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Edwards, 7 19 7 33 21
Bozemans, 21 8 6 17 2ft
Kupatoie, Ift 27 5 12 1 3i
Total 422 381 632 842 344 H 0
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Tba following l* token fro® a full report of
th* Lincoln naval expedition, published iu tbe
Washington National Intelligencer, of tho 29tb
Oot., and Indicate* tho no arc* from whence the
Confederacy will procure her Navy anil much
naval and army store* for tho Spring campaign
if tba Llncolnites aro fool* enough to curry on
tha war for another Mason.
The vessel* in this iuuncmie fleet art
War Steamer*, -
War Sailing Veasel*, r >
<luu Boat*, 25
Ferry Boat*, ... - 12
Transport* or Merchant Steamer*, 80
Transports or Merchant Hailing Vauxols, • ft
Total all kind* ‘ 2
The drat nine of those ere very formidable, and
they ere aodeep that they will becautiou* about
approaching the coast. Tho Gun boat* carry
generally but one gun, a Dahlgrcn, nu huve a
rifle gun end other* from two to four 21 pounder*.
Tbe Ferry boats and Merchant veaael* will make
tolerable coffin* for their crow*, andjomeofthem,
it ia thought have already been used in that
way.
Beculea the A c., tlmre am laid to be
with the expedition 30,000 white men end 1,000
black ouei, many of whom it i* to ho hoped will
know something about cotton before they make
any more wooden nutmeg*. (The above niitn
bars of uieu ere probably exaggcraU-d, but we
shell get a* many of them a* we shall want to
feed.)
The material outfit ol the expedition Include*
a vast variety of object*, which, when cuumcra
ted, prove what knowledge and careful fore
thought i* needed in those a ho superintended the
operation*.’ It may he said that it contain* t
most everything wltieba community would gaih
er and take along if it were übout to found a col
ony In some deserted island of the ocean. First
and moat necesnury coiuch food, Bcsidcii the rii
lion* provided for the troop* while they shall re
main on board, tho transports hear ut leant three
and a half moot ha’ supplies of food ol every
kind, for the great urmy which ia to ho landed.
One abjp carries out u cargo ol water, and the
department ha* already chartered and laden
other vessels to send down further supplies id
live stock end other needed provi*ions.
knthkn< hind and other thoih
The Ocean Quota and other Mtesmc.r* take out,
besides troops, *iich_articles a* shovels, picks,
hoes, two-wheel carts, brick, cement, grindstone*,
lumber, prepared frames of lii.iirun and barrack*,
ready to beset up, cross-cut sawn, liumoi i qti<n
titles of and bags, beams, A< , Ac.
mkr, Norsks, material, ktc.
The infantry equipments pot (n hoard arc ml
ficienl for st least ten thousand men. They in
elude everything necessary to prepare theoldiur.
Os artillery ammunition there aro really iui
luense i|uantitie*. Hwerral of (no largest Iran*
port# are nearly laden with them motor io 1.-:, and
tbouHMiidH of shell# were sent off from this port,
as well as *h<d, canister, and every variety of
deathly mi*sileH
Os horse* tho expedition has nearly fifteen hun
dred They ere mostly on board the Great Ho
public, V andorlidt, Ocean Queen, Baltic and
Krinson. One ship take-, a supplies for these
animals, eight thotisund hag* of out*, und he
sides this other vessels carry further supplies id
oats and corn, while many tons of hay are divi
dd among the transports.
Two thonsand bushels of Cumberland coal
have been taken aloug. This coal i of the liuely
broken kind used by smiths In their forger, he
catiflb it gives a quick and very Intense heat.
Beside* two whonied dumping curt* there are
also a great number of hand cart., mid Imnowc,
especially of the latter. Os course every tool
needed tn constructing earthworks is found iu
this immense omnium gatherum.
Three or four transports are partially laden
with brick, mostly lire brick. Them? aro proba
bly to be used in conjunction with tho Cumber
laud coal for heating shot. Camp stoves are
cheaper, handier, and utoro quickly . ot up tor
cooking purposes, and the brick are most pioba
bly to be used iu constructing turn nor a to heat
red hot shot, with whioh the great cilutnbtals
wll do good execution.
WAOOHB.
A great number of army tratisportn'o n w ...-
one are provided, over and nbovo thoro which
iialoug to each regiment, and which tho troops
took away with them, Extra • amp equipage
of every description i* also provided, and a great
number of extr arms ami infantry equipment*.
To drive the extra transport wg.n* tho (lov
er ume ut unlisted in this city nearly two hundred
professional stage drivers. Those Jehus w ill be
most serviceable on tbo . outlu rn rmid*. where,
as Mr. Olmstead relates in his journey through
the Houth, Northern ?lage drivel i aro found the
only competent uieu to take charge of si q . in
the various line*.
liiirolu'K Armada.
The telegraph tell* u* of the three brigades
which haw sailed h r somewhere in tho vessels
of Lincoln's grand armada W o are not with
out information as |uthe troop* which insti
tute these fated brigades. On the l .’d there
sailed from Aunapnli* the foliowiug vessel- with
the'hroo brigades
Ist Brigade— tlen. Voile comtnandtng. New
Hampshire Third, on the Atlantic. New York
Forty-sixth on the Daniel W ebster; Now York
Forty-seveulh on the hoanokc. Now York l or
ty-eighth on tho Km| ire t’ily; Alain* Eighth on
tho Artel.
2d. Brigade tlcnoral Stcvei euu)’ti>;u.<lin>
Roundhead Fenm ylvaniu. five companies. Penn
tyivauia Fiftieth on the Ocean Queen; live e. ia
paniea Pennsylvania Fiftieth. Michiguu I hth,
New \ ork Seventy ninth on tbe Vanderbilt.
3d Brigade deti. 11. Wright commanding.
New Hampshire Fourth on the Baltic t'ui>uecti
cut Sixth on the Marion and Barker#bur
necticut Seventh <m the Illinois Maim? Ninth
on the Coatsacoalcos; Division and Staff on the
A'lsntic.
Making a total of eleven thousand cvrn hnn- ‘
dred men.
A Vdllirru Crilicim.
The N#w ffiirli Kvcuing Post protein ah. i
men to the Lincoln Administration lium tin
text
• # We have never known a mun, r. ieminent
or nation tu profit in tho long run by I'alseh 1
We make some extiuci# .-> lowi 11>t a
little truth is io&kiug out at the north May the
little gleam be followed l y a broad team of
sunlight.
“Wear# led to the statement of the > obvi.n
principles because we fear lest tbo >d’ our
own government, which have iimudumlsomething
of a superviaorship of tbe press, should tall into
(be had practices of the despotic p'ViiroiuenG u(
Europe. Take the late battle ol Lew -burg tor
an example It wn- given out at first a* a !
skirmish, iu which we had suffered a brief re
pulse, which was afterward# jwtriex and by g-.m
Inga very decided advantage of position. v’.l. !
Biker, however, one of our m ot gallant officers,
was admitted io be killed, and the rebels were
■••(•aid to have retired, vet the details <•( tlm
engagement were iivt publish*,!, i>ur *p. nail
correspondent at W hn.gt. n i lograplnd li
ke was not allowed to .send the part), ulnr-. |
which were reserved for the A--.. , ~| Pr* • I
Agent. When the dispatch of tie Utter .-hum’ j
we were merely ialormed thpt tho • miter hu t ‘
been serious, that ur right wing w,< repulsed I
•♦with considerable lo**,’* but that tlen.
held tbe position, woubl -u be reinforced by
Banks, and that Leesburg was ct-riaiulv our*.
