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LORD LYONS OPINION OF THE SOUTH
ERN SrArEs.-Lord Lyons, under date of
December Is, thus expresses his opinion Of
the Southern Confederacy:
"This overweening notion of their own
importance may lead to very serious incon
venence if they should succeed in estab-
fishing their independence. Our need of
their cotton is quite great enough to render
it extremely desirable that we should be
on good terms with them, and encourage
any disposition which they may show to
place their commercial relations with us on
a mutually advantageous footing. We emight
be willing to consider that quarrell with
them would give US no means Of ameliora'
ting the condition of their slaves, where it
would bring great deal of hardship and
suffering upon vast numbers Of our own
working people. But still it must ever be
repugnant to our feelings to be Intimate re.
latious with confederation formed on the
avowed principle of perpetuating, if not
extending, slavery. Unless the seeding
States can be induced to act with modera.
ton upon the question of slavery, they may
rouse feeling of indignation and horror
in Great Britain, which will overpower all
considerations of material interest. Of
this many of their leading men in the pres
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most patriotic classes Of our fellow-citizens
to make them for me Immediately. trust
every mechanic who has the means of turn.
ing them out rapidly, and the owner of
every machine shop in this State, will at
once lay aside, as far as possible, all other
business, and appropriate month or two
to the relief of the country in this emer-
gency. Each workman, who has the means
of turning them out in large numbers with.
out delay, will be supplied with proper
pattern by application at the Ordnance
Office at Milledgeville.
Appealing to your patriotism as class,
and to your interest as citizens, whose all
is at.stake in the great contest in which We
are engaged, ! ask an immediate response.
In ancient ines, that nation, it is said,
usually extended its conquests furthest
whose arms were the shortest. Long range
guns sometimes fail to fire, and waste an
hundred balls TO one that takes effect; but
the short range pike and terrible knife,
when brought within their range, Gas they
can be almost in moment, and welded
by stalwart patriots arm, never fail to
fire and never waste single load. / am,
very respectfully, your fellow-citizen,
JOSEPH E. BROWN.
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Lord Lyons.

The British Ambassador at Whashing-
ton (says the South CGrolinian, Of the 7th
instaut) has presumed to dictate to Great
Britain her course towards the Southern
Coufederacy, and that too, iu the language
of impertinence. We had on the general
principle thought that he was gentleman
representing high toned Government, and
to its policy so favorable in Great Britain !;
but we are mistaken. Great Britain is
clearly opposed to US, and not only the
ministry have shown it, but Lord Derby.
representing the opposition, indicates that
the masses are not politically disposed to
favor US Our Commissioners have been
cajoled and made to believe that we would
soon be recognized, while the positive ac-
ton of Government and the representatives
of the pecble are against US.
We have erred in placing any confidence
in our ancient enemy. We must achieve
our independence by our own individual
means, aud we will value it the more and
be better entitled to position among the
nations Of the earth.
We refer to the views of Lord Lyons in
our present issue, which show that be is
au Abolitionist of the Seward type.
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The MEDICAL SrAFF.-We regret to
announce the resignation of DR.. E. B. Tur-
nipseed, lately surgeon of Col. Dunovant's
Regiment, South Carolina, on the coast
line of defence. His departure from SER
vice will be loss, as we have few Sur.
geous, who have enjoyed his opportunities
Of experience, observation, and instruction.
As readers of the Courier know, from our
Crimean Correspondence, he was in the
Russian service as operating Surgeon, dur.
ing the Crimean war, and received from
the Gear on retiring, many aattsriug testi.
monials, including several orders and bad
ges and titles, for his professional services
and qualifications. Fortified with these
credentials in addition to his original d.
ploma, DR.. Turnipseed deemed it unneces.
sary and improper to submit to an exami.
nation before an Army Medical Board
He conceived that the appointment Of an
Examining Board involved some discrimi.
nation, and was only designed'o apply to
cases of new appointments from civil life,
and to young and unknown Surgeons
The order, however, has been construed
imperatively and his resignation offered on
this condition, has been acepted.-Chartes-
ton Courier.
