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The Church Militant.

We have peruscd q sermon recently
preached by Bishop Simpson, of Chicago.
He takes great comfort in the fact that
when the Government fleet was off Charles
ton Harbor, loaded with victuals and re.
Inducements for Fort Sumter, the Lord
sent wind which drove the vessels out
to sea, and would not permit them 10 en-.
ter. II is curious fact that the pious
people of South Carolina have derived
equally great comfort from the same cir
cumstance. We have noticed as a good
sign that whenever the pulpit orators.
either of the North or South, introduce
politics into their discourses, they have al
ways some strong proofs to show that the
Almighty is on their side. It is good
sign, we say, for it teaches the congrega-
lions, and particularly the youth, that in
forming their ideas of public economy
they should continually bear in mind how
much they are likely to please Divine
Providence in their opinions. 1t shows,
moreover, that the preachers themselves
do not altogether forget God when they
ascend their pulpits.
Sometimes we have thought il q little
strange that not solitary instance has
occurred wherein political preacher has
ever changed his preconceived principles,
on account Of anything he has found in
the Bible. The ministers brought up in
anti-slavery communities invariably dis
cover God to be unalterably opposed to
the nec........ar institutions of the South, and
are able at Gil times to back up this posi-
ton with perfect concordance of quota
tons from the Scriptures. On the other
hand, the ministers reared and educated
on the sunny side of Mason and Dixon's
line are unable, by the light of Chrstiani-
~ and religion, to find anything in slavery
that is not entirely in agreement with the
teachings of the great Master. 1t is, there
fore, difficult tasl. for the earnest seek er
after truth, who wishes to look at all sub
Jects from national point Of view, to re-
corcile these conflicting doctrines.
But to return to Bishop Simpson. As
before said, he derives much consolation
from the circumstance that the vessels of
the Government were not permitted, on
account Of adverse winds, to enter the
Harbor at Charleston. "IIad success
crowned them," says the eloquent Bishop,
"there had not been that defence without
loss Of life, nor that indignation, that
universal uprising of the people, each
one girding on his sword to fight"
We have seen il stated that the Admin.
istration had no idea that Fort Sumter
could be reinforced, and that when Gid
con J. Welles, the Secretary of the Navy,
sent fleet down there, it was with the
full expectation that it would be repealed,
from which, according to Bishop Simp.
son, it is to be inferred, that there was a
remarkable coincidence connected with
the "sword Of the Lord and of Gideon"
But, enough of the Bishop. lie belongs
to class very numerous at the North
now, but which will number less after a
| while
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How is This p

We had been led to infer, from the
Northern papers, that there was an album
dance of everything wherewith to pro.
vide the volunteers who are fiocking to
the Federal Capital, but the following ex-
tract from the New York Tribune tells a
different story. Speaking of the volun-
teers who were coming in, it says:
"Their leaders run from pillar to post,
begging for arms here, equipments there,
and subsistence somewhere else, referred
from this office to that committee, until
their boots are worn out, and meantime
the poor volunteers sleep as they may and
eat what they can get, until disgust and
indignation replace enthusiasm, and they
give over campaigning and turn to seek
some employment that will give them
present bread. In this way, thousands of
brave and true men are lost to the de-
fence of the country"
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Kiusston Journal.

The first number of this paper, Kings
ton. Tennessee. is before US. It is good
sized sheet and neatly printed-at So per
year: F. N. Wylie. Editor and Proprietor.
We have had several years acquaintance
with Mr.. Wylie-he is . good printer. and
q clever fellow as printers generally are;
and we trust the people of Roane and ad.
jacsnt counties will give him liberal and
Twin a s,,rr>ork
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-05-10
T" The Government"

There can no longer be any doubt as to the
policy Of the Black Republican administration.
The South is to be invaded, "coerced," ovcrrun
and subjugated, If possible. The issue is upon us
and we must meet it. The Senate Chamber and
Representative Hall at Washington have been
converted into barracks, and are filed with troops
gathered in the larger cities-mostly Bowcry
Boys, Plug Uglies and Five Pointers; and the
government today is, virtually, in the hands of
and impcllcd by Black Republican mob.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-05-10

