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Journal & UJesscngcr.
J. KNOWLES and S. ROSE,
EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS.
Tli‘ Sail 4|iM‘lion in Alabama.
Thi* Las been agitating the public mine!
for some time past on account nt the enor- t
mous price placed upon this ailiele by those
wh< have been so fortunate (or raiher unfor
tunate) as to secure a monopoly of this in- -
dispensable article, has reached the ears of
our State Legislature,who have taken prompt
action on it On Sunday evening, the fol
lowing private dispatch was received here
fri/ir. Montgomery, from one of our Repre
sentative', to a gentleman in tins city:
Montgomery, Nov. 10, 1861.
“ Penitentialy offence to sell salt to go nut
of the Star.-. The Governor is authorized
to seize all salt.”
At the same time, the Governor dispatched
to the iVpnty Sheriff of Harbour county,
who reside- here,follows:
‘•1*0 John YY. Johnson, Deputy Slier ill:
“The Legislature has passed an act, au
thorising the Governor to take possession of i
all the salt, in this Sratc, which is aton'd, j
~n shipboard, or held for sale, for the pub
lie me. Von will immediately take posses
sion of all pnch salt, in the city of Kufaula,
or countv of Harbour, and hold it until fur
ther orders. A B. MOORE.'*
The Legislature, it seems, has stepped in
to interpose between the ncceaeitiea of the
people a a mass, and the cupidity of a few
who would speculate upon their necessities,
in older to “put money in their pockets."—
JCoJanla Spirit •>/ thf Month.
Had for thf. Speculators.—The Legis
lature of Alabama has passed a law to pre
vent the sale of salt in that State by specu
lators, at exorbitant rates. The law author
izes the Governor to seize and hold, to lie
sold at fair prices, all salt now in the State
on consignment. Holders of the salt to lie
allowed the privilege of appeal in case they
are dissatisfied with the priee given. It also
authorizes to forbid the shipment of large
quantities of salt from the State. Heavy
penalties are affixed for violation or attempt
ed evasion of this law.
The Montgomery Advertiser chronicler
the first enforcement of the law:
“Seizure of Salt.—YYe learn that, on
Friday last, Gov. Moore seized 1,400 sacks
of salt, at the Montgomery k. West Point
depot, that were being transported from this
city to avoid the enforcement of the bill
against the exportation of this necessary ar
ticle, which had just passed both Houses of
the Legislature. We learn that a much
larger lot was on the eve of being smuggled
off, but wa< prevented by the prompt action
of our efficient Governor.
“We are glad to see vigorous measures be
ing executed to put a stop to the wholesale
speculation and rascality which has been
carried on here and elsewhere i# regard to
salt and other prime necessities of life.—
Thousands of sacks of salt have been bousrht
up by a few men in this city at a dollar or
two a sack, and have since been sold, or arc
now held, on speculation, at an advance of
fiorn two hundred to a thousand per cent.—
Speculators at other points, combining with
those at Montgomery’, by a system of ficti
tious valuer among themselves, thought they
bad it in their power to demand exorbitant
price’ for all the salt in the country; but
th'-y have found out their mistake when it
i> too late to profit by it.
“They can now receive a reasonable com*
jvrisafii.ii for their rs.lt, but they have been
foiled iti their attempt to rob the community,
and must suffer the penalties of a just con
demnation. Mon who have no consciences,
must now learn, by the strong arm of the
law, that it is in the highest degree criminal,
ayej treasonable, in times like these to take
tedvautage of the limited supply of the ne
cessaries of life, and grow rich upon the
life-blood of the country. Every good ami
true man wij{ say well done to the Legisla
tnm and Gov. Moore.’*
t'oinniillecii wi the Senate.
On Privileges and Elections—Brown,
Fletcher, Anthony, Griffin, Jamison, Swear
ingen, King.
On Petitions —Hill, Lane, Mcßae, James
Hilliard, Alexander and Stephens.
On Enrollments —Dyer, Fort, Gaston,
Bothwell, Smith, Ware.
On Journals—Bell. Killeii,Wnn, Wright,
Tims. Ilillard.
On State of the Republic—Gibson, Bell,
Furiow, Seward, Brown, Gordon, Yason,
Kendall.
On the Judiciary—Seward, Y’ason, Suit’-*
t<>rd. Hansel!, 801 l Boyd, Jackson, Lewis.
On Finance—Jxwis, Mitchell, Hansel),
Mosely, Stafford, Dyer, Shewmake, Brown.
On Internal improvements—Furiow, Gor
don, Beasley, Vason, Shewmake, Stephemt,
YYinn.
On Education and Free Schools—Echols,
Anthony, Fort, Dyer, Lane, King, Gaston,
Boyd.
On Hanks—Gordon, Hansell, Gibson,]
Hrowu, Hill, Stafford, Mitchell.
On New Counties and County Lines—
Smith, Simmons, YVare, Wright, Griffin.
<)n the Peuiteutiary—Alexander, Boyd,
Echols, Kane, Jauies Hilliard, Kendall,
Jackson.
thi Lunatic Asylum—Kendal!, Echols,
Fort, Furiow, Anthony, Harris, Bothwell.
On the Military—Killed, Smith, Seward,
Swearingen, Thos. Hilliard, King, Gastou,
Vason.
On Printing— Afosely, Harris, Simmons,
Mcßae, Fletcher, Shewmake, YY’are.
On Deaf and Dumb Asylum—Beasley,
Lewis, Simmons, Mitchell, Stafford, Boyd,
Alexander.
On Institution for the Blind—Wiun,
Bothwell, Seward, Gibson, Killen, Moseley,
W right.
On Agriculture—Harris, Furiow, Hill,
Beasley, Dyer, Jamison, Lane.
Auditing Coinuiirtec—Stephens, Swear
ingen, Griffin.