This was cheering, u spite ot the suor>o o .
which tbe position was w>n.
This morning webaio another >torv;th# j or
nals are tilled, not only with i •
Associated Press, super*iced by the ti •len.ioeu .
hut with a multitude ot *(. ui nq- W * t it
do they concur in sbowin Why, that tb.
boasted battle of Kdwardi- Ftrry w nly
repetition, on a larger rrale. ”l tbe battle • 1
ttreat Bethel la etbar Words, ii was a idiii u.
dous blunder.
“Oa thousand in,. • ,< the heart rend
mg result, made more enisihU- and di . t ,ura
ging by the lo* of uc of the best and bravest
soul* in thu antoy. Our actual loss in men, it
is likely, wi|l prove much lesa, but our actual
lons in character will be much greater than is
represented by the numerical report.
Some tunc, since, when fear*, were enter
laiued that tbe rebel* would Croat the Potomac
at a point where ft was left weakly guarded,
they were quickly dispelled by the somewhat
indignutil reply that General McClellan desir
ed nothing so much; and that he arranged hife
plans especially with a view to uch un im
prudent step. Now, hi* own officers have
committed that blunder i wore aggravated
form, because the river wn* then fordable,
while it is new fifteen feet deep. If the rebel
General had written n request to our officers
in the following shape, how would it have been
answered f
“ Tu the Pfderal Commander* ;
‘•The Potomac st Kdward*’ Ferry is now (if
ivn feet deep. Will you he so obliging as to
send over three or four thousand of your best
troops, with one smooth bore gun, *o as to put
the river in your rear ‘
‘•Kvass.”
“P H—We know that although you have
forests growing all around you, you have not
constructed any boats or raft*, and that you
have no means of transportation but two or
three mud scow*. We will not, however, in
ti-rfcre with your passage until it is entirely
o fleeted.’ •
i >ur officers might hove seen through such u
disguise, and perhaps taken the hint to provide
rafts th it would bear the weight of a cannon,
and auilice to convey either way more than
fifty men in an hour. Hut, not huving a ape
< nil monition, they did not foresee the result,
ami rushed blindfold into calamity.
From the Hav. Hep., Oth instant.
THE SIT! ATlia
A word upon the present condition of affairs
on thu coast of Georgia, may not be amiss :
After our evening edition of yesterday went to
pre**, ml vices wen? received from below reporting
the entire disappearance of the. Lincoln fleet
from their late anchorage off Port Royal. Noth
ing definite is ki cwn, at the time we write, of
their direction. Our dispatch, announcing tbe
appearance of forty-one sail off Stono (about flf
teen mile* south <>f .Charleston) yesterday morn
ing, winy throw some light, ou the subject. And
again, they may be tho remainder of the fleet
that wa* left behind by the advance squadron,
a* tho expedition is understood to cou*istof from
i eighty to u hundred vessel*.
I However this may le, our people should not
, allow themselves to he seduced into the idea that
wo chiill ho overlooked by this infatuou* band
, of pirates who have set out to scourge anti Uos
, olalu the tiouthem coast. They have their work
tu perform, for to return without an attempt to
, subdue us would result in national disgrace.
Ilowcv oHltcy shift about, doubtless to deceive us
as to the true points of Uttuck, they will be upon
u in duo time, ami we should urge forward eve
ry ine;i*ure naou**ary (or defence. We are pleas
ed to know that this i* being done by our milita
1 ry authorities. Lverything is in motion, and
“Ur troops so disposed that a very large force can
be ‘ oiicenfrated at any given point at a few
bourn* notice. Carolina arid Georgia are nobly
co-operating and making common cuu.-a? against
, the enemy. Land when* lie may, he will have
I to march over the dead bodies of citisens of both
Hlnt* before he can obtain h foot-held upon our
soil.
, We Iciirn.that Gov. Pickens telegraphed yos
. lerdaytoour Mayor, ottering any assistance that
• may be needed, while our own authorities have
tendered fifteen hundred troops to South Caroli
na, iu ciiso Charleston or Port Royal should bo
attacked.
We arc rejoiced to see tho spirit with which our
entire people, old and young, male and female,
contemplate tho prospect of an early measuring
of arms with the foe There is no fear, no ex
! oltciuenf, but a firm, yntquiet resolve, to d'sputc
his march, even to the luqt ditch and to the do
truction of the last mun. They rather rejoice
that tho time has prmtahlycome when Georgian*
shall have an opportunity fordoing their share
at home in tho great work of Confederate inde
pendence. Wo welcome the foe to our shores
ami we shall give them at lon-t, ‘•hospitable
Fink Fimrutno.—On Monday last u gentle
man named DeCostar reached Detroit from
New Orleans, by way of Cincinnati and Tole
do, and was quietly arrested and spirited away
to the House of Correction, where he was
closely confined, and for u time ull persons
were forbidden to see him. He was refused
counsel, und no satisfaction wn* given him as
to the charges made ngaiimt him or the cause
of hia arrest. In the evening following, being
fully impressed with the belief that an outrage
hud been perpetrated, some gentlemen went to
his prison and demanded tbe right to see the
prisoner. They were politely informed that
Mr. DeCostar waa not in ; lie hud been spirit
cn off, whence and by whom they could not
find out. Hu hud with him, when arrested,
some fifteen hundred dollars, six hundred of
which was iu gold. He was relieved of this
small change while in prison. Then? is vil
lainy, under cover of authority, uo doubt, at
the bottom ol the mysterious affair.— CYwrin
waft Any , 14/4 uft.
A boot tuk Sum ran. Lieut. Porter, of thu
Powhattan, reports that ho arrived at Marsu
httiu, September 24, only live days after theSuui
tor loft. The latter had cruised two or three days
>it the mouth of the harbor to overhaul the brig
Maria, expected from New York. The Gover
nor of Muratihsiu treated the officer* of the Sum
tor with ovety courtesy, promising them they
might sell the Maria there if she were captured .
supplied her with coal, but was unwilling to do
the same (<>r the Powhattan. In entering Mar
ntihnui, thu Humter got ashore, lo*t her false
keel, aud when rhe Uut was leaking. Hhe left
under sail, having housed her smoke stack.
She hail taken no prise since the Abbf Brad
lord, and it was understood her motto was, “burii
.‘-ink and destroy,” particularly Boston and Fas
ter!! ve**el*.
Lieut. Porter left Sept. 28th, and put into Bt.
Thom* , Ocf. fi, where his In t dispatch was da
ted. [N. Y. Paper.
I.atkm I‘aovt Gkn. Fi.oyi* A letter was re
ceived in town, yesterday, from a Chaplain in
Moyd's Divisions, dated the 31st October, hi
night. At thi* tune our army was close upon
Kosencnuit/’* entrenched camp, near Char
leston, and expected to commence shelling it
| next morning, if,icon ‘l\ /.
Acknowi. ri'vin'. tuk Corn A dispatch from
Washington under dale ol'y.M, to the Nexfr
\ ork llerahl, says *
I hi* inornim: Commander Craven, flag offi
cer ot the Potomac squadron, reported to the
i Navy Department that the Potomac river 1s
. losed by the rebel*, *■> that no vessel can by
imy possibility pn**. Yesterday he discovered
;■ batler> ot eighteen guns at MaMhiu# Point,
which effectually hlo k* navigation, even the
batteries ol this side were of no effect.
Cci kick We learn by tho I wet Texas papers
that a train In in (tie Kio tlrutuio recently
brought to Him Antonio 600 sacks of coffee. It
>4 tliu. ht tFit a brisk trade a ill spring op in
that section ot country coffee will he brought
o and cotton taken out to Mexio. •
j Goon Nkwm ik Thi k. The Columbus (Ky.)
