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COLQUITT & WAItRKV Praprirtors,
Volume XVI,
■ >U*dt'S. TtKHSm , ,\OUMUKK nr,, ISO I,
A Word to I’i.antkrs.—A leadim factor of
lUis city informs us that he has just received
eight hales ol cotton, and in utterly at a 10-s |
what disposition he shall make of it. We l j
vised him to ship it hack t > the consignor, as i
there is no sale tor it hee, ami it cun he inswr- j
cd for a less sunt on the plantation than in the
city; and lastly. nu.l it is the most important
consideration, w* want nothing in the sea
ports more than we hav e got already, to tempt
the enemy. We again assure the planters that
it is folly tu ship their cotton to the seaboard
it M ill not he sold, uml, what is worse, it muv
tie the last they will hear of it. Keep it on the
plantation, and you will hud insurance in anv
ofy he cities, — JS n\ Rrp.
Ik* liukff Pliim'frcrs in Suulh Carolina.
Tbs Yankee tbesving army which has landed
at Port linjsli F uth (\rolina, has become .
plundering expedition. ‘1 Uiv have j;u!eu the
negroes ami are employ mg them in picking ami
ginning the cotton of the plaot.-i t.>r the pnr
p,to of shipping it.
Fine© the day', .f William the Conqmt.T. no
such plundering and thieving exptdili n |, : „-
men set on foot m any p.-rtioa ol the civilized
wuill. The i ittkee Puritans have incurred the
ineffable disgfaoe nf inaugurating plunder us
ttie main oljecr of war, among modern Chris
tian nations. They have upset, the later ame
ti .ration*f civil in--l hostilities nJ return to
dia rules of’ hath.tri n wart are. And yet thty
i-iauu to bo the most u- ril an 1 religious nation
•u the earth, so much : that they hive labored
incessantly for thirty yean to interdiet an insti
tution which hue rescued fr-un the .l.irkest bar
barism more than four tnidioi: : j p( and
provides for them t! .i.uit.-rts of civ dilation
and the e insof*t!( iis of Clirisliatiiiy. Line. In'.
Hiftseratdc Government ji.-w elini.i- ,ly \ulue f
ira umrpalioua, and <L.- a .-barter of
tiuii.e l authority, upon which i; v . i based, to
i*e the sole proprietor of th - ..n I prop,
erty of the Southern p.-j'e .n In ■<v i .uiuc* to
control, manage, own im sell <1 •:r staples and
products with all the ab.-oluii.-tii ,{ an uoliuii- {
tod autocrat. What u k..*ou does tu. h ua u
ample furnish of the rapid t-nrroaebiui ids of a j
corrupt despotism upon the rights and liberties |
<f the people! Such a*: t>inpti.n* ahouM be met |
w :tb stern justice, and must soon imet tbdrju.st
doom Moustera who < artv on such a warfare, 1
are a -t desen ing the iicatouLf of civilized be!- j
ltgercHfs. They should be treated asother * r
a cs are. Xothvitl t’im, o, J ame,Un n.
lki llii.iness llrfntc CoDcri ‘s.
It. expected that the business before Cn-
Krc9 will le dispatched m a short period. We
leaf that ipis proposed to amend the Segues
tratim Act, and also to take some action took
ing lo the relief of the planting interest. As
far as we are advised, the disposition of Con
gress is decidedly opposed to any measure to
buy the crops of the planters; and it is said
that the majority of the planting interest itself
has undergone a marked conversion of thu
opinion with respect to so partial nn expedi
ent as the purchase oftheir crops by the Gov
croAient.
The report that L’oi.ct.-’ <lc - .( J t > take in
to coast derat ion the remove*) of tbo capita! from
this city, f*r fc r of the rai'r. ud* traversing
North Carolina or Tennerrce being taken pm
seMmn of by the enemy, and the consequent iso
lation of the 8 at f government is, wo aro as
sured, willi u* any foundation. /’/*/', /'•
Govkrrvf.xt J'cviao thk C Tron Clop.—
The Columbus Tnui ‘ of Tburvdny contain* ft t
long letter Inin 1 on. Marbu J. Cruwi.r.'. •*- i
posing the ‘albo'iou.s argumcr !%by which it :*
sought to involve the Confederate Gov.rsi.mt nt
by making it the purchaser of the ©otten crop.
There Dtrer was, id our opinion, i grouter error,
when tout and by experience and the rules of an
enlightened politic *1 economy, end we hope Con
gress will hv-uUdo long before it ventures uptn
so hazardous an experiment.— * v n omo Rtpulm
Seeing upon bis wife’s shoulder a largoshawl
i'in, Mr. biggs said : “In the military, ch ‘ Cot
to be Captain’ She instantly remarked, point
ing to a third baby in her lap “No. recruiting ‘
sergeant in the third infantry. ‘
wQ.. A fight ia expected daily in the region f J
Russellville, between the opposing forces ur h r
.lohn Breckinridge and Tom Crittenden. A more
wonderful comment upon the present unholy war
waged against the South could not i*e Kvired
When young men, the two hostile dcni r i were
chosen boon fellows and friends, the bndoincFt,
gftyest, brighest, gallants about Lexington n<l
Frankfort. They sorted l > ether, courted to
gether, nfnl entered a successful career at the
same time, the one a soldier, the other lawyer. ,
‘Ve doubt if an unkind .word oj thought ever
passed between them befow oer existing troubles- ;
Now—noue s>> hitter as they. hen tp-k
meets (freek, then coutes liwlug of wi
••<// H'thnrt.
hundred Yankee prisoners w ill leave
Richmond this week for Tuskaloo.-a, Ala. Their
destination is said to be*lbe Lunatic A a vlutr. at J
that place. We approve the suggestiop, we have ;
seen elsewhere, that they be consigned to <*ene-
ral Bragg at Peneaeola, to be detailed •ft e- •
cial guard over he public proj or tv in the Navy j
Y ard.
I MPOIITAXr TO VOLUKTKBB Cos M l‘A HI I -MnVV
persons setiu to think, ray* the federal bnion
that since the arrival of the arm at Favailnah
guns will be furnished the volunt<M*r coiujanks, j
who have been accepted uDd<t the late call of j
(lov. Drown for thirty infantry cooipanic*. Ibis
is an erroneous iuipretfM<<n. The companies mart
bring I heir own gun*, mid such other < qttipiuent*
as i* required by the Proclamation of the <ov
ernor. We make this statement to save volun
teer companies unnecessary trouble, aud tho
Executive from ao uunvceriary correspondence.
LatJJicgan —A gunboat f-*r harbor defence
was launched at Charlertonon the liuhinst. Fhe
ts armed with several heavy cannon. Lo fetal
in ,re ar being built
Washington letters to the Northern prepay
Ihftt. army movements are now made under sealed
orders, so that a regiment leave* a brigade with
out giving any intention o r destination to those
wh.. hav. imn ‘U ouinmamlur,: and -ver-'l
instances officers who have come into the city
on a twenty-four hours’ furlough, have found it
no easy task to find their comradca again.
Salt Airivjxo m Tesas-*—Th Houston J el
egraph, of the I3th insicays -
We arc glad to hear of the aoccesaful land
ing of throe thousand bushes of salt at a point
vithin easy communication c,i Ifouatoii despite
of the blockade. Whora it comes from, and
Where it flow i*. maybe known l-y applying to
—any one that knows,
Tennrsskk —A Nnshvill* psper that j
arms are sadly needed for to. Ut or ten tliou
annd Tennessee volunteers now ill camp, who
must be disbanded unless tlie-v ore immediate
ly provided.
