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SINGULAR PROPHECY.
We translate the following from the
Courier des etats Unis of the 29: h uh :
Although many of the predictions
made by Nostradamus, (especially those
cuuccrtdtig the deaths of Henry IV and
Louis XVI ) have been completely
verified, they are’generally discredited
• u our times, But in the 'Prophetic* e 1
Vaticinations' of that great man, vol.
2d, (edition of IGO9 ) we find the fol
lowing, which would seem to deserve
some attention :
“About that time (18G1) a great
qiarrei and contest will arise in a coun
try beyond the seas —America. Many
poor devils will be hung and many
poor wretches killed by a punishment
other than a cord. Upon myj'aith you
may believe me. The war will not
cease for (our years, at which none?
should be at all astonished or surprised’
lor there will be no want of hatred’an®,
obstinacy in h. At the end of thati
time, prostrate and almost ruined, th J
people will re-embrace each other i®
great joy and love.” g
Now, here is something very confirm
metoryof the prophetic genius of Nos- I
tradamus but in no way consoling to us
door devils and wretches, (pauvets d.i
able» etpauvers heres') who will have
to sutler under this war for four years.
Let us bepe that astrologer was mista
ken, at least on Mis point.
Secretary Seward and the War.
—On a late visit of Secretary Seward
to his heme in Auburn, New Yoik,
a large crowd ol’people had gathered,
nnd in the course of g a lew rcmarks'Mr.
Seward said :
Aon will ask, tell us when the war
will end 1 It may terminate nex
week, next mon b, next’year. Tha t
depends upon you. If you?ara brave,
il you are loyal, if you/are noble, the
war will soon bef’brought to'a success*
ful issue, If you have the strength it
it tbr you to compel a peace. I’l.e
U nited Slates possesses 20,000,000 < I
free citizens, the disloyal States 8,000,-
000. Ji you are equally as brave, as
devoted to the cause ol your country as
they are to their cause, the war must
soon terminate ; but if they are more
courageous, more active ; if they are
the strongest—then the duration of the
win Is, rndteu.lnr’VnFe nanny, It a»
TTTonnts to just this—an appeal has
been made by the minority from the
verdict of the majority at the ballot-box
to the cannon s mouth ; it the majori
ty now submit, it is only because they
are less brave, true and courageous.
Returned from Illinois. A gen
tleman who moved to Illinois four
or five years ago, returned to this
country last week. He has been
residing about 150 miles north of
the Ohio river. lie says volunteer
ing in that section is played out,
anti that Old Abe’s government
was to commence drafting the day
after he left. He says that now
the feeling there is divided, two
cut of every three being for the
North, and the other third for the
South* The opposition to the war
is growing despite the efforts of
the Lincoln despotism to suppress
freedom of thought and speech.—
Fayetteville Observer.
By universal consent, Gen Jeff
Thompson is the Marion ol A/isou
ri war. He is followed by an ar
my without shoes or hats, and
with coats and pants curtailed of
their fair proportions, but who can
whip with ease double the num
ber of Hessians who may dare to
encounter them. They are a
breed of warriors the like of which
never was seen. A few hundred
of them are holding Southwestern
against Fremont and all
his hosts
Gen. .McCulloch.— A correspon*
dent says that McCulloch never
wears uniform or carries a sword’
but a powerful rifle, which is a
great pet with him, and which he
uses with perfect accuracy. At
lhe battle of Oak Hill he was rid
ing round amid the flying balls as
coolly as if superintending the op
erations on a farm, and every now
and then would refresh himself
with a bit of sport by jerking his
rifle up to his shoulder and “upset*
ingone oflhe enemy.’ We suppose
the Lincolnites are very much dis
gusted with this unofficcrlike de
portment.
iiommiGNAi.'
©aiiioncaa, :
SATURDAY..*-OCT. 5.
OUR TERMS— SI,OO, if paid at
the. time of subscribing; otherwise'.
