Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-08-02
suggests the establishment of a tannery ia

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every neighbOrhood.
| An armory is to be established at Mem
phis for the manufacture of small arms,
and the adaptation TO theimOdern standard
of such improved arms of the old pattern
! as can be collected throughout the South.
The plan also embraces the casting ofnRvy
ordnance of the most improved patterns.
the manufacture Of rifled cannon, gun car
riages and other articles. The plan, it is
said, has been we'll matured, and with the
promised cooperation of certain public
spirited parties in Memphis, cannot fail of
success
The Delta fires away again at its author
tiles, thus: .'Let, then, the Provisional Gov
eminent abandon its trifing aud make shifts,
impose tue needful taxes, invite proposals
based upon them for adequate loans, and,
Il after this is done the planters have
money to invest in the bonds there is moth
ing to prevent their doing so. We are at
the beginning of great war, let US have
men equal to the emergency, with souls in
their bodies and brains in their heads"
writer in the Nashville Union suggests
tt c lance as a Substitute for the bayonet.
He Gays 1--WE have not good supply of
bayoneis. especially of the sabre-bayonet.
All have heard of the famous Polish Lam
GERS. Now any blacksmith can secure a
spear to pole tenor twelve feet in length,
aud weapon more efficient than the bay
ouet or sword may thus be attained at a
very small cost Of time or money. Armed
in this manner, and with short double
barrel-guns, our horsemen might do very
effective service in driving back the inva-
ders of Southern SOIL
The Tallahassee Neirs. describing ga
spunk miss says miss Smith, the lady
to whom the note from the commander of
the blOcksdiug vessel Mohawk, of st.
Marks, was addressed, refuses to hold'any
communication with him."
The n. o. papers think the war will be
long and bloody, and says that their read
ers should Immediately institute in their
households, rigid system of economy, so
that the taxes the war will cause may be
cheerfully and easily met, and the pereu-
NAL current of spontaneous liberality for
which the South is renowned, may con-
tiuue to aOw with undimiuished volume.
THE PAIR AND THE BRAVE.
A flag was lately presented at Belle
fonte, Ala, to the jackson Hornets" by
eleven young ladies, who came forward
and delivered a stanza each, written by n
Tennessee poetess, in the order that the
soverCignties left the Union.
Mss MAZDA FExNI1-south CarOllpa.
First to rise against oppression,
In this glorious Southern band,
Home Of dead and living heroes,
South Carolina takes her stand.
MISS LUCINDA FRAzR-FloridA.
And come with greeting, sisters,
Where, amid her orange bowers,
Waves fair Florida her EceptTe,
Crowned with raTest sweetest flowers.
Mrss ALICE EATOS-eeorgia
10! and Georgia then uprising,
burning With the blood Of yOre,
Sends her children forth TO conquer
Peace from naughty foes once more!
Mss KATE PISSELL-AlEbama.
In the newborn arch Of glory,
LO! where shines the central star,
Alabama, and her radiance
Never cloud OF shame shall mar.
Siiss coGME CAPERTox-Mi,sissippi.
SiStsrs. for Mississippi,
Well che knows tho martial strain;
She has marched OF old to battle,
/ She will strike her foes again!
Mss sGtLIE sSopeRAss-Louisiana.
A voice from Louisiana.
LOi her bravo sons arise,
Armed and ready for the conflict,
stern defiance in their eyesi
| Mss PARTHExIA BRTAST-Texas
Texas, youngest mid her sisters
SJoins her earnest voice to theirs,
Forth she sends her gallant rangers,
| With her blessings and her prayers
MISS sAtI1R PESNELL-virginiA-
Wave, wave on high your bRunersl
For the g Old Dominion comes,
With the lightning comes the thunder,
Loi where sounds her army's drums.
SIus sALLIE CARTER-Arkansas.
L. Long Arkansas waited, hoping,
Ciingiugt to the nag Of starS
Now shstea It down forever,
. HOi away then for the Wars.
Mas JENNIE AnMsTRoSo-North Carolina.
/ ss Over vale and mountain.
PeRling forth In triumph high,
| Comes alofty swell OF music.
The -Old North States" battle-ery.
Miss KATE MATTox-Tennessee.
Lat. but far from least, among ye,
| Spartan band OF brave and free;
Like whirlwind In her anger,
Wheels in line old Tennessee. .+
The jackson Hornets ought to sting
the enemy in good fashion, after such flag
presentation.
The disaGection of Gen. Lee is styled
in New Orleans a black republican roOr-
back 4
a New Orleans paper complains of dit
tie villains South as well as North. 1t
| saws. awe know several Raymonds in This
quarter who, like him, are disguised with
the management of the war, yet VINO un-
accouutably uphold their trcnehant swords
from the service where their valor, irwin