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4Jood, butter, bi-st is what we may write of
la ■ •.ews fiomthe powerful ami noble army of
Cm. !>a*g in the West We believe that wo
are sufficiently assured of triumph to shout,
•'vlcteryi” Arid yet, tTOliave been subjected
* M many dfappointruenls and are so appre
hi-iis'.vc least wo may awaken hope/in the
bottoms ol our readers which the sequel of tlio
conflict may not justify, that we hesitate before
we commit ourselves to the conviction that the
overthrow of the enemy ia complete. The smoko
amt dust of tiro battle-licl I still cover and ob
.■'«un the localities where so imny thousands
bare recently been anayed in deadly conflict,
snoutb may lie discerned to percleve that
Pf wily Roseorana Is now moro than poithilly
M-..T--ated, that ids di aster is perfectand.that
in is gulliming up t!m,. broken fragments and
X aw-kmg TTplace of Avlety for the remnant* of
t!i:/C" proud regiment* which po lately tlirent
:: willi dcsloalion and (daughter, It la we
100 late to turn'the tide of victory, and
Eli the s'tnplo and pious language with which
Elia heroh ! Ij‘*o ha.' .so often nnnonncctl the
arhiuvenuvifsi es liiu army wo tray say. "G,.,t
H-v 1c sod oifr '.inns with another triumph.”
A.n tills battle h.is been one of. tin- most hotly
c untested and Moody, ru we think that it will
prove ono of the mist deceive battles of the
revolution. Wo do not, indeed, concur in the
opinion, which we have frequently heard, that
it will probably prove the lostViigageinent of
any magnitude ; that theeneiuy now convinced
of i i,o hopelessness of our subjugation will in
oi,: r nrai" ne .ctial'ons for peafe, ami if It must,
b", of separation. Is-tu# Dot bug afiy shell de
-1 usion to our hearts. Wo have to deal with a
P wi i ful foe -one who is as persevering ns he
i po.vorful, Reprised now, lie will come
again. And wo unto us, if we imagine that, tins
s:iccei« which Ums just been won relieves us
from '.lie necessity of making other conquests,
tint there arc fruits, many and precious, which
will lie ru ip-,1 from the friuinph just secured.
Among these wo mention the lioeralion of
(Georgia from I lie a saults of the invader. A
1 . xv weeks ago our whole State w.w agitated liy
'the intelligence that aponorful force was march
leg «• wards our very In art.. Thousands of
homes were abruptly vacated, wldb t. their own
on wore seeking a place of safety in the interi
or. Atlanta and ltemo were (hrentened by
powerful toroea, nud their citizens began to cost
about lor some. p’...c > yf now order ami
iwonrity arc r. stored. The vaunting enemy
lias been driven off, and his depredations euti
lmt exceed Uio limits to which lie has already
• mled,theta. C.'ov.ia must remain uumohvt
od, at least un.il the discomfited too can repair
ids broken and demoralized hordes.
The reeov, iy of Eastern and Middle Ten
nessee m ,st eventu it v follow the late triumph.
Oar mmv, though depleted by the heavy losses
which have been sustained iutlio tcrrlWo light
fog through which it has just, passed, is strong
enough follow up tho fruits of its victory.—
A short time will tind our forces moving with
the energy and spirit of advancing men over
Hie ground from which a lew weeks ago they
were compelled to retire bolero the dispropor
tionate numbers of Unit assailants ; aud if
Murfieesboro’ is to bo the scene of another con
test, It. m ill liuulah -i vj-ry different roco-d from
tho bloody puga which was written in the
beginning of this year.
Nothing supplies move effective aid to the
jH>ace party ol tint North tliun just such a his*
hory a ; that which has recently been presented
to their n .lice. T.. 0 successes of Vicksburg and
I'ort ltmlion well nigh extinguished all Indi
oationa of p*oee among our enemies. Seward
lately ossurtd them tli.it tho rebellion was al
* most crushed, and to talk of peace was suicidal.
But their •yes will now be open. They will
asecrtain that the < ->r,federates can light, and
that their best army hardly escapes vuin. As
their autumnal elections approach, multitudes
of our ijat.iiids, weari<-d with their own blood
tliir y designs- will begin to dmiand a set-le
nient of a controversy fruitful only In the ex
peadituro of treasure and of blood.
\?lfOM!A: L MAKIS o®B LAWS 1
f c oomitrv will soon be calls*! upon to elect
Inc inkers for both Congros* and the State I/cgis
latara. The office of Legislator, important at
all times, is Increasingly responsible daring the
period of war. If we demand a competent
pilot to guld.c or.r vessel even when the watem
are placid and no tempest sweeps the sky. how
much more imperative is a proper qttaßlicafion
in,one who nod '(takes to navigate the Ship oi
• t-Utc when an anghy storm i»cr* uses the peril.
More by far, than supevticlal thinkers popixise,
of ti:« issue of this election d-'pends on the
chai a-, ter of those measures ■Which may l>o de
vived by our legislatures, Ssate and Confede
rate. Much of tho success of the Revolution oi
'7O must be ascribed to tiie patriotism. wisdom
und ti i tunes? of the extraordinary men who
v e found in the public councils of those days.
n,r : thsv faltered iu the d*ik boors of that
period the cause would have been tost. It was
their firmness, and at the same lime their judl
c.io\is legislation, width iu.-pin.ai the hopes of
the desponding and stimulated the labors of
the iaituful. We need at the present time in
our legislative assemblies the wisest and most
sagacious meu whom the country tan supply,
and we do not believe tiiat there is any arena
on which the same number of nron can Tender
such important service to the cause as in the
halls of legislation.
We trust that ill the elections for Legislators
and Congressmen which are about to occur, the
iieople will seek those men, whoever they nmy
be, who are best adopted to dll the office. We
P
J r.fg.ee that some candidates are basing their
clqitus to patronage on the Toct that they have
rendered senrico to the country on sundry fields
of buttle, in which they B utiered such damage
as to be disqualified for fuluie sqivico oi the
tamo kind. There can bo no doubt that tliia
docs give a man some claim to our support
.Other things being cqna 1 , we should prefer
honoring with a seat in the legislative hall tho
man who had demonstrated bis devotion to tho
country by jeoparding Ills lif; in it- interests.
