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VOLUME XV.
SANDERSVILLE. GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 4, 1861.
NUMBER 36.
CENTRAL GEulUilAN.
J. M G. MEDLOCK,
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 4, 1861
NOTICP..
The affairs of the Central Georgian Office
during my absence have been, and will contin
ue to be, under the immediate control of Mr.
B. T. Castei.lav, who is authorized to collect
amd receipt for money due the office, and to
"attend to any business transaction connected
therewith. J- M. G. MEDLOCK.
June 5,*1861.
Wm. F. Pournell is the duly au
thorized agent of the Georgian for II ashington
county.
NOTICK.
The Ladies’ Volunteer Aid Association now
meet at 9 o'clock Monday morning, instead of
4 in the afternoon.
Mrs. AVM. SMITH, Pres’t.
Jgf Wheat, Corn, Butter, and provisions of
all kinds will be'received in. payment of debts
due the Georgian office.
UQL, The Fourth Quarterly meeting for the
Sandersville Station, will be held next Satur
day and Sunday.
Egg-The Confederate Congress adjourned at
midnight of Saturday the 31st, until the third
Monday in November next, unless sooner con
vened by the President.
Gov. Biown seems to be receiving a gen
eral stashing from all directions, of late. Tire Con
stitutionalist o! Saturday pilches a 13-it>ch shell at
the Governor, which completely scatters all Iris
bank capital. We suspect Joseph lias brought Iris
pigs to a bad market by writing that letter to
Mayor Whitaker
Wheat and Com Coming Down.
It is gratifying to us to chronicle the fall in
the price of these two necessaries. Wheat ts
.selling in Rome, Georgia, at 80 cts. per bushel.
It is selling in Washington county at $1.00 per
bushel. Corn has also come down with a run.
We understand that several of our farmers have
been trying to engage corn at $1.00 per bushel,
and deliver it; but they find it slow work.
Plenty of corn can be had this year at 75 cents,
and possibly lower; and wheat may be even low
er than $1.00. Flour is now worth $6.00 per
barrel. As we predicted long ago, these arti
cles were obliged to depreciate, for how could
it be otherwise with a country overflowing with
grain. It must either be sold at moderate pri
ces, or become food for the wevils and rats ;
and we are glad to see that the people have at
last discovered that there is no danger of star
vation in the Confederate States.
A For->y on the Southern Const.
For months the cut-throat press of the North
have been urging upon their ruffianly govern
ment the necessity of sending an expedition to
invade the coast of the Carolinas or Georgia.
They say that a force sent South for that pur
pose will strip Beauregard of half his army
in less than a week. As the Northern ruffians
have made so many mistakes on former occa
sions, it is reasonable to infer that their con
jectures are liable to be false again. The Van
dals display so much ignorance of simple geog-
raphy^-the geography, too, of a portion of the
empire to which they formerly belonged—that
we are lost in amazement at the effrontery
which could ever prompt them to boast of their
superior enlightenment. They don’t know one-
tenth as much of the population of the Gulf
States as they might know of the resources of
Tartary dr the interior of Africa. The poor,
silly fanatics suppose that our entire fighting
population is with Beauregard ou the Potomac.
If the enemy has committed another blun
der in believing this, the recent capture of the
forts in North Carolina, near Cape Hatteras,
should admonish us to be on the alert. We
are not near so well prepared for the reception
of the enemy, on the coast of Georgia, as we
should be: and if the State authorities are not
quickened by late events we may be caught in
the same condition as were the North Carolina
forts.
By the way, we have been laboring under
the illusion (is it one?) that the Georgia legis
lature last year appropriated one million of
dollars for the defence of the State. M hat
part of the State has been put in a defensive
condition ? Is it Cherokee, where there are so
many more votes and such great extent of
State Railroad, or is it on the coast washed by
that dirty little pond, the Atlantic ocean, and
in whose vicinity there are scarcely enough
votes to bid for?
Or, perhaps, Governor Brown considers it of
very little importance to protect the seaboard,
so long as the State Road pays into the treas
ury $40,000 per month, thereby enabling him
to borrow money from the rascally banks be
has so much abused ! Or, again, it may be that
be supposes the atoresaid hanks have secured
all the votes in South-eastern Georgia, And he
would be surrendering an important principle
in protecting-those whose consciences revolted
at the idea of making him King.
We ask these questions for information.
Will the Savannah Republican, usually so well
informed, enlighten us on these points ?
On this subject, the Republican, of Monday,
suggests: “First: not another piece of artil
lery should be allowed to go out of the State,
and our cavalry—every man of them—should
stay and take care of their homes, unless pos
itively demanded elsewhere by the Confederate
Government.
Second : from three to five thousand addi
tional troops should be immediately placed in
rendezvous in the vicinity of Savannah and
Brunswick. Let Gov. Brown break up his in
terior camps and order them forthwith to the
coast. We are as healthy now as any other
portion of the State, and were it otherwise, it
would be no reason for a delay that may jeop
ard everything.”
The War T->x,
We hive hrard the question repeatedly ask
ed, “ How are the people to get the money to
pay this tax ?”
A Utah P.ivate.
Ex-Governor II m. Aiken, ot South Carolina,
„ gentleman with several millions of dollars,
has reported himself for active duty in the Cal
houn Guards.—Richmond Enquirer.
That’s nothing. We know several reported
for duty who didn't have a red cent, and left
their wives and children at home to take the
chances. Which are entitled to the more cred
it for shouldering their muskets?—Nashville
Banner.