$1.50. !
’ -r- .-T2 wr.: .*..• naragr — --.gsr-
For PRESIDENT.
HON. JEFFERSON DAVIS,
OF MISSISSIPPI.
| FOR VICE-PRE-IDKNT.
fl’ll ON. A. H. STEPH EN S.
jf O F G K O R O I A .
FOR CONGRESS, 9 I’ll DISTRICT.
COL. HARDY STRICKLAND-
| OF FORS VT II .
(Kt” See advertisement of Brigadier
. General, 11. W. Riley, in another col
. umn.
(K7“ " e call attention lo the an- >
nouncement of Rev, R. W. Bigham
as a candidate to represent the Ninth
Cot gressional District in the Con
-1
gress oflhe Confederate States, in an-
1 other part of (his paper,
OO” We acknowledge the receipt
( ot a copy of a Lithograph Picture of
s Camp McDonald, from Mr Wads
worth, of Dalton, by the Land ol Dr.
1 B. Hamilton. It is a[beau(iful thing,
’ and everybody should have one.
“ A correct Catalogue of the officers
and privates, composing the 4th Geo.
1 Brigade, may be had at the different
P stores in this p’ace, at 25 cents per
1 copy:
s
s DEATH OF J W. PAYNE,
;i Ot r esteemed young friend, John
e W. Payne, of the Dahlonega Volun.
e leers, died at his fathers, in this place.
e [on last Saturday morning, after a lin
„ gering illness of several weeks; His
8 disease was contracted in camps, and
e during the memorable retreat from
x Laurel Hill, in Virginia, in which his
_ Company, with several others, were
y cut off from the main army, and travel*
ed through a mountain wilderness four
days and nights without food, and all
the time in a drenching rain : the ef
r 7
feet on the health of all was terrible
but the kind attention of friends enabled
1 our friend to reach home and see
1 his parents and other relatives before
he died
t His funeral was preached the Sab
r bath following by Rev. B. Hamilton, at
/ l he M. E. Church, at 2 o’clock ;he
5 was buried with the honors of war, by
' the Home Guards, nnd carries with
' him the respect and love of all who
p knew him. He died a Christian, a pa*
5 iriot, a soldier, and an honest man.
ELECTION.
The following is the result of the
I election held in this county on Wednes.
day last :
I FOR GOVERNOR,
1 Nisbet, 473
i Brown, 212
FOR SENATOR,
)
I Boyd, 398
i Underwood, 266
1 Dorsey, 5
FOR REPRESENTATIVE,
* Howard, 130
Miys, , 85
Quillian, 53
McDaniel, 37
Coch i an, 15
, Findley, 290
Injustice to Mr. Quillian we would
| state that he was taken very sick du
ring the canvass, and therefore, the
vote does not fairly represent him.
DAWSON COUNTY.
GOVERNOR.
Nisbet, 224,
Brown, 329
senator
Boyd, 269
Underwood, 250
Dorsey, 19
rltrefenative
Bruce, 238
Heard, 277
THE MOUNT AA N SIGNAL-
I OUR TICKET.
We p ace at the head of our paper*
to-day, the honored names of those gen
tlemen whom we purpose to support
for the important station or President
and Vice-President of the Confederate
States and of Congressman from this
District. 'Die State election has pass
ed and lhe issues, therein involved,
settled so far as the voice of the people
is concerned. To the veidict of last
Wednesday we doubt not the acquies
ence of our entire population will be
cheerfully given.
For the Executive chairs of the Na
tion, we shall support the present in
cumbents, Hon- Jefferson Davis of
Mississippi, and Hon. A. 11. Stephens,
of Georgia. In advocacy of their elec- ;
tion we do not deem a single word ,
from ns necessary.
The name, that dwells on every ton
gue,
No minstrel needs.
