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From the Edeefield Advertiser.
"If you have Nature in you, Bear it
Not"

NOG. .. ..
Our loss at Fort Donelson is % Regi-
ments; at Roanoke Island severe, besides
2440 Prisoners, released on parole; the
Fishing Greek defeat, where the gallant
Zollicofer fell; the loss of our own Port
Royal the occupation of Nashville and
Newbern, and other disasters, certainly
should awaken us from our fatal lethargy,
and should open the eyes of the soundest
sleepers in our midst. The crisis has come.
Let every man from 1S to 60 rally at once
to the defence of his country. Let those
under 1S and over 80 (for the PRESENT.
form the Home Guard. Dent. wait for a
draft, but be men for once in your lives
Volunteer and cheerfully go either to Vir-
ginia or help meet the requisition for 5000
made on the State. Be up and doing, or
leave for the swamps. If the latter is cho-
sen, be sure to beg, borrow or steal petit.
coats and hoop skirts-as many of them as
will be let cheap, the rightful owners hav.
ing to take your places in the army. Don't
for little cold, rheumatism or sore toe,
claim exemption, for fear the uncharitable
might suppose you wanted protection too
Abraham's protection would be of little
avail here, and the women (God bless them,)
have no use for towards. Our great and
glorious cause may languish for awhile, but
can neuer die, upheld as we fondly hope
by our Maker, and blest by the labors and
the prayers of our women. Were the men
in the Confederacy to do one half what is
being done by the women, a speedy and
healthy reaction would soon take place; ;
and instead of losing near one-third of our
beloved country, the whole of it would soon
be in safety. Buff things do not improve
we will soon be bye word and reproach,
not only to the Yankees, but to the more
decent nations of the world. A change
must occur and that soon. Our outposts in
Virginia and other places must be streng.
theued; our own dear State must have
troops-and they will be had even if the
disgraceful resort of draft has to be ap.
plied-but as gallant old man Of this
District we'll says: "Tis better to be Kill
led as volunteer, than to be enrolled as a
drafted man" The time has passed for
doubt and hesitancy. Action, prompt and
decided action is needed.
AVOLUNTEER.
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GEN. JOE. JOHNSTON.

"Timon," the Richmond correspondent
of the Charleston Courier, in letter dated
10Th ultimo, has the following in regard to
this able general and his receut Fabian
strategy:
Private parties who have arrived here
to-day from the North, represent the Lin
coin Government, and the Lincoln Gener-
ais, have not only been surprised, but great
ly alarmed, by the recent mastery move
tnents of General Joseph E. Johnston. -
The New York Herald has maps aud es-
says upon triple sheets, in illustration of
sthe situation" The Yankee Generals,
fearing masked batteries, traps, and anoth-
er Bull Run experience, have retired to
their lines of the Potomac; and they freely
confess that by Jobuston's policy their pro
gramme has been thwarted for at least nine
ty days But they may calculate, and the
Herald may amuse itself and its artists
with speculations for the future sssitua-
tion" of General Johnston is likely to un.
pleasantly employ their skill. 1t is not i'm
probable that, if Benefits organ is to fol-
low bis strategy, it will bear to facts the re.
lation which the dying Dolphin bears to
color; and if our newsmongers will only
practice little share of the retioence OF
our favorite General, Yanhee7oma aoiN soon
be taught me,o lesson IN the history of IN
vasions. At least, l ask the readers of the
Courier to put firm aud implicit faith in
our Government, and to expect glorious
deeds from the genius of General John
ston. He is the favorite of all thinking,
intelligent and experienced men in this
region. His intellect and 6ue common
sense now begin to display themselves
grandly. Between him and the President
there is perfect and harmonious under
standing-the one faithfully relying upon
the other. Johnston is perfectly reticent,
and the anecdotes told of him by his famil-
lar observers are always instructive, and
sometimes humorous. He never relies
upon Aid, Commissary or Inspector Gener.
al for the discharge even of the most trivial
of important duties. He labors without
cessation, until be has seen that all has
gone right. To every paper Of note issued
by bis authority; his own signature is af-
fixed; down to the furlougb of the hum
blest private. That popular and accom-
plished officer who is his aid-and of whom
I heard the President speak yesterday in
terms OF high commendation-Major Thos.