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PRAYER to the God Of Battles.

We must remark the painful evidence of
the loss of the sense of our dependence on
God as the war has progressed. It did not
commence So The city of Charleston is
said to have been, on the eve of the battle
of Fort Sumter, like one vast altar, from
which ascended the incense of prayer
The whole nation, from Virginia to Texas,
commemorated our early and brilliant VIC
tory at Manassas by thanksgiving in the
ten thousand sanctuaries of the land. But
there has lately been marked relaxation
of this sense of our dependence on the God
of Battles. 1t has been impiously said
that the Battle of Belmont was won by the
energetic oaths of our officers. There has
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MAJOR q. W. .FaY's P. P. G. TO THE

MAJOR H. W. FRY's P. P. G. TO THE
YANKEES AT RoANoKE.-From Saturday,
the day of the surrender Of Roanoke, till
the following Wednesday, Major Fry was
confined 10 room in the house of Doctor
Ritters, on the island. In this room the
Major discovered portion Of a keg Of pow.
der, the private property Of DR.. Ritters.--
On Wednesday morning, understanding
that be was that day to be removed on ship
board, the Major took about twenty pounds
of the powder and rolling it in sheet,
made sort Of cartridge, and rammed it up
the pipe of stove that stood in the room.
In the course of au hour after completing
this job, the Major was removed, and his
mind being otherwise occupied, thought
little more of it. From some Of our woun-
ded, who had been left at Elizabeth City,
and who arrived here last night, we are
informed that one rainy day Hast week the
Yankees, for the first time, built fire in
the stove. In few minutes the explo.
sion took place, blowing the house to ruins
and killing aud wouuding fifteen or TWEEN.
ty Yankees. The accuracy Of the above is
beyond question.-Richmond Examiner.
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An appear 10 tuS ASCuo10SoS VI 9o'
His Excellency Gov. Brown has issued
the following timely proclamation, which
appeals to the patriotism Of the mechanics
Of Georgia:
,.-- EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.,
M1LLEDeEv1LLE, GA. Feb. 20, 1862.
To the Mechanics of Georgia:
The late reverses which have attended
our arms show the absolute necessity of re
newed energy and determination on our
part. We are left to choose between free
dom at the end of desperate and heroic
struggle, and submission to tyranny, fol-
lowed by the most abject and degraded
slavery to which patriotic and generous
people we're ever exposed. Surely we
cannot hesitate. Independence or death
should be the watch.word and reply of
every free. born son of the South. Our
enemies have vastly superior numbers, and
greatly the advantage in the quantity aud
quality of their arms. Including those,
however, which have, and will be imported
in spite of the blockade, We have guns
enough in the Confederacy to arm very
large force, but not enough for all the
troops which have been and must be called
to the field. What shall be done in this
emergency? I answer, use the "Georgia
Pike" with six feet staff, and the side knife
eighteen inch blade, weighing about three
pounds.
Let every army have large reserve,
armed with good pike, aud a long heavy
side knife, to be brought upon the field
with shout for victory, when the contend
ing forces are much exhausted, or when
the time comes for the charge Of bayonets.
When the advancing columns come within
reach of the balls, let them move in double
quick time, and rush with terrible impetu-
osity into the lines Of the enemy. Hand
to hand, the pike has vastly the advantage
of the bsyouet, and those having the bay,
onet, which is itself but crooked pike
with the shorter staff, must retreat before
it. When the retreat commences, let the
pursuit be rapid, and if the enemy thro"
down their guns, and are likely to outrur
us, let US, if need be, throw down the pike
and keep close at their heels with the knife
till each man has hewed down at least ont
of his adversaries.
