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the CHRISTIAN INDEX
Wednesday, Oct. 2, 1861.
SECULAR.
Notes on the Times.
ARMY OF THE POTOMAC.
Fp to the present writing, no news of
! ( < ial interest has reached us from this
in ter. Gen. Beauregard is said to have
lvanced his head quarters to Fairfax C.
11 rili ,j Gen. Johnston, to Fairfax Sta
t„But little is known as to the move*
■ t of troops beyond Manassa. The di
v h.hs of the army remain in pretty
, , h the same positions as at last ac
, !H )ts. The outposts of the opposing
r . - are in very close proximity. From
~r . mmanding positions, in sight of
\V -i.h-gton City, the Federals are watch
,.,l w ith sleepless vigilance. Batteries
vkirl the Potomac it every available
int. Lincoln’s ships are cautious in
•; ~jr movements along the river. It is
,it* l that two Federal Steamers were
ir 1 into on Thursday last and complete
v riddled. Ttie persistent refusal of the
, v to meet our army iu the open
held, shows that they still feel the force
~;'the blows which they received at Bull
i;„„ :>tid Manassa. The brilliant skirmish
• T.• win-ville gave them another warn
iim to remain under cover. At the very
threshold of their invasion they are com
pelted to stand on the defensive, and to
•shelter themselves behind their entrench
men’s. Tnder their inaction, a feeling
, • impatience is developing itself iu our
midst. Tie- question is asked, why is not
an a.fvanee movement made? Maryland
writhes under the heel of the tyrant, and
imploringly stretches out her hands for
lieip. Expeditions are being sent to the
eoa-t to create diversions, aud to cause a
i withdrawal of a portion of our force
from the Potomac. Why do not our
C mends strike at Washington, cross the
Potomac liberate Maryland, and create a
counter diversion from the Southern
coast? Well, for ourselves, we believe
that Providence is marking out our path.
It there are obstacles in the way of an
advance, He has placed them there, and
for a Vine purpose. If there are reasons
for not assuming an aggressive policy, we
believe that Providence has shown them
to our Commanders. At the right time
He will open the way. In the mean
while, let us be vigilant. Let us employ
all the means of defence placed within
our reach. Above all things, let us not
forget that our hope of success, and final
deliverance, is in God. If we fail in any
enterprise, it will be because we have re
lied entirely upon our own devices, and
not put our trust in Him. ‘‘Possess ye,
x ourselves in patience.’’ Let not those
whose business it is to obey, assume
the light to command. Old soldiers,
t \pei ii need generals, who are upon
the ground, understand their business,
m l appreciate the difficulties which snr
without experience, a thousand miles
distant. Let us bexvare, lest a spirit of
dissatisfaction and impatience, leads us
into discord, causing Providence to hide
llis guiding hand, and to leave us to learn
wisdom by some humiliating disaster.
NORTH-WESTERN AND WESTERN
VIRGINIA.
Since the return of the reconnoitering
expedition under Col. Rusk, to Cheat
Mountain, Gen. Lee is reported to have
fallen hack on his former position, having
desisted from his forward movement for
some strategetic reason not yet known.—
Gen. Reynolds is supposed to have a
force of 25,000 men in Randolph county
and vicicinity. The number of men under
Lee and Loring is considerably less. Be
sides this disadvantage, they are amongst
a people who, if not positively unfriendly,
are, at least, not to be trusted. In ad
dition to these difficulties, the enemy is
strongly fortified. Hence the necessity
for the great caution which Gen. Lee has
displayed.
Gens. Floyd and Wise have changed
their position from Sewell’s Mountain to
Meadow Bluff, upon what is called the
Wilderness Road, and nearer to Summer
ville. Sewell’s Mountain is in Fayette
county, twelve or fifteen miles east of
the Kanawha River, and about twenty,
South of the Gauley. Cox is said to have
six or seven thousand men in the Kana
wha Valley, and the force under Rosen
crantz is variously estimated at from
eleven to fifteen thousand. Ilosencrantz
is reported to be coming down the Wil
derness road with a part of his force, and
Gens. Floyd and Wise moved to Meadow
Bluff iu order to meet him. The latest
telegrams iuform us that Gen. Wise had
resolved not to fall back, so that we are
in daily expectation of the news of a bat
tle. The Federals greatly outnumber
the Confederates, but Floyd and Wise
have both tested the metal of their men,
and we do not much fear the result of an
open fight where they have not more
than three to one.
KENTUCKY.
There many rumors afloat in regard to
matters in this State, but very little upon
which we can rely with certainly. Gen.
Zollicoffer, who commands the Confeder
ates in East Tennessee, and the extreme
part of South-western Virginia, is still at
Cumberland Ferry, about fourteen miles
beyond the Kentucky line. It is believed
that he has upwards of 8,000 troops with
him. A despatch from Knoxville, 21st
Sept., reports an engagement at Barbour
ville, in the northern part of Knox coun
ty, Ky., between 800 Confederates and
1800 Federals, in which the latter were
routed. Our loss, two killed. Four hun
dred stand of arms were taken, besides
other equipments. Loss of Federals, un
known. Barbourville is fifteen or twenty
miles uorth of Cumberland Ferry. The
Confederates in this engagement must
have been a portion of the advauce force
under Gen. Zollicoffer. It was rumored,
that the traitor of East Tenn., Andrew
Johnson, was on his way through Ken
tucky to East Tennessee, attended by an
escort of six thousand Federal troops. It
may be his escort, or a portion of it,
which has been routed by the Confeder
ates. It was not generally believed,
however, that he would risk his neck in
that region.
