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VOL. 1.
TEXAS PATRIOT.
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A. II. APPLETON, Editor.
GILMER:
FRIDAY AUGUST 2, 18tf*.
S:iVicriptIoa, Tiro Dollars and
Invariably In Ailianrr. -eta
Hon. JM. 1). Graham.
t&" No paper will be discontinued at
this office, nntil all arrearages are paid,
unless at the option of the publishers. "tSi
Oír Our Gilmer Subscribers will, in
future, call at the Office of the Patriot for
♦heir papers, unless they have boxes at the
Post Office.
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
GOVERNOR.
rt"> a:ithoriz"d to announce TTon. KDWARD
rr,\liK as a rwiidato for Governor, at the en-
suing August election.
LT. GOVERNOR.
We are nnthorized to announce J. M. CROCK-
TTT. of Da'la* as a candidate for the office of
Lieutenant Oovprn^r.
.COM. GEN. LAND OFFICE.
•> ■> (tnthorizod to announce GEORGE TV
VAV VTiT.Jv. of Trier conntv. as a candidate
for Commissioner of the General Laud Office.
FOR CONGRESS.
Wk *• a!i"iori7nd to announce name of
Eol. It. R. fTnhharil, of Tfler.
^piuntv. as a candidate to renresvnt, this, the Slh
f • Vmer'^sionn I District, in the Concrress of the
Confcdorate States.
Wo ire antl^rfzed to announce M.D. GRAH W.
• «f Itn^k cuintv. as'a candidate to represent tliis,
the ñth. district in the Oonsrress of the Coufed<?r-
•itc States. Election November next.
STATE SENATE.
We are authorized to announce Col. Tlf.F.
T.OfcCE. a« a candidate for the Slate Senate. Elec-
tion August next,
LEGTSLA
A. If. APPLETON. eso. is a candidate for a
seat in the lower branch of our Stite Legislature
—election August next.
We «r authorized to announce GTDFON
CHRISTIAN as a candidate for a seat :n the low-
er House of our State Legislature. Election first
Monday in August.
We ar authorized to announce Wm. P. BE ALT,
us a candidate for a seat in the lower Hopse of
obr State Legislature. Election first Monday in
A li crust.
Wf are authorized to announce the name of
A. H. * as a candidate for a seat in
the lower nouse of the Legislature.
MAJOR. .
We mb antborizedjtoAnnonnce C.U. Bo REN.
as a caWidate tor Majorette fill the vacancy occa-
sioned by the resignation óf W. H. Massey.
■ thecal
LTOTE.
"Receipts for the patriot.
. M. liiGrahajn.........V ...... ,$10.00
P. Beall..f.r...t = "
G. R. Warren,...:
JohnCranfil!
G. W. Van VIeck,
V. R. Willeford,...:
•T. L Shipman,
James Petty,
W. P. Culberson
W. H. Duke
Dr. H. B. Sparks,
J. W. Kennard
Rev. J- Mings,.
B. P. Porter 1 00
H. S.Long, 50
Rev. Await,. - • • 1 00
15 00
8 00
2 00
2 00
2 00
2 00
2 00
2 00
I®* Id the absence of the Editor, Prof.
M. H. Looney has officiated in that capaci-
ty this week, for whieL he has our thinks.
Tubs of Patriot.
I
.jgff- Candidates indebted to this office for an-
nouncements, tickets &c. will please come forward
and pay up aB we consider sqph work cash.
Upshur Masonic College.
Oor patrons will please remember that
the exercises of this Institution will be re-
resumed on Monday next and "Govern
themselves accordingly."
We would thank the Trustees to meet us
at the College early on Monday morning,
say by 71 o'clock, as there is a matter of
some importance, about whicb e would
consult with them.
We shall T>e at the Institute to-morrow
evening (Saturday,) by 4 o'clock, for the
purposeof "'setting our house in order,"and
will be much obliged for any assistance "in
that direction"— as our respected friend
Woolham would say. "A word to the" &c.