Engrossing Committee—Jackson, Fletch
£i, 1‘ rt. Mcßea, Thomas, Hilliard.
Li o.’iji n Inland Expedition.—The
inrtchiui jy for thcsevenjgun-gnato now King
built at Cai AiJoleut (near St. Louis,) and
Mound City ha> l.cn inspected and certifi
<-itH au .tided by the Government Inspectors,
it i-* eipcud that these Liats will be finished
and r< ady’ L>r service by the loth inst., and
Hessian hirelings tauntingly proclaim
fliai a great Inland Expedition will then be
Parted up the Cumberland aad Tennessee
rivers, with the avowed purpose of occupying
Nashville, Clarksville, Florence anil Hunts
ville as YY tutor Quarters. A great number
of Army transportation, wagons, arms, and
infantry equipment*, together with large
quantities of bright Zouave clothing, intend
ed fur the negroes they expect to steal aud
fiirni into regiments, comprise a portion of
jtjbe expedition stores. They hare alio .stip
themselves with several hundred foot
iOulLs for their soldiers to exercise with in our
streets and groves. Bully for old Abe !
fV’ont have t good time of it ?— XartrifF?
/Vto'V.
Tli<> Arrival at Savannah.
YY’e give the foil iwing letter, says the
Augusta Srntiuef, corroborative of the good
news we published yesterday. As the arri
val is already widely known, there is no good
object now to be attained by refraining from
publishing it:
Savannah, Nov. 12, 1861
KditOl thi Inin <V Snittnrl ;
We arrived here safely last night. Stop|**d
at the Pulaski —found everything quiet. —
The excitement of the last few days had en
tirely worn off, and the good citizens of this
place have no feats of an attack trom the
“Great Armada” at present. Several cele
brities are stopping at Pulaski; among
thini I notice Gen. Lee, Gov. Brown, Corn.
Tatnnll, and several lesser lights. This
morning, about 8 o’clock, telegrams were
m*eived announcing that a steel-clad steamer
had arrived outside the bar, with arms, am
munition, blankets, Ac., for the Government.
Later intelligence confirmed the fact, and as
the news spread, groups collected about the
corners discussing the (at this time) unlocked
for arrival. The most intense joy seemed to
be manifested by all—and, as an eminent Di
\ ino observed—“surely God has blessed us in
! bringing us such needed articles at this time.”
Al*out half past two o’clock P. M. the boom
ing of cannon announced the arrival of the
vessel, and instantly a rush was made for
the wharves.
The steamer came gradually and gracefully
up the stream, and at 2 o’clock, anchored off
the Exchange. Cheer after cheer went up
from the gratified people, and as ('apt. E. ('.
Anderson (through whose instrumentality
she had ln*en purchased and brought, here,)
from the boat to the wharf, three
times three and a “tiger” were given him.
The “Firigal” (the name of the steamer) is,
I should judge, al*out. 6oG tons burthen and
is a neat trim built propeller, evidently a
fast sailer. She has two 12 and two 24-
pound guns in position, aud was undoubtedly
prepared to “run the blockade.” Her cargo
consists of a large amount of Enfield Rifles,
cartridges, heavy ordinance, blankets, &c.
She sailed from Greenock, Scotland, and has
been twenty-nine days on her passage.
The following extract from the London
Times, probably gives as good an account of
her cargo, as can bo obtained :
Probable Clearance of a Vessel Lad
en with Arms for the Southern Con
federacy.—The European Times reproduces
the following somewhat suspicious statement
from a Greenock paper:
The steampr Fiogall is announced to have
cleared at that port recently “ for Madeira
and the YY'est Coast of Africa,” with a cargo
of munitions of war valued at ,£49.000. • It
is difficult to believe that rifles, 400,-’
000 cartridges, 500 sabres and a quantity of
wrought leather belts, several tons of shells,
four pieces of artillery, and so forth, are
destined for negroes. African trade guns
are never usually rifled, and it is just as pos
sible that our Greenock contemporary has,
by a slip of the pen, substituted Madeira and
the YVest Coast of Africa, for the Southern
States of North America.
She saw nothing of the blockading fleet
outside and came in unmolested. I under
stand, the Pilot first made Warsaw and con
cluded to try Port Royal, but on passing
Tybee and seeing no signs of the Llockaders
concluded to come up to the city.
The Confederate Court met at 10 o’clock
this morning, but owing to the death of the
District Attorney and the failure on the part
of the Government to fill the vacancy as yet,
adjourned till the next regular term on the
Bth January, 1862. Ren wick.
The Savannah Republican of the 12th
gives the following interesting incidents of
the recent affairs at Port Royal:
Nkoroe Fidelity. —We hare heretofore
stated that in the retreat from Hilton Head,
Captain Head was compelled to abandon two
hra-s held pieces, and leave the horses gra
zing on the island. Saturday last, a faith
ful negro man, the property of Mr. Pope,
who resides on the island, captured all the
horses of the battery, sixteen in number,
placed them in a flat, brought them to Sa
vannah and delivered them to the Captain.
We take it for granted he was liberally re
warded, and only regret that wc were nim
ble to learn his name, and put it on record.
We also learn that the guns have been re
covered, and will be up in a day or two.
A Praiseworthy Act. —l)r. W illiam
Klliot, of this city, acted a noble and self
saerdicing part in and after the battle of
Port Royal, and it deserves to be noted.—
He accompanied the Georgia troops in an
unofficial capacity, we learn, to the island
and was present ministering to the wounded
throughout the action. At the time a re
treat was ordered, he was engaged with four
wounded men in the hospital, and had every
opportunity to make his escape, but he pre
ferred risking his capture and a protracted
confinement in Lincoln’s dungeons rather
than desert the unfortppate. lie remained
with them for several days, and uutil they
were properly cared for, without being moles
ted, and then, through the assistance of a
negro, left the island and returned to the
city.