I For Congress f;om the Ninth Get®
gia District, we shall support the can.
didaev of Hon. Hardy Strickland, off
Forsyth, In Col. Stiickland we fiusa
n itive Georgian, the archilech of his
own fortunes, happily fitted by long ex
peiience in Stale legislation for useful
ness in the popular branch of Congress,
We recognise in our candidate pow
ers of ready observation, a correct judg*
i inent. an unsullied honor,which are im
porlant qualifications for his proposed
station. The first Confederate Con
gress will necessarily be v occupied in
the enactment of such laws as will
complete the administrative and judici
al departments ofour government. The
great work to be' done by a membei
will be in the Committees and no! on
the floor oi Congress. The learned
in legislation and the sound in judg
rnent ate those who will reap the most
honorably laurels in such a field. Th>’
working member is the man fur the oc
casion.
While we shall consistently urge
upon our readers the policy of voting
1 for Col. Strickland lor Congress, we
do not propose to attack or disparage
other candidates, to the fiiends of each
of whom our columns will be open, to
a moderate and reasonable extent, in
communications.
»■ 1-ITI ■ 1 r~ 11 1
OO" We make the following extiact
from the Virginia correspondence ot
lhe Atlanta Confederacy:
“On Saturday morning, 14th inst.,
lhe Ist Ga., Ileg’t. alone left camp.—
■ We had not proceeded far before we
were < verlaken by Gen. Jackson who,
as he rode through our column, address
ed us in a few patriotic and highly
complimentary remarks. Duiing his
speech he remarked that he was of o-
I pinion lhe prospect for a fight that day
: was very favorable—that we had so
! harrassed the enemy that he thought
: when the Yankees should find out his
force was small they would come out
and give us battle. He sta'ed that for
this reason he had determined to bring
( us out alone—that he had lhe utmost
confidence in our skill and bravery,
and felt confident that with the position
he would assign us we could whip any
force lhe enemy might bring against
us. De further stated that he had a
conversation with President Davis, net
long since, who, when speaking of the
Regiments that would form bis brigade,
, said, ‘You will have at least one Regi
-liinent upon which you may depend un
der any and every circumstance, it is
composed of the flower of lhe land of
iulelligent, patriotic men, who know,
ing their rights will dare maintain
them, even at the bayonet’s point or
caution’s mouth. I have wa ched lhe
Ist Ga. Reg’t. closely since it fii st en
listed in the Southern cause, and am
confident it is the best Regiment in the
Confederate service.’"'Gen, Jackson
remarked that our conduct since we
were placed under bis command show- 1
ed him conclusively thaiV'e. merited the i
praise given us by President Davis.”
Fighting Population of the South.—
The New York Herald of (he 14th,
compiles from the United States cen
sus of I 8 60 the number of men in the
seceded States between the ages of IS
and 45, which we presume is about
correct :
Alabama, 106,000
Arkansas, 65,000
Floiida, 16,000
Georgia, 119,000
Louisiana, 74,000
Mississippi, 71,000
North Carolina, 132 000
Tennessee, 167,000
'Texas, 84,000
Virginia, 221,000
South Carolina, 60,000
Total, 1,116,000
LYNCHBURG '
Camp Davis Lynciirurg. Va. ) I
Sept., 20ih, 1861. y |
Editor Sittal; Since I wrote you
last out L"gb 11 has icceived orders l o
proceed immediately lo Gen Floyd’s
Command in North Western Virginia,
but so.ll,any have lo go from here tha*
flie Railroad Agent cannot furnish
transpoitation inmediately (or all, al
though the troops are leaving as fast
possible ; the 19. h Geo. Regiment and
Col. Boyd's have gone to Manassas,
all but a f -.v sick and their attendants*
and the Mississippi Regiment leaves
this evening ; and we will start just as
soon as cars can be bed, which may
be so-morrow or next tGy. Our sick
are all improving rapidly’, and will, il
we are delayed two or three days, be
able to ai company us—some of them
have already come lo camp.