—you know the rest.
Geo. W. Van VlccU..
This gentleman, wlfosé name is atiuoucecf in our
eolumns as a candidate for Commissioner pf the
General Land Office,* was in our town yesterday,
and we had the pleasure of his acquaintance We
learn from good authority that he will sweep the
votes in his own part ol the State. We also learn
that he is a steady, highminded, sober man. Such
men ought to be voted for.
Qol. John M. Crockett.
Judging from the papers and the Signs of the
times, we are pretty sure that this gentleman will
be our next Lt. Governor. There are unmistakable
signs of partiality for him i?e#ry direction, and
not confined to locality. His name itself will go
far with the people of Texas—he being a descend-
ant of the Immortal Crockett who consecrated the
Alamo with his blood. He has our unqualified
support.
Liberal.
This gentleman, candidate for .Congress
in this district, who has been soj
several days in our town, addressed 6ur
citizens yesterday in'fhe coiirThotise Per-
haps there was never a time in our history
Oa!f, w^en the ability of a candidate for Oon-
l press was more severely tested on the hus-
I tings, than at this particular juncture. In
the nbscnce of mooted issues, he is first
tested in his selection of subject matter for
discussion before his anditors. In the ab-
sence of the regular routins of "documents"
and "facts" from which to hurl 1iis denunci-
ations against^ the "other party," and the
pertinent handling of which have caused so
many small men to be mistaken for grea't,
in the absence of the energizing influences
of the wrath and rivalry of party spirit—in
the alwBcc of all these, he is compelled to
fall back upon his own powers of investiga-
tion and analysis of t^ose great principles
which are always interesting to an enlight
ened people. It is, hence, a trying time;
and we have just amused ourselves occasion-
ally in thinking over what a; figure certain
politicians, that we wot of; WW? cut on
the bastings now. Those "document" spea-
kers—how the present surroundings have
deprived them of their thunder! But not
of them would we now speak.
Mr. Graham has all the natural advanta-
ges that do so much in making up the ora-
tor. Possessed of a tall and graceful form,
and a manly intelligent countenance, be
graces the speaker'3 stand admirably. And
his style of speaking is in perfect keeping
with his appearance.- Easy, self-possesseS,
confident, and withal so gentlemanly—he
stands before yon. You settle yout selves
in your seats with no fears of the result.
You feel that he is equal to.lt$ emergency,
whatever it may be. In regard to his style
of speaking, it may well be said, the sobject
is painted to the eye, as well as applied to
the ear; it is enforced by voice, gesture, and
attitude; it shines through the person of
the orator as though an ilkimined window.
He has the happy gift of extemporaneous
expression of vigorous thought, of a felicit-
ous cúrrente lingua style, which is always,
and ought to be, so captivating to an intel-
ligent addience. He is an orator. VVe
hare from him able thonghts in beautiful
dress. He doestiofc ignore the utility of
figures either. He is well aware that a fig-
ure on the breast of a truth is a flower in
nd of aftjénd. Hence, through the
lak|4>s the gentío flowefVnd lea^js the pur-
ling rill. But there is one thing about his
figures .that we noticed to his credit—that
they are neither too many, nor seemingly
far-fetched. In fact, instead ot seeming to
ransack the fields of imagery for luxuriant
hoquets, his figures seem to start up unbid-
den, like flushed birds before the rambler,
and to slide into and become part and par-
cel of his chain of thought. This is a hap-
py gift;and genius must bé where it abounds.
It seldom fails to woo and to wfb.
