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GEO. W. ADAIRJ. HENLY SMITH,
EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA:
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1861.
From the Southern Recorder—Extra, Sept. 11.
Proceedings of State Convention.
Milledgeville, Sept. 11, 1&G1.
The Convention assembled in this city, on
Wednesday, 11th instant, and was temporarily
organized by calling C. Peeples, Esq., of Mon
roe, to the Chair, and appointing Messrs. Sloan
of Muscogee and Hall of Richmond, Secretaries.
The Counties being called, the following del
egates appeared and took their seats :
Bibb— T G Holt, W Moughon.
Baldroin— J W II Sanford, L II Briscoe, T B
Lamar, Chas Ivey, L A Jordan, A I Butts, N
McGehee, R. Gibson.
Bryan— J L McAllister, J C Arnold, H Mat
tox.
Burke— R T Jones, E B Gresham, E Atta
way, N Ballard, J J Jones.
Bulloch— S L Moore, Samuel Harvell.
Brooks — W II Sharpe.
Clark— M C M Hammond, W D Wash, Wll
Mitchell.
Cass— ll F Price, Lewis Tumlin, It H Can
non.
Clinch— Jacob Watson.
Clayton—J F Johnson, J C Smith.
Chatham— J Hartridge, E H Bacon, W P
Thompson, L S DeLyon, Hiram Roberts, F W
Sims.
Carroll —A II Black.
Crawford — E Webb, A W Gibson.
Coweta — D F Hammond, John E Robinson.
Cobb— G N Lester, W A Appling, Jr., John
Gragg.
Dougherty.— D A Vason, J H Hill, T C Spi
cer, W M Slaughter, A J McCarthy.
Dooly.— J S Thomas, R Redding.
Effingham.— T R Hines, A G Porter, C H Mc-
Leod.
Fulton.—J Vi Duncan, Richard Orme, J L
Williams, M A Huson, J S Wise.
Floyd.— D 8 Printup, H A Gartrell, J W II
Underwood, Dr. R Leigh, R L Zuber.
Hancock.— E Cane, C W Dußose, W J Harley,
J W Simmons, L 8 Stewart, J W Hutchinson,
B T Harris.
Houston.- G Hill, W D Allen.
Jasper.— T J Smith, J M Darden, W A Lof
ton.
Jefferson. — A E Tarver, W A Wilkins.
Johnson.— John Snell, J B Wright, J Arline.
Jones.— Benj. Barron, L Singleton, F S John
son, B F Finney, A Middlebrooks, R II Hutch
ings.
Laurens.— Robert Robinson, J T Duncan, J
J C Stanley.
Liberty.— A Winu, S A Frazer, W L Wal
thour.
Lee. —W B Richardson.
Lowndes.— A Converse, B Mosely, (by proxy,)
J L Mapp.
Madison.—J M Hull, C M Strickland.
Anderson Farnesworth, James
Edmundson.
Muscogee.— -R L Bass, Thos. Sloan, H M Je
ter.
Macon.— D B Frederick, G W Fish.
Morgan.—G F Ponder, Abner Porter, S J Saf
fold, J 8 Fannin.
Monroe. — R B Johnson, C Peeples.
Mclntosh.— R Spalding, L Mclntosh, I John
son.
Oglethorpe.—R M Fleming, G C Hammock.
Pickens.— J E Price, A K Blackwell.
Pierce.—J McDonough, James Sweat.
Pulaski.— T J McGriff, 8 M Manning.
Putnam. —J Wingfield, 8 Pearson, D R Ad
ams, T G Lawson.
Pike.—A. G Peden, W P Daniel, II C Fryer.
Bichmond.— J Davison, W J Owens, C A
Riwland, W Schley, G G McWhorter, B F
Hall, GT Dortic, J Walker, J Ganahl.
Randolph—J McK Gunn, F D Bailey.
Scriven—G L Jackson, A 8 Roberts, J T Dell.
Spalding CII Johnson, JII Aikin.
Sumter— G W Bivins, DII Hill, A A Adams.
Thomas—Vi G Ponder, A T Mclntyre.
Tatnall— Benj Brewton, J B Stripling.
Taylor—J D Bell.
Twiggs— ll S Wimberly, John Fitzpatrick.