Thf. Federal Loss. —A negro man on
Hilton Head, the property of General Dray
ton, seeing a number of officers approaching
a small house on the island, unobserved eon
concealed himself underneath. The officers
entered, took seats, and discussed at length
the event* of the battle, which occurred the
day previous. In the course of the conver
sation, the negro says, they reefcened up their
killed in the action and fixed it at forty,
nearly three times the Confederate loss
Sugar vs. Sail.
The Jail New Orleans Juices Current
makes a suggestion in reference to packing
bet-f, which we suppose may be extended to
the curing of bacon and be found useful and
economical at the present time. It says,
“in packing beef the usual proportion of
sugar may be materially increased, and a
corresponding reduction made in the allow
ance of salt. If thjs be done, as it can be
economically at Hie present price of sugar,
it will sensibly diminish the demand for aa’t,
and perhaps make our present supply ample
until the opening of the port”
It is known that sugar to a large propor
tion mav be used in the curing of meat of all
kiuds —perhap* with the addition of very
little if any salt; but we are unable to say
what proportion of sugar may be used with
out injuring the flavor of bacon. Sugar
class, and as “inferior” may be used for this
purpose, and we sec that description is now
quoted iu New Orleans at 1 a2c. per lb.—
Freights are now high, but we estimate that
sugar purchased at Jfc. in New Orleans may
be laid down here at 3c. This is far below
the present price of salt, or any price, we
apprehend, at which if can soon be had.
The /V/rc Current soys it is known that
there aie a number of cargoes of salt at Ha
vanna, destined for the New Orleans mar
ket, and it adds, “the removal of the block-’
4<le would probably at once reduce the price
of coarse suit to less than *1 per sack.”—’
CfJuinLut Kitijalrer, ‘
MACON, GEORGIA?
IVtdnt'sda), Noh-ihlmt 20. 1861.
TO OI K FRIEIOS AND FATHOMS.
Many of our old and friends and fat
rons have promptly responded lo our call for old
due*. Others are, apparently, well satisfied to
receive the piper, from year to year, without maL
in>’ any payment, whatever. We shall shortly
our subscription hook*, and the names ol
rtueh delinquents will lie projierlv dealt with.—
Should we be compelled to strike the names ot
quite a number front our list, we do not wish them
to understand it as a xettlnnewt of their dues.—
There are many of this class, who we know to be
of most ample means, aWe to pay at any time, but
we cannot afford to continue to pay for paper for
their gratification any longer, without compensa
tion.
In common w ith other papers, the “old Journal
A Messenger” is struggling to keep its head above
the dark waters which have already overwhelmed
many of its contemporaries. If its friends and
patrons will give us a helping hand, we hope to
outride the present disastrous storm. We shall
give the people an honest, journal,
and shall he glad, in return, to receive an increased
list of subscribers am! advertising patrons from
this and all the adjacent counties. We are also
prepared to do all kinds of Rook and Job printing.
N’. It.—Executors and Administrators will find
in the Messenger a good medium for tbe advertise
ment of estates, as its Southern circulation is fully
sustained, notwithstanding the financial pressure
of the times.
by a letter in the Telegraph of yesterday,
we learn that, the enemy have taken one of our
mall boats with a few men at Pensacola.
The election of Confederate Senators has
lieeti postponed to Tuesday next.
COMPTROLLER GENERAL TIIWEAT
W ill please accept our thanks for a copy of his
very able and interesting Annual Report.
GEORGIA LEGISLATURE
A good of important business is before this
body, but we believe no bill has yet passed of
much moment, though several are now pending.
We shall announce them as soon as they are
perfected.
OUR NEWS DEPARTMENT
Is quite opulent this week. Events of exciting
interest are transpiring in Virginia, Kentucky,
Missouri and Texas. Indeed, Aikansas and Ten
nessee, before many days may be invaded by the
enemy. The arrest of the Confederate Commis
sioners upon the high seas in a British vessel may
arouse the ire of John Bull, and possibly inure to
our advantage. We shall soon know. In the
meantime let the people be of good cheer, and be
ready for every emergency and every sacrifice in
the holy cause of freedom.
THE CONFEDERATE CONGRESS
Met on Monday last. There was barely a quo
rum present, and no business of importance trans
acted. We presume the President’s message was
transmitted on yesterday. We hope Congress,
hereafter, will sit with open doors, except when
considering important State secrets. It is due to
the jieople that the acts of their servants be known,
that they may be held to strict account. It is
time the proceedings of late sessions of thi* body
were given to the world.
Y/AR IN THE WEST.
The Memphis Avalanche says that Gen. Borland
had received intelligence that the enemy, 7,000
strong, were marching rapidly upon I’oeohontas,
Arkansas, where there was but a small Confederate
force, but a large amount of ammunition and sub
sistence. The people in that section were rallying
in great numbers to repel the invaders, ami Gen.
Borland was being rapidly reinforced.
The Memphis Appeal of the 15th, has received
intelligence that from 75 to 100,000 Federal troops
are preparing to descend in gun-boats and barges
the Mississippi River, and calls upon the people to
rush to the rescue of their homes. We predict
that these barges will be snagged and swamped
long before they reach Vew Orleans.
SUGGESTION FOR MAKING SALT.
A gentleman, of Pulaski county, has suggested
the idea that as we have several thousand soldiers
on our seaboard, in the region of pure salt water,
who are idle most of their time, that their leisure
hours might be employed in boiling salt. There
ate thousands of sugar-boilers in the vicinity that
are used only a few days in the year, that could he
procured for the purpose. In this way, they might
pay all their army expenses, and perhaps a surplus
over for themselves—and while they were protect
ing the people with salt from the “enemy in the
rear,” they would always be ready to do their dutv
with saltpetre, if the enemy in front presented
themselves. If Gov. Brown needs another regi
ment for coast defence, our friend thinks the salt
question would he the most popular one on which
it could be raised.
FAST DAY.
Last Friday was very generally, if not univer
sally, observed by our fellow-citizens, as a day of
fasting, humiliation and prayer. Appropriate re
ligious services were held in the different, churches
of the city, which were attended by large and se
rious congregations.
At the Methodist Church a very impressive and
appropriate discourse was delivered by the esteem
ed pastor, Rev. Dr. Mann. The eloquent and
learned speaker dwelt with peculiar emphasis upon
the practical atheism of the times, and with great
clearness and force traced our present evils and
calamities to a forgelfolncss of God, and neglect, as
a nation, to gratefully and publicly acknowledge
Him. The speaker also dealt some heavy and
timely blows upon the small politicians and dema
gogues, who, in days past, have elevated party
above country; he deprecated the promotion of
bad men to office, as offensive to God and destruc
tive to all good government.
He also gave a well merited broadside to the
American press, for its licentiousness, ami as hav
ing largely conL’ibi,ted to tfic present deplorable
condition of things, by supporting, under the lash
of party, unworthy and corrupt meu.
To some extent, we felt ourselves verily guilty
upon this point—having occasionally, to promote
party, supported or voted for men of doubtful
morals. For this sip we “ truly and sincerely re
pent,” and intend, God being our helper, never
more to offend. We shall hereafter support
those, and those only, we deem worthy and well
qualified. In the inauguration of the new govern
ment we adopted this as a cardinal principle of
our creed. We expect to adhere to it. And un
less this principle is adopted by the people gener
ally, of what avail will be their fasts and prayers
and oblations? What impious mockery, to rise
from their knees, and straightway cast their suf
frages for men who optrage all the proprieties of
Christian civilisation, an,d set at defiance t)iu laws
of God and plant And yet spefi been the,
practice of American people. Let us repent
of these our misdoings, and hereafter support good
men. Then may we hope that Heaven’# smile wii*
rest upon us, and we be that “happy people whore
Goo is the Lord.”
Looking after Family Effects.— One of Gen.
Drayton’s negroes, from Hilton Head, reports that
Commander Drayton, of the fleet, w ho is a brother
to the General, visited the plantation of the latter
some days ago took ft complete inventory of
the negroes, crops, Ac., Ac., now on the place.—
Possibly he considers it nia share of the spoils of,
the Expedition, and had a desire to know how
much he was worth.
A DAY AT THE METROPOLIS
We spent last Wednesday in Milledgeville, and
had the pleasure of taking by the hand many of
our old and esteemed friends and acquaintances.
As will be seen by reference to our Legislative
head, the General Assembly has been most feftu
nate in the selection of its presiding officers as well
as Secretaries and Clerks. In entering the Senate
Chamber we were struck with the changed aspect
<>t that body. It is now reduced to more wioldy
and Senatoi ini proportions, and a more quiet and
orderly assemblage of legislators we have nevei
seen. It numbers among its members quite a
number of clergymen of learning and piety, several
distinguished lawyers and physicians, aud many
intelligent and worthy planters and business men.
The House, as ever, is still large and unwieldy.
It is composed largely of new members, who look
as though they catne together to do important
wotk rather titan play, at the people’s expense.
On Wednesday afternoon a very impressive and
touching scene occurred in the House. A bill was
under consideration, changing the name of Cass
county to that of Bartow, and Cassville to that of
Bartow viiie. Whilst this bill was pending, Speaker
Akin, one of the representatives from that county,
took the door, and in a brief and eloquent tribute
to the lamented Bartow, advocated the change.
Os course the bill was passed and by a rising vote.
Whilst the House was in session a telegram was
received from the Governor at Savannah, announc
ing the arrival of a vessel from Europe with a large
amount of arms, ammunition, Ac., which produced
the liveliest emotions. This ttmely’arrival looked
so much like a gracious Providential interposition,
that on motion, the session was closed with prayer
by the Speaker, to which every heart seemed to
respond. To see the whole house on their knees—
for every knee was bowed —and witness the tearful
eyes of members present, was a scene most itn
perssive and grateful to the Christian patriot.
There is much important business before the
General Assembly, and it is doubtful whether they
adjourn under forty days from the time of their
meeting. We are happy to believe that Bibb
county lias no occasion to be ashamed of her rep
resentatives.
On Wednesday night the ladies held a Fair. We
were compelled to leave and forego the pleasure
of being present. We are happy to learn that it
was well patronized. We have some knowledge
of the taste of the Milledgeville ladies in getting up
such entertainments.
There is some little feeling in Milledgeville on
the salt and provision question. We presume the
legislature will take the subject in hand.
NEW ORLEANS PRICES OF SUGAR AND MOLAS
SES.
We were blamed by some of the sellers of these
articles for giving wrong impressions with regard
to the cost of them. We then quoted from the
New Orleans Prices Current, and now do so by
copying the entire article from the New Orleans
Bulletin of the 16th inst, that every one may come
to their own conclusions whether there should or
not have been anv recent rise here in the prices.
The railroad freights on them are moderate, being
all the way from New Orleans, by railroad, for
sugar, SI.BB per hundred; molasses, at the own
er’s risk, $1.67, at the railroad’s risk, $1.70.
Sugar. —The receipts have continued fair, and
with a moderate demand prices have ruled still
more in favor of buyers, the sales comprising st)o
hhds on Wednesday, 600 on Thursday, and 300
yesterday, at such irregular and unsettled prices
that it is difficult to give quotations. This makes
a total for the week of 2600 hhds. We now quote
Interior at l@l.)c, Common to Good Common at
1$ (a 2 1 , Fair to Fully F- tat 3@4, Prime to Choice
at 54@5£, Yellow Clarified at 6(Vi>7, and White at
7)('lo. Received since the 12th inst., 2209 hhds.
Week’s receipts 4321. Exported none.
