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nnd that »he Confederate States fill d" f
v*i«ely to insist upon a (hn-littnional
right so »'lf evident, at all limes and
under al! ciicumstatice?.
7. ’llin' civil war is to be avoided
and that nmity between the severs
States is to be culuvaw-d.
S.JThat the pecuniary pn fl gicy of
he administration of President Lincoln
js utterly condemnable, and that the
system of wholesale speculation and
plunder which lias characterised the
different branches of the Government
s’nee the 4<h of March has no parol
el in the history of our country.
9. Tint we are firmly and earnestly;
convinced that the masses of the peo- ■
pie are hostile to the President, hostile
to his Cabinet, hostile to the ustirpa* j
lion of the last six months, and believe ,
they mu 4. if continued, end in anarchy |
or a military despotism.
These have been the constantly re- ,
iterated views of the Daily New.- for'
several months past, and if they render!
our paper* worthy of indictment, we'
hivejonly to saySthat ’we covet no bet - ;
ter fate.
THE PRESENT REVOLUTION:
FORETOLD SIX I’Y-FIVE YEARS i
AGO.
One of the English field officers) I
who served against the United Statesj
during the | Revolutionary war, a r ter bis .
return to England wrote an account of!
his life and adventures, which was I
published in Louden, in ISOL In
many respects, says the Newark
[N. J.] Advertiser, he was a re
markable in the prophecies which
he uttered at Philadelphia about
the year 1793, which were ..pub
lished in his auto-biography in 18-
OL These prophecies, now com
ing constituted portions of
a conversation held at the dinner
table of Gen. Dickenson, brother j
to the famous Dickenson, better
known to many at that day, bv his i
nom de plume of the Pensylvania
farmer. •
Upon a certain occasion, only a,
few weeks after peace had been'
definitely concluded between the;
Thirteen Colonies, had become In-!
dependent States, and Great Brit
ain, Gen Dickenson requested the i
Englisman’s opinion of our Gov
ernment and ifsabil ty. llis reply l
was as follows:
‘Sir as long as Gen. Washing-;
♦on and the other principal milita-!
ry characters and leading men in :
Congress, who have brought on
this revolution, are alive, the Gov
ernment will remain as it is, uni
ted ; but when all of you are in
your graves, there will be wars
and rumors of wars in this country.
There are too many different inter
ests in it for them to be united un
der one Government. Just as this
war c( mmenced, you were goings
to fight among yourselves and
would have fought had the British |
not interfered. You then one and
all, united against us as your com -'
mon enemy ; but one of these days
the Northern and Southern pow- ■
ers will fight vigorously as against i
the British. This country, when!
iis population shall have been'
completed, is large enough for!
three great empires. Look, gen
tiemen. at the map of it ; view!
how irregular the provinces are;
laid out running into each other ;|
look particularly at the State’ of |
Now York ; extends one hundred 1
and fifty miles in length due;
North ; and in no place, in breadth 1
above fifteen or twenty miles.—
No country can be said to have a
boundary or frontier, unless its ex
terior limits are marked by an un
fordable river or a chain of moun
tains not to he passed but in par
ticular places.
“The great finger of nature has'
distinctly pointed out three exten
sive boundaries to your country :
the North river, the first ; the
Great Potomac, which runs three
hundred miles from Alexandria
to the sea, unfordable,the second ;
the Mississippi, the third and last.
When the country of Kentucky is
settled, and the backcountry far
ther on banks of the Mississippi
shall become populous and power'
ful, do you think they ever will be
subjected to a Government seated
at Philadeldhiu or New York, a t
the distance of so many hundred,
miles ? But such a defection will
not heppen for a very long period
of time, until the inhabitants of tha f
country become numerous and
powerful. The Northern and
Southern powers will first divide
and contend inarms.
‘1 will risk a further opinion re'
lativc to America. Should I live
to a trend old age, I am confident
that 1 shall hear of the Northern
and Southern powers in America
waging war with each other;
when one party'will solicit assis
tance from France, the other from
Great Britain. It will then depend
on the judgment of those men who,
at that period may beat the heai
of the French and British councils,
whether or not they will interfere
in American disputes. In my
humble opinion, it would be better
lor boh countries to let them set
tle the matter among them
; el es.