But this of itself is by no means sufficien t. If
the principal reason which can be alleged in
favor of any one, he that he has been a brave
and suffering soldier, this surely cannot out
weigh die claims of an opponent who may pos
ses i superior qualifications . for tho position.
Lot the people honor him for his services-; let
them, if h<- need it, render material renuuera
t on, but they cannot afford to invest him v.lth
a responsible office unless he is able to till it.
In view of this critical period of our history,
there are three qualifications which wo would
be glad to have in the men who are to give
direction to our public affairs.
Let them by all means be patriotic men.—
They riwist be above suspicion, who are to take
the holm in this crisis. If a man's position’s
at all equivocal ip regard to the great Issues
which are now pending, he should not bo in
verted with any responsible trusts. Whatever
his qualifications in other particulars ; however
eloquent and gifted—if ho bo defectivo in a
patriotic devotion to tho great interests of tho
Confi-deracy—his gifts make him all the moro
objectionable.
We want memos wisdom as well as of
patriotism to make our laws in this juncture-
Had our last Congress contained a larger infu
sion of this element the country, we think,
would have been to day in a more prosperous
condition. If there he any position demanding
a well balanced, clear sighted, and ' prudent
intellect, it is that of the man who is taking
authoritative supei vision of a people In a time
es great public cal am ty.
In addition, we want experience in our pub
lic men. Novices may be tolerated la time of
peace ; bnt we need skillful helmsmen in time.,
of popular commotion. Let us, so far as wo are
able, send those who on previous occasions and
in like positions have acquitted themselves
in such a manner as to elicit from tlioir con
stituents tho ‘-Well done ! faithful servant.”
With these requisites, pervaded and adorned
by a sound moral character, wo may promise
the country such legislation as tiie times 'make
imperative..
Hoi, dun the Tiiaitok. —Some of the North
Carolina papers, who are in the same veconstue
tion traitorous nest with Holden, of the Raleigh
Standard, are new trying to prove t at their
leader was, before tills war commenced, an
out-and-out secessionist, and did all in liis
power to f.-rce the South to secodo. They quote
what h ■ said in his paper years ago to prove
what they claim. They do this in order to re
move. if-possible, the just "indignation that has
lately been aroused against him ami his follow
ers. The very course of the newspapers who
believe as Mi. 11. does, however, only makes
matters worse, it Mr. 11. was au original
secessionist, ami a promjucfit man in the seces
sion movement, his now being the leader -if a
recoiistiuetionist patdv shows conclusively that
he is a corrupt, rotten-hearted politician. A
man of no principle. A dangerous man In
times like these, who ought not to bo allowed
to promulgate his Incendiary, Llncohiite views.
Since his past tecord lint; been brought to light,
we think lii.n a more despicable character than
ever. We trust tha North Carolina authorities
will limk alter him closely hereafter ; if ho
does not alter his career, mete out to him in a
legal way, the fate that all traitors deserve.—
Gentle dealings with such men will avail nothing
They are more dangefeus. to our cause, than
openfoes. Let them lie treated accordingly.—
I,st th ; leaders bo made examples of, and their
misguided followers would soon see the errors
of tholr way.
Distribution of Salt. —Wo learn from tho
Atlanta Intelligencer that the Commissary j
General of the State, Col. J. I. Whitaker has :
issued orders to supply our Soldiers’ Families j
in eight.-five counties with Salt, in pursuance
ol - tbe Governor’s orders of July the 24th, i860; j
and that the remaining counties will bo sup- j
plied as soon as they comply with tha regula- \
tions requiring that a list of the names of tho-o
entitled to a distributive share of the salt be j
transmitted to Col. Whitaker's office in Atlanta,
with the money to pay for the same.
Col. WL taker requests the Inferior Courts of
the several counties in tlio B rate, to transmit to
li's office as early as possible a list of the names
of those entitled to a dis ributive share of Salt
from the State, with the amount of money to
pay for the same, when he wiil promptly order
Us shipment to them. Those who order first,
'of course, will be first supplied.
Bs ON Guard.— Now is the time for all to
exercise great vigilance. Our country Is full
of Lincoln spies. Besides these, there arc the
reconstructiouihts to look after. Loth arc doing
us great injury. The latter if. possible, more
than the former. Oar people everywhere
hould be on the look out lor both classes
named. Our authorities should be on the look
out. Every loyal *man should be watchful
and wide awake. All should remember that
the price of liberty Is eternal rigilanoe.
Those men who have remained at home, and
are now plotting to have a re-union with our
toes il possible, arc far more dangerous to our
cause than our enemies who come with lire and
sword to subjugate us. Os the two modes of
warfare against the liberties of tne South, the
latter is the must honorable.
Carlo Path, the distinguished violinist,
brother of Adelina Patti, was recently captured
while running the bloc kale from Mobile to
ilav ma on the Alice Vivian. He was a mem
ber, ot Gem. Slaughter's staff, and was on hoard
that steamer with a number of other officers,
en-n ute to Texas. Th.i Alice Vivian was
Overhauled by the U. S. steamer Be Soto. All
the prisoners have arrived at Sew York.
Get. Stovall axd Staff Safe.— A private
dispatch from Tunnel Hill on the 21st, to a gen
tleman in this city, says that Gen. Stovall and
I stall are safe. Capt. J. H. Hull was slightly
I wounded to the shoulder.
AUGUSTA GA. WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 30, 1863 ;
j Position or Gov. Watts ov Alabama.—
| After it was ascertained that the lion. T. 11.