Had five thousand reserves thus armed
and we'll trained to the use of these terri
BILE weapons, been brought to the chargs
a. the proper time, who can say that ths
victory would not have been ours at For
Donelson? a
But it was not probably important that
state here the use to be made of that which
1 wish you to manufacture. / have alread!
a considerable number of these pixies ane
knives, but l desire within the next month
ten thousand more of each. | must have
them, and 1 appeal to you as one OF tn
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Murfreesboro,' Tenn.

Murfreesboro, Tenn, where Gen. Sid.
ney Johnston's army have made a stand,
is situated 10 Rutherford county, imme:
diately on the Nashville and Chattanooga
Railroad, and about 80 miles southeast Of
Nashville. It is located in beautiful
plain, surrounded by healthy and fertile
country. The Union University at this
place is a fourishing Institution, founded
by the Baptist in 1841. There is also a
female institute, under the direction of the
Baptists one Bank and five Churches, =
Two newspapers were published here pre-.
vious to the war. The people are wealthy,
highly refined and we'll educated Muir
freesboro' was the capitol Of Tennessee from
1917 to 1927, when the Statehouse was
consumed by FIRE. Many have expressed
the opinion that the place is less defensi.
BILE than Nashville, but We suppose military
men knew everything, aud civilians must
therefore defer to their superior opinion
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LATE FROM CAIRo-A gentleman just
from Paducah reports that the Federsls
have upwards of one hundred thousand
troops between Cairo aud that place. He
says that last Wednesday, while at Padu-
cab, he saw forty steamboats, loaded with
troops leave here. They went up the
Tennessee river short distance, and then
returned and started down the Mississippi.
All the gun boats, except two, were disa-
bled in the fight at Fort Donelson. They
admit their loss was twelve thousand, while
others estimate it as high as twenty thou
sand. A forward movement was talked of
at Paducah, and no doubt was entertained
that the force above alluded to was destined
for Columbus or. New Madrid. They de-
clare their purpose to come down With an
overwhelming force, surround Columbus,
starve it out, and thus cut it off from com.
munication with Memphis. Let them try
it. They will find that their theory won't
work in practice. -
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The Confederate Congress.

The Columbia Guardian of the 9Th inst.
SAYS We have not room for the entire
proceedings of Congress on Monday. At
ter some discussion upon minor points, and
the introduction of bills aud resolutions,
which we're immediately referred to the
various committees, MIR. Rails, Of Alabama,
offered preamble aud resolution as follows
Whereas the United States are. waging
war against the Confederate States, with
the avowed purpose of compelling the lat
ter to reunite with them under the same
Constitution and Government; and whereas
the waging of war with such an object is
in direct opposition to the republican max
i'm that call government rests upon the
consent Of the governed" and can only
tend to consolidation in the General Gov
erument, and the consequent destruction
of the rights of the States and whereas,
this result being attained, the two sections
Gun only exist together in the relation of
the oppressor and the oppressed, because of
the great prepouderauce Of power in the
Northern section, coupled with dissimilari.
ty of the interests; and whereas We, the
representatives. of the people of the Confed-
crate States, in Congress assembled, may
be presumed to know the sentiments of said
people, having just been elected by them
Therefore, be it ..1.s ~-
Resolred, That this Congress DO solemn
ly declare and publish to the world that it
is the uualterable determination of the peo-
pie Of the Confederate States (in humble
reliance upon Almighty Cod to suffer all
the calamities of the most prorracted war,
but they will never, on any terms, politi-
caliy affiliate with people who are guilty
of an invasion of their soil and the butch
cry of their citizens
The yeas and nays upon this resolution
we're called, and it was unanimously adopt
ed.
Resolutions calling upon the President
to communicate to Congress what addition.
al men and means are necessary for the
public service, and iuquiring into exist g
relations between this Government and the
foreign consuls accredited to the United
States now living in the Confederate States,
were agreed to.
A resolution was also agreed to, instruct
ing the Committee on Naval Affairs to In
quire into the expediency Of placing at the
disposal of the President FIVE millions OF
dollars for the purpose Of building gun
boats for the defence of the Confederate
States.
