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j KNOWLES and S. BOSE,
EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS.
J-'rom ih< N. O. Bulletin, Not. 16.
Mauip^.
What is the reason the Post office Depart
ment doc* not furnish the public with {(Os
t ure stamps ? The subject elicits much con
versation and enquiry. The complaints
have Wen growing louder and more general
for several months past, and they have at;
last given place to downright indination. — t
The plea originally put forth to cover and ,
extenuate the neglect or the retused to per-j
form the plain and manifest duty—for it
was a duty—that the Department had not
hid time to prepare the stamps, no longer
holds good —it was never worth the breath
spent in making it —and every one now
know* it tibe a sham and deception. Why
are not the o, .amp: ; forthcoming, we ask
Why have they not been furnished long ago ?
The people have a right to know. At tirt
they were willing to bear any thing and
every thing in >ilenee rather than complain,
as they knew that in launching anew gov
ernment forth upon the sea of existence, a
a multiplicity of duties must task the ener
gies of the public servants to their utmost
extent. They were consequently patient
aud took every thing in good lutmor, put up
with every inconvenience in the firm expec
tation that the new machinery would soon
be adjusted to its work, and that then things
would run on smoothly. This was especial
ly the ease with the Postofficc Department,
which, under the old government, had de
generation into an almost intolerable nui
sance. The most patient animal in exis
tence will grow restive at last if goaded on
beyond all bounds, and that great animal,
the public, is getting into just this category
in reference to the Postoffice Department,
and especially in regard to postage stamps
It is justly deemed something little less than
an outrage upon and insult to the people to
establish one currency for them and another
for the government, as is actually done by
withholding postage stamps and compelling
the nrople to pay specie postage while the
government will not take its own promises
to pay for it, and will not pay out the very
which it exacts from the people,—
The abuse has become so great that there
will have to be a little plain speaking con
cerning it. Wc can tell the government
that if it thinks it can treat the complaints
of the people upon this subject, just and
reasonable a* they are, with iudifference and
aud coutompt, without raising a storm about
its head, it will make a grevious mistake.—
The people of this city pay into the postof
fiee here about two thousand dollars in small i
change every week, not a dime of which
ever gets back again hy way of exchange in
to the gernerl circulation, not a dime is paid
out to the people in return. What becomes
of the specie ? They receive and pay out
change to each other. The government re
ceives, as into a fathomless and insatiable
maw, but never disgorges x dime. Why is
this? Is there any justice or fair play or
equality in it, or any thing even decent ?
There surely is not. If tlie government
money i good enough for the citizens of the
country it is good enough for the govern-1
nient itself, looks something like im
position upon the people for it to offer them
a currency which it refuses to take itself.—
This it every day does iu the postoffiee of
this city and in every postoffice in the Con
federate State . It is time the abuse were
stopped. The people have borne it long eu
ough. Their patieuoe is exhausted. Change
has become exceedingly scarce, and its ex
haustion by the p*stoffieo is one of the prin
cipal causes of the scarcity. It looks as
though the stamps were purposely withheld
on this account. The plea that the Depart
nient has not yet had time to prepare them,
it should hlii'h crimson u<>w to repeat. It j
could have had them made in one month as I
well as one year. We believe our artisans !
could get them ready in ten days. It way
be suggested to the Department, that the 1
people of the Confederate States were not
made for its special benefit. The iJea ex
tensively prevails that it was created for
their benefit. The Department is manifest
ly laboring under a mistake in this matter.
Tlm* llarpi***.
There an’ some people, truly remarks the
Richmond Disjmfck, having a good time out
of this war. They arc spoilers, sharpers,
extortioner*, who arc bleeding the soldiers
and the community at every pnrp, and who
arc growing rich and fat upon their blood.
Such prices as those greedy and rapacious
monsters demand for articles of prime neces
sity are almost fabulous. Such protits as
are required to satiate their ravenous maws
would be deemed incredible by the hungriest
laudshark in any other age or country of j
Christendom. Talk of Yankees or of Chi-j
nese! Why the most remorseless Yankee
speculator, between Richmond and the North
Pole, would die of shame and vexation, if
they could see how operators in Dixie’s
Laud surpass their boldest feats of plunder.
It is in vain that Governors of States issue
proclamations; that the people yell out at
every fresh turn of the screws; that the
whole communities stand aghast at the shame
less greed of the cormorant crew. Where
the carcass is, there the eagles will be gath
ered together. You might as well appeal to
the moral sense of buzzards and vultures to
abaudon their prey on the battle-field, as ex
pect the harpies of high-prices to relax the
grasp of their sharp claws, and let their
poor victims escape. It is a beautiful sight
to see some sick soldier, who has beeu blist
ered in tbc suu and wet by the dews of six
months’ campaigning, and has faced danger
and death in the battles of his country, ask
ing timidly at some counter the price of an
article to his comfort, and turning away with
a heavy sigh as the man of pence names a
price which a General of Division could uot
Hlb.ru. A great world, this, a world, as
Carlyle would say, much forsaken of God,
and in pressing necessity to be damned.
