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COLUMKUN, TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 12, 1861.
“PROCLAMATION.
JiY JOSEPH E. BROWN:
Governor of Georgia.
To the. Volunteer Military Qomyame* of Geor
gia :
THE invaders having landed a force upon
the soil of our sister South Carolina,
near the borders of Georgia, where they now
hold position and menace the city of Savannah;
and it being thought advisable to increase our
forces for the defence of the coast, I issue this,
my Proclamation, giving notice that I will ac
cept, in addition to the number of Volunteers
already accepted, the services of the thirty in
fantry companies which will first tender their
services and report to me fully armed and
ready to march. These companies will be re
ceived for six months, unless sooner dis
charged.
Each company, to be accepted, must consist
of not less ih.o.v\ fifty nor more than eighty mem
bers, rank and file , unless the statute shall, in
the meantime, be changed so as to permit a
greater number to compose a company. Each
company must be armed with a good country
rifle or double barrelled shot-gun, or with a
good military gun, fit for immediate use As
unarmed troops could be of no service in the
defense of the State, while they would be a
heavy expense, I here state, to prevent all
misapprehension, that any Volunteer going to
the coast without such arm as I have mention
ed above, will not be received, but will be sent
home at his own expense. It will also be nec
essary for each \ olunteer armed with a rifle,
to carry with him his bullet moulds, pouch and
powder horn, or flask; and those armed with
double barreled shot-guns, must each take
with him a powder horn ar flask.
As our homes are in danger, it is
no citizen of the State, having a good gun, will
hesitate a moment to carry or send it into the
service.
Given under my hand and seal of the Exec
utive Department, this 9th day of No
vember, A. D. 18(51.
JOSEPH E. BROWN.
By the Governor,
H. H. Waters, Sec’y Ex. Dep.
Milledgeville, Ga , Nov. 9,1861.
Lincoln’s Inland Expedition.
The machinery for the seven gun boats now
being built at Carondolet, (near St. Louis,) and
Mound City has been inspected and certificate*
awarded by the Government Inspectors, It is
expected that those boats will be finished and
ready for service by the 15th inst., and the Hes
sian hirelings vauntingly proclaim that a great
Inland Expedition will then be started up the
Cumberlain and Tennessee rivers, with the avowed
purpose of occupying Nashville, Clarksville,
Florence and Huntsville as Winter Quarters. A
great number of army transportation wagons,
arms, and infantry equipments, together with
large quantities of bright Zouave clothing, in
tended for uniforming the ngroes they expect
to steal and lorm into regiments, comprise a
portion of the expedition stores. They have also
supplied .themselves with several hundred foot
balls for their soldiers to exercise witlwin our
streets and groves. Lully'for old Abe : Won’t
he have a good time of it ?— Nashville Patriot.
Our Enemies..,Our Duties.
The enemy has at length made the first attempt
at the invaeion of our State. A trifling success
has been gained. The difficulties of defending
Fort Royal caused it for some time to be ques
tioned whether it should bo fortified. Such de
fences were placed thero as could be provided.—
Enough to ward off a merely predatory incur
sion— not enough to repel an organized force,
collected for the purpose of invasion. Before the
overwhelming force against which they had to
contend, the batteries after making a gallant de
fence, were abandoned. The troops have been
withdrawn from them, and now with the rein
forcements fast hastening to their aid, await the
landing of the invader. Our time has come!—
Our destiny is in our own hands. The God of
Battles is tho God of Justice, and under His eye
we are to fight. And shall we ask.for what do we
fight ?.The answer is prompt: for all that makes
life dear—for more than life itself. Our rights
and our liberties are the stakes for which we are
to play, and which we are to win—or die.
