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Journal & fflfsscwgtr. J KNOWLKii and 8. ROSE, VjMTORS AM) PROPRIETORS. Im orl;i ui. DkPAKTMEnT O) Jl ‘TH’P t KiihannJ. l'Jth D* l *!. liMUiKUmw to Receiver* under the A<t entitfeJ An A. t for the eq nest rutn m .4 foe Estate# Property oral FlYert -of Alien Eoemiis. and for the indemnity of . itizeua of the Confederate iStaU’S, un>l j.**r***iia aiding the saatt in the exusjiuj’ war ajram't the United Status. ”•—Ap i .roved 3uth March, 1861. I. The following person** are subject t<> tbe operation of the law as Alien Enemies: Ist. All citizens *f the Unit.**! State**, except citizens or residents of Waw are. Mar} laud, Kentucky or Mws*uri, or tbe District of Columbia. or the 1 .-nitone* oi New Mexico, Arizona, *r the Indian 1 er ritOTV S* >Ulh of Kansas. 2d. All fiersoiis who have a domicil within tbe States w ith which this Govera tneut is at war, no matter wlielher they In* citizen* or not : Thu> the subject* of (irout Britain France or other neutral nations, who have a domicil or are carrying on bustnes* or traffic within the States at war with this Confederacy, are Alien EilfBHP • uuder the law. 3d. All such citizens *r residents of tin* State* of Delaware. Maryland. Kentucky r Missouri, and of the Territories of Xe\v Mexico. Arizona and the Indian Territory south of Kansas, and of the District of Columbia, a.* shall **ouuuit actual hostilities against the Confederate State*, or aid or abet the United States in the existing war against the Confederate State**. 11. Immediately after taking your oath of office, you will take ps>*es*iou of all the property of every nature and kind whatso ever within your district belonging to alien enemies as above defined. 111. You will forthwith apply to the clerk of the court for writs of gami*hincnt under the Bth section of the law. ami will jiropound to the garnishees the interraga tones of which a form is annexed. These interrogatories you will propound to the following persons, viz: Ist. All Attorneys and Counsellorsprac taring law within your District. 2d. The Presidents and Cashiers of all Banks, and }>rinci}Hil administrative officers of all Railroad and other corjMiration* within your District. 3d. All Agents of foreign corporations, insurance agents, commission merchants engaged in foreign trade, agents of foreign mercantile houses, dealers in Mils of ex change. executors ami administrators of estates. assigu*9ca and syndic* of insolvent estate*, trustee*, ard general!} all person.* who are known to do bu.uK-.*> as agent? for other- IV In the ill -1 week of each month you w ill exhibit to the Judge, a statement show ing the whole amount of money in your hand- a* Receiver, and dep.> it the same for safe keeping, in such bank or other depository asiuuv 1m: selected lor that pur pose by the Judge—-reserving only such amount a* may I*c required for immediate necessary expenditure in the discharge of your duties as Heceivm Y. You an* strictly prohibited from making parroml use in any manner w hat ever, or investing in any kind of property, or loaning with or without interest, or ex changing for other funds without leave of the Court, any money or funds of any kind received by you in your official cupacitv. I. ou are prohibited from employing, except at your own pervonal espeusc’ any Attorney or Couiminr to aid you in the discharge of your duties, other than the District Attorney of the Ccnfederate States for your District; and you are instructed lo invoke his aid under the ftth section of the law. in all matters of litigation that mav arise under the law. YU. You will take special cart- to avoid the loss or deterioration of all persona! property perishable in jt* nature, by ap plying for the sale thereof under the pro visions of the 12th section of the law. VIII. You will keep un account. slew - ing exactly all sums reeeived by you as allowances of compensation under the fif teenth section of the law, setting forth the •late and amount of each receipt of such sums; and as soon as the amount received by you in any one year, idiall reach tbe sum of five thousand dollars, you will pav over to the Assistant Treasurer of the Confederate States most convenient to your domicil, all further sums allowed you as compensation, taking duplicate receipts therefor, oue to lie retained as a voucher by yourself, and the other to lie forwarded by mail to the Secretary of the Treasury. IX. Whenever, in the discharge of your duties, you discover that an attorney, agent, former partner, trustee or other person holding or controlling any property, rights or credits of an Alien Enemy, has wilfully failed to give you information of the same, you will immediately report the fact to the District’Attomey for your Dis trict to the end that the guilty party may be subjected to the pains and penalties prescribed by the 3d section of the law. J P Bf.njamx, Attorney-General. The following interrogatories to gar nishee* have l*een prepared for your use. together with an. tv annexed for the iufor inati* in oi rtiv garm^hces. 1. Have you now, or hate you had in your pi>*e-*ioii, or under your control since the twenty fir t day of May last (1*61) and if vea, at what time, any land *r land*, tenement or tenement*, hcredita incut or hereditaments, chattel or chattels, right or rights, credit or credits withm the Confederate States of America held,owned, possessed or enjoyed for or by au Alien Enemy; or in or to which any Alien Enc my had, and when, since that time, any right, title (ir interest, either directly or m directly ? 2. It you answer any part of the fore going interrogatory in the affirmative, then set forth s|NN-ia)lv and jturticuluiiy a de scription of mich pnHicrtr, right, title, credit or interest, ami if you have dtfpused of it in whole or iu part,*or of the profit or reut or interest accruing therefrom, then ■state when you mad** such disjmeitioii. ami to whom, ami where such property now is ■and by whom held f 3. Were you since the twenty-first dav of Mnv, 1 HOI, and if yea, at what time, •mlebted, cither directly or indirectly, to any Alien Em*my rr Enemies ‘i il yea. state tin* amount of *ik-1i imlcl*te*lin*ss. if ♦ *ne. ami of each if more than on** Give the name r name* of liiecmi itor or creditor*. im) the plu*e *r places of residence, and state whctlo-r, or to what extent. Wck d*l*t or debt* have been dis charged. and also the time and mama*!’ of rhe iTMohargr. 4. Do you know >f any la ml or lands, Tenement or tenements, hereditament or hereditaments, chattel or chattels, right or right*, credit or credits within the (V*nfcd frate rttne* of America, or any or interest held. o vm*<l. possessed or enjoyed directly or indirectly by or for oue <ir more Alien EtieinU** since the twenty-tilst day of May, 1861, or in or to which any one or more Alien Enemies had since that time any claim, title, or interest, direct or indi rect? If yea. set forth specially and par tieulurly what and where the property i*. .usd the name and residence of the holder, debtor trustee or atrent. a. State all else that yon know which may aid in carrying into full ‘ fleet the Se j neutral inn Act <*i the -Moth August. 1861, and state the -aine a* fully and particularly ns if thereunto specially interrogated. A. B„ Reeeiver. XorK. —The garnishee in the foregoing interrogatories is specially warned, that the Sequestration Act makes it the duty of each ami every citizen to give the informa tion asked in said interrogatories.— [Act of doth August. 1861, section 2.] And if any attorney, agent, former part ner. trustee or other person holding or con trolling any property or interest therein of or for any Alien Enemy shall fail speedily to inform the Receiver of the same, and to render him an account of such property or interest, h* shall be guilty ol a nigh misde meanor. and. iijm.ui conviction, shall Is* fined in a *uui not exceeding five thousand dol lars. and imprisoned not longer than six months, and lie liable to pay liesides to the Confederate States, double the value of the property or interest of the Alien Enemies *o held orsubject to lit* control.—[Sec. 3 ] The Attorney (tenoral has also pre serilied the following rule of practice for the Courts by \ irtue of the authority vested in him under the 19th section of the law: RULE. (i arnislkvs. to w hom written or printed interrogatories are addressed, may make appearance by filing written answ ers.sworn to Imfore a Justice of the Peace or other oMnjietent officer, unless specially ordered by tiie Court to appear iu person. From the Richmond Kxaniiaer. In a few weeks the people of the Confed erate States will chose a President, a Vice- President, and members of the lower House of Congress. The President and Vice-Presi dent an* to hold office for six years. The iiujiortance of the election cau not be over estimated, and yet hardly as much attention has been bestowed upon the matters as is usually aceonled to the choice of a State Legislature or county officers. Such want of forethought is almost unaccountable. It is most certainly altogether indefensible, and, if persisted in, may lead to most mis chievous result*. It is a duty we owe to the public to speak out frankly upon this sub ject, and this we mean to do without regald to the private interests, convenience, or am bition of auy man. For the brat office the choice of the coun try is for the present incumbent. We pre fer him our.-elves, not merely because he commands the popular confidence, but he deserves it. He is a representative man of die South and of the revolution, lie did not accept the independence of his section as an event he eould not stay or resist, after having fought it as loug as he could On the contrary, he worked for it unceasingly, faithfully, at a time when the Southern fol lowers of Douglas said the gallows was the proper reward for his efforts. He has cour age, jiatiiotisin, experience and wisdom. — He has, in short, iu a large degree, the qualities which go to make up a great man and a good President. The popular esti mate of him is even higher than our own.— There is a general concurrence of opinion that he mu>t be chosen President again.— Here and then; a little cilque may uot like it, hut they will uot venture on any apposi tiou beyond now and then a foolish letter in some third-rate newspaper. Ordinarily the second officer is rarely the subject of public discussion. If the health of the President were firmly assured, it is uot likely people would be much concerned who should be Vice-President. But, unfor tunately, tbe President's health has been se riously impaired in bis long and arduous ca dnous career of public service. With this fact before us, the selection of a proper man for the Vice-President upon the ticket is just as important as that of the President himself. If, perchance, the President were to die, it is well to consider on what sort of tnan his powers would descend. Without undertaking tossy iu this article who and what kind of a man should be elected—without having at this moment a decided preference for any particular indi vidual—we are free to say that Mr. Alexan der 11. Stephens is not, iu our judgement, a proper man. His succession to the Presi dential office we should regard as a great public calamity, and we should be strongly opposed to his election, eveu if his elevation to the higher office was absolutely impossi ble. In the first place, who is Mr. Stephens that he should rule over us t In what res pect are his taieuts so transcendent, his vir tues so eminent, that all the other statesmen of the South are to be passed over to com pass his ambition ? How does lie excel Toombs, Cobb, Slidell, Lamar, Wigtall, Greene, Walker, Chesnut, Boyce, Burton, Craige, Avery, Mason, Hunter, Seddon, Kloydy Boeock, and many others whom we couid readily name ? Are his abilities so su perior to any and *ll of these that we must needs make a man our Chief Magistrate who followed anti sustained Stephen Arnold Douglas when he insulted the people of Vir ginia by threatening hemp it they should dare to resist