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Journal £ Iptsstnger.
J. KNOWLES and S. BOSE,
EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS. f
[orrtciAL.J
ELECTION RETURNS.
Vote for Governor, 1861.
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c £ , , u
Winn 39 £ COCXTTES. & £,
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Appling Jasper, 279 yL\
B'Or, 108 12’ ietferwa, Jsj, ‘js
Baldwin, 2*5 Tom**, 2/4
Binkr, .Join.-on, ~*/ ....
Berrien, iatunna, *1 J \
liibb, 409 t*2o I-cr, IKO 1 ."}.*
RiTin, 7? ]"2 Liberl*, 2.9 2'47
Bnttm-h, 274 104 f ifteulit, 111 W
Burke, :.6rt Its In—dim. 21 H>
Bails, Sm J 42 Bum |.kin, *>3 47 .
Brooks, 24.5 14! Mcon, 14
I'alhoan, 1”4 Jjs UidwMi, 254 14”
Camden, ‘.I Marion,
Campbell, 6*6 Iff yclnteh, 79 47
Imrroil, lu ll 3*e ther, 643 Si.,
Caw, .30 10l- M*ller, 224 7
Catoosa, Monroe, 42*1 362
Charlton, It* 1 Montgomery,
Chatham 1071 1087 Morgan, 181 201
Chat loop*, S fit 31+Murray, I*o 393
Chatiahoothee, r :i7 90 Muscogee, Mil 286
Cherokee, 76* 51i, Mdton, Hiyt 23+
Clark, 273 420 Mitchell, 76
day, ... TANARUS:. Newton, 025 5'2
Clinch, •►glethorpe, 258 871
Cobb, 155 39+ Paulding, I*9 Hi
Coffee, Pickett*, 439 281
Colquitt, Ptke,
Coweta, 721 432 Polk, 201 ;tlu
t'rawford, 384 68 PuL*ki, 299 121
Columbia, Putbam, 212 139
I tviou, 271 244 Pierce, in? 145
Dade, QtiiUuuii, 261, +4
Decatur, 443 247 ILtbun, 287 71
Dr Kalb, 641 30*2 Randolph,
Dooly, .ißiehmnnd, 740 743
Dougherty, 113 J 97 -Bcreren, 94 187
D&wsou, Spalding, 807 427
Flirty, Stewart, 427 274
Filbert, 337 232 -''uniter, 41S 319
Effingham, 91 193 Schley, .... ....
Emanuel, Talbot, 432 275
K'iiols, I+6 1 Talialerro, 146 149
Fayette, 643 164 Tatnall,
Fannin, 424 188 Taylor,
Floyd, 34-2 68f. Teifair, ITI 100
Franklin, ....Terrell, 168 237
Forsyth, 650 +4O Thomas, 275 34f>
Fulton, D*63 976 Towns, 156 158
Giliner, Troup, 210 662
Glynn, HS 1 b't Twiggs, 245 80
Cordon, 772 468 Cnion, 510 98
tireeue, 221 359 Epson, 331 299
Gwinnett, 794 497 VValaer, 620 605
Glaaacock, 97 9*l Walion, 636 370
Habersham, 252 224* Ware, 220 75
Hall, 794 4&7!Warren, SBB 179
Hancock, 249 178* Washington, 410 556
UarraUon, Wsyne, 35 95
Harris, 504 SSS Wabater, 168 172
Hart, 446 82 Whitfield, 456 839
Heard, 419 223 Wilkes, 154 252
Henry, 607 326 Wilkinson, 548 177
Houston, 4*>9 196 Worth, 274 81
Irwin, White,
Jackson, 585 443 Wilcox, 184 2
The Harpers’ Ferry Fioht.—From the
officers who accompanied to thiscity, on Sat
urday, the prisoners taken by Col. Turner
Ashly, dnriue his fight with the enemy at
Harpers’ Ferry, on Wednesday, we gain
some interesting particulars of the splendid
affair.
The fight, which began early in the mor
ning, was continued, with varying results
until afternoon, when the Yankees were
driven entirely from their entrenchments,
and finally across the Potomac, leaving loli
var and Harpers’ Ferry in possession of our
troops. The enemy, who numbered about
1,50(1 men, comprised detachments of Massa
chusetts, Minnesota and Pennsylvania Kegi
ujpnts_. The Minneaotians did the chief
Our own force numbered only about 600
men, the greuter portion of whom were raw
militia. Ihe latter acted with great brave
ry, meeting the Yankees fairly with th. bay
onet, and impetuously driving them from
the field. Subsequent to their retreat the
enemy planted some cannon on Maryland
Heights, and fired into our forces, which
were then stationed at Bolivar, but without
effect. The known loss of the enemy is
nineteen killed, that number having been
Counted upon the field. It is probable, how
ever, that a much larger number were slain.
Two were taken prisoners,together with five
tories, who wereaeting in concert with them
Our own loss was one killed—named Zim
per, belonging to the Shenandoah militia—
and Urn wounded, two of them mortally it is
supposed. During the action the axle of
one ot our guns broke, and Col. Ashby,
having no horses to draw away the piece,
ordered it to be soenrely spiked.— Jluh. Fj
nnthtrr, 275/.
Mmiimoiust Preacher* Prisoners and
OoMPBULEft TO TAKE THE ( >ATH.—The Lnilis
ville Conference of the Metlmdist Episco
jml Church was recently in session in F.ou
tsvillc, Hiho]i Kavanaugh presiding. Its
business fieing transacted, the worthy min
ister* composing it were somewhat aston
ish *xl to find that they were prisoners—that
they would le permitted to leave the city
and return to their homes and their charges
only <m taking an oath to the Con
stitution of the 1 nited States and to he
loyal to the l nited States and to Kentuc
ky. Ac. Such was toe fact, however.—
Lincoln is master of that place, and Ins
Lieutenants exercise absolute authority.
