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GEO. W. ADAIRJ. HENLY SMITH,
EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA:
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1861.
FOR PRESIDENT,
JEFFERSON DAVIS,
OF MISSISSIPPI.
FOR VICE-PRESIDENT,
ALEX. EL STEPHENS,
OF GEORGIA.
Electoral Ticket.
STATE AT LARGE!
DAVID IRWIN,of Cobb.
VHOS. E. LLOYD,of Chatham.
ALTERNATES:
J. R. ALEXANDER,of Thomas.
W. H. DABNEY,of Gordon.
DISTRICT ELECTORS :
1. J. L. HARRIS,of Glynn.
2. ARTHUR HOODof Randolph.
3. J. L. WIMBERLY,of Stewart.
4. ED. McGEHEE,of Houston.
5. I. P. GARVIN,of Richmond.
6. M. C. M. HAMMOND,of Clarke.
7. 0. C. GIBSON,of Spalding.
8. JOHN RAYof Coweta.
9. H. W. CANNON,of Rabun.
10.—H. F. PRICE,ofCass.
ALTERNATES:
1. J. L. SINGLETONof Scriveu.
2. J. 8. DYSONof Thomas.
3. J. M. MOBLEYof Harris.
4. I. E. DUPREEof Twiggs.
5. J. S. HOOKof Washington.
6. ISHAM FANNINof Morgan.
7. J. T. STEPHENSof Monroe.
8.
9. H. BANKSof Hall.
10.—F. A. KIRBYof Chattooga.
The Lincoln Prisoners.
The Montgomery Mail proposes to put the
Yankee prisoners we have to werk. The Mail
says they could be put into the chain gang in
New Orleans and made to do good work on the
streets; and it mentions also that the Presi
dent of a certain Railroad Company is willing
to take all the prisoners—obligating himself to
the Government to keep them all safely, at no
expense or trouble to the Government, and re
turn them in good keeping when called for,
provided he can be allowed toput them to work
on the Railroad; and the editor of the Mail
advocates something of this kind :
We appose it. They are prisoners of war
They are at our mercy; it is, in our opinion,
entirely ungallant and not according to the
custom of civilized nations to put such indig
nities upon prisoners. If they were felons it
would be proper to put them in the penitenti
ary and make them work ; but they are not—
However reprehensible and heinous may be the
spirit that caused them to take up arms, they
are nevertheless entitled to all the privileges
and courtesies due to prisoners of war, and
should not receive any of the indignities meted
out to culprits, felons and thieves. Though
their offenses may in fact be more serious to us,
and have attached to them a higher grade of
immorality, their actual condition now is an
honorable one ; they are prisoners of war, and
not felons in the eyes of the law. Let not our
escutcheon be tarnished by anything so unciv
ilized as to put them to labor.
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Fire in Memphis.
A fire broke out on the corner of Washing
ton Street and Centre Alley in Memphis, about
one o’clock Sunday morning. Four business
houses were consumed, and the loss was about
$250,000 to $300,000.
Fort I,a layette.
Mr. W. B. Harrold, a citizen of Macon,
Georgia, who left his native place some six
weeks ago to go North for his sisters, who
were at School, arrived here yesterday even
ing in the flag of truce boat, from the North,
on his way home with his sisters. Mr. Har
rold is a young man, of highlv respectable
connection. He was t arresied in New York
while on his way South,and without any hear
ing whatever incarcerated iu Fort Lafayette.
He was unable all the time he was in prison
to hear of any charge whatever against him;
and was only able to obtain a hearing after
three weeks, by the influence of prominent
Republican friends in New Yoik. At his ex
amination it appears there were no charges
or no witnesses to prove anything; that he
had been arrested on mere suspicion of being
a prominent secessionist, with some intima
tion that ho had been a captain in command
at the battle of Bull Run.
Mr. Harrold informs us that those of the
prisoners who are in Fort Lafayette, and have
money, fare tolerable well, but those without
money are treated to most inferior fate, far
below that on which theit troops are fed.—
This seems to tally with an account of prison
scenes, which we shall publish in a day or two,
copied from the New York Herald.