MOUNTAIN SIGML
SATURDAY .. SEPT. 21
OUR TERMS-QIJQ, if paid at
the time of subscribing ; otherwise
$1.50.
FOK GOVERNOR,
HO N . E . A . NISB ET T ,
OF 8188 COUNTY.
FOR SENATOR,
W1 E R BOYD, ESQ,
OF IVMPKI N.
FOR REPRESENTATIVE,
JAMES J. FINDLEY, ESQ.
GO” Those who have subscribed to
die Soldiers’ Hospital Fund, and all
who wish to give any thing, are re
quested to bring forward their contri
butions early next week, and deposit
them at the Post Office, as the Com
mittee desires to ship them to Rich
mond as soon as possible.
OO” I he election for Governor and
members of the Legislature will be held
on the Ist Wednesday in October—foi
1 President and Vice-President and
Members of Cotigie-S, Ist Widnerdav
t’n November
Rich Goll Vein. —We were shown
1 on Saturday last, by Mr. Rufus R. As
bury, of Pleasant Retreat, a very rich
specimen of gold quar'z, weighing some
eighty pennyweights the lump was
nearly pure gold—taken from the Old
Loud Vein near that place. Mr. S.
also informed us that he washed out
near 800 dwts in two hours time.—
T'hat will do for a rich vein.
GO” Mr. John W. Payne, a rnem
j ber of the Dahlonega Volunteers, ar
rived at home on Saturday last. Mr
, P. has suffered much from rheumatism
j and fever since the retreat from Lnu
! rel Hill, which has entirely unfitted him
’ for fuither service in the army, he hav
i ii’g received a discharge. We hope
he may s on recovered.
STATE CONVENTION.
This body assembled in Milledge
ville on the 11th inst-, and after or
!
| ganizing unanimously nominated Hon.
I E. A. Ni-uet for Governor, the gen
tleman whose name we have bad at
our mast-head for several weeks as our
choice for that office. The Conven
tion also appointed a Davis and Ste.
i phens Electoral ticket for President and
i Vice-President. The following coun
ties were represented :
Bibb, Baldwin, Bryan. Buikc, Bul
loch, Brooks, Clark, Cass, (flinch-
Clayton, Chatham, Carroll, Crawford.
Coweta, Cobb, Daughterly, Dooly, Ef
fingham, Fulton, Floyd. Glynn, Han
cock, Houston, Jasper, Jefferson, John
son, Jones, Laurens, Liberty, Lee,
Lowndes, Madison, Murray, Musco
gee, Macon, Morgan, Monroe, Mc-
Intosh, Oglethorpe, Pickens, Pierce,
Pulaski, Putnam, Pike, Richmond,
Randolph, Striven, Spalding. -Sumter,
Thomas, Tatnall, Taylor, Twiggs’
Spsou, Washington, Worth, Wayne’
Wilkes.
The Marietta Advoc.a'e says, the
Milledgeville Union and Atlanta la-
LeJUgencer vociferously insist that th?
people demand the re-election of Gov.
Brown. Where do they make the de
mal d and how ? These are very re
spectable papers, but they surely would
THE M 0 UIN SIGN A.I/-
not Lave it inferred that they are thr
organs of th? peepee of Georgia, an<
yet, we hear, no where else, the peo
pie demanding the re-election of Gov
ernor Brown,
We are disposed to think that these
papers will soon be convinced that th*
people of Georgia demand the election
o! somebody else. That is our opinion.
- ■ ffCCK > an
OdT” Col. Phillips, now at Lynch
burg, Va., has written to several of our
citizens to use their influence in rais
ing about 200 recruits for his Legion;
40 or 50 Cavalry and the balance In
fantry, to fill up the different companies
to number 100 privates each. The
statement now being circulated that
the Legion has no' yet been mustered
mio the service of the Confederate
army is a sheer Publication, which ha
found its way into the Chionicle 4*
Sentinel and other pipers—there is no
truth in it. The Legion is one of the
best dii led and most efficient body of
troopsin Virginia.
