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Ontdcrra 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. •• - 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. ” - —■ ■— 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. TERMS: Daily, one year, $5; six months, $3 ; one month, 50 cents. Weekly, one year, $2; six months, $1.25 —invariably in advance. all cases, subscribers to the Daily “Confederacy” will be charged at the rate of 50 cents per month tor any length of time less than one year. We ask especial attention of every family to our paper. Those enjoying daily mail facilities, will find ♦ The Daily Confederacy filled with the latest intelligence from the seat of war, both by telegraph, and from reliable special correspondents, of unquestioned abil ities and whose facilities for getting correct in formation are unsurpassed. We are laying out large sums of money and exerting every effort to make ours a first class journal. J THE I 1 CONFEDERACYf I HAS MORE THAN I THREE TIMES I i The circulation of any paper 1 I in Georgia, north ol Augusta, I I and is | B J-IQITAIj | I to that of any paper in the | I State. NO LABOR NOR EXPENSE will be withheld that will add to the attractive ness and interest of our paper. To reimburse us for the heavy expenses we have incurred— not simply the ordinary expenses of publishing a paper, but for our correspondence and tel egraphs, we must rely in a great measure upon receipts from subscriptions. We ask our frienffs everywhere to assist us in getting subscribers* Every man who takes our paper, so far as*v2e know, is pleased with it. We feel very sue? , that we have not a single subscriber that could not at least send us one more with but little es- • fort, while many could send us a dozen or more. •- Let every friend be assured that with the in crease of our circulation, our ability to make a better paper will be greatly enhanced, and sudh means shall be used to the best advantage. We hope those who have subscribed for our Daily for a short time, will renew their subscriptions* and Go it for the Whole Year. It will benefit us more, and save considerable trouble in erasing and rc-writlng names on our mail book. We have every possible facility for obtaining correct news. This, however, costs us heavily, and we hope every one who is so anxious to get war news will admit the equity of snbser bing and paying for our paper. In these exciting times it is probable that ex travagant rumors will get afloat. We caution the people against them, and beg everybody to be careful what they believe. you contain. K all the LaT* THE WEEKLY CONFEDERACY is one of the largest and most attractive news papers in America, and will be filled with the choicest reading matter —made up from the cream of our Daily issue. In future it will be mailed punctually every Wednesday morning on the Georgia, the Macon & Western, and the State Road trains. Send in your orders. Car Postmasters are authorized to act as our Agents in obtaining subscribers and forwarding the money—for which they will be allowed to retain, as commission, twenty-five cents on each Weekly, or fifty cents on each Daily subscriber. HF Persons getting up Clubs of five, ten or more subscribers, will be supplied with the copies ordered at 12% per cent, less than our regular rates. tfiT" No name will be entered on our books until the money is paid ; and all subscriptions are discontinued when the time expires foi which payment is made, unless the same be renewed. Address, ADAIR A SMITH, June, 1861. Atlanta, Georgia
