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COMIIITT & wMih, rropririors.
Volume XVI.
Tl kXIIAI, NUUMBkK 11. IMI.
PROCLAMATION.
BY JOSEPH K. BROWN:
Governor of Georgia.
Tv the Volunteer Military Companies of Geor
* gia :
THE invaders having landed u force upon
the noil of our sister State of Bouth|Caroliua,
near the borders of Georgia, where they now
hold positiou and menace the city of Savannah,
and It being thought advisable to increase our
forces for the defence of the coast, I issue this,
my Proclamation, giving notice that I will ac
cept, in addition to the number of Volunteers
already accepted, the services of the thirty in
fantry companies which will first tender their
services and report to me fully armed and
ready to march. These companies will be re
ceived for six months, unless sooner dis
charged.
Each company, to be accepted, must consist
of not less than fifty nor more than eighty mem
bers, rani ami file, unless the statute shall, iu
the meantime, be changed so as to permit a
greater number to compose a company. Each
company must be armed with a good country
ntle or double barrelled shot-gun, or with a
good military gun, fit for immediate use. As
unarmed troops could be of no service iu the
delense ol the State, while they would be a
heavy expense, 1 here stute, t j prevent all
misapprehension, that any Volunteer goiug to
the coast without such arm as I have mention
ed above, w ill not be received, but will be sent
at his own expeuse. It will also be nec
essary for each Volunteer armed with a ride,
to carry with him his bullet moulds, pouch and
powder horn, or flask, and those armed with
double barreled shot each lake
with him a powder horn ar flask.
As our homes are in danger, it is hoped that
no citizen ot the State, having u good gun, will
hesitate a moment to carry or send |it into the
service.
CJiveu under my hand and seal of the Exec
utive Department, this 9th day of No
vember, A. D. 1801.
JOSEPH E. BROWN.
By the Governor,
if. H. Waters, Sec’y Ex. Dep.
MilleJgeville, Ga , Nov. 9, 1861.
Linmli s Inland KiprdUiun.
The machinery for the seven gun boats now
being built at Carondolet, (near St Louis,) and
M..uud City has been inspected and certificates
awarded by the Government Inspectors, It is
expected that those beats will be finished and
ready for service by the 15th inst., and the Hes
sian hirelings vauulingly proclaim that a great
Inland Expedition will then be started up the
Cumberlain and Tennessee rivers, with the avowed
purpose of occupying Nashville, Clarksville,
Florence and Huntsville as Winter Quarters. A
great number of army transportation wagon.*,
arms, and infantry equipments, together with
large quantities of bright Zouave clothing, in
tended for uniforming the ngroes they expect
to steal aud form into regiments, comprise a
portion of the expedition stores. They have also
supplied themselves with several hundred foot
balls for their soldiers to exercise with in our
streets aud groves. Bully Tor old Abe! Won't
be have a good lime of it ?— Masheille Patriot.
Our Eacinieit...Our duties.
The enemy has at length made Ibo first attempt
at the iuvaeion of our State. A trifling success
has been gained. The difliculties of defending
Fort Royal caused it fur some time to be ques
tioned whether it should be fortified. Such de
fences were placed there as could be provided.—
Enough to ward off a merely predatory incur
sion—not enongh to repel an organized force,
collected for the purpose of invasion. Before the
overwhelming force against which they had to
conteud, the batteries after makiug a gallant de
fence, were abandoned. The troops have beeu
withdrawu from them, and now with the rein
forcements fast hastening to their aid, await the
landing of the invader. < >ur time has come !
Our destiny is in our own hands. The Go lof
Battles is the God of Justice, and under Hiaeyo
we are to fight. And shall we ask for what do we
tight ?/fhe answer is prompt: for all that makes
life dear—for more than life itself. Our rights
and our liberties are the stakes for which we are
to play, and which we are to win—or die.
To do our duty fully, let us realize the dauger
To know it, is nut to fear it. The more im
minent it may be, the greater tbo effort to meet
it. Let. all be prepared—let every man set his
house in order. Let all feel that the first and the
last lesson for un in these times is to be ready at
the instant to obey what they who are in com
mand shall order. We have to direct and load
us, brave Generals, who are accomplished sol
diers and true patriots. Let nt every one do
what he thinks best, or wishes, it may be, with
out any thought whatever ; but be ready to go
wherever, and to do whatever, these our Geuurals
will command.
Let us cast behind us fault finding: letus come
up to the work which is appointed for us, and
which must be done. Let every one who can
iear arms be a volunteer and ready. Ready to
do whatever is required of him. Let us trust our
Generals ; lot our Generals trust us. With hearts
united, as with shields locked, at the summons
let us go forth, with the firm, unshaken purpose
of those who, conscious of the right which they
are about with tueir lives to maintain, can from
the battle field, with hop.* and trust, look up
wards to their God, and ask that strength be
given to their arms, and success to their cause.—
Charleston Courier.
Freseil's Wreklei.
Tburluw W4’i taller to the Alban, Keen
ing Journal, atUreeeeil from MTwbinfton, on the
26tb says:
The War is being prosecuted by th% army un
der Fremont’s command in a way which recalls
and deepens the horrors of vandalism. With
ont conquering traitors, he is converting Union
men into enemies. His line of march Is marked
and memorised by spoliations and ravages
which disgrace the age of civilization. We have
a letter dated “Tipton, Mo., Oct. 17,” from an
intelligent, observant and truthful friend, from
which we take the following extract:
“From Tipton to Warsaw the march was one
continuous devastation, without the least regard
to principles or antecedents. One Union man,
who bad kept.fivo sons from joining the seces
sion forces, had his place literally gutted, the
men of Asboth’s and Beigle’s divisions killing on
his farm alone, forty sheep, three cows, two ox
en, and stealing eight horses* The cavalry gal
loped over the prairies, lassoing mules, shooting
oxen, sheep and hogs and then chucked them
into their already overloaded wagons. There
is scarcely a leathered biped left within live
miles on either side of their march; not a whole
looking glass, or an unrifled bureau, ora blanket
that has not boon seized. Fur all this there is
no excuse, the army baviug an abundance of
provisions and stores.
“The army has now reached Warsaw, and can
advance no further,and never was intended to
advanoe further Price and bis army are over
seventy milee ahead of ours. Fremont does not
expect, and never did expect to overtake him.
Culnmto Nielli ’ iiwp.
“Let the lead disaster happen to us in front,
and not a man will ever return to tell the story
or we shall have left behind us a uiaddeoud, beg
gared, famishing, and frenzied population,
iu which those who were Union men tun days
ago are to-day our most bitter uuciuies.
Such license adds horrors tu the legitimate aud
unavoidable evils of war. An army that leavir
such reuieinbrauoee along Us line of march will
be forever execrated.