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BEAUREaARD's SAaAo1TY.-A Rich
mond correspondent Of the New Orleans
Crescent, relates the following singular in
stance of the sagaoity of the brave Beau.
regard {: u.s.=
As for Columbus, I repeat my confidence
in the genius of Beauregard. Hthe place
can be held by human pluck and skill, he
will hold it. To show his military intuition
l will tell you fact which came to me
lately from the Chief of his Staff. Doyou
remember story in the Yankee papers a.
bout an interview between Mcclellan, Lin
coin, and third person, whose name was
not giiven? Mcclellan told Lincoln Of the
trap be had laid to catch our forces at Ma
sons aud Munson,s Hills, and said that it
must inevitably have succeeded, but for, the
treachery. Of some person who threw up
rockets to give the rebels warning In time
to get out Of the way. "Ouly two PERSONS,
added Mcclellan, ssknew of this plan one
is myself, the other is now in this ROOM"
This other person is believed to have been
Adjutant General Thomas, who, about that
time, lost his high position in the United
States army. 10 truth, though, poor Thorn.
as was as innocent of treason as an unborn
babe. When the Yankee advance upon
Munson's Hill began, rockets were thrown
up by the various divisions to notify each
other that they were in motion. Of course
this was at night. General Beauregard,
seeing the rockets, suspected something was
10 the wind. He therefore caused his Chief
of Ordnance, Capt. Alexander, to be
walked up, and told him that, while he was
entirely Ignorant of the meaning of these
rockets, he was satisfied that we ought to
throw up rockets too. Alexander threw up
the rockets, the Yankees suspected foul
play, became alarmed, and took the back
track. Hence the mysterious story con.
cocted by the Chinese imagination Of the
Yankees.
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Guard the boundaries. =
The Vicksburg Whig, Of the 25th,


The Vicksburg Whtg, Of the 25th,
says:
We bad a call, Saturday, from Theodore
Bland, Esq, Of McLenuon county, Texas,
who has just arrived from Louisville, Ky
He says merchant of Louisville, whose
name We do not deem it polite to put in
print, requested him to make known, on
his arrival 10 the South, that band OF
scoundrels had been organized BY the Fede.
raj authorities and sent South, for the pur.
pose Of burning and destroying all the
fouudries 10 the Confederacy. The loyal
citizens Of certain city contributed about
three hundred dollars towards defrayiug
the expenses Of messengers to go South
and warn US. One of the messengers had
arrived 10 Louisville the day before Mr..
Bland left the city, and others had been
sent in other direction, to endeavor toge
South With this intelligence. Let this
news be heralded throughout our land, and
the people put on their guard:
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DETENTION OF YANKEE PRISONERS

DETENTION OF YANKEE PRISONERS
ARREST OF A HospITABLE PErERsBUR.
aER.-Auother detachment of Yankee
prisoners, numbering in all about 100 men,
including Col. Corcoran, Of the 69th New
York, and several other field officers, reach.
ed here from South Carolina on Friday
evening, en- route to Newport News, where,
together with the two or three hundred who
preceded them to this city by day or two,
they are to be released on parole. The
prisoners were detained some hours at Re-
tersburg by the failure Of the trains to con.
meet, or some other circumstance, and re-
ceived, it is said, some marked attentions
from a number of citizens, who invited
them to their homes, and we're warmly
courteous, if not friendly, in their hospita-
BILE demonstrations This excess of hospi'
tality was telegraphed to Gen. Winder,
who at once ordered the liberty of the Fed
eral officers to be restricted, and one OF
their entertainments Mr.. Scott, it is told
us-to be arrested and brought to this city,
which was accordingly done; the "citizen
suspect" arriving here in the same train
with the prisoners of war, under custody
of officer Peterson, of Petersburg. This
circumstance, together with others of re-
cent occurrence in this city, all tending to
Justify the suspicion for some time enter
tanned, that valuable information has,
through the Vaccinations of tories in our
midst, been carried North by released
prisoners of war, induced Gen. Win5ar to
postpone indefinitely the depart9Ss tie
Federals, who were to have le> New
port News yesterday morning, and to pro-
hibit all communication between citizens
and the prisoners during the stay of the
latter iu Richmond.