Passes to ho South. —The Washington
correspondent of the New York Timet, wri
ting under date of the Ist., says :
The numbet of persons applying to go
South has so increased of late as to give rise
to inquiry xs to the cause. It seems that
there are secession emissaries and lawyer's
in many of the Northern cities, who are a !-
vising their clients to comply with the call
of Jeff. Davis, requiring all Southern proper
ty holders to come South under penalty of
t*ejuestration if they refuse.
It is well know'll that all who go South in
accordance with this advice are compelled
to swear allegiance to the Confederate prop
et ty for the support of the rebellion, thus
rendering the whole of it liable to confisca
tion by the United States Government. As
to the threat of acquest ration by the insur
rectionists, it is hardly necessary to say that
all projierty so taken will be restored to its
owners by the United States Government
on the re-establishment of its authority.—
Those who are thus playing upon the fears
of the weak and timid for profit, or for a
crimnal purpose, will not escape the atten-j
turn of the Government.
I'rvinoiil himl 111i > Nl.boiii<iieriitait*.
The citizens of 8t Louis, to the number
of twenty thousand, chiefly Germans, gave
Fremont a glorious reception on his return
to the city from the West. Greetings,
speeches, a torchlight procession, etc , were
the order of the evening. Among other
pr<eeedings was the adoption of the follow
ing resolutions at a meeting of the citizens:
We, the citizens of St. Louin, of German
extraction, iu mass meeting assembled to
give expression of our sentiments toward
Maj. Gen. John C. Fremont, have solemnly
and unanimously resolved;
1. That we recognize in John C. Fremont
the embodiment of our patriotic feeling and
| political faith.
2. That, notwithstanding many paralyzing
circumstances, he has performed hi.s arduous
and responsible task with all possible cnerg\
and honesty.
3. That wc admire bis impartiality and
sagacity in selecting bis military counselors,
without national prejudices, from among
such men as he considered true and worthy
of his confidence.
4. That we will stand by him as long as
lie shall prove true to himelf.
5. That while we submit to tbc action of
the government, as behooves loyal citizens,
we regret to lie deprived at the present mo
ment of his services in conquering the rebel
enemy, and believe we recognize in this
event a wise Providence which may have
reserved him for a still wider sphere of ac
tion in future times.
The lt'pulJimn says that Fremont, during
the reading of the address and resolutions,
apparently found it. difficult to restrain his
emotions, and when he first commenced to
respond his voice was quite tremulous. llis
response was ns follows:
Gentlemen :— I wi.-h to say to you that
your kind and affectionate—l may even say
affectionate —reception of me moves my
heart. It cheers me and strengthens mv
confidence—my confidence, already some
what wavering—in our republican institu
tions. 1 felt all day as we passed through
the country—l feel emphatically, to-night—
that the faithful servant of the people, hon
estly laboring in the public cause, will not
l*c allowed to suffer undeserved, and T feel
stronger.
Since I left you a few weeks ago, many
accusations have been raised on my defence
less bead—defenceless because my face was
turned to the public enemy. What I sec
aud hear to-night, the address you have just
read to me, and the approving multitude be
low, show me that I was not wrong in leav
ing my defence with you. In regard to the
basest charges made against me, l will say
uothing now. You do not require, and to
speak of them would jar upon the generous
feelings with which you come here to night.
Others have been already answered by my
brave soldiers at Springfield; and others, of
gross incompetcney and a weak and aimless
administration, to all of these I will adopt
your address and the shouts of the grand
multitude assembled below as my auswer.—
And for all this, gentlemen, to you and to
them, I renew my thanks with all my heart,
which, to-night, is roused to full sensibility
•by the heart}’ and unqualified expression of
I your confidence aed approbation so valuable
and grateful to me in my actual position.
I shall soon have occasion, for I shall
make occasion, to answer all these charges
more definitely, Until then, I will rely
upon this eveuing for my defence.
After he had delivered the above response
the committee gathered about him, and he
shook hands with each member thereof in
the most cordial manner.
In the meantime, the crowd outside had
begun to grow impatient, and in obedience
to the tumultuous erics of the multitude,
The General presented himself upon the
portico. His appearance was the signal tor
a tremendous outburst of applause, wliicb
he acknowledged by bowing. Turning to a
geutleiuan standing near by, be remarked;
“I take this as a record of my adminis
tration. This is, perhaps, but a page of the
w>rk, but it says a great deal, and with the
illuminated binding which is here offered, 1
may well be proud of the work itself.’’