We think it is about time to stop this Vulgar
twaddle whenever a rich man volunteers to
fight for his property. There are some igno
rant, ill-bred fools who think it is a great con
descension for a wealthy man to enter a vol
unteer company as a private. It seems to be
the opinion of such persons that the more
money a man has, the higher should be bis of
fice. This is not a war of classes, but a na
tional war, in which there are, by reason of
their predominance in numbers, many more
poor than rich men. Each, in the field, fights
for his country and his home ; and, if there is
to be a distinction, the poor man is entitled to
much the most credit, for his family is unpro
vided for except by the public, while the rich
man’s enjoys the same benefits in his absence
as if lie were at home. It is our opinion that
the rich should be the first to enter the field,
either personally or with their money. They
not only have their liberty to fight for, but
their property also; and they should not stop
at volunteering themselves, but open their
purses and equip as many poor men as they
can afford. What is property worth without
liberty, and how can people expect to enjoy its
blessings without making exertions to secure
it ? Away with such stuff about rich men being
privates. A rich man is as good as a poor
man, if he behaves himself properly; but we
despise the mean, degraded soul that estimates
worth by dollars and cents.
Oil fur the War*.
The Sandersville Volunteers, Capt. T.
Warthes, and the Irwin Volunteers, Capt. 'T.
Graybill, left our county last week, for Camp
Stephens, near Griffin, to go into the 20th and
21st regiments, which rendezvon there. We
are pleased to learn that there is no doubt but
that Capt. WaRthen will be the Colonel of the
20th regiment. No better selection could be
made. Washington county now has three
companies in the field, and a fourth ready to
S°* ^
Rice is selling in. Charleston at $1.75
to $1.87J per 100 lbs.—about one-half the
usual price. That’s cheap, but it’s the only
article in the provision line that is. Set us
down for rice, henceforth.
Georgia Relief Association.
Old Washington is nohlv doing her duty.
On Friday last. Rev. J. S. Lamar, of Augusta,
addressed a few of the citizens of the county
in behalf of the Georgia Relief and Hospital
Association. The proceedings ot the meeting,
published in another column, exhibit the result.
Those of our citizens present contributed gen
erously. IVe have not a list of the contribu
tors and amounts, but we cannot forbear men
tioning Mr. Andrew McConkey, whose heart
and purse are ever open in aid of any enter
prise for the advancement of Southern inde
pendence, or for the relief of suffering human
ity. He gave $50 on Friday, and we do not
believe there lias been a subscription started
for any good purpose in this county since we
have known it, but what this gentleman s
money has been forthcoming liberally ; and we
are informed that $500 would not cover the
amount he has given to the soldiers within the
last three months. All honor to such noble
patriots. Messrs. James U. Floyd, T. E.
Brows, and Col. M. C. Williamson, deserve
like honorable mention. They have always
been on hand when money was wanted for the
soldiers, and they have given generously and
freely. Mr. William Smith gave one bag of
cotton to the Hospital Association ; and by-the
by, he has subscribed 100 hales of cotton to
the Confederate loan. The honor of our coun
ty will never suffer so long as such patriots
Jive among us to uphold it.
Confederate Elections.
As the date of the elections under the Con-
federate Constitution seems to he misunderstood
by many, says the Savannah Republican, we
give below all that is necessary to be known in
the premises :
The people of the Confederate States vote
for Presidential Electors on the first Wednes
day of November 1861. The electors of the
several States meet at their respective State
capitals on the first Wednesday of December,
1861. The Confederate Congress meets at its
present capital, Richmond, Virginia, on th
18th February, 1862. On the following dav - ,
February 19th, 1862, the votes for President
and Vice President are counted. On the 22d
.February, 1862, the President will be inaugura
ted in due form.
The election of Representatives to the Con
federate Congress also takes place ou the day
.of the Presidential election.
The Coniederate Senators will be elected hy
the Legislatures of the respective States, all of
The following section of the
Act is of much importance, as bearing upon
this question :
“Sec. 24. If any State shall, on or before
the 1st day of April next, pay in the Treasury
notes of the Confederate States, or in specie,
ihe taxes assessed against the citizens of such
State less ten per centum thereon,- it shall be
the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury to
notify the same to the several Collectors ot
such State, and thereupon their authority and
duty uDder this Act shall cease.”
From this it will be seen that it is, possibly,
within the power of every State to pay her por
tion of the tax and look to her own citizens
for reimbursement. It may, or may not. be
feasible for Georgia to pay the proportion due
her citizens. If it were possible for the State
to meet this demand—which we think quite
probable—in Treasury notes or specie, 20 per
cent, of the tax would be saved to her citizens ;
for it would require ten per cent of the whole
tax to pay the Confederate collectors, and the
section quoted above allows a deduction ol ten
per cent, additional. We presume the atten
tion of the Executive and the Legislature of
the State will be directed to this matter, when
all that can be done to lighten the burdens of
the people will surely be effected. It would he
a great relief to the public, when money is
so scarce, should such a measure be found
practicable. .
Another point of interest is, the 59 cents oh
the hundred dollars in the Confederate States
will raise not less than two hundred millions of
dollars, instead of one hundred millions. But
let the people pay it; it were better for those
now living to meet the expenses of this .war,
than, as the North is doing, entail an immense
and oppressive debt upon their posterity, to
pay the interest of which, will ever keep them
miserably poor, as is the case in England.
News lu;m Arizona—Ilaltle nt Mesilla.
A fight occurred at Mesilla, in Arizona Ter
ritory, on the ‘26th July, between the Confeder
ate forces uuder Col. Baylor, and the Federal
troops stationed at Fort Fillmore, in which the
Federalists were defeated with the loss of sev
eral killed and wounded. They retreated, but
were pursued by the Confederates and the en
tire force taken prisoners of war. There were
700 United States regular troops, four pieces
of artillery, with arms and equipments, 200
cavalry horses, mules and wagons, and 270
head of beef cattle, surrendered to 280 Confed
erates, after a short hut sharp battle—the Con
federates not losing a man. II hat a glorious
victory! Success crowns ou arms everywhere,
ihe United States forces in New Mexico con
sisted of thirty-six companies. Of these, eleven
have been taken prisoners, aud four others are
in the power of the Southern forces, leaving
twelve infantry and nine mounted companies
at large.
