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About Weekly chronicle & sentinel. (Augusta, Ga.) 183?-1864 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 12, 1861)
etch »S»»eh< Idler dependsupon the rtlat * j it lxcone* the interest °* we eom -%, ' f of the country to keep up , -‘® i; ’; r K . ; , le tueum keying up"’the price | Uhorer it -so u.te es«a / * £ jrll9el F mB(J of tabor, as he fc**» nteHigert a ! „ P d enmities this he cannot fed to see that the surest way j ii keen up the price of his own labor, ’* to sus- j i?!u luetitotioii of slavery. It the labor of the is worth in the market one dollar per d*r the lator of the white man is worth rnoxe, or certainly as much ; end while the institution or i slavery "is maintained, every capitalist in the country who owns slaves, is interested in, end | will use bis influence to keep up, the value of la- , bor, and the poor white man gets tne influence o, , his more wealthy cod powerful neighbor in bu>— tain lug the pric. of bis labor. On the, other hand, , r smvery la abolished, it becomes, in tr.-« bout a, , us it now is In the North, the interest of the o m- : blued capital A the country to depress labor, and get it e i»s possible, as the capitalistjroultfo tneu b« to longer interested in the person ol the laborer, and the value of his estate Would be no longer.dependent upon the price of labor. The interest of the capitalist in the last case would be to get labor low, and as the negro would, when l/ee, be placed nearer a state of equality with the white laborer, and would h ive a right to make his own contracts, be would come into direct oompatition with the poor white laborer, and would soon under-bid him, and reduce the price of Übor to as low a rate ag would sustain life.—- TANARUS, . Hould bring rum upon the poor white man, k -i ade his latml; lar below their present condition. i. ~ . .ry clear, therefore, while the institution cf slavery exists, that it is tiie interest of the r.oh i- in to sustain the price of the labor of the poor white laborer; aud that it is, lor the same reason, the interest of the poor wuite laborer to e isiaiu and peipctuate the institution ol negro slavery. Iu other words, the rich und poor are alike in terested In sutta oing slavery and sustaining tbs price of labor. The slaves themselves are also in terested, us they are more civilized, more chria- Uauized. end iu a better condition than the like number of their race ever were in any other coun try or climate. If the prioo of labor ia high, aud the slave is worth a high price in the market, the owner has a heavy pecuniary interest in addition to the oomtnom sympathy oi our nature to prompt him to treat the slave well, as his value to bis own bT depends upon the preservation o f his life and health, and these depend much upon the manner io which be is clothed, and fed, aud attended to In sickness. From the foregoing reflection!!, it naturally fol- lows, that our whole sooial ay stem is one of per lest homogeneity of interest, whore every olassof society is interested in sustaining the interest ol tivery other class. We hive all tho harmonious elements necessary to the perpetutity of that re publicafn and religious liberty bequeathed to us by our fathers , with none of the distracting and con flicting element, which must destroy both io the Northern States, and which have already precipi tated the country into a revolctioo, and attempted to burl to the ground the fa,rest structure over dedicated to Liberty on the face oftho Globe. To sustain this priceless heritage is the highest earthly duty of the Christian and the patriot.— Ruthless and bloody hands have been laid upon it. To wrest it from them may cost hundreds of millions of treasure, arid many thousands of the most invaluable lives of the South. But he who would stop to couot the cost, would do well to ask himself, what Is my property worth wbeu I am a slave? or, What is uiy life worth, if, by saving it, I mud transmit a heritage of busdage to my chil dren? If we are conquered, our property is con fiscated, and we aud our children are slaves to Northern avarice and Northern insolence. Soon er than submit to this, I would cheerfully expend in the cause the last dollar I could raise, and would fervently pray, like hawnsou of old, that God would give me strength to lay hold upon the pillars ot the editice, and would enable me, while bending with its weight, to die a glorious death beneath the crumbling ruius of that Temple of Boutbcrn freedom which has so long attracted tbc world by the splendor of us magnificence. Joseph 15. Knows, Fort Hattsras—Land and Water. —The fol lowing from tho correspondence of tho Indiana polis Journal shows bow some of the Yankees are eryoying themselves in the South : Fobt Cleiik, Hattebas Inlet. ) October 11, 1861. j Eu. Journal! After two days of gloomy storms, the Sun is shining down on us with tropical heat. There are many peculiarities in this isolated spot. Cut off from the main laud for supplies, and auspicious ol the few men that visit us. we look to the oocan for every hew sail that brings us food and news from home. Our band is playing '‘Our Flag is There,” und it Is still there on the ooast ot North Carolina. The sea bounds the view on one side and Pam lico sound on t io other, and, iu connection with tho beauties of the spot on which we are en oauiped, it brings to mind the hymn, “ Lo I on a narrow neck of land, Betwixt two boundless seas I stand.” The verse need not be finished, for most of us are rapidly becoming Uuivcrsahsts—believing that we receive our punishment us we go along. - The Dry Tortngas may be held up us a terror to offendors. It has no terror to us—for we are on the Handv Tortugas, wbero sand crabs reign su preme. 'When it storms tho line sand mixes io equal particles with the rain, aud a fleet of hori zontal rain aud s:.nd fills eyes, ears, mouth aud food with judicious Impartiality. The sugar Bauds itself. Fort CUrk is built of sand piled up, oovered with turf lo keep it from blowing away. It mounts ten gvns aud has a bomb proof. Goin ; along the beach half a mile to the Inlet, you coma to Fort Hattcras—a little more sau \ a little more turf, a few more gnus. Wheu the tide rises everything is covered with watsr, when it falls ewrythiug blows away. So dreary is tho spot that neither will bird sing nor grass grow near it. The first night we got here we slept in the Siud with no blankets. For a change wo now sleep on a soft plank in a shanty. Men aud offi cers lie spoou-lashiou till one side gets sore. At a signal they turn over, aud remain in that post ure till tho other Bide is worn out. It is a good country for health—chills, fevers, crcmp colic aud other luxuries, are plentiful. To-day I saw a tree thru feet high —au evidenco of the luxuriance of Vvgetatiou. Some of our men had jot black beards in Indiana, but all now are novv of a saady hue. “Samly” Is a pvt name in the regiment, I'rlbute of Respect. Madison Lodge, No. 2i, F. A. M., ) Nov. Ist,, xV. L. 6861. j Tho contemplation of death, whatever be its form, and at whatever lime ol lifu its summons oerne, is sad. Sad in its connection with the de parted, and sad ia its consequences to the living. We shudder and shrink from the thought of the dying groan, the coffin, the shroud, and the long sleep of ihe grave. Wo weep at the contcmple.- tiou of the broken family circle—the vacant seat and the never reluming absence of tho loved aud lost. But wheu viewed in the light ot that faith which points the soul to a bright immortality be yond, the grave becomes respleudant with the glory of »u eternal life, ami its dark porta! is spauutd by the bow of God's everlasting pro mise. in view of the death of our worthy' and beloved brother, Robert R F. Prior, Madison Lodge bas thought proper to pass the following resolutions : Resolved, That in the death of Robert A. Prior, his family has lost a kiod, considerate, aud oviog husband and father—the Church a devoted, nousistent and valuable member, who for years bas illustrated, by his walks aud conversation, that religion is a reality ancPuot a cunuingly de vised fable—our Lodge has lost a brother distin guished by his zeal for Masoury, and especially for its cardinal virtues of benevolence aud that charily that thinketh no evil. Resolved, That iu our brother’s death there is , nverv ion g to cheer and encourage the heart, by leading the thought to the ineffable glory of that crown he has gone to receive at the right hand of God. Resolved, That we tender our siocerest sympa thies to the bereaved family, praying that He who '• tempers the wind to the shorn lamb,” may she!