GEN. F. X. ZoLLIcoFFER.-We believe
that the friends of Southern Rights, in
Tennessee, are disposed to harmonise on
any good Southern man for Governor,
without the formalities of Convention,
and we know of no man in the State that
would be more acceptable to the people
than Gen. F. X. Zollicofsr He is well
and favorably known to the people of the
State. as q good and true man. We would
be glad, at the proper time, to see him
brought forward for this POSITION West
Tennessee Wing.
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Public Meeting,

We are requested to give notice that
there will DO Public Meeting at Mouse
Creek Depot, AcAinn county, on satur-
day, the 18th inst. Addresses will be de-
ivssed BY Gen. F. X. Zollicoffer, Chan
oellor Van Dyke, Landon C. Haynes,
Judge Rowles, NJ. P. Jarnagin, and other
distinguished gentlemen.
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North Carolina,

Tho Legislature unanimously passed
bill calling Convention on the GOTH
The Confederate flag waves over the Capt.
toll, and the State is virtually out of the
Union. The Governor has organized
camp of instruction at Raleigh, and recon-
mends sending North Carolina troops to
Maryland and Virginia.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-05-10
The Legislature.

The Military League and the Declaration Of
Independence, adopted by the Legislature, will be
found In our columns. The paper containing
them did not reach us until Thursday morning,
90 that We have no time for comment. Tho Ayes
and Noes on each will be published next week.
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Telegraphic Dispatches.

1t is proper to state that all dispatches
from Washington, New York, and that
direction are under the censorship of
Lineoln's agents-and only such as are
favorable to the government are permit
ted to be forwarded.
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AsAs.s, rrl1av, May 10, 1851.


An persons indebted 10 this once for job work,
subseriptios, or advertising, are respectfully but
earnestly requested to make immediate payment
:. Oar fisads will confer great favor us BY at
tending 10 this matter At an early day.
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nhattanooea aaxatta.

Mr.. ]. r. Hood has dissolved his con-
neetion with the Gazette, and IL is now en-.
tirelxunder the control Of R. L. Aetcalfs,
formerly o. this place. Mr.. Hood con-
tsmplAtss-l having Chattanooga.
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No More Provisions South.

The following notice has been sent to
the Presidents of The railroads running
South from Philadelphia:
EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA,
U. s. MARsnAL's OFFICE,
Philadelphia, April 81.
In compliance with the advice of the
United States Attorney for this district,
l hereby notify you that | will take into
my custody all -four and other provisions,
and also all munitions of war and military
stores, directly or indirectly to be sent to
Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, Ar
kansas. and all other States of the Union
that are making war on the Federal Gov
eminent, and that will hold all such
property SO seized, subject to legal process,
or the order of said Government.
ftt WV. MILLwARD, Marshal.
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The Administration,

The Tribune's special Washington dis
patch says the policy of the Administra-
tration henceforth is war, and the Cabinet
is now unit on this policy.
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Some 1900 trssps, destined for vir-
ginia, have pAsssdloves the Road in the
last ten days. They ars generally well
saiforysd. and most Of them large. well
proportsasd men.
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Arkansas.

A friend at Nashville writes, that Arkansas
passed an unconditional Ordinance of Secession,
on Monday, by n vote Of 90 to I.
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False Report Contradicted.
SwEErwArER, TsSH., May

bWEErWArkh, AESH~ my =, ioVi'
Mr.. Ivins There IL report now circulating In
the country that had shot, or killed, one Of my
negroes for rebellion. The report Is not true; nor
have had any more trouble with my negroes
than usual This report Is for some effect, but 10
falss Yeurs, ks., Taos. PBIaNoRE.
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The Harm Of Columbia.