The treatment extended to the crews of the
Cofnederate privateers is enough to raise an
indignant feeling all over the South. These
poor fellows are treated worse than wild beasts
They are chained and shackled worse than
murderers, and are huddled some twenty in a
room about 12 by 18, where they stay; they
wear shackles around their ankles, which en
ables them only to step about four or six in
ches at the time. They are kept in close con
finement all the time in these cells, and are
only allowed to leave them under a guard, to
satisfy the calls of nature. Their fare is of
the coarsest and commonest kind, with no veg
etables whatever. In fact, the mind fails to
picture correctly the harsh treatment exten
ded to these prisoners ; as it seems the deter
mination on the part of the federais to en
deavor to put an end to their existence by
cruel treatment.
Thk Rick Crop.—We learn, from the Sa- '
vannah Republican that the harvesting of the i
rice commenced about ten days ago on the |
Savannah and Ogeeche rivers, and that a bet- I
ter crop has not been made for years. It met 1
with no disaster during the growing season, I
and is large and fully headed out. The con«
tinuous rains since it has been cut may dam
age it somewhat, but it can stand a good deal
of wet weather without serious effect upon
the grain. The inland plantations, in many
sections, would have done better with more >
rain to fill up the ponds; but still we hear
the crop is a fair one.
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..-fr Jackson county, Alabama, has fourteen |
companies in the service.
SOUTHERN CONE-EDER AC Y
Gen. Floyd’s Army.
To-day we publish a letter from Gen. Floyd,
giving an account of his late action against the
Yankees near Gauly river. The retreat was
as creditable to his military skill as a great
victory would have been under other circum
stances.
We are also favored with two private letters
from soldiers, who were in that fight, to friends
in this city, from which we extract the fol
lowing:
Camp Sewell, Fayette county, Va.,)
Sept. 15, 1861. J
Dear C.: lam yet among the living. We
are now encamped on the top of Big Sewell
Mountain, in the roughest and poorest coun
try in Virginia. I have been in service six
weeks, have had the measles, marched 350
miles, and am now retreating from the blamed
Yankees. Gen. Floyd had an engagement on
last Wednesday evening. We were encamped
about 25 miles North-West of this point, on
Gauly river, and were attacked at half-past 2
o’clock in the evening. Our force was 1,700 ;
the enemy’s from seven to nine thousand, and
the fight lasted four hours. We were encamp
ed on a high hill, and had thrown up breast
works, behind which our men were stationed-
We sustained ourselves well, having only four
men wounded and none killed. We could not
ascertain the number of the enemy’s loss. It
must have been several hundred in killed.—
They took two of our men prisoners, who made
their escape. They heard the enemy say they
had 900 men to bury, and that there were over
1,000 wounded. This I think is too large. We
captured three Yankees, who say the killed
were lying thick over the field. One said that
eleven of his company were killed by one can
non ball.
We got intelligence that they were very
strong, and attempting to cut off our retreat;
so we thought it best to get away—having but
one road by which we could retreat. So, at
midnight, we struck tents and put out, in per
fect order. Had the enemy known we were
retreating, many of us would have been kill
ed, for we had to go down a steep mountain,
and cross a ryrer. We lost almost everything
we had—stores, baggage, Ac.
It is foolishness to think of whipping the
Yankees in this country, unless we get more
help. The entire strength of Wise and Floyd
will not go over 7,000, while that of Rosencrans
and Cox is 15,000. We have all of our sup
plies to haul over these mountains, while the
enemy have theirs convenient. The infernal
Union men are helping them all the time;
they know all about us, while we can get no
information about them. J W. R.
Camp Sewell, ]
Green Brier, or Fayette County, [
(Don’t know which,) Va. f
September, 16, 1861. J
Dear Brother : I write to let you know that
I am still living. We had afightatCampGaul
ly on the 10th instant. The enemy brought on
the engagement about 3 o'clock, and the firing
continued till 8 o’clock- We had temporary
breastworks; they had the woods and brush
to shield them. Wo had none killed, and but
few wounded—one of whom was Gen. Floyd,
slightly in the arm. Three fell wounded at
one time in the company next to ours, at which
time we poured a heavy volley into their
ranks, and their bullets whistled over our
heads. We do not know the enemy’s loss. It
is variously reported—by some at 900 to 950.