Col. Baylor has taken possession of Arizona
in the name of the Confederate States, aud pro
claimed martial law until Congress shall other
wise provide. The Mesilla limes highly ap
plauds the course of Col. Baylor, and says:
“ We can by this authority immediately com
mence the solid foundation of a State, enjoy
the security of certain protection and support
from the law, secure thaT individuality of the
nation which our extent and manifold resources
demand, aud initiate a goldei^era of prosperity,
piety and hapoiuess.” The quantity ot provi
sions aud stores of various kinds captured by-
the Confederates at Fort Fillmore, is enormous.
Developed by slave labor, Arizona will one
day be among the most prosperous of the
Southern States.
These Territories are of the grea'est impor
tance to the Confederate States, and it is of
the utmost moment that the enemy be driven
from the soil. IVe want an outlet to the Pa
cific Ocean, and our brave soldiers are rapidly
securing it.
We received the following notice Monday
evening, unaccompanied by any name. Nothing
but the cause in aid of which this exhibition is pro
posed to be given, induces ns to publish an an
nouncement coming to Us in sneli an informal and
irregular manner. No price of admission is fixed ;
the place of holding and time of commencement
are tint mentioned ; and altogether, its unsatisfac
tory character is calculated to excite doubts in out
mind as to its genuineness. We would respect*
fully remind our friends that, in future, if they de
sire anything published in these columns, there
must be a responsible name accompanying ii, in
Writing, as a voucher lor its authenticity. Common
sense will suggest that the editor requires this, in
ail cases, for his own protection :
Tableaux.
An Exhibition of Tableaux will be given in San-
dersvilK on Wednesday eve-ing the Dili instant.
Tire Exhibition will be varied with choke instru
mental and vocal music.
Proceeds to be given to the Georgia Relief and
Ilnspital Association. The public are invited.
September 3, 1861.
[COMMUNICATED.]
For Senator.
Mr. EditorThe time is approaching when the
people of the 20th Senatorial District—comprising
tire counties of Baldwin, Hancock and Washington
—will be ca led upon to select a Senator; and as
these are times wlrer. the talent, statesmanship and
firmness ot gentlemen should aluhe recommend
them for sucli positions, permit me to suggest Col.
James S. Hook, as one possessing all these quali
ties in an eminent degree. He is a gentleman of
capacious understanding, superior acquirements,
and withal an able and eloquent debater, and Will
not only reflect credit upon his county and district,
but adorn the legislative councils of ihe State.
Country.
From the Washington Rifles.
In Camp, Monterey. Va.,' Aug 10. 1861.
A meeting of the Washington Rifles was this
day called, for ihe purpose ol giving expression to
j tire feelings they entertain toward lln-se ol our fel
low-citizens in Washington county who have gen
erously contributed their means to supply this
corps w iih a up* uniform, and all other necessary
clothing. It was resolved, unanimously,
That the thanks of this company are dtle and
hereby tendered to the Ladies’ Volunteer Aid As
sociation. tor the handsome and elegant unif >rm
gotten up by them for ibis corps. We feel that we
shall ever eheri-h for them emotions of deepest
graditude for their kindness in thus relieving our
destitution, so promptly and so well.
To the Ladies of tire county, generally, we beg
to lender our grateful acknowledgments for their
generous contuhutioti of clothing and oilier articles,
which gave aid to the Association and contributed
greatly to our comfort.
And specially, do we tender otlr thanks to such
of our fellow-citizens who donated money and con
tributed Biankets—an article so much needed, t.ow
so scarce, and of which we were nearly destitute.
This timely contribution has done much for our
comfort and no little for the health of tills corps.
To ottr esteemed friend, Mr. Wm. Gallaher,
we return our sincere thanks for his kindness in
cutting out our Uniforms; and also to Mr. P.'HaPP,
for his valuable assistance rendered in the saute
department.
To our patriotic and self-sacrificing fellow citi
zen, M Newman, this company find it difficult to
express the feelings of gratitude they entertain
for him. His indefatigable zeal and untiring i ff.irts
in our behalf, in getting up such articles as we
need; the assistance he has rendered the Ladies,
and, with much self-saerifiee, devoting Ins time
and means in superintending the packing and trans
portation of our clothing, &c., to us in this distant
place, entitle him to lit? highest place in our regard
and esteem. And we beg leave to assure him in
this public manner, (though his modesty, which is
equalled oulv by his merit, may shrink from it.)
that while we may never be able to make Him any
adequate return for his devotion to our company,
he will ever live in theAiearts of the Rifles, while
we will cherish for him the kindest regards and
sentiments of the deepest and most affectionate
gratitude. BEVERLY D. EVANS,
Lt. Commanding.
Sickness in the Confederate Aiidy.
P. IV. A., the special correspondent of the
Savannah Republican, writing front Manassas
under date of August 28, says there is d. great
deal of sickness in the army of the Potomac,
and that the cause of it is the filthy condition
of the cat :ps. For this the officers are to
blame—the commander-in-chief being more
culpable than any one else. He cites the First
Regiment Georgia Regulars, Col. Williams,and
the° Fifteenth Regiment Georgia Volunteers,
Col. Thomas, as remarkably healthy, and at
tributes it to the strict regulations in regard to
cleanliness—the bones, watermelon rinds, green
corn-cobs, and all other kinds of filth being
d tily swept out of their camps and .burut;
while in nearly all the other camps this noxious
offal is allowed to remain. He Mentions a
Mississippi regiment of which two thirds ot
the men are on the sick list from this cause.