Let Lincoln take heed! The Pathfinder
is on his trail!
Editorial Corres. of the Chronicle & Sentinel.
(•eneral .Poemhlv.
MILf.EIHIEVII.LK, Nov. 11th.
I have been furnished by the President
of the .Senate w’itb the information in regard
to the quantity of Salt in Georgia, given him
by a distinguished citizen of Savannah.—
This information will lie entirely new’ to the
people of the State, and will convince them
that they have been subjected to the grossest
outrage at the hands of speculators in this
article of prime necessity. We have all
been made to believe that there was a great
scarcity of salt, w'hile the facts prove that
the supply is larger than usual. The gen
tleman of Savannah writes that tie has
seen a statement of the export of salt
from Liverpool to Savaunah, for the years
185 D-60 and 1860-Gl, made by Blount, En
glish Brandon, ship brokers, Liverpool,
and this statement shows an excess for 1800-
01 of til), 1)70 sacks. The gentlemen learns
also, from the best informed sources, that
the re-export of salt from Savannah is less
for 18G1, by 40,000 sacks, than for the pre
vious year—thus showing a total supply for
the present year, of 109,070 sacks in excess
of the supply for the past year. This
auiouut of excess is amply sufficient to cure
two millions of hoys. I hope, then, we shall
sec a grand tumble dowu iu the price of salt.
The llero oe Strawberry Plains.—A
correspondent of the Knoxville Register thus
describes a visit he lately made to James
Keelan, the man who so nobly defended the
bridge at Strawberry Plains against an at
tack upon the property by the Union men :
“We went to the residence of Mr. Elmore,
the Railroad agent, where we found the
brave sufferer. He was shot in three places
—the back, thigh and elbow. His hand
was severed at the wrist. Many gashes are
found upon his person, l-’roui his coat I
judge twenty attempts were made to cut his
throat. When I saw him he was perfectly
calm and sensible, hearing his pains with pa
tience and fortitude. He will probably re
cover. He is a poor man, with a large fauii
depeuding upon his labor for the substeuce
of life. 11c fought sixteen men, probably
killing their leader, whilst in the act of firing
the bridge, and finally drove the enemy aw'ay
without accomplishing their fieudish work. —
He done all that human could, unaided by
any one, iu defence of the Government and
the people. Indeed, it was uot known by
any one of the citizens, until, in a bleeding
and exhausted condition, he reached the
house of Mr. Elmore, where he sank down
from grt at weakness, exclaiming: They
have killed me, hut I saved the bridge.”—
He is a hero, and has physically done more
for the welfare of his country than any man
in the Confederacy. He deserves well of
his countyincn, and let a grateful people do
something for the relief of his family. Let
such a testimonial be made as well show how
a generous people appreciate men who know
their duty and dare to perform it.—Xash
til/e Gazette,
The Figli* at Pikelou,
We saw this morning a gentleman from
Bath couuty who participated in the fight
near Piketon on the Bth inst , with a portion
of General Nelsou’s command.’ He assures
us from his own possitive knowledge, that
there is not a word of truth in the report of
that tight sent from Maysville and Lexing
ton to the Northern papers, and copied by
us Saturday last.
Our informant, who wc know to be reliable,
gives ua the following pat titulars, which is
sustained in all the items by a letter to the
\\ ar Department from Gen. Humphrev Mar
shall :
On Friday morning, the Bth inst., Capt.
May, of West Liberty, Morgan county, In
direction of Col. Williams, who was with his
command of some 1,400 to 1,000 men, sta
tioned at Piketon, to which point they had
fallen back from Prestonburg, proceeded to
a point on tlie Dig Sandy, called the “ Nar
rows,” about fifteen miles from Piketon. —
After partially burning a bridge across a
ravine, to prevent the passage of the enemy’s
artillery, the brave Kentucky mountaineers
posted themselves behind logs, rocks, ect.
The enemy approached cautiously, but
seeing nothing in their way, proceeded into
the “narrows’’ with their force. When they
reached an abrupt angle in the road, at u
preconcerted signal our boys opened a mur
derous fire upon them, which was kept up
for a full half hour. The Yankees were
signally repulsed, and withdrew under
cover of their artillery, which shelled the
hill side with but little effect, however. —
They then attempted to flank our men by
climbing the hill, when Capt. May withdrew
his command to a point where they had
placed their horses, and returned to Piketon,
with a loss during the engagement of only
5 killed and S wounded.
A uiong those who distinguished them
selves in the fight by their gallantry and
daring, our informant mentions the names
cf Captain Thomas, of Bourbon co., Captain
Ezekiel (’lay, (a son of Brutus .J. Clay,) of
Bourbon, ('apt. May. of Morgan eo., and
Capt. Hawkins, of Bath. The men were as
lions, and being all of them crack shots,
every time they raised their rifles a Hessian
bit the dust.