Gen. Buckner has issued a soul-stirring
address to the freemen of Kentucky. He
tells them that “an issue his been forced
upon them by the edict of Lincoln. That
they must give their active support to bis
arbitrary acts, or oppose them —that they
must sustain an usurped tyranny which
has no affiliation with the Constitu
tion, of with justice, Or that they must
resist the application of the fetters with
which he seeks to bind them.’’ He calls
eloquently npon them to join him in re
pelling the armies that have been sent
among them to subjugate them. He
holds up to their gaze in terms of bitter
execration the ingratitude of Puritanical
New England, Ohio, and Indiana, who
had been defended by the blood of Ken
tuckians against British bayonets and the
scalping knife of the Savage. The noble
sentiments of this address must warm the
heart of every freeman of Kentucky, and
cause them to rush to the rescue of that
noble State from the grasp .of the tyrant.
By the’latest advices, Gen. Buckner was
at Elizabethtown, in Hardin co„ about
forty miles from Louisville. The Rich*
mond Dispatch, of the 23rd Sept., reports
a battle at Muldraugh’s Hill, in which
the Confederates, under Gen. Buckner,
were victorious. We have seen no con
firmation of it. Who possess this impor
tant strategic point, appears to be still in
doubt.
Gen. A. S. Johnson is reported in pos
session of Paducah. Gen. Cheatham was
said to have been attacked at Millburn by
the Federals. This place is about thirty
miles from Paducah. The Federalists,
under Gen. Grant, were repulsed. At
the same time, Johnson attacked Padu
cah, driving the enemy before him. These
reports need confirmation. It is quite
certain, however, that Southern aud mid
dle Kentucky are freed from Lincoln’s
grasp. In spite of his duplicity, and of
bribery, of treason in her sons and Legis
! lat u re, we confidently beleive that Ken
tucky is with us, and that she will soon
drive the invaders from her soil. The
House of Representatives has refused to
adopt the report of Mr. Wolfe on Mr.
Ewing’s resolutions, in a decided manner.
This report was against the resolutions
and in favor of Kentucky’s paying the
war tax. We do not believe that the
people will submit to the tax, and their
representatives dare not saddle it upon
them.
MISSOURI.
Gen. McCulloch, with about 20,000
men, was on the Osage river, about sev
enty miles from Jefferson city. Col. Rich
w'iftm, Vos Waeu position at
Osage bridge to oppose the advance of
McCulloch.
Gen. Price has taken Lexington, after
considerable loss, capturing 5,000 prison
ers, much arms and ammunition and two
hundred and fifty thousand dollars.—
Matters are in a very unsettled state in
North-western Mo. Col. Craynor, with
1500 men is entrenched near the line of
Nodaway and Worth counties, not far
from the lowa border. Lieut. Col. Ed
wards has about six hundred lowa troops
at Allenville. These two are about
twelve miles apart, and are said to be
about marching upon the Secessionists in
force at Albany and Gentry vilie.
The news of the battle of Lexington,
Mo., is confirmed. Gen. Price is in pos
session of the town. There are also ru
mors that he lias captured almost the
whole of Col. Mulligan’s army, 5,000
stand of arms, 20 pieces of artillery, and
several hundred thousand dollars in spe
cie. These last items are corroborated
by despatches as late as the 2£Rb. The
victory at Barbourville, Ky., is also con
firmed.
THE COAST.
Since the sailing of the Lincoln fleet
from Fortress Monroe, expectation has
been on tip-toe. From the appearance
of several war steamers off the Cape Feay
river, it was supposed thqt an attack
would be made on Wilmington, AH was
quiet there, however, at last accounts.—
Some supposed that an attempt would be
made on Richmond by the York river.—
Others, that a landing would be effected
at Beaufort, and a simultaneous attack
made upon Charleston and Savannah.—
From.the number of men said to be en
gaged in the expedition, (25,000) some
decisive blow must be *in contemplation,
though we do not see how eight steam
ers could well accommodate that number
of men, together with their equipments.
Other points on the ooast, suoh as Bruns
wick, Ga., Fernandina, Fla. Mobile,
New Orleans and Galveston, have been
designated as the destination of the fleet.
But it has not made its appearance yet.
Wetrust that the gale of Thursday and
Friday last was interposed by Providence
to prevent the execution of the plan of
the Hessians. If sudden destruction has
not come upon them, our hope is that they
have been scattered and disabled to such
an extent as to make it necessary for them
to abandon their projects. The N. O.
Crescent says, that information has been
received from New York, from reliable
sources, that an expedition is preparing
to attack that city. It is to consist of
60,000 men, in three divisions —all of
which are to attack the city by three ap
proaches. We doubt it. Lincoln is re
ported to have sent word to the Union
men in Ky., that he can send them uo
troops. From the hurry in which (Sump
ter) Anderson seems to be, we judge the
report true. Anderson has telegraphed
to the Governor of Ohio to send on im
mediately all the companies, and parts of
companies, however small, that he can
muster. Fremont conld send no reinforce
ments to Mulligan at Lexington., but tel
egraphs to Lincoln that he is od his way to
dislodge the rebels with a heavy force.—
When he goes to Lexington, what will
become of St. Louis?
