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ROME, GEORGIA, FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 18, 1861.
MARBLE!
S. B. OATMAN,
ATLANTA, GA.,
t Proprietor and Dealer in
ITALIAN, AMERICAN AND
Egyptian Marble,
Monuments, Tombs,
Tablots, Head and Foot Stones,
Urns, Vases,
Marble nnd Enamelled Slate Mantels,
S itu try Figures, au l Furnlshiug Marble of
nil descriptions.
Always on Imml u tluo assortment of Mon-
in-lit*. Iwth Plain and Carved, of all sizes,
au l prices to suit.
Call and s,«o Specimens, at Ware Rooms
au l Yard, opposite Georgia Railroad Depot.
4 * a n nlirtt I V
jsulwly
FALL & WINTER TRADE
SKC’ONn ARRIVAL or TUB SEASON AT
J H. M’CLUNG’S
Ilrund St., Homo, Ga.
LADIES’
Cloaks ana Shawls,
T -ther with a I »rg«j variety of
WOOLEN GOODS,
For MIW, Ci llr..', mil «.}•,' Wear.
| J,AlliIK STOCK OF
HO’JSE-FURNiSHiNfi
PLANTERS’ GOODS I
Consisting of
Rli'Il MKD.U40N, BUU.dSBLS.
INGRAIN AND STAIR
CARPETS.
AND CANTON MATTINO.
Dice iV Brociitcllu ('urtuiii Goods
Gilt Window Shades,
OOIIXIOK HANDS, .to.
BLANKET^ KERSEYS,
AND
BROGANS,
Of til* .best eSblltlMTU. Mukes.
Fur sab* nt Ipvrj prices by V
ii.»v;l J. I r . MoCLUNG.
Saturday Morning, Oct, j, ISOl.
Our SaVHttttalt Correspondence.
,a.Cami 4 Lawton, near Savannah,
;• October 0t|i, 1801.
Dear CoUriert Fivo cotapntiles have
nrrivetl Lore, since I lust wrote, two
from tho up country nml three oft' the
Gulf Road, and all campod near us.
Thero is said to bo an unusual num
ber of cates of sleknesi in the city,
Tho weather is extremely warm. It is
reported that thero aro^two or three ca-
•es of yellow fevor. Borao deny it
while others say It Is so} tho season la
too far advanced for it to spread*
Should it break out wo will be moved.
There is some foots of public Interest,
which I would liko to communicate,
but prudence forbids. Somo of your
renders are in possession of some of
tlioso items of interest. W. II. Mitch
ell, T. C. Harbin and W. J. Nichols nr.
rived hero this ovening.
Most all the boys attended church in
tlio city to-day and night. There was
preaching in the camp this morning
and evening. Thero is no Chaplain for
any of the regiments or companies.
There are about 1000 men hero.
Wiokeducssabounds ton considerable
extent. A Dutchman has opened a
grocery near our camp, nnd retails Ids
•pints day and night, .Sunday not ex
cepted. Camp life would be much
moro pleasant and ugreeuhle if liquor
could bo kept from it. Cupt. Alexan
der 1ms forbid any of his men bringing
any in our camp. There is no Captain
timt takes more interest in trying to
preserve order, and seeing thut his met.
have justioo done them in every re
spect, titan our worthy Captain, nor
oitu more universally respected and be
loved. 1 havo heard no one complaint
of him in any respect, if he has giv-
any of them a short answer, or spo
ken u harsh word to auy, I have not
heard of it.
Monday morning Cot. 7th
it is unusually warut to day, if tills
weather continues many days, it is
bound to produce sickness in our camp.
1 fear wu caiue here too soon. Liuut.
Berry will leave this moruiug lor Thom
asvllle, Ga., where ho expects to’remuin
some weeks.
Tho boys are all well, with the ex
ception of two or Ihreo, and they are
able tO bo up. Floyd.
Candidate m! Candidates!!
/ miserableus who have fallen in the
iron test to represent our const itucticy
in the Legislature of Gcorgiu. Shull
wo dUpuir of our doing our cotin
try any good l No, never never never!
Hut let us wit It renewed energy and
seal rally, trom among tho defeated
brave, a number sufficient to form
full regiment, to do buttle fur those
who have w> recently promoted us ove
lhefe/t. Those who whit to. heconn
mouthers of such a regiment, will sent
ill tlieir names, ami address-to |),r
Town, Geo., as soon us a sufficient
number is made up, we will meet at
Atlanta for organisation. Do not mil
understand me, 1 will not have any
olllce. Frederic,
Dirt Town, Goo.,
gfcgrOther papers in the State will
please copy.
The 4*2d Senatorial Dr strict.—The
Federal Union puts, under its otHcia
head. F. A. Kirby, clouted from this
Dhttict. This is wrong, as Col. D. R,
Mitchell is elected by 70 majority.
A Timely Article—Where do the Good*
come fromt
The following timely nml pointed
article wo tako from the Richmond
a Rind of patience the soldier must
have, to enduie all tlds, anti then sit
down to n dish of fnt bacon ami corn
bread ftir breakfast J .Such is the expo-
« .. , . , , , , Hoheo of thousands, hut among thorn
Examiner, It Is strange indeed that 1 ell. unwelcome ns may be the ta.-*k, wo
certain articles disappear, and arts
straightway supplied, nnd It is equally
strange that a few. molt generally have
tho nrtlolca needed, and churgo any
price for them they can squoozo out of
tho customers. Whore do they get
their goods from ? We agree with tho
Examiner that the subject ought to be
brought before the public for action t—
Federal Union.
Thero Is little doubt that the business
of smuggling is going on at this titno
on as largo a scale us was ever known
before in the history of the world.—
Nobody meets with any difficulty in
finding any article of goods or provi
sions that he desires. Whatever the
articles may be, it can bo had ; but it
can only be had at a tremendously high
prieo. It is not that * ho supply of mer
chandize is limited, for liko the oil in
tho widow’s cruise, it does not dimin
ish in tho hands of tho few provident
dealers by the drafts made upon it;
but it is, thut those who aro fortunnto
enough to posses unfailing stocks, have
a monopoly of the trade, and can ex
act what prices they choose to put on
their goods.