G. Rhett, Major R.. G.. Cole, who is mis-
Commissary, and Major Lay, his Inspector
General, never know today what are 10 be
the marching orders of General Johnston
tomorrow! But his great labors some
times reuder him oblivious to those who
surround him. 4 story is told of him IN
this respect too good to be lost-Onc OF his
faVorite officers, indeed mess. mate, ac'
costed him pleasantlya few mornings since.
But the General scowled, muttered TO
himself, and never recognized the compii,
ment. The unfortunate man felt not alone
slighsed but humiliated, He went to Maj.
Rhett, related what had passed, and grlev,
ously protested that be knew not how be
could have offended his superior othcer-
Dinner hour having come our pining friend
was not at the mess. "Where is --f
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ey, will not only skulk from his duty wher
lighting men are called for, but who, wher
patriotic meu have gone to meet the fee
will aid and abet system Of monopoly
which, aggravates the. poor soldiers burden
and sufferings, .beggars his poor family, im
poverishes the country in all the resources
and appliances of war, and thus indirectly
subsidies the enemy in his work of subju
cation. All such men, together with those
who are doing what is worse than to des
troy the cereal products of the country, by
transforming them into poisonous fluids
aud then charging the most enormous com
pensaian for achieving the work of ruin
All such. men as these ought to have theil
names enrolled ina ssblack book and
their memories ought to be preserved but
to beeexeerated, down to the remotest gen
erations. i once knew a narrow.souled
muckrake, whom (to my shame) I admit
ted to,a temporary intimacy, during which
time he related a dream he had. He
dreamed that the devil met him one night
aud proposed to pay him one hundred dol
lars if he would steal and carry an infant
to him, down to hisinfernal smoky caverns
below-"and," said he, 'sstrauge to tell,
ratified the contract and fulfilled its stipu,
lations." Ishould not think it strange if
all the distillers, all extortioners and all
mere money-makers, in this crisis of our
country's peril, should, without hesitation,
ratify similar contract if opportunity
should be presented. Satan, however, will
hardly trouble himself about them. he
feels sure Of them any way. If any cases
can defy the power of atoniug blood, these
men have good reason to quake with fear
and trembling. 0, my couptrymen.! lin.
plore you to denounce these monsters. Let
them be ,scowled upon by the intelligence
and patriotism of the land, and let their
names be handed down upon the scroll OF
infamy.
We have no time, now, for anything but
the best expedients for clearing out our en-.
emies. Let there be a general uprising of
our people, from one end of the Confeder-
acy to the other. Let all our means, if
necessary, be directed to this glorious oh.
ject. What is our pelf when the foot OF
invasion is upon our soil, and when our all
of treasure-our liberty-our altars-our
wives and our children-all are imperilled!
We know not what is to be the issue of this
struggle, but we do know that anything
else is better than subjugatiou. We may
not make a successful defence, but one
thing we can dove can die nobly, every
one Of us-we ought to do it rather than
submit to such foe. 1t will be a glorious
martyrdou. God will honor our devotion.
Our wives, our children and other dear
ones will love our ashes, and our memories
will be revered by unborn generations.
If we fall it will be orr own fault. God
will be on our side if we will permit Him
to be, but He helps those only who help
themselves. Let US do our best; then we
can trust Him. This Southern Confeder.
acy is the last hope of freedom and the last
hope of pure Gospel God will help il
we honor Him and do our duty.-AtIanto
Comtederacy.
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tWhat they nay Expeot.

The Northern people, by professions as
profuse as they are insinoere, would fain
lead the negro to believe that they are his
friends, and from the fact that few Of our
colored population have availed themselves
'fheiopportunity presented by the present
state of affairs to escape from kind masters
and comfortable homes to'6nda refuge a.
mong these miserable bipocrites, we are
lead to iufel that their "blannery" has not
been altogether thrown away.
That the poor deceived wretches who
are thus led away by Yankee lying, find out
when too late that they have misplaced
their confidence, and been made the vic,
tins of cruel oppression, needs no other
demonstrations than their own testimony.
Of this we have an abundance, and it is
all in the strain-regrets that they left
their home-longiugs to return thereto,
and bitter denunciation of their oppressors.
1t will be remembered that we publish
ed sometime since letter from negro
man who escaped to the Yankees addressed
to his master in this city, which he ab-
ljured him to keep strict watch upon his
children, whom he had left behind, and
not suffer them to be deceived that Yam
|kee land was hard road to travel, and
not ft place for his children to be. This
letter was actually received, and was the
production of the negro to whom it is ac-
credited. T..