Besides these facts, the Northern pa
pers say that recruiting is dead, emphat
ically dead. Then where are their 60,000
men to come from? Washington city is
threatened in such a manner, that they
dare not withdraw a single man. When
the 00,000 land, we shall believe the re
port. Still, let the most vigorous prep
arations for defence be made. The Gov.
of Louisiana has issued his orders to en
force the militia law and drill every eve
ning from three o’clock. Full authority
is given to enforce discipline by court
martial for officers and men. Our opin
ion is, that the Governors of all the
States bordering on the Atlantic and Gulf,
should follow the example of the Gov.
of Louisiana. Matters are approaching
a climax. We believe that the turning
point in this conflict will be reached with
in ninety days. Lincoln must redeem his
pledge to supply the Cotton Mills of En
gland and the Tobacco demand of France,
or all is lost. Manufacturers have got in
sight of their last bale. Their meetings
across the water t and the discussions in
Parliament display a restlessness not to
be misunderstood. Lincoln must do some
thing, or these powers will. Let us be
ready to meet him at every point.
For the Christian Index.
‘’l am in Real Want.”
Such is the closing sentence in a letter
received two days since from brother
H. F. Buckner. In another part of his
letter he says, I have just received one
quarter’s salary for 1861. lam too
proud to call on Ky. for help until she
helps herself from the vile shackles of the
Lincoln government. If I ever beg mon
ey from those who passively submit to
the invasion of the South, then may I die
without one penny, and may my only
son beg bread.’’
Rev. Buokner has been sustained by
the “Long Run Association” in Kentucky.
He is now cut oft’ from that source for
support —he is a Southerner out and
out. He now stands in need of help. —
He requests ‘Southerners’ to give him
aid. Will “Southern Baptists’’ grant his
request ?
There are some Associations who are
willing and anxious, notwithstanding the
hard times, the wars and taxes, to send
out missionaries to the Indians ; to such,
I wish to make a suggestion.
Central Association : Dear Breth
ren : —I have talked a little with the pas
tor, the agent of the Missionary Society,
and other members of the Macon Church,
and they favor the following suggestion :
That, instead of hunting up anew mis
sionary and sending him all fresh into the
Indian Territory, that you adopt one of
the missionaries jgho wr-e already in the
field, and support him during these hard
times, when the Board seems so embar
rassed. It would only be working down
hill to have those, who are already
there, who know the manners customs,
and habits ot the Indians, who are doing
good, and have their homes in the Ter
ritory, recalled, for want of support, and
send new ones, ignorant of the work aud
its duties.
I suggest, brethren, that the Central
Association take up Bro. Buckner, or
Bro. Burns, or Bro. Reed, and pledge
your support to the Board. It would re
lieve the Board and relieve the Mission
ary. If after the hard times are over,
you prefer to send out anew man from
amongst you, ’twould be all right; but
now if you will lend a helping hand, you
can do greater good than in any other
way. J would make the same sugges
tion to the “Flint River’’ and any and
every other Association. Hoping you
will act upon this suggestion, I beg you
will believe me, Very truly yours,
J. S. MURROW.
Hephzibah Association.
Hopeful, Burke Cos., Ga., )
Sept. 24, 1861. j
Bro. Boykin :—I beg leave to request
through your paper that the churches
composing the Hephzibah Association, at
their next session, will appropriate at least
one half of their contributions to the
Hephzibah High School, or instead of
sending the usual amounts sent up for the
Hephzibah Mission, send it up for the
School, as I presume the mission, iu con
sequence of the hard times , will be discon
tinued—as to that matter, of course, I do
not pretend to dictate, but simply suggest.
The High Sphoo.l must be a success,
blockade or no blockade.
Jno. F. Carswell, Treas’r
of Hephzibah High School,
Dr. Sherwood’s Appointments.
Dr. A. Sherwood will preach at the following
places and at the times mentioned :
Thursday night, Oct 3d, at Milledgeville ; Fri
day 4th, at 11, A. M., Black Spring ; At night of
the same day, Sparta; Saturday, Powelton; Sun
day 6th, Mt. Zion ; Sunday night at Sparta ;
Tuesday morning Bth, at Bethel; Wednesday 9th,
II A. M., at Horeb; Thursday morning, 10th, at
White Plains, Greene county ; Friday will be at
the Georgia Association. Friends will please make
known these appointments.
Dr. Sherwood in his tours will act as agent of
the Index ; and subscribers are requested to set
tle with him.
Gen. Sam Houston on the War. — The Gal
veston Civilian of the 7th, says: “Gen. Sam
Houston was in town day before yesterday. He
has entirely recovered his usual good health,
since his residence on the bay j and he seems
to think that the great battle of Manassas was
the turning point in the war, and that the North
will never be able to raise another army as
large as that which was defeated there.”
The Other Big Gun Discovered.—Our read
ers will recollect the 32 pounder rifled cannon
that the Yankees lost in the battle of Manassas,
and the congratulations which they bestowed
among themselves upon the manner in which
they had disposed of its mate—the latter has
been discovered in the Run, by Col. Pendleton,
who had the river dragged, upon information
given.by a young lad who overheard the artil
lerists, in their retreat, commenting upon the
loss of their pets. The first has been sent to
Acquia Creek, but what disposition will be
made of the second is not yet determined upon.
Late Northern Intelligence.
From the Baltimore Amerisan of the 19th
and 21st, we extract the following. The read
er must make the usual allowances where ne
cessary :
ANOTHER NAVAL EXPEDITION THE FLEET UNDER
SAILING ORDERS.
[Correspondence of the New York Tribune.]