Cralifjir.c Inlellisciifp from Formal Srrr<
Mon of ihr Ship.
ore in M.!, .Ii . Itl|, pa , rt
for th following:
A ..i uispatvhcs anivid iu th * dry
\<>t. t .i,,v i aftvrii blinging intvlli
t'i Ii ui*l ,.r that State, by
un act of her Lgiluturc. This body i.c u,,, i
the r, gular lagiHalurn , f ti e Slate, elvclwl
more th.it, :• va ~, 1,, , l 0 o M |y existing
rpu ntativc ~f h r cover* i.piiy. AppUfatiou
w ill at i.'iieo bo made tor the udinuision of Mis
s-uri into the Confoderule States.
H\ tbo FiiiMb hands we learn that on Tu *da\
“hon or hilormant left Wn. Price’s
that otlieer, iih bis gallant army, wus
*” h” ‘ ‘•! tin- tut n \ t :ir Spiinj.field, expect
mg an arly ongjigm.onl, Norlbem dispatches
of a later date rep.es. nt that (leu Hunter, the
succt sSi i ot l icinout, has ruirented with his
wto-h- army east u ~rd t Hiot was making his wj
to st. Louis. I htebcarer of dispatcbei was fne
da) a on hi* w.,y lY.m Memphis to ibis city, ha
vu g • delayed bv the interruption <\ ime
■ iui nt upon the doings of the bridge burner*.
Hu* V;ro Thieves Asiia,
A nrgio man who came up from Dawfueki
yolerduy, report that ten Federalists lauded
0,1 the island before clay yesterday, went to
the plantation of Mrs hunn, took poasettßion
of uii the negroes, impress, and Mr. John J. Chup
lin, who went down to bring up Mrs. l)nun'*
ellccts. ami in their owa boats and such a they
could scire on the Island, returned to Hilton
Head. The negro who brings this account
say.* lie was seized with the rest, hut making
an excuse to go into the* house lor his shoe*,
leaped out of a rear window and made his es
cape to the woods.
Mr. W. F. Chaplin, otThiaeity, gives ns tb<
following additional information Paul, thedri
\er on Mrs. Dunn’s place, who was hid imho
basement of the <1 welling, also etleeted his os
cap®, and reached the city last uigki, m a boat
Iff*lll bloody I’oiMl. lie also Mutei that lie
saw a lor.-e body f armed men, who had Mr
Stoddard s negroes at Melrose, engaged in j
gatberiti the horses and eaitle on the Inland !
[So- /.V. J.V,
VuoHicr Sjeriin<-n of Unkff Oulrajc.
UV are into, mod !.\* a gentleman that N.S.
Morse, Ksq., oft be I •ridj.’eport Farmer, a item
erratic paper, formerly publisbcd in lindge
porl, Connecticut, is a this cy. The eth
lishroent was thrown into th streets some
weeks since l>v an eve ted mob of AlH~>|iiion
soldiers and cittstcn*, headed by the great char
letan, Uarnum, and the netting machine need
le inventor, How.-. The mfsiuous outrage \vu
•-•ouiiiuUml al*>ut M*vi-n o’clock in the evening.
Mr. M.. was alone :ii the fm.ldmg at the time
Knowing that it would lie useless fora *iug’e
man to undertake to contend against a mob ot
over a ihutirimid, he made his escape through
the scuttle to a house, where he was conceal
ed. After the entire contents of the building
had been destroyed, the mob commenced
searching for him, and continued mild eirly
tho next morning, entering every dwelling
where they thought there was any possibility
of finding him; und nt one tune passing within
M few feet of the place whr he was hid.
They threatened to hang him, and w. uMun
and •ui.tudly have put their throat into execution
if they had succeeded in fiading bito. On the
Monday follow it- g Mr. M. commenced mak ng
prvpHratioiis to his paper again. But he
*ra iudieted fr trcnsi.n. and a narraiit-wasiMiu
od for hi* arrc-i by *.uar,l. He immediately
left Bridgeport, and mscl -iy pursued from
toan to town b r over two wt>tkr. At longth In
e-eap* and into Csu hL ihenra n skiog his way
through the HT* era Mate to the South
era Conft<Wrcy Rtth. / *
foDM’Diion Srtwrto lib* ConWcralo Sutes of Imrtua
and thf Stale of Missouri
VVbrkeas, It is tho common desire <>! the
Confederate States of America and the State of
Missouri, that raid State should became ft mem
ber of the Confederacy, Hid wbM*, tbt o
ooior.lUhment of their purpose is now prevented
by an uruted invasion of the territory of said
State by tho l oiled States ; and wbe'eas, the
interest* ol both demand that they should
common in the war waged by the l olled
States gainst the liberlie* of both.
Now, therefore for these meat desirable oijec fa,
the President of <be Confederute Slates of Auicri
Cl 4 j ifls confcrrvd full j iter on It, M. ‘J’. Hunter,
their Srenilary *f Mate, n f and the Kxeeulire
power of the State of Mi uri on f Iwerd Car
ri* • < n Cabell and Thomas I*. Snead, who, after
bavin - excbargtd their full powers in due and
proper li.tiu. have a t i-o| the following r-
Article I. The State ol Miwsonri shall bead
mittc.l ini” r .id Cowlfl'TScy on ad equal footing
with the other - fates (••■ml 0.-ing tbo same,on tbe
fulfilment of the conditions set forth ia tbe
-neond section of tbo art of the Con gw of the
Confederate {state*, entitled, “an act to aid tho
State .J .Vi ‘ouri in ropeUing inv.*ion by the
t uited States, and to authorize the admission of
said State anu mber ol (be Confederate States
of America, and tor other purposes,” approved
August 20, I Mil.
Art. 2. Until said Mate <-| Missouri shall
cme a mem hereof said Confederacy, the whole
military force, material of war and military op
orations, offensive and defensive of said Hlate,
shall he under the the chief control nnd direction
of the President of tho Confederate Matts, upon
ibe same la*ii, principle* and footing, a* if raid
State were now and during the interval, a mem
her of said C. nfederacy -the said State force, to
gether with that “l the Confederate States, ft. l.e
employed for their common defense.
Art. ‘] be Stale of Missouri wil 1 , whenever
she becomes a member of said Confederacy lurn
over to aid Confederate States ail ,the public
property, naval stores and monitions of war, ol
wbi h she may then be in possession, acquired
| from tho I oil*d Slates— (excepting the public
ban D the r.line terms and in the same man
u, „ , ih.u.br.Sii< *.f C.,nfderMjr li.v
d..mi in like fM.
Anr. 4. All expenditure. *6* prnwentit.oof
tl,e eniding war, incurred bjr the 3iate.il Mu
.'.uri from end after the dale of H>e .inning of
tiii: Convention, .hail be met and ~rovidel for
by tho Confederate States
Aar. ... Tho alliance herob, urt'lo Iwtireen the
.aid Confederate .Staler end tVe Slate of MiMoiiri,
.hall ho oil-mire and defen nre, eud bell l.fan.l
remain in fi.rce.durin/. die continuance of tho
existing wr wilt, ihe t nited Slater, or until
by the eJaiirsion of raid Slate into
tho Confederal y, and stall Uke tlf.ct from the
.late thereof, accordin* (o ihe provieiou. es .be
. 1 gt ctmu ot the ofort Hid act, approved August
20,1 CI.
Iu faith w hereof, >ve, tbo C< inluif ii nen. of tbo
Confederate Stater ol Aiuoncu.and tbo Slate ol
Mi ,ouri bevo •iffv.oJ and waied tb. re prrwnU
Hone, in.duplicale, at Ihe city of Rifbuiond,
on tbo diet day fOctober, in 11-c jeer of our
Lord one tin ii-nnil eight hundred .ml riity-one
t it. M. T. lli ntcr, |... • 1
IL C. Cauxti., I *-J
’IHOMA9 b. litiXin, (b* .-1
Fcppliks op Mouth ait n Texas \Y find
the following item* in the tlalvestou News ol
tiio 12th inst.