Copies Of this excellent and popular
work can be found at the Book Store Of
Geo. w. Ross. See advertisement.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1861-05-10

~ Statistics of the Syrian massacre
show that 10000 christians were killed
and 5000 women and young girls sold into
Turkish harems.
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CONVENTION BETWEEN THE STATE OF Ten
NEssEE, AND THE CONFEDERATE STATES
OF AMERICA.
The State Of Tennessee, looking to n
speedy admission into the Confederacy
established by the Confederate States of
America, in accordance with the Consti-
tuition for the Provisional Government of
said States, enters into the following tenn.
porary Convention, Agreement and Mill.
tury League, with the Confederate States,
for the purpose of meeting pressing ext
gencies affecting the common rights, in.
terests, and safety of said States, and said
Confederacy.
FIRsT.-Until the said State shall be-
come u member of said Confederacy &C.
cording to the Constitution of both pow
ers, the whole military force, and military
operations, offensive and defensive of said
State, in the impending conflict with the
United States, shall be under the CHIEF
control and direction OF the President
of the Confederate States upon the same
basis, principles and footing, as if said
State were now, and during the interval
member of said Confederacy, said force,
together with that of the Confederate
States, to be employed for the common
defence.
SEcoND-The State of Tennessee will
upon becoming member of said Confed-
eracy under the permanent Constitution
of said Confederate States, if the same
shall occur, turn over to said Confederate
States, all the public property acquired
from the United States, on the same
terms, and in the same manner as the
other States of said Conlederacy, have
done in like cases.
THTRD-Whatever expenditures OF
money, if any, the said State of Tenn
essee shall make before she becomes a
met and provided for, by the Confederate
States.
This Convention entered into and
| agreed in the City of Nashville, Tennes
see, on the Seventh day of May, A. d.,
1861, by Henry w. billiard, the duly
authorized commissioner to act in the
matter of the Confederate States, and
Gustavus A. Henry, Archibald o. W.
Totten, and Washington Barrow, com.
missioners duly authorized to act in like
manner for the state of Tennessee-the
whole subject to the approval and ratiti
cation of the proper authorities of both
Governments respectively.
In testimony whereof the parties afore.
said have herewith set their hands and
seals, the day and year aforesaid, in du.
plicate originals.
HENRY w. billiard, [sEALl
Commissioner for Tie Confederate States o.
america.
GUsTAvUs A. HENRY, [sEAL.1
A. o. w. ToTTEN, SEAL.
WASHINGTON BARROW, sEAL1
manufacturers mn NE ,,ory of T,,n ,eess
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Commissioners on tie D,

JOINT RESOLUTION RATIFYING THE LEAGUE.
WHEREAS, A military league, offensive
and defensive, was formed on this the 7th
of May, 1861, by and between A. o. w.
Totten, Gustavus A. Henry, and Wash
ington Barrow, Commissioners on the
part of the State of Tennessee, and III. w.
billiard, Commissioner on the part of
the Confederate States of America, sub.
ject to the confirmation of the two Gov
ernments.
BE ii therefore resolved by The General As
semby Of the State Of Tennessee, That said
league be in all respects ratified and con-
firmed; and the said General Assembly
hereby pledges the faith and honor of the
State of Tennessee to the faithful obser-
vance of the terms and conditions of said
league.
The vote in the Senate on the adop-
ton of the League, was: Ayes, II; Noes
6. In the House: Ayes, AZ; Noes, Is.
Declaration of independence of
Tennessee.
AN ACT to submit to vote Of the people n
Declaration Of Independence and for other
purposes.
SECTION !. Be il enacted by the General
assembly Of tie State Of Tennessee, That i'm
mediately after the passage of this Act
the Governor of this State shall, by proc
lamation, direct the Sheriffs of the sever
al counties in this State to open and hold
an election at the various voting pre-
cincts in their respective counties on the
9Th day of June, 1861; that said Sheriffs,
or in the absence Of the Sherffs. the
Coroner OF the county, shall immediately
advertise the election contemplated by
this Act; that said Sheriffs appoint a
Deputy to hold said election for each vo.
ting precinct, and that said Deputy ap-
point three Judges and two Clerks for
each precinct, and if no officer shall,
from any cause, attend any voting pre-
cinct to open and hold said election, then
any Justice of the Peace, or in the alb
sence of a Justice of the Peace, any re-
spectacle free holder may appoint officers,
Judges and Clerks to open and hold said
election. Said officers, Judges and Clerks
shall be sworn as now required by law,
and who after being so sworn, shall open
and hold an election, open and close at
the time Of day, and in the manner re-
quired by law in elections for members
to the General Assembly.
SEC. 2. BE il further enacted, That at said
election the following declaration shall
be submitted to a vote of the qualified
voters Of the State of Tennessee for their
ratification or rejection. .,a
DECLARATION OF INpEPENpENoE AND ORDIN-
ANcE DIssoLyING THE FEDERAL RELATIONS
BETWEEN THE STATE OF TENNESSEE AND
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
lst, We the people of the State Of Ten,
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neA- When the baltimore petitioners
told Lincoln that Maryland could raise
seventy-five thousand men 10 resist his
army, he is said to have replied. that he
presumed there was room enough in the
soil for seventy-fye thousand graves
This is brave talk, indeed Going to kill
EN- all, Abel But, odd fellow, what do
you suppose the seventy-fye thousand
men will be doing while you are digging
their grayess t..i4aste scif vgrsl5r
.bsr Rice -four makes the best Of bread.
In Savannah the mills are furnishing il.
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Baptist Convention In Georgia.

