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COLUMBUS. MONDAY. JULY 15,ISO!.
The Confederate Armory,
The Charleston Mercury has the following
suggestions: “Lot our Confederate Congress
look to the propriety of establishing an armory
at the Deep River Coal Mine region of North
t’arolina. Here is the proper point for such an
establishment. Tho Virginia manufactures of
aimp, from Harper's Ferry, have been transfer
red lo North Carolina. A better region could
not be chosen. Spartansburg in South Carolina
comes next. IRr want of coal i3 her chief de
ficiency but to compensate this, she has abund
stneo of cheap wood fuel, and the railroad pene
trates almost to the mines. One word to our
readers. Everyman who know3, or thinkß he
knows, an important fact for tho use of these
elates, must come forward. Let the ftiends of
the Deep River Coal Minesbcatir themselve*.
first Regiment to Virginia.
Tho Macon Telegraph learns.that the First
Regiment of Q eorgia Regulars, Col. Charles J.
Williams, now stationed at lybec Island, has
been ordered to Virginia forthwith. This Regi
ment, beiog the first in service, has had tho best
opportunity for drill and ciscjpline, and, with
the fine material of which we know it to be com
posed, will meet tho high expectations of tho.
State and country.
Death on Vermin.
Tho Athens Watchman thinks that tho vote
against ratification in North Eastern Georgia has
“killed the rat,” and tho Macon Citizen thinks it
has “killed tho snake.” Tho thing should bo pat
ented at once.
Misaisaippiau learns that the plan
ters of Hinds county, Miss, arc doing nobly in
furnishing material aid for tha Confederate Gov
ernment. The whole county has not yet been
canvassed, and already eight thousand bales of
cotton have been subscribed.
— ■— «
0. S. N.—Tho Savannah Republican of the
I2th Instant, contains an advertisement for pro
posals for the construction of five vessels of one
hundred tons burthen, for tho Confederate ser
vice.
CcsnsNcr.—The Huntsville (Ala.) Democrat
gives notice that it will receive wheat, corn, chick,
ons, butter and almost anything to eat, in pay
ment for subscriptions, advertising or job work.
.Sue- lal Correspondence of Columbus Times.
RICHMOND CORRESPONDENCE.
Victory is oure—Let the Enemy but como and we
will disclose our plan of Campaign.
Richmond, Va., July 9.
Nothing now to-day from the Seat of War.—
The Vandals, however, are hovering around our
hays and coasts, and yet they have not tho eour
ugo to land.
It is believed that General Johnson Ims got
between Patterson and the Potomac, so that the
latter must either surrender or fight. In the lat
ter case although he has 23,090 mon to our 13, «
000, wo will crush them, as General Beauregard
told President Davis, a few days ago, into cal
cined powder. After that great victory, of which
we aro momentarily awaiting the nows, Lincoln's
maudlin call for 400,009 men and 400,090,000
dollars will become a subject of derision and
mockery to the whole civilized world.
Richmond, owing to tho great scientific skill
and military experience of the gentlemen who
aro entrusted with its defence, is, I believe, and
I have examined every fortification,ombemkraeat
.V e., able to resist an army of £OO,OOO men.
Suppose they got -here think you the South is
>* mquored ? Virginia is but one of fourteen States
that must all be subdued before the Chicago plat,
form can bo crammed down our throats.
Let your readers be assured of one thing—Jef
ferson Davis keeps his counsel to himself; and if
ho does not, in the end, bring the South out of her
difficulties, and that very soon, the arch-angel's
trump will soon bo sounded.
ile might, it is true, have had about him advi
ers enjoying perhaps, a longer sharo of the pub
lic confidence ; but under all tha circeumstances
and m revolutionary times, when the mud is of
ten apt to get to the surface, he has by his own
clear head and highly cultivated mind brought
the new republic to the very first breath of its
existence. Esto perpetua.
VIRGINIA CORRESPONDENCE.
Exchange Hotel, Richmond, July 8.