He spoke of the wrongs upon wrongs, "a
still revolving train," that fiave been heaped
npon us, while thiS"fi?>rthcrn conspiracy has
been developing itself against the govern-
ment—slow, silent, progressive, as an Al-
pine glacier gathering around a doomed
Alpine valley. lie spoke of the gentle re-
monstrances that went forth from southern
statesmen, ere they were stung to utter the
threats that have become prophetic and im-
mortal. He spoke of the first Revolution
— the glorions days of 76. He showed the
analogy between the Thkiv and the Now,
He eloquently urged upon us all the duties
that are now so voluminous, the responsi-
bilities so weighty. He wound up with an
eloquent prophecy of our future freedom a_a
national glory. For our single self, we
could have heard him for hours, and not
been weary- ShouId'Tié be elected, wfe are
sure that Texas will not have cause to be
ashamed of her representative in the Con-
federate Cougress.
We would not close this hurried sketch,
reeled off cúnenle alamo as it is,without ex-
pressing oor hearty congratulations to Mr.
Graham on whatever of success may
have attended his appearance in Gilmec; our
real gratitnde for the hours of pleasure and
profit we have spent in his society in social
and friendly converse; andan ardent wish
that the current-of his fntuie life may be
calui and bright, while it goes musically
along through more of sunshine than oí
shade. - .
whole
ATRIOT.
NO. 25.
j^he eotiFeqgeaces of certain
i ihe consequences are uninflu
emote contingency. Hence
?y. Henee he dewed the fall
that it might fire up aud uniti
It did so. And how theolj'-'I'j
hyena" laughed in his—c p,wh| hd
effect. He knows the Yaifce yih
lie knows that they are veryir
at heme. A nd he knows tb{ durii
fnry of that short-lived ire, thejll do
in haste for which to repent i
Hence their mobocracies at
Reigns of Terror. As for the i
in which springs the repentaij
care; because he knows it
late—come after he's got tl
the war."
Now there is a renction air
minds of many of h!s hitherti
He ha3 j/kst sense enough t<jjj
patriots df the south must
something that will result if
up in the boreal region. TL«
he knows, if let alone, will
prisoner of war. But the oi
fiend incarnate may conclude ti ora them
taut e.—
dan able
erners,
r hang a
diabolical
life of1 his
to it. lie cares nothing for
subjects. He would play on a'¿ess-board
marked with Mood, if he could W win the
game. In view of the charajer of this
Abraham The First, we tre>(fe_for onr
brave boys of the Savannah, lay God de-
fend them! They are in barbar cos bands!
History will hand down Abe Lifcrin's name
on her red margined page, dotty damned
in future ages. His character is jow being
written in blood—that characti will be
sharply defined by death, ifo there!
Room for Abe Lincoln in He| That re'
gion infernal may begin now. rifrinVrr for
there will be so many Lincoln j>s there" at
the close of the war, that tMr posterior
extremities will stick out at tháracks!
The President's Mei
We lay before our readers tftfiiire mes-
sage of President Davis to thdponfatferate
Congress. It is an able ddument. It
were idle, and needless as idleio contrast
the calm, sensible, statesman-^ views of
our President, with the trepic foolish, and
despot-like assumptions of Lij 0ln. Davis
talks like a man of sense, and .statesman.
He is fully equal to the great sues before
him; and the wisdom manifest*! in his mes-
sages inspires confidence in t; millions of
freemen who are ready to mee|the despot
hordes, at any odd:
The Great Battle of 21st My.
fi
Fb1J[ «fails of this splendid victóry «f our
patriot boys over Abe Lincoln's hireling
liordeá,'"W-Hl be found in" our issue of to-day.
We had oniy an oral account of it on going
to press last week, and so made an editorial
i notice of it. That evening we got published
"•'dispatches from Richmond, down to the
23rd, corroborating what we liad heard,
only making it more so. To-day we give
(from an Extra issue of the Marshall Re
publican,) fuller details of the fight, the
üight, and the victory.