I‘ News Inn* information from a private *ource,
which it i* inclined t<> believe, to the effect that
■ Gov. Mu;; olid had it cape >1 from the city of
Frankfort, ud was on his way to Russellville,
j by., w here the Kentucky legislature would be
| convened b\ proclamation. Should this be the
case, the members can meet without the pres
I once of the Federal bayonets t • inf!notice their
action Uudillville bin the possession of the
•• lbe lb.-tm Courier savs the following
p.- iti-n i* Wing cin ulated and igt:ed in Ma**a
cl iu tell* :
“To the President and Cabinet ol tbe 1 uited
Hl*t - We, the undersigned ciliten* of Massa
ebuaetta, re*|*ectftilly pray that tho Govornmeut
take eotue itumediate meaaure* to procure tbe
• xcbnnge or release from iroprisonuieut of thote
. ..Idlers of the Federal army now held a* priso
ner.’ *1 war by the rebel*. ’*
iOUMBIk.MATiKIIAT NOUNBfcttV, 1881,
elictiut mim.
Holt's majority in Taylor 1(13.
“ “ in Talbot V 6.
RICHMOND COUNTY.
Presidential Klectors 1,033
For L'onyretimen,
D. W. Lewis. 400
M. C. Fulton 403
The following ii the consolidated vote of Bibb
county, several precinct* bolding no election ;
KUctorial Ticket 472.
Col. 11. Cobb 844
A II Kenan .2811.
We hear that in Jones and T Col one.
Kenan ha* large majorities— perhaps two hun
dred in each.
Tho following is the result of the election in
the city of Atlanta for President, Vice-President
und a Congressman:
Davis ami Stephens 837.
roR CONORx*s.
L. J. Gartrell 626.
John A. Jones 117.
The following is tbe vote of Chatham county
complete •
For Klectors 2,481.
KOR CONGRESS.
Julian Hsrtrdge 2,070.
Thomas M. Forman 304.
Jlurtiidge'x majority 1,76 b.
HRYAN COUNTY.
Hart ridge 162.
Forman 2.
LIBERTY COUNTY.
Electoral T ioket 175.
For Congress— Ilnrtridge v .... 183
“ “ Forman 12.
MoNItOK COUNTY.
Electoral Ticket 617.
For Congress R. P Trippe 585.
“ “ L. F. Doyle f>4.
NUTTS OOUNTr.
Four to five in favor of Col, Trippe.
BALDWIN COUNTY.
Electoral Ticket 744.
For Congress lion. A. II Kenan 417.
“ Col. II Cobb 38.
“ “ J. W. Trawick 3.
Dougherty county.
Electoral Ticket S7.
For Cougrefs —lt 11.-Clark 154.
“ C J. Muunurlyn. . 135.
“ “ Jonathan Davis ... VI.
WALTON COI NTY.
Electoral Ticket 6011
For Congress Huffuld 164
” “ Clark I0
“ “ Hammond 263
# BURN ■ COUNTY
Fleet,,ral Ticket 326
For Congress Fulton 17k
“ ” Lewis 1311
Majority for Fulton 46
y:G-The Macon T'elcgrspb says tbe election
in that city passed oil very quietly with the
following result :
The Davis und .Stephens Electoral Ticket, fi4if
Col. Howell Cobb, I’m Congress 320
A. 11. Kentiu, “ “ 289
Scattering 7
SVu iindersland that quite a number of vo
ter*, who claim (be gallant Old North State us
their birth place, cast their votes for W. K. De
tiraHenreid, Ksq , uh a compliment to a North
Carolinian.
Com mhi a , N,*v. ft The following is tbo list
of Presidential Fleeter* for .South Carolina, elec
tad by the tlcnoral A**rMulily
Henry V. Young, of Lauren* At large.
Win H. Trescott of Charleston.. At Large.
Robert F. W. Allison First District.
John S. Palmer Second District
J. Duncan Allen Third District.
John C. Hope Fourth District.
T. Edwin Ware Fifth District.
Franklin I Moses Sixth District.
,2-dl- Three steam gun hoatß the Alabama,
Augusta an I Connecticut were dispatched from
this port yerterday by order of the Secretary of
tho Navy, to o-’orbaul ami capture the Nashville
and her -iiplumutio cargo. If this expedition suc
ceed*, wn *hnll not only nocure a tine rebel stea
mer, with a valuable freight, but we shall also
got bold ot a large party of rebel leader*, who
accompany Messrs. Mason and .Slidell; we shall
obtain a large atnuunUof official rebel correspon
dence and papers ; we shall demonstrate that our
blockade is at least too efficient for the rebel navy,
we liu I nip in the bud this most promising and
be*t*iuvised of the rebel schemes for Europeau
recognition.—Afaw York Be ru'd.
Hh ! lie ! ha ! said Jocko.
Fiunikh ant ,Siunh.- The citinens of Augus
ta held a meeting on Saturday night last, to
take Into consideration tho prioeof provisions in
that market, und to devise measures to rid that
city of extortioners and peculative speculators.
A committee was appointed to draft resolutions,
and the meeting adjourned to Saturday next.—
Wo should not bo surprised to see their example
imitated throughout the State.—Saw. AY ip*.
According to the census of 1860 it appears
that the Slave States produced 1,782,587 rnofe
beef cattlo than the free States, and 259,358
more horses und mules.
A Florida correspondent of the Charleston
Courier attribute* the good health of the South
thisHCHsun to the*toppage from the North of
patent medicines,‘congress water, white oak
cheese, Lincoln butter, Everett sauces, Hale's
catsup, Greely's bar soup, Bennett's lies, aud
Morrill tariff’ dry goods, etc. etc.
“Fiksthatb Kink.” -We learu that while
the Sth Georgia Regiment were on picket duty
at Munsou’s or Mason’s llill, a member of the
Oglethorpe Light Infantry was put on duty
about two hours before day. When daylight
came lie saw the warlike line of Federal pickets
off two or three hundred yards the following
dialogue ensued
Oglethorpe (at the tup of his voice.) How are
you?
Yankee. Good morning how are you, this
morning ?
Oglethorpe You are a pretty dr rascal tob #
out here fighting for money.
Yankee. You are a liar! I'm tightiug for the
promise of it’
Charles J. Yillier is probably elected Iroui the
First Congrrssional District. C. M. Conrad is
elected by a large majojity in the second. Good
vote polled for President.
Hi MORKtr Loss of TiH “Sw*s.”-A report
reached town yesterday that the steniuer
Sw uu, a well known Savannah river boat, had
been lost on a trip to the neighborhood ot Fort
Hoy t’. We could hear no particulars.— Sav.
_
:VrA dispatch from Little Rock, Ark., dated
Nov. Ist, say# that a messenger has arrived from
Ben. McCulloch's camp, who stated that the re
port prevailed in the camp that Fremont had
commenced a retrograde movement, aud was on
the retreat.
A Merited A itointment. Com. (J. N. Hol
lins, C. S. N., ha* received from the Department
of the Confederate States Navy the appointiueut
“f Flag Captain in the New Orleans uaval sta.
tion, dating on the day of hia succeasful attack
on and dispersal of the l ofted States vessels at
the passes of tbe Mississippi.
Mis*. Florence Nightingale is so seriously ill
as to preclude all hopes of her recovery.
Billy Wilson has applied for a patent for
his newly iuvented flag of truce.
Commodore Siringhum, ol the U. S. Navy,
ha* resigned and retired to private life.