We killed one Colonel and wounden another.
Dark came on, and we could not see.
Their force was much larger thanours. Gen.
Floyd, not getting any help from Wise, order
ed us to fall back across Gauley River, which
we did at midnight. We had no idea we were
retreating till we were nearly down the moun
tain ; but I now see that it was a wise thing-
I must now close. I expect to go to throw
ing up breastworks in a few moments.
Your brother, W. P. H.
The Late Battle in Western Virginia—
Letter from Gov. Floyd to his Wife.
The Abingdon (Va.) Democrat “stops its
press ” to publish the following letter from
Gov. Floyd to his wife, written after the bat
tle :
HRADQI ARTRRS ARMY OF KANAWHA, )
Camp Walker, Sept., 13, 1861. /
My Dear Wife: We have had stirring times
since my last note to you. On the 10th of
September, Gen. Rosencrantz, who was sup
posed to be in front of Lee, made his appear
ance in front of my entrenchments, at the
head of nine regiments. I bad been looking
for him some time, but had no idea of finding
myself, with my little force of 2,000 men, in
front of the General commanding the division
of Western Virginia, at the bead of an army
of 8,000 men, thoroughly appointed in every
particular, and especially in artillery. But
such was the case. 1 would not decline bat
tle, and the assault commenced at a quarter
past 8 o’clock, and continued, without inter
mission,‘until night. We repulsed them in
five distinct charges—the last particularly
fierce. Wonderful to tell, notwithstanding
the perpetual torrent of bullets, cannon balls
and shells, which swept over us for three
hours, not one of our men was killed—so ef
fectually had we guarded against the dangers
-of attack by judicious entrenchments. Our
injuries consisted of about twenty men wound
ed. Finding it impossible, without succor,
which was beyond my reach, to withstand
much longer the assault of this overwhelming
force, I determinee to recross the Gauley riv
er—which I did in perfect order, and without
an accident. I have the gratification to know
that Gen. Lee, hearing of the force marching
against me, had already advised me to take
the step which I finally did take. The only
difference between his view and my action
was, that I fought the enemy before I retired,
which he had not advised.
I write this, as you see, by Capt. Peters,
because 1 received a little hurt in the muscle
of my right arm, which will render writing
i painful for a few days, as the hurt was mus
i cular mainly. It was not sufficient, however,
i to cause me to lie down during the day, al
' though I received it within the first fifteen
i minutes of the engagement; nor did any one
I know, except a few immediately around me,
I that I bad received a buri. I mention this to
’ show the insignificance of the wound. Do
' not be uneasy al any report yreu hear. They
will be exaggerated and distorted. Give my
j love to all.
Ever and affectionately yours,
JOHN B. FLOYD.
The Hessians from five Lincoln ships
j recently obtained possession of the telegraphic
j cable connecting Mobile and New Orleans,
i and, after destroying a portion, sunk the bal
j anee in the bay.
Special Correspondence of the “ Southern
Confederacy.”
A LETTER FROM “ELBERT”
MEASLES IN THE FIFTEENTH REGIMENT
DYING IN TENTS IMPORTANT SUGGES
TIONS A FEDERAL PRISONER VISITED
BY SOUTH CAROLINA LADIES HIS OPIN-
ION OF THE YANKEES, &C., A-07
Fairfax Court House, Virginia, I
September 24th, 1861. j
The Fifteenth Georgia Regiment suffered
severely from measles, and still more from its
sequel, while at Camp Walker. The same trou
ble has been experienced in every camp so far
as my observation has extended. This is a mat
ter worth the special consideration of those
who may yet bring soldiers into camp; be
cause it is from mismanagement of measles
that most of the sickness of a dangerous char
acter has arisen.
Six men with measles are generally crowded
into one small tent, which is closed in front
and pinned down closely to the ground on ev
ery side. In ten minutes’ time there will not
be a cubic inch of atmosphere in the tent
which has not been, in a gredt measure,
exhausted pF its vitalizing principles. The pe
culiar exhalations of the body in this disease,
not only mingle with the air, which, already
deoxogenized, must continue to Iced the blood;
but saturates every particle of matter in the
tent, in such a concentrated degree, that a
week’s sunshine will not remove it. In this
situation they are kept a week or two, and
then allowed to indulge an abnormal appetite
;n eating and drinking. A low, and frequently
malignant, form of fever, wnich is more trou
blesome and far more dangerous than measles,
is generally tbe result. That from this char
acter of disease, more of Georgia’s soldiers
have gone to the grave, than fell in the battle
of Manassas Plains, I have not a doubt.