It is given rut thut, as to thoso
brought into Rirliiuoml, Maryland is
the source from which those constant
lUpplies of goods and merchandize are
rrocured. It is said that they uro
drought into Virginia by small suhoon-
ers plying from Baltimore, which know
how to run up into tho crocks of the
Potomac and the Buy. Be this as it
nay, certain it is that tho goods do
come in large quantities into Virginia,
and that the trade is in the hands of
a few enough men and firm.*, to enable
them to command what prices they
may choose to fix upon their property.
No matter what may ho the channel
through which these goods are brought
iuto tho South, it is quite certain that
they are procured from the North.—
They are brought in in defiance of our
revenue laws, and they are paid for in
revuiiuu urnn, nuu inn uiu i»am lor m i , . , . , ; , »
dclhmco of our sequestration not. The ll ' 1 . l **« while flag, which was not per-
luiftinwut is fraudulent front l....»ii.ni»i/1 «°«ved by our foices. 1 he engineer
ond; and tho high price
by tlie smugglers of the goods operate
as a salvo to the consciences of stinig-
giers.
This disposition to speculate upon
the yeouiunry o( tho country on both
sides of tho account book is the most
mortifying feature of the war. It is a
sjiccios of Yankco trick thut ill-assorts
with tno noblest cause in which (lie
country is engaged, Tho “army worm”
never unpeareil in tho countty in such
With
formidable array. Willi •o'Cmoiaua j or 'iVioMI?'‘CV,«lVv.“'AUor'u
appetite, or so dcstructivo a vorae ly, I thu ox|ie( | l tU,il returned to Kdnoakh
it luu appealed in the .South nitlitn |„|„ ni |. nll ,| begun pi operations for
tho last month or two.
While tho speculators are endeavour
ing the substance of the people, and
defrauding tho Government of its rev
enues, thu Government itself is un
wittingly aiding and abetting them in
their voracious work. The excuse
alleged for thu high prices of sugar,
salt, molasses, meat, ami ail kinds of
provisions, is, that thu Government ims
taken posslssion ol the railroads to do report that there aro but
it. osrn transportation, tliqtSl (lie public Lve l.un.lr.-.! troupe at Mutter.-, with
is at a standstill. Hundreds ol car-loads 1 -
O. B. EVE,
MANUKACTl'BEB OF
And Dealer Extensively in
xxaasM
of all Stylos.
QuanlQuality and Price. Challenged.
THE FARMERS
A UK rreitcjitud to examine my largo ns-
■ortmont af Plantation Hrldloa, Clojjar.,
uomjilote, at tho
Lowest Possible Gash Prices.
Harness and Gear imulo to order, and repaired
at short notice. My stock will bear inspec
tion, come and see before purchasing.
wff-Soo Advdrtiaewcnt.in another column.
fob218(10. -> O, B. EVE.
gr Full returns from sixty counties
show Brown 2d,3 ID, Nesbit 19,301—
majority for Brown G'.OOS. Reported
majorities in a few other counties make
Brown's majority about 8,000.
M. Dwinell, Ksq., editor of tho Rome
Courier, but now a member of the
Floyd Infantry, writing from the Army
of tho Potomac on tho 25th Septem
ber, Bays '.—Confederacy.
Plcaso correct, neighbor, Mr. Dwinell
is Second Lieutenant in the Rome
Light Gunrcls.
Polk County.—Tho following is the
vote of Folk county
tor. Governor—Nesbit, 310; Brown, 200.
For /Senator—J. N. Ware, 250; J. All-
good, 210.
For Representative— J. F. Dover, 421
ggy The Nashville Union A Ameri
can says, we are pleased to learn that
Mr. Ilaldeman has in contemplation tc
revive the Louisville Courier, by print-
ing it in this city. Tho arrangements
will bo complete in a day or two, for
commencing its publication.
MOORE & DUNNAH00,
GROCERS \
A fail - Assortment of
TAMILY SUPPLIES.
’i'NOLUDINO Flour, Meal, Sugar of all
1 kipds, Coffee, Butter, Eggs, Fish of dif
ferent kinds, Dried Fruits, and Preserved
Fruits. All kinds of Nuta, Candies, Cigars,
Tobacco, iFlpojLiquors', Ac., Ac.
Wc wish it Distinctly Understood’thnt
We will Sell on Credit to
s 11 responsible men, who are
in the habit of paying at the
time agreed upon,
Wo will (lit pi lento upog time to prompt
i paying meii,.apy. cm»h pifreboao ipndo in
I ‘oTi^ aonll apd .a«.fy to
KCtnoda nnd prides,
fohOwlyJ JjCOOR^ A DUNNAHOO.
Cotton Seed Oil,
I" AXUFACTURBD 4o tho C. S. A., nnd
_ J. fully count to tho boat Italian Salnd
fil, for table nnd other u.M—by th» bbl. or
Moil, nt YKISER A REESE'S.
iODA—6 e
1 ceived by
Nou'en.tle Sod., juet ro-
yeiskr * mow
The Sufiir Crop.
Wo olip tho following Intoresting
item from tho Franklin Regitlcr:
Nearly two wooks have elapsed since
tho last rain, and tho clouds still indi
cate that wc aro to ltavo a continuanco
of tho presont delightful spell for seve
ral days more, The plan tor., to -use
an old phrase, aro making hay while
the sun shiner, and aro now, with but
fow exceptions, ready to commonce
harvesting the immense sugar crop,
which will cxccod—if not out short by
an early frost—that of any former
year, by ahundrod thousand hogsheads.