A tremendous forwaid movement
has taken place within the past lew
dpys, which indicates some greal fight
jufig, which 1 judge will be in the vicini
■tof Washington ; heavy skirmishing
daily occurrence there, our troops
jKming ground each day. From all
ire information that 1 can get I think
ißst Beauregard wi.l attack Washing
till via Arlington, Johnson crossing
bllow and L**e above into Maryland,
aid coming simultaneously in rear of
lift enemy and give them‘tils.’
great jevival ol religion is in pro
g®as here at lhe Methodist Church,
a® gui officers veiy kind.y permit ail
tAtlend who may wish to. Our Com
p«iy nearly all go every night, and
s Jne ol them have become very much
ciKcerned about their souls salvation,
at® are to be seen at lhe mourner’s
otSch each night, in le.ns, and asking
loathe prayers ol iho Church, which I
t may result in a great reformation
mjur Company.
Jpur friends will address us at Lynch
91® as heretofore, until they are in*
foMed of our destination, all will be
loß’nided to us, as we have a regular
m»l agent. Yours &c.,
f D *
I September 22d, 1861.
A Editor Signal : 1 wrote you lhe 23;h
®d 21st and am writing you;again.
>e object of which is to inform you
Tat we start from here al 2 o’clock in
le morning for Lewisburg, Va.. intel-
K<ence having arrived heie at the
same time with our orders that the
Yankees are e bom 45 OUO strong, and
lhe most of them in 10 miles ol Lewis
burg ; but lhe best of it is, that Gens.
Floyd and Lee have surrounded them
in such a manjner that they are oblige.’;
<0 fight out or surrender ; die first 1
expect they w ill attempt, and be com
pelled to lhe latter. Send the ‘Signal’
to me at Lynchburg until advised oth
erwise. D.
communicated
Dahlonega, Ga., Oct Ist, ’6l.
Edi'or Signal : I see it staled that
lor want ofeldoride of lime the South
wih soon be scarce of paper, and ar.y
information on lhe subject would be
received with thanks.
The manufacture of it is a manopoly
by Mr 'Tennant, ol Glasgow, in Scot
land, whose agent (Mr. Lee, No. 45
Wali Street, N. Y.) informed ine that
he furnished the trade in this country
at SSO per ton. 'The manganese from
which it is made is procured from Ger
many at $27 per ton. The limestone
(the carbonate) he ships from Irelano.
The process is an expensive one, as
his retorts are made of platinum at a
cost of $9,000 each. 'The chlorine
gas is passed into a chamber covered
on the fluor with calcined lime, which
absorbs the chlorine and forms our
common bleaching powder for making
paper or calico, tec. Any quantitity
of the black oxide of manganese can be
obtained from a mine owned by Mr
Wm. Dorn in S. Carolina, 7 miles from
the Savannah river, and about 40 miles
from Augusta. The quality is very
good and has been used in Glasgow.—
Tne marble ol Cherokee Ga., or upper
Car. can be gotten easily and the manu
! iacture of il should be at once com*
menced. Prof. Lee 01 Prof. Shepaid,
or any Chemist can direct lhe furnace.
There is also a locality of manganese
near Cartersville, Ga (3 miles from
the Railroad) and in lhe immediate vi
cinity oflhe lime and wood to cheaply
make it. Yours,
M. F. STEPHENSON.
DCy 3 It is stated that the will of
lhe laie Gen. Lyon, killed at the
battle of Springfield, Mo., givesail
his property, worth some $30,000,
to the Lincoln Government.
OCT 8 The Cincinnati papers say
in speaking of us, that “Yellow
Jack is not guarding our coasts
this year,” and bases upon it an
argument that it will be sefe to
land ten thousand men on it any
where now. Perhaps “Yellow Jack”
will not be afraid ot “10,000 men,” ei
ther.
latest news.
From the Memphis Avalanche, 27th
i»st.
STARTING NEWS FROM KEN*
TUCKY.
