Newspaper Page Text
.
B <’>' **: ameron««( f*rr"Rp >odeocc*
Washington, Julv 2Sib‘ *#l.
(* •-• Uk-. . hr.
Command.-r ofGonfeder. to Army :
Dear ,S»r—With u gn»ve«i and t<#rn heart I ad
dre*< y*u If it is in y our j»«-er, wit? you pve a
*< rd of comfort to a dia’n a«*ed spirit y I alluda to \
the •Jen: >>f the gallant Col. Cameron, of the i
Federal Arm?, on Jaat Sunday, t;2/-t July.* We
ar* ~1 God’* creature*. alike ;n bm right. It in a
hriw.i that petitions. Col >uel Cameron,
y. • r,v 1 iwo shots •mmediateir following each
r ■ , r that o ctroyed Ills file The fate of bis body ,
h the i^Mpf—to know what has become of it. Think
r t tli(*~J:str«as of a like nature in Southern fam* 1
j j . t us fergive a* we hope to oe forgiven
C wi- corned to a farm house near the scene of j
hiit Hr had letter* in hi* pocket dec armg his i
, and station. ll* was ratner a large roan j
*v * o*Jv -r, somewhat gray, dressed so gray j
f!. : 1 . - Il«*ve rnerev on the bo *ed spirit that'
!„• , , f,, l(1( . beloved i -t—that would he com
fori •; to know i- had received decent burial.—
, .. . , r toe ri/i teoua cause.” In pity bare 1
; n . . Jir ’ ... ..r the lore of a sorters hears a j
,j' , r,(i t.jav God show you mercy in time of j
trouble.
~ ,r !;■ hie spirit grant toy request, and \
,1 ot; cat: receive any information, j
t , ~ —i to .Mrs Sarah Z. 1
i. v . . Capitol Hill, Washington City,
care of Adams’ Express Cos.
\ e. \ r ,>'.ectJully,yon well wish,
S. ; tied Sarah Z. Eta ns. j
v.\, • > so far as to have tins letter ac l
kDy*leO,,nd *a r< ceived.
ill • i ocakters Ist Corps, *
. m y or the Potomac.
Ms.. : , AugUht 'in 1-> 1. J
Madam :—Your letter of the 2dih ultirr. > ha*
b-i-n r* ‘ e.r-d, making some inquiries reluiive to
lilf ; : jv jv of vonr late orttiror Col. Conoron, U
Anov allied at Manassas an the 21st ultimo.
| D hli , Ay-r l will sutc* that upon inquiry, i fiod
}, * n nteri"d wth several other bodies in a
,rf„x i about atOO yards from the house of a Mrs,
Ij ,-j or the battle t‘ Id, who alt* tided herself to
t- " iri dat, forgetting in her goodness of h rart
• ~, tbt ee v* rv foes bad brought destruction aod
*
t.M‘, !. *i croyftu into her country for the purpose
Os r,i,vr,. ng its Institot'OUE.Hi.d tbeform of tic?
, rn ii- r t •- r, ;d chos'-n, a» a tree people to estab
li-h {' i ,>elf iodeed, I fully agree with you :
.Mac ai; the di stress of this unholy War be vim ted
upon ;c h* als us those* wt o are responsible for i*
a ; ; ,l .. f. . Almighty Ruler of theCniverse, in
Hm n i;i i goodness* and wisdom, (continue to;
A -iiiAo of this Stale, Mr. Kinlaw Fauut
|>r ,• i priva-o ’u C l. Stuart’s Cavulrv Ilrigade,
hum) pr> •**■•>-don a miniature ortruleol Col:
( u iand wife, which be intend • t<< return to
tj.t i- * after the wa"; for at present no in
t, r u; ■< *f the Kmd ]*-. adtniEßible the
two a. '< riding ourtiea.
With much respect, I remain
Your most obeuT -ervar ,
G. \ !i» ai m AEr,
Genera. Con.d’g.
Mr- 5 7. Eaks, No. 563, Capitol II \,
Washington, 1). C.
From Pknhacola —lt is brlieved that there is
every mm-, onto suppose that the en« my at Fort
Pickens is removing his valuables prior to on
ciMfMhtinn of that place. The fort is of not the
slightest value to Hr Lincoln, It is lull ot sick
n*'v. It is h‘id at. an imnieusc cost of men, us j
\v I hi -to a :t. »n case of an assault. A j
L needs Uio •* no n and th trtiilery <»f the fort.-- |
here l 1 1
uiMtske to supp *s«i that the U. H Government
will be able to till up its ranks according to the
grant of Congress. There i.* not thr least likeli
hood that either the soldiers or the money will be
raised l>i tin* purpose. The men deputed for the
Heme.? of gc'tmg both are appealing helplessly,
itlmMt, to the pnjudices of their people. Noth
mg of any value bus yet come of it, and nothing
will, A dit is thoroughly understood by A. L.’s
run > that the occuoatiou of Fort Pickens is
u.*- expenditure of means without the slight
< -,i, probability of their being of soy us** towards
the . 1 hjugation of the South. The fort therefore.
t. * 1m • vacuated no that its men and its muni
turns in • he transferred to some place where
they arc more needed.
1« i a little surprising that this poticy was not
adopted before; but the tort was garrisoned uudvi
t and !asi.»n which our victories in Virgi .ia have
dispeiied ; and only the great necessities of A. L.
will be tlx cause of im abandonment.
It this is true —as we believe it it is will be a
rciilcHhion ot weakucH- which will help to relieve*
our people of a fear of invasion the coining
auttrim or winter. Hut the scamps may take oil
i;,,c i, valuable in the h*n and then blow it up.—
Mobil* Tribun4 t Any *2l Ih.
A genth man by th * name of Nelsou, who re- j
in Greene county, in tins isme, passed
through the city yesterday on his return from j
.onlic.isi.crii K mtuckv, whitlic be had gone ro
pui ol e hoi>es He had purebaned lorty-two
nd aid foi th< m when he was ai re! t( and and the
ooi c .-i taken fro i him. After detaining him
. :t,t. days, he was released,Rod then he lruue his
wav to Lexington and thence to tins city. For
tni?-. highhanded outrage on the part <.! Lincoln's
soldiers sod hirelings, he has no re«ir< ss.
Mr Nelson states that a large number of East
fenneHsec L'nionipts are at th.* Lincoln camps in
!\ entueky, who were led by designing leaders of
that pan v. These men were made Id believe that
they would bo hanged or sent to the penitentiary
for life, arid that their only safety consisted in
flight to Keutueky, and the appearance of our
troops in East lenneshee confirmed their fears
,ne of the men thus led astray f r.u cfviu mi
the deception practiced upon them and would re
»i»r» il they could, but having joined the Lincoln
array, cannot make their escape Some that at
tempted to ( scape were eapt.in* -d end taken back.
'I ‘ . » wit* represented us being hi a v. rv -ti
tin condition, many oi them oeiug almost naked
v r I need more or less of clothing. —Aasfivillr
Union.
I u ?ooii mr SprrCH.-Some of the journals
which wer p. epented ,»s treasonable by th«. Grand
Jury last week, and otberf* which were :ucid**n
tally omitted fro i tfiat preaeiitaiuon, us for lu
sianoe theCourner des Flats Unis, printed in
French, and the National Zeiutng, priuted in Ger
man, and both of them among the most pestilent
advocates ~| the rebel cause, are now i ifikinj'
much ado about the 1 reed on of speech, and the
fuel tha. the Republican party has always daimed
to l e the party ot freedom.— York Tribune,
Aug- d3.
Ftkcisun Fa lsk noons fr-.m thk Nkw York !
Hkhall - The following unvarnished falsehoods;
from Uie New \ .nk Herald, of the i inst., v :.i
nerve lo uiuusc the people of tho South, aud at
the same t me demonstrate the paltry exp hi, uts
to which the Rump government ii forced to re
tort to hold itself together :
Them are pretty strong indications that Geor
gia is about to secede from the Southern Confed
eracy. ,
A private dispatch received in Philadelphia
la** nigh? Piatrs that Gen. banks bud advanced
on W erfiester and that place, iu ihi»ite
»' a force of four t aous tod rebel*w wiio opposeed
him. V
Bv way of Citici'.inatti wa ha T e intelligence hf a
skui.iisli, mi trie 2oih, between the 11 ♦ b Ohio reg
»rm i t und h torce of ft ur thousand labels at
llawk’-. Nesv, a village eight miles from Gauley,
in tb<* K *o*iwh*. valley, i . which lift > rebels were
killed and .t luge number wounded and taken
The Rich mood papers sav they tr ■•->'. the north
ern m,Ohauic.s. Ihe railroad tr.u k iu th i city
ren,unused for the simple reu-on tlim there
is n * pirson there who can make a ear adapted
to ti.o transportation of passet)gt rs.
The Dytrsburg (Tenn.) Koco.cer of tho 24th I
inst., says ;
T >or three Kentuckians passed through town
last Sunday, with a largo lot of negroes, cattle,
and vanoua kinds o stock, v* *diug their wai
sruthwaro, looking tor a Souttiern home. The
present position of Kentucky ia too much for
them ; they Can not stand it.
ShvUKTA aY k. Ll h AND Til hi C AUIN Kt. —TIIO » 1*
respondent of the Ne-» York Herald writes uu
der date of the 22d .
fherc is evidently an intention to oust ere
tivrv Welles from the Cabmen While he i, »y ~ t
'be tbo atrougest mAn iu that body, lime will prove 1
that he qu.iC as clearly couipreheuds his duties, I
and is a little more hottest than some other tuem i
hers of the Cabinet. Don’t be surprised to hear '
ot Mr Welles' resignation at any time.
Inefficiency or tub Ulockapb.--A Boaton
j»a;t« r publishes the followiug items illustrative of
the aboN *• subject -
Schooner Albion, from Wilmington, with a car
* ' M ri<v and naval store*, arrival ,t Cardenas
Aii; *t 1, and report* no blockade of that port on
her departure.
Schooner Adeline, from Sarannau, with ret
and naval utorm, arrived at Havana August 3d,
and reports no blockading vessel off that port
when sue
, p Roman Tree, from Calcutta, w; s h a
ci gunny cloth aud saltpetre for New
U . *;tn>, arrived at Havana, August Mb. having
been ordered off by a blockading vt-ssei tit the
■uo».r. of the Mississippi, sud will discharge in
deposits at Havana.
> ''' ne M. j'r Harbour, from New Orleans
wuu a tub cargo of cotton, arrived at Havana.
A ’.*>ist *• h, reports no blockading vessel in s'ght
oo n«r J«p»rl'.ir«
>•• > ' ■ Prince ot iV .. os, from Newborn, with
rU l ISUI * nn\ at s*i'i s. arrived ri t Havana, August
A Y u , ern Orist v Jau ts Monroe .. v w
Y'rk.iu'i .i.v wrvHv 1 ..ii. . to some citizens of
Rack FL publicans. The .V!!.\vu:g is nu a
tract;
I advocate peace among oursc' -es. because I be*
leml us into *w..r with >om< <•? the Eompta;:
govcrDimnUs. betides which uwiii *•-. top-ely
un.itiCial interests, Ot .*.' siDgtbcpeO*
. « •. such an e\t< rt .*> tiuaily t* * had to ■» n, ii
' '
v
, viM.bhcan principle's Oceans of bhod wni
.
, . ■ .v ino.-i tu' f , ■ ‘ :. r • i towards,
wNioesn never l* append. f. a!
■
' ' ; ’ oppi-i Lis, but persisted iu sub*
trail 0 a ben
u * u K * “ attempt lit or go the ‘bird would ■
I’W x ;• '*' * 1 b vraiu r>, nut persisted ta 1
“ ~ ‘ ns.ti; .• .1 :-.»,.rd He i >t b> ;
; ' < - rt e Northern i
it"*■' fileir j,h' ***Wpl*, and learu » I
l,rit: •“ ' —'■"’■atit-wx. ~ .\,,Kr,'Lk.—The S«r- i
folk . - ~ a ...
Soult-,. rners, »: »'rn a ;. 9 tcf it.** *
'
iu tbo »»teaivat *u« they tr, at,a mu, le .
and have no coupiai-ts w;i*i rvirivuce tu the
treatment, until tut meuieot ol their departure.
ltwaatheL that they wok* subjected t a strict
search, and tvivv private paper or ninouscript
vs» taken from them, Lveu ih. officers were de
prived of »beir commissions—not being allowed
to -.ring them with them. They were treated with
every demousiratiou of respect iu Baltimore.
Tne luw ing #> tin list—among whom it wri:T
be s t n tbe? • are some Georgia. > :
Ceptum Davie D i’urner, BiownsPurg, Kc;k
bridge couu.y, Virginia ; Second l’eutepant, J
S Uorsctv.. Henry L. Hoover; first
\S A CarnugtyK j Ass;stent Surgeoo,
Arc . bald l ayior; ist Sergeant. James E Jones :
Tt-tru Sergeant, Wm. B. Moo \ ; Privates. A. J.
and Ueidg.a; J A ilea** V, J.< : at•*.*
lord, L »v Giinirr. George tV* HiUeo, W.b am
P Poole. J. J Me ga. L M 0 o'ton, V W.
Filt.- ot A Smuiiuian, ft Wallace, K.
ve . * nr.r, b H, Living, James Hue knee, John
Butru;> and James Uauyer. Captain Currier
was u former law partner of Gov. Letcher, of
Virginia.
' Wr* . ;' -i
All the Columbus paper? of the 30th, contain*
the following corrcrpenmen ce. We now have two
candidates in tLo held, Gov. Browo and Colonel
Chambers.
Colcmbcs, Ga., Aug. d', 1:61.
Cd.Jrrw X. Chamber*.—
!>ear .->ir* The suggestion of your name m con
_ . w .’>! •• e Gaoernatoriaf election, having
beer* presented to the public from ttitferenl sec
tions o: the M»*e meets with a cordial response
f ry!; , u% v< ur immediate fe.’ avv t iiizcns. We
ahcold be ae! nqueot to that feeling of respect
ano n- r nrd f*>r you, and to that high sense of
confidence which we entertain for your eminent
hinc-s for that distinguished position, if we did
jj•)♦ warmly second and support the j* ;rt afity and
prof* renr indicated towards yon fror,, abroad.