I Watte v-us, elected Governor of Alabama, the
• rumor Was circulated by designing and weak
, kn >ed men that he was a reconstruction is t.—
i This was done in order to effect a political.pro
j jeet. Cud, Ira li. Foster, Quartermaster Gener
! al of this State, address/) 1 a letter to Mr. Watts
| on the subject, apprising that distinguished
; and patriotic gentleman of the charge. Gov.
] Watts at once replied, and in plain and unmis
j takable language gave bis views upon the sub
i ject of reconstruction. Here they are :
Coxi-Kin,hate States of Amkioca, )
Dei-Jbtwent of Jcsticz.
llkumokit, Sept. 12, 18C3. )
Jim. Ira It. Jhsl/ r, Q. M. dm. of Georijia, Aikui
ta, (Jo.:
Dkaii Sir—l have to-day received your let
ter of the Ist inst, forwarded to me from Mont
gomery, Ala., aud hasten to reply. You say
that my name, since the Alabama election, has
been freely used by many in connection with
“reconstruction,” meaning thereby that some
people in Geoigla suppoio I am In favor of a
ro-union with the Y'ankec Government of tho
North. I asn smprised and mortified that any
body in tiie south should so interpret the Ala
bama election. If those who claim my election
as indicating any such feeling in Alabama, had
read iny letter of 21st of March to Gen. Lawler,
and ray short address to tho people of Alaba
ma, dated Bth June last, they would never have,
entertained such false notion.
It is duo to the gallant people < f my State
to cail attention to the resolutions of th ro
cent called session of tho Legislature, passed
unanimously, pledging all the uien aad resour
oes of tho State to prosecute the war until the
Independence of the Confederate States k fnlly
established.
For myself, I will not forfeit my self-respect
by arguing the question of “reconstruction.”
lie who k now, deliberately or otherwise, In
fav.,r of “reconstruction’ ’ with the State* under
Lincoln » dominion is a Waiter hi his heart to
the State of h!s residence •ml to the Confeder
ate States, aud deserve a traitors doom. If I
ha<i the power, I would build up a wait qf firt
bet s can Ynukeedom and tho Confederate States,
there to burn, for ages, as a mouHmont of the
folly, wickedness and vaudalißui of the puritan
ic rare! No sill! ra'hor than reunite -with
such a peoplo, I would seo tiie Confederate
States desolated with fire andsword.
When the men of tiie South shall become
such base cowards as to wish furs mb re-union,
let us call nn the women of tie South to march to
tho battlefield, and ia the mi.isu of tlm God of
jusitce bM them Jljhl uu ’er the banner of South
ern liberty ! Toe call wo til I not b made in
vain. Let the patriot sires, who e cbildron
have bared their breasts ta the Yankee bullets,
aud welcomed glorious deaths, in this struggle
for self-government, rebuko the foul spirit
which- cvett whispers “reconstruction” ! L t
the noble mothers, whoso sods Lave made sac
ved with their blood so many fields consecrated
to Freedom, rebuke Ujp fell heresy! Let our
bloodstained luuue'rs now uufurled “to the
buttle and tbo t reeze,” rebuke the ooiounlice,
and cupkUtj whio i .suggest “ reoonxh-uction .”
The spirits of our heroic dead —tne martyrs to
our sacred cause, rebuke—a thousand time to
ll uU e, “ reconstruction.”
We have little cause tor despondency, none
for despoil ! Bet us nerve ourselves afresh for
the contest ; rind let us not forgot that
‘•Freedom’s bat.lo, onco begun,
Bequeathed from bleeding sire to son,
Though bullied olt, is ever won 1”
Jf wa aro true to ourselves ; true to tho mem
ories of tho past; true to our homes and onr
tirestdea, and true to our God, /o cannot, we
will not be conquered 1 I:i any and every
event, ictus prefer death, to a life of inw
ardly shame ! Your obt. servt.,
, r i. 11. Watts.
We -le not think that reconstructionists can
tind anything to voiify tlioir base charges
against Mr. Watts in this letter.. Tho*.! who
have claimed that he was in favor of a re-unlon
with the North can now see that their as.-er
Hons had- no foundation. Col. Foster in bis
note to tho editor of tho Intelligencer, accom
panying Mr. Watts - letter, says :
Never were sentiment more pregnant with pa
triotism and devotion to our struggling cause
penned. Every true son of the South will con
clude the reading of this-let'er with spirits
more l>ouyant, aud confidence niovesteadUst.—
Nor will .our noble women fail to exclah.o,
•‘G ivenior Watts is right; rather than be sub
jugated wo will march to the field of strife
and ba.eour bosoms to the bnlluts of the cruel
Invader.”
Thh Fkkuxos Existing among tub Lrabbk#
ir Washington.—A late letter from Washiug-
ton to oijp of the Norffwrn papers, in speaking i
of the feelings existing among the leading Lin- .
coTnites in that city, remarks thus :
The members of the Administration arc de
pressed by tho nature of trio dispatches
fiom Chaileston. Notwthstanding the glowing
accounts in the newspapers which every day
promise - hut it Is never fulfilled—that Ohai les
tou Will be taken in a few days, Fort Sumter
will soon be cure, and the no t of (lie rebellion
be wiped out, it is well known that there is no
prospect of immediate success there, and very
little of ultimate success at present.
The fall of Sumter will not be the fall of
Charleston, but only the begininng of it. The
place can only be taken by investment by land
and sea, with two hundred thousand men.
lire writer of this letter has certainly told
tho truth in regard to Charleston. Tho fall of
Sumter will not be the fall of the city. It will
hardly bo tiro beginning of It. If the de
fe idcio of the place are true to themselves and
their country, wo do not believe it con be. token
at all
The same letter writer speaks discouraging!)"
of the magnitude of the task of subjugating a
delemined people, and the loss of men and
money, and ways the straggle Is but fairly be
gun. Thsi will be a plenty of the same opin
ion iu the > ir:h by-and-by. There would be
more ot them now, were it not for the lying
statements the Lincoln press are continually
inculcating in order to keep up tire sinking war
spirit of the people. When the re action does
come, it will he s he greater ou account of the
deception ru>w practised.
