 31st, regiment is from Frederick dispatch. A Ano Ebous Petersburg _ express says col. Edward Johnson had such proclamations were Fuan. A a eighteen barrels of the a liquid fire a poured edit will be room Herod in North Wostyn into Tho streets of Mon kirov last week. Ern Virginia and in the Vireinia Penis a a a Aula. We know How Tho vandals a opt Faith. Can there be tennesseans so Gullible As to Swallow this stale bait a Knoxville Register feb 27th. Ai is . 1 it Lias Ocomo so plenteous on the Road Between Staunton and Monteroy that Tho stage Drivers very frequently become Boozy and in consequence endanger Tho lives of Tho stage passengers. I Ixer a. Evjy a it from Martin county adjoining ibid with Somo others fought with a determination worthy an canse and loft upon the Beach the Best evidence thereof for Tho Yankees admit a loss of 450 killed Whilo circumstances make it pretty certain that 600 is nearer Tho truth. Why oven a Yankee Captain Flor Tho surrender walked up to col. Shaw and stick in his Faco the very Flag he had surrendered remarking to him Shaw that to was a Coward. Common Rumor boldly accuses Shaw with having been bought. To is a Yankee formerly a Mouth secessionist and a member of a government once in existence on this continent but really deceased a Quarter of a Century since. His regiment would Nover Havo surrendered with a True Leader nor would Tho Othor forces have Given up Tho Island until now. Singular was it not two n. Regiments on the Island each with Ounkeo colonels wonder if the government done to think it about time to inquire into a Man s Birthplace when putting him in authority and if it would not to Well to keep their commands a Little farther apart if Thoy Are from Over Tho Lino the n. Y. Herald mentions ours As one of Tho regiments captured at Roanoke and a late constitutionalism thinks to were the a. Regiment mentioned As the one that roil forced them. For Ono i done to believe a word of our reported capture. Col Mcmillan Grants to the Liberty of giving Tho whole matter an official contradiction. At any rate if this is Captivity to shall Nover Pine for Exchange or other release. Now truth compels us to admit the capture of Lieut. Col. Sanders maj. Mcmillan adj. Banks and Herge aut maj. Rembert who if you will recollect to warned weeks ago of their rashness. They Are not however Lincoln a captives but their hearts carried too carelessly have been entangled in a a Silken eyelashes a a no Miv editor col. Mcmillan might conduct a reluctant and orderly Retreat or surrender to overwhelming Odds after every Effort had Boon Oahu usted but to will Nover surrender As did the forces on Roanoke Island. Georgia will never suffer such disgrace at his hand it. If it had Bacou col. Mcmillan instead of Shaw the Yankee Flag would have been placed on that Island at such a Oost As our enemy has but rarely paid in our Presont struggle. To Are yet at this Point of posting and preparing for the enemy. Our health has much improved and there is now but Little sickness. We buried two Days since the 24th Man that has died. I am sorry i cannot report Tho religious Prosperity i had hoped for. We arc just where the whole country now is prayer less Hondo lifeless. In our first Battle to wont from our Knees to our guns but alas the first is now neglected and we perceive Tho consequence. Our Only safety is in a implicit Trust in Tho almighty. A our Roc out disasters Only draw us nearer to god and Rome that spirit which determines a a to do or Rathor than submit to Tho wretches who oppose us for one i a a Vive franc Ais a or opon your arms John Bull As the child would fall into the arms of its Parent to Ostapo Tho rot ten breathed Hyena. Will the different churches and communities revive their prayer meetings in Hohal of their sons and daughters that is More needed than powder and Shell. Done to lot us adopt the opinions of those infidel and Debauch of of floors who denounce the co Porteur and chaplain. When that is done Tho Day of our doom is fixed and the author of the a deserted Village had Best be Resu Root de to write our . Let us Lay our foundation in that religion which is a a he who opposes it is the enemy of his god and country and a monster fit to do the bidding of his master the Devil. There is Moro than Ono Lincoln Man not 50 Miles from this Pace Well spotted and nearer a a tight rope a performance than he is aware of. Forbearance has about ceased to be a virtue and you May Hoar before a great while of a summary vengeance. Ono of these May be a Man who boasts to will sell his Cotton to the Yankees. By Tho by not Ono Pound of Cotton should be grown this your unless our ports Are immediately opened. We have no doubt it is a Yankee Shomo to got Tho Best Cotton lands and enough negroes for their cultivation and that she Lias promised England a Supply in that Way chaplain 24th a. For Tho South no watchman. Berea Chuu ii 5 i ids from 1 Elizabeth City in. C., feb. 18th. J my dear i take advantage of a few hours rest to write you a few Linos do a to the Yankees Liei conceived for companies of Tho 3d a. Regiment to take up moot March on monday to South Mills Distant from Portsmouth 3 on the South end of. Which connects the Waters of deep Crook Miles from Portsmouth with Pasquo tank River Ata Point 13 Miles from Elizabeth City which you Are aware lies on the North Batik of Thoa Bovo mentioned River. On tuesday morning Tho remaining companies a. D. F. I. K. Started at 81 of clock and reached South Mills about dusk marching the entire distance with Knapsacks Haversack Cartridge hox and guns whore company k. Were quartered in a very Fine House owned by Hon. D. D. Farobee. Hero to remained until thursday morning when