All persons who desire to enter the
army at once, can now be suited. It
they wish to join the Cavalry they will
be received and mustered in at once ;
if they have no horse w ill be furnished
by Dr. John Wills, who will leave for
Virginia early next week.
As soon a* jive or ten, or more, get
ready for infantry service, they wi.l b • .
sent to Mariella where they will re-I
reive passports to the army. Dr. J
Hamilton, Gen. Riley, G. T. Quillian,:
A. G. M impey or Dr. Stephenson, are;
authorized to act, and they call on all
those who can le.-ve home, to come
forward promptly Io the aid of their
country in her time of need.
We would also urge those who sub
scribed to the Soldiers’ Aid Fund or the
help < f the families of those new in the
army to come, forward wi'hout delay
and pay up their subscriptions. The
soldier demands it, humanity demands
it, and our sacred duly to our country
demands it.
THE NOMINEE.
If it were asked of the people of this
State, what public man among you
would be the last to be suspected or
venality and corruption ?—who amid
the excesses and exasperations of part)
strife has best p:es?rved his own chari"
ly, composure and propriety ?—whn
has trod the path of poltics uncontami
nated by its sloughs, and with gar
ments all unspotted by its filth who
has most nobly justified every public
trust and confidence reposed in him?
who would be the last man to lie
approached wi h any proposition com
promising his public duty or private
dignity ? what man would you most
rely upon in a trying exigency to go
forward with a serene composure, in a
steady and unflinching course of duty ?
who would be least rash in his con
clusions. and the most firm and con
■istent in adhering to them? what
public man most worthily represents
in his personal dignity, affability, kind-!
ness, and courtesy of the true Chris
tian gentleman—th? chivalry, hospi
tality and generosity of the Georgian
and Southern man—the calmness,
moderation, caution, arid circumspec
tiorr cf the statesman—it is probable
no small portion of the pe pie would !
answer, ti e Hon. Eugenios A. Nis-i
bet ; while we are sure the remainder
would place him high among the con
testants for the palm of supeiiority in
these qualifications.
The nomination of such a man by
the Millcdgev lle Convention is a fit
ting rebuke to the aspersions of office
seeking and intriguing, have been
thrown upon it ; for there is no intelU
gent Georgian who dare say I hat, it the
Convention had an object in view in
consistent with the welfare and honor
of Georgia, it would have selected
Judge Nisbet as an instrument. They
have recommended him to the suffrages
of their fellow citizens, but his virtues
and qualifications recommend him still !
more highly. The reader will bear j
in mind that he was our first choice j
for this position, expres-ed in the Tele
graph cl last Wednesday morning, and
will exhonerate us from the suspicion
that any of this satisfaction we express
is to be classed among the usual com
pliments to a nominee.
And now a word about success.—)
Unless delegates to the Convention\
rom various quarters of the Slate were '
vastly deceived in their impressums,
Judge Nisbet will be elected by a large
majority. Beyond a doubl.be was the
first choice of a large majority of the
delegates before they left their homes,
and every inlorma’ion brought by them
w’as of the most encouraging nature.
Macon (Ga.) Telegraph, Sept. 12
GO” A Sidney Johnson has been
appointed, by President Davis, com
mander of the Western division of the
C. S, Army.
* " For the Signal, j
I OUR NJ XT MI MBER OF COI|
GRESS.
While r very panioi i- anxious, that
u< ne Im' < xp< ii<m t d ri iii n>y officers
-ha Ifbe put in trust of ti e momentuous
in tercets of the South, in the present
■ifrug'jle into which si e has been fore
rd for the mail ten at ce of her rights
equal anxiety should be tell in respect
to our Confederate legislators, 'I hey
will shape lhe n policy of the. govern
ment much m< re than the Cabinet of
ficers, with all their power. In the army
we have the right men in the right
places, generally speaking How shal|
it be in the Congress ? We want not
men to waste the time oflhat body in
idle talk, while we would give the wid
est scope to tl.e freest di-cu«sion, but
fi titbe to the point. Mr. Edi'or, we
were in favor of Col. McMillan, of
Habersham, lor our next Congress
in nn, I elii vug that he rarely combin
ed l e q ralificaiions of a good legisla
tor. But C<d McMillan has gone to
th? war, where we wish him, God
speed. We noticed, in your last issue,
the nomination of Col. Hardy Strick
land, of'Forsyth, for Cor.gre-s, and we
appreciate at once his eminent utness.