The Georgia Baptist Convention at its
recent session, adopted among others the
following resolutions:
2. Resolved, That while this Convention
disclaims all authority whether ecclesias-
teal or civil, yet as citizens we deem it
but duty to urge union Of all the peo-
pie Of the South, in defense of the COM
mon cause, and to express the confident
belief, that in whatever conflict, the mad
ness of Mr.. Lincoln and his government
may force upon us, the Baptists of Geor-
gia, will not be behind any class of fellow.
citizens, in maintaining the independence
OF the South, by any sacrifice of treasure
or blood. 49,
3. Resoioed, That we acknowledge with
devout thankfulness to Almighty God,
the signal favor with which, up to this
time, He has blessed our aims and our
policy and that all the Baptist churches
of this State be requested to observe the
first and second days of June next as DAYS
of fasting and prayer, that God will de-
liver us from all the power of our enemies.
and restore peace TO our country.
Ma. The jackson Wig is authorized
by the members of the bar to give notice
that there will be no cases tried at the
May term Of tho Circuit Court for Madison
county.
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Military League Between the State
of Tennessee and the Confederate
States. ~
By virtue Of JOINT resolution of the
General Assembly, Hons @. A. Henry, A.
o. W. Totten and Washington Barrow,
were appointed by the Governor 10 con-
fer with the Hon. II. W. billiard, Com
missioner from the Confederate States, re-
lative to the formation of Military
League between the State of Tennessee
and the Confederate States. Below we
give the Governors Message announcing
the formation of the League, together
with the League itself:
MESSAGE OF THE GOVERNOR.
Executive DEPARTMENT, I
.ClISJ 4 Nashville, May 7, 1861. I
Gentlemen Of Tie Senate
and House Of Representatives |:
BY virtue Of the authority Of your joint
resolution, adopted on the LIST day of May,
inst, appointed Gustavus A. Henry, Of
the county of Montgomery. Archibald o.
w. Totten, of the county of Madison, and
Washington Barrow, of the county of
Davidson, Commissioners, on the part
of Tennessee, to enter into n Military
League with the authorities Of the Con-
federate States, and with the authorities
of such other slaveholding States as may
wish to enter into it; having in view the
protection and defence OF the entire
South against the war that Is now being
carried on against it,"
The said Commissioners met the Hon.
Henry w. billiard, the accredited repre-
sentative of the Confederate States, at
Nashville on this day, and have agreed
upon and executed Mili,.iry i,eague ne-
tween the State Of Tennessee and the
/ confederate States of America, subject,
however, to the ratification of the two
Governments one of the duplicate origi-
nails Of which herewith transmit for your
ratification or rejection. For many co.
gent and obvious reasons, unnecessary to
be reheorscd to you, respectfully recon-
mend the ratification of this League at
the earliest practicable moment.
Very respectfully,
IsHAM G. HARRIS.
The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1861-05-01

