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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.