The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1862-01-22

are there Overpowered, as they may be,
Memphis is host to the South, unless you
come to our help. If Memphis falls, the
Mississippi Valley is lost, too We ask
our friends in the surrounding States to
look these facts sternly in the face before
it be too late. ,'.fi..5g ,.it.,{z ~ oT
"The invaders no longer can make war
for restoration of the Union. They, as
we'll as we, know that to be Impossible,
Their ayowed object is conquest, subja-
cation; that subjugation to be effected by
all the terrors of Ere and sword, to which
may be added all the nameless horrors OF
a seryile insurrection. zea
"We are interested in all this. To
save Memphis is to save all that you hold
dear or valuable on earth To abandon
it is to abandon the richest valley on the
globe to the ravages Of set of men
whom success will make demons sr
I'VE therefore cal upon you to arm
and prepare to strike where blows will be
most efectual. Call country, district aad
town meetings. Organize military com>
.panies, and enlist every man between if
teen and sixty capable of bearing arms
Get out every gun that is effective, and
put them into the hands of those who will
use them, if You cannot, If you have
not guns enough, get pixies of ash or
hickory, armed with iron points rHus.
and all your ammunition. Waste none
of it in, sporting.
Have your places of meeting. Drill
daily, AID hold yourselves in readiness to
repair at once to such points az may be
designated by the committee, or by the
competent authorities. as soon as you may
be called upon to do so. We exaggerate
nothing. We state simple truths. If
youz sa'ue your life and liberty and all
that makes them dear, we entreat you to
adopt that prompt action which can alone
preserve them." 80
TBRRfRLE EXPLOSION PREVENTED.
The New Orleans Picayune gives these
items in it's city column: dia>r' .i'...'e
Yesterday morning at about six o'clock,
the 6ue residence of Mr., Victor David,
hardware merchant, situated at No. AZ
St Peter street, between Chartres and
Royal streets, was discovered on FIRE. As
soon as the alarm was given, several FIRE
companies were on the spot, and though
the raging element seemed to have made
considerable headway In the upper story,
they succeeded in extinguishing it ere it
could attack the lower 6oors.o The root
of the building was entirely destroyed,
and the remainder Of the building was en-
tire,y destroyed, and the remainder of The
dwelling was 60 flooded that the loss was
considerable. The Gre originated in a
most mysterious manner, 10 the gsrret.
which had been shut up for long time
The arsenal, ,ohich IS situated Just op
Posite. was the object of considerable
speculation. As q great quantity of car
ltridges, rounds aud gunpowder are stored
in q room Of that building. it was feared
at time that q spark falling on, the roei
would set it on IRE. Had such an &c
c dent taken place, an explosion would
have taken place sufficiently powerful to
destroy the public buildings on Jackson
Square and the residences aroutd,dsz
As;afmeasure of precaution few ener.
getic men TOOK upon themselves to trans
port all that powder, box by box, frlu
the Arsenal to the armory cfiths Odeans
Guard. on o leans street. This task wa,
fatiguing one, ard most dangerous, fn.
the laps by which they had to pass as
Hfulllof people, and, as many among them
. we're Sun 6king, the least imprudence 'gh,
have caused the very accident which they
endeavored to prevent and blown to
atoms many. a person in the crowd
Luckily for them all, the Orleans Guard
returned just at time from their drill on
the leves. and. after clearing the way from
the Arsenal to their armory, they formed
a double line between these two places,
aud all the remaining boxes being passed
from one man to another. were rapidly
carried to 9 safe place. At seven O'Clock
when the fire was entirely put out, the
gunpowder was again removed to the Ar
senal. s,.t - .s-7v,f. ,t..t sss ,fss.,
The Washington correspondent
Of the New York World states that there
,re over four hundred cases of small pox
among the civilians 10 Washington. The
prevalence of this loathsome disease is
said to be- owing to wretehed hospital