The Colonel has been placed under arrest. It is
time there were something done about this.
The News.
Four thousand bales of cotton were sold
in New Fork, ou Saturday- last, at 201 cents
pe? pound.
—President Davis called the Confederate
Congress together yesterday (Tuesday) to at
tend to some unfinished business. They will
adjourn in a day or two.
—The Charleston Mercury learns, from a
gentleman just from Newborn, N. C., that the
Lincolnites who landed at Hatteras, under
Gen. Butler, had attacked Portsmouth, (N. C.)
Oregon Inlet, Ocracoeke and Beacon Island,
burning all the buildings and destroying every
thing as far as possible. This is characteristic
of the Vandals, but they will not be long per
mitted to carry on their iniquitous work, as
heavy bodies of Confederate troops are on the
way to intercept and defeat them.
—A brig from Rio Janeiro with 1500 bags
of coffee, ran the blockade and arrived at the
w-harf in Charleston, on the 1st instant.
—The Confederate Congress has given au
thority to President Davis to purchase several
i trge modern war steamers ; and it is sJid that
parlies in England now have three large screw
war-steamers lying at a convenient distance,
nd arc negotiating with our government for
their purchase.
Q ru at excitement is said to pt’evail at
Quincy, Illinois, in consequence of an appre
hended attack from the Confederates in Mis
Great excitement prevailed at Wheeling,
Va., on the 1st, owing to a dispatch received
which stated that the secessionists of the back
counties were marching on the city to burn it
and tear up tbe railroads. The rising is sup
posed to be in concert with some movement
of Gen: Lee’s:
Which will convene before the day appointed j Co„7,^s might tun. their attention toil. If
lor the meeting of the Congress. I t bis°state of things continues, the enemy will
—The Federal steamer Harriet Lane got ^ soon have no use for an army ou tbe Potomac
ashore off Cape Hatteras, and threw overboard , ---disease will accomplish more for them than
her guns and coal, j they are able to do.
Georgia Relief and Hospital Association.
Friday, August 31, 1861.
Pursuant to previous notice, a number of
ladies and gentlemen of the county assembled
at the Court House to-day for the purpose of
hearing tbe claims of the Georgia Relief and
Hospital Association presented by the Rev. J.
S. Lamar, of Augusta. Judge A. O. Haines
was called to the chair, and M. Newman was
requested to act as secretary.
The Rev. J. S. Lamar having been intro
duced, addressed tbe audience in a feeling
manner on the subject of bis mission, setting
forth the wants and necessities of our sick and
wounded soldiers in the various camps, and
urging upon the people immediate action.
A subscription list was started, which result
ed iti a collection of $189 in cash, promises of
pay $127, and one bale of cotton—besides nu
merous articles, such as blankets, sheets, pil
low-cases, pillows, towels, socks, Ac., subscrib
ed by tbe ladies present.
Upon the suggestion of Mr. Lamar, a county
organization was effected b.- the appointment
of tbe following named gentlemen, to act in
their respective districts, to solicit and c. llect
subscriptions for the Georgia Hospital; and all
collections to be handed over to the Chairman
and Secretary of this meeting, who were elected
permanent officers cf the Auxiliary Relief and
Hospital Association of Washington county,
and who will forward all moneys and other
contributions to Hon. Ebenezer Starnes, at
Augusta. A. O. HAINES, Cbm u,
M. Newman, Sec’y.
DISTRICT COMMITTEES:
Sandersville District—A. O. Haines and 41.
Newman.
Barwick’s—David Bailey.
Prince’s—James IV. Coston.
Davisboro—Robert E. Dudley.
Fenn's—Green Brantley.
.N. B. Giles’—Richard IVarthen.
Clay's—Wm. D. Gr mes.
Tiger Giles’—John B. Hall.
Buck’s—R. B. Strange.
Roberts’—John Ivey.
Bay Spring—William H. Robison,
Peacock's—Isaac L. Smith.
Lamb's—Janies R. Taylor.
Buncombe—Littleton Mathis.
Soldiers’ Relief Committee.
As it is absolutely necessary that this Com
mittee should know tbe ages of the children o<
those families who expect relief from tbo Com
mittee, and the capabilities of some °* these
children to earn a living, the members in their
respective districts -an- hereby requested to
make it their business to ascertain those facts
and repurt at the next regular meeting.
IV. G. McBRIDE, Chrn'n
August 26, 18G1.
Parties interested will take notice that the
regular meetings of the Soldiers’ Relief Com
mittee are held on the 2d and 4th Mondays in
each month, at 11 o’clock, A. M., at the Court
House in Sandersville. The following named
gentlemen are members ot the Committee for
their respective districts: -
Sandersville District—James S. Hook, T-. E
Brown and M. Newman.
McBride’s—Dr. IV. G. McBride.
Worifntack's—W. L. Johnson.
Ivy’s—W. A. Irwin.
Peacock's—Wm. B. Harman:
Lamb’s—IV. G. Bryant.
Prince's—IV. C. Riddle.
Davisboro—T. M. Harris.
Cato's—Green Brantley.
Giles’—N. B. Giles.
Buck’s—R. B. Strange.
Prosser’s—Charles Gauss.
Clay’s—W. F. Womble.
Buncombe—A. O. Haines.
Cftptitre of the Hatteras Forts.
In an article ou the capture of Port Hatteras,
the Petersburg Express, of Friday morning,
says:
Rad ammunition been abundant, it is scarcely
probable that tbe Confederates could have main
tained their position against a fleet which com
bin'd one hundred powerful guns. and a fighting
,ree of four thousand men. The garrison, we
hear, consisted of but three hundred and thirty
men, rot all of whom, it is thought, were fit for
duty. It is stated that when tbe ammunition
became exhausted, the men sallied out to the
b-ac-h, and with their muskets made every effort
to prevent the Hes-ians from landing. Hut the War
eteanters immediately poured into their midst
uch a shower f shell, that they were forced to
take shelter behind ihe fort.