This battle is one of the most glorious
achievements known to the history of mod-
em warfare. This war, as conducted on
our part thus fachas been but one continunl
stream of brilliant achievements. It brings
forcibly to miud the world-startling feats of
Napoleon, the great poet-warrior of modern
times How splendid that first Italian
campaign, the news of which might have
made the blood of Bar-1:«> dance on hia death
bed. How grand, how startling, to hear
ot Jena, Austerlitz, Wagrara, and Borodino,
succeeding each other with dresm-like pómp
and speed, dooming on the ear of nations
ju rapid succession like the quick thunder
of distant cannon!
But in point of power, speed, and' terrible
beauty, we can contrast with them Big
Bethel, Springfield, Bull's Run, aud Manas
sas. The grand drama is being enacted
again. Fanaticism and Reason, Tyranny
and Freedom have met again on the g^ea
stage to dauce their dance oi death adown
the boards. But how cheering the news
that comes from each dire conflict. While
we regret the death of one ringle n
this unholy,war, how we exult in the success
that attends our arms. Again we say the
hands begin to point on the dial of destiny
It is already the red dawn of day; and t
trumpet Eummóés^the bravij ,to ¿he fiel
carnage und victory. Tf " 1
their cut-ihroat hordes can't
our southern gentlemen. . They
Banyan tree of Liberty; ^bey are now feel
ing the forcft of Us ter&ble pebound*. There
no cause to be alarmed io regard to the
final resqlt The tree of Libert
by Washington is too deeply^roowd to J>c
pulled down by A be Lir.ooln ftnd his law-
less forcee. No, no! Its 30Ü may be again
moistened with blood—the blood of mar-
tyred heroes—but it frill stand forever, and
soon the bird of Liberty will be perched
undisturbed upon it^ boughs, sheltered be*
its ever gre£$ immortal foliage.
muni
ton.
cio style is only eqHaleolu it* sipudence,
by its utter want of anything bordering
upon statesmanship. From figt to last
President Davis's message ií* S splendid
structure, impregnable to the,bafts of crit-
icism because shielded by the logic of Truth.
From first to last Lincoln's p;pe: message,
like Old Scott's paper prtframme, has
proved a Reductio ad Absurkm.
We have not time to allndflin this article
to the whole message of Present Davis—
nor is it necessary—but we ^bse by refer-
ring our readers to the messtfütself.
At the meeting last Saturday, aftei the
adoption of the resolutions, Meésrs. Wright
k Beasley, of Gilmer, subscribed 300 bales
of cotton; Mr. T. O. Gillespie, of Gilmer,
200 bales; 3- W. Beasley, 1M bales; be- 7 .
6ides many dfhers who subscribed liberally, hot think u wü. be 89 with the L
W. H. Hart is Loan Agent for the conn-
ty. His bnptess is to solicit and receive
8ub6criptioB8. The character of his agency
does not require him to 3o anything more
than to receive subscriptions. He has notb-
# ing to do with the receiving or selling the
cotton.
The CreW ofthe Savannah.
It is the general belief of our citizens,
that the crew of the Savannah, who have
béen condemned as pirates, will not be
hung by the Lincoln dynasty. Our opin-
ion is that ibev will. It is true, they
are aware of the determination of our gov-
ernment to proceed, in such ease, on the
principles of the Lex talionis, and we com'
mend onr government for it—it is right and
proper And with « civilized government
it would hate' the effect of ¿eferrMigftbem
from their diabólfcáí purpose. Buft we
I fÉÍ An
„v 11 -.v • 'i. 7 ti tét**.at -
ruonaifChy.
Hea/our reasons. Go bock to Snmter.
«Lincoln was folly warned of its fate, and,
had he been so disposed,M>e could easi-
ly have prevented its being «tacked. Eot
he did not wish to prevent it. Shallow
statesman, as he is, be can sit what will £e
The Governor's Proclamation.