From a gentleman who has just arrive
ed from Shelby county, Kentucky, we
learn that a lew days since, an order
was sent to Frankfort for the arrest of
Gov. Magoffin, by the Federals ; but
ho had made good his escape to Owen
county, lhe banner sece ssionicounty of
the Stale, where 2,000 armed Confed*
erate have rallied to him, under the
command of Col. Hnmphrev Marshall’
who was Colonel of a Kentucky regi
ments in the Mexican war, and highly
distinguished for his bravery*
We are also, informed that lhe whole
country is in a blaze ofexcilement, and
are rushing by thousands to the stand
ard of the Governor. The State guard,
having in their possession the guns and
cannon of the State, will mostly join l
Magoffin’s force, as they are chiefly
located in that portion of lhe State. We
anticipate, therefore, that lhe nucleus
of an army in Northern Kentucky will
be pretty well provided with both small
arms and artillery.
Orders of arrest have been issued for
more than 200 of lhe first citizens ol
Louisville many of whom have been
Bastiled. A per ’ect reign of terror
has been established, and infamous
Legislature second lhe Lincoln inva
ders in all their atrocities.
Col. McKee, editor oflhe Louisville
Courier, reported arrested, escaped to
Bowling Green,
’The traitor Andy Johnson is reported
arrested by the Confederates in Ken
tucky. He will be sent to Tennessee
lor safe keeping.
Bowling Greek, Sept. 26.—Dr.
Johnson, the Senator from Padu
cah, left Frankfort Friday night
and made his way to this place
i under great difficulties. He states
I that several members ot the legis
lature had been arrested.
He also states that Gov. Magof
' fin is not allowed to go outside the
; city limits.
! Dr. Johnson says the feeling at
'Frankfort is almost unanimous in
J favor of the South, and that the
Federals are committing all sorts
'of depredations in that portion of
' the State. They have about five
■ regiments at and near Muldrough’u
1 Hill and about three thousand
Home Guards at and Near Camp
Dick Robinson*
Ad vioo fj-om Grern River state
that Gen. Anderson telegraphed to
Gov. Dennison, of Ohio to send all
companies or parts of companies
however small.
Col. Preston is said to be in Mor
gan county, calling on Southern
men north of Kentucky river to
join his camp.
i Washington, Sept 24th.—The op
ponents of Fremont charge that he
could have prevented the necessity
of Mulligan’s surrender by sending
timely reinforcements. Advices
ho wever, received from St. Louis
by Fremont’s friends, states that
he had no troops to spare, and
that it was entirely impossible for
him to strengthen Mulligan’s po
sition.
Fremont telegraphed to the War
Department last night he was on
the eve of starting, with a heavy
force, and hoped he would be able
to dislodge the rebels from their
position at Lexington.
Quincy, 111. Sept 23.-The siege
of Col. Mulligan and his forces
was commenced on Thursday, the
12tfi S.ept. and continued till last
Friday at5P. M. when the Union
flag was hauled down. His men
fought 59 hours without water,
and had only three barrels of vin
egar to quench their thirst. The
supply ot water from the river was
cut off after a desperate fight.
St. Louis, Sept. 23.—-Geo. Prentiss
has sent a dispatch, anouncing the
surrender of Mulligan. He states
that the federal loss is 87 killed
and 140 wounded. The rebel loss
is supposed (?) to be about 800.
killed and wounded.
Richmond, Sept. 80th.—Harry
Magraw ,of Penn., has been re
leased on parole, and Wm. A.
Harris, of Washington, uncondi
tionally. Both were taken prison
ers alter the battle of the 21st July
while looking for the body of Col.
Cameron.
A gentleman in New Orleans has
invented an instrument which he is
confident will remove the hardest kind
of spike from any cannon in two hours.
He has gone to Richmond with his in.
venlion.
1 APPOINTMENTS.
Col. Hardy Strickland will ad
dress the people of the Ninth Con
gressional District at the following
times and places:
Jasper, Pickens co., Thursday, Oet.