We arc aware that you are no professional pol
it • •-/ preU-rr/u • • t- ♦, n jurt
iog the cares and responsibilities of public iilfc. —
In times the present, however, no patriot] de
sires to lire unto himself alone, but must feel that
be is the property of his country, ad should go
to that po.it of duty to which li>countrymen may
call bin.. VV f e know you too '»ell to suppose {that
you will desire to bold your-eif an exception to
this law of duty and patriotism.
We therefore specially request the privilege of
presenting your name to the people ol Georgia as
candidate for Governor at the next election,
f-eiing ifhured that the interests of our noble and
gallant .State can fail into no safer ©Fabler bands.
Respectfully, your fellow citizens and friends,
Win. H. Mitchell, Wm. F. Luckie,
« T . Ennis, E Croft,
Joseph F. Pou, Theopbilos Sapp,
Tbofa. L au . John L. Cheney,
Rcbt M. Gun by, Joseph B. 11:11,
it. It. Goetchius, Wm. ii. Young,
(r. L Thomas, J. E. Hurt,
Joseph Kyle, Kobt. Carter,
Thos, Itaglaad.
CoLrvsrs, Ga., 28th Aug., 1861. 1
To Wm. 11. Mitchell, E*n., and others :
Gentlemen /—You. ; of the 2-3d inst., is before J
me. in which you nay : “We specially request
the privilege of presenting your name, to .the peo
ple ot Georg.a, as a candidate for Governor, al 1
the n»*xt ‘ lection. ’’ For such an exr-ression of !
coiilid nee ai. , xiv,.. . i o.ik * that,
tender to you, and to others who have manifested
a like feeling, *\v grateful acknowledgements, auO !
beg yon, auo each o' you, to be assured, that j
whatever may be the fortunes of the ib»ue iuvolv- j
ed, that I ghall ever entertain grateful reinem- j
brances of the voluntary tender of distinguished j
honors tram my fVUow-citizeos aDd neighbors.
I am called, unexpectedly, to settle a v*?ry grave '
question 'i he partiality of a few friends bad |
brought to the cousioeration of the country, my
name, in connection with *he Gubernatorial chair; .
but to one who had been ho long in private life, !
and so little a politician*, as to have hud no iden- j
tily with either of the great parties of the State,
for many years, there seemed to be littie proba i
bilitv of a call ot tins sort. The communication:* j
through the public journals, or those more private j
iy made, bad only excited an emotion ofgratitude ]
j *o such friends, lor kind remembrances, in such j
| honorable connectiop. Your communication, j
joined with he evidences flow ing in many I
j quarters, assures rm* that the purpose, is one tuk !
‘ mg hold of t. * public miud, and tliat I must give i
this question a Htrou- consideration. Under I
these circumstance., lain asked by you, gentle- I
men, in sober earnestness, if I w ill serve my coun
try, by becoming the Governor of my native .State.
It you had asked me it I would volunteer to light
her battles, I should have felt that the question
wovld have implied a mortifying doubt, for, I hold
all that I have and am, is pledged to my country
—that there is no demaud, in the present emer
gency, which she can make, that i would not
honor.
B :t when you ask me to be your Governor, I I
would not be the man which I profess to be, if i j
did not hesitate, and tear to accept a trust so !
large —so responsible—involving so much of care,
and labor, and thought, in keeping the machinery :
of this great “ Empire State of the South ” all in |
order, and to drfenu and promote the interest and
the happiness of so great a multitude of people. |
lo view of these responsibilities, if left to my own
feelihgs and preferences, I am unaffectedly sin- 1
"ere when 1 say, that I should have remained iu i
private life. But, gentlemen, you have rightly !
judged, when you say, “In times like tRe present, !
no patriot desires to live unto himself alone, but j
mupt. feel that he is the property of histcounl; v, !
and should go to that post of uuty to which bis 1
cooritrymen may call him. We know you too
well to suppose that you will desire to hold your
self an exception to this law of duty and of pa
triotism. 0 Conceding the correctness of this
principle, I commit to God and my countrymen
the settlement of this question. Ido not seek the
Hppomtment; if conferred, I could not decline it.
My name and mv services art at. your disposal.
Very respectfully, your ob’t s rv’t.,
James M. Chambers.
Russell’s Second Letter on tiie Manassas Bat
tle. —Russell’s sesond letter to the Londou Tunes
on the Battle of Manassas, is published in the
j Northern papers. It is made up merely of his
.own speculations o f the probaole result of the
| battle on both parties, and a kind of review of
| the operations of both armies at Manassas as he
| gathered them from Northern reporters. Such a
pretended report as this we have not thought
worth encumbering our columns w ith, as no facts
ca.u be gleaned from it, and no intelligent opinion
even found that has not be* a better stated in oth
er quarters and u not far more reliable. One brief
extract possesses some significance :
“G n. »Scott, whether he disapproved, as it fs
said, the movement, onward or not, was certain
that tfj.e Confederates would be defeated. x
“ ' Thu president, the Secretary of War,
and other members of the Government were as
sembled in the room where the telegraph opei a
tor was at work fur into the night, and as the
oracles of fate uncoiled from the wires, gloom
gathered on their faces, and at last, grave aod si
lent, they retired, leaving hope behind them. It
o.um have been to them a time of anxiety beyond
words; but even the highest jonors were given
t»> hin who in calamity and disaster did not des
pair of the Republic.’'
~— 4eg».»'..
Teems of .Separation.--The Washington cor
respondent of the Springfield Republican reports
the following. The Republican is an intense Abo
lition paper, puuhshed in the heart of Massa
chusetts :
The President is very firm. To all who despair
of put dig down the rebellion, he says, “remem
ber that it is just as necessary to conquer the
rebels, to dictate decent teruls ot separation, as it
j ia for the purpose of preserving the Union. Il
; wo were to stop lighting now , the rebels w nuid
! dictate just such arms as they shall sou fit. There
! would be no living with them in 1 peace.”
Wuv Mi; . Linci i n Ln . Wasuimiton. —The
• VVaHhiugtou correapond:*nt Qf the N. Y. Daily
j New.-, under dute of the l ttb, .viys :
I sen that the pup,‘is condemn Mrs. Lincoln for
; ftoiift; ton fash ; onable watering place in tie so war
i Hint s. 1 toH justih -tl in sayi. ir, . i the lady’s de-
S fence, that she has reluctuutly consented to leave
: W usiiingtou, but being of a uei vous tt*m-per;u;u at
j and easily excited, Gen. Sc at, and other military
men, have frankly informed the Piesident that
this city may not only be attacked, but uikou. It
i :a sale at least to have her cut of harm’s way for
| flu next mouth. L'his 1 do know, that many fanii
liesh 'i. whose members can not tret away,
i have placed themselves under the protection ol
well known c-ecessionists, tear i»g the capture /M
the city You must not he surprised tit uny time
■ to Lear of a stampede from. 'Vushingfoti,
Another Kkoimism. -Oh W'cduesday we bad u
visit fi ui Rev. T. H. Harbeu, of Lexington, who
is rnis'ii gan giuie.it and arming tiiem w ithout
* spouse u> the Conbd rate Gv verument, and but
t'hght »*xpeu - to the State He has called on the
;»«. |.i i oI; ,• i stoc -| • .(..fin make
a dimatioii o them- -\rihe of Ins regi
snexit. When litre on Wednesday he had an iu*
t cry lew with (J»v. Brown, who agreed at once to
iia\. all the guns altc ed to the Minnie pattern at
the expeuse ot the State.
Mr. liar ben has over CeO guns contributed al
ready. lie asks every body who wants to g:» to
■ the war, and has n gun, to come along and bring
his gun; and everyb *dv who has a gun, and is
I not going, to contribute tho gun, w lncli will be
i put in the hands of someone who will go. He-
I has made patimtic addresses at various points
i vith marked success. His unrivaled eloquence
Ins never tailed to create the utmost enthusiasm
wherever he has gone. - Atlanta Confederacy.
H \ttkras Inlet.-- t,e ait. ution ot t’.e most
of our readers will uecessat ily be draw u to the ina;w
t » tind out the position of tins place, aud as it is
drawn but uu few, if any, of them, w ' tvili try and
describe its location. Uu neurly every map
Ocracocke lulet will be found, and about eigh- \
teen miles north of that is situated liattorns lulet, j
which, we be-heve, is u uew ebanuel, having cut j
its way through the quicksand quite receutly. It
will adni.t vessels of trorn twelve to thirteen feet j
. draft, but inside there is a swash which will only !
a low ei seven aud a half feet to go over. Ocra- |
I 1 ‘ Bar has about the same water, but the swash i
! iuside not so much, beuce the superiority of Hat
teras Inlet The batteiies (for we learu that there
are two), which fought the action noticed by tele- :
graph t!: : s morning, are situated on the south end i
o 'the Island oo winch Cope Hatteras stands but
is the north side of Hatteras lulet, the south* side
Eot being fortified
Ha* importance of Hatteras Inlet Ocracocke
Bar, is in e.ms« queDce of these channels being
the only outl • * to an extensive district < f ■ >un
-1 ry, '-v tl .it N. :f |k is; hlackade«l ; arid should
! the enemy be property provided with light draft
steamers, heaviiy armed, he might do minute
mis- 1 ie: l > going up ti e sounds aud rivers. The
maser should be looked after forthwith, and the
; enemy routed out before he has time to sirength-
Ihe Mercury s teiegrcphic C(»rrcßpoodent savs
that the garrisous of the bauerus were compell
ed to surrender on accooct of their ammunition
becoming exhausted.
Over two hundred bi*ake;s were subscribed to
the agent ot the t\ S. A , . t; iv . 0 f Nash
ville, in one day, I .st wt\ k. Tee C'< . savs :
“L«.ankeis and soc*s mu>. be had at ; earliest
p ssib.'t moment, or our «; my roust suffer. They
ire u it to be hud iu the market, nor cau they be
. i .nutacttired iu tune, uicretore thev roust be
-•Vi -j by the pHtnotie iatiics ot the cuv and
country.
- nght to g re every blanket in our priv«te
sane, n s, rather tii.an ottr brave soldiers should
suffer.”
Items tiom the Savan:.:;! Hcnul ican, Ist.
>< airuiNG in thk \ViNi».— Wo areiofornied that
C-enera! L.pay armed here about 1. 'clerk
Tbursda-C Light by a special train, aud after re*
. te:ug about three hours, re urtud to Carries
Naval Kksignation int*!bgence from the
•* ri "• 1 J'qLudr.-u uiitnUHv* to r.-signai lon or
f L.t ntenaut J. i. Taituab, of the United
S* -ie> Msrin s
1 * " •**•'' F‘ r.r in a-.* tine, s B.
Da* gins a- a caudidat* for Congress from ihe .
Lastt r; District r « rids.
N' * R 0> * THB Banks - Tberv are two facts which
we wish to place in juxtaposition, for the bocest
men of Georg * to reflect upon
The o-g.. 0 * of Govi rno. brown are engaged io !
toe;r <>!<t game t v:\-.ii\io, andabusi:'; ;he Banks
Th's '5 r • first fact.
Tt l- last legislature appropriated a nitdic-ti of
v
for tndependei.ee, aud G v. Drown has been 'tnr* !
uish- i i.y the l-.r k> n . eu • Ovu-ar be has
used for that purpose. The bonds could not be
so’d. a.id they paTriojtcaiiy came forward and
supplied the mom . This is the second fact.
Now, kt at; honest and grateful p *op’r judge
between the Banks act traducers. 1
o» w ' ' :r
Tbk Blocrape.—We lea-} from American pa- |
s that the Enghsh and Fr-»..ch >! in inters are
Ci-n-tan*|y iQ receipt ol nt»*lhgecce that vessels
!.rr . n ix; a CJt °I *ke nlockaaed ports without
11 " ri - Officer* just from the block \
** '* r ‘t*l qu.te « number ~f vessels *
•. ! ' e ,' ?n ports rttn «*»« blocked-.
(1 , v i;r, utl * L: e beeD I3IJ fcet-re »ue American l
~ 'VC';'V'- snJ “ •* K«Der«ilr r re ded thit
IJ, -\ 11 par’tnem eofrely .neffici. m
.1, ,v. “ M ! u fro ® 'arion* sources confirm the’
abut. .me,. Our.Voy.Sc itafnend* think
i. a cap..el juke lo rua the blockade, aud are
} • ; - * rroiiübie
St.' .- i a..T> in Uau.rraaK —Two men enler
eu a .uu,. tlie . . rl' r extern part of our cut <lO
rue.dav, »• and renresented tt at ihe, bald a cm.-
s' “.»>*'» J'“ °“ v, » mU * cm,atm army
1 livV SollCiit'C it*- pT«-priclpr to uk*lst tbrm <U
getting men, sl&iing u at they now bad ne*r v
three companies full in the lower portion ot ike
Stale. —lAlavart titpubUccu.
Georgia Relief and Hospital
tiou.
To the. Editor ot the Cl rm -„-U and: fi- > t,r., 7 :
Dear Sis : The Central Board of Directors ask
leave to make the following* acknowledgments in
your columns
F m Ilvnrr Hull. Chairman, Clarke County, :
ir* let'* r • . II .a. E. .Starnes, s•> v, with the follow
ing report: _
lio.v. E .Starsiw, Cha'man ?»r : Tms amount |
was c«*ntr:buicd by Hun*x v good citizens off iarke .
count*., to the Georgia Hospital Fund, for the
benefi* of the sick arid wound-d soldiers. Boxes j
of Hospital stores, with lists attached, wili be
forwarded a few days; also additional cash
contributm:*!* as they mav be received. I deem it
t r “fe ;
S"V , •,.-i..rtffic:en s os AeSUie
organization was suggested to i - I^ m * -.i
: ,t;ce when IMJ *»* t , be -J r ***
c!.eer iih cu-i i.ue -d -s the neces
sity exists and their ability continue.