It is sad to record ilicm- tb ugs of a youthful
genera! trurn whose career the country looked
(or heroism tempered with humanity. But high
s our hopes wore of General Fremont, woosn
not afford, when—whether from fault or misfor
tune so much depeuds on the wisdom aud in
tegrity ol generals, to be (Received. 1 am, by
the torce of evidence which cannot bo resisted,
constrained to admit that he has signally failed
to discharge, with usefulness to the country, or
credit to himsell, the duties of his statiou.
iicueral \m Sum mar)
The Loudou Times iu its leader, says the block
ade of the Southern ports ia not effectual, and
remiuds the Washington Government that foreign
nations are bound to recognize ouly areal block
ade. It also shows that the cutting oil the
outton supply is the work of the South us well
as the North, aud it also seems quite true that
all cotton exportation has been forbidden by the
Confederate Government, in urder that foreign
nations, especially Knglaud, may be forced to
Uke sides in the American quarrel.
The Loudou “ Globe” gives prominence to tbe
following paragraph
“We learn from un authentic source, that a
notification has beeu issued affecting tbe trade
with the Southern Slates. It would appear, from
tbe letter of instructions issuod by Mr. Mem
wenger from Richmond, on the 22d of August,
that the Confederate Government authorizes vee
sols coming from foreign countries to mler any
port on the Southern coast, declaring that snub
port shall be considered a proper port of entry
for such vessel. If the master or owner shall,
without delay, dispatch a messenger to the near
cat collection district, in order that the revenue
officer may be sent by the collector to take
charge of the cargo, and execute the formalities
requisite iu connection with the entry of the
goods.”
At a conservative demonstration in Essex Cap
taiu Jarvis, a member of Parliament, expatiated
on the war iu America aud its eflecis iu England.
He argued iu lavu{*ul the right of secession, aud
urged that the people of Knglaud should give
such a strong expression ol their sentimeuts as
would iuduce the UoverniutMit to act in accor
dance therewith.
The London Time*, in an editorial on the Day
of Humiliation iu America, says that amid all the
turmoil of war, a change in the morals of com
muuities can he descried, and that there is a
faint gliuimeiing of anew dawn, aud says that
intelligent Americans are inclined to believe that
a return of peace, though it will show a mutila
lion and give no security against more secession
in future, will he the era of a hotter aud more
orderly government in the Northern Stalesgener
ally.
Dr. Russel's last letter to the Times is dated
Washington, October Vih. la it he alludes to
the great expedition to euil at the end of Octo
ber, and says the government is determined to
open a cotton port, and it does not believe in
Gte oaths of the (Southerner*, that they will
never give a hale of cotton to the Yankees, hut
thinks that the temptation of the high prices
prevailing will attract large supplies of ootton
to the port for exportation. Thus a government
monopoly muy be created in cotton, and the
strong protectionists will scarcely fail to put on
the screws with foreign customers. The writer
thinks that for the preseut the large porta of the
South are tolerably safe.
The owner of the ship Boyne has brought for
ward grievances against the United Stales Gov
ernment for the prohibition of that vessel from
entering Savannah before the blockade was es
tablished, and claims compensation for losses.
Tbeoffioial trial of speed of the iron clad stea
mer Warrior averaged nearly 14% knots per
hour, aud her highest speed was lt% knots.
Spain, France and England will dispatch a joint
expedition to Mexico. Spain will make direct
demands for satisfaction for special insults. It
was expected that a majority of the members of
the Cortez of Spain is favorable to the Ministry-
Agitation whs increasing in Warsaw. Five bun-
JreJ merchants had been fined one hundred
rubles each, for closing their shops on the, 18tb
of October.
Bad fur Speculator.
The Legislature of this Btate performed a
good deed yesterday mi pasziug an uot which
will place urn extinguisher on the hopes ut those
who have embarked largely in salt trade. Bull,
as every one knows, is an aaticle which the
people must have. There is nothing which
can be used us a substitute, and the result of
a failure to obtain a supply would be utter ru
in. Awaroofthis fact, men inlAlabama, have
purchased all the salt they could, hoping to be
able to obtain for it ten or fifteen times Ibe
amount that it cost them. They have held it
for exhorbitaut prices, regardless of the wants
of their fellow citizens. We are glad to know
that if patriotism can take no hold upon the
hearts of thoso speculators and shame them
out oftlieir present course, the strong arm of
the law will be placed upon their actions, and
they compelled to give over the control of this
article of necessity, to those who will dispose
of it as the best interests of the people require.
The law passed by tbe Legislature authorizes
the Governor to seize and hold, to be sold at
lair prices, all salt now in this Btate on con
signment. Holders of the salt to be allowed
the privilege of appeal in case they are dissat
isfied with the price given. It also authorizes
the Governor to forbid the shipment of large
quantities of salt from tho Slate. Heavy pen
alties are affixed for violation or attempted eva
sion of this law.— Mont. Adv.
A bill somewhat similar in its provisions lias
beeu introduced in tbe Senatorial branch ol
the Georgia legislature. We think it embra
ces other articles of prime necessity and impo
ses a heavy penalty upon any dealer who shall
demand for them more than one hundred per
cent., upon the price at which they could have
been sold on the Ist of November, 1860.
Thu folluvi-ing CongreMm.n ore |>rol.lly
elected :
Ist District—Julien Hartridge.
3d do llines Holt.
4th do A. ID Kenan.
7th db R. P. Tripp*.
Bth do f* J. Gartrell.
10th do A. R. Wright.
flov. Pettus, of Mississippi, in bis message to
the Legislature, truly and forcibly any*;
Our people may well endure the privation! of
a few years of war, consoled by the reflection,
that for them with returning peace, couiee re
newed prosperity ; while to our f<*en, no peace
can restore their former prosperity,when bootless
and battled they are driven hack to survey the
ruin brought on their country by their own lolly.
They might well be addressed in the language of
the veiled Prophet to bis deluded followers, “Ye
would be dupes and victims, and ye ye.'’
Latest News from the Coast
We copy the following items of interest from *
the Savannah Morning News.
LATEST KKIORTS FROM I'OIIT ROYAL.
H ilh the exception of some interesting details
of the battle of Port Royal on Friday, we have
very little news of importance from the scene
conflict. •
It whs reported in the city on Suuday uiorn
iiig that the fleet had left the v icinity of Fort
Royal. Late and reliable intelligence us.-ures
us that tbe report is unfounded, and that the
whole of ti e fleet is still off that port.
<ur latest intelligence is that the Federal*
were lauding troops and throwing up fortifleu
tivua.