’I here was the alternative presented to ev
ery preacher—the oath, or j*erpetual im
prisonment. The most of them, all of them
probably, under compulsion in duress, took
the oath, and, for the time l>eing at least,
escaped from the clutches of the tyrant.—
Courier.
W e regret that any of them took the
oath, ami trust they made such reserva
tions as will not render it permanently
binding. Liin*oln intends to bo well sup
plied with chaplains.
C’ont<MtrMt* toners.
The first Owgress nf the Confederate
States, under the permanent Constitution,
>\i!l be < oiu|M>sed of tirenty-t vo Senators
and eighty-seven Representatives.
The r. pre-=.-ntation will he a> follows, lw
ine iu the ratio of one member for even
ntiiKv thousand rif populate*), on the Fel
et ul counting three-fifths for duvet*.
e add, in a separate column, the elec
toral vote ot each Stat. iu the Confederacy;
... . . JO-|#vwt*!inii ValrH
\ irgu.ia . ft; ls
North Carolina * 10 jo
South Carolina (j g
Georgia ’ ...10 12
Florida -j 1
Alabama < JJ
Louisiana G ft
Texas 1 0 *
Arkansas.. .4 0
Mi'sesipja 7 ft
Tennessee .'. 11 13
S7 lff9
i lie H4|in-<kiraiiwii Act.
Judge M agi ath, of Charleston, has de
nd*-d this m* to be constitutional. This
.settiei* the matter. Henceforth every ease
will turn upon the facts of the iwoperty
lelonging to an alien enemy or not. The
/dtfi only will lie involved. i
Another Sklrmlsli at the Paw*.
By the Batile Line.
Fort Jackson, Oct. 18.- At noon to
day, the Jackson, Capt. Gwathmey, going
down the S. W. Pass,mot two C. 8. N. stea
mers, one supposed to be anew gunboat and
the other South Carolina. At the head of
tin Passes they stopped, meeting the Ivy.
atld opened uj>on us with their long-ranged
guns. The shot fell thickly around our
steamers, the Ivey returning the fire j tho.-s
----of tin- Jackson wot l*eing abb’ ,0 reach the
enemy,she retired. Ihe Ivey continued the
tire, until the enemy’s vessel* haiued oil ami
.t ilfiwn the S. \W Pass, the Ivy follow
ing so watch their movements.
I>nc shell of the Ivy during the engage
ment, hurst under flic bow of the large stea
mer, aud another under that of the small
‘one.’
The Ivy returned and anchored at the
head of the Parses.— X. O.
Xashvillf, Trs., 28th.—Two gunhoats landed
on F'riday night last, fifteen miles U low F.ddvuile,
threi* handred and fifty Infantry and fifty Cat airy,
aho marched m Kihlytille and surrounded Capt.
Wileos and his company while at breakfast Satur
day morning, fired on them, killing three and
wounding several othera.antong them Capt. Wileoi,
Eddyv ill*- H a thriving village in Caldwell county *
Ky., on the Cumberland river, about 15 miles Irom
Princeton. Population about 700. Capt. Wilcox
w a a Confederate officer.— Me**.
Itttiuor‘il Figlit at ICouiut y.
Passengers from the neighborhood ot \\ in
Chester state that a rumor prevailed there of
a rr-criit engagement at llomney, between
7,000 Federals ami 000 (’onfedt-rates, result
ing in a frifiing hS in killed and wounded,
to the Hessians, but many Confederates ta
ken prisoners, with all our baggage and sixty
horses, captured. The above is given lor
what it is worth.
[From the Comptroller (teneral’s Report.]
Tin* Kcjjiinen!. of Voluiiteer<t ill
lli‘ t'oiiletlci-ate GovernUM‘ilt.
While reporting the expenses of our State
for mi 11 itary purposes —although not required
hv law, yet I desired, if it was possible to
do so, to present the organization of the vari
ous Regiments of Volunteers received into
its service by the Confederate States Govern
ment —that is, to give the name of the Colo
nel, Lieutenant Colonel, Major, and the Cap
tains and Lieutenants of companies in each
regiment, the counties from which each com
pany came, and also the number of each reg
iment as given by the Cnnfeibmtr Stuff#
Gnremmetit.
As much of this information could only be
obtained from the War Department at Rich
mond, I have used my best exertions to ob
tain the same from that point, without suc
cess. I have only been enabled to get an
official statement of the numlterinj of the
various regiments, reported or received at
that Department, up to the Ist of October,
together with the stations of the regiments
named. As the numbers of many of the
regiments are different from those given them
when they loft Georgia, and as in all reports
of the Confederate officers, they will only be
designated and known by the numbers given
them by the Confederate Government, 1
have concluded to submit the information re
ceived upon thi* pm,it, which is as follows:
l/ixt Ileffimentx j’rdkn the Shite <J (itwgia <m
ike *erei,e of the (’(••ft'■■Unite States, unit their
if.iliVoM, Ort. 1, 1861 ;
AT), hro't. t'otrmrl. Station.
Ist. C. J. Williams, Manassas.
Ist. 11. W. Mercer, Savannah.
Ist. J. X. Ramsey, X. W. Army, Va.
H*iil J S.-inmi's. Manassas.
•>ih. John K, Jackson, Pensacola.
6ih. A. If. Colquitt, Yorktonn, Va.
7th. 1,. J. (. irtrcll, Manassas.
Bth. W. M. Gardner, (Indop’t) “
9th. F. K. Doubling, •
1 1 *th. 1.. Me Lane, (liulepT) 1 orktown.
11th. h. T. Anderson, Manassas.
12th. Ed. Johnson, (Indep't X. W. A., Va.
1 Oh. W. F.cior, (Indep’t) Army ofKanatvha.
14th. A. V. Binnihy, N. W. Army,
lath. 1. W. Thomas, Manassas,
loth. H. < olb, Yorktuwn.
I Ith. 11. 1., Henning, Lymjlitimg orders
Army Kanawha.
18th. W. T. \\ oflurd, Richmond,
(‘■‘th. W . \\. Boyd, Army ol Kanawha.