CASVALTra* is CABw*LL>BATTALroir.—We find
in tho Atlanta Confederacy tho following list of
casualties In Caswell’* Battalion Georgia Sharp
shootete. in the skkmish at Davis Cross heads
1 Walker county, Ga,, on the 11th insL :
Company A-- Angus,*—Allen W Wilkinson,
wounded severelv in arm.
Company B- Liarnesvi'.le—James McLeod,
mortal y wounded ; J M Goggius, slightly In
leg.
Company C—William F Burt, wounded se
verely in leg: L 8 Rumsey. severely in hand
Major Caswell's horse was shot.
In Mississippi they are organizing •‘Confed
erate Societies,” for the pm pose of taking Con
federate bills at par, and selling all products
and merchandise without profit at the mere cost
of production, until the war's over and our in
dependence is achieved. The idea is not only
patriotic, but heroic. Those who set such an
example must, by degrees, shame their greedy
and short-sighted neighbors into the same
course.
Tjie Wood and Lincoln Cobrespon’tiknce.
j A correspondence which took place between
Fernando Wood and Lincoln in December lasi
, has just been published. The first letter is that
; of Wood to Lincoln, informing him that some
j body lias tohl him (Wood) that the Confederate
Senators were anxious to -return to the Yankee
Senate if Lincoln would grant an amnesty to the
South, and asking Lincoln to allow a corres
pondence with the said Senators,’ the corres
pondence to “pass through the hands of the
President of tho United States.” Lincoln re
plies that lie thinks Wood's information will
Prove groundless. But ho says that if the Soutli
will only return to his clutches without further
fighting, lie wiil “grant a full and general um.
nesty.” Perhaps he will if he. gets a chance
to to do ; but he will find his game wilt not
work.
Lincoln also says he does not think it beet to
say anything to the South about the matter,
nor proper to “suspend military operations to
try any experiment of negotiation. ” This
shows that the despot is as blood thirsty as ever,
and is determined if possible to lay waste and
ruin our fair land. He professes to bo willing
to settle tho existing difficulties, but his act3
give the lie to his words. A more deceitful,
hypocritical, tyrannical wretch has never ruled
over any peoplo. 't he future historian will
chronicle his deeds as more barbarous and in
human than those of the vandals of the dark
ages.
—t, i ni n■
Hoxoit to Cakkoll County. —A large meet,
ing of the citlaena of Carroll county, Georgia,
was held at which the following, among other
resolutions were passed :
litsclved, further, Chat we will deal out to
and supply soldiers and thei- families with any
and all articles of provisions that we can possi
bly spare from the ti e of our own famlios, and
will not charge or receive therefor more than
the following prices, in Confederate currency,
to wit ; For corn, per bushel ; for wheat,
$2 per buihu! ; bacon 25 cents per pound ;
beef II eriiits per pound ; pork 15 cents per
pound ; potatoes*, 50 eonts.per bushel ; and all
other articles In the same proporti2n
liesoiVed, That we earnest ! y call the atten
tion of the farmers in other counties to the sub
ject, and entrente them to consider these reso
lution*. and take some action leading to the
same object.
The movement of tiie citizens of Carrol
county is eminently patriotic, and is well wor
thy of being imitated by tiie dtlzen* of other
sections of our State. Let each and every one
of us do alt we con to keep down prices, and
thereby assist the faml’es of those who are
fighting the battles of their country, and sav
ing us from tbo tyrannical rule of those who
would oppress us and deprive us of ihoso r glits
for which the horoes of 1776 fought, bled, and
died.
—d*i'
The Right Feei.txg I’skvailing.— During
the past few days large and enthusiastic incetr
mgs have been hold in various sections of North
Carolina. The right feeling appears now to-pre
vail in tha • section of tho Confederacy. Tho
vile spirit of reconstruction and submission to
our oppri spore is being treated as it ought to be.
tuns*, wlu. foster A, cDc iurage it arc justly held
up to public icorn and co-tempt. Among the
spirited and loyal resolutions lately passed in
Jionroe are the annexed;
tiesolv and, That we utterly loath the idea of
submission to’ or fraternizing with a people
who have murdered our sort: and brothers, de~
vas'atii-.i the fairest portion of out country,-
nhoso designs are to confiscate pur property, to
emancipate tho negro and place him upon terms
of equality with us at tlio polls, jury-box, and
in the logi-latnre, judicial and other positions,
of society.
Ik&olo* j, That we see nothing to cause des
pair, but on the other hand, have abundant
cause for gratitude to the Giver of 1 11 our Good
for our repeated successes.
llsolv'd, That we have full confidence in tho
righteousness of our cause, in our rulers, both
civil and military, and in the protection of
God.
These resolutions are of the right stamp.—
We are glad to see that there are some of the
people of the old North State on the right
track. We trust that tte ir numbe s will lit
crease,and that they will look after and take
> c 're of, as they should bo, any traitorous cliques
that may wish to submit or reunite with Lin
coln and his hordes.
Gov. Brown's Gamuts To Statu Troops.—
Gov. Grown from liis headquarters at Marietta
has issued the annexed orders the to. Home
Guards row called into service. *
I have had a coi respondence wi’h President
Davi* upon tbe subject, and he has deckled that
as you were organized under his requisition up
on the State’ for troops, for home defence, and
have been mustered into the Con fed* rat i ser
vice, It i* Lis right to appoint the general offi
iwi to command you. He therefore, dentes
mv right to command you and advises mo that
he’ has directed Brig. Gen. Howell l obb to at
tend to the organization of tbo troops now call
ed out. Whatever may be my opinion of iny
rights, or the rights of tlio State, in connection
with the presont state of tho o' gnnizations. I
can have no conflict with the Confederate au
thorities in the face of the enemy —when they
arc upon our own soil threatening our homes.