- i *er their defenceless heads, aud pour tho balm o! j consolation into their wounded hearte. ResolveJ, Tost the Lodge be clothed in mourn- j Rig thirty days. Resolved, That these resolutions be published in the Cbrouiol* & Sentinel sud tho Constitution- j shst, aud a copy "be sent to the limply ci our de ceased brother. j Resolved, That we leave upon the records of our Lodge a blank page, of our broth- i er, Robert. A- Prior. Wu. Woods, 1 J. L. W altos, I Wu. A. Wilson, * Committee. J*o. H Hakeis. J Madison, Oa., Nov. 1, l^l. Tribute of Respect, Wellington Lodge, No. 151. Morgan County, Ga , Oct. il, Isol. i Whereas, it has pleased the All-Wise aud All- : Good, our Great Grand Master, to impose on us ! the sad and painful duty of chronicling ihe death j of ourhighiv esteemed and much be.ovsd brother, j Robert R. F. Prior, we would, in testimony of our I high regard, offer the following resolutions : Resolved, That v. e humbly' and submisslvelv j bow to the will of Him who has called our Brother home ; that we extend our most cordial and [ bsart-felt Condoleuce to his beieaved aud heart- Stricken mother —invoke the grace of God to sus- i Sain her in her Irreparable loss—aud invite her to tope that whilst his body is mouldering in the duel, his spirit is beatified and enjoys the unsul lied bliss of angels in Heaven’s eternal mansions, : where roll through oountlesa ages halos of glories undtmued and joys unmixed. Resolved, That in token of our deep regret, we wear the usual badge of mourning for thirty days, j Resolved, That we tender the thanks of this IxTd-’e to the kind family ot Mr. Fisher, of Rich mond, Ya , whose kind bands ministered to the wants*of our Brother wbile confined in bis house, to abed of long protracted sickness. Resolved. That the above preamble and resolu tions be published iu tbe Chrouicle & Sentinel, i acd a copy of tbe same be sent to the mother of ‘ the deceased aud also to Hr. Stephen Fisher, ol Risiusocd, Ya. And. J. Bubbuss, 1 * T. L. Nolan, > Committee, j William Rcbertson, ) Southern Christian Advocate please copy. - ■ r laa -W3W Foxt Lafayette —Since the war commenced 175 prisoners have been taken to Fort Lafayette, and of these 67 have been released, leaving there Still 108 on the leih instant. Editorial Corr-apondenct of. the Chron. & S*nt. GENERAL ASSEMBLY. Milledbbville, Nov. 6th. j i Both branches of the General Assembly of . | Georgia, assembled in tbe State House to day, at ! ten o’clock. In the Senate,the venerable and I reverend William Moseley, of Sp.alding, clad in a ! g u ; t of home-made brown woolen, and notable for h : - lon. flowing gray lock#, thick and busby as ir. 5 youth,'was calied-to the Chair for the purpose of i organization. The Senators werd, sworn in by I Judge Wornll, eud were all present, excepr-Mr. j Patrick, o! Franklin. The election for President, I (who, in case of tbe death or resignation of Gov. j Brown, becomes Governor,; was ibe first business in order, after the qualification of Senators , -and j the c! oioc of the Senate is snob as will satisfy, I : believe, every good and true man in tbe State* j Tbe lion. John Billups, of Clarke, than whom no \ more honorable, or lailhfal, or conscientious man lives and who has few superiors a< to mental en dowment. 0 , was elected ti«a voce, in accordance with ibe provisions of the new Constitution, on toe first trial, he rec-iving thirty-six votes, while seven were cast for Judge Gibsou of our city, who was not generally understood to be a candidate. It was emphatically an election in which there was no contest, no scramble, no rivalry—Judge Gibsou voting for Col. Billups, and Col. Billups voting for the Judge. President Billups returned his thanks for the honor conferred, in a short speech, repiete with patriotism, taste, and genuine eloquence. ioere being no constitutional provision about the mode of electing tbe other officers, (the Con- ’ stitution merely commanding that the President j of the Senate and Speaker ol tbe House shall be | chosen viva voce, and all elections by tbe General A*i*mbly in the same way,) it was on motion re- ■ solved that the other officers be elected by ballot. ; Col. Vason of Albany, proposed tbe name of Mr. West, the former Secretary, Senator pro posed the name of Col. James M. Mobley, and Col. Hill, of Wilkes, proposed the name of V. M. Barnes. On tbethird ballot the Senate made choice ol Col. Mobley, au excellent gentleman from my former dear old county of Harris—tbe vote stand ing on tbe first ballot. Mobley 16, West 15, Barnes 12; on the secouO, Mobley 17, West lo.Barues 11; and on the third and last, Mobley 22, West 11, Barnes 10. Mr. Stewart of Hancock was then eleoted mes senger ana Mr. Christian of Whitfield doorkeeper, aud then the Seuate took a recess of an hour, till tbe House made choice of its officers. Upon re assembling the usual committees were appointed, to wait upon tho House and inform it of the Senate’s organization, aud to unite with a com mittee of the House to wait on bis Excellency Gov. Brown, aud inform bun that both branches ol the General Assemoly were ready toieciveany communication—and then tbe Senate adjourned till 3 oclock P. M. Gen. llarisell having previ ougbly offered a resolution requesting the minis ters of tbe different denominations to open the sessions with prayer. Iu tbe afternoon the Governor’s message was read and the Senate ordered one hundred copies printed, 8000 having been first proposed and vo ted down. It s -.ems hardly necessary to print so many extra copies of the message, for, as Col. Seward remarked, tbe newspapers circulate it far aud wide without cost to the State. Iu tbe House our friend, Judge Cabaniss, was called to preside while organizing, and the oath ol office was admiuisteied by Judge Iverson L. Harris, the able aud accomplished Judge of the Ocmulgee circuit. The Uou. Warren nkin, Judge, Cochrane, President of the Jlacou aud Brunswick Railroad, und Judge Love, the last Representative of the first District of Georgia in the U. S. Congress, were put in nomination by their”respective friends. Col. Akin was elected, receiving 81 votes, to 51 cast for Judge Cochrane, andt2B for Judge Love. My good friend Carring ton, long and well known as the reporter for the federal Unwn, was then elected, almost unani mously, Clerk. AU the elections to-day were conducted iu the best possible spirit and temper, evidencing no pai tisan feeling or strife. Col. xVkin briefly addressed the House, in his usual practical aud forcible style, feelingly return ing his acknowledgments for the unsolicited aud uucoveted honor coolerred, and congratulating the House on tbe great and gratifying fact that the voice of party was at last stilled, and that wo were again Iriends und bretheron in deed and in truth. Old Uncle Jesse Oslin, without whom, it would seem scarcely appropriate to have a ses sion of tbe Legislature, was elected Messenger, aud Mr. Mitchell Doorkeeper. The afternoon session was consumed iu reading the Governor’s Message. I notice that the Crowd at Milledgeviile is not nearly no large as usual. The office hunters are not so numerous, and there is an absence of many ol tho?>e who, in flush times, congregated at Mil ledgeville every year, for a few weeks of laietj and dissipation during t.he session. Nearly all | our distinguished men unconnected with tbe Legislature, are also absent, though I observe in the crowd, the pleasant countenance of Col. Wil liam Dougherty—the distinguished lawyer of Co lnrnbus. I notice many of tho Senators and Representatives dressed in home-made clothes, among others Col. I). A. Vason. One ot the Senators, Mr. KiUen, of Houston, is dressed iu blue uuiform, ho having been the Orderly Ser geant of the Southern Rights Guards—First Georgia Regiment — taken prisouee at Cheat river in Garnett’s disastrous retreat, and paroled. LMillV.dseville, Nov. 7th, 1861. Senate. President Billups called tbc Senate to order at 10 o’clock, aud prayer was offered by the Rev. Mr. Brooks, a Baptist Clergyman. BILLS HEAD FIRST TIRE. Mr. Bell, of Forsyth : a"bill to consolidate the offices of Receiver and Collector iu tho several couutles of Georgia. Mr. Gordon t a bill to incorporate an Insurance and Trust Company in Siwannuh. Col. Hill, of Wilkes : a bill to authorize the In ferior Court of Wilkes county, to levy aud collect an extra tax for the beneflt of her soldiers aud their families. Also a bill for the relief of Gabriel Toombs. Mr. Jackson: a bill to make Receivers under the sequestration act of the Confederate Congress, parties plaintiff in the several State Cour’.s. Mr. Lewis, of Greene : a bill to amend the laws of Divorce in tho State of Georgia. Also a bill to extend the stay law till December, 1863. Also a resolution that the Financial Committees of the Seuate und House be instructed to report a bill to equalize the taxes raised by the several counties for the benefit of tbs soldiers, and a bill to provide for assumption of the Confederate War tax by the State. Cob Mitchell, of Rome: a bill to assume the payment of the War tax by tbe State. Also—A bill to incorporate the Western & xVt lantio Railroad and to sell to individuals One third of the stock of the same. Col. Brown of Marion. A bill to authorize the Inferior Court of Marion County to levy aud ool lect au extra tax for the beneflt"of soldiers. Senator Seward ! A bill to incorporate a Plan ters Insurance aud Loan company, accompanied by a memorial. Fifty copies ordered to be prin ted. This is an important bill, supposed to be by Gen. Duff Green. Mr. Stafford : A bill to prevent trading with the enemy, aud to punish offenders by imprison ment in the penitentiary. BOOSE. The House was opened with a very impressive prayer, io which all seemed to give attention, by Rev. Mr. Pinkerton, of tbe I piscopal Church.— xV few of the members, not present yesterday, ap peared at the Clerk's desk th s morning and'were qualified—among them Mr. Whittle of Bibb. Two or three members are still detained at home. Our old frieud, Robt. Tatum, of Dade, offered a resolution to postpouo the election ot State House | officers till the question of reduction ot salaries is disposed of. Taiutn is married agaiu since I saw him in 1569, and says he told bis wife if he made a bad husbaud to charge it to me, as the Chroni cs helped him to get her. Mr. Huston offered a resolution to inquire into the propriety of consolidating some of the State House officers. The candidates are opposed to consolidation, but I think the Legislature will fa vor the policy, retrenchment and economy are the order of the day, aud not plans to satisfy greedy expectauts. Mr. Bigham, the able member from Troup, aud who is eue of the leading meu of tbe House, as his talents aud his character entitle him to be, j offered a resolution referring the message to ap- j propriate committees, and also to instruct the j Finance Committee to report a bill assuming the payment of the war tax by the State. Mr. Lester ! of Cobb, also one of the leading minds of the House, and a very clever gentleman, offered a resolution that a committee of five be appointed to consider tbe expediency and propriety of the ! State’s paying the war tax, and another commit- ' tee to consider the matter of changing the State j seal. ilr. Mallard, mv friend of College days, (he I having been Professor at Oglethorpe University when I was there,) offered a resolution to print j 500 oopies ei Comptroller Thweatt’s most excel lent report. Mr. Hussy—A resolution to appoint a special ■ committee to inquire into the matter of