the election of a Black Repub lican President. Fair play to the Border States demands that they should have a place upon the tick et, and while the first office has been gener ally conceded to the Cotton States, it docs not follow that for any motive of mere indi vidual benefit and aggrandizement a mo nopoly of the hading offices should be forced npou the citizens of the Cotton States, con trary to their own sentiments of justice, liberality anti brotherhood. We do not pro fess to sfieak by authority, hut we feel well assured that if this Vice-Presidential office were tendered to Howell or Thomas Cobh, to Toombs or Slidell, the auswer would be immediate that someone should be taken from the Border States. But, if this con sideration is to be disregarded, and the Cot tou States are to furnish President, Vice- President, and five-sixths of the Cabinet, then we hold that there are plenty of true and able men at the South whom it were an outrage to pass over for Mr. Stephens. To have Air. Stephens for our President would be to make our revolution, logically speaking, an absurdity. We resist an Abo lition Government, we conspire, we risk the baiter and we rebel, we become traitors to Lincoln, but true to our home, our alters, and our own honour, we are gloriously suc cessful and seal the covenant of our liber ties with the blood of the l*est and bravest of the South ; and then, after all this, we turn around aud elevate to our highest of- < fico the man who did his lest to jtersuade us to remain slaves to the North, to wear i the Black Republican yoke, and who, when i whipped out by Toombs, aud Cobb, and i Bcnuing, and the.lameuted Bartow, and over- i whelmed by tbe popular uprising of Georgia, gave iu to what he had vainly endeavoured to st>p, and not only consented to be a gen tleman and a freeman, but is now actually willing to reap the highest honours of our successful revolt. Now, there is no logic, no sense, no consistency in this. If is too absurd to lx* thought ot. Once c< -iisumma t< and. we should he the laughing stock of the North, we should be sneered at secretly as a race w ho never could emancipate themselves from Yankee notions, ideas and practice*, while wcshould he complimented iu their pu per* for choosing one who was understood to favour “re construction,” —“re-organiza- tion,” —those convenient formulas for ex pressing a renewal of the old bondage to the foul corpse of a Northern Union. Here we shall lie met by the cry of “pro scription.'’ \\ e shall be asked do we mean to proscribe all those who did not go for se cession at the outset. Py no means. Many of the latter are already in public service, and some of them are eminently useful and patriotic, apd thus may, perhaps, be fitly employed in public stations. Put it does not follow from these premises, by any means, that Mr. Alex. 11. Stephens, quan dom friend and ally of Stephen Arnold Douglas, should Im* put in a position where then* is even a chance of hi* Upcoming President of the Confederate States for five or six years. The South has done nothing to deserve such an infliction. If Mr. Stephens were a man whose entire record were acceptable ; if he were not de filed by recent political ties of such a nature that, at least, they should teach him modes ty ; if his views on public questions accor ded entirely with the aims of the Southern Confederacy; if, after using his best en deavors to get Georgia out of an Abolition Union, he bad, like Toombs, and Cobb, and Bartow, sought a place in tbe tanks of our soldiers, instead of attending to Presiden tial schemes, —there would still remain one radical objection which would make it our duty to oppose his elevation. He is the pet, the idol, the hope of every corrupt spoilsman aud jobber in tbe South. F*r some reason, best known to themselves, they think “Aleck Stephens” the greatest man in the country, and that when he mounts the pur ple they will be all l ight. The circumstance is a susoieious one. Lot it teach us caution. We have inaugurated a pure and simple Re publican Government. Let us keep it so for two or tkiee terms at least. I.et tbe Republic reach its majority before it aspires to emulate those corruptions and profligacies which belong to old and tried dynasties. From tlie Columbus Enquirer. Col. Chamber* Withdrawn. The subjoined letter brings us an an nouncement w hich rather surprise's us. We received it with regret, as we desired a pop ular vote upon the question of au indepen dent, no-party candidate against a conven tion nominee and a grasping aspirant for a third term. This decision of Col. Chambers leaves us without a candidate in the field, as it is know n that we have objections to both the remaining candidates, and we do not care just now, to strike a nice balance between “ a choice of evils.” Col. Chambers left for Richmond before hearing of the Milledgeville nomination and the following letter was written from Air ginia : Richmond, Ya. Sept. 15, 1861. ]■'<iitor (WitnihuM Kmjurrtr: Dear Sir —As you are aware, I consent ed to the use of my name in connection with the approaching Gudernatorial Election, at the solicitation of a number of friends, and from no desire on ray part to enter the lists as a candidate for office. Subsequently, a Convention representing a very respectable jMirtion of the jieople of Georgia, have re commended my friend the Hon. Eugenius A. Nisbet, as a suitable person for the office of Governor, and in that recommendation I heartily concur, and should rejoice to see it endorsed by the people. With no disposition to exchange the quiet of private life for the cares of a public station, I am at this juncture of our public affairs particularly disinclined to foment un necessary differences among our jieople ; and 1 therefore ask the permission of my friends who have drawu me from my retirement, to withdraw my name altogether from the can vass. In doing so, l tender my grateful ac knowledgments to those who |have honored me with an unsolicited expression of their confidence. Very