The fort was erected hut a few months sincp,
n 1 it is not presnm-d that it is of a very formida
ble character It was built for only twenty guns,
and it is not belt* ved llmt all of this number were
in position.
Those familiar with the fort and the coast gen
erallv, inform us, that without the co ope'a'ion of
a fleet outside, (which lite Confederate Goveru-
t cannot command.) it will require a Puce of
hilly thousand men to dislodge the Yankees.
We know that several regiments are now on their
way to the fort from various points, and if
there is any possibility of ousting ilie vandals, it
will be done. The position is of great consequence
to the Confederate Government, and it must be
etakeu at ail hazards.
We undetstand that great excitement prevails
at Goldsboro’ and other towns in Eastern Carolina.
Kentucky Roused at Last.—We have observ ) (From the Constitutionalist.]
ed in our midst P»r several days past many prom- Georgia Hospital and Relief Association,
itietit citizeus ot Old Kentlick, and their counts- iln. Editor—Sir: The Central Board of Direc-
narices were welcome as giving assurance of their ( tors ask leave to make the inflowing acRiiowledg-
svmpalhy with our CaUse, and of their approaching ments iu your columns .
union with their Southern brethren, fer we have From Mrs, G. Mdleh Angn»ta-$I0:
never doubted their ultimate sepaiatiou from the
degrad'tie Norlherh alliance.
Kentucky has hern slow, but places of power
have been filled by those who were unwilliug to
give up the influence difficill to throw off.
We learned yesterday afternoon, with the great
est satisfaction, that Lincoln’s intimation that
Kentucky would not be allowed to hold any
longer her attitude, bad aroused even the State,
and that other acts ot despotic authority, announced
to us bv telegraph , with Ike pr< -Sped of a gradual
but sure encroachment upon her freedom of action,
hud determined tier wavering people to m ike an
issue with the listed tyrants who rule iu the once
free city of Washington. It is further stat-d
Governor Magoffin wasitbout to issue a proclama
tion similar to that issued by Gov. Jackson, of
Missouri, and that he would speedily open com
munication with the Government of tile Looted-
erate Slates. We are not prepaiod to vouch tor
the truth of the l ist statement, although it was be
lieved iu Knoxville on Saturday; but we think the
signs of the times indicate t‘ e movement to which
we reter. We pray that Lincoln may go in his
blundering career, and not eeas- tiutil lie has eom-
.plettd our Confederacy by effecting a separation.
Complete and perpetual, of all t.ie States whose
natuial alliance is with the Government of the
South.—Richmond Dispatch, 28th.
rW The Richmond Examiner, which has never
been obnoxious to any charges from want of in
dependence, or shirking discussion, very properly
says:
“These are no times for disputes among our
selves. We cannot change flank in the presence
of the fie. When ihe war is over and a national
existence is secured, we may discuss the relative
merits of this and that law, the one aud the other
statesmen, with all the liberty and even license
that pleases a free people. Bat while the battle
rages let us hold up the arms ot our prophets.
The dictate of every sound intellect, in the crisis
of fate, to every class and every shade of opinion,
whether of the past or the present, whether Whig
Democrat, Unionist or States Rights, whether
soldier iu the troop or citizen at home is—Respect
and Obedience t Opposition to the laws that exist
and the powers that be, can now claim no higher
dignity Ilian gees with conceit, capiiousue.-3 aud
faction.
The Way Spain Feels.—The Confederate
war-steamer Sumter captured seven vessels
from the Federalists, on her late cruise, and
sent them into Cuban ports for safe keeping,
or adjudication, as is the custom with all na
tions in time of war to seud prizes into friendly
ports: A few weeks ago the Spanish authori
ties ordered the release of these vessels and
their delivery to their former owners. We can
afford to bide our time, and there are plenty
nhw here who will live to see Spain make ample
com
for this injustice. They
that we are a powerful nation, if we havn t a
navy; but the time will come when they will
From JliB'Oiiri.
St. Louis. Sept. I. Fr. mont proclaims the
State of’Missouri under Mmtial Law. Persons
'..nnd with arms in hand are to be court-martialed
d shut. Property, personal and real, of persons
who lake up arms against the Federalists, is to be
•onfiseated aud ihtir slaves to be declared free
men.
The people are warned to return lo their homes
Absence Irorn home without sufficient Cause will
be considered presumptive evidence against the
bsentees.
Provost Marshal MoKinzie firbids all persons
from passirnr out of their county witle-ut a pass.
A skirmish 1-- reported to have taken ph-ce at
Rolla, between Kunsiaus under Montgomery and
Gen. Rains.
Speculating on tiie C )>p -:deracy.—The
Atlanta Intelligencer boasts of a financial feat of
Governor Biowu’s which any man of proper sen
sibility would wish to hide from the public, instead
f paraditnr it as a worthy transaction. It says
the Governor bought two hundred tons of Baltpeter
and a hundred and twenty five barrels of sulphur,
kept it until the price rose and then “sold it lo the
Secretary of War, for the use of the Confederate
Stales, at fifty per cent, advance ou its enure cost
the State'1
Is there a parallel in Christendom to this little
piece ol Yankeeism? In a lime of war, when
the country is straitepeo for means to support its
soldiery and drive hack the invaders, we find G"V
Brown actually spt-culaiing on its necessities, and
then brag ing of bis cuteness ! Where is the t-'eor
t, with the single exception, who wmitd make
money out. ol the Oonf. deracy a* a time like this?