Got. Brown's Message. 1
l
KXI.IEF TO TUR FKOPLK. t
Weextract tbe following from the Message of t
Gov. Brown to tbe Legislsture, uow. in session i
at Mi I ledger i lie : <
“On account of the blockade of our ports, our i
planters are unable to sell their cotton, which is I
tbe groat staple production of tbe State, and I
brings into the Bute the money which stimulates i
and ftusteiu* every other branch of industry. The i
taxes of the people, including the Confederate
war tiX, must necessarily be far more burd
some thi* year, thau they have been any previous
year, in the present gaueralion. Unless some
thing can be realised by tbe sale of, or by so
advance upon cotton, it will he next to impossi
ble for our people to raise the money with which
to meet thi* heavy burden. Such is tbe patriot
ism of our people, and such their teal in tbe glo
rious cause of our ia fependence, that all seem
perfectly willing to submit to any amount of
taxation, necessary to sustain the Government, if
• hey can raise the money by sale of the product*
of their labor; but they are not willing to have
large amounts of valueble'property sacrificed under
the Sheriff's hammer, to raise small sums of mon
ey to uie*( their taxes. In this state of thlogs
ft is the duty of the Governuieut to do sll that
can be done to afford relief,
As the host mode of relief which occurs to uy
mind, I recommend the appointment of an officer
of ability and experience, with a competent sala
ry, which will enable bun to devote his whole
tune to the work, who shall be authorised, on re
ceiving satisfactory evidence that any planter baa
deposited his ootton in any warehouse in any
interior town of this State, aud has insured thu
same against loss by fire for twelve months, with
any solvent Insurance Compeny in the State to
advanoe to such planter two thirds of the market
value of his crop, to be paid iu Treasury notes
of this State, secured as above proposed, which
are to be received in payment of all public dues,
and funded with eight per cent, bonds when pre
sented for that purpose, redeemable at tbeopilon
of tbe State after a short period.
The law should give the Plate the control of
of cotton ti l sold, aud make ample provision
for the repayment to the Treasury of the priu
cipal advanced, with eight per cent. Interest,
the rale paid by the State, when the blockade
is removed aud tbe cotton sold. This would
enable our planters to realise upon their crops
a sufficient sum to meet their current expense,
and to pay all taxes required of them for the
necessary expense of the war, end the support
of the Govern meat. I think our people bate a
right to expect some such relief ns 1 have pto
posej at our band* aud I most respectfully,
but earnestly, iuvoke lor this subject tbe at
tentive coiiMideratiou of the General Assem
bly.”
Tbe following recommendation, on tbe sub
ject of speculations, Would be acceptable to
many of our citiven*, and help to correct lti
evil
UNFAIKIO! JC iricuu riu.x.
“If 1 have not misconceived tbe true objects
ol government, tbe soldiers iu tbe field bom
this State, tbe helpless families oiTuauy ol them
ut home, aud ail others who have suiter
ed by tbe wicked avarice of these
have a right to demand at the bauds of tbe
General Assembly, the enactment of such laws
as will afford all tbe relief possible against sucb
cruel imposition in future.
I tberefoie recommend tbe enactment of a
law authorizing the Governor oft lux Stale, oi
any military officer under his command, by his
direction, (or such other officer as the Legists
Hire may designate,) to seize and appropriate
any provisions or other supplies of any char
acter, necessary for the subsistence or comfort
of our troops, or for their efficiency iu the ser
vice, wherever to be found, iq tbe hands of
manufacturers, speculators or traders, and to
pay or tender to sucb manufacturers, specula
tors or traders, reasonable and just compenstt.
(ton therefor, to be fixed by competent valuing
agents. The price fixed us the market value
of the articles needed by the .State, which are
also the principal snides needed by the com
munity, would very soon become tbe general
market prices in the State, as the authorities
could, on information, seize supplies for the
Slate in the bands of such persons as refused
to sell ut reasonable prices, and thus bring
down those above, to medium rates.”
The following just compliment is paid to our
troops
Ol’K TRCfoPB INTIIK FIELD.
“it is impossible to bestow too much praise
upon our gallant troops now m service. Those
of them who have had an opportunity to meet
the cuemy, have not only sustained the high
character ofGeorgin, but have covered them-
Helves with unfading glory , andinnuy of them
Healing upon their country's altar with their
.life’s bloo I, have transmitted their names to
posterity upon history's brightest have
not the slightest fear that we haYe a singly reg
“ucnt or company in the field front this State,
lliil will ever feller in the face of tbe enemy,
or fail to perform the highest deeds of heroism
when occasion is offered for such display.”
The following will be news tu some of our cit
izen*, though we have made ons or two visits to
tho wurks iudioated, aud hope at au early day
to givo our reader* a more interesting account
of its progress.
RANI KACTUKK OS’ ARMS.
**Si gtwat aro our uocossitie* fur arms aud
such tbe difficulties altoudiug their importation,
that I again call the attention of the Geuerai
Assembly to this important subject, aud suggest
tbo propriety of either establish ug a State
Foundry for their manufacture, or of guarantee
ing to such Company as will engage to menu
fncture them, such an amount of patronage as
will secure success. 1 am iufuruied that Col.
Issue I- Moses, a oititea of Columbus, of euffi
cient capital aud great eu< rgy ot character, eo
ting in conjunction with Mr. Johu D. Gray of
Catoosa couuty, whoso reputatiou for auergy and
enterprise is wall knowu to our people, is per
fecting preparation* to manufacture at Colum
bus, excellent Rifles in large numbers, within tbs
uext two or three mouths. It is said they have
already made cousiderable progress iu their sn
ter prise and that Mr. Gray con furnish stocks
quite rapidly, and that with his aid Col. Moses
will soou be able to turn out the guus complete.
Should it be fouud on |n thorough investigation
of this subject by the military committee, that tbs
euterprise of Col. Moses and Mr. Gray will be
successful, 1 recommend that a contract be an.
tersd into with these gentlemen, or with any
others who may bo prepared to furnish the arms*
for suoh supply as the tuture necessities of the
State tuay require ”
On tbs subject of tbe War Tax by the Con.
federate Goverumeut, the Message has the fol
lowing remarks :
TUB CONFEDERATE WAR TAX.
The twenty-fourth section of the Act passed
by tbe Congress of the Coufsdsrate States lor ths
collection of a War Tax, is in these words
“ If uuy State shall, on or before the first day
of April next, pay, in the Treasury notes of tbe
Confederate States, or in specie, the taxes as
sessed against the citisens of such State, less ton
per centum thereon, ft shall be the duty of the
Secretary of the Treasury to notify,the same to
thu several tax collectors in such State, and
thereupon their authority and duty under this
Act shall cease.”
In a previous part of the Act, provision is mads
for the appointment of Assessors by the Confeder
ate Government, and the valuation of taxa
ble property iu each Slate. It would seem,
therefore, that there is ne way of ascertaining
the amount which each State is required to pay
till this assessment is made. After this is done
and the sum for which the State is liable is
| known, each State may pay this sum into ths
Treasury, in gold and silver, or Confederate
Treasury notes, less ten per centum, and thareby
prevent the collection of the aame by Confeder
ate officers. While I would have greatly pre.
ferred that Congress should havt apportioned the
sum to be raised among (be States, without the
intervention of Confederate Assessors, it is much
better, in my opinion, that we at least prevent
tbe Confederate Tnx-Gathsre ■ from making
their appearance among us, when we can save
ten per centum upon the whole collecting
it under State authority, and paying it into tbe
Confederate Treasury; and I think it would be
more satisfaetory to our people that they be visited
by tbe Tax-collectors of but one Government. I
therefore recommend such legislation as may be
necessary to secure tbe collection of Georgia’*
quota by her own State Collectors, either (bone
who collect lbs State tax, or others to be appoin
ted by State authority for that purpose, and its
payment, when collected, into the Confederate
Treasury. The State Collectors could afford to
do ths labor for a vary Ataall per centum on so
large a sum
Tbe vote on the ratification of the new Con
stitution is as follows t
For ratification 11,499.
