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JuMithern (fonfcderacn 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. - —••• 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. ———— ♦ —— ..-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.