We have now another proof of the cruel
ty of these hipocrites toward those whom
they profess to love and sympathize with.
1t viii. require but few words to give it
and yet it fully developes the character Of
these venomous reptiles who crawl in the
dust before those who are only when the
object of their venom has been securely
bound and rendered harmless.
It is stated by gentleman who came
passenger in the train from Weldon oo
Monday afternoon, that in conversation
with paroled prisoner from Newbern, he
learned that the negroes at that place not
behaving themselves altogether as we'll as
they were expected to behave, or, if you
please, becoming little boisterous, de
tachment was ordered out, and forty of the
wretches shot by order of the commanding
officer
It is true that, from the account given
us, they used language not calculated to
make the ears of their severe task.makers
tingle with delight-suoh, for instance, as
they were as good as Yankees, and other
remarks of q similar character; yet where
| is thr >ocount of Southern overseer pun
ish.ng with death the insolence Of the ne
groes over whom he has jurisdictionY
Verify, verify, it may be said of the ma.
tion of hypocrtes who so deeply sympa-
thize with the poor slave as to preach a.
gainst his enslavemept and pray for and
contribute of their means to effect his de.
liverance from a nominal serVitude, for the
purpose of inficting upon him such deep
and gross wrongs as would make the heart
of bis humane Southern master shuddel
verify, we say, it may be said of this na'
ton: eye are Of your father, the Devil" "
|--NoYfok Day Book.
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inquired Gen, Johnston. ale is mortified
and afflicted by the slight which you put
upoo himthis morning" "lNc,slight him?"
exclaimed the General 81 hare not seen
him today" An explanation ensued, the
officer was sent for, Johnston apologized,
and peace was again restore d to the bosom
of loyal aud sensitive soldier Soon after,
however, while pacing iu one of these
moods by the door of his residence, an Off
Ger, with saddle on his back, inquired of
one, his, superior in rank, if he knew where
to direct him to shoemaker. 'sThere is
one, was the waggish answer, pointing at
the same time to Johnston, who was in cit
izen's clothes Onward strobe the interro
gator until he reached the latter. He then
threw down the saddle, and looking sternly
at the General, with his hands in his pock-
cts, gave the word of command, 'That
saddle must be ready in one hour, sir.
he then turned to depart. "Hold! said
Johnston. ''What did you observe" 81
said have that saddle ready in an hour"
responded Captain Obstreporous 'sDo you
know who I am ?'' eyes! you are shoe:
maker, and | want you to hurry up too u
ri am Gen.. Johnston, sill" shouted the
commander. In another moment, the sad.
die was picked up, and the Captain lu re.
treat. "Haltw shouted the General; "who
told you I was shoemaker" 'sAu Off
Ger, sir,-I don't know bis name" ''Then
leave the saddle and return 10 an hour
precisely" He heard and he obeyed. ln
one hour the saddle was mended and in
his possession. CHOW, Captain" said the
General, :endeayor to serve your country
as I have endeavored to oblige you, and
depart" Such a man makes heros aud
patriots out of soldiers. But he is also a
rigid, severe and jealous disciplinarian.-
And for traitors, or persons suspected of
treachery, he has no charity, lenity, or
commisseratiou No person, civil Or mill
tary, is permitted to cross or :recross his
lines, unless possessed of his own special
permit. Whoever is found, without this
authority, inside of the prescribed and for
hidden limit, is Immediately arrested and
brought before him. Under such circum-
stances, prevarication or suspicion is fatal !;
and the Generals orders are simply-'send
him to the rear. y r.
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A gentleman from the Potomac reports
that; the Yankees have been carrying a
great number Of troops from Washington
down the river, probablytto Newport News.
In two days Upwards Of a hundred tugsa aud
transports heavily laden, have been to pass
down.
Heavy firing was heard all day Thurs.
day along the Potomac from BoYd's Role,
and seems to extend as far as Washington,
and firing was also heard Thursday evening
for about an hour in the direction Of War
renton.
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The Metal Of which Cannon are Made
: a. - 4


The Metal of which Cannon are Made.
The appeal Of Gen. Beauregard to the
people of Tennessee to furnish metal to be
cast into cannon for the Confederacy, hav.
ing elected the voluntary contributions Of
the patriotic men and women Of the South,
the following letter from Adjutant- General
Wayne, containing valuable information
on the subject Of the composition Of gun
metal, will be read with profit and inter
est: .., - O.: ,ss.,
......-..,,.... March Is, 1862.
