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COLUMBUS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14,1801.
THE PRODUCE LOAN.
The undersigned is authorized and request
ed by the Superintendent’of the Produce Loan,
to receive subscriptions of cotton and other
produce to said Loan.
It is considered unnecessary to urge this
matter at much length upon the attention of
the planter. The Government must be sus
tained with the material aid necessary to pros
ecute successfully our defense against those
now seeking, by all the means at their com
mand, our subjugation. Our Government, de
sirous of adopting the least oppressive and
objectionable mode of supplying its pecuniary
wants, appeals to the people to furnish the
necessary means, by loaning what they can
most conveniently spare, either of money, cot
ton, grain, or such other produce as may be
converted into money, for which it will issue
bonds bearing 8 per cent, interest, payable
semi-annually, and proposes to tax the people
directly only sufficient to pay the interest on
these bonds. The people will therefore pay,
by direct taxation, only eight dollars annually
for every one hundred dollars advanced to the
Government. Or, in other words, the Govern
ment will receive one hundred dollars of pe
cuniary assistance for every eight dollars paid
out directly from the Treasury.
This system is the one demonstrated by the
experience of all nations to be the least burth
ensome to the people, and to encourage the
people to come up promptly to the call of the
Government, and supply its pressing wants.
The bonds given for these loans have been re
lieved ofthe taxation to which all other prop
erty is subjected. Thus while by this system
the Government is furnished with the pecuni
ary means it requires, the people are furnished
with a safe and profitable investment for their
capital.
Unless this call of the Government is
promptly responded to, the money needed by
the G.overnment must be raised by direct tax
ation, and instead of a tax of fifty cents on the
one hundred dollars worth of property, which
is now levied, a tax of from seven to ten dol
lars upon the hundred must be laid.
1 do not propose to engage in any canvass
in behalf of this proposition. The Superinten
dent has not requested it. But relying upon
the patriotism of the people to respond to the
wants o (their Government —he desires merely
that public notice be given, that subscriptions
to the produce loan may be made to me at the
Post Office. In my absence Mr. L. Spencer
will receive offered.
11. M. JETER.
Currency.
A friend at Milledgeville sends us the follow
ing advance copy of a bill which has been in
troduced in the Georgia Legislature. If this
or a similar plan succeeds, there will be no lack
in this State for money—or its counterfeit:
A BILL
To be entitled an Act to 'provide relief for the
people of Georgia from the pecuniary distress
occasioned by the present war.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly as
follows:
Ist. That the State of Georgia purchase one*
third or one-half of the cotton crop of each plan
ter in this State as ho may desire, and “pay him
therefor in the Treasury Notes of this State,
provided, that each planter desiring to sell such
portion of his crop, shall deliver it, at either
Macon, Columbus, Augusta, Atlanta, Albany,
Thomasville or Greensboro’, as convenience
may dictate to him; and provided, further, that
such planter is willing to take from 7 to 10 cents
for his cotton, according to its quality, which is
all the State is hereby authorized to pay for it;
and provided, further, that any planter availing
himself of the benefits of this Act, is to be for
ever excluded from any further claim upon the
Sfrate therefor, even should a change of times
cause the State to realize a larger [profit thereon.
2d. That at each of the places mentioned
above, an Agent of the State shall be located,
(receiving his appointment from the Governor,)
whose duty it shall be to receive and store away
said cotton in such Warehouse or houses as the
State may obtain for said purpose, and give to
the planter (so delivering cotton to him) a cer
tificate thereof; which certificate must be signed
by said agent as such, and rceite *the name and
residence of the planter, the amount and quali
ty of his cotton, and the price agreed thereon be
tween said agent and said planter, and upon the
presentation of said certificate to the Treasurer
at Milledgeville, or at such Bank or other place
in the cities aforesaid as the Governor, in his
discretion, may see fit to deposit them, said
planter shall receive his pay thereon in Treasu
ry Notes.
3. That the Treasurer of this State be and he
is hereby authorized to issue his notes of the
denominations of five to five hundred dollars
inclusive, to such an amount as the Governor,
alter ascertaining the probable cotton crop of
this btate for 1861, may deem necessary to the
purchase ol the amount contemplated by this
Act. And that said notes be and they are here
by declared to be fundable in 8 per cent, bonds
of this State, whenever fi' r e hundred dollars
thereof, or more, is presented; provided said
bonds are not to be made due until the end of
ten years from the time of their issuing. And
that said Treasury Notes shall be receivable in
the payment of taxes and all other due to the
btate of Georgia.
