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THE COUNTRYMAN
Augusta, March 27.—“ The yankees
destroyed, and evacuated Dalton, several
days ago. About 1000 of Wofford’s cav
alry moved eighteen miles above, on a
tour of observation. Wofford was operat
ing with 6000 troops.
At its late term, the grand jury of Mad
ison county, Ga., presented Colonel Don-
ough, and his command, as a nuisance.
The Savannah Republican, of the 17th,
says, that last week, the telegraph cable
was cut by a negro, at St. Augustine
creek. Much energy was being used to
recover the wire.
British subjects, at Charleston, have
had the following order issued to them:
Charleston, S. O., U. S., Feb. 20.
British subjects, residents of this place,
and vicinity, are desired to register at
this consulate, their names, residence, and
occupation, at their earliest conveniene.
Those who have already received certif
icates of nationality, must bring them
forward for inspection. All others must
be prepared to e'xhibit papers, not only
for their nationality, but also their neu
trality. H. Pinckney Walker,
H. B. M. Acting Consul, Charleston.
A very active trade is thriving. Large
stocks of goods for sale.
Ex-Gov. Aiken, it is claimed by the
Courier, has been a consistent union man,
and unable to'oppose the confederacy ;
that he never used measures, or influence
against the yankee government.
Legree Yates, formerly president of the
Vigilance Committee, has been dismissed
from the position of Chief of the Fire
Department.
Laidler, of the Courier, is employed by
the yankee proprietor.
Ship Lawrence, with 2,400 bales cotton,
that went ashore, at the mouth of the
Savannah river, on the 7th, has been
raised, and placed on dry docks.
The Savannah Ranger, a new confede
rate man -of-war, is cruising in the north
Atlantic ocean, and two vessels have been
despatched to watch the New England
coast.
Negro balls, under the auspices of the
military, with proper guards, arc adver
tised to occur nightly.
It is announced that the first negi’o
troops were regularly exchanged on the
22d Feb.
Papers are full of editorial notices, and
extracts of Governor Brown’s message.
Passenger^ to Richmond, go via Wash
ington, Ga., Abbeville, S. C., Alston, and
Charlotte.
A large number of our paroled prison
ers passed through Washington, Ga., du
ring the past week, going south to await
their exchange.”
Yankee Generals.—The Richmond
Whig replies, at some length, to a recent
editorial in the New York Herald. In the
course of its reply, it says that when a
general sets out with an army of 120,-
000 men, to take a city in two weeks,
fighting half a dozen battles, and is de
feated in all of them, and, at the end of
ton months, is found no nearer to his ob~ |
ject, than he was nine months before, af-1
Yer having lost, in the meantime, two ar- I
inies, each the equal of the ono he started \
with, that general is a failures If the
Herald doubts this, reference is given to
Gen. Butler, who can give a very intelli
gent opinion on the subject. It like
wise says, a reliable person sent into
Columbia to ascertain the condition of
that unfortunate city, since its occupa
tion by the federals, reports that he found
no difficulty in reaching it, Sherman hav-
tarried in the place only three days. The
enemy, upon entering the city, immedi
ately applied the torch to all the public
buildings, and to many streets. Three-
fourths of the city have certainly been
destroyed. Whether it was bis intention
to destroy the city, or whether their
malice was directed solely against public
buildings, and public property, is not
known. He burnt Gen. Hampton’s resi
dence, those of tbc late Col. Frank Hamp
ton, and Col. Christopher Hampton, and
many other private residences on Arsenal
Hill.”
The Policy of Arming Slaves “In
the celebrated speech of Edmund Burke,
England’s greatest statesman, on moving
his resolution for conciliation with Amer
ica, 'delivered in the house of commons,
March 22d, 1775, may be found the fol
lowing language:
4 With regard to the high, aristocratic
spirit of Virginia, and the southern colo
nies, it has been proposed, I know, to re
duce it, by declaring a general enfran
chisement of the -slaves. This policy has
had its advocates, and panegyrist,sand yet,
I never could argue myself into an opin
ion of it. Slaves aro often much attached
to their masters. A general wild offer of
liberty would not always be accepted.