Two soldiers belonging to Col. Stiles’ Regi
luuiit, Bartow Avengers, from Murray countv,
arrived in Ibis city at 6 o'clock, Suuday luoru
mg, and report that the Federul* were cautiously
landtag at Hilton Head, uear Fort Walker, in
sert boats. As soon as they lauded they formed
iu companies ami advanced. Our informants
saw the Federal*, and at oue lime aery within
few hundred yards of them.
The negroes on the Island, with whom our in
fonuauts conversed, all express a desire to es
cape, and supplied our troops while they remain
ed on the ialaud with provisions. The negroes
were waiting for their owner* to return to the
the island with boats to couvey them away.
It is also reported that tires are seen in va
rious parts of the Island, indicating that the
planters have set fire to their crops.
lIKTUUN OF TUK I.KKSUI HU.
The anxiety felt iu the community yesterday
for the safety of the steamer Leesburg was hap
pily terminated by her arrival with all her com
mand aud freight, and additional stored rescued
from tho abandoned camp al Biaddock’s I'oiut.
Prompt goutloman who lu'compnuicd the ex
pedition we learn that tbe Leesburg, loaded with
artillery, horses, quartermaster and comiabsary
stores ami ammunition, loft at nine o’clock on
Thursday night, under command of Cnpt. Geo.
Robertson, C. S A., Assistant Commissary in
Gen. Lawton’s stall, for tbe use of the Georgia
troops at Fort Walker, ('apt. J. F. Brooks hav
ing volunteered his services, was entrusted with
the sailing orders ot iho adventurous expedition.
By way of creeks kuown only to a few pilots,
Cupt. Brooks took the steamer lu a safe point at
which to anchor until morning. During the
night a boat passed them rowing towards Fu
vaiiuab, which being bailed, answered that all
was riglit; tbe ll.cl bail all gone to sen again.
Tbo report was not believed, and suspicious be*
ing aroused us to tho character of the bout’s crew
a sharp watch was maintained by the officers in
person during the night.
Al daylight, getting under way, the steamer
was cautiously steered to Hroari River, west of
Hilton Head Island. Here parties of fugitives
from the Island were picked up from boats of
every size by the steamer, some of whom were
iron* Rraddock s Point i’ullerv and some from
Fort Walker.
Here the olficera were informed oft he result
of the battle. It being ascertained that the
navigable waters about Hilton Head Island
were hi possession of the enemy, and theoffi
eer in charge having been present at the open
ingot the tight, and Witnessed the remarkable
speed and light draft of some of the enemy’s
vessels, and it having been ascertained that
our troops had returned to havannah in the
night, the Leesburg lauded on terra forma the
Carolina troops, of whom the principal portion
were from Hraddock'* Point, under Capt. Elli
ot. She then ran down to the Point, and hal
ing established a bright lookout, took oil from
the abandoned battery some three or lour box
es of new muskets, a quantity o| Quartermns
m and Commissary stores, and all the per
sonal baggage Hd equipment* ol the troops,
which they had been unable to remove, ‘['lie
tents being at a great distance, and the steamer
being heavily loaded with munitions ot war, it
was not considered advisable to wait to icinove
them in waters which were now open to the
enemy's tied. The steamer, therefore, return
ed to the city to (lie great rebel ol the com
muuity, who believed from her long delay that
she had unwillingly been carried into tike ene
my's hands.
Letter how Pemeola.
Correspondence Mobile Reg. and Adv
Pf.msacoi.a, Tuesday evening, Nov. f.
A boat, with a white flag came over yester
day from Col. Brown. Her mission will rejoice
the hearts of all who have kinsmen and friends
whom the chances of battle tluaguito the hands
ol the enemy on the Vth ull , and whom we
thought had several weeks ago sailed for New
York. The day alter the fight they were taken
aboard the frigate Colorado, where they have
remained ever since, and some of them in view
of their camps ami comrades. Poor fellows,
how they must Mgli at the sight of their sol
dier homes, and long with their lute comrades
round the cump tire to talk and “fight then bat
lies o’er. ’
On .‘Suturduy and .Sunday they were permit
ted to write uud their letters brought over, as
above staled. Their contents are of a person
al character, not being allowed to communi
cate any information concerning the enemy.-
They speak of their treatment as kind, even to
geuerous hospitality.
The Montgomery paper# mention that more
troops are on their way to this place and AJo
bile, and the report is strengthened from the
long train of empty cars that left here this
morning for that point. By Friday or Saturday,
if it should he uecessary, battalions from this
place could reuch Mobile from Pensacola, by
the Great Northern railroad, iu a lew hours a
“stocked hand*’ for Old Abe when the game
opens.
A steamer and a small schooner joined the
fleet this morning. The lirst is, probably, a
guri boat, the latter a transport.
The Fall term of the Superior court for Mus
cogee county began yesterday, Judge Worrill
presiding, and was adjourned over to tha 2nd
Monday in Fedruary uext.
Hav.— I.util the present autumn we never
saw a bale of native hay iu Montgomery. Our
people have depended upon the trees', il .States
for this commodity- but the thing is changed.
Wagons now daily roll into the city from the
surrounding country laden with hay. We hope
this fashion will be kept up hereafter, blockade
or no blockade.
The above from the Montgomery Mail closes
with a very sensible hope, iu which we heartily
join. Home grown bsy Is now a frequent com
modity in our street*; and it did us good not
long since to get the scent of new made hay, as
a stalwart mower was swinging his scythe in the
Court Uouse yard of our city.
Yankkb Phibobbrs.—The number of Yankee
prisoners captured and brought to this city since
the commence uteri t‘of the present war is .‘i,GBS,
„t which number 500 have been sent lor safe
keeping to forts iu Louisiana, 1,000 to castle
Pinckney, in Charleston Harbor, and 150 to Co
lumbia, South S. C. The numbers now remain
ing at Richmond, in the different cotton factories
is about I,¥OU. Borne half dozen factories are
devoted to the accommodation of the Hessians—
sick and well.— Richmond Examiner,*.
NIK SUV'KH KIG.Vni UK TUK STATUS.
COLUMBUS, BKORGIA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1861.
I'OUIMKI ft, WKDNKMUY, MM t.MUI II 13,1,MU.
Tbe Situatiuu.
The Savanuuh IB publican of tho llth hat
tho following:
The enemy have Fort Royal and Hilton Hoad
l>land. What do they inn mi to do with them?
I hey may hold them in quiet possession, and
the former will a fiord a vale refuge lor (heir
beets. As we huve no paiticulur.use for either
about now, wo cannot see that any serious in
convenience cun arise Iroin their presence. They
ha\c it i.-aid twenty thousand troupe aboard
their ships. \\ hat will they them? We
think it will puzzle them to come to Bavaunub;
their next movement then must be inland, cither
in the direction of .Focotaligo, on tbe Charles
ton au.l Savannah railroad, or by way of Bruns
wick. Will they inarch on Bavnnnuh with our
troops in trout amt the Charleston .troops in tho
icui. Or will they march on Charleston with
the Farolina troops in trout and the Georgia
troops in the reai ? Aud again, will (Ley land at
Kiunswick and come northward with a fire still
m front and rear?