A man who was sent after the fight to
ascertain as to the extent of the enemy’s loss,
reported by actual count, 219 killed and
about 150 wounded. Twenty-eight of the
dead Yankees were seen laying in one place.
On Saturday morning Col. Williams, feel
ing his inability to make a stand against the
overwhelming numbers of the enemy ap
proaching him, commenced a retreat to Found
Gap. One of his men, a member of Capt,
Shawhan’s company who had loitered behind,
was killed by the advance scouts of the ene
my early that morning. This, with the 13
killed and wounded ou Friday, comprises the
total loss of Williams.
On Friday last, the loth inst., just one
week after the fight near Piketon, Col. Wil
liams was located about four miles from
Pound Gap. He had been reinforced hy a
portion of Col. Moore’s regiment, from Ab
ingdon, aud was daily looking for sufficient
reinforcements to enable him to successfully
hold Pound Gap against the Yankees.
The mouutaiueers were flocking to him in
large numbers, and hourly accessions were
being made to his force.
General Humphrey Marshall had started
from Wytheville for Pound Gap, early in the
week. He expected to be followed immedi
ately by one or two regiments of infantry
and a battery of artillery. Col. Williams has
no artillery whatever.
A part, of Col. Moore’s regiment, at Abing
don, had just received their arms on Friday
last, and were getting ready to start to Pound
Gap. —Louisville Courier , With.
The London Times has another letter
from Mr. Russell, in which he intimates
that the army will exercise the controlling
power before long, and that a military dicta
tor will wield the powers of government. —
He draws a graphic parallel between the op
posing Generals, McClellan and Beauregard,
aud sketches the respective situations of the
two armies now standing face to face with
each other on the banks of the Potomac.—
We subjoin the most interesting passages of
his letter;
BEAUREGARD AND M'CLELLAN COMPARED.
When 1 had the pleasure of conversing
with General McClellan for the first time,
he asked me several questions, with evident
interest and friendly curiosity—not unusual
on the part of Generals in reference to their
antagonists—respecting Gen. Beguregurd.—-
Iu his case there was all the more reason for
such inquiries, in the fact that they were old
fellow-students and class-mates. To Fmy
mind there is something of a resemblance
between the men. Both are below the mid
dle height. They are both squarely built,
and famed for muscular power since their
college days. Beauregard, indeed, is lean
and thin ribbed ; McClellan is full and
round, with a Napoleonic tendency to tm
honpoint t subdued by incessant exercise.—
Beauregard sleeps little; McClellan’s tem
perament requires a full share of rest: Jjoth
are spare and Spartan in diet, studious, qui
et. Beauregard is rather saturnine, and, if
not melancholic, is of a grim gayety; Mc-
Clellan is genial even in his reserve. The
density of the hair, and the squareness of
the jaw, the firmness aud regularity of the
teeth, and the outlines of the features are
points of similarity in both, which would be
more striking if Beauregard were not of the
true Louisiaua Creole tint, while McClellan
is fair complexioned. Beauregard has a
dark, dull, student’s eye, the dullness of
which arises, however, from its formation,
for it is full of tire, and its glances are quick
and searching. McClellan has a deep, clear
eye, into which you can look far and deep,
while you feel it searches far and deep into
you, Beauregard has something of preten
sion in his manner—not hauteur , but a fold
ing-armed, meditative sort of air which seems
to say, “Don’t disturb me; I’m thinking of
military movements.” McClellan seems to
be always at leisure; but you feel at the
same time you ought uot to intrude too much
upon him, even when you seek jn vain soy
the grounds of that impression in anything
that he is doing or saying. Beauregard is
more subtle, crafty, and astute; McClellan
is more comprehensive, more learned, more
impressionable. Beauregard is a thorough
soldier; McClellan may prove he is a great
General. The former only looks to military
consequences, and disregards popular mani
festations; the latter respects the opinions
of the outer world, and sees political as well
xs military results iu what he orders. They
arejboth the creatures of accident so far as
their present positions are concerned. It re
mains to be seen if either can eoutrol the
current of events, and if, in either the artil
leryman or the cavalry officer of the old
United States Army, there is the stuff around
which history is moulded, such as that of
which the artilleryman of Brienne or the
leader of the Ironsides was made,
Hqgr Messrs. Mason aud Slidell, our Com
missioners to Europe, may have been cap
tnred by the cute Yankees, but the valuable
return cargo of the saucy little steamer The*
odor* tells the tale of a succesful “running
the blockade.”— Charleston Mercury, 19tA.
Where is the Meat to Come from ?