Unitf.d States Steam Frigate Roanoke, 1
Off Fortress Monroe,
Tuesday, Sept. 17, 1861. )
We we under steam, and sail early to-mor
row morning, in company with several & the
naval vessels that have been lying here oince
the eventful demonstration of Hatteras Inlet,
to an important point upon the Southern coast,
there to attempt to achieve another victory
similar to that so successful at Forts Hatteras
and Clark. It will be, if lam not greatly mis
taken, an imposing and terrific assault, result
ting triumphantly to our gallant forces, and the
good cause they maintain. It almost seems
superfluous to remark that it would be an act
of the greatest imprudence to venture to give
particulars, or to speak definitely of this for
midable movement; yet I will remark that
should victory again perch upon our banners, it
will open to us a channel by which we will be
enabled to deal the severest blows that seces
sion and its enthusiastic followers ever received.
That such may be the result is my prayer.
Desertions are very frequent from the rebel
army. They occur daily, but the largest lot
that have recently come under my personal
observation, as having escaped from the mesh
es of the rebels, reached here on Sunday after
noon. They came in a large boat from Sew
ell’s Point, and were successful in escaping by
faking advantage of the usual liberty granted
them upon the Sabbath. They very cautious
ly stole away from the Point until out of range
of the guns at that position, and then—knowing
dear life was at stake—pulled like giants to
ward our vessels, reaching the United States
sloop-of-war St. Lawrence, which was then
lying nearest Sewell’s Point. These deserters
were immediately picked up by that vessel and
sent to Commodore Stringham, of the Minne
sota, who in turn forwarded them, without de
lay, to Major General Wool, at Fortress Mon
roe.
GENERAL WOOL AND THE CONTRABAND NEGROES.
Major Cannon, of General Wool’s Staff, has
arrived with despatches. General Wool wants
to know what to do with the negros, upward of
two thousand of whom are now at Fortress
Monroe. General Wool is ordered to send to
Washington all whom he can spare —the men
to be put on the intrenchments, and the women
in the camp kitchens, to be paid for their ser
vices. Besides two thousand at the fort, there
are ten or fifteen on each of our men-of-war,
which sail from Hampton Roads, who get $8
a month and found,
TRANSMISSION OF PRISONERS’ LETTERS.
The Postmaster General wrote lately to Gen
Wool that family letters between our prisoners
in rebel hands and their friends in the North,
might be forwarded without prepayment of
postage; but, of course, subject to being inspect
ed by an officer. Major Cannon applied for in
structions under the staggering fact that the
last flag of truce for Norfolk brought over
seven hundred letters, which, of course, no of
ficer was able to read in time for the mail.
TROUBLES AT PRINCETON COLLEGE, N. J.
The Newark Mercury, ol Monday, says:—
On Thursday last, a party of over zealous Union
students at Princeton College visited the rooms
of Francis Dubois, Jr., of this city, and Alex-
Fullerton, Jr., of Philadelphia, students who
had expressed secession sentiments, for the
purpose of ducking them. Fullerton escaped,
but his companion Swas seized and ducked at
the College pump. ‘The Faculty discovering
three ot the perpetrators of this punishment,
decided to suspend them from the institution.
This action of the authorities caused intense
excitement among the students, and a whole
sale rebellion was by quite
a nu'mberjßijjJi'P'’
At evening prayers the President made a
short but decided speech, in which he declared
that it was the firm and unalterable determi
nation of the Faculty to put down mob law in
the college, and that if any student rendered
himself obnoxious by an expression of traitor
ous sentiments, that the college authorities
would admonish or expel him ; and to them,
and not to the students belonged the action in
the matter. He further stated that the pro
ceedings of the previous evening were a dis
grace to the institution, and moreover a direct
infraction of the laws which the Faculty could
not pass over.
He pomised a thorough investigation of the
matter, and declared that if they were unable
to vindicate their authority in any other way,
they would expel every student and close up
the institution. Upon Saturday morning the
President gave notice to the three detected
ones that they must go to their homes until
permitted by the Faculty to return to their du
ties.
He was determined upon the subject, and
there was no evading it. The names of those
who are suspended are Howard J. Reeder a
son of ex-Go'vernor Reeder, ol Easton ; Isaac K.
Casey, of Harrisburg; Samuel B. Hurry, of
Philadelphia, Previous to their departure the
members of the College procured a large and
elegant barouche, and decorated it very tasti
ly with American flags. To this they attach
ed a long rope, and placing the exiled three in
the carriage, amidst the cheers of the citizens,
they drew them through the village to the de
pot.
Some two hundred students held the rope,
and were proceeded by music. The march
through the town was almost an ovation.—
Cheers were given for many prominent Union
ists, including Senator Thompson, Commodore
Crabb and Urs. McGill, Hedge and Moffat, of
the Seminary.
Several prominent secessionists were noticed
with three hearty groans, as were also several
members of the Faculty, whose houses were
passed on the route. At the depot an immense
crowd of citizens and students witnessed their
departure. The President says the matter
shall not end here, but promises that every
one engaged in the proceeding shall suffer.
[From the Baltimore American of the 19th.]
MORE MILITARY ARRIVALS,
In addition to the arrivals of military already
reported, there reached here yesterday after
noon the following:
Col. Ross’s Regiment of the city of New
York, numbering 970 muskets; the entire
command was well equipped in every respect,
and the officers composed of men who have
had considerable experience. The Twenty
seventh Indiana Regiment, mustering 1,006
men, with about seven baggage cars filled with
ammunition. Also the Sixth Regiment from
Connecticut, consisting of 1,014 muskets, and
seven car loads of horses and baggage. Also
a company of 132 men, under the command
of Captain Weston, which belong to the cele
brated Battalion of Col. Berdan’s Sharp shoot
ers. These arrivals make an aggregate, accord
ing to official reports, of 16,380 men who have
passed through Baltimore since last Sunday
morning.