All agree in saving.thnt thoy ltavo nov-
er seen iho cane so large, and no full of
succliarlnojuico, although wo aro yot
thirty days boltind the usual, tlmo to
commcnao rolling, will yield fully fif
teen hundred pounds of sugar to tho
aoro. All our plantors will bo fully
employed in rolling between now an
the 20th day of the month,
SoitsTHiNQ W hong.—Tim Now Orleans
Credent notices that thero is a consider
able demand for cotton in tiiat market,
and thinks i* a pretty suro indication
that parties ip that city only want a
ohnr.ee to ship tho staplo to England,
l>y tjic conr.iyivlco.of Uroblockadcrs.
hitvi-y vt t* hear of the first tn.tii who
him fliirkecl hix iluti.'s mul returned
linmo iu health, disgusted with their
IuImuh.
.Svouts, couriciK, nnd oiIich who nro
detailed for apeoinl duty, and frequent
ly thirty, forty, fifty, amt even
seventy miles a dav on iiorActhtck, Imvc
n different kind of existence—a life
which though a severe taxation on the
system, is full of incident.
The oiuk iu the camps receive all the
attention that the rough hands of mnn
are capable of rendering. Fortunately
there aro not many. It itt pitiful to see
tho poor helpless follows—gentlemen
who Iiavo been accustomed to evory
doliciicy, stretched out upon tho cots,
with nothiug to remind them, uuless it
bo by contrast, of t he comforts of their
homes, feeding perhaps out of a tlu cup
nnd pewter spoon, yot making tho best
of the circumstances without a m jr-
mur.
.Tk® Federal Steamer Fanny*
1 he Norfolk Day Book thus speaks of
the capture of tho Fanny, and other
mutters on the North Carolina ooast:
Attho time of her capture «ho was
heading for Hugh's channel, and bound
for Cbiokamucoinico. Chickumucoiniuo
is about 25 tulles from Hut torus, nnd
about the same from Rounoko Island
and is occupied by tho SOtlz Indiana
regiment. The Fanny is a propeller or
about 14U tons, nttd was employd by
the Federalists In tkeir attack ou
IlultcruM, nr.d when oipturcd had on
board of-her forty-seven men, two olli-
oers, nr.d a negro, besides a large
quantity of Quurtcr-Master and Com
missary stores—among which was a
large number of excellent blankets.
The goods uhoitrd the Funny, and ta
ken by our iorues, is estimated at about
*C0.0U0.
The Funny was pursued by tho Con
federate steuinuM lUlcigh, Curlew and
•Ittualuski, when site heaved to, uud
fired thu first shot. It wus promptly
rt*8|Kiudcd to, ami when aliout forty
rounds had been fired, the Fanny hois-
and pilot, after tho surrender of tho
vessel was dotrrtniiwd upon, made
tlieir escape by tatting to tho water.
The engineer lull the engine hi motion,
and thu Fanny wont ashore, but was
gotten oil* without tqueli difficulty, af
ter the surrender, and wus taken to
Roanoke Dl.ind. No duuiugu was done
to either of the vessels or their oreWs
during the engagement, not a drop of
blood being spilled, nor splinter knock
ed ofi*.
The Fanny was under the cotnmnnd
gun piepurations
attack on the Federal forces at
Chickumocouiico. The expedition was
to start yesterday afternoon, ut 2
o'clock, and he Fanny is to be one of
thu attacking vessels. Tho enemy
have no gunboats that they can get
inside, and there is every reason to be
lieve that our next news will be the
surrendering of thu entire Federal for
ces ou the North Carolina coast. The
of sugar and suit and merehandise of
many descriptions are stud to belying
in tile depots of the West, unable to
make their way to Ktsteru market*,
by reason of the action of thu Govern
ment.
There is doubtless some truth in tho
numerous allegations ou this subject,
but it Is (imply incredible to suppose
that the railroads could not bring down
these articles, if they used tho proper
energy, In sufficient quantities to meet
the current demands oi the communi
ty. Tho fact thut what over at tides a
persou may want can be readily found
and can be procured by laiying the
enormous prices demanded, proves that
they exist iu sutHciont quuuttty in mar
ket for the wants of the community,
nnd aro mudo to command tho clevut-
ed prices at which they are sold by
combinations of speculators. We will
not say thut these body of si»eciiltttors
is large and powerful enough to inllu-
euco tiie policy of tho rrilrouds and to
obstruct their freight operations, for wo
do not know the faet, and couhl not
designate the names of tho conspira
tors or the railroads; but wo do state
tho undeniable faet thut tho public
firmly believo that such combinations
and conspiracies exist.
Thero have beon various convocations
nnd Conventions held in the South,
since tho war, with reference to curren
cy, Government loans and other mat
ters of public moment, it seoms to us
that the prevailing high priucs, the
unconscionable speculations going ou
in tiie necussaries of life, tha deficient
transportation of the roilroads and the
witolusulo smuggling that is rife, also
afford matters weighty enough lor tho
deliberations of a Convention of tho
people.
f*Tho army correspondent of tho
Charleston Courier gives tho following
Rems, after describing tho tent of a
South Carolina officer:
The apartments of the oilier officers
and privates, present much tiie same
f ilcturo—if less neat being moro iniseel-
aneous. Half a dozen individuals in
a bed room littlo more than eight foot
square, with tho roof coming down to
the ground on each side, is a position
which inculcates lessons of economy as
regards space, thut few out of camp can
over loam. Legs, arms and bodies nro
stowed away among piles of knupsooks,
blankets and boxes ad injinitum, and
with a mathematical precision which
reveals all tho linos, curves and angles
of a geometrical problem. Occasional
ly, and especially during the cold
nights now prevailing, somo of tlioso
sleeping webs become so tangled, twist
ed, anil as it were*, maoademized togeth
er, that it 1« only aftor they Iiavo mutu
ally unravolled that a man recognise*
his oan perfect oorporosity, nnd is sat-
isfiod that ho bo* not, by some boons
pocus, become ido»tiflod hi* neighbor s
arms or legs.