Os long experience in public affairs
active, honest arid ligcr.t, Col-
Stricklar.d will be an important acqui
sition to the next Congress, and we
trust that the canvass w ill ie.-ult in hi
triurnphaut election.
BE AU REG AR D.
LETTER FROM RICHMOND.
Camp C- bb, Riciim nd Va., )
9th, 18G1.
Mr. Editor: I have been thinking
I would wnie you a letti-r this long
time, and would have d ne so before
this hud it not been fcr the amount of
work a soldier has to do. I'he soldier
in cavahy is busy all the time, and |
assure you he has not time to write of
ten. The times in the L' gon is
very good considering every thing.—
The boys in the Company from Ltimp
' kin are all well. We have had
I some sickness in our Company, con
! sisting mostly of the measles —we have
' now on the sick list nine men. Ail
■ the cavalry companies, as a general
; thing, seem to enjoy gor.d health, tlm’
a great many have been suffering with
i bowel diseases, which is prevuilt-nt io
.the camps about Richmond. The boys
i are all in fine spirits and seem to be
I well satisfied. We have been in
camps ever since the 21.-1 of last month.
' and have drilled every day, Sn.idays
; excepted. We ha*'e battalion drill.-
every evening at 4 o’clock, Col. T. R I
;R. Cobb commanding in person. Our
I officers seem to be very efficient, and
are esteemed by all the soldiers. We
have four cavalry and seven infantry
companies in the Legion here, and one
; Artillery in Western Virginia.
I <‘e horses were not appraised by
the Government until last week, and
were not valued near aS high as the
boys thought they would be ; some in
our Company thought the appraise did
not allow enough by half-
We are looking for orders every day
to march to Manassas, as a battle j*
expected there soon We do not oe.i
a word of news from your place—the
t-oldie-r does not get as much news as
you do. The boys are anxious to
march, and their souls are stirred and
fired by the acfiierements of our men
in other fields : and they long to try
their own strength and skill, and ad ,
as they confidentially believe they will,
to their own and to their country’s glo
ry and good, by meeting die enemy on
their chargers on iho battle.field. Ah ,
honor Io old Lumpkin, as she has done
and is still doing her part in the glori
ous cause of liberty. Yours &c.,
J. A. W.
A Remedy for Killing Bed Bvgs
M hen (he crevices are large enough
ia&t'rl gum camphor, or make a solu
tion of two ounces of cimphor and one
pint of alehohol, and apply in the
cracks with a feather. Follow up the
application a fewrfiyg and you will ex'
terminate your disagreeable vis'ors.—
In warm weather rnusquetoes may b e
kept at bay by keeping a cloth wet
with camphor near the person.
AU Sufficient. — An Dishman in New
Haven being called on for his excuse
for not enlisting in the Lin
coln Army, responded that he could'nt
run well He vas passed ever as
i wholly disqualified.
iFNu’ouchino Incident of the Bat
' W tlf-field.
* A letter receivee in New York from
.4'laiita, Georgia, gives this incident of
the battle at Stone Bridge :
A staff officer from Charleston, engag
ed ii: the battle of the 21st of July says.-
I rode out the day after the battle to
view the ground, and passed piles of
dead in various positions. Under a
large tree I saw a body lying very
handsomely dressed, with a fancy sword
and a handkerchief over the face. It
attracted my curiosity. I stopped and
removed the handkerchief, and saw one
of the handsomest faces I ever met
with, of a boy not more than twelve or
fouiteen years old. His appearance
and dress indicated high social position
—probably he was a temporarv aid to
some general officer. To ascertain who
he was, I examined his pocket and
found a testament, in w’hich was writ
ten—
“Jrmes Simmons, New York. From
his lov : ng mother. My son remember
tin Creator in the days of thy youth.”