Molasses.— With libera! receipts and an ac
tive demand, the business has been to an in
creased extent and prices have continued firm, the
sales comprising 2200 bbls on Wednesday, 4000
on Thursday an.i 1800 yesterday, making an ag
gregate for the three days of 8000 bbls, and for
the week of 14,000. The sales of half bbls com
prise 1000 bbls, making an aggregate for the week
of 1800, closing at 22.)@23c for Prime to Choice.
We quote Inferior to Common at 15@18e, Prime
at 19c, and Choice at 20c. Received since the
Pith inat., 8125 bbls and 1430 hall bbls. Week’s
receipts 14,869 bbls and 2204 half bbls. Exported,
coast-wise, none.
PECULATION.
Mr.. Editor —l am informed there is a regiment
at , which is swindling the Government
after the following manner :
The Captains borrowed men of one another to
make up the number required in order to be re
ceived.
They are drawing rations for the borrowed men
while the men have gone back to their own com
pany. Thus two companies are drawing for the
same men, or else one of the companies is draw -
ing for those who only exist in name on their roll.
This, 1 fear, is only a specimen on a small scale of
the swindling going on in the various departments
under the Government. Truth Incog.
We find the above in the Rome Advertiser. A
good deal of this kind of peculation and fraud
was carried on in the “ Florida War,” but we had
hoped the present struggle would not be disgraced
by such barefaced swindling. It is the duty of
the press and every patriot, indeed, to expose and
bring to punishment all such offenders. Let the
Captains referred to, if guilty, be drummed out of
the army. Give them the rogue’s march.
Coiigreasiouat liter lion.
We publish to day the official returns from all
the counties which have been received at the Ex
ecutive Department. We shall continue to fill up
the blanks as fast as the returns are received.
It will be seen that, in the 6th District, Mr.
Clark, of Newton is elected. His majority over
Mr. Hammond, being forty-seven. The delegation
from Georgia will stand thus :
First District —Julian llartridge.
Second “ C. J. Munnerlyn.
Third “ Hines Holt.
Fourth “ A. 11. Kenan.
Fifth “ I). W. Lewis.
feixth “ Vy\ W. Clark.
Seventh “ R. P. Tripps.
Eighth L J. Gartrell.
Ninth f* if. Strickland.
Tenth A. R. Wright.
The following is the vote in this district f
Kenan. Cobb. Traywick.
Baldwin, 417 38 3
Bibb, 289 344
Crawford, 86 193
Jones, 210 45
Jasper, 251 94
Houston, 69 404 8
Laurens, 111 .... ....
Putnam, 2)6 75
Pulaski, ; ti) 141 298
Twiggs, 242 47 —-
WilSinson, 311 60 4
[Federal Union.
The above figures gives Col. Kenan a majority
pver Col. Coiiu of 877. Assuming that Mr. Tuay-
Wicx’s vote would have goup to Mr. C., had there
been but two candidates in the field, and when the
full returns are made, it will be seen that had Col.
C. been earlier brought,forwaru, with a little effort
upon ihu part of his friends, he could have been
easily elected. As it is, notwithstanding the report
started on the eve of the election and circulated in
this city at the polls, that Mr. Cobb hud withdrawn,
(confounding his name with that of T. R. R. Cobb,
who declined to run in the 6th,) every county on
this side of the Ocmulgee gave him respectable
majorities.
fluaF-ItwjiJ bo accfi l>y reference to the
proceedings of the Legislature, thift business
is accumulating in that body to a degree
that gives little promise of an early adjourn
ment, without hasty legislation aud great
neglect of the public interests.
The Atlanta Confederacy of the 14th
says : “One thousand soldiers, well armed
and long drilled, passed through here yester
day, for the purpose of paying their respects
to the traitors of East Tennessee.”
POSTAGE STAMPS
What is the reason the Post-office Department
does not furnish the public with postage stamps?
The subject elicits much conversation and inquiry.
The complaints have been growing louder and
more general for several months past, and they
have at lust given place to downright indignation.
The pie.i originally put forth to cover and estenu
ate the neglect or the refusal to perftyin the plain
and manifest duty lor it was a duly—that the
Department hail not time to prepare the stamps,
no longer holds good—it was never worth the
breath spent in making it—and every one knows
it. to be a sham and a deception. Why are not
the stamps forthcoming? we ask. Why have they
not been furnished long ago? The people have a
right to know.
Thus writes the Editor of the N. O. Commercial
Bulletin, and we re-echo the questions. In no
department of the public service—not even the
yuartermaster and Commissary—has there been
sucli gross inefficiency and neglect as in the Post
office. The public patience lias been abused be
vond endurance, and the popular clamor should be
made to ring around the ears of Mr. Reagan until
he retires from a post for which he has demon
strated his utter unfitness. From the beginning
of his administration till now, the mails have been
left to take care of themselves. Never was there
such confusion ; and instead of improving, matters
are daily growing worre. However unpleasant to
him and painful to us, it is due to truth and the
country that we should speak plainly about this
matter. —Savannah Republican.
The above article reminds us of inquiries and
complaints often made in this citv. We have seen
specimens of the new postage stamps, and leant
that several of our citizens have sent to Richmond
Treasury Notes, and iu return, have procured a
supply. Some have suggested that the reason
why they are not furnished generally to the peo*
pie is, that officials, by exacting specie, increase
their own emoluments. There is evidently some
thing wrong somewhere, and the people demand
that it shall be corrected.
Some time ago a memorial signed by a large
number of the ci'izens of Bibb county, was for
warded to Richmond, requesting a change in the
Macon office. We should like to know why their
petition was disregarded. We respectfully call
upon the Department to examine into this matter.
