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journal & Messenger.
J. KNOWLES and 3. BOSE,
EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS.^
From the l.’harleston Mercury, Oct. 81.
Tin* Dopnrtnrt* of Ifeon. !<. •
ai*l Tl*ir Arrival in Ua
t.-ma —IIoU ll*v ru<li'<l ( uta.
Erl.
For Jtffmr time past, the papef* of thp ftl*
terior have been itniulfrine in sly-hints. as to
the wtaroabouts of Messrs. Mason and Sli
dell. We have hitherto made allusion Ur
their movement- ; hut, the causes which in
duced pur reticence being removed, we uiay
now, without indiscretion, narrate the fact#
of their embarkation, .
The.. foimnUrioiters having resolved to
make (be venture of ruuniug the blockade
of L'h udnstoc, after mature deliberation, se
lect.-d foe. tha experiment the stunneb and
swift hule steamer Theodora, which wa* r
there got itdy for sea with ail des
patch. Th.* pi.-parai ..>-> having bo* u coute
plot id, they embarked a little before mhl
ni;ht, u n Friday, October 11th. The party
of pa-vuogers who were starting on Ui* very
‘unusual and somewhat hazardous trip, con
sisted j*>f the following persons:
Hot*. J. Al. Mason, ol Virginia, Mr. Mac
furland. (Secretary to Mr. Masn,) lion.
John Slide'll, of Lmi-iaua, Mrs, Slidell,
Mi- . Mathilde Slidell, Mi:** Rosiue Slidell,
Air. Eustis, (Secretary to Mr. Slidell,) Mrs.
Ku-tis, who is a daughter of Mr. Corcoran,
the Washington banker, ou* in Fort Lafay
ette. o*l. Ij Mat, of Louisiana, the inventor
of the grape shot revolver, and two or three
other gentlemen, whom it will be best, fr
the pfce.-ut, not to n&uie.
The niglit was pitch dark, and about mid
night a light rain begun falling, which ren
dered the chances of being detected by the
blockaders exceedingly shin.
At vne o'clock on Saturday morning, the
liasty good-byes, and God-speed-you’shaving
ben said, the cables of the Theodora were
100-it ued, and she glided down the harl*or
on her important mission. As the steamer
passed Fort Sumter, every light *>n board
was uxtinguished, and away she weut, right
through the lingers of the blockaders, far
out af sea. . *
On the evening of the 11th she reached
Nu - *u iu safety, where had the opportunity
been a favorable one, the Commissioners
would have disembarked ; but on enquiring,
they ascertained that the English steamer
connecting with that point touched at New
York/ However gratifying a sight of New
York might have been under other circum
stances, the Commissioners determined in
this instance to forego the pleasure.
The Theodora left Nassau and steamed
away towards Cuba. <hi the RUh inst. she
arrived at Cardeuas, where the Commission
ers landed. The news that the Southern
steamer had arrived with Messrs. Mason
and Slidell ou board, which was telegraphed
from Caidenus to Havana, was scarcely cred
ited at the latter place. Rut when, on the
17th iust., the Theodora came up the harbor
of Havana, displaying the Confederate flag,
the quay* acre immediately thronged with
thousands of wondering spectators, and a
most cordial and enthusiastic reception was
given to the adventurous little craft. The
Yankees in Havana were, as a matter of
course, much disgruntled at the welcome gir
en to the Theodora. Rut, on the other hand,
ladle* of Havana prepared a splendid Con
federate Hag for the steamer, which was pre
i * iited to the Captain, with appropriate cere
moo it*. The ladies of Mutauzas, also, took
advantage of the chauce to send hither a
j.UudiJ flag for the Hamptin 1 .egion.
ihe steam-drip Columbia, formerly a
Charleston vessel, but now iu the armed ser
vice of the 1 aiikccs, was at the time, in the
harlxir of Havana. Luckily, however, she
Wa - not ready to put to sea. Her consort,
the Iveystone 8 tale, had gone to New York
with a .Southern steamer, loaded with a val
uable freight of arms ami munitions, aud
which, unfortunately, had been captured,
while eudeavoriug to make the run to Tam
pa, Fla.
8o the Theodora left the friendly city of
llu\ alia unmolested,aud with a freight of cof
fee, sugar, saltpetre, sulpher, acids, lead,
iron, shot, block tiu,etc M ran quietly in——,
we won't say where—bringing a number of
Charlestonians, who bad reached Havana
trum Southampton, about the same time the
Theodora made their appearance.
it is ascertained that the Yankee* keep a
fast yacht constantly plying between Key
\\ t -t and Havana, simply for the purpose
of gluing intelligence of our naval move
ments.
The Theodora is a private vessel, and is
unarmed.
From the Savannah Republican Nov. 2.
A Mill'll uilli (!i> Liiicvliiilcv.
Tke garrison on Warsaw Island, consisting
of tbe Republican Blues, Capt. Anderson and
Coast liidcs, Capt. Pritchard, had the privi
lege of a sight of, and shot at the enemy on
“Wednesday afternoon. It appears that the
schooner Elite, which left here some days ago
with a cargo of naval stores, bound for Ha
vana, by some mishap stranded off W arsaw
beach while goiug out. Wednesday after
noon a large l \ £*. war steamer made her
appearance in the offing, and coming to an
ther, dispatched three launches with about
150 men and one howitzer or mortar, to take
]At .-session of or burn the wreck. Capt. An
dersen, who is in command, immediately sent
out a considerable force from the intrench
meiits, ordcriug them through the woods to
u point opposite the wreck aud within musket
shot ol the enemy, when the latter should
reach their destination. The party lay in
ambush until the launches got within reach,
when they sallied out upon the beach and
opened a terrible lire upon them. The ene
my returned the salutatiou with shell from
their gun, and the firing was kept up for
some time, though without damage to our
troops. .
