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Journal & ijlrsscngcr. : jTKNOWIiES and 3. BOSE, EDITOR.*’ AND PROPRIETORS. Army Correspondence 1 l if the Savannah Republican. Armt of tiib Potomac, > I \ Manassas. Sept. sth. 1861. $ I did not write you yesterday on account of ray absence at* the battle-held, where I went*to witness the erection by the Eighth Georgia Regiment of a marble shaft uj*on the spot where G>l. Bartow fell. The Sev enth, Eighth and Eleventh Georgia Regi ments were present in full force; also, the Kentucky Regiment and a detachment from the Ninth Georgia I detriment. Tints’ regi ments composed the brigade commanded by Col. Bartow at Winchester, though *- lv two of them (the Seventh and E.glith) arrived here in time to participate in the battle, the others having fct*n detained by an accident on the railroad. The officers and band of the First Georgia Regulars, a portion of Gea. Toombs Staff, and de tachments from the Second and Fifteenth Georgia Volunteers, with a large concourse of other persons, including visitors here and soldiers attached to other Confederate regitneots, were present Brigadier Gen. Samuel Jones, who succeeded Col. B irtow in the oomnraiul of the Second Brigade, was also in attendance with his entire Staff. There were a few ladies on the ground, one of whom, it will be no indelicacy to say, was Mrs. Branch, of Savannah, a hose heroic sou, Adjutant John Branch, now upon the immortal field where we while another son, Hanford Branch, was taken prisoner at the side of his dead brother, and is now m Washington and a third, Hamilton Branch still ‘rands his ground m the glorious Eighth, determined, under the favor of Providence, to strange the death of the one and the imprisonment of the other. It was peculiarly appropri ate that this lady should have !eeri present on such an occasion. The intrepid Com mander, whose heroism we had met to commemorate, in all his brigade had no truer men than the Branches—nor-e who loved him more, and none whom he loved more. Many of their comrades came up to pay their respects to this mother ol” the Georgia Gracchii, each of whom had some kindly recollection of her sons to relate, or some manly virtue to rehearse. The several regiments formed in a hollow square around the spot where the column was to be planted. Gen. Jones and Staff, and other field officers and visitors, took their positions within the square. The band of the First Georgia regulars, the best I have heard in Virginia, except per haps the band of the New Orleans Wash ington Artillery, played a beautiful and touching requiem, after which the Rev. Mr. Jones, the chaplain of the Eighth Geor gia, offered up an exceedingly appropriate prayer. Gen. Jones then stepped forward, and said that Vice-President Stephens, who had been at Manassas for some days, in attendance upon his brother. Lieut. Col. Linton Stephens, and Gen. Tooin >s. had been invited to be present and deliver ad dresses on the occasion; but that the for mer had been called to Richmond, and that the latter was laboring under a temporary indisposition, which prevented his attend ance. Under these circumstances, the Hon. Mr. tseinmes, the Attorney General of Lou isiana, who was accidentally present, had consented to make some remarks. Mr. Bemmes. having been introduced *y Gen. Jones, proceeded to deliver a very chaste and becoming eulogium. He said he hud not had any warning of what would be expected of him: but he stood upon the Plains of Manassas, and the name of Bar tow now a housei oM word in Louisi ana and throughout all this broad land, and lie felt that if he could but give expres sion to the emotions of his own heart, he should not fall lar Inflow the requirements of the occasion. 1 have l*ei-n promised a copy of his remarks, however, and shall not do the speaker the injustice to attempt a report of them from memory. Major Cno|.er of the Eighth was about to give an order in regard to the further j conduct of ceremonies, but feeling over come by the recollections of the day of bat tle and of the man at whose side he had fought, he said he could n >t refrain from adding a word to what had l*een so elo quently and appropriately said. His speech was short, and was the speech of a soldier. I Like a good musket ball. it went straight j to the mark, and to the hearts of all pre sent. Indeed, I saw many wet eyes around that marble.shaft yesterday—great diamond teardrops upon rough Warded cheeks, that never have, and never will blanch in pre sence of an enemy. The column was planted in its place by Gen. Jones, Mr. Sennnes. Col. Taylor of the Kentucky regiment, Maj. Cooper and other officers, each one of whom threw a spadeful of earth around it. Mrs. Branch, Mrs. Semmes. of New < trleans, and M iss Mary J. Cook of Alabama, also threw in each a spadeful, as did all the members of the Oglethorpe Light Infantry, (Col. Bar tow's old company,) and hundreds of oth ers who desired to testify their admiration of the fallen hero. The shaft, which is round and plain, rises al*out five feet above the ground, and is a j l**ot in diameter. It was made round to j prevent visitors to the field from chipping off pieces of the marble, to carry w ith them home as relics of the field of the dead. The inscription is exceedingly simple and appropriate. It is in these words : FRANCIS S. HARTOW. ‘* They have killed me, lan s, But never give up the fight. 7 * Altogether it was a solemn ceremony. Around us spread the torn and bloody bat tle-field, which but a few weeks before had 1 been the scene of the fiercest conflict ever waged upon the western continent. It HOW lay calm and quiet; its plains and hills and valleys reposing in the autumnal sunlight, and its blasted verdure once more rejoicing in its wonted freshness. The overthrown f races, and the limbless trees t ‘rough which the iron and leaden hail-storm hail sped, and the new-made graves where sleep alike the vanquisher and the van quished, are all that is left to tell that here the children of glory* had inet the invader and had overthrown him. Upon a bill in tfie centre of this scene, and upon which Sherman’s famous battery was statioued, and around which the storm rag*. ! fiercest —here it was that the hero foH, il ig iu hand, in the very’ arms of victory, and here it was that the marble shall continuing his living words was planted. That Emit now points its white tinker from the plains ol glory below, upward to those* supreme and more heavenly plains where the brave who fall in their country’s cause, shall iv.