Me are rather inclined to tho opinion, after
■il , that tho Lincoln Anuadu has won an ele.
I hunt iu its Fort Royal victory.
\N ith regard to the moveiueuts of tho enciuy,
wc hud various reports brought to town yustor
d). A gentleman who loft BlulUon Saturday,
-'tales, ou the authoiity of the videttes andoth
cih in (he vicinity, that the fleet had completely
di.-appcared from Fort Royal after taking pos
'cssioii o'Beaufort (which had boon previously
deserted by the inhabitants) and Foil Royal
Ferry.
Al ot her report, by telegraph from Foeotali
g.>, stated that the etumy were landing horses
and equipments at Beaufort.
Si ill another, from parties who were in the
neighborhood of Hilton Head Island Saturday
night, says that a number of signal rockets were
seen iu tho direction of Fort Walker, which, we
suppose, were sent up by some struggling vessel
in search of the fleet.
Other rumors were afloat, hut we will not t on
fuse the truth by stating them. It matters not
where the enemy are; we should be prepared to
meet t belli at all points. And just here wo
would coun.-cl patienoe and confidence uniting
our citizens, who are too apt in times like those
1 complain uml'ceusuro, without a cause. We
In.vc tak.ii some pains to inform ourselves with
regal .1 to the luovt iui uts of the military author
ities, ami wc are convinced they uro doing tho
‘cry best possible to meet the emergencies of
the future. Borne very important changes have
been made in the disposition of the troops, so as
to guard every important point, and at tbe same
time have them so posted that the entire force
mu bo promptly brought together should un ex
traordinary occasion require it. It is hardly
just for outsiders, who know nothing of what ia
going on, to complain because mailers so not
appear lo be proc passing just according to their
notions Hint do-ires. Let us be quiet itud wait
lor re.* ults before wo condemn. We Jiavo the
I.o*l defended coast ou tho Atlantic or Gulf
shore, and we arc indebted for it solely to tbe
military officers of tbe Confederate Slates.
Hfxteru tiigiiii... Reports from 6m. Ktoyd’i Coin
inainl...The Enemy Avtlauriug Towards South
western timnn.
Wc find the following items in tho Hichtnond
Iti.s/intrh, of Thursday last
We learn With great pleasure that the com
m ind of our troop# in North western Virginia
has been given to Gen. 1 homes Jackson- him
ol the “Stone Wall Brigade” who is a native
citizen of that country His e mmatid will he
distinct from, and independent of, that of the
army of the Kanawha, ami will be denominated
the army of she Mouongahelu. It will embrace
the present commands of Geuorals Henry K.
duck sun and Luring, and all the troops about
S\ uicberiter. We understand that Gen Thomas
Jock sou has felt the argiy of the Potomac, aud
proceeded to his new field of duty, where be will
prove himsell un instance of ‘‘the light man iu
the right place.”
Gon. Robert K. Lee having left the W'est, the
command ol the Army of the Kanawha is de
volved upon Gen. Floyd. If General Jackson
could succeed with a strong column iu making
his way westward from Winchester to Grafton
and Wheeling, so as to occupy some of the force
ot Ito'coi run/, iu that direction, ami divert the
rcioloict luents sent to him from Ohio, from the
K miawha Valley, so an to relieve Gen. Floyd of
the grout preponderance of force hn is now fa
cing, wc should not yet despair of recovering
Wceli i u Virginia before the winter. We learn
by a gentleman directly from Charleston, Kan
uwhucounty, that tbe cuemy becoming alarmed
|..r the safety of the valley by the uppearam •of
Gen. Floyd on the .Southern bank of tho river,
below Koeencranz, are pouring iu large rein
forcements for tbo latter General, five -team*
boats loaded down with troops having passed up
the Kanawha river to Charleston iu out day.—
This will give Koeencranz great preponderance
ot number* over Floyd, and again revert us to
defensive operations in that difficult field of ser
vice.
Wo received lust night biter advices from
< m-ii. Lloyd's comma lid, at Cotton Hill, through
winch we leuru that he opened lira upon the
enemy ou Friday last, killing 29 men and a
number Os horawa, and disabled two wagons
Gen. Lloyd, we uriderstHiid, has complete con
trol of the mud over which the Federals trnus.
ported their supplies, and has put an afluctual
burner to this uveuue of communication.
We have also a rumor, for the correctness
of which we do not vouch, that on the same
day 1,200 of the enemy crossed the Kanawha
nver ul Loup Greek, to cut off Col. Jenkius’a
avnlrj that this officer scut to Geu, Floyd
lor icinlorceinents of infantry, attacked the
enemy, and killed and capture a large num
ber.
We have reliable intelligence, iu a letter of
recent date, from a citizen of Fouth-western
Virginia, that the enemy has advanced, with
uiue regiments, upon I'restonsburg, Floyd Cos.
Ky., and that Cos). John S. Williams, the com
mander of the small Confederate force at that
place, has retreated, probably to Fouud Gap,
on tho boundary of Wise County, Va. Pres
loiisburg is only some J3o miles from Abingdon,
arid Ibe design is apparently to get possession
o| the Virginia and Tenuesseee Railroad. Col.
Williams had neither tho number nor thuarms
to cope with a superior force, and his retreat
was consequently u prudential movement. —
The intelligence here given entirely confirms a
recent statement in the Louisville, (Bowling
Green) Courier, of a projected advance upon
Prestonibftrg. The necessity of vigorous
measures is doubtless fully appreciaied by our
Government.
There is but one regiment of troops iu Alex
andria, and of those, seven companies are
quartered in the Marshall House. Sometime
ago u New Jersey regiment, which was quar
tered in the same building, made a curious ex
hibition of themselves. About midnight they
stampeded from the premises in great terror,
declaring that they had seen Jackson’s ghost 1
And no persuasions or ridicule could remove
the impression or induce them to return to tbe
building.
THE BATTLE OK PORT KOVAL.
The Battle of Fort Royal will be remember
ed as one of the best fought and best conduct
ed battles, which have signalized the war m
which we are euguged.
If Gen. Ripley had been appointed a Gene
ral in command two months sooner, every
thing would have been iu a better state of
preparation. Hut these two previous months
were wasted in doing nothiug for our defence.