Soldiers who die in their desolate little tents,
far away from home or relations, certainly re
alize the greatest degree of anguish that the
‘-king of terrors” can inflict on mortals. Bright
hopes ofthe greatest achievements all vanish ;
the anticipated pleasure of returning to the
enjoyment of home and independence is lost,
and even the privilege of dying gloriously in
battle is denied them.
Strange as it may seem, an enemy more dan
gerous than Lincoln’s army is lurking in our
camps, and through stealth is picking off our
men ; and only inefficient measures are used
to rout him
A very small part of the expense and atten
tion that is required to nurse these soldiers
through this fever, and to consign hundreds of
them to their mother earth, would, if properly
applied, restore them to usefulness in their re
spective positions without going through a long
. and terrible course of suffering.
The remedy in this particular class of cases
if simple: Let a hospital for measles be ob
tained at once on the appearance of the dis
ease iu a regiment. Any building which can
be ventilated at will, and has been decently
, kept, will answer for this hospital. Then, as
fast as cases occur, let them be carried into the
proper apartment of the house. Here good
nurses with proper dieting and ventilation
will be sufficient to carry nearly every case
safely through to a good recovery.
Measles has now gone through this rigiaieut
—Col. Thomas being the last case. The sick
have been sent to the hospital at Richmond,
and the camp again has a lively appearance.
The Brigade is now near enough to the enemy
for the various regiments to take their turns
in serving on picket. This regiment will prob
ably go out on next Friday.
A church in this place is now used for a hos
pital. At one door lies a man wounded in the
left leg, as he says, by a cannon ball, in the
battle of Manassas Plains. Yesterday, with
some friends, I visited him. We asked what
State he was from. He replied “from the Uni
ted States.” In speaking of his condition, ho
only regretted that he was not killed instead
of being wounded. We told him that he would
soon be well and could get an opyortunity of
having his desires accomplished. He replied
that between his wound and imprisonment he
should never be released.
With the exception of an embarrassed look
of the eye, he had a very pleasant counten
ance, and conversed intelligently; but when
the war was the subject, he displayed a good
share of the non-committal policy peculiar to
Yankees. We had the pleasure of seeing two
South Carolina ladies approach him. They
spoke kindly and said he was a fine looking
Yankee—really too good a looking man to be
engaged in so bad a cause. They told him they
were South Carolinians, and of course were
death on Yankees. He replied that he was a
German and belonged to the Regulars; that
Yonkees would not fight—they would~(put oth
ers forward, or would argue a man out of any
thing, but would not fight while there was any
other chance of accomplishing their designs.
In taking their leave, the ladies shook his hand
and expressed a hope that he would soon re
i cover and take up arms in a better cause than
I the one in which he had been engaged. He
\ promptly replied that the Government was
owing him a considerable sum of money—four
months wages were due him when he came off
! here. Evidently, here was the cord which
bound him to his country. If he should aban
don the cause iu which he was engaged, he
would lose his wages which had already accu
mulated. He was evidently looking back to
j the fleslywts.
And can it be that the infatuated Northern
' leaders expect to su' jugate the chivalrous
South through such instruments? Will the
j treasure of tbe north, and the promise of plun
der be sufficient to pay her men to fight her
battles? So far they have been sufficient; but
with every struggle, both treasure at home and
hope for plunder abroad have diminished, and
none can see it more clearly than the calcula
ting Yankee. In really seems that the prin
cijw? and interest, too, for which the Northern
soldiers are fighting, will soon be ata discount,
i • ELBERT
i
j AgU* l *’ percussion cap factory of Tennessee
is tarnishing ail tbe supplies of this article
that the Government is likely to needc It is
said to ba now making over one million cape
• weekly, with capacities to supply thrice that
number, if necessary.