fees,y f r i dimn, salaries, Ao. Beu Moore, of Thomas, (who, by the way, was much spoken of for Speaker, but who refused to i eater into any scramble for the place,) offered a resolution to‘appoint a special committee to con sider the Governor’s message, iu relation to the Florida boundary. Ou motion of Mr. Bloodworth, of Pike—l don’t know wSeiher be is the plough man—the resolu tion in relation to fixing early hours for meetmg, ) was taken up, and ou ruction of Tatum, laid oh the table indefinitely, be cour.dering ail such mat ters mere Buucombe, aud bemg disposed to speak for the land ot bis nativity. Mr. Hargrove, of Floyd—A resolution to ap- ‘ point a committee to enquire into the propriety . of reducing ifie pay of officers and inereosing that ot' pr.rates —another bit of Buncombe—as if our soldiers were fighting for ray. At eleven • (does the Senate met the House in the latter’s Hall, to count out the votes for Gov ernor. After which both Houses adjourned till to-morrow, when Gov- Brown will be inaugu here is a very general disposition manifested to expedite business, and adjourn as goon as pos- sifcle; but there sr« many and vast interests to S be looked after in this gieat commonwealth, and j t/urti important legislation is required at the ’ hands of ihia General Assembly. Still, as many j matt ; rs of- local aud insignificant character w K . usually consumed much time, are by the Lx r Ccnstitutiou taken away from the Legisla title there i3 no good reason why the really im por taut business ot tbe session, if tbe work be j nroperly cut out and prepared; nay not be tran- I * ..* ed ih tweetv working days, after this week. 1 am rejoiced indeed to fimi here so many evi ' deuce* tending to convince all that party and ; party strife are done with in Georgia, at least till aft t the war is ended, and the people become Droa-K-rc-us again. The elections in the Senate :■ a U (i House go to prove that, with few exceptions, the old bias is taieu off the miuds of members, and thev are generally solicitous only to choose their best and truest tor public servants. I have : Tittle doubt that thofuture elections will continue ! to exhibit, even more fully, that this is the ruling j sentiment —and I believe that tbe hist and bright- ! est ar.d highest evidence of true and heat t v and i lasting brethernood will be shown by the untu.i- j ; WOIAS election o! B. H. Hill- to the Confederate Seuate. This is the prevailing opinion here, though j bis personal friends, of whom be bus uuny, and j 1 warm and powenu! ones, are not urging his name 1 here, preferring, as he does, that, tbe election j come a? a Iree-wtll offering, or not at all. He will | not come to Milledgeviile. Our late party oppo nents seem fully to appreciate that, wbiia we j have differed aud wrangled in the past, on mat ters oi' policy and pnuciple, we are now aito : gether, cemented by a common danger and a common purpose, that we have been equate in I suffering and in sacrifices, acd that no man shall I any longer have the least reason to say that they were not patriot , noble, magnanimous enough to make ua equal* tn honor* and in the high and important places in Government. I am glad to have lived to bee such a day, aud sineerely hope and believe that this but the beginning of a long, period of freedom from party and paity rancor. Milledgeville, Nov. Bth 1861. SENATE. The Heuate was opened with an impressive pray er by the venerable D: Tulmage, President of Oglethorpe University. Tho regular order was entered upon, being the reading ol bills a second \ time, fl omitted to mention yesterday that one S. DuU-r, Judge Gibson, introduced several bills— one to change the time of holding tbe courts of | the middle Circuit, aDd to allow the City Council to fiS the salary of City Judge, and one to legal ize the action of the Inferior Court of Richmond, levying an extra tax for the benefit of soldiers and their iamihes.) One hundred copies of Col. Mitch ell's bills, in reference to the sale of the State Road, for tbe payment of the war tax by the,State were ordered printed. The resolution of Mr. Lewis, ihat tho Finance Committees of the Senate and House be iostruc ted to arrange aud report appropriate bills lor equalizing county taxes for war purposes, pres ent and future, and to assume the payment of the war tax by tbe State, was adopted. Mr. Boyd of Lumpkin, introduced a resolution to appoint a special committee on reduction of salaries of all public officers. The resol tion of Mr. Bell of Forsyth, intro duced yesterday in relation to speculation and extortion, was adopted. The resolution of Gen. Smith of Wilkinson, relative to reducing tho number ol clerks, was adopted, but amounts in fact to tho same old sys tem, for it restrict.; ihe employment of more than six clerks, cr.cept ordered by ihe Senate. At noon tbe Senate repaired to the House, and the Governor was inaugurated, delivering a short ad ino.-t appropriate address, which was well re ceived by the whole assembly. There was not so large n crowd in attendance as usual, and but few ladies. After the inauguration, tbe Senate repaired to its Chamber, when a telegraphic dispatch from Savunie.b, conveying the sad and depressing news from Port Royal, which we scarcely allowed our selves io believe can be true, was read from the desk, by .-Secretary Mobley. Afterwards the stand ing rale a of the body, slightly altered from the old, were adopted and the Senate adjourned till to-morrow. • BOUSE. At 11 o’clock Speaker Akin called the House to order, and Dr. Talmage offered prayer. Mr. Owens, of ilclntosh, offered a resolution that tho Judiciary Committees of the two Houses be instructed to inquire into the Constitutional capacity of the Legislature to suppress specula tion and extortion as regards the prime necessi ties of the people. Adopted. Mr. Brown, of Coweta, came into the House this morning, aud was sworn. Mr. Lester offered a resolution declaring Judge Love Speaker pro tem, but withdrew it at the suggestion of Mr. Briscoe, when by viva voce vote Judge Love was elected, receiving 120 votes, to 40 mtst for Mr. Bigham. Mr. Thomas, of Whitfield", reported a resolution that a committee be appointed to inquire into the prices heretofore paid lor public printing, and to report a bid giving tbe contract for printing to tbe loweßt responsible bidder. After the inauguration of Gov. Brown, and when the i-iei tte Uad repaired to their Chamber, Mr. Hester, under suspension of the rules, intro duced a bill lo legalize the adjournment of cer tain Courts in Judge Thomas’ circuit—tbe North ern. Mr. Thrasher’s bill organizing a company of sappers and bombardiers was, on his motion, re- I ferred to a special committee, consisting of I Thrasher, Washington, Lester, Tatum and Caba I niss— and then tlm House adjourned till to mor | row. j There is much excitement here, of course, rela- ; five to the fighting at Port Royal and Hilton Head —and there is an apprehension that the ene my will probably take Savannah. There is small doubt, from what bus ulretidy occurred and from what we know here of the real position of affairs and the state bf cur defences, that the fleet can pass Iforts Pulaski and Jackson wheu they get ready. And if they pass the forts they can land of course. But we have an abiding confidence that our men, badly prepared as they are, ill armed and almost undisciplined, will still be able, animuted-by the most heroic courage, and nerved to desperation by thoughts of the danger to their homes, their families and rheir property, will beat back the invader from the soil, or die in the attempt. It is time to do or die —no time for talk or speculation, but full time for every able bodied man to seize the best weapon within hi3 reuch and fight—fight io the last, regardless of odds. The South Caroliniaqs have’never faltered —they will show again that the blood of the old revolution is still in their veins, and we doubt not the whole arms-boaring population of the State will rally to .tbe coast. Georgians, too, will rush to Carolina’s defence, if needed, and teusol thousands willsweep downward as an avalanche, to protect oiirchiel city—the home of Oglethorpe. There was a most delightful cor.c ft given here last night at Newell’s ilull, by the little misses and.young ladies of Milledgeville, assisted by Col. Lowe and the renowned Barnes of Atlanta. It was a ..tosl complete success, given in aid of our \ i soldiers, aud the house was jammed—the nett ] proceeds near £2O0 —eleven young ladies, repre senting tbe eleven Confederate S’ates, appropri ately dressed and bearing in their hands the sta ples of the States—cotton, rice, suar cune, tobac co, grains and a tar buck-.t— sang with great effect The Southern Wagon, and produced altogether the most pleasing effect I ever witnessed. Barnes saug his favorite *' Root Hog or Die” iu first-rate style, and a more pleasant entertainment was sel dom or ever enjoyed in ttii: metropolis. A young lady—quite young, not more than twelve or four teen years oi age 1 should think—a daughter I learn ot Major H. J. G. Williams, Secretary of the Execi live Department, gave evidence of a power, compass and tone, which with cultivation might make her a most charming Prima Donna some day. i see a few distinguished gent'emen here, not connected with the Legislature, but drawn to the great vortex by one impulse or another. Among others 1 observe Judge Lochfaue, the renowned Gen. Dull Green of other days, and the pleasant, urbane, but most rigidly upright, and inflexible, | and able Judge Worrifl, ot Talbot. There are | but few of the press pang here, but 1 see Gen. I Bethum and Mr. Warner, of Columbus, Mr. Law j bon, of lfalonega, Col. Gaulding, Mr. Adair and i Major Steele, ot Atlanta, Mr Clisby of the Macon I TeAgruph, and our friend Atkinson of ttia late i Tiemtch. Fsend a copy of Gov. Brown’s Inaugural, lor ; which 1 am indebted to my particular friend, ; I Nnbet of tint Federal Vnlor-, to whom the press is indebted tor nuny favors. His paper has a j i traditional character, for which friend Joe is not j responsible, because he can’t heip it—but he is I really a good fellow, clever, pleasant, obliging, | kind and jolly, though he and Ido have a tug some- , j times, and he and his co-editors are making us a j Good Daily during the Session, which deserves! i general aud generous support from tho people. [We arc compelled to leave out Gov. Brown’s ! Inanguml, for want of room.