' ’ ' HesHf llcll, Jr., Ct.airman of Com.
From >V. Mc-.ee, Barto-.v, Oeo for
Gen..... tslTund. > *• with* v-card of Mrs.
Ivor-on Harris, Miliedgenilc, *3O.
I Kreadier. Ur. Axon, for rarious citizens of
• Savacuab,
i ro.:; the Rev. Mr. Landrum, for some of the
1 citizens of Savannah, S2O.
From Mrs. Jane Grav, Milieu, collections “for
j car brothers v. ho har u been stricken by disease
j or by the enemy, ’ #24.65.
*‘Collec* : ons for our S-cK, ’ at Buck,
! head, #41.35; vrith th? card oi “Miss
! Katie Clanton, a little t'iri six rears old,” $25;
I V’. ith the curd of Master Holt. Clanton; S2O; with
! the card ot Mi.-s Cora Clanton #SO; with the card
' of Mrs. Mary Clanton, #IOO.
In c not. to the Chairman, from Mrs. W. H. T.
t Wai er, Kiohr iond county, “h r Ess Yah Walk
*i. ? , Mrs. Ures»well,slU; Mrs. Freeman Walker.
Mrß. W. rl. T. W. #10.”
Fr ;a; Seaton Gran Baud, SSO.
From Mr- Edgar Di vvson, for the Ladies Aid
Society, Columbus: 6 boxes, 6 sheets, 47 pillow ,
cases, i S towels, 9 t apkins, •-J shirts, 56 pair'
draw - r.-, 4? pair sock, I*J pillows, 10 blankets, 3 pil
low ticks,*2 counterpanes, 4 comforts,43 bandker
chiefs, r- sick shirt-*, 5 dressing gowns, a large |
quantity of old iiatn, and cotton, and lint and j
bandages, 1 dozen Palmetto fans, rice, sugar,
corn, starch, 12 pounds tea, coffee, chocolate,
smoked beef, sago farrinu, arrow root, gelatine, <
gum arabic, sago lemon balm, slippery elm, flax
seed, isinglass, nutmegs, soap, adhesive plaster,
epfiom s»!ts.
From Mrs. Jno. North: 1 blanket, 4 bottles
wine, 1 jar limes ana peaches, 1 bag dried fruit, 2
pac : j -i corn starch and soup, 1 package peoper.
cloves and nutmegs.
Froni Mrs*. Helen Pyne : 2 blankets, 2 boxes
books, i bottle lim Juice and rasp, 1 vinegar, half
pound tea, 1 dressing gown.
, From F. Ficklin, Washington, Wilkes county,
j Georgia: 1 bale of cotton, shipped Aug. 27, (not
I yet received.)
l By order ot the Beard.
llenrt Moor*., Secretary.
\ Augusta, Aug. 31, lßfil.
c ufse «*i ilie Steamer fiordon.
The armed stoamer Gordon, Capt. Thos Lock |
woed, reached this port yesterday after u cruise !
of six weeks. We are indebted to her obliging
commander for the (oliowi:ig fiiemoranda rela
tmg to her voyage : Left this port on the morning j
of the 17th .July, and alter passing Cape Romain
was chased by a U. S. steamer, which fired one
gun, but ii foil short, and wo got safely into a port
of N«rth Carolina, where a supply of fuel was
laker, in. July 26, at 7a. in., made a sail, which
on reaching proved to be the brig Wm. McGilve
ry, of Bangor, Me., from Cardenas for Boston,
with a cargo of 337 hhds. and 27 tierces of molas
ses; a prize crew was placed on hoard, and she
was taken into HaUeras Inlet. July 26. aves-el
; hove in sight, and nearing her we tired a gun
1 across her bow. when she hove to, and was found
j to be the s- h oner Protector, of Philadelphia,
from Matanzas 1 >r Philadelphia, with a cargo of
fruit; she was taken in tow and carried into Ilat
teras Inlet.
July 40, near Cape Lookout, made a U. S
steamer about 10 miles off, which was soon dis
covered to b' maxing towards im. but she was
left out of sight in u Jew hours. Went into Beau
fort ( N. <■ ) July 30--left August 8, and arrived at
Hatterus lul t V United States man-of-war ap
peared oil'the harbor, and fired one gun. Next*
day w tto sea, and boarded the schooner Pris
cilia, of an<! for Baltimore, from Curucoa, with i
cargo of >alt. Same day spoke the brig Robert
Kirkland, *f and for Baltimore, from Turks
i Island. August 4th left Ocracocke Bar, and at 6
a hi. made two sails on the starboard bow—one a
brig and the < 'her u schooner. A stea ier which
came out of Hatter as Inlet stood towards the brig,
and took her in tow. When the Gordon capture. 1 ,
the schooner, which was found to be the Henry
Nutt, Baker master, from Key West, for Philadel
phia, she had on board a cargo of logwood and
mahogany—placed a prize crew on board, and
took !. r into Hattera- Inlet. Same cLy captured
the schooner Sea Witch, of and for New York,
from Harncoa, Cuba, with a cargo of fruit, w hich
was towed safely into harbor.
August '.th, saw a brig oil HatAeras Inlet, and \
was preparing to chase her, when a U. S. war j
vessel hove in sight. On Hie Bth inst., started !
after m schooner, but she was soon discovered to ■
he under convoy of si man of-war, when we pnl ;
abo> •>. From the Oth to the 27th inst., the Gordon |
was mueh and the time at sea, but saw nothing j
that hi !•<: made a prize of. On the J7tb inst., |
ofi Moorhe wt ftv, “ tire Br. Shcooner Peel,
from tin indies to Newborn. Same day j
off t.-ap;* I.ook iut., .-poke the Br. Schooner Lone ;
more; in : e aft i
put 'i: ■ Haftera.-- Inlet. On the 25th inst. made j
a sail, which, on nearing her, was discovered to !
be a U. '• fnga-'a; and in the afternoon the Gor
don » e urjitd to Elat teras inlet. On the 26th inst. j
"’*•!.{ s• i a. in., and spok** the Br. schooner |
Kqurt.if, 1’ in N:i*-sar. for New York. On the
27th insi., st mi alter taking a supply of feul at;
Hutt ! »r, discoveve< about ten sail of ves
sels ut 1 idling, supposed to-be U. S. vessels of
war, ".*v< no! ’hem wore steamers and three sail- 1
ing veaseis stood South (.br Ocracoeke, where
we put i:i and landed severe! persons.
Started immediately fur Be.aqfort,, but it was.
too dark ;<» fimn i.!•«- oar when ir w;m reached and .
we wne ccmpelled to run mr New Inlet, which
we ro*'Me I and arrived safely at Wilmington.--
L* 0S: iilr. i ■atii a. n., on Friday, and readi
ed the: ; or: on the afternoon of the same day.—
Wh"u >ff Bull'-i iw a large IJ. S. steamer, with
a walking beam, steering northeast, and off this
bur found two vessels, not keeping up the block
ade at lea.-.: They were unable lo keep out tiie
Gordon. Captain Lockwood deserves great cred
it f. r ihe skill and good judgement which bus
eh.: :’-*.ttto* isad Ins management of the steamer, he
having sucev s.-dully run the blockade at several
ports ; and IV. quently been chased by War steam
ers. Mr. Lod-oart, the Chid Engineer :,f tho
Gordon, it is unnecessary to say, stands at the
he n! of his • usii’.e:-.', and cuti t.iuko'a steam i n*
gine do almost anyihing. ('harUxtov Mercury.
Ax Attack on a Fuderal Man of- War. —Ti;c
steafto-r Harmony, of lb:;, por*, titter t!akin?r on
b< rd o c'i the nil* guns from the Navy Yavd,
I proei o led t;os looming about o’clock to t,.e
| n .ieiiboi liood of Ui ai.ey island, for the pm-p*.«e
j of biirasdng a Fed-^r.tl vessel lying at the month
I of James River.
i \Y v le.ii niv it the steamer, having taken posi
, tiou near tin battvj-y ::t !'ig Point, began opera
tions; ato.Mias ulr-ady fired a i umber of guns at
I the vessel, butuoh. what success does uot as vet
. appear. Thequelities of tha goto on board of her,
However, give**'us much reason to believe that
the puwder used has not been thrown away,
j Siuce the above was written we have visited a
' rm iti<>h in this civ ;,-«m v, tiieh obsc*rval ions were
; tak'-.j of toe wbub engagement. The tirkig lsut
! ed !.»r one hour, during which the liannony fir-d
; 29 shells -it the Savannah, the frigate above
aliud id to. The S Hi i 44 times ut her iu re
turn und the battery at Newport News tired six.
The S.i' anuuh la) s about one mile off from tio*
o: •• >•! Newport’s News i’<-..a, ..nd the Harmony
• is s;Hi.;'iV under the protection ol the Fig Point
i b*r.ciy.*
i \V e arrived on the spot too late t u witness '.lie
engagement, but *;v.v the position ot the two com
i batants. The shell from the Harmony flew ill
around and over the Savannah, and whilst b.*ra
| could not reach the Harmony. We understand
1 i hat one of the shells from the Harmony was
; served to burst just over the Savannah‘with what
! effect of course is not known,
i Toe tiring from the Harmony only ceased when
i their ammunition gave out. She took down only
oO rounds, and probably one prove«. defective.-
; The object ot the expedition was merely to test
the range of the shot and shell of the new rilled
gun, and as the Savannah presented such a g« od
tarct t. they availed of it It is believed if they i
. bail c.ctc ammunition they could hare disabled
! tiAt \ aukce, us soon after her opening lire ou the
j Harmony, si. : swung rqnnd at her moorings and
was more at the mercy of our long range.
J Tbo Savino&b’a shot could not reach the ll»*r
i monv, we uuderstana tviihiu a mile, while the
j ribed cannon sent them a half mile beyond the
Savannah.
Great excitement prevailed all over the city
j during tuc commanding, nod every elevated posi
tion on house tops that could be got at was tilled
j wrh spectators.
This one of the sauciest freaks of the war. The
ixarmony is ik th ug but a little steam ferry boat,
ami can carry not £ ueb more than one or two
; such guns even as freight.
V. T —But tha saucie.st thing of the whole af
fair is that in coming back to the city, the Harmo
; ny ran rs ner t!ie Kip Kaps as it was safe for her
to no. Auu lire the remaining shot into that plaoe.
Acf'lc Day 8001 , Aug. Zvth,
■ RiiroßT or the Breaking or Tin: Blockade.—
1 \\ e are entirely satisfied that a privai, dispatch
i has been received m this city, from Charleston,
; bv au officer ot ihe Government, staling that the
British ship Alliance had broken tho blockade,
• at ‘d had safely eiw red the harbor ;.t Port Royal. ;
The Alliance Lad on b ard a larg- shipment o
arms, consisting mostly of English' rifies, with an I
assorted cargo of threads, mac.hinerv, ammuni- !
tb'-a, quicksilver, (the last specially heeded, Ac.,
A . hipped expressly tor the Southern market.
U '• he recall-ctcd that th’s British vessel I
w ' ‘.one ago off Du Southern coast essay
st j
•K : •• , was reported from there last on ar- j
, r>.’. i ;at Port Royal.
If • •' true of :he successful adventure
oft’- '• ■•• r ca g.t, cc*ns!>‘*.ng mostly «»f •
r ,. ; **, v : : •*,*; ; a.ost valuable acquisition to our
G;* r et, and will doubtless prompt the,Brit- j
i.-‘ Governh m to instant and decisive steps in
the b ockade.
L * prop- rto >tatv, thao aft r making eff-tts ’
in ad possible directions last to obtain ad :
umonal inleliigeuce with regard to the report ot j
the blockade by the AI dance, we were unable to
obtain any distinct confirmation
o -cue ~tl quarters, when our inquiries were made
the rep :n was consiuered to be piausibieacd
probable.
fhitads fttcb ot the t *t»or, tf-.*reJ t v wa> receiv
er uslHjv by au officer iu ;ue lrea*ary i)e
. p .. Must a positive taci asJt was read
..i. 1d - . ert y a mi. .oer o: gentlemen.
If f • r. telhgeocc prove* true, there can be no
exaggeration of its 'uportaDce. The British
, Govt rn,..cut is di; u ct.y and firmly pledged by
the ■'•■•'ho afo-ns of Lora P«sm»-rs*on in Parlia
me? t to a- are ttie blockade void on the success
' ml breaking of its lines bra single vessel; and
i. a cast* so marKec and noipnous as. that of the
Ad w ..Id bo —be i'c Hie first ’.nataure of a
l-.rge f reign merchant vessel coming into our
;xms at one of the most guavded punts of the
biockade.could noi tail to furnish the t:tneiv and
j coveted occasion for putting into operation the I
'die .: pi> ,cy declared by Lord Palmerston, and i
sa: c!’r-ne.i in *a.*t by a’! the usages or iniern*- j
lions) law. £i,-k ns / t.i- "tr, S. ok tilL
Movements at Nets>oet’s News.—We under- \
stand tb.»‘ the Federal landed a large body of l
troops at Na port s News yesterday afternoon,
supposed to be a regiment ; and tnat this inorn
! !'• - they * -o iar aed trom the steamer Louisiana \
, a large uumbtr of horses.
We also ie.. : s beiit-ved the Corfede
j rate st■•••;.'*« Ki-iot-y ;u- succeeded tu running
; the blockade ad got down as low as F;g Point, ;
i .and tout a Feceial j'u.i 'er put chase after her j
Yesterday w: *u c. ■ <hg down, but the Ramey
• proved too fieet tor ht*r a >i got under the guus .
u! the Tig P it -jx‘.erv before the other steamer
, could ormg her guns tu bear.—AW/V’i Baj Book, .
.Gs*V- 3i‘.