The fleet said to have sailed from For
tress Monroe is a verr powerful armsdx Where
will it next be beard from *
The Vendetta—A Man kills the Murderer
of his Brother.
A fearful tragedy occurred in the city Satur
day evening, the sequel of a similar act that
transpired at Pocahontas, Ark., some two or
three months since. At that place, the wife of
a pilot named Augustus Castilano hadadiffi- <
culty with asporting man named Samuel Tate,
in regard to a pet bear belonging to the latter,
when Tate informed her that if she had a male
friend who would espouse her quarrel, he would
meet him. On hearing this, Castilano, on the
return to Pocahontas of the Kanawha Valley,
procured a gun, and meeting Tate, shot and
killed him. Castilano came to Memphis on the
boafthat brought the intelligence from Jack
sonport, and was never arrested.
Hugh Tate, a brother to the man killed, since
the occurrence, has been hunting Castilano. —
He traced him to New Orleans, back to Jack
sonport, from thence to Springfield, and then
back to Memphis, where he arrived on the
steamer Sam. Hale Saturday. Tate had a
requisition from the Governor of Arkansas for
the arrest of Castilano, and securing the ser
vices of Captain Klink together they proceeded
on board the steamboat. On inquiry of the
Captain of the Sam. Hale for Castilano, they
were informed that he was in New Orleans.
Capt. Klink left Tate on the boiler deck and
proceeded to search for Castilano in the cabin.
While he was absent, Tate saw Castilano sit
ting on the larboard side of the boat, and after
accosting him, drew a navy repeater and shot
him three times, killing him instantly. Capt.
Klink immediately retraced his steps, and at
tempted to arrest Tate, but he seemed to be
terribly excited, and fired one shot at the Cap
tain, and holding his pistol towards him drew
a bowie-knife and stabbed his victim, already
dead, three times in the breast. He then
started down the stairs leading to the main
deck, a companion following him, who man
aged to detain the Captain until Tate got a
considerable start. Klink called out to stop
him, but Tate still had his pistol and knife
drawn, and people were afraid to do so. He
ran up the levee to Front Row, where a hack
with a negro driver was standing, and jump
ing upon the seat seized the reins and drove
off at full speed. He was seen driving through
Fort Pickering, the horses on a run, and the
negro livid with fear. He has probably made
good his escape. Esquire Richards held an
inquest upon a view of the body, and the ver
dict was in accordance with the foregoing facts.
The deceased was about twenty-five years of
age, and leaves a wife and one child in Jack
sonport. He was conversing with a young
man on the boat when he saw Tate coming
down the landing, and remarked to him
“ There comes Hugh Tate—l expect I’m gone.”
The homicide is a sporting man, as was his
brother.
Arrival of an Iron clad Vessel with
Munitions for the South.—A few days since
says the Richmond “ Dispatch,” we received
private intelligence of an important fact, in
all respects similar to the following, (which
we copy from the Forsyth. Ga., Journal,) but
for prudential reasons, we declined to publish
it at the time. As the matter has leaked out
at last, however, no further harm can come of
’ its republication :
“ Several days since an iron-clad steamer,
from Liverpool, with 6,500 rifles and 18 can
non, blankets, and clothing for soldiers, lan
ded safe at Savannah. The blockading vessels
were not in sight. This is a new steamer, in
i cased with sheet iren an inch thick, and is
now the property of the Confederate States.
Our informant saw the vessel himself, went
on deck, talked with the captain, who told
him that there were three or four more vessels
of the same sort, on the way ; and as soon as
the steamers could he manned under the Con
federate Government the blockade of Abra -
ham I, would be blown to tho “ four winds.”
“ He said that the arrival of this vessel had
caused considerable activity among the mer
chants in sending off the coffee, tea, salt &c.,
to country merchants, while these articles are
at a very high figure. He heard tbe opinion
expressed by some “knowing ones” that in
less than forty days Rio coffee could be bought
in Savannah at 12} cents. Large quantities
are stored in Cuba, awaiting tbe removal of
the blockade.”
From the Rome (Ga.) Southerner, Sept. 28th.
Manassas Junction Sept. 16, 1861.