I wished very much to take the body
away, but I was six miles from quarters,
<>n horse back and it was impossible.
7he Cherokee Nation.— The Van
Buren (Ark.) Press, of the 14th, learns
Iron reliable authority, that Hon. Cohn
Ross, Chief of the Cherokee Nation’
has ordered a mass meeting of all In
dians, lobe hold at Tahlequah, on th e
20ih inst., to lake into consideration the
condition and welfare of the Chero
kees. Mr. Ross and his friends pro
pss a warm interest for the Conlede,
rate States, and more especially for the
neighboring State of Arkansas.
latest' n e w s.
Clarksville, Va., Sept. 13.—A
bat'le took place at 3 o’clock on Tues
day afternoon near Summer ville. Ros
enerans, after making a reconnoisancc.
found General Floyds army, 5000
strong, with 16 field pieces, entrench
ed in a powerful position, or the tep of
a mountain on the 'Vest side of Gauley
River. The rear and extreme of both
flanks were imccessible from the foot
of the Mountain, by heavy forces, on
account of the jungle. A strong detach,
ment of Confederates was also discov
ered out of the camp on this side of the
River. Shortly afterwards the Federal
scouts discovered them-elves in the face
of the enemy s parapet battery and a
long line of palisades, when the battle
opened fiercely. The Confederates
poured upon the Federal? a terrible fire
'ol musketry, rifles, canister and shell,
causing some casu.ilities. Col. Setlie),
ed several companies of his Irish reg
iment to charge the batteries, when he
"as brought down, by a shot in the leg.
Col. Smith engaged the Confederates
on the left and Col. Lowe directly in
front. Lowe was killed, McMullin’s
howitzer battery, and Snyder’s two field
pieces gut in the best position possible j
to be soon selected. The fire of two '
Confederate guns was slackened at in- !
tervals. They grew more and more i
unions as night approached, when the
German Brigade was led into action
by Col. McCook, under direction of
A<tjt. Gen. Hartsufl After a furious
fight oi three hours, night compelled
them to recall their troops. The men
lay on their arms ready to renew the
contest in the morning. Gen. Floyd '
fell back during the night, sinking
boats, and desiroyiag the temporary
bridge?. The depth of the river, and
the exhaustion of the troops rendered
pursuit impossible. Our Lss not ex
ceeding 15 killed and 70 wounded.—
Ibe Confederate loss is unknown, as
they carried off their dead and wounded,
but it was certainly serious.
Pensacola, Sept. 15.-Last night
a gun-boat, with 15 Federate and
a howitzer, crossed from Fort
Pickens to the Navy Yard, and
set fire to the guard boat, with the
intention of burning the Navy
Yard. The alarm was given in
time to save the Yard. The Fed
erate left, firing grape and canis
ter, wounding one Confederate.—
They were piloted by four marines
who deserted four days since.—
Our men on the boat fought brave'
ly, killing six of the enemy. Our loss
is one missing and three slightly
wounded.
IMPORTANT,
The Lynchburg Republican of
the 14th says that Gen. Lee attack
ed Rosencranson Monday the 9th
near Huttonsville, and after a
desperate fight, gained a signal
victory. About 600 Federate were
killed, and 1500 taken prisoners.-
Our loss about 400 killed and
wounded.
This news was brought from the
Red Sulphur Springs by a perfect
ly reliable gentleman.
W amiingt-,n, Sept. 13.—1 tis the
general opin-on here, that a general
engagement cannot be long delayed.-
Good military critics, however, declare
they expect no serious fighting for two
or three weeks All was quiet at the
Chain Bridge last night.
i Frankfort, Sept. 15.—Gov.
| Magoffin has issued the following
proclamation :
“In obedience to the subjoined
resolution, adopted by the General
Assembly of Kentucky, the Gov
ernment of the Confederate States
and the State of Tennessee, and all
others concerned, are hereby in
formed that Kentucky expects the
Confederate or Tennessee troops
to be withdraw from her soil un-.
conditionally.