This question is ofted asked, in a tone of
concern and despondency, as though there ;
is a real danger of scarcity, if not of suffer
ing.
from the census of 1850, ns to the num
ber of of hogs in the different sections of the
late United States, the following result are
d< mnnstrable:
In the eleven Confederate
States there were 15,8.’ 1,353 hogs
In the doubtful border States
(District of Columbus Ma
ryland, Kentucky and Mis
s iuri 4,915, 334 hogs
Tn nil oilier States 9,550,559 hogs
Add together those in the Con
federate, and iu the bor
d r States 20,752,587 hogs
i. e., more than double the number of hogs
that the Yankees while we have only two
thirds as many people to feed as they have.
Why then should meat, be so scarce as to
cause alarm !—[Montgomery Advertiser.
Salt.— We find the follow ing in the New
Orleans Crier Current of the 9th inst.:
We notice a further heavy advance in
Liverpool salt, which closed last week at
50,75 per sack, and lias since sold to some
extent at $lO. The stock on hand has been
estimated at 50,000 sacks, which is probab
ly less than the actual amount, but is ex
pect! and that if the present demand continues
it w ill be exhausted in January. With this
prospect, planters will, no doubt, see the im
portance of husbanding their supplies. In
packing beef the usual proportion of sugar
may be materially increased, and a corres
ponding reduction made in the allowance of
Salt. If this he done, as it can be economi
cally at the present price of sugar, it will
sensibly diminish the demand for salt, and
perhaps make our present supply ample un
til the opening of the port. It is known
that, there are a number of cargoes at Ha
vanna, destined for this market. The re
moval of the blockade would probably at.
once reduce the price of coarse suit to less
than 81 per sack.
Liberal, Very. —We understand that
General Sherman, who commands the Lin
coln Naval Expedition, lias issued a procla
mation to the Carolinians, expressing his re
gret at. their dispersion, and urging them to
return to their homes and usual occupation
—that has not the slightest intention of har
ming them in the body or estate, and only
desires to uphold the Constitution and laws.
He seems to forget that these are the very
things we are fighting against.
Brisk Trade in Trunks.—For months
past the sale of arms and munitions of war
lias been brisk, hut this branch of trade, du
ring the last few days, seems to have been
totally eclipsed by the large operations in
the trunk business. This rather mysterious
movement may, perhaps, be explained by
the fact, which we hear, on good authori
ty, that certain traders of Charleston were
recently ascertained to be taking very ener
getic steps to send away from the city as
much as possible of their stocks of goods,
etc. General Lee, having been informed of
the facts, promply issued an order to put a
stop to their unmanly doings. We are glad
of it. — (Charleston Mercury, \Sth.
Tiie Sugar Crop. —The cold weather of
the past few days causes the cane to yield
more abundantly, and the planters of this
parish have their full force at work day and
night hurrying eft’ the crop, in anticipation
of an early frost. To Mr. Thomas J. Hutch
es we are obliged fur a sample of the growth
on the Laurel’s Plantation,.near the South
ern boundary line of the parish. The sam
ples are nearly ten feet in length of fully
developed and ripe joints. Mr. Hutches
says that the crop on the Laurel Plantation
will yield two hogsheads to the acre. — Linton
lluuyc Gazette.
Military Executions in Warrington.
—The Pensacola correspondent of the Mo
bile Hey inter says that on Friday, the 8 th, a
volunteer was shot for killing an Orderly
Sergeant while in discharge of his duly as
an officer: the other, a regular, for striking
a Captain. He was said to have been a
most excellent soldier, and, at the time of
committing the offence, crazed with liquor.
He met his fate like a man. The genera
tion of his wife at. the guard quarters, is rep
resented to have been of a most affecting
character.
An able article in the London Review
upon American affairs, closes with the fol
lowing significant, remark : The South can
act on the defensive without a ruinous money
cost; the North cannot act on the offensive
without incurring liabilities that will break
the back of the Republic, A thousand men
defending their own soil are equal to ten
thousand men who carry tire aud sword to
invade them. All experience proves it; and
when the country to be invaded is as large
as five or six great Europeans monarchies,
the invader should remember the fate of
Nepolcon in Russia, and pause ere he com
mit his fortunes to so desperate an enterprise.
Villainy. —A man named Morton, of
the War Department, Richmond, has been
detected in swindling the soldiers and dis
missed by the Secretary of War. Is that
all was done to him ? His practice has been
to make a pretence of no funds on hand to
pay the troops, and to refer applicants to a
confederate, who would accommodate them
with the cash by shaving their bills at an
enormous discount. The little job has been
in operation for months, aud many a poor
soldier, in urgent necessity for his pay, has
been fleeced of one-half of it by the infam
ous system of discounts, through accompli
ces in the fraud of the Government officer.