A thousand times had our bm'’ e :ir, d generous peo
pie railf r Governor Drown laid given the whole
consignment to President Davis as a present.
For common decency’s sake, we hope the next
Legislature, among its first ai ls, will promptly re
tinol »ae usutv, and throw off the disgrace from
me character of our S'ate.— Savannah Republican
Enforcing the Blockade.—Ihe New Fork
Journal of Commerce says in regard to the ef
fect of Southern privateering upon tbe com
merce of tbe Nortli:
Tbe shipping interest of New York is be
coming restive under the ravages of privateers)
who have already destroyed property to an in
credible amount, and are inflicting still heavier
losses by driving freights from American bot
toms to the protection of foreign flags, r rom
a record of captures by Confederate privateers,
carefully kept, we find that not less than sixty-
nin'o vAuctdc nf nil descriutioiis hate been ta
An Example for the Little Girls.—Will
the little girls please consider the fact we are
about to state lor their benefit?
One of tbeir number, a lassie of nine or teh
summers, was offered at tie beginning of the
present school vacation, 50 cents a pair if she
would knit two pairs of socks for two old negro
men and one pair ofutovlniiga tor an old nO^ro
woman, to help them through the coming win
ter. She undertook the task readily, and lias
accomplished it—having received thejiomised
reward. But the best part of it is t<®bnie yet:
That clever little girl has brought the one
dollar and- fifty cents, thus earned, and contrib
uted it to the Ladies’ Soldiers’ Aid Association
at this place, and along with the money still
another pair of socks to warm some brave sob
dier’s feet.
Now, among the One thousand bright and
sweet little girls in Edgefield District, are there
not many, very many, who will rival this pretty
example?—Edgefield (S. C.) Advertiser.
We soon will gather and garner a crop of
provisions promising lo be unusually abundant,
and the farmers and planters throughout the
S-'Uth wiil be preparing to convert their meal
slocks of all kinds into meat.
Shall they be prevented nr hindered in a work
so necessary fhr the whole country and fur the con
tinued maintenance of our armies by the extrav
agant eXtoi lion of a tew salt monopolists ?
L*-t our enterprising, honest men t.ur'y up salt
wmks and leave the speculators to the ca-e of
their o*n refl.clions and the indignation ot an
outraged people.— Charleston Courier.
Gov. Irwin—A Third Term.—The Milledgeville
Recorder, iti commenting on the late letter ot Gov.
Brown to Mayor Whitaker, says:
In arguing the question of precedent. Governor
Brown has referred to Gov. Irwin, who, he says
“was called to the Executive Chair the third time.”
Toe rec- rd does not tally sustain the quotation in
the ligtit. perhaps, which the reader will imagine.
We have turned to the authority and find t at, iti
January, 1188, Gen. Jared Irwin was elected
Governor hy Jie legislature for the term of two
years, and was succeeded bv General James Jack-
son. We b ar nothing more of him in the Ex
ecutive Until from September 23. 18u6 to Novetn
her 7, 1806. when, as President ot the Senate, lie
filled the vacancy caused bv the election of Gov.
Milledge to the Senate nf the Unit'd States.
Then Gov. Irwin was continued iu the office by a
fresh election by the Legislature, and this was the
third term relied upon by G->v. Brown to justify
Ins adoption of so worthy an example us that of the
grandfather ot his correspondent.
Napoleon and the Southern Confederacy.
II is mortifying to discover that, while the Kin-
pe or of the French has been profuse iu expression
of good wishes towards the Government of the
United States, he has at the same time been se-
cretlv carrying on an unfriendly and uncalled for
plot against that ‘ overnment Our Washington
telegrams this morning, revealing the fact of a
eorrrspondei ce between M. Thotivenel. French
Minister of Foreign Affairs, aud the English Cab
inet, are accompanied with sucli vouchers as put
the tidings bevond all doubq It is certain that
the French Cahiu-t has invited the English to
enter into an arrangement for forcibly procuring.
Inis autumn, a supply of cotton and tobacco from
tin* United States, and that the English Govern
ment has declined participating in the selienie
It is obvious that we have assurances of goo*
fiith in the ease of Kngland that we have not in
the case of France—-V Y Times, ]9th insl.
Brunswick and Florida Railroad.—The
friends of this enterprise will rejoice to learn that
the iron is now laid, and the cars running from
Brunswick to Tebeauville, or Station No. 9, on
ihe Atlantic & Gulf Railroad. Tbe >chedule of
running lime will be fouud in our advertising
columns.
The completion of this road will prove a great
convenience to the coast travel, besides adding no
little to tit" military facilities ih lower Georgia.
In ca»e of invasion tve cm now transport trooDS
from any portion of the State to every important
point on the coast, in the bri-f space of twenty
(bur hours With an abundance of men, well
armed and willing, and such facilities for bringing
them into action, if Mr. Lincoln should feel dis
posed to try his metal mi the Georgians, why, let
him Como on —Siv. Republican, Aug. 28.
War on TtiE Banks.—There a r e two facts
Tvlifch we wi“h to f>la- e in juxtaposition, for the
honest men of Georgia to refl ct up n :
Tiie organs of Governor Brown are engaged in
their old game of vilhlying and abusing the Batiks.
This is tiie first, fact.
The last Legislature appropriated a million o f
dollars to arm tiie Stale and aid in the stuggle for
independence, and Gov. Brown has been furnished
bv the Bunks with every dollar he has used tor that
purpose. The bonds could not be sold, and they
patriotically came forward and supplied the money.
Tins is the second fact.
Now. let an honest and grateful beople jndg»
between the Banks and their traducers.—Savan
nah Republican.