Zotli. W. It. Smith, (Indep’t f Manassas.
-l*t. J. T. Mercer, (Imiep'lj “
--d. Roliert Jones, Camp ot Instruction,
Georgia.
T. Hutchinson, “
-4th. It. McMillan, Goldsboro, X. 0.
Zotli. Wilson, SaVanmth.
26th. Not reported, camp of instruction, Ga.
27th. “ .4 ’
2Sth. “ 44
29th. “ 44
Georgia Legion—T. R. R. Cobb, Yorktown.
I hilhps, Win. Phillips, Army Kanawha.
Ist Battalion—Lieut. Col. J. B. Villcpigue, Pensa
cola.
2-1. “ Maj. Hardeman, Norfolk.
*‘L Maj. Stovall, Lynchburg, orders
Army Kanawha.
besides several independent companies in
Virginia not yet organized into battalions or
regiments.
Although in the above statement Col. Hen
ning's regiment is put down as at Lynchburg,
yet for several weeks past, it has been at
Manassas, and Col. \\ right’s third regiment
has lately been at Itoanoke Island, N. C. I
have only added to the statement received
the word “ Independent” opposite those re
giments that were received by the Confeder
ate Government directly, and not through
our Executive.
The regiments alluded to in the foregoing
statement as “ not reported,” &c., no doubt
are,
Col. T. J. Warthen’s regiment,
u Levi B. Smith's “
“ David J. Hailey’s “
“ Littlefield’s “
now in ('amp of Instruction in Georgia.
In addition to these, there is another more
than full regiment, commanded by Col. Cary
W. Stiles stationed at Brunswick, Georgia,
in the service of the Confederate States’ Gov
ernment. Also three “ independent regi
ments, not yet full, but in camp iu Georgia,
viz:
(’ol. Wm. TI. Stiles’regiment . r > companies,
“ E. L. Thomas’ “ 7
“ Aug. It. Wright's < G “
Also, Col. C. A. Lamar’s “ 7
Reerirwl by the (Vu federate Government,
through State authority.
Besides these there are already throe (J>)
regiments in the service of the State on or
near the roast, to he increased to (G) regi
ment.* within the next, twenty tlnjs, for the
purpose of protecting the seaboard of Geor
gia.
finis it will hr seen that our State has at
this time thirty-four full regiments, (some
more than full) and four partly tilled regi
ments, together with three battalions, and
other independent oompauies in Virginia and
Georgia, amounting in all to about forty (40)
regiments iu the Confederate Government
service. And besides this, there are three
(G) regimeuLs now in the State service to lie
increased to six (G) regiments within the next
tweuty days, f<.r the <1 ( fence of her sea coast.
Ot the regiments and fmttnlion.s in the
Confederate Government service, Georgia
has armed accoutred and <s|uipped twenty
one regiments, three battalions, and several
companies attached to full re giments—all of
widen accoutrements, equipments, iic., and
a portion of the arms, have tyeen paid for out
of the 81,000.000 appropriation, •> will be
seen in the Abstract accompanyiug thii Re
port, and from the Reports of the Quarter
master General.
the public debt—in bonds.
Through the courtesy of the very obliging
and efficient Htate Treasurer, John Jones,
E.-p, who has recently given the Boud books
iu his office a close and thorough examination,
l am enable to present the following state
ment in relation to the Public Debt of the
.State, in Bonds, viz:
Due m U'i-. 7 per cent. L’enUai llauk Ruuds. $v7,50 >
“
“ lfctrt.4 “ “ “ 4 I/O’
11 .‘i-ej. 7 “ t>r W. AA. Uaiiroad leq,ni)o
“ 6 “ now reitewn ab1e..... es^iO)’
“ . l t'>s.6 “ U, 500
“ ‘siis.ti “ uow rcdciinabic ll*WJ>6o
“ i569,6 “ gr.egA")
*‘ 1 Sf.s, 5 “ .... 72.09 W
“ 137<),6 “ 102,500
“ 1.71.6 “ 156.250
“ t *79 r. “ ‘ 622.KH)
“ Iti 2, 7 “ redeemable in 1 542... loo,0(9’
1>73.6 “ 171,00”
“ 1>74.7 44 177.000
“ 137 >, 6 “ htO,i>o<J
44 1879,6 44 200,000
“ 19NN.4 “ 200, iHw!
“ lssi.O “ A. U. A It. R 130,0(0
“ 1381, 6 44 iur defettwof 0%....
Aud due iu ]SS‘J, piobubiv paid 6i)C”
44 44 1 -61, 44 - Ui.oCO
3,151,2511
Uur ou. I aii Jnin L,u.ls 537,500
Total *5,i:?3,750
It will be seen that i6,000 Central Bank
Rond ;, due in ISM, and £IO,OOO of similar
due in have not been presented
for payment —at all events they are not
marked paid itt the Boud Bonk. But as the
State has, for several years past, at different
times, redeemed Ronds not due, if is possible
these Bunds may have been paid, and the
fact of payment omitted to be entered on
the Rond Book. Rut, if paid, they are
sealed up in packages, in the Treasury office,
which neither the Treasurer or Comptroller
General can open without authority from the
legislature.
It will also l>e seen that the Ronds now
remaining unpaid and not due 8*2,558,750
are 0 per cents., 872,000 are 5 per cents.,
and $5*15,500 are 7 per cent'. This office
has no information as to the interest to be
paid on the 8537 f SOO obtained from the
Ranks and for which they hold the Comp
troller's- receipts, ami of course the per cent,
cannot at this time be stated.
In addition to this debt of 83,151,250 in
Rends, and $537,500 on loan from the Ranks,
by an Act of 11th February, 1850, the State
is bound to subscribe, in the proportion of
$5 GO, to §•> 0(1 raised by private subscrip
tion, for as much as 8500,000 more to the
Atlantic and Gulf Railroad. The act pro
vides that in the event of there not being
money in the Treasury to pay the install
ments when due, that the Governor beau
tborised to issue State six per cent. Bonds,
payable at the expiration of twenty years. —
8150,000 of Bonds have already been issued
for this subscription, leaving, the State still
responsible, under eerl.iin circumstances, for
a further subscription of 8850,000.
