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conn BIN. FRIDAY, BBPTKMBKK fi, IH6
liuu, M J. I'mioni.
Wo bad tbo pleasure on yesterday, <4 irelcoui-
Id ft home, our worthy rop tentative Iron. Ibo
Confederate Congress, which has jukt closed Its
recent session in Richmond. JI is In (Inc.
health and good spirits, and gives a fine account
of the condition of onr affairs both in the civil aud
military departments of the Government. Hav*
ing observed, during his absence, the movement#
in the State, touching the Gubernatorial Con
vention, and the probabilities of an excited can
vast, he aadherir.es us to my that he does not de
sire to add to the political confusion by the use
or his name for the office of Governor, and there
fore withdraws tbe same from further considera
tion In that connection. He requests us to
tender to his friends his highest obligations for
the very favorable manner in which (liey have
alluded to his name.
The Cokvektius.—A large number ol eouu
ties have already elected delegates to the State
Convention, which is to aasetuble at Milledgu
ville on the 11th inst.; in several others, melt
ings hove been called for tbo purpose, and in all
steps should bo immediately taken to bo repre
sented. Let it be remembered that this is to bo
u Convention of the people , and is Intended to
defeat the scheuioa of designing politicians sn3
selfish cliques. Care should be taken, therefore,
in selecting delegates, to choose only such men,
without respect to past party predilections, as
the people have confidence in, and who will carry
out the object of the Convention.
A candidate for Governor, as well as Eleriu
ral candidates, will I* nominated ; and, we again
repeat, the people of the 8 ate should see to it,
that they are fully and ably represented in the
approaching Convention. —Anyuita Conttitu
tionahtt.
The New York Tribune, of the 2eth ult.,
says “that advices from our Minister In London
indicate a certain, if not speedy, recognition of
the “Confederate States” as an independent Pow
er by the British Government. But there is in
this nothing to surprise <>r discourage.
“The tendencies of the British Government
have not been a secret. Tba success or failure
of the Jeff. Davis rebellion depends on its power
at home, not on the favor with whioh It may be
regarded abroad.
“A recognition by Ureal Britain would, doubt
leas, give Itw certain degree of moral support,
but would neither feed nor clothe Its armies.—
Waits little, and we may havo news to sum!
abroad that will neutralise tbo Influences cf that
on which the British Ministry is how disposed to
act. We expect no favor from Kurope, and have
■ought none.”
Col. Jobes or tub 4th Alabama. Our
readers all recollect the distinguished gallantry
and efficient services us the 4th Alabama regi
( naant and its bra vs Colonel at the battle of Ma
nama.
Wo regret to statu that wo have a private let
ter from a reliable source, dated at Orange Court
House, Va., August .'list, stating that Colonel
Jones was at that place, very low, aud but little
hopes of his Confcdtrap ‘.th.
TJS” The Little Kook True Democrat learns
by private letter that tbo Missouri Slate troops
under command of Gen. Pierre, left Springfield
for Camp Walker on the 10th inet., and that Gen,
McCulloch, with his force?, has gone to Furl
Boott. The letter concludes: “The news from
Missouri if bettor And better all the time, the
Federalists have scattered to tho woods and are
completely routed.”
Gbh. Bn ago hot uoibu to Virginia— A friend,
says the Savannah Republican, occupying a high
position in tho army at Pensacola, writes us un
der date of the 2d inst:
“It Is not true, as stated in tho Charleston
Mercury, that Gen Bragg is going to Virgiuia.
Gen. Anderson has arrived, hut al tho successor
of Gen. Walker, not Uou. llrg K . We ure cer
tain that the Utter will not leave his laithfu*
soldiers.”
Companies from Umctgte.
The last Lumber of the Southern Recorder
contains a table showing the number of voters,
the number of companies, and also the number
of volunteers in tho Confederate army, from each
county iu Georgia. lu that table Muncogee and
Chatham counties are each credited with eleven
companies,nr IHHi men- the largest number fur
nished by any county in the Stale. We propone
to place within the reach of'our ootemporary tho
means of rectifying its table with respect to Mu*
cogeo. The following companies from thi - coun
IV have been mustered into the Confederate ser
vice •
Colmubu-; Guards -I’apt. Kills.
City Light Guards—Capt. Colquitt.
Soqthern Guards, Cos. D.- Capt. Wilkies.
” •* Cos. G.- Capt. Leonard.
Confederate Mate Sentinel’ Capt Hawes.
Georgia Grays—Capt. Iverson.
Border Rangers—Capt. Strother.
Muscogee Rifles—Capt. Scott.
Ivey Uuards—Capt. Ivey.
Sciutnca Guards—Capt Shepherd.
Jackeon Avengers—Capt. Bradford.
Columbus Volunteers —Capt. Chapman.
Georgia Guards -Capt. Thompson
It will thus be reon that Muscogee has thir
tech companies in tho Arid, without ine uding
the Indepeudeut Light Infantry, Capt. Jiarda
way, which was partly officered, partly rectuited,
and received H large portion of its equipment
here.
The 10th Swtu Regiment.
The following is a list of officers of tho lUtli
Georgia Regiment, organired at Richmond, and
mustered into service for the war, and now sta
tioned at Williamsburg, Va.
Colons!—LaF svelte Me Law s.
Lieutenant Col Alfred Camming.
Major—John W, Weems,
Adjutant Leroy Napier, Jr.
Surgeon---W. F. Westmoreland.
yuartertuarier—C. C. Hicks.
Sergeant Major— Duncan If, Burts.
Quartermaster Sergeant W. >V. Busier
CAT*TAt*S
R K Hawo* —Confederate State Sentinels.
C H Phlnitv Letcbor Guardi.
Willis C. Holt—Chattahoochee Beauregard*.
Edwin Richards —Independent Blues.
G. G. Crawford—Benjamin Infant*.'*.
Wm Johnston Thompson Guards.
Owen C. Ilorne—Georgia Rangers.
I'hilogu* I.oud Wilcox Rifles.
Young L. Wooten-—Fayette Rifle Grays.
John I. W. Rond Pulaski Guard*.
JKflP* Clipping from the Herald of the 2J?th
ult.:
Not over bait i ib* twenty-live thousand
additional volunteer* t ailed tur by the recent pro
clamation of the Governor of this Btate have as
yet enlisted.
Nineteen rifled field pieces, composed o! six
teen and twenty pounders, were shipped IVom the
Watervliet Ai -cual on the Bdd inst., for Cincin
nati.
A special meeting of the Union Democratic
Convention was held yesterduy afternoon. The
meeting was a private one, but enough trsuspir
ed to show that its object was to see how funds
could be raised to atriat iu the cotupictiuu of
some of the regiments bow in and about the city.
No other business was transacted, and after a
short session the meeting adjourned.
The Cincinnati Enquirer has the follow
ing tight papers for deserters from Lincoln's ar
ray :
Hereafter all deserters from the army are to be
arrested by the polioe or eitiaeus, enu tried by
oourt martial. In case a cltiren captures n de
serter, he will receive the sum of fciu, which will
he deducted from the pay of the soldier.
Arkv of this Potomac.—Wo have (*eja the
Savannah Republican of yesterday,) good ground
for tho belief that our batteries wore opened yf
terdsy, or last night# on the deCenr.ee of Wash
ington. . Up to the time we wiito no intelligence
haa beon received from that qtihlter, and possibly
operations hare been postponed, but we feel sere
for a period not less than forty-eight hours.
Tho Richmond Dispatch of Monday has the
following with regard to tho present disposition
of our army.
“For some days our army under Generals
Johnson and Beauregard has been getting into
close quarter* with (he enemy. Advanced de
tachments have had sharp skirmishing, iu which
there ban been a considerable number killed and
wounded, (fewer on our side than on that of the
enemy,j and we have a few prisoner*. Webave
gained several important positions, especially one
which is understood to com maud Arlington.
The wilt have to make up his mind to
gght a wfnoftt battle or retreat across the Poto
mac. We may therefore look daily for stirring
events. We know wbat cur officers and men
can do, and we suppose there is nobody here who
doubt* what the result will be when the cxj.eeted
collision takes place.
JS#** The Loffdod Telegraph, of the UHh uIU
says; “To a statement wade iu New York, that
our Government ha? conceded the right asserted
by the Washington Administration to close the
Southern ports by order, wo must givo the most
positive denial. The report is pul forward by a
journal which Is frequently well informed, and It
is advanced as if it originated with tho official
authorities at Washington ; hut the show of au
thenticity, .coupled with the importance of tho
renders an explicit contradiction only
tho more nece eary.”
From the Savannah Republican.
finl Ceorgin fcegiaett.
The following extract from a private letter da
ted “Monterey, Va.,27ib August,” contains mat
ter* of interest to those who have friends in the
above regiment •
“I learn that tin* b2d Virginia Regiment arc
to leave Maunfou to-day for this place; If so,
they will arrive on Thursday, and on Friday or
Saturday we take up the line •<{ march for Green
brier river, near the foot of Cheat Mountain,
some eight mile* from the eneu>>’s camp and
twenty miles from Huitonaviile, where iiosen
crantz m at present. Gen. Lee, as you have
heard, Is making his way around to cut them <•(T
from Beverly, wo arc ex ported to attack them
in front.
“The charge against Col. Kamsey was simply
for granting So many furloughs when at Mc-
Dowell. It has been dismissed arid he is now
in command of the Regiment. He allowed hi*
men furloughs of ten and fifteen days to go
whore they please, to recruit l .eir health. Gen.
Loring dining, and on calling for the Ist Geor
gia Regiment, only about JOU could be found;
he then ordered lb* arrest of our Colonel, which
I think wm Hu culled for under the circum
stances. Our men were without tents, clothing,
blankets or cooking utensils, nor could they buy
them ut any price where they were, and with
those furloughs they weut to the term houses
about iu the country, in rquuds of four or five,
and I am satisfied that if this bad not been done,
we would have lost twice, yes, three times as
many men as we havo; as it la, they are coining
in everyday,, and now nearly all are present.”
.;:M” The Maysville Kagio of the I2tb, has re
ceived this information from tbo Kanawha :
Tub BKißMian oh thh Kawawha.— We have
just learned sonieut the purlieu nr*of the recent
engagement in the Kauawhe region, from ngen
tleman recently from the scone us oouflic-L Owl.
Tylers'command numbering one thousand, were
attacked near RuramenvUle, while nt breakfast
by about three thousand rebels under the groat
thief, Floyd. The Federal* lost about three hun
dred in killed nnd wounded, and report that they
killed about the samo number of tho enemy.—
The Federal* retreated with the remaining seven
hundred, aud were nut taken prisoners, as at first
reported. A part of the becond Kentucky regi
ment wore dispatched to reinforce Tyler, but the
enemy had retreated before they arrivod on the
ground. Our informant reports that It is almost
impossible to defeat Cox, so securely is be en
trenched.
A bond
Wo are truly plenscd to havo the plenmro of j
publishing tbo following aunouacoment. It i? 1
un appointment “eminently fit to ho inndc
Atlanta, Ga., Aug 4th, 9 I*. M.
Messrs. G. M. Logan and I*. Tracy:
Col. Loohranehas been appointed Judge of tbo
i Macon Circuit.
J. JESTEELE*.
Tub Battle of Oak Hill. The Arkunsa*
State Gazotto has u letter trow one of Captain
Woodruff ’s Little Rock Artillery, date* Camp H*
luilos west of Springfield, Missouri, giving an
account of tho battle us Oak llill, from which the
following is taken;
The enemy opened tho hail at about -unrise,
ami wo ended it about tmudowu by completely i
mating them. Their entire force wa* between •
10 and 12,000. The r gulnr* Were commanded !
by Sturgiss, late of Fori Smith, the Union Mi*-
*ouriau.*by Gen. Lyon, and the artillery by Capt. i
Totten. They hud Iff nieces cf cannon. We
captured 11 piece?, band IS pounders.
Tuttcu played Into our gallant little band hoar
tily, but we proved too hot fur him: after three J
hour* incessant timing ho wa* compelled to re- j
treat.
The loss of the enemy 1? immcu?e. We pitted j
about unequal number of our fore* against them j
aud retained the rest a? u reserve.
Our battery justly receives tho credit of gain- [
ing a goodly portion of this glorious victory.
Our shot got Lyon ami Totten’* horse.
I have just learned that tho los? of the one
my was 2,f>00 our loiui in kilted and wounded
is &2S. Considering the enemy had the vautage
ground In every respect, I regard thi? as great a
victory a* Mnnu?*u? in proportion to the nmu
bar engaged.
We have taken many prisoners since the bat
tie, mostly Dutch. The .Southern flag now floats
high over Springfield, the stronghold of Black
Republican! Min that Lincoln ordered them to
bid i at all hazards.
Churchill’s regiment covered themselves with
glory, though they suffered much. Their loss is
’>2 killed and 147 wounded. The enemy got in
un them while they were at breakfast, ana scat
teretl them. They did not get together during
the battle, but they fought like devil*.
From tho position of onr battery we could see
the wh>le fight. The Louisiana boys are the
iieavicst'fighter* on the ground—-the most per
fect sol ut it are devil*.
The Texas Ruuger* fight for all iu sight, and
hunt t> e balance in the bush—they followed the
reiresting enemy Into Springfield und slaughter
ed thriu all along the road.
Stamixpe from Kentucky South.—The
Louiaville Courier of the .Hist alt., says :
Saturday morning w noticed an immense
amount of freight, aud a great rush of people ut
rite Nashville depot, all going to the interior, or
further South. The regular train could not no
commodate alt the pceple, and three extra car*
had to be called into use. The accumulation of
freight was \ery greet, so great a? to block up
tbe street.-.
Wc suppose tbl? groat rush wu? caused by the
•diet that had gone forth that on and alter tho
first of September non-intercourse with the South
would b rigidly enforced, aud that wagons, boats,
people, and all would be sewed.
CoRPiPKRATk l’uw -.Nxns The following *•
a copy of a dispatch sent to Mftj. Oen. Twiggs,
•ays the Mobile Tribune, 3vl:
Ku n muni*, Aug. 2'd, Ibtil,
Frisonors of war art'to bo sent to forts iu tho
vicinity of Now Orleans. How many can be
there accomodated without crowding.
JOHN 11. WINDER.
Brig. Gen , C. S. A.
jaHrUon. Ripley, iu command at Charleston,
issued an order on Monday lam, from which the
following is an extract :
11. Ctliaeita residing on Sullivan’* Inland wil
bold themselves in roadiues* to proceed to Un
city at short notice Circumstances only eao
determine when or at what moment it tuay he
absolutely necessary to order a removal from*the
lalaud.
tsll’- Raymond, of the New York Tinea, the
•military editor” j>.it ixctlUnei if the North,
“• ‘‘‘•re it one half of the money that has been
spent in organising land forces to tight Louiei
auisna, Georgians and (South Carolinians, in the
midst of the turiblo batteries of M masses, had
been employed iu fitting out fleet* of aleum ves
sols for effective operations In Southern waters,
the Uulf Htates. which are the real seat of the
diabolical tre*on that hnraaaes the lard, would
long since havo been crushed, and crying to the
Union armies for safety.**
H r#*-While out of the chaplains of the North
ern army was repeating the line of the Lord’s
Prayer—" Give us this day our dally bread-a
soldier added m a loud voice ‘'fresh.*’
laterenne with fattfr.
Or) this subject a coinramctiou iu a late
member of the * aaricsUm .Marcwry cwutains the
following sensible suggestions :
At the end Os four months of war with the
North, wc hse no mode wf < umuiunWation
with Europe, independent cf the route through
Sew Y ork. This Is no crcdlltable either to the
sagacity of our Government or the entorprue of
our merchant*. We bar* been so long depen
dent on the Northern wav of reaching Europe,
wesetin to have forgotten that, in the curly pc
fiod* of our history, the established mode of
passing from one < mtiner.t to the other was by
the West India Islands. What prevent# our go
ing back to the old way ? A fast steamer of
light draught could go to Bormuduin forty-eight
hours. The Bahama* ure -till bearer. Bermu
da and the Bahama Iriund* may be poinu of
connection with the British mail steamers. They
may be made cntrcqmta of g ods for the S*uth
em ports. Hmall fast ve**u!, commanded by
men woo know our const, could go and come
with very little risk. The Government dea
patebe* may be aent in that way, instead of
running the gauntlet through tbo enemy's coun
try. Wo would establish a ready direct mean#
of access to the ear of the European world. I
don't know what tho root* of the British West
India steamers now is, or whether they touch at
Bermuda or Xs-oau, New Providence. But Ber
muda is a naval station, and the intercourse with
England must be frequent. As soon as the
British merchant knows that hi* goods may reach
the Southern porta by the route suggested, he
would be ready to dwspajcb them where the de
mand would reach them. The people of the
Island* would be Immediately and warmly inter
anted hi this new ebaunei of trade opened to
their enterprise. ('<Muuieni.il frU.ii Is would soob
become political friends.
ioawlnJalten,
Tin; tendency of the Northern B!ate* to nidi
headlong imo a consolidated military despot Dm,
i* no longer distinguished by the leading Aboli
tin journal*. The Philadelphia Enquirer, un
der the hooding of “A National Army,” oliforl
ally nays :
Wo heartily had the new movement of General
McClellan in forming a National Army- not au
army composed of State regiments, but an army
in each regiment of which every loyal State per
haps may be represented. We had It as a step
in advance in every respect, aud more especially
af teudirig to make us tens of a c on/rdtrol un ami
more of a nation. The founders of our govern
mi nt did not make our national name indicative
of a federation, but of a union , and everything
that tends to make us more American! and
eili-ent of jittly commonwealth*, is a step in a
direction which dire experience has shown lobe
tho right one.
Our Mate Governments were intended for thr
administration of /oral affair #, and, such pur
poses they answer nnr oi It** well. But the
noxious dogma of superior State allegiance
strikes at the vital* of our nationality, and w<
see with the greatest satisfaction every step that
tend* to make us on*great nation, rat>irr t*ian an
aaeemllaffe of intigmfront nation*.
Mfril Fit*,.,Fort Mwon IhrtaKKil.
The Petersburg Express of Wednesday, ‘.'<t
halt., has the following
Our latest advice* from North Carolina arc up
to nin o'clock last night. At that hour it was
known in Goldsboro’ that a formidable Yankee
fleet was iu sight of Fort Macon, ami nn attack
this morning, eveu if deferred until daylight, will
not surpriMo tho garrison We aro pleaatd to
hear that tboy aro well prepared for the n-'xaulr
and will resist with a determination and daring
worthy of the glorious cause in which they arc
engaged. Fort Macon command* the entrance
to Ruaufort Harbor, and is said to be the moll
formidable fortification on the North Gar'lima
Coast.
it was reported in Goldaboro ln-t night, thm
lh Yankee,pirates bad burned the flourishing
nnd spirited little town of Washington, in Beau
fort county, but the report needed continuation.
Wm may udd, that l wus generally discredited.
Active preparations on the defensive stdl con
tinue all over the State, and every nmu in it is
prepared to die in defence of bis native soil if
necessary.
Tho Charleston Mercury has tlm following
Goldsboro* N. C., Sept. 2 r. m.
Tho latest advices received here from Pamlico
Sound state that no forward movement bad been
made iu tbe direction of the main land
1 Two steamers and two tug bouts of the North
-1 era fleet aro lying in.ride tho bar. There are
j supposed to be about throe thousand Yankee
troops at Capo Hat terns and the vicinity. They
; tire busy mounting heavy wiego gun* and uth r
| wi*e perfecting 4he defences of the po*:tiun. it
I? thought here that they cannot, for the present
’ be dislodged.
A flag tt truce sent to tho enemy wa? not per
i uiitted to land, The boaiOT* of it were informed,
however, that seven of our men were found dead
j and twenty-five wounded, beside* those who were
brought oil by the Confederate steamer Win
slow.
Delrgales to the Cukernaturi&l Cuuhiilm.
The following 1* a complete list of delegate* to
the Gubernatorial Convention, os for ns wohgve
heon able to obtain the litis :
Bibb —T G Holt, John II Lamar, Abner Lock*
ett. U G Sparks.
| Bulloph S L Moore, S lforv dlv.
1 Baldwin f W A Sanford, L II Bifooc, N
! McOehce. L A Jordan, Charles Ivey. RiTard
! Gibson, David llill, T B Lamar, \ I Butt?, L
| Carrington.
i Ca?? Abdd Johnson, 11 F Price, Wm John
son, Jarno* Wofford, Moiiroe Goodson. Lewi.
j Tomlin. Luke W (Jinn. U 11 Cannon. B 0 Craw-
I ford, A F Woily, A l-’ Trimble,
j Clayton -11 on .1 F .John IU it !.’ Gl.o , and
| John C .Smith, IC.-q.
| Chaiham Julian Edwin II Ui.-m,
I y •piiewpson, Hiram Huberts, F\V sim*. 1,.
| vy S D Ly u.
j Clay John II Cull w.iy, Col F 1 Teniiilieumi
I Col M W Stamper.
Dougherty- Win M Slaughter, A J .Mienrthy,
TC Spicer. Dr W P Jenning*, J 11 11,11.
Dooly Dr D .1 Hothwcll, William Beverly,
John C Royal, Luitallen Masbburu, E nvlmd
Redaing, Sumner Adam*.
Early James Buchanan, \V Ci. .T. .!••! \\
Hightower.
Effingham Fhutnn* R Uine*. AJaj A (i For
ter, Henry McCloud E C Corbitt, alternate.
Fulton T C Howard,T 1* Flemiug. It FMad
dox, Gt; Hull. TW T llil , Clark Howel l , \\ A
Wilson, W 1‘ liar* en, M A lluHon, J W Duncan.
W S Bass ford J M Calhoun. J Crew, li Oruie, J
I) Lockhart, C II Chandler, J E Williams, .1 G
Pound?, W Uergu*.-n.
lluUMt n tlreen llill, Dr W A Maihen >. W D
Alien, J W Woolfolk.
Jefferson -11 V’ Johnson, , .
Joutf 13cnj Barron, U H Hutchings, F S
John?ju,J F Bxrrun, Audertoon Mid die brook*,
Leroy Singleton, U F Finney.
Liberty A Winn, S M Yarnadoo, S A Fraser,
W L Walthour, K Daniels, and II H Ln* ?.
Lowpde* Benjamin V Mostly, Albert l\n
ter o
Mii*cogec P J Phillip.-, A M Jeter. .1 M Uus
srdl, Thoiua? Sfoan, .1 J Abercrombie. Henj Clark,
John Quinn. W W Garrard
Macon -LM Felton, Jones Hicks, D S H.ir
riven, Na hati Hnan, D B Frederick. U W Irish.
Monrm*--R P Trinpe, R L Rod day, C Peo
ple?, It B Johnson, W I. Woodad, \V A Bank*
Pike- II C Fryer, T P M Blood worth, N P
Daniel, Parker F. Brown, J N Manghaui nnd A
.1 I'eden.
Riehmond Lindsay C Warren, .Tnn W Walk
er, Wm J Owen?, William Schley. John Ravi
non. Ben i urn in F Hull, Edward W Doughty, J
M Newby, tlermain T. Dortlc, Porter Fleming,
Adnm Johnson, Jame? D, McNair, nnl John
Winter,
Ktndolph J McK Huno, Dr LO S.*lo .Dr ‘
W Burney, A llood, F l> Bailey.
Spaulding U HJ oh neon, J 11 Aikm.
Sumter- Ueu tl W Bivins, D 11 llill and A A
Adams, Efqr?.
Thomas AT. Mclntire, A P AY right ami W
G Ponder.
Taylor Dr J D Ball, Dr J Griffith.
Twiggs John Fitzpatrick, 11 S Wimberly, T
Glover.
Walker J B Sorrell?, DeWuifi Reynold*, Geo
Spence—alteruatoc, TUos Cooper, aud W D. Mal
coiu
Warren—>Y W AuJcrson, W W Swain, and
Jamea F Reid . alternates, M 11 Wei born, A M
Jackson and Curtis G. Lowv.
Wayne- Thomas 5> Hopkins, Henry II Fort,
Samuel O Bryan, James F Kiug, Jamr Knox,
and James Causey.
Tbe British Ship AHiiws.
The Richmond Examiner says the running of
the federal blockade by tho British ship Alli
ance ha.? been fully confirmed by dispatches re
ceived at the W*r Department. Her Captain
waa expected in Richmond on the J Ist ult. llcr
cargo will be offeretl for saiv to the Government j
and is of the un>st valuable description. Beside?
an assortment of general nrticles and some cases
of arms, perhaps, ft consists of 190,000 percus
sion caps, quantities us medicine*, quicksilver, j
pig iron, tin plate, several thousand dozens of .
spool cotton, Ac., Ac.
The Alliance landed at Dean fort, in North
Carolina, a harbor on theueck of Cape Lookout.
It is further stated that at the time the Alliance
entered, a number of merchant vessel* were ob- \
-creed cut .it and It wa suppose I they might
follow the Alliance in under the protection of
the British steamer that whs lying oil tho coast.
This it the first instauoe ot the entrance of tbc
ve-rel of a neutral power Into our blockaded
ports.
t OUMBIS. lATIBpAI. t PlfcllßEß 7. IMI. I
Home teFeiM
It is understood that Gov. Pickens hold* a fine
regiment, with tea companies, near Aiken, on
the railroad, now in camp, ready to be moved to
any point at a moment'* warning, and probably
Gen. Jones will te it colonel. The Governor
also has thirty companies, in three regiments,
near this ptace, on tbo railroad, preparing to
move at a moment'* notice; also, three fine
cavalry companies, and one at. Aiken; also, two
artillery companies -in all, four thuusa#d men.
Gun. Dunevanti* already Colonel of one of theae
regiments.
We take tbc above from a late number of the
Columbia Guardian, and earnestly commend the
example of tire Palmetto Governor to otir own
Executive. We do not know what Gov. Brown
has dofie or if doing In tfic way of preparing
Georgia to resist invasion. We cannot believe,
however, that he has been idle, or is indifferent
to this object. The 134 b regiment at
behind the proper defenses, may be sufficient for
that position, and Fort Pulaski will, doujtleff
protect tho river in front of It. But the*# arc
only two points on a roust of 100 miles. By the
aid of gun boats, tho enemy can land almost any
where and get acr**M to the interior, <*r H he
.prefer#, a* doubtle.-> bo wilj, to confine hii oper
ations to the coast, wb.it is to prevent him from
landing 10,000 men at Varnoa river, 12 or lb
mile* below Sivunoah und attack it in tbo
rear ?
What we need In Georgia and wbat every
.State on the Atlantic or Gulf, South of \ irgitii v,
need* ij un organized force <4 six or eight thou
sand men ready at a ptomeal'* warning Pi march
to .my threatened pi , We have
but littiti time witla iis which to work. By the
middle of next mouth liiere is every reason to
believe that tbo tut my will In-gin a system of
land privateering on the Southern coast, and
unitwc are better prepared than at present,
our people will be harrassed and annoyed be
yond measure. Everybody looks so Governor
Brown to move at once iu tbit mat'er
Our Tableaux Vivtuk
Rarely among the creations of the m<>*t dis
tinguished professions! arfiete, have we witness
ed a muro complete than (hat which
alien led the exertions of our n ble an 1 patriotic
townswomen on Wednes lay evening.
Their Tasleafk Viviln > surpassed iu scenic
splendor the most gorgeous groupings of “/.r I
Famrita,” nr'J.r &ewiramiJ</ and the vocalize- i
lion which held ear and thought entranced and j
charm'd away at intervals the pause* between !
the scenes, gushing und floating upward with the
wild sweetucs <of tbo sky Ink. The imj a . n
ed tendarnesr <*f tho nightingale, will long leave
its vibrati .ns in the souls of its huarors.
So much was there, throughout this enter
tainment, t call forth the admiration of tho
itpee.aior < that it i* diffi ‘ult to single out from
ihe galaxy, any “bright particular star” and call
it “fairest found, where all were fair,” yet we
think that the genius dispUyol in the exquisite
conception <-f “Nionr and Morxibu,” merit*
special praise. The merry mischief, the laugh
ing grace of the young “MAfQCEfcADKRH’’ who
<<peued the spectacle still haunt our eyes. We
realized ntiie Indian Mskion, how the eloquence
of beauty could inspire mercy evon among the
Gerneataa.l m>it vengeful of her tribe, while wc
Hsettied to catch their war whoop. Curiosity,
broiled in her own Protean Incarnali’ D, among
the “Postmistress” and her gossips. “Ciboe
bblla,” sprang from tho venerable legend, so
lresb and fair to view, that henceforth wo shall
•rtake our own eye sight against any, who pre
tend her to ba but the fable j creation of an obi
dreamur. Wbat description can paint that two
Hooting virion of Persian magnificence ‘ Did
mortals surround the couch of “Lalla Rookh,”
or and l llouris rove thither from the garden* of
tho Prophet ?
“Vinomu a,” iu a silence (hat found voice,
thrilled u.< with his stern Roman virtue while
with frail but lovely “Krrix DnAHH,”ono might
havo wept. W heu “Judith” presented herself
before us, upon the lineamouts of Gris avenger of
her God-chosen people were - tamped her faith in
the king of kings, her horror of tho Opprcsor, her
supremo, triumphant love of country, in charac
ters of singular strength. The evening closed
victoriously upon Ihe bunded Sisters of our Co*
rr.i'K!t\i:v while the *'Stakj a hi* Bams” waved
above them, aud the chorus of Dixie filled the
air.
The object to which this entertainment (con
ceived aud matured iu a space of lime marvel
lously chert,) wus consecrated, U worthy of all
praise, and many of our heroic defenders will
bleas its author* for comforts, which through tta
agency will be dispensed to them while amid the
hardships and peril* of the camp. May every
exertion made in this holy cause, be crowned w ish
conquest ‘
Tin Defeat k Tyler. The New Yoik
Times, on the strength of intelligence received
by way of Cincinnati, accepts as highly proba
ble, the report already given of tho surprise and
defont of the Federal forces under Cul, Tyler in
the Kanawha valley. The Times fear* that that
important district of Western Virginia will short
ly revert so the Confederate . “Salt,” says the
Times, “is selling in Richmond and Petersburg
at f‘< a sack. The Confederate* must have this
necessary article, and it seem* that they know
whera and how to get wh.it they wont lead iu
Missouri and .salt in the Kanawha.” Tho Times
regards tbo destruction of Tyler * command as
posibly but the beginning of an onset that shall
sweep every vestige of tbo Union army from that
part of Virginia.
Mcm.B Rack s We learn from ih- Mobile
Advertiser, that owing to the war, tho M*g< lia
Jockey Club have withdrawn the prognmtu,.
lor the annual fall meeting of fofll. Should
peace la* restored, <<r other cireuni.'.lauce* war
rant it. ihe Spn ng uo-ctin v.f H6‘i will conic
the last mail from London < by the oily
of Washington) bring* tbo response to tbe wd
vices from this cite to the GM July. The Lon
don Times’ money article thus refers ro tbe N.
York private letters receive 1 by ihe Cunarder <<f
that date
“The mercantile letters from New i <ik by tho
present packet describe great despondency, ow
ing to the impression produced by the bad man
agement nnd inefficiency shown t Bull Run.
People, it Is said, aio losing c. ufidcnce in tbe
Government, and another defeat would briug u
largo number over to tbc policy if allowing ,-e
cession to take plaeo peaceab y. Some persons
now exprc's :i b*d{eJ that the North wi 1 haw
to acknowledge th South before the end of the
vesr, but the real tendency of event* .ciuh to
t>e more and more in tbe direction of the state < t
affairs that will render both parties glad cf a
compromise. Tbo national troops arc. stated to
havo evacuated Harper's Ferry and Hampton,
und much anxiety was evidently felt for the safe
ty of Washington. The opinion was, however,
that it would be a great mistake on the part oi
tho Confederates to attack that city. If defeat
• • 1 they would lose all the prestige gained at Bull
Kuu . and if successful they would again units
the North against them as one man; while, if
they abstain from needlessly arousing animosity,
and remain on the defensive, the North, it is as
serted, will soon divide into two parties, an event
which would greatly interfere, not only with en
listment, but with the miring of money.'’
Thr Blockade a Farce. —The Pensacola
Observer says:
The inefficiency of tho blockade of Southern
ports by Iducoln i* so notorious, and establish
ed by so many ilitauoes, that if the British and
French Government* enforce their definition of
a blockade, they will soon declare it no block
ade at all. In tbe last month 14 vessels have
entered the port of Charleston and .111 the port of
; Wilmington,>'. C. During the seme period
j SIBO,OOO have beet paid the Collector of the p< rt
j of New Orleans iu duties on goods imported in
spite oflbc blockade. This ought to be enough
to prove that It i* utterly inefficient, and ought,
j according to the understanding of France and
i England, to bo declared nugatory, aud not to
be respected.
3*#** The London Telegraph of the I.lth ult.,
referring so some fabrications of the press of tho
United States, add?:
“The public throughout tho State* still gov
erned from Washington must havo begun to learn
that the misrepresentations which painfully
deceive the American citizens are wholly with
out effbet in London.”
From the Wilmington Journal, Saturday.
The Feeling in .North Carolina.
We regret to learn, by a passenger who arrived
here this morning, that there are not wanting
tho gravest suspicions of treachery attaching to
a person with the Confederate forces, who, when
the squads were being transferred from Camp
Clark to the breastworks at Hattoras, lagged
strangely behind, but was not particularly notio
ed, be occupying a position which ranked him
as a non-combatant. He was not seen again,
and it is thought that be may have slipped out
in a boat to the enemy and given them luionna
tion. He straggled near a signal pole, and may
havo made a signal which they understood, to
tbe effect that our men were out of ammunition,
hut would be reinforced on Thursday, as they
would havo been. The rumors in Goldsboro’ de
signate the individual by name, but we do not
fed at liberty to do so. One thing is certain, tbe
capture of the gallant and popular M.jor An
drews, of Goldsboro’, has roused that section to
u mighty pitch of excitement.
At Newborn serious apprehensions ure enter
tained for tho safety of property, as it is known
that tbe notorious Butler, of “contraband” ce
lebrity, is in command of the expedition.
W again urge tbe completion of the neecs.Tary
defensive wogks here, ami the organization of all
tbc forces that can he brought into service. Why
can’t we Lava the works at Wyatt made and
armed? How ure our guns and ammunition at
other points ?
The Journal further mye:
C<l. Fremont and Gen. Gatlin must be sus
tained by the people. They are not operating
hero oa means derived from tho Safety Commit
tee. not from Raleigh, to which however we must
pay tuxes.
Thank God tho Military Board is gone. Let
Gov. Clark do something to redeem the .State
from the disgrace inflicted upon her by the dis
aster —the shameful sacrifice of our men ut Hat
tera . Bravo men fallen into tbe hands of the
relentless Butler, while men lean back in their
chairs at Raleigh and poo-poo ! at any demand
for adequate preparation ’ A big show in Vir
ginia, is a good thing, but a decent regard for
our own exposed coasts is also a good thing—yea,
a better thing. A riitch in time saves nine, but
we fosr that there arc not wanting those among
ibe politicians of this Btate whose sectional pre
judicesare so large, and their souls so small that
they would sooner see our seacoast towns burned
down -Wilmington particularly - than not.
Call no more troops from Virginia. Stop no
j more regiment*. Give us tbo means and tbo
•Oast people wi'l take care of tbe coast them
st-lveA, ar.d let tbeir men in Virginia fight there.
Tho militia of New Hanover and Brunmick
will take notice that Col. Fremont has isssndor
ders for their immediate assembling, to iepil the
threatened invasion by tbe enemy. Lattera*
batteries have fallen, and upwards of bOU brave
•North Carolinian* havo been killed, wounded
and taken prisoneaa. l,et every man bo ready.
Bank Wm Csrat in Rifkmoml.
j A me:ting of the Banks of tbe city of Rioh
-1 mond w held on ths2d of September, nt which
i it was resolved that they would receive and pay
j out at their counters the notes of certain Bank
j and none other*. In the accepted Uri we find the
j following from Georgia :
Bank of Commerce. Havannab.
Bank of the State of Georgia and Branehe 4 ,
i .Savannah.
j Bank of Pavannak, Savaunah.
Farmers aud Mechanic > Bank, K ivannah.
Marine Bank, Savannah.
Merchants and Planter* Bank. .Savannah.
Planters Bank of tha State of Georgia. Savaa-
Central Railroad and Bankiag Cos., Savannah.
Bank of Coluoibus. Columbus,
The War is Kevtickv The New York
i World ( Abolition) says
The report of impending civil war in Kentucky
: is confirmed by private intelligence from that
.State. Tbe Union men ure organizing for de
fence, and it is understood the rebels expect a ! d
from Tennessee.
The Legislature will meet at Frankfort on the
. 2d proximo, and the intend holding
n grand barbacuv < n the £lh, about ten miles
from that place. Tho State Guard of Kentucky,
; un armed Recession force of twelve thousand
| won, is especially invited to attend. Intiunida
| tiou of the Legislature is no doubt intended.
• The Lexington Statesman remarks:
It ‘h'.ufd not bes rgutten that thoT‘rt.idcnt
of the I ni ed States has organized and encamp
ed a military force, supplied with all the muni
tions cf w*r, in the very centre of Keutucky, at
a tiuio when thcpoopleof Kentucky’ were poace
-1 fa!, quiet and tranquil. Ho ba*, without causo
j r pretext, quartered an army among tbe peace
ful people, for no other purpose than to excite
j civil war in their midst.
Wncosstx.—Tb# Democracy of Wisconsin
’ have called a State Convention ut Madison, on
the 29th October, for the purpose of nominating
| n Governor, and other State officers, to be *up
’ ported at the coming November election. In no
! State, save Vermont, has there been a fusion of
parties and an abandonment of Ihe Democratic
organization.
Ut- 1 bum * ‘macills al Humobi Hi!!, e
‘lhe correspondent of tho Washington Star
writes:
A ‘eat Hunter'* Chapel, lz., Aug 30.
I write t<> givo you some particulars as to tbe
position of the Confederate forces m thi.'. vicin
i ily. From a lull Dear is. B. Corbett * barn, not
far from here,a g>* and view of Munson'* hill can
be obtained. Yesterday, to observers with good
i field glii?oes, groat activity noticeable there,
a forgo force of infantry and cavalry being vis
ible, as if they were parading for our inspection.
In tho afternoon they had a drill, which, but for
the damp foggy weather, would have been un
interesting sight. As it was, their marching,
counter marching, Ac., could bod -iiuctly seen.
They are throwing up entrenchment* on the slope
of the hill apparently all around it-and a
force was at work yesterday.
Man; ot your reader* are no doubt familiar
with the high, bold, open appearance us the
hill, crowned with a few straggling trees A tall
polo has been erected on tbo highest point, aud
on that pole, a Recession flag is flying at leazt
IU feet abevo the tups of the highest trees. The
three stripe* are plainly reen. A smaller flag is
visible to tbe left. !S’o doubt these flags can be
seen from the dome of tbo Capitol in Washington
with a good glac-. as Munson's llill is distinctly
visible with the naked eye from that point.
DIUKt T CuUMI'.NK ATIOX WITH Li Kol'K.
The following advertisement appear? in the
Liverpool Mercury of August IA :
i KAM COMMUNICATIGN.
CBTWBKX
LIVERPOOL AND CHARLESTON.
On the reopen in a of the port of Charleston,
the undermentioned first class Screw Steamships
will be dispatched for that port, taking freight
and passengers for all tbc Southern and Western
cities
Bermuda ..Now ship.
Adelaide.,..., 20td tons.
Victoria I $7 7 ton?.
First class passage to Charleston, X2'
F.-r particulars apply to
Kr vaKR. Trkxhulh A Cos.,
10 Kumford-place. or to
M. G. Rung bx hr it A Cos
A Dou> Strike oi thk Enfhv.—The enemy
are pressing upon our hnr* in force, and are seiz
ing upon every hill or wood that will command
,ny portion of , ircamp. They evidently medi
tate i-ome bold stroke, und that it will le both
skillful and bold we have no reason to doubt, in
view al* what they bare already done. Raw
troops are s? nothing against entrenchments,
while behind them they are almost as good as
veterans. This was our weakness at Bull Run;
it will bo our strength in the ensuing fight. But
it is u?elc.? to speculate. If wo lose Washing
ton, it will be worse to us than a dozen Bull
Huns. If wo beat tho enrmy the tide of war
will have turned against them forever. Tho
next few dav* are big with the fate us the Great
Republic.—A. F. World. Auj. 2fl.
8 BLUE a Out.—A Utah correspondent of the
St. Louis Republican says, that Fort Crittenden
had been disnosod ot by auction, and that almost
everything had beon sold to tho civilians, for
next to nothing. Property which cost five rnil-
Uone of dollars, has not brought one hundred
thousand.
Salt. The ludiauola Courier says, that
enough salt can bo gathered upon the coast
marshes of Texas to supply the whole Confeder
acy, and the business will soon bcomc very prof
itable.
i’ai't. Camack’h Compart.—We learn from
Athens, that the “Moll Volunteers” Capt. Thom
as Camak (late of the firm of King, Allen and
Camak, of this eity.) were to have started yes
terday for Virginia. They are to form a part of
the “Cubb Legion,” and will no doubt render
effect*ve service, n? they aro cumtuanded by an
officer of experience. This makes the seventh
company from Clark county, whose voting popu
lation hardly exceeds 1000.— Kn<], i\th.
“I don't believe it* any use, thi* vaccinating,”
■aid a Yankee. “I had a child vaccinated, and
it fell out of the window a week after ami got
killed !”
COLIMBI H.MOA Bit. hKPTKMBER 0,1861.
v - rr~ “t-
State Co.hvkhtioh—Ciiaxoe op Day.—lt baa
been determined to bold the State Convention for
the nomination of candidates for Electors of
President and Vice President and n candidate
for Governor, at Milledgoville, on
WEDNESDAY, 11th op SEPTEMBER.
Let the citizens of each county, of all shade*
of political opinion, mo 4 forthwith and appoint
tLoir delegates, in order that we may bo for once
a united people.
The Battle op Cross Lanes. —We convers
ed yesterday afternoon, says tbe Riehmond Dis
patch of the 4th inst., with a young gentleman
who was engaged in this battle, lie says that
our forces attacked Col. Tyler's camp early in the
morning, and dispefDed the enemy in a short
time. Twenty-three killed ware found upon the
battle-ground, and fifteen other dead bodies soon
afterwards discovered in tho rurrounding woods.
Col. Tyler u represented to have left the scene
ingloriously at an early moment of the engage
ment. Our informant think* that some two hun
dred and fifty prisoners had been secured when
he left; and he heard, after leaving, that a num
ber more bad been brought in.
General Lee.—A gentleman who left Gener
al Lee’s camp yesterday we;k, was in our office
yesterday. IJa had no stirring intelligence to
communicate. General Let- wh*. still at Valley
Mountain, waiting for fair weather and good
road *to commence operation*. Both had been
so bad as to arrest all military operations.—
The enemy were strongly posted at v talnake's,
“bout twelve miles from Valley M untain, and
between that station and Huttonsvllle. Skir
mishes occurred every day between tbe pickets,
and our men bad taken a number of prisoner*
Riehmond D>*jatrh,4th.
®&*The Richmond Dispatch of the 4tb inat.,
say# that ono hundred and four prisoners sent
down by Goo. Floyd, arrived there on the Cen
tral train yesterday, and will be follewed oon
by a lrg J number of others all taken in tbo
battle of Cress Lanes.
Tho Confederate forces have possaerion
of the inexhaustible Missouri lead mines at
Granby, which lat year yielded no loss than six
million pounds of lead. ‘I he lead of tbe.*e mines
is almost “native metal.” the ore being exceed
ingly pure.
Ttrrell Flting Artillery.
We are pleased to report that the organization
of this company ha* reached a condition of for
wardness which give.i ample assurance of n
early completion. The guns of tho company-~
f<>ur splendid brass cannon have been purchas
ed in New Orleans ’by Lieut. Brooks, and their
arrival here i* every day expected, (inly a sow
| more recruits arc needed to make their complement
j of eighty men. but we see no reason why they
j should not have one hundred as writ as a smaller
number. Being the first, and as ye*, only Ar ;
j tillcry company raised in South-Western Georgia, !
* the people of this section should take a pride in
seeing that it; rank? aro properly and well filled.
The young men, too, who desire to serve their j
country in a position which will certainly ensure •
j them distinction aod renown should not slight the
j opportunity thus presented. 11 will require *ut a
cursory reading of Gen. Beauregard’s official re j
port of the battle of Bull Run, to how them j
which In regarded the most useful a? well i
as the most brilliant arm of the service.— j
The Washington Artillery and Kemper's Bat
tery occupy the most prominent place in
the picture, as artillery ever will when served
with judgment and with courage.
We would like to see all the Counties in this
icction of the State represented in the Terrell
Flying Artillery, as wo dtsire them all t share
tbe honor of Its achievements. Let each, then
no l iti f delay t send in a fev \ ;,ed un.-ti :*t
the number may be immediately swelled to Dm.
Time is precious.
I*. B. rineu writing the abpve we have seen a !
j dispatch received from Mubile by Capt. Dawson, !
! stating that the gun.? of this company reached i
J that city, under the charge us Lieut. Brooks, on
Saturday last and were shipped by him, on tbe
| same day. up the Alabama River. They will,
| doubtless, reach here to-day or w-morrow.
•fHR- The Charleston Mercury says Capt. Cox
1 etter of the Jeff. Davis was heartily received at
i Mills‘House Wednesday night, and among other
j things the Captain says that for two weeks he was
! cruising about in search of the yacht Rebecca,
! Captain J-uuos Gordon Bennett, jr , but without
i success. He thinks that tbc Rebecca would have
suited admirably for certain purposes. He was
regularly supplied with New York papers—some
times the day after their issue; read the accounts
J of the battles at Bull Run and Man;, so* Plains
j a tew days after their occurrence, and alto
! getber, was kept well posted up in military mat
! ters.
The number of vessel* taken or destroyed by
j the privateer brig Jeff Davis is considerable, and
j Capt. Coxelter has earned the title of “tRo Paul
Jones of the war of 1861.” We feel sure he will !
[mob be afloat again, and then if any Yankee
skippers are left on the ocean (ami by the
way, tbe Captain reports them “getting scarce, * i
they had better lo >k tharp for tbe Jeff Davis
No. 2.
For oi r Coast Dimness.—Several very i
heavy pieces of ordnance, intended for our coast
defences, aimed in this city Thursday, on the
Northeastern Railroad from Richmond. Among
them was one 21 pounder rifled four
eight inch Coluaibiads, and several .'>2 and (2-
pounders.
The Mes.'is. Eason are now rifling four 12-
poundcre, also intended for the coast. They are
made of heavy metal proportioned to the service
they arc expected to perform From late trials
made with there tiffed caonru, by the Mt- r-.
Eason, I r the purpose of atvertaming tbe dis
tance which they would threw a projectile, it
j was shown that they wore capable of striking
their object at a distance us over three und a
| half miles, and that the balls were throws with
remarkable accuracy. They have now on hand
| about 20 pieces of heavy ordi *i*ee to rifle. One
of tbe heaviest is intended h r transportation to
Mississippi. Chari, son Conner.
HoW i'll A RI.KtTO!* Ff.KI.S ASI* WIIAT SUK IS
Doiru.—Under data of the HI inst., says the Sa
vannah Republican, a friend writing us fr< m
Charleston, draws the following graphic picture
of that city and ite spirited inhabitants in these
warlike times. We commend it to the contem
plation cf their more stoical brethren on this side
the Savannah .
“The surprise of liattera# has shaken oar peo
ple as with an earthquake. The greatest activi
ty prevails along the whole court. Our city is a
camp. There are no exemptr. The physician?
and the clergy emulate the most devoted and
enthusiastic in the labors of the drill. No rocb
unity—no such determination—da ray belief,
characterised this city even in the revelation of
76. And no such sense of the intolerable, in
effable humiliation of defeat! Our people may
not prove heroes, but they certainly will wel
come martydoai. And such, I believe, is the
temper of the whole South.”
iw • m
Ni.arly Caught.— We understand that the
Third Georgia Regiment, under command of Col. 1
Wright, was ordered to 1. rt II at ter as, on the
sailing of the Federal fleet from Fortress Mon
roe, and that the regiment arrived on the coast
just after 11 at terns was taken ! Fortunately
they escaped the clutches of Picayune Butler, ,
and will still have an opportunity of paying him
their respects. —Auyutta CoMHUutionmlttl.
A letter from St. Tbom iW. T. f of the
Sth of Angust, state# that Capt. Scmmes, of the j
privateer Sutnter. had sent a polite message by
Capt. Duncan, of the brig Romance, from Trin
•dad. to Capt. Scott, of the United States steam- I
rr. Keystone State, requesting him t • meet the
rebel commander for a fight, either at St. Thom
as, whither the Snmter was bound, er in the
Mona Passage, whore he would Ve f. unfl at a
later date.—AV~ IV Herald. I
THE SE((1 ESTBATION ACT.
Wo find jn the Richmond Examiner of Mon
day tho following abstract of the provision* of
the Important Bill passed by Congrea* for the
sequestration of all property in the South, own
ed by alien enemies. The Bill itself is quite
long, but the abstract is very full and satisfacto
ry in every important particular.
A Bill to bo entitled An Act for the Sequestra
tion of tho Estate. Froperiy und Effects so
alien enemies, and for the Indemnity of citi
zens of the Confederate .States, and perr-i-ns
aiding thu name in the existing War wish the
United States:
Tbe Bill recite*, in the nature of a preamble,
the departure of the GovernmenLjind the people
of the United State* from tho uafgos of civilized
warfare, and tho necessity of our only protection
against such wrongs in measure* of retaliation.
Tbe following M the principal legislative
clauses :
Be it enacted by the Congress of the Confede
rate State?, That all and every, tie la nd*, tene
ments aud hereditament?, goods and chattels,
rights and interest* within thene Confederate
State.-, and every right and interest therein held,
•wmsd. p- ascssed or enjoyed, by or for any alien
enemy, since th* twenty-first day cf May, 1801,
except such debts due to an alien enemy a* ouay
have been paid info the Treasury of any one of
tbe Confederate State? prior to tbo passage of
this law, te, and tbe samo are hereby *eques#a
ted by the Confederates Stale of America,
and for which, he may suffer any loss or injury
under the act of tho United States to which this
act is retaliatory, <>r under any other act of the
United States, or of any other States thereof, au
thorizing the seizure or confiscation of the prop
erty of citizen* or residents of the Confederate
States, or other persons aiding said Confederate
•State?, and the same ?hall be sailed and disposed
of as provided for in this act: Provided, how
ever, when the estate, property or right* to be
affected by tbi?act were or f*ru within some State
of this Confederacy, which ha* become such since
said twenty-first day of .May, then this act .-hall
operate upon and a* to such estate, property *r
r gbt*, aud all persons claiming the same from
and after the day such State because a member
of thi* Confederacy, and not before : Provided
further, that lb* provisions of thi? act shall not
extend to the stocks or other public securities of
the Confederate Government, or of any of the
States of this Confederacy, held or owned by an
alien enemy, or to any debt, obligation, or *um
due from the Confederate Govern men t, or any of j
the States to such alien enemy : And provided
also, that the provision- 1 of tbii act shall not em
brace the property of citizen? or resident* of
either of the States of 1 tela ware. Maryland,
Kentucky, Missouri, or of tbe District of Colum
bia, or the Territorie* of New Mexico, Arizona,
or the Indian Territory outh of Kansas.,except
such of said citizens or residents as shall commit
actual hostilities against the Confederate State*,
or aid or abet the United States in the existing
war against the Confederate Stale. 4.
Sec. ?. Makes it tho duty of every cithen of
the Confederate States to give Information of the
property of alien enemies.
Se<’. Attorneys, agents, former partner?,
trustees, or persons holding or controlling any
description of property or interest if alien ene
mies, are required to give inform it ion and ren
der account of the same tea receiver, on pain of
being adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor, punish
able by lino not exceeding S6OO, and imprison
ment f<r a term not less than six months, and of
being sued in addition f>r double Ike value of
the property.
Sec. i- Charges the Grand Junes in the Con
federate Courts to inquire and nuke present
merits of the property of alien enemies affected
by the provisions of .the act.
Sec. r> Provides for the appointment of a re
ceiver, by each Confederate Judge, for each see
tion of the r-t.tte f>r which he holds a Court,
and in occasions of necessity, for sub-district?,
paid receiver to give bond, and to make oath to
discharge bis duties well and truly.
Sec. f. The duties of the Receiver are to take
possession and control of th property of alien
enemies; for accomplishing the purposes of the
act, he may J uo for and recover such property in
tbo name of the Confederate States, by the form
of petition to the Court for a decree of seques
tration. All ord rs of -eiiure necessary to se
cure the subject-in at ter of tbc suit fmm danger
of loss, injury, destruction, or wate may he
made by the Court: bat when ?u'*h neres.-ity
j does not exist in the opinion >f the Court, the
property or credits may remain in the hands of
| the party in possession, except that bank and
corporation ft**ks, dividends, an 1 rents on real
, estate (hall Le def.v- red upland on the further
I condition .* to other property or credits, that
; (bo party in possession shall pay all interests
; and nett profit* accrued since the 21st of May,
; 1801, into the bauds of tho Receiver, and at an
nual periods t bore alter, on pain, in cases of fail
ure, for judgment against principal and security,
for which execatic-E shall be issued sh the name
of the Beecher.
Sec. 7. Allow any claimant .r party interest
ed in the subject-matter of the suit to intervene
and defend to tho extent of bis interest, on affi
davit. that no alien enemy has any interest in
tho right which he asserts.
See. 3, authorizes the issue us writs of gar
nishment to attach credits due alien enemies;
and the courts shall have power to condemn the
property or effects or debts according to the an
swer; and to make orders for tho binding in of
third persons claiming, or di closed by the an
swer, t<> have an interest in the litigation.
Sec. 9. The District Attorney of the Confed
erate States is required to prosecute all oasts in
stituted under thi- Ad : his c.ni:iii-’si>na t<> l •
two per cent, upon the Iruits of the litigation.
Sec. 10. The receiver is required, at least every
six mouths, and as much oftener as ho may be
required by the Court, to render an account of
all matters in hit hands or under his control,
staling accounts, and making settlement* of all
matter? separately, so that the transaction inro
-j*ect to each alien cucinyV property way be kept
recorded and preserved separately.
Sec. If. Notice of settlements to he published
fur four week.. The interlocutory settlement?
may be impeached at the final settlement, which
Utter shall be conclusive, unless reversed or im
peached, within two years, for fraud.
t'ec. 12. Thu Court having jurisdiction of the
matter shall, whenever sutluUnt cause i*shown
therefor, direct the sale of any per.-onai property,
other than slave?, sequestered .under this act. on
such terms as to it shall seeiu best; and such Bale
shall pass the title of the per- on as whose prop
erty the sirae has been sequestrated.
.Sec. IS. Settlements of account* for seques
tered property to be recorded, und copies forwar
ded to the Treasurer of the Confederate States.
Any embesxlementof money under this act shall
be liable to imprisonment, the guilty party to
be confined at hard labor for mu laa* then rix
months, nor more than five years, and fined in
double the Amount embezzled.
Sec. 14. The President is authorized, by and
with the advice and consent of Congress, to ap
point throe Comtr.i?smnors, with eatarfe- of two
thousand five hundred dollars each per annum,
who shall hold at tho seat of Government tw..
terms each year. It is made the duty of these
Commissioner* to hour and adjudge such claims
as may bo brought before them by any one aid
ing the Confederacy in the j resent war. who has
been put to ! •-> by the I nited ; ute* rby any
State thereof. The finding of the Cumin; -boner*
in favor of any such claim is to be taken is j r,
inafacie evidence of the correctuc., of tfje de
mand, and whenever Congress #hall pass the
satuu it shall be paid from any money in the
Trea ury and rived from sequestration under thi?
act. The Hoard of Coraumrioner* is designed
<nly to continue uu il the organization .f the
Court of Claims provided b-r by the Constitution
which shall take tho place ut the toinmirsiun
er*.
Sec. 13. Aii expense) iuourrid under the pro
ceedings of this act are required to be paid from
the sequestration fund; the Receivers to be allow
e*t compensation of two and a half per cent, on
receipts and the same amount on expenditure*
Provided, That the same do not realize more Gun
$5,660 in one year.
Sec. 10 provides that tbe Attorney General
shall prescribe uniform rules of proceeding under
thi# law not otherwise provided f r.
S*<*. 17 allows apj*el? tube taken from any
final decision* of the district court under this law,
as.in ordinary cases.
Sec. 18. Ihe word “j eon’* is need in tbe law
to include ftll private •< ; r tr*.
Sec* 18- The c >urt* are vested with jurisdie
ti n to settle ail p utnerslij.3 between citizens ol
tbe confederate States and alien enemies; to
separate the interest ot the alien enemy and to
sequestrate It; and to sever all joint rights where
rfh alien enemy Is concerned, fur tho purpose* ot
sequestration.
r>c. 20. In alt ca.ses of administration of any
mutter or thing under this ac\ tbe court having
| jurisdiction may make such orders touching the
! preservation of ‘ho property or effects under the
i direction or control of the receiver, not in eon* la
tent with the foregoing provision?, a? it shall
deem proper.
Sec. 21. Treasury notes are made receivable in
payment of all purchase* of property or effect*
sold under thi? uct.
Sec. 22. Nothing in this act ie to be construed
j lo destroy or impair the lien or other right .f
Htiy credit .r. a citizen or resident of the Gonled-
I orucy or of friendly States or Territories ; in all
j such coats tbo court to determine, by making par
j tics aud by the proper proceeding, tbe respective
right* of all parties concerned.
mm • m
Bmwll's Letter to tie lines.
Lot*nux, Aug. 2J.
I Tbe Tunc publish?* Russell’* correspondence
|hi th® *>tL of August, The last letter nominally
refers to the demoralized, insubordinate state of
| the army, and at the same time credit* McClel
lan with tbe speedy reforms.
He say? the Southerners believe they will be
.*ale if they hold out until Oolobar and that at
the end of the year the North will be further
fr< m it* aim than ever,
’(he Tustiraoiiial to f resign! Cobb.
At tho meeting of Congress on Friday mor
ing, Prcejdent Cobb tirade a brief speech in 0
.session, returning hi* thanks to the
that body for their complimentary notice u fV
intended departure for the seat of war, mt( j e ‘*
his absence the day before, ifo said *
(It nth men ts ( unt/reta : Allow ineto inter
for a single moment, the usual coarse <-f bui
If, gentlemen, you could read the rspon,lJ!S!
xny heart bus already made to the resolution le “
were pleased so adopt during my ■beenc* fJIS
the chair on yesterday, I should remain .'i
this naming; for word* cannot express the f ■
ing* which this renewed eviderre .f v ,i.
ness aud Confidence bus excited. ID| ’
Since the first hours of our un-et;,.,. ,
present moment, approaching the clu.lne !
yf this res,ion, I havo received fr m , ,
repeated marks t.f ..yaur friendly re..f r j
presiding officer over received tr„m hi. 11
ales. He ensured, gentlemen, they wtll bn b “ r ‘
lngratetul remembrance; and in the r
to which I died— nut by taste or
bition, but bjr the morn requirement, of a
thej will (fteittly strengthen my Lean w f ,
trust, under the protecting guidance of a ki'i
Providence, nerve my arm to th o di.cUrru
the burnt,la part which 1 map | „ summon,!.
perform.
In the sincerity f my heart I believe tba*
man was never engaged in a more >u*t ana hi
cause thap the ooT which has tailed our peoti.
to the defence of their h< me*, their families .Yi
their firesides, and that the Supreme Ruler of th
earth will • ontinue t*> manifest I!i f Vor V’*
wards n, hi Gut to zo remarkable.
With thi.* fall conviction, 1 go forward t •
discharge ot a toiujun and imperative duty.
Accept, gentlemen, my sincere thank* • j
permit mo to add, in behalf of the brave J j
true men under iny command, in whose land
your banner will he placed, that I lcl Mthoriir ’i
to say, you will never have cause t v . regru ,
confidence you hare shown in their v*lor ri
patriotism.
Reported Bumiog of ftatMnpm, V f.
The Salisbury Banner, of Tuesday tb \
S.IJ9 :
Rumors came hero on the train last night tba’
the town ot Washington was burned by the I,i n
coin barbarian* on baturday night. Ihe rumors
are not credited by a paa.-enger on tho train j|
from Ncwburn. Washington is situated on the
Fnmiico river, and is accessible from either Alt*
marie or > arnlieo Sound.-*. It contains about
4J*OO inhabitant*, and i. one of the moat thrirur,
commercial towns in the State. Some thirty
forty sail vessel?, mostly schooners, two or three
steamer?, and a large” number of the final!*
craft, be long to this port, and would, us course
tall into the hard us the enemy, either to be ie
droved r used for tbeir rile purposes ofpluude
und subjugation. Besides. Washingii n is t.
great depot of naval store* and grain, all L .
which would fall into tho hands oi the encun
Large war steamers cannot come up to this plao
but gun boats drawing six or seven feet Uat?i
will find no difficulty. There a/e two bank? ■
Washington, tbe Washington bank and a bra no;,
of th| Cape Fear Bank. Whether .these bam
have sent off their valuables we have not learnt,t
“If Lincoln’s forces should obtain posses?. :
of Washington, there is nothing to prevent a
march by land t - Newborn, distance thirty ‘,v
miles ; and since they have possession of lluttcr
as Inlet, there is nothing to prevent their ;q
----proaeh to Washington and many other place
the water* of the two.?ouad?.
“We learn that our troops are rapidly eon r.
trating at various point? on or near the coast.
“Force? are reported as coming from Riehmoo i
and Petersburg, and wc learn that an order w*-
sent up by Gov. Clark, last night, to the Wester;
N. 0 iawd tor all the car? that could be spared
from that road.”
“funiss Iltt Tw isfo Africa",.. (im, l,w Prop. ..
Is Wislrr in Ohio.
Tbc correspondent of the Cincinnati Gs/eite
write* iroiu Clarksburg, Va.
The rebels beyond tho Cheat Mountain Gaj
if not known t<< lie making any remarkable pr,
grew through our lines, are at least none;
modest in their expectation*. Leo’* troops n* *
boast that they’ intend to winter in Southern
Ohio. Provision.?, transportation, munitions of
war. ail a I \uu a-r-. • the nffir, and aero? •
river they intend to go before the winter sets in.
Certainly all this sound* like ridiculous fustian;
and yet we have been driven back from Manas.-u
----wo have been driven back from Springfield, > >
)■ here the substantial fruits of victory
.cithtkrub In to b-j wandered at thu’
knowing tbv.-ro thing*, and knowing du-t one
tbe most prominent of tbe rebel Generals bus
been sent with a large foiva to tbeir relief, tbe
Secessionist# of Western Virginia should believe,
as they do, that in lers than ii month their ecut
tr will be free from the presence of the “inva
dera V*
We find in the Louisville f'ourier of tbe
14 hast, the following correspondence in refer
•acute the late surrender of Fort Hatter*? :
the Federal forces ■
Mkworani i m.—Flag officer, Famuel Barrow,
C. >. N., offer* to surrender Fort Hatter a* with
all the arm and munition? of war, the officer
to lx? allowed to go out with side arms and tbe
men without ana- to retire.
(Signed) .SAMI ULHARROW
* ind’g Naval Defenses of V.i,
Fort Haiteras, Aug. 2C.
Tbe following reply was dispatched by Caj
Croeby, IT.1 T . S. N . and Lieut. Weigel :
Mbporakm . -licr.j F. Butler, Major-Gene
ral commanding l S. A., in reply to u com uni
nieation ol Samuel Barrow, commanding f<roe st
Fort i latter as. cannot admit the term* ptopOKil
The terms oth-red are these v The officer* sud
men to be treated s pri>,.u.ci* of war. No other
term? are aduiissabU'. Tho commanding officer
are ttrtnect on board the Hag chip Minm >ta to
arrange detail*.
I pon the reception of ihia the commander
called .i uncil •:>•ir of hi field officer* and
:i<vt pte Wt . torm ‘ crod and proceeded to tbe
-bip to arrange th# detail, after which the
pria<i!Jrs were put on board the Hag ship au 1
the stars a< i M ripes Uohteil.
The official ... unr of >h ncral Butler give*
mini;! particular? of the expediUhn and engsi?-
tn. iit but present* no new feature?.
Fort HaUera? mounted ten gun* and four un
mounted; l?o one large ten inch eolusnbiad
ready for mounting. The position of the Fort
is an exceeding strong one, nearly surrounded on
all tides by water and only to be approached by
a march of five hundred yard* circuitously, over
a long neck of land, within half muuket raDge,
and over a causeway a tew feet only in width,
which was com rounded with two “2 pounder*
loaded with grape and rannister.
From Fi r. —We conversed last evening
with a Chariest--n gcnileman, direct from Europe,
having sailed frtm Liverpool on the lith uli
lie related t*> i?.treral runulng incident which
happened to him <<n hb Wy Lome.
lie f* bearer ct and xpatebu? to President Davis
‘from our com mi dinners in Kurnpe. Ho says
that tha prospc; of un early recognition by both
1 ruii.'o and . very g.. I. *id that tbo
blockade will ne raised ifiortly. The news ol
th battle of M sti i'. i . iu*cd great rejoicing
among the Fng4i*h pcqde, and tho citizens or
Liverpool were contributing for the purchase of
a sword for Gen. Beauregard.
llis Wii.- Hcarchod six time? duriug h?j
Journey, but his dispatches wore safely stowed
away in hi* wearing apparel. He say* that rv
fruiting for tbe federal army was an up-hill bu
sine, He is convinced that tbe news of the
battle near Springfield will cause the immediate
reengwitio:. t the Confederacy by France. The
capture of Washington would insure it by all the
powers *if liarop®. ('alumina S. C. (itutrrtian.
F. r £\. Lents—The Memphis Appeal, of
the Ist Inst, publishes an extract from a private
iotter of Ute date from Ft. Louis
Gen. I rout out is moving heaven and earth.
Troop* are pouring into the city from all direc
tions, and tho calculation i? that there will he
tmu fifty to one hundred thousand troops here
in ten d-iy? 1 remont has had fifty heavy gun*
• ?.t here fn m F.t? urg a ,t of five hun
dred dollar* U for transportation, and is do
ing all things on the same He is building
a very ester ive barrack? back of the Fair
Ground*. I should think at least six or seven
hundred carpenter* were at w..rk You
may rest assured that the Union troops will fight
u.°.
SoffTßwiHtHS Cnofi. • Uoghton, Ranklin
A Cos., of New Orleans, report in tbeir annual
circular Lr September Ist.
Corn, Wheat and sugar promise abundantly.
Cotton has suffered tr-.m tbe rains of the past
month, up to the first week of which the weath
er was v..ry f. l v,.M l ‘.o and prospects flattering.
Complaint* of damage from rain are now receiv
ed daily.
Picking Is pn?bed on, hut new Cotton i* not
sent to the shipping part* as informer years, the
new receipts to date ut thi? port being only HI
bale* against Sfi,fi7o in and OfiyS in 1569.
11l - OONtTI.ia or THE SOUTHER* CoHFEDER
act. —The Turin correspondent of the New York
Tribune, speakin . of the Fmperor Napoleon,
say* ;
“Ever; where he is trying to keep up division,
and thus to main fa n the French preponderance.
As soon a? the tidings of the rout at Manaasu*
arrived in Europe, M. Thouvenal received the
agents of tho Confederates in an unofficial way,
indeed, but one more victory of tho Secession
ists wou’d at once be followed by the recognition
of the Southern Confederacy.”