W hen the enemy commenced firiug shell,
Cap*. Audcrson turned the guns of the fort
upon them, and kept up the fire until dark
came on, though they were too far round the
point of the Island, for the shots to lie di
rected with accuracy. Our iron could give
no idea of the damage done to the enemy,
bat. think they must have suffered to some
itent from the fire of their muskets. *
Yesterday morning,we learn, the wrecked
schooner was still in the same spot and the
steamer missing.
We hope the enemy will not be deterred
from further visits by this warm reception
given them on their that appearance.
Aiuik r of Mrs. Jackson. —Oon. Mc-
Call sent out a party Sunday morning, and
arrested Mrs. Jackson, mother of Ellsworth’s
murderer, and her half-brother, named
Moore. Her house was situated within the
rebel lines, aud was u*od as headquarters
for their scouts. It is believed that much
information has been furnished them from
this source. She said there had been sonic
thirty there, and she gave them a cup of tea.
She or Moore would not give any satisfac
tion to the men sent by Gen. McCall, and
were accordingly Landed over to the provost
guard here.— liatA, Cor. fhil.
From the Charleston Courier.
The Segiieiitralion Art.
/'-friar* Courier ; —We of the mountains
notice the able argument on both sides,
touching the constitutionality of this Act.
Whether the Act within itself is constitution
al or not, is uot hty province to argue, but as
the Act is antagonistic*! to the liberty of
every citizen of this Confederacy, who may
indebted to any person of whatever, na
tom, reaiding in th country of the enemy,
if ought to bt flnconstitMtit/nal. . . „
It is a small estimate to place the mercantile
debt due bv merchants of the Confederacy
to prisons residing in the enemy’s country,
at one hundred millions of dollars.
The Capital owned by the merchant* sell
ing this amount of property, would be about
ten millions dollars, the parties being aided
by outside loans tor the ha Ilance of capital
required. I niversul failure has overtaken
these nierehants. and they in return owe
European manufacturers, banker* aud im
j>oi-ters. Allowing a prolit of lifteen j*er cent,
ou sales, give* the merchants a gain of thir
teen millions dollars, which, with the ten
milliou* capital, leaves them iu debt .seventy
seven millions dollars.
To pay this seventy-seven millions dollars
they hold one hundred millions of the paper
of our merchant*. \\ hat is the next move
upon the mercantile Chess Hoard ?
f he European creditor, trading the South
ern paper to be all the assets las debtor pos
sesses, receives the paper as a crouipromise,
aud the notes are transferred to the European
house, and to that hoHse in Kurojn we are
morally aud legally bound to pay.
Our bill* of exchauge and money in Lon
don, Paris and elsewbcre, can be attached by
parties bolding our paper. Our merchandise,
iu trnuritu, can lie seized, and should we vis
it Europe, our persons may lie arrested and
throw u into prison, there to remain until our
debt is paid, or uutil our creditor, by sorne
compromise, may release us.
Having paid the debt to the Confederate
States, or secured it by involving a friend,
wliiit will we have to offer iu settlement for
our liberty ? Our government, without a
Minister or consul abroad, can be of no avail
to us. Id prison we must remain until our
creditor may tire of feediug us.
This is no fancy sketch; it is tbe natural
drift of our indebtedness to that point were
capital rests, and this result was proven by
the commercial disasters of 1837, 1847 and
1857.
It is an error to suppose that the heavy loss
consequent upon Sequestration falls upon the
Northern States. They were merely the par
ties between the manufacturer and consumer.
This intermediate party has been crushed
out, aud the loss must fall, iu the order
named, upon England, France and Germany,
where the great surplus capital of the world
is concentrated.
We see articles in the papers daily con
cerning direct trade, aud a Convention has
recently been held to forward the same ob
ject. 1 would ask who is to transact this
direct trade —it certain/// cannot be the nur
chants note doing business in the Confederate
States —they are ruined both in purse and
credit by the Sequestration Law, and the,
business must fa// into new hands. Foreign
merchants will settle amongst us and reap
that harvest, the seeds of which were sown
iu tbe City of Charleston by our own mer
chants, who at an eariy day risked their
whole fortunes in the revolution.
In the darkest day of the Republic—2oth
July—they bound themselves to receive
Government Securities in paymeut of all
debts due them, the moral effects of which
has been fully realized. HOWARD.
/’ tulle ton October Lit*, 1801.
Extortioner* ami fekiiiflisil*.
The Governer of Tennessee, in his late
mes- age to the Legislature, says :
“4 regret that it is my duty to call your
attention to the tendency to monopoly and
extortion which exists, to an injurious ex
tent with a class of our citizens, who intent
upon the sordid purposes of gain, are taking
advantage of the peculiar circumstances of
the times, to reap exorbitant profits from the
necessities of the government and the wants
of the people.
“Complaints have reached mo from vari
ous portions of the State, of this unpatriotic
aud destructive tendency to extravagant
speculation, placing every indispensable to
the support of an army, as well as the ordi
nary necessaries of life at prices far above
those warranted by the legitimate laws of
trade, and, in many cases, beyond the reach
of the more iudigeut classes of society.
• “1 he merchants and tradesmen, while
restrained within proper limits, arc necessa
ry and useful members of the community,
and, iu common with every other legitimate
pursuit, are entitled to the fostering care of
the Government; but, when forgetful of
their duty as citizens, they suffer themselves
to be so far tempted upon the sea of specula
tion, as to become serious evils rather than
conveniences to the public, it becomes your
duty, as the guardians of that public, to ad
opt such measures as will best tend to res
train illegitimate and improper speculation,
and put down an evil which is becoming so
prevalent aud mischievous.
“In ordinaiy times, an outraged public
sentiment and the laws of trade would ac
complish this end, but in times of general
distress and threatened danger, when the
Government is involved in war, and must se
cure, regardless of price, whatever may be
necessary to the maintenance and comfort of
our patriotic and brave countrymen who have
gone to the field to uphold the rights and
the honor of their country, and to defend the
lives and property of this class who are thus
speculating upon their privations and neces
sities, the authorities cannot be too vigilant
in their efforts to restrain the excesses of
avarice and protect society against the evils
to which it is exposed.”
