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MARIETTA G-EO., FRIDAY MORNING NOV 22. 1861. E PROCEEDINGS. For several days havobeen comparatave ly uninteresting- « e w.ll watch w ill some anxiety the action relative to the extraordinary powers proposed, by sev eral bills to be vested in the Governor. THE LINCOLN PROGRAMS. If the N. Y. “Herald” is right there will be no movement shortly frcm the Potomac —McClellan’s force being em ployed simply to occupy the attention of cur forces in Virginia. The attacks are to be made upon our defenceless points. Some hundred thousand men are to entrench themselves,under theprotec tion of the fleet at different points upon the coast, while the Lind frontier, open to invasion, will perhaps be occupied 01 threatened. Lincoln thinks that he will thus open our ports for commerce between our people ami the north, or that by occu pying our coast with entrenched camps he can better prosecute the order here after It is very certain as the marshaling of troops in the west and the excite ment about Chattanooga and Knoxville indicate, that 'he prograrne of war is of the most stupendous character. — Whether a merely defensive policy is adopted to the eligeney is very doubt ful unless we learn to live wholly upon our own resources. THE DECLINE AND FALL OF NORTHERN GENERALS. One by one, the G< nerals, who have undertaken to lead the Northern hor des to the conquest of the South, first idolized, praised, leted, trusted, have fallen in public favor, and ietired hu miliated, if not disgraced, to meditate in private on the fickleness of the mul titude and the vanity of human great ness. The Louisville Courier. in an article upon this subject, says: From the firing of the firs* gun ar Fort Sumter till the present hour, the Southern arms have not sustained a single serious reverse, while 1 the vic tories of Great Bethel, Bull Run, Ma nassas Plains, Springfield Lexington and Leesburg, in each of which battles large forces were engaged, are not surpassed by the most brilliant suc cesses ever achieved by American va or ami American generalship. The Northern people we’e as'onnd ed at the result of the engagement between their soldiers fighting for the overthrow of the Governs inent and ours sigh ing for the rights of the people to govern tin inselves.— | They had not expet fed defeat. So they laid the burden on their Generals, and for each reverse a commander was dis graced. Great Bethel was lost, and General Pierce was the victim Vienna followed, and Gen. Schenck was covered with approbrium. Bull Run and Manassas Plains cov ered tht* North with mourning’, and Gen. McDowell, a brave man ami able officer was superceded. Beccuse. Gen. Patterson could not, or did not attack a 1 d whip Gen. John ston, he was honorably mustered out of service! Gen. B >b Anderson came to Kentucky iho pride and boast of the North, but he did not because lie could not, drive the “rebel traitor Buckner” from the State, and soon lie was superseded by Gen. Sherman, an I ordered to re port himself at Washington for the benefit of his health. A month ago Gen. Fremont entered upon the discharge of duties as Com. mamler of the Department of the West, amidst tin* applause of the rab ble and the congratu’ itions of hia sec tion; and to-day he is denounced and abused by those who hailed his inaug. oration,and is suspected ami threatened by the Administration that appoint'd him. And even Gen. McClellan, who a few weeks ago the tickle multitude were al nost ready to half Imperaiur is now beset with enemies who is disparageing his achievements and den and his res ntovul. ibrom a gentleman just returned from Dalton, Gu., we learn the follow ing facts : As soon as the difficulties in E ist Tennessee became known in that place, a meeting of the citizens was called and a messenger was dispatched to Knoxville to ofer assistance incase any should le m cded. The P’esident of the East T< t. ms see and \ trginia Railroad an I the citx autlmriti.'s in formed him that they need no assistance that all the gm d cit• tns of the Coiintiy irn sspec'ive of It rmer st nt'ments. were hunting down the bridge burners -that the rebel ion was only paitial, and con fined to a set es mam ics an I despera d K's. and they apprvhendt d no ddlicul ’whatever in suppressing it. -.-L'. Zi. Bl MARIETTA SEMI-WEEKLY ADVOCATE. LETTER FROM VIRGINIA. 