The Examiner learns also that the sol
diers have been cheated out of thousands by
scoundrels from Richmond who visited camps
where soldiers were paid off and changed
worthless shin-plasters for Confederate Treas
ury notes.
The Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel says
—“A large sgppjy of §oap may be extracted
from every cornfield at this seasop of tjie
year. While a thousand pounds ol oak
wood yield only two and a half pounds of
potash, a thousand pounds of corn stalks
will yield seventeen pounds of patash. A
thousand pounds of oak leaves, burnt to ash
es will yield twenty-four pounds of potash,
and soap may be made out of potash.” This
writer could have added, that a much larger
ouantity could be extracted from the ashes
of the corn cobs.
A J’ktkiot Indeed. —We learn from
several reliable sources that a gentleman
named Bowie, owning a ‘Tan Yard in the
country, has repeatedly reffisetj to sell his
leather to speculators at 81,00 per pound,
ami persists in retailing it to the country
people at fifty and sixty cents. He alleges
that this price is as much as his conscience
will allow him to take —netting a handsome
profit upon his business.
Mr. Bowie has, we learn, four sons in the
service and avows his readiness to serve him
self when it necessary. —Marietta
Adcocate.
The Memphis Avalanche, of the Bth,
says the stock of salt in that city is various
ly estimated at from 20,000 to 40,000 sacks.
MACON, GEOItGIA:
Wednesday, November 2T,
£3f"The Columbus Times and Telegraph, of this
city, speak lightly of Mr. Hill and his qualification
for the high and responsible office to which he has
been recently elected. We shall enter into no
defence of Mr. Hill. le t them unite with us in
urging upon Congress to sit with open doors, ex
eept when deliberating upon matters which should
he kept secret, and the people will then be able to
decide upon the accuracy and impartiality of their
judgment.
THE PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
Ts a most admirable document. Os course eve
body will read it.
THE SUPERIOR COURT OF 8188 COUNTY,
After a session of two days, adjourned over till
the second Monday in February next.
“AFFAIRS IN SAVANNAH”
We notice an editorial article in the Atlanta
“Oiusader,” of the 21st insf., with regard to a
visit of its editor to that city, that so nearly cor
responds with one which appeared in this paper of
the loth insf., that it would surprise any one to
see how nearly the views and language of one wri
ter could assimilate with those of another, on the
same subject.
COOL WEATHER
The first cool weather, assuming the least ap
pearance of winter, in this vicinity, commenced
on the 23d, since which time a little ice has been
seen, aud sufficient frost to check tender vegeta
tion. The prevalence of mild weather has been
very favorable to cotton, and the crop considera
bly increased by it.
THE GEORGIA LEGISLATURE.
We spent a few days last week in-Miiledgeville,
and take pleasure in saying, that both Houses of
the General Assembly deserve the respect and
confidence of their constituents for their close and
considerate attention to the public business. It is
true there is l ather more speaking than is necessa
ry, but this may be expected in all deliberative
bodies. There is a very large amount of import
ant business to be disposed of, and the Legislature
w ill barely dispose of it in the forty days prescribed
for its session.
The present Legislature shows the benilicence
of selecting good men, regardless of party or
caucus dictation. We trust anew era has dawned
upon us, and that the people will continue to select
their wisest and best men for all offices.
CAPITOL OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES
A Richmond dispatch, under date of the 21st
inst., says:—“ In Congress to-day amotion was
made to remove the seat of Government to Xash
ville.” Dalton, Marietta, or even Kingston, would
be a far better location. The capitol should be
located where there is a plenty of room to build
up a handsome place, with ample public grounds,
and where tlte public buildings would be more
secure from fire. Why sfiould the seat of Gov
ernment be located in a large and expensive city ?
SPECULATION IN SPECIE
Gold coin is now held here, by those who can
command it, at twenty per cent, premium over the
Confederate Notes. Is it not time that this fact
was considered? When the credit of our currency
is destroyed in this, or any other way, all is gone;
and the operations of our government must cease
for lack of pecuniary means. Something more
than the visions of old ‘‘Continental Currency” will
rise before us if the bud be not nipped—and that
very soon. Worse enemies may be among us than
those we are lighting, and from many who profess
even a superabundance of patriotism , we are ex
posed to race fatal wounds than those made by
the bullets of open enemies. Let Gov. Brown
look to it.