Of all tho peoplo in tho world, how
over, who dcsorvo nnd rcceivo sympa
thy, give mo tho sentinel, especially lie
who nas tho night watch. Solitary,
with no companion but tho star* no
solace but hii thoughts, burdened with
ASMHow slowly the hours drug
troops
steamer, the Cudivullader, which
cannot get over the bulk bead ill order
to get into tltc .S«iuil«i.
~ They report that ll«ittents is a perfect
failure, that the lido during the fate
gale was ovoi thu pheo some three or
four font, and for that reason they were
seeking another positiou for a perma
nent location, with tho intention of
still retaining H it tents merely to enforce
the blockade, whilst their other forces
would las enabled to operate along the
8ou>d.
Critical.--Some tlmo since, when
the Yankee blockading vessels were
not ou their post near Beaufort hur-
bor, in other words, wero not block
ading, two British vessels entered
the pm t and discharged tlieir cargoes.
They then took on board cargoes for
Liverpool. In tho menu time tho
blockading squadron appeared off
l!euufort and notified the British ves
sels that they would not lie allowed
to leave the liarlnr. The Captains of
thu British vessels remonstrated a-
gainst this l otice, taking the ground
that as thero was no blockuke when
tlity, entered they had a right to
leave unmolested. The Yankees, how
ever, persisted, nr.d tho Captains
wroto to their Consul at Charleston
requesting his presence at Beaufort.
The Coiuaii, ou ids arrival, took the
Mama ground with the Yankees that
Imd been assumed by the Captains,
but with no effect. Whereupon ho
repaired to Washington and put the
case before Lord Lyons, who it is
said fully concured with the Consul
and Captains as tho rigiit of ogress,
nnd orJorcd a portion of the British
Squadron to Beaufort to see the British
vessels safe out of the ha; bor, and
f ;ivo them convoy on their voyage
lomeM'urd.
Wo give the nbovo account a* it
was given to us. Whether it is ac
curate itt its dotails wo do not know.
One thing, however, is cortuii, to
wits that one or moro British tnor-
chants vessels that entered Beaufort
harbor iu tho ubsence of the blockad
ing squadron are forbidden egress by
that squadron—that Hie Uritish Con
sul at Charleston has placed tho caso
before Lord Lyons. Wo do not pro
fess to be very au fait in mat tors of
national law: but wo think that
common sense touches that right of
ingress carries with it the right of
ogress. Tho tnero declaration of a
blockade, unaccompanied by a force
News from ike Border*
Wo are Informed by a gentleman
directly from Overton county, who
reached this city yesterday, that a de
plorable stuto of iiHairo exists on our
border in that region. Sinco tho littlo
affair at Allmny, In which a company
of Confederate!! dispersed tho Lhtcoln-
ites and seized somo guns, they have
boon concentrating tlieir forces ut that
point, and now have 2,200 men lit thut
place. 1 hey have been sending out
scouts into Tennessee and comnmtlng
depredations upon the people. Lass
Sunday ft squadron entered Fentrest
county, killed a peaceable citizen, and
afterwards robbed the corpse of a cra
vat, shirt buttons, a few pieces of sil
ver, Ac. They also apprehend anoth
er, who Boeing they were for plunder,
threw oil* his coat And told the search
Idm and take all lie had. They did
so, utid then turned him loose. He,
however, hud six hundred dollars in
his coat pocket, which they foiled to
get, for the reason Hint lie had pulled
off Ids coat and threw It down before
tho searcli was commenced. Thero is,
in consequence of this and liko depre
dations, great excitement, iudignation
and ularm amongst the peoplo. Thero
is an encampment of Contederate sol
diers iu Overton county, hut they ltavo
not tho strongth to moot nnd drive tho
Lincoln it es away.
Our inforinnut, who wits the late
Representative from Overton, in the
State Legislature, also informs us tiiat
that thu avowed olgect of tho Federal
force at Albany, is to march through
tiiat portion of our Stale, and take
possession of the Railroad leading to
Virginia, and thus cut off the commu
nication. This they will not be nhh
to uccoinpllsh ; but it is a matter that
deserves our attention. The latest
advices fioui Allmny stale that they
wore fortifying the place by entrench
ing. felling trees witli tiio tops south
ward, and forming stockade.
From another gentleman, also a luto
representative in the State Legislature,
from Jackson county, we learn that tho
onetity uro collecting u force in Mon
roe county, Ky,—have gone into camp
on Spring Creek, and already hav'o 700
mon under urms. They hare not com
menced their depredations; but tho
peoplo of Juckson constantly expect
raids similar to tlioso being prepotrated
in ()• orton nml Fentress. Tub late
Union mon in that region, v-o nro glad
to say, have determined to acquiesce
in the Motion of tho Stute, nnd all
thoso who will tako up arms in behalf
of tho bahboou despot ism at Washing
ton, have left the State already. Thoy
will get no tuoro recruits I'toin thoso
counties.
While giving publicity to these facts
ii desire to call Hie attention of the
Confederate authorities to them, nnd
to suggest that thoy should bo looked
after. The assemblage of so large i
force so near our border is not with
out significance.—Nashville Patriot
6/A.
SiiRur and Malt*
Tlicro nro ono hundred and fifty
car-loads of stigur at the G:utid Junc
tion iu Tonncssoo, awaiting transporta
tion eastward. Much ot this immense
supply Ims been at that point for some
time; but the railroads are not pre
pared to bring it away. Tiie half of
It put into our Eastern ’ market would
bring the prices of sugar down to rea
sonable rates.