We have not room to tve the entire
Proclamation of Governor!Clark, of the
16th July. But?'we sum uj^he items of in.
terest as follows:
He admits the possibilitjof invasion by
way of Missouri, and Aakdsas; and urges
upon' the volunteer eompan :s, now organ
ized, whether for Confederi e or State ser-
vice, to preserve their 0 ionization, and
drill as much as is in the r power. That
they shall hold themselves jady for service
at a moment's warning. G it any arms pos-
sible, and let arms in privte hands be put
in ofder. "Every able-boi ed man >honld
provide himself with the est arms he can
obtáin, and join some com any. The com
mander of éach company Is reqnested to re-
port its organization 10*111 Adjutant Gen-
eral, at once; also its coition, the num-
her and charaetei of its aras, and the term
of service it desires to acwpt, and wether
it is willing to go beyondfthe limits of the
State, or prefer to remairf within it. The
Executive "warus us oTfie^fcotfcing storm
and asks us to be ready tb meet it."
' 1. jpr
We had the pleasure, on Sunday last, of
listening to a Sunday school Address, at
the Baptist church in this .place, by Ed-
ward P. Marshall, oue o£ our Collage stu.
dents. It was a good¿'thing—excellent, to
come from one so young. Mr. Marshall
has already, on one^or two occasions before,
given evidence of the orator that is to be.
Blessed with a personal app^ranee iagfCry
way prepossessing, ha has^ also the confi-
dence of the community because^-o^ his
splendid moral character. His private man-
ners are simple, unaffected, gentlemanly.
His mode of addressing an audience is qniet,
clear, distinct, and conversational. He
would seem to have taken William Cobbett,
the great English author for his model, as
regards his manner of speaking.
In the address in question, he alluded in
a very happy manner to the two warfare8
now engaging the active service of our peo-
ple—the political and the mo'al- one led
on by Abe Lincoln and his forces,- the oth
er led on by the Devil and his forces. On
the wkole, it was an effort wortbj of the
occasion; aud we thank our.young friend for
the pleasure he afforded u< throngh his sen
sible and eloquent address.
* Threatened Insiárrection.
We learn from
J.uly 23rd,. the garti
rection, which wsU !
It seems that three runaway
previous to the Issue of the
An examination of the
committee of gentlemen
pose. They were examini
tale told by each corroboi
divulged important and
tiou. There was a plot wl
general insurrection of
tion of the county,
odoches, and the
implicatedsome
men. The while men
plot. They were to
indiscriminate slaughter
ed that
bad already
chea Chronicle, of
threatened insur-
frustrated in'time,
a day or two
re captured
was had by a
tinted for that pur-
separately, and the
the others. They
startling informa
for its object a
tire negro pepala-
of the town ofNac-
people. They
two white
the bottom of the
inns W be uaed in the
tl «i of the
'light-wood'' for the
prepared. The two
*•-
~í\
white men live in the sob lb-west corner .of San
Augustine county. Their&imes are Sam Steadam
and Bill Malone. Steadnta was arrested, an4 was
in safe keeping There, w to be a meeting-of
citizens on the 23rd to determine tbe fate of Stead
am. The discovery of th«yloi was fortuitous aud
has saved we know not wfitt of horror.
Sfcvold not a]^ pur citiecns everywhere be oa
the alert t There is often danger when #5 dream
cot of it. 4
f
r
Confederate Loan Meeting
Pursuant to a previous notice, a large
portjou of the citizens of TTpsbtir county
met at the coutt house for the purpose of
taking into consideration the qttestiofc of
the Confederate Loan. Upon motion Col.