THE NEW POSTAGE STAMPS.
We saw, yesterday, at the Post Office De
artment, the design of the new five cent stamp
which has just been adopted to meet the public
requirements. The issue has been delayed in
order to procure an engraving not liable to be
counterfeited, which is no easy matter where
there is no engraver on steel to be had. The
present design comes from a lithographic estab
lishment in this city, and will answer the pur
pose very well. It is an engraving of the head
ol President Davis, with the words “Confeder
ate States of America,” above, and “Five Cents”
below. The color of this stamp will be red,
while those of larger denominations will be col
ored differently. They will be ready for print
ing on Monduy next. — Richmond Dispatch.
Washington Gossip. —We condense the fol
lowing intelligence from despatches, dated Sep.
18, and published in the New York papers:
It is ascertained, at the Department of State,
that hereafter communications between the
British Government and its Consuls in the in
surrectionary States will, with the consent of
our Government, be carried on by British ves
sels of war. This course will obviate the em
barrassments which have hitherto attended
these communications through other channels.
Interesting Mews from Richmond*
RIFLE CANNON FOR CAVALRY SERVICE.
The Richmond Examiner of the 25 th says :
The necessities of the times are producing a
number of warlike inventions, and developing
the genius of the South in anew channel of
usefulness. Many of these, already noticed in
our columns, have been of a very interesting
description. We were shown yesterday, in
this city, anew arm of service that has attract,
ed the attention of the Government, and that
promises the most effective service in the field-
It is a rifle cannon, a 4 pounder, invented by
Mr. John Muliane, late of Louisville, Kentucky.
It is said to be the most powerful g m of its
weight and calibre in the world. The gun
weighs only 280 pounds, and shoots a conical
ball, weighing six pounds, from two and a hJf
to three miles. The barrel is made on a stub
and twist principle, of wrought iron, using
longitudinal bars to form a tube, with two ser
ies of iron banding welded solidly to this tube
and to one another. By this means the gun is
forged hollow, which is said to account for its
wonderful combination of strength and light
ness. This formidable arm can be manoeuvred
in the field by two men, adapting it to the rapid
movements of light cavalry. The Governments,
we understand, has ordered the manufacture
of a number of these,guns. The tests, as to the
quality and strength, have been very satisfac
tory, 248 rounds of ball cartridge having been
shot out of one of these guns with satisfactory
result.”
Russillvillk, Ky., Sept. 26, 1861.— 1 t affords
me great pleasure to learn that in this place—po
pulation 1800 —there are only four or five Union
men. Reliable information conies in daily that
Union men and Lincoln gnns are coming into the
ranks of the Confederate army, as fast as they -can
with safety reach our cmips.
It is thought that Governor Magoffin, Breckin
ridge and the State Rights members of the Legisla
ture are now in Owen county, and may escape ar
rest.
General Buckner left here at 4 o’clock, P. M.,
yesterday for the Lincoln camp on Green River,
with a strong body guard, six brass cannon, also
Colonel Palmer’s Kegiment of Tennessee Volun
teers. Two Regiments had gone before him, and
two more will follow to-day and to-morrow, mak
ing our force about 5,000.
The enemy is reported to have the same force.
You may expect to hear of fighting or running,
perhaps both, in a few days.
The excitement here is intense; the Confederate
flag waves from almost every house on the Bail
road. The farmers are sending in their horses,
mules, wagons, corn, hay, fodder, meat and flour
for the army. The women, too, are organizing
societies of relief and aid for the soldiers, both in
camp and in the hospital.
A few more brilliant victories will bring Ken
tucky into the fiosba||ef the South. If the true
Southern men of Keimteity had arms and were or
ganized, the Lincoln invaders would be driven
from her soil in thirty days.— Nashville Union.
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MORE ABOUT SALT.
We are gratified to announce that the day
for salt monopolists and extortionists over. The
Norfolk Bay Book says:
We are happy to state that this article is
being manufactured among us, and large sup
plies will soon be placed in the markets. We
have examined articles of this home-made salt,
and find it exceeds in strength the articles
heretofore used by us.
We are always glad to record instances of
enterprise on the part of our people, as they
indicate a disposition to employ the many re
sources which have been bestowed upon us,
and which were designed to make us a free and
independent people. Let other sources of sup
ply be opened up, and let the monopolists
keep their salt. Give us reports of all efforts
actually commenced.
No Lack of Salt. —The Iredell (N. C.) Ex
press says;
Mr. Hill, residing near Bethany, Iredell
county, in company with seven wagons, return
ed from the Salt Works, near Abingdon, Va.,
last Saturday, heavily freighted with salt of the
best quality, which was pm chased at fifty
cents per bushel. Mr. Hill says the works
are turning out 3,000 bushels a day. This,
indeed, is good news. But let salt likewise be
made at Wilmington and Norfolk.
Arrival of the Captain of the French Cor
vette*
The announcement that the Captain and offi
cers of the French corvette Lavoisier were ex
pected to arrive in our city yesterday afternoon,
drew a large crowd of citizens to the levee.—
At about 5 o’clock the steam tug Watson, Capt.
Sturdevant, on which the French officers were
expected, was sem coming up the river, and
when abreast cf the C. S. receiving ship Mc-
Rae, received a salute of five guns.
The tug landed at the foot of St. Joseph
street, whither the crowd flocked to see the
officers. It seems that John M. Bach, Esq,
our well known fellow-citizen, had gone down
in the tug to escort up the officers, and on his
coming ashore, the crowd mistaking him for
the commander of the French vessel, cheered
him lustily.