No ratification 10,704.
Majority for ratification 795.
Oar issue will u t permit us to make further
extracts to day
CltM of (be Spent! Semen.
Columbia, Fov. 6.
Tbe Geuerai Assembly adjourned this after
noon, at 4 o'clock, after choo*iug tbe Presiden
tial Klvbtors, sud authorizing aud requesting th*
Banka to make a loan of $309,009, if necessary
■uhject 1 1 a draft of tb* Governor.
Tuk Tone or Bullets —A soldier, writing
from one of tbe camps on the Potomac, thus
alludes to the peculiar music made by bullets
paasing through tbe air:
It is a good ploe to exorcise ths mind, with
tbe enemy’s pickets rattling close at hand. A
musical ear nan study tba different tones of the
bullets es they *kim through the sir. I caught
the pitch ot a large aized Minnie yesterday—it
was a swell from E flat to F, and as it passed
into tbe distance and lost its velocity, receded to
D—a very pretty change. One of tbe moet
startling sounds is Ibut produced by the Hotch
kiss shell. It cou-es Lae the shriek of a de
mou, sud the bravest old soldier feels like duck
ing when they hear it. It is no more destruc
tive than some other missiles, but there is a great
deal in ms's sound to work upon men'* fear*.
Tbe tremendous scream is caused by a ragged
edge of light, the phenomena rube seen, as
you stand directly behind a gun, of tbe clinging
of air to the ball. The bail seems to gather up
tbe atmosphere and carry it along, as tbe earth
carries its atmosphere through space. Men are
frequently killed by the wind of s cannon shot.
Thera is a law which cause* the atmorpbere to
eling to the earth, or which prefer upon it with
a force a’ tbe surface, of fliteen pounds to the
square inch; does the seine lew, or s modifica
tion, pertain to cannon balls in flight? I donut
remember ot meetiug with a discussion of the
subject in any published work. It ts certainly
an interesting pbiloSo|djic question
A few days ago a flg was presented by tbs
ladies oL Griffin, Ga , to a regiment of Conti de
rate troops. C’apl Crawford rsceived it, and
here below is part of what be said;
“Os tbe antecedent* of tbe Puritan, history
and our own experience have shown b>m as dis
contented and disturbing. Without authority
be is artful and untiring With power, he i*
unscrupulous and overreaching. |fi* unui
sure of conscience is tbe measure of all other
ooascicures la England he initrdirted the Lit
urgy which had giveu consolation to forty gen
Ou this continent be kicked the phleg
malic Dutch, and cuffed the non belligerent Qua
k*r, and drova them from their possessions -
With us he has ever been of lbs war party in
peace and the peace party iu war He bar
kept us entangled aud rxoiti-d for the past forty
years Happily we are now rid of him lie i
our enemy When history shall faithfully record
tbe origin of this flag, he wifi be delineated as
tbe sole and pernicious cause. It sprang from
tbe accumulation of his wrongs it will wave in
deflation of bis hostility ”
Will Plant no Monk Cotton W# hear
of Some planters who declare they will not plant
Cotton next year, unless the blockade is raised
before planting time. We should not wonder
if this becomes a popular idea. What i* the use
of planting Cotton if it cannot be purchased by
the commercial world at large 7 or if the com
mcrcial world does u>t wish to buy? Let our
planter* raise provision- They already have >
cotton enough to look at. If the outside world
can get along without cotton our own |>opl
surely can. But to say tbe least, we have a
sufficient supply on hind n..w to Ust tbe Con
federate Ht*t*s -evra! years Mmiyomtr*
Ma l.
The VUr hi
The Augusta pspsrs publish a correspondence
with Judge Starnes, Chief Collector of the War
Tex in Georgia, in which he states, as follow*
When a note or due bill has beau taken for
property purchased aad is running to maturity,
and is not he'd as an invesment, then it does not j
fall under tbe head of of money at interest But i
when such note or due bill bas matured , i* bear
ing interest, and is not in process of collection j
then it must be included ia the category of j
money at iuterest. To your second question, j
I answer, that open aououuta are not subject to !
the tax, unless they are bearing interest, end are
notin prooess of collection; but held as securi
tie* for ‘money at interest ‘ This reply in sub j
stance bas also been approved.
To your third, I reply that bad or insolvent !
debts are not liable to ths tax.
Aud to your fourth question, I aoawer that
Attorneys at Law are not required to pay ths
tax on claims in their bands, fur collection,
but tbeir claims, so far a* they are sub
jeot to tbe tax, should be returned by the own
ora
And again “I have beeu asked whether or i
not, property owned by a tax payer, situated ‘
iua county different frutu that of the tax payer's
residence, may be returned in tbe county of sucb |
residence. Tu this I have replied, that no pro- j
perty can be so returned, except wild or unim
proved lands. Aft other property must be re
turned in the county where ft is located And
where wild lands are returned in a different
county from that iu which they are situated, the ’
tax payer should take a certificate In in the as !
sensor tu whom he bas made such return, si •<
forward that to the collector for tbe e\ ui >
where the lands are situated.
1 have also been asked, whether or not, reel
on hand, or on deposite, Ac. was subjict to la x
ation, iu my optpion, by the terms of the Act
To this I replied, that whilst tho words aud
structure of ths act seem to exempt “cash, As.”
yet the Department bos differently construed the
set, and has placed ‘cash” in the class q{ taxa
ble property. The Secretary possibly has rea
son to believe that there has besu some error
committed in the engrossment of ths Act, and
hence bis instruction. 1 have brought this mat
ter specially to his attention end will soon
rocoivc~bi* detinue decision upon ths point. Iu
the meautims bis instruction* must U followed ‘
by assessors ; and “cash ou baud Ac.,** must b*
returned by the tax payers. Miould there b v
any modification of his instructions in this res
pact, and a different direction giveu, Collectors
will be ietnicled not to oolleot the tax on this
article.
Tux Yankbbs not all out or tbe Country
Yet.—lmmediately after the battle of Manas
, when it waa announced that Gen. Beau
regard's horse had been killed under him by
s shell on the battle field, there appeared iu
the newspapers of Augusta, Georgia,)a para
graph stating that a “magnificent grey stallion
had arrived there lor the General, presented to
him by an unknown hand. And it now ap
peara that this ffrey Stallion, which was shown
as an object of great curiosity tor several
weeks in the streets ot Augusts, was a com
plete tell, for having passed gratis on sll tbe
railroads to that point, under cover of being a
present to General Beauregard, he was tinaPy
sold to the highest bidder. So that South Car
olina has still the right of claiming to he the
first and only Stale, which has presented that
officer with a war horse.— Charleston Courier.
Dbath or Sam Hos ston.— Information ha*
reached Fort Smith, Ark., by M r Doak, brother-
In law of Major Clark, Commandant at that
post, that Gen. Sam Houston is desd. He is
said to have died about a week since st bit res
idtace in Texas.
COLI MMI 8, MOftUAI.KOtKMBkIt H.JBOI.
Tbe Result.
The vote for Governor was counted out yes
terday and resulted as follows :
For Brown M®4
For Nisbet ...'*2,429
Mujoriiy for Brown 13,379
AHUM rVARKK m.
Representatives of tbe people of of Georgia.