Editer Rome Southerner ;
Dear Sir: My brother, Col. W. M. Gard
ner, has just seen with regret, a recent com
munication in your paper signed “ Common
er,” in which the Secretary of War is charg
ed with injustice in not having promoted him
to the Colonelcy of the Bth Georgia Regiment.
No injustice has been perpetrated in this par
ticular, by the constituted authorities of the
Government, as tbe President has appointed
my brother Colonel of that Regiment, and he
has signified his acceptance of the same. By
the appointment the commission takes rank
the 21st of July, the date of the memorable
battle of Manassas Plains, where tbe former
Colonel, tbe gallant Bartow, so nobly fell.
Other portions of the communication caus
ed regret to my brother, as he has none but
the kindest feelings towards every surviving
member, privates as well as officers, of the
Bth Georgia Regiment, and entertains the ’
most profound lespect and admiration for its
lamented dead. As he has been separated
from bis Regiment ever since he was wound
ed, be can say nothing of the dissatisfaction
alleged to exist in it, or of its causes, except
that if it does exist he extremely regrets it.
As my brother is still confined to bis bed
and wholly unable to write you himself, this
communication is addressed to you at his sug
gestion.
I remain yours, respectfully,
JAMES GARDNER.
Alex. H. Stephens.
An extraordinary, and, as it appears to us,
. a most unprovoked war has been opened in
Richmond upon the distinguished Georgian
whose name heads this article. The Examin
er, of that city, we regret to find lending its ■
' talents and influence to this war. On the whole
' roll of Southern statesmen, it would have been
difficult to have selected a purer or more shin
ing mark for attack than Alexander H. Steph
ens. His powerful and luminous intellect is
only equalled by the elevation and parity of
his character as a man and statesman. He has
I been always beloved by his neighbors, among
i whom he was born and raised, admired and
j trusted by his compeers in public life, and un
falteringly sustained by an intelligent and de
voted constituency. In his whole public ca
reer, calumny has not been able to fix a speck
‘of moral stain upon his escutoheon. la short,
he is a good, upright, honest man, with a no
ble heart and brilliant intellect, that has al
ways obeyed its mandates, and yet he is a
mark for virulent attack and detraction ! We
care not where it comes from, or what tbe mo
tive that prompts it, we repel it as unjust and
I undeserved.
i We have confidence that the people of the
‘ Confederate States will vindicate the charac
ter of the great and good man, by electing him
to the Vice-Presidency, which it is the object
ofthese assaults upon him to prevent.— Mobile i
Register d Advertiser, Sept. 29.
+ ,
.s#~The condition of oar troops on tbe James j
and York rivers is improving, and the general j
health of the Confederate Army is now such as
to offer no excuse for any delay in the prose- J
cation of a vigorous winter campaign.
It is said that, the Yankee property in the
| South subject t<fthe provisions ot the seques
i tration act will not fall «=hort of S3OO 000.000. I i
We are authorized to announce
name of HERBERT FIELDER
of Polk, as a candidate to represent the Eighth
District of Georgia in the Confederate Congress.
Sept. 25-tde.
are authorized to announce
ffirWwU 1 ' the name of Hon. JOHN A.
JONES of Polk, as a candidate to represent
the Bth Congressional District in the next Con
federate Congress. His record is before the
country, and by that he is willing to be judged.
Sept. 18—tde
" e are authorized to announce
the name of Colonel L. J. GAR
TRELL as a candidate to represent this (the
Eighth) District in the Confederate Congress.
Septl3-tde.
A Lady Teacher,
to reside in the South during the
VV war, will accept a school or a situation
as teacher in any Southern State on very mod
erate terms. For particulars, address
J. R. V.,
Scottsville P. 0..
October 1-dtf. Albemarle Co., Va.
“We Must Fight! I Repeat it,
Sir, We Must Fight!!”
THE signs are that the sacred soil of our be
loved State may be desecrated by the foul
tread of our hireling enemy. This is a disgrace
that must never tinge the cheek of our chil
dren. I propose to do my share in averting so
great a calamity. If any are willing to join
me in raising a company of 120 men for service
on our coast, I shall be happy to receive their
names at tbe Drug Store of Hunnicutt, Taylor
A Jones.
We should lose no time. lam authorized to
promise to the command the very best arms in
the gift of the Confederacy, and all other equip
ments needful, of first rate kind. Let us rally
and march. J. A. TAYLOR.