TilE LOAN FROM TIIE BANKS FoR THE MILI
TARY DEFENCE OF THE STATE.
The last Legislature having appropriated
$1,000,000 to be used by your Kxeelleucy for
the uiillitary defence of the State, and hav
ing also authorized your Kxcellcncy to raise
the same, if necessary, upon Stated percent.
Bonds, to be issued payable twenty years af
ter date in addition to reporting the amount
obtained, l have deemed 0 but just to give
tbe names of the Banks that patriotically
came forward and assisted the State in her
i n.,r n .......„.i
Central !!uilma<l and Hat king Company + ioo,ooo
Hunk ot Kuvanrtah 5o ouo
I’.iuik ol the Slate of Gomel* lofl'iJOo
Bauk of Columbus V”
Pointers’ Bank of Savuur.aii 50,000
Timber Cuitei--.’ Bunk ot Savannah . r >’()00
Fanners and Mechanics Bank ol Savannah., 15,0'ki
Angu-tu lnsieanct- and banking Conipa-iy ‘ii.huo
City Bank ol Aue-ii's'a 4<>’t>iX)
Mechanics’ Bank of
Bank ot Augusta 60 600
L'Dion Bank of Augusta So’o l *)’
Georgia Railroad aud Banking Cutnpanv 50*00”
Bank of CoiMßierce, Savantnih 5o’()no
.Metchant-’ atol Planter-.’ JJauk of SaiauDah.. s"’i>imi
Marine Back of Savannah 10t)V>0
Total amount taken |'S4‘Z 500
Jhe capital stock paid in of the above
named Banks will be found in another part
of this report. It will he seen that the Cen
tral Railroad and Hanking Company has ta
ken to the amount of 83£ per cent, of its
hanking capital. The bullanee of the Hanks
named, with one or two exceptions, have ta
ken the amount ol 10 per cent, of their cap
ital stock. Bonds, bearing interest at G per
cent, per annum, payable twenty years after
date, were issued to the Central Railroad and
Hanking Company of Savannah, the Farmers’
and Mechanics’ Hank of Savannah, the Tim
ber Cutters’ Rank of Savannah, and also
050,000 in bonds were also issued to the
Hank ot the State of Georgia. The other
Hanks only hold the Comptroller’s receipts
for the amounts tukm by them. The Bank
of the State of Georgia also holds the Comp
troller’s receipt for $70,0(10 taken by it.—
The Sharp’s Rifle manufacturing Company
also in December last, agreed to take and
did afterwards take 025,000 of theG per cent,
tweuty year bonds, in part pay for rifles pur
chased from that Company by your Excel
lency—making, in all, 0807,500 of the loan
taken.
The following Hanks have not, up to this
time, taken any part of the loan, viz;
The .Manufacturers’ Bank of Macon.
The Bauk of Middle Georgia, “
The Bank of the Empire State, Rome.
The LaGrange Hank, LaGrange.
The Cherrokee Insurance and Hanking
Company, Daltou.
’The Hank of Whitfield, Dalton.
The Bauk of Athens, Alliens.
The Hank of Fulton, Atlanta.
The Northwestern Hank of Georgia, Ring
gold.
Battle of Lexington. —The Herald,
published at Fort Smith, gives a correct
statement of the loss sustained by the Yau
kees at the battle of Lexington, Missouri.—
The paper tells u> that one hundred and sev
enty-four l.incolnites were killed, aud two
hundred and thirty wounded. On our side
for|y-two w ere killed and thirty-seven wound
ed. We captured three thousand live hun
dred musket rifles; twelve hundred pis
tols; seventy-eight Sharpe’s carbines; live
cannon; two twelve-pound howitzers; one
hundred and twenty-six wagons and harness ;
eight hundred and thirteen hordes; throe
hundred and seventy eight tents; fifty-five
thousand dollars, efleets from steam boats;
nine hundred and fifty thousand dollars,
cash obtained from men in battle; also took
three thousand four hundred and seventy
eight prisoners.
Mkaok I.kSm u, Sen., died at bis residence in
Oolaparehee, Monroe county, (~ 4."> minutes after
a o'clock, on the evening of the 12th hist., in the
.sixty-eighth year of his age.
Bro. I.eSeuer was a man of sterling integrity,
and rite moral worth. He shared the Idgh esteem,
implicit confidence, respect and love ot all who
knew him. —Educational Journal.
The Memphis A mtlaneke has received a letter
from Gen. Billow, in which he states that unless
the families ot vohiuleers under him are properly
taken care of, he will release such as have depen
dent families.
State Bible Convention.
The (\mventiou called by the Board of
Managers of the Augusta Bible Society,
convened in the Lecture Room ol the Pres
byterian Church in Macon, Ga., October 22,
ISOI. Rev. David Wills was called to the
chair, for the purpose of organizing the
Convention, and Rev. Geo. G. N. Mellon* II
ap]ointed temporary Secretary.
On motion of Rev. J. R- Lvaus, it was
Kr.su/vHi, That all persons in attendance
he recognized as delegates.
The following names were entered by the
Sieivtury as delegates.
Athens -Rev. J.-S. Key.
Augusta Bible Society— -Ret. \\ - IL I ot
ter, Jss. \\. Rones.
Milledgeville M. F.. Ohurch—> C. A. Gonn.
Macon —Rev. D. Wilks, Rev. J. K. Ke
vins, Rev. X. T. Mann, Rev. J. H. Reese,
Rev. J. Knowles, Rev. E. W. Warren, Rev
F. X. Foster, Rev. W. (!. Bass, Rev. J W
Burke, Rev. F. M. liaygo,id, Dr. 0. Harri
son, and Messrs. N. €. Munroe, E. Rond,
J. Madison Jones, W . G. W hidby, David K.
I Blount, J. W; Fears, Thomas A. Brewer;
R. \V r . Cubbedge.
Washington, <ia., Preshyterian and M. E.