There are said to bo a hundred thou
sand bu-dicl* of suit on tho line of tho
Virgiuih and Tennessee railroad ; and
the capacity of the Stlmes of Bmytli
county U equal to the manufacture of
ten thousand busliuls a week. Yot,
salt cannot bo hud in Richmond for
less than six or seven dollars a sack.
it is said tiiat Hie Danville railroa 1
company has proffered to send its
trains—cats, engines, - and all—to tho
JQrTke Army correspondent of the
Charleston Courier gives the follow
ing:
For several days a Hoot of Fodoral
steamers, varying in number from two
to ten, have been erasing up and down
the l'otoninc, in a manner so mysteri
ous ns to iuduco tho apprehension that
tin effort would be mnuo to land troops
ut seme nvailublo locality where they
would he enabled to erect fortifications,
and establish a point ifapmu for future
operations. A part of tlieir design has
doubtless been to discover encampments
nnd butteries along the river, and
bring on a general engagement by pro
voking an uttaek. To prevent thu for
mer result as far as regards lids |wirtic
ular branch of the river ‘coast, Col.
Hampton ordered a detachment of Ids
Artillery to encuiup iu a wood upon a
high nnd coiniuititding eminence which
gave them a clour sweep of the I’oto-
mac in every direction.
Kitliei from treachery or tho dis-
day of camp fires at night, their |tosi-
ion was discovered, and this morning
ut daylight found five steamers—three
large tneit of-wnr nnd two gun-bouts—
drawn up in battle array, before tho
point cu which tho/ were loaded.
Shortly after 8 o'clock ono of the
latter saucily udvutteud until within
half a mile of the shore, and threw a
heavy shell over tin vloinlty of tho
caiup. Meeting with no response, an
other soon followed, and uuothur and
ai!otip<r, until fivohnd been discharged.
The only pieces wo hud were two small
rifled six-pounders, belonging to the
battery, and the famous “Joing Tom”
captured at Muuassas -a splendid ritlo
Unity-two pounder, belonging to Wal
ker’s Battery, but dotuuhed lor the spe
cial use of the Artillery Lo'/lon, during
their occupation of the position to
which I have alluded. With these
Captain Leo now oiiened a brisk fire
leading off with what limy be termed
ill plcbean parlance “a sockdologer.”
Thu swift winged missile njparuntly
going through and through the tug,
ami producing on board the liveliest
commotion. Another hall quhkly fol
lowed from one of the ritlcs, when tho
the steamer wheeled around and
steamed out ot tho way as quickly ns
Uro and water could move tier. A sec
ond one now moved un, but nt a moro
respectful distance. She too fired nml
was fired up?!). Then came two of tho
tuuii of-war, sailing niiduxtioully up
from their positions down the liver, as
if they were about to annihilate tiie
little force on shore with a single broad
side; they dropped into placo about a
mile away. During their approach tho
firing had for the moment ceased, nnd
overy eye was fastened with intense
Interest upon tho black hulls at onoo
so sUout and so threatening.
Wo all knew they were armed with
the heaviest guns, and that tho calibre
of tho fleet outnumbered our own
twenty times over, yet not a heart
quailed in the crisis or beat less fervent
ly with tiie assurance that wo were not
fully able to copo with the formidable
antagonists. Suddenly a shoot of
flamoandjet of donso white smoke
issues from tho dark m*ss upon tho
water. Then you hear tho whizzing
ol a shell until it readies a point over
tho woods in which you aro, when a
white cloud; floating away in the air,
and a sharp oxplosion, marks tho ter
mination of its brief career. Other
discharges follow in ciuick succession.
Our artillery respond with alacrity,
and return shot for shot with tolling
effeet. You can sco tho balls strike
tho water around tho vessels with tiie
naked eye, whllo with tho glass tuny be
seen tho itdury which theysuffor. Tito
marksmanship of tho Yankees is bi t-
tor than was ovor before known.—
Tltoii shells, with a few exceptions,
Late News.
.Smyth county Salines for tiie salt, if
Hie South Sido and Virginia and Ten
nessee companies will permit; but
has yet succeeded iu bringing down
only a single train loaded with the
mm h-desired article. Wo hope tlio
Danville company will ho importtinnto
in this matter, and persist in theso
proffers. Tho poople have too much at
stake iu this matter for such a propo
sition to fail.
In regard to the great quantities of
sugar and salt awaiting traiis;iortntion,
it is said tiiat |>owerful combinations of
capitalists exist to prevent tlieir trans
missions on tho public works. Thus,
wl)ile Northern Yankees hlockndo
•our seaports, homo Yankees blookade
our interior channels. Wo are fighting
tlio Northern Yankees with cannon
uud bayonet. What sort of wcaixxis
should wo uso against tlio homo Yan-
kccs, their aiders and nbeltcis?—Jtich.
Disjtatch.
ftayThc Yankees at Hatteras have
cut a canal across tho point on which
the fort is erected, and above the latter,
to assist iu keeping away tho Confede
rate troops. 'Tho water flows very rap
idly through tills dyke, which is there
by deepening ami widening, and it is
nrobablo tho small island on which tho
rortificution is built, will bo entiroly
swept away by tlio storms which are
common at tiiat locality, especially iu
tlio winter. Tiie fortifications of ltoan-
oko Island 25 miles from Ilnttorns, are
progressing rapidly, and vigorous and
judicious measures arc in progress to
nrovent any further intrusion by Hi®
Fodoral vnnduls upon tho soil of tlio
Old North .State.
to maintain it, is a mere nudity. Tlio
absence, therefore, of the Yankco
squadron from Beaufort or its imme
diate vicinity, laid that port open to
any vessel Hint might chooso to enter
ic, and when once In, such vessel had
tlio right of egress.
A doctrine contrary to this would
enable the blockading party, by tempo
rarily absenting themselves from tiie
vicinity of a port to entieo vessels to
outer, and then to stop -them up like
rats in.a hole. Wo would not there
fore, bo surprised, if the facts stated
above, aro facts—to hoar that tho roar
of the British lion was soon hoard on
our const.—Palelyh Iteyister,
Discounting, on Bacon.—Tho Rdgo-
flold Advertiser says t ho Bank of Ham
burg will lend, money for purchasing
hogs from Kentucky and Touncssco.
