Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1861-05-17

Tn default of the treason at the W.
which was to give them success, the ooa'n
srn rebels fall back for aid and comfort OIL
Wing and bravsdo at home. The Southern
:.nrn.l. for the most part keep stiff up
rer lip." The South is perfectly unl'eu
there is no distress or scarcity; the S,a'
are all ready to fight for their masters In1 ~
an element of strength instead Of "A
and in general they have money men ""O
All this sounds r'fy weii' Out d i'''.0 oiO''-
scrutiny of t'0 columns OF It their journals ,:,
,.ations of the true state of the case,
nile occasionally less crafty sheet lifts the
curtain and we see clearly for moment the
discomfort, distress both commercial and
actual, and danger from within and without,
which prevails throughout the South A
late number of one of our Southern ex-
changes, the Rome Georgia. Courier OF
May 3, illustrates this. The leading article
is headed /" Important ,UOrds 10 The d'SGDeo-
3D." and is a most significant exhortatlon to
those q" who grumble at the new government
and who seem TO sympath'se NTH me 400
hnonists,' - and who form, it seems, portion
of the community large enough to merit an
entire column of warning and entreaty'-
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qualification at the fact that the dddies are
learning the use of the pistol, and advises tha'
every white woman, and boy " from the agC
of seven years and upwards be taught thu
use of firearms, and furnished with revolV
or in order to " take care of the negroes.
| Comment is entirely unnecessary on such
confession of danger and weakness. Wha
a state of society it must be, where dellcat'
ladies and children of seven 60 armed witt
ristols. and cannot draw a breath free from
dread of seryile instruction.
The cheerfulness with which the Georges
volunteers are flying to the standard Oh IN
Southern Confe4eracy, is illustrated In an
other column of the Courier, by an adver
tisement by the Col. CT one of the GeorgI
regiments, who offers a reward of thirt
dollars a piece for the apprehension and do
livery of three desertcrS, whose names an
descriptions are given while the place o
fresh business advertisements, of which theI
is melancholy lack, is supplied in a mea:
ure hy notice from the Rome tax gathert
that he must have the taxes, and is about
commence the collection of the same by e.
ecution.
OF course. Southern Railroad Stocks mu
be looking up extensively under the news IL
timatcd in the notion of railroad CONVEX
ton at Montgomery, that the roads are to
paid for the transport of the confederate a
mics. in confederate bonds.
As for general news, the accounts OF Il
uprising and mastering of troops at Il
North, (Which we confess, are fuller than v
expected to see IN Southern paper), a
! balanced to some extent by the he that &
\. Y 9TH was cut to pieces in Maryland, Il
= he that the Governor of Delaware had 7
fused to respond to the Presidents call T
troops. and that secession is strong in TIL
State. the false rumor that Gov. Hicks
MARYLAND had hoisted the confederate flal
and the absurd Munchausenism that Baro
Rothschld, the money king of Europe. ha
arrived at New Orleans, and taken s. coo
eco OF the confederate loan
On the whole the view of the extent
southern war resources to be gathered fro