—Cbron.J Remndt fob “Hog Disease ” — We are request ed to state by Mr James M. Patterson that he had ! lost three ot his best bogs by a disease that af- J fected them as folllws : They were taken with a shortness of breath, lost the action of their limbs, ! had a running at the nose, and drawn up iu the body, and refused to eat. Tbe remedy he gave was twenty grams pulverized blue etoue put on the tongue, and in s.x hours the five he gave it to ; were up and. wanted to eat. The blue stone should be given twenty grains to a year old hog, and less according to age. This, he considers, the remedy, aud makes it public tor tbe benefit of the j people.— Brandon {hfe*.) Republican. LiTEsr from Bowling Geees.—We are last able to announce that one of the heaviest divisions of our army at Bowling Green is in motion. During the day Tuesday there appeared to be an unusual 1 stir among the cavalry battalions, whieb gave rise to some speculation among the uninitiated. By u.ce o'clock the same evening it was positive- | lv known that Gen. Hardee's division was under marching orders, at one o'clock yesterday during the day. It is needless to say that the movement ' is net a retrogade one, but tbe contrary. Gen. Hardee’s force is a very strong one, and consists of as fi.ee materials as are in the service, I the meu being chiefly from Texas, Arkansas, Mis sissippi and Tennessee. Allison's and Hill's and probably LTlard’s regiments from this State, will be of the expedition. We cannot speak as to the destination ot this formidable movement, but we oan say that if the movement is executed accord ing to programme, it will he as gratifying to the South as a wiil be startling and overwhelming to the Hessians with whom tt will contend, in its re sults. —Jfathiille Patriot, Ith. ThcEiiaaEcmcm at Port Royal. The Charleston papers of Friday contain the . following dispatches: Savannah, Nov. 7.30 p. m.—Commodore Tat naii, after a gallant engagement with the advance | vese.la o', the enemy’s fleet, transferred his ma rines aud ammunition to the laod batteries, and sent his steamer tbe Savannah up to the city for repairs, having received three shots. The Savan nah kit the vicinity of tbe batteries at 2 o’clock, and reports that the engagement of our batteries with the enemy was still progressing, not more than seven of the wnr steamers having succeeded iu getting into the harbor. Water communication w lt-i Charleston bas been cut off bv the blockade of Skui: Creek. Reinforcements, both from South 1 Carolina and Georgia, are now hurrying to tbe s ene ot action. Wilson's regiment leaves Tybee to-night. Hkndersontilde, Nov. 7, 9 p. m.—The practice of our artillerist* at Hilton Head has been very bad, hence the successful passage of seven of the enemy's men-of war. The transports a e stiff outside. The loss ou our side has, thus far, been slight, and our troops are in good heart. Hilton Head, and not Bay Point, as first reported, re ceived the brunt of the enemy’s attack. Our failure to sink uuy of the vessels which passed our batteries, is owiug to the poor practice of our artillerists. Beaufort, Nov. 7, 5 p. m.—(Via Poeataligo).— The enemy’s ships, which have passed our batte ries, can be distinctly seen from Beaufort. Forts Walker and Beauregard are still firing. The eue has lost one gunboat, which was burned. Shells j can be seen frttm here bursting in the woods. Our lines of communication s-e complety cut off, un less more troops are sen; here, with artillery and cavalry. Four ships are now tn sight, over the land and up as tar as Skull Creek. There is reason to believe that the enemy are now making preparations to land a large force at Hilton Head, either ou to night or to-morrow morning. Correspondence of the Courier. Beaufort, S. C., November 6,1861,11 P. M. —I have just returned from Hilton Head. Forty two of the enemy’s vessels now lie inside the Bar, between the Forts at Hilton Head and Bay Point, but out of the reach of our guns. Commodore Tatuall’s fleet of three vessels attacked them ou yesterday morniDg, and endeavored to draw them under the gunsol our forts ; which he succeeded in doing alter a brisk cannonading of about two hours. About seven of them advanced at a time and opened a heavy fire 011- *he forts at Hilton Head and Bay Point, confining most of the fire to Bay Point, it was a grand and terrible sight ; sited after shell burst over the forts without doing much damage except wounding two meu (us I understand) at Bay Point. One of the vessel*, in attempting to give’ a broadsido to Bay Point, turn ed her stern towards Hilton Head and received three shots from a rifled cannon in her stern, crippling her, and on raising a signal of distress was towed oil by one of their tow boats. This is the only damage that the fleet has sustained thus lar. Commodore Tatnall has created for himself undying fame. It was a glorious sight to behold three little vessels, like mere specks on the ocean iu com parison with the large ones of the Lincoln fleet, advance almost info their midst, give them a broadside and withdraw to await tkeir shots. The Savannah, the Contodore’s ship, received three shots iu her hull, but is not damaged. lam here under orders to forward dispatches to Head Quar ters, but hope I may be able to return to Hilton Head in time for the next fight. The fleet are laying buoys in the channel, and I suppose the &<taek of yesterday was only made to get the soundings, and try the range of our guns, 'i he channel between Hilton Head aud Bay- Point bus the appearance of a forest of masts. Twenty of the vessels are frigates of the largest description, and the rest gun boats, some of them steel clad. I expect that a t nible battle will be fought to ninht or to-morrow- Our men will fight to the last. The plan of the fleet no doubt is to make a simultaneous attack upon either Bay Point or Hilton Head, aud while our forts are engaged with the gun boats, will endeavor to pass under cover of them. All expect a dreadful contest. Twelve o’clock.—DeSaussure’s Regiment just arrived. Beaufort, S. C., Nqv. 6.—No firing has been heard since eight o’clock last evening. About ten o’clock this morning a few heavy guns were heard. The wind is so high and in such a direc tion that we cannot hear the guns. A gentle man who retnrued last night from Bay Point and Hilton Head, reports the enemy as forty four vessels in number, and one of our batteries (Hil ton Head Battery) considerably damaged by the enemy. Captain Maffitt arrived this morning. He re ports Commodore Tatnall’s Fag Ship Savannah as having been struck twice iu his efforts to get the enemy close to our batteries. One shot took effect in the starboard bow. The gallant Commo dore did not exhibit the least alarm, and con tinued a brisk fire from his little craft. Col. DeSaussure’s regiment passed here ot eleven A. M. to day, in the steamers John A. Moore aud Charleston, for the scene of action. The steamer Svvan is reported lost iu your pa pers. It is a mistake. She now lies at the wharf here, after delivering stores at the various sta tions, and will lea- e here to-night for Savannah er Charleston. Two of the large vessels are ashore near Mar tin’s Industry; Tire Naval Attack on Port Royal. The Charleston Mtrcvry of Saturday says : A mass of conflicting rumors reached us yes terday, from Port Royal. Early in the day, it was generally believed that the abandonment of Fort Walker, was owing to the powder having been exhausted. Our latest despatches bring us the very different, and much less mortifying state ment, that the Fort was held by its defenders, until twenty-seven, out of its twenty-nine guns were dismounted and useless. From si passenger direct from the scene ol ac tion we learn that each of the enemy’s transports was conveyed into the harbor by two war steam ers, one on cither side. In this order they passed our batteries, the two war steamers delivering a broadside each, as they steamed rapidly by. When a number of their vessels had thus reach ed the interior of the Barber, au in«'»®»"‘ nud simultaneous fire of abot and Shell WitS Opened upon Fort Wulker, from three sides—the steamers inside, those outside, and one just in front of Hil ton Head, taking part in the attack. Notwith standing the abandonment of our batteries, we bear no news, thus far, of the enemy attempting a landing. We understand that our forces have placed formidable obstructions in the river at a point about four miles below Beaufort. Gen. Lee is said to be constructing fortifications at Beau fort, while Gen. Ripley is erecting works at Boyd’s Landing for the defence of the railroad. Reports were current yesterday that the Wabash had been burned to the water’s eflgo and that one of the enemy’s transports was sunk in Broad River ; but we could find no substantial basis for these ru atot s. Os the effect of the news in the city, the Mer cury says : 'J he tidings of the disaster to our arms at Port Royal east, a gloom over our city' yesterday. Au thentic information with regal* to particulars was not to bo had, but such meagre scraps of in telligence as were obtainable at Headquarters— embellished with ju endless variety of rumors and fictions —were eagerly caught up and circula ted from mouth to mouth. There was no dispo sition to underrate the important advantage which the Yankees have gained at their favorite game of “long taw,” but the hope was universally express ed that an opportunity might soon be given us to avenge ourselves with the bayonet. The military movements in the city, and, in deed, throughout the State, are just now exceed ingly active, and fine companies of savalry, in fantry and artillery, all well equipped and in good condition, may be seen continually hurrying hither and thither to their several posts of duty. We do not deem it proper, at this time, to make public any details as to the disposition of our forces. We have received a dispatch from Columbia, stating that the Zouaves, of the Hampton Legion, under'Capt. McCord, have, iu consequence of tbe invasion, postponed their departure for the scat of war iu Virginia, and, having obtained the re quisite permission from the Governor, may be expected to arrive here by the afternoon train, en route for the coast. Dispatches from the Charleston Courier, i)th. Bluffton, S. C., Nov. 8. —After a gallant de fence of Fort Walker of four hours continuous heavy firing, we were compelled to evacuate Fort Walker ana fall back on Blulfton. Seven of the guns out of the thirteen on the water battery were either dismounted or unfit for service. Pocqtalioo, S. C., Nov. B.