respectfully, JAS. M. CHAMBERS. Haron County Superior Court. At a meeting of the Bar during the ses sion of the September term of Macon Superi or Court, on motion of Win. Y. llansell, Esq., his Houor, 0. A. Loehrane appointed the following named gentlemen a Com mi tee to report resolutions expressive of the fee ling* of the members of tbe Bar and officers of the Court in regard to the recent and greatly lamented death of our distinguished fellow-citizen and late Judge of the Macon Circuit, the Hon. Henry G. Lamar, to wit: Win. Y. Han.sell, Win. 11. Robinson, George W. Fish and E. W Allen, Ksqrs. The Committee, through their Chairman. Win. Y. llansell, K>q., reported the following resolutions, which were unanimously agreed to: Jfpsofrerfy That in the recent and lamented death of the Hon. Henry G. Lamar, we mourn the loss of a valued and distinguished brother in the profession of the law —that the Beneli lias lost one of its brightest orna ments, and the country one of its most use ful and patriotic citizens. In all the rela tions of life Judge Lamar stood pre-eminent. He was a devoted and affectionate husband and father, a kind and indulgent master, and most faithful friend. None knew him but to love him, and those of us who knew him longest and best, loved him most. Jfesolved, That we most deeply condole With our brothers of the Bar and our fellow citizens generally in the great loss we have all in common sustained in the death of our friend and brother, and more especially do we fender our heartfelt condolence aud sym pathy to the atHicted family of Judge La mar in this their saddest and severest be reavement. Resoi'tol, That these resolutions be enter ed upon the minutes of the Court, and that the Clerk be requested to forward a copy of the same to the family of Judge Lamar. RrsfJip.it, Also that we are gratified to find in the dignified bearing and rapid dis patch of business in our Court on the part of his Honor O. A. Loehrane, that we have the assurauce that he will discharge the dutiea of the office with honor to himself and satis faction to the Circuit. ftemJmt, That, the proceedings of this meeting be placed on the minutes of the Court and published in the public gazettes. A true extract from the minutes of Macon Superior Court,September term, 1801. JOHN AL GRIER, Clerk. Cold Com fob t. —After reading the ac counts of the battle of Alanussas, the London ‘times winds up a comment with the follow ing advice to the Yankees : Yon have am tahen i/fJiir vocation ; tin mil it an/ line, even, as u matter of business, does not tiM- S*cer. ,% I MACON, GEORGIA: IVnlnrsilav, S< |>(em!>*■ r 25, 1861. FOR GOVERNOR, EUGENIUS A. NISBET. OF Illliß. |.Jf“ We observe that Gov. Brow* is out iu a long iiiiiiiifa-sto “letting forth his el.iims for re elec tion. We have not s| a, ‘ e b* 1 ’ ‘ l *“ “ ur Gb* week. J-jp’ At a meeting of delegates from Burke mid and Bulloch, held st Milieu on the 17th., Judge J A. Shewmake, of Burke, was unanimously nomina ted for Senator from the 17th District. In the loth Col. D. A. Vasun. In the 1 Sth District, composed of Sumter, Schley, and Macon, Hon. T. M. Furlow has been nominated. Iu the 23r<l District, com posed of Houston, Crawford and Taylor, Dr. E. J. Mr-Gehee has been nominated. We learn that S. P. Killen, Esq., runs in the 583rd as an independent candidate. All good and competent men. The prospect now is that the next Legislature will lie worthy of the old Empire Slate, when such men as the Crawfords, Forsyth) Jenkins, Hull, Stephens and others of like charac. ter, filled and adorned its halls. THERE IS DANGER Tlut many voles will be cast for Gov. Brown from mere force of habit. Avery large number of tbe people have so long indulged in the shock ingly bad habit of voting for nobody but a “dyed in tbe wool deiuocint,” that it iu (cured that in spite of the present cry of “no party,” they will vote against Judge Nisiift from mere instinct. This may be partially neutral zed, perhaps, by the fact that of late years the Judge hiuiself has occasion ally indulged in thin pernicious practice. THS TABLEAU, Gotten up by the young ladies of our city, in of the soldiers’ relief fund, and which came off at R dston’s Hall on lust Friday night, met with the most flattering success. The house was crowded, aud we learn that over two hundred dol lars were realized as the result of the exhibition. The juveniles performed their respective parts most admirably, and deserve great praise for their industry in presenting to our citizens an enter tainment so innocent and agreeable, and withal .so profitable to a good cause. God bless our patriot ic little girls in their labors of love. GENERAL APATHY. Thousands of good men have been slam by the masterly inactivity of ibis distinguished veiran.— Let not the friends of Judge Nishkt imagine that because so large a number of papeis are advocat ing Ins claims, they have nothing to do. There are thousands of voters in Georgia who will not see ilie proceedings of the Milledgeville (Jonven lion until after the electien. This was urged by us as an objection to holding the Convention at so late a day ; that the people would have no oppor tunity to canvass the merits of the nominee They have but one more week to work, and unless they work mightily they will be defeated. Mark it. NEW PASSENGER DEPOT AT SAVANNAH. This structure, which has long been wanted, both for the credit and convenience of the Central Railroad, has just been completed and is now in use. It is probab’v Ihe largest and most complete iu the Uuited or Confederate Stales. Its length is 380 feet—width 68 feet—height of walls 23. It contains three tracks—for the use of the Macon, Augusta ami Charleston trains. All the necessary parlours, private rooms, offices, &c. } are fitted up in the best and most convenient manner. It is a most creditable work to tbe Railroad and to the skill and mechanical genius of Mr. ArufSTCS Schwa mb, the Architect aud Engineer. A GOOD LEiTER We like much Col. Washington’s letter of acceptance. Let those who are selected to