StaCSTon Va. Maeskt.— I To give our readers!
some idea of the cost of living tn Western Yir- i
gia, we cop the following list of articles and
prices from the Staunton Spectator of the 27th : ,
Superfine F. ur s•' . ; Extra do 50; Family
New Corn (He. per bushel; Rye 75 to SOc ;
baiter ,fresh k 15 to itfe. per lb. , Lard 12 to
Uc ; Bacon i4 to He.
Major Wheat.—This disti»guiahcd officer, who
w.-3 s- erely wounded in the bntle of Manas
?as. arrived at Lynchbnrg on Tuesday. He de»
ci*r*a bimse;f ready for another ,
j lake the: of the 21et of July.
nature aad Burniug »f the Ship Fin
land by th© liftmlauft.
A r ' : - - Pernoon, news reached this city,
from the East Pass, that the blockadirg hi earner
Mon g ,ir*en , and anotUer hteaoirr. bad * nte'ei
the La. oor and seized the ship FiuNod. lying
her an borage about s x miles from the bar. Ybe
eoen \ attempted to take the ship out, bat a u
ir * -acceed. immediately on receipt of the news,
the siean.er Wm. H. Younir, having in tow the ;
7,! ivateer Y. S. Barrow, with detacbmeots frqttp
ti.e Apalachicola Guards, Perry Artillery, anu
Beauregard R:ties, under their respective com
mand.-: s, proceeded down the bay. and arrived
• : and,: o. the Finland aod blockading vessels
about u.»ylight, this mo cing. The Finland had
•ad *-.i i set, an-* w 'as apparently beating out. int*
blockading reamers were lying outside the bar, !
about thre* mUes from the Eat*t Pass Light. Ihe
schooner New Plan, Capt. John Genoa, captured |
t th.-"same time with the Finland, was seen go* j
ii:z ii'om the ship towards the steamers.
T 1 ** enemy finding that we were rapidly over- j
haulP;g the ship, became alarmed, set fire ’o her :
and 1 ude a precipbate retreat in their boats.—
Th, Bartow the . cuanged her course and attemp ,
.Vj ... „ u t , \ the boats; but were enable to do so,
the Vandals making ter'ific speed over the wa er. |
I) ur .., r : s the two steamers outside fired i
up a.id made a demonstration to run in, doubtless ■
to t); ..;oct and cover me retreat of tneir boats. —
Th*-* expedition returned to the city this morning, ;
Lavo "left, the East Pass a little after sunrise.—
Tb rlnland was io flames, lying with all sails
>sett , the flats oft’the mouth of Crooked River.
A ir-iachment of the Apalachicola Guardi, ob
• j j boat from the st-eamer Wm. H. Young,
.:n i » permission went over to the burning ship,
t , ‘ if anything he saved from ;> ber. The
Mann r and crew of the Finland, as well as of the
iio .-m-r New Plan, ar-.* no doubt prisoners, on
. -i the blockbde vessels These are all the
t :vrticulars we are enabled to give at present.
[Apalachicola Times, 29 th.
. •om the Neithern {N. C.) Progress, HO t\
particulars of the Captui© of Fori Eat
itran I)s' the Liuoolulicii.
F r t Eatteras was surrendered to the Fedora j
and \ !. rities at about 11 o’clock on yesterday,
Thursday.
The steamer Winslow, which left-there soon j
i 1 the sarrenaer on yeoterday, arrived here
abo it ten o’clock last night.
She brought up nine wounded men and one
dec i i'udy. From Lieut. Citizen, of Capt. Lamb’s
.cc-3u; any, who escaped and came up, we ga her
t ;e to owing particulars
The Federal steamers, cloven in number, com
merced the bombardment on Wednesday, and
the Forts, Clark and II at teras, returned the lire.
It was kept up till dark with but little loss on our
side. Ou yesterday morniDg the Cv ufiict was re
, viewed no continued till about 11 o’clock, when,
, after a desperate res stance, our forces were cocn
-1 pell and to Mirrender, and the whole garrisou are
now held as pri-oners, save a few who escaped.
' om J3aron, Col.* Bradford, Col. Martin, Lieut,
j Col. .Johnson, Major Gilliam, Major Andrews, and
• all the captains ot the post are prisoners.
Our entire torce at on Wednesday
| r.ight, another gentleman informed us was 868.
Some few escaped, perhaps 50 or more, and Lieu .
j Cit'zen ihiuks not more than 60 were killed aut!
v, o’Vided. Probably 40 killed and about 20
i wounded. He remained in the Fort till bait' an
ho r previous to its surrender, and from tha lucid
inamerin which his statements were made we
have grea f confidence iu them.
The Federal fleet consisted of eleven steamers,
four of which were large war steamers. The
bombardment is represented by our informers as
most terrific.
Lt. Knight and Lt. Murdoch were brought up
wounded; Koight slightly ia the arm, aud Mur
doch with his arm injured. Probably amputation
will be necessary. The dead body of a Mr. Tin
detl, we believe, from Lenoir, was brought up.
The news is sad and we can give do more h;s
morning. We will give particulars hereafter as
they reach us.
Lt. Citizen says oui men fought bravely until
they ""ere compelled to surrender, an the defeat
to our arms is only to be attributed to tho supe
riority of the fleet over our batteries. The amam
uition gave out at Fort Clark ou Wednesday and
the gvius were sp:ked and abandoned, but Fort
ilaU'-rus r turned the fire of the Federal* till 11
i or .liter yesterday.
Mtnof Eastt.u Carolina arouse! We havq
; war ned you heretofore but many of you heeded
not. Now your property 7 vour homes and your
,j families are in dangei ! Come to arms and drive
the invaders from our soil. A little preparation
might have saved this disaster, but now it is too
Lit.* and we must make the most of it.
Let the military be ■•■ died out to aid the regular
forces and if the Hes ians dare advunce let us
make them rue it. We can, we must.
To arms ! To arm -'
The Petersburg Express says, editorially :
Had ammunition been abundant, it is scarcely
i probable that the Confederates could have main
tained* their position against u fleet which enm
! Lined one hundred powerful guns, and a fighting
■ force of four thousand men. The garrLon, we
j hear, consisted of but three hundred and t hirty
j men, not all of whom, it is thought, were fit for
duty. It is stated that when the ammunition
! became exhausted, the men sallied out to the
! beach, and with their muskets made every effort
to prevent the Hessians from landing, but the
war steamers immediately poured tneir midst
| such a shower of shell, that they were forced to
: take shelter behind the fort. r
The fort was erected but a few months since,
j and it is not presumed that it is of a very fortm
-1(I a hie ch: vactsr It was built for only twenty
guns, and :t is not believed that all of this nu n
i her were in position.
: (’hose familiar with the fort and the coast, gene
rally, ir,lbrin us. that without the co operation
i of :i fleet outside, (which the Confederate Gov
eriimerit raunot command,) it will require a force
of thirty thousand men to dislodge the Yankees
We know that several regiments are now on their
w: y to the fort from van us points, and if there
is .-my possibility- of ousting the vandals, it will
be done. The position is of great consequence to
the Confederate ( overurotut, and it must be re-
I taken at uil hazards.
We understand that great excitement prevails
; it Goldsboro’ and other towns in Eastern Carolina.
From Cairo.
Cairo, Aug. 24 —No fighting has taken place !
wi bin ’be last two days uronud Bird’s Point. A
srouting party of cavalry, under Capt. Buell, was
seat out on Friday night to some miles beyond
Charleston, but returned and reported all quiet.
Since tho surprise oi Col. Dougherty, they have
e. ideally become more cautious.
A bold robbery \vu.a committed at Paducah by
a party of about fifty secessionists, by seizing the
st. amer Samuel Orr, on Friday lust It was done
in retaliation for-the seizure ot the W. B. Terry
by the United States guu-boat. The Orr had just
arrived from Evansville, and in about ten minute?
alter she landed, was boarded by the crowd armed
vvd!i rifles, pistols aud bowie knives.
The crew and passengers were kindly treated
| by many of the citizeus of Paducah, who express
gnvt regret at the occurience, aud said that
ought back, bu
: hope of any such thing taking place,
j The Secc'Sionisia have taken the Orr up the
: Ten«css; o liver, also the luliowiag boats, to pre
; out th ir.seizure by the United States Govern
' nent: the Fa.stport, Bam Kirkman, and the Dun
! iThe Fust,port is owned by Fowler, a Seces
sionist,
Th® Dunbar is owned partly by him and partly
bv some Union men in Paducah, who protested
ay aim-* her seizure.
The Sara Kirk man is partly owned in I’aducab,
and the captain, J. Y. Throop, ?. Union man,
who also potested against lier seizure.
The Diadem and several other beats coming
down are reported as stopped at Evansville until
' tho gunqoats can convoy them.
It is confidently reported that several 84-pound
si.-re guns are being brought from Columbus,
by the rebels to Paducah, aud that it
>-s their mtentioo to seize the place, plant a bat
t' i v which will blockade the Chio river and also
command ihe entrance to the Tt iinessee. I* is a
vri and stratgic point with the rebels, and should
oe closely watched by the Federa' Government.
The gun b“aN afe don g all ;i their power, but
they cunuot be everywhere at the same tim .
■- Tice then* arrival, except t!ie Couestogo, which
is being repaired, they have been in constant
i service.
The Tyler is still at Commerce, where the rebels
>;re da iy gaining strength and boldness. On
IT .day they crept up to an eminence above Com- !
m«rce, known as Grave Y'ard Hill, planted a ft !
pounder and let fly a couple of shots at tho Tyler, 1
which, however, tell sh irt. She immediately j
opened upon them with 04 pound shell, and sent !
them thing back to their i:*ir.
The rebels, some 4,000 strong, are represented i
to he fortifying Benton, the oounty seat, some!
eight miles buck of Commerce. They are Jeff.
Thompson’s forces.
Reports have reached Cairo that Gen. Polk is
sliding largo .reinforcements to Pillow at New
Madrid, ana that the latter will make a forward
movement iu lull force in a dar or two. .Many
i re think that Bird’s Point will be his best, first
object of attack—others, that be will formajunc
“on with Hardee and move ou Iroutou. Imlica
>ioL,s£vi to show, however, that an attack on
Bird’/? Point is premeditated by him.
Fr m the First Georgia.—Th* Atla- ta Con
\fed«racy Lias the following, under date of Monte
rey, Ya , August 23d ;
The Ist Georgia Regiment is still encamped at
this place; but we are expecting orders to join
Gen. Lee's command every day.' The impression
here is, that the Yankees up here are in a bad fix,
and in very close quarters. We will not say where
Gens. Lee, Luring aud Jackson are to day, but
look out for stirring events up here in a few days
North-Western Virginia will* be cleared out. of
Yankees in .ess than twenty days. We have* the
Generals, the men, aud the means, to do »?, and it
will be done, if the God of battles still favors us
as he has dvifte in the pas'.
Ali ■ . r sick have been sent to Staunton. We
have quite a number of sick at that place, aud ,
would recommend their wants to th“ patriotic
citizens of Geoigin. The good people of rvauntoifV
hav \ aud are still, attending to their wants as
much as they possibly can; but theru are quite a
large number of sick there, and they cannot do
everything.
A Gallant Feat We !. rn from Chris. N Tt»y
lor, F.-q . tha? Lieut, J G. Siocks, of C »p? White’s
fenne-* Rifles, .of the firm c t Stock- &,Tavlor,
of thi-city.) vu.- on {Sunday morning last sent
out *?! c v :rge of i scouting partv of twenty men,
from NV » Mai'i J II scouted for two days in
the viciuii cf bird’H Point and the enemy’s
camps in tba f quarter On Monday n’ght he
evaded tii* pickets, and penetrated to within hear
ing of roll call c*f the garrison at Bird's P int.
t ten withdrew, under cover of the night, t<« a dis
tance of s«une five miles awaiting the appearance
of the Federal sceats. These sc uts, five in num
ber made their appearance about daviight, were
charged upon by Lo ut Stock’s party, three of
them wei • killed a'.d tre remainder taker prison
ers The horses of the enemy were also captured j
r.nd V e gallant lieutenant and party, m iking a
forced march ot twenty-fire miles, -eached ca np •
at New \ladrld on Tuesday Light. The feat
was a darirsg me, bat only such as might bp ex
pected iron- the intrepid bravary of L»eut Stocks
and bis tearless comrades in arms.— Ifemphu {?-
peal,
The Bk.ocx.sdk. Ac—Ti e Savannah Kepublicao
i has the following special dispatch :
Charleston, Sept 1 —The shock of an earth
quake was sensibly felt here on Saturday, early
in tbn day.
A trig trom the W =*t Indies, with a cargo of
cofiFe. ran the blockade b**re this morning.
A British schooner, loaded with molasses and
sundries, which has been previoue’y reported at
Fernandina, aiso arrived by the inland passage.
A Timely Suggsstio.v —The disatter at Hatte
ras shouia teacn Georgians a lesson The man
who now ft aya there ia no darger of an attack "o
uiir coast is leading the. public" into a treacherous
sens? o f security. Coast operations are evidently
now the policy ot the Lincoln Government. Ihe
columns of the northern press and the move
ments of the Lincoln anr.y both go to prove it.
What, then, should be dune? Two things we
would nn-ntien as m'disoeusable to the safety of ;
tfie iStatc:
Ist. Not another piece Os artillery should be
allowed :■» go out of tfie Bta:*, and oar cavalry—
every man of them—should stay and take care c i
their homes, unless positively demanded else
where by the Confederate Government.
2d. From three to five thousand additional
troops should be*immediately placed in rendez
vous ;n the vicinity of Savannah and 3runswick.
Let Gov. Brown break up h;a interior camps and
order them forthwith to the coast. We are as
healthy now a? ary other portion of the State,
and were it otherwise, it would be no reason tor
a delay that may jeopard everything
This u* our advice, and we leave others to act
on or reject it, as toey will.— Sarah, Rrpud.