October 2-dtf.
By the Postmaster General of the Con
federate States oi America.
A PROCLAMATION.
Al TH ERE AS, By the provisions of the 3d
VV Section of an Act ot Congress, approved
August 30tb, 1861, entitled “ An Act to collect
for distribution, the moneys remaining in the
several Post Offices of the Confederate States
at the time the postal service was taken in
charge by said Government, it is “made the
duty of the Postmaster General to make pro
clamation that all persons who are citizens of
tbe Confederate Slates of America, and who
may have rendered postal service in any of
the States of this Confederacy, under contracts
or appointments made by the United States
Government before the Confederate States
Government took charge of such service, shall
present their claims to his department, veri
fied and established according to such rales as
he shall prescribe, by a time therein to be set
forth not less than six months, and requiring
the claimant to state, under oath, how much
has been paid and the date of such payments,
on account of the contract or appointment un
der which said claim occurred, and what fund
>r provision has been set apart or made for
the further payment of the whole or any por
tion of tbe balance of such claim, by the Gov
ernment of the United States, or of any of the
States; and they shall also state, on oath,
whether they performed fully the service ac
cording to tbeir contracts or appointments du
ring the time for which they claim pay, and
if not, what partial service they did perform
and what deductions have been made from
their pay. so far as they know, on account of
any failure, or partial failure, to perform such
service.”
Now, therefore, I, JOHN H. REAGAN, Post
master General of the Confederate States of
America, do issue this, my proclamation, re
quiring all persons having claims for postal
service, under the foregoing provisions of the
3d section of tbe above named act, to present
said claims to the Auditor of the Treasury for
the Post Office Department for examination,
on or before the 13th day of March, 1862, in
order that I may make a report to Congress of
the amount thereof, as required by law.
Blank forms for presenting and verifying the
claims will be furnished on application to the
Auditor of the Treasury, for the Post Office
Department.
And I hereby require all persons who have
heretofore collected moneys as Postmasters in
tho States now composing the Confederate
States, and which they had not paid over at
the time the Confederate States took charge of
the postal service, to make out, under oath,
and send to the Auditor of the Treasury for
the Post Office Department, on or before tbe
13th day of October next, a general or ledger
account with the United States, for the service
of the Post Office Department, up to the time
the control of the postal service was assumed
by the Confederate States, in accordance with
the general regulations of the Post Office De
partment, issued May 15th, 1859, page 106,
exhibiting the balances in the possession of
such postmasters.
Given under my hand and seal of tho Post
office Department of the Confederate States
of America at Richmond Va., the 18th day
of September, in the year 1861.
JOHN 11. REAGAN,
Sep 22-lw4w Postmaster General.
Ao tier.
Cxvr Davis (near Dalton, Geo.,) 1
September, 28th, 1861. J
HAVING received orders to repair with my
Regiment immediately to Savannah, and
five of my companies having failed as yet to
reach this place of rendezvous, I hereby notify
them, as well as all other independent compa
nies throughout the Slate, that to complete the
Regiment with the least possible delay, I will
receive the first five full companies that may
join me either here, on the route or at Savan
nah. The splendid Enfield Rifle with sabre
bayonet and all accoutrements complete, await
us in Savannah, for which point I leave Dal
ton, with noy command, on Wednesday next
at 4 o’clock, A. M , and arrive in Savannah at
8, A. M , on Thursday. WM. H. STILES.
Oct. l-d3t.
COLORED PHOTOGRAPHS.
PORTRAITS taken from Life, or copied from
Old Daguerreoty pea, Ac., by the Photgraph
ic process, and
ENLARGED TO ANY SIZE,
from Miniature size upto the size of Life.
Persons having Daguerreotypes of their de
ceased relatives and friends, now have the op
portunity of having them copied to any size
hey may wish, and painted up to the Life in
OIL OR WATER COLORS, OR PASTEL,
with the certainty of getting a perfect likeness
in every respect.
Gallery on Whitehall Street, Atlanta
Georgia. C. W. DILL,
Apri 3. Photographer.
Choice Old Liquors.