Churches—Rev. J. T. Norris.
Forsyth M. E. Church —Rev. Geo. (*. N.
McDonell.
(>u motion, Rev. A. T. Mann, Rev. E. •
Warren and Mr. K. Rond were appointed a
committee to nominate permanent officers of
the Convention.
The committee retired for a few minutes,
and then reported the following mimes for
permanent officers: Rev. David Wills, Pres
ident; Rev. W 11 Potter, Nice President;
Rev. Geo. G. N. MnDonell, Secretary.—
The report was adopted.
The President then declared the Conven |
tion organized; when, on motion, pvayerj
was offered by the President.
Rev. J. K. Evans presented the creden
tials of Rev. E. IL M versos Charleston,
and Gen. S. R. Chandler, delegates from the j
South Carolina Bible Convention, which
were read, and on motion, they were invited
to seats in this Convention, and to partici
pate in its proceedings as corresponding del
egates.
By request, the President read the resolu
tions of the Board of Managers of the Au
gusta Bible Society, under which the Con
vention was called.
Rev. E. IL Myers, having been called
upon, explained the action of the S. C. Bi
ble Convention, at its late session, and read
the resolutions adopted by that body.
On motion, it was
R> solved, That a select committee of sev
en be appointed by the chair to prepare busi
ness for the Convention.
The chair appointed as said committee,
Rev. J. E. Evans, Rev. F. M. Haygood,
Rev. \V. H. Potter, Rev. A. T. Mann, Rev.
J. S. Key, Mr. N. C. Munroe, and Mr. J.
W. Bones.
On motion, resolved that when the Con
vention andjourns, it adjourns to meet at 3
o’clock, P. M.
The Convention then adjourned to meet
at the appointed hour.
Afternoon Session, 1
Three o’clock, P. M. j
The Convention met pursuant to adjourn
ment.
Rev. J. E. Evans, chairman of the com
mittee appointed in the forenoon, presented
the following report:
Tin* committee appointed to prepare busi
ness for the Convention, beg leave to submit
the following resolutions for your considera
tion :
hf,,/re,L That, ill the oT>iji,Ql\„\V?,
ciety of the Confederate States or nm, in..,,
for the circulation of the Holy Scriptures,
without note or comment, in our own and in
foreign lands, is imperatively demanded, and
should be secured at the earliest practicable
! moment.
Retail red, That we concur in the action of
the Bible Convention of South Carolina, on
the subject of the foregoing resolution, and
that the President of this Convention, at his
leisure, appoint, fifty’ delegates for the State
of Georgia, to meet the Convention at Au
gusta, the 3d Wednesday in March, ISO 2,
as proposed by the Convention of South
Carolina.
Reso/ccfl, That, for the present, the Board
of Managers of the Augusta Bible Society
be, and they are hereby appointed, an Exec
utive Committee, for the purpose nf raising
funds and meeting the demands for Bibles’
and Testaments in the State, as far as prac
ticable.
Rrmfred, That the Convention earnestly
recommend to all Pastors and their congre
gations in the the State, that they co-operate
liberally with the Executive Committee,
particularly that they may be able to furnish
the sold ers in nnr armies with the W ord of
< *od. Respectfully submitted.
J. E. EVANS, Ch’n.
W hich was read and adopted, item by
item; after which, the report was adopted
as a whole. i
On motion, it was resolved that the Pres
ident of this Convention be one of the dele
gates contemplated iu the second resolution.
On motion, resolved that tlie Secretary be
instructed to furnish a copy of the proceed
ings of this Convention to the city papers
with the request to publish them, and fur
thermore, that all the religious and secular
papers circulating in this State be requested
to publish them.
RcziJcpd, That we recommend to the
friends of the Bible cause that a Convention
be held in the city of Athens, the 2d Wed
nesday iu October, 1802.
Jlesolvrd, That the Pastors of the churches
in Athens be requested to act as a committee
of arrangements.
On motion, resolved that the Rev. Dr.
Lipseomhe be requested to preach a sermon
before the Convention and Rev. David Wills
appoiuted alternate.
On motion, resolved, that the delegates
from Augusta be appointed a committee to
inform the Hoard of Managers of the Bible
Society in Augusta of their appointment as
Executive Committee.
On motion, the city pap-rs and all relig
ious and secular papers wore requested to
publish the proceedings of this Convention.
On motion, the minutes were read and
continued. After which, the Convention
adjourned w ith prayer by Dr. Mvcrs.
DAV ID W ILLS, President.
Geo* G. N. McDonf.ll, See’y.
From the CoQMitutioanllst.
A Card l© tlie Public.
It is currently rumored upon our streets, and
generally believed, that numbers of our merchants
are engaged in speculating in the prime necessnriea
of life, and that there arc now in our city articles,
which are being held back for still higher prices.
It uofues within uiv notice, that those reports are
causing the mauifcsiutiun of much leeling, ami i
deem it my duty to appeal, in the most solemn
manner, to all who may be engaged in these at
tempts to control the prices of articles of necessity,
to abstain from a course which cannot but result
ia gn-at distress to all the pooler el.isses of our
community. Common patriotism demands that all
ol our citizens should make sacrifices for the com
inon good, and not that advantage should be taken
ol those least able to slitter, i sincerely trust, that
whilst these troublous limes shall exist, our mer
chaiita and traders will be satisfied (ai they were
before) with living profit*. Robert H. May,
Mayor C. A. ‘
Georgia Hospital.
At a meeting of the Hoard of Managers of
the Georgia Hospital in Richmond, and of
the Executive Committee of the Georgia
Relief and Hospital Association, represented
by the accredited agents, Rev. Dr. Joseph
li. Wilson, Rev. J. O. A. Clark, and Mr. J.