Upon reaching this city from Petersburg
the prisoners we're searched, and in their
possession was found maps Of Richmond,
Virginia and Manassas, together with sew
eral letters of a reasonable character, ob-
taiued, it is thought from parties in Re:
tersburg. The discovery is likely to lead
to further and more dangerous develop
ments of treason in our midst. 1t is prop
er to say here that in thus receiving and
secreting this reasonable correspondence,
the officers upon whom it was found have
fagrantly violated their paroles Stitch
aond Eraminer, Sd.
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SeIeetea goetrp.
rHE BATTLE-cRY OF THE SOUTH,
sYJAMEs R. RANDALL.

R-7ls
Ar yourselves and be valiant men, and that we b.
readiness against the morning, that ye may fight VIII
hese nations that are assembled against US, to destroy
For is better or us to die in battle than to behold h
alames of our people and our sanctuary- dceeatees
Brothers ! the thunder-c!oud is black,
.--s And the wall OF the South wings forth;
'E Win ye cringe to the hot tornados rack,
- And the Vampires of the North!
Strike We can win martyrs goal;
~ Strike! with the vengeance Of the soul
For your bright, beleagured land
To arms, TO arms! for the South needs help
And a craven Is he who fees
Forge have the sword OF the Lyons "heip,'
So s[ And the God Of the Maccabees!
Arise thoushth stars have a rugged glare
And the moon has wrath-blurred crown-
Brothers! blessing Is ambushed there
In the cliffs of the Fathers frown:
Arise We are worthy the wondrous light
Which the Sun Of Justice gives
In the caves and scpulchres OF night
Jehovah the Lord King lives!
To armst 10 arms for the South needs help,
And a craven Is he who fees
For ye have the sword of the Lions Whelp;
And the God of the Maccabees.
Think of the dead by the Tennessee
In their frozen shTouds Of gore ..
Think of the mothers who shall see
Those darling eyes no more!
But better are they In heros grave
Than the, serfs of time and breath,
For they are the Children Of the Brave,
And the Cherublm Of Death
To arms to arms for the South needs help,
And a craven Is he who fees
For We have the sword of the Lion's Whelp,
And the God Of the Maccabees
Better the channels of the West,
b.. And hecatomh Of lives, -.-
Than the foul invader a guest,
Mid your sisters and your wives
But spirit lurketh In every maid,
Though, brothers, you should quail,
To sharpen Judith's lurid blade, .sE
And the lvid spike Of Jaei a'- 1.
To arms TO arms for the South needs help,
And a craven Is he who fees ,9>s
-. - For We have the sword Of the Lions Wbep,
.sk And the Sod Of the Maccabees sls'
Brothers, see you ramping by,
With the gladiator gaze,
And your shout Is the Macedonian cry
-.s- = Ofthe old, heroic days!
March on with trumpet and with drum,
With rife, pike and dar,
And die-ifeven death must come
Upon your county's heart.
To arms to arms /. for the South needs help,
. And craven Is he who fees
-y,7--- For We have the sword of the Lions Whep,
- And the God of the Maccabees.
Brothers the thunder-cloud is black,
And the wall of the South wings forth;
e., WIN ye cringe to the hor tomado's rack,
81 And the Vampires Of the North
Strike! ye win martyrs goal,
Strike with the vengeace Of the soul
For your bright beeaguered land
To arms! to arms! for the South needs help,
-''-z And a craven Is ne who fees
For We have the sword Of the Lions Whep,
And the God of the Maccabees!
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s~ 1t is rumored that the seat of Gov
ernment is to be removed from Richmond
to Raleigh. We don't know what truth, II
any, there is in the rumor but We give 1t
for what it 10 worth.