Within the time let! to him, Gen, Ripley did
all that untiring energy aud skill could accom
plish, to put our coast iu (lie state of partial
preparation our enemies will encounter. The
two islands of'llilton Head and Bay Foint,wiih
the.r extreme limits, constitute tin* two points
which guard the entrance to Foy Royal Sound
about three miles iu width. On these two
points, two forts were erected—Fort Walker,
on Hilton Head, and Fort Beauregard on Bay
Foint. The tune we possessed enabled us to
make them only earthworks, without any pro
tection from ehells or bombs.
The Island of Hilton Head was commanded
by Gen. Drayton. The officers immediately
superintending the srullery and conducting
the fire of Fort Walker, were Col. Wagoner,
Major Arthur linger and Cupt. Yates, of the
regular service, especially detailed by Geueml
Ripley, to aid iu directing the artillery. Col.
Dunovnnt commanded nt Fort Beauregard,
but he generously allowed ('apt. Elliot, of the
Beaufort Artillery, to direct and coduct the
flatteries of the Fori.
The day was beautiful—calm and clear, with
scarcely a cloud in (lie heaveus— just such a
day as our invaders would have ordained, if
tlicy could, to carry on tbeir operation.
11l such a sketch of the battle us, amid the
excitement and thousands of baseless rumors,
we are enabled to present to our readers, a
brief review of the earlier events ot ibis mem
orable week will not be uninteresting.
IMIELIMINAMY OPERATIONS 01-’ Tint ENKMY.
The great fleet of the our Bar
ou .Sunday, the 3d iusl , uud the following day
waa anchored off Fort Royal entrance. About
4 o'clock ou Monday afternoon, Coin. Tainall,
with liis “mosquito fleet,” ruu out from the
harbor and made the fir.it hostile demonstra
tion. Tbe immense armada of tbe invaders,
numbering, at thut time, thirty six vessels, was
drawn up in line of battle , and as our little lio
11tin Mourned briskly up to within a mile of
them, und opened its (ire, the scene wan an
inspiriting one, but almost ludicrous in theiis
parity of the size of the opposing fleets ,®ie
enemy replied lo our fire almost immediately.
After au exclisuge of some twenty shots, Coin.
Tatuuli retired, aud wus not pursued.
About seven o'clock oil Tuesday morning,
several of the largest Yankee wur steamers,
having come within range, the battauesof
Forts Walker mid Beauicgurd were opened,
and the steamers threw u number of shells in
and over our works, inflicting no damage up
on Fort Walker, and but Blighlly wounding two
of the garrison of Fort Beauregard. Tins en
gagement lusted, with short intervals, for near
ly two hours, when the enemy drew oil'. The
steamers made a similar, but shorter recon
uoisance, ou Wednesday evening, but without
any important results Ou the next day (Wed
nesday,) the weather was rough, and the fleet
lay ul anchor five or six miles from shore.—
During the day, several straggling transports
came up, swelling the number of vessels to
forty-one. All Tuesday night, and all day
Wednesday, uud Wednesday night, our men
stood to their guns, momentarily expecting an
attack, and obtaining only such scanty rust
• lid refreshment as chance afforded.
TMK ItAV OK THR BATTLE.
I hursduy da wood gloriously upon our woariod
but undaunted gunners, and all felt that the
day of trial had at lust arrived Scarcely had
breakfast been dispatched, w hen Ihu hostile flout
was observed iu commotion. The groat war stea
mers formed rapidly iu single tile, aud within
supporting distance of each other, the frigate
Mimas .ta, the flag ship of Com. Dupont, in tho
van. As the loug line of formidable looking
vessels, thirteen in uumbor, most of them power
ful propellers, with a few sailing men-of war in
tow, swept rapidly and majestically iu, with ports
<4>en and bristliug with guns of the heaviest cal
ibre, tbe sight was grand and imposing. This
was al hall pa leight o’clock. I util tho Alume
sotm oauie within the rauge of und directly oppo
site to our batteries on Hiltou Head, all wit
still. Budduuly, the tit teen heavy gun-, of Forf
Walker, which had been aimed directly at the
Lugo frigate, belched forth their simultaneous
tire, and tho aotiou was begun. Almost imme
diately afterwards, tbe flatteries of Fort Beunre-
giinl, on tbe other sido of the entrance, u)*o
opened their fire. The enemy at first did no)
reply. But, as the secoud Meuinor caruo oppo
site to Fort Walker, tbe hulls of the firit three
were sudileuly wrapped iu smoke, and Hie shot
aud shell of three treuiuudoun broadsides, making
iu all, seventy-five vuris, came crashing against
our works. From this moment, the bombardment
was terrific and incessant. One by one tbe pro
pellers bore down upon our Forts, delivered tbeir
tire as they passed, until nine had gained the
interior of the harbor, beyond tbe rauge of our
guns. Tbe Minnesota, still followed by the
ethers, then turned round aud steumed slowly
outgiving a broadside to Fort Beauregard, as
she repaired
Thus the battle was continued, the enemy’s
vessels sailing iu an eiipticul curve, pouring one
broadside into Bay Foint, and then sweeping
around to deliver the other against lliltou Head*
This furious fire from some four hundred guns,
many ol them of tho 11 -inch Dahlgreen pattern
and some even of 13-inch bore (for a sabot of that
diameter was found in Fort Beauregard), was
maintained incessantly, and tho roar of the can
nonade seemed most continuous. Meunwbile,
our garrisons were making a gallant defence
They kept up a vigorous and well directed fire
against their assailants, aud notwithstanding
that their best gun was dismounted at the be
giuuiug of the action, they succeeded in setting
tire to several of the ships. Whenever this hap
pened, however, tbe enouiy would haul off and
soon extinguish the flames. Toe effect of our
guus was, iu many instances, plainly visible
from the Forts. Although the sides of the Min
nesota are of massive strength, several of her
ports were knocked into oue. Nor ynvt she the
only* vessel upon which this evidence of the power
of our fire could be sueu. Many of the other
steamers were likewise badly hulled.
After sometime spent in sailing round and
delveriug their broadsides in rotation, in the
manner we have described, the enemy's steam
ers adopted another and more successful plan of
attack. One of them took a position inside the
harbor, so as to enfilads the batteries of Fort
Walker, while several opened a simultaneous
enfilading fire from the outside. Besides this
tarrifio oross fire, two of tbe largest steamers
maintained a fire iu front of the Fort. Thus
three furious converging streams of shot and
•hell were rained amongst the brave little gar
rison for hours. The vessels came up within a
half mile of the shore, but nearly all our guus
had by this time, become dismounted, aud we
were no longer able to reply with seriousefiect.
Boon after 11 c'olock, the batteries at Bay
Fotnt were silenced. Tho fire at Fort Walker
as far as tho guus that remained tfere concern
ed, was not. a whit slackened until one o’olock.