History furnishes few instances of it. It
is sometimes as bard to persuade a slave
to be free, as it is to compel freemen to
be slaves ; and, in this auspicious scheme,
we should have both these pleasing tasks
on our hands at once. But when we
talk of enfranchisement, do we not per
ceive that the American master may en
franchise, too, and arm servile hands in
defence of freedom ? A measure to which
other people have had recourse more than
once, and not without success, in a desper
ate situation of affairs.
Slaves, as thoseTunfortunate black peo
ple are, and dull, as all men are, from
slavery, must they not suspect the offer of
freedom, from that very nation which has
sold them to their present masters ? From
that nation, one of whose causes of quar
rel with those masters, is their refusal to
deal any more in that traffic ? An offer
of freedom, from England, would come
rather oddly, shipped to them in an Afri
can vessel, which is refused an entry into
the ports of Virginia, or Carolina, with a
cargo of three hundred Angola negroes.
It would be curious to see the Guinea cap
tain attempt, at the same instant, to pub
lish his proclamation, and to advertise his
sale of slaves.’
The same argument will apply, with
much force, says ihe Columbus Sun, to
the present status of tho negro, in bis re
lations to the parties to this war. It is
now evident that the negro slave is to be
| a sort of balance of power in this contest,
and that the side which succeeds in enlist
ing the feelings* and in securing the Ser
vices of the four millions of blacks, must
ultimately triumph. It is within our power
to secure this aid—to ‘ arm servile hands
in defence of freedom.’ By this can we
defeat the policy of the enemy, and verify
the truth of our oft repeated assertions,
that there is no sacrifice which we are not
prepared to make, for the sacred cause of
freedom, and independence.”
Precocious Piety.—“A Michigan law
yer tells the following story: Several
years ago, I was practicing law in one of
tho many beautiful towns in Wisconsin.
One very warm day, while seated in my
office at work, I was interrupted by the
entrance of a boy, the son of one of my
clients, who had walked into town—six
miles—in a blazing run, for the purpose
of procuring a bible. He had been told,
he said, that there was a place where
they gave them to those who had no mon
ey. He said he had no money, and asked
me to go with him to the place where
they were kept. Anxious to encourage
him, in his early piety, I left the brief, on
which I was engaged, and went with him
over to the stand of a Presbyterian dea
con, who had the much coveted books in
charge. I introduced him to the deacon,
telling him the circumstances. He prais
ed the boy very highly, was delighted to
see young men so early seeking the truth,
etc., and presented him with the best
bound bible in his collection. Bubby put
it in his pocket, and was starting off,
when the deacon said :
‘ Now, my son, that you possess what
you desired, I suppose that you feel hap
py
‘ Well, I do, old hoss; for, between you
and me, I know where I can trade it for
a plaguey good fiddle.’ ”
Success.—“ A letter from Gen.
.Forrest’s headquarters, to the Colum
bus Sun, tells how the success of our
cause may be secured. It says :
If our people will unite; if the war
men of 1860 will return, or go to the
field ; if rich men will quit, sending
tlieir sons out of the country, and
poor men quit grumbling for tie
want of comforts they never had ;
and if men will quit speaking, and
writing on theories, but come up
squarely to their duty ; uso all our
available means, use every nigger,
dog, alligator, polecat, catamount, or
anything else that can damage or de
feat our common enemy, and be sure
and do our own individual duty, our
independence will be gained. But if
we skulk, we are lost, and gone. Nig
ger gone, manhood, and all lost. So
stir up my old Georgia friends. I
learn a good regiment of fire eaters
could be raised about my old Atlanta
home. Stir them up.”
‘ The prettiest lining for a bonnet, is a
sweet faee.’