repre sent the people everywhere define their position upon the important questions therein alluded to. We learn that Col. Hill, who is a candidate for this Senatorial District, and will make a most cap ital member if elected, is also for retrenchment and reform. We hope he will favor tbe people with his views. Let candidates for all offices be made to speak out or be elected to stay at home. We should like to hear from Judge Xihhkt and Gov. Drown upon this subject. COL. CHAMBERS. The reader will observe by the brief and patri otic letter of this gentleman, that he retires from the Gubernatorial candidacy. Without the least disparagement to the worthy gentlemen whose names are still before the people for that office, we have no hesitation in saying that we believe Col. C. to be the man for the times and the place. It is time such men were dragged lroui retirement and their administrative abilities j>ress,d into the public service, ft is time the country should have the services of new, patriotic men, whose modesty and aversion to public life has exiled them hereto fore from the councils ol the country to the detri ment of its best interests. We do not believe auy one profession and clique should monopolize all the high political trusts, through caucuses and conventions. Whilst we appreciate the generous course of Col. Chambers, we much regret that the first Executive of Georgia, under our new Consti tution will uot be selected from the industrial classes. THE GUBERNATORIAL QUESTION Is narrowed down to the respective claims and merits of Hon. E. A. Xisiset and Gov. J. E. Brown. For both of these distinguished gentle men we entertain the most kindly feelings. Whilst we have uot approved all the savings and doings of our State Executive, we have conceded to him official fidelity and a large measure of success in the administration of our State affairs. Were he now a candidate for the second term of service, and could his re-election unite the people, bv obliterating all party lines, we should interpose no opposition. As, however, we see no good and sufficient reason for setting aside an old and hon ored custom, we are opposed to his re-election for a third term, us likely to establish a uangerous precedent, it is hardly necessary, therefore, for us to say, that from a variety of considerations— some of them weighty, and which the reader can readily appreciate—the Messenger will give its humble aid to the election of our esteemed and distinguished townsman, Judge Kisnrr. Having encouraged the candidacy of Col. Chambers, we were bound by every principle and consideration of honor to support him whilst he remained iu the fi dd. This we did most gladly. He baviug with drawn, the name of Judge Nisiikt is substituted in his place. COLLECTOR OF THE WAR TAX Tito announcement that Judge Starnes lias been appointed to collect this tax in Georgia, will be read with surprise. We had learned that Judge Cubaniss, who lives in the centre <>t the State, had received the appointment, and were very much in huj*.** the government at Richmond was getting out of the very bail and unjust tidbit of appointing none but old democrats to office. The erv of ‘ no party,’” thus far, is as the ‘'sounding brass and tinkling cymbal,” and will estrange the people* from a government they would gladly support with heartiness. A farmer living in central Kentucky, a very enthusiastic Southerner, raised a large flag ou his premises last week, and the Maine evening his wife presented him with a pine tee a pounder. THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECIION An artii le upon t!ii.s subject from the Richmond E\HQ.ii.>r, an influential and hide paper, will be read with surprise and pain. It would have been passed by without note or comment, or even re publieation in our columns, but for the fact that a similar spirit is occasionally manifested by presses and individuals nearer home. More than one of these have endeavored to eloud the prospeets of Judge N'isiilt for Executive honors, by reminding the public of his warm support of Doroi.as in the last Presidential contest. It is not our purpose or desire to enter into a defence of the political record and course of eith er Mr. \ishkt or Mr. Stephens, hut simply 10 en ter our s'ern and earnest protest against all such articles, as ill-timed and in bad taste. Especially do such objections as relate to Mr. Stephens’ tar diness in embarking in the cause of secession, come with a bad grace from a State which is scarcely out of the Union, and whose tardy and vacillating course has contributed largely to tho present unfortunate complications of the border States with Lincoln’s despotism. Nor should our Richmond contemporary, in referring to the claims of the “ Border States,” forget that w hen the present worthy incumbents of the two highest offices in the Government were chosen, Georgia was herself a border .State. The intimation that Mr. Stephens is in favor of re construction, we believe utterly unfounded.— We do not know a solitary individual in Georgia who favors this idea. Not out l Why then pa rade it to the prejudice of those who were origi nally co-operatiouists ? We know not what may be Mr. Stephens’ views and wishes in reference to the Vice Presidency. Were it not that we desire to see all occasion for division anil strife avoided by the election of Mr. Davis and himself to offices which they have so satisfactorily filled, wc should much prefer to see Mr. Stephens, in this stormy crisis, ujum the floor of either the House or the Seuate. His cool, clear and comprehensive mind is much needed in the Representative department of the Government and likewise in the Cabinet in these trying times. We had hoped that old things had passed away, and that with anew government, anew and fra terual spirit would pervade all classes of our peo ple. If in this we are disappointed, our present struggles and sacrifices will be worse thau profit less. The failure of Mr. Stephens to imitate Messrs. Tooling and Conn, and hold at the same time