First Bale of New North Carolina Cotton.—
On Wednesday the first ba*e of new cot on re
ceived in Fayetteville, V. C., this season, was
bought by *.ne Beaver Creek Company, at 12V
ceute, from Daniel McKinnon, Esq., ot Richmond
county.
BLACK SliiJ-? BLIfAN U»SPiTCHB<
TO ill t£ !-UR I HEB S CHESS.
Cot-:. Mo., An*. iT. Scouts j u? t in report.
th» mr v. -J, >ironc. on < creek. A ...
in corsia-raM- force oo Cas*cr cruek, with but
tVw at Greenville. They repuri their >irength
within this s eta nos th- Sia*e to be \*"'o They
subset on corn meal and fresh beef at. a are nearly
destitute of clothing and poorly armed.
A deserter from New Madrid savs the forces
, u: der Pillow, except, perhaps, the Tennesseeans
and Alabamians, are much demoralized, and are
mainly held together by the belief that. h*t. Louis
will soon fall into their bands The force there
is about 2 y vO, at Beaton, Scott county, under
Jeff. Thompson, and at Charleston, under
Hunter, v<\ Our into*n»ant also says two masked
batteri.-S, not before heard of, are on the Missou
ri bank ot the Mississippi, one five miles above
: New Madrid, and the other about the same dis
| tauce below. Another masked battery is to be
I constructed at Dog Tooth Island, about eighteen
j miles above Cairo, where the river is narrow and
j deep. Lead, liquor and many other things were
I reaching New Madrid in iarge quantities, by way
, of Paducah and Columbus, Kentucky.
Special to the N.w York Tires.
1 'Washington, Aug. 26.—Through the agency
J of some traitors, the plan of General McCl Man
I * or making a recounoissanee iu force of infantry,
I cavalry and artillery, which might have resulted
• iu catting off the rebels from this side if Fairfax,
j was betrajec to the enemv, heuce their sudder*
! stampede.
Leiiers fron. East Tennessee speak of a grow-|
’•’*'•” r k-.*i force at Camp Boone, near Clarksvili*.*
the quarters of the K. G. C s. Their plan is af
t-.*r getting 10,0 b/ to lay the count! v waste from
Cumberland Gap through East Tennessee and '
Kentucky, to the t)hio river, and along that to
Pensvlvania, the whole fo r ce not to move togeth- 1
ei, bat divided into small marauding parties.
An attack on Toropkiosvilh*, , r-nin-Wee, bei” *
apprehended recently,Col. Dorris culiecte , • -
Iy two thousand Unionists, ecu red State aims
for them, aud awaited the rebel-. Tb. v disap
pointed uinj. Many of tb. Teniu.> - .*. i.-t i
men*, wuo won laurels iu Mexico under Col.
Campbell, are joining the Union force.
A skirmish occurred between some forty picket
guards of the Nety York 37tn aud the 2d M;o : .a:i
and a party ol rebel-.. A private of the 87th was
killed and two of the rebels, and one at least
wounded.
Notwithstanding shit aments that the rebels L 1
-• *reated from before : Fi, u lin*n- out; ♦*> -tp-l.
of the Potomac cn the Virginia side, \\i are le>l to
that the contrary is the fact. On Sunday,
! the Twenty fifth New York regiment, Col, Kerri
gan, encamped near ball’s cross road, was ord- r
ed to occudv a position on a hill left ot their
Tliey had do sooner done than the enemy, who
h *d a battery within range, fii ed fifieeo shells in
to the new camp, causing them to take new po
sition. It was subsequently ascertained that, the
rebel battery consisted of nine guns of large aud
improved caliber, and can reach the forti ications
on side.
Geographical Nketth «.f HaiteratuinUthe
Vicinity.
W F e have prepared a brief sketch of that, p ■;
tion of our stster Stale which has been itn r ued by •
the Lincoln army. Whh ihe u.’.sistanoe of a very
large map, which n a.v be found in our office, the
great importance of tms movement of the enemy ,
will bo at a glance. The excellence of ;.ii»
map will at ouco indicate the draughtsman, who
has anticipated our wants oc several previous
occasions.
Capt* Hatteras is the elbow’ of a triangular isl
and, forming the seaward limit of Pitqlico Sound.
The whole series of islands which girdle the coast
of North Carolina are desolate and barren. To
the northward, between the main island aod Nar
row Beach I-laud, stretching down from Cape
Henry, lies Currituck Sound, fifty miles
loug, and two to ten miles broad. West of tiii.-,
running inland, in Aibermarle Sound, sixty miles
long, and from five to Jhteen miles broad; its
waters are fresh and not. suuject to tidal influences.
These Uvo souuus communicate with PimiiCo
Sound, which lies south of Currituck; it is eighty
six miles long, aud from ten to twenty broad, nih
a general depth ol twenty feet. But nut igatio.i
is much impeded by shoals within it. It opens
to the ocean through Ooracoke Inlet, wi n-' is
considered the best navigable pass north of Cupe
Lookout.
entire shore of these sounds is indented b\
rivers end branches, which are navigable for vc&
sels of light draught. The Chowan and Roanoke
Rivers i uipty into Aibermarle jsound ; the former,
which is made by the union of the Nottoway and
Meb* rrin, admits small vessels to Murfreesboro*,
iu Hartford county, aud the latter is navigable,
for similar craft, for thirty miles only. Elizabeth
City, on the Pasquotank River, is ..Iso a place of
importance. The far and Nenst Rivers empty
iutu Pimlico Sound. Washington is the principal
port on the former, and Newborn on the latter.
From Ihe last named port a l:o*gc trade iu grain
was transacted with Charleston. Besides, there
was a very large foreign and coast, wise trade .in
naval stoics, lumber and grain lumi the ports ol
Beau hi, den lon, Elizabeth Citv, Washington
aud Plymouth.
Inhiiul navigation is open to Norfolk from Eliza- ;
both City by the Dismal Swamp Canal. The i
most important point, within ivu h o( the Yankee
forces, is Beaufort, a port of entry, the best on i
the coast, having twenty feet water o-» the bar. i
The channel runs quite near the Shackelford j
Banks, on the point of which C an ;u”.i. work.
Os the cal'bre of the guns we have no :.nfonna- ;
t.on. Opposite, on B***gne Island, /’amis Fort
Macon. This is a regularly com-trucked work, of
considerable strength. At the tune of its seizure ■
by the Governor or North Carolira, it was like
bori Pulasl-.i, in Georgia--■ Ana very unmilifary |
condition -but con.-ddentbie has been done |
si in- , nid it should be able, w itb a lull gar; .son, j
aud plenty of powder and shot, to make a pro- 1
traded defence. From Moreheud City, opposite i
Beaufort, there is a railroad to Goldsboro’,on the I
Weldon aud Wilmington Road. This will enable J
the authorities to throw largo bVlie of troops on ;
, the coast; and, from reliable sources, wo learn j
| that an immeuso flotilla of coasting vessels, iu- !
; eluding eome steamers, are :*vailable for any '
I movements by wat-'r that may be deei ed upon.
! We learn that a large number of families are
| leaving their homes or. the coast, with tocu - slave t
aud |
; should at once be taken for iheir pi 01. .etion.
i Charleston 2*/. i
Return ot Air. IF. Iu Florj.
1 Mr. F. F. I'lorv, a citizen of Beaufort, well |
i known to many readers lor his efforts m Grape
oulture in this Slate, has lately returned, after
some experience of the features and blessing* of
the Lincoln Government.
It was reported some time since that M’\
Flory was arrested in New York, charged w
partioip'iting in the attack on Fort Sumter, r-1
i other off* ncos which were unpai donuble m < ■
j eyes of tho great potenate Kennedy, who ad
mini.Lt. rs the the* government now sulTjred by
| Now Yorkers. Thu facts of tho case briefly are
; as follows:
; Mr Flory was a member of the Beaufort Volun
j tear Artili oy, but left for bis native laud, France,
j ou special business on the 23d February, 1881, on
! the ship Emma, from this port for Havre.
I Returning, he left Havre on ihe 21st May, in
j the ship Kentuckian, foi Mew York.
| Some ot his fellow-passengers, as natural on a
voyage, became familiar and songht acquaintance.
Mr Flory, being a gentlerouu and ot a candid,
honest mind, did noKsuspect that he was associa
ting with spies or Yaukees, and accoidingly an
swered all question* with per feet frankness ; aud,
with other information, ?:;ld Ids companions, no
doubt, * hat be bad served in *i volunteer corps
in South Carolina. This was enough, and, as
soon as the vessel touched the dock at New York,
on the 2<>th Juue, iutormatiou which induced bis
arrest was given by some of these contemptible
sneaks who laid sought h.s confidence, aud enjoy
ed such favors as it was in his power' to perform
on sh’pbourd.
He was arrested and taken to the Metropolitan
police station. If he had ouly been arrested iur
| murder or arson, a little money well applied
would have secured 1 .s release, cither with or
without a trial as preferred, but New York jus
tice does not look with shah complacent wink on
any one charged with secession. He was detain
ed without any pretext ot warrant or legal pro
ceeding--, bis trunks were *e;.retied and after some
time returned to him deprived of every thing of
value.
The petty spile cf the Metropolitan police was
indulged especially against the fhumetto but
tons, .Mr. Fiory’s uniform coat, which be had
taken abroad for the gratification of his friends in
France. These buttons were valiantly cut off, and
will no doubt be retained as mementos by the
policemen, unless some appeal in monev should
prevail.
One of the trunks contained a rifle and brace of
pistols, intended as preset;u for friends and as
specimens of French art in this iiae. These of
course, were appropriated by the honest police
men. Alter repeated efforts to induce him to take
the oatli, arid to eolist for the United Stales, he
was permitted to depart on paying the usual com
plement to the itching palms of ihe police, aud !
od leaving a dagnerrotype of himself. He reach- I
ed this city on .Saturday, delighted to rtucn*a!
country where tue person of the citizen or re. i j
deut is protected against police operations of 1 *
New York order, where spies and sneaks are in"
in the majority, and where tho habeas corpus is in
spected.
Mr Flory informs us that while in confinement
he made acquaintance with a young Southern
gentleman, by name Ruggles, and lately in the
Uuited States. Navy, who is a native *f Virgin a,
where bis relatives now reside. Mr. Ruggles was
detained without known charge or cause, and re
quested this report to be published, in order to
react! his friends. Mr. Fiory’s recollection is not
distinct as to tbo Dame, bur we give what he- be
lieves to be the case.
Talking Lively.—lhe follow.ng charocuristio
piece of New York bluster is from the New York
Evprvfc? *
iHi; British I'ress—Palmerston’s -Organ
The British pre*B—especially tl,e organs of’the
Bntihl. aristocracy—re-attract attention in this
country, because of their repeat c rl effort- to
create public opinion in lln. land which shall
break our blockade. The Lontlon Post (organ of
Palmerston) says :
‘ That Acim ral Milne, the .'omm.-sii-.--r of the
Brilisn North American squadron, ! as officially
reported that the blocKade is totally insmfii .at. ’
From tl-iis statement Lord Palmoiston. in his
organ, draws the in'ir a.e that “ t*e Cott in ports
lu'tlie South are practicady more .r— ihari t. ose
or tie Sonuf (aliu'ii : tj the tariff; d-c. Tile
whole article is bitter, bi?tc-r.
Under such ta k a=> this from a semi official
Lord Palmerston, it !.- but right and just for us to
say. that i: Great Britain ia ready to try conclu- ■
aions wuh us on the ocean, we must accept the j
gage laid down—in privateers that will swarm :
everv sea, in every part of the eanh, for which, ’
by Noveniber, (when the blockade, if u is to be :
broken by the British Government, will then be
broken.) we shad then ready, witis our fleets '
»t h«>me -ou gur boat-j prepared- our clipper
ships at liberty, acd o astiug cr ali all ready* ior
the .ray. e are inch tied to tamk that in this
sort of’warfare, trom tn« Arctic U> ihe Antarctic,
we can niak- enough off of British commerce to
pay for all ’he losses we shall suffer from the ic
i« rference of the a-i t -cracy of England in behalf
oi tne Oligarchy of th.- South.
KENircsY NtCfEvUfT v\’e have heretofore
auuounced the seiiure of trie steamer Terrv, by
the Lincoln gunboats, at Padu ah, Ky .. aud Uje
invasion « f Kentucky by a Federal r-giment from
Ca ro, followed by the arrest of two citizens ol
that Sta:e, alao were carried prisoners to Cairo. j
.Senator Johnson of the Paducah distret, v. b
was commis-ioned by Magoffin to rev - •
for the purpose of inquiring into these ouir»g
upon the uentral pos :c ; "f K- itu ky, 1..- .
turned. The result ot ns mis.-;on was'the *
ol the two prisoners. In reply to the demand fer
ih--* boat, tn*- Fedtra! commander of tue c>qaadrou
informed Senator Johnson that the fer y was
se z and hv order of the government, and could not
be released
■ A threat was also made by Com. Rogers, that I
in theevci tofanv further insult to his flag bv !
j citizens or Paducah, be would so far disregard th*e i
j neutrality of the State- as to not leave one stone
ox>od another in that city. This insoiecce, how
ever, has excited no other feeling than one of
contempt, m Paducafi, and any attempt of the
kind will be met with a resistance that will not be
unavailing —Mtmph . Appeal, 30 th.
i How it Works.— The mtu who left East Ten
i Bfcs&ee a few weeks ago. and worked their way to
Kentucky, tor the purpose of gett.ag arms and
assisting the Union men beyond the mountains tc j
Cunie into East Tcnnr»i--ee, have m*-t with such
cola comfort trom the Kectuckians that they now
want to return home, and are asking Gen. Zoili
coffer for a permit to rrturn, an 1 he is granting
them the privilege of doing so. They say they
have been completely whipped out by their own
conduct, and are widing to return aud behave
then seiver-—that Kentucky does not need or want
tneir assistance —that the Union men of East
Tennessee have been badly humbugged by their
Waders aa to the feeling in Kentucky. This j
should be a lesson to tnose who may have had
bixatiar intention®,— CUattland (Ttmn.j Banner, j
CbronitU
AUG VIST Vi Ga.. ~
VVBO\K- >\V flO -EiT. ?,
OXTH TERMS.—Single copies. Sv per annum;
three copies ff> ; six copies ¥io; ten copies sls.
Invariably in advance. No name w ill be cater
ed on our sn\*eripiion books unless the money
accompanic- the order. The notes of all specie
paying banks taken at par. We employ no
irarelling agents.
WE ALW '\YS jstop the CBironu'le & Srnti
nkl at the end of the year, err ' he time for which
it i< paid, of_whici. each subscriber will receive
notice in the"paper, so that if yen wish to con
tinue it. it wouWbe we’ito renewyohr subscrip
tion iit I< ist two weeks before tiio tithe expires.
C - change trie address of a ?t:b
sc: iber unles> ke gi ves u > i,i. ; • as well as
* v :y : i *tf 1 - to jrel fflarly News*.
• A uumb'T of our subscribers, at various points
off : he Railroads, where they hare but weekly or
j.en vc :i' mails, have adopted the plan ol hav
ing the l.hi-v Chronicle o.- scat to toe
nearest hod- Office at which a daily mall is re
i . ad from thence carried by the Subscri
bers in turn .. the most convenient point for dis-
T'ais plan is found to work well ; ana
• o : times, when almost every
' • . oeiativc among.our brave
. ‘- ;aething may be heard,
; ; . , L \ '. ' f • • ail .-rest which all must feel
• . sf events,) tho early reception of
is «.•* 1-iect wort h the little trouble of this
■ We ;• v'cnminend our friends to try it.
W***—
Viof. IJ. 11. Tu-'iier’s .\i>poi3*tn»ent*».
Pr«c. 1 * ( k, r will a -Ircss tiio ritizcns of Mor
y. w!:,, ,\\ !t t >n uini Warren, at the follow- !
iVtinnv. and places respectively :
Monroe ..Thursday, “ Mb. }
~ Me a lay, “ 9tb. j
prof i'. 1 ivin been an eye witness at Manas- I
he will discribe, can give reliable information on i
subjects, of great intv rest, u.J of the utmost ira j
mice to the j the < rate i
e.yeciuip to tli*s who have f: • ndr in the artny I
or about to join it.
KSCV"- ■SST*’*— —
A |>|>o!«i.un ?ilx.
*
supplies; Am*., for tne Georgia Hospital at Rich- ,
mo ml. wifi n i'ircss *ii 1 -. on eon this subject as 1
follow :
Kurt YJlev. Thursday, Sept, sth.
Miiic i::»viil.\ Saturday, “ 7th.
!kro-.:u Tuesday, Tut it, at twelve o’clock.
' Ladies are particularly invited to attend. It is
' hoped th.-t a good audience will greet him at all
; th.se places.
The subject of his adds ess will be the condition
! and wants of the IT ■>; :iu troops in Virginia.—
A (ipeiutmc uIM
1 Os Rev. J. 0. A. Clakk, Georgia Soldier’s Re
lief and Hospitai Association :
i Lexington Monday, “ mb.
, Lincoln ton .Wednesday, “ 11th.
Portraits or ( ‘ii.MtniTifcS.—Messrs. TrCKi;u &,
Pi rkins, the wd! known Ambroiy piats of this
: city, have executed some superb Photographic
! por'raits of a number of tho military and civic
I celebrities of the day, among which are President
Davis, Vice President Stephens, Gens. -Johnson,
1 B<caurk<;\ri> and Lee, and *COI. Bartow. Others
! will gwon be completed, and their collection en
1 larked as rapidly as possible. Their orders have
i thu . rar exceeded their capabilities of supply, but
! i\ ii.ti.- fair weather will soon put them in a con
dition to meet any demand for these popular pic
»uv. ;•.. The price is only 25 cents.
! Cmklpaid Letters.— We learn, at the Post
i Office, that a large number of fi tiers (sometimes
j for soldiers) arc deposited in tho office without
! b i'Jg -prepaid. All such letters, whether drop
letters for persons in the city, or to be mailed for
| other offices, have to be sent, to the Dead Letter
i Office at Richmond. Writers of letters should he
I careful to prepay the post-go.
Shock of an I, - ltitovav i\ About day light this
morning, a percunßblo shock id an ■ quake
was felt in thi cir,.
—-*sa»-
Gov. Brown has Gourd h*r. Pro.‘ an
nouncing the ratification of the new GVnFtitntion
by the voters of Georgia.
Troops .En Bonn. - -The Campbell Volunteers
Cap?.. K. R. Wiin i,i;y, t* \ men, passed throii-h
here this morning. Also, defacements of the
13th Georgia Regiment, I> mjnumt Infaiitry, and
' Barnsvilie Blm.'s.
| Capt. Montgomcrv’s Compr.uy of artillery and
j cavalry is expicted It ere :'r««r;i Atlanta L;-n'ght.
Movements of Troops. - The'Carswell Guards,
j Capt. X. \ Carswcll, a hoc ro-uparf cf able
! bodied young men from Wilkinson county, ar
rived here by special train last right, and went
I forward th;:* morning. T:my number 10-i rank
j and file.
: A detachment of the iAmthem Light Guards
j also passed through here this morning.
Mohk Troops.—-The Jell' Pa\l- lving Artillery
i from Selina., Ala., passed through here lor Vir
gini.i, la night. This is a splundid corps, com-
I.m inded by Capt. .7. T. Montoomkrv. They have
; o 1 one field-piece with them, hut ere to bo fur
! nift ‘ T " o additional ordinance when they reach,
! Rich mo:
Cr •> 11: :.i •' . Assistant Sur 'on in Oobb’s
L w lan n ARo, I*. ,i . Sjbi.kv, with
hojarfitai : t :'j. Monterey
—-Gatr»— -
Lead Mini: in Alabama.—A correspondent of
■
knows the locality of a rich lead mine, on the
Warrior river, above Tu:;ca!oose, Ala. lie got
his info no; lion from the • ,j;-r<:kae In linos twen
ty-live rear * ;; g >, O ' prom if ■ to furnish notes
for any explorer, or to personally,- point oat its
situation, i-o ;>o. uas his business will admit. If
such a mine is n> t'vi.strr.ee there, it ought to bo
found out and worked at once.
. . --—atsOt —m :
Ffon. L. W. Spratt, the well known Virginia
correspondent of the Cluu-eston Mercury, has con
sented to deliver an address at Lychburg descrip
tive of the battle of Manassas Pl ans, of which, he
was an eye witness.
The New Oi h rum Deitu learns that Oapl. George
Walker, of the United States lilio regiment ,aftcr
tendering his resignation months a&nqhaa at last
succeeded in extracting himself from the ‘impedi
ments thrown in his w.y by the federal i overn
ment, and is either in Richmond or on hi a way
there to offer his k word to the Con fedora iu gov
ernment.
Liberal and Patriotic.— Augusta bus dooo
very well indeed by the soldiers, her own as well
as those merely passing through. And \vv have
been happy to chronicle many acts of individual
liberality. It gives us great pleasure to record
still another act of kindly-meant and gratefully
received muUificaiice, on the part of one of our
oldest and most public spirited citizens, one to
whom Augusta owes .very much—nouc other than
Mr. Thomas S. Metcalf. Lieut. Stallings, of
Capt. Blodglt’s Artillery, leaves our gty this
morning with twenty-four recruits for that gallant
corps, aud Mr. Metcalf has generously clothed
and equipped every’ man of them, furnishing coat,
pantaloons, shoes, caps, ha versa, kg, canteens,
cap i and carpet sacks for -each. And this iu
ivlditiou to tarnishing clothing for the company
i:b at one hundred it first enlisted.
A.'i Loc3i ‘..0 such men.
i The Southern Recorder says that Mr. II \i?r
King, ot Pennsylvania, recently deceased, who
j revoked L 3 will giving a large amount of his
j property to his brother Hon. T. Butler Kino, on
account of the latter being a secessionist, made
* his fortune by marrying a Georgia lady, and that
: the Legislature-of Georgia fu 1335 pawed a spe
. cial act requiring the comptroller to renew to Hr.
j Urnar Kino .seven thousand pounds’ worth of
- audited certificates, which bad been b'.md by law
\ for want of renewal. Comment is ticnecer: ary •
; ——
The New Ye.'-. Tri-run* of the .. cr.
| u list of 225 oi Lb.oglu’s volunteer officers who
nave resigned ana trone home, from * to '
August 6tu.
Falpe Rcm< r - The ?i. *ti j. *- • ; Appeal of Tuoe J
i day says: It was currently rumored on Sunday j
that the r st arnboat S. id. Tucker, which left this
place for Hickman, had imprudent!.’ ventured to 1
! Columbus, Ky., and had b«. a h .zed by tV* Lin* 1
' me i acker at our .ending yesterday morning vtsk j
an effectual contradiction to the story.
hrorn the way i.. ;j . ro are going on in Lincoln’s
dominions we suppose it will goon be fine arid
imprisonment to ray “ Hull Run,” and'a banging
matter to mention the FaitJ’ux Races.
'i he New York L, rr-.w r ays Lincoln needs TP
least one nr*lkon ' soldiers to make peace with
us, and a million and a half to conqaer us.
Post O-r.ne Dmmht, m. —it it. iludergtooC
that, accor: to ths etu a tea prepared in the
Past Office Department, Cor.gregs will bo called
upon to pass a d_ticienry bill for ftfi support for
tae current fiscal year. The estimated deficiency
is about hah a million of dollars. Oar postal
service is not yet a so If-supporting one, or likely
to be, althr ;ch the amount of deficiency in it*
revenues is much less cor many bad
_ r : to be.
\Vuig says that quite an excite-,
nifciif .. ...eftte*:l in East Tennessee by the iate
; preriurntion of i'reagent Davis, many irnagm
; ing that alter fort , days they would be forced to
i leave the State, and have their efiects confiscated
This impression produced somewhat of a stam
I pele, according to the Whig, in tbs direction of
Kentucky, particularly, we presume, among tbOße
with weak knees and tender consciences.
Sew Edition of “Gilham. Messrs La? an A
Thompson, have had such a demand for their ex
cellent compilation, ‘‘Gnbam s School or *fce
Soldier.” that the issuing of a second edition has
been rendered necessary. They are now read\
to supply orders, ns will be seen by their adver
tisement.
The popularity of the work hey publish is ac
.oounted for by the fact that it is of convenient
aize ‘or reference or to carry aboi f in on ’a pock
et, and is cheap at the price asked for it. No
soldier** library can hardiy be consiuered oomplete
without a copy of “Gilham.”
The stock of salt now on band in Now Orleans
is sufficient to cure eight million of hog-:. What’s
the use of any more ?
V.JiKt Next?
The tclcc. A.ph brings the u.*ws that Lincoln's I
--‘t?, ituuvr Yviuant Pun. Butlsk, l.a' !n|-.‘ ua •
'\.-\p fort of ours on tho Norlh Carolina co
4,0.0* men agaiunt •*The fert mug h«vcji« <-* '
very badly armed, to have surrendered after*
firu;g only twenty guns, for i* it had been providi and j
wit h rifl .*J cannon or columbiads of equal ri.M}*e ;
with Butler’s guns, it should have sunk Lis ;
whole fleet. We presume it was miserably pro- ■
vided ; and yet i? might have expected an attack, I
uml ought to have been prepared for it. Aa priva
teer? had been in tho habit of taking prizes
in at Hutterus and vessels running the blockade
there, it might very naturally be supposed that
Lincoln’s forces would make an attempt to stop
the business, and the taking of the fort was a
very important move on their part to this dud.
The North has got so few advantages in this
light, so little to hU'iv about, this capture by Bit
i.i:r v ill serve them very well for that purpose,
a id will be us».d to revive their drooping couiage.
B yoi. thut, anti enabling them to cheek our
privateering operations and to make the blockade
more effective, we don’t see that it will answer
any purpose. It certainly will not draw a single
one of our soldiers from Virginia, though it has
drawn 4,000 of Lincoln’s from Fortress Monroe,
a number could well spare, but which
Lincoln will soon feel perhaps had much better
be en taken to Washington.
What Butler will attempt now we can scarcely
conjecture. That he will march his force inlaud
seems scarcely probable, though there has re
cently b. a a talk among the Lincoln war jour
nals of reducing Norfolk. But llutllr’s 4,000 at
Hatteras inlet will be able to do very little, we
should think, towards an attaca on Norfolk from
the South. They could scarcely reach it, but they
might threaten, and thus prevent any of our
forces leaving Norfolk for the Potomac, if any
such design has been entertained. Perhaps Geu.
Butler will repose on his Hatteras laurels; but
he is a quick-moving fellow, drunk or sober, and
he may attempt something further South—per
hu, salute Fort Pulaski, or pay his respects to
Brunswick. The taking ot Pulaski would cer
tainly' be an advantage to the Liucolnites, but
perhaps the advantage may be outweighed by the
risk of fe< Iv.ujf Gen. Lawton’s shot raid shell. It
i is difficult so imagine wlmt could be accomplished
; at Brunswick beyond a sort of Jon.v Brown
, thieving raid on *' cattle and chickens
Butler will doubtless r<\>: awhile at least, at lliß
i teras, which he has attacked judiciously as our
weakest point, and if he tniuks of coming South,
will perhaps dt.'uy until he sees if the Carolinians
, are mdined 'o sau Ue bun out. In such an event,
he would i . eil b's ships, it not his men. So we
[ may got expect him in Georgia within a week or
‘ ten days pn-h.-cbiy, ;.nd when he does come, if
j ever, we hope the Georgia boys will be ready to
j receive him. In toe meantime, all the Slate forces
! may well concern rate on jthe coast, and let us have
at any rate something like an equal contest as to
numbers. We think it very probable, though,
that Benjamin will not come to Georgia this time,
but postpone his visit till a more convenient sea
son. We wonder, too, if tho little fellow hasn’t
bunted since taking Hatteras?
Kem( tuber ilto Soltiaor.
That there is, and has been, a frightful amount
of sickness and suffering among the soldiers in
Virginia there can be no doubt. Among such a
vast number of men; so little accustomed to camp
life, this was to have been expected. That it has
been greater and more violent than it ought to
have been is doubtless true. Tho Government
has probubly exerted .ts fullest capacity to help
the sick and wounded, and will continue to do so,
but it has not sufficient and tho right sort ol
means at hand. Consequently the appeal of the
poor soldier comes directly to tho people. And
the people have not been slow to hear and an
svver. They have done well - they will do better
still, when they more fully know the wants of the
soldier, aud more perfectly understand the whole
matter.
Each State is beginning now to move for the
relief of its own sick and wounded. Georgia bus j
made a noble beginning, and will nut weary in •
wet 1-doing. It is futile to say let the Government j
provide. It does provide as best it can ; but it
must be recollected that our soldiers are no com- j
.<m oi t. They arc not hireling soldiers, they j
are not mere machines that Governments and
Generals and Surgeons cau treat after the man
ner of-other soldiers. They are, many of them,
our best people ; they/ire figh'ing from prihciple
and a high sense cf duty, and lighting for the
liberty of us all, not even for mere glory, still
leas for pay. And they deserve, aud should re
r. *'.ve, and will receive, every thing that our peo
ple can do for their comfort, n i a preventive, and
for their relief when sick and wounded. There
is nothing we have got that is too good for the
soldie r who has gone to fight our battles —nothing
that wvhould not cheerfully give him to pre- j
ycwo his health, to make his lot us tolerable as |
po- h'< > in camp, and to relieve him when dis
ch or wounds have become his portion.
Georgia alone may expert always to have a
thousand or more of her soldiers on the sick list.,
w'r He the war lasts. And to provide for these, in
addition to what Government does, an organized,
systematic movement has been started in ' the
State, having its chief direction in this city.—
The Georgia Soldiers Relief aud Hospital Asso
ciutum bun already sent to Virginia Surgeons,
m dicines, clothing, food, wine, Ac., in large
amount, for her soldiers, and the good work has
only just begun. Every day contributions in
money and proper Hospital stores are being re
ceived and sent forward, and the business con
ducted in such manner as to insure tho most, and
the most immediate, relief.
Aud let us bear in min'd that not only tho sick
and wounded require our aid, but those who are
w 11. This is just the season for bilious fever,
typhoid fever, and such diseases. • The weather
has recently been very wet. in Virginia, and it is
even now gelling quite cool, especially in the
mountain:;. And right void tho soldiers need
good bltfuket. and flannel shirts almost as much
as th y o or will. Woolen shirts, nextto the skin,
and small ration of whitby each day, are the
beui. preventives of ii ftluiious lover, in our opin
ion, whatever the medical men may p ay. Iu an
army, of course, it is Absolutely important to pre
vent oxcutsivo drinking, and drunkenness, iu of
ficers or tin q should bo severely 1 uhished. But
vve think the sMdiors ought to have a gill of pure
cheap whisky / . borne do not drink, and
while it might Im !. liursh to give them whisky
as a preventive £ edic : 0 against their will, they
might be giv. mdio y instead, so as to prevent
iLt iv -'vl'i-g fiicw inky ration to their comrades.
Ii typho J lever we would rather trust td pure
cpints*as preventive and as u cure, than all the
medicines in the shops.
It has be ell urged that as biaukots are very
scarce, if incit ed it be possible to buy them at all,
the people should give their own to the soldiers.
We agree to thin heartily, and when families can
not afford to givs them, lot them sell their blank
ets. Every family can readily furnish from one to
half a dozen, and use comforts, or something of
that sort for themselves. Blankets are the only
covering that will answer for the soldier in camp,
and these ought to bo lined with oil-cloth if pos
fcible. Comforts, sheets, .coverlets and suchlike,
should be contributed for hospital purposes, but
the blankets alone for the soldiers in service. Re
member the soldier, and provide liberally and
fully for dll the wants of those who are fighting
for us who stay at home.
ICctreiichuiciit.
A ‘gentleman of Columbus writes us a long
communication—too long in our judgment for
these stirring times, when the great demand is
for news iu regard to consolidating the offices ol
Secretary of State and Surveyor General. The
communication is excluded by our rule, which
excludes all communications written on both sides
of the sheet, unless we have the time and iu
ctination to copy every other side. Tue article is
well writ! *n, nod in a kindly and fair spirit, and
we entirely agree with our correspondent that
the Legislature, as it is authorized to do under
the new Constitution, should consolidate these
offices, and thus save the State sl<Kh) per annum.
Neither the Secretary of State nor th. Surveyor
General hag much work to do—both together not
ualf enotigh to employ one mao—and there is no |
good reason why the two office should continue J
to be fified by tico men, each with a salary ot
sl6*).
! The Comptroller’.* report for last year shows
j the receipts of the Surveyor GcutraEs office to
1,047 75, or |
feubtry. Our dorr- spondent liu- - .2 duties
! of tfa.s Sjcreury ofdtate are by.t that the
present iucaajbcnt, Gen. VVatxins, nka not re
aided iu Milledgeville fur the past eighteen
months or two years, (having established a law
partnership in Atlanta, we heiieve,) and keeps no
regular clerk, the dutks being commonly dis
cLarged by other of the State House officers. And
Doth the Secretary of »State and SurveyorGeberal
tave voijnteered their services for the army in
: Virginia, the former now occupying the iu
- itive ofiice of Regimental Quartermaster, while
ihe iu'.ter, unfortunately, has recently died of
iisease in Virgin.a. The writer disclaims any
>ersonal feeling, having no acquaintance vitb
•it Ler of the gentlemen mentioned, one* of whom |
and the other, it is understood, will not, '
jc a cacdidute for re-election.
“ Davison Rifles.”—A meeting was held at
Fireman’s Hall on Saturday night last, for the!
parpose of organizing a Volunteer Company for
tie defence of the coast. Some forty or forty-five
were present, the most ot whom enrolled their
lames. The f-ilowing commissioned officers wr*re
elected :
Ca .tain—Frederick C. Barber.
First Lieutenant— Robt. M. Phinizv.
Second Lieutenat— K}gQ. Bohcher;.
Third L.eutenaot —Wm. M. Barber.
Th:corps is called the “ Davison Rifies,” in
ompiiment to our fellow-citizen John Davison
£sq.
M .Be-.n Volunteers, Capt. E. F. ’Lawson, of
3urke Cos., has been recently organ:zed and
quipped for service, and, says the Waynesboro
will soon receive orders to report for coas*
defence. The following is a list of the officers :
K. F. Lawson, Captain.
J K. Thomas, ] ft t Lieutenant.
J. L. Chavous, 2d
R Y. liairis.jr., Bcl “
i.. K. Ccllius, Orderly Sa r geant.
R K. Smith. 2d
W. B. Cnavoui, 31 ”
Robert Wooley, 4-b “
Camp Stephens 13 cot at., nut near Griffin, and !
all letters Bunded for soldiers at that camp,
should be addressed to “Bear Creek Postoflice, ,
Henry couuty, Georgia.”
Tii« Convention. At in.
A e bad thought, not, to say anything more, ut
* duct just yet, about the proposed Milled*^©-!
ville uonaiualing Convention. But our excellent!
friend of the Savannah Hepubhca» t vt:. $e opitt- j
ioud wo alwa\s respect, and whose got-d opinion |
of us we highly value, has taaclcd us about our
position, anu courtesy, if nothing else, st ems to
require a reply. We wish to be distinctly under
stood in this matter, and shall use our utmost
exertion to make our position plain to all.
Aud in the first place then, we are opposed to
Conventions for the purpose of nominating can
d:dates for any office, on principle. We have cast
off’ an old Government and established anew, and
;ve sincerely desire to get rid of all the evils ot
the oul. Mo want to secure for ouruelves and
ourchildren and for our neighbors, un i for the
wuolc people, all the good that is possible, and to
! avert all the harm we cun. For whatev*; i Uov-
I eminent may be in theory, whatever m :v b - its
j form, its good or evil to the muss j : . m- ; vd h
its pract Wei
! forms and theories—the actu i- • - ;Ah
| concern is the main point. F\, • ;
; taught us all that we need i. ; .> , , . ■ . n
j the theory but iu the practice o».:i ,-j. n i ~o in
i Goyerument. And we believe the cab . ludyn.eLt
of every honest heart this day B, that *: ~,4-4
evils Which ever afflicted tho old tui , u ..l the
j greatest which shall afflict us, grew, aud will
[ grow, Trom the fierce rancor, the intolerance, the
irrational bitterness, the headlong fatuity, of
party .
We are asked then, perhaps, do we piopose to |
abolish parties? Certainly not, for the simple j
reason that we know we are powerless to accoin- j
pl.sh that. Parties will exist, and gr.-atly we I
deplore them, wo cannot prevent; and so, hav
ing nothing at heart but tho greatest good »>t our
beloved country, wo aro and. .unto 1! • \ ri M
idling, and which holds out some »ivsp*. ii I ac
complishmeut—that is, to mitiy-.it,' 1 \ nd.to
this end wo propose to battle for a » .', ..i cU
is designed to l-rtak the lines, and e?u i. .i;; iy, at
leas*, to let the captives go free. We si' 1 overt
all our power, not for our own benefit, but for the
good of all—which doubtles sounds very strange
ly to the politicians—und fhull continue the ex
ertion, until it becomes manifestly n hop.less un
dertaking, to destroy forever all tho machinery,
tho ap(liances, the means, (caucuses. Conven
tions, wire-pulling, log-rolling, Ac.,) by which the
absolute fealty of the mass has been cow-', aud
by which the passions of the people, aud the ig
noranco of the people, have been played upon,
and thus used, by the mere office seekers. We
hope friend now understands, and appreciate<,
our position as a matter of princip . Those who
merely seek to -use the people for their own pur
poses, who pander to their whims, arouse their
passions, play upon their iguorance, ho roue/li
ly despise them all the time, may laugh at the idea
of our innocence ; but we dou’t put our
the Republican iu that class. ■
Now, as to this particular Convention, which it
is hoped may produce harmony, unless Governor
Brown persists in his candidacy, wo want our
position not misunderstood. We want harmony,
we are not advocates of Gov. Brown, and we have
no candidate o our own. Our friend says that to
produce harmony, where tln-rc is no pariy and no
need of any, where there are no issues, and where
several persons have been named ior the office, a
Convention of the people slnrnld select the man, '
aud thut it is tho only course. We regret that :
our friend is not so constant a reader of the ;
Chronicle <£ Sentinel as his remarks would seem j
to indicate—otherwise he might have discovered
that another mode of seouriug this harmony, it !
not “Hitherto known or practiced,” has been
“thought of,” and suggested iu our . columns. '
Perhaps our inode—for half a dozen of the lead
ing papers t*o suggest a proper candidate— maj
be objectionable, for the reason that they could
not agree upon a candidate, although, as our
friend says, “the people care very little who is
nominated, so that he be a good aud true man,
I qualified to administer the affairs of Government.’’
j If six newspapers, honestly desiring nothing but
j the best interest of Georgi i, can not agree, h< w
l are the delegates from twenty or this , uouutn-a
! to agree, without “intriguing,’' “‘logroll-
ir.g,” >
We must confess that we are quite a novice in
these matters of Conventions, Caucuses, &c., and
as for wife*pulling and log-rolling, we kuov. no
thing about such things, except by iuNu.-.ay. But i
with our extreme youth and inexperience, we j
never knew a no-p&rly Convention that was not
designed, and carried through, for the benefit of
a certain party. Perhaps we are over-cautious,
but we don’t intend to ,be gammoned if we can
help it, nor allow our friends to be. And there
fore, besides tho general objection to Conven
tions, we have cautioned our friends ag dust this
one as a possible trap for gudgeons, and advised
them to maintain an “armed neutrality.” It does
i not follow, by any means, that wv shall oppose the
| nominee of the proposed Convention, if one be
| held. On the contrary, we hone that we may be
| able to support him cordially and cheerfully. If
he be a good man, and a capable man, noi put
forward by intrigue amt lobbying, but .m a sug
gestion to the people, by a portion of themselves
in general consultation, we could support him in
preference to Gov. Brown, notwithstanding oni
determination to oppose party Conventions ou
principle.
Because, Gov. Brown jg not opposed to Con
ventions on principle, but ouly in tnis particular
case, and ho is a third tepm man, which we object
to ; so he could not, for these and other reasons,
expect our support, except his election we r e Bps
an evil, in our judgment, than the election of the
other. l Ve aim too, to be practical, and with all
our opposition to cnucus nomination if the Mil
ledgeville nominee should be a props man, wo
might not be able to defeat hiu w.th nn anti-
Convention, anti-three term man, and in irra
tional opposition to him and Gov Blown, we
might fail to beat both, and thus, in spite of all
our labor, have either a Conventionist or Gov.
Brown. And we might well for yo ;; doubtful
effort against the Convention system in this case,
because the party organizing under it now will
likely bn a mere waif, not heard of again after the i
election. And so it may Itiru out to be wise and
right to reserve our fire against Conventions,
1 until parlies are more permanently organized.
I Tirno will soon tell. We are free and neutral, and
| await the action of the Convention with our usual
j equanimity. We shall choose our course, after
j the nomination, not in a partisan or factious
| spirit, but with a view to the greatest good and
the least evil, looking not only to the prerent but
| to the far future.
New Rifled Cannon.
j Mr. Thomas Sumner, an employe in the Georgia
j Railroad Machine Shop, iu this city, bos invented
I and completed u rilled cannon, which we were
■ kindly permitted to inspect this morning. To '
givo anything like a detailed description of this 1
gun, ;s beyond our power, but a brief sketch ol
its main peculiarities may be of interest.