A Splendid Legion from North Carolina. -
The people of the Old North Stale are moving to
raise a monster Legion for the war, in addition to
the 30.000 choice Ninth Catolina troops already
in the field The Legim is to number 6,000 men.
iu tin- following proportions : 30 companies of in-
fHntry ; 10 companies ot riflemen: 10 companies
of cavalry, and 2 companies of artillery—t^e com
panies to consist of Hot lc^s Ilian 75 nlefl, rank
and tile. No company will be received tor a less
time Ilian the war. The field offi.-ers, enrarnission-
ed and non-e<»mmissioned stall wiil he appointed
by President I‘avis; aho t' e captains <•! nr iilery.
They will be men of the highest sLaudmg in the
military line.
£3^- We copy the following special dispatch
from the Baltimore Exchange of the 2."*d:
\ gentleman, lately arrived from Western Vir
ginia, brings the intelligence t'-at Gen. Lee was
about eight mil^s Noil!) of Gmiley Bridge, with a
f.»rce of 37.000 m* n. aud that men were flocking
t«* him. lie ieports Gert. Wise as being eight
miles off. with 9.000 men, arid G«n. Lorit
being seven miles off, with about 8,000 men in
another direction.
ucn; * * ! nine vessels of all descriptions .
nensatiou to the Confederate Government i ken, (including eighteen seized in boutbern
L i**.. They Wt M
It is said that mure than thirty thou-
be glad enough to recognize its as such, with 1 , gau‘d men in the city of New Yotk alcnU are
out any solicitation, [ out of employment.
From 11. Cuffin, Augusta—$8.
From “Cash,” Augusta—?.').
Fr-.iu A. J. Reid, Richmond County—$3.
From Rev. H. D. Murphey, for William Scgo,
Richmond county—$3. _
From Mrs. Col. J. P. King, President, Mrs. W.
W. A. Weaver, Viee President, and Miss Anna C.
Safford, Secretary, Ladies’ Greene couuty Relief
Association—3 boxes, S3 sheet*, 45 pillow-slips, 21
towt Is, 7 blankets, 2 spreads, 12 packages of nour
ishment for the sick, 1 Bible, II sick shirts, 3 pair
of drawers, sundry packages of old linen, S bottles
of wine, 2 dozen cordial, 1 dozen whisky, I dozcu
brandy, 2 pillows, 13 comforts, 10 pillows, t sheet.
From his Honor, the Mayor; for George Wilson
FromRav. J.O. A. Clarke, Piesiding Elder—
1767.75, with the following report:
Augusta, Aug. 28, 1861:
Mr. Henry Moore, Secretary
Georgia Relief uttd Hospital Association:
Please acknowledge the following subscriptions:
From Wilkes county, Cash ,..?628
Subscribed in money 275
Subscribed in cotton t25
Subscribed iu Wheat 217
In braudy uttd wine 383
Total $2,329
The following gentlemen Will act for Wilkes
collntv, viz: Wm. jl Reese, Chairman j Admit I*.
Alexander, Oliver I-. Battle, Samuel Barnett, Robe.
H. Vickers, and Mr. —. Burch.
Besides this committee, the htdics of Wilkes are
at work for the Association, and contributions of
hospital stores may be expected from them.
FROM ULBEkT COUNTY.
Cash ...» ..$1P3 75
Subscribed iu money 1^4 00
“ Cotton 27n 00
“ Wheat 40 00
To send Rev. Mr. Ste .'ens and Dr. Smith, as
Nurses .' 167 5C
Total..., 26
The tollowlng gentlemen will act for Elbert coun
tv, viz: Mr. John U. Jones, Chairman; Amos T.
Ackerman, Col. James T. Heard, Overton Tate,
and Moses E. Mills. Acting with those gontltmen
the ladies of Elbert are doing all they can. At the
melting held in Elbcrton O" Monday 1-st, they
subscribed a great many articles that will be for
warded in due time. Mr. Aekcritmu has promised
to stump aud canvass the whole county. Much
may be expected from his known energy und abil
ity.
FROM LINCOLN COUNTY—535.
I have had no appointment yet for this county. 1
wH4 address the people of Lincoln couuty, ou
(FedncsdaV, Hth September; I expect also, to pre
sent your cause to the citizens of Athens, on next
Monday.
Please announce these appointments.
J. O. A. Clarke.
Bv order of the Board.
Henry Moore, Secretary.
Augusta, Aug. 29, 1381.
A Sketch for Organic Acts of County Associations,
as Auxiliary to the Georgia Relief and Hospital
Ass'dation.
\V heReas, in our present struggle for onr homes
and our rights, it becomes all good and loyal citi
zens to co Operate with out Government, in the en
deavor to alleviate, so far as may be possible, the
hardships and sufferings of our noble soldiers ; and
whereas, in the management of large armies it is
always difficult to obtain quickly and dispense
speedily those c'nifjrts which are essential to the
rapid convalescence of thesick and wounded; and
especially difficult with an army of such magnitude
as ours, so suddenly called into existence; and
whereas, a well organized system will better enable
to husband our resources and direct wisely our
eff irts, be it, therefore,
Resolved, That we, citizens of county, do
hereby organize an Association, to be entitled the
Relief und Hospital Association of -county.
us an auxiliary to the Georgia Relief and Hospital
Association. . , „ ^ e
Resolved, That we recognize the Centra! Board of
Dilectors, established provisionally at Augusta,
until a more perfect state of organization can bo et-
tLl Resolved, That a Committee of one tor each Mili
tia district', he appointed an Executive. Committee,
whose duty it shall be to solicit donations of arti
cles lor Hospital use, (such as in the printed list
below ) aud to forward the same promptly, to the
Secretary of the Central Board, for transportation
to the several Hospitals at the seat of war.