-t from their struggles and be crowned with chaj*- |ets of immortal green. l*ug idler that marble shall have crumbled into bust, and until the suu and stars which now burn *od Uaze around the throne of God, shall have beou otnctai from the blue*, tUu Plains of Manassas and the name of Bar tow shall not be absent from the lips of the sous and daughters of men. The cenotaph erected and the ceremony over, 1 went with Lieut. Moon of the At lanta Confederate Volunteers to the spot J to which Col. Bartow was borne after he was shot, and where he breathed his last. 1 An error occurred in one of my former communications in regard to the persons who carried him off the field, and as the men who performed the sad duty, as well as the entire command, feel desirous that each one’s part, however humble, should be rightly understood, I am glad of an op portunity to make the correction. The persons, then, who bore him off were Lieut. Win. P. Moon,of the Atlanta Confederate Guards, private E. L- Morton, of the De Kalb Light Infantry, mu! privates J. F. Luulley and J. L. Dobbs, of the Cobb Cos. Confederate Guards, and all of the Seventh regiment. They carried him about one hundred and fifty yards to the rear, and laid him down under a cedar tree, some of the limbs of which were torn off by pieces of shell. I cut a walking C3ne from a brunch that shaded him where he died, and requested Lieut. Moon to have the spot marked. He says that Col. Bartow seem ed to be looking at them and smiling all the time up to the moment of his death. I heard yesterday, for the first time, of i remark made by Lieut. Col. Gardner, of the Eighth, after he had been shot down down and taken prisoner, which deserves to be recorded in brass. The regiment, after holding their ground against fearful odds for a long time, were finally compelled to fall back, and the enemy corning up, found Col. Gardner lying on the ground. An officer rather disposed to exult over their partial success, said to him in sub stance* “ Hir. your army had better yield. We are driving you back. We have fifty thousand men on the field, and heavy re serves coming up. Stop this effusion of blood and surrender, or we shall sweep you from the face of the earth.” Colone Gardner indignantly replied, “ Sever ! but iPr will (five you such a fiyht as this every day, from here to the Gulf of Mexico.” What i Georgian does not feel proud of the bro i ther who, though wounded and lying flat I on his back, in the midst of an exulting > foe, thus bearded them to their faces, and > bade their whole army defiance? After a week’s pleasant weather, we are r again visited with rain, with every prospect of us continuance. This may intel’ere some what with the movements of the army, and i postpone lor a time those operations which w ere foreshadowed in a recent communica tion. Yesterday, the last clear day, was * signalized by a successful movement on the Potomac above “Washington. The enemy had a force of about 3,000 engaged in throw ing up works on the other side, where I it was supposed we would seek to cross . the river. We had some heavy guns car ried up and put in jsvsition, while the enemy * slept, and yesterday morning these guns were turned upon their works, which were soon demolished and their forces scattered i lar and w ide. We ulso drove the enemy . from Hall s llill yesterday,an advanced jo ---[ sitiou looking towards Arlington Heights, -and will proceed forthwith to fortifying it. The Georgia regiments now* here, are t the First Regulars, and the Second. Sev * enth, Eighth. Ninth, Eleventh, Fifteenth - aud Twentieth volunteers, Maj. Mercer’s Baltaliioii.and the Sumter Flying Artillery, - C’apt. C’utts. i At Yorktown are the Sixth and Tenth. . At Norfolk and vicinity, the Third and . Fourth, and Maj. Hardeman's Battalion. - With Gen. Lee is the First Volunteers, 1 j Col. Ramsay, and the Troup Artillery, j Cupt. Stanley; and with Gen. Floyd is the Thirteenth, Col. Ector. At last accounts, the Tom Cobb Legion, and the regiments of Col. Howell Cobb, I and Col. Wofford were at Richmond, and j the Philips Legion and Col. Boyd’s rogi- I ment were at Lynchburg. Other regiments j have doubtless arrived since 1 left Rich i inond. Dr. H. V. M. Miller has 1 teen appointed Burgeon to the Second Brigade, lie still retains the position of Surgeon to the j Eighth Georgia, which belongs to that Brigade. P. W. A. IJ<I ol’ Prisoner* now in I'orl La fayette. David Bono who was arrested and con fined in Fort Lafayette, has arrived in Pliil adelphia, having been diseliarged by order of the War Department. The following list of prisoners now at the fort was obtained from him, and is published in the Philadel phia /Vo* .- Boom Number One.—E. S. Buggies, Fedcricksburg, Va., July 20; James E. Murphy, Portsmouth, \ a., July 31; John li. Pusick, Woodville Md., July 31; Charles M. England, Baltimore, Md., July 31; John W. Davis, Baltimore, .July 31 ; George Miles, Richmond, Va., August 22; James G Gutherie, Petersburg, Va., August 23 ; J. It. Barbour, Lake Providence, Au gust 24 ; I). C. Lowlier, New Orleans, Au gust 25; R. F. Grove, New York city, Sep tember 1. Room Number Two.—Gitas. Howard, Samuel H. Lyon and Win. Gate hell, Balti more, Md., July 31 ; Richard IL Alvey, Hagerstown, Md., July 31; Austin E. Smith, San Iran-i sco, August 2; John Williams, Norfolk, Va., August 11 ; John G. Beriot, Washington, D. C., August 25 ; Samuel J. Anderson, New York city, August 27; Frank E. Williams, Chock lain, Ark., Sep tember 1; H. I. Reynolds, Mobile, Ala., September 1. Room Number Three.—Dr. Edward Johnson, Baltimore, Md., July 2D ; Robert Mure, Charleston, S. C. August 11 ; Charles llopferal, Carroll County, Md., August 18 ; Pierce Butler, Philadelphia, August 20; Louis D. Bibian, Wilmington N. C., August 20 ; F. M. Fisk, New Oilcans, August 25 ; W. H. Hart, ( Lieutenant U. S. N.,) Norfolk, Va., August 31; Captain DeLaguel, (S. A.) Alexandria, Va., August 31; J. C. llalim ing New York city, September 2. Room Number Four.