1 have, therefore, tn couplianee with the di
rection of tho President, turned over the
command to Gen. Cobb, an eminent Georgian
well known to you all, who is now in Atlanta,
to whom all future communications in refer
ence to supplies, details, and other matters con
nected with the oiganizations, should be ad
dressed. I shall render Gen. Cobb al! tin assis
tance In my am ready to do all I can
for your comfort, and to share with you any
dang r, and serve in any capacity weere 1 can
best promote the public interest. Let every
Georgian rally to tho rescue, and Jet us bury
ail past differences of opinion and personal
prejudices till we have driven the wicked inva
der iroin the sacred soli of our beloved old
State.
Pbkat.tt ro* Desertion Hebba ftkh. —In no
ticing the infliction ol tho death penalty on ten
deserters recently, the army correspondent of
tho Savannah Repubiicansayg;
Deserters will be t eated with more severity
In the future than they have been iu the past.—
Mild means having, failed Gen. Lee, like the
eld man in the spelling book, will try what vir
tue there is in stones. Hereafter, when a man
descris his colors, he may make up Ms naiad to
be shot, if caught, and caught he will be some
lime or another. It may I>* that the system of
furloughs recently instituted will have the ef
fect of checking desertion. If it does, then its
effect will be doubly beneficial in tiffs, that it
wiil banl-h this heinous critic n.ra the army,
and at the same time encourage the men to be
come g'Xid soldiers, since by the terras of the
order, furlonzbs will be granted to those only
who conduct themselves waii.
It is stated that the prairie land of Mississip
pi ulon-T will produce corn enough to General
Johnston’s army six m ntlis. after furnishing
abundant for home consumption.
Fort Sumter as it is.— The Charteston
Courier gives an interesting account of tbe pre
sent appearance of Fort Sumter. From it we
cnli the,following;
On the sea face scarcely a brick is to be
seen. Bnsliel by bushel, cart load l>v cart-load
the wall lias been chipped off, until no
thing is left but a grey, ragged mass of mortar,
liom which project the outlines of fo’iaer case
mates, heavy teatuSand iron bars, 't he bonne
or base is- literally covered with toe debris,
amid which, at every step as you climb over
the great fragments of stone and bri k ttiat have
lalleu from tlio parapet, you tread on broken
projectiles of the enemy scattered in pieces
whoso weight varies from an ounce to a hun
dred pounds. The SurlfyaiYs face is less shat
tered ; but even here tho pits arc deep, and
huge piles of material tern from Iho edge of the
parapet by the over-shot balls have fallen on
the rocks below, dn the Morris’ Island face
t lie spectacle baffles all description. For a dis
tance roughly guessed, of thirty yards, the wall
is little less than a steep hill ti nt descends from
’ the parapet to the water’s edge. This, too. is a
ghastly pile ol the onco magnificent shape,
from which stand out, in almost sickening as
pect, fragments of guns, gun carriages, masses
of machinery, balls, bolts rammers, spongos,
all bound and mixed together with the iron,
brick and mortar, in lumps and in duet, that
have been wrenched from their long time him
ored places. Here, too, lie the myriad frag
ments of projectiles.
On the parapet, one solitary gun, homing
high above all else, keeps its lonely watch,
and this has been partially covered by tbe dirt
dashed over it in the passage of a shot. Other
guns broken ia every conceivable manner lie
around, their carriages in sp inters, and evert
vestige pf their former use destroyed, Os the
the interior of the fort we must intention
ally preserve stlenitum ahum. Oue significant
fact, however, may l>e stated. There is not
a serious, breach .in the structure anywhere
to be observed. The effect of the enemv’a fire
though destructive, has tended to fortify the
wall with their own debris, so that wh le the
efficiency of Fort Sumter for oiftnee is destroy
ed, the same means employed, has improved its
capacity for defence against every infantry as
sault that may be made against it.
The evening gun still continues to be fired as
regularly as if tlio old fort of other days
were in her prime, and in every reepeci the
same watchful care over tho spot is maintained
that has marked its history f>r the last two
years.
The Courier narrates the annexed incidents
in connection with tbo late attemp. of the
Federate to take the Fort :
■ One of the Federal officers, after Ida capture,
was cert tinly struck with the, belief that they
had “caught a tartar,” for looking at the solid
walls oror.ud him, lie suddenly raised both
hands and exclaimed, “Weil, —if this aint whit
old Dalilgivn calls a ruin that can be taken by
merely walking over it, his head is fu l of blue
mud.” '
During the day following the assault, tlio
prisoners were fed on Uie same rations issued to
our own men. one of tiie Yankees expected
something better, and vented ids disappoint
ment in curses of abdominal origin. Captain
Millvanoy happened to Cos a listner, and turn
ing to the disoonifittcd fellow, promptly answer
ed—“ The next time you come visiting, sir,
without an invitation, von had b iter firing
your own provisions. Yve and d’nt expect you,
or we might have had something cooked, t’os-
Bibiy you’d like another brick pudding.” The
pleasant sally turned the laugh on tiie officer,
and tiiat was tho last of the grumblers.
The meanness of tho genus Yankee sticks
out on every occasion After tee assault, while
Mr.. Huger, of the Signal Corps, wue going
around tho base es the fort, he suddenly espi
ed a man doubled up in o»u of the lower tier
of port holes, who its soon as discovered cried
out with considerable industry, “I surrender, I
surrender ; here’s noy arms; (isn’ t shoot.” —
Then lowering his voice, as be delivered up his
weapons, ho confidentially remarked, "I say,
the o’s anofiter feller in tbe next hole—-take
him too.” He was of . course immediately
“took.”
In'connection with the evacuation of Morris
Island, the-annexed incident is narrated :
When one of the barges captured was fired
into by tbe enemy, most of the crew cried otrt,
“We sm render !“ Two men, howevei, belong
ing to the gunboat Chibbrn, jumped overboard,
declaring tiiat would die before they would be
taken, prisoners. Then striking out boldly one
swam to the wreck of tbo steamer Srnnter,
stink a few nights previous, and the other aim
ed to reach Fort Sumpter. A boat pat out
from the Fort, and took iu both.
Georgians, to Your Posts. —The Hon. Mark
A. Cooper, dating from Glen Holly, Gu., Sept.
10, makes the following spirited ami patriotic
appeal to liis fellow citizens :
Geoigians. the time has arrived for you to
rise and assert your birth-right, and by deeds
of valor to maintain it, The enemy is upon
your soil. Since the days of Troup aud the
Treaty, yon have treated the officers of th#
Federal Government, coming in hostile airay,
as public enemies. Now they are trampling
your sovereignty under foot, resolved to sub
jugate you Come then freemen of Georgia,
to the battle-field. The haughty Yankee Ixui
ters-you for a light, ou your own soil, threat
ening to whip, rob and encounter you. 'lbis
he cannot do. Come up, then, to the moun
tains from middle and low country; let us
move and drive him, and stop not until w S
capture or kill or force him back beyond the
Ohio. Come all of you now. You will not
lack a leader. Your Governor, like a stone
wall, will lead you. The spirit of Jackson, of
Telfair, of Tatnall. of Early, of Clarke, and of
Troup, will greet you and cheer" you. The
blood of your sons, your fathers, your broth
ers aud husband*, spilt by the hand of the Ty
rant, will animate you, your country’s cause
will inspire yon.
It is not for Georgians to quail or despond.
We expected Vicksburg to be taken—Charles
ton, Savannah, Mobile and New Oileans to he
captured or evacuated. We wou and have left
them in ashes, and Na divide also. And then
we ex [>ec ted to. meet and to vanquish the foe on
the field. There our stren o th is. It is not in
he eitieff.
Men of large property, lltte property, and
no property—men who have lost propei ty, and
who have ma le property by toe war—come
let us make all a common stock and a common
cause—whip the i nemy, merit and win Inde
pendence. Then divide the property, pay our
debts, make equal the losses, rebuild tticcities,
and share the gains.
No more complaining or fault-finding nistat
Mr. Davis ot the currency. Sustain the Presi
dent and Gen. Bragg. Use the currency and
make it goo Congress and the people can do
this. Onr Generals are in the field. Let us
obey orders and.fieht when they say fight—be
gin quick and not surrender.
Let no domestic strife for office disturb us.
Office without independence, is not worth hold
ing, and is not only sought by those who are
not worthy of it. No more talk of shaking
hands with onr enemy wi hout our rights.—
Come up then, let us ‘ do or die.’’
Mobb Ships for tub Confedkrtk Service.—
The Morning News a paper published In the
West of Lug I and, gays that three steamers be
longing to the government have been sold with
in the lust throe months, and intimates that
they have been purchased by Confederate
agents. One of them now named the “Sea
Hawk.” a steamer of three thousand tons and
three hundred and twelve horse power—has
been refitted throughout, and was at 1 st ac
counts to sail soon. The News says she has
all the appearance of a man of-war, and the
general feeling prevails that she is intended to
carry tho Confederate flag.
OL LXXVIT —NEW SERIES VO . XXVL. \G. 39
New and Dangerous Counterfeits.—^ The
counterfeits lately put in circulation by Norton,
the Yankee spy in Charleston, ar« dangerous
ones. The Atlanta Intelligencer gives the an
nexed description efthem:
SIOO, 2 cents per day. This counterfeit is Os
tbe issue of J. i. Patterson, Columbia. 8. G.
dated July 4, 1862. In the genuine but one of
the masts of the ship run up to the telegraph
wire ; in the counterfeit both masts run up to
that wire ; In tho genuine the woman's hand
is flatoq the pail she is cairyiug, in tlm coun
terfeit she hoids a knob or handle of tho pait r
in the genuine the signature of J. F. Grayson,
is i:i a round hand, in the counterfeit the same
signature is in a running, hand ; in the genuine
the numbers rest on a line made for the purpose,
in the counterfeit there is no line for the num
bers to relt on.
Yellow giound 2 cents p«r day SIOO. —The
date of this counterfeit is September Ist, 1862,
and is nearly on@-eightii inch narrower than the
genuine. 'The engraving of the. genuine was
(lone on stoue, tha’ of t- « counterfeit on wood.
The face of Mr. Calhoun 1* badly executed, es
pecially abi ut the eyes, they having the appear
ance of a very heavy frown. Tin cotton
that the negroes are working on, is darker in
tho counterfeit than It is in tho genuine.—
Themodalion in the upper left hand corner, in
tho counterfeit, is open and light, in the geun
iue the same is dark—as dark as that which
contain* the likeness of Mr. Calhoun.
In the counterfeit the words “one hundred
dollars” art; printed so close together as to ap
pear almost like one word. The word “with”
in the phrase “with interest”, is bally done.
$lO Bill’.—The third and remaining class of
counterfeits which were In possession of Nor
ton is of tho denomination of $lO. In tho
counteifeit ol this issue the X’s are printed in
solid rad, in the genuine the same letters are
iu open work. Ihe fares of both Mr. Memmin
gerund Jill Orr (we believe) at '>adly|exeeuled,
being much lighter than iu ti— genuine. Mr,
Memminger’s vycs appear iu the counterfeit
rutliet popped instead of sunken as in the gen
uine. Tho date of tiiie counterfeit is Sept. 2,
1861.
Tits New Ooxfedrrat* Iron clads. —The
New York Tribuns gives tho annexed accouu
of the two iron elads, said to be now building
for the Confederates in England :
Two 2,000 ton ironclads, combining the ram
a*d monitor principles, are being hub thy Laird
at Birkenhead. One of these i* already munch
ed. They ate platted wi ll four-inch iron ;
each carry two turrets, twelve inches think,
aad have formidable rams projecting from their
stems.» Each turret will Carry two 200 pounder
rifled guns, and each vessel will be armed, in
addition, with two 100-pounder ri urn-chasers.
The guns were ready at Preston, Lancashire,
and would he shipped and put on board, in tho
Irish Channel. The ram which w’s launched
was expected to sail within four days after tiie
Scotia left, and the second would be Jatmehed
by the time the first sailed. Tiie and 'sHnalion’of
these powerful vessels was reported to be Uie
United States; but nothing definite was known
on that subject.
In order to facilitate tlioir speedy comple
tion, work was kept upon them day and night,
several gangs being employed to relievo each
other throughout the twenty-four hours.
Rain No. 1 wag launched under the French
flag, permission for that purpose being given
by the French Consul at Liverpool. The des
tination of these veseis is well known to the
British Government. Federal agents have
closely followed them from the beginning, and
the evidence accumulated of their contraband
character iiua all been laid before tho ministry
Yet, thus far, no effort lias bcen iimile to re -
strain them from sailing.
Rot. tlicfie are not n'l th-. r.!U-u«t,-x.. ; -
tions-no'.v in progress against us in “neutral”
Gre t Britain. A large iron-clad sloop of war
is well under way in the yard of a Liverpool
ship builder, whose name onr informant lias
forgolten, end fiFe others of a very formidable
character, are in course of construction oil the
Clyde. One of those, now building by James
& George Thompson, over 4,060 tons* burden,
will have four or five inches cf iron p'.a ing
upon IS inch s teak. She will not, however,
b« ready to sail for some months.
A Bketoh or thh Campaign Ground in T-.n-
NBB6EB and North Geosgia. —The Richmond
Seutinel gives a short sketch of the campaign
ground in Tennessee and North Georgia, llore
it is:
A line of railroad stretches fro r. Lynch burg,
in Virginia, to .Chattanooga, in Tennessee. The
lino is straight, and the direction southwest.
From Lynchburg, a distance of two hundred
and four miles, to Bristol—on the lino between
Virginia and Tennessee—the road is known as
tho Virginia & Tennessee Railroad. Front Bris
tol to Knoxv lie in Tennessee, a distance of one
hundred and thirty mites, it is called the East
Tennessee & Virginia Railroad. From Knox
ville, to Dalton, which is a short distance with
in tho State of Georgia, it Is called the East
Tennessee <Jr Georgia Railroad. This portion of
the road is 110 miles long. Twenty-seven miles
tliis aide of Dalton, is a point on the East Ten
nctrijje & Georgia Railroad called Cleveland.
Cleveland is in Tennessee. From it a railroad
runs nearly west 27 miles to Chattanooga, also
in Tennesse’, but near the pokit where Geor
gia and Alabama corner on the Tennessee line.
From Lynchburg to Clmttanorga, it is, there
fore, 444 miles ; but beyond Jonesboro, which
Is 32 miles beyond Bristol, tho road is in the
hands of the enemy.
From Clnttanooga a railroad ntns a little east
of south to Daiton, and 100 miles farther, or
138 miles in all, to Atlanta, Georgia. Atlanta
is 171 miles, by railroad, from Augusta, Ga.
Cleveland, Chattanooga and Dalton are thus
situated at the angles of a railroad triangle.
J lie scene of operations lies on the confines
aud near the corners of no less than four States,
viz : the southe ist boundary and corner of
Tennesttee, the southwost corner of North Caro
lina, the northwest corner of Georgia, and the
northeast corner of Alabama. It U ; a very
mountainous region.
So lar, the enemy seems to have had things
pretty m ich liis own way in that quarter. He
has taken most of the line of railroad in East
Tennessee ; and ho has also crossed the river
lower down and oocupled its southeastern bank.
Useful Ixvo3Mation. —In the absence of qui
nine, an effective subtitute may be found in
red pepper tea and table salt—say a table
spoonful of salt to a pint of tea—which will
answer every purpose for chills. Commence
some hours before chill time, and drink copi
ously of the beverage. It never fails to keep
off tiie chill.
To make Indelible Ink : Green persiinmous,
say twelvo of them, mash them, pour on water
enough to cover them. Boil over a slow fire
and not boil them too much, add in a small
piece of coppcfag. This ink will not change
color and cannot be washed out or rubber! out.
A good article of sugar it is said can be
mule from persimmons.
The Yopon is said to make au excellent sub
stitute for tea or coffee The tree grows wild
all over the j.iney woods of West Florida- J
may geberaliy beeeen in cuisters. In tow we
places. It bears a beautiful mi berry, a
small leaf.
A gentleman just Tram
Federal force in that city « abrnff so tj
hundred. Negroes <U>•* ***#£% “eap.-
alt they can lay hands m- are re -
Large numbers ofnn federal* contln
tuming to from tho city,
ue to make ROJ’Oj THcbiuond has l*een coinmla
• to Ireland to
810 t u Coufed«mte cause in that country,
represent tire to brought to bear
SfirfflS iSSSSSfk W- a. W
oalwt ia th» Yankee crusade.
Escape of Comfudbratk Prisoners from
Fort Delaware. —Five Confederate prisoners,
who managed to get out o! F rt Delaware a
short time since, have arrived in Iffehmonj,
The narrative of their escape is
Here it is as published by the Richmond I )is
patch:
Having formed the plan to escape, they im
provised life preservers by tying four canteens,
well corked, around the body of each man, and
on the night of Aug. 12th, proceeded to leave
the island. - The night being* dark, they got
iuto the water and swam otf from the back of
the island for the shore. Three of them swam
four miles, and landed about two miles below
Delaware City ; the other two, being swept
down the river, floated down sixteen miles, and
landed at Christine Creek. Another soldier, a
Philadelphian, started with them, but was
drowned a short distance from the shore. Ho
paid he was not coming back to the Confeder
acy, but was going to Philadelphia. Ho had
eight canteens around his body, but was not ou
expert swimmer.
The three who landed near Delaware city
lay in a cornfield till night, aud the next eve
ning, about dark, started on their way South,
after first having made known their condition
to a fanner, who gave them a good supper.