By that time the dreadful condition of the fort
became too nppaicut to bo longer disregarded.
Tbo guns lay in every direction, dismantled aud
useless; tbe dote sos were terribly shattered, the
dead and dying were to be seen on every sido,
and atill the Iron hail poured pitilessly In.
Port WALkKK AIIANDoNKII.
In this strait, it was determined to abamlou
the fort. Alon ‘ waste, about a mile iu extent
and commanded by tbo ouetuy’s guns, interven
ed between the garrison aud iho woods. Across
this they were ordered to run for their livos,
each man for himself; the object Being to scat
ter them us much as possible, *o as not to afford
a target fur the rifled guns of the fleet. Thu
preparations for ruimiug this perilous gauntlet
were soou made. Knapsacks were abandoned,
but the men returned their muskets. Each (4’
the wounded was placed in a blanket und car
ried oil’ by four lueu. The safety of the living
prooludeii the idea of removing (lie deud. And
thus the gallant little baud quitted the scene of
their glory, and scampered off, each one ns best
bo could, towurds the woods. Tbe retreat wus
covered by a small detachment who renmiped
in tho Fort for un hour utter their comrades had
loft. Among those who reuiahiod wore
Cnpt. Harms, with six men, Lieut. Mulehors
with four men and Lieut. lii.-chofT, with four
men. These worked three guns until about two
o’clock, when they also quitted the post.
The abandonment, of Fort Beauregard was
equally a necessity. The garrison were exhaust
ed and iu momentary danger of being out off.
When Col. Duuovant ordered a retreat, tears of
mortiticatiou and indignation tilled the eyes of
Capt. Elliott at tho necessity. The* retreat was
admirably conducted, uud rendered entirly suc
cessful by tho prudout energy of Capt, Hauckel,
one of Gen. Riploys’s Aids, who had got together
some twelve flats at Station Creek, by which the
troops pussed safely over to St. Helena Island.
From there, they passed to Beaufort Island, and
reached the truiu at Focotaligo without tho los s
or injury of a man. In this Fort none were kill
ed, and but five wero wounded, and two of these
were wounded by negligeuce in loading a cannon/
by which hot shot was driven on the powder,
without the wet wad preceding it.
EVACUATION OF it A X POINT.
Ihe rest of tho story is briefly told. Lute
Thursday night the garrison of Fort Walker bad
collected at the lauding, in hope ofbeing able to
reach Bluffton by water. Luckily, several small
Confederate steamers were within hail. But hero
u ludicrous mistake occurred. The retreating
troops imagined the little steamers to he Yankee
gun-boats ; whilo the crews of the steamers wero
convinced that the troops were a body of disem
barked Yankees. Acting upon this double de
lusion, a deal of mutual reconnuitering was made,
and it wus only after a vast vuriety of strategic
approaches, that they reached the conclusion it
was “all right.” A quick trip to Ulufl'ton follow
ed.—Thence the troops marched to Ilardee
ville, 17 miles distant. The road along which
they dragged their exhus'ed frames wus tilled
with u heterogeneous throng of fugitives of all
conditions, cariugcs, carts and conveyances of
every description that could, by any possibility,
be pressed iut<> service. The spectacle was a
sad oue. •
Thus ended tbe defence of Fort Royal. The
mortlficatiou of the disaster is lessoned by the
oonscioußness that our trocqis deserted success.
What injury wo did to tbo enemy, we do not
know. Our firing wax, of course, loss efficient
than theirs. Our troops were volunteers theirs
were picked artilleriats. l et, it is very remarka
ble how few were killed or wounded, amongst
our troops. This battle, iu this respect, was
very much like tho buttle of Fort Sumter. How
so many cannon could have been dismantled and
rendered useless, and yet so tew of those who
worked them injured, seems very marvellous.
Our troops did tbeir duty faithfully aud bravely,
and fought until to light longer would have
been sheer folly. Though encountering iminens*
odds, no sign ol cowardice marked their couduct-
Offiours and soldiers exemplified the ancient char
acter of the State, and deserve our profouud grat
itude and admiration. Charleston Mercury.
I'ruvidini; fur the Fularr...A Sruaiblc Suri;csliu.
In the lower branch of tho ‘JeuiiuH.see Legis
lature on the ‘Jtlh, a Meries of resolutions was
introduced, one ot which was as follows:
Resolved, That to make sure our defense
against the invading ibe, large armies, ou the
part of our g ■'ernuieut, are mdihpcusable, uud
while our polls nre blockaded we must depend
upon the agricultural resources ot the Confeder
ate States lot sustaining both the people und
army of the Confoderacy. In our opiuion,there
fore, it becomes, equally I lie patriotic duty and
the host interests of tbone who do not eugugo iu
the military service of the country, to use tbeir
l>est exertions lo provide lor the ensuing year
more than au ordinary, quantity of provisions.-
Aud to that eud we would call the attention of
our respective constituencies throughout the
State, uud, especially those who may he en
gaged in Agricultural pursuits, to the impor
tance id’ seeding a sufficient quantity of their ar
aide lands to provide un ahundaut harvest for
the ensuing your to supply the wants of the
country; and we would also call their attention
to the importance of raising un increased quan
tity of live stock, particularly cattle hogs und
sheep- the two former of which are essential
to subsisting, and the latter for comfortable
clothing our gallant troops.
Fuur bat'i'iii'iii’ iu uut Huy.
It is a fact worthy of special notice that ou
ou Monday, the 21st ol October, four lights
took place between Hie Federal and (foillndurate
forces. These were, the battle of Leesburg,
Floyd's attack on tho enemy near Colt ou Hill,
the light at Kockcastlu river, und ‘the tight
between Jeff Thompson )uud the too at Fruder
iekston, Mo. The first and lost were Lrilliant
sucoessesfor tho .Southern troops.
A New Orleans paper says General
Robert Patterson, of the Yankee army, holds
SJUtt,OOO of seouriiioH in Louisiana, which will
be sequestered.
An able article in tbe London Review,
upon American affairs, closes with the following
significant remark: The Hoiitb cun act on tbe
defensive without u ruinous tuouey cost; the
North cannot act on the offensive without incur
ring liabilities that will breuk Hie back of the
Republic. A thousand meu defending their own
soil are equal to ten thousand uicn who enrry fire
and sword to invade them. All experience
proves it; and when the country to be invaded
is as large as five or six great European mon
archies, the invader should remember the fate
of Napoleon In Russia, und pause ere he com
mits bis fortunes to to desperate an enterprise.