The tug only brought up Capt. Ribourt and
L.ieut G. Berteloot, of the French corvette,
who were received by Count Mejan, the French
Consul, who had a oarriage in waiting, and
drove them to his house.
We learn that these officers will remain a
day or two with us, and will have an opportu
nity of enjoying qur hospitality. It is said
that Capt. Ribourt is the bearer of very impor
tant dispatches to Admiral Reynard, the com
mander of the French Squadron on the Ameri
can coast, and who is now at New York, and
it is supposed that Lieut Berteloot will proceed
by land to deliver these dispatches to the
French Admiral.—AT. O. Picayune, Sep. 25.
THE ORANGE GROVES OF FLORIDA.
After awhile, when our Northern “blue law”
sanctimonious friends of the fanatical portion of
Satan’s subjects, become thoroughly convinced
that it is unpleasant as well as unprofitable to
wage a war, dictated by iniquity, against the
Southern people of America, who alone have
the true landmarks of Christianity and free
government, we will publish a very excellent
article, by Rev. R. Abby, suggested by a visit
to the Orage Groves in December, 1859. Our
friends farther North need not feel much surprise
to learn that we have fine oranges in this sec
tion every month of the year, and if any of our
ootempories should feel the want of acidity of
language at any time, a visit to our beautiful
groves, with a little tasting, will supply the
deficiency, though just at this time, artificial
means are not, in demand for Ancient Rascality
(Bennett) and the whole of the “blue nose”
clan cause us all to prove conclusively that
scribblers have a temper of their own, peculiar
ly fitted for emergencies. But enough of this.
We have the sour or Seville, and the bitter
sweet oranges, growing wild a few miles from
our town, and it is considered profitable to
transplant the bitter-sweet, and engraft the
sweet orange on it.
Mr. W. Edwards of this place has a number of
fine trees and has written several very instruc
tive articles on orange culture, wich we will
also publish, we hope in time for the planting
season.
It would do well, we think, to plant numer
ous groves along the different railroads in the
State, so as to have the conveniences necessary
to make shipments profitable. Indeed, there
is no reason in the woild why Florida should
not furnish Savannah and Charleston, the in
terior of Georgia, Carolina, and portions of
others States with oranges. We hope the wise
will have an eye to this important matter, for
money can be made without much labor or out
lay. From all the information we can gather,
our opinion is, that the insect wich has here
tofore proven so disastrous will make its final
disappearance in a short time. The effect they
produce upon the wild groves does not amount
to much, the oranges there being large and
beautiful, and the bitter sweets delicious. — Mi
canopy ( Fla .) Cotton State.
St. Louis, Sept. 21.—The injunctions sup
pressing the Evening News have been removed,
and Charles G. Ramsey, proprietor, and D. M.
Green, editor, have been released,assurances be
ing given that they will nothereafter'make public
statement about military matters as facts, with
out first learning their truth, and that they will
not publish anything injurious to the interest
of the Government. The News has always
been a strong Union paper.
Military men here do not regard the mere
capture of Lexington as injurious, but in a
mere military point of view think it an advant
age.
Why the North Prosecutes the War*
The New Orleans Bee, in an article on the
war, says:
It has been not unplausibly conjectured that
one of the principal reasons why the North is
so resolved upon the continued vigorous prose
cution of the war, is that her people now know
by experience the inestimable value to them
of the Southern trade. If they knew this be
fore, they affected to deny it, and sought per
sistently to disparage our wealth and resources.
Since the commencement of hostilities they
have gradually lost the entire commerce of the
South, and they are well aware that if, for all
! future time, this vast source of opulence is for*
eited by them, the mercantile marts of New
England and the Middle States will be hope
lessly ruined. Nothing can possibly save
them except the recovery of that magnificent
trade which had enriched New York, Boston,
and Philadelphia, and created millionaires and
merchant princes in those cities. It may be
urged that the South can never again be in
duced to maintain important business relations
with the North. Probably this would be the
case were the South permitted quietly to ac
complish the work of separation. Hence the
people of the North think their only chance of
getting back Southern trade—of making our
country once mofe tributary to their growth
and aggrandizement, is to conquer us, hold us
as subject provinces, and compel us to resume
the former channels of mercantile communica
tion. They freely acknowledge that the war
injures them terribly, but they argue that the
sacrifice, immense as it is, will be more than
compensated by the return of the Southern
States into the Union. Moreover, they affirm
that to give up the struggle would entail upon
them irretrievable pecuniary disasters, and that
they cannot lose more by continuing it, especi
ally as they hold that it must prove in the end
successful.
The Alary)and Legislature Dispersed*
Lincoln is certainly “making hay while the
sun shines” in Maryland. The Legislature of
that noble old State has been “suppressed.”—
When our troops cross the Potomac, if they
ever should do so, every leading Marylander
will be immured in the dungeons of Fort Mc-
Henry. A dispatch from Frederick, dated
September 17, says:
Immediately after the farce was gone through
with yesterday afternoon of calling the roll and
adjournment, an unusual stir took place in the
community. Companies of Wilson’s regiment
were observed passing through the city in dif
ferent directions, and soon it was found that
the city was walled in, and no one could get
out without a pass from the Provost Marshal,
whose office was soon crowded by an excited
throng of people who had been stopped and
turned back.
In the meantime Lieut. Carmichael, of the
Baltimore police, was moving quietly about
with his officers, accompanied by a squad of
military, making arrests, commencing with the
officers of the Legislature, and especially the
clerk, who concluded they would keep the
Legislative machine going until a quorum
should arrive.