Before undertaking tbe duties of your presiding
officer, allow me the pleasure of making my sin
cere ackuowledgmenls, and of tendering to you
my unfeigned thanks for the honor you have
conferred upon me.
Inexperience i and distrusting my own ability,
I ask your kind iodalgence. aud solicit your gen
erous aid and assistance in preserving order, en
forcing the rules and dispatching tb* business
of the House.
Gentlemen,every d%y this session is prolonged,
adds to the amount to be drawn from tb* hard
earnings of the people—increases th* burden of
taxation which they so sensibly feel,yet patient
ly and patriotically bear Let me urge you,
therefore, to diligence and speedy action.
No previous General Assembly of Georgia
ever convened at a time so momentous. We are
in the ui'ndst of a revolution, that has, perhaps,
no _ pare Mel in tbe history of tbe world. A
portion of tbe descendants of those great men,
who, by the>’- blood and valor, achieved for us
on the battle field, tbe right of self government
—have denied to us that inestimable privlege,
and have drawn tbe sword to inforc* that denial*
All that we have, worth living for, is at stake in
tb* contest. Hut with right, justice and tbe fa
vor of God with us, who can doubt the result?
And is it not causefr gratitude and thanksgiv
ing to Hun whu “doetb all tbißgs well,” that we
have allready derived so much benefit from the
folly and madness of our enem es? Party divis
ion*, asperity and bitterness are Vanished, and I
hope forever, from the Empire State. None are
sent here to elevate party aspirants to pise* and
pone no hungry expectants bang around your
Capitol to receive rewards fur partisau service*.
Tbe whole Commonwealth is our platform, and
the prosperity aud baptm-ss of tbe people.the glo
ry aud renown of Georgia, the end* to which
we aim. aud one great, high, noble revolve
determines every man, aye, aud woman too, to
live free or live not at ail. These are tome of
the fruits alieady reaped from this wiektd war,
while lens ol rtoousauda of oar brave and gallant
votuuteers have g< ne to tbe field to “illustrate
Georgia,” and !<• gather a full and complete har
vest.
Under them circumstances, may,l not congret
ulate you ou the proi|ct of a abort,harmonious
and not unprofitable session.
luVok ng the Divine guidance aud blessing.
I accept tLe position to which you have called
me and now enter up..u the discharge of it* du-
J iM -
Cußawlore Slnulua u! Ik Uitlcru CinMeri
Kri.m tl.„ New York />.*, Huvk, of T ANARUS,
we get the following highly loteresuug state
ment, which certainly place* Comminlore String
ham in a very honorable light
Some few fa>'ti in reiadou to Commodore
Stringham, of tbe Minnesota, aud tbe Ileftcra*
prisoner* having receo'ly come to our notice, wc
deem them worthy of mention a* highly credita
Lie to that officer. It app-arv by the articles ot
agree at *n i bit ween Commodore Stringbain aLd
Commodore Barron, the llatteras pnsoners lur
rendered a* “ prisoner* of war,” and on arriving
at New Turk, Stringham sent a dispatch to that
eflect, arid intimating that they were t < be trva
ted a prisoners ol war, and not as rebels. This
tho administration objected to ; sod iu conse
quence of this objection, there sprang up con
siderable teU-grapb coiuamnicatioe between tbe
Commodore and the administration, and tb*
prisoners were not landed for several days after
thuir arrival, Mtringham tefusing to surrender
th u> utiles* it wa* clearly stipulated and agreed
upon on tbe part of th# Government that they were
to earry out in good faith, what had been agreed
to at llatteras. It is said that Htringbam, in tbe
mean time, frequently approached Commodore
Barron and Colonel Martin, and assured these
gentlemen, on his honor, that they had no cause
to apprehend deceit . that sooner than he would
put them oil shore without tbe full assurance of
the Goverumeut that the compact was to be
strictly kept, he would blow up tbe ship with
every soul oo board, himself among the rest.--
• However, he persevered iu his determination,
and did not, or would not, surrender one of them
j until his terms were complied with fully.
Tbe course pursued by Com. Stringham in this
| oase, made him unpopular with the Dynasty, and
I either in eousequeuce of this, or bis utter oon-
I loiupt of th>>se in power, be resigned his com
mission and retired to private life, and several of
{ tho officers under him did the same thing at the
j same time, while Hale, who bad been his Secre
| t*ry, continued on, with the determination to
leave the Federal service as soon os an oppportu
j oily off* ed to join the Confoderat* service, and
| he accordingly left when he got to Hampton
j Road?, bringing away with him certain article?,
j which, it is said, caused tbe detention of the
{ Federal deet from sailing on their expedition
| some two or th-ee Jays ; as after he left, they
I bad to send to Washington to get them before
they on'.dsail, not being able to do so without
| them.
{ Ga the arrival of the Minnesota in th* harbor of
I New York, we understand, a steamboat wa* char
tered by some of those cowardly scoundrels the
• /.ouavaa, that ran away from Bull Run so fleetly.
These fellows were very eager to get at these un
tirmxd prisoners for the purpose of murdering
j ‘hern They were very impudent, coming close
alongside of tbe ship, and insulting tbe prisoners.
Commodore Stringham seeing this, ordered the
{ steamer they were in to keep off a certain dis
tance or be would sink her. and when tbe pris
oners were getting reaJy to land on ths Island
these bio..d thirsty loaves made for that place,
on which tbe Commodore sent word to tbe com
mander of the Islaud if be did not clear th*
Island of the.>e miserable cowards, he would arm
tbe prisoners for their own defence against the
execrable wretches, whereupon they took to their
steamer and went back to New York city.
These facts we gleam from parties who were
among the prisener*. Aud it furthermore ap
pears to be confirmed, that the Federal autbori
tiei'bav* been for Sometime prior to their at
tack on llatteras, very anxious to attempt the
’ apture of Norfolk, and have only been dissuaded
from it by Com. Stringham bitterly opposing any
*uch tool hardy attempt. He told them, it ap
pears, Gen. Butler, in particular who was moet
• ago! lo urge it on, that he, Stringham, would
have nothing tu do with any inch folly, that they
would lose twenty thousand men, and all the
ships they had in th* Baboon's Nary, and they
would then be as far from it as they wsre before
they commenced.
Bank Nora pAcaa.—The Treasury Depart
ment of the Confederate Government was
much embarrassed some time ago by tk* scar
city ol Bank Note Paper, and had to pnntthe.r
first issue ot Treasury Notes or very inferior
and ffiinsy paper, not beiug able to obtain any
other at that time. Subsequently small sup
plies were obtained from the North. Th# De
partment, however, is now independent of
Northern Hank Note paper manufacturers.—
The Franklin Paper Mill Company, ol this city,
are now manufacturing a Bank Note Paper
fully equal in quality to any heretofore received
from the North. This is another instance of
ths benefit of the blockade to the South.
Tbe Franklin Paper Mill is under tbe super
intendsnee of Mr. Alexander Whyte, formerly
of Lee, Massachusetts. —Richmond Dispatch.
The Notches Courier say* that a privatj dis
patch had been received ia that place fr jib a mer
chant in New Orleans, to th* effect that a
I ranch agent was in New Orlaons buying cotton
who stated that th* blockade would certainly be
raised in less than sixty days.
SALT rOB TBE POOH U( T CULLS BIS.
I will sell salt in quanfitiea of 20 lbs to each
poor family, at) 3 cents per pound To sol
diers wives I will give gratis 10 pounds, on
application to my store.
D. L BOOHER.
We cemmeud to the *pe ial attention of our
reader* the above notice by Mr. BOOIIKK. —
This is not the first good work of his that ha*
come to our knowledge, though his left hand
hardly knowetb what his right band doetb.