7TH GEORGIA REGIMENT. Correspondence cf the Advocate. Army of the Potomac} Camp at Centreville, Va.. >- November Bth, 1861.) Mr. W. M. Jefferson : Dear Sir : The wea her has been quite variable since my last writing, and we have received two cr three “morning calks” from that ancient and distinguish ed individual, Jack Frost, who has come with his usual greetings to renew the acquaintance so pleasantly begun on sundry former occasions—beginning with him as usual, “blue noses and cold looses,” and forcibly impressing upon us the comforts of the “Home Circle,” especially when said circles radiates about a good warm fire ; but pshaw ! the idea of such things is lidiculous to any person in this army of the Potomac. He has also brought with him his usual perspective glasses like some merchants annually “bring on” wherein we see dimly ; brt with an eye of faith, smok ing boards and rousing cheer, to greet old Christmas-eve, Egg Nog, black strap, &c The chances for any of us to enjoy Christmas this year are decid edly doubtful and lemote, and I do think if Old Abe knew the decided in convenience in our little social amuse ments that he is putting us to, he would surely stop it, ami give ns a show to have some fun in a little peace. If he don’t, all we have to say is that if he will s nd us over some partners we will have the grandest Christmas Ball around Centreville that has ever been in America. We will beat the Prince’s Ball in New York all to pieces. We will have the long ball, the round ball, the minnie ball, the cannon ball, and all the other sorts of balls combined for their amusement. But he won’t send them—they won’t come- they can’t ap preciate whit’s good no how. Last Saturday we will always re member as decidedly the most uncom promising and outrageously stormy day that we have experienced in Virginia. It. did not quite come up to the exquis ite description of a bad spell, when he Haiti “it. blew and it anew and it friz,” but it rained like fury one of your North-east rains and it blowed like thunder. Tents were upset scattered, demolished, ruined and all that sort o’thing. Men were drenched and al most blown away, ami as far as a dry place was concerned, weof the “bloody” Seventh, were emphatically in (he pre dicament of Noah’s dove. From Friday night to 12o’clock Saturday night it con tinued unintermittedly ami relentlessly, and the only consolation we had was that perhaps, this storm which certainly did not blow us any good, would swamp Old Abe’s fleet on our coast, and we confidently expect to hear that many of his tall ships arc lying on the friendly sands which stretch forth from Caro lina’s shore. It is my earnest hope that that storm swamped one third of his fleet ami scattered the rest. For some time the idea of having to winter here, has engrossed our atten tion, and surely this slight ta«te we have had, does not cheer us much when we think of what the old Ice King will serve up to us, along in December and January. Then the wind will blow just as haul and ten times keener, ami the rain wdl be transformed to sleet which freezes as it falls. That’s not very con soling to a man whose only shelter is a few yards of (tuckinff, which may be whirled from its place in an instant, and leave him exposed with no hole in wl ich to put his head in. Think of us kind friends as you set by your cosy fire sides. We wish the exigencies of the times would permit us to join your friendly circles. , Uncle Jerry Daniell was with us here in all that storm, and you may be sure that the driest spot and cosiest nook was provided tor his comfort. With the arrival of Uncle Jerry, we are once more brought under a lively sense of gratitude to our friends in Georgia by the numberless articles of utility neces sity ami comfort which he that indefati gable, and never tiring Joe, “Our Joe” the writ.l le Joe Tucker, brought with their 'io sav that the Cobb Co., boys are thankful would be superflu ous—they are a thousand limes thank lid. ami over every package as it was um. >ne, wee I rea bed blessings upon the gentle hearts the fair Lands and the unchanging friendship and low, that thus di>es minister to the wants of the soldier in his rude and comfortless home. If nu n would not be true sol di* is. win n backed by such influences where could they fight well? And if tbev cannot devote their liv s frrelv, when supported and sustained by such devotion as has been shown to us, when or how ? could they nerve themselves to the position. Be sure, dear friends kind friends —good friends, that the Cobb County boys know why they fight —for what they fight, and for whom they fight, and the roll of history in fu ture years will tecord that they did their duty nobly, and without flinching. I always feel a delicacy in touching upon personal matters but I hope you and he will excuse me for a few words in reference to the course of the Rev. Jeremiah M. Daniell since the formation of our company, the “Cobb Mountain eers.” Before we left Camp Cooper his kind and unceasing attentions had so endeared him to us, that by universal acclaim he was called the “Father of our Company,” and up to this good