A. R. Johnston was called to the chair
aud C. C. Gulaway appointed secretary;
and upon the suggestion of the chair, M. D,
Kogers, in a brief but appropriate manner
explained the object of the meeting, after
which* upon motion, a committee, consisting
of Prof. M. H, Looney, Maj. Harrison, L-
C. Evans, P. K. Williams, E. Woods, J.
W Floyd, Dr. Wl P. Beall, J. F. Newson,
Thos. D. Brooks, Jesse Mings, Wm. Earp,
S- W. Beasley, C. D. Halbert, Col. Rucker,
was appointed to draft resolutions expressive
óf the sense of the meeting. The commit-
tee having retired for a short time, through
their chairman, Prof. M. H. Looney, re*
ported the following preamble aud resolu-
tions :
Waereas: A nation rich in resources,
powerful by national position, atid numer
ous in population has forced a war upon ns,
are already invading oor territory, and
threaten oar subjugation; and whereas 1
war can not be sustained, without money
and whereas the taunt of poverty that has
been applied to ns by onr enemies can be
met and rendered .abortive by a manifesta-
tion to the world of the abbndance of oy
domestic resources and staple wealth; and
whereas Cocgress at its last session author*
ized a loan of 50,000,000 of dollars, paya
ble in twenty years, with semi annual inter-
est at 8 per cent.; and whereas this loan «tes broke the new lines, and his disaster
will be taken in subscription ot raw-produce
*0 the government in íetúrn for which the
government will issue Treesury netes e-id
Confederate bonds,, the whole secured by
the pledge of the faith of the Confederate
States; and whereas each eitiuft has now an
opportunity to manifest his faith in and his
loyalty to our common government. Be it,
therefore, * •
Resolved, That in the contest, we place
all our resources willingly at the dispesal
of the government of the C. S.
Besolced, That we euch, as an earnest of
our faith in and loyalty to our government,
subscribe out of the proceeds of the present
year's earnings, su?h amounts as the exe-
gencies demand, and our respective abilities
permit.
Resolved, That by our action now and
hereafter, we fully endorse the plan of loans
proposed by our Confederate Congress.
Resolved, That^Loan agent be appoint*
ed to canvass the county and get subscrip
tions to the Confederate Loan, and that
said agent be authorized to appoint an as
sistant agent in each beat.
Resolved, That to the maintenance of our
rights iu this unjust and unholy conflict
that has been urged upon us, we pledge
now, hereafter, and forever more onr prop
erty, our lives, and our sacred honor.
After the reading of which, eloquent speech
es were made, by Messrs. M. D. Rogers and
M. H. Looney, in the support of the reso-
lutions. The vote then being taken, the
resolutions were unanimously * adopted, and
upon motion,, Wm. H. Hart, esq., was ap-
pointed agent to solicit subscriptions for
Upshur county^ who, before the adjourn
meiit of the meeting, -obtained a subscrip-
tion of oyer $50,000.
. * Á.R.JOHNSTON,¿harm-n.
C. C. Galíoway, Sec.
became complete.
About half the members of the Federal
Congress were distant spectators of the bat-
tle,' At Centerville was found a table
bounteously spread, surrounded by empty
seats and twenty baskets of champagne,
where Senator Wilson was iu the act of en-
tertaining a large dinner party on our arri-
val. He himself narrowly escaped. Ho
got out of the village in the disguise f a.,
driver of a market cart. Among other cu*
lrio6ities seized there, was a number of bHls
of fare of dinners McDowell intended to
give at different points.
We Save taken 61 pieces of cannon, 20,
000 stand of arms, more than 500 wagots
laden with, stores and munitions, and a
quqptity 0? provisions, stated at so great a
figure as to be absolutely incredible.
We have killed ahd wounded seine 7,000
or 8,000 oí the enemy, and taken nlarly
1,000 prisoners, while others are constantly
brought in from the woods. Among them
ie Ely, IV m«£ntier ot tUe Federal Congress
from New York.
Our own loss is 500 killed and 1,500
wounded. No prisoners. Our regiments
most suffering are the 4lh Alahama^Mh
«111 and 8th (ieorgia, Fisher's N
lina and Hamptons Legion.
We are enabled to state on the best au-
thority that the loss in killed, on eur side,
does not exceed 500 probably uot much
over 400.
