Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1861-02-09
LETTER FROM GEORGIA.
Correspondence of the Register.

KINGSTON, GA, Jan. 9th, 1861.
This ia truly great country Six
months ago We were happy, prosperous
people, and recovering from one of those
complaints, to which all nations are SUBJ
ject--like children to the whoeping cough
"A financial panic - which generally
works off the superhuities and leave the
country more strong and vigorous than be
fore But how rapidly events crowd upon
ench other in Young Amerca-sensation
upon sensation First, we get no peace
from the incessant shower Of campaign
documents with which the country is
flooded. You meet a man who fingers
your button holes thrusts Mr.. so aud so
speech in your face declares it the great
est thing Of the campaign, and will not
leave until promise is exacted that you
read il: get away from him and you are
seized by an opposition, with whom the
same scene is enacted, and so the dear
people" run the gauntlet between Brock
inridge, Bell and Douglas adherants, al
ternately placed, each Of whom pelt the
runner with campaign document. Every
dog has his day, and the Presidential. SEN
sation is played out, and its place is i'm.
mediately filled by the secession sensation
and the gauntlet is again formed-the
dear people again have to run and be
peited with showers of secession and CO.
operation documents until election. In
the meantime Uncle Sam has lost his
Carolina, and things begin to look dubi-
Gus in Charleston hSrbor; then Alabama,
Florida and Mississippi follow in quick
succession, and Georgia adds the fifth star
to the banner of the Southern Confedera-
cy--and while write we receive the news
of Louisiana's secession. The ball has
crossed the Mississippi. Texas will come
to- morrow. Then Arkansas, to be follow
ed in quick succession by all the Slave
holding States.
God grant the revolution may continue
a boodless one But to return to the state
Of affairs in Georgia: The route agents
on the different lines of railroad are
daily besieged by citizens and soldiers as
they stop at each village on the route
Stage drivers have risen to such al iinpor-
lance in the backwools that they have
really forgotten Gin some instances) their
proverbial urbanity, and been really inn
pertinent, not to say saucy As soon as
the train arrives a thousand runners are
afoat. \ man mounts the platform and
reads bulletin to the crowd. If the news
happens to be of an exciting nature the
big gun is brought ous and set to barking.
Captain so and so calls out the volunteers
and puts them through the usual evolu.
tons, &c. Every town has its two military
companies, Company No. l, volunteers.
composed Of young men who furnish their
own uniforms, and are furnished with the
Maynard rifle by the State Company No.
,, Silver Greys, composed of the old men.
heads of families, Sc, who furnish their
own uniforms, blu. are furnished with mus.
kets by the State Besides the above
every county has one or more companies
Of Dragons who volunteer and furnish
horses aud equipments.
We have branch mint al DahIonega,
in the gold regions. Friday, the officials
of said mint received information that set
them on nettles. They Immediately tec.
sraphed to Gov. Brown for protection
Gov. Brown glad to find employment for bis
surplus volunteers, sent a company up to
Daphlonega to protect The treasury prop
er;y. | believe the Lone Star Of Georgia
now floats over all the Federal property
in the State. The Commandment Of the
Augusta Arsenal surrendered after one
days parley, which was improved by the
sensationists in circulating huge stories OF
blood, thunder and "cela corpuses) and
the soldiers were allowed free ride on
the cars to Savannah, there to take ship
and brave the dangers of the sea. How
| pity the poor fellows; It's but short
time since they passed through this place
on their way from Leavenwertb, Kansas,
to Augusta, joyous and happy; now they
are on the briny deep, perhaps throwing
up food for hungry sharks. believe the
thing has gone too far for reconeilIia-
ton. Compromises and concession could
have saved the country one month ago,
but now the golden opportunity has pass
ed away, and it stands the West in hand
to look to her owl interests, secure the
free navigation of the Father Of waters,
and make market in the South for her
surplus produce; and while the South de-
votes her attention TO cotton raising ana
manufacturing, the West, by amicab.e
treaty can reap golden harvest by the
sale of her golden grain. C. T. p.
Posi- OFFICE Holbrook's
last Monthly Mail Bay contains the fol-
lowing Post Office information for the
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