This will bo a groat accommodation to
all who oan get salt to savo Umlt bocpn
and who do not rear theip own hogs,
os yory tpany jCwflintopb
Ahekican Agents in Birmingham.—
Wo aro informed that, staying in tlio
same hotel in Birmingham, uro a rep
resentative of the Federal nnd an oni-
eial of tho Confederate Governments
of America, tlieir business in tho “city
of smoko” being tlio purohaso of mu
nitions of war. Tho two gentlemen go
on from day to day ordering nnd su«
perintonding the (despatching of guns,
cannon, anu other deadly implements,
and at tlio same timo are on intimnto
and friondly terms. In faot, thoy dine
together, smoko togotlior, and do,
‘ brandy smash,” in agreeable ooinpnn-
iouship.— Bristol Daily Post.
Nativities.—Thoro is a general im
pression that moro natives of tho Not tit
livp in tlio South, than of tho South in
the North. Tho fovonsa I* true, at
least so far ns Georgia Is concerned.
Tlio consus of 1850 show* t|»ut tho
number of natives of Georgia in the
uoti-slavoholding Statos was o,4Gfl, The
natjvosof froo States in Georgia was
3,249. So that Ihore weto 2,217 moro
natives of Gooraiaiti tlio North, thou
natives of the Nbrth' in Georgia. It
thus seems that whilo many who wore
born , at tho North have liked Georgia
well enough to cast tlieir lot in with us,
more than thoso bom 'Hero profoy to
live 99 frpp soil.—
t null MllUlin, «HU I* tun UAUUJHIUIIRi
have fallen in tho vpry woods in which
tlio artillery wero placed, and once or
twico hurst over tlio camp. Still the
boys work on undeterred by whizzing
sltols or falling fragments. Nobody
is hur*, and tho probability is that n *
body will bo hurt. An hour or two of
continuous firing follows, nnd the ves
sels, by this time, more or less, porfotr*
ted or damaged by our balls, haul off
to repair damages, await reinforce
ments, or put their soro heads together
to dctermiuo on future operations.
Such is a history of tltc first fight of
tho Hampton Artillery' up to tweivo
o,clock, to-day—a fight in which two
“insignificant” littlo pop guns and one
moderately sized 3-2pounder whip
ped a Yntikco squadron of five vessels
nnd drove them uut of range to kcop
them from being sunk.
Tho Government Minis.
Tho Richmond Kxaminer says:
Tho Confederate Stoles Government,
In the early part of the year, author
ized a loan of $10,000,000. Soino |8,
000,000 cf it wero promptly suliscri-
bed for, and it bad been generally
supposed that by this time the whole
lonn had boon taken. This, we un
derstand, is a mistake. There is still
fivo millions of ti i» loan not taken,
and for which, wo understand, Hie
Government has still open its books
for subscription.
The produce lonn Ims been a suc
cess from the hegiuin^. At tho time
of tlio surrender ot Fort Sumter,
when war was shown to be invitohlo,
tho Secretary of tiie Trcnsiiro called
upon the plantors* of the Confeder
ate States fora subscription of 1.UU0,
000 bales of cotton—worth, say $500,
000,000—to ho puid for in 8 per cent.
Iionds. Sinco tho war bus been
Hiorougly inaugurated, it has been
found necessary to enlarge tho cotton
loan to 2,000,000 bales, or about half
tho usual crop, This amount would
givo tho Government $100,000,000
making on 8 per cent, funded debt,
tho interest payable semi-annually.
To secure the payment of then* bonds
the provisions of Congress are ample,
in its* system of internal taxation,
and that ot Him export duty on cot
ton.
It U, we loan), considered unlikely
that the residui- ol t|,c crop left un
subscribed will-lit- taken at a fiijr prieo
by the UovuHiinent. and troasury
notes be given thcivfor, so as to relieve
the planters of any embarrassment,
and, at the sttii.b time give the people
a circulating 'medium.
BATTLE ON BANTA ROSA ISLAND!
Pensacola, Oct. 9.—An engagement
took placo on Santa Rosa Island b®-
foro daylight this morning, between
the Confederates and Federalists.
1 he Clinch Rifles wero represented
Iu the fight by a detachment of thirty
one men. Among tho killed nro Josopu
II. Adams and F. G. Cook, or this
company ? B. H. Holt is missing, N.
lUco and W* H# Smith woro wounded,
hut not dangerously. .These aro all
tlio casualties in this company-
Other prlvato dispatches stuto that
Mr. Stanton, of tho Irish Volunteers
was killed, and ono or two wounded.
L. A. Nelms, of Wurrcnton, mi Aid to
Col. Jackson, was kilted.
It appears the expedition consisted
only of detachments from several com
panies, and was probably intended to
routo tho enemy, in order to prevent
their erecting bettories on the island
tiiat might command the city of Pen
sacola. Col. Jaoksoii was in command,
and tho expedition was successful.
FURTHER PARTICULARS.
The regular agent to tho Press sends
us the following:
Mobile, Oct. 0.—A special dispatch
to tho Mobilo Advertiser A Register,
dated Pensacola, Oct. 9th, says; 1,000
Confederates, under command of Gcu.
Anderson crossed tlio Bay Inst night,
and landed ou Santa Rosa Islund at 2
o’clock this morning, when thoy storm
ed Hie camp of Billy Willson’s Zouaves,
burning and destroying overy building
in tho encampment except tlio hospi
tal.
Our troops took burnouse quantities
of rations, equipments, stores and mu
nitions. They also spiked tho enemy’s
cannon and elYootcd a total destruction
of their camp. 1
Tho loss of the Confederates U 40
killed and wounded. The loss of tfio
enemy is very great.
Among tho casualties of the Confed
erates nro tho following: Cupt. Brad
ford, of Florida, killed; Lieut. Nelms,
of Georgia, killed 5 Walter Bozler, .of
tho Mobile Continentals, desperatoly
woundod t John Burgess, killed; Gon.
Anderson, wounded In the arm; Lieut.