“We notice that wool in Northern Texas i.-
being purehand ut an average of 1> cent.-, per
pound. Corn is selling iu tbo countiea at £..
■ cuts and wkrut at ;.0 cents Immeuso quni
tities aro being purchased t these prices. Flour
of the best qualities ever known can be had in
the Northern wheat counties at $2 pa itfl l*
Sweet potatoes aro abundant t ..i cents per
I ushel. and apple* at sl. Beef is abundant,
fat and cheap. l*.rk is worth fd pi r one hnn
pouuds.
Ikxah Wool.. A communication in tho f tut*
tlasette estimates the number of sheep now iu
Texas at five bundreed thousand, which it •>
estimated will yield about one million pounds, t
wool, one half ot which is line Merit).-, and if
balance coarso Mexican. Iho total product iu
all the Cosn r ©dcraie States is put th nn at about
twelve millions pound*.just übout half the qn.i.
lily produced in the Slate of New York alom
Assuming six pounds Hre|required for each pot i.
ithe usual estimate i and it w ill r* quire about .l\
OO,OUO pounds to supply the Confederate Slat.
Hence we *t-e that the demand must greatly ex
ceed the production, and of course wo have an
ample market for the \ ast prospective inerca c
of this great staplelpr* duet of our,Slate. Tbo
Richmond Lnquinrsays th* machinery now at
work in the manufacture of wool in th© Con
f. derate States is mom than sitfli -ient for all the
woo! that can now ho obtained.
Vu Halil* nn th* Potomß<\
The figus indicate, we think, that the n xt
b rule on the line of the iVS.nino will be fought
in tbo vicinity of Occ. qu.u: :,r.l DurufrL lt
is of great const qucncc t.. the atuny that tl.o
batteries at Ktanapoit *h- uld h* sileticcd. aid
they seem, accordingly, bo diiecting tUr
forces towards that point. The plan ?e. na to
lo a rnovcim nt by Imd from the direction of
Alexandria, to be mpported by a fleet on tin
r V. r; and br.-idcs iheae, Sickles’ brigade,, n tie
opposite si e o| tho river, and the hut erk-a which
he ha< erectrl on the Maryland .‘'lo re, arc to
have a part in theOomhit-td attack. Our inf r
ina;iott trom that quarter leads us to expert on
important battle at an early da-.A'.cmic- /’
l)s mined ml ion of ih* \;tnk** Fieri on TtW* hlninl.
We learn from persons who arrived in tho
aty fr- m beb-w yesterday utiemoon, that three
ve.-c’s of the Yankee fleet came in over the bar
v*tetdi-> morning. About ten o’ch-t k two t
them commenced throwing shells upon Tyhcc
Iflacd. which they c nlinued till ne.ir 12 ’.-lin k
during which iruo they threw -.me t- rtv 911.11.
About I o’clock otiO o| the v ssels came to mo !, r
not lar from T)lu* lighthouse, and the other two
returned over the bar. Shortly throe largo \. -
sol*, supposed to ho transports, came iu and an
chored in Tyl 00 roads, but out of tho reach of
the guns of Fort Fuln.-ki.
1 Tybeo having been abandouo i * >ue; time
since by our forces, there w.isouly u stn id pi k
ot on tbe I .'la ril, who, we understand, retired to
the Fort.
Tho shilling wa* probably to u. cit.mi wheth
er there were any “mucked batten* ‘ *n tbe
Island (hut might render a landing of their
torc;o husardou*. If they have satisfied them
solves that there are nn lorn* on the Inland to
o| |> kj tketu, they will land a force and L-rtify
themselves, with a m w t> command the .
entrance to our harbor.
It is with our military authorities t < determine
whether they shall take peaceable possession 1!
Tyhee and cstaLl.ab a rendo* v*.us in ti.i* on-c
•li.iir \ n inity nl Fort I'ulaski
Wo understand that (Jen. Lawin w. nt down
to the Fort j ester Jay afternoon. We have re
intelligence from below since the unial of Hit
htn yesterday evening Not*. I'uify A'-
Rumor says a Federal l-orco wmk land..! *
Tyhee Island lust n ght. Tui tuay he trus
Ui'HiMFu Marnsr. HariKitiau Ham. M'ei.o
tice un invention by Mr. Ji. ii Bishop, of N
Orleans, of an improved buttering rum, which is
raid |j combine the power* und vuluulde proper
ties of \V mutin’ cigar steamer with iLot-e of tin-
ManA-. u* and other infernul machine*. One. of
them may be constructed m u coruparutivtdy
short period, with tno requisite syiteiu ui and n
---ergy, and at a cost of not over fitly thousand
dollar*. Mr. Bishop is confident that w ith five
of these singular vet-pel* the blockade- of ull the
important ports of the Confederacy could be de
stroyed, and tbo ports kept open tu the com
rnerre of Intndly nations. Mr. Bishop i* sp*>ken
of a* a gemteinan well known in Connection with
dredging machinery, boats, Ac., Laving bad u
(‘barter from tbe Legihluture ol Louisiana for
|>eruianeritly deepening tbo passes at the moutl
of tho Misris- ppi. Hit invention is pronoun.cl
to be very striking aud to premise wonder*.-
.“peuking of tbe novel <-iuft, the N*w Orleans
Bulletin snj - “It can stem tbe waves of the
Hull or tbo Atlantic with tho ea*e of a lu-h, and
with a need unknown to Liucoln’i men ol war.
l/.'t YA /
locmlcdl’ uo llif l‘> uin ulu
A lee djye ax', a foraging expedition, under
(i< n. .M.igrud* r * orders, proceeded loth© u< igh
horboinj of Black river, and while kcouriiig the
country discovered a party of Yankee* with a
large quantity of com, gutherod and ready ft r
removal to N.wp*.rt News. Our uien made a
der.ent upon the thieving rascals and chased
them ol),kill ing several. Il i* by these uticcwiftl
dashes that the pillagers on the Peninsula occa
siunally receive a poniou of the puuikLm. nl
which tb( v deserve.
We regret to learn that a serious mistake wx*
made not long since by one of oij riconnoitor
ing puttie*. Mr. Lee Blanton ol tbo Cumber
land Troop, had been performing vklettn duty,
und was returning to comp with a companion,
when they met the detachment, and though
they protested that they were all right, the party
would have it that they were Yankees und fired
upon them. Mr. B. and his companions put
spurs to their horses, and in rapidly retreating
from such a dangerous neighborhood, tho former
received two or throe severe wounds. He has
been compelled in consequence to withdraw from
the service for the present, and return to Cum
berUud.~-/f“'AMOM<i Diepatch, 2.!
Foa< k ok this Yankkk Armada. —From tbe
detailed statesmens in the Northern papers, we
gather the following facts or a brief and intelli
gent summary of the force of the 1 ankee Arma
da when it sailed South.
The fleet .omit* in all of eighty vessels. Os
these, three are steam frigates, six others are
sailing men of war, twenty-six arc gunboats,
twelve aro ferry boats, and thirty steam and six
-ailing transports. The first nine carry an arm
ament of three hundred and twenty-live guns of
various f-aiibrn and range, while the renaai tdnr
carry enough to make up an armament of about
•ive hundred guns. Estimating the regiments
named at odd thousand each, we can not make
out aland force exceeding twenty-five thousand
men
M.Ti„ AnriU.l Cul>r„rwi"C of tbo Motboclinl
Kpiicop.l Clnircb. will taml in Allxnl. tv mcr
row
Tn K SI) VKII KI aN T V II I’ TIIK STAT KS.
(X)I.UM lil'S, UKOKOIA) Mf’XDAV, DKCKMHKR 2, 1861.
I Dll ttniH.WKUNKMiAI. MIUAIBFU ‘‘T.IMH.
\ inUalisin aid lUpfry.
Uur ,'Vuburhau r, Wynton, lota recently
been the victim .>( the above vices. A party of
inctr q <'!itnii viiuths, nuiiihering two or three,
net in up-n the id* a lhu<. distinction between
“■ruin und tailm 1* all uietuph)sieul hoili, have,
I >r a i. • w.-ek* pa-t, dnvcu u cheap and quite
dour.'bio * trad.- in tl,o poultry line. Widow
1 “li*’ • t ’ -cute, a from Imine have thus far
f'c n cl.;. .1 v placed und- r contribution. By way
” Ii v. r. .1 \ i?ig their mu us. menu, ou Futurduy
> v eii.n,'l.i’ .they find two out b.-uso* on tho
10f!..-l -iit gto Col. S.-ah.-rn d.-ne* on • Wyun’s
hill.” The lire iu ..no wu* oxiiiignished, but
(-iil)Pnuicd tho Ollier I'orhapd It would bo Will
for ilo-se y.-un-r ‘ ■■ I'mtii to uiulers'i.n.l t at
the pa-pin of \Vym.tnii have a foolish notion that
this is rather nn cxncnsivo mode ot .-ultiv .ituig in
d v idual cutii’ii. ; aml prow *•.<. Tbe n iiuc* -f
‘be in uac I -i - hic pretty Well ascv-rtsiiie.l, and,
upon tho next il moi)str,v!ion, shall be given to
t’e public, uric** wo are uiiHt ipated by tbe
III* \li>sissN|)|ii bun Koftf*.
Tho Memphis Argu* ha* *otno important
iii'oriiiiition hi regard to tho tloot i-f *li.t-piool
-.-un bouts prepared iuLt.Lotiis for the de*eont
down the Mis.issippi river:
Leery oflort ha* lieeu put forth to vet the
flotilla in rendition*, which in now nlout com
plclcil It onsists of five iron clad .miii In tits,
four of which mount ten guns each, and one,
the 1 h<-oi i*. 11. Benton, thirteen. Tho Benton
*s made cl the old submarine No. 7, belonging
i-> I.mlcs .V \. son. whi*h has been in these
venter* often. It is represented to be the most
i->nn:d.ibV one they have. In tbe rear oft hose
tun boots, w .11 come forty rails made of log*,
ten 11, I) square, pinned together vvi;h o. n
b-ills it either ends u i|! be door*, so t needed
they eon mole n bridge of them neros* the
There will be n screw propeller to two of
these, making totne twenty propellers. On
each craft will bo one thirteen inch nfortar, to
throw shell, prape anti balls. Just nliovo the
water line on pitch erall nre port-hole* for their
niiisketv. The machinery is nil aboard the
nn b.-.it und the whole licet wil! be ready in
■ lew day*.
I in- stupe Cl Wall r ill the Mlssippi Will not
admit ol the guns being mounted on the boat*
u St. I.oui*. All tin*gun* (fifty Three in ttufii
!-ei i ar>- being placed on tho huge brighter
Mari alt Denning, to bo transported to Cairo,
and there to be put a hoard Hit* gnu boats.
It i* the opinion ot Mcauthontmeii that the
i un bom* will be extremely difficult to inan a*
they ate too bulky and slow —should they get
. ii a-■ mid bar they would find it extremely dif
ficult to pel oil’ us they carry no *pnr*. The
Manassas would do aome good now it she was
- n!v here t<< sink the Denning with the gun*.
Imjiorinu! from Ihe I’Aslfrn Shore of Virginia.
{Several boat load* of the citizen* of the Ibs
lerti M.ore, reached tin's city yesterday morn
ing, having left tbe night previous. Wo nre
not permitted, for prudent ml reasons, to give
their name*, but they are among the most e
tunable eiiizen- of that Beet ion, and the Male*
liient they make may be implicitly relied upon
ns correct in every particular.
‘These gentlemen represent that their soil
h I* been invaded by the Federalist*, and that
in cotißrqneure thereoflhry have been com
polled to lent e their home*. They estimate
the number of Federal troops at eight thou
-.old, and Mo.- that seven hundred oft hem hpd
ie.n-lied a* f.ir ii’ Driimmondiown. nmJ tliainu
.dvHiiee hid In oil -ent to KenMville fur the
purp-.s.’ of preparing quarters. The main
body are in tbe upper part of Aereimie, and
the adjoining counties of Maryland.
< ’oil-id. i able danger attended the crossing
ot tte buy by tbese gentlemen in ripen bo.it*,
1-ut foilunriiely tl ey eluded th* v igilance of
their enemies, and reached this ei'y in safety
about live o'clock, A. M. They report that a
number of pilot bouts, *it*nuiers, tVe,, were so
near I Item at one time, tbit they were com
pell.-d to lie down ill the boat. “At one lime,”
lo to. the language of one of them, “w e vv ot.ld
not have given a . .-nt for ou Helve*, so very
certain were wn that we were observed. - ’
However, the danger* were ail passed and
they rc otiee nvuin among friends and broth
er patriot*
Federal KiKimcr* arc lying hi (Jreviystone, i
Bung<t©agnc nu.l indeed all the creeks, lor
the |n,rjM-c nf .-niFng oil or preventing the
e-< ape (.f the citizen*, so that while tli*re is u
grcil desire iirnnrig t Item, a* a matter of course,
M t'M ipe from am<nig th* I rderullst . there (*
but very little reason to believe tl.ui very
many of them will be able to do
The hideous tot uolli u ill, of course, be pro
sealed to them tu take and be free, nr rep-ct
and .tu prisofi. Xorfutk Dot! Don/., 21
Mu. Kmron Allnw nn lh. o.ei.r Juur c..l
uiuns I • re<|U -t u’l suh-.-ribers to tho Georgia |
j Relit 1.. II • -piial Assolration, whether their Mib
seriplions he in money, n tton or other produce,
to pay up immediately. The depleted eondiiion
of tbe Treasury, and Ihe present uspeet f afl*lrs,
r* ii Icr tl-i* cull ituf.crnfße.
Corresponding Frcreteri. r of the nuuiercue
S-’ . li<-- ui)’ !.my to tho A> > iatmo, nru earn*
estly requested to addres* their subscribing mem
bers arid to urge their compliance with this call
By order of fix. Cun. On, It. .1 Hospital
A elation.
W. I. HA HI), Foe Chi*;..nan.
C or. V ‘xy.nv.it still “A rt"i h i>.’ •It is not,
helc.vc, generally known that among thoeo
who s iiled from ( knrlestoii with Messers. Mason
and Slidell, in the Theodora, woe (’apt. L M.
Coxctter, tho late Intrepid cun rounder of the
privateer Jeff Davis. A New York paper ofthe
Jfiih h* the following in relation to his where
about)
The Mati/onl, that brought the Intelligence of
the seizure ofthe Brittish steamer, also reports
that 1 ipl. f vettor, of tho Jeff Devi* notoriety,
wn* also at Cardenas, in charge of another pn*
v.ift-er i !'-rn(ir. lie (Capt. Coxetter) fell in
witbCapt. lleavener, formerly of tho Mary E.
Thouijc'on, ut Cardoitus. They recognized each
o'her, and (.'apt. (!. told Capt. il. to look out or
he would he over hauled again.
Pool lar H faction at Tins North It is v
blent, that a reaction is going on in the North.
The following dispatch shows that the tide of
war is tmr.iog against tho Republican parly
that inaugurated this bloody ernsedo against
tbo South.
“Later return* from the election in Wisconsin
show large Democratic gains. Jtacina county,
usiiully IJR'C Republican majority, reported
Dtuc cratlc.”
I'Fk'ono Dimiik t—- (jkucial Vorr.-- Ihe
off rial returns in all the counties of the 2nd Con
gyes tonal District have been received at the
executive cilice. The vote is ns follows: It. H.
Clark, I ;.‘3, C. J. Munnerlyn, 3005, Jonathan
L>iiv is f>; 1. Mr. Munnerlyn’# majority over Col*
Clark, is ICI 2, over Mr, Davis, 2311, over both
Clark and Davis 913 .—Federal Union.
Tin- Kitht al Prnssrala.
Tim following private letter, which vve find,
in the Advertiser, descriptive of
the recent engagement at l’ensaeola, will be
interesting to our renders:
Frihav, f p. At.
Dnii
at 10 o'clock, by Fort Biokens tiring on one of
our steamer* in tbe bay, aud llm firing has
continued at about the rate of 12 guns per min
ute ever liuee. The booming of guns and the
vv hixzing of blielis hits exliilerated our boys,
and vve are ready for the light. Our enmp is
beyond the range of the guns, being just book
of the icdoubt from Fort l’i.-kens. Cols. Watts
and I’aris*, Major Murphy, and all the officers
and men are acting with the coolness of men
used to the thunder of artillery. So fur, the
fight has pn g es*ed well. We have crippled
one oftheir ships, which Imd to haul nth .Shells
have been seen to fall into Pickens Only on©
man wounded on our side. They have fired
M>nie shots into cur hospital. Our sick had
been removed. 1 will write you further as the
tight progresses and the news comes iu.
71 p. in.—The Hod of battles reent, and I
have no doubt is, on out side, All the formi
dable iii iiiHiiient of Pickens and the licet have
done n* very sin .11 dainru o by the whole day's
bombardment. One man wounded by a splin
ler. To night, just at dark, there came up n
heavy .-quail, which must drive the ships to
-ca and respite Foil Mcßae, which has been
sustaining their fire nit tiny lon-. This is our
weakest point, and thu one nearest both Pick
ii* and the fleet vet she has stood it bravely.
.‘•Mtsiaining no damage dm ng the next day,
except the dismounting of one of her barbette
guns, while she has crippled two of the ships.
All In.nor to the -iillant men who stand by her
run*. Ben Lane Posey's bn'teiy has beendo
iin. i id-le vvork throw mg shells into Pickens.
A in-,in \va,-ou driver was al Mcßuo this
morning when the tiring commenced, nnd
-aid lie would drive histoniii to headquarters
if I’i- kens killed him and every mule lie had.
v 1..i ,-lmt killed cue id bin multr, ho <-ut it
b. so und drove tho itruaindt-r rulely through.—
ticn. Bragg t-uv s ho intcniL to mint ion biut in
hia rep* i; tu the Hovcruniciii. To night all is
silent. I.- iiioriutt I will finish tin- befuro the
moil b nv. ‘ So, g- od night.
.: it I'd av Morning, S u'eluek.
Boil, p rib.’ ate tii.n ibis morning. 1 walked
down to the beach and looked over at Pickens.
Hu- >. tns oi nsidt nibiy haltered, A long, dark
place upon her *..!•-, which the tnut any is shot
mark.', i- | laitdy vis. Me. Pour Mcßae'nutiered
yes lei day lar mure than wo thought. Uix uion
were I- il!cl by tho falling of the cover of a rest,
■i l ten olio i- vvounde. 1 They ray live hundred
shot i.ioS shell fell into the fort. The damage
h .< >1 no l y tho bhips,which took position south
i-ie.t of lho ft.rt, where the guns could not l.e
v,ry ll'■•■live, and tired broadside after broad
side up--n her. A battery located jmd back ol
her aidel in repelling theattiwk, and it is said
►truck tbtiu I a limes. Only two ships are oil
the harbor this morning Hear neither party
will tei ew the tight this morning. If’they do,
Mcßae will pr.dialdy ho abandoned during the
day an.l tbe battery behind her worked. But if
idie was leveled to the ground nothing would ho
ic.'oiiiplbbtd low aid* the reduction of our hat
1, tics. We have never counted In ras anything
in the fight. If the fight open* agn'h hofuro
the mail leaves I will let you know.
I. T. F.
Sfi/ure of hnke I‘ravaioiis.
A few d.tysugo Col. Forres*, of the* Forrets
Kiingcrp,” u splendid r.-giim-nt Htatioiiod at
Tiiimdori t'uldwcll county, huppmul very
convei'icnlly to arrive with a portion of his emu
muO-l at Ford’d ferry, on the Ohio, a abort Ji*-
I tncei ib-H Var-t v vill**, while a slcaruboul win
•1. 1,.i :.i <! i oiiic : l.tmu worth ot tl-.ur, bacon,
,t c , 1., t-.nging to the Federal Oovcrnmont, and
iiilt nd> .1 ft-i then, of the Yank, c troops ill tbut
vicinity to!. I • rr. *t very kindly < tiered lo
lake ( lung.: of the hipm.-ui, uiul laid it forth
with h.a fe.l into witgoiiH which he hroug'.it with
him t” Prim-ctoii. Just a* thu wagons had dis
; appc.ircd ov.rthe bill, a Yankee gunbont ap
penicd at the landing;, but too late to do them
selves no - g'■ and or the obeli.” any daiungu
.Not a pound of freight on the boat belonging to
p< u .iic indidira-'.- wa - irdi rimed with. I.nutui HU
I Xor 22
A Na.nkii kk’s LkTTKic flte Memphis
Appeal gives thu following hh no (Xtraet from
•i Idler taken fr< m the j■ V **t .In V alike* s-l
dier k lied ui the le.lflo .1 (’(di.inl ns. ‘J‘he let
t.-r i wtitlen I v .Line” to her “dear
br .ilo r ” Its 100.- lodcut.* more clearly that
among <Lo mars. ‘ of the N- nl. tho war is
grown r oiuuwbHt unp polar. The Idler says
“ The OTcilemunl In >r great wi h regard 10
the tieutmeiit ol FremoUt. Mother says she is
/filing lo bo alniof t . V U‘. li. Pint wo* he* thut
U'a-hingtoti would be de-troyed, with all tbe old
••gri.niiies” that iM-.ar rule there. M.e says she
; would like to scud Old Abe a set of petticoats,
I with the request to put ib(iu on aud retire to
| private life. Asto u-ysilf. my patriothm has
1 almost forsaken me. I read as little war news
! a- | o■ il,lc, und think ns lililu ol warn* 1 can.”
Ii ‘i Bkaiikulit. We learn Irour u friend who
was in Beaufort on Wednet.lay, that parties of
thuenomy whovisitod that place woro uiiSuccuHS
ful iu persuading negroes there lo w.uk lor thorn,
although offered pay, and thut many rdured to
go with them. They uiu beginning to liod that
tha amount of woik required of them is very dil
licnt from what tin y have been ue< ustoured tu
do for their owners, und some oflh".-e who had
been taken by force aro iscaplting. It is well
known by the negroes in uur cities and village*
that Yankee owners are the hardest master*.-
Since Wednesday, tho Yankee- have taken pns
session of Beaufort. A large portion of thu force
which had boon landed on Hilton Head has been
taken off hy the fleet and gone on some Hher ex
pedition. Their uruied vessels are stationed at
various points to guard the approaches to Hil
ton Head and IJ.-iy Point. • •Columbia (’arotiniun,
24 lh,
At tin* Diocesan Convention ofthe Protest
ant Fpiscopal Church, held nt Selirie, on the
21 inst., the Rev. Dr. Richard 11. Wilrner was
elected to the Episcopate, of Alabama, made
vacant by the death of the beloved and vene
rated Bishop Cobbs.-- -Mont. AJv.
(,'uvaßxssiosAL Llkction.—General Corne
lius Robinson, of Lowndes county, was elect
ed yesterday by the Legislature to fill out the
unexpirud term of Hon, John Gill Shorter iu
the Provisional Congress. Mont. AJv , 21.
MiLKiuis of Pnvsicianh. Tho hill introdu
ced by Mr. lilake, of Ilall, limited the charge
of practising physicians to 50 cents per mile for
night visits and twenty five, cents in the day
time, as mileage in visiting patients, and noth
ing fur the return. Mr. Whittle, of Bibb, said
ho .wanted no twenty five cent Doctors in his
county und ho wished it excepted. Mr. Hheats
vxpremd the same desire a* to Cass county.
Other gentleman signified similar opinions, when,
on motion of Mr. Hargrove, of Floyd, the bill
wa* indefinitely postponed. —Milledgeville Re
corder.
OOLIi.MKL'F,THIItMDAV, NOHiMIHK 2S.IMH.
From Norlhwcslorn Virginia.
We hud tho pleasure of u call (says the Ma
con Telegraph of the 27th) yesterday from Lirut.
J. T. Stephens, of the Ist (leorgi.v Uegiinent.
Hs is in fine healili aud report* his Regiment in
the same condition mustering now SOU IU for
active duty. Wo learn from him that since ho
left, the Ist and 12th Georgia, .'hi Aikansas, and
2Md Virginia Regiments tmvu been ordered to
Staunton.
i— • m
Tin. Kni'inj On Main Land,
An official dispatch, datod the 2ith, received
in this city, states that two h<-at loads of the
enemy have landed st Buckingham, about, six
miles front Bluiiton, on May river, and ooonuo
tod with the Blufltcu road. This is coming di
roctly on the main land. Our forces have mndo
a forward movement to meet them. Wo may
therefore expect stirring news shortly from that
quarter.- ('hurlt ttoii Courier .
hum Mexico.
Tho Goliad (Texas) Messenger, of tho 29th
ultimo, learns from Judge Divine, just returned
from Urownpvillo, that tho principal nun ot
Mexico arc friendly to tho i mfederato (tavern -
ment, know ing it to he to their interest to be
•>n good terms with Texas.
The Judge also g'vea the gratifying intelli
gence that Colonel Kinney ha 1 ohtuiued six
hundred stand of arms nnd a largo quantity of
powder from the authorities in Mataiuoras,
I'lvAi’i axiom ui H.vrrKK.vs. The Newborn
N. C.) Progress of the 2 Id. nay?
The steam or Beaufort, one of our gunboats ar
rived hero yesterday aud reports that it is bo
lievod that I Lit ter.H bus hern evacuated by the
“Feds.” A roeoul reconnuisaneo in that vicin
ity failed to discover any troops at that place or
any signs of them except in the presence of a
gun boat or tw... It is also reported that they
they have sunk vesfols in the channel at Uora
ooko,and I!altera*, which are to answor tho
purpose of a blockade; if so they have been guil
ty of another piece of folly.
Currency.
The A<.;;u.*ta i ‘onstituti.uinlLl: . *•.eludes n Into
•irtiulo up.m “llnnm-iwl matter*” with the follow
ing sennible suggestion-
For all the legitimate demands of trade, there
is already n .*nfliciont circulation. Banks are
willing now to put out their hills to carry on tho
business offered. The difficulty is there is very
little business ~mt so little currency with which
to transact it.
Besides, the Bank notes iu circulation, there is
n largo and constantly increasing amount of
Confederate Hiaio Treasury notes afloat. These
will very soon constitute tho main currency, and
ho freely paid out a* well as received hy tho
Banks. But these cannot, ho got from the Gov
ernment hy the planters by way of advance on
their cotton. The Goveumient neither desires to
buy their cotton, i.or to lend upon it.
What the planters need is a loan. Mr Mein
minger has given conclusive reasons why tho
UoV(rumcnt ought not to, and cannot, eitlnrbuy
the cotton, or make loam, upon it. Ihe reasons
are stronger why tho Stuti G v.-rnuiont should
not, and why new Bank) should not bo created
for this purpose.
Tho true policy is to accomplish it through tho
sound Banks already in existence. They have
patriotically served the c< unity in this juncture,
aud ut cyti side ruble sacrifice. They will do so
still, and effectually aid Ihe plainer, if dealt with
by the Lo. udaturt iu a spirit of lil.iraliiy
The for Provisions.
The Dalton (Ga.) Time >, ofTlur.day, rays:
Fr.iu prtM.nl indicuin.i s, tin- pr> pect fureon
sumcis to puicloi . linn muxl supplies this sea
son is gloomy in tin- • .xin me, Ant tho first lot
of hog* bus yd pn *d tin way lr<>ui Tenneasce
for the niiii kcl Foutb, and il i.l! w( Inar he true
hut fcw will be br. ught in tl.is direction from
that State this vv liter; and tin * j. arn is ..wing
tho fact that tho Government ha> mudo heavy
contiact* with the ! • . iiii-trs and .lilt region ft.r
tho army.
An intolb.;. nl gentle 'iiiuii, )i .ding in the lower
part of this Slate, just n> iu Miildlo and W s
Tenitet-see, wlinlmr bo 1....1 l f>-r (lie purpose
•and iiuyii g hog* h r bi own iii imdiule use, in
foiuis us tl.ft* ii ‘ . w.iii dith o • . lie could find
ms many : 1 u vv nic . ..*(') ft.r • .10, the most of
ih.mhuVL t ...... I,ought up by the Government
agouti. IL and they wei” .-idling readily at from
11 to 12'jCi.-. nel, and gx.e it a* hi* .ipiuioi
that tho price will rencli |rt cents iu a month's
time, and by tin-time ii b pui into loi.-on, vv >ll
conunaml from 2i to 2K els. That uuat will
should the war un i blockade continue, reach u
much i.igher figure than it •- now selling for,
there can be no doubt, and wo think it would bo
to the decided inloiest of cuuMin.eis lo look after
tbeir supplU ; at once, 1.-r should it go into the
hands ofthe /peculator.-, and /Imrpois who infest
tho country,an txbuibitnnt pii < will have lobe
paid by them to procure it.
Retaliation.
Wo understand (says the Adver
User) thut when Msj. Yodges was informed of
tiio order of tii War Dr part Ui cut, to Confine him
to a cell us a hostage lor some of our unfortunato
privateersmen ihieatcnod with death at the
band* of tbe Yankttis, he was quity overcome
with tho anitouncenti lit, mid freely said he nev
er would servo under a government again that
would not treat pi ih/ih-i s us pro oners of war,
and th..t if it wore in his power ho would advise
every friend he hud in the Linen n army to re
sign ral her than submit to smh degrading con
ditions. ‘1 ho Major, however, conceded the
necessity and propriety of retaliation on our
part in such cases.
A 1-At.r Btami'KDK ami ns I inai.i:.—Dpou
the reception of the news that Gov. Brown was
appropriating isjt nt other points, tho article
cumo exceedingly active in this market. A mul
Hindu of drays were engaged in transporting
felt to tho other side of the Savannah Some
how or other Gov. Brown got inkling of the
movement, and gave orders, by dLpatoh, to our
city authorities, that all the suit in the city
in the hands of dealer* should he seized. Ac
cordingly over seven hundred sacks were seised
yesterday at the depot of Ihe {South Carolina
Railroad. Much had, however, made it* escape
to South Carolina, out of reach of the Guberna
torial talons.— Auyintu Dhr itiirU.
Wori.n not Fiobt.—A gentleman from Co
lumbus informs un that day before yesterday,the
gunboats Lexington nnd Tyler dropped down
from Cairo, in sight of Columbus and commen
ced throwing shell on tiio Kentucky and Missou
ri shore, o ns to ascertain whether nr not there
were any “masked batteries” in course of con
struction. The new Confederate gun boat, Gen.
Polk, and Capt. Marsh Miller’s war steamer
“Grampus,” as soon as the Lincoln boats hove in
sight, started up tbe river after them. The
vulliant commanders of the Tyler and Lexing
ton, thinking discretion the butter part of valor
turned tuil and ran back under the guns nt Cai
ro aud Bird’s Point. As usual, “nobody hurt.”
—Meuiphix Appeal, 24.
Nlaiupotle Among the Tories.
Our town lias been placed under martial law
and our streets thronged with soldiors for nearly
two weeks past, which has had quite a salutary
influence on tho Linooluitcs in tbo upper end of
hi; county. Col. Olielt, die Tory leader ofHnody,
who hud marshaled Ins motley elan to thu tune
>f some fixe • t iix hundred rag muffins and out
laws, widi tho avowed purpose of joiuing Duu.
Trewhitt aud his Fast TuunoHsee renegades at
Jamestown aud inarching from thence up.-u
Chattanooga, after covering himself with glory
in many prospective battles, upon boaring ot tho
approach of an Alabama regiment, thought il
prudent to disband his gallant followers an.l go
home.
The pugnacious Colonel nnd his motley crew
ab reached their homes in safety, save about til
teen of the less fortunate, whom our boys picked
up aud brought into camps at Chattanooga.—
Some of them have been discharged upon taking
(ho oath and giving bond aud security for their
good behavior in the future, while others of a
more suspicious character still remain in camps,
uwuiting their trial. Severn! arrests have been
made from this und adjoining counties numbering
in nil from 100 to 120. Mix ur eight arrests have
boon made in CUattnnoogn, but all having been
soundly converted (') are now enjoying their
liberty.
A general stampede is said to have taken place
among tho Liiicolnitesat Harrison, upon learning
(he fate of the Soody army. Harrison is a little
town in the upper end of this county, tho homo
of the traitor Trewhitt,aud a place somewhat dis
tinguished for (he iutelligonco and morality ol its
inhabitants, as well as fur one ol the strongholds
of Linoolnism ! Wo saw a respectable andintelli- j
gent gentleman from that place on Saturday lust, j
who stated that the poor deluded wretches wore j
running to and fro, nnd almost imploring tho very
rocks and mountains to lull upon them nnd bide ;
them from the wrath of oon. Carroll's Brigade,
which they bad learned was in camps nt this place
for their Special benefit! The morning after the
news of tho bridge burning rouohod this place,
those cowardly traitors lmattted that the time
had then coiue when Bnion men could talk und
act, und that they intended to do both.
It is now difficult wo arc told, to find a Vniou
man any wburo iu tho neighborhood el Harrison-
Wo had suspected for some time that tbis << lJniou”
or rebellion sentiment which held out so per
sistently after tho June election, had its origiu
iu cowardice and villainy, and if any further
proof is wanting to establish tho truth of our
conjectures, the conduct of these pusilanim.-ua
outlaws since tho late outbreak# in East Ten- j
nosßee, and the arrival of Southern troops in
Chattanooga furnishes it in profuse abundance.
There is no light in them; it is not their trude. .
They would doubtless be more successful ut |
robbing lien rest* and meat houses, nnd will iu
all probability try their Imnds Ht that game next’
Indeed may of them have a successful oxpeii
ence to begin with.— Chattovooga U axe tie ,f-
AJv. 2U.
I’ruin ffolern Virginia.
The 1 ynchhurg Republican publishes the fol
lowing.
Raleigh Court lionsv, t
Nov. 17, 1301. j
We have been lighting the Yankee (who out
numbered us almost triple) lor the past week.
Il was uscortMined, while wo were at Cotton il di,
that the enemy had been reinforced by five lurge
steamers full of men, ammunition, Ac.
Gen. Lee’s command Lad retired to Meadow
Blutl, thus leaf ing tho Yankees’ front unthreut
eued.
We received informal i-.n that the Yankees had
(-ro.srod in large force und were advancing up u
ns. W throw up temporary fortifications and
n waited ibei. ait&ck, but tin y would not advance
Upon us; s<> wu went out of our works to make
an aruji <1 recoi.noissiirM c <•!'ihoii position, Ac ,
und proctcdud until wo came to their outpost*,
ami opened tire upon them.
They brought up regiment after regiment, and
the engagement pr- n.isod to be a general uuo.—
1 hoy g. t on one side of the creek (a small stream)
and wo on theotl.er. Tluy behind the trees und
vve in the burin . Uur regiment received oiders
to advance <1- vn a r< ad lending lo tho creek, to
cross it, ascend the hill on Hie opposite side, in
nil view ot thu enemy, which was done without
Mm it ss ol u uiau. Jbe tiring then became gou
eral lor a while, I ut our men luid mo well secured
thciundvcs behind ihe biush and a few tie-es that
wo sustained but liil o duuiugi -only two men
killed undone r two w. unded. Wo then toB
back, hoping to d.aw th*m to i ur wm! -, hut
night t-el in nnd iff’ oku •. light it had puli
cy to attack nr. then and there.
V* c i.a ■ t no t . ...I y ..iu nto our enrop than in
teliigeiMMi iiacticd ii, that thcinimy were up-
I roachii.g on another n ule with the design to
••iitnqi u.-. Mur general, wilh hir iifual sagacity
de(i.riiiii c.l mi a plan to disappoint limn, and
started a little al.cl daik to tall hack, so that j
“Yankee ’ would have to “gnasb his teeth” at ,
being again out generalt-d. lie ft-ll hack, moving
KOO tick, ItoUi Fayette I lialo gh Court-House
lay ,n l the reach ot li-ui. When about nine
miles this side ol Fayette Court-House, wo were
informed thut thu Yank t. were in hot purnuß
and upon n . *>ur bipadc, composed ofthe
skeleton* of H.e 6lb, and 51st, Virginia
regiments were i/idcred out to meet them.
Wh formed in lino of battle and awaited their
advance, and Vdysooii they made their appear
ance, when a brisk skirmish took place, and they J
got their artillery in position and opened fire ou
us. Wu sustained no great injury—ouly, I four
some of our men who were rkiißihbing weio ta
ken prisoner*, a* they arc missing. We wereim
mediately ordered to retire, which we did, being
a strutegcticul inoveim-nt to dmw thu enemy into
defile, where wc would have had them safe al i
ihough they had about r >,o(lOaguinst our brigade,
(tho rest of Floyd's forces woie in supporting dia |
lance, however,) and wc aro now here, about four j
miles this side of Raleigh Court house, nearer to I
the railroad, and now on the ground.
Aaotker Instill to tlir llrilisb Ha
The New York Herald of the bilk contains
thu following paragraph in its shipping column:
The British ship Storm King, which arrived
at Qmibec on the 10th instant, reports that the
Lnited States ship Portsmouth ran into and
tried to rink heron tho I It Ii .September, in the
Irish Chanted. ‘JheMily reason that the Cap
tain can give for his conduct is, that a ship of
the same name cleared from Liverpool at tbe j
Maine limoior%. .‘•outhern port, loaded with mil
itary stores.
This Yankee trick is scarcely levs nutrageetM
than the audacimiß conduct of a Federal man uf
war iu stopping u British mail steamer, on the
high sous, and deliberately insulting the British
flag hy soiling from under ifs protection the Con
federate Ministers.
Rolling rp Bandage*.—This may bn done
in the most expedition* manner I y simply nt
tachinf a piece of ntrong wire to the driving
shaft of Wheeler .V Wilson'* or other sewing
machine, and rotating the shaft so a* to wind
the bandage upon the wire. Ladies, take no
tice. We havu seen excellent specimen* of
rolled bandages done in this way.
PEYTON H. COLQUITT, )
JAMES W. WARREN. ( Edltorl
Number 48
CtMONSIIHCI.
Exicutivr Dkpartmknt, (
Mil led guv file, Nov. Ifi, IBH. j
Ukn. Wu. 11. T. Walker:
Dear Sir .—l hare (ho pleasure to acknow I
- the receipt of your letter tendering your ser
vices to mo iu any onpacity in which l may
think proper to accept them, for tbe dofen e of
your native Slate iu this eventful period of her
history. Your brilliant aehievemeuts ou ho many
battle fields, and your high character as a mili
tary uoiuinander, entitle you, iu my judgment,
to as high a coiuiuaud us it is iu the power of
tbo Commander iu -Chief of this Slate to confer.
Under the aet of the Legislature of this State,
authorizing me to acoi-pt volunteers for her de*
tense, I have now in the field two Brigades,
commanded by General* Huriuou aud Capers,
and have the appointment, with tbe advioe and
cons nt of the Senate, ot a Major General to
cummuiid them.
This positiou 1 would mst cheerfully have
tendered to you, hut I hud written to General
Henry K. Jackson, who is, like yourself, one of
Georgia’s moil gallant sons, tendering tbe posi
tion to him before 1 received your communica
tion containing your patriotic tender. Tbia po
sition was accepted by Gen. Jackson, without
any knowledge on his part, of your correspond
ence with me.
I expect soon to organize auother Brigade,
.did now tender you tbe position of Brigadier
General to omnmand it. This is the best posi
tion new at my command, but 1 feel that I only
express the gcueral sentiment of the people of
Georgia, who fully appreciate your services and
your ability as a General, when I say that it is
j not tqual to your merits, aud that it is much Icm
ihan they would willingly bestow upon you.
I am very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
JOSEPH K BROWN.
Ai acara, Nov. -Oth, 1861.
/ m UccUenty, fiov. Jun. K. Hr own:
I>>: ait Slit 1 accept with pride the position
I •>! brigadier General, which you have in fiuoh
I Haltering terms tendered mu. The position of
Gonerul on the Potomac 1 resigned for reasons
l <'t forth in my resignation. The rank of Gene
ral 1 would never allow to he degraded ill my
j person. 1 imii rejoiced that the rank of Msjor
! General Join been bestowed on my gallant and
chivalrous friend, Gen. Jackson, and it will be
my pride to serve under him, and to render hiiu
all the aid in my power in preserving the soil nf v
j Georgia intact from the ruthless footsteps of the
| invaders.
With such a dishing leader, hacked by the
noble and gallant men of Georgia, who will com
bat tor all that is dear and sacred, our wives and
./ittlo ones can lie under their own vine and tig
tree with none to niuke tin in afraid.
Alow me to thank you for the high (and un
derserved) appreciation you place upon luy char
acter as a soldier, and to assure you that at a
moment's notice I will be ready to battle for my
mother—-Georgia.
1 am, with great regard, your ob’t serv’t,
W. 11. T. Walker.
From the Savannah News, 27th.
Naval Fight in ourHaibor!
I BLOW STRICK IN IIKFEMI OF CEMCIA SOIL i
i Immediately after the arrival of the news uu
Monday morning that the enemy had made a
landing on Tybeu 1 aland and that several of
their war vessels were anchored in Tybee toads,
Commodore Talnuli got bis little mosquito fleet
—at. present comprising three small steamers and
one gun boat—ready, and in the evening went
•lown to bis anchoiage near Fort l'ulaski, where
l>e remained during the night.
From ('apt. Cercopely, o! the steamer ldu,
who artived here from below Imp l evening, we
Irani that at about hulf-piul 12 o'clock, yester
day, the Commodore, with his little Hummers,
mailed out Mini gallantly al'ucktd the em my’s
Ih-et of ix war vessels.
Two oi them being nearest und within reach,
returned the liru briskly. I'uriug the engagement
which lusted about one lo>nr, some forty or titty
shots were exchanged with the ruemy’s vessels
The shot and shell from the enemy flew thick
and fast over und around our little steamers, but
without doing any injury. No ono was hurt oa
our side. Tho damage to the enemy is not
known, though it is believed by those who wit
nursed the aflair that route of our hulls took ef
fect on their vessels. Finding it impossible to
draw the enemy in range of the guns of Fort
Pulaski, our gallant and intrepid Commodore
r *ve up itte unequal contest and retired to his
anchorage.
We learn that there was, last evening, six large
war vurtielH inside the bar, oue*of which, a very
large frigate, was lowed in over the liar by *
steamer yesterday afternoon,
W o also learn that the enemy Imvc established
their picke's all round Tybee as far ups* King's
lunding.
We understand tiiat the general iuipiessioo
below is that the V ankoes are concentrating their
forces, and that us soon as they have got a few
| more vessels over tho bar they iutend making an
attack on Fort J'ulatki.
Wo hour it reported that they have also laud
jed troops on Warmw, and have pitched their
. tents on the island. If they have tnkeu poa
i session of Warsaw, they will bo able to cut ofl
our water communication with Florida.
The movements of the enemy during the past
few days indicate a purpose on their part to get
control of this port. No time should be loat
and no means rsglected in putting our defences
in the best possible condition. Now is the
time fr prompt and decided action.
‘ualimi mil Nmiiliuns Uorllilm ttillml Flirt.
The following from Paeon's Fsshvs just fit*
tho times in Aiuer oa
“Walled towns, stored arsenals and armories,
goodly races of horse, chariots of war, elephants,
ordnance, urtillery, and the like—all this is but
a sheep iu a lion’s skin, except the breed and
disposition of the people bo stout and warlike.
Nay, number (itself) in aiutles iuiparteib nos
much, where the people are of weak courage; for
as Virgil faith, ‘lt never troubles the wolf how
many the sheep be.’ The aiuiy of the Persians,
n the I'iaius of Arliela, was such a vast sea of
people, as if did somewhat astonish the com
manders of Alexander’s army, who cnuie to him,
therefore, and wished him ti. set upon them by
night; but be answered, ‘lie would not pilfer the
victory’—and the dt feat was eusy. When Ti
granes, tho Armenian, being encamped upon a
hill with 160,000 men, discovered the army of the
Romans, being not above 11,000 marching io
wards him, he made himself uiorry with it, and
said,'Yonder men are t o many for an embus
Huge, and too few for a tight;’ but before the
sun set he b und enough to give him the chase
with infinite slaughter. Many are the exam
ples of the great odds between number and sour
ag#.”
M S
Kxkcl'tivk Apihuhtmeht.—Gen. Win. If. T.
Walker has been appointed by the Governor
with the consent of the Senate, a brigadier
General in the Georgia Army. The thirty ad
ditional companies receutly cal ed for will consti
tute his brigade. Savannah R*ft.
Kins of Portugal, Sir Howard, Douglam (J„J
ry, Saint Uillia ro ami Maj. Van Aruiin, ar.
all dead.