May his shadow never be less, we do not think
he wishes it any greater
We understand a man by the uaine of fiinith a
member of Copt. Croft's Company, wa* tubbed
and almost instantly killed by liarraft tbo keep
er of a groggery in Triangle street. We did not
hear that Ilarrall was arreeted.
Wa invite attention to tbe advertisement by
a Southern lady f*r the position of teacher. We
know the lady end we know that her qualifica
tions to instruct in the branches she prufesse* to
teach are rarely found. She is a lady of fine
education, high social position, and is eminently
deserviug of encouragement.
Tho* tiuoi
Col. Pbiftips loft for Savannah on Saturday
even'og, and oarried with him, we are glad to
state, 150 or 200 guns, consisting of muskets,
rifles and shot guns, ain<>ng them some new and
very superior guns. Our citizens deserve gteat
credit for th* liberality and promptness with
which they Lave responded to their country’s
call. Col. Philips authorised us to say to per
sons who mav yet be willing to lend him guns,
that they can leave them until Wednesday at his
office with Mr. Cobb, who will forward them at
that time.
A wily and um>crpuh>us foe n-w pollutes the
soil of our sister State, and may ere long be
upon our own. Let n< man hesitate or waver
in this conflict. Those that cannot fight, must
uphold and sustain those who will. Therefore
let them contribute gun* or whatever else may
be needed lo turn back this f<>e ("fiat would dare
to maks us subinft NUuu said ou a great oc
casion, “England expects every man to do
bis duty to-day. ” An equally great occasion i*
now upon us, and posterity for forty generation*
will look bark with glory or shame tu tbe actor*
in thi* moment< us drama lie who wavers or
double n<>w, is damned.
How the Yakkers Cartur** that Gun. —
The- Richmond corresiioiideni of the Char
leston Mercury, says:
“You know Ashby lost a 21 pounder in the
late militia fight near Harper's Kerry. An of
ticor who was present says, (hat alter the gnu
had been spiked aud abandoned, lour coinpa
Hies of Yankees were ordered to seize it.—
They made six or eight charge* upon the dead
gun before they took it. Fearing marked but
teries, they would break when they got within
twenty yards of it, and fly for their lives -
Aga n ami agaiu they had to be rallied before |
the conquest was completed by a Yank jump
mg straddle of the gun, aud the rest screech
ing and hurrahing a* if they had taken the city
ol Richmond.
Gem. Scurf TRYINU TO Si. KKRCCDK GEN Mr
Clei.i.an The New York Herd says au effort
ia being made, under the superintendence of
General Scot I, to supercede General McClel
lan will) General Halle* k, w ho is Oil h s way
liuui California to Wa*hiugton. The Herald
says the change would create anew revolt!
tiou in iu Iftary and civic eirctea, where the
greatest confidern-u is entertained tor General
McClellan.
KinthW.— Late personal advices from
I>juitvilie are to the effect that the Abolitionist*
I of that city ar really alarmed. The imposing
| fiwee of the Confederates, coupled with the
j lukewarmness of the fighting material of Ken
tucky in enlisting in the Federal army, has had
tbe effect to embolden tbe true men of the
i State, and thousand* are flecking to the South
j ern standard. Kentucky wilt yet, in a great
j measure, fight her own battles and achieve au
i independence of abolitioudem. Such arc the
signs of the times, as the knowing ones read
j them. Hence tbe fears at Louisville.- Mem
phis Appeal.
Gen. (Sumter) Anderson's Reasons for Re
j •tgnmg. A gentleman who reached Bowling
j Green, Ky., a tew days ago, relates the follow
j mg conversation which occurred in Louisville
1 between Gen. Anderson aud himself:
’ “General, I understand that you have resign
ed.” “Yes, sir” replied the General, “my
health is very bad, and ft inay be heller to die
m retirement tbe ‘Anderson of Sumter,’ than
tu sustain a disastrous battle in my present jkj
sition for tbe want of necessaiy supplies -sol
diers add arm*—from the Government I serve.”
This is reliable.
A Frightful Stampede of ('avoir y Horses. A
frightful stampede of cavalry horaet took place
recently Charles, M<>, A St. Louis pa
per thus describes it :
Colonel Merrill's First Missouri Regiment
of horse was on it# way to reinforce General
Fremont, and quartered lor the night at St.
Charles. About ten o'clock the horses of Cap
tain Charles Hunt's company became fright
ened and broke loose. The panic was shared
by the others, aud soon fourteen hundred hor
ses, maddued with fear, went*rushiogover*lhe
encampment, treading tent* and men into the
earth, aud creating a scene of unparalleled ex
citement. Twelve men are known lo have
been Irightfuliy mangled, and probably fatally.
Fremont Looking out roa ni mbkk one.—A
report prevailed in Washington Friday (hat Gen.
Fremont was organizing a rebellion in tb* >V#t
against His Highness the Baboon.
The steamer Swan, which was reported lost
a few days since, turn* out to )be a mistake.
She was tu the port ol Beaufort on the Oth in
stant.
BattleCK Lbbshi au —The New York Her
ald sum* up tbe Northern losses thus:
“Total engaged in the light, total loss,
field officers who crossed, 11, returned un
injured, 3; hue officers crossing, 74; returned
uninjured, 40.”
Th# Herald doe* not distinguish between the
killed ami the captured.
CoNEDERATB BoMBSHKLLS DaMUBROL* AT ALL
Tina*.—The Port Tobacco iMd.) Times, of Oct.
24, contains tb* following notice of an accideLt,
which occurred near that place
“Jast as we are going to press, we learn that
on Tuesday last, while some of th# soldiers at
tached to the regiment stati med st Budd’s ferry
were examining a bombshell which had beeu
thrown across the river by the Confederate bat
tery on tbe opposite aide, an explosion took
place, caused by effort* to get out tbe powder.—
The damage was, we learn, considerable: some
nine or ten men were wounded, one of whom ha
since died, aud two others likely to die. The
tents and surroundings, ft is said, were pretty
much demolished. Th# Confederate battery must
have very heavy guns, as some of th# sbclD and
solid shot Lave been found at least one and a
quarter miles from tbe shore.”
A supply of Soft and Red Pepper, which i
much needed in one of the hospitals on the coast.
Housekeepers and gardeners in lb* vicinity have
an abundance of these articles, and if they will
deliver them at the Republican Office, a* a con
tribution to the sick soldiers, they will be
promptly forwarded. Immediate attention is
requested.—Air. Rep.
It may not be generally known, hut it Is a
fact, that not a single regiment has been furn
ished by Maryland for tbe Lineoln army. Neith
er coaxing or force has had any other effect up
on her brave people, but to intensify their ha
tred and scorn for the vile government which
oppresses them. Surely a day of vengeance is
in reserve fur such a people.
Hoose of RfpfrtfDtfitiitt.
Wednesday, Nov 6.
Mr. LangJuii, from a Select Committee, re
ported a bill f<>r tbe defence of the Bay aud
Harbor of Mobile. Passed.
REPORT* or STANDING COMMITTEES.
From Judiciary —Favorable reports to the bill
to disqnality person* convicted ot high crimes
from serving as jurors; to enable persons tu re
cover for Stook stolen by slaves ; tbe first ordered
to a third reading, and tb* last was postponed
Adverse reports to bllv, concerning “alien ene
mies to the memorial of Messrs. Mody and
others; to the bill to abolish the Chancery Courts.