.Sayro, woundod in the hip; tho list Is
imperfect, nnd is it impossible to get
all the particulars.
Our forco en :agcd was composed of
Hire® companies of the Fifth Georgia
Regiment, 14 members of the Mouilo
Continentals, three oomnanics of Reg
ulars, a detachment of Mississippians,
a detachment of Georgians under Lieuts.
Unllonqust and Nelms, 200 Alabamians,
and a detachment of Navy officers and
Marine* under Cupt. Brent.
Mifi. Vodges, of the U. 8. Army, is
one of numorous prisoners tuken by
our troops.
Lieut. Slaughter, of tho Mobile Con
tinentals, was taken prisoner, while
carrying a flag of truce to tho^enemy.
Tlio viotory of tho Confederates is
completo.
ATTACK ON COLUMBUS, KY.
Memphis, Oct. 0.—Passengers on tills
morning’s train report that the Federal
gunboat Conestoga and another gun
boat attacked Columbus, Ky., on Holi
day morning last, throwing shot and
shell. Tlio Confederate batteries re
plied, striking tho gunboats, knocking
down their smoko staoks, nnd otherwise
injuring thero severely. Thoy, retreat
ed Jn a sinking condition.
RAILROAD ACCIDENT.
Memphis, Oot. 9.—A iroigbt train on
the Mississippi Central Railroad colli
ded witli tho passenger train on Satur
day last, injuring tlio freight nnd oars,
hut, fortunately, thoro wa® "nobody
hurt.”
NUMBER 50
llattlo of Simla Kn.n I.lntiif,
Tlio killed will probably bo 2 nnd tlio
woundod 80 or moro.
Drown, of Fort Piokont, litta dbous 30
".:ar,s!;r.=w. 1L>
the onemy must havo beon immense.
The dead are brought from tho Island
ns fast ns possible.
Gen. Bragg witnessed the fight from
his head-quarters, and was much pleas
ed with tho bravery, determination,
nnd success of our gnllarit troops.
Somo of tho enomy's comissioned
officers have been released on parole.
1 ho list of killed and wounded is
not yet comploto.
FROM WESTERN VIRGINIA.
UicmtoNB, Oot. 10,-Tho report yrater-
day relative to tlio to tho rotroat of
Gon. Kosoncrnnt* i n Woitarn Virginia
tlio reliability of which roprt was con-
.Idoied to bo doubtful, U confirmed to-
day ill official quartora. Gen. ttoion-
crntit* retreated with llto aimy bo bad
opposing Gon. boo ot Sewell Uotknbdn
lit that section of tha Slate, and 1ms
S ono in tlio direction ol tlio Gauloy
ivor.
NEW YOHK COTTON MAHKET.
N*w York, Oot, 3.—Cotton firm, with
sales of 1,000 halos itt21Jo.for Middling
Uplands.
Yaxkee A Freer ion fob TtiE.Neono..
Wo learn Hint throe out of four negro
men pilots ftfid bpatipoi), who piodo
their esoftpn ut a certain point np tho
North Carolina coast to Oliu of t|ie
’Yankees vossoln, pndenvopred tp re,
turn t>j tboiy homes, upd woro Bitot in
tho attempt, Thoy woro worked so
hard by tho Vankocs that thoy could
not stand it, and woro shot down liko
,flpgs tvhqn ,tliey trjod to got away.
AKFAI1IS IN UlSSOUJU.
Cincinnati, Oot. 0.—The .SK Louis
correspondent of tlio Cincinnati Com*
tnercial, says that ono of tlio Federal
officers, who was recently released
from Lexington on parolo, reports that
200 members of tho Irish Brigade havo
deserted and joined tho Conlcdorat.
Army.
Evansviule, hid., Oct. 4.—Tho Ev-
Rttsvlllo Journal, of this data confirms
tho report of Gon Fremont boing order
ed to Washington, to answer tho ohar-
gos made by Col. Blair, who is under
arrest at St. Louis,.
St. Louis, Oot. 0.—At tlio last ac
counts Genorul Price was maroliiiig to-
words Boonvillo, Mo., whllo tlio Fed.-
rail.!, woro oonoonlratlng at Jeflorson
City.
ITAsnriuf, Oct. 9.—The Wostorn pa
pers complain of tho troops being
drawn from that sootion to proteot
Washington City.
THREATENING THE CHEliOKEES
Cincinnati, Oct. 0.—A dlspatoh ro-
coivod hero dated Et. Louis, Oct. fid,
says that iu consequence of tlio seces
sion of tlio ChoroKoo Nation, mul its
nllinncu witli tho Confederate States,
Col. McNeil, tlio assistant Provost Mar
shal thoro, lias issued Ids proclamation
notifying tlio tit. Louis Building und
Eavuig Association, that $33,000, n part
or tlio United States Government an
nuity paid to tlio Clicrokoos, and. do-
posited in that Institution, will ho con
fiscated.
GH3AT FLOOD IN TUB OHIO
RIVER,
Maui'ins, Oot. 8.—Thero is n great
llood in tho Oldo Bivor, in consequence
of tlio rising of its tributaries, nnd caus
ing much dnmogo to properly and crops
along tlio hanks. Among other -inju
ries (lorlinmto iq/uries.l it lias swept
awuy tlio Fodoral bridge of hoots at
Paducah, Ky.
TENNESSEE LEGISLATURE,
NAsuville, Oot. 0.—Oov. Harris, jp
Ids message to tlio Legislature to-day,
recommends the payment qf tlio war
tag by tin - State.
AFFAIRS IN KENTUCKY.
Fiiankvoiit, Ky., Oct. 7.—In tlio Ken
tucky Legislature, a bill lias been pass
ed authorizing tlio Stuto Military Board
to t'nlso $2,000,000 lit addition to the
$3,000,000 iioretoforo authorized, atid
a'so, to raise « force to proteot tlio rail
roads, ooptil boats, bridges, nnd ollior
public works of tho State.