CONFEDERATE POSTAGE STAMPJ-
Up to thjs time, we have had no Confederate
pout office stamps in this city, except those pro
cured by private individuals who have sent to
Richmond for them. Heretofore they have been
kept by all the post offices, and it has been a great
convenience to almost every individual. The
question is very often asked, why is this so?—
There has been ample time to furnish them to
every part of the Confederate States, and still we
have none at our post office. Private postage
Btaui[>s are of no use except at the office where
they are issued, and almost every man wishes to
have a few in his pocket-book so that he can mail
a letter wherever he chooses. If such are here,
they can oply be had at (ive per cent, premium,
quit) specie Required, except in sums fqr even
amounts of dollars, and this has only been done
for a few days past. In Savannah, aud most other
places, all current change bills are taken for post
age in small sums to relieve their communities
from the trouble of obtaining specie at ten to
twenty per cent., and they make payments in such
as tjiey receive. We wish our people to entertain
for their government the most ardent affection}
and to give it their corditl support. This they
will not do if its agents are permitted to speculate
upon their necessities, and when a respectful and
earnest appeal is made for the redress of their
grievances, the Government turns to them a deaf
ear.
“ THE MIDDLE GEORGIAN.’’
Published at Gridin, announced ; ts suspension
lust week “for the present,” at least. We take the
opportunity to say, that no profession has been
more injurned by the present condition of the
country than that of Newspaper publishers. There
was never lees trouble to obtain the patronage of
yeaders, bi}t the few that are ready to pay, and the
extreme dilljoulty, and high price, by which pa
per is to be procured, with the curtailment of ad
vertising and other patronage, has caused the dis
continuance of probably thirty papers in the State.
In saying this, however, we cannot forbear to re
mark, that the discontinuance of at least halt of
them cannot be regretted by the reading commu
nity. Every one must know that where a paper
is confined almost entirely to a county circulation,
it is very often an annoyance to those it seems to
claim for its legitimate supporters, whatever may
be its merits editorially or otherwise. As an ad_
vertising medium, the circulation is too circutn.
scribed to answer the desired purpose of import
ant legal notices. While workshops of the va-
rious departments of mechanical industry may be
located and sustained in every town and neighbor
hood, we cannot believe that the newspaper press
cun answer its intended purpose, receive an ade
quale support, and do justice tQ itu readerc except
pn the mpst public thorough-fares for intelligence
and in the larger commercial towns and cities.—
We do not wish to cast a reflection on any one,
but would be willing to rest the matter on the
present opinions of those who have tested the
experiment, that a newspaper can barely exist in
prosperous limes where almost every branch of
mechanical industry, with the same labour, would
grow licit.
£3l’ ‘Mr. Edwaid Ware died on yesterday, says
the Home Courier of the 21st, at his residence
eight rpilcs from this place, at a very advanced
age. He was one of our fyest ipid ijiost respecta
ble citizens. He hud been in very bad health for
several months. He was a member of the Georgia
Convention in 1850, from this county.
BLIND TOM.
In the charge of Barnum Junior, (sometimes
known as Perry H. Oliver) exhibited in this city
on Monday and Tuesday nights to large and higu
ly delighted audieuces. It is scarcely necessary
to sneak of hip pecpljar musical endowments, as
the best judges pronounce them wonderful, —and
this little blind negro a miracle of musical geujijs.
CONGRESSMEN.
The Telegraph savs:
“The brotherhood of the House, on the other J
hand, as a whole, is such an one as Georgia never
sent to Congress before, but under the benign !
influences of King Scrub, let us flatter ourselves
thut it is intellectually far superior to any w* shall
send again. We are bound to come down to the
very rudiments under the scrub system.”
We must dissent from the opinions and fears
expressed by our contemporary. Although the
delegation is not in all respects what we could have
desired, yet, as a whole, it will be found both re*
spectable in talent and commanding in influence.
Messrs. Holt, Kknan, Trippe, Wrioiit, Lewis,
and Gartrell are experienced legislators. Mr.
Mcnnkrlyn is a very intelligent and safe man—so
is Mr. Clare. With the other two Representatives
we have no acquaintance, but learn that Mr. ll ar-
TJtiOGE is quite a talented young man. Let us not,
therefore disparage our Congressmen, but hope
that ali of them will be found equal to the crisis.
SEIZURE OF SJLT.
The Federal Union publishes an order from
Gov. Brown to Col. J. I. Whitaker, Commissary
General, directing him to take charge of “a con
siderable quantity of salt in the depot ol the
Central Railroad at Savannah,” for the use of the
army, and to pay the owners, on demand, £5 per
sack for it. He is also required to inform the
Governor of any salt which he may find in the
hands of speculators or traders who are selling at
more than $5 per sack, the Governor promising
to send him orders for its seizure, and to pay the
owners $5 per sack with charges from Savannah
added. He also intimates that he may deal with
other articles in the same way.
We learn that a government agent seized about
seven hundred sacks of salt from a merchant ol
this city last week. That he also got about 200
sacks from a house in Columbus, and was looking
around among dealers generally. The Governor
evidently intends to “save his bacon.”