WHEAT CRoP.-The wheat in our vi
cinity begins to assume more encourag-
ing appearance than it presented month
ago-though in some localities it has suf-
fered much from the severe frosts Of
March and the first weeks of April, but
not sufficiently to forbid the hope Of an
average crop, perhaps, should the season
hereafter prove favorable. 5L
Our farmers are now engaged pretty
generally in preparing ground for spring
wheat, large breadth of which will BE-
sown. The result of last springs sowing
has exerted favorable impression as to
the Importance of good crop of spring
wheat-particularly should that of win.
ter wheat fail. At all events harvest
of spring wheat or rye is found highly re
munerative to the farmer.
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Mortgage Sale.

hEFAULT having been made in the condi-
- dtion to a certain mortgage executed by
Hermanus Koning and Hendrick Koning, TO
Engel De Young, bearing date the sixteenth
day Of Septcmber in the year eighteen hundred
and fty-eight and recorded on the 25th day
of December, A. ID. 1860, in book or liber Il OF
Mortgages, on page 404, in the Registers Office
of Ottawa County, State Of Michigan, n part Of
which said mortgage, being a payment of 5000,
due the first day of January, A. ID. 1851, having
been by said Engel De Young assigned TO me.
Jacob Cats, which said assignment was duly re-
corded in the Registers Office of Ottawa Coun-
W, State of Michigan, on the 18th day Of April
A. d. 1861, in book or liber of mortgages, on
page 23I, and no suit or proceeding ut law hav-
ing been instituted to recover the debt secured
by the said mortgage, or any part thereof, and
there being claimed as due and unpaid on said
mortgage the whole of said payment and inter-
est, amounting mt the date of this notice to tho
sum of two hundred and forty-one dollars,
(S24l, together with the costs of foreclosure.
Notice is therefore hereby given that on Tues
day, the 10th day of July next, at twelve o'clock
(noon,) of that day, at the front door of the
Court-House Of the County Of Ottawa, in Grand
Haven, in said County and State of Michigan,
shall sell at public auction to tho highest bidder
the premises described in said mortgage, to wit:
The east half of the northwest quarter of tho
south east quarter and the east half of the south
west quarter of the south quarter Of section
twenty -four, in town five north Of range fourteen
west, situate in the County Of Ottawa, State Of
Michigan. JAcoB CATS,
.,.. Assignee of Mortgage.
Grand Haven, April 10, 1861. III wis
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DIED,


At Ferfysburg, Mich, on Monday, April 90
1851, FREDERICK A. EAMES, son of B.
+. EAMEs, ESQ, aged Is years.
There is much evidence, as given by his Pastor
at length in the funeral discourse, that FREDER-
lex died a christian. One of his last prayers,
near Monday morning, was, ooh my God,
have mercy on me, n sinner. oh my Savior,
save me. Give me strength Ito stand the
storm, (alluding to one of his favorite Sunday
School hymns,) it won't be long, Amen"
Blessed child! Thy prayer was answered.
Grace toas given to stand the storm, nor was it
long. Thy voyage is ended. Thou hast enter
ed the haven of eternal rest, and thou art safely
moored near the Fathers throne, no more to be
exposed to the pitiless peltings of the driving
tempest; thy frail bark never again to be
"Tossed on life's tempestuous shoals,
Where storms arise and ocean rolls"
And though we note with sadness thy vacant
seat in the Sabbath School, yet when we think
" Transported 10 those everlasting gardens,
Where angels walk, and seraphs are the wardens,
Where every flower brought safe through death
dark portal,
Becomes immortal"
We feel less like weeping, and more like rejoice
ing. And while we mournfully mark thee cab
sent" FREDDY, here, we will mark thee "pres-
ent" with the Lord.
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For the Grand Haven News.
Gregory Educational Association.

Messrs. BARNs:-Will you do the
members of the Gregory Educational
Association the favor TO publish the fol-
lowing notice:
A meeting of the Gregory Education
al Association will take place at Grand
Haven, on Thursday and Friday, the I'd
and Sd days Of May next.
Exercises will commence on the eve
ming of Thursday and continue during the
following day and evening. Teachers and
friends of education generally are cordi-
ally invited to be present and take part
in the deliberations.
A. w. TAYLOR, President.
Ottawa Center, April 20. 1861.
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* we believe that d. B. peLanda

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