hour if our company is entitled to any res pect and any honor we ask that in ‘ll cases his name may be curs where ever we are named. Im mediately after the bloody 21st of July, while those in Georgia who had friends with us, were still weeping the fallen and the maimed—by superhuman exer tions he gathered up the offerings of our dear ones and came as a m’nistcr ing friend provided with all that could add to our comfort or cheer, and we were overjoyed to greet his kindly face and hear his cheerful words in the sub urbs of the bloody Manassas. Since then the lung summer days have waned in the short lived sun of Autumn and we are now standing’ upon the bounds of the bleak domain of win ter, and we find him among’ us again, laden with the supplies his provident forethought has suggested as necessary lor our comfort. Such kindness and devotion are the true tests of patriot ism and when we see a man who is fast approaching the age of three score and ten, leaving his quiet home, and under going the privations of a journey of a thousind miles in length, we may have faith in the justice and holiness of the cause we are engaged in. A bad cause never could induce such de\ otion. — Well may the “.Mountaineers” esteem him as their father for he has poured out his money in their behalf like wa ter, and is still the attentive friend and cheerful giver ami will tie to the last dollar Therefore be all honor to the “Father of our Company”—the Rev. Jeremiah M. Daniell, and may kind heaven give many such to the glorious cause of Southern Independence. The Cobb County companies are now tolera bly well fixed to stand the blasts of rude Boreas whom they dread much more than they do the Yankees. The health of the army has generally improved, and as the mumps and mea sles have pretty well run their course, which thank Heaven they can only do once, we may conclude that (his army is pretty well seasoned and will sustain a higher tone of health, than has ob tained this summer. There is no news here of any importance whatever and for the past week the usual supply of camp rumour has greatly diminished.— The subject of winterquartcis is attract ing much more of the attention of the rank and file than any thing else, for that is purely a question of peisonal feeling with every man, and all men are intensively interested in any thing that concerns No. 1. The universal verdict is that we must have winter quarters or we shall all freeze, and I suppose our Generals are devoting some attention to the subject. We have not heard a word of the enemy fm week,and ti;cy aresqarcely talked about in camp at all. They never will come here to fight us, and herein every one is convinced We have been told that I - riday the Ist of the month was the dav set for their attack upon our lines, but they failed to make the connection—it is now rumoured that the 20th is the day they have set apart in which to annihilate us. It is .also rumoured that Gen. McClellan has resigned. These are all rumours which may or may not prove true. It would not be very strange that McClellan should resign for bis positii n is surely any thing but satisfactory or agrc< able. He sacri ficed his ideas of justice open the altar of ambition, when he accepted that command for you will remember that previously to the battle of Manassas he had applied for a position in the Con federate service, but the office and chance of superceding Gen. Scott, was a glory too bright for his ambitious na ture to resist. Now he finds himself in that position so much deprecated by 'Old Failure” in the Mexican War, he is between two fires, and he finds doubt less that his new p isition is not unlike Montezumas or Quetlavaceas) Led of coals, not exactly a bed of roses. Thus if McClellan were to risk a general bat tle with this army he would risk more than Ceasar did when he crossed the Rubicon. If he was to fight Gen. John ston and fail he would be morally po litically and irretrievably lost and damned. He knows this, and there’ fore he has evaded a battle. On the othei hand, were he to succeed in a battle here, the last ragged remains of Gen Wingfield Scott’s tattered reputa tion, would be gone to kingdom come , which fact Gen. Scott and his cliqucat Washington understand completely, and therefore as 1 before said I expect Gen. McClellan has been bothered baulked and kindered by their machina tions and we should not be surprised any day to hear that he has resigned.