Bioamiht bvMistakk. Two young married
men of Bearsburg, Vt., who left lor California
some years since, and returned home recently,
found tbeir wives remarried. They, having beard
uotbing from tbeir husbands since their depar
ture, applied to a young lady spiritualist, who
was very exact iu describing to them the death
and burial of their husbands, the date of their
funeral, and the disease of which they died.
Tbeir wives, supposing this to he reliable, remar
ried, and there waiia luuuy tune when the long
absent husbands returned.
COLUMBIA,THURSDAY, NOVKMBKR 14.1M11,
THE PRODUCE LOAN.
The undersigned is authorized and request
ed by the Superintendent of the Produce Loan,
to receive subscriptions of cotton and other
produce to snul Loan.
It is considered unnecessary to urge this
matter nt much length upon the attention of
the planter. The Government must be sus
tained with the material aid necessary to pros
ecute successfully our defense uguinst those
now seeking, by all the means at their com
mand, our subjugation. Our Government, do
hirous of adopting the least oppressive uud
objectionable mode of supplying its pecuniary
wants, appeals to the people to furnish the
necessary means, by loaning what they can
most conveniently spare, either of money, cot
ton, grain, or such other produce as maybe
converted into money, for which it will issue
bunds bearing 8 per cent, interest, payable
semi-annually, and proposes to tax the people
directly only sufficient to pay the interest on
these bonds. The people will therefore pay,
by direct taxation, only eight dollars annually
for every otic hundred dollars advanced to the
Government. Or, in other words, the Govern
meiit will receive one hundred dollars of pe
cuniary assistance for every eight dollars paid
out directly from the Treasury.
This system is the one demonstrated by the
experience of all nations to be the least burth
eiisomc to the people, and to uucourage the
people to come up promptly to the ('all of the
Government, and supply its pressing wants.
The bonds given for these loans have been re
lieved olllio taxation lo which all other prop
erty is subjected. Thus while by this system
the Government is furnished with the pecuni
ary means it requires, the people are furuished
with u safe and profitable investment for their
capital.
Unless this call of tbe Government is
promptly responded to, tbe money needed by
the Government must be raised by direct tux
ution, aud instead of a tux of filly cents on the
one hundred dollars worth of properly, which
is now levied, a tax of from seven to ten dol
lars upon the hundred must be laid.
1 do not propose to engage in any canvass
in behalf of this proposition. Tbe Superinten
dent has not requested it. But relying upon
the patriotism of the people to respond to the
wants ol their Government lie desires merely
that public notice bo given, that subscriptions
to tbe produce loan may be made to me at the
Post Office. In my absence Mr. L. Spencer
will receive any subscriptions ottered.
11. M JETER.
furrenry.
A friend at Milledgoville sends iih the follow
ing advance copy of a bill which has beeu in
troduced in the Georgia Legislature. If this
or a similar plun succeeds, there will he no lack
in thin State for monoy -or its counterfeit
A BILL
To be untitled an Act to provide relief lor tho
people of Georgia from the pecuniary distress
occasioned by the preseut war.
Be it enacted by tho General Assembly as
follows:
Ist. That the Slate of < imugia purchase one
third or one-half of the cotton cfop of each plan
ter in Ibis Blate as he may desire, aud *pay him
therefor in the Treasury Notes of this State,
that each planter desiring to sell such
portion of his crop, shall deliver it, at either
Macon, Columhus, Augusta, Atlanta, Albany,
Thoma.ivdie or Greensboro’, as convenience
may dictate to him; und provided, further, that
such planter is willing to take from 7 to 10 cents
for his cotton, according to its quality, which is
all the State is hereby authorized to pay for it; ’
and provided, further, that any planter availing
hiuiaeif of tho benefits of this Act, is to bo for
ever excluded from any further claim upon the
Bt&te therefor, even should a change of times
cause tho State to realize a larger profit thereon.
2d. That at each of the places mentioned
above, an Agent of tho State shall be located,
(receiving bis appointment from the Governor,)
whose duty it shall bo to receive an I store aWay
said cottou in such Warehouse or bouses as tho
State may obtain for said purpose, and give to
tbe planter (sodelivering cotton to him) a cer
tificate thereof; which certificate must be ngued
by ciflh agent as such, and recite the name uud
residence of the planter, the amount and quali
ty of bis cotton, and the price agreed thereon be
tween said ugeut and said planter, and upon 11.•
presentation of said certificate to iho Treasurer
at Milledgeviltu, or at such Bank or other place
in the cities aforesaid un the Governor, iu bis
discretion, may sc.o fit to deposit them, said
planter shall receive his pay thereon in Treasu
ry Notes.
it. That the Treasurer of this State be and be
is hereby authorized to is.-.ue his notes of the
denominations of five to, five hundred dollars
inclusive, to such au umouut us the Governor,
after uhi-urtuiuiug the probable cottou crop of
this State for Ibtil, may doom necessary to tbe
purchase ol the amouui contemplated by this
Act. And that said notes lu> and they are here
by declared to bo fundable in per cent, bonds
of this State, whenever five hundred dollars
thereof, or more, is presented; provided suid
bauds are not to ho made due until tbe end of
ten youre from the time of (heir issuing. And
thut suid Treasury Notes shall lie receivable in
the payment of taxes and all other due lo the
Hlato of Georgia.
4lb. That tho agents to bo appointed under
this Act, shall give boud respectively, with se
curity, to be approved by the Governor, for tbe
faithful diseburgoof their duties: And that the
amount of said several Bonds shall be in the
discretion of the Governor upon his acquainting
hiimelf; (as well as he may) as lu the probable
amount of ootton that will be left at each station
herein provided for ms aforesaid Each agent
shall receive and retain the cotton purchased by
him in pursuance ot this Act, caYefuliy in store,
until ruch time as the same may be suid or dis
posed of by the State, or until said agent is ollt -
ui who discharged fr.m raid duty.
5Hi. That iu the purchase of cotton by any of
suid agents they shall price it aoeorling to qual
ity within tbs limit of prices herein allowed,and
the agents aforesaid shall each receive for their
services a fair compensation.
bill. That this act shall go into eflect and be
operative from and alter tbe lUtb day ot Decem
ber next, unless the Confederate Congress before
that time shall provide tho noccssnry relief. And
that the Tax Oollectors throughout this State he
restrained from selling property for tuxes until
the lUtb day of January, 1802.
7th. That all laws und parts of laws milita
ting against this act be and they are hereby re
pealed. _ _
A Fr.DF.UAi. Fi/zi,f..— - For some months past,
says the Louisville Courier, the Yankees about
Richmond, la., have boasted prodigiously of a
“rifle cannon brigade” of 600 men organized
there, and whicLwas to accomplish wonders in
“ cleaning out” the rebels, The cannons were
manufactured at Richmond, and were of such
light weight as to be capable of being carried on
tbe shoulders of tho men. Last week the new
“improved” weapou that wus to accomplish
such wonders was publicly tested and proved a
dead failure.
