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(fcarlg Cnmitg Betas, HENRY M. SNEED, EDITOR <Sc PROPRIETOR. E. H. GROUBY, Publisher. BLAK JfcXlTj WEDNESDAY, NOV. 11, 18G3. The Editor, iu conjunction with other Ministers, will hold a Protracted Meeting »t Cordra’s Cross Ronds, commencing on Saturday before the 3d Sunday in Nov. ♦ + ♦ The absence of the Editor, and the in (lUposition of the Publisher, is our only analogy for the scarcity of editorial matter tilis week. 1 lie Publisher hopes to do bet ter hereafter when the Editor is absent. No news of importance by last mail. .The President was accompanied on his visit to Charleston by two of bis aids, Gen. Coatia Leo, son of Gen. Lee, and Col. Johnson, a son of Gen. Sydney Johnson. Col. Chestnut is, we learn, at Camden We see an advertisement in the last Ttomasville Times headed “ Here’s Your Mule.” We would advise the gentleman who hus taken up said mule to turn him over to the editor of the Times —then there would be a mule and a jackass in the same concern! Richmond correspondent says the place of Attorney General, vacated by Judge Watts, was offered to Senator Hen *7. Tennessee, who declined it, and it is now at the disposal of Judge Jenkins, of Augusta, Ga. No better selection than the last named gentleman could have been made. The War Department at Washington has decided that Shakers and other sects, professing conscientious scruples against performing military duty, are liable to the draft, and if they won’t fight they must pay. In these eases commutation money will be a lien, and be levied upon common property of the sect. «. ♦ I'he editor at Thomasvillo wants to buy 100 pounds of bacon immediately 1 Why don’t lie call on his candidate friend who ran for Congress at the late election ? As he has furnished him with printing mate** rial for some time by which to get to Con gress on, we should think the same chap might afford to give the “ lying editor ” a few pounds of meat to grease his foul throat 1 The Richmond Examiner , of Friday week, says that official information has been received that the enemy design to make immediately a grand combined and simul taneous attack upon Savannah, Pocotali go and Sullivan’s Island. It is thought probable that only heavy demonstrations will be made against Savannah and Poco taligo, while the real attack will be upon Sullivan’s Islaftd. We return thanks to our Senator, lion. C. D. Hammond, for a copy of the “ An nual Report of the Comptroller General,” and also for a copy of the “ Annual Mes sage of Gov. Jos. E. IJrown, to the Georgia Legislature.” These are both very impor tant documents to every citizen of this State, and we will try and give them a careful perusal, and probably give our read ers a synopsis of the same, as well as a few editorial comments, in our next. The Georgia Legislature organized last Ihursdav, sth inst., at 12 o’clock, a. m. Gen. A R. Wright was elected President of the Senate on the sixth ballot, over Col. Chambers, of Muscogee, by a vote of two. Hon. Thomas Hardeman, of Bibb, was elected Speaker of the House over the Hon. B. 11. Bigham, of Troup. L. 11. Kenan, of Baldwin, was elected Secretary of the Senate, in opposition to J. M. Mobley, of Harris. L. Carrington, of Baldwin, re elected Clerk without opposition. L. A. Simmons, of Pickens, elected Messenger of the Senate, and Jesse Osliu, of Cobb, Messenger of tbe House. Win. 11. Rob erta door keeper of the Senate. The Presi dent of the Senate and Speaker of the House delivered short bat eloquent speech es in reply to the honor conferred upon them.. We paid a short viait to Fort Gaines last week, but did not enjoy ourselves as on many former visits, in consequence of seeing several newly appointed Government agents out of men who have never been in the army, when, to our ow.n knowledge, there are two or three young men about the , place, who have been wounded, and well calculated to do business, out of any kind of employment. Now this is ridiculous, and should be stopped. If the Government is in need of Agents for collecting wool, hogs, beef, taxes, tithes, &c., &c., let it employ Soldiers who are disabled from field duty. . Another thing that is not right is the enormously high prices charged by one of the livery stables in Fort Gaines to send sick and wounded Soldiers home when they arrive on the train, and want to go twenty or twenty-five miles by horse and buggy. The charge for a one-eyed, horse, three-wheeled buggy and impudent driver is $lO per day, and all expenses to be paid by the paity hiring ! Has a man who will charge a sick or wounded Soldier such a price to carry him a few miles got a soul as big as a mustard seed ? We doubt it, and will venture to say, is entirely des titute of all gentlemanly principles. Such a fellow would swindle his grand-mother out of her spectacles, and sell them to a negro for Jive rents in silver ! W e shouldn’t be surprised if the fellow keeping this sta ble was a Jew, and probably pretends to have served the Confederacy as a Soldier, but, to our own knowledge, he has been in Fort Gaines about half his time, and are informed that the balance of the time he has been in Richmond, no doubt swindling aud gouging every honest mau he could get his clutchers on ! This rascal should be taken up aud made an example of, by being hung up to the first tree. lie is undoubtedly an unmitigated rascal, as his charges very clearly prove. We stopped at our old friend Wheeler’s, aud fared sumptuously, by