M. Selkirk, held this 14th day of October,
the following preamble and resolutions
were uiiajiiuiously adopted:
Whereas, it is proper that there should
b t a perfect understanding between the Ceu-
It-l,! Hoard of the Georgia Relief and Hos
pital Association in Augusta, and the Hoard
of Managers of the Georgia Hospital in
Richmond, with regard to the relations ex
i.-tiog between thrm j ami whereas, the (.eu
tral “hoard in Augusta has made arrange
uients with the Contedelate Mates Govetn
mont, to carry by express all contributions
made through them to Georgia's sick and
wounded soldiers, the Government paying
one half and the Association the other half
of the express freight; and whereas, the
Central Hoard in Augusta is keeping a book,
containing a record of all contributions from
Georgia, with the names of the donors,
whether such contributions are made in mon
ey or stores, which book is intended to be
hereafter published: and whereas, it is
thought to be the best system to secure
union and concert ot action, and to prevent
wastage: Therefor, be it
Resolved, That all contributions are re
commended to be made direct to the Central
Hoard of the Georgia Relief and Hospital
Association in Augusta.
Resolved, If any contributions are made
direct to the Georgia Hospital in Richmond,
or elsewhere in \ irginiu, that said contribu
tions, whether in money or in Hospital stores
of all kinds, be reported to the General
Agent of the Georgia Relief and Hospital
Association in Richmond, Mr. J. M Selkirk,
as money or Hospital stores contributed to
the Georgia Relief and Hospital Associa
tion, to be applied by said Association
through their agent aforesaid, as the wants
of the Hospital may demand.
Resolved, That an address be drawn up
and presented to the people of Georgia,
signed by the Board of Managers in Rich
mond, and the Executive Committee of the
Georgia Relief and Hospital Association in
Augusta, setting forth more fully the objects
of our Association, and calling upon the
people of Georgia to send all their contribu
| tious through the Central Board in Augusta.
Resolved, That this preamble and these
resolutions be signed by the Executive Com
miitce of the Georgia Relief and Hospital
Association, and the Board of Managers in
Richmond.
Resolved, That all the papers in Georgia
be requested to publish the foregoing pream
ble and resolutions.
Joseph R. Wilson, Ch’n.
J. O. A. Clark,
J. M. Selkirk,
Commissioners Ex.Com.Ga.lt A 11. Ass n.
Alexander H. Stephens, Ch’n.
Henry F. Campbell, Vice “
and Medical Director.
Lewis D. Ford,
Jos. P. Looan,
Surgeons in charge.
James T. Patterson,
Wm. 11. Pritchard,
Edwin A. Smith,
Hoard of Managers of the Georgia Hos
pital, Richmond, Ya.
,J. T. Newberry, Scc’y.
Richmond, Oct. 14, 18G1.
Approved by the other members of the
i ii of the Genre iu Relief
Augusta, Get. 18, 1801.
\\ m. J. Hard, \ ice Chairman.
Henry Moore,Sec. Hoard Sup’ts.
W H Potter, Cor. Sec. Ex. Com.
J. M. Newby,
Henry F. Russell,
Geo. \Y. Evans,
11. 11. Ti < KER,
E. Starnes,
Lx. Committee Ga. It. A 11. Association.
From the LaOrange Reporter.
Card from Uoii. IS. 11. Hill.
LaGrange, Ga., Oct. 17th, 1861.
Mr. Editor :—For several weeks I have
been asked by various friends, in person and
by letter, to consent that my name be an
nounced for a seat in the House of Represen
tatives of the first Confederate Congress, un
der the permanent Constitution.
For a long period, and without any agen
cy of mine in word or act, directly or indi
rectly, my name has been suggested by oth
ers in different portions of the State, for a
seat in the Senate of the same Congress.—
For the many expressions of confidence ten
jdered me, voluntarily, by gentlemen of both
old political parties, I return my grateful ac-
I kuowkdgements. Such expressions, in them
selves, largely reward one, whose great
( purpose in all this revolution, has been to
[ pursue such a course as would tend, however
humbly, to unite in cordial harmony all onr
people. Truly such happy unity at home,
compensates for many of the evils of that
wicked war which we are compelled to resist
from abroad
Unalterably, fixed as is my purpose, never
to seek anv office, it would be still more im
proper to consent to be supported at the same
time two offices, whose terms co-exist for at
least two years. I, therefore respectfully
decline to consent that my name be announ
ced as a candidate for Congress, from the 7th
District; and hope the people will unite on
someone of the many gentlemen in the Dis
trict. who are so able to represent them.
With earnest hopes for the future of our
imperiled new Confederacy.
• lam yours, very truly,
11. 11. HILL.
From the Telegraph.
“Operation” i t Itroadsluff* anl
Pro visions.
We published yesterday a very significant
address from the Mayor of Augusta, upon
the subject of speculative operations in Bread
stuffs and Provisions. The Mayor evident
ly feared a state of exasperation which might
endanger the public peace. It is not our
purpose to intimate the existence of any
such danger here or elsewhere, but it is
nevertin'iesa true that t ransactious in Hread
stulls and Provisions, evidently lor mere
purposes of speculation, do excite illfeeling
at this time, and should be avoided by pru
de lit and good men who value the good
opinion of their fellow-citizens. We speak
in kindness and with the best feelings to
wards all concerned, and at tbe same time
in the earnest hope that this hint will be
taken into consideration.
The Nashville Gazette says:—
Strange as it may seem, it is nevertheless
true that Nashville consumers or dealers in
in Hour can now buy that article iu the city
of Richmond, with charges of freight, Ac.,
added, at least one dollar on the barrel
cheaper than the article can be purchased
in the city of Nashville. This fact should
make the Hour monopolist of this locality
heartily ashamed of the outrages they are
perpetrating upon this people.
Fiona the Richmond Examiner.
Ravages of ‘‘The Army Worm.” .
The voracity of the army worms is unap- ■
peasable. Every day supplies us with some!
fresh instance of greedy and avaricious spec- j
ulation upon the necessities of the war and j
the bodies and stomachs of the people.—
Speculation ot this character, once rife, runs
to excess iu every direction and traverses
every branch ot business. We hear of com
binations to raise prices with resjs ct to every
conceivable article in Richmond that can in
vite speculation. Ihe dirty business per
vades the most extreme classes in trade.—-
It is plied iu the warehouse, in the store, and
in the slop shop.
Some tunc ago an effort was made to buy
up all the quinine in Richmond. We learn
that the combination has succeeded so far
as to raise the price ot this iudispcnsable
medicine to seven or eight, dollars an ounce.
]u another instance, the money-grabbing
speculation of “the worm” is iu the article
of soap. For weeks, as we understand, par
ties have been buying up soap in the Rich
mond market to monopolise it and advance
its prices for their own corrupt and dirty
gaius.
These capital monopolies extend to articles
of the gravest necessity. It is not unfre
quent, too, that parties making the greatest
public pretence of patriotism, and affecting
the most unbounded zeal for “the good of
the cause,’’ are discovered to be interested
in the most, nefarious of these vile vampire
speculations on the distresses of tin war.—
We know instances of this sort. We know
that, notwithstanding the vast and inexhaus
tible mines of coal in the neighborhood of
Richmond, combinations have been effected,
and are continued in progress, to advance
the prices of this article of fuel beyond the
legitimate demand of trade, and that there
are interested in these combinations men
who are at the same time soliciting offices of
honour and patriotic trust from the people
whom they are betraying by their own pri
vate schemes of the pocket. * * * *
The ease of “the army worms” admits of
a certain measure of relief short of a “dead
shot” remedy. Let the Government and
people not hesitate to apply it. We recom
mended to the first to impress, steadily and
uniformly into the public service,all specula
tors’ goods which the immediate needs of the
service may require, allowing fair prices,
sufficientto remunerate the investment, time,
enterprise, or other legimate element of prof
it on the part of the dealer. This course
would not only be just and beneficial to the
Government itself; it would also at once as
sist to establish a regular sfaudard of prices
for the general buyer or consumer in the
market. Secondly, we recommend to the
people of the South themselves to find the
most proper and efficient remedies against
speculation in their own denials and those
severe habits of private economy, which both
the material exigencies of the war and the
considerations of patriotism at once demand.
Let every one strive, with patriotic devotion,
to dispense, as far as possible, with every
thing regarded as a necessity of life that may
have a tendency to increase prices, and t*>
stimulate the cupidity of those whose dispo
sitions for gain outstrip their patriotism, de
grade their humanity, and make them filer
than the Yankee vermin we have shaken
from our skirts.
REPORT
Os the Executin', ('mnnuttn oj the Fhtok D<-
poiitory , Clcaryia Conference at Macau.
The undersigned members of the'Execu
tive Committee met to-day in this city, and
proceeded to examine with much care and
• a. inTOt 1i,,. ijondition financially
otherwise, ot the “ Book Depository’ of the
Georgia Conference,” Rev. J. W. Burke,
Agent.
We have examined not only the balance
sheet as exhibited to us by the agent, but
have analyzed the several items constituting
the same, and have also extended our ex
amination to the condition and character of
the stock on hand.
The assets (consisting of stock and cash
on hand, notes and accounts,) amount
to $37,242.82
The liabilities, 20,099.81
Showing a balance to Depository
“f $17,143.51
To this amount inav be added
subscriptions and notes obtain
ed by Bro. J. JJ. Smith, dur
ing his agency, 6,258.50
Availabilities total, 522.402.01
We think this exhibit will be gratifying
to the iriends of the Depository, evidencing’
as it does, a degree of solvency that should
put to rest any apprehensions of friends and
the tmapiciont and mwuatiom of ennnm.
The notes and accounts due tbe Deposi-i
tory we think will compare favorably with
any similar business house.
I lie stock on hand consists large!}’ of
School Hooks that are daily appreciating
in value, from the fact that new supplies
cannot now be obtained as formerly. Other
classes of books not now so much in de
mand, from the care used by the agent in
keeping them free from dust, are not de
preciating, and with this care continued,
will remain “ merchantable” a great while
hence.
Ihe sales for the last 41 months are
5>7,786.44. These sales are veiy satisfac
tory, when considered in connection with
the tact, that books, other than those used
iu our schools and collegers, are regarded
rather as luxuries than necessities, and we
cannot complain that our friends do not in
dulge themselves in these times of pecu
niary stringency.
Vi e think that Bio. Burke deserves and
should receive the thanks of the friends of j
this enterprise, for the industry and busi
ness talent lie brings to bear in its manage
ment; for as a committee we can and do
bear testimony to the fact, that his every
energy lias been devoted to the success of
his agenoy, and none, other than a financial
head and busy hands, could have raised
the Depositor} - from so small a beginning
to its present poporti<m.
The agent has thus far weathered the
financial storm that is,now paralysing al
most every class of business, and withstood
its ravages much better than we could have
expected—and with the agent's present
system of buying and selling, only for cash,
(to which he intends to adhere rigidly) he
” ill, “e are confident, he enabled to meet
hereafter without apprehension, any future
erisis adverse to commercial prosperity.
J.E. EVANS, \
T. M. FUR LOW, $ L ' jm - 1
Macon, (Jet. 10, 1801.
I>r. MeAnually Arrested.
The St. Louis Evmmy New*, of a recent
date, says an order has been issue! for the
arrest ol Rev. D. R. McAnnally, tbe editor
of the St. Louis Christian Advocate, the
well known weekly publication of the M.
E. Church South, in that city. The al
leged offence, upon which the order of ar
rest was issued, is said to be treasonable
matter contained in recent numbers of the
paper in question, 1
MACON, GEORGIA :
Wednesday, October 30, 1861,
Till: PEOPLE o. 4 AK | v
At the solicitation of numerous
attached to different political parties, JJ,
HOWELL COBH, of Houston, has consent
led to become a candidate to represent ff
Fourth Congressional District in th o fi,
, Congress of the Confederate States.
Oct. l*th, IBt>l.