—Samuel H. Eakins, Iliciiiuoud \ a., August 20 ; David Reno, Columbia, S. C., August 20, discharged ; Robert Tansill, (Captain U. S. M. C.,) Vir ginia, August 28; Thomas S. Wilgou, (Lieu tenant I*. S. M. C.,) Missouri, August 28 ; 11. B. Claiborne, (.Midshipman U. S. M. C.,) New Orleans, August 28 ; Hillary Ccnas, (Midrdiipuiuii U. S. M. New Orleans, August 28 ; Em Patrick, Brooklyn, N. Y., Augu-t 18; Ellis B. Schanable Pensylvania, August 20; Uriah B liarrold, Macon Ga., August 30; Richard S. Freeman, Macou,Ga., AugU't 31; Henry A. Reeves, Greimport, L. 1., September 4. Privateersmen.—Crew of prize schooner York, of Norfolk, Va., taken from the schooner G. B. Baker, of Galveston Texas, by l aited States gun boat Union, August D, l>tl ; Fat Met’artny, John Williams, James Reilly, Archibald Wilson. Crew of prize schooner Dixie, taken from schooner Mary Alice, New York, by the United States steam frigate Wabash, August 3, IHUI ; John A. Marshall, Uharles Forrester, Geo. (J. Gladden, J. P. M. Calvo, John JouteUie. To the Directors ol the Georgia Relief and Hospitable Association. Gentlemen: I have just returned from Virginia, and will, in a few days, report to you what has been done by the Secretary of your Association and myself in the or. ganizatiou of hospital arrangements for our soldiers in that State, during our recent visit. My object now, is to call your at tention, and that of the public, to the great want of nurses for our suffering soldiers, w hich there prevails. “We wants nurses— nurses who can and are willing to do the menial offices for sick persons. There are now* in the city of Richmond alone more than one thousand sick and wounded Georgians, most of whom are suffering for those ordinary ministrations to which sick persons are accustomed. In the name of mercy, and of the God of mercy, I plead with my fellow-citizens for these our brethren, who for us and our cause, are subjecting themselves to this enormous mass of suffering. There are certainly many of our people who, with one or two servants each, can go to their relief. To such I pas sionately appeal, and pray that they will do so with as little delay us possible. Address either myself, or Henry Moore, Secretary Georgia Relief and Hospital Association. Papers in all parts of the State will please copy. E. Starnes, Gh’n Ga. R. and IL A. Saturday, Sept. 14, 1801. Gov. Hi own's Visit to IheCuait De fence. Gov. Rrovrn returned to our city on Fri day night, having made a thorough survey of our whole coa>t to the Florida line, visiting all the batteries and other millitarv points on his route. The Governor was accom panied by Gen. Lawton and his Engineer Staff-Officers, and by Adjutant-General Wayne. The Party were conveyed on board the steamer Savannah, escorted by the Hun tress. CcmmiuodoreTattnall and Staff were also on board. The gallant Comodore and the Captains of the Savannah and Ifnntress received the Governor and those with him with the most cordial welcome, and dispensed a generous hospitality during the entire trip, thus ren dering the situation of their guests peculiarly pleasant and comfortable. In the course of their cruise the party passed in sight of one of the vessels of the blockading squadron, but she showed no disposition to try her strength with the Commodore’s fleet. Wc learn that the works along the coast, are being pushed forward with energy and dispatch. The guns for the different bat teries are all landed, and are being rapidly mounted and placed in position to give the enemy a warm reception while the magazines are stored with abundance of powder, shot and shell. The heavy eight and ten-inch Co lumbiads, and the forty-two pound guns pur chased by Governor Brown at the Tredagar Works in Virginia, together with the thirty two pounders sent out by the Secretary of the Navy, are being placed in position on the batteries the whole length of the line. We learn, also that tlie Governor has ap pointed Geri. Geo. P. Harrison a Brigadier General of the Volunteer forces of the Btate, under the act ot the last Legislature, aud has ordered him to call into camp of instruc tion immediately, two thousand five hundred men, armed with country rifles and double barrel shot-guns, to be held in readiness to be thrown into Bavannah, or io be sent to other points on the coast the moment they are needed to repel invasion. We learn that the camp will be located probably in Effingham county, at some suita ble point immediately on the line of the Cen tral Railroad, aud that it is the intention of the Governor to increase this force to any extent which the defence of Savannah and the coast may require. He believes the time has arrived when he is authorised by the Constitution to art by calling out State troops, and he will act with energy and promptness. lie is determined that the Lincoln Army shall never remain on the soil of Georgia, should they be so unfortunate as to effect a landing on our coast. We learn that the Governor will act in perfect harmony with the Confederate au thorities, and will pour down on the coast all the men needed by the time the enemy at. tempts his demonstration on the soil of Geor gia. For an immediate exigency we are not without ample resources of men. We learn that there are now in campof instruction two regiments at Camp McDonald, near Mari etta, and two regiments at Camp Stephens, near Griffin—making four regiments already organized for home defence, in addition to those now on the coast. We feel confident ly assured that there will be no lack of prop er energy in this matter, aud that all will very soon be made secure. Thus furnished with men and means, Gen. Lawton will have it in his power successfully to guard every point, and mantain the security aud repose of our people, regardless of the threats of the Lincoln vandals. Gov. Brown returned to Milledgeville on Saturday night. —Savannah Aims. |ay your Debts to your Noiglibor. This is a time that tries men’s principles. To pay debts to an alien