PEYTON H. OOiaUITT, )
J AMES W. WARREN, \ Edlto^,
Number 44
from Europr...Premonitory Eymptoms of Rocognilioi
The nows from Europe is of a character that
indicates plainly thathud wo been able to pre-
Aorve the status quo until the lat of January we
should have boon recognized and the blockade
broken.
The Washington Hepullican of the 29tb, pub
lishes a private letter written by a gentlemen in
London to a gentleman in that city, from which
we extract the following ;
Tho nows of the disaster at Lexington has
just reached uz. I will not stop to say what
you know already- that it lihh deeply affected
uie. 1 send you the Times, Chronicle and Tele,
graph, with leaders on the subject, that will let
you know what is thought of that defeat over
here. But now, I must telF you what will ho
llio client of it. Euless the next few days bring 1 *
over ibe uows of a brilliant aud decisive viotory
gained by iho Federal Government over the
Confederates, Knglaud will cortainly at once
try to raise the blockade of the Southern port*.
I told you she was on tho fence. You will see
it announced in tho Times of this day, which 1
solid you, that Lord John Kusaell has said he
“will consider of the propriety of sending out
ships-of-war to raise the blockade.” But do you
know I think that this is partly insincere ?
Ships of war ha\o already left those ports,sailing
westward under sealed orders. From all that 1
can gather between the half confidences of the
press, and the cautious gossip of John Bull at
his dinner table, I think that there is no doubt
t but tho destination of those ships is to Hie
Southern putts, where they will cruise to wait
further orders, to be carried out to them by some
fast sailing war steamer. What those “further
orders” will hr, you may easily imagine. I
tell you, if wo do not astonish England by such
u decisive victory uh shall entirely destroy tho
Confederate army, now on tho Potomac, we shall
hav e her down upon us, in aid of tbo South.
[ From the London Shipping Gazette , Oct. l'J)
The question now lor the consideration of our
Government and (but of Franco is, how long
shall the preseut state of things be suffered to
continue? How long is maritime commerce to
be embarrassed to suit the views of the Cubiuet
of Washington ? If we are to acquiesce in the
capture aud coitfiscatioii of British ships aud
their cargos, which commit no offence except
that they happen to enter a port contrary to a
proclamation of which they may not have heard,
•r, if they Jut, which was unsupported by the
presence of an armed force- if ports like C'harlus
loston, Wilmington and Beaufort are to be under
blockade, and not under blockade at tbo same
time, and at the caprice of tho Federal
ment, or of those who do their bidding, Eng
land may us well at ouce reverse her pulley,
und acknowledge ouce more the validity of paper
blockades.
| h'iom the London Timor, Oct. U. J
The secession had been contemplated uud
threatened for soino thirty years past. It was
defended by arguments as good as have usually
been advanced for national insurrections, and if it
was in opposition to the dictates of political wis
dom, it was in conformity with the passions of
human nature.
‘l’he people of the Southern States are only
doing what the people of a hundred other States
have done before them. They may be short
lighted, hut they are determined. They may le
mistaken, but they know their own minds.—
They may.he wrong, but they are ten millions.—
The Federalists themselves admit the right of in
surrection, but deny that insurrection enu be
justified in tho present instance. That argument
however, can never stand. It is absurd to say
(but rebellion is a sacred popular privilege, but
that i( can only be exercised with the assent of
those against whom it would be directed. The
Emperor of Russia might admit the doctrine as
thus stated. If people have a right to rebel
against Governments, it must be when they think
tilting, and not when the (iovormuonts allow it,
(ifn. Hiller's 8.-ijjde.
Gen. Urugg, who command# both at Pensacola
and Mobile, says the Huntsville Independant of
tho 9th Inst., having telegraphed to Gen. Walker
that he needed more troops at each of these points,
Gen. Walker promptly telegraphed to the Secre
tary of War for per mission to move his Brigade,
and having obtained it, has ordered two of his
Regiments and a liattaliou to Mobile, and one
Regiment and u Battalion to Pensacola, where
they will he temporarily armed by tien. Bragg,
and where they will remain until tho preseut
emergency bus passed- -arrangements for which
•re almost perfected, they will he concentrated
lv Gen Walker, including Col. Judge's Regi
ii.cut, uud the Brigade will move to Kentucky.
(Jen. Walker himself goes to Mobile.
A Protection —The Scientific American de
scribe* a breaHt-plate whioh, it is said, is being
extensively worn by tbe officers and men iu the
Federal army before Washington. It is com
posed of thin spring steel, and is worn between
the cloth and the lining of a common military
vest. It has two leaves, which lap at the edge
when the veM is buttoned, so as to cover tbe en
tire chest. It weighs only three pounds and a
half uud can bo worn with ease by any officer or
soldier during tbe most active exercise. It is very
strong in proportion to its weight, os it can re
sist the thrust of a bayonet or sword, and it will
re|el the bullets of uiuskett and pistols ut ranges
which would otherwise lie lutal to life.
ZdSCA gentleman just unved at Atlanta,
from Manassas, represents that Gen. Jackson’s
brigade had been sent after tbe Federal vuu
dals at Romney—and it was confidently be
lieved that Jackson would capture the whole
of them, as the Potomac was too much swollen
to be crossed.
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Tiir Bannrk wiiii a Btranuk Dkvick.— A
pud joke about the Richmond ladies is told by
“Dixie,” iu tbe columus of the Memphis Appeal,
which, though never before published, was von
tilutea quite extensively in this section nut very
long ago. An order was received from the Ar
my of the Potomac for seventy live regimental
flags of an eutirely new and “strange device.”
They were to be made aud forwarded to Manas
sas in fort eight bourn. The whole matter was
to be kept a profound secret. Bo the making of
the flags wus entrusted to sevnty five ladies, who
were expeeted to hold tbeir seventy-five little
tongues for the space of two days and nights at
the least. It need scarcely be added that the
fact, and the pattern of the banner, und tbe short
time in which the order wu* to be filled—iu brief,
all about it, was known to everybody the next
morning. The ladies of Richmond are zealous
und | utriotic, but does Gen. Johnston expect
them to perform impossibilities?
The Nashville (Tenu.) Patriot, of the 7tb,says
the heaviest division of our army at Bowling
Graen, Ky., is iu motion, und the movement
is not a retrograde oue. The l*vtriot says If (he
movement is executed according to programme,
it will be as gratifying to tbe South as it will
be startling und overwhelming to the Hessians
with whom it will contend, in its results.
Partington says that nothing de
spies her so much as to see people, who pro
less to expect salvation, go to church without
their purses, when a recollection ia to be ta
ken.