—The Bay Point and Hiltou Head batteries have been abandoned. The enemy have possession of Port Royal and Broad River. Everybody had left Beaufort. It is pre sumed the enemy will effect alandiugat Beaufort to day orsome point nearer. Tocotaligo, Nov. g— Gen. Drayton and his command retreatc* from Fort Walker in two steamers by Pope’s Ferrv, safely, and are now at Bluffton. The casualties reported are from thirty to forty j killed and wounded. General Dunnovaut retreated with his command from Bay Point, via Lady's Island and Beaufort to Port Royal Ferry. This morning Capt. Ham ilton took off a eompany at Sawts Point, and land ed with that and his own company at Port Royal and are now at Poeataligo. Beaufort, probablv will not be burned. A great amount of cotton on the Island will fall into the hands of the enemy. It has been deter mined to burn Bluffton if attacked. The great points of danger now are the Railroad at Poca taligo, Charleston and Bavannah. The Courier says, editorially : The enemy has at length made the first attempt i at the invasion of our State. A trifling success I ha3 been gained. The difficulties of defending Port Royai caused it for some time to be ques tioned whether it should be fortified. Such de fences were placed there as could be provided. Enough to ward off a merely predatory incursion —not enough to repel an organized force, collect ed for the purpose of invasion. Before the over whelming force against which they had to con tend, the batteries after making a gallant defence, were abandoned. Tbe troops have been with drawn from them, and now with the reinforce ments fast hastening totbeir aid, aw ait the landing of the invader. Our time has come ! Our destu ny is in our own hands. The God of Battles is the God of Justice, and under His eve we are to fight And shall we ask for what do we fight ? j Toe answer is prompt : for all that makes life dear—for more than life itself. Our rights and our liberties are the stakes for which we are to plav, and which we are to wig—or die. To do out duty fully, let us reaLze the danger, j To know it, is not to fear it. The more imminent j it any be, the ireatn the effort to »«eet it. Let ■ ai! be prepared—let every map set Li* bouse ini order. Let aL feel that the first aad the last Its- i son for us in these times is to be ready at the in- j slant to obey what they who are in command shall order. We bare to direct and lead us, brave 1 Generals, who are accomplished soldiers and true , patriots. Let cot every one do what he thinks i best, or wishes, it may be, without any thought whatever, and to do whatever these our Generals i will command. Let us cast behind us fault-finding; let us come ! up to the work which is appointed for us, and : which must be done. Let every one who can .bear arms be a volunteer and ready. Ready to do whatever is required of him. Let us trust our Generals ; let our Generals trust us. With hearts united, as with shields locked, at the summons let us go forth, with the firm, unshaken purpose of those wbo, conscious of the right which they are about, with their lives to maintain, can, from the battle field, w ith hope and trust, look upwards to their God, and 3sk that strength be given to their arms, and success to their cause. The meagre accounts we have received of the engagement between our forts and the enemy’s fleet, and the conflicting nature of these unsatis factory reports, forbid our indulging in any com ments on that unequal conflict. 'We are gratified, however, to Lara front gentlemen direct from the scene of action that our volunteers fought with coolness and intrepidity. If there be any glory in the sileneing of thirteen guns by more than three hundred, the foe is welcome to it. We re juice that the ancient reputation of South Caroli na for valor and courage has not been tarnished. A PKOCfcAMATtON BY JOSEPIS E. BKOYVN. To the Volunteer Military Companies of the State: The invaders having landed a force upon the soil of our sister State of South Carolina near the borders of Georgia, where they now hold posi tion, and menace the city of Savannah ; and it being thought advisable to increase our forces for the defence of the coast, I issue this my Procla mation, giving notice that I will accept, in addi tion to the number of Volunteers already ac cepted, the sei vices of the thirty infantry compa nies which w ill first teuder their services and re port to me fully armed and ready to march, t hese companies will be received for six months, unless sooner discharged. Each company, to be accepted, must consist of not less than fifty nor more than eighty members, rank and file, unless the statute shall, in tbe meantime, be changed so as to permit a greater number to compose a company. Luch company must be armed with a good country rifle or double barrelled shot-gun, or with a good' military gun, fit for immediate use. As unarmed troops could be of no service in the defence of the fitute while they would be a heavy expense, l here state, to prevent all misapprehension, that any Volunteer going to the coast without suph arm as I have mentioned above, will not lo received, but will be seut home at his own expense. It will also be necessary for each volunteer armed with a coun tiy rifle, to carry with him bis bullet moulds, pouch and powder-horn or flask; and those armed with double barrelled shot-guns, must each take with bun a powder born or flask. As our homes are in danger, it is hoped that no citizen of the State, having a good gun, will hesi tate a moment to carry or send it into the service. Given under my hand and seal of the Executive Department, this 9th day of November, A. D. 1861., Joseph E. Brown. By the Governor. 11. It. Waters, biec’y Executive Department. MilledgeviUc, Ga., siov, y, 1661. Bad for tiie Speculators. —The Legislature o Alabama has passed a law to prevent the sale of salt in that State by speculators, at exorbitant rates. The law authorizes the Governor to seize and hold, to be sold at fair pricts, all salt now in the State cu consignment. Holders of the salt to be allowed the privilege of appeal in case they are dissatisfied with the price given. It also au thorizes to forbid the shipment of large quantities of salt from the Slate. Heavy penalties.are affix ed for violation or attempted evasion of this law. Tho Advertiser chronicles the first enforcement of the law : Seizure of Salt.— We learn that, on Friday last, Gov. Moore seized 1,400 sack of salt, at the Montgomery and West Point depot, that were be ing transported front this city to avoid the en forcement of the bill against tho exportation of this necessary article, which hadjust passed both Houses ot the Legislature. We learn that a much larger lot was on the eve of being smuggled off, but was prevented by the prompt action of our efficient Governor. We are glad to see vigorous measures being executed to put a stop to the wholesale peculation and rascality which has been carried on here and e.sewhere in regard to salt and other prime ne cessities of life. Thousands of sacks of salt have been bought up by a few men in this city at a dollar or two a sack, and have since been sold, or are now held, on speculation, at an advance ol from two hundred to a thousand per cent. Specu lators at other points, combining with those at Montgomery, by a system of fictitious values among themselves, thought they bad it in their power to demand exorbitant prices for all the salt in the country ; but they hare found out their mistake when it is too late to profit by it. They can now receive a reasonable compensa tion for their salt, but they have been foiled in their attempt to rob the community, and must suffer the penalties of a just condemnation. Men who have no consciences, must now learn, by the strong urm of tho law, that it is in tho highest degree criminal, aye, treasonable, ip times like those to tuke advantage of the limited supply of tho necessaries of life, and grow rich upon the life blood of the country. Every good and true man will say well done to the Legislature and Governor Moore. Great and Bloody Battle at Columbus.