enemy is wrong: it gives aid and comfort and makes him strong to do us harm. The laws are therefore, and very properly, stringent against it. But not so in the case of your neighbor. Settle all scores with him. Don’t take advantage of the general plea of hard times to evade or postpone payment. A. pays the money he owes B. : that helps B. to pay C., and C. to pay D., and so on ; and thus one prompt payment may circulate and cancel a score of due-bills, aud put a whole neighbor hood out of debt. Wipe out debts if possi ble, and owe no man any thing. We commend the follow ing excellent and well-timed advice by the Banner of Peace : “People are doing very wrong iu laying by money, and not paying their little pro miscuous debts. If they could not they might be excused ; but they can. The debts of merchants North are not to be paid now, and where is the money of the country going? Individuals are collecting it up, and hoarding it away for hard times. There is now over $3,000,000 of individual deposits in the bunks of this city. The banks have doubled their deposits in the last four months ; while they have not reduced the debts due them. This increase of deposits shows that people are laying up money, when, in thousands of cases, they owe the very money to their neighbor. This is w rong. Let us get square with each other at home, and we will be better able to face a common enemy. We regard this as a do mestic duty of vital importance to the whole country just now.” T-5T The Selina Visitor reports the da mage done to the cotton crop in South Alabama by the recent heavy rains as al most incalculable. The corn is said also to be injured, though to uo grout extent. MACON, GEORGIA: Wednesday, September 18, 1861. , FOR GOYERNOR, JAMES M. CHAMBERS, OF MI SCOOEE. Hie lion. W. M. Brown has been nomi- 1 uated to represent the 24th Senatorial District, composed of the counties of Chattahoochee, Ma rion and Muscogee. The next Senate ol Georgia promises to be one of the ablest we have had for jeans. JjgT* We are gratified to observe that our friend, j W Bonner, Esq.,is a candidate to represent the 21st district in the Senate of Georgia. The district is composed of the counties of Jones, Twiggs and Wilkinson. Corn sold from the wagon in this city last week lor 75 cents per bushel. Potatoes for SI.OO It has been suggested that during the scarcity of meat, hogs be permitted to run at large in our streets, so that the people may make a little bacon from these scavengers. The hint is worth consid ering. Biunpt and the necessity for its use is obviated by substituting Henry’s Extract Jamaica Ginger, which does not iutoxic&te, but invigorates the whole system, and leaves no unpleasant effect be hind it. J3P Attention is directed to the advertisements ol of the Medical College of Georgia and Uglethorjie University. Also to the notice of Mrs. Ford, who proposes to open a school in a delightful portion of our State. THE STRUGGLE, Now pending, is likely lo become more and nure fierce and general for some months to come. Let the people husband all their resources of subsistence, and multiply them as far as practicable. THE YOUNG MISSES, We learn, are very busy,in getting up a Tableaux, which is to enme off this week at Ralston’s Hull— perhaps on Friday night. Os course every l>ody will go. GEN. ELI WARREN. It will be seem that the name of this gentleman is suggested to represent this District in Congress. We know of no one that we would more cordially support for that position. DR. D J. BOTHWELL Has been nominated by the counties Dooly, Pulaski and Wilcox to represent the 14th Seuato rial District iu the next Legislature. A good se lection. GOOD NEWS. We learn that a dispatch has been received in this city, just as we goto press, from a highly respectable citizen of Savannah, that a vessel has this morning arrived in that port from Europe, with a cargo of arms and munitions of war for the Confederate States. THE DAILY CITIZEN, We regret to see by the last issue, has been compelled to yield to the pressure of the times, which are truly hard upon the Press. The Pro prietor appeals to those indebted to him for adver tising and subscription to come forward and pay up. A most reasonable request, certainly. The Job Office lately owned by L. H. Andrews, ■ large and complete, is offered for sale low. Dr. Andrews also offers his services for a reasonable compensation as associate editor or correspondent to any paper in want of an assistant. We hope the Doctor will find some opening more remuner ative and pleasant than the editorial business is likely to be for some time to come. THE FEDERAL AND CONFEDERATE SERVICE. We give below a comparative table of the salt lies of both the Northern and Southern army. It will he seen that the Southern Confederacy has fixed the pay of its army in advance of that of the United States: What tht United States What the Confederate Government pay. Government pay. Colonel, $95 $175 Lieutenant Colonel, 80 170 i Major, 70 150 Captain, 60 108 i First Lieutenant, 5U 90 Second Lieutenant, 45 80 First Sergeant, 21 21 Other Sergeants, 17 17 Corporals, J, 13 Privates, 111 11 We are of opinion that the salaries of officers shouid be considerably reduced, and the pay of privates increased. It should be borne in mind that rations are added to the pay of both. One hundred dollars per month and board is all that should be allowed to colonels, aud a similar reduc tion in the salary of other officers. It was un doubtedly right, in these trying times, to reduce the salary of chaplains, it would be equally so to diminish the pay of other officers, from the Tresi dent down. In time of peace and plenty we can afford to pay high compensation to our public servants. In time of war and want, they should share the common lot. GUBERNATORIAL. The Telegraph of yesterday contains Judge Nis bet’s letter of acceptance, in response to the ac tion of the uoininaiing Convention which met in Milledgeville last week, the proceedings of which, will he found on our first page. It appeared too late for our present issue. We shall publish it in our next. Wo now have three worthy gentlemen in the field as candidates for Governor. What