% do our duty fully* let us realize.the danger
To know it, is not to fear it. The more im
minent it may bo, the greater the effort to meet
it, Let ( all be prepared—let every man set his
house in order. Let all feel that the first and the
last lesson for us in these times is to be ready at
the instant to obey what they who are in com
manu shall order. We have to direct and lead
us, brave Generals, who are accomplished sol
diers and true patriots. Let not every one do
" hat ho thinks best, or wishes, it may be, with
out any thought whatever; but be ready to go
wherever, and to do whetever, these our Generals
will command.
bet us cast behind us fault-finding; let us come
up to the work which is appointed for us, and
"hioh must be done. Let every one who can
( *ear arms be a volunteer and ready. Ready to
I " whatever is required of him. Let us trust our
Generals ; let our Generals trust us. With hearts
mited, as with shields locked, at the summons
hlUs g 0 furth > with firm, unshaken purpose
° * e w fi°* conscious of the right which they
art about with their lives to maintain, can from
ie Pat field, with hop* and trust, lookup
wards to thoir Uod, and ask that strength be
en to their arms, and success to their cause.—
C h(ZflestoH Cout{ct 9
Fremont’s Wretches,
Thurlow Weed's letter to the Albany Even
ing Journal, addressed from Washington, on the
26th says:
The War is being prosecuted by the army un
der Fremont’s command in a way which recalls
and deepens the honors of vandalism. With
out conquering traitor?, he is converting Union
men into enemies. His line of march is marked
and memorized by spoliations and ravages
which disgrace the age of civilization. We have
a letter dated “Tipton, Mo., Oct. 17,'* from an
intelligent, observant and truthful friend, from
which we take the following extract:
“From Tipton to Warsaw the march was one
continuous devastation, without the least regard
to principles or antecedents. One Union man,
who had kept five sons from joining the seces
sion forces, had his place iiterally gutted, the
men of Asboth’s and Seigle’s divisions killing on
his farm alone, forty sheep, three cows, two ox
en, and stealing eight horses. * The cavalry gal
loped over the prairies, lassoing mules, shooting
oxen, sheep and hogs and then chucked them
into their already overloaded wagons. T here
is scarcely a feathered biped left within five
miles on either side of their march; not a whole
looking glass, or an unrifled bureau, or a blanket
that has not been seized. For all this there is
no excuse, the army having an abundance of
provisions and stores. 0
“The army has now reached Warsaw, and can
advance no further, and never was intended to
advance further. Price and his army are over
seventy miles ahead of ours. Fremont does not
expect, and never did expect to overtake him.
“Let the least disaster happen to us in front,
and not a man will ever return to tell the story
or we shall have left behind us a maddened, beg
gared, famishing, and frenzied population,
in which those who were Union men ten days
ago are to-day our most bitter enemies.
Such lioense adds horrors to the legitimate and
unavoidable evils of war. An army that leaves
such remembrances along its line of march will
be forever execrated.
It is sad to record these things of a youthful
general from whose career the country looked
for heroism tempered with humanity. But high
as our hopes were of General Fremont, we can
not afford, when —whether from fault or misfor
tune —so much depends on the wisdom and in
tegrity of generals, to be deceived. I am, by
the force of evidence which cannot be resisted,
constrained to admit that he has signally failed
to discharge, with usefulness to the country, or
oredit to himself, the duties of his station.
General News Summary
The London Times in its leader, says the block
ade of the Southern ports is not effectual, and
reminds the Washington Government that foreign
nations are bound to recognize only a real block
ade. It also shows that the cutting off the
cotton supply is the work of the South as well
as the North, and it also seems quite true that
all cotton exportation has been forbidden by the
Confederate Government, in order that foreign
nations, especially England, may be forced to
take sides in the American quarrel.
The London il Globe” gives prominence to the
following paragraph:
“ We learn from an authentic source, that a
notification has been issued affteting the trade
with the Southern States. It would appear, from
the letter of instructions issued by Mr. Mem
menger from Richmond, on the 22d of August,
that the Confederate Government authorizes ves
sels coming from foreign countries to enter any
port on the Southern coast, declaring that such
port shall be considered a proper port of entry
for such vessel. If the master or owner shall,
without delay, dispatch a messenger to the near
est collection district, in order that the revenue
officer may be sent by the collector to take
charge of the cargo, and execute the formalities
requisite in connection with the entry of the
goods.”
At a conservative demonstration in Essex Cap
tain Jarvis, a member of Parliament, expatiated
on the war in America and its efl'ects in England.
He argued in favor of the right of secession, and
urged that the people of England should give
such a strong expression of their sentiments as
would induce the Government to act in accor
dance therewith.