to again took up our Haareh toward Elizabeth Eyvhon within five Iii be of Tho City cos. K. And Wore baited the former quartered in a Baptist Church called Beroa a Fine country building plastered Well lighted and containing Ait excellent stove. Tho latter company a were quartered in a school House about 200 Yards from Tho Church we Aro All still in those quarters. On monday morning 10th, Elizabeth City or rather the a fort surrendered to the Yankees the citizens. Thinking that the City would be filled with the enemy a troops fired Tho town destroying 12 Fine Largo houses and would Havo Dono More damage had not the Federr is extinguished the flumes. On Friday 14th, col. Wright ordered Forward to Elizabath City b., k. And Cap. I Rurdy a co., of Louisiana artillery where to arrived about 10 of Elock. This was for the purpose of arresting some Eil Zens who had made themselves obnoxious to the confederacy. To succeeded in arresting four men or. Pie mount Boileaux Robert Sawyer and Jerry Wilcox. So Largo a Force being sent was to Rescue by Tho Yankees should they attempt it. At night to returned to our quarters. It Lias Boon cold and raining All the Timo. Our picket and police guards keep us very Busy and for 48 hours we Wero very Short of provisions having to buy eggs potatoes and just what we could get. Last night we received 5 Days rations. How Long we will remain Here none of us can Tell. Tho Yankees have taken a Village called Edmonton above Elizabeth City neither place have they landed any forces. They Are afraid of us on land. On our Mure from South Mills to e. City the Road was thronged with women and children in carriages wagons carts and vehicles of every description flying from the Yankee vandals every House on the Road is crowded with Thom and their effects. Hero we see some appearance of War anti its consequences. The enemy succeeded in taking hut one boat of our Little Fleet Viz the Ellis our Brave boys blowing up burning and sinking those they could not save. I will not attempt to give you any of the thousand rumours afloat concerning Tho Roanoke affair As they Are As contradictory As they Are numerous. Yesterday i saw 2 Yankee officers in a buggy with a White Flag passing up the Road. What their Mission was Lam not advised. A Wagon is just now leaving for Portsmouth and i must close. Lovo to ally Good by / t. G. M. The. We i potions season. Put alas who a a cd re. A Ion Robt a fifth part Wuy on orders Wero to should Havo been and had a a a a t 1 joined Lincoln instead of the Congo i 1s to should Havo been ruined bin Lor Lack of food Tims by Lill Farl no Riv Rel the . 2fr.il either with Corn or meat. In m those reflections fill us with an i Sions for the future. Aro we to sut1 All on Tho chapter of accidental Quot you May As Well be making out you claims in favor of Lincoln. There i chances Lor a desperate struggle of is before us. Our soil is to be dispute cup by Inch with a malignant foe of to numbers and if at Tho same Tinik Brave troops Are to suffer hunger Ami armies to to embarrassed at every is want of provisions we May of won t up Tho struggle now As then. J0 0n raise your Cotton and tlieaboriiionistj111 Coutey and take it at their own Price 7 is nothing and then take you and v Plantation besides. Of that would Wake up to this subject. Andy Johnson Lotterer i Washington dated january 22d, and re listed in Tho Missouri Republican Saya a the happiest Man in town All Day osterday was Andrew Johnson a a a. States senator from Tennessee. Early. Monday Tho Welcome news of the v4ni at Somerlott elated him. Exum a chocked with doubt filled up then Ternow a i to went to bed thinking that a Mil thing had happened if Tho news Wash at Midnight a dispatch from the presided announcing Tho official confirmation Oitis news roused him front his bed at the Ltd Charles and to indulged in a March it Omphie Over Tho certainty of Success. A i considers the Victory most choir Iii Al Char actor most important in results3 defence of new a i Orleans Picayune referring to the in Fem of that City says they Are Lavanch As �1 themselves severally and As Forminio combination of defence against the ask do of the enemy arc eminently do serve of the most unqualified Praise and Drill constructed As they Bavo been under thl superintending Caro and direction of Gei Lovell Gen. Duncan and maj. Smith. From tha chronicle Corn co to cannot too often reit Orato to our planters Tho injunction to Plant Corn Tho probability is Strong that Kentucky and Tennessee Are to to the Battlo Field of this War As Long As it lasts and it is not impossible they May be lost to the confederacy. If so Thoro Are no provisions to be looked for from those quarters. The wheat crop we Are told looks promising and covers a Large breadth of land. We have always noticed that the wheat drops which looked most flourishing at this Early season of the your Are those which turn out the worst. The warm wot Winter has not passed yet and Tho frosts of March catching it in a the boots the most critical season May ruin it As late frosts have frequently done within a few years past. The wheat crop would really be More promising if it was less flourishing. But to have that Best of gods Cereal gifts to Man Indian Corn to fall Back upon and for two months in this latitude it can be planted with almost a certainty of a crop and to again and again bog a of Farmers that they Plant not ouly Large crops but a succession of crops that they May Havo Tho advantage of both the a a Early and latter the Macon Telegraph treats this subject with Force in Tho subjoined article Corn events of Tho last few Days have added pith and forgo to the considerations to Havo addressed to plan tors on