is a little remarkable is, that they all belong to different churches. Judge Nisbet being a Prcsbyteriau Elder, Col. Chambers a Methodist Class Leader, and Gov. Brown a Baptist Deacon. There is no excitement in the public mind in regard to this or any other election, and for once the people are likely to be permitted to exercise their own choice, freely, without let or hindrance. We ob serve that other names are still kept up as candi dates in different prints, but presume the contest will narrow down to the three gentlemen above named. THE STATE ELECIION. The election lor Governor ami members of the General Assembly takes place on the first Wednes day in next month—to-day two weeks. Iu many counties no names have been announced for Senators or Representatives. B. Hill, Esq., has been presented as a candidate for the 22nd Sena torial District. We also see iu the Telegraph of yesterday, the name of Col. A. M. Spker sug gested. We hope there will be no contest for these offices. The people are too much engrossed in other and weighty matters to be involved in polit cal scrambles. The next Legislature will be a very important one aud should be composed ot our very best men. We would suggest that to avoid the usual contest in this county, each of the old parties select a candidate, and that the two gentlemen, thus presented, be elected without opposition. Since writing the above, we have received a communication recommending the names of Messrs. J. 11. 11. Washington and L. N\ Whittle to re: - resent the county. They would make good and efficient legislators. [COXMCXICATEO.] §*or Congres*. Messrs. Editors. —A writer in your last paper suggested, among others, the name of Gen. hli A\ ar ren, of Houston, for the Confederate Congress from the 4th District. A better raau could not bo selected. I hope you will keep bis name before THE PEOPLE. STARTLING RUMOR. The Savannah Republican of .yesterday, says: A soldier who came up from Fort Pulaski last night reports that an engagement between the Lin eolu fleet and the Fort at Port Royal, commenced Monday afternoon a.id continued through the whole of yesterday. The guns were distinctly heard from Fort Pulaski. Bv passengers from Savannah we learn that all the naval officers in that city left on the strength of the above report. SPEAR OUT At a meeting ol the people of Jackson county the following was adopted: Resolved, That our Senators and Representatives be instructed to adopt such measures, and enact such laws as will efleetually reduce the pay of all civil offices of this State down to those necessary, travelling and tavern expenses, and that the Legis fators shall put themselves upon the same pay. Let the people make their candidates speak out; Loin those for Governor down. Let us hear from Messrs. Chambers, Brown, and Xisbet. Are you for reduced salaries duriug the war? The Athens Watchman or, the Gubernatorial question says: We would prefer a 7, etc man. We care not what party he may have been identified with feretofote. provided he be honest, faithful and capable, and free from the rfu of office-holding and office-hunt ing—unconnected with all cliques, and solicitous only to promote the public good. Such a man, by common report is J. M. Chambers, of Columbus. If he will stand aloof from platfoims and conven lions and throw hintself entirely into the hands of the people—without l'rfertd3 to reward or enemies to punish —we believe he will be triumphantly elected. WHY IT WAS SURRENDERED. The following paragraph shows why Fort Hat tcrns was surrendered: The wounded soldiers say that about 11 o’clock our magazine was exploded by a shell from the euetny, which scattered death and destruction all around. It is to this unfortunate and unexpected casualty that the capture of the fort is attributed, and not to a lack of ammunition, as has been erroneoHsly stated. Second Congressional District. —At a meeting of the delegates of the 2nd Congressional District, in attendance on the Gubernatorial Convention at Milledgeville on the 11th inst., they suggested that a Convention be held at Albany, on the 2nd Saturday, 13th day, of October next, to select a candidate to represent the Second Congressional District, in the Congress of the Confederate States, and request all the counties in the District to send delegates to the Convention. BOOK-BINDER WANTED. The Telegraph of Monday has the following notice, w-hich we can readily endorse as to there being plenty ol work at all times, for a good work man, and considerable now on hand for one: “ Macon and the surrounding country for the space of a hundred miles of a populous region, is now without a book-binder. There is a bindery here, which has proved sufficient for the purpose, but the proprietor has gone to the wars in com mand of a company. A good binder and ruler can be put in possession of the stand and tools, and will find it a lucrative business. Application should be made immediately.” A member of Geu. Lee’s command in Western Virginia, w rites I am no little amused, at times, in passing among the tents, to see tin* various employments of the men, when ofl duty, lor instauee, in passing along, I saw three grinding coffee for breakfast— one was pounding it in a tin cup with the end ol au axe handle, another was pounding it with the pole of the axe in a mess-pan, and the third had his coffee on a piece of an ohl leather aprou, and was beating it with a rock. In the cooking line, I suppose there never was more variety in a French restaurant. I see hatter-cakes of all sizes, descrip tions and shapes—some round, some angular, some oblong, and some shapes for which the language affords no terms. Their qualities, too, are as div ersified as their shapes and dimensions. Some are as short as pie-crusf, others as tough as India-rub ber—some the size of an old Spanish dollar, and others as big as a gtind stone—some as thin as a wafer, others ns thick as a mill stone. Our wash ing is about like our cookirg, and our clothing about as grotesque as our batter-cakes. However, we enjoy it all, and learn something new every day. At a meeting of the Ladies’ Soldiers’ Relief So ciety of Macon, it was unanimously