New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-04-10
THE PRO-SLAvERy REBELLION.
FROM GEORGIA.
A MUSTER AND REVIEW

hardly be worth the TRIP your corresponding mas
taken to see it. There is enough OF drumming
and fling, marching and drilling to be seen in
Savannah, surely, 10 satisfy the most military
mad man in the world. If he wants to laugh,
he has only TO go down to the old United States
barracks there, and observe the clumsy ev0lu.
tiOns of the 400 recruits OF tie Georgia army"
who are being manufactured into soldiers. If he
wishes TO crafty his taste for the "pomp OF
war;" he can frequently do so at the volunteer
parades Of wealthy and nchlymiiorned city
companies. If he desires to see something of
the terrors of war, the forts with their frown.
ing batteries and laundering explosions offer ap-
propriate edifcaton. There is nothing in this
Macon exhibition which can of itself be of in
terest to those who have, time and again, wit
messed military displays ten times larger and more
brilliant.
The review was to have taken place on Tues
day afternoon, but was postponed till yesterday,
on account Of the non-arrival of one or two CON-
panies, and Of the time taken in the regimental
organization. The weather was cloudy, and cool
enough to be pleasant and this was a great ad
vantage, for the has of late been progressively
warm for " sogering." The news of the New
England elections had come, showing that the
North is not YET extinct, and this has raised The
s,s of the 6re.eaters somewhat Yesterday, too, J
there was rumor afoat that an attempt had
beeu made to reinforce Fert Sumter; that the
batteries had fred upon the intruders and driven
them back; that Major Anderson had gwen notice
thai if the United States flag were again fired
upon, he should open his batteries; and IN that
interesting state of affairs, the telegraph came
away" We pretty generally voted it duck
Nevertheless, it added zest to the OCCASION
There is no mistaking the fact that 1t made the
Southern people feel blue. The prospect of war IS
dreadful one for them. They have seen enough
of it already to dread it. Buster they may,
the South would reap utter ruin from war, anu
that shortly. The Governor, il his speech yes-
terday, deprecated it strongly. Very pacific he
was. truly Like Abraham, the South was ready
to take either tho Fright hand" or the "leit"
only to be let clear out of the scrape But, if
war came, he said the South was "determined
that it should not stop till the enemy had SUI
fered more by it than the South" That Is very
brave to-say; but not SO easy to do, Gov. Brown.
England and other foreign observers see the
weakness of the South more clearly than herself.
1t seems automatic to them that civil war
would completely PROSTATE the South and that
is the reason they are so anxious for g a peace
full separation" They cannot spare the produc-
tons of the North.
Well, having seen GeOrgia's contribution T.
war, what is 70 be said Of itl Here are four
teen companies armed and equipped by th'
State and then handed over on requisition to tb
authorities of the +" Confederate States LOT th
t.rn, Of one year. The equipments indicat
,rettv plainly that the Georgia Treasury has
hottcm. The wealthy volunteer companies ful
n;sh their own uniform. The others appear in
garb which makes you doubtful waethe
they are soldiers or State prison convicts
A red shirt and coarse cloth trOwsers Is on
style. A gray GeOrgia.cioth roundabout ant
similar trowsers is another. lOng-taile'
"grayr of homespun and trousers Of tie same
with dark stripe, is slight variation on th'
former Yet, even for these, private contribu
lions had to be called out. Z" There was such
press Of business at Milledgeyllle' that prepare
tons could not be made in time by the State.
Here also are volunteers / shall not seel
10 underrate the readiness with which the cal
was answered. am not surprised that in tn
Empire State of the South more than one thou
sand at least should respond to the call, espe
chilly when the general expectation was tha
there would be no fighting and no danger. Man
of these men are wealthy, have left their fani
lies aud friends in grief, and have hurried of Of
a FOOLS errand, nc doubt TO repent at leisure
With some, perhaps political prospects hav
something of influence in inducing the step. Blu
shall not question their alacrity nor thel
bravery. Half or more Of the volunteers, how
ever, are poor men-in the amusing phrase Q
Southern editors, I" those who have no pecuniar
interest to defend" On the contrary it
probably pecuniary interest which induces then
to enlist Some are from the country, Stare.
out; others from the purlieus of cities, payed out
The business in hand at Macon was to organ
ize and to receive the parting iDjunctions of th'
Governor. The following are the names an(
officers Of the force assembled:
J. OgleihOrpe Light Infantry .Csp Clarke
Walker Light Infantry. AugOsts...'C apt Camp
Gate City Qua Capt kzzeTd
Southern Rights Guards apt House,.
Warrington Rifles :..... san iersvilIoCapt Jones
q Co. ID Southern Guard Capt. wilkins.
q Newman Newmsn.. apt. Harvey.
y Eto"sh Ouards.......... Etowsh......Cept LaTey.
The aboye-named are the " crack cOmpa
nies having been previously organized, and gen.
orally composed of men of property. Those which
follow are " cracker ones:
10 Bsinbridge Ind Volunteer Bsinbrdge Can't, Evans
A. Independent yolaneers.. Gait Addebold
~ Brown Infantry. Mscon....Lsp apt Suth.