—We received intelligence at a late hour last night of a great and bloody battle being fonght vritnin the vicinity of Columbus, Ky. It commenced at 11 o’clock a. m., by an attack from eight or nine thousann of the enemy, under Generals McClel land and Bradford, upon a force of about 2,500 men, under Gen. Pillow, composed of four regi ments —'i'appan’s, Russell’s, Wright’s and Pick ett’s. During the progress of the fight, Gen. Pillow’s small command was reinforced by Gen. Cheat ham’s brigade, consisting of Carroll’s, Walker’s and Martin’s Tennessee regiments, and was sup ported by Smith’s (Tennessee) and Blythe’s (Mis sissippi) regiments, who executed a flank move ment, on the enemy, under command of General Polk. The slaughter is represented by various dis patches from officers as being terrible, reaching probably as high as tour or five hundred on each side. It is asserted that we captured about a hundred prisoners, and the enemy a number of ours, not mentioned. That the fighting wa3 desperate on the part of the enemy, as welt as among our men, there is every reason to believe. The circumstance that Watson’s Louisiana battery was taken by the Federal*, and retaken by tho Confederates, is of itself sufficient to show this fact. The enemy were driven from the field, and re treated, but the extent of our victory wo have reason to believe is somewhat exaggerated by tbe telegraphic account we publish in another col umn. It was, we fear, most dearly bought. Gen. Grant is said to have been killed on tbe Federal side. We have but meagre accounts of tbe. casualties among the Confederates. We were permitted to see dispatches last night announcing the death of Capt. J. Welby Armstrong, of the “Sons of Erin,” and tbe wounding of Lieut. J. Walker—both of Memphis. —Memphis Appeal. For TnE Curious. —The greyhound runs by eye sight only, and this we assert as a fact. The car rier pigeon flies on his two hundred and fifty miles journey homeward by eyesight, viz : from point to point of object which.he has marked ; but this is only our conjecture. The fierce dragon fly, with twelve thousand lenses in his eye, darts from ar.gleto angle with the rapidity of a flashing sword, ;«id as rapidly darts back—not turning in the air, but with a clash reversing-the action of his four wings, and instantaneously calculating the distance of the objects, or he would dash him self to pieces. But in what conformation of his does this consist ? No one can answer. A cloud of ten thousand gnats dance up and down ip the sun—the minutest interval between them—yet no one knocks another headlong upon the grass, or breaks a leg or wing, long and deli cate as these are. Suddenly—amidst your admi • ration of this matchless dance—a peculiarly higb : shouldered vicious gnat, with long, pendent ! nose, darts out of the rising and falling cloud, and settling on your cheek, inserts a poisonous sling. What possessed t.be little wretch to do this? Did he smeii your blood in the mazy dance? No one knows. A four-horse coach comes suddenly upon a flock of geese on a narrow road, and drives straight through the middlr of them. A goose was never yet fairly run over, nor a duck. They are under the verywheels and hoofs, and yet, somehow they contrive to flap ’and waddle ofl. Habitually stupid, heavy, and indolent, they are, nevertheless, equal to any emergency, ft hv does the lonely wood pecker, when he descends fom his tree and goes to drink, stop several times on his way—listen and look around—before he takes his draught? No one knows. A Protection. —The Scientific American de~ scribes a breast-plate which, it is said, is being ex tensive!v worn bj the officers and men in the Federal*army before Washington. It is composed of thin spring steel, and is worn between the cloth and the lining of a common military vest. It has two leaves, which lap at the edges when the vest is buttoned, so as to cover the entire chest. It weighs only three pounds and a half, and can be worn with ease by any officer pr soldier during the most active 'exercise. It is very strong in proportion to its weight, a* it can resist the thrust of a baronet or sword, and it will repel the bullets of muskets and pistols at ranges which would oth erwise be fatal to life. On Friday an old lady, a native of Maryland in reduced circumst-nces,"stepped into the Office of the Southern Express, and with tears in her eyes j and a quivering voice, handed the Agent twelve pairs of Socks and.four pairs of mitts. She ex pressed her regret that she had no money to con tribute, but in the place of money that she had i made these articles to evince her love for the no- 1 ble volunteers of her State who are aidffig the South in achieving her independence. (i GKarlctton Cos (£ bionic It & .Sentinel I AUGUSTA. GA.. TUESDAY MURMNG, NOV. 12. 1861. OUR TERMS.— Single copies. $2 per annum; three copies #5 : six copies $10; ten copies sls. Invariably in advance. No name will be enter ed on our subscription books unless the money accompanies the order. The notes of all specie paving banks taken at par. We employ no travelling agents. WE ALWAYS stop the Chronicle & Sknti nf.l at the end of tho year, or the time for which it is paid, of which each subscriber will receive notice in the paper, so that if veu wish to esn tinue it, it would be wellto reuewyour aubserip -1 tiou at least two weeks before the time expires. • W 5 CANNOT change the address of a sub scriber unless he gives us his former as well as his preseut address. Tiie Election. The following is the result of the eleotiou iu this county : 9 § y a > 3 H r 5;o sa j * L © 5 < £ > sa 3 w r r '£ £ 2 Presidential Electors 986 43 25 15 14 10*3 FOR CONGRESS. D. W. Lewis 425 25 23 6 11 490 M. C. Fulton 470 13 0 9 S 495 K. M. Hubert 2 votes at Poor House. Congressmen. The-returns thus far iudicate the electiou of the following members of Congress : Ist District—Julien Harindge. 2d “ C. J. Munnerlyu, Gd “ Hines Holt. 4th “ A. H. Kenan, 7th “ li. I\ Trippe. Bth “ L. J. Gartrell. 10th “ A. R. Wright. Water-Proof Cloth.—We take pleasure tu di recting attention to the advertist raent of Messrs. Jones & Davenport, in another column. They are now manufacturing Oil, or Water-Proof Cloth, samples of which have been sent us. We should consider them of great service for use in our army, they being rendered wholly impervious to moisture. Such a protection for meu in the way of clothing, and as covering for guus, Ac., is absolutely indispensable during the winter sea son. We hope the manufacturers will meet with success in their enterprise. Movements of Troops.— Five oompames of the 20th Georgia Regiment (Col. Warthkn’s) wbo have been stationed recently at Camp Stephens, are now in the city. Three of these companies are from Washington county, one from Emanuel, and one from Jefferson. Col. Warthen is also here. They number probably 350 to 400 msn. A sumptuous collatiou was served up for them by the patriotic ladies this morning. They will leave for Virginia either to-night or on Friday. Among the departures by the South Carolina Railroad last night were detachments of the Bth Georgia, and the Rutledge Mounted Rifles, a South Carolina company. Detachments of the Ist, 15th and 21st Georgia Regiments left here for Virginia this morning. The Result. —The vote for Governor was coun ted out yesterday and resulted as follows : For Brown (45,404 For Nisbet. 32,429 Majority for Brown 13,879 Federal Union. Arrivals. —Vico President A. H. Stephens ar rived in the city by tbe 2.45 South Carolina train yesterday, and left by .tbe Georgia Road this morning. He appears in his usual health and spirits. Among the military arrivals this morning we notice Capt. Musgrove, of the Burke Guards and Lieut. J. C. Duesberry, formerly of Augus ta, now connected with the Ordnance Department C. S. A. Bridges Burned.— Yesterday, says the Atlanta Confederacy , of the Bth iust., the mail train on the State Road did not arrive; and we were in formed that two bridges on the Chickamauga river were burned night before last. This is, no doubt, tho work of abolitionists, and we may look out for our railroads to be torn up and bridges burned, and fire set to our bouses and cities all over the South for sometime to come. Barns and out houses in tho country will be set on fire, and wicked negroes tampered with. Look out. Governor Magoffin. —The Columbus (Ky.( News says Governor Magoffin 'has escaped from Frankfort, where he was detained under duress by tho Lincolnites, and was on bis way to Russell ville, where he would convene the Legislature of the State. At Russellville, a truo Southern man will not ba afraid to express liis opinions. Col. Gowlding’s Regiment. —We have received a note from Col. Goulding, stating that we have erroneously placed him in command of the Thir teenth Georgia in our published list of Georgia Volunteers in the service of tho Confederacy. He was commissioned in Georgia as of tho Ninth Regiment, and has never had tho number changed —so are the commissions of the other Field and Staff officers. To what Regiment is Col. Merger assigned ? We have ondeavored faithfully to get this list correct,.but almost despair of its ac complishment. Georgia Gold. — A gentleman from Lumpkio county exhibited to us yesterday, five “ nuggets” of pure gold, taken from a vein lately disoovered in Lumpkin county. Each lump was computed to be worth from twenty to twenty-five dollars, and together they formed a beautiful sight in these days of flimsy shin-plasters. We under stand the assay office in Dahlonega is soon to be put in operation, and we trust that “ mint drops” will not much longer be a strange sight to our people. Military Affairs. —The Crawford Rangers, Capt. Crawford, left here for Virginia Rtst night. A detachment of the 20th Georgia Regiment, 135 strong, passed through here for the same destination this morning. Also the Terrell Ar tiller-y. Election in South Carolina.— Hon. Wu. Por cues Miles was elected to Congress from the Charleston District at the election on Wednesday. Hon. Cuas. Macbeth was re-elected Mayor of Charleston. ___ Passage op Troops.— The balance of the *2d Georgia Regiment, (izi men,) under Cel. B. U Jones, left here for Virginia thismorning. Two recruits for the Richmond Hussars took their departure to company last night. A dispatch from Little Rock, Ark., dated Nov. Ist, says that a messenger has arrived from Ben McCulloch’s camp, who stated that the report pre vailed in tne camp that Fremont had commenced a retrogade movement, and was on the retreat. Gen. Houston. —The death of Gen. Sum. Hous ton, of Texas, seems to be confirmed. The Bow ling Green correspondent of the Nashville Union rays M. Lewis, Esq., a nephew of Gen. Houston, | has received information to that effect by letter, I from Galveston. East Tennessee. —The returns from the elec i tion in the Knoxville district Indicate the trium -1 pbant election of Hon. Wm. G. Swan to the Con ; federate Congress. If this be so, Unionism is csurely dead. Mr. Swan has been a consistent Be ession st fr many years. j Departure or Troops.— The large detachment | of Col. Warthen’s (20th Georgia) Regiment, who | were here ail day yesterday, makiDg our city wear quite an animated appearance, left last night for Virginia. They werere 379 strong. Five companies of the 22d Georgia departed by the South Carolina Road for the Old Dominion this morning. They were the corps of Captains S. D. I.alleestedt, J. T. Gilbert, J. Gibson, G. ! H. Jones and Hundley —about 3*o men. Eight recruits for the Richmond Hussars also j ! left for Virginia by the same train. The remaining fire companies of the 22d Geor- j gia are expected here to-morrow. The New Recruits.— We yesterday stated, says ; the Nashville Union of the 3th, that reliable In formation had reached us that Gen. Johnston had j issued orders to disband the troops, now organ- ; ized, under the recent call of the Governor of ■ Tennessee. ■ j We are gratified to have the authority for now j stating that Gen. Johnston has an order counter manding this proceeding, and that the recruiting will go on as before, and ibe troops already or ganized will be received and mustered into the I service. * Day of FMitug and Prayer. Iu ordinary times we have little fancy for those ! religious observances, prescribed by proclama tions. Such occasions, in their observance, only afford opportunities for the indulgence of idle ness and dissipation, and conduce little to tbe objects for which they are professedly pro scribed. He who fasts and prays at the bidding of the government deserves little credit, the dic tates of his own conscince should guide his ac tions in this as in other matters. But when danger and calamity impend over a whole people, when the present is full of difficulty and the future of gloom, men look for aid to the only Being from whom effectual aid can come, and without whose support and guidance all counsels are vain, und all courage useless. In such seasons when the favor of tho Almighty is felt by tho whole people to be ueoessary, it is fit ting they should unite with oue heart and with one voice, to implore his aid, That one unani mous voice of prayer should ascend to the Throne, it is proper that the Supreme power o's tbe State should set apart the day and that a people, who desire aid from on high, should unanimously unite in imploring it. We hope therefore, that next Friday, the loth instant, set apart by the President as a day of fasting and prayer, will ba observed with a solem mity never before witnessed arnoug us. Let all secular business cease—let the field, the workshop and the store be deserted, and let every temple be filled with an humble and prayerful congrega tion. Rumors. The Savannah papers failed to reach us yester day, and this morning, in the absence of reliable news we give rumors, of the truth of which our readers are as capable of judging as ourselves.— Tho policy of stopping telegraphic and other news of our militaty authorities, gives birth to many unfounded reports, and tends to produce alarm and uncertainty. Our people are not such cowards that they fear to kuow the truth. It is said that the Militia of South Carolina has been ordered to rendezvous for immediate, active aervioe. That another bridge was burned on the Mem phis A Charleston Road on Saturday night. That the invading enemy had landed at Cole’s Island Inlet, some ten miles from Charleston. That tbe town of Beaufort, on Port Royal bay, had been burnt by the South Carolinians, to pre vent its occupation by the enemy. Avery large force is engaged iu throwing up entrenchments about Savannah. It is reported that a Federal fleet is, off Mobile. Wo are inclined to think this true, as it has been somewhat of a mystery what had become of tho other sips, not muoh more than one-half the fleet being engaged iu the attack on Port Royal. Tho time since its sailing is about sufficient for its ap pearance at some Gulf port. The News. The announcement that the Federal fleet had entered Port Royal harbor and lauded a part of its troops, caused some excitement, but not much surprise. Tho uncertainty as to the point upon which the desoent was to have been made, and tho mulliplioity of exposed points upon the coast, has prevented the accumulation of sufficient forces and munitions at any one point to prevent tho entrance and landing. It is no more than was expected, but when they leave the sea upon which they are superior and attempt to penetrate the land on which we have proved ourselves the superiors, the result will leave them no cause for congratulation. The point of disombarkation is well chosen for their purposes—lt thieatens the railroad and water communication between Charleston and Savannah—is about seventy miles from the former, and thirty miles from the latter city; it is also less than oue hundred miles from Augusta We consider all these points about equally threat enedifthe invader dares to leave tho sea shore for any distance. The character of the country between the named seaboard cities is much more difficult for the march of an array, than between this point and Port Royal. The first crosses the course of the streams, the last follows them. Though there is little danger that, at present, the invader will attempt to penetrate the interior or to advance upon Charleston or Savannah, yet every preparation should be made for their re ception. “ Forewarned, forearmed,” aud though we have not tb# slightest reason to dread the worst, it is the part of prudetico to be prepared for it. The news from Kentucky iu a measure compen sates the disappointment at Port Royal. The victory of th» Confederates is of much impor tance, as it will doubtless disconcert, if it does not entirely defeat, the enemies’ plans of invasion from that direction. Prisoners and Precedent*. Nothiiag mere clearly demonstrates the infatua tion of the Lincoln government than Us treatment of prisoners, and its refusal to exohange them. Never was there a plainer exemplification of the classical proverb, “ Whom the Gods wish to de stroy, they first dementate.” Seward and his coadjutors fear that, by admit ting us to the rights of belligerents they will, in some sense, compromise their rights to treat us as rebels. They are sticklers for precedent; but in this respect precedent is against them. They, and every one else will allow, that Great Britain had ten-fold the reason to treat the Americans as rebels during the Revolutionary war than the North has bow to consider the South, which has in every trial proved herself tbe superior, yet the exchange of prisoners was a common occurrence between the belligerent parlies, almost from the commencement of the contest. Even privateers were treated os prisoners of war and not as pi rates; they were not capitally tried and sentenced as the Federal Government is pretending to do with ours. We have no apprehension that sen tences pronounced against privateersmen will ever be carried into execution, but the treatment to which they have been subjected is ooutrarv not only to tbe laws es war, but to tbe diotates of humanity. As far as our government is conoerued, we have understood that it has always been prepared to inaugurate a system of exchanges. It is true that we should bo gainers by it, for, exchanging man for man, we should regain a good soldier and give in return a very bad one. In such a swap we should get large boot, and as we havo no money or provisions to spare to support in idle ness several thousand useless men, whose num bers are likely to be largely increased, we hope no obstacles will be thrown in the way by our military authorities. The course of the Lincoln government must soon compel us to disregard the laws of war as it baa done. We must soon be forced to dispose of prisoners in battle in a sum mary way, or, in other words, to take none. Rev the Blockade. —We learn, Bays the New Orleans Picayune, that a schooner arrived a few days ago at a Louisiana port from Brazos Santia-- ge, with a cargo of *OO bars and 54 slabs of lead and It bales ot wool, consigned to a bouse in this city. 801 l Run Explained.—A Northern paper thus accounts for tho defeat es the Federal forces at Bull Ruu. “When the battle was at the hottest ! point and nearly won to our side, there came word I that there were two vacancies in the New York ; Custom house. Hence the stampede of the lead | ing officers. The men followed.” i Homobs of the Campaion.—The rollicking ar my eerrespondent of a New York paper perpe trates the following : La Mountain has been up in his balloon, aod went se high that be could geo ail the way to the Gulf of Mexico and observe what they had for dinner at Fort Pickens. He made discoveries es an important character, my boy, and says that | the rebels have concentrated several troops at Manassas. A reporter of the Tribune asked him | if he could see any negro insurrections, and he said that he did see some black spots moving around near South Carolina, but found out after ward that they were some ants whieh had got in j to his telescope. The Prinee de Joinville’a two soog, my hoy, are admirable additions to @ n. MeClellan’s staff, and speak English so well that I can almost under ! stand what they gay. Two Arabs are expected ; here to-morrow to take command of Irish brig ades, and General Blenker will probably have two Aztecs to assist him in the German division. Beidqes Destroyed on the State Road.— We understand that a despatch was received in this city yesterday, stating that three bridges over the Chickamauga creek on the Western and At -1 antic (State) Road were burned on Friday night by the Union men of Fas* Tennessee. These bridges were not far from Chattanooga. If the information is a terrible and just retribu- | tion'awaits the traitors and fanatic Unjon men of j Tennessee.