AN invoice consting of COGNAC BRAN
DIES, choice brands, vintages 1840-46,
SCOTCH and IRISH WHISKEYS, JAMAICA
RUM, CHERRY BRANDY, Ac., in bottles, all
warranted gehuine imported, just received at
WM. W. DANIELS,
d 6 Cor. Whitehall and Ala. eta.
HAMILTON, MARKLEY & JOYNER,
(LATE G. K. ft j. L. HAMILTON,)
DRUGGISTS AND APOTHECARIES,
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
... .. . ■ pty-,..
THIS firm has been formed for the purpose
of carrying on the
DRUG BUSINESS,} ■
-=' ts
■ 1 :■ v <' i•' '•' ly bee&
enabled
Hal! "'bl l Stock with ;
about twelve hun
dfed gallons of v'n
' rious kinds of-
- ALCOHOL, *
We can also now offer
Gum Opium, Cream Tartar,
Sulphate Quinine, Super Carb Soda,
Sulphate Morphine, Sal Soda,
Gum Camphor, Sulphur, Ac., Ac.,
With the usual assortment of
CHEMICALS, DRUGS, Ac.
We give notice to our customers that the
earliest day ships can come into a Southern
port we shall commence to IMPORT DIRECT
our supplies of Foreign Drugs, Spices, Cognac.
Brandy, Wines. Glassware, &c.
Terms strictly and invariably CASH.
HAMILTON, MARKLEY A JOYNER.
July 27, 1861—ts.
FRESH
DRUGS & IDICINI
HUNNICUTT, TAYLOR & JONES,
BIGN 0F THE
GOLDENEAGLE
Br Corner Peachtree
* f and Decatur sta.,
ATLANTA, GEe. •
HAVING unequaled facilities for the pur
chase and Direct Importation of goods, the
Proprietors would respectfully call the atten
tion of Physicians, Merchants, Planters and
• the public generally, to their extensive new
and carefully selected stock of DRUGS, MED
: ICINES, PERFUMERY. FANCY ARTICLES,
PAINTS, OILS, AND DYE STUFFS, which
they are now prepared to sell on the most rea
sonable terms for Cash or approved paper In
addition to their stock of Staple, Drugs and
Chemicals, they have a full assortment oi
TOOTH, NAIL, HAIR AND PAINT BRUSH
ES, DENTAL AND SURGICAL INSTRU
MENTS, Ac., Ac.
f/SS' They are also Sole Proprietors and Man
ufacturers of TAYLOR’S ANTI-DYSPEPTIC
ELIXIR. march 30 ’6l.
SILVEY & DOUGHERTY,
//t /'■. HAVE just receiyffiLfr
NEW
HOOP-SKIRTS from 3 to 50 Springs.
VIRGINIA PLAIDS,
PRINTS, GINGHAMS,
MUSLINS, BAREGES, ;
DRESS SILKS,
Military Buttons, Trimmings of all kinds,
MOSQUITO BARS,
GLOVES, HOSIERY and
RIBBONS, of great variety
A large variety of
STAPLE GOODS.
Also, a splendid assortment of
JEWELRY, WA.TCIITCS,
A heavy stock of 1
ALL RIVDS OF SHOES
All bought for Cash, and Wilkie
SILVEY & DOUGHWTY.
™ L -a,
Atlanta, July 3—dAwtf. J
A VARIETY OF PIANO FORTES, FROM®
the Celebrated Factory of
HP ar 1
WM. k VABE & € 0.,
Baltimore, Maryland, and Pianos from differ- :
ent Northern and Southern houses, for sale at
my store on Whitehall street. Treasury notes ;
and the bonds of the Confederate States
ceived in pay. CARL F. BARTH.
Piano Fortes tuned and repaired. a
Seps-6m.
IMF
roIj: WYLY --
Wholesale and
Dealers In "'"H
CHINA, Glass, Silver, Plated Ware, Vases,-’
Parian Figures, Kerosine Lamps, Candler
sticks, Tea Trays, Table Mata, Baskets, Glass
Shades, Table Cutlery, Ac., A.,
CHEAP FOR CASH.
White Granite and common Crockery at
wholesale, at Charleston prices, nearly
site Beach A Root's, Whitehall street,
Atlanta,Georgia.
April 2d, 1861.