The aim of the officer was to arrest all the
members who voted for Mr. Wallace’s famous
report, thirty thousand copies of which were
yesterday seized as treasonable documents.
The Union men of Baltimore of the House
refused to meet. The Legislature is virtually
dead, all the officers being under arrest to pre
vent calling the roll. The Union members will
leave this afternoon for home, and the seces
sion members for Fort McHenry.
Some of the most noisy and active seces
sionists in town have also been arrested, and
will be removed to Fort McHenry in the morn
ing.
NOTHING TO WEAR.
We do not intend to refer now to the des
titute condition of our Flora Macfliinseys—
we have no disposiiton to allude tothef’emin
ine toilet with all its mysteries and pcculial
ities—but to the straits to which from the
lack of exterior habiliments, the sterner sex
may be reduced by the war.
To commence at the top. Hats are gett
ing scarce —there are absolutely none but
those of the “spring style,” and these are
rather seedy by this time. No new hi is
are to be seen on our streets —Genin and
Leary are tabooed. We have heard faint
intimations of proposed manufactories at the
South for felt hats, but whether anybody has
taken the initiative in the business we are
unable to say. Wool and cotton, the staples
used in the making of hats, are certainly
with us, and the sooner some enterprising
individual sets to work to construct hats for
us the better. Caps are made in all parts
of the Confederacy, of as good shape and
material as those from the North.
As to clothing—coats, vests and pants—
unless we get importations speedily from
Europe, our stock of broadcloths will be
minus. If we are fastidious as to the texture
and cut of our guarments, theembargo may
worry us ; but if we are content, as we
should be, to wear good substantial home
spun, such as our factories are daily turn
ing out, this deprivation of Northern made
clothing will not be reckoned among these
rious ills of life. During the warm weather,
we have noticed complete suits of simple
ticking—it makes a man look streaked, but
he needn’t feel so. Bellville Factory goods
are very serviceable, and some of our citi
zens have worn entire suits (even to the cap)
of this species of goods. Our soldier’s uni
forms are all from cloths of our own manus
facture. The blockade won’t hurt us in this
respect, if we are not too finical.
People seem the most alarmed about boots
and shoes —when the present stock of Yan
kee-made, poorly put together as most of
them are, is exhausted, what are we to do
for coverings to our pedal extremities ?
Nothing easier. Good shoe-makers are
plenty in this Confederacy. The leather
tanned here is said to be of poor quality, and
the business of tanning languishes. There
is no excuse for this. Oak bark is abum
and ant, and some portions of the South produce
hemlock-Upper Georgia for instance. With
proper treatment, as good leather can be
tanned here as anywhere else. As for hides,
we shall have quite enough with those we
intend to get from South America by.-and
by, to supply our wants- And when this
process of tanning is fully perfected here,
we can snap our fingeis at Lynn and Lin
coln. We can make our own boots and
shoes ; and they ought to be afforded at a
more reasonable price than those of domes
tic manufacture now command.
We hope none of our masculines will set
up the cry, “Nothing to wear,” for we have
nearly if not quite all the resources to clothe
ourselves decently, and even genteelly. If
need be, we can get more wear out of our
garments—even at the expense of their
becoming seedy. A threadbare coat is not
unbecoming these times—“a man’s a man
for all that.”—Augusta Chronicle.
EXPEDITION TO OUR COAST.
We cut the following from the Richmond
Examiner. We trust that the gale of yester
day will have dispersed the fleet. The wind,
being from the shore, could only drive the fleet
to sea, and disperse it, and thus compel it to
return to the North to refit. We are about to
learn, we fear, from bitter experience, what the
defensive policy of President Davis means:
We learn, from Norfolk, that a fleet of eight
men of war with a large number of transports,
sailed from Hampton Roads on Monday, and
passed through the Capes, whether bound is
not known. A large force was on board, con
jecturally stated at 25,000 men—though such
a fleet could not carry such a force.
Fort Pickens has the following armament,
making a total of 198 guns • 2 42 pounders; 46
32-pounders; 59 24 pounders ; 6 18 pounders;
1212-pounders ; 1 Ten-inch Columbiad; 26 21-
pounder howitzers; 24 Eight-inch howitzers; 4
Tea-inch mortars.
Telegraphic Extensions.—The State
has been pretty well spanned by the tele
graph wires, and it will not be long ere eve
ry division of the army in Virginia, will be
in immediate communication with the Cap
ital. With the army on the Potomac, on
the Peninsula, and at Norfolk, the electric
wire have served a most useful purpese, and
they are now being extended towards the
army in the West; a consummation which
has been devoutly wished. Not only this,
but field telegraphs are stationed at conveni
ent localities, and our ingenious electricians
will lay wires for submarine operations if
they shall be found necessary. In this con
nection we may state a fact which shows
how we are getting along in manufacturing
hitherto claimed exclusively by the North.
The first complete elegraphic instruments
ever made in Virginia has been completed
at the sewing machine factory on Cary street,
and is now in operation at the Danville de
pot, and several more have been ordered
from the same establishment.—Richmond
Dispatch.
Wiiat McClellan Says.—The Richmond
Whig says .• —“A surgeon, of great responsibili
ty, who was among, the prisoners taken after
the Rich Mountain fight and was for some days
in the camp and tents of McClellan and Rosen
cranz, with whom he conversed freely, repeat
ed to us the emphatic declaration of both these
Generals, that they would “much rather be
fighting Massachusetts than Virginia.”
Lead ore of very rich quality has been found
on the farm ofMr. Wm. Smith, on the Etowah
river, near Rome.