— I really expect that Geo 8., often wish es he was back superintending the Ohio and Mississippi Rail Road. I have a sympathy for any brave and daring spirit, and I wish that Gen. McClellan was in some command where his head and heart would heartily respond and aid his natural talents. As it is if he possesses any of that purity which we credit him for, he is very sure to come out of that dirty hole at Washington much defiled and covered with the slime of that political pest house. I believe that Gen McClellan is as positively sure of being whipped in any fight with Gen. Johnston’s army, as he is that he lives, and if he ever docs fight us, when it is over he will have more and better excuses for his whip ping than McDowell and Scott had on the 21st July. Further than this deponent saidi not, for as I wrote above there is really no news stirring here. — The roads are getting into a very bad condition in this country, and the sup plying of forage for this army is getting to be a job of immense labor, and ruin ous upon hotseflesh. '1 here will be an awful destruction of horses if any win ter campaigns are engaged in here, and I think I am safe in saying t. at active operations must be suspended by the 15th December —save upon the lines of rail road. The prograrne for this winter’s opera tions has been discussed in all the pa pers, so that you are better posted there than I but here in Virginia it is mani fest that the blockade of the Potomac and the destruction of the Baltimore aad Ohio Rail Road will produce much suffering in Washington, and there! re you can see that the two main points of interest both to us and the Yankees will be on their side, the opening of the Potomac and th* re-establishment of the Rail Road and on our side it will be to sustain our batter es at Evansport and Dumfries, and prevent the Rail Road from being used. This may produce some nice little fighting along the Po tomac, and at Harper’s Ferry and Mar ti nsluil’g. The greatest fear of the 7th Regiment, is that we shall be ordered into quarters at Harper’s Ferry for we had as live be detailed to some “distant shore” ‘•Or solitary cell” ‘•Where nought but savage monsters roar” &c. Well we shall see what we shall see that is one consolation. . Just In re in this place I wish to say a word in regaed to the Commissary De partment of this army and specially of this Regiment. Our Government has all been organized “from the stump” as a backwoodsman would say—within less th tn a year and is now w irking I harmoniously in all its parts which is i a thing unparalled in the history of the ; world. Every department is n>w en joying a perfection, that ordinarily in the formation of governments has only been the production of three or fixe years. Our army is regularly bounte- ■ ously ami finely fed through the Com missary Department and there never ■ has been any scarcity only where the ! necessity of forced marches rendered it ' impossible for the troops to draw ra i tions. The Commissary Department of our Regiment is under the control and di rection of Capt. Win. I’. Wilson of At lanta well ami favorably known doubt less to many of the citizens of Marietta, lie is ever attentive ever kind, and willing to oblige his fi How soldier, yet lam sorry to see occasional squibs in die Atlanta papers, written by men who are afraid or ashamed to sign their name? to them, calculated nicely to im ply by inuendo that this Regiment is often absolutely upon the point of star vation all through the fault of Capt. W ilson, when the fact is that his requ sitions will show that he has always drawn and distributed every ounce of provisions allowed by the government to this Regiment and no man bar \ r suffered who was not lou iuz.j . j uuk wfiat the law allowed him. Capt. Wilson fought like a hero in the battle of Manassas and was badly woun ded, of which wound he is yet Lot well and I do think in all justice that the au thors of such articles as I have seen signed “Eye Witness” and such other nonis de plume in Atlanta papers are the most contemptible things that a politi cal trickster ever descended to use. It is now late at night, nothing is heard except the occasional challenge of sentries, and whilst others sleep I can send my thoughts back io Georgia where if 1 have not many I know I have s<mie true friends, and I waft a wisli for their happiness and prosperity and thus transmitting the heartfelt thanks and compliments < f all the Cobb boys to their friends and loved ones at home. -Io each to all a fair good night” -With pleasant dreams and slumbers light And I II io bed—half tight. Yours ever, W. Proctor llcg hey. ERDM EUROf*E« THE AMERICAN QUESTION IN ENGLAND. By the steamer Persia we have for eign papeis to the 27th ult : Great Britan— Sir James Graham Barone , d ed on the 25 ult at his seat at Nctherby. Mr Russell’s latest letter to the Times is dated Oct., 1 Oth. In it he asserts that persons of weight and position were again urging on the Pres ident and his Cabinet the necessity of an advance, for political reasons. The writer argues that the South can afford to play a waiting game longer than the North. The Liverpool Post says that Capt. M. B. Sernmes ofthepi ivateer Sumter arriv ed at Liverpool in the steamer Edin burg having shipped at New York under the name of Captain Burrnister, Royal Navy. It is impossible to believe that Captain Sernmes went out as a passenger in the Edinburgh. No such name as Captain Burrnister, R N., appears on the list of passengers.