Third ('unorressional District
w. H. ROBINSON, Esq, 0 f Macon
county, is a candidate to represent the Third
Congressional District iu the Confederate
Congress.
We regret to observe by the Atlanta Con.
federacy, that Dr. li. L. G Bozeman, of Chunne
nugpee, Ala, was recently killed by a refractory
negro. Tbe Doctor, we beiieve, was formerly
from Baldwin county.
Tin: German Artillery paraded on Monday lad
with full ranks. They are able bodied, fine look
ing soldiers, and well drilled. We learn they will
leave in a lew days for the coast.
La noon C. Haynes and G. A. Henry have been
elected Confederate Senators from Tennessee.
TICKETS.
For the convenience of our readers, we publish
tickets iu our paper in such form as will enable
them to cu: them out and use them ou tbe dm of
tbe election. As our paper circulates in different
Congressional Districts, we Lave left a poriii; ,
them blank for the insertion of such name as
voter may preler.
In reply to tbe Telegraph, we have men
to observe, that toe article alluded to in our hm
issue, urging tbe claims ot certain secessionists ami
disparaging to Mr. Hill, we first saw in the Sava
nab Ktv>* credited to the Telegraph. We wiote
our criticism hastily and should undoubtedly have
aserbed it “to a writer” iu the Telegraph. We
did Dot attribute it to the editor, much less charge
him with unfriendliness to co operauonists.
It may be proper to remark to this connection,
that our strictures were penned in no spirit of tin
friendliness to Mr. Iverson or any other aspirant
to Senatorial robes. What we oppose and shall
continue to denounce is the practice of disparaging
the claims of co operationists to an equal share in
the administration of the Government.
GTIn reply to the article in the Telegraph,
some days since, over the signature of “Justice,”
we would merely remark that we intended no re
flection upon foreigners in the observation referred
to. The parties alluded to did not belong to Ma
con. The spirit of extortion, we regret to say>
finds expression in every variety of dialect in these
troublous times. We shall give it a broadside
wherever we see it—whether in Jew or Gentile.
These are no times for extortion and oppression,
and they should be stern!v rebuked whether found
in high places or in low places. Let the public
keep a black list for future reference.
A PLEASANT INCIDENT
Mr. E. Saci.sblry, long the efficient and es
teemed Superintendent of the Methodist Sabbath
School of tlris city, being about to leave to join
the Macon Volunteers at Sewell’s Point, V„ the
teachers and pupils attached to the school presented
to him, on Sabbath last, au elegant volume of
Pilgrim’s Progress, as a token of their respect and
affection. He will be followed by their prayers
and best wishes.
FOR EXTORTIONERS
Under this caption will be found several articles
I appropriate to the times. We hope a tdack list
will be kept and the names ot all persons who
: have speculated upon puti!e and private wants in
I D'*' 1 necessaries of food and raiment will tie infa
mously immortalized with the tories of the old
American revolution, These are times when men
should, as far as jtossible, labor to assist rather
than plunder and oppress one another. We ob
serve that the Executives of several of the States
have brought this subject to the consideration of
the Legislature. We hope Gov. Brown will do
the same. There is an abundance of the uece? a.”
ries in thi country, including salt: let speculators
be made to disgorge.
NON-INTERVENTION-
V\ hen we alluded to the candidacy and fitness
of Col. Tripfe for Congress, last week, we were
not aware that there were other Richmonds in the
field, also worthy and well qualified, and who are
our old personal and political friends. We have
since seen the names of Cols. Doyle and Peeple
announced to represent the Seventh District.—
Outside of our own district, we must be permitted
to observe friendly neutrality. Iu this the case is
different; where a candidate has been foisted upon
the people, against what we believe to be their
wishes and feelings, with the distasteful encomiums
ot the Southern Re cor tie r; a paper committed
against caacuscs and conventions, arid from whom
a different course might have been expected.
The Southern Record ?r still evades our
Question, and instead of u satisfactory replv, insti
tutes a comparison entirely out of order—as there
was no rival candidate to his favorite when our
query was first proposed. We shall not follow his
example. \\ hen the editor claimed superior states
manship for his candidste, the public had a right
to expect some tangible evidence of the fact. —
Xone has been, none can be adduced. On the
other hand, according to the editors own admis
sion, Col. Cobb has left the impression of his mind
and industry upon the history uud jurisprudence
of Georgia, and was entrusted with an important
mission to Europe, which would have been re*
nowed, under the sanction of the State and with
the appioval of the PI inters’ Convention, had not
war intervened. We do not urge that State pat
ronage constitutes superior claims to otlice, else
the Recorder might prove a dangerous rival to the
People’s candidate; for in da vs gone by it fared
very sumptuously at the public crib.
Ms e congratulate the Recorder upon its sudden
conversion to the argument which elected Gov
Brown.” Its genuineness needs the test of “pro
bation,” as does the admiration and respect of that
venerable piper for its new Magnus Apollo, who,
it says, was nominated by one of those bodies for
which the editor has expressed so much disgust. —
Verily his logic, like the times, is shockingly out
of joint We hope the people, on Wednesday
next, will show that they eati elect theii Congress
men, as well as other public servants, without the
intervention and dictation of conventions and
caucuses.
RAILROADS- CHANGE OF SCHEDULES.
By an advertisement in our columns it will be
aeen that the Passenger Train of the Central Rail
road ieavps this city at 50 minutes past 8 o'clock
at night, and 30 minutes past 12 o’clock at day.
South- Western Train to Albany, we understand,
leaves at 9 o’clock and 25 minutes at night. Ar
rives at 8.30 afternoon.
Train to Columbus leave at half-past one at night
Arrives here at 7.30 afternoon.
COL COBB,
The independent, anti-caucus, peopV.s candidate
for the Fourth Congressional District, was the first
Justice of rlie Inferior Court for Houston county.
Having taken a lively interest in every enterprise
involving the prosperity of the State and coun
try —thoroughly identified with the work.ng mea,
the bone and sinew, he will make a fit representa
tive of the agricultural, commercial and oiecban cal
interests of the country.