Mr. Stephens at Lrawfordvllle.
An impromtu public meeting took place in Craw
fordville on Saturday, says the Augusta Sentinel
of the 1 yth, upon the rumor that Vice-President
Stephens would make an address upon the war and
and its prospects. Although the meeting was to
have been a neighborhood affair, and very short
notice had been giveu of if, some fifteen hundred
persons were present.
Mr. Stephens’ speech was devoted to the en
couragement of his hearers in the support of the
government, exhibiting the necessity for private
economy and retrenchment ol every expense. He
gave cheering hopes of eventual independence,
and of the establishment of our new government
on a firm and perpetual basis. He showed that
! our resources for defense had scarcely begun to be
! exhausted and nis speech, though unstudh-d nd
only designed tor ’:t- immediate neighbors, was
one which we would gladly have repeated in every
eoutity. The f-ft'ect on his audience was e\cellen
and they went away strengthened in their determ
‘iiiation to resist subjugation to the last man and
I tiie last dollar, and convinced that no peace was
j practicable which was not based upon the complete
independence of the South.
1 Mr. Stephens arrived in this city last nig 1 on
! his way to Richmond,were Congress met yesterday.
How or R Commissioners were Overtaken.—
: The Charleston Mercury says : “ Late intelligence
which we have received, explains how Messrs. Ma.-
son and Slidell were taken by tbe Yankee frigate
San Jacinto. T'he Commissioners’ aniyal in Ha
vana, aud the nature of their mission was so far
from being a secret there, that they received the
i marked hospitalities of the Captaio Genera! of the
Island. Immediately upon their arrival, the Con
sul of Lincoln, one Shufeldt, sent a fast yacht, the
Xonpariel, to Key West with the news. Thus the
enemy had abundant time to mature all their ar
rangements for the coup. The Commissioners had
taken passage on the royal mail steam packet from
Havana to Liverpool.
“fin the 9th inst., shortly after leaving the port
of Havana, the steamer was boarded by the U. S
man of-war San Jacinto, under command of Capt
Wilkes, for the purpose of arresting Messrs. Masop
and Slidell, who, with Lheir Secretaries, werp
brought forcibly off. The party of ladies who 30*
compauied the Commissioners proceeded ou their
way, and took with them, it is said, the official
letters and despatches of the Commissioners. Tiie
Sau Jacinto, on the evening of Saturday last,
reached Fortress Monroe, whence, it is said, the
arrested Commissioners, will, by permission of
Gen. Wool, send a despatch to our Government
oil the subject of their capture.”
Death oe CagT. L. Lamar.—A dispatch was re
ceived in this city yesterday, from Warrenlon, Va.,
conveying the sad intelligence of the death of
Capt. Lafayette Lamar. Ilis friends and relatives
here did not even know that he was ill, until the
news of his decease was thus suddenly announced.
Capt. Lainar was in command of the “Lamar Con
federates,” attached to Col. Thomas’ Regiment,
(Joth Georgia.) lie was from Giucoln county, Ga.,
and in the d?th year of his age at tl;c time of his
death. He was a most amiable Christian gentleman,
greatly boloved by all who knew him, and his loss
will fall heavily upon many hearts. His company
were also devotedly attached to him, as well for
his social worth as his soldiery accomplishments.
His remains are expected to pass through Au
gusta on Thursday next.
We regret 10 see the above announcement in
the Augusta Sentinel of the 19th iust. Captain
Lamar was one of nature’s noblemen. His death
is a public loss.
j Disposition of our Forces in the West. —We
learn that the following disposition has been de
ot our forces*in VJ’estcrn Virginia, says
the liicnmond JSxaininer.
General Jackson’s command will go into winter
quarters at Monterey,
Geueral Loiiug’s command will be divided ; a
portion will wjn|er at Greenbrier Bridge, and an
other portion will be moved to Wiuchesier, Stras
burg and the vicinity.
General Floyd is still on the Kanawha, his lit e>
extending from Cotton Hill to Montgomery Ferry.
The Third Virginia Regiment, Colonel Stark, of
the Wise Brigade, has been ordered to join Gen.
Floyd’s command.
Congressmen from Missouri. —The Missouri
Legislature adjourned on the 7th instant, after
having passed an Ordinance of Secession, and a
number of important acts—among which was ap
poiniing a full delegation from that State to the
Confederate Congress, as follows :
Senators—Geu John B. Cla;kg, Col. R. Ljpry
ton,
Representatives—lst, District, W. M. Cook; 2d
district, Gen, T. C. Harris ; tjd District, Casper W
Bell; 4th Distrie*, Adam 11. Condon ; sth District’
G. G. Vest; fith District, L. W. Freeman; 7th
District, Dr. Hyer, of Dent county.
The Fortress Monroe correspