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COLQUITT & WARREN, Proprietors. Volume XVI. COLI'MKI S. TI'KNUAY.NKPrKMRKH 24. 18(11. Akjcsta, Ua. Sept. 16, 18(H. T • Judge Star*?*, Presided of the Georgia /?*_ /•rf and liotpltal A eeocratinn : By request of tho Central Board of Society, the undersigned prooeeded on tho sth inst. to Wos torn and Southwestern Georgia, for the pur pose of prosing upon our fellow citizens there the claims of the noble cause which you repre sent. We take great pleasure in reporting our sueoess. Our tirat effort was made in Columbus, where we were met by the open hearts, and open hands of a most generous and patriotic commu nity. Many eminent residents of that city did their utmost to facilitate our plans and secure ua a hearing. Among these we desire to mention the names of Win. 11. Young, Esq., Col. James. M. Chambers, lion. Judge Thomas, Dr. J. F_ Bozeman, tho Mn, or, pro tern., the pastors of the various churches, and all the members of the executive Committee. We held a public meeting on Saturday night, 7th inst.. (Called by the Mayor,) at Temperance Hall. winch, owing to the extreme inclemency of the weather, was tut thinly attended. A tier pre senting the urgent claims of the Association up on the prompt action i.t every true lover of his country, we immediately organized an efficient Auxiliary Society, with the unanimous concur rence of the meeting 1• w officer* are the folbwt ing President —Col. James M. Chambers, lit. View* Pits id ant lion. O. E. Thomas. 2d. Vice President —Win. 11. Young. Esq. Secretary John J. Mauley, Esq Treasurer- David Adams, Esq. Extent ity Committee. Rev Mr. Hawks, A. U Redd, C. C. Cody, John B. Dozier, M. J. Wellborn, 11. B. Dawson, Rev. C. C. Willis. Rev. lienj. Clark. U W. Moisw, Kobt. L. Bass, F. C Johnson Subscription# in room v and cotton were iheu aulicited, when, in a few minutes, uver $2,200 were offered. On Monday, the Executive Com mittee and ourselves continued our lahurs among those who bad been prevented fruiu attending the meeting of Saturday night. The result of a few hours pleasant work was seen in the securement .f over $2,000, additional contributions. And, at the date of this report, the entire amount ob tained in that city of noble liberality, cannot be far short of six thousand dollars. The particu lars of this most generous and praiseworthy sub scription mil be given when they shall have been received from Columbus. Wo may add, that Ibis city will, eo long as may he needed, continue so act in this •aine lib era! spit it. The Executive Committee of the Society or ganized there, will now canvass tho whole of Muscogee and adjacent counties, for the purpose of stimulating their fellow-citizens in the country to emulate their own high example. We ndtt proceeded to AmeruMis, in Sumter county, where we held a public meeting, organi zed an etheieut Society, and received subscrip tions in money, produce, and hospital stores. The full report of our effor s there was left to be made out by the Secretary .f the Society, and it has not yet come to hand. We brought with us from Americus, $142 in in ney nnd an order for SSO worth of medicines, but the total amount ol the subscriptions will bo much larger We must n t forbear to mention tho name of one gentle man who did us and our cause an eminent and ; unusual service we allude to Mr. Walden, the j principal supervisor of the Southwestern Rail- j road. Having missed a connection with the train for Americus at Port Valley, ibid gentle man promptly offered to take us to that town, 4J | utiles in his own hand car. We Marled at 2 o’clock io the morning and were thus enabled to meet I our appointment at 10 the same day. Mr. Wal den did this service free of charge, and with a cheerfulness which nothing but bis patriotism could have prompted and sustained. i Your agents separated nt Americus, Onego- < ing to Cuthberf, nnd the other to Albany, lu i these towns, societies have been organized. | whose officers will do good service to our cause. , From Albany no particular report has, as yet, t been received, but ttie subscriptions were | pi >mj‘t and liberal, as will hereafter appear - ( One lady subscribed four bale# of cotton, oth- , ersoneand two bales, others money, others f hospital stores. From Cuthbert, the Secretary ] of the Society there report# as follows : Sub- 1 scriptions at the meeting were, m money,two hundred and six dollars and twenty live cents , m cotton,four bale* ; a large amount ol valuu r hie hospital store#, such as blankets, bed ticks, , flannel shirts, comforts. t Our admiration of the manner in which the c ladies in all the place* we visited entered into ( this scheme of supplying the wounded anil t sick at the seat ol war, is beyond word* to f ex pres They will leave no efforts untried t<* obtain such hospital stores of all kinds us the f Association may require. The results ot their labors will appear m the public prints from § time to time, when the irua credit will bagiv- en to each one a.* their donations shall be re- | eeived. At Americus, the society was organized by the appointment of the following named gen . tlemen as President and Secretary respectively ( Col. Dudley and L. J. Markey, Esq., to be as- t anted by au efficient Executive Committee.-- ? At Albany, Rev. C. 1). Mallory, President, and ( Rev. S. G. Darnells, Secretary, were appoint* ( **d, with an Executive Committee. At Coth* Bert, Rev. Thomas Muse was chosen Presi- j dent, and E. McDonald, Esq., Secretary, and t Kev. Thomas R. .Stewart, assistant Secretary, with a suitable Executive Committee. The ( names ot the Executive Committee* in these three places are now at hand. , We ought to atate that the extreme scarcity of money in South-western Georgia will ac count for any deficiency in pecuniary contri butions which may appear, but which contri butions are, in tact, truly liberal under the cir cumstances. Mr. Jobu M. Potter, Agent of the Bank of Columbus, at UambndgQ Decatur county, will proceed to organize a Society m that town, which will, no doubt, do efficient ervi<-e in that portion of the State. Respectfully, yours, JOSEPH R. WILSON, WEYMAN 11. PORTER, Agent. The Cincinnati Gazette givas currency to the following as a good .tern, and as sound Lincoln dootrint: <*. Cam ox tul Adolitiom or Slavrrv.- General Cass, in a recent conversation with Presi dent Fairchild of Hillsdale College, Michigan* said that although ha had always been oppoeed to abolitionism, yet this was now the only way to success—fully and permanently end the con test. Without abolition, it we had had peace to day we should have war to-morrow. This is say ing considerable for one who has always been so conservative as the great Michigan statesman. Intermittent Fevers. — A medical gentle man requesta the New Orleans Bulletin to sug gest to our officer* nnd soldiers in camps how may be exposed to intermittent fevers, that one ol the best prophylactics against the com plaint is the deily use of horse radish with their food. Asa condiment it is very agreea ble, and if it will have any effect ay a pr jphy lectio against camp fever* it should certainly be daily used. iiliitiii H%eMi iitip. The Charleston Courier of Saturday notices ; the arrival t that port, on Friday, of the Con federate steamers Savannah, Sumpeop, Hnnhee*, , and Reootnte. The following officers are attach e 1. C. S. St earner Savauuah Flag Ship. Josiab Tattnall. Flag Officer, commanding 0. S. Naval forces on the coast of South Carolina and Georgia. John L. Maffitt, Lieutenant commanding. T. P. Pelvt, Lieutenant and Executive officer. J. W. Sandford, Assistant Surgeon. Midshipmen—D. M. Scales, Barron Tarter, R. | J. Moses, Jr . S. J. Bullock. Paulding Tattnall, Flag officer’s Secretary. U.leiuheimer, Captain's Clerk. J. C, Harris, Acting Chief Engineer. Assist Engineers—P. Moulding, T. Murphey. 1 C. S. Steamer Sampson. Joel S, kvnnard, Lieutenant commanding, rhillip Porcher, Lieut and Executive officer. T. B. Ford, Assistant Surgeon. Midahipuicc—Messrs. Fout, Thomas, Merri wsther, and McDermott. Benjamin F. Davenport, Usptuiu’s Clerk .1 K. \\ illink, Acting Chief Kugineei J. Pierce. Assistant Engineer. C. S. Steamer Huntre: s. c. Mauigault Morris, Lieutenant commanding ! Bui. A. Ketr, Matter and Executive Officer, j Midshipmen J. C. Holcombe. Wm. W. Wil kinson, Thus. C. Berrien. ♦ Wm. J. Bennett, Captain's Clerk. Wiu. P. Kiddle, Acting Chief Eugineer. J'*hn A. Bailey, Assistant Engineer. 0. S. Steamer Resolute, A. I*. Jones, Lieutenant commanding Wilburn B. Hale, Master and Executive officer J. J. Charltoß, Assistant burgeon. Midshipmen Messrs. Chew, Walker, Bacon, and Bryan. Charles K. Brash, Captain’s Clark. Engineers Yanderveer and Floyd. I altal from lb? Patomm We find the following in the Richmond Klam mer of Thursday : Information from Manasaus Junction reports the utmost hi tivity prevailing there within the past few days. The only regular regiment left there is the Eighth Louisiana, and they were to to break cutup on Tuesday afternoon. Regular and extra trains are constantly running and leaving for Fairfax Station, freighted with troops, ammunition and army stores, that point having become the great centre of attraction, since Hen, Beauregard removed his quarters there a few days since. A great proportion of the accesssion to his forces, during ihe past week, consisted of artillery, a number of line corps having passed through Manassas to the advanced lines. Among those of the troops late in camp at the Juuction and those passing through, the best spirit and an unmistakeuble eagerness for active service pre vails the desire being universally expressed by them to he ordered on to winter in Baltimore. It will be uoticed that, in the account# from the Potomac, we have observed a marked reticence ! as to (lie movements oi Gen. -I ohneton’s division ! of the Army of the Potomac We shall not vio late the constraint# of public and official pru- j deuce to engage the interest of our readers. j The events of the next few Joys are likely, from what we can understand, to astonish them only a Idle less than the enemy themselves. /£#?*• The following is from the correspondence j of the Richmond Enquirer Fairfax, C. H . Sept. 16. We ha\e no news here as yet. Our pickets occupy four heights— Munson’s Hill, Upton's Mason’s and Hall's. We j burned the house# on Kail's llill on Friday night. We look at tho Federal Capital, Arlington Heights, Alexandria, Potomac river, the Yankee vessels, Ac., all from these heights, We kill somo Hessians and take some prisoners every ! day. The cowardly rascals run !< their eutrench- J inents whenever we shoot at them, and start to them like a ground hog to his den. It is impos sible so to'l when we a willhave a ‘ glit. fcforne ! some say soon, others iy not, The Confederate flag waves in lull view oi the disgrured Ameri can flag, and the despotic Lincoln and his cabi net. “Why don’t they come out from their en trenchments and give us battle ?’* is often niked. If wo drive the Yankees much farther, they wil h i v a t cross the Potomac. INHUMAN TREATMENT OF el'll pRISoMFRS. | The Baltimore Exchange, oi the lUih iuft., say* : 1 “A note I com one of the party erre-ted on Satur- | i day Irst, at the North Point house, upon the ! charge of leaving the city with ttie intention of j i joining the Southern army, and who are still j , confuted in the m'ddle district police station, j state* that the first four tuen of the parly cap- . tared were gigged in (he mouth, with a cord run j 1 ninghark i-J th*h**ad their hands tied together: ‘ 1 their arm* drawn d>vru . ver their knees, and a ‘ •tick run through their leg-, to ‘buck’ them ; i The fifth one was tied to a fence.” E .ram.isii ieni cf Powder Mills. -We re i glad to see, says the ltaleigb Register of the 11th J 1 inst., that North Carolina is taking the lead in the manufacture of this indispensable article iu < the prosecution of the war. A company for the < manufacture of powder at Charlotte was char- i tered id the pieserd extra see*ion of the Legida- 1 lure This company has gone t.* work In earnest* At a meeting of the Stock bolder* on the 10th inst . the company was fully organised hy the election of R. W. Davis, Esq , President, and Messrs. H. B. Williams, B. P. Smith, John 11. Caldwell and Jaa. M. Hutchinson, Directors- We learn that a powder manufactory near this city, has also been chartered during the present session of the Legislature. This company ex poets soon to be able to turn out one thousand keg# a day. They are making active prepara- | tlons, we leurn, to commence manufacturing. ,I str Tho Governor of North Carolina has issued a notice to the agents of the various rail road companies, prohibiting their conveying ba -000 and leather out of the State under the penal ty of a heavy fine or imprisonment. They are also instructed to report to him the names of the shippers and owner# of such articles, as under this prohibition may be stopped. The object of the Governor In this action, i* to put down specu lators. Tur Rioht Man.—We to- •iT, run up to our { masthead, the name of the pure man, patriotic citizen, able jurist, and astute statesman, Hon. Kugeniue A. Niaket, of Bibb, as a candidate for | the suffrages of the people of Georgia for Gov ernor. Ripe in experience, wide known and revered j for his spotless character, everywhere appreciated i for bis intellectual superiority, and thoroughly acquainted with the multiform wants of the State | he has the decision to perform his whole duty, 1 regardless of favoritism, the lawning of intri guer#, <>r the maledictions of enemies. With deep penetration into the motives of men, he ha# a mind singularly free from prejudices, and a j judgement eminently sound. We know no man i who posseies so many qualifications fitting him ! to steer our beloved State safely aud triumphant ly through the Bcyllw and Übarybdis dangers that threaten her on either sida. —Romo Flay * Special Correspondence of the Columbus Times VIRGINIA CORRESPONDENCE. /•V i7 Private of tho Stewart Grays. CKNTKtVH.Lt, Sept hi. AAvx .v KJitors My first communication to the Times was lioni Manassas and it was intend cd to show (tint it originated with a member of the Stewart Grays, but for somo cause it did not