Upson—J W Atwater, T F Mathews.
Washington S 0 Franklin, R R Strange, W
W Carr, Wm Hodges, A 0 Haines, J 11 Bitner,
G W Sparks.
Wor<A-RG Ford, Sr.
On motion, a Committee of one from each
Congressional District was appointed to report
officers for the permanent organization of the
Convention, who, after consultation, present
ed the Hon. Dennis F. Hammond, of Coweta,
for President. He was notified of his election
and ascending to the Speaker's Chair, tender
ed his acknowledgments, invoking harmony
and kind feeling in the Convention.
The suggestion of the Committee was adopt
ed, that the Counties entitled to two Repre
sentatives in the Legislature be permitted to
cast five votes in the Convention, and Coun
ties having one Representative cast three
votes.
Messrs. Sloan and Hall were continued as
Secretaries.
Mr. W. H. Mitchell, of Clark, moved to ap
point a committee of three from each Congres
sional District, to report business for the Con
vention, and also names for consideration as
nominees of this Convention. After remarks
by Messrs. Fish, Spalding, Hartridge, Lester,
Mitchell and others, the first clause of the
motion was agreed to, and the Chair appoint
ed as a business committee from
Ist District—Messrs. De Lyon, Harris and
Spalding.
2d District—Messrs. Slaughter, Lamar and
Molut yre.
3d District—Messrs. Jeter. Bivins and Fish.
4lh District —Messrs. Sanford, Holt, and j
Wingfield.
sth District —Messrs. Jones, Davison and
Franklin.
6th District —Messrs. Mitehell, Hull and
Fannie
Tth District—Messrs. J F Johnson, Peeples
and C H Johuaon.
Sth District—Messrs. Lester, Orme and Rob
inson
fth District—Priea.
IPih District—Messrs. Cannon, Gartrell of
Floyd, and Farnesworth.
SOUTHERN CONFEDERACY
Mr Lester, of Cobb, moved that the Com
mitte be instructed to report two names, and
two alternates, as candidates for Electors for
the State at large, for President and Vice-Pres
dent of the Confederate States of America.
Mr. Jeter moved that the delegates from the
several Congressional Districts, during the re
cess, agree upon some person and an altern
ate as a candidate for Presidential Elector from
the Districts. Motion agreed to.
Convention adjourned to 3 o’clock P. M.
The Convention met at 3 o’clock, and the
Committee reported the following resolutions,
which were adopted ; when, on motion, the
Hon. Eugenius A Nisbet, of Bibb was unani
mously nominated for Governor, and the fol
lowing gentlemen from the districts selecte i as
Electors and alternates for President and Vice
President:
Resolved., That, appreciating at its proper
value the eminent services of our much es
teemed and gifted President and Vice-Presi
dent, Hon. Jefferson Davis and Hon. A. H.
Stephens, we present to the people of Georgia
the names of these distinguished citizens as
proper to be supported by us all for the offices
of President and Vice-President of the Con
federate States of America f>r the ensuing
term.
Resolved, That we present to the people of
Georgia the name of the Hon. Eugenius A.
Nisbet, of the county of Bibb, as one every
way suitable and proper to be voted for, for
the office of Governor of this State at the en
suing election, and cordially recommend his
election by the people.
Resolved, That we recommend the following
gentlemen to be voted for as Electors for the
State at large; Hon David Irwin, of Cobb;
Hon Thos E Lloyd, of Chatham; and as Alter
nate Electors, Hon J R Alexander, of Thomas,
and Hon W H Dabney, of Gordon.
On motion of Mr. Peeples, Hon L S DeLyon,
W M Slaughter, and T G Holt, were appoint
ed a committee to notify Hon E A Nisbet of
his nomination, and request his acceptance.
After passing the usual complimentary reso
lutions to the President and Secretaries, and
requesting the press generally to publish the
proceedings, the Convention adjourned sine die.
First District—J L Harris, of Glynn, Elector.
J L Singleton, of Scriven, Alternate.
Second District—Arthur Hood, of Randolph,
Elector.
J 8 Dyson, of Thomas, Alternate.
Third District—J L Wimberly, of Stewart,
Elector.
J M Mobley, of Harris, Alternate.
Fourth District—Dr Edmund McGehee, of
Houston, Elector.
Dr I E Dupree, of Twiggs, Alternate.
Fifth District—l P Garvin, of Richmond,
Elector.
J S Hook, of Washington, Alternate.
Sixth District—M C M Hammond, of Clark,
Elector.
Isham Fannin, of Morgan, Alternate.
Seventh District—o C Gibson, of Spalding,
Elector.
J T Stephens, of Monroe, Alternate.
Eighth District—Herbert Fielder, of Polk,
Elector.
John Ray, of Coweta, Alternate.
Ninth District—ll II Cannon, of Rabun,
Elector.
J H Banks, of Hall, Alternate.
Tenth District—ll F Price, of Cass, Elector.
F A Kirby, of Chattooga, Alternate.
Our Special Army Correspondence.
Army of the Potomac, )
Manassas, September 5, 1861. j
I did not write you yesterday on account of
my absence at the battle field, where I went to
witness the erection, by the Eighth Georgia
Regiment, of a marble shaft upon the spot
where Col. Bartow fell. The Seventh, Eighth
and Eleventh Georgia Regiments were present
iu full force ; also the Kentucky Regiment and
a detachment from the Ninth Georgia Regi
ment. These regiments composed the brigade
commanded by Colonel Bartow at Winchester,
though only two of them (the Seventh and
Eighth) arrived here iu time to participate in
battle, the others having been detained by an
accident on the railroad. The officers and band
of the First Georgia Regulars, a portion of Gen.
Toombs’ staff, and detachments from the Sec
ond and Fifteenth Georgia Volunteers, with a
large concourse of other persons, including vis
itors here and soldiers attached to other Con
federate regiments, were present. Brigadier-
General Samuel Jones, who succeeded Colonel
Bartow in the command of the Second Brigade,
was also in attendance with his entire staff.—
There were a few ladies on the ground, one of
whom, it will be no indelicacy to say, was Mrs.
Branch, of Savannah, whose heroic son, Adju
tant John Branch, now sleeps upon the immor
tal field where wo stood; while another son,
Sanford Branch, was taken prisoner at the side
ot his dead brother and is now in Washing
ton ; and a third, Hamilton Branch, still stands
his ground in the glorious Eighth, determined
under the favor of Providence to avenge the
death of the one and the imprisonment of the
other. Il was peculiarly appropriate that this
body should have been present on such an oc
casion. The intrepid commander whose hero
ism we had met to commemorate, in all his >
brigade had no truer men than the Branches '
—none who loved him more, and none whom
he loved more. Many of their comrades came
up to pay their respects to this mother of Geor- '
gian Gracchii, each one of whom had some ■
kindly recollection of her sous to relate, or '
some manly virtue to rehearse.
The several regiments formed in a hollow
square around the spot where the column was ;
to be planted. Gen. Jones and staff, and other
field officers and visitors, took their positions
within the square. The band of the First Geor- I
gia Regulars, the best I have heard in Virgin- I
ia except perhaps the band of the New Orleans
Washington Artillery, played a beautiful and
touching requiem, after which the Rev. Mr.
Jones, Chaplain of the Eighth Georgia, offered
up an exceedingly appropriate prayer. Gen.
Jones then stepped forward and said that Vice
President Stephens who had been at Manassas
I for some days in attendance upon his brother,
: Lieutenant-Colonel Linton Stephens, and Gen.
! Toombs had been invited to be present and
I deliver addresses on the occasion ; but that the
I former had been called to Richmond, and that
j the latter was laboring under a temporary in
’ disposition which prevented his attendance.—
s Under these circumstances, the Hon. Mr.
: Semmes. the Attorney-General of Louisiana,
j who was accidentally present, had consented
to make some remarks. Mr. Semmes, having
been introduced by Gen. Jones, proceeded to
deliver * very chaste and becoming eulogium
He said that he had not had any warning of
what would be expected of him ; but he stood
upon the Plains of Manassas, and the name of
Bartow was now a household word ir. Louisi
ana and throughout all this broad land, and
he felt that if he could but give expression to
the emotions of his own heart, he should not
fall far below the requirements of the occasion.
I have been promised a copy of his remarks,
however, and shall not do the speaker the in
justice to attempt a report of them from mem
ory.
Major Cooper, of the Eighth, was about to
give an order in regard to the further conduct
of the caremonies, but feeling overcome by the
recollections of the day of battle and of the
man at whose side he had fought, he said he
could not refrain from adding a word to what
had already been so eloquently and appropri
ately said. His speech was short, and was the
speech of a soldier. Like a good musket ball,
it went straight to the mark, and to the hearts
of all present. Indeed, I saw many wet eyes
around that marble shaftyesterday—great dia
mond tear drops upon rough bearded cheeks,
that never have and never will blanche in
presence of an enemy.
The column was planted in its place by Gen.
Jones, Mr. Semmes, Col. Taylor, of the Ken
tucky Regiment, Maj. Cooper, and other offi
cers, each one of whom threw a spadeful of
earth around it. Mrs. Branch, Mrs. Semmes,
of New Orleans, and Miss Mary Cook, of Ala
bama, also threw in each a spadeful, as did
all the members of the Oglethorpe Light In
fantry, (Col. Bartow’s old company,) and hun
dreds of others who desired to testify their
admiration of the fallen hero.
The shaft, which is round and plain, rises
about five feet above the ground, and is a foot
in diameter. It was made round to prevent
visitois to the field from chipping off pieces of
the marble, to carry with them home as relics
of the field of the dead. The inscription is
exceedingly simple and appropriate. It is in
these words:
“ Francis S. Bartow.
They have killed me, boys,
But never give up the fight ”
Altogether it was a solemn ceremony. Around
us spread the torn and bloody battle field,
which but a few weeks before had been the
scene of the fiercest conflict ever waged upon
the Western Continent. It now lay calm and
quiet, its plains and hills and valleys reposing
in the autumnal sunlight, and its blasted ver
dure once more rejoicing in its wonted fresh
ness. The overthrown fences, and the timber
less trees through which the iron and leaden
hailstorm had sped, and the new-made graves
where sleep alike the vanquisher and the van
quished, are all that is left to tell that here the
children of glory had met the invader, and
had overthrown him. Upon a hill in the cen
tre of this scene, and upon which Sherman’s
famous battery wasstationed, and around which
the storm raged fiercest—here it was that the
hero fell, flag in hand, in the very arms of vic
tory ; and here it was that the marble shaft
containing his dying words was planted. That
shaft now points its white finger from the
plains of glory below, upward to those supre
mer and more heavenly plains w here the bra ve
whojfall in their country’s cause, shall restfrom
their struggles and be crowmd with chaplets
of immortal green. Long after that marble
shall have crumbled into dust, and until the
sun and stars which now beam and blaze
around the throne of God, shall have been
stricken from the skies, the Plains of Manas
sas and the name of Bartow shall not be ab
sent from the lips of the sons and daughters of
men.
The cenotaph erected and the ceremony over,
I went with Lieut. Moon, of the Atlanta Con
federate Volunteers, to the spot to which Col.
Bartow was borne after he was shot, and where
he breathed his last. An error recurred in one
of my former communications in regard to the
persons who carried him off the field ; and as
the men who performed the sad duty as well
as the entire command feel desirous that each
one's part, however humble, should be rightly
understood, I am glad of an opportunity to
make the correction. The persons, then, who
bore him off were Lieut. Wm. P. Moon, of the
Atlanta Confederate Volunteers, private E. L-
Morton, of the DeKalb Lignt Infantry and pri
vates J. F. Lindley and J. L. Dobbs, of the
Cobb county Confederate Guards, and all of the
Seventh Regiment. They carried him about
one hundred and fifty yards to the rear, and
laid him down under a cedar tree, some of the
limbs of which were torn off by pieces of shell.
I cut a walking cane from a branch that sha
ded him where he died, and requested Lieut.
Moon to have the spot marked. He says that
Col. Bartow seemed to be looking at them and
smiling all the time up to the moment of his
death.
I heard yesterday, for the first time, of a re
mark made by Lieut. Col. Gardner, of the Btb,
after he had been shot down and taken prison
er, which deserves to be recorded in brass. The
I regiment, after holding their ground against
I fearful odds for a long time, were finally com
pelled to fall back, and the enemy coming up,
found Col. Gardner lying on the ground. An
■ officer rather disposed to exult over their par
. tial success, said to him in substance: “Sir,
i your army better yield. We are driving you
: back. We have 50,000 men on the field and
, heavy reserves coming up. Stop this effusion
. of blood, and surrender, or we shall sweep you
’ from the face of the earth.” Col. Gardner in
dignantly replied : “ Never ! but we will give
I you such a fight as this every day from here to the
I Gulf of Mexico.” What Georgian does not feel
proud of the brother who, though wounded
and lying flat of his back in the midst of ex
; ulting foes, thus bearded them to their faces
and bade their whole army defiance ?
After a week’s pleasant weather, we are
again visited with rain, with every prospect
of its continuance. This may interfere some
what with the movements of the army, and
postpone for a time those operations which
were foreshadowed in a reeentcommunieation.
Yesterday, the last clear day, was signalized !
by a successful movement oa the Potomac '
above Washington. The enemy had a force I
of about 3,000 engaged in throwing up works i
on the other side, where it was supposed we
would seek to cross the river. We had some
heavy guns carried up and put in position
while the enemy slept, and yesterday n»orn-
I ing these guns were turned upoa their works,
which were soon demolished and their forces
scattered far and wide. We also drove the
enemy from Hall’s Hill yesterday, an advanced
position looking towards Arlington Heights,
and will proceed forthwith to fortify it.
The Georgia Regiments now here are the
First Regulars, and the Second, Seventh,
Eighth, Ninth, Eleventh, Fifteenth and Twen
tieth Volunteers, Mej. Mercer’s Battalion and
the Flying Artillery, Capt. Cutts.
At Yorktown, are the Sixth and Tenth. At
Norfolk and vicinity, the Third, Fourth, and
Maj. Hardeman’s Battalion. With Gen. Lee
is the First Volunteers, Col. Ramsay, and the
Troup Artillery, Capt. Stanley ; and with Gen.
Floyd it the Thirteenth, Col Ector.
At last accounts, the Tom Cobb Legion and
the regiments of Col. Howell Cobb and Col.
Wofford were at Richmond, and the Phillips
Legion and Col. B>yd’a Regiment were at
Lynchburg. Other regiments have doubtless
arrived since I left Richmond.
Dr. H. V. M. Miller has been appointed
Surgeon to the Second Brigade. He still re
tains the position of Surgeon to the Eighth
Georgia, which belongs to that Brigade.
A.
For the Southern Confederacy.
The Soldiers’ W ives and Children.
Messrs. Editors : Under this head, I would
like to call attention to the necessity of a still
more perfect system for Relief of Soldiers’
families. Our city is large and has contribu
ted, as we know, a large proportion of her cit
izens to ths defence of the country ; many of
them have families, who were dependent up
on their daily labor for support, and that la
bor having been withdrawn, they confidently,
look to those of us, who remain, to make pro
vision for their assistance and protection.
This is a duty which we have pledged our
selves to perform, and one from which no true
man will shrink. lam fully aware that many
have nobly devoted their time and money to
this object, and to their untiring exertions,
the whole community is deeply indebted.
A relief society was formed and a committ e
man appointed to each ward,for the purpose of
soliciting subscriptions, visiting in person ev
ery family in his jurisdiction, and thereby
from actual observation, they were enabled to
see and relieve the wants of those who had
such claims upon them. This was kept up
successfully until recently. From one hun
dred to three hundred dollars per week was
judiciously expended, and wherever relief was
needed, there it was bestowed.
The Inferior Court, iu its good judgment,
deemed it but justice that this expense should
be equally borne by all, and that the amounts
paid out should not be drawn from those wil
ling ones, that were ready to give their all,
but that those who from motives of interest or
otherwise did not respond, should be assessed
with a tax to assist in defraying this necessa
ry expense.
This was all correct enough ; but then arose
the argument, which was a good one : “if the
Court collects this tax, and expends it as you
do, there is no necessity for your Relief So->
ciety, as their action will be the same as yours
has been.”
This was also satisfactory to the Society.—
All they wished was that the families should
be relieved. That was the object of their as
sociatio i; they bal organized a system which
worked to perfection and gave universal sat
isfaction, and as long as their means lasted,
even after the decision of Court, they contin
ued their efforts. But now they have yielded
the field to higher a body,and it is because their
efforts are stopped, I would impress the ne
cessity of the same style and system upon
those who have charge of this department.
Waiting to be called upon by those who need
assistance, does not work well. Actual ob
servation is the only way to tell how to ex
pend this fund, and one hundred dollars dis
pensed judiciously will do more good, than
thrice the amount iu any other form.
There are plenty of patriotic woiueu and men
in this community who aie willing to aid in this
cause, by devoting time to visiting and aiding
the soldier’s family. The number of these
beneficiaries is large, and increasing, and it
will require active exertions to have all at
tended to. We feel assured the Court will in
augurate an efficient system, and it is in no
spirit of dictation that this article is penned,
but merely a suggestion for their considera
tion ; the only object being the relief of the
“Soldiers’ Wives and Children.”
DIXIE.
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Tur. Confedbrate Loan—King Cotton De
throned. —By the last accounts from the reb
el States, it appears that the junta of Jeffer
son Davis are preparing to exchange their pa
per promises for a million bales of cotton—
not to speak of sugar,rice and tobacco. We have
only to request that the insurrectionary chief
tains will see that these various articles of
produce are properly stored. The North have
need of them. As soon as the frost sets in
we expect to send dowu our well organized
armies to seize and confiscate the property of
the rebel authorities, and we want to find
it in good order. A million of bales of cot
ton ought to be worth fifty millions of dollars,
of which we expect to receive every single
cent. Certain English agents have, it is true,
smuggled themselves backwards and forwards
between Richmond and London, and advances
on the present and future crops of cotton are
said to have been made by English capitalists
to the Rebel Government; but we warn the
former that they will assuredly be called on
to pay twice over. The North will supply
Lancashire with the cotton, and will ask for
a proper price, and thers will be no deduction
on account of previous payments.
So says that modest but prophetic journal,
the New York Herald. Wonder if the “well
organized armies” that are to come for the
cotton, etc., when “ the frost sets in,’ will
march via Manassas.
Gov. Pickens, in company with Gen. i
Ripley, visited Fort Sumter on Saturday, and I
i expressed himself much pleased at its excel- |
lent condition. >
On Friday night the Governor was seren-
■ sled on Suhivan’s Island by the band ot Fort j
| Moultrie. —Afercw’y.
~- •* ’ i
The New Orleans Commercial Bulletin ]
estimates the last cotton crop at 3,700,000 bales, j
The amount of cotton exported from New Or- j
leans for IS6C and ’6l, is put down at 1,915,852
bales.
For the Southern Confederacy.
Sunset on Manassas Plains ! Slow
Sinks the night o’er earth’s huge breast;
Breezes come laden full of mental woe,
As the dying pray for death and rest.
At morn the foe, with eager haste,
With sword and banners streaming high,
Shouting, “Os death must rebels taste,"
And so p llu’e the Sabbath with their cry.
Yes, the tyrants dare to invade
A land that Ht'roes’ faet have trod ;
But Southern hearts in blood will wade,
And call on Liberty and God !
Sirotig in the right our champions toil ;
No doubts and discord tear their band ;
For home, their Maker, and their soil,
They lay iht ir bones on fair Virginia’s land.
Methinks I see the form ot one, ®
With sword and arm uplifted high,
Fall by his comrade, ere the battle’s won,
And lisp the words, “ Tog-ther we will die.”
For him fond sistars mourn iu vain ;
A brother to avenge his death would try ;
A mother’s heart is wrung with pain,
That he, the loved, should early die.
The gen’rous heart, the noble soul,
Which strove to battle for the right;
Fame, and the conqueror’s goal,
Urged him, the thickest in the fight.
When months and years roll ’round,
Bright eyes, now young, are old and dim,
Manassas Plains be consecrated ground—
The Patriot's crown will surely be for him.
* Lieut. H. Seavey, of the 18th Mississippi Regiment,
who fell while making a gallant charge at Manassas, 21st
July.
Population of the Confederate States.
The Houston (Texas) “ Telegraph” says :
“ From the census table of 1860, of the Uni
ted States, we take the population of the Con
federate States, including, as we may justly
do, the States of Arkansas, Tennessee, Vir
ginia, and North Carolina, viz:
Free. Slave. Total.