It is ccrrently reported, and even
vouched Tor by some of the passengers, that
Gen. Scoit was near the scene of actiou iu
his carriage. When the retreat of his army
took place, Scott left the vehiele and es
caped in one direction, while the carriage
drove off in another. Onr men of course
pursued the carriage and captured it, and
in it found the sword afei epaulets of the
old General. *•
Caro-
Having^teen a citizen of Upshur
2*yejrfS, and having been a close, obser-
ver orpollticai tricksters,''ted some few designing
men about Gilnwr, I deem 1L ray duty, and very*
necessary to the voterjyjM^hur county, to give
them my views lii'regaK^na rumor that is now
ircnlated, by a well kn£n set of gentle-
men fificksters, to tbe injury of the lion. M. F.
Locke. The Tumor is this; that Locke was in fa-
vor of dismembering our county, by cutting off
about four miles of the eafttcrc portion, to be ad-
ded to the county of Marion. This rumor seems
to emanate from Marion, and^have no doubt
it is intended for tS^purpos oS^defedting our can
didate in this county—it being well kaoi^n in Ma
rion county t^at he x*
tHatjJ
; and in my opll!
• MESSAGE OFPSES,DAVIS.
Gentlemen:—My message addressed to
you at the commencement of the session,
contain* snch full information of the stale
of the Conf^eracy as to reader it unneces-
sary that rshould nowdo more than call
your attention to Mich events as have oc-
cured during recess, and to matters conuec-
te# with the public defence.
I have again to congratulate you on the
accession of new members to our confedera'
tion of free, equal, g.overeigu Sj^tM. Our
oved and honored brethren of North Car<>«-
|ina and Tennessee have eonsnmated tb«
nctiqjfcfereseen and provided for at ynnr
1,
-T ~
seems thrv would weitkeu our
and strengthen Harrison over us. If the people
will only investigate closcly and see by \nhom this
rumor is circulated, and see how closely these par-
ties are connected with Jefferson, or'Marion coun-
ty, it will be very easy to understand all ssch
maneuvering. It is as I said before, to weakeu
this county, and strengthen Harrison over us.—
Harrison county would gladly enter into this ar-
rangement, simply from the ¡act that thev would
always have the ascendency over us. So look out.
UPSHUR.
Aigusf 2d, 18C1.
Qiyforeseen ana pr
^ *11 Rueh' eas- last and I hive had the gratifica
an didate from Harri- tion of announcing bv proclj^tiou iu cqp-
""" "* Ml"i *^y«,iiv wi;h a law that '
county fafliuTUen In ■flit
Latest .News.
[From the Texas Republican, Extra.
The richmoDd papers of the 24 th, con-
tain the following account of the great bat-
tle fonght on Sunday last :
We are able to give the reader an au-
thentic statement of this battle.
Gen. Beauregard di?po?ed his army
ta tes wero
peof't-?
, .1.1 , _ . meianiu piojíicís >: evrms to-.- ine
along the banks of Bull Kun, fiom Luion few weeks has faily sniliced to strip tbe
ot Virginia, also by a mnjority premnrMv
niikuow in her history, have ratified tW
action of her conventiou— nnitipfr her toi-
t ones with onrs. The States of Arkansas,
North Carolina, and Virginia have likewi-é-
adopted the permaneet Constitution of the
Confederate Slates, and no doubt is eiitei-
tuined of its adoption by Tennessee at ihy
election to l>e hek! early nest inrmth.
J deemed it advi.sabie to direct tht re-
movnl of the several Executive Departments
with their archives to this city, to «hictr
you had removed the scat of Kowrnnient.
Immediately after your ^adjournment, the
regressive movements of-the enemy requirt 4
prompt, energetic action. The accumula-
tion of his forces sufficiently demonstrated-
that hi? efforts were tobe directed- agajri^
Virginia, and from no point could neceseorv
mensnres for her defence and protection ba-
so efficiently directed as fro her owp tupi-
tal.