so appear. Without wishiug to make our selves unmeritedly conspicuous we are still willing ter the people in that part of the coun try to know that we have some public spirit ! *>ther than that which impels the soldier to j shoulder his musket and march to the battle -1 field—-in other words, that we have some lile* ! rary as well us military pride. Nor is there j any thing wrong is this, for a good letter in print, as it meets the eyes of a great number of persons may accomplish much that could not otherwise be done. There may be peoplo at home who n't hough they feel a deep interest in the welfare ol their sons, brothers and neigh bors in the army are still ignorant of the rela tive importance of the company, regiment or | brigade to which those objects of their solici tude are attached. To the character of this regiment I have already alluded and now de scending to more minute particulars will give some account of our company. It will be recollected that we but recently entered tho regiment, which had been stationed at Brun*- ‘ wick. All except three of the companies here were at that place and had some months train ing in Battalion drill which our company hud not, still we go through that exercise in h very respectable manner. The neatness of the uni form, the quiet morality of the men, together with the affability and modesty of the youthful Captain, .T. I. Bull, are subject* of frequent re iuurk. I give below h i aiulogueofthe pairsofbroth ers in this company and challenge any compa ny of eighty five men to beat it: C \* S Adam*. 1) \* O llollidav, J Ar ( Ball, J & G Lowe, T vY A Crocker, J ,Y W Seay, Edr \VCrocker. TA: GSinger, R vY J Folk*. II & S Walton. Then we have the cousins: O. k L. Sey mour, W. Y J. Boynton and J. & T. Perry. But, although kindred ties suffer no dimuni tion of their natural strength here the bonds that bind us all in the great cause, in which we have enlisted are of a fraternal character aud must be strong and lasting as life. Every man who show* himself reudy to perform Ins whole duty find* brothers enough, but if by chance any one be suspected of a desire to avoid those duties he is treated with a con - tempt bordering upon detestation. These are “times that try men’s souls ‘ uiul there are men who heretofore have maintained high po sition# in society that now, perhaps unwitting* ly.are pursuing a course which will entail up on their families the stigma of an infamous disregard to the public good. Such cases are rare, and that they may he still las# frequent we think it proper at once to apply the lash to each offender. CALM AH. IH\K (WUTIOY Ihe Bunks iu New Orleans and Mobile hav ing patriotically acceded to the resolution# of the Bank Convention, hold in Richmond in July last, To receive the Treasury Notes *f the Confede rate States at par, in all payment# and on depos it,’ renders them current in all transactions, at all places ait Lin the Confederacy, and leaves nothing further to be done. The adjourned meeting of the Bank Conven tion, proposed to be held in October next, in Richmond, is therefore postponed until further notice, at the recommendation of several Bank officers end other-'. U. B. LAMAR, President. Tut For* k# at Cheat Mountain. -Owing to the recent skiruiishiug at Cheat Mountain it would not be uninteresting for our readers to know the number ol our forces and their locali ty on that Mountain. At Beverly ure the First Virginia Kegiuiunt and bixth Ohio, at Hutton ville, the next station south of East trom Beverly, are the l.Hli and 17th Indiana Regiments; at FBUwater, on the road loading toward Hunters ville, are fortified the Third Ohio and Fifteenth Indiana, Twenty fourth and Twenty fifth Ohio Loomis’ Battery of Flying Artillery, Fifteen miles fr.iru this fortifioatiou, is Gorieral Lee with V,UOO men. Two regiments from this State aud three fr>>tii Indiana uru to be moved to .lay, und to morrow to Gen. Reynolds’ assistance. One of the Indiana regiments passes through here this morning [f'lnciusati’ /.'*/oirsr 1 bth. Si . . rssn i Lavinci of a Si'ciiaiuni Tele graph. The laying of the Submarine Tele graph Cable between Forts Moultrie and Sumter wai successfully nceoinplished i bursday fore noon. Th is achievement hi# been looked for ward to with n<< little interest, und is but the commencement of extensive submarine tele graphic communication with all the fortifica tions in onr harbor. The distance between the two torts is about a mile and a half, and the laying of the cable oc cupied about one hour. Complimentary mes sages were immediately crchanged between the commander# of the two forts, and an order from Fort Sumter to Fort Moultrie for a supply of cartridge* at once filled, and the boat sent to convey them. Charlettou Courier, Tux Battkriks at Aquu Creek.—Accord ing to the correspondence of the Washington Re publican, the line of batteries at Aquiu Creek exteuds about fix miles. They appear to be io good condition. One of their rifled guns, a few days ego, threw a shell across the Potomac, which is about four miles wide. As near as the Republican can ascertain, at least 15,000 rebel troops are in that vicinity. m Ooon Packing.— Mr. W. 0. Spence, overseer on the plantation of Major James Wright, at Oswiehee, Ala , informs us that on Monday he packed upon one screw, with twelve binds, sixty six bags of cotton, and finished before night.— This beats anything in the way of packing we have yet heard of. A Patriot who knows how to use Hi* Mon* ar.—William Faulk, Kfq , of Twiggs county, has uniformed and furnished blankets, shoes, hats, swords and uniforms to the officers, for the whole comp any named after him— the Faulk Invincthles, commanded by Capt. KIJ B. Griffin. ! On Saturday last the company being on parade at Marion, Mr. Faulk had a substantial dinner j prepared for them at his own expense. Mr. Faulk has exhibited a lofty and disioter -1 os ted patriotism and liberality, which we should ’ he glad to see imitated by other gentlemen of i wealth in this crisis of our country’s fortune.— I Telegraph. We learn from the Jackson Mississippian that : (Jen. A.Sidney Johnston telegraphed Gov. Pet j ms, of Mississippi on Saturday last, to forward 1 all the troops and arm* be could spare to Ken tucky, and the Gov. promt l> ordered the brigades under command of Gens. West and Alcorn to rendezvous at Cerintb, to move on Tuesday to join the forces under Gen. Jobniton- THK SOY Ift Kill NTY ajMTHK STATUS. COMJMBDS, GEORGIA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1881. The Ilnur ami the Han. We fling our banner to the breeze this morning with the Confederate uud State uominatious in scribed up. n it. Os the former It would bo worso than fttipciduous to speak. Os Judge Nisbet, the caudidute for Governor it is sufficient to say that he is, iu the very best and truest settee of the terra, a .Southern Chris tian gentleman. He is a native Georgian, a graduate of our Stale University, a finished scholar, an elegant writer, au accomplished ju rist, and a man of uublemished purity of life. He has tilled various offices in tho State aud Na tional Got eminent#, and has adorned every po sition to which he has been called. His popu larity is of the kind that follows not that which is run after; he has not sought office, the office has always sought him. He has been no man’s man, aud uo party’s man, but he has showed his consistency by adherence to principles rather lhau parties. In the palmy day# of the old Whig party he wm# a steadfast State’# Right* member of Con gress with such associate* as Utthsrshaui, War ren and Wilde Subsequently, when so many of the Northern Whigs proved unfaithful, lie aete.l with the Democrats, and was u supporter of Mr. Buchanan. After the election of Llnoolu he he came a secessionist, was the mover of the seces sion ordinance in the Convention of last Janu ary, and is at present a member of the Provis ional Congress. He has been nominated on ac count of hi* fitness for the office, not on any par ty ground’ , lie ha* no friends to reward, no enemies to punish. He is a man you cannot buy, a man you cannot sell, übove reproach, above suspicion. Hi# high honor, hi* incorrup tible integrity, his acknuwloged ability are guar antee# ample enough that in his hands our good commonwealth will sutler uo detriment. He will he our next Governor, and will be the right umu iiu tiie right place. Rome Southerner. Lituolimtn iu % Kentucky Pulpit. The Rev. 11. A. Henderson of Alabama, who has been passing some time in KcMitucky writes a letter to the New Orleans Christian Advocate from which we make tlie following extracts : To give you Ihe anirnv* of the Northern Methodist church in Kentucky, aliow me to toil your readers about one Rsv. (?) Mr. Black, stationed in Newport, opposite Cincinnati. On one Sabbath he had bis church ornamented with l r . S. dags and brass eagle* ; his hymns were the “Star Spangled Banner, ’’ “The Red, White and Blue,” and “Hail Columbia.” He prayed that the Union may be preserved, even though blood may come out of the wine press even unto the horses bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs.” In the course of hi* sermou he said, “1 trust our troops will rally and wipe out the disgrace of Manassas, though it coal the life of every rebel under arms. Let Davis and Beauregard l>e captured to meet the fate of Huamun. Hang them up on Mu. on und Dixon’* Line, ihtiiirnit ora of both section# may be warned. Let them hang until the vultures shall eat their rotten ilesh from their bone#; let them hung uutil ihe crows shall build their filthy nests iu their skeletons; let them hang until the rope rots and then let their dismembered bones fall so deep into tho earth that (ijtl Almighty can't find thi oi i/t the thy ot Roounectiov # * *• * *> Everything (list murks the eurly progress of u mighty revolution is rapidly developing in Kentucky. “The dark and bloody ground ’ will soon .receive another crimson buptism. — That Kentucky will soon make common cause with the Southern Confederacy is now certain. She is jealous lor her liberty and proud of her foregone history. When the Governor bouts the tocsiu, filly thousand bright swords wil! leap from the thigh* of her heroes. The peo ple of this proud Stale will not consent lon ger to “be bought Aud sold, and he an uppanngeto llu#i> Who ahull despise her.” They know full well that il the Sin'e auL inils to the Lincoln despotism “She shall sloop to be A province for an empire, * with slaves lor senates, Beggars for nobles, panders for a people.” When fully aroused, Kentucky's sword will leap from its icubbard in vindication of a griev - oiisJy violated neutrality, to which ahe has v ainly trusted a* a palladium of her peace, property and principles. In defense of his feurtbstone, tho honor of his wife, and the • hastily of his daughter, pro avioet foci*, Ken tucky's gallant son will redden his sword to the hilt in the black breast of the vandal. “T-. patriot vengeance ne’er hath sword More terrible libation* poured.” 1 shall watch and pray for Kentucky’s coin ing. If she falter* non, my heart will siuk within me. 3ad will be the day when I shall have to repudiate sympathy with my native State. God grant that I may never *ec her the Niohe of the nations. . <'otl.il Sbi|>m'Dt>. W bava heard it intimated that, tempted by the proapsut of a handsome speculation, par ties iu this city anil elsewhers ure preparing shipments of cotton with Ihe hope of being able successfully to run the blockade. We allude to the subject now simply so express the hope thet no Houthern man will embark iu such an enter prise at a time like the present, bbipments of cotton to Kurope during the existence of this blockade, are mdireot contravention of the pro claimed policy of the Confederate Government, and well calculated to thwart its plans and im pair the strength of its position a# regard# na tions abroad. True, it has not express y prohib ited the exportation of cotton exoept through port* out side of the .Confederacy; still exporta tions through our own ports oous within the spirit and policy of the law, and ought not to be tolerated. However great may be the tempta tion in a pecuniary point of view—and the risks destroy everything like certainty io the trausac tton~-we hope that due reflection will convince every one of.the impropriety of the trade. We would not envy the feelings of the Southerner whose vessel, captured at sea, should furnish sev eral thousand bags of cotton to set Yankee spin dles in motion once more. Rk arbkhtkd.—Mr. Win. H. Byrd, of Augus ta Georgia, who was arrested a few days ago* upon the charge of being a Federal spy, and re leased on parole, has beeu re-arrested by order of Commissioner Lyons, and confined in jail to await a further examination.— Richmond Ex aminer. _ _ We are glad to learn, says the Huntsville Ad vocate, that otir theatrical friend, Mr. W. JI. Crispi is in the Southern army at Manassas Junr - llon, in command as Ist lieutenant of the Dixie Artillery. He played well bis part in many mimic battles, and la now in readioens to act well his part in dread war’s reality. His two sons, Harry and Charles, who were in the battle of Manassas, were unhurt, and are now in the advanced columns near Washington. The many friends of Mrs. and Mr. W. 11. Crisp and the boys will be pleased to hear of their patriotic devotion to the South. rOLFUBI’N, WKD\FSD.tT,*HKPTKMBKR 23. mUZ Election Day s —As our Stute und Congres sional elections takes place on a different day of tho wed. front that heretofore devoted to that public purpose, the Press throughout the State will prevent mistakes by unking note of the fact aud calling special attention to the change. 1 ho election for Governor and members of the Legislature is held on the first Wednesday of October. (See Journal Convention, p. 391. The flection of President and members of Con gress is held ou the secoud Wednesday of No vember. (See Act I'rovis. Congress.) Feelings of the “Contraband.” Moters. Editors Having the pleasure of attending a meeting at Col. Iliues Holt’s plan tation on last Subbatli, I *a\v an occurrence which I think worthy of publication. The Missionary preached a very earnest and inter esting sermon to the negroes upon the duty of pressing on In their Christian course and then ‘ told them that they knew the condition of the country, and also that they all probably had 1 young master* onthe touted field undergoing ‘ the hardships and subject to the vicissitudes us war. He then requested all who were wil J ling to covenant to pray for the restoration of | peace to the country und for the safe return ( of their young master* with their banners crowned with victory to come forward and give him their hand. The professing Chris- ‘ tiun*, ot the congregation ail came forward and many who made no profession respond- ( ed in like manner. 1 saw scores ol (hem advance with the tears . making down their sable cheek* thus giving evidence of their sincerity. At the close of J this ceremony un old man named Billy was re quested to pray, and lie offered up the most j earnest and touching petition in behalf of oi|r ( country that 1 have ever heard. Who .an , doubt that, such prayers will he answered? , And when (ii.l is tor us who can be against us’ AN EYE WITNESS. CORRESPONDENCE. Taldotton, Ua'., Sept. 17, 1801. Hon. Isaac Chunky : Dear Sir: i'hs uudersiguod, a portion of your tallow citizen# iu the counties composing the2sth district, deeply impressed with the im- ■ portanco of securing harmony and union among the people, aud with u due appreciation of that ( delicacy of fecliug that prevents many of tbs { most worthy iu the commuuity from announcing thetu#elvs a# candidate for office, most respect fully a*k y our permission to allow us the privi lege of B’.iggesting your name a* n suitable one to represent us in the Senate. Fully aobitrcd thut you will be acceptable to all clus*e*, uud ull shades of opinion wilt be rec- | onoited by according to our wishes, we earnestly | hope that you will not refuse assent to our re- , quest. j Yours, with high regard, , W. B. Marshall, < Jbssk Cartkh, W. D. Atkinson, , Cyr. Robinson, {Sraton G. Day, | 11. Proctor, Alvin Stafford, Geo. Jordan, Wm. Scarcev. ( i Talbot Valley, JHth Sept. I sis I, ( Messrs. Mumball, Carter, Robinson aud others: i Uknti.f.min: Your very kind letter i* before i me, uud bus met with that consideration due to < men of your high standing in the community, < uud representing, us I know you do, the highest •tegiee ol patriotism. Without arrogating to i my sol I that modesty you hnve been pleased to * accord, I um conscientious when I assure you that without such solicitation I would, not have offered my name to the people of tki* E'unatorial I District, for election. i The ieduction of the member# of the .Senate, two-thirds, obviously iu tended to secure to the State three advantages .- To lesseu the cost of , the Legislative branch of the government; lo < expedite fiusiuess; and, lastly, to elevute the . character of that body, by placing the office bo- j youd the reach of him who e only merit is that he is the favorite of a particular clique iu a sin- < gle county. Hence, notwithstanding but one of | the counties composing this district has appoint ed delegate*, and tho two others have signified their intention to ignore a Convention, I will | claim to mynelf so much of that virtue alluded i to as to uftsure you I would regard a self up- | polntmeut us so highly reprehensible that evsu I were it successful 1 would apprehend more 1 trouble from a sense <>f shame, than pleasure ‘ trom honor conferred. Again gentlemen, without uuy attempt on uiy i part to persuude y- u that it required extraordi nary inducement# for i|iw to accept (he kindness you have tendered, uo strong is my conviction I that our# must be a united h* well a* a deter mined people, to insure a successful termination I of our present diffoulties, that I would cheerfully i have yielded my chance of promotion had your i names been the pillars of but one party. But ut a glance to the list I discover nothing of that i partizanchip which las ever been the enemy of < harmony, I see in it representative names of all i our former parties, as well a# the name* of some of those delegates duly appointed to represent Ipson oouuty. With such flattering overtures from so respec table a class of m> fellow-citizens, I caunot re fuse assent to your request. Hoping, if honored by au election, that my conduct as your representative may lie such as to 1 continue your good opinion. I remain profoundly grateful, eto. ISAAC CHKNEY. Burning of a Bridok.—A rumor reached tiere yesterday, says the Nashville Union of the 20th. that the bridge across the Roaring River, on the Louisville aud Nashville Railroad, a short distance beyond Muldrough Hill, was burned on Wednesday evening. It is reported that u party were placed at the bridge to guard it, and fear ing from rumors that reached them, that Lin coln’s forces were advanoing to attack the Con federate troops, they set fire to It and totally destroyed it. This we learn, was against tho express orders of Gen Buckner. We understand the bridge was constructed mainly of stona, wi b a wooden structure upon the surface, and will )>o easily reconstructed, if the stone work has not been damaged. The stream is said tobe a email one iptr The statement that General Kirby Smith left the Manassas train at Gainesville .Station, oa the day of the great battle of Manassas, and ■aadeihis way thence to the battle-field, by way of the turnpike road from Warrenton, is correct ed on the best authority. We understand that he debarked at the real junction of the Manas saa and Orange railroads, (about half a mile this side of Camp Pickens,) and mads his way thenoe by direct line, to the battle-field. Arrived there, he reported to General Johnston, and asked him for orders. Hu was directed to exercise bis own discretion, and fall in where he oould do the most good, We learn that he did not consider the for tunes of the day in that desperate condition when he arrived, wbioh those fond of dramatic effect have been so accustomed to portray. On the the contrary, the battle, though not ended was already won. Gen. Smith’s troops sxshanged | some shots with the enemy, and otherwise ren dered important aid. Their arrival inspired onr own men, and added to the panic and confusion of the enemy, making their retreat tbemoredia astrous to them.— Richmond Enquirer, 10th, A Sflhnuid Prizk.—An agent iu this oity of A Belmont, of New York, has beeu purchasing, for some time past a largo quauity of tobacoo,for his principal, wbioh is said now tobe in store In this city, to the haudjome amount of three thou#and hog#heads, worth iu round numbers, $350,01)0,. The agent.* of Lincoln have been very active for some time past in soiling the funds and property of Southern tueu in North ern cities. We are rejuioed that the Confederate Government have in this magnificent lot of to. l>aeeo, a fund sufficient to cover a very large portion of the recent Yankee confiscation* at the North. A. Belmont isawollkuown banker in Wall street the same whom Secretary Uhaae recently seut over to London to attempt a negotiation of Federal war loan, and who met with a signa l failure. A. Belmont is al*o the intimate friend aud financial agent of Gen. Fremont, and is doubtless a sympathizer in thut oflioer’s brutal meusuren iu Missouri. We have no doubt that the Confederate Receiver under the sequestra tion act, Mr, Qilie*, will look promptly after this tabacco of Belmont. Belmont is the American agent of the Koth childs but is the leading member and probably oue of the wealthiest men of that house. He may attempt the .lev ice of pretending thut the tobacco is really uot hi* own, hut the property of the Kuropoau Kothchilds. Such a pretence, however, would he treated with great distrust and jealousy by our Court# Richmond Diepatch, False Report.- A friend informs us it is cur rently reported in the interior that a vessel had arrived at this port with arm# aud munitions of war for the State of Georgia. To prevent mis conception, and perhaps a delusive sense of se curity, it may he well to'correct the error. No such vessel ha* arrived at Savannah, or elsewhere, so far as our information exteuds Savannah Republican 2 \et. The BMliras Prisoner*. The following letter from our townsman, Ma jor Andrews, is published at our solicitation. We thought that the friends of that gentleman would be pleased lo hear from him, aud that the public generally would be interested in the manner iu which the prisoner* taken at Fort Hatters'* are treated -.—Goldsboro’ {N. C.) Tribune. Fort Columbus, Governor’s Islnnd, N. Y., Sept. 7, ’6l. Dear Wife I write these few’ lines in the hope that they may be permitted to pass the lines to you, nnd bring you the first news you will have of my real position. Instead of go ing to Bodloe’s Island, ns I wrote you before, w'e cuine to this place. The soldiers arc iu Castle Williams, which you know ast lie old cir cular fort here, and we ure quartered in the barracks at Fort Columbus. Through the kindness of the officers, we receive as good treatment a* could be expected where so many ure suddenly quartered without any notice.— Our cooks cook for us the ration* which arc regularly allowed, and we have enough to eat, good rooms and soldiers’ beds. Os course we all know how to live the life of sold ers, after our late experience. My lieulth is very good, and 1 have n nice Cbnstiau gentleman for a room mate, Col. Marlin. I have clothes enough, some tobacco, und 1 have ordered from New York, through Sanford, who has been to see me, some addition to my wardrobe, und some little thing* we needed for our room. We have not been put upon full parole, but a partial one with limits assigned, extending round the West und Houth sides of the Island, has been grant ed ; so that we have plenty of room and n full view of the city and liny. 1 have spent hour* with my glass looking ut the various objects of interest within view, and studying the ever varying scene* of busy liie You know 1 al ways said New York was my ideul of a beau tifnl harbor. I see hut little change iu it. None of my acquaintances have visited me yet. One stranger offered mo nil the money I needed, hut I declined. We have advised our friend# not in any way to involve thmusolvrs to help up, though there would he no fear, perhaps, ! for those who are born hero and have never been i South or had any connection with tt.e South. When we fott the Miuncnots the officers and men requested Col Martiu to return thanks to Com nrndore String! uu>, his t fibers and men for their kind ■ .Ofc- for on* •*,imfort--..*vbieb w.ut dune* and we regret i;< wu ed we could do, You may not livur from me again for souio lime, hut I pray you do not be uuoa- , y about mu. I ana iu the hands of Jesus who hu- ovir/had ■ w#d my head in the hour of ha<tfo, and my trust in Him is un impalr?d. Cupiaiu \ an Brunt, .a ihe Mmnepi.U, ha# con sented to take our letters lo Old Ru nt and for ward them #o that onr (amities may know ex actly how we are situated. We feel very grate ful to him for the tool mg* wbioh move* him while performing hi# duty strictly to his own Government, not to forget the yearning of hus bands aud father* towards wive# uud children. Aud now good bye, with inv dearest love to all our family and friend*. Send word so lenoir, that Cupt. Button, his officer* and men, are all well and here, with us. All the prisoners are here, and all well. Oar Purpose, Iu reuawiug our Daily, for the prcneul week, il is our purpose to give what aul we can, to wards the election of the Hou E. A. Nisbet, of this city, to the office of Governor- To tbi* end we will labor, diligently, and invite the flit ude of good government and ike peo ple's caudidute, lo help us distribute the docu* meats, broadcast, so that the public may be properly informed as to the issues involved.— Orders for the Daily, at $4 per hundred are solicited. As the time is short, let the friends of Judge Nisbet be up aud doing.— Macon CU inn, unit'll WESTERN YIRUMi. The Richmond Dispatoh of the 21st gives the following not very encouraging account of the condition of thing* in Western Virginia. The streaftb of the enemy in Western Virginia is believed lobe between forty and fifty thousand. There are under Gen Reynolds, in and about Randolph county, about twenty-five thousand. Gen Cox ba between six and seven thousand in the Kanawha valley, and Gen Roeeocrantz is said to have fifteen thousand -some say eleven to twelve thousand. Thus there are certainly not lees than fonty and there may he nearly fifty thousand of the enemy’s forces operating In Western Virginia, We will uot, for prudential reaaoos, present in detail a statement of the strength of our forces in that quarter. HufficeU to eay that Generals Lee and Luring have a superior force to oope with, and that Generals Floyd and Wise are laboring under a disparity of numbers. We understand that several regiments i.ave been ordered from Lrnchhurg to reinforce our army beyond Lew isbnrg, and that still further foroes will be sent I forward to this aims destination very promptly. Arrifal from Europe. The friend# of Mr. Meredith Calhoun weie agreeably surprised by his arrival here, ono day last wook, in good health and spirits, after an absenoe of over twelve months in Paris, lie evaded espionuge, ami run tho gauntlet of Nor thern rebel hunter#, by Htudiously ignoring the English language after his arrival in Canada, and communicating with porson# of the English tongue through his French attendant, who speak* English pretty well, and s.-ted as hi* in terpreter. Ho bring# intelligence -f tho rapid progress of public opinion in favor of the recognition of tho Confederate Government, especially since our victory at Muarms. As ho passed through London, he ways Mr. Yancey told him ho antic ipated the breaking of tho blockade by England and France between the lftth of October and the 15th of November, at farthest, to whioh opinion Mr. 0., whoso opportunities for acquiring infor mation were very favorable, fully concurs. I llnnteville (Ala.,) Democrat Gen. Walker’s Btuuaoc.—lt is now definite ly ascertained, save the Montgomery Advertiser of the 24th inst., that Col. Judge’#, Bullock'#, Watts’s and Wheeler's regiments of Alabama troops will constitute a brigade, under Gou, L. I’. Walker. Col. Whoolcr is a rrgumv aiiny offioer who has just been appointed from Ponca cola to take chargo of u riv fanned at Huntsville. The regiments of it. * bt.-ido have been ordered to report for duty w> • , n. A. Sid ney Johnston’s division at Memphis. We con gratulate them upon their new so 1 , pora- Hons. Alabama has jost reason to ho proud of -uch a body of men. Wherever the slug of tho Confederacy culls them limy will ha among tko foremost. A more gallant not of Soldier. off: oors and privates—never went into the field It appears to us that there i.< n portion the country so inviting for military aervioc ut tint juncture a# the West. General McClellan, the Yankee chief tain, who was, ore this, to have wiped out the dis grace of Bull Run, has so fur done little towards his task, beyond a very pious proclamation about Sunday work, and an address to his sol diers, in which he tells them they “have had their last retreat.” This i# ull very true for the pres ent. He also inform# them that they “have seen their last defeat.” This is also true; their last retreat being ou quite a large and magnificent scale, sufficiently obvious to the naked eye of every one lu the vicinity. Mutually they are henoeforth to siaud by each other and all will go well. They will not run anymore. So spake the brave aud chivalrous Bob Acres, in all the Roman sternness of a manly resolve, “I say, we won’t run, Sir Lucius.” It is to be feared the is sue io McClellan'* case will turn out no better, and that, instead of standing by “each other,” thoy will, on the very first battle, run by each other, McClellan being a little ahead.— Richmond Examiner. .’JSSf* Col. Borland is going through Arkansas collecting clothing for Gen. Hardee's army.— Gen. Hardee in a letter dated at Lis camp at Pitman # Ferry, Ark., on the 3d Inst., delegating the Colonel to perform the patriotic labor assign ed to him, auy# : The men are destitute of everything—shoes, hat#, shirts, socks drawers, pantaloons and coats. Unless clothing is obtained, it will be impossible to make a campaign this winter. But, indepen dent of this eonsideration, It is due to the gallant men, who have volunteered in the service of their country, that they should be supplied with clothing to protect them from the inclemency of the weather, and the rigors of winter. Cotton and Porx. —Tho Columbus (Miee Republic remark# that u balo of cotton weighing four hundred pound# will bring thirty two dol lars, and two hogs, weighing each two hundred pounds, will bring about the same amount, The Southern planters my they can raise the hogs at one quarter less the expense aud many of them unaounce their dotcrmiqutiuu to give up thejofo ton Hold and g< iu for hog raising. ’I lie Syracuse (X. Y. jCourter, upon the free dom of the press, uka: what nun, vvliat con stitution, what law, what divinity has confer ed upon Mr Lincoln the right to limit the reading of the people?'’ wo answer Greely, the code of oiigh*, the law of despotiarn, and the Dev el Important, if Truk.- A rumor has renebod here through p*s*-nger# from the West, that nti interview took plaee in Teuno* eo !#*( week be tween General (Sumter) Anderson no.I <• <-n A 8. Johnston, duriDg whirb the form- >•, -i the latter to aid him in ( vprdlurg federal troops from the State of Kentucky !i is sail that the endorsement of Fretn of.iraous proclamation hy Lincoln hu# ot - (1 f Gen. Anderson to the real Intention.. , tin Ab olition Government at -i tfo>t he intends to resign his c< %(•< r? •*. W* give the report for wi •’ ■> The Trial ok our I'hivvtfi ■ in New York will soon take pta-v •., ,q Gun eouiHol has beeu sent to Fort Latin. <>-, ami e presume others will share their Gi*y do their duty to their clients. A dicpaul. ii m \*w Yrk say#: Sixty-six important criminal case# are to be tried at the fall term of the United States Circuit Court of Now No le#* than twenty of the Southern privateersmen, from the privateers Sa vannah, Sumter, and Jeff . Davis, are to be tried for the capital offence of piracy. There are for ty two slave traders, and two other* indicted as aiders and abettors of the slave trade, who are to stand their trial. i Jhdgb Nisuet in Northern Ghohuu.—A correspondent of thu Savannah Republican, writes that Judge Nfobet will reoeive a majority of 8,060 Lu the countie* North of the Cbatte hooehse. He tells of a discussion io Pickens iu which the advocate of Gov. Brown wn* denefffo ed by his esulUmce toe uia/i. —a i a Another BoCSTFOL Uih a op.—Bishop Oden heimer of New Jersey, has issued a form of pray er for the use of the Protestant Episcopal clergy of his diooese on the day of the national fast, in which there is no iutimation of a desire for the suoocas of the nation in its ntruggle for life The whole thing hi devoted to the personal wants and trials of the members of the army, and can he used by a Secessionist with at least as much satisfaction as by a true loyal Christian. The patriotic clergy of the Kpisoopal Church will spue it out of their mouths, or add petition* of their own more suitable to the occasion. [Mew York Eapreoe, Hon. Jmo. E. Waro. —We regret to learn that our enteemed fellow vitiaen above named, left here on Friday last, for Rome, under circum stances of a painful character. Ills family b# ing still there, intelligence reached him the day before of an aecideut to bis son, whose life was despaired of *t the time the letter was written. Mr. Ward goes by way of Kentuoky and Can ada, and in view of the urgency of bis mission it is sincerely to be hoped that he will meet with no interruption In bis travels. 6hould be be able tu reach his destination, he will immediately re turn with his family, taking the risks. PEYTON H. COLQUITT, JAMES W. WABRBN, < Editor*. Number 38 Affir. ii Ntw York, A highly intelligent gentlemen, who left New \ ork a low days since, informs us that the finan cial condition of the North is aught but eneour aß*nK< The stock of spooie in the banks is rap idly diminishing, and mercantile men Bay that people there are hoarding tholr money. It is es timated that thirty millions of dollars have beeu already thus secreted. Tho Treasury notes put out by the Liuooln Government at over seven pr cent, interest, are rapidly rerurned to the banka. It is the opinion of the best judges that these institutions will soon bavo to suspend all over the North. Trade is at a stand still. A large majority of the commercial houses have already failed, und there is hardly a day but someone of them topples to the ground. Tho volunteer enlistments for the army of the North ceased. Drafting ha# already been resort ed to in N. Jersey, and will hereafter be the only mode iu their power *f recruiting their armies. At present tho vacancies by deatb and desertions exceed tho number f voluntary enlistments.— Conscription is now their only resource It is I Ism enough that an army thu ennatitufod i# t(ot to be depended on. Our iu formant thinks the pence party i# pa i. lop grotiud, although free speech ami thu tree doxu of the prrci have boon suppressed. It i pears that Uin influence of the Catholic ohnrifo hostile to the wnr, nnd theso, with theoomn. . rial clar v’B, make tho basin t u strong per. ■ petty. The war, * n the part cf tho Kepuhlicau.q i becoming every d?v more and tmi.re plainly • war upon slavery, nnd the opposition me r in/r upon this grmmd. Such ii the substance of tho account derived from n gentleman whg left New York hut u week “go.— liichrnoitd J\xaminir, Striplings in Opr Anar.—Tho Richmond Examiner rightly remarks that there can bn m.> doubt hut that many per#M> ure quite out ot their proper places in t!. military service of the Contederacy. Boys, wlc should be reading clas sic#, are jeopardizing their lives under inexperi enced officers and the wretched sanitary condi fo*n of our camps. Should this war last several yea ex, where are we to look for reintorcemeu? wheti our yoiitli arc already in the field ? Ar. I wh: - u pence i* finally attained, where will be onr educated men our literary rank among nations while education is now being needlessly neg looted, and mere boys permitted to join the rank* because carried away by teal, without discretion, ihe novelty of camp life presenting more attrac tions to them than oollegedisciplineGymnas iums and military exercises combined, with a regular educational course, might do more for our future, than the slight addition of those young lads to our foroe# now, and parents should t pare no influence in enforcing the education of their sous, as a matter of vital importance to the future welfare of our country, which must not be lost sight of in the excitements of the present. Fjsdbral Prisoners Expected.—A large number of prisoners captured from the Federal army at Muuassus and other points, were said to have left Richmond on Saturday, under a strong guard of Confederate troops, aud would probably pasa tbrough Augusta in a special train on Huuday. Accordingly a crowd of our citiaen* gathered at the South Carolina Depot at 1, P. M. yea ter day, and waited anxiously for the ex pocted train, but none came. Last night a nu merous purty again re-appeared to the depot to watch lor the 10 o’olock train, but when that ar rived there were no prisoner# aboard, and the people wont home with disappointment, No 2 By a dispatch received here, we are informed that the train having the prisoners on board, left Wilmington at 7 o’clock Sunday night, and if there ia no unusual detention, will doubtles# arrive here somo time this afternoon or so-night. The prisoners, we understand, number three hundred and fifty, aud are destined lor New Or leans. — Chronicle and Sentinel, 2 Uh. ——% i Health oi tiik AitMT.— we are pleased to learn that the eonditon of our troop# on the James and York is improving, aud that the general health of the Confederate army pro mise# finely for Ihe prosecution ol a vigorous winter campaign. In a few weeks, the frost will drive away our worst enemy, the fever, und our men, who enjoy the crisp morning of November, and fresh, cold atmosphere of Jan uary, with the gusto of Canadians will be bet ter prepared than ever lo make the Hessian* feel the potency of their icy steel. The Yan keya affect a vast congeniality with frigid winds, and inspire iheluelves with the belief that the Southern people never experience unything but a general footing of torriuitv, and consequently must wither up nnd shake off’ upon their li<#t simultaneous exposure to snow storms nnd Noithern bayonets. They will dis cover, however, that cold weather is prefer able to .Southerners, especially in the mallei of pursuit.— Richmond Dispatch 10th. TitKAHojr Favkm Him—We learn from a pri vate letter published in the Naicbitoches Chroui clc, that. Gen. Beige), when he found himself in danger at Oak II ill of being killed or captured, raised the < fori federate Hag aud hurrahed for tho s outh lustily. By thi# Means he deceived the Confederate troops, and was enabled to effect hi# escape. Tho hoi. riiq thu C unlederato flag and hurrahin': tor to- :-.ußh were both treasona ble hoi#, but u# it wty - m rthvc lii# life, it will > < eubt becom-idcitda ; nii.-ewortby font. -Vteo those who aio not governed by tho codetf m r uls and In nor established by the M h*ghcr jRw, this act may bo considered dishonorable. ## ns treacherous and cowardly. A Lu. Urr.— McDowell, in hit official Top. i il. battle ot MaLnsaa#, aseesaei In# a • 1 >t fol. Thu New York pap'-reriaam bec publishing LslJ ol ihe k IJcd ai that baukqan . numerating not more than half the regiment engaged, have already published the names. 818 killed. Cameron, thu Ynnko Srcretm ot War, in aapoci u made to some of ihn i‘en sylvania regiment* near Arlington, last week ul that VOO of his Yankee brethren were made lo bite the dust nt Manassas. A for evid.ntly been told by some ol the Yank authorities,or probably it would be but un truth to say, that all ha\ u lied, for it la well known that ihe killed oil the Yankee side at Mann##** wh* nearer “.hOOthan any other fig ure. Peter, burg Express. t im i: . Pi v.nikrh’Convrrtioh.—Theplsr. for” >f the South will bear in mind that the Con vent ion which met in Macon on the 4th of July but, tan.l# adjourned to meet in the same place. • u the lath day of October, to which meotiug very oouuty uud State in the Confederacy are invited to send delegates. The previous labor# of this body have bad much to do with shaping the actiou of Congress. Let the planter# every where, therefore, take an iutereat m this Conven tian, which, be it borne in mind, is eutirely dis tinct from the Commercial and Financial Conven tion, advertised to meet ou the 14th of Ootober , COMMITTEE w ill editors throughout the Bouth please bring tbi# btibjeot to the notice of their readers f jtUt’ The in Richmond, are at prcsentmanufacturiog the largest calibre of guns, shells, bulls, Ac. Tbs capacity of the es tablishment is immense, there being no less thau rtteen hundred men now engaged io manufactu ring railroad iron and ordnance of the heaviest description. Southern Fumds Flowino Out.—The New York Herald reporting the money market of tbe 13th says : Foreign exchange took a suddeu start to-day Bills on London, rose from 107% to 108% for hankers, and on Paris from to 5,3d. Tbs sudden advance is generally believed to have arisen from heavy remittances of Southern fund# to the other side, iu order to prevtut attempts to confiscate them here. Commercial bills range from 107% to 108,%. The mall Is a heavy one for Saturday. The Privateer Sumtbr.—Boston, Sept. 14. -Captain King, of ibe brig Northman, before reported condemned at Surinam, came pusaen ger in the brig Muscovado, which arrived at Baltimore, Sept. 11. He states that tbe Sum ter arrived at Surinam, August 11, and was at anchor inside of Fort Amsterdam on the 23d of August. {Ptr I’leven pieces of shooting tools of the kind culled rifled oaunon, reached this oity yes terday. Some of them are very large and all are designed for a long range, but we need not ssy more eoncerning dimensions or destination. CK. Courier, Slid, Gum Factory.—A large faotory for making Minnie rifles, ha# been established at Knoxvilie, by A- L. Maxwell, Jr., A Cos., and they are mow working over one hundred hsods. when the Tenuoesee river bridge is finished, the firm will give their entire attention to the gun factory, and largely increase its operation