Will our Richmond contemporaries give us some
light on this subject?*
ENGLISH OPINIONS OF OPENING A COTTON PORT
We copy the following from “Gore’s Liverpool
Advertiser” of 19th October. The article is inte
resting, and shows a very correct view and knowl
edge of the position of matters in this country. —
It commences with asking the question (which
every one can answer) “ With whom is the bal
ance ot success” in the war—and proceeds:
“ Whether to superior generalship, or discipline,
or pluck, or greater patriotism or enthusiasm, or
to whatever else it may be attributed, there can
be no doubt of the fact that hitherto the balance
of success has been with the South. This is not
the place to discuss the why or the wherefore.—
Viewing the war and its consequences from a
commercial point of sight, the fact alone attracts
our attention ; and we cannot but regard it as one
ol immense importance, removing, as we think it
does, the prospects of peace from the proximate
to the distant future. Were it otherwise, were the
balance of success ever so little in favor of the
North, we might perhaps have hoped that the
Federal Government, conscious of its strength to
crush the South, but the same time admonished of
its inability to retain military possession of it for
any lengthened period, would have proposed an
armistice for the purpose of negotiating a treaty
of peace with the Confederate generals. As to
the capture of Fort Hatteras, that is an insignifi
cant item against all the reverses of the North.—
The disgrace of the battle of Bull’s Run would not
be expunged by the success of a score of naval
expeditions undertaken against a power without
any navy whatever. The success of every expedi
tion of this kind may be predicated with certainty.
But what of that? What if Mobile and New Or
leans, and Galveston, were in possession of the
North, how would such an occupation intluence
the fortunes of the war? Every wav, say some
wiseacr* s, these ports would then be opened to
the commerce of the world, and the cotton crop
would be shipped to Europe. Ay, indeed! We
in our simplicity supposed that it was the North
who had blockaded these ports to prevent the ship
ment of the cotton, which would have supplied to
the South the sinews of war. Oh, but the object
is take the cotton by force, and apply the proceeds
of its sale to tne conquest of its owners. What
an ingenious device! If it were only practicable,
it would, no doubt, fie a master stroke of policy.
But tlie cotton is not at the ports, nor will it be
while the war lasts. Long before the maturity of
any portion of the crop, it was resolved that it
should be kept at the plantations. There it Ls
being put into sheds, without being baled or even
ginned—stowed awn v in the* seed, so that, at the
approach of tin* invading force, a match might be
piomplly and efficaciously applied, to prevent its
falling into the hands of the enemy. The expedi
tions against the cotton ports, whether successful
or not, are not therefore likely to materially ben
efit the North, and cannot restore to it the balance
of military success, which, up to the last advices
from New York, was unquestionably with the
South. If the Federal Government be desirous of
liberating the cotton crop for the benefit of the
world, all they have to do is to raise the blockade,
and henceforth our supply of cotton will only be
limited by the extent of the crop. We are really
ashamed to be compelled to treat seriously such
absurd speculations.”
IT OUGHT TO BE GRANTED
At a meeting of the citizens of Nashville, Ten
nessee, held recently,some resolutions were passed,
among them, the following:
“ Re sol ml, That the Legislature of Tennessee
be requested to pass a law levying a tax upon
every gallon of spirituous liquors distilled from
wheat, corn, rye, or potatoes, that shall be suffi
cient to prohibit the same during the present war
and blockade, the proceeds thereof to be applied
to the support of families with us of our soldiers
on the tented held.”
And we say to the Legislature of Tennessee
that it ought not only to grant this reasonable
request, but to do it cheerfully, gladly ; and that
Georgia, bv her Legislature now in session, should,
whether petitioned to do so or not, pass a similar
law to take effect immmediately or sooner.
Most cordially do we endorse the foregoing,
whi<;h we find in the Sumter Republican. Let a
high tax be levied upon the wretched distillations
and decoctions that are brutalizing the people,
whilst the real brutes are famished for something
to eat, as well as meritorious persons.
yUE SUPERIOR COURT,
for Bibb, is now in session, Judge Lochrane
pr,esjding. Tb e following is a list of the Grand
Jurors;
James M. Jokes, Foreman.
Allien Beddingfield, Samuel F. Dickinson,
Jas. G. Hall, Thos. N. Mims,
Elijah Bond, E. C. Bulkley,
J. J. Forsyth, Barnwell Barker,
Lewis J. Groce, Jas. B. Bailey,
Lott Malsby, Jackson Chambless,
J. Joseph Hodges, 11. M. Lindsey,
R. C. Wilder, Win. Ryder,
Win. 11. Cason.
GAMBLERS) IN RICHJfOHB-
We are informed by a gentleman who was em
ployed yesterday in inquiries to obtain a large
sized room for his own use, that he found “Bosli
er's Hall,” “ Corinthian Hall,” and all the large
“halls” and rooms in the city engaged to gamblers
for faro-banljs. He visited n'n,e in the most pub
lic places in the city, and found the sporting gen
try had preceded him and had engaged all of them
at fabulous prices.
We liud the above in the Richmond Examiner.
Why not give the “tiger” gentry a chance at the
Yankees ?
News erom Port Royal.— The Savannah Re
publican of Saturday says: Several of our corre
spondents in the interior complain that we give
such meagre account:; of the movements of the
enemy on the coast. The simple reason is, they
have made no movement since the capture of Fort
Walker, but seem quietly waiting for reinforce*
ments or something pise to turn up. From the
best information we can gather, they have lauded
some three thousand men at Fort Walker aud
about one thousand at Braddock’s Point, on the
south end of the Island, and while the fleet is still
lying at anchor in the sound, a few of them occa
sionally make a day visit to Beaufort and return
at night.
At last accounts the Yankees had pressed all the
negroes on the islands which they hold into ser
vice, aud were hard at work picking out and giu
uing the cotton crops!
For the Journal & Messenger.
CATTLE OF Ma\ASBAB.
The following lines were suggested on reading
in a Northern paper that the only word of com
mand given by President Davis, at the battle of
Manassas, **was, “Forward, my brave men!”:
FORWARD, MY BRAVE MEN!
Forward, my brave men ! was the cry
Os Davis on the field;
Forward to certain victory,
The South must never yield.
A shout went up from that brave band,
Who gathered round their chief:
They vowed to save their native land,
Or tlie for her relief.
With Spartan courage, on they pressed,
* The iron hail fell fast,
No coward fear possessed their breast,
They’d struggle to the last.
And how that day their oath was kept,
The flying foe can tell,
And how in death their comrades slept,
Who in that contest fell.
And when the pale moon’s gentle light
Shone down upon the field,
Oh, God! it was a dreadful sight
The night queen there revealed.
There, friend and foe lay still in death,
There, too, the wounded moaned;
And noble chargers gasped for breath,
Aud in their torture groaned.
The day was won, the craven foe
Ingloriously had fled;
And Southrons held that field of gore
For which they’d fought aud bled.
May Mann bring.
Powder. — We are gratified to know that the
Confederate States will ndt be wholly without
sources of supply of this indispensable article, as
the war progresses. The Government Powder
Mills, at Augusta, have not yet been completed,
but temporary works have been erected which are
now turning out three hundred pounds daily.
There are several other mills in the Confederacy
which are working to the full extent of their
capacity.
The Charleston Courier says:
Some of the extortioners, and speculators, and
monopolists, who have been grinding the earnings
of our people as long as they believed this war
would not reach us in earnest, are cow preparing
depart under various pleas.
This thing must and shall be stopped. We offer
or design no dictation or obtrusive advice, but we
call upon the commander of the post and district
to see to it that proper aud prompt arrangements
be made to regulate and control the movements ot
uersons seeking to sneak out ot the city. Let full
facilities be offered for the transportation and
escort of families, infants, invalids, non-combat
tants and cowards, who wish to go, but let meas
urea be taken to slop the flight of those who can
be made useful and who owe us their services.—
j Let the panic makers and rumor sprinklers, who
■ endeavor to alarm and excite our people, be
watched, aud if necessary put to good use. We
do not expect such counterfeit representations of
men to fight for us, or themselves, or their wives,
or children, but we demand that they shall not be
permitted to fisflit against, us, or to excite vague,
needless and premature apprehension among our
true friends elsewhere by leaving us.
Tiie Yankee Expedition Down the Mississippi.
—The expedition destined for operations down the
Mississippi is to consist not only of gunboats, but
of floating batteries which are thus described in
the Peoria (III.) L r nion :
They are of solid timber, twelve inches square,
and lying in three tiers of timber deep. This is
strongly bolted together, and forms the hull of the
vessel. We’ls are cut through tlie upper tiers,
about four and a half feet square, and lined with
zinc to keep oat the water. These wells serve for
magazines, or places for keeping the ammunition.
There are four of these in each boat. The solid
I platform is 60x25 feet, being sharpened. The
whole is covered with a thick plank. Entirely
around tlie outside of the boat is a parapet or
bulwark of iron, three eighths of an inch in
thickness and six and a half feet in height. This
is inclined upward, so as to give a glancing direc-
I tion io any shot that may strike it. The arma
ment of these floats is to consist of six 64 pound
mortars, three upon a side, and so arranged as to
deliver their charges over the iron parapet that
surrounds them, and wh’cli protects those who
serve them. There arc 38 of these monstrous
batteries to be built, 26 of which are nearlv ready
for use, aud the remainder are begun. There is
no machinery on board of them for locomotion,
but it is intended to tow them by means of gun
boats.
Fatal Accident in Kentucky. —A dispatch was
received yesterday at the War Department, says
‘the Richmond Dispatch of Friday, giving an ac
count of a fatal accident from the bursting of a
Dahlgren gun at Columbus, Kentucky, by which
two officers and seven private were killed on the
spot. Gen. Polk had a portion of his clothing
torn off bv the explosion, but escaped without
very serious injury. It is thought that he will
soon recover. The names of the officers who were
victims of the sad casualty are Lieut. Snowden,
of the Confederate States Infantry, and Capt. Kei
ter, of the Artillery.
Two < iirrenclea.
The New Orleans Crescent says :
Talking of the Post-office and mails, we are
asked if there ought to be two currencies, one of
coin for office holders (ala Post-office) and one of
paper for the people? Is it right, we are asked, if
our Post-master should receive his salary in coin,
and then perhaps walk into a dealer’s office in
Camp street and sell it at 12 to 15 per cent, pre
mium ? The opinion is, ffcere is something out of
place in the Post-office Department at Richmond.
The New Orleans Bulletin savs:—“lf the Gov
ernment money is good enough for the people, it
is gpod enough for the Government itself. It, is
time the abuse was stopped. The people have
borne it long enough, and their patience is ex
hausted.” New Orleans is not the only place trou
bled in this way, and the patience of other people
near the same crisis. Where are the Postage
stamps? The inquiry is alsq being made, what j
sort of a government have we?
Tiie Bridges Burnt.— The Atlanta
Confederacy has the following, dated lting
’ gold, Nov. 11th :
| The two bridges burned on \V. kA. Rail-
I road, across the Chickatuauga, are about
| eight miles from Chattanooga, and about
half a mile apart. The East Tennessee &
Ga. Railroad crosses the stream between
them, and about 150 yards below the upper
one Col. John D. Grey, who built them,
estimates their cost at about SIB,OOO.
Major Rowland, our industrious and en
ergetic Superintendent, was at the place of
the disaster with a large force yesterday,
aud will have good, substantial trestle bridges
made, and the cars ruuuing regularly In
about two weeks. He has a number of the
very best railroad mechanics in the countrv
actively engaged, together with a large force
of laborers.
Arrangements are made with the E. T. k
Ga. Railroad to carry the freight, mail and
pus3engess by the way ot Cleveland to Chat
tanooga, and in two or three days the pas
senger trains w ill run regularly on the State
Road, and baggage and passengers will be
transferred to and from the t! T."& Ga.
Railroad at the upper bridge, untit the
bridges are built. Passengers \yili be re
quired to walk about 200 yards over good
road, and meet with very little detention.
The energy and efficiency of Maj. Row
land and his officers, and the generosity of
the officers of the E. T. & Ga. Railroad,
will defeat the tories avid scoundrels who
prowl through our laud at night to burn our
property and murder people iu their hellish
desigus. |
WAR NEWS.
Gallipoi.lis, Ohio, Nov. 11.—(; aa y a ~
dotte, Va., on the Ohio River, 36 miles be
low this place, was attacked last night b ’
000 Confederates. Out of 150 Federal-,
stationed there, only 50 escaped. The rest
were killed or taken prisoners.
Baltfmorf, Nov. 11—Oapt. Dowell, 0 f
the 20th Indiana Regiment, has returned
from Hatteras, and says he found it iuipos
ible for his regiment to remain there longer.
San Fransisco, Nov. 11.—Benjamin
Starke has been appointed Senator from Ore
gon. lie is a Democrat, and a native of
Conneticut.
Boston, Mass., Nov. 11.—Ex-Mayor
Bunker, of Mobile, and Win. Pierce, of New
Orleans, were discharged from Fort Warren
to-day.
Memphis, Tenn., Nov. 11.—One hun
dred \ ankee prisoners, captured iu the Rat
tle of Belmont, arrived here to-day. Thou
sands of people viewed them but offered
them no insults.
Columbus, Ky., Nov. 15.—Gen. Polk is
still suffering from the effects of the shook
which he received at the recent explosion of
the Dablgren gun at this place.
Highly Interesting from Europe.
Nashville, Tenn., Nov. 15.—The last
European steamer brings a series of interes
ting letters between Henry W. Dayman,
on the part of the cotton importing interest
of England, and Lord John Russell. Mr.
Ilayman informs Lord Joint that he, in con
junction with other English merchants, had
in contemplation the fitting out of a number
of ships for the purpose of trading with New
Orleans and other Southern ports, and also
that the protection of Iler Majesty’s crui
sers in the West Indies may be given to the
ships intended for this expedition, or else
that the ships may be permitted and author
ized to defend themselves, if at acked.
Lord Russell replies that Her Majesty’s
Government will not afford the slightest pro
tection or countenance to such an enterprise;
and says that the United States atid the so
called Confederate States are engaged in a
civil war; that Her Majesty’s Government
lias recognized that state of things, and has
taken a position of neutrality between the
two contending parties.
Under these circumstances, a British ship
—Great Britain being neutral in the war—
which attempts to break an effective block
ade, is liable to capture and condemnation ;
and if such ship defends herself, by force,
against a national vessel enforcing such
blockade, such defense, because of the law
of nations, will expose such ship and her
cargo to condemnation as a prize, and the
persons who commit the act will subject
themselves to severe treatment, according
to the laws of war.
More Naval Expeditious.
Washington, Nov, 11 .—The York Even
ing Pont, of to-day, says that an expedition
is preparing, if it has not already sailed,
which will seal the harbors of Savannah and
Charleston against the exit and entranee of
any further Theodora or Nashville expedi
tions.
’ The same paper states, also, (hat a flotilla
1 of thirty vessels arc now in that port, armed,
manned, and ready to sail for the Gulf of
. M exico. The vessels are of a peculiar size,
draft, and armament for harrassing the coast
i of Louisiana aud Alabama.
* rrrr-r
Montreal, Canada, Nov. 11—The third
t officer of the steamship North Briton, who
1 has arrived at Farther Point in a schooner,
reports that the steamer struck upon Paw
quet Island at one o’clock on the morning
of Nov. sth. The wind was then blowing a
i gale, and the steamer was totally wrecked.
’ There were no lives lost. The passengers
and crew were all safely landed on Point
Marine. Only a few of the mail bags were
saved, and these were perfectly saturated.
itfore Northern Item*.
F Richmond, Va., Nov. 10.—The Rich
r mond Dispatch, extra, contains some items
from the Baltimore American, of Nov. 13th.
The report of a successful battle for the
Federalists at Piketou, or Pikeville. Ky., is
all a humbug.
Gens. Hadock and Buel have left \\ ash
ington for the West,
Dispatches from Washington to the 12th
confirm the Federal reconnoisance opposite
Occoquan with 18,000 troops. Some of
their pickets were shot, and some of them
! were taken prisoners.
Nashville, Nov. 14.—The Nashville
Union and American learns from a private
letter received here yesterday, that a sou of
Senator Pickens, of Sevier county, was mor
tally wounded in an attempt to burn a bridge
at Strawberry Plains on the East Term, and
Va. Railroad, on Friday night. Pickens is
reported to be one of the incendiaries.
Win. A. Ponold, a Louisville Lincolnite,
has been arrested by the Provost Marshal at
Bowling Green, on suspicion of having visL
ted that place in the capacity of a spy.
Indianapolis, Nov. 7. —From all parts
of the State wo have information that there
is considerable disaffection at the course pur
sued toward Freinout, and there is no mis
take that the people are fast losiug confidence
in the Administration.
Latest Northern Aecomit—Federal
Abouf the Victory at
Port Royal.
Richmond, Va., Nov. 15.—The New
York Iferald, of the 12fh issfe, which has
Been received here, says the large Federal
transport Winfield Scott, which was tne con
sort of the steamship i uion, and had tyto
Yankee regiments on board, is supposed to
have been foundered at sea, and all on board
perished.
The Herald has a flaming account of the
taking of Port Royal and Beaufort, and says
tbat’Charleston and Savannah are now in
possession of the Federalists !