— Macon Telegraph, IQlh. For the Chronicle <fc Mow to Relieve the Peoploi Mr. Editor Much has been said and written upou the financial pressure, and of the necessity of a circulating medium. Without some relief the wheels of society will clog, and business wi,l stagnate. Many Lopes were at one time enter tained that the Government at the meeting cf Congress would do something, hut these now seem destined to be disappointed. Those who have considered the subject, and who ought to be.com petent to judge, think it unwise for Government to take the matter in hand. Whether this be a right view or not, it is better to submit to it, than for the people to be atall divided in their support of the Government —unity of feeling is worth more, is more desirable to us than gold or silver. We must then look for aid somewhere else—without it, the people will suffer sorely. Indeed, somo are so disheartened at the prospects ahead, that however patriotio, they almost entertain rebel lious feelings towards the Tax Collector, not be cause they like him less or money more, but from the fact that there are some things that blood can't be squeezed from, turnips for instance. By way ol parenthesis, we would say that the turnip orop is large this fall. Every man can s'ap his haud on his pocket-book aud make a personal ap plication. In a word, tax will be hard to collect, trade will stagnate, schools will suspend, Doctors will starve or have to eat their own medicine (aud that will kill them), preachers have to leave the pulpit to seek bodily comforts, if there be not money to move the machinery of society. These naked necessities will awake discontent iu many hearts in spite of patriotic emotions. Necessity knows no law, it ackuoledges no superior. It makes apparent impossibility easy practice. It is the mother of all invention.” Itcalls tor money. And what is money—what are gold aud silver ’ They are mere representatives of value. Money' was uot as useful to Robinson Crusoe as were his goats, Out of a state of society, it did him no good, he could not eat it, nor buy anything to cat. A hatchet was w orth to him'a, million times its weight tu gold. Money then is a mere representa tive of value. The chief requisites ot this circuia ting medium—this representative of value, are that it must be something acceptable to all the people, and at the same time'feasy to transfer from oue to another. A circulating medium for any people, must be something that the p®ople will take. Paper is just as worthy a representative of value as gold or silver if every body will take it. In deed, it is the principal representative of gold and silver—themselves the representatives of cotton, com, hogs, cows, land. Is it necessary that the specie should be in the Bank, or only that it be in safe-keeping where it may be had when needed* Evidently, the latter is the ouiy requi site. But no man will want it until he goes where paper will not pass—that is out of the country. But as a people, we will stay at home in person and business until the war is over —hence, paper will do us until that time if we know that it is good. Wo will not need the specie then until al ter the war, if we are sure that we can get it then. Let us all agree to wait until then, and see what results can be obtained on this condition. This grauted, then 1 maintain that the banker can ad vance to the planter a reasonable price for bis cotton aud the transaction be mutually beneficial to both parties. The paper given, I lurther as sert, will be on a sounder basis than that Issued under the ordiuaty chartered l ights of auv Bank in tbe South Now for the plan. Let the "planter send to his factor an account of his number of bales of cotton, their weight, together with an or der on himself (the planter). Let the faetor take the account aud order to the banker, lei the bank er receive the order, and in turn, give faotor bank bills. Os course, the amount of the order will de pend upon the number of pounds of cotton which the aceountjshows, together with the price at which the cotton is rated. Let the rate be five or eight cents, any price, not too high. The banker keeps the order, the planter his cotton until the war oloses, keeps it unpacked if he has uot bagging. But the war closes, tho planter sells his cotton, gets the—silver, if you please, from Europe— takes up the order on himself in specie. Thus the Bank will be repaid in specie tor every bill thus issued at the end of the war, and will be enabled with the same specie to take in her extra issues to the required limit. If some such plau as the above can be set iu operation at the tirst meeting of Legislature, tbe country will not sut ler tor money the next year—money as good ■ » any of the Bank bills were before the war, or ever will be afterwards. Tbe legal restrictions, and the minutia* of arrnngiug tho plan of practi cal operations must be left to the more experienc ed, and those to whom the business ri ah By be longs Pbimm. Strange and Important if True. —lt has long been a wonder to the public that Col. Brown, the commander at Fort Pickens, has not attacked the rebels at Pensacola, he having guns and men enough to drive them from the plaoe, or at least to destroy their stores. A Fort Pickens oorres pondent of the N. Y. Tribune accounts for the fact as follows: The reason for this tolerauce ou our part is more surprising than the fact itself. During all this time the commandant of the fort has been acting under the instructions sent under tho Buohauan Administration, which instructions have uevor been countermanded or amended. These in structions were and are that under no circum stances. is he to open tire on the rebels, except iu 4 the event of their batteries opening first upon him. It is said that our commander has tlireo several times written to the authorities in Washington, begging permission to open fire on the rebels, and also, 1 kuow not with how much of truth, that no notice has been taken of his letters. The rebels now boast that their preparations for tho attack are complete; oertainly if they are not success ful, whenever they shall have completed their works, with the choice of time leit wholly with them, aud it will be no fault of the authorities at Washington, whoever they may be, who are re sponsible for this unheard of blunder. To us it seems as though the fact of war, notwithstanding tbe humiliation and disgrace which has been heaped with such profusion upon tho Union cause, was not yet recognized. We still treat the rebels as though they were froward children who would voluntarily return to a sense of their duty, when the present patoxysm should be over, and as though our object was to inflict as little injury as possible meanwhile. I believe it is a faot that, at the time of the spirited attack on the Judith, it was agreed be tween the officer in command of the expedition and Col. Brown that, in tbe event of tbe Confede rates attacking him wile engaged in destroying tbo Judith, the latter should support him by fire from the guns of Pickens He was so attacked, but Col. Brown failed to support him, because that, on reading his instructions again, under tbo ac tual circumstances of the ease, he had fto authori ty for such action. Again, the attack on Wilson’s encampment was anticipated, but the instructions already referred to tieu Col. Brown’s hand. Is it not time that the pretenee of keeping up a hostile attitude was laid aside, or that the fact of war should be recoguized, that the commander of the fort be released from instructions which emanated from the imbecile Bucbanau dynasty, and which, for reasons inscrutable to human wis dom, are still perpetuoled V A short time ago Col. Brown wrote for tho third time to Washington, asking to he released from these instructions. It may bo that the affair of Wilson’* Zouaves will open the eyes ot the au thorities; and that before this reaches you orders will have been transmitted which will allow us te break tbe spell which has bound us. At all events, if we must wait for the rebels to still further oar ry on their works, all here will do their duty , aid endeavor to avert disgrace from the national arms, although disgrace would seem to have been courted. How They Shriek. —The Northern papers are full of denunciations, fierce and bitter, against the Administration for its management ol military movements gererally, and at Leesburg particu larly. In a late number of the Indianupolis Jour nal is a lengihy article, of which tho first para graph, which we copy herewith, is a fair sample : ft'heu, in the name of the dearest hopes of the republic, when will the hoirid blunders of 1 is war cease ? When shall we quit our weeping over noble lives racrificed, cruelly sacrificed, in our almost despairing efforts to crush this hellish rebellion ? Alas! it is needless to ask. The interrogatory has been put too olten, so long, that the soul sickens and hope perishes in ashes upotthe heart. At Big Bethel, where neble lives fell, we asked —why ? At Vienna, where the blood-soaked soil cried out—why? why? We believed the good lesson taught, and in confidence said, “Our blunders here end.” Did they ? Let the heart of a strick en nation tell. Let the broken-hearted wives, mothers, and sisters of those whose blood made red the waters of that awful Run, and clotted on adjacent soil, speak; and do not all.voice it back in one united utterance, a blunder,"dreadful, aw ful, criminal mistake ? But more." What, when the sad news of the brave Lyon’s fall shocked the country, was the voice of an indignant people ? ft’hat, when Lexington fell, and scores of its he roic defenders fell too, to rise no mors t Does not the responge still come, butchery and blunders follow u* on entry hand t And now follows tbs crashing national affliction of the murder—for it is murder—of the brave and good Baker at the Leesburg fight. The Hsaoie Jackson —Now is the time wke.i the men of South Carolina mav recall with profit the heroic fall of the first martyr of our tion, the dauntless James W. Jackson, of Virginmgl Had bis Doble spirit guided the rulers, as we. lieve it animates the soldiers of our no’ Yankee footstep would now pollute the soil of Virginia. With pride and pleasure, we record the gratitude of the Southern people, in announc ing that no less than thirty thousand dollars, made up by the free will offerings of men, women and children, now stands to the credit of the widow and children of the brave Alexandrian. Should the marauders penetrate to our hearth stones, we trust that they wiii find that the ex ample of Jackson is not lost upen the fathers, husbands, sons and brothers of our City. Charleston Mercury