Mrs. DR.. Blackburn, Barnesutle, Ga.
My DEAR MADAM: I received, this
morning, your note of the .24th inst assn
ring me that you had commenced collecting
the old brass and. copper in the hands Of
your citizens, and asking me to state .wheth.
er such articles are needed and where they
should be sent. -...,...-
/ fear that some of our patriotic citizens,
with more zeal than knowledge, are about
to inconvenience sadly our good housewives
in Georgia without any corresponding ad-
vantage to our cause Brass is compost
ton of copper and zinc, and Of no use in
making guns, which, like bells, are made
Of copper and tin.
If Gen. Beauregard, in his appeal to the
planters of Mississippi, meant anything
more than to arouse their slumbering pa
triotism to active exartion, he wanted the
tin of which their bells were partly compo.
sed. We have the copper, but for the fab
rication of bronze, Commonly but errone-
ously called brass guns we want tin
That you may understand this, / will tell
you that science has determined for guns,
as best, the proportions of nine parts Of
copper to one of tin; and for bells, seven or
eight parts of copper to three parts of tin
By having large number Of bells, there
fore, we can add two or three times the
weight of copper, as analysis may deter
mine their composition, and bring them to
the standard of gun metal: The lightest
feld-piece in our batteries, 6.pounder,
weighs on an average, eight hundred and
eighty-four pounds. For the casting Of q
6.pounder, therefore, at least one thousand
pounds of metal would be necessary
Bronze guns are used 10 field batteries, only
for their lighter weight, by which the bat,
terry is more readily moved. They are not
SO durable as iron guns. Science, within
the past FIVE years, has opened the way for
casting iron guns of sufficient lightness fol
field uses, and there is not a foundry in
the Coufederacy that is not now working to
its utmost ability. If there is | should
like to know it, and it should not be idle
long.
The tin referred to is block tin, not sheet
tin, which is only sheet iron, washed with
a solution Of tin: I mention this that we
may not have our roofs stripped to no pur.
pose. Very respectfully, your obedient
servant, '' HENRY WAYNE,
Adjutant and Inspector. General.
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WORTH KNow1Na.-If those who have

WORTH KNowING.-If those who have
smoke houses, that have been used for
some time, will take the earth floor, put it
in barrels andl .sch it as they do ashes,
then boil down the laxivated water, they
will obtain more than enough salt to pay
for the trouble. The writer knows Of two
instances in which the yield Of one was
ten sacks, and the other enough to supply
a large family for a year. Columbus
Sun. 80. -....
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s@ Andy johnson, the military Cover.
nor Of Tennessee, has arrived at Nashville.
He made a speech an hour long, and said
be came to, restore the Consultation and
crush treason. he called the Unionists to
the rescue. Maynard and Etheridge 40
companined him, and made speeches.-
Etheridge said Bell was secessionist, and
the meanest ofthsm all. The audience
was exclusively composed Of Yankee SOL
diers. g. gs.-s.s.. ,.sgss..sx e. (, ~
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pagate its wicked want Of principle among
a population imported to vote for the good
of the few at the expense Of the many.
Itis against such people that the South
has to assert and defend its glorious prero-
gative-liberty of conscience, liberty Of
thought and speech and liberty ofaction ;
all of which will be defended while life
lasts s-iSotsth Carozinsan.
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GooD.-The Abingdon Viryiaian tells
the following good 'un of two persons who
claimed exemption in Smythe County: One
man, in enrolling himself wrote his name,
sOne leg too short The next man that
came in, noticing the excuse, and deeming
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~
From FoRT JACKSON. "A private lett
ter, dated az Fort jackson on Monday an
ticipated an early attack from the enemy.
The writer says there are twelve steam men.
of.war anchored at the head Of the Passes,
besides the old Calhoun. Ten Of them are
long gun.boats, propelIers, and tvo-the
Brooklyn and the Hartford sloops.ofswar,
mounting twenty -two guns each: These
vessels have lowered their topmasts, yards,
and all their top hamper, and are 10 fact
stripped for actiod Our garrison is %.
lively engaged 10 putting the fort ;in conn
tpIete fighting order. Every man Is ready
to have q tussel with the detestable Yam
KEGS, and more enthusiastic and deter.
mined set of men never saW. dnmy
humble opinion, you win never aeea Van.