two important public trusts, is worthy of commenda tion rather than censure. We have felt called upon, as independent journalists, to say thus much in vindication of one of Georgia’s cherished sons. All hearts arid minds pre now nerved in the great work of Southern Independence. Let them not be paralyzed by recalling past differences and re newing old contests. Above all things, let us j” n ‘ repel at the very threshold, all sectional jealousy, and know no Lord* r or centre in selecting our chief ; rulers, tun choose those most worthy and best qualified. FOURTH DISTRICT. Hon. A. 11. Kenan has been unanimously recom mended by the delegates from the Fourth Con gressional District for re-election to the Confeder ate Congress. We find the above notice in several of our exchanges, it is calculated to mislead the public wind. It is not thus intended, of course. The people of the Fourth Congressional District have given no authoritative expression of their prefer ences or wishes in regard to their Congressman.— One or two counties may have done so, or a few delegates of different counties may have recom mended Col. Kenan, as above stated. truoh recommendation will be treated, of course, with all the respect it merits, but no one will hold it bind ing upon the people of this District. There are a large number of persons opposed to a monopoly iu offices. Most of the present Congressmen from Georgia have held two import ant trusts at the same time —in some instances, three. They seem determined to perpetuate this system of official greed. We call upon the people to rebuke it, sternly,promptly,or they will become the silly dupes and victims of coirupt, selfish, arrogant and grasping political traders and wire workers. The people of many of the counties now comprised in the Fourth District had no voice in placing Mr. Kenan in Congress. At a proper time, we presume, they will give expression to their judgment, whether he shall be retained iu that body. REIGN OF TERROR IN BALTIMORE. According to orders received from Washington, from the highest Federal authorities, a considera ble number of arrests were made in that city on the night of the ] 3th inst. Among them were Geo. W. Brown, the Mayor of the city, the editors of the “Exchange” and™ South,” newspapers, their files, correspondence, Ac., seized. Senator Lynch and ten members of the Legislature, of the city and county of Baltimore, suspected to be unsound to the Lincoln Government—and all sent to Fort McHenry. Among them, Ross Winans—probably the wealthiest resident of the city. Other citi zens were also arrested, and several escaped by being absent, and numbers have left the city to avoid it. We have also just learned that the two IT. S. Sen ators of the State, have since been arrested and confined. Also, at Louisville, Ky., Ex-Gov. Morehead, Col. Dcrkktt and Wm. Barr were arrested on the 18th inst., on the charge of corresponding with the Confederates, and sent to Jeffersonville, Indiana. DOMESTIC COFFEE. We have received the following recipe— to suit the time* —from a friend of good taste in all mat ters pertaining to the table, and it is well endorsed by many others who have tried it in years past | when coffee was cheap and plenty. Let no fair friends turn up their noses at it, and pronounce it “ horrid stuff,” till they have learned to earn enough every day to invest in foreign coffee at fifty cents a pound. Let them try it, without prejudice, before judgment is rendered, and not reject it because it don't rout much. Distance and price often “lend enchantment to the view” as well as taste, and to this has been sacrificed many a wasted dollar. If the simple Youpon of Cape Hatteras aud Tar River localities was re transported from China, in packages covered with Chinese figures, and such cabalistic words attached as Chang-sha sou, tjuang-Tong and the like, it would no doubt be very palatable aud popular, it a good price were attached. Try the domestic article and then let us hear from you. “To make good coffee peel sweet potatoes, aud slice them | to £ an inch in thickness, then cut into strips about the same width ; then cut the strips into squares so as to average the same size as near as possible. Then dr>/ them in i/m nun three days as you do fruit, be careful to take them in at night aud spread them on a table to keep them from spoiling. After tl*ey have been dried three days in this manner, they can be put in a bag and kept any length of titne. “\V hen you wish to use them for coffee, roast them as you would coffee; be careful not to burn them, but roast them to a dark brown; anil grind and use them as you would the coffee. “ I atu using it daily, and Had it equal to the best old Java. W. S. Jr.” The Franklin Review states that Mrs. McFadden residing in Williamson county, lias knit fifteen pairs of socks for our volunteers already, and is still engaged in kuilllug. If all tbe gentle sex would evince this spirit of practical patriotism, there will be no complaint of our soldiers being btdlf the corain winter, LEGISLATIVE NOMINATION A meeting was held by ft portion of the citizens of this county,* jw*terdny, at the Court House. The votes*H*§t for tho can didates for Representatives were—L. N. Whittle, 47; Win. S. Holt, 28; (’lifford Anderson, 24 —a few for J. J. Gresham and J. H. 11. Washington. Five Delegates were also appointed for the nomination of a Senator for this district, at Forsyth, on th* 28th inst. A CARU. The I.adie9 of the Soldiers’ Relief Society ot Macon county, take this method of thanking the citizens of the county for their timely and liberal contributions of blankets, comforts and woolen coverlets. The “ Wise Guards,” Capt. M. C. Mc- Mullen, were the grateful recipients of about sixty blankets, and we have only a few remaining. The “Oglethorpe Guards,” Capt. Wm. L. A. Ellis, will leave in a short time, and we need many blankets for the company. Thanks are tendered to those ladie9 who have contributed socks, to Mrs. Hooks for several pounds of wool, aud to the ladies, not members