Concurred in
The special order, being the bill to authorize
tb* Commissioners’ Courts to make provision tor
the families of Volunteers, waa taken up and con
sidered by sections. After sundry motions to
amend aud a long discussion, tbe bill was re
committed. — Mont. Mtil.
NOTICE TO AGISTS OF THE COTTON LOAN.
CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA, ,
Treasury Department, ►
Richmond, November 1, 1881. j
PRODUCE LOAN OFFICt
To Uou. Martin J. Crawford ,
Columbus, (Ja.
It is very desirable that tbe lists wbiob are
in the hands of ibe Agents, for subscriptions to
the Produce Loan, should, as fast as they are
filled up, be returned to tbe office of tbe Secreta
ry of tbe Treasury, and I beg leave to request
that you will extend this uoliee to such persons
as may have buen appointed by you or are knowu
to be acting in that capacity.
Agent. l * are requested to continue tbeir labors,
and will be furnished when desired, with add)
tional blanks and instructions.
Should any portion of your district have not
been canvassed, it is respectfully suggested that
you nominate proper persons for that purpose.
Your obedient servant,
J. D. B. DeBOW, Sup.
Movements of Price and McCulloce
Fremont advancing on Arkansas. —Tbe Fort
Smith Timei*, of the 24tb nit., has the annexed
important intelligence:
The following dispatch came yesterday too
late for our paper. We are indebted to Majur
Clark for it, and we lay it before our readers, in
order that they may see that Frunout is down
on us with a large force:
Headquarters. Cauip North of Neosho, Mo. *
October 20, lifil.
T.. M .j rG. W. I Lrk:
1 am instructed by the General Commanding
to say that he has reliable information that the
Federal troop# ure advancing rapidly fr< m
Springfield in the direction of Fay etttvill*. The
entire Missouri army are now at Neosho. The
troops of Ik's division will fall back as rapidly
ns possible to th* Fayetteville Road; nnd wi.l
probably be driven into Arkansas. Tbe time
has uow arrived when Arkansas must rally to
lha defense of her border. There are arm* at
Fayetteville for 1.000 men. Urge forward all
companies that uiuy be forming.
1 hive tbe honor to be witb respect,
- F. C. ARMSTRONG,
Adjutant General Division.
A special dispatch to tbe Memphis (Tenn.)
Aoalatuhe, dated Little Rook, Nov. 3, says that
tbe State Legislature of Missouri bas passed the
Ordnance ot Secession !
The Campaign iu Western Virginia. —The
Galli|K>li! (Ohio) Dispatch, a paper published
on the border of Western Virginia, doe# not
approve of the *ngga*tion, which has been
made in several quarters tu withdraw tbe Yau
kre army from there into Kentucky. It says
“If the forces m Weateru \ trginia are draw u
off at tin.- lime and directed elsewhere, it will
be the worst *tep that can be taken by the
Government, unless it is the inteiitiou to give
up Virginia. We regard Western Virginia as
being in a more dangerous condition than for
some months past. Armed bands of seces
sionist* arc springing up in all direct! ns, and
are only waiting for the Federal troops to
slacken their vigilance, when th#ir works ol
havoc will again commence. They are be
coming more desperate and daring in their
movements than ever, in fact, instead ol with
drawing troop*, there is greater need of send
ing more into Virginia.”
A Sbnrible SuaoftSTiox. —The destruction
of the public works at th* Navy Yard iu Feu
sacola, has often been threatened by the
Northern vandals, in the case we attempt the
reduction of Fort Pickens. A writer iu the
Montgomery Mail, suggested the practicability
of converting the Navy Yard into a prison
house, for the confinement of the enemy taken
in war. If this is so, why shall not the Con
federate Government lodge their captites
there, aud then let Lincoln and his marauders
lire on it as soon as they please *
An Arkansas exchange gels off the follow
ing, which sounds very characteristic :
“Jeff Thompson, of Missouri, beiug told that
Hecker had offered “a reward for his head,
replied, “sorry 1 can't return the compliment
but 1 wouldn’t give a d—d lor his head”
Tdt There is a purple half to the grape, a
mellow und crimson hall to the peach, a sun
ny half to the gld*e, and a better half to a
man.
Anrcdmtk ok Gen. Evans.— A Yankee pris
oner told Gen. Evans at Leesburg that the South
could not triumph in thi* wa* unless they were
prepared to “wade knee deep in Northern blood.”
The Geuerai replied that we were wiiliug to go
breast deep, only leaving our arms free to hew
down our enemies.
The New Tabi.k or Currency.—Th* old
table of school buy days, “ten mills make uue
cent ; ten cents ou* dime ; ten dimes one dollar,”
is played out. A dime or a dollar in hard spei
ter, is a’sight good fur diseased opti*s, and a five
minute* sgibt often dollars in specie would curs
the most hu)ele*s case of Asiatic cholera. But
we have anew tobie of currency, and it is pub
lished here free of charge, for tbe benefit ol
those who choose to cut it out and paste it up
for reference:
Hi omnibus tickets make half a dollor.
5. Scbelke'* be* r tickets make a man drunk
—if in vrted in “lager.”
10 Krost’s beer tickets makeonecity shinplas
t#r.
I ban.l fuP ol *binpla*t*rs (With the pictures
worn off) make a man cuss.
I o halt dollar* make a fool of a p or uisn.
26 beer tickets nr Kiost’*) make
half a cm,/.
40 beer tickets, 10 omnibus tickets, 1 fandfull
of ahinplasters and nary half dollar, uiak* an
honest man steal If tbev don’t we should like
to know what will. - N. (). Delta
Southern S* a ports—" Rat mol is. —A
Northern paper says -
Lisut. Bankhead recently stated that between
Savannah and Fernandina, Fla , there ar* no
less than six good eutrauce*, with excallent an
chorages, aud with a* much water as there is on
Savatiuah bar, not blockaded. Tbe passes com
municating by water inland with Savannah,
Ga., Beaufort, N. C., Brunswick and Darien,
ail of which are cototn ports, are Wessau, OssaLau,
Great and Little La)>e!o, Doboy, Hampton creek,
Altainaha, St. Simon's and St. An irew’s. With
the exception of Aitamaha and Hampton, these
entrances have at least from twelve to fourteen
feet at low water. In Louisiana we find five
mouths to th* Mississippi, along the Florida
coast hundreds of little indentations into which
small crafts can run from Cuba or the Bahama*
and the North Carolina coast is full of “rat
holes,” and has a doubt* line of coast.
Tbe Boston Traveller, in noticing this says •
It is tbe opinion of nautical men that it would
!•* of no avail to atteuj|ft to seal this coast by
any such obstructions, as new inlets would b*
immediately formed by tbe action of tbe tide
and currents. By the way. these “ rat-boles,”
as they are depreoatingly called, are in many
t-oses better passes fur tbe vessels than tbe regu
lar port of entry.
Acquittal or one of tub Alleubd Pirates
Ebon Lane one of tbe persons captured on the
prise vessel, tbe Enchantress, was yesterday
acquitted of tbe charge of piracy. It was toler
ably clearly shown that he was not in sympathy
with the pirates, but used his skill as a navaga
tor to deceive the piratical crew : at night turn
ing the versel's head North, and in tbe day put*
ting her course South again for Charleston.
This made her passage an extrordinary long one,
and was tb* causa of her being captured by a
l uited States vessel off llatteras.—Under the
cicutnsUnces shown, an acquittal was asked and
readily obtained from the jury. Tbe defendant
is a native of Massachusetts The owners of the
vessel, to whom she is saved by bis conduct,
ought to reward him for it.
All tbe rest of the cr*w were found guilty of
piracy. —Philadelphia Ledger, 28fA ult.