In conssequence of a serious accident to his
son, in Rome, Hon. John E. Ward left Savan
nah for Italy on Friday last, via Kentucky and
Canada.
MARRIED.
On the 19th inst., at the residence of the bride’s
father, by Rev. B. F. Jessup, Rev. R. G. Gibson,
of the city of Macon, to Miss Polly A. Land of
Twiggs county, Ga.
DIED. ‘
Died in the city of Augusta on the 2d of August,
Mrs. Ann Milledge Bothwell, wife of Jas. T. Both
well, Esq., aged 38 years.
That delicacy that shrank from ostentation in
life, as well as that humility that hoped for right
eousness in the merits of the Redeemer, forbade
the language of eulogy to be employed after her
demise. Her life affords much of consolation to her
family and friends, her peaceful end much of hope.
W. J H.
In Washington county, on the loth day of Au
gust, 1861, Mrs. Elizabeth A. Duggan, wife of Mr.
A. C. Duggan. The subject of this notice was born
the Bth day of August, 1808, was married the 17 th
day of March, 1829, and was baptized into the fel
lowship of the Baptist church at Bethlehem the
17 th of September, 1837, of which church contin
ued an exemplary member until her departure from
the church militant to the church triumphant. Her
end was peace. She died in hope of eternal life.
Died in Huntersville, Va., Aug. 23d, 1861, Hen
ry W. Mayo, son of Wiley Mayo, in 19th year ot
his age. He joined the Baptist Church at Rehoboth
in Johnson county, 1860, and when the war spirit
fired the hearts of so many patriotic sons of the
South, and when the call was raised for volunteers
he nobly responded to his country’s call and join
ed the ‘Johnson Grays’ of Johnson county, Geor
gia, which company under command of R. P. Sliar
man as Captain, was attached to the 14th Ga. Reg
iment, and ordered to Northwestern Va., where
he fell a victim of measles and typhoid fever. Tho’
Henry did not fall in battle his memory should be
cherished equal with those who have fallen in the
heated contest. He was in the service of his coun
try and his ’aptain said of him that he was as good
a soldier as li • had been faithful to perform all du
ties strictly moral, till he was stricken down by dis
diseasc. Hu I he lived he was possessed with turn
and tali l o dto have made agoodand brave
soldier. He w: rue and faithful friend. He died
far away from h.s home, but the intervening dis
tance cannot stay tears of parents and friends.—
Dear Hem y is gone ! No more will we meet him
here, but oh that we may all be prepared to meet
him where troubles and sorrows are not known,
and where wars will part us no more.
Receipts to Sep. 28, 1861.
[ Note.—Those who are credited in the receipt
list to any of the early numbers of 1861 will great
ly oblige by remitting $2,00 to extend their cred
it to 1862.]
John Thomas 60 62 4,00
W D Dautry 27 62 2,00
H T Dickens 50 62 2,00
Washington Tharp 46 62 2,C0
WJ Wilson 27 62 2,00
W SB. Mathews 48 61 I,CO
Wm. Brantly 13 61 4,00
Jos Tuten 13 62 2,00
Mrs S A Vinson 26 62 2,00
C S Gaulden 84 62 2,00
A A Cleveland 40 62 2,00
RM Glenn 39 oi 2,00
Rev. CM Irwin 30 62 2,00
Jacob Rowe 39 62 2.60
J B Thomas 15 62 i ,* ‘
Wm H Hall 15 62 s,OO
TC Brown.. 40 62 2,00
John Amos 87 62 2,00
John A Evans 25 63 2,00
Mrs J Hall 80 61 2,00
Miss S R Pilcher 6 68 2,00
JW Mills 88 61 2,00
G W Sparks 1 62 2,00
W F Womble *T . .89 62 2,00
Jno Reynolds 18 62 2,00
Jesse Carter 50 62 2,00
J S Searcy 50 63 2,00
EH Beall 60 61 2,00
J T Johnson 80 62 2,00
Dr EC Hood 1 62 2,00
L K Willis 31 62 2,00
J M Watt 60 62 2,00
WG Davis 12 62 2,50
G W Epps 39 62 2,00
JN Embry 1 62 2,00
D H Zachary 6 62 2,00
WW Prather.. 38 62 2,00
JB Heard 42 61 2.00
J M Barron 47 62 2,00
G T Wilburn, advertisement,.... 2,60
MrsE McGee 83 61 2,00
RW Baskin 60 62 2,C0
WF Smith 86 61 2,00
J Brackley 37 62 2,00
J R G Horne. 40 67 4,00
E H Wilson 6 62 2,00
Mrs M B Granberry 47 62 2,00
Wm H Geiger 39 02 2,00
Jno Gorham 88 61 4,00
Rev W A Calloway 60 61 2,00
Col H Long 3 62 2,00
WHSims 26 62 6,00
J Towers 41 62 5,00
TEACHER.
A Virginian, (a Baptist) for many years Princi
pal of several large and flourishing Literary Insti
tutions in the South, desires to procure a situation
by the 16th of October or Ist of January, as Pro
fessor in a College or Principal of an Academy, or
be would take charge of a Select Classical and
Mathematical School. He is prepared to teach An
cient and Modern Languages,Mathematics and Nat
ural and Moral Sciences, in the same manner as
they are taught at the University of Va. A Pro
fessorship of Ancient Languages or Mathematics in
a Male or Female College preferred. Ample tes
timonials and Catalogues of his Schools will be fur
nished by addressing Prof. E. A. TOMKIES,
Quincy, Fla.,
stating salary, location, &c. 39—St pd