The r^jiij progress of cr nts- for the la.-f
Mill's Ford to the Stone Bridge Ford, the
stream being between tbe two armies, and
our Brigades so arranged as to gnard the
various fords between the two; points above
named.
The enemy advanced within range at 8
o'clock, a. m., opened a heavy fire on Gen.
Bonhnm's command at Mitchell's Ford, and
kept it up some time to deceive onr troops
as to the real point of attack-. It was soon
discovered to be a feint, and the left wing
of onr line found to be very heavily pressed.
The eoemy concentrated on that point, by
rapid marches, an overwhelming mass of
troops of all armB, and at 10 o'clock the
battle raged to its height,. .Generals Bean-
regard and Johnston arrived on the scene
nearly at the same time, and both exhibited
great personal prowess and courage in the
engagement. Gen. Beauregard rode up
and down the line till his horse was killed;
Gen. Johnston seized a standard and rallied
a1 wavering regiment. Troops were rapidly
moviag from the right and centre to the re-
lief of the left, and. by 3 o'clock 15,000 of
our mein were there in the furious action
against 85,000 of the enemy. At that
hour Gen. Kirby, Smith's Brigade arrived
on the railroad from Winchester to Manas-
sas Junction, at a point within two miles of
Stone Bridge. Seeing the violence of the
contest there, this General stopped the cars,
and dismounted bis men, marched straight
on the enemy, without orders, and without
going to the Junction, thereby saving a five
mil* march* Gen. Beauregard did not at
first recognize this brigade, and believed i I
a flank movement of tbe enemy, tiH they
came near enough for the flag to be distin-
guish^!. On their arrival in line, a gener-
al charge was made, and the enemy broke
and fled precipitately.
When the armies reached Centerville
where McDowell had 15,000 fresh men and
heavy gins in position, be made a desperate
rally.; But another charge oftbu Confeder-
behind which the true policy" and purposes
of the Government of the Uuited States
bad been 'concealed. The odious features
now stand fully revealed. Tbe message o
their President, and the action of their Con-
giess during the month, confess the iuten'
tion of the subjugation of these States by
war wbofe folly is equalled by its wicked- ■*
ness—a war which it is impossible to atftin
tbe purposed result, whilst its dire calami-
ties, which cannot be avoided by us, will
fall with doable severity on themselves. •
Commencing in March last with an affec-
tation ol ignorance of the secession of seven
States which first organized the Govern*
ment; persisting, in April, in an idle and
absurd assumption of the existence of a riot
which was to be disperred* by a posse comi-
tatus; continuing in successive months the
false representationthát these Statei intend'
ed ofijuisive war, in spite of conclusive evK
dencelo the contrary, furnished as well by
official action as by the very basis on which
this Government is constituted, ' the Presi-
dent of the United States and bis advertís*
era succeeded in deceiving the people of
those States into the belief that tbe purpose
of this Government was not peace at home,
but conquest abroad; not defence o< its Own
liberties,, but the subversive of tb06e of the
people of tbe United States.
The series of manoeuvre by
impression was created, the art with which
they were devised, and the perfidy with
which they were executed, were alreardj
known to yon, but you could scarcely have
supposed that they would be openly avowed
and their success made tbe subject of boast
and self laudation in an Executive message.
Fortunately for truth in history, the
President of the United States details with
extreme minuteness the attempt to reinforce
Fort Pickens in-violation of *a arm is tic of
which be confessed to have been informed,
but only by ramors of vague and uncertain
information to create attention.
The hostile expedition^wpatched to rein-
force Fort Snmter admitted to have been
overtaken, with a knowledge that its suc-
cess was impossible. *
Tbe sending of tbe notice to the Govern-
or of Spnth Carolina, of his intention to
use force in accomplishing this object, and
then quoting form tbe inaugural address
that the1 could Ue no confKet on! lewtbose
which tbe*
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