Dear Times . —What a row, what a rumpus
and a riotiug there is around me; it seems al
most impossible to collect one thought hero in
the rotunda of the Exchange, and I would scarce
ly make the effort if it was not that I have re
markable powers of concentration, this quality
combined with the lucidity of mind produced
by the almost total abstinenco consequent upon
the bill of faro of tbo “Table d’Hote," induces
me to try the hazardous adventure of giving you
a few dots by the way, with the hope of dispell
ing the ennui that hangs iiko a cloud around
Columbus, in the absence of her hundreds of C4ay
Cavaliers who are off cn the war path. Lin
coln's message creates no excitement here, it i g
regarded as another of the numerous blunders of
iho Black Republican administration. If any
thing were wanting to prove the wisdom of our
separation, we have it in the diabolical announce
ment, that State rights is a myth, and that the
Government of the United States is a consolida
ted despotism, with no limit to its power but the
will of a majority, as unprincipled as they are,
coarse and fanatical. I think that with Lincoln
tor Prosiuent, it is truly a representative Gov
ernment, for he is, from all that we can see and
hear, a perfect reflex of the low, vulgar, madden
ed mob, by whose votes he has been elevated to
power— s4oo,ooo,ooo and 400,000 men is the
whole ho calls for. Where the money is to com 0
from wi.l puzzle his financial officers! Where
the men are to come from will test tho reckless
ness of his myrmidons, and if they answer to the
call, Virginia will have becatomba for monu
ments, and the South will make a boundary of
blood, that for all future ages will keep beyond
iier .borders the descendants of the vandal ho. des
who now threaten to invade her coil. The
eyes of our bravea litorally flash with entbueias
tic joy at tho foreshadowed march of their un
wieldy arxaie*. Richmond is alive wfth wen at
arms. I went this afternoon to see Hampton'*
Legion on dress parade, it was an exciting spec
tacle, to sos so many gallant Carolinians armed
for the fray, impatient for the combat, and as
ready to meet tho foo as was ever bridegroom to
rush to the arms of fci3 blushing bride. As I
saw the Cavalry companies dash across tho plain,
their gallantatee la snuffing from afar the scent of
the battle-field, and the men incited to glorious
deeds, by the memories of Carolina's battle-fields,
I could not but think if ever that Palmetto Ban
ner goe3 down in the dust “ there'll be somebody
hurt,” but enough of matters military, new for
something amusing.
I strolled into the baiber-sbep this morning
to get my usual shave, where in the chair next
to mo a young soldier with a beardless but dow
ny cheek, seated himself to be shaved. The bar
ber, a 1 rcnchman, not teeing any beard and
knowing but ono other purpose for which his
services could be required, said, “Sair, shall I
coute zo hair ? ’ Y.hat, said the soldier? An
English Barber interpeted. He wishes to know
if you want your hair cut. Soldier-—cut, the
devil, no, it has been so short that I have not
been able to get hold of it in a week. * : I want tc
be shaven,” and really, although his head looked
as if the hair had all been driven ir, his beard
looked aa if his mother did'nt know it was out—
and to my mind it was not very remarkable that
Monsieur Johnny Crapeau was at a loss to know
what service he coukl render. Board heio is
$2 50 per day, and ice-watcris sold in the Hotel
by little negro water-carriers at 5 cents a glass,
that aint funny—a nice place for tho Capitol,
is’etit. REMUS.
The at Kelley’s Island.. .Interestiog Particulars..,
Death of Capt. Richard Ashby.
From Mr. H. G. Pickett, a member of Capt.
Ashby’s company, wo havo the following particu
lars of tho fight, which can be relied on as strictly
correct:
On Tuesday morning last, Col. Turner Ashby
left the camp at Col. George Washington's in
Hampshire county, five miles north of Romney,
on a scouting expedition, with eleven men under
hia command, and proceeded in the direction of
Patterson’s Creek Depot. Near the same hour,
Capt. Dick Ashby left his quarters on Patterson’s
Creek, some ten miles from Patterson’s Creek
Depot, with nineteen men under his command,
aud proceeded in the direction of tha Depot.—
On roaching the railroad opposite Kelley’e Island,
ho and vided iii* oompany into two parties, taking
seven men with himself, and proceeded up the
railroad, whilst the other twelve, under Dr
femplemaud, of Fauquier, proceeded iu the op
posite direction. Boon alter this division of ins
torces, Capt. Ashby’s party was decoyed by some
treacherous scoundrel, a citizen of the country,
into an ambush, near a deep out in the turn of
the railroad, where ho fouud himself completely
surrounded by what would have been considered
by any, Bave‘ a second Leonidas, a completely
overwhelming force. They were immediately
charged upon by this lawless band of Aooiiiion
out throws, when Capt. Ashby gave the order to
retreat, with the command,* ana after retreating
a short distance, ( thus deceiving tho imps) to
suddenly wheel to the right, and give tho scoun
drels a raking fire they passed their lines.—
This wheel'was mad®, but a short distance from
an unseen culvert or cow stop upon tho railroad,
but one man, J H. Biackmore, succeeded in
making the turn, the rest were all, with ono ex
ception, precipi ated into the culvert, where of
course they were unhorsed, but strange to say,
unhurt, save a few brushes. Tho brave and
chivalrous enemy of course seized upon this
moment to charge upon them wiih revolvers
swords bayonets, and other side arms. Then it
was that Dick Ashby had a hand to hand encoun
ter with three men, killing tho corporal and badly
if not fatally wounding tho other two. Whilst
engaged with these two men, he received a blow
from an unseen hand that felled him to the earth,
where ho was left for dead by his men, who,
after his fall, made good their escape and returned
to camp. E. D Kmchelo, R. B. Templeton and
T. H. Paine lost their horses in this engagement.
Dr. Templemand's party were also surrounded
by a largely superior force and«compelled to fall
back, but of the engagment wo could not learn
the particulars, althougn it is known that but one
of his party, Mr. A. Ganson, was wounded, and
he but slightly, the ball having first passed
through his horse and then striking him on
the knee. .
Near one o'clock Col. Turner Ashby arrived
with his command of twelve men, and being in
formed by a woman that thero had been a fight
below, the advance towards Eelley’3 Island,
where the enemy were secreted in what numbers
he could not toll, as they were behind the drift
wood, bushes, do., with which the island
which is a half mile in length, was covered. See
ing his brother's horse quietly grazing without
a rider, and fearing the fate that had befallen
the noble rider he ordered his raen t.o cross to
the island, he taking the lead. Whilst crossing
they were exposed to the raking fire of the
enemy, who took deliberate aim at them from
behind the drift wood piled upon this upper end
of tho island. At tho command to fire, not less
than forty balls were discharged at them; but
so far ali of our boys escaped unhurt, although
Cos. Ashby, H. C. Ku3t and Granville S. Smith
had their norsos killed under them.
Immediately upon landing, Col. Ashby gave
the command to beat the bushes and drive out
tho miserable cowards. He, flushing a covey of
four, killed two who had the temerity to offer a
fight, and taking toe other two on the wing as
they lied, after having discharged the contents
of their revolvers at him. One of them, S3 he
fell before him, begged him not to ride over him,
and Ashby turned aside, telling him that he had
done him all the harm he desired. Another, af
ter having exhausted his revolver in attempting
to kill the Colonel, and whilgt fleeing for dear
life, entreated him not to kill him; but Turner’s
reply was, “Sir, I mourn the necessity, but I
spare no invader of tho soil of Virginia," and
down went the poor wretch before his unerring
aim. T. B. Smith, after having been knocked
down by tho butt of a rifle arose and shot his
man. The poor, miserable creature, whilst wel
tering is his blood, asked Smith if ho was a
Christian, who replied, “I trust so;'* “then,”
said the man, “Tor God’s sake, bring me a drink
of water." This Smith hastened to get from the
river close by, but whilst in the very act of at
tempting to drink he fell back and expired. Near
the close of the engagement, whilst nobly con
tending against fcaiful odds, Dr. Aufaunton, of
Baltimore, and Oswold Foley, of Fauquier, fell
mortally wounded. John Ladd, of Missouri, also
reoeived a eevero wound in tho arm, near the
shoulder, breaking the bone. JIo will, however,
recover.
At this point Col. Ashby, in a loud voice, gave
an order for the reserve to bo brought up, (but
as they were fifteen miles off and not expected,
tboy did not come,) to dismount and charge with
the bowie-knife, scarcely wero tho words utter
ed boioro a general stampede took place, leaving
as near as we could understand, from seventeen
to twenty of their dead behind, and tho island
loft in the immediate possession of the immortal
little band of nine. Cos!. Ashby, (not knowing
the fate of his brother,) and his command, im
mediately returned to campfor reinforcement, and
again returned to bring away the bodies of the
two noble patriots who had lallen in the fight.—
Upon his return he found in a culvert, where be
had been left for dead, Capt. Diok. Everything
of any value, even his spurs, had been stripped
off his person and carried away by the thieves.
Ho was found to bo badly wounded by a sabre
cut over each eye, a thrust in the bowels, a deep
out in ho arm immediately above the elbow, in
juring tho bone near the joint; hewasal6o shot
.nroagh the palm of one hand, and two fingers of
the otbor mutilated by the passage of a ball of
rather an inconvenient size. As may be euppo
sed, when found he was muoh exhausted, but he
soon rallied at the eight of his friends, and was
taken to the house, of Mr. Wagoner near by.
where he remained for some time. He was thea
removed to the house of Col George Washing
ton, where he can lack nothirgthat kindness can
bestow. He will, as 60on as he can stand the.
trip, be removed to this place, where every house
will be thrown open to him, and every tongue will
bid him welcome.
Thus ended the great fight at Kelley’s Island,
where the two Ashby’s, witn seventeen med, com
pletely routed seventy U. fc. Dragoons.
_ I’. S.—Since going to press we have received a
dispatch from Romney, announcing the death oi
Capt. Richard Ashby. He dnd at 12 o'clock yes
terday.— Winchester Republican.
Aetios of Southern Presbyterim
Savannah, July Wtb, 1301.
At a meeting of Session of the First Presbyte
rian Church of Savannah, held cn the Bth inst.,
the following minute was adopted:
Whereas, The General Assembly of the Pres
byterian Church in the United States of Ameri
ca, during its late session of Philadelphia, adop
ted the following resolution, by a large majority,
to-wit:
Resolved, That in the judgment of this Assem
bly, it is the duty of the members and churches
under its care, to do all in their power to pro
mote and perpetuate the integrity of the United
States, and to strengthen, uphold, and encour
age tho Federal Government in the just exercise
of all functions under our noble Constitution.
And whereas, this resolution was adopted in
the face of the fact that our own State, in the
exereiso of its sovereign rights, had formally se
ceded from the Union, and united with others in
forming the government of “The Confederate
States of America," thereby absolving us, by the
laws of God and man, from all allegiance to the
United States Government—therefore, be it
Resolved, That the Session ot this Church sol
emnly, and in the fear of dod, do hereby re
pudiate gaid action of the General Assembly, as
necessitating an act of treason, on our part, to
wards our own government—as upholding the
government of the United States, in waging a
war mo3t wicked, unjust and iniquitous war
against our rights, personal, social and political,
and as binding upon our conscience, as a duty,
that which we feel to be a ein against both God
and man.
Resolved, That in the opinion of Session of
this Church, the time has fully come when the
Churches within the Southern Confederacy should
dissolve their connection with the General As
sembly of the United States, and form a General
Assembly of our own .* and, with a view to this
consummation, we respectfully and earnestly re
quest the Presbytery of Georgia to which we be
long, to take the necessary action in the premis
es, at as early a day as possible.
Resolved, That a copy of thi* minute be sent
to the Moderator of the Presbytery of Georgia.
A true extract from the minutes of Session.
EDWARD J. HARDEN,
Clerk of Session.
Savannah Neict, July 12 th.
Gradually Closing upoa Them.
The Charleston Cmrier of the llth, publishes
the following extract from a private letter dated
Fairfax C. H., July 7th:
We see here all that comes from Washington,
Alexandria and intermediate stations. I havt
seen over 25 prisoners myself pass through Fair
tax for Riokm -nd. To day 1 bad tho exquisite
pleasure of seeing a Zouave prisoner. He, with
three others, were out scouting. Tho three esca
ped, and ho was taken.
All the guns and ammunition from Harper's
Ferry are now in Richmond. We can take Alex
andria at any time, but have not yet th force to
hold. Night before last I wa3 near enough to
tho enemy’s camp to see the lights and hear the
tatoo beat. Ten of us went after their sentinel,
but could not sight him. Tho outer sentinel is
not 100 yards from the camp. That information
I received from a soldier who rode in their camp
and captured a Captain after running him hail
a mile. I have seen the prisons. He is a fine
locking man.
We are advancing daily towards Alexandria,
a.3 tho enemy are retreating. Fails Church will
be our next mo ve, being only four miles off.-
The Yankees assemble there very often, I* hear,
and we will astonish them some morning. The
next picket guard that goes out intends visiting
the Church, and I shall be with them.
The fight at Vienna, or the surprise was in oar
favor. Tb© enemy lost seven killed and two
hundred never returned to camp. I have this
from a prisoner taken lately,
The Confederate States and the Scpplt
or Cotton— We have been in the habit of regard
ing the United States with great respect as the
principal providers of the cotton whereby four
millions of persons in this country subsist, Lo
us not* forget that we must cow transfer this
feeling to the Southern geotioa of the late Union.
Our merchants and manufacturers would do well
to cultivate their private means oi communica
tion with the Southern States, which are solely
the cotton producers ; for upon the action that
may be taken by the Confederate Government
depends the question of the future cotton supply,
in default of tho ability of the North to maintain
an efficint blockade, which alone could claim to
be recognised, according to the law of nations.
It is a great drawback at the present moment
that nearly all tho American intelligence that
reaches Europe through the Northern States.
Audi alterum partem is a motto which can never
be safely disregarded where there is a desire to
arrive at correct conclusions upon any point in
which there are two parties.— Lor don Monty
Alartcet JRevitio.
Another Prize — As we know it will get into
some papers, we may as well state that Lieut.
Crossman, of the North Carolina Navy, made
another fine capture on Friday or Saturday.
He got bold of another sugar vessel and carried
her into Hatteras inlet.— Wilminqton Herald.
July, Bth.
Well Done, Tallahasse. —The Tallahas
see Floridian states that the cotton subscription
to the loan in tho Confederate States, opened
there as follows; Gen. Baily puts down 200 bales,
Gen. John Miller 100, Col E. Houston 50, Capt.
Wm. Lester 50, and Gen. Whitfield,of Jefferson,
subscribed half his crop. This is only a begin
ning.
Military On Dm. — Hon. D. W. Lewis of Han
cock has presented a splendid war chargor to Hon.
T. R. R Cobb.
Hon. Willis Strickland, of Madison, and Hen
ry Beusse, of this place, have each presented
W. G. Deiony a cavalry horse. This is com
mendable. There are many young men who
would gladly join the cavalry company, but are
unable to furnish themselves horses. Let those
who aro able see that all such are supplied.
Mr. T. M. Lampkin, of this place, has been
appointed Commissary of Tom Cobb’s Legion.
A most excellent appointment.
Col. McMillad’s Regiment is complete. He ex
pects to arm one or two companies with gxtns
manufactured in Habersham county.
Mr. Watkin, an ingenious mechanic of Walton
county, is now making guns, for the purpose of
arming a company in Walton.
Query; cannot some of our men of capital es
tablish a gun factory, and induce these Walton
and Habersham mechanics to engage in the bu
sines upon a more extensive scale ?
A Good Haul—The Charleston Courier pub
lishes the foilwing extract from a letter received
m that City from Tallahassee, Fla. dated oth,
inet.
t Our boys have just brought to Tallahassee 10
United States sailors and a Lutentenant (Seldon,
of VirgiLia.) They were a portion of a prize
orew in charge of two vessels cap ured by the R.
R Cuyler, now blockading Tampa Bay. These
men, and the prizes under their charge, wero
taken by our boys between St. Marks and Cedar
Keys. This is an offset to the capture of tho
privateer Savannah.
“News has just come up from St. Mar is that
thtU. S. steamer Mohawk, blockading the port
Is aground •» the bar."
Telegraphic.
Special Dispatches to the Times.
W ASHiS«Tcor, Jaly 13.
The speeches tad rotes indioate that there are
fire Representatives and seven Senators oppoa
ed to the Administration.
Contract Committee, Van Wyek, Washbara,
Holman, Fenton, Steele, and Schooler.
The Enchantress from Boston has I»*ea cap
tured hj the Privateer Jeff Davis.
Talliaferro, son-in-law of Senator M&teo, has
been arrested as a spy,
Four men hare been arrested to-day in Bal
timore, implicated in the St Nioholas affair.
Senate Bill providing additional pay, and
Masters Force Bill passed.
House Civil Appropriation bill aca the *OB,-
000 volunteer bill passed.
Want of money is the reason assigned for di«-
eharging the clerks in the Patent Offioe.
The reserve of 80,000 ha3 diminished to 3000.
Scott is ia consultation with an Alabama nig
ger, who saya that there are five regiments and
18 field pieces ia and around Fairfax Court
House. Among other information th* contra
band informed Scott that everything indicated
that the Southerners were about to retreat.
Roaring Run, Ya., July IS.
McClellan’s column is feeling its way cau
tiously. The Southerners ssom to be reinforced.
Since oar approach, they are working with great
energy.
Battle yesterday at Rich Mountain. South
erner* 2000 strong under Col. Pegram, were sur
rounded. The battle lasted an hour and a half,
when the Southerners retreated leaving sixty
killed, and many wounded and prisoners, six
guns and some horses. Federal loss 20 killed,
40 wounded. Also several horses killed.
The Federal foree* were 10,000; Southern
ers 2,060 msr,.
Sr. Louis, July 18.
The houses of patriots were opened Thursday
night for rejoicing; though not illuminated the
lowa looked like it. The Dutch Garden keepers
and actors are not now so proud of their fellows
Seigle and Roenstein. Numbers of foreigners
are reported leaving ip afrigat,
400 of Col. McNeill's reserve guard removed
the type and paper from the State Journal of
flee, reading an order from Lyon prohibiting tbe
further publication.
A special dispatch from Warsaw to St. Louis
Republican, reiterates the annihilation of Seigles’
command. *
Montgomery and his bandifce are devastating
the Western borders of Missouri.
Great excitement prevails on account of the
suppression of the Journal, but no outbreak has
yet occurred. 500 troops ars under arms ia dif
ferent parts of this city.
Boston, July 14.
The Privateer Jeff Davis has captured three
vessels off Kattera*.
Louisville, July IS.
Dispatches from St. Louis and Chicago are ua
farorabl® to tha patriots at Yemen, but Qaiaoy
and the neighborhood of tha battle field, ftrota
whence only reliable infortsatioa has been recei
ved ars silent.
Judge Logan, associated with Murl#, la tbs it.
R. case, publishes a dissenting opinion.
Nat? Yoßr, July it.*
Cotton, sals# 500 bales, at 15%.
Portland, Ms., July iS.
Tha Mary Goodall has arrived and reports be*
iag boarded by the privafear Jsff Davits, which
has captured several vessels within a wesk.
New Orleans July hi.
Col. Breus's remains arrived here this raoru
| ing escorted by a portion of the Military to the
City Hal!, where his body lies ia Stats. Flags
at half mast all day. Funeral eersmonisr will
take place Monday aftercoin.
Baltikobs, —The Baltimore correspondent
(W. B. R.) of tha N. T. Times, writes :
There is no disguising the fact th&t the majori
ty of the Baltimoreans are Secessionists. It
speaks for itself; yet they dare not rebai while
t he troops of a loyal Governnivat surround them,
Your correspondent does not advocate a law of
mobs and riotous personages, but he does advo
cate, as every true naan should, political feelings
being thrown one side, a living up to the priaci
plea of the Constitution and the carrying out the
laws of the nation. There are yet, thank God !
some true Union nien, law-abiding, left in Mary
land, and these few may yet accomplish a victo
ry. 'T is God alone who giveth the issue, and
let our will he subservient to his.
Unfortunate Reneoimter,
We learn that a letter was received in this city,
which states that a difference having arisen be
tween Theoderick Montfort Esq., and Dr. Bart
lett of Oglethorpe they met in that place on Thurs
day and both being armed with double barrel j
shot guns a rencontre took place in which Bart
lett was supposed to be mortally, and Montfort
severely wounded. —Macon Telegraph.
jSSf"The New York Herald says that foreign I
bankers have determined not to take any more I
of the Lincoln loan, and holds c-t the idea that
steps should be taken to force money from them.
The Prospects of oar Recognition.. ,osr Commis?ioßers |
ia Europe.
July 11.
Beverly Tucker, late Consul to Liverpool, has
just arrived, via Quebec and Kentucky. He re
ports that the signs abroad are favorable to the
recognition of the Confederate States. Mr. T.
brings important despatches from Europe to the
Confederate Government. Our commissioners are
not permitted to make any official communica
tions with the Governments to which they are
accredited, and as such are ignored, but they will
patiently wait until the Confederate States can
ach eve their independence by arms, when they
will i ndoubtcdiy be recognised and treated in a
triendiy manner. So far from being rudely treat
ed as reported, the Commissioners are treated
with the utmost civility.
Southern Privateers and Prizes. —The pri
vateers fitted out at New Orleans seem to be do
ing an active business. Up to the 27th u!t 20 i
vessels were under seizure as prizes, including j
12 ships 2 barks 1 brig and 5 schooners all belong- i
ing at the North except the Henry Travera, !
Capt. Wyatt, hailing from Baltimore.
The seizure of vessels made by the Copfede- <
rate States up to the last accounts, are thus enu- j
merated:
OS'the different port* IS ]
In port 30 <
Steamers captured on the Mississippi,., 15
Total ... ...58
Among the privateerr fitting out a: New Or
leans last week, and nearly ready for eea, was
the cutter Washington, of 200 tons, to be com
manded by Capt. Breshwood. She hag been en
tirely rebuilt, in a substantial manner.
Several others are fitting up, among them the
Star of the West, oaptured by Col. Van Dora, a
large and highly serviceable steamer; the Mo-
Bae, formely the Marquis de Habana, and the
luister,I uister, formerly the Miraaos.
Tits Cr.ors in N. C.—The Raleigh Register
sajs it is conceded by everybody that the wheat
crop just reaped is the finest in quantity and
quality ever made in the State. It is believed
that enough wheat has been made this season to
supply the wheat of the State for two years. -
The oat crop is also most abundant, and the
prospect of a fine corn crop unmistakably good*
London Times considers the privi
lege granted by Louis Nap -icon to privateers of
the belligerents, to remain twenty-four hours in
French ports, as favorable to the South, a smart
skipper being able in that time to dispose o?
much of his priae goods.
Col. L. Q. C. Lamar. —ln reference to the
recent affection cf this distinguished gentleman,
, the Richmond correspondent cf tha Memphis
Avalanche says:
Lieut. Col. Lamar, of this (19th Mississippi)
Regiment, was, yesterday, about noon, while
standing in front of his tent, suddenly stricken
aown by a severe attack of vertigo, attended by
partial paralysis of the left side. The weather
has been extremely warm and sultry here < u
ring the past two weeks, and Col. Lamar has
been all the while devoting 1 irnself with the
utmost assiduity to the arduous duties of bis po
sition, in the field, as also to hard study in his
tent, night and day. Hence this painful stroke,
which oast a gloom over thß whole regiment.—
He was visited at his tent during the evening
by the Pres.dent and his lady, and numerous
sympathising friends, who showed him many
kind attentions. He suffered a good deal last
night, but I am happy to say that to-day he is
much better. He is now, I think, rapidly re
covering from the paralysis of hia side, and will
doubtless soon be out of danger. lie was remov
ed early this morning to the Spottswood Hotel,
where he has every possibls attention.
Cav-Piso ths Climax. —Tho following para
graph is taken from the New York Times of
June 25th:
When Georgia was electing delegates to its
Secession Convention, one entire company of
the Macon Yolunteere—a regiment existing for
years in the city of Macon—voted unanimously
aga nst the secession candidate. When the war
commenced this company waa sent to Pensacola
and made to work side by side with negroes.—
They were mostly men of Northern birth. This
company is yet at Pensacola, virtually prisoners,
while the remainder of the regiment is at Nor
folk.
Surely the culmination of mendacity has now
been reached.
Dsadlt Implement op Wap.— The Reloigh
State Journal thus describes the model of a com
pound revolver, invented’by Mr. T. F. Christman,
of Wilson, N. C.:
It consists of twelves rows of guns, twelve in
each, to each of which a revolver containing
seven balls is attached, and revolving on an axis
in one minute. At each revolution 144 bullets
are fired - , and, in seven revolution?, occupying
the space of one minute, 1,008 bullets are fired ;
all of whioh can be perfomed by a sensible lad
of ten or twelve years, and one intelligent man
to point the guns, whioh he ia enabled to do with
unerring oortainty, by meais fa contrivance
whioh need not here be explained.
Mr. Christman brought hia invention to Raleigh
to submit it to the Governor ‘for examination,
and to make a present of if to his native State,
provided its utility be established by competent
judges. _
Boas it Pay?—Under this heading, the New
York Times, of the Bth inst. has the following:
The engagements with the Fat tcries at Aquia
Creek, Pig’s Point, Sewell’s Point, and the other
recently at Mathias' Point, have had no other
practical effect than disabling numbers of our
sailors, and the injury to a greater or less extent
of two of our war steamers. The enemy still
oooupies both the positions apparently uninjur
®d. It is said that the attack on Pigg’e Point
was for the purpose of "feeling the position of
the enemy.” It waa, to any the least of it an
expensive manipulation. Vie cannot help be
lieving that this unequal skirmishing neither
adds to our prestige, nor pays in result! the haz
ards encountered,
Th® Times is about right for cnee.
qilb
SCHOOL FOE THE gOLDIEI,
IN PAMPHLET,
Just Received at J. W. PEASE’S
July 13—dtf Book Store.
Straight to the Eueuij’s
camp:
nPHE Company now being raised, by the un
dersigaed for the war, is now in camp near
the Opelika Depot, w here it will remain for a
few da vs to perfect its organization previous to
marching to the seat of war.
A few more good recruits wanted, to eaoh of
whom a complete uniform, equipments and arms
will be furnished.
Apply at the camp, or at tha stable of Ivey,
Smith & Cos.
JOHN R. TVEY, Captain.
W. N. HUTCHINS, Ist Lieut.
T. S. FONTAINE, 2d. “
S. B. CLEGHORN, 2d. “
July 12—dtf.
500 OURCES QUININE
JUST RECEIVED and for sale low for cash.
URQUHART & CHAPMAN.
July 8, dim
S3O KEWARS.
i ARREST DESERTERS!
) A RE WA.hD of S3O each will be paid by th
• States Government for the a
J prehension and delivery to an officer in the Con
federate Army, of ROBT. H. CLINTON and
JUNIUS A. CURRENCE, both privates in Cos.
D., S. G.. of the Ist Georgia Regiment, or $lO
each for the apprehension and confinement in
jail, so that I can get either one or both of them.
The said Clinton is 35 years of ago, about five
feet 10% inches high, very stout and rather
portly; Junius A. Currence is 18 years of age,
5 feet 11% inches high, and is spare built,raised
near Girard, Russell county, Ala.
F. G. WILKINS, Captain,
Com’g Cos. D., So. G., Ist Gi. Reg’t.
July B—dim
Becrults for Ten Months in
Col. Semmes’ Regiment
The undersigned members of the
t Columbus Guards, having the consent
j| of Col. Paul J. Semmes, approved by
- Brig. Gen. Lawton, and Gov. Brown
ipj A to raise a Company to be attached
gjPpll £o Colonel Semmes’ Regiment for 10
1 || months service in
U] vißtca-issriA..
Recruits wanted immediately to fill
rrr ‘ the ranks of this Company, who will
be Brmed and equipped and uniformed without
any expense to the meD. Recruits will rendez
vous at the Armory of the Columbus Guards ov
er Temperance Hall on Monday the Bth instant,
at 12 o’clock and will go into encampment for a
few days.
W. S. SHEPHERD, Captain,
R. N. HOWARD, Ist Lieut.
C. Pv. RUSSELL, 2d. «
WM. REDD, Jr. 2d
Columbus, July 3—dwtf.
N. B.—Tho Company will certainly leave by
th® 20th of July.
TELEGRAPHIC I
Men and Shot Guns
WANTED,
Per Immediate Service !
r I'HE undersigned i3 authorized by a Dispatch
from the War Department to raise a Cutnpa
ny armed with Double Barrel Shot Guns to go
into immediate service in North Western Vir
ginia. Tho o wishing to embrace this opporm
nity are requested to report themselves at tha
earliest moment possible to
JAMES IL WARE,
Recruiting Officer, 74 Broad St.
•July 6, 1861—Jtf : __ _
DOGS ! DOGS!
IN conformity to a resolution of Council, per
sons owning dogs in the city are required t«
purchase collars for said dogs by the 10ih inat.
All dogs caught in the streets b« tween »he hours
of 4K a- “ and 5% p.m. on and after that date
without collars purchased from Council will be
shot. Call at the Council Chamber, register
your name and pureha.-o a collar. Price $1 50.
G. W. JONES, Clerk
Jqly 6—dlt.
Pay lour City Taxes for 1861.
'TMIE Tax Digest for the City, for 1861, has
bien made out by the Clerk and turned over
to the Collector and Treasurer, who will be at
his office at the Council Chamber for the purpose
of collecting the Tax, and where Tax Payers
are requested to cal! and settle.
J. D. JOHNSON,
July 6—d6t . Collector & Treat.
Enquirer and Suu copy.
HUGHES & HODGES
a WILL CONTINUE THE KYYYW
Ware Mouse and ills
COMMISSION BUSINESS
In all its Brandies.
WM. H. HUGHES,
July 4—dwGrn W. -C. nODGES.
ItOSS & SUYIHOIJR
MACON, 6A.
OFFER TO THE
| WHOLESALE TRADE
TIIE FOLLOWING ARTICLE.
FOR CASH
IN LAESE QUANTITIES!
Kentucky Bagging; Gunny Bagging,
Machine Rope; Bate Twine;
Salt; Molasses;
N. O Syrup; Fresh Mrv Buttei:
Snap; Nails;
Starch; Hoda;
Cream Tartar; Candies;
Mackerel; Lar i Oil;
Linseed Oil; Alcohol;
Epsom Salt?; Castor GU;
Salt Petpr, ftuininf.
Smoking Totarco.
Blue Stone:
Manufactured Tobacco;
i itenned Sugars;
I Rio, Java and I osruira Cofifee;
Bacon Hama. Shouideia and Side j
Rump and Mesa Pork;
j Brigs and Medicines;
Cotton Osnabcrga, Kersey a. Yarns;
Military Jeans, for Uniforms,
And a large Stock of
DRY-G OODS.
July 6, 1861-dim.
NOTICE! NOTICE!
THE subscriber respectfull> informs
s^r-tj all persons who have guns or pistols
in hia shop, on which sums are dur
for repairs tint if not called for by
epr first day of August, the arms mli
be «rld for the payment of paid bills of repairs.
JOHN P MURRAY,
Gua»ruith, Columbus,Georgia.
July 6—dtlet am?
idricETo
MILITARY COMPANIES.
WE have now on hand,-
1000 Home-shade Hickory Shirts.
1000 pair of first rate Shoes,
300 pair German Linen DriUing Pants, and ma.
ny other arth lea suitable for military use.
whioh can be had on erasonable terms at
8t ROi'fciCHILD & bRO,
June 24 ’6l dtf.
DISSOLUTION.
THE COPARTNERSHIP heretofore exit
ing under the name and style of
Rosette! Melick & Cos.,
is this day dissolved by mu teal consent. Tfafl
business, in future, will be conducted under the
firm of
Rosette & Lawhon,
Feeling grateful for the liberal patronage here
tofore extended, solicit a continuance of the
same. Their present stock of Ready Made
Clothing is good and well suited to the season,
comprising every article for Gents and Youth’s
wear. Also, an excellent lot of Cottcnade Suits
for servants.
G. W. PwOSETTF,
8. E. LAWHON.
Columbus, Ga., July 1, 1861. dim.
Xegroes for Hire.
i For the balance of the year, a negro man 28
j years old, good field band, hostler and drayman,
| Negro boy 18 years old, house servant or field
i hand. Negro woman 20 years old, house servant,
! washer and ironer.
ELLIS & LIVINGSTON,
j July I, ISGI. dtf.
Military Capa.
.)ust received:
A small lot Gray Military Caps by
F. C. TILLMAN.
Military Goods
Just received:
Bluo Cloth; Military Buttons; Gray Cash
mere & Tweeds; Gray Flannels for shirts, uni
forms, &c.
F. C. TILLMAN.
House Furnishing Goode,
A fine lot Linen A Cotton SheetiDgs.
do do Pill w Casing.
Table Linens, Napkins, Towels, ic.
F. C. TILLMAN.
Palm Fans.
Just received by
F.C.TTLLMAN.
New lot Hoop Skirts.
Just received by
F. C. TILLMAN.
Summer and Spring Dry Goods
Are offered ct reduced prices for Cash, by
F. C. TILLMAN.
July 1, dtf.
MILITARY BUTTONS.
A GOOD supply of Gilt Buttons* Largo and
small sizes. For sale by
and, ts T. S. SPEER.