These timely remarks of Governor Harris,
we are sorry to believe, remarks the Charles
ton Mercury, have a wide spread application,
and we re-produce them for the considera
tion of the people aud authorities of the
State. Sbylocks and sharpers, the meanest
of God’s creatures at all times, in plying
their villainous trade at such a time as this,
hamper and enfeeble the operations of the
G over ament, and thus add the infamy of
treason to the bastness of inhumanity.—
The authorities cannot deal too rigorously
with such vcriniu whenever they c<>uic wi-h
----in reach of the iaw—and the people should
at all times hold them as the objects of
scorn and contempt.
A Goon Tkxt ton tiik Times. —The J>a-
G range Kcjmtrier of lust week says :
The Her. Mr. Key, of the Methodist
Church of this place / preached a strong ser
mon on Sunday last, it was decidedly point
ed and truthful. Ilis remarks were well
toned, and deserve to bo written in dazzling
letters throughout the Confederacy. He ani
madverted, in the strongest terms, upon the
conduct of speculators who have taken ad
vantage of the hard times and scarcity of pro
visions and other family commodities to
amass money by grinding the people by de
manding exhorbitaut and extortionary prices
for bacon, salt, dry goods, Ac., thus placing
these necessaries of life beyond the reach of
the poor.
A Point ill Current History. (
The following, taken from the lJaltiniore
American, of the 12th inst., is worth putting
ou record as a part of the history of the
times:
It will be recollected that before Mr.
Vl*v Otok bis seat in Congress he made u
visit to Kichmond—a visit which, at the
time, excited a vast deal of conjecture not
luvutaLle to the expectations of those who
voted fr that, gentleman as an opponent to
Secession. The nature of his mission not
being inquired into closely on his return to
W asbington, the matter was suffered to pass
by, little regarded, finally, until the publie
attention was again aroused by the arrest of
Mr. May and others in affinity with him by
the authorities at Washington. We have
now, however, what appears to Ik* a conclus
ive development of the purpose of the visit
to Richmond, in a speech made by the Hon.
•lohn A. Logan, of Illinois, who, it seems,
acted with Mr. May, and who, on being ap
pointed to the command of an Illinois regi
ment, recently told the story of the visit to
Richmond, and it* results. We quote the
account from the Crawford (Illinois) Rulle
tin:
“We are informed by a gentleman just
from the Ninth Congressional District, that
there has been a complete revolution among
the people on the war question. The Hon.
•John A. Logan, Congressman from that Dis
trict, has been appointed Colonel and his
regiment is about to take the held. Many
who, a few days ago, were of compromise
stamp, are now enthusiastic for the war. —
Mr. Logan declares that he and other com
promise men in Congress met in secret con
clave, and determined to make a last effort.
They sent Mr. May to Richmond to ascer
tain if the Confederates would entertain,
accept nr offer any compromise. No com
promise could be agreed upon—they utterly
refusing, even though a blank sheet of pa
per be given to write their own terms. Lo
gan declares their intention is to light, and
call* upon all tbe Democrats to rally around
the old flag, and thwart, them in their dia
bolical efforts to destroy the Government.”
TllE Atlanta InleUlt/rurer , in publishing
the card of Mr. llaudolph, of V irginia, who,
holding a military commission, declined to
allow himself to he used as a candidate for
Congress, put itself upon reeorJ, on the
main question, in the following well timed
and judicious remarks:
The question, whether au individual
should hold two offices, and receive pay from
the same government for each of those two
offices, appears to us to be decided by that
provision of the permanent Constitution
quoted by Mr. Randolph, to wit: “No per
son holding any office under the Confederate
States shall lea member of either House
during his continuance in office” —and al
though, as Mr. Randolph remarks, he is
“commissioned by the Governor of Virgin
ia,” yet, being “in the service of the Con
federate States,” he is “within the spirit, if
not the letter, of the above prohibition, and
to qualify” himself “fora seat in Congress,”
he “should have to resign” his “commission
in the army.”
This he declines doing, “being ignorant
of” the “wishes” of the people of his dis
trict. We approve highly the course adopt
ed by Mr. Randolph, and we now take occa
sion to say that we are, as a general rule,
opposed to the practice that is becoming so
prevalent recently, of individuals holding
military commissions, and in the actual ser
vice of the Confederacy, being candidates
for office, much less holding two offices, and
receiving pay for both, at (he same time.—
This practice should be “nipped in the bud.”
It will prove an evil of no small magnitude,
if permitted to grow. The people should
put a quietus to it. Gentlemen entrusted
with high military command should lie con
tent to occupy them, and do their duty in
the sphere they selected for themselves and
induced others to follow in their lead. We
again state that our remarks are intended to
have a general aud not a special application.
\\ ill They Do It? —lt. is known to eve
ry citizen of Chattanooga that coal abounds
in inexliaustable quantities within two miles
of the city, and iron in fact within the very
limits of the corporation. Coal is now sell
ing in the Gulf States at from 11 to 33ic.
jnor bushel, and in many instances, we are
{told, it is difficult to get it even at an enor
mous advance, and that people are actually
taking out their grates and burning corn.—
\\ by don’t our railroad directors have a
meeting and regulate the rates of transpor
tation so as to enable capitalists to come here
and open immense coal deposites? The peo
ple of Charleston, Savannah, Mobile and
Augusta have heretofore received their sup
plies of coal from Pennsylvania. Is it pos
sible that coal can be shipped from Pennsyl
vania cheaper than from Tennessee? Let
lour railroad diiectors see to it that the South
I be not forced to ship coal from the North
again so soon as the war closes. Our whole
county north of, and within one mile of the
river, aud from two to two and a half miles
from town, is literally full of bituminous
coal of the purest quality. We presume
our railroad men are not allies to the North
ern despotism, and if they are not, why, iu
the name of common sense, do they not look
to this matter ?—Chattanooga Gnz. <{• Ado.
The Words of a Patriot. —Hon. Henry
W. Miller, the eloquent and highly gifted
statesman of North Carolina, has written a
letter to a friend declining to be a candidate
for Congress. In it he says:
This is not the time to indulge in political
bickerings or party rivalries, or to encourage
the selfish purposes of personal ambition
In the presence of that great and glorious
work before us, such things siuk into insig
nificance, even still more the
man who is mean enough to countenance or
nurture them. The inquiry now should be,
not was ho a Whig, or a Democrat, or a Se
cessionist, or a Unionist —but, is he true to
the cause ? Is he ready to pledge “his life,
his fortune, his ho<>r,” as our fathers did,
to the cause of Independence? If he is,
then, with me at least, it makes no difference
under what political flag he may have rallied
in times gone by —he is worthy of all confi
dence, and is entitled, in this great struggle,
to the position for which his ability and
merits: befit him.
Melancholy Accident. —We learn from
Cumberland Gap, that N. P. Jackson, son
of Quartermaster General A. E. Jackson,
accidentally shot himself through the heart
a few nights since. Mr. Jackson, who was
acting as Assistant Quartermaster at Cum
berland Ford, had gone to bed with a pistol
upon his person, which by some unexplained
accident, during the n.ght, became dischar
ged, the ball piercing his heart and produ
cing instuut death. The deceased was a
lawyer by profession, and resided at Joues
boro, Washington county —a young man of
much promise and ability. He leaves, we
believe, a wife aud several children to mown
their loss. We give oulv the facts that we
have been able to gather from passengers
from the East by yesterday’s train.—Knox
ville Remitter, 20tA.
Xorilirra Account o l the Battle of Lees*
bur*.
The Northern papers are full of accounts of the
recent batttle at Leesburg. We take the following
from the account!given by the Washington Star :
The object of the movement (crossing the river)
of General Stone was to secure the command of
the Virginia shore, that his division and that of
General Banks could be safely transferred to the
soil of Virginia.
Afur crossing hi-t advance, he sent out Col.
lktker, with portions.of (force regiments—(bis ovui,
the Massachusetts’ Fifteenth, and the X. V. Tain
’ many Regiment—numbering, in all shorn 4,****
men, forming his light wing)—to recqnuoi.tre, in
force, in the direction of Leesburg.
Roth his wings—his right ami left—were attacked
as early as at y A. M., but repulsed the euemy
i where*cr he appeared. About aP. M., the right
I wing found itself confronted by near 4,000 of the
enemy, under General Evans, with artillery.
Evans attacked Baker’s command in front and
on both fl inks. Baker gallantly essayed a charge,
in making which he was killed, and his command
suffered considerable loss. The ottieer left in
command of it by his death then very properly
gave the order to fall back to a position near the
river bank, where he could be supported by Gen.
Stone and the other portion of his armv that had
by that time effected a crossing of the river.
The order was obeyed iu good order, and he
carried with him all his wounded and dead.
001. Cogswell, the Commander of the New
Yoik Tammany Regiment, (Capt. Cogswell, for
the Eighth Infantry, IT; S. Armv,) is among the
missing.
Lieut. Colouel Ward, of the Massachusetts Fif
teenth, was wounded in the affair, losing a leg.
On reaching the position selected, the right wing
turned, and both wings held their own upon it,
though under tire of the enemy, which gradually
slackened until midnight, by which time it ceased,
having lor some hours before become little more
than picket shooting, as it were.
Throughout the night the balance of General
Slone’s force crossed the river, and threw up tem
porary works that rendered his position secure,
and enabled him to protect the crossing of the
division ol Gt-u. Banks,to be essayed this morning.
Our information so far this forenoon, is that
Gen. Banks’ army duly arrived at the Maryland
landing of Edwards’ Ferjy, last, night, and has
been crossing the river securely since daylight.
Gen. Banks is in person on the Virginia side,
and has assumed the chief command there.
Eie going to press with this first edition of to
day we have not learned that the enemy have
seriously renewed the engagement of yesterday.
Gen. McCall’s division remains in about tbe po
sition its main body has held for some days past,
from whence it may operate effectively in any re
quired direction; its presence higher up the river
to support the important movement of Gcus. Stone
and Banks not having been necessary, as the
result proved.
P. S.—Our total killed, wounded and missing in
the course of the day was about 200.
Ihe btar denies that the Federal troops were
repulsed. On the contrary, it says they were emi
nently successful ; General Stone having effected
his objec , though with some loss in his right
wing while engaged in reeonuoitering in advance
of his main operation.
l or Extortioners.
Coder this caption will be found several articles
appropriate to the times. We hope a black list
will be kept and the names of all persons who
have speculated upon public and private wants in
the necessaries of food and raiment will be infam
ously immortalized with the tories of the old
American revolution. These are times when men
should, as far as possible, labor to assist rather
than plunder and oppress one another. We oh
serve that the Execuiives of several of the States
have brought this subject to the consideration of
of the Legislature. We hope Gov. Brown will do
the same. There is an abundance of the necessa
ries of the country, including salt; let speculators
he made to disgorge. —Macon Messenger.
In another article, on the same subject, the
Messenger saye: “The spirit of extortion, we re
gret 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. Those are no times for extortion and
oppression, and they should be sternly rebuked
whether found in high places or in low places.
Let the public keep a black list for future re
ference.”
The evil complained of is daily increasing, and
calls for measures of prevention. The privations
aud sacrifices ol our people, incident to a state of
war, and which, so far as they are legitimate, are
cheerfully borne by all classes, are immensely in
creased and aggravated by the heartless cupidity
of those who have it iu their power to take advan
tage of the necessities of their fellow-citizens to
amass wealth. We need not remind the citizens
of Savannah of the exorbitant prices to which
nearly all the necessary articles of family subsist
ence have gone within the past few weeks, uor is
it necessary for us to inform them that these prices
aie mainly owing to the sordid, selfish, unpatriotic
spiiitof speculation.
We have heard of instances in which articles
of prime necessity have changed hands three or
four times within as many days, in the process of
which operations the price has been increased as
much as tivc hundred per cent The retailers are
prompt to back up the advance, and thus the con
sumer Is made the victim of over-reaching and
heartless speculators and extortioners.
The Mestenger suggests that a black list be kept
for future relerence. if what we hear is true, the
extortioners will be known and remembered. But
there should be some steps taken to remedy the
evil ami protect the poor consumers. There are
many families in the city whose protectors are in
the camps. Avery inadequate fund has been pro
vided, and more will have to -be raised for their
support. ‘J he weekly allowance to them, under
ordinary circumstances, would alFord but a bare
subsistence; how deficient must it be now, when
the price of every necessary of life is advanced more
than a hundred per cent? Is it right that our citi
zens shall be called on for contributions for the
support of the families of the soldiers, only that
the money thus contributed shall increase the
hordes of heartless speculators and extortioners?
Would it not be better that some concerted meas
ure should be adopted for their protection, and
the protection of tbe families of the city who
are, in this respect, sufferers with them ?
The country is not destitute of supplies. There
is abundance of provisions to be had, and were it
not for the cormoract speculators and extortioners,
prices need not be exorbitant.
With a little concert of action, a fund might be
raised to purchase provisions and establish a depot,
where the families of soldiers could be supplied
with subsistence instead of their apportionment
of money, and where families could purchase their
supplies at cost. Such a movement, while it would
be safe and economical in every respect, would be
a protection against extortions. Will not some of
our liberal and public spirited citizens oousider tbe
matter at once V— San. .Yew*.
Suit.
This article has reached in our market the
alarming price of from seven to eight dollars per
sack. What are we to do, in absence of supplies
from abroad ? Tliis is a serious question. There
is no limiting the duration of the blockade, and we
must do without or go to manufacturing for our
selves. There is no time for hesitation ; the emer
gency is upon us and we must act forthwith, or
suffer the consequences.
It is estimated that we of the Confederate States
consume ten million of bushels of salt in time of
peace. 1 nder the economy of war times it is safe
to estimate that the consumption is seven millions.
Now where is it to come from ? The Abingdon,
Va., Works furnish a half million; the Kanawha
Works, now in in the hands of the enemy, are capa
ble of producing three and a half millions. There
is no other source of supply so long as our com
merce is cut off. How is the deficiency of three
millions to be supplied, granting that we retake
the Kanawha country ?
There is but one solution of the question : we
must go to work and manufacture tor ourselves
out of the abundant material furnished by the sea.
And we are glad to find that we have a pioneer in
the enterprise. Professor R. Thoruassv lias suc
ceeded in organizing a company tor the manufac
ture of the article desired, aud they commence the
construction of the necessary works forthwith.—
Bull’s Island, on the coast ot South. Caioliua, be
tween Savannah and Charleston, has been chosen
as the site, and it is said to be admirably adapted
lo the purpose. This will supply the demand only
in part, and the Professor, in the organization of
his labor department, lias wisely provided for the
dissemination of the iulornfation necessary lor
carrying on the business, so that others may avail
themselves of it and establish works for their own
districts of country. He will accept negro hands
from planters aud in the course of three mouths,
teach them all that is necessary to be know u % For
full particulars address him at Bliiffton, South
Carolina, care Col. K. M. Seabrook.— Sitv. Hep.
Thk Macon Guards,— We have learnod that since
the letter was written, which we published yester
day, another election has taken place in the “Macon
Guards” with the following result: 11. J. Menard,
Captain ; Cecil Ballard, First Lieut. ; T. G. Ilodg
kins, Second Lieut. This veteran corps is now oue
hundred aud fifteen strong. — Ttltgraph.
MACON, GEORGIA:
Wednesday,NoTCmber ti. 18ft I.
XW We hope the proclamation of our worthy
President setting aparr. flie 15th as a day of fast
ing, humiliation and prayer will be heeded, and
But the daj; piouejv observed.
The excellent piyuentpfnjs of the Grand
Jury of Houston, eafne to hand too late for this
Issue—thwy shall ap|>ear in our uext.
ELECTION TICKETS ‘ ‘
Thcfee desiring election Tiuketa can be
supplied us this office, without cost of money
or trouble Sf writing theta;
FAIR PLAY.
1> Vi reference to the communication of
Mr. Murjftiv, the public will see tlirrt nei
ther justice nor fairness is to be expected
from the Federal Union.
THE NEWS,
From the seaboard for the last few days
lias been of a very exciting character. We
learn the arrival of the Federal fleet has
produced some commotion in Savannah.
We believe the Confederate force there is
adequate to any emergency.
HOME INDUSTRY.
We intended last week to direct attention to
the advertisement of Messrs. Noble, Bro. A
Cos., Rome, (la. they are doing a good work
in manufacturing cannon and other u*rful
articles in these war times.
8188 CAVALRY.
This fine corps have been in camp for the
lust few days. They paraded through the
city on Monday evening, and made a hand
some display. They are will mounted, and
commanded by Capt. A. M. Lockett. We
have rarely seen a better looking company
any where. They left for the Coast on yes
terday. Me wish them a brilliant campaign.
PERSONAL.
A scribbler in the service of Col. Kenan, and
who evidently proudly wears the collar of his
master, finds an appropriate channel lor the exu
dations of his innate blackguardism in the Federal
l uion of last week. We have no reply to make
to such moral and political vermin. They have
always infested the Union office, and we suppose
are necessary to its existence. In regard to the
Congressional canvass, we have simply done what
we believed to be our duty as a journalist.
THE LEGISLATURE
Meets to-dav. A large number of members
passed through our city on their way to Milledge
ville on yesterday. By the way, Mr. Barnes, the
worthy and talented editor of the Augusta Fenti
nel, who has passed a few days in our city,.is a
candidate for Secretary of the Senate, as well as
several other personal frieuds. The session, we
presume, will be brief. There seems to be but
one opinion in regard to the Stay Law. It will be
re-enacted. We have a good Legislature, and
look for wise laws.
THE PENNSYLVANIA ELECTION
Seems to have resulted adverse to the
black Republican party, and in favor of the
Democrats. Rut this will probably be no
improvement, as far as the war question is
concerned. They arc the “new lights’’ of
Liucolnism, and if we were to take past ex
perience at home they will be more rabid
than those they supercede. According to
.Ksop, the fox dreaded anew swarm of flies
more than the old one.
CONFEDERATE SENATORS
Wc will not intrude our advice, but wou'd sug
gest the names of Mr. B. 11. Hill of Troup and
Mr. Baknktt of Wilkes for the Senatorial
offices. Let us have one man at least from the
private walas of life. It is time to try new 7 men
l%*\v Orleans Prices.
SruArt and Molasses.— A further decline
has been submitted to in the New Orleans
market. The papers of the 30lh ult. quote
Inferior Sugar 2 a 2s, common to good
common, *2f a 31, fair to fully fair 4 a 41,
prime ftf ass. Molasses—Fermenting 15
a 10, prime to choice 17 a 19$
sr Prices of transportation of Sno-ar,!
all the way by Railroad from New Orleans
Si.3B per hundred—Molasses, at the Rail
road risk, $1.75 per hundred.
is it just ?
There is a class of individuals, small we admit,
and not the most intelligent or worthy men of
narrow views and feelings and selfish designs—
who are ever at work stirring up suspicions and
prejudices against persons of northern or foreign
birth. This course is neither just nor politic.
There are thousands and tens of thousands Os
northern men and women who have settled and
intermarried at the South, whilst many southerners
are similarly aligned to northern families. There
are multitudes more, one or both of whose parents
were originally from the North. These ail have
thoroughly identified themselves with the fortunes
ol the Confederate States, have liberally contrib
uted of their means and gallantly poured out their
blood to secure and maintain our new nationality.
There is probably not a solitary company in the
Confederate army that has not meu of either
northern or foreign birth or parentage. Some of
the most brave and efficient officers of the South
ern army are of northern or foreign birth. Is it
uot most cruel and unjust, and well calculated to
atllict their friends, to make invidaous remarks
and distinctions under such circumstances? Is it
calculated to strengthen our cause and render
us united and powerful?
GRAND LODGE OF F. A. MASONS. ;
The annual session of the Grand Lodge con
vened in this city on Wednesday last, and was
much better attended than could have reasonably
been expected. Two of the Deputy Grand Mas
ters (Boyo and Irwin) are in the at my in Virginia
—also, a considerable number of the Masters of
the Lodges. The Grand Master, Rockwell, al.
though closely engaged as assistant Adjutant Gen
oral, was in attendance. Os the 240 Lodges in
the State, 144 were represented by their proper
Delegates, and a large number of others sent iu
their annual returns and dues. The usual amount
of business was transacted in the space of two
days, and no matter of outside interest came be
fore the body.
The officers elected for the ensuing year are:
Win. S. Rockwell M. W. G. Master.
W.u. A. Love R. W. D. G. M. Ist Dist.
John Harris “ “ “gj “
Saiu’l. Lawrence./....... “ “ “ ;:d “
David K. Butler “ “ “ 4th i
liichaid T. Turner .Senior G. Warden.
D. H. Walker Junior G. Warden.
•10-eph E. Wells G. Treasurer.
Rose -.* *..’ .. G. Secretary.
F. 11. West ..(i. Sen. Deacon.
G. 11.I 1 . Lewis G. Jan. “
W. U. Jones G. Marshal.
B. 11. Mitchell ‘ ;G. Pursuivant.
M. Athon. Grand Chaplain.
D. a. Harrison Ist G. Steward.
David Mayer 2d “ “
Louis Bruner 3d “
James V. Grier Grand Tyler.
SCHOOL OF THE GUIDES.
W e arc indebted to Messrs. Bkawner A Putnam
for a neat little volume just published by them,
bearing the al*>?e title. It is intended for the nee ‘
of the Army of the Confederate States, with ques
tions ami illustrations, calculated to give persons
unacquainted with military service a ready insight
into drill movements without the expense ot pro
curing more voluminous works. It will doubtless
prove a valuable guide to the soldier.
For sale in Macon by Mr. Burke, at tiie Metho
dist Depository, and by the publishers in Gridin.
BALT AT TEN, ELEVEN AND TWELVE DOLLARS
PER SACK ?
What are we poor people to do, who have live
ten or twelve hogs—our l*oys are in the army, and
lour last dollar expended to equip them, and a heavy
war tax as well as other Taxes banging over us F
We cannot buy salt at these prices to cure the lit
tle Bacon we otherwise might have for the subsis
tence of our families—lt seems to mens if the
Monied power, with a foot of iron,was crushing us to
tiie dust, by extorting our last dime, and still tel
ling us, we must do the fighting,but they will gather
the spoils. But I can say to you, come not to the
purchasers of your salt, at a thousand per cent
profit, to contribute to sustain the necessities of
the army. We must, refer every man back to
these extortioners to disgorge their exhorbitant
gains. There is now a cry going up in France of
“ Bread or Blood” ami it is worthy of consideration,
how much short of this principle, with regard to
sdt, and other articles of subsistence, shall we not
see, if matters are not changed from their present
condition. There maybe money in these speculations
just now, and something worse than life-long cur.
ses to follow it. COUNTRYMAN.
HON CINCINNATUS PeEPLES.
The following letter we find in the Gnttin States.
It does credit to its patriotic author:
F'orsyth, October 28. 1861.
Capt. Hill: Dear Sir : The announcement of
ray name last week in your paper as a candidate
for Congress in this District, was based upon the
idea as expressed to you and those partial fiiends
who solicited the use of my name in Henry, Pike,
Clayton, Troup and Meriwether, that while I was
willing to be their representative, 1 did not intend
to be a party to an exciting contest in the district,
believing, as I did and do, that the present times
require all the union and strength which the coun
try can command, to hear the burdens of the
pending struggle.
Seeing the number of aspirants for the office,
and appreciating the character of the contest, I
can only say to my friends who have so cordially
offered me their suffrage, that I am much their
debtor for their good feeling expressed towards
me, but that I do not desire the office so much as
to win it by dividing the District, and therefore
decline being a candidate.
Yours respectfully, C. Peeples.
“A LITILE MORE GRAPE ’’
We are glad to see that the press everywhere is
opening its batteries upon the spoilsmen whose
greed for office can only be equalled by the rapa
cious speculators upon the necessities of the peo
ple. The lollowing discharge of hot shot is from
the Richmond Dispatch:
Both our officers and privates entered the ser
vice for the good of their country, and did not
ask or desire anything more than their support,
and the gratitude of the present and future gene
rations. V\ fiat shall we sav then of multiplying
offices and emoluments iu tiie person ot the same
individual, especially In a period like this; but
that it is iu fatal opposition %o republican simplicity
and justice, and injurious to the public service,
because the same man cannot discharge with effi
ciency the duties of two, three, or four different
offices—of offices, too, w hich require essentially
different qualifications, and even if the incumbent
has time and talent enough, would require him to
be in three or four different places at the same
moment. There are some men who. putting the
deficiency of obiquity out of the question, are able
to shine in both tiie camp and council. Julius
bicsiir, Napoleon Bonaparte, George Washington,
Alexander Hamilton, were statesmen as well as
soldiers ; but we may be pardoned for doubting
whether they have their counterpart in modern
times. * * * There is altogether too much of
the office-seeking mania in this new Republic ; to
strong a passion to exploit the country for private
benefit, and that at a moment when she can least
afford to have her veins and arteries tapped by
hungry bloodsuckers. If any man burns with de
votion to serve hiscountry, there is as much room,
and even more, to gratify it in a private station
than in an official sphere. Nothing can be more
disgus'iug and hideous than the shameless display
of selfishness and greed at a time like this, when
the great mass of the people are making the
grandest sacrifices ever recorded in history.
The Rome Advertiser also lets off a shell as fol
lows :
Office, Office, Office. One of the greatest
curses in the land is the inordinate desire tor office.
We say it with shame, there are office-seekers to
be found iu every part of the Confederate States,
more intolerable than the locusts, lice and frogs of
Egypt; the fiees, sand flies, musquitoes and galli
nippers of Florida. They are worse than two
chills a day, or than the seven year itch. Will
not the love of’ country ; the perils and dangers
that threaten us; the glorious future that awaits
our success, nor nothing else check this evil spirit ?
A SAD PICIURE,
Os the rich men of Baldwin is given below, by
the Federal Union. It is not merely appropriate
to Baldwin, but other localities, we fear:
How many men are there in Baldwin countv
who have not given $ cent on the dollar, out of
their thousands, in aid of our brave soldiers? We
ask the curious to look over the lists of contribu
tions from Baldwin county during the war. Who
are the men and women who have contributed by
far the largest portion of money and clothing
is only necessary to glance at these lists to.be sat
isfied that they are the free will offering of men in
moderate circumstances, many of them poor men,
and their patriotic wives and daughters. Go to
the Tax Books, mark down the names of the men
who return property in value above fifty thousand
dollars, then look for their subscriptions on the
lists in aid of the soldiers now in, or going to the
delence ot the country. Have some of these rich
men done their duty ?” They are rich by reason of
their broad acres and hundreds of negroes. But
what would they be worth if the despot threaten
ing us should conquer our brave people ? Others
have their long Bank accounts. But what would
they be worth if the issue is decided against us?
And yet some of these rich men still stand back. -
They fear to walk our streets lest some benevolent
object is thrust into their faces. Will God bless
such men? Never, if lie is a just God. There
are men in Baldwin county to day who have not
given to the support of our soldiers one fourth of
a cent on the dollar out of all their property,which
it sold, even now, on the block, would bring one
hundred thousand dollars. It is time these men
find begun to move. They will not go unremem
bered if they are unseen. If they hug to thoir
bosoms the delusive hope that success will crown
our efforts without their aid, they may rest assured
that when peace does come they unit hare a memo
ry. And if man spares them, God surely will uot
[For the Journal A Messenger.]
Col. Cobb.
I am glad to see that the claims of this gentle
man are urged by writers in the Messenger and
Telegraph. I cannot see how any friend of our
city, and especirlly its mercantile interests, can
vote for Mr. Kenan, when it is known that for
years he has waged au unrelenting war upon its
interests. Were Messrs. Tracy, Anderson and
Lockett at home, they could teil a tale upou this
subject. Every one can now see how important
to the interests of Bibb county and the safety of
the seaboard was the construction of the Bruns,
wick Railroad. Instead of having to reach the
seaboard by a lardy march of a week, our men
in any number could have reached our imperilled
coast in a few hours, even from upper Georgia,
and readily receive subsistence and tuuuitious of
war. The same is true of the Macon & Warreu*
ton Railroad, which Kenan used every appliauce
and artifice to defeat.
011 the other hand, we have, in Col. Cobb, a
bightoned Christian gentleman, who has devoted
his life to building up, not only the material inte
rests of Georgia, but, also, promoting every inoial
and beneficent enterprise. He lias been a true
friend of Macon, let our city show her apprecia.
lion of bis services and moral worth.
JUSTICE.
Trosi the Telegrtph of Monday
Fourth District.
IQ THE PEOPLE OF 8188 COUNTY.
The names of two gentlemen have been
premited, for your suffrages, as candidates
for flu: Confederate Congress from this Dis
trict — Hon. 11. Kenan and Hon. Howell
Cobb. \\ it bout disparaging the talents of
the former, permit me to say that he has no
claims whatever upon the people of Macon
lur their -support. lit* course iu relation to
the Macon and Brunsw ick and Macon and
\\ arrenton Railroads is well known. Tn re
gard to these important, enterprises, he has
uniformity against us, and for Savan
nah. * .
On the other hand. Col. Cobh has always
boon the true friend of-our beautiful city, as
have also the wealthy and intelligent people
of the county in which he resides, and
whose business and social intercourse have
been, 1 trust, mutually profitable and agree
able. ‘J hrough the intluence of Col. (J., the
f orumercial, Agricultuial and Mechanical,
Fair was located last year in our city, which
excited so much attention and attracted so
many distinguished strangers, and gave to
Macon such prominence as a great central
commercial aud iir.js rang city of the South
Ever its fast friend iu the past, so will he
continue to be iu the future—whilst, from
his opponent, judging from the past, we
have nothing to expect but opposition to its
every interest. Let, then, the people of
Bibb give to Col. Cobb a warm and united
support. BIRR
Camp Jackson, near Portsmouth, Ya.,
Oct. 27, 1861.
Messrs. Editors of Georgia Telegraph and
Journal and Messenger, Macon , (la.:
The Southern Federal Union does not
“tote fair”- as they say at log-rolling—they
throw the whole log upon me by taking too
much stick. I wrote to the Editor of that
paper a letter to the people of the Fourth
Congressional District, announcing myself
a candidate for Congress, in opposition to
the nominee of the bogus Convention, ex
pecting them to publish the letter; but on
looking over the pages of their issue of the
2“d inst., I perceive that the}’ have not even
announced my nanfefbnt have announced
Messrs. Kenan and Cobb. I stated in the
letter referred to what 1 should advocate,
and referred them (the people of the Dis
trict) to the 4th Georgia Regiment for my
private character, and to the people ot
Wilkinson and Twiggs counties lor my po
litical antecedent*, ability, <kc. The South
ern Federal Union will, perhaps, publish
my letter next Tuesday, when, perhaps, it
may be too late to become generally known
that I am an independent candidate, or per
haps the Editor will not publish it at all:
therefore, I appeal to you, sirs, to make
known through the columns of your papers
the fact that I am a candidate, and like
wise, by circulars to each county in the
District, that a soldier serving the country
iu this war, after abandoning business,
home, and daily imperilling his life to de
fend them at home, is a candidate; and I
desire to test the sincerity of those who
are so loud and clamorous in a real or af
fected admiration of the soldier. Moreover
the soldiers ueie, and elsewhere, are desir
ous to be represented in the next Congress
by one who is familiar with their wants,
and what laws arc -necessary for
them. I alii also tin advocate for the re
duction ol the salaries of civil and military
officer* of the Confederate Government, as
a means of lessening taxes and burdens
now pressing so heavily upon our people,
ifec., &c. shall sustain Jefferson Davis
(whether in Congress, or as a” citizen and
soldier) in a vigorous prosecution of the
war. It may not he improper to make
known to you that I was an Original Se
cessionist, advocated it as the best remedy,
separate, immediate, &c., and was in the
last Presidential Election an advocate for
John C. Breckinridge, and am not nor
have I been an office-seeker, county. State
or Federal or Confederate, &c., until now.
What right have a few men to say that 1
shall support one or two men, and constrain
the whole district to choose between two
men of whom neither should be their choice,
if they could be free to act without the
dictation of a caucus of Irresponsible men,
convened from every corrupt village clique
who have impudence enough to proclaim
themselves the convention of the place at the
time? And it is a source of gratification
to all good men, that we may all become
candidates who choose.
I must close, as I have to appear at In
spection of Anns immediately.
Yours respectfully, .
M. W. MURPHY,
of Wilkinson eounty,_and of 4th Ga.
Regiment in Ya
M ho are we Fighting ? — The term
“ Yankee” ought uo longer to be applied to
the enemy, says the Richmond Diepakh. —
Such a term is not just to the fighting men
on the other side, nor to ourselves. Wc are
in point of fact, literally and truly, invaded
by a European army. That army is made
up of Irishmen and Germans, with a small
portion of Yankees. Whilst the Yankee
Gorernment deprecates bitterly the sympathy
of European Governments with the South,
its own main reliance is European soldiers.
The prisoners just brought iu are chiefly of
this class. If we call them Yankees we not
only commit an error in fact, but give the
Yankees credit for fighting their own battles.
We have just whipped au Irish and German
array, whose bravest leader was a depraved
Englishman; and it is an army of foi eigu mer
cenaries which still remains for us to whip
on the borders of the Potomac.
T. K. R. Cobb.
This gentleman has written a letter to a
friend in Athens, in which he says ;
“Do not suffer my name to be run for
Congress. I Wbnld not sferve if elected. I
shall go to Richmond for a short time in No
vember to jvjht for Ote Army , then return to
Ji<jh t with it.
We commend the example of Mr. Cobb,
to those gentlemen who are aspiring to fill
two offices at the same time.
Sirk Soldier*.
Since the 20th and 21st regiments have
been in camps, near Griffin, says the Inion,
the Measles and Typhoid Fever have broke
out among them. There are now over two
hundred on the sick list, aud several have
died. A good portion of the sick have been
brought to Griffin, and as well eared for as
circumstances will permit. Two large build
ings have been set a part as hospitals, and
the sick receive the daily attentions of the
benevolent ladies of Griffin.