(Signed) B. MAGOFFIN,
Governor.”
Richmond, Va., Sept. 14—The
Richmond Examiner has on its bulle
tin board the following statement rein
tive to the recent battle of Summer*
ville :
Gen. Floyd had another engage,
ment with the enemy on the 10th inst ,
in which he routed them killing 600,
wounding 1.000, and taking some pris-.
oners. A few hours after the engage
ment, Floyd heard that another wing
of the enemy had crossed the river a
few miles above him, in order to sur
round him on this side of the river,—
Floyd then fell back. This is reliable
having been brought by an officer who
was in the engagement. The Con
federate loss was one killed and eight
wounded.
'Va«iiington. Sept. 15.—Severa
petitions from New York and Phila.
delphia have been received demanding
the emulsion from the country of Rus
seil, the Times’ correspondent.
Mrs. Partington’s Last- Ike goes
for a soldier. Mrs Paitinglon makes a
farewell address : “Ike, my son, stand
up while I ‘dress you—hold my bonnet
and specks.”J “Fellow_soldier-It is the
abandoned duty of all to be paitiiarch?
al in these times, and to hand down
unrepaired, the glorious flag of all se
ceding generations.” [flere Ike com
menced counting c.ffthe new fashioned
cheer ; swinging the old bonnet up
and down as he went in, one, twor
three—tiger. J
“March hesitatingly into the conten
ted field, and if a rebel demands your
quallers, till him J ou hau but three/
and the last one is spent ; then if he
won’t quit and leave,‘quit yourself like
a man,’ and may you have a glorious
hampaijin of it.”
S P E C I A L N o:T 1 C E S . "
FOR CONGRESS—STII DISTRICT*
Mr. Editor: Please announce th e
name of COL. HARDY STRICK
LAND, of Forsyth, as a candidate to rep
resent the Ninth Congressional District
in the next Congress of the Confederate
States.
WE are authorized to announce the
name of MATHEW McDONALD
as a candidate to represent Lumpkin
county in the House of Representatives of
the next Legislature.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
RULE NISI.
Adaline Julian Guar-) Mortage, &c,Aug
dian of Abijah Julian < Term,lß6o. Pre?-
vs. ) ent the Honora-
Robert F. McKinney ) ble Geo. D Rice
j Judge said Court.
JT appearing to the Court, by the peti
x tion of Adaline Julian, Guardian of
Abijah Julian, that on the sixteenth day
of November, eighteen hundred and six
ty, Robert F. McKinney of said county
made and delivered to said petitioner his
certain promissory Note, bearing date the
day and year aforesaid, whereby six
months after the dats thereof he promised
to pay said petitioner or bearer, three
hundred and ten dollars for value receiv
ed, and that afterwards, on the day and
year aforesaid, the said Robert F. Mc-
Kinney the better to secure the payment
of said promiss»ry note executed and de
livered to said petitioner his Deed of
Mortgage whereby he conveyed to said
petitioner Lots of land numbers three
hundred and eighty-six, (386) three hun
dred ninety three, (393) three hundred
and ninety-four, (394) and four hundred
and forty-six (446) containing forty acres
each, in tne south half of the thirteenth
(13) district first section of originally
Cherokee now Dawson county, condition
ed to be void upon the payment of said
promissory note, and it further appearing
that said note remains unpaid. It is
therefore ordored that said Robert F.
McKinney do pay into Court by the first
day of the next term thereof the princi
pal, interest and costs due on said note,
or show cause to the contrary (if any he
has) and ©n failure thereof the equity of
redemption in and to said mortgage pre
mises be forever thereafter bared and 4
foreclosed. And it is further ordered. «
that this Rule be published in the Moun
tain Signal once a month for four months,
or a copy thereof served on the said (
.Robert F. McKinney or his special agent
or attorney, at least three months previ
ous to the next term of this Court.
Geo D. Rice, j. s. c.
A true extract from the minutes of
Dewson Superior Court, Sept. 2d 1861.
Daniel P. Monroe, c. b. c;
Sept. 21—61 3m
