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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. m • i 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.