getting some thing good to eat and an excellent bed to lie on. u Old man Wheeler” is a clever and accommodating hotel keeper, and gives his customers the best that he can get these hard times. When you go to Fort Gaines recollect “ Wheeler’s Centra! Ho tel.” The editor of the Macon Tel(lie)<jraph is the strangest fellow we have ever read after! Before the late Governor's election came off he made it a daily business to abuse Gov. BrowD and all his acts; but now he speaks of Brown and his Message in very flattering terms! Queer fellow! Probably this smart editor thought “ Joe. Brown ” would be»hcaten iu the late elec * tiou, and by this means .the Tel{Jie)graph office would get a “fat job” of some kind! But being badly fooled, he is now disposed to “turn over” to the “Joe. Brown” side ! Oh, Lordy! how some people do twist and turn to be on the “popular " side ! — : ♦ » ♦ The recommendation has been made, in some parts of the country, that the plan ters should immediately take measures for winter crops to relieve the demands for grain and provisions, and that they should make their own clothing and supplies. The advice is pertinent. We have a war of uneertain length before us, and conse quent hard times. Provisions, clothing, shoes, &c.,are high and iu demand. These things our planters can make. Let the planters enlarge the grain crops; sow wheat, rye, barley ; save peas, potatoes, pumpkins; make their own clothing for family aud negroes; aud save hides and make shoes for themselves and slaves. Elections takes place in Massacusetts, New York, Maryland and Wisconsin on the 3d inst., and in Deleware, lowa, and West Virginia on the 10th inst. Massa chusetts, Wisconsin, lowa and Minnesota elects Governor and other State officers. New York elects all State officers, besides Governor and Lieut. Governor. Massa chusetts elects a Sunator in place of Charles Sumner, whose term expired ou the 3d of March last. Maryland, Delaware and West Virginia elects members of Congress. Massachusetts, New York, Maryland, Wis consin, lowa and Minnesota elects mem bers of the Legislature. There is horrible sugaring among the negroesof Memphis, Tenn. About3s,ooo are gathered 3long tbe backs of the Mias. Read advertisement of W It. George (communicated.) Subjugation. . BY 808. THOMPSON. In the beginning of the fifteenth centu ry Ilenry VI , of England, having demand ed the crown of Franco, which was refused, entered the State with an army of Subjuga tion, and, near the town of Azincour, gain ed a complete and brilliant victory. Hen ry’s progress was almost .uninterrupted for a period of four years —cities, towns and castles surrendered to his armies, and his right to the crown was almost undisputed. In the southern portion of France the peo ple acknowledged Charles VITi as King. The Capitol was iu the hands of the Eng lish, every town on the seacoast was garri soned by Henry's soldiers, and the interior had bowed to his rule, yet Charles, with a small band of followers, resolved to die rather than submit. In the town of Or leans he had collected his army, and the English besieged the town with ten times his uumbers. He seems to have given up the idea of retrieving the sinking fortunes of his country. At Chi Don, where he held his Court, he wept over his fallen home. His star had almost set. Already his de voted friends at Orleans were crying for bread. He saw his country and his family slaves to the ambitious Ilenry. Despair was staring him in the face, when a simple peasant girl was presented at his house. To.save her sinking country, she resolved to face the deadly shafts of the enemy, and, with a flag in her hand, she called to the despondent soldiers to follow where she led, and “ God would lead them safely through.” The country girl did what the a/rnies of France could not do. Joan of Arc expelled the English from the country. She was emphatically the deliverer of her country, for, under her, town after town and castle after castle surrendered to the French, and in 1449 the English occupied but the single town of Calais. Charles wa3 crowned King of all France, but he owed it to the “ Maid of Orleans.” The history of Frederic the Great, dur ing the eeveu years war, is full of instruc tion to us, for, like us, he and bis people were threatened with annihilation by the three powers—France, Austria and Russia. The seven years struggle was a struggle for the very existence of the Prussian Empire. Almost in the beginning he met with de feat. An army of 40,000 under the Duke of Cumberland was defeated by the French Marshal, D’Estress, at Hastemberg, and capitulated soon after at Closfersevern, com pletely destroying the power of Frederic iu Hanover. The second year of the war, a hundred and thirty thousand Russians were marching to invade Prussia; the Swedes had entered the list of his ene mies, and were preparing an army to in vade the country; the French were ad vancing through Germany; Austria had assembled 180,000 men, and Poland had assumed the offensive. Ilia situation was desperate, and it seemed that nothing but uninterrupted success would save the King dom. On the 6th of May, 1757, was fought the battle of Prague—a victory for Fred eric ; but the defeat at Kolliro, on the 18th of June, compelled him to give up Bohe mia. Ilis misfortunes were great, and his soldiers were distrustful —even those at home criticised his operations. The Duke of Cumberland had lost Ins army, leaving the French at liberty to penetrate Saxony; Gen. Lchwald was defeated by the Rus sians ; 20,000 Swedes had eutered Pome ramia; Silesia was in the hands of one Austrian army, and another had laid Ber lin itself under contribution. It seemed that utter ruin was 6taring him in the face. He had doubted his ability to cope with so many foes, and he carried a deadly poison about him, resolved to die rather than wit ness the degradation of his country and the ruin of his family. But he was not despondent. With 22,000 men he met united Austrian and French forces', 60,000 strong, at Rosbaeh, on the sth of Novem ber, completely routing them, and captur ing sixty pieces of artillery and seven thousand prisoners Oo the sth of De cember he met the Austrians near Luethen with 30,000 men. The Austrians-number ed 60,000. In the short space of four hoars Frederic won one of the most glori ous victories reoorded in history. The fruits of this victory were great. 27,000 Austaians were killed, wounded or taken, fifty stand of colors, a hundred guns, and 4,000 wagons fell into the hands of the Prussians. Breslan opened its gates, and Silesia was*reconquered. In one month h*"' had extricated himself from almost iusur -4 mountable difficulties. Frederic’s success was varied during the next two .years, but on the 12th of August, 1759,.a<jKuners dorf, on the battlo* w/s fought, which resulted in defeat to the Prussian arms. The Prussian army was completely scattered at this .place, and Frederic.hirn self escaped with great difficulty to a ruined farm-house, where he threw his wearied body on a heap of straw !• But.he recov ered, the Allies failing to follow up their victory. He collected 18,000 men, obtain ed guns from his fortresses, and agaitr made Berlin safe. In 1760 he was driven almost to his .Capitol, but by quick movements and great courage made up his loseeß'by the end of the year. In 1761 Elizabeth of Russia died, and Czar Peter lit as cended the Russian throne. He was"* friend of Frederic, released his prisoners, sent them to the Prussian hero, and furn ished him with 15,000 men to'reinforce his shattered army. Sweden, France and Poland also withdrew, and left.,Marla.The resa alone tofrouttho lion; but she, know ing the powers' of almest all Europe, Had failed to subdue the unconquerable Fred eric, gave up the contest. The peace of Hubertsburg put an end to the seven years war, and Frederic the Great was left inf • peace with all the world. He is an exam ple for the resolute. “ Fight ou, ever,” was his principle, and it shou-ld.aol mate the breasts of the Southern patriot*. We have never yet been reduced tooth’d mortification of loosing our Capitol, vet we have seen that Berlin was twice laid under contribution. The Anglo-Saxon race, com posed of the Anglos, Saxons, Normans and Brittons, has never been subjugated. . Th-t race has subjected otheF races, but a'r*c* of its own origin, united and resolved so set up a Government of its own, has - al ways succeeded. The Anglo-Saxon rules in every land—the mighty sceptre of-this superior people is wielded in all latitudes, yet he does not draw tribute from a single offspring that resolved to overthrow bia authority. The people of the Confederacy are legitimate children of the parent stock. The Northern are a mixed people. They have the German, the Irish, the French,, and representatives from all nations—even, the Ethiopian is an acknowledged equal Wo contend that the pure Anglo-Saxoit blood is confined to the Southern State*, and that the Northern population is a «iv l generate people. To prove this, we refer the reader to.the heartless atrocities perpe trated by their soldiers whilst invading out country, and to the action of Gerf. Lee's army when in Maryland. The Anglo and Saxon races were noted for their advance ment in the Arts and Sciences and the geo, eral intelligence of the people, the Norman for his courages and magnanimity, and.the Britton for his stern defense of home and property. In the Southern people is blend ed all these qualities. It ie the character of nine-tenths of the population. Intelli gence predominates; the magnanimity of our rulers is proverbial, and the stern de fense of our homes has been applauded by the world ! We have every characteristic of the Anglo-Saxon, but our enemies, who claim us as brothers , are totally destitute of these ennobling qualities—they bear no comparison to any civilized nation of the habitable globe, but will compare favors bly with the wild tribes of Africa, who devour each other—a condition worse than that of beasts They cannot bear compari son with the North American Indian, with out injuring his fame, for the India* w generous and brave, but the Yankees arc thievish and cowardly! Every school boy is familiar with the history of the Revolution of 1776, but a passing notice is necessary. Acts of op pression so long committed compelled the United Colonies to declare themselves free and independant. George 111. immediate ly organized au army of Subjugation. He and his ministry conceived it an easy task to compel our forefathers to submit to their pusillanimous tyrannies. With a popula tion of three millions they prepared to bat tle for right aud justice against ofie of the most powerful nations of Europe. On the 4th day o: July, 1776, the Colonial Con gress deolared'to the world that they were a free and independent people. Every man that affixed bis eigeature to the Dec laration knew that death was the penalty if the enterprise failed, but finely ‘belie?