Nat Onithor hits boon appointed and
conflrmod hb Secretary of tlio Stnto ot
Kentucky, yjpo jtf r » Monroo now in
Tennecscc.
Judge Cetrop has been appoipto
jBtoto Commissioner tp Washington. I
Affaire in Whooltug.-ATrcst ofLaOic*.
Fivo rohigcos from Wlioeling arrived
In this city on Saturday, by n cittidUlua
routo, for tho propose of joinin, tho
Sohriver Grays, Cant. Dun tel M. Sch ri
ver, stationed al Fairfax. This comnu-
ny was formed at Wheeling, on tho
commencement of hostilities, ami us
organization wus effected under Hie
most disadvantageous drcunjstuiM.es.
Its ranks havo, howovor, received htfgo
uoccssions sinco its ontranco into aeti’ -
service; nnd it did noble duly.* m
tlio recent battles on ^Manassas l' ; u^.
'ho gentleman above alluded to bruit;
accounts from Wheeling, which move
that Piorpont is determined, if possible
to emulate Lincoln in his slmmefoss
enormities.
Not only aro men. thrown Ip to prince
or forced to swear allogunoA » -
"Union,” but even ladies, belongii.t! i•**
tho most rospootablo families iu the
placo, some very young, are onesteU,
waded before a Court, imprisoned or
told to bail to answer charges of H r ri
sen. Our informant mentioned to us
the names of thirteen, tlio most promi
nent among whom wero Miss Dora
Dunbar, Mbs Aunio. Wilson and Mbs
Moystou, who, perhaps imprudent I
but nono tho less nobly, havo never
concealed their sympathy for tho South.
Miss Dunbar was ono of the earliest
"spotted” by tho Hessian detectives.
8ho had appeared upon tho stroots
woaring a secession budge, She was
ono of tho foromost in secession recep
tions-—but still ono of tho most mod
est and estimable young ladies in
ivliooung.
She assisted in making the uniforms
for the Sohriver Grays, aud in tliobrond
day smuugled them into their rendez
vous under tho skirts of her dtess.
aftor tho Grays had slippod away, other
enterprises werobogun : secret recruit
ing was carried on, nnd tho ladies—-
mothers and daughters—many in num
ber, assisted in overy way they could.
A fow days ago, three hundred und
ninoty men wero drilling in a scaled
rendezvous, but a spy at longtli founci
his way into tho organisation, and
broko it up. Many members escaped
into Virginia by various routes, others
woro compelled to romain far want of
funds sufficient to py the expenses of
a prudently conducted escape, and
from among them many wope arrested
and forced to tako the oath of alieglanco
Thor, tho avrost of tho ladiee commenc
ed, and is doubtless BtlU carried on with
all tit® persovoranco of which tho pro-
tonded Governor is capable.—Piehmond
hit.
Thzasox is Indiana.—Federal papers
admit that all tho peoplo of Indiana
do not by any means bond tho suppli
ant ktieo to tho Illinois dictator. A
largo mooting was hold atf Bainbridgo,
Futnam county, a fow days ago, at
which strong peaco resolutions wero
passed, and denunciations of Lincoln’s
unholy war expressed. A still larger
mooting of tho sumo description vrr.s
held in Franklin county, also, in the
sumo State.—Nash. Banner>
Interesting.-—A prlvato letter, re
ceived In New Orleans, says tho Bulle
tin, states that a Yankee forco had
l.tndcd on Uio main land, abont twelve
milos distant from Fort Piokens, and
woro busily engaged in throwing up
earthworks, Somo aro of tho opinion
that the naval expedition, .of which
wc havo hoard so much of lut© r Is do-
tinod for Pensacola. Wo shall soon
many counties of Koptucky, th$ pfa
vigilant action will bo taken Jo pru
pup t/oasou and rqbojliop,
Accipxnt.—A carriage, cortfainir.*
Mrs. Jefforson Davis and Mrs. Gon.
Johnston, whilo in,the vicinity of D li
farm yesterday evening, was accic'. ..
ally procipitated into an ex^nv i n
some fifteen feet deop, by tho brok
ing of tho front breast polo of tu.« 1 ti
ll icle, which forced it on the boiv...
und caused them to toko flight. .•
learn that Mrs. Johnston had on-
Iter arms broken, and that Mrs. DuvL
was severely bruised. The* earring"
was badly used up, and the wonclev i-
that its occupants bad not iecc-..o.
somo fatal Injury, Both Judies > .rc
brought to this city on a hand • .1.
They wero both suffering severely, b\ \
bore it with fortitude.
4 F. 8.—Since the abovo was .. . iiL : ,
we loam that Mrs. .Tohnstou’s w:l,t \,l_ 1
broken. Mrs. Davis received n cm*
tion of Hie right shoulder and-a situ
cut on the hegd.—-Richmond Exar. i,.
4/A.
Iijj’RoyjNq,—Wo are gratirt: -
learp Iput Mr*. Pavia wus not f \
ly injured by thft pepidept on 'In..' v
ovenmg, und . that Mrs. John '- w h
rapidly improving. It is almost i»..•-
cttlous that the reiult’was not moi v
disastrous.—Dispatch, 5th.
While pt?r army j* .energetically
“getting ready," pttn Siokles and
his cijt-fjffoat brigade are -,.Hj.ttvnitig
tbo bravest and best of our ^Maryland
friend*- The last."political arrest” in
lour or Maryland,- is that of Gen.
T-encJ; Tijgippap. • ■ ■■
Tktal of a New* (Jon.—One of tho
mortars rppently cast by Mr. M. A.
MjUof, at hi*.foqpdry ip this city, was
tnpd op Sfttprday afternoon l.ast, Thq
piece, afr an elevation pf. 45 degrees,
threw a ten-inch hundred and Twenty
.eight pound ball; a distapco of pearly
three miles, TbP piece, we learn, was
east irqp from tho Etowah pjipee.-r-
Sav. Rem ; '