4th. That the agents to be appointed under
this Act, shall give bond respectively, with se
curity, to be approved by the Governor, for the
taithful discharge of their duties: And that the
amount of said several Bonds shall be in the
discretion of the Governor upon his acquainting
himself (as well as he may) as to the probable
amount of cotton that will be left at each station
herein provided for as aforesaid- Each agent
shall receive and retain the cotton purchased by
him in pursuance of this Act, carefully in store,
until suoh time as the same may be sold or dis
posed of by the State, or until said agent is oth
erwise discharged from said duty.
sth. That in the purchase of cotton by any of
said agents they shall price it according to qual
ity within the limit of prices herein allowed,and
the agents aforesaid shall each receive for their
services a fair compensation.
6th. That this act shall go into effect and be
operative from and after the 10th day of Decem
ber next, unless the Confederate Congress before
that time shall provide the necessary relief. And
that the Tax Collectors throughout this State be
restrained from selling property for taxes until
the 10th day of January, 1862.
7th. That all laws and parts of laws milita
ting against this act be and they are hereby re
pealed.
From Europe.,.Premonitory Fymptoms of Recognition.
The news from Europe is of a character that
indicates plainly thathad we been able to pre
serve the status the Ist of January we
should hare been recognized and the blockade
broken.
The Washington Repullican of the 29th, pub
lishes a private letter written by a gentlemen in
London to a gentleman in that city, from which
we extract the following :
The news of the disaster at Lexington has
just reached us. I will not stop to say what
you know already—that it has deeply affected
me. I send you the Times , Chronicle and Tele_
graph, with leaders on the subject, that will let
you know what is thought of that defeat over
here. But now, I must tell you what will be
the effect of it. Unless the next few days brings
over the news of a brilliant and decisive victory
gained by the Federal Government over the
Confederates, England will certainly at once
try to raise the blockade of the Southern ports.
I told you she was on the fence. You will see
it announced in the Times of this day, which I
send you, that Lord John Russell has said he
“will consider of the propriety of sending out
ships-of-war to raise the blockade.” But do you
know I think that this is partly insincere ?
Ships-of-war have already left these ports, sailing
westward under sealed orders. From all that I
can gather between the half confidences of the
press, and the cautious gossip of John Bull at
his dinner table, I think that there is no doubt
that the destination of those ships is to the
Southern ports, where they will cruise to wait
further orders, to be carried out to them by some
fast sailing war steamer. What those “further
orders” will be, you may easily imagine. I
tell you, if we do not astonish England by such
a decisive, victory as shall entirely destroy tho
Confederate army, now on the Potomac, we shall
have her down upon us, in aid of the South.
[From the London Shipping Gazette, Oct. 19]
The question now for the consideration of our
Government and that of France is, how long
shall the present state of things be suffered to
continue? How long is maritime commerce to
be embarrassed to suit the views of the Cabinet
of Washington ? If we are to acquiesce in the
capture and confiscation of British ships and
their cargos, which commit no offence except
that they happen to enter a port contrary to a
proclamation of which they may not haVa heard,
or, if they did, which was unsupported by the
presence of an armed force—if ports like Charles
leston, Wilmington and Beaufort are to be under
blockade, and not under blockade at the same
time, and at the caprice of the Federal Govern
ment, or of those who do their bidding, Eng
land may as well at once reverse her policy,
and acknowledge once more the validity of paper
blockades.
[From the London Times, Oct. 9 ]
The secession had been contemplated and
threatened for some thirty years past. It was
defended by arguments as good as have usually
been advanced for national insurrections, and if it
was in opposition to the dictates of political wis
dom, it was in conformity with the passions of
human nature.
The people of the Southern States are only
doing what the people of a hundred other States
have done before them. They may be short
sighted, but they are determined. They may be
mistaken, but they know their own minds.—
They may.be wrong, but they are ten millions.—
The Federalists themselves admit the right of in
surrection, but deny that insurrection cau be
justified in the present instance. That argument
however, can never stand. It is absurd to say
that rebellion is a sacred popular privilege, but
that it can only be exercised with the assent of
those against whom it would be directed. The
Emperor of Russia might admit the doctrine as
thus stated. If people have a right to rebel
against Governments, it must be when they think
fitting, and not when the Governments allow it.
The Banner with a Strange Device. — A
good joke about the Richmond ladies is told by
“Dixie,” in the columns of the Memphis Appeal,
which, though never before was ven
tilated quite extensively section not very
long ago. An order was received from the Ar
my of the Potomac for seventy-five regimental
flags of an entirely new and “strange device.”
They were to be made and forwarded to Manas
sas in fort eight hours. The whole matter was
to be kept a profound secret. So the making of
the flags was entrusted to sevnty-five ladies, who
were expected to hold their seventy-five little
tongues for the space of two days and nights at
the least. It need scarcely be added that the
fact, and the pattern of the banner, and the short
time in which the order was to be filled —in brief,
all about it, was known to everybody the next
morning. The ladies of Richmond are zealons
and patriotic, but does Gen. Johnston expeet
them to perform impossibilities?
Partington says that nothing de
spies her so much as to see people, who pro
fess to expect salvation, go to church without
their purses, when a recollection is to be ta
ken.
Telegraphic.
Special to the Times.
Richmohd, Nov. 13.
The following w*s received this morning from
the President of the East Tenn. & Va., Rail
Road:
Jokbtboro, Nov. 13—The Union men have
camped from 1000 to 1,300 at Elizabethtown,
near the North Carolina line about twenty miles
from Bristol. Another camp ofabout 700 near
Strawberry Plains, both increasing. They threat
en |to take possession of the Rail Road and
burn the bridges. A report was current in
Lynchburg that the taken Bristol,
but a telegram to the Superintendent of the
Tenn. <fc Va , Rail Road here, shows that it is
unfounded.
The last troop train which left Lynchburg
yesterday evening for East Tennessee, ran over
a cow near the Central Depot at 10 o’clock last
night, four cars were thrown off the track, one
man kiliod and six wounded.
Virginia State Convention met to-day, but had
no quorum.
TheP. 0. Department have sent agents to the
points where the travel and transit is interrupt
ed by the Unionists, to facilitate the transporta
tion of the mails. Mail trains will be run in the
day time only. Engines and cars will be placed
on each side of the burnt bridges to convey pas
sengers and mails.
Nothing new from the camps, but all promi
nent officials unusually cheerful to-day and the
whole Confederacy in a smile.
Auousta. 13.
A special dispatch to the Charlesion Courier,
dated Pocataligo, Nov. 12. says a detachment of
light dragoons visited Beaufort at daylight; two
gunboats lie about a mile and a half below the
town; the place is unoccupied by the enemy.—
The negroes say the Federals visit it daily but
return at night.
[Dispatches to the Moutgomery Advertiser.]
Savannah, Nov. 12.
The Republican of this morning says it has
been informed by a gentleman from the interior
that the Bridges over the Chickamauga oreek
were burned by discharged hands and not by the
Unionists.
A negro who has escaped from Hilton Head
says he heard Yankee officials say that their loss
at the battle of Port Royal was forty killed.
The Republican published an extract from a
letter from St. Simon’s Island, dated the 9th,
which says that one Yankee vessel had passed
the day previous, and three more on the 9th,
bound South. Three had also passed Fernan
dina.
Gen. Lee is in Savannah.
Nothing positive is known of the movements
•f the Yankees.
The Invasion of the State.
There are no tidings of special interest from
the invaders at Port Royal. They seem to be
strenghtentng themselves for a permanet oc
cupation of the islands skirting the harbor of
Port Royal, but have, as yet, made no advance
in force towards the main. Our forces are
vigorously at work establishing a line of de
fences across the low country, so as to confine
the operations of the enemy to as narrow a
compass as practicable. The headquarters of
Generals Lee and Ripley are at Coosawhat
chie. These accomplished officers are now
busily engaged in locating and building batte
ries at various points, so as to protect the rail
road communication between Charleston and
Savannah. Troops are also rapidly concen
trating the new batteries, and our
military line along the coast is already one of
exceeding strength. The Rutledge Mounted
Riflemen were sent on Sunday to Beaufort,
which is now quite deserted, except by ne*
gros. This fine corps is charged with the pre
servation of order in the unfortunate town,
arid wiU, besides, perform scouting duty.
A Late Arrival.
A native of this city, who has long been ab
sent, reached home on Monday morning after
many difficulties and hazards. He left New
York on the 24th October, and succeeded in
passing, by a Western route, which took him
within thirty-five or forty miles of the site of
Belmont. The guns engaged at this battle
were heard distinctly by our informant and
companions ofthe trip on that day.
The destruction of railroad bridges, three in
all, as has been reported, is confirmed by this
gentleman, and was one cause of some of the
delay he experienced.
Two of the bridges destroyed are between
Chattanooga and Atlanta, and the other near
Charleston, in East Tennessee.
It is believed that sufficient attention, vigi
lance and force have been directed towards
these sites and towards others of like impor
tance to prevent repetition within any South
ern State, unless by a large force. Other pla
ces and structures exposed to similar acci
dents or designs are under guard.
The complaint of the tories and few vile Lin
colnites in Kentucky continues loud and vehe
ment against thejtardiness in recruiting and enlis
ting in this State. There is still, however, a
large portion of oitizens clingingjto the miserable
delusion of neutrality, of these are yield
ing to the logic of events, and the demonstrations
of the character of Lincolnism. They are com
ing to the belief that as a matter of present choice
and policy, any decided position by the State
would be preferable to the condition she now
suffers.— Chat. Courier.
A Fbderal Fizzle. —For some months past,
says the Louisville Courier, the Yankees about
Richmond, la., have boasted prodigiously of a
"rifle cannon brigade" of 500 men organized
there, and which was to accomplish wonders in
“ cleaning out" the rebels, The cannons were
manufactured at Richmond, and were of such
light weight as to be capable of being carried on
the shoulders of the men. Last week the new
"improved" weapon that was to accomplish
such wonders was publicly tested and proved a
dead failure.
Mrs. Lincoln’s Secession Relatives.— A
correspondent ofthe Cincinnati Commercial,
in a recent letter from Frankfort, Ky., says:
“The Harden Helm, who is reported to be
moving down Green River, with a force of
from two to four thousand rebels, is a son of
ex Gov. John S. Helm, lately President of the
Louisville and Nashville Railroad. This Har
den's wife is a half sister of Mrs. Abraham Lin
coln. Mrs. Lincoln has a full brother —Dr.
George R. C. Todd—at Richmond, who had
the honor of being jailor to Old Abe’s soldiers,
captured at Bull Run. Mrs. Lincoln has also
a brother, Samuel Todd, who is a Lieutenant
in the Rebel army in Virginia. She has also a
half brother who is now in the South, fighting
for his rights. Two half sisters of Mrs. Lin
coln are married to Southern gentlemen, also
secessionists. The younger of the family, un
til within a year passed, resided on their farm,
five miles from this place.
Gen. Scott 4 s Pay. —The current monthly pay,
subsistence and allowance of Lieutenant-General
Scott were, and by order of the President con
tinue to be, while he is upon the retired list, as
follows:
Pay, per month $270
Rations, per mouth 360
Allowance for servants, per month 90
Allowance for harses, per month 50
Total monthly pay ~SB7O
Which makes an annual income of $9,240.
The Nashville (Tenn.) Patriot, of the 7th, says
the heaviest division of our army at Bowling
Green, Ky.jr'is in motion, and the movement
is not a retrograde one, The Pvtriot says if the
movement is executed according to programme,
it will be as gratifying to the South as it will
be startling and overwhelming to the Hessians
with whom it will contend, in its results.
On Saturday, the 26th ultimo, there were two
hundred and fifty pisoners, who had been cap
tured in Western Virginia and Kentucky, in the
military prisons at Columbus, Ohio, and on the
same day a company of forty-seven more ar
rived at Cincinnati, on their way to Columbus,
having been captured by the United States troops
near Winchester, Kentucky, on Thursday—so
there are nearly three hundred Confederate pris
oners in durance vile in Ohio.
A free negro of Dallas county has presented
the 20th Alabama regiment with one hundred
bushels of sweet potatoes.
STRAYIIILE
WSsA The Owner of an estray bay Mule
dMnSUwill find him at the Livery Stable of
( Vernoy <fc Mahaffy, where he can get him by
paying charges. nov. 14—d3t
SALT, SALT, SALT !
OfiA SACKS SALT for sale at wholesale or
at $ll.OO per sack.
ELLIS & LIVINGSTON.
Columbus, nov. 13. dtf.
lO BBfiS, CRirslff SUGAR.
34 and 'A Bbls. Mackerel.
10 34 do. White Fish.
75 Pieces Eagle Factory .Jeans.
Sheeting <fc Shirtings bleached and unbleach’d
Negro Kerseys.
3 Cases friction matches.
20,000 Cigars.
New Orleans Syrup.
Choice Old Nectar Whiskey.
White Tennessee Whiskey.
no? 13 ELLIS * LIVINGSTON.
HIDES WAITED.
50.000 Hides Wanted at Ihe highest cash
PnCe ELLIS & LIVINGSTON.
Columbus, nov. 13—
WAR !WAR!!
Columbus Flying Artillery!
THE nndersigned having authority front the Wa
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 most attractive and tffecttve arm of the service.
Men of Good Character Only
will be received, and all such who will report thern
seives to either ot the undersigned, at the earliest
possible moment, will be provided with comforta
ble quarters, uniforms, and all the necessary equip
ments, free o i 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 Store.
A. I. YOUNG,
At the Eagle u lory.
Columbus, Oct. 4—dwtf.
REMOVAL! REMOVAL!
J. H. MERRY
HAS removed his Clothing Store to the building
formerl occupied by Messrs. Cowdry a Cos.,
next door to Redd & Johnson’s,
91 Broad Street,
Where he will be pleased to offer to his customers
and the public generally, a good stock of
WINTER CLOTHING,
*EMBSACINO
GENTS’ CASS, FROCK and SACK COATS;
GENTS’ COL’Dand BLACK CLOTH FROCKS;
EAGLE a r d COLUMBUS FACTORY SUITS; te
GENTS’ Plain and Fancy CASS. PANTS;
GENTS’ Piain & Fancy Cass, and Silk VESTS.
GENTS’ OVERCOATS,
Os SEAL SKIN, BEAVER, PILOT
CLOTH.
Gents’ Furnishing Goods,
Heavy Lamb’s Wool, Merino, silk and Corton Un
dershirts and Drawers;
Linen Bosom Shirts and Collars.
Handkerchiefs, Ties. Gloves, dec. .
Also, Umbrellas, Trunks and Carpet Bags.
Columbus, Oct. 21—d3rn
WANTED TO HIRE.
A GOOD COOK, WASHER and IRONER.
Apply at THIS OFFICE.
No?. 6-d-4t.
Steamer [Cliewalla,
J W. YOUNG, Master,
WILL leave Columbus every Friday
[ at 3 o’clock P. M,
Returning, leave Apala hioola every
Monday evening at 3 o’clock P M
For tie ght or passage a;*ply on board.
Nov I— d3at.
SWORDS, SWORDS i
ALL KINDS OF
OFFICERS’ SWOHDS
ON hand now and for sale at manufacturers pri
ces at our office, one door below Dr. Ware’d
Drugstore. L. HAIMAN A BRO.
November 4—dtf
AT REDUCED PRICES!
WE will sell all the Goods in our stock at HE
DUCED PRICES The disadvantages we
have to labor under in procuring supplies to keep
up our stock renders it desirable to close out our
entire stock of
Staple and Fancy
DRY 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 ofthe goods we are offering.
Planters and Housekeepers who buy goods by
the piece will also find this an excellent opnortuui
ty to buy their supplies GREATLY BELOVY THE
USUAL PRICES.
We have just rec- ived
100 PIECES GEORGIA KERSEVS.
Also, BROWN AND BLACK KERSEYS.
G. W. ATKINSON & CO.
Columbus, Oct. 16 —dim.
FILL AMI WINTER
STOCK OP
Ready-Made Clothing,
FURNISHING GOODS
Cloths, Cassimcres, Vestings,
&c., <fcc., <fcc.
J, H. DANIEL & GO.,
Takes this method of "announcing that they
have just opened their la|ge'and 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 custrim
•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 be
Sold at old Prices for Cash !
Their Stock of
MEN’S FURNISHING GOODS,
wili be found to contain a good assortment of—
Linen Bosom Shirts;
Merino, Shaker, and Home-made Flannel
Shirts and Drawers;
Cotton Flannel and Jeans Drawers;
Gloves, Half Hose, Suspenders, Cravats, Ties,
Collars, Ac. &c.
Cloths, Gassimeres & Vestings.
A perfect assortment of Black Cloths and
Doeskins;
Fancy French and English Cassimeres;
Milton Cloths;
Velvet, Matalassie, Cashmere and'Silk Vest
ings, Ac., all of which they are prepared to man
ufacture to order in their usual style.
m in niuFaby line.
They are prepared to exhibit a general assort
ment of—
Blue and Gray Cloths;
Gray Cassimeres;
Dark and Light Blue Sattinets;
Gray Satinets;
Brown J. ans and yard wide cottons for lining;
Hickory Shirts; Gray Flannel Shirts;
Pant and Coat Canvass and Drill;
Selecia’s Hollands, Parmer's Satins;
Flax Thread;
500 dozen Coat’s Spool Cotton;
Suspender and Fly Buttons;
160groH8 Eagle Buttons;
40 gross superior Gilt Euttons;
Gold Laces, &c.
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, made up into Capes, Coats,
Blankets, Knapsacks, Haversacks, <tc., Ac.
Military Men and Civilians
Will find this stock of goods to be one of the
beet in the South, and are invited to examine
it when in want of any of the above goods.
J. H. DANIEL & CO.,
JVo 123 BROAD STREET,
OOX.TJ3VEBXJS, C
October 24—dtf
Osnabergs, Osnabergs.
BALEB H®avy No. 1 Osnabergs, on consign
*J\J ment, to arrive, and expected to arrive daily.
For sale by JOHN N. BLRCII.