,kee war vessel in the vicinity Of New Or.
leans. None will pass this place until they
take the forts, and If they do you may rest
assured there will not be many prisonera.
IN o. Bulletin, 26h alss
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FROM THE VEST. DEs ARo, March
25.-The troops are gathering IN large
numbers at Jacksonport and Pocshontaa.
They are in the highest Spirits, in prospect
Of immediate service. &. IL -. 49,
General Van Dorm and General JEFF
Thompson are preparing for an early move.
ment on some point on the Mississippi nv.
er. With this force it is considered the
Mississippi Valley is safe from the enemy;
CoaINTH, March 25. The enemy arss
not in force higher up on the Tennessee
river than PittsbuIg Landing, eight miles
above Savannah, and twenty-five miles
from Corinth. Their scouts had appeared
yesterday in the vicinity d, Licking Creek,
ten miles on the road from Pittsbarg, to-
wards Corinth. - - 3 S
Another fight took place at Esstport yes.
terday. Two Of the enemy gun-boAts,
with two transports, opened Ere On onr
heavy battery After they had fred about
forty shots We succeeded in driving them
of, crippled. ~ E. =.
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.a ~.
AN ENGLISH REVIEW ON THE AMERI.
CAN CRISIS The Northern papers com
plain Of ponderous article in the London
Quarterly, in advocacy Of the justice Of
the Confederate cause. The Yankee pa.
pers give but few extracts from the arti-
Gle. Among these we find the following
significant sentences y.....,
alt does seem the most monstrous of an
omalies that Government, founded on the
sacred right Of sInsurrection,' should pre-
tend to treat as traitors and seven millions
Of people who withdraw from the Union
and merely ask to be let alone"
Again: ..r.... .ss.. s.s5'' 5'
"There is verge and room enough on the
vast Continent Of North America for two
or three, or even more, powerful Repub.
lies, and each may flourish undisturbed,
| if so inclined, without being a source Of
disquiet to its neighbors. There will be
no loss Of anything which conduces to the
general happiness Of mankind, for the con.
test Of the North now is confessedly for EN-.
|pire."
Another: ~-....-t'sssgs
sOf one thing the citizens Of the Fede.
eral States may rest assured, that il ever
the time arrives when the Confederate
States may be entitled, according to the
usual course of international policy, h
claim our recognition, that recognition will
not be delayed an hour out of regard to all
the menaces which the disappointment par.
ty may illuminate against u.s. !.
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speech Of a Patriotic Negro.

There was supper got up the other day
By the 1colored folks Of Gonzales, Texas,
for the benefit Of the sick soldiers, at which
$50 was raised. The following speech, de.
livered by one of the darkies, We find 10
the Inquirer: .4o,,s...-
Felier Citizens: I ispose you wants me
to spaciate bout de casion ub dis gatherin,
and our poor sick sogiers way back in
Kentucky, ole Virginny, Norf Calina, and
de rest OBJ de forrin countries But what
does you spose dem darkies is stayin, ont
doors for? Why dose'n you pay your four
bits and cum IN here, and jine wid us, an
jine wid US, an joy yourselves wid desc
white darkies pom de bountifal supper fixed
by desc white. ladies for us? Dis iaigger
hopes dem niggers out dar amt like de
lousy oalf-lib at winter an die in de spring.
Amt you all kep fat an happy, an when
you gifts sick don't you git De best OBJ nus
sin from de missus, an when you Gums to
die amt de funeral formed BY de good ole
massa hisself? But de poor sick soger way
back in de forrin lands hab nobody to tend
to him, an when be dies may be SO he's
put way worse nor any Gonzales county
niger is put way. Maybe you'll nebber
see de poor sogier till you meets him in
heaven. den how'll you feel in dat glori6ed
place when de poor feller say, "nigger, you
owes me four bits !" Dis niger has glib
all fur de war, an dis niger will 'tinue to
|gib. .S F.s.3 (.
Dis niger wish be could shoe de horses
for de enemy just afore dey make dar big
charge. Dis niger drive de nail plum fru
de, frog OBJ de horses foot. Wemust dribe
de bobolitionisss from ole Keutuck, dat
forrin land whar dis niger was born, an
ole Yirginny, whar dis nigger's fader and
mudder was fotched up. l wish | was
dar, I does. ia git one bobolitionist shure,
and may be 30 two, three, four ob em. -
Feller citizens, cum long in. Great ap.
|plause.