10th.
Dawsonville, Dawson co., Saturday
October lllh.
Dahlonega, Lumpkin co., Mondavi
Oct. 14th.
Cleveland, White co., Wednesday*
Oct. 16th.
Blairsville, Union co., Fiiday, Och
18th.
Highwassee, Towns co., Saturday,
Oct, I9th.
Clarkesville, Habersham co., Wed*
nesday, Oct. 23d.
Clayton, Rabun, co , Monday, Oct
-21 st.
Homer, Banks co., Friday, Oct. 25!fj
Gillsville, Hal! co., Saturday, Oct*
26th.
Gainsville, Hal! co., Monday, Oct<
23th.
Pickles for Soldiers.—lt is sajj
that our brave soldiers would be
greatly benefited by being furnish*:
ed with well cured pickles. Thev
are compelled to eat salt meat and
dry bread, and in camp life or ac
tive duty such food almost always
produces scurvy or disease of the
skin. Now is the time to prepare
pickles, which are a great antidote
tor such disease :
'The Governor of North Carolina has
issued his proclamation lorbiding any
bacon or leather being sent out of the
State.
OO” A salute of guns
was fired in New York in honor ofthe
action of lhe K entucky Legislature
ordering the Governor to command the
Confederates to withdraw from lhe
soil.
There are three kinds of men in this
world —the ‘Wills,’ the ‘Wonts,’ and
ibe ‘Cants.' The former effect every*
thing, the other oppose everything, anj
the latter fail in everything.
SPECIAL NOTICES*
Q WE ere authorized to
announce the name of
Rev. R. W. BIGHAM,
of Lumpkin, aS candi
date to represent the Ninth
al District in the next Congress. Hq*wsL
address the citizens at
Dahlonega, Lumpkin co., Saturday.
Oct., sth. J
Argo. Hall co., Monday, Oct.
14th.
Cleveland, White co., Wednesday,
Oct. 15th.
Clarkesville, Habersham co, Wednes
day, Oct. IGth.
Gainesville, Hall co., Saturday* Oct.
19th.
Jasper, Pickens co , Friday, Oct 25th.
Cayton, Rabun co., Saturday, Nov. 2(1
FOR CONGRESS—9TII DISTRICT
Mr. Editor : Please announce the
name of COL. HARDY STRICK
LAND, of Forsyth, as a candidate to rep
-1 resent the Ninth Congressional District
in the next Congress of the Confederate
States.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS ~
“Wanted 1
700 YARDS of good brown Jeans,
” for the use of the Volunteers from
this county, for which the CASH will be
paid- Apply at A G. Wimpcy’s, Treas
urer Military Aid Society.
ADMINTR ATOR’S SALE.
IV ILL be sold before the Court
’ • House door at Dahlonega, Lump
kin co. on the first Tuesday in Decem
ber next, within the legal hours of sale,
the following land, to-wit: The one
undivided half of
No. 294 12 1 Lumpkin Co.
No. 337 12 1 “
No. 364 12 I “
No. 408 12 1 “
No. 269 12 1 “
Belonging to the estate of Martin
Davis, late of Walker County, dec’d.
Sold for the benefit of heirs and credi*
tors.
JOHN DAVIS, ? . , ,
JULIA A. D4VIS. < Admrß *
Oct. sth—4od
POSTPONED.
LUMPKIN SHERIFF SALES.
ON THE FIRST TUESDAY IN NOV.
? be sold before court
hcuse door in the town of
Dahlonega, within the legal hours of
sale, the following property, 10-wit:
One thousand shares in lhe Cane
Creek Hydraulic Hose Mining Compa
fny, lot of Land No. 792, 12th district
Ist section; levied on to sat isfy afl fa
ro.n Lrnp.kin Superior Court, at the
suit of Gilford G Thompson vs Hezikiah
Kelly, as the property of defendant.
J. C. EARLY, Sheriff.