Retained, That this association are pleased to tender its grateful acknowledgments to the “At lanta Amateurs’’ for the two Concerts given by them, at our invitation, iD this city, which have yielded a most valuable and timely contribution to our relief fund. Resolved, That in thus offering their services so gratuitously to the “good cause”—and especiallv in a manner so entertaining—have deserved well of its, and of their country, and that we congratu late them upon the success which has attended their patriotic efforts. Resolved, That the thanks of the association he returned to J. A. Ralston, Ksq., lor the free use of his llali, to Messrs. E. a. Johnston \ Cos. for a Piano Forte, the Editors of the Macon Press, Messrs. Grier k Mastcrson for the use of their omuibus, Macon Gas Company for lights. Resignation of Secretary Waiter From a reliable source at Richmond, it is understood that Hon. L. r. Walker will resign his position as Secre tary of War about the Ist of November, in conse quence of ill health contracted by the laborious duties of his Department. This announcement will not fall uuexpected upon those who have ap preciated the incessant toil and anxiety with which lie has met the vast responsibilities of his position. The country being thrown into a state of war without an army, without arms and ammunition, and without any provision for food, clothing and transportation, and with an enemy entering ilte field largely outnumbering us in all the immediate resources for a war, it was not to be expected that the immense burthens of the War Department could be borne to a successful issue without some dis-atisfaction, and the utter prostration, for a time, of the physical resources of the faithful Secretary of War, w ho for long months has stood bv his post night and day in the discharge of his official duties. We doubt not that should Secre tary Walker feel called upon by his failing health to resign the place which had been assigned through him to Alabama, he will be welcomed to his own State again, with the plaudits of a confid ing and grateful people.— Aug. L'hron. Soldiers Dvina.—Within the past week we have received the sad tidings of the death of John Laidler, Moses Daniel, W. N. Bowen and Isaac Rains, members of the Pulaski Volunteers.— Messrs. Laidler and Daniels were formerly resi dents of our immediate community, and were both estimable young men, who, by uniform courtesy gentlemanly deportment, had endeared themselves to a large circle ot friend*. Os the others we know but little, save they were with that gallant band at the battle ot Manassas Plains, where they both received wounds, which, perhaps, hastened their death. All of the deceased were actively engaged in that battle, and the two former were of the few of the Bth Regiment who escaped un hurt. The remains of Mr. Laidler arrived here ou Suuday last, and on Monday were conveyed to Houston county for interment. The others repose in the soil of Virginia. The Pulaski Volunteers at one time mustered one hundred and eight men, and of this number they have lost since the 20th of July last, five killed, ten died and nine discharged on account of bad health. —Hawkinsvillt Times. Lithographic Stone. — A short time since the Charleston Courier made inquiries concerning the Lithographic Ston°, a quarry of which, it says, was opened some years ago in Alabama, asking , whether it had been worked, and if the stone was now to be procured in the market. In answer to these inquiries, a friend informs us that a quarry was opened some years since on the laud ot l)r. Henry McKenzie, of Ttdladi ga county, and that the stone obtained was pronounced equal to the best lithographic stone in use. We presume the quarry has not been worked recently, as the busi ness ot lithographing has been left almost entirely to the Yankees ; but, under present circumstances, we have no doubt the owner of the quarry would find it greatiy to his advantage to re-open it and bring the stone into market. We are informed that it can easily be obtained in large quantities. [ Mon tyomery A dvertist r. Two IMore. Two more of the Jeifeison Guards have been consigned to their last earthly resting place, says the Louisville Gazette, viz. Mr. Simmons and Mr. R. Tarver. These make ten that we hav. heard of. We published the names of eight in our last issue. We hope that this decimation of our company by the band of disease may soon cease. FOR THE JOURNAL AND MESSENGER. Messrs. Editors —ls it not time that we had taken action in reference to the pre sentation of candidates to represent Bibb county in the next Legislature. It will be one of the most important sessions ever held in Georgia, and unless we are careful in the selection of men of experience and skill in financial matters the State may be loaded down with debt and Taxes for the next fifty years. I would therefore sug gest as persons well qualified* by character, position and intelligence, the names of two gentlemen, who would harmoni/.e all par ties, and ably represent the county. They tire J. 11. R. WASHINGTON, L. N. WHITTLE. These gentlemen would, if they could be prevailed on to allow the use of their names, give very general satisfaction to their friends, and prevent the revival of party contests in the county. WARRIOR. Secretary Seward and the War. On 11 lute visit of Secretary Seward to his home in Auburn, New York, a large crowd of people had gathered, and in the course of a few remarks Mr. Seward said: “You will ask, tell us when the war will end? It may terminate next week, next month, next vear. That depends upon you. If you are brave, if you are loyal, if you are noble, the war will soon be brought to a successful issue. If you have the strength it is for you to compel a peace. The United States possesses 20,000,000 of free litizens, the disloyal States 5,000,<00. If you are equally as brave, as devoted to the cause of your country as they are to their cause, the war must soon ter minate; hut if they are more courageous, more active; if they are the strongest—then the dura tion of the war is, indeed, au uncertainty. It amounts to just this—an appeal has been made by the minority from the verdict