They traveled that n : ght twelve miles through
Kent comity, Delaware ; and the next day lay
cineeftled in a gentleman’s bam. From there
they went to Kent county. Maryland, where
tho citizens gave them new clothes and money.
After this tlioir detection was less probable, as
they had been wearing their uniforms the two
days previous. They took the ears on the
Pliwridelpliia and Baltimore railroad at Town
send and rode to Dover, the capital of Dela
ware, Sitting near them in the ears were a
Yankee colonel and captain, and the provost
guard passed through frequently. They were
not discovered, however, though to fvioape de
tection seemed almost impossible. They got
off the train at Delamar and went by way of
Barren Check Springs and Quantioo, Maryland,
te the NaijHcoke river, end got into a canal.
Hero they parted company with five others
who had escaped from Fort Delaware some
days previous, as tlio • unoo would not bear ten
oi them. In Ge canoe they went to Tiger’s
Sound, and crossing the Chesapeake, landed ia
Northumberland county, below Point Look oat,
a point at which the Yankees are building a
fort for the confinement of prisoners. They
met with kindness from the citisens of
Ib atliville, who contributed $l2O to ad them
on their route. They soon met with our pick
• cts, and came to Richmond on he York River
railroad. These escaped prisoners express, in
the liveliest terms, their gratitude to the peo
ple of Maryland and Delaware, who did every
thing they could to aid them. There was no
difficulty experienced in either State in finding
generous people ol - Southern sympathies, who
would give them both money and clothing, and
put themselves to any trouble to help them on
thefr journey.
These gentlemen state that a large number
off our prisoners at Fort I) laware have taken
the oath an t enlisted in the Yankee service.
The Yankees have already, from prisoners
who have taken the oath enlisted 270 men in
tho 3d Maryland cavalry, ICO men in a battal
ion of heavy artillery, and 150 in an infantry
regiment. To effect these enlistments they
circulate all sorts of lies among the prisoners.
The chief ffes are to the effect that Gen. Lee
lias,, resigned—that North Carolina has with
drawn from the Confederacy and sent commis
sioners from the ‘-’tate on to Washington to
make terms for re-entering the Union, and that
Virginia is only waiting for Lee’s army to be
driven from her borders, to resume her connec
tion with tin Yankee nation.
T icy tell ih ■uv nil tliev will enlistthey will
be sen! out West tn fight *F .ndians, and will
never lie sent irv-ut where there would be any
danger of Miur capture. When a prisoner
agret s to enlist Ids name is put down in a book,
and he is marched from the main body of the
prisoners to another part of the islaud to join
liis companions, for fear, as one of our inform
ants remarked, “wo should cut his tlm at.”
They are jeered and hooted at by their late
companions is they pass out from them. They
are eirned “galvanized Yankees.”
Our prisoners arc dying in Fort Delaware at
the rate of twelve a day. Their rations are six
crackers a day and spoilt beef,
Federal Atrocities in Mmsissippi.— Both
the white nmi black Federal troops in Mississ
ippi are committing the most brutal atroMties
upon tho planters and their families. It makes
ono shudder to read tho accounts of these
barbarous deeds of Lincoln’s hordes. The
Selma Mississippian gives tho following par
ticulars of a horrible butchery which wa a
lately committed by some Federal negro sol
dims:
On the night of tho 24th of August, Thomas
11. Hid, a planter of Washington county, and a
Mr. Sims, of Issaquena comity, were arrested
at tho piantasion of Thomas Dick Hill, by
about twenty armed negroes wearing the Feder
al uni firm. They were finally tied and dragg
ed a distance of several mile3, to the planta
tion of C. J. Fore, who was ateo seized, and all
marched to a cane-brake a mile distant, where
they were ordered to be shot. Mjjiile prepara
tions were being made to execute this fiendish
order, a desperate effort was made by all to effect
their escape. In the attempt Mr. Sims was in
stantly killed. Mr. Fore mortally wounded, or
supposed to he so, while Mr. Hill made good
his escape, by great daring aud coolness. The
negroes then p;ocoeded to the plantation of
Joseph Clark, where he was murdered in tho
presence of his family, and where his wife re
cieveil several wounds. They next proceeded
to tho plantation of George Hunt, and here
murdered Mr. Johnson, in the presence of his
wife and six childeion, who plead that the hus
band and father be spared, but tiie demons,
disregarding their supplications, shot him dead.
They attempted to murder several other plan
ters who made their escape by flight, Finding
themselves partly foiled in thrir mission of
murder, the negroes left, declaring they would
soon return again and murder every white
man, woman and child on the creek. The res
idences of the murdered men were plundered
—everything carried away and the stock drove
off. The perpetrators of this crime said they
crossed the river at Snyder’s bluff, and in mur
dering the whites were only carrying out an
order from Gen. Grant.
From Northern religious papers we learn that
there has been for some time in toe United
States, a delegation from “four thousand ehns
tian ministers of Great Britain,” the object of
which is to “express sympathy with the loyal
States in their struggle to maintain the nt^.
rity of the United States Government and re
move the evils ot slavery, and to promote right
“ews to avert the dangers of foreign interven
tion and war.” a certain Rev. Dr. Maesie of
the delegation, regaled a Boston audienoe on
the subject for the space of an hour or two, and
concluded by reading to them the address of
his English constituent, after which the Bos
tonians road an address in return— all parties
apparently being well satisfied—both with each
other and themselves. English fanaticism «w
keep its fingers out of no man’s business.
The New York Caucasian reminds its read
ers that “the Constitution requires that the suo*
ceesful candidate for President of all the Slates
shall havea major ty of all their electoral veles;
failing in this, the election goes to the House
ol Representative-, and the House elects, vo
ting by States.” Now, it is scarcely withiu the
reach of probability that any candidate will
have a majority of all the electoral votes, as
Mr. Lincoln had in 18G0. The election, there
fore, will go to the House of Representatives,
where, the voting being by States, Mr. Lincoln
is sure of his election,