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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