Tho subject of their next crop. Recognition and open ports May now be Laid on the shelf for the Presont. The rapid Progress of Tho Federal arms will no doubt suspend any movements of european governments looking to recognition and to must also recollect that the enemy Are rapidly penetrating the Cotton Region and it to by no moans impossible that he May draw upon Tho confederates for a considerable Supply of the Staple. We May at least accept it As a. Most probable conclusion that the Confederate Market for Cotton is closed for an indefinite period. Why then any planter should contemplate putting another Cotton seed in the ground this your he must answer for to cannot. Furthermore in the future Progress of Tho War we ought in produce to take the contingency of Furth or reverses into consideration. To ought to look at the possibility that to May Yot be driven Back to Tho territory of Tho Cotton states which in that ease must feed or starve the Causo of the Southern Independence. Which Are we to do ? starve it to must unless a Complete revolution in our Agri culture takes place. Cut off from Tennessee and North Carolina want of food alone would to fatal to our Causo unless we cwt of in some Way increase our production ten j fold. And in any Caso whether Cut off or c not what dependence ought to to repose on Tho agricultural Esou Neeson those regions embarrassed As they will be by Fioco struggles of contending armies ? these Are serious considerations. When the press was subject on planters last your and received so Many Assur works Are of such a character in every parti. I Cular As to create the strongest confide nil of Tho citizens in the Impre inability of a City i the Leoplodo but discharge Theirdo faithfully in its defence. A confession. At last we have a confession a Nota is confession from a notable source Nils openly and frankly that runs counter Tho whole Tenor of abolition logic and rant for a Quarter of a Century past. Its. Serves to be placed on record. What will the people of the North who Havo been to Iii thousand times in abolition novels Art journals by abolition orators and pre Aei cars on the stump and in Congress tha the South rests upon a Volcano that May at any moment burst Forth and overwhelm it now to the confession extorted from Ono of their leaders Ono of their Ablest champions from Hon. Bad dons Sloven of Pennsylvania that the Domestic instil Tion of the South which forms her did / a a Quot tin of Ishing peculiarity gives her st Renoir in time of War instead of being an element of weakness on a late Occaso Sion or. Stevens delivered in his scat in the House of representatives a speech on Tho War reviewing the prospects of the Triumph of the conspirators Over Tho South Tho prospects d peace etc., etc., and he came to the conclusion that Thoy could never be victorious Over her upon Tho principles upon we pics Tho War has. Beon professedly carried of hitherto and to Aav ousted therefore the adoption in Toto of Tho Cameron policy As the Only possible Way by which sue cos could to in his opinion looked for. Liefer ring to Tho Confederate states he said their Domestic institutions give them Groat advantages Over the Freo states in time of War. They need not and do not withdraw a single hand from Tho cultivation of the soil. We Call it a remarkable confession wrung reluctantly from on enemy and a candid one an Ablo one but nevertheless one whom fanaticism has Mado mad. How Ofton Havo we Beon told that the moment the South should go to War that moment her Domestic system of labor Weald crumble away into ruins like a dissolving Mirage that the very foundation non which her would give Way precipitating her into a fathomless abyss of weakness misery and . I yet now the Leader of the abolition House of Roposo natives after a struggle of near a by a year after the question has been test of to actual facts in Tho most Unm Staka Blo manner rises and proclaims to Tho North and to Tho world that the a Domestic institutions of Tho South give her people a a great advantages Over the Fren states in time of . Bulletin. Georg a Fow month nut docile Tho ate of Tho South a i depend Cuco or Yam Alago. To successful armies of the North Are at Tho doors of on Stato. Shall to Wal Cost Thomaa becomes the Truo Mon of a of treat Stato ? i am authorised by Tho president to accept Addi Tion Al troops into my legion until it shall consist off a it thousand men. Of there Thoro will to Ono regiment of cavalry four of. Infantry and one battalion of artillery. Bach will to organized by the election of Field officers. The rendezvous of Tho now troops will be at Lauta whore companies will be received and Muster i into service As rapidly As they Are ready. Accoutrements tents and is Iona will be sop plied it once and Arras As rtt Pidiry As possible. In Tho meantime Ordinary rifles and shot guns will be received and paid or Tho legion increased will operate on he Southern line either in Georgia Tennessee of Carolina fur two weeks i shall a in Athons whore i will to gl1 w Reo Elv e personal or written communications an 40 rower All inquiries. Thos. R. R. Cobb a clonal Georgia log�0 i will the the state copy this notice a calculation shows that Ivory Confederate killed by the Lincul nites during to first six months of this unholy War. Cost to Lincoln government Ono Hendrix a a a Quot ars. Anees that their Felt no manner would to plenty was actually produce state is called Upan Tho Confederate Covern Mout for 05,i�1l�?o Mon. It is estimated that about Ono a Al this number will list not. Be furnished by a to is during the Lato fresh to in Califa Nia 1,090 Chi Namon wore drowned. He

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