of the majority of the ballot-box to the cannon’s mouth ; if the ma jority now submit, it is only because they are less brave, true and courageous.” Duelling Correspondence between It Offer W. Hantiou and t.eorge D, Prentice, tlie Editor of the I.ouisville Journal. September 2, 1861. George D. Prentice— Sir: I am inlormed by friend, Mr. Thomas, that you, in reply to his inqui ry, made at my iustance, avowed yourself the wri ter of an editorial in the Journal of the 23d of August, and also one of a previous date, both de nunciatory of myself. These articles are false and slanderous, and were written without the least piovoeation on my part, or the slightest justifies tiou on yours. I demand redress, and ask that you will appoint some time and place outside of Jefferson county, when and where it will be given. This note will be handed you by my friend, Mr. George Thomas, who, as such, is authorized to act for me. Respectfully, Roger W. Hanson. George I). Prentice. LonsviLLE, Sept. 3, 1861. Roger \V. Hasson — Sir: Yours of the 2d inst. is received. You sought redress for the very arti cles you complain of by publishing a scurrilous pamphlet, and, if you demand any more redress, you may get it in the same way or in any other way you can. I shall not appoint a “ time and place” for meeting you, for I wouldn’t go two steps to meet or avoid yon. As for killing you, I think I have done that effectually already, and 1 don’t care to waste powuer and lead upon a car cass. They can be put to better use in these re bellious times. Respectfully, George D. Prentice. A Good Appointment. We are truly pleased to have the pleasure of publishing the following announcement, it is an appointment “eminently fit to be made.” Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 4th, 9 P. M. Messrs. G. M. Logan and P Tracy: Col. Lochrane has been appointed Judge of the l Macon Circuit. J. H. STEELE.— Telegraph of Thursday. Tle Appointment of Col. Loeltrane. With every kind of friendly feeliug to the new incumbent of the Bench of the Macon Circuit, and hoping he may be able to fill it with honor to him self and satisfaction to the public, it is due to the Telegraph to state that the editorial felicitation over the appointment were made without out knowledge, sanction or authority. We were an der the impression that this position would have been conferred upon some of the Nestors of the Bench in this Circuit, and are quite sure that such was the reasonable expectation of the people, and the action of the Governor iu the premises will be a matter of universal surprise. —Telegraph oj Friday. 21st District Senatorial COll venlioii. Gordon, Sept. 10th, 1861. The convention to nominate a Senator to repre sent the 2lst Senatorial District met to day and organized by calling Dr. Ira Dupree to the chair, and appointing 11. C. Barron as Secretary. After an eloquent and patriotic address by the chairman, K W. homier, Esq., of Jones county, was nc initi ated by acclamation, unanimously, and a commit tee of three, consisting of Messrs. Bowen, Jones and Barron, was appointed to notify Mr. Bonner of his nomination. By motion the proceedings of this meeting be published in the Macon and Milledgeville papers. After a few more remarks by the chairman the meeting adjourned. IRA DUPREE, Chairman. H. C. Barron, Secretary. The Scgar Crop. —Should the season continue propitious, and no premature frosts damage the crop, the sugar production of the South will, in all probability, amount to five hundred thousand hogs , heads, which is eighty thousand more than was • ever produced before ; two hundred and fifty thou sand more than the consumption of the Southern States, and very little shor t of the entire consump tion of the old Union. Until Lincoln can block ade the favor of Heaven and the fruits of the earth, the South can laugh his fleets and armies to scorn. Tire Amerlcuti Weekly Post. The friends of this handsome paper, savs the Sumter Republican, will be sorry to learn that for want of paper it has been compelled to suspend— for the present at least. While we sympathise with our friend Seals, we fear haviug to make a similar announcement in regard to the Republican, with this difference: the Post suspended for want of paper to print 011. If we suspend it will be for the want of money to buy paper with. If we had the money we could get plenty of paper. And if the friends of the Republican don’t wish to hear of its suspension too, they must prevent it bv pav ing up their dues to the office. We mean both sub scriptions and advertisements. We are just out of paper and money w e must have to buy more. Now don’t forget it. We are in earnest. Tiie Invading Army.—lt,has been noised abroad for two or three months, that a Federal Army was coming into East Ten nessee from Kentucky, and that our section of the State would become the theatre of a bloody war. We predicted weeks ago, and published our convictions, that no Army would attempt to invade East Tennessee and added that the T'nion men did not m>r desire any such invasion. We now rejteat our prediction, that no Army 1 is coining here, and that whatever contest is had between Federal and Confederate ; troops, will be on Kentucky soil, or the soil i of Middle and West Tennessee. —Knoxville \ MVy. Troops in Knoxville.— Our information is, that there are now about twelve thou sand troops in this city and its surround ings; and that, ont of that number, some live or six hundred are in Hospitals, on the sick list. An officer in one of the Regi ments made the remark, but the other day, that there were more deaths anion*? them, than one would suppose. That this is a healthy locality, with pure air and good water, and sound, wholesome provisions, all must know who spend any ! time here, and examine the country. There- ! fore, troops getting sick, must, as a general thing, either come here with the foundation , of the disease in them, or contract sickness i from exposure.— Why* The Jackteii Artillery. This corps, under the command of Cart Gor, A. Dure will leave to-night, as is derstood, lor the seaboard of Georgia They will take upwards of a hundred n.e. and a fine battery. The following is f , ];„*( of volunteer companies from Bibb counu now in the field and the order of q lt .