The London Times, in an editorial on the Day
of Humiliation in America, says that amid all the
turmoil of war, a change in the morals of com
munities can be descried, and that there is a
faint glimmering of anew dawn, and says that
intelligent Americans are inclined to believe that
a return of peace, though it will show a mutila
tion and give no security against more secession
in future, will be the era of a better and more
orderly government in the Northern States gener
ally.
Dr. Russel’s last, letter to the Times is dated
Washington, October 9th. In it he alludes to
the great expedition to sail at the end of Octo
ber, and says the government is determined to
open a cotton port; and it does not believe in
the oaths of the Southerners, that they will
never give a bale of cotton to the Yankees, but
thinks that the temptation of the high prices
prevailing will attract large supplies of cotton
to the port for exportation. Thus a government
monopoly may be created in cotton, and the
strong protectionists will scarcely fail to put on
the screws with foreign customers. The writer
thinks that for the present the large ports of the
South are tolerably safe.
The owner of the ship Boyne has brought for
ward grievances against the United States Gov.
ernment for the prohibition of that vessel from
entering Savannah before the blockade was es
tablished, and claims compensation for losses.
The official trial of speed of the iron clad stea
mer Warrior averaged nearly 14% knots per
hour, and her highest speed was 16% knots.
Spain, France and England will dispatch a joint
expedition to Mexico. Spain will make direct
demands for satisfaction for special insults. It
was expected that a majority of the members of
the Cortez of Spain is favorable to the Ministry
Agitation was increasing in Warsaw. Five hun
dred merchants had been fined one hundred
rubles each, for closing their shops on the ISth
of October.
Telegraphic.
Special to the Times.
Richmond, Nov. 11.
Intelligence from Washington City states the
Canal is extensively as to be unre
pairable until Spring, and with the blockade of
the Potomac and interruption of the railways,
causes heavy advance on provisions, fuel, &c.
CoaYis worth's2o per ton, wood sl2 per cord,
other things in proportion.
Col. Corcoran, three Captains and ten Lieu
tenants, Federal prisoners, chosen by lot to be
hung, provided,Backer[and crew, ofthe Savan
nah, (convicted of piracy,) are hung. Ely drew
for Corcoran, who is now absent at Charles
ton.
Voluntary contributions for soldiers from the
peop’e of the South continue to be
in large quantities. $26,000 in value, for the 2d,
Bth and 16th Geo. regiments, Jnot.sent through
tha association at Angusta,) and $33,000 for the
Ala. regiments, has been received within the
past few days, besides large amounts from other
States.
A skirmish occurred Sunday night about fif
teen miles from Bristol, on the East Tennessee
Railroad, between the Confederate scouts and
the Unionists. Two Unionists killed and nine
taken prisoners. The Unionists are said to be
gathered at two points, in all about 900, with
the prospect of being reinforced to 3000; rather
stirring and exterminating times expected in this
neighborhood.
Augusta, 11th, —Vice Pres. Stephens arrived
here yesterday in good health and hopeful spirits.
The Charleston Courier of this morning says
our loss at Fort Walker was supposed to be about
100 in killed and wounded. The defense of Ft-
Walker and Bay Point was gallantly executed;
the fire of the enemy was terrific. One of the
large steamers was struck twice, and had to be
towed off. Another was fired and supposed to
be destroyed. Only two men were wounded at
Bay Point. The enemy's shot fell short a part
of the time. They threw about 100 shell a min
ute.
Georgetown.—The wreck of Federal steamrr
Osceola has been overhauled ands veral hund
red barrels of potatoes and other valuables were
secured. The machinery will probably be saved
The Charlston Mercury says it is reported the
enemy occupy Beaufort, but it is doubtful.
The Planters are destroying quantities of cot
ton to prevent its falling into the hands of the
enemy.
Fredericksburg, Nov. 11.
A Federal steamer threw 140 shells into Hr
hana, in Middlesex county, Friday, seriously
damaging the church and dwellings. Confed
erates killed two Federals and ‘wounded oth
ers, abducting slaves on Thursday.
Washington, Nov. 4.
Friday Gen. Scott sent a flag of truce to Gen.
Evans at Leesburg, to inquire the disposition
made of the prisoners taken at Ball’s Bluff—
Evans replied „they were confined in Rich
mond, and that he would communicate with
his Government relative lo the exchange of
prisoners.
News from Europe by last steamer, shows
that the rebel Commissioners to London and
Paris are very confident in the belief that the
necessities of manufacturers will lead in break
ing the blockade, to procure a supply of cot
ton.
Tho London Post deprecates any interfer
ence with the blockade, and shows that the
recognition ol the Southern Confederacy will
not reopen the cotton trade; but on the con
trary, would only increase the vivor of the
blockade, and any interference would be an
aet of war.
The Shipping Gazette continues to denounce
the conduct of the blockade and wrongs done
British ships. Some action on the part of the
British Government is indispensable.
Times thinks it not unlikely, the moment
the drain of specie commences, tbe financial
community ot America will have its Bull Run.
Special correspondent of the St. Louis Re
publican, from Springfield, 31st, says a good
deal of excitement prevailed for some days re
specting the report of Fremont’s removal.—
Washington advices from Headquarters men
tion nothing of the kind. Fremont’s removal
would cause no little trouble in camps. A
number of officers declare they would resign in
that event, or insist on creating him Dietator
of the South-west, independent of the Admin
istration, which is bitterly denounced in camp
for its vascillating and injudicious policy in the
Western Department.
Philadelphia, Nov. 4th.
In Circuit Court to-day Judge Grier said it
seemed like a farce to try privateers at this time;
the dictates of humanity should lead the Govern
ment to treat prisoners taken on the sea same as
those taken on land. He could not understand
the policy of hanging the one and releasing the
other.
Albany, N. Y., Nov. 4th.
Thurlow Weed and Archbishop Hughes are
about to sail for Europe to endavor to counteract
the operations of the Southern Commissioners.
Bad for Speculators.
The Legislature of this State performed a
good deed yesterday in passing an act which
will place an extinguisher on the hopes of those
who have embarked largely m salt trade. Salt,
as every one knows, is an aaticle which the
people must have. There is nothing which
can be used as a substitute, and the result of
a failure to obtain a supply would be utter ru
in. Aware of this fact, men injAlabama, have
purchased all the salt they could, hoping to be
able to obtain for it ten or fifteen times the
amount that it cost them. They have held it
for exhorbitant prices, regardless of the wants
of their fellow citizens. We are glad to know
that if patriotism can take no hold upon the
hearts of those speculators and shame them
out oftheir present course, the strong arm of
the law will be placed upon their actions, and
they compelled to give over the control ofthis
article of necessity, to those who will dispose
of it as the best interests ofthe people require.
The law passed by the Legislature authorizes
the Governor to seize and hold, to be sold at
lair prices, all salt now in this State on con
signment. Holders ofthe salt to be allowed
the privilege of appeal in case they are dissat
isfied with the price given. It also authorizes
the Governor to forbid the shipment of large
quantities of salt from the Slate. Heavy pen
alties are affixed for violation or attempted evuft
sion of this law.— Mont. Adv.
A bill somewhat similar in its provisions has
been introduced in the Senatorial branch of
the Georgia Legislature. We think it embra
ces other articles of prime necessity and impo
ses a heavy penalty upon any dealer who shall
demand for them more than one hundred per
cent., upon the price at which they could have
been sold on the Ist of November, 1860.
TWO
COMPANIES WANTED,
TO complete a Regimen* which we are author
ized to raise by the Secretaty of War for the
Confederate service for Twehe Months, this Win
ter on the Coast of Georgia, afterwards wherever
ordered. Owing to the failure ot two companies
which we had accepted, we will accept the two first
Companies that tender either from Georgia or Ala
bama. If they will arm themselves for a short time,
with their country arms, we are having the Missis
sippi rifles made here, to arm the Regiment with,
which will be completed in a short time. Tents.
Blankets, Camp Equipage, <s*c , will be furnished
you by Gen. A. fl. Lawton, on your arrival at Fa
vannah, where you will be mustered in. Four of
the Companies of this Regiipent there and at Bruns
wick have been mustered in, and a few others will
be in Savannah on or before the 15th ins; , when
we desire to organize the Regiment; and wish those
that tender to be there by that time ii possible.—
Companies tendering will please say positively
what day they can reach Savannah, amt the number
ot men they can carry. Please Address P. J. Phil
ips at Columbus, Ga.
P. J. PHILIPS, Columbus, Ga.
D. P. HILL, Hamilton, Ga.
C. A. EVANS, Lumpkin, Ga.
Nov. 7, 1861. d7<fcwl
WAR! WAR ! !
Columbus Flying Artillery!
CI'IHE nndersigned having authority from the Wa
JL Department to raise and equip a Company to
command a Battery of
Flying Artillery,
for immediate and active service, and having Can
non, Horses, &c , already provided, are desirous
of enlisting
One Hundred and Fifty Men
for this purpose. Those wishing to serve their
country have now the rare opportunity of entering
this niosi attractive and effective arm ofthe service.
Men of Good Character Only
will be received, anda'l such who will report tliem
seives to either ot the undersigned, at the eailiest
possible moment, will he provided with comforta
ble quarters, uniforms, and ail the necessary equip
ments, free ol expense.
Your country earnestly appeals to your patriot
ism and valor; let the brave th n rally to the de
fense of their homes and firesides.
EDWARD CROFT,
At Gunby & Crolt’s hiore.
-A . X. YOUNG,
At the Eagle i-actory.
Columbus, Oct. 4- dwtf
REMOVAL! REMOVAL!
J. BE. MERRY
HAS removed hie Clolhine Store to the building
formerl occupied by Me.srs. Cuwdry 4- Cos ,
next door to Redd & Johnson’s,
91 Broad Stretl,
Where he will be pleased to offer to his customers
and tbe public {.eneially, a good stock ol'
WINTER CLOTHING,
'embracing
GENTS’ CASS, FROCK and SACK COATS;
GENTS’ COl.’Dand BLACK CLOTH 1 ROCK-S;
EAGLE arid COLUMBUS FACTORY S(J iTS;
GENTS’ Plain and Fancy CASS. PANTS;
GENTS’ P.ain & Fancy Cass, and Si>k VESTS.
GENTS’ OVERCOATS,
Ot SEAL SKIN, BEAVER, PILOT
CLOTH.
Gents’ Furnishing Goods,
Heavy Lamb’s Wool, Merino, silk and Cotton Un
dershirts and Drawers;
Linen Bosom Shirts and Col’ars.
Handkerchiefs, Ties. Gloves, &c. & .
Also, Umbrellas, Trunks and ( a*pet Bags.
Columbus, Oct, 21—d3m
FALL STYLES!
HATS & CAPS.
F. LAN3DON,
Would inform his friends and customers generas
ly that be has just returned from New Oneanl
with a well selected stock of
FALL GOODS,
. Embracing HaTS of all kinds,
FINE FRENCH HATS.
MILITARY
HATS & CAPS
MISSES AND CHILDREN’S HATS,
Umbrellas and Walking Canes.
All of which he will be happy to show at his NEW
STAND, next door to Redd $ Johnson’s.
We can supply any quantity of
Negro WOOL HATS
Columbus, Oct. 11—dwtf
Dr.n. Notole
DENTIST.
1 / r OFFICE in Jones’ New Building,
over bpear s, 2d floor, Southwest corner ot Broad
and Randolph Streets, Columbus, Ga.
October 29 U6l—dwiy.
WANTED TO HIRE.
A GOOD COOK, WASHER and IRONER.
Apply at THIS OFFICE.
Nov. 6 d-4t.
COTTON BATTING
FOR
Q,uilts and Comforts,
OUR people are called npon to send their Blank
ets to the Soldiers, (guilts and Comforts are
good substitutes. The Eagle Company are now
manufacturing the Cotton Batting required in ma
king them.
07* They also make KNITTING COTTON
SEWING THREAD, 4-c. all of which can be found’
at the stores of the merchants In this city.
J. RHODES BROWNE, Apent
augl2—dw3m
Steamer c ('liewnlln,
J. W. YOUNG, Master,
I (ffr* h WILL lea e Columbus evety Friday
nine at 3 o’clock P M.
Returning, leave Apalachicola tveiy
Monday evening at 3 o’clock P M
For ne ght or passage apply on board.
Nov I— d3 n.
SWORDS, SWORDS !
ALL KINDS OF
OFFICERS’ SWORDS
/ \N hand now and for sale at manufacturers pri
' * c» sat our office, one door below Dr. Waie’s
Drug Htore. L. II AIM AN A BHO.
November 4—dis
AT REDUCED PRICES!
TATE will sell all the Goods in our stock at RE
VV DI1CEI) PRICES The disadvantages we
have to labor under in procuring supplies lo keep
up our stock renders it desirable to close out our
entire stock of
Staple and Fane}"
PRY GOODS,
Boots and Shoes,
Hats, Caps, Blankets, Kerseys, &c.,
AT REDUCED PRICES !
Merchants wishing to replenish their stocks will
find this an excellent opportunity to buy goods that
will pay them a good profit, and we invite them
to an examination of the goods we are offering.
Planters and Housekeepers who buy goods by
the piece will also find this an excellent opporiuni
ty to buy their supplies GREATLY BELOW THE
USUAL PRICES.
We have just roc< ived
100 PIECES GEORGIA KEHSEVS
Also, BROWN AND BLACK KERSEYS.
G. W. ATKINSON & CO,
Columbus, Oct.. 16—dim.
FALL AND WINTER
STOCK OF
Ready-Made Clothing,
FURNISHING GOODS
Cloths, Cassimeres, Vestings,
<feo., &c., <fcc.
J. H, DANIEL & GO,,
Takes this method of "announcing that they
have just opened their large well selected
stok of
READY MADE CLOTHING
OF THEIR OWN MANUFACTURE,
and are now fully prepared to serve all who
may favor them with their custom
At as Low Prices as Ever!
Despite the great advance in goods.
Every article sold from this stock is warran
ted to be as represented, and will he
Sold at old Prices for Cash !
Their Stock of
MEN’S FURNISHING GOODS,
will be found to contain a good assortment of—
Linen Bosom Shirts;
Merino, Shaker, and Home-made Flannel
Shirts and Drawers;
Colton Flannel and Jeans Drawers;
Gloves, Half Hose, Suspenders, Cravats, Ties,
Collars, Ac. Ac.
Cloths, Cassimeres & Vestings.
A perfect assortment of Black Cloths and
Doeskins;
Fancy French and English Cassimeres;
Milton Cloths;
Velvet, Matalassie, Cashmere and’Silk Vest
ings, <fec., all es which they are prepared to man
ufacture to order in their usual style.
m the miuFary line,
They are prepared to exhibit a general assort
ment of—
Blue and Gray Cloths;
Gray Cassimeres;
Dark and Light Blue Sattinete;
Gray Satinets;
Brown JA.ans and yard wide cottons for lining;
Hickory Shirts; Gray Flannel Shirts;
Pant and Coat Canvass i*nd Drill;
Selecia’B Hollands, Parmer's Satins;
Flax Thread;
300 dozen Coat’s Spool Cotton;
Suspender and Fly Buttons;
gross Eagle Buttons;
40 gross superior Gilt and Staff Buttons;
Gold Laces, <fcc.
MILITARY CAPS.
Furnished to order, made in the best manner,
from every quality of goods.
CONFEDERATE UNIFORMS!
For officers of every grade, made in the very
best manner, and warranted to fit.
THE CELEBRATED
WATER-PROOF 'GOODS?!
Impervious to rain, and universally admitted
to be the
“SOLDIER’S BEST FRIEND!’’
always on hand, jmade up into Capes, Coats,
Blankets, Knapsacks, Haversacks, Ac., Ac.
Military Men and Civilians
Will find this stock of goods to be one of the
best in the South, and are invited to examine
it when in want of any of the above goods.
J. H. DANIEL & CO.,
IV© 133 BROAD STREET,
COLUMBUS, GFA.
October 24 —dtf
Osnabei'gs, Osnabergs.
N Heavy No. 1 Oanabergs, on consign
ment, to arrive, and 1 expecied to arrive daily.
For sale by * JOHN N. BIRCH.