of the Society, who have assisted us in making uni forms, tents, Ac., and they are requested to send in their names in order that they may be enrolled as members of the Society. In about four weeks, the Society at Oglethorpe, assisted by the auxiliary Societies of Lebanon and Oak Grove, have made over six hundred (600) pieces, including 16 tents. The tents were made by the Oglethorpe ladies. The “ Macon county Volunteers.” Capt. S. M. Prothro, now in Virginia, must have winter cloth ing, and the cloth used for uniforms for the “Wise Guards”—having already proved worthless after one weeks war — we need money and cloth at once, and appeal to the people of Macon county to aid us in our work. Is it necessary to write of Beth el? can it be necessary to remind you, Georgians, of Manassas Plains? where so many of our brave brothers are sleeping—their hearts, for the first time, until rilled by their country’s wrongs. Shall we point you to the Hessians now at Hatteras, and menacing our own coasts? Shall wc recall these jto stir you up in this holy enuse ? No, no; you must, you will, aid us! Some of our friends will soon leave us—many have already gone—let us cheer their hearts by working gladly aud constantly for them, and words of gratitude and love, spoken by bright camp fires, will testify the soldier’s thanks for those who thus prove themselves the soldier’s lriends. By order of Mrs. SARAH G. nALL, President S. R. S. Society of Macon Cos. Miss Tallulah Hanskll, Sec’y. Thp Macon county ladies are doing nobly.— M ESSENCE K. EUR THE JOURNAL ASJ> MESSENGER. Tiie2£ttl District. Messrs. Foitors: —l observe that Col. A. 11. Speer announces himself, in the Telegraph of Tuesday, as a candidate for this Senatorial Dis trict. Tiiis is evidently done-under the appre hension that there are none left in *be District competent to appreciate the wants of the soldier or possessing the ability to guard and secure his interests. We concede great zeal, patriotism and ability to Mr.Speer.but as we have such men as Poe, Hill, Cabaniss, Whittle and others in the District, whose sous are in the army, and who, therefore, can appreciate their wants, perhaps the people wifi be willing to forego the advantage of the Colonel’s valuable services in the Seuate, especially when they are so important in camp. Besides our new State Constitution does not permit the holding of two offices of profit at the same time—though I admit this has been done by persons under the Confederate Constitution, much to the dissatisfac tion of THE PEOPLE. P. S.—Perhaps Judge Cabaniss might be in duced to relieve the painful anxiety of Col. Speer on this subject. [rOMMCNICATKD.J Public lUectiDif. The citizens of Bibb county are invited to meet at the Court House in Macon, on Thursday next, at 11 o’clock, A. M., to appoint delegates to the Senatorial Convention, to be held at Forsyth, on Saturday, 28th instant. We observe, says the Augusta Sentinel, that in different sections of the State the public are mov ing in earnest to make the Senate of Georgia what it ought to be, an honor to the State. Such men as B. T. Harris of Hancock, R. W. Bonner of Jones, D. J. Botbwell of Dooly, Gen. Cone of Bulloch, Barnard Hill of Bibb, and Win. M. Brown of Marion, are being brought forward for Senators. Is it not high time that something was being done in this, the ISth District? Cau not Richmond, Glasscock or Jefferson furnish & worthy, capable, respectable gentleman, for the position, who has the confidence of the people, and reflect credit on them ? Tub Ex Secretary or War. —The Richmond Examiner of Monday says that Hon. L. P. Walker ; would probably immediately leave for bis home in Alabama. The Enquirer says that he will imme diately be commissioned a Brigadier General in the service of the Confederate States, having always possessed an inclination for active duty in the field. He was a General in the militia before he was twenty-one years of age. Bible Society Meeting.—A circular from the I Augusta Bible Society informs us that they have appointed, in Macon, on the 2*2d day of October next, a meeting of delegates from all the Bible Societies in the State to organize a Bible Society ot the State of Georgia, and take steps lor the formation of a Bible Society of tbe Confederate States. The Franklin (Teun.) Review says that the young ladies of Tennessee female college, in that, place, knit socks for the soldiers one hour in each day. This is done at the suggestion of the es teemed President, C. W. Callender, than whom, the Review adds, there is not a more accomplished gentleman and efficient educator in the Southern Confederacy. Cor.. John A. Washington. —News from General Lee’s camp, says the Richmond Dixpateh, confirm the Federal report of the death of this officer, who was an aid to Gen. L. He was shot near the Fort of Cheat Mountain. Col. W. was the owner of Mount Vernon prior to the sale to the M. V. Asso ciation. The Grenada (Miss.) Motive, of the Ist inst., says that on Monday six hundred troops, on Tues day five hundred, and on Wednesday six hundred’ from Texas, passed that place on the Central road, en route to Virginia. Cotton at Apalachicola. —The Apa lachicola Time* of last week, in its yearly cotton .statement, reports the stock on hand in that port at 7,848 bales, but adds : “We would remark that from prudential motives the stock of cotton appearing in the above statement has been removed to the interior, where it will be secure against the vandal ism of the I-incolnites. ,, The Mobile Tribune of Thursday learns that on Saturday last that ship Island was evacuated by the Confederate troops, and in a few hours afterwards a party from the fleet lying outside went ashore and took possession of it. The New Orleans papers say an examination of the Island had been wade by a corps of competent engine®* B pronounced untenntble. \ uni inn tl on of Col. Washington. Macon, Oa., Sept. 19th. 1861. Col. J. IT. it. Washington; Dear Sir —Relieving it highly imjiortant to the interest of Macon and the State at large, that men he elected to serve in the next Legislature who are well acquainted with the financial condition and wants of tho people, the undersigned would respect fully request the use of your name as one of the Representatives of Bibb county, in tho next General Assembly, without tho formality of a public nomination. Very respectfully, your fellow-citizens, W asiiington Poe, G. Harrison, Joshua Knowles, D. W. Hammond, \V. K. DeGraffenried, William Holmes, A. G. Bostick. Macon, September 19th, 1861. Gentianm —l am in receipt of your very flattering note of this morning, requesting my consent to run as a candidate for the Representative branch of the next Legis lature. In your note you refer to the financial condition of the Slate, and express the wish that inen of experience should be sent to the Legislature. I fully concur in that opinion. If ever there was a time when every other question should be merged in the question of fitness for ollice, now is the time. If 1 have any qualifications, they are for the management of financial affairs. I lie years of my life have been devoted to their study, and in that department, I think it likely, 1 could render the State some service. For instance, the war must be prosecuted vigorously. Our brave volunteers must be maintained in the field; and I would favor a general tax to be levied on all the coun ties, and disbursed pro rata among the sev eral counties in proportion to the number of volunteers they may have sent to the war. This would equalize the burdens of the war, in which all have the same interest, and relieve certain counties (GUl’s among them) from the necessity of paying more than their due proportion. Again, I can see no propriety, w hile wo are engaged in a life and death struggle for national existence, in lining the pockets of a few government officials with gold, and at the same time reducing the people to the severest straits for the necessary means to sustain the existing order of things, so dear to every Southern heart. Retrenchment, therefore, is mv motto, and so, I think it should be of every man in the Confederacy. I therefore accept the nomination, which your partiality (rather personal, I think, than otherwise) has tendered me, and if elected, will pledge myself as far as in me lies, to guard both the State Treasury and the pockets of the people against all waste ful expenditures and needless appropria tions by the Legislature, and shall bend my exertions in favor of a general reduc tion of expenses in all the civil department# in lioth the State and Confederate States Governments. I am, gentlemen, respectfully. Your obedient servant, J. 11. 11. WASHINGTON. Messrs. Washington Poe, W. K. De (tkaffenf.eid, A. G. Bostick and others. Mas* Commercial and Financial Convention. —We would respectfully call publie attention to this Convention which meets in this citv on the 14th of October next, and urge the appointment ot delegates at an early day by every city and town in the Con federacy. The movement is an important one, and it is very desirable that there should be a full represen tation. Editors will afford valuable service to the cause of Southern Commercial Judeper.deuce and Direct Trade, by occasionally bunging tbe subject to the notice of their readers. Macon, Ga., September 13th, 18fil. Soctiiern Planters’Convention.— The Planters of the South will bear in mind that the Convention which met in Macon on the 4th of July last, stands adjourned to meet in the same place, on the 15th day of October, to which meeting every State and county, iu the Confederacy are invited to send Delegates. The previous labors of this body have bad much to do with shaping the action of Con gress. Let the Planters everywhere therefore, uke an interest in this Convention, which, be it born.* in mind, is entirety distinct from the Con mereiai and financial Convention, advertised to mee* on the i4th of October COMMITTEE. Will editors throughout tbe Soeth please bring this subject <o the notice of their readers. Heath of Col. Owes C. Pope.—“ Col. Owen Clip on Prove, a : i and much respected citizen Lids coau: v, ’ .-ays tke Sandersville Georgian, “died of puruhos at his itsideuoe near Sanders v lie, on Tuesday the 1 Oxli inst. He was born in Roberson county, North Carolina, and served his time ot seveu years at the printing business in Fayetteville. He removed to this county in 1831. For more than thirty years he had been connected with the .Southern Recorder in various capacities. He was a man of strong prejudices, but warm attachments; and many were tbe charities dis pensed by him, fulfilling the Scriptural injunction, “let not thy right hand know what thy left hand doeth.” He leaves a large family and numerous friends to deplor ■ his loss. He was a warm friend, a devoted husband and father, and a kind muster. He was doing much for his country, and, had be lived, would have greatly extended his services.— His age was fifty years. May he rest in peace.” We knew Mr. Pope well, as a most worthy and useful citizen. Heath of Mr. Wm. M. D’A.ntignac.— We learn that a private dispatch was received yesterday, says tha Augusta Sentinel of Thursday, announc ing the death of Mr. Wm. M. D’Antignac, at Bai ley’s Springs, Ala. Mr. D’s health has been in * critical condition for some time past. He was one of our most prominent and respect* ed citizeus, and at tbe time of his death President of the Insurance A Banking Company. TeMiiiiifiitial to Col. Haiiß'iler. The Proprietors and Employees engagni in the Franklin Printing Office contributed a purse of 8100 to Col. C. K. Hanleifcer ■ purcha.se a uniform, sword aud camp etjutp ments with. This was a well deserved com pliment with those with whom lie had been associated, who knew him best, aud who de sired to give some token of their appreciation of him personally. We hope he will be able to do his country good service in his new field of labor, nU return covered with honors. Col. Simpson Fouche is suggested in Southerner , as a candidate for Congr* - 10 the Roma District*