— \ Eds. N. Y. oom. Mr. Grautely F. Bcrkely writes very strongly in favor of the Confederates in the London Morning Herald and broadly asserts that tncy are thus far the victors. The Manchester Guardian gives prominence to a communication in which it is asserted that the South, in withholding their cotton from market, are not actuated by a desire to bring foreign power lo .heir rescue, but de sire simply to avoid the risks which won! ’ -’erne tn cotton at the sennorts. I i.c iieiiiui ..i. Li M llrjugiiam improving. At Poutofract, on the 23d, Mr. llugh Childers. M. P., made a speech, from which wequo’e: “From the first the English Govern merit had refused to interfere, but by recognizing the belligerent rights of the South they had been denounced as practically interfering in favor of the South, liicy had however, very wise ly insisted upon taking the course first laid down, and he hoped the time would never come when the}’ should be dragged into the war. This war had removed the idea that, on an outbreak in the South the slaves would rise and fight for their liberty. Not only was this not the case, but the slaves might no doubt be relied upon as soldiers in defence of the South. “As to the result of the war he would say nothing, but all experience was against the successful subjugation by arms of a determined and tree people; and when they looked at the enormous extent of the North American continent he thought they would be bound to say that, in all human probability, the Un ion could not be much longer maintain ed. Their duty, however, must be to stand by and watch, sympathising with what was good and tight, but careful ly avoiding being drawn into any in terference on one side or the other. If the South establish their power as a I separate Confederacy, they must recog nize it, but let them not anticipate such an event, ami sacrifice their good faith and national honor by breaking the blockade, as some people were recom mending.” The Fate of our Privateersmen.—We have already anounced that Win Smith one of the privateersmen (prize crew) of the En~ chantress, has been convicted in Philadelphia of piracy. The New York jury in the ease of the privateersmen of the ,8 wan Hoy, reported that they were unable to agree, whereupon the papers were taken from them, they were discharged from the further consideration of the case. The Richmond Whig in noticing the steps taken to avenge the death of these gal lant men should they suffer says: On Mondy lots were required to be drawn by the Colo nels and Captains who are prisoners to det er mine first who should be hung in place of the rivatee already cnovicted and secondly who should stand as the repaesentative of each of the other twelve privateers whose cases had not been disposed of when last heard from.— It was determind, in advance, that eech o the ten Colonels in our hand sshould stand for one of the privateers, and the question to be settled as to them was, which Colonel should stand for this or that privateer. With the Captains there was a larger range, as only three of them had to be selected fn m a large number. Colonel Cocoran having been sent South, Mr. Ely was required to draw for him, and it so happened that the lot fell to him (Cui. Cocoran) to die (or the privateer already found guilty, flis is the only name we have tpr. o ,ug. ine nine viuer Gviuneis and luree Cap tains had their places assigned them. As we have said, we are not furnished with their names. CHNORESMIONAL LECTIONS, We think we are authorized. l>y the returns alreadp received at the Execu tive Department, in slating that the following o ~nticmen are elected mem bers of the first Congress of the Con federate States of America : From the First Dist.—Julian Hartridge, 1 “ “ Second “ C. J. Munnerly, “ “ Third “ Hines Holt. Esq., “ “ Fourth “ lion. A. H. Kenan “ “ Fifth “ D. W. Lewis, “ “ Seventh “ Hon. R. P Trippc, “ “ Eighth “ Hon L J Gartrell. . “ “ Ninth “ II irdy Strickland I “ “ Tenth “ Hon A R Wright, 1 The Seven*h is still in doubt. We will publish the vote in each Dis trict as soon as the full returns arc re ceived at the Executive Department.— l Federal. Gnion, Nov. 13. From the New York Herald. WHAT THE YANKEES AT BEAU FORT WILL DO. The troops landed at Beanfort will fortify their position, and, having ob tained reinforuements will make it a starting point against the heart of the rebellion at another day. Beaufort will become a co 1 ton port, situated as it is, in the midst of a sea island cot ton district and the Union men of the South will be glad to send shipments there, when they are liberated from the thraldom of the insurgent chiefs. “future operations.” Nor is this the only naval expedition against the rebel States. There are two or three others now being sited out which will be equally successful, and in ilie course of six weeks or two months, one hundred thousand men will occupy all the important points on the coast; not, perhaps, to make and. advance into the interior just now, but as safe bases for future operatioi.s, and as outlets for the produce of the South loyalists. and the interchange of North ern commodities. With Fortress Mon roe, Hatteras, Beaufort, Pensacola, Key West, and the other places io be seiz ed and occupied, in possession of the Federal army and navy, the rebels will be surrounded by a cordon of military points, which will not only completely cutoff their external communication, but threaten so many vital points a' the same time, that their grand army will be broken up into fragments, and ren dered powerless without a blow; and then the time will come for a forward movement upon Richmond, and the other capitals of the rebelious States. the grand denouement. Thus, with the arrangements just made by the trade under special in crease with the Union men of the South through the ports held by our arms', with the appointments of such generals as Buell to Kentucky, and Halleck to Missouri and the West, and with the skill and energy of McClellan pervad ing and animating the whole army, the era of blunders shall have ceased, and a new epoch shall have dawned upon the cause ofthe Union,opening a bright and glorious page in the history of the republic. KE-OPENING SOUTHERN PORTS. A despatch from Wsshing'on to a Northern paper says: Several clerks of the Treasury De art ment arc engaged in a search for i storical precedent on the question of he right ofthe Government to re-open particular ports during the period of the blockade of the Southern coast. This circumstance is regarded here as an indication of the probable intention of the Government as to the South. —— HOW THE Y ANKEEa TR E VT NE GROES. The Norfolk “Day Book” has receiv ed intelligence of shocking cruelties, practiced upon the negroes who hav< • recently escaped fr«m the South, ami are now at Old Point. That paper says: Some time since we published a communication from one of these delu ded creatures, plainly intimating that he had been dnptd, and exhorting his muster to keep a watch upon his chil dren, who were Southern slaves, and not to suffer them to make their es cape, if they desired to - assuring hinn that Old Point was no place for a child of his. The brutalities ami wrongs of which he was the recipient he would fain have spared his offspring; and lest the wretchedness of his own condition might possibly, by their in discretion, be entailed upon them, be is urgent in his requests that tiiey be closely watched, and tiiat no opportun ity be afforded them to escape. The details of the brutalities inti mated by i his negro,as being practiced at the Point, have come to light, and our readers will be shocked at their re cital. We are credibly informed that the negroes, who have escaped from their Southern owners, ami are now at Old Point, are being put in harness, liktr so many oxen, ami beneadi the lash of a cruel and unmerciful ov< rseer, are forced to do the work of mules, and haul large quantiiies of stone to the differ ent works now being built a;, that place. So very cruelly are negroes treated by the abolition masters at the Point that many of them not only wish them selves back again, but are making eve ry eflort to elude the watchfulness of those placed over them, in order that they may escape and return to their homes. Three of them made an attempt to run away a day or two since. Two of them belonging to Charles K. Mal lory, Esq., formerly of Hampton, suc ceeded in the attempt ; the other one, a negroes belonging to Mrs. Wyatt, of Smithfield, was not so fortunate, being shot by a Federalist who was pursuring him. ■■MB MESSRS. FAG-E & HALEY, Respectfully call the attention or the public to their stock of Fall and Winter Goods! Just received from Charleston. Almost every article usually kept in a DRY GOODS STORE, rnay be found. STAPLE AXI) FANCY DRY G 0 0 D 3, SHOES, BOOTS, HATS, CAPS, B<JNNETS CLOTHING, Crockery, Glass Ware and Cutlery Call and see our Stock before buying elsewhere. Prices will be made to correspond with the hardness of ’he times. Store next door to D. M. Young. Oct. 19th, 1860-ts. PAGE A HALEY.