Sheets, pillows, and pillow cases, handkerchiefs,
hose jackets, drawers, socks, shirts, towels, bian
kets, coverlids, tea, coffee, arrow root, rice, sugar,
Corn starch, i.-cnglnss, iitne ju.ee, medicine of all
kinds, bandages, wines, brandies, liquor, ice, rose
water aud fl 'X seed. Shirts—two breadths of un
bleached cotton V/i, yards long II yards wido, open
at bottom, y ± yard; armhole, length 12 inches;
length of collar 20 inches, length ot' slit in front 28
inches ; a pi> ce 4 incites wide, lapping under, fas
tened with 4 tapes; short bed gowns, as shirts on
ly only 1 yard long and open in front. Cotton
drawers, 1>£ yards long, with breadth of 1 yard in
each leg, with hem and draw string arouud each
l^cr a ud ilio waist; length of waist to crotch. 12 inch-
es’on the back, front 11 inches, with three buttons
and button holes-. , „„
Comforts 42 x73 inches. Pillow sacks 18x36
inches. Muttruss sacks 32 x 78 inches, woolen
sack9. ,
subscriptions ih cotton, wheat, and the like, sta
ting the hame of Factor.
All articles and commnnicatlocs should be ad
dressed to Henrv Moore, Secretary Georgia Relief
a id H ispital A s iath n; and a Ii package should
nave a legible 1st ot cm cuts on the out side.
More Rifled CanNon.—Messrs. Nobles, Bros.
k Co., shipped four more of their splendid rifled
cannon to Richmond, on Saturday last. This makes
a full buttery they have shipped. They have a
humber already cast, which they are rapidly finish
ing up. They are also making a new patent
breech loading brass gun, which, it is said, Will be
eff etive about—well, a greater distance than we
believe it will. We, however, believe that the
id.-a is gt o I, and that it will prove an effective
Since Hie above was pul in type, we learn they
shinned four more yesterday, and will ship two
more to-day, making three full batteries. Rome
Courier, 21th.
The New Orleans True Delta says the pros
pects are unusually favorable for a heavy crop
of suvar this season. From every portion ot
the s'utrar-frfowing region the same welcome
reports'are^daily received; and should no term
pest or premature and nipping frost intervene,
it is safe to predict a larger harvest than has
ever heretofore been gathered in Louisiana.
The Cherokee Nation.—The Yan Buren (Ark.)
Press of the 14lh, learns, from reliable authority,
that Hon. John Ross, Chief of the Cherokee Na.
lion has ordered a mass meeting of all Indians, to
be held at Tahlequah, on the 20th inst., t> take in-
to consideration the condition and weltare of the
Cherokee?. Mr. Ross and his friends profess a
warm interest for ihe Confederate States, and more
especially for the neighboring State of Arkansas.
Ffdf.ral Looses at SprivofiRld—We con
versed with a gentleman Irura St. L"iiis list even
ing. who informs us that lie ascertained from the
officers and men in the Imvu regiment, who were
Hi the battle if Springfield, that they lost one
hundred and fifiy in the fight. They also asserted
that fully nne liiousand w. re left ou the field ol
battle.—Louisville Courier, 20'ft insl.
The New Constitution.—The New Constitution
for the State ot Georgia, adopted by Ihe Conven
tion at Savannah on the twenty-third day of
March and submitted to a vole of the people on
the first Tuesday tnjuly last, has bceb ratified
by a majority of seven hundred and ninety five
votes, and nndt ra late proclamation of the Gov
ernor is declared the Constitution of the Slate.
The New York Herald of the 21st says:
“Gen Scott is no coward. He lias, however, be* n
guiltv ot blUnd'-ra. and we are glad to see h.m su
perseded bv Lett. McClellan.” \\ lfat a ^fa 11 for
“the Grealtst Chieftain of the Age.” Even the '
dirtiest blackguard newspaper iu the IJprili des- ^
pises him.
Brought About by the Wail—The Phila
delphia Prets. speaking nf the fall trade, says:
“Trade this fall will be light. In mauy in
stances, firms which a year ago had a right to be
considered wealthy, are to day hopelessly insolvent;
say that a majority of their mercantile hi uses have
been compelled to yield to the storm of general
suspension." '
Blue Eyes.—It 18 said that all the Presidents
of the United States, except Gen. Harrison, had
blue eyes.
Among the great men of the world, bine eyes
appear to have been predotnii aal j Socrates,
Shat spears, Locke, Bacon, Mdmn, Gt eilie, FranL-
l!n, Napoleon and Humboldt, all had blue eyes.
Coffee—We learn from tbo Mercury of yes
terday, tliat Brig West Indian, ot New Orleans,
Capt. P. Arnet, which run the blockade off Char
leston on yesterdnv, brought a cargo of 1500 bags
of coffee, consigned to George W. Williams * Co.
Deatii of Jcdge Henry G. LAMAR.-T’he Ma
con Telegraph announces the death of the above
named distinguished citizen of Georgia, at bis
residence iu Vineville, on the 1st iust.
Salt.—The Indianola Coariet says that enough
salt can be gathered upon the coast marshes of
Texas to supply the whole Confederacy, and the
business will soou become very profitable.
Something in the Wind.—We are informed
that General Ripley arrived here about 12 o clock
Thof-day night by a special train, and after re
maining about three hours, returned to Charleston.
Sav. Republican, 21 st.
They have a free market in ISiew Orleans
for the families of the soldiers who are left with
out the means of support. The wives of 453 sob
diers are supplied thereby with the necessaries bf
life. m
Hot in a single city of the Booth has mar
tial law been proclaimed; In hb base has the wilt
of habeas corpus been suspended; in no place has tuo
military authority beet) elevated above the civil.
Two hundred and forty-eight sacks of coffee,
said to be a direct importation from Java, were
received in Memphis, a few days sioco by r&u*
foad. ^