- going; Brown Infantry, Pparks Guard* Independent Volunteers, Central City Bl ue * ac °"o T r rd9> Rutland Guard'-- Floyd Rifles, Bibb Grey* Macon Volunteers. Jackson Artillery. The Jackson Artillery was the first corn panvcalled into service, and were sent dov, to the coast,but recalled after three month service. Bibb, with a voting populate,’ of 18,U00, has now a thousand men in tj„, field, and in a pinch could turn out a thou sand more; not all of them so light of foot or supple in the joints as the dear fellow who have gone, but still good, steady-goin-, soldiers for all that—men who could stand their hand with the Hessians at the bayo net, and hit the mark at long taw, though they had to squint at it through spectacles Besides the foregoing companies we slut!; probably soon fit out two or three more,so that our permanent strength in the army will be about 1,‘200 men. If anybody hail told us six months ago that Bibb would have sent anything near that number of soldiers, we never would have believed it Telegraph of yesterday. Southern Bound Travellers Detain ed at Pittsburg.—Ou the noon train that arrived at Pittsburg from the Eu-t on the sth were several ladies and gentlemen, earn ing with them a large lot of baggage, checked through to Louisville Kentucky. They were all taken into custody—ekht ir ten in number—and their baggage detained The “Post” says : Two of the ladies were taken to the £>t Charles, and the hallanee of the party to the St. Clair Hotel, where the)- were searched.— The ladies at the St. Charles are mother and daughter: they state that they have ken residing for some time in New- York, bat that their home is in New Orleans, whither they are bound. They give as a reason fur going South that they could not receive re mittances of money, since the non-inter course between the two sections has been so rigidly enforced. Their persons were search ed by females but nothing improper was found. The party at the St. Clair consisted of two geutlemen, their wives and children, and a nervous, irritable French lady, who was much excited and greatly annoyed at her detention. Nine trunks were searched.— With the exception of three small chests t homaiopathic medicine, nothing contraband was found. Travel to be Stopped. —The Washing ton correspondent of the New York Corn mercial writes ou the Gtk : The State Department has notified tht War D pat incut that it must refrain front granting passes to women and children who desire to enter the Southern Stutt.-. The travel by way of Louisville is com pletely blocked by the order of the Govern ment. I rgent applications for passes South were refused to-day, iu eousequence of orders from the Government. We learn that their is sufficient arms in the old Arsenal at Milledgeville to supply several regiments, and that there is a large number in the new Arsenal at the place among them muskets aud rifles of the new est patent. Why companies have formed aud been suffered to disband for the* want of arms, is a mystery that needs some solution. Can any one, even Guv. Brown, give a rta son for such treatment to our soldiery ?• &a v. Rejmldicav. The Helena (Ark.) Shield learnes that on last Monday week thirteen hundred Indian warriors—Southern allies—grossed the Ar kansas river near Fort Smith, eu route for McCulloch’s camp. The Indians were armed with rifle, butcher-knife and toma hawk, and had their faces painted, and seemed eager for the fray. feg”’ Beauregard’s efforts to draw the ene my into a fight near Washington are fiuit less thus far. He finished, last week, on the Upper Potomac, the last battery needed to control its navigation. Hereafter just as many vessels will go up to the Federal Cap itol as he edioses to admit, and no more. The Ciierokees.— The latest adviees from this Nation briugs intelligence that at a council held on the 21st of August, it was decided, in a full vote, to unite with the Southern Confederacy. John Ro.-s. the Chief, made a speech ou the occasion, which is very patriotic in sentiments. Running the Blockade.—The news has been officially received here that within a few days past a vessel uuder British register arrived at New Orleans with an assorted car go, having successfully run the blockade.— A portion of her cargo consisted of 2,000 muskets and 125 rifles, which our brave soldiers will turn to good account against the enemy.— Richmond Rnqvtrer. 12/A. Speech of Gen. M’Clf.llan.—General McClellan is said to have thus addressed a por tion “f his troops on Tuesday : “ Soldiers—We have had our last retres We h tve seen our last defeat. You stai by m*, and I will stand by you, and hem forth victory wi’l crown our efforts.” Gfn A. S. Johnson.—This distinguish officer, who has been appointed to the com niartd of the Department of the West, pas - ed through our city yesterday, aud ua? en tit tastically greeted by those of our citizens who weie assembled at the depot. He pro ceeds at once to his post.— Knox. Register. The ptiy of the officers of the Northern volunteer army averages less than half of that of the officers of the Routhem volunteer army. A Lincoln Colonel re ceives less pay than a Confederate First Lieutenant. Oft for Congress.—Col. Thos. M. For man announces himself a candidate to re present the First District in the Confeder ate Congress. Hon. L. J. Gartrell is .an nounced as a candidate iu the Eighth Con gressional District. Congressman Ely.— Bennett does not think much of this individual, lie is op j posed to exchanging him for Commander Barron, because, he says “he is a politick i of that school which has brought all the i trouble ujwin us, and is not worth even ; * j drummer-boy. We hope the rebels win I hold him fast to the end of the war. Ho i had no business at Bull Run. Poor Ely meets with no sympathy from ! friend or foe. When first taken, he pro tested that he was a non-combatant, and ! had only come to see the fun. “W e won der if he ever read Aisop's Fables. If he has, perhaps he may remember the storv of the Storks and the Crane. It is hard, nevertheless, to be treated in this style by one’s own friends.