The cannon is made out of a crank axle of the j
first engine ever used on the Georgia Road, and j
is therefore of the best wrought iron, as well ns |
the carriage, Ac. It has a vibrating breech with
two chambers, and the loading is “sent homo”
in each compartment by means of lever?., and t
lever also for mowng the breech. Either fuse,
cap, or any other practicable method oi firing the
piece can be adopted. The loading and firing can
i be done with the greatest Vapidity—a fact which
, must make the invention of undoubted efficiency
| on the battle-field. A screw adjusts the sight to a
! nicety, so that oue can “ draw a bead” on a dis
! taut, object and be pretty sum of mi iking it.
| The ball is conical in shape, of cast iron, and
weighs about five pounds. Near the small end is
Ia circle of lead which projects from tLo surface,
; and this is used so that the iron will ndt come iu
j actual contact with the sides of the itiUrior, toils
! injury.
Mr. Humkek also uses the same principle iu al
; tering muskets or rifles, and be has now a musket
! altered from an old piece, which 110 intends to ex
{ hioit, with the cannon, at the Guninuiiera’ Con
vention in Atlanta tO'inorro.v. He say-, gun • ai
tcred by his method can be mad- t qua! to three
ordinary pieces. We arc cd op: j< n the inven
tion, roost important as it is at this time, will
produce a sensation,and will ensure the fortune of
; the worthy inventor, who i« an industrious, hard
| wording man, and deserving of success. Ha has
4 filed h caveat and will secure u pat. nt for i: iu
vect.ion.
The invention is t > be culkid the ‘ .Limner Os
cillating Breach-Lot-, ’in;-; Rifl ;d
\V« f.bould men- ‘H, :n ek->ir»g our t.i” ,•»?
! sketch, that the workmen employed in the nia
cbir.m shop, have 1. .. to; them 1- m. -i i»,
i the construction of this fine ordinm.r ■ 1
| manner in which it is done, 1 di-c;, u-.Lt ...-.a
! tneir skill.
When we have keen experiments in flung the
Sumner gun. we will give a report of the result.
We would call the attention of our readers to
the appointments of the Rev. Mr. Pre
siding Elder of the Athens district, and ugent for
the Georgia Soldier’s Relief A Hospital A-soeia
tioo. Mr. Clark has already very wall in
’A dies and Elhert, and we com need him to the
people of ClarS, Ogleth >rpe and Lincoln. Let the
people all go to bear him, especially those mmis
tering angels, tue ladies, and we know he will be
able to open their hearts and their purses, for the
suffering soldiers in the field aud camp.
Ihe Memphis Avalanche reports on the authori
ty of a gentleman from North Alabama, that the
I crops in that section were never better than they
j are this season.
| We understand, says the Louisville Courier,
that the Washington artillery, from Washington
county, Mississippi, arrived at Camp Roone this
morning with a battery of inagu'ficent guns.
The Albany Argus says: “We have not only
lost all the advantages gained to us in Missouri,
but we have lost the army with whi :h we gained
them.”
The Louisville Courier learns tb ;t a Lincoln
! camp has been located on the Nichoiasville road
; some six miles beyond Lexington.
I Thos. G. Bbocobtox, Esq., the oldest Editor in
Virginia, having been Editor of the Norfolk
Herald since 182i, died recently, at the age of 7o
FocßTKkjtsn Alabama Regiment.—Hon. T. J. ,
Judge has been appointed Colonel- of this regi- :
meat, TANARUS). W. Baine Linuteuaut Dolonel, and- ;
Chapman Major.
The Washington "TspTooes make frequent j
mention of the Kentucky cavalry regiment. From
an article in the Philadelphia Press it appear*
tnat the regiment is composed exclusively of Penu
sylvaniaae.
■a'lms v: . t* tu»
41 **' ‘Uv.- p:(-i ..iickuut, as w c come nearer
, : Guv. Brown is» a declared cau
-1 ‘ lle I>r r ®vleciion, though possibly he mav
reconsiu- r i!.e n au «r, an-.i prac-fully Withdraw
■r. m th, couWst. E , he „■,,h: to do, ,f f ur n0
other cansideratioo, won ply f„ r , hl9 oue _ tbat hc
1S "° W a ' 1 "° St ' be So!e "«««'« to harmony a„d
unity in Georgia Were ho out of the way we con-
I ' CKl ‘to’" s >hi >i eve there would he almost a uni
versal concentration ™ . ,n,e one candidate, aud
j ' WeßUoalJ i,av '- ho atrife and contention.
His per.., r ., ; „t candidacy must produce a contest,
’ hU " toeli.ig engendered by it can surely do
! "° pood, even u it produce no permanent evil.
* ’ <,m - "S'™*'* patriotism will come to
; Its nio and that ho will see, before it is too late,
; that ho hast! entirely!,, his power to prevent
| divisions among ns, and that upon himself mU6 t
. i cst all the responsibility of whatever evils ahalt re-
I suit from excited perhaps angry, par.if in contett
Wuh only two or :hr.ee tsrnali ucw>pa]» rs to aup
! 7 >ort hlm unrt urge Lis claims, whic;. together
| C:m no s rejch exceeding five thuubuiid ot the
people, he cm have no hope to poll a m*iority
°* l * le cast. Aud ho was not a thorite
*\ *t li the last two LoNisiatures, nor will be
probably with the ne: ♦.
( oi. Chambers ot* Muscogee, au excellent gen
tleman so Jar as wo know, has consented, in re
sponse to several of his immediate neighbors, to
I serve it elected. Tho proposed Convention of
the 11th Sept., we learn, will certainly nominate
| a candidate, bo there few or many counties repre
| sen ? od. So we n.ay expect to have at least thru
! ■-audidite.s—perln ;>s more—unless Gov. Bbown
I "ithd ans, m which (we hope not improbable)
! there would be littlo and fficulty in concen
t.atmg the peophq without, respect to old parties,
■>i names, or opin’ons, upon ono eminent, capable
; and patriotic gentleman.
A i.' .iinguisLud citizen sends us a communica
tion, which we publish cheerfnllv, urging the
importance of united support of the lion. Euqe
sn s A. N ..sbft. As regards the qualifications of
Judge NtsBET, as set forth by our correspondent,
wo nrusuino there uau be no differeuco.of opinion,
lie is un eminent, Christian gentleman and while
ho has occupied ;> •sitions aud entertained opin
ions, in the past, which wo did not approve, we
; have naught to urge against him, should he be
-1 come a candidate. A;, tho same time, with per
| feet candor, and without a particle ot prejudice to
waip our judgment, wo entertain well-grounded
doubts whether ho could, so readily and so thor
oughly as some cither gentleman, concentrate in
his support all tjie non-partisan people of Geor
gia—that is to sjay, u!t thoso who have uo malice
to gratify, no »>|d prejudices to nurse, uo private
ends to gain, uotbiug but the greatest, good of the
State and a.! its citizens to subserve.
It lift to our own choice, wc should undoubted
|ly prefer a capable and honest man, with whom
'we have most nearly agreed in all political mat
ters, since his and our political existence. This
is but uatural. But we cau not hope for this; aud
'consequently, we prefer tog u.o our support to
some oue not so absolutely ti opposite of us on
all past questions, and who also stuuds some
chance of an election. It were unwise to throw
away labor, which promised no return either pre
sent of future. 1’ is a duty, however, to support
thi right under all circumstances, aud to battle
for men and principles that promise no immediate
triumph, when cither such course promises ulti
mate success, or when circumstances make that
the oul}’ course left without a compromise of self
respect, independence or consistency. There are
uo principles involved iu the coming election—
that now .occur to our mind—of great importance,
except to secure the bed man for office, to free tho
people as much as possible from all exciting in
fluences and unjustifiable interferences, and to
put under ban that extravagant lust of power
which seeks to authority in the same
hands, regardless of all consequences. The pre
sent condition of affairs makes it very difficult to
secure all these in the present election. Aud so
wo remain independent and untrammelled...
[ waiting tor the action of the September Conveit-
I tiou, and determined to do what is best, iu mu
i judgment uu<b r all the circumstances us then
| developed. Gov. Joiinuon’a letter, which we pub
| lish, places him ou tho same grouud. it is a a iso
! and just oue.
RSe Prepared.
Tho Chrome'- and; Sentinel, we believe, was
among the first papers iu Georgia, after the war,
which we all hoped might bo avoided, bud actually 7
begun, to urge the imp 'aiice, the necessity iu
deed, that every oue capable of doing military
duty should set about preparing to make himself
as efficient a soldier as possible. Frequently since
we have urged the same idea, uot that it was pro
bable wc should be ail needed, but that such a
thing was possibl : uml upon the ground that we
ought to make ©very reasonable exertion for de
fence, aud that to bo thoroughly prepared for all
emergencies was the ■•[fisl plan. Wheu the mo
ment for actual conflict should arrive, it would
then bo too late to prepare, and nothing would re
main but to fight the be.-i we could under such,
and isad van lagoons circumstane<*s.
It wan well Known that for long years there had
bean little or no military enthusiasm among
Georgians. Mustering bud gone out ot fashion,
the mditia « elem Wf3 obsolete, and almost th.
ouly military feeling among us was confined to*
tho few crack volunteer companies of tho towns
and villugcn. After the fall of Sumter and the
uprising of the vindictive war spirit of the North,
our people, not only in Georgia but
tho Got federacy, arounsed themselves to the great
duty before them the duty of protecting their
homes, llioir property, their families, threatened
by despotic fanatics with subjugation, and ot sm
enring, by arms, the only resource left ug, fuff,
final, eternal separation from, and independence
of, those with whom we could uo longer associate
without dishonor and min. Georgia has done
nobly in furnishing volunteers to fight tho battles
of the Confederacy. Already between twenty and
thirty thousand of her bravo sous have offerc and
thernsr.lve.i as n sucriflce, if need be, and hr//«
• gone to endure the hardships and dangers of this
camp and the field, lo encounter disease and pe
lence and wounds and death.
While vv» have I’.us met fully every requin
ment of the State and Confederate Government,
there aro y**t at iuu-l fifty thousand arma-bearing
men in Georgia, w’. ought to bo put in a eoudi
! tion of efficiency for tho defence of our own
| State, which in a few weeks may bo invaded. U>
| ar.! glad, therefore, to see that Gov. Brown bus
determined to have the militia laws thoroughly
enforced, and t" have all the mi lit a called out at
regular intervals for parade and drill. This is
eminently right and proper, and wo trust all
militia officers and ail tho people w 1 act promptly
and heartily in this matter, and that wo shall no
longer have militia musters turned into a farce.
It is not certain that, Lincoln’s myrmidons will
attempt to invade this State durin tho early fall.
It is probablb that the army of Virginia aud the ar
my of Missouri willgive to all thebireliogs Lincoln
can bring into the field just as muoh aa they can hi
♦end to, wiihout any to spore for attacking Georgia
and Carolina. But the bare possibility that the- -
treacherous foes may attempt a landing on our
e Hrt when the frost conies, should teach us all to
prepare for whatever may be in storo for ua.—
Every in.in uml hoy subject to do military duty
ough to drill, and become accustomod to tho use
of .“l ay , and to acting in concert A mere mob of
men, hastily gathering up arms, without being
used to act together, to act tubject to ord<r t and to
obey implicitly their officers, make a very ineffi
cient army--are a very poor mean* of offence or
defence.
If invaded, it may be «aid we shall not have
sufficient arms. But the Governor has made, and
is making, arrangements to gather up the com
mon arms of the country, and the old State mus
kets, and to have them altered toas to carry*
Minnie balks, and there can bo little doubt that
by frost we shall have 20,000 or SO,OOO effective
weapons. That number of gunti will he sufficient
t > arm nil the mon w ? e shall probably need to de
fend our coast, in addition to the volunteers now
on the coast. But if we only need, and can oolv
arm, 10,000 men, that is no reason why all should*
not be getting ready for tho work, nor why any
Uaould attempt to shirk so important a duty. Let
t ic militia mu6ter full ranks, and let the officeraf
devote all their euergks to make them speedily"
efficient.
W e are ini i red ifini the Express Agent in
this city ree.v .ed instructions yesterday to f»r
ward no more i-it* to the United States until
lurther or .. r*> t-Liili be received
iSc- innah. Republican, 11 th.
Similar instruct one have been received at tfi f >
i rpress Office in this city. All means of commu
nication between tue North and JSouto, except by
• those who may choose to risk their persons over
the line, are now effectually closed. This is as it
should be.
Tue Call fok Wisrsa Clothing, such as blank
| et*, eocks, und sucti like, for tbe use of our brave
| volunteers, seems to have met with a liberal re
j spouse id all parts of the Confederacy. There is
I no doubt, from a.l the indications that we bee iu
our exchanges, that the needed articles will be
i forthcoming iu due reason. Their language ig,
i “at home, r need be, we can dispense with blank
eta, and sjbhtiiul • comforts, quilts and other cov
| erlets. Iri the c-unp and the field nothing will
supply the place ot a blanket. Hurry up the thick
winter flannels, also in comfortable styles, and do
not waste the precious time in fine uniforms and
knick-nsck.i.”
Gen. N. Bartlett Pearoe, the gallant corn mac ci-is
of the Arkansas forces in tho great battle at
Springfield, is a native of Caldwell county, ly.,
and a graduate of vVest Point. He is about l £
years of age.
Brig. Gen. R. H. Anderson, of South
succeeds Gen. Bragg al the latter hav
ing been ordered to join the army of the Poto
mac.
The Atlanta Confederacy Icarus from a lr.eod.
that an effort is being made at the Instance of a,
! number of the officers n." our army in Virginia
j to organize another regiment of volunteers in
| Georgia, und tender the command to Lieut. R. A.
I Crawford of Atlanta, now of the Georgia Regiu
lars.
The Cincinnati Enquirer says that the revenue
officers of that city aeized a few days sinoe con
traband goods to tho value of *I,OOO on the mail
boat; also a large quantity of Southern money
belonging to a "rebel,” which waa bought up in
that city.
Toe Cincinnati Commercial savs a petition is
being circulated in that oity to have the Hon. St,
mon Cameron, Secretary of War, turned out, and
Jee Holt put in his place.