South’Caroliiiß. 301,871 402,541 708,812
Alabama, 520,144 435,182 064,296
Arkansas, 826,323 111,104 485,427
Florida, 78,C56 61,753 140,440
Georgia, 505,067 468,230 1,057,827
Louisiana, 876,913 882,520 709,483
Mississippi, 854,699 486,696 791,395
North Carolina, 661,586 331,081 992,667
Tennessee, 834,063 275,784 1,109,847
Texas, 420,651 150,388 601,089
Virginia, 1,106,196 490,857 1,595,183
5,581,649 3,520,016 9,101,565
The total population of the United States, by the same
census, vtas:
Free 27,185,109
51ave3,949,557
Deducting the Confederate States as above, there are
left in the United States :
Free 22,603,460
Slave 429,541
Os these however,(.there are in sympathy with the
Confederate States and will probably be united with
them after a while:
Free. Slave. Total.
Kentucky, 930,223 225,490 1,155,713
Maryland, 599,046 87,188 687,884
2,588,421 427,643 3,016,064
This will make a total for the Confederate States of:
Free 8,170,070
51ave'.8,947,659
T0ta112,117,729
Leaving in the United States a total of 19,-
01G.G35, of which less than 3,000 are slaves.
The question is, can 8,000,000 of free peo
ple be conquered ? If it. took Great Britain,
with all its wealth and resources, and the aid
of mercenary troops, eight years to learn that
three millions could not. be conquered, how
long will it take the United States, with no
resources, to learn to let eight millions alone,
who are determined to be independent ?
Granting that the United States could conquer
us, what would they do with us ? Having got
the elephant, what then ? May we not pre
sume that old Abe will see enough of the ele
phaut before that time comes, to be satisfied
with the sight, and let the animal alone ?
Mississippi Electoral Ticket.—The mem
bers of the Mississippi Legislature have met
in Convention, and nominated the following
Presidential and’Electoral Ticket:
For President— Jefferson Davis, of Missis
sippi.
For Vice-President—A, 11. Stephens of Geor
gia.
ELECTORS FOR THE STATE AT LARUE.
Hon. E. P. Jones, of Sunflower county ;
Hou. 11 C. Chambers, of Coahoma county;
Hon. P. S. Hudson of Yazoo county ; and
lion. 1). C. Glenn, of Harrison county.
FOR THE DISTRICTS.
Ist District—J. F. Simmons; 2d District
Hon. Jefferson Wilson, of Pontotoc county ;
3d District—Hon. James Drane, of Choctaw
county ; 4 District—Hon. T. C. Tupper, of
Madison county; 3th District—Hon. P. S.
Cutchings, of Copiah county.
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State Claims Against the Confederacy.
—Congress has passed in secret session a very
important bill, in which the State of Virginia
is immediately interested. It provides for
auditing the accounts of the several States
against the Confederacy. These accounts
will, of course, have to be settled upon an
equitable basis, so far as they can beadjudged
to have been incurred in provisions for the
public defence.
In May last a distinct provision was made
by Congress for the expenditures of the State
of South Carolina in defence of the Charles
ton harbour, the amount of the expenditures
to be audited by the proper officer of the
Treasury Department. The same principle
of the equitable adjustment of Stateexpendi
tures in the national defence, it is proposed
to apply to other ot the Confederate States.—
Richmond Examiner, Aug. 28.
Horae* for Sale.
T HAVE 27 head of FINE HORSES just ar
-1 rived from Kentucky and for sale at my
Stable. O. 11. JONES.
Sept. 12-ts.
Blockade Hoisted!
VST"® have just received, and have in store,
»' for sale, a fine lot of goods suitable for
Military Uniforms; also, Blankets, Rubber
; Over-Coats, Ac. SALMONS &. SIMMONS.
Sepß-1 w
|
India Rubber floods.
THE undersigned has a good supply of India
Rubber Coats and on hand.
Atlanta, Aug. 14-ts. D. MAYER.
WHISKY I- 306 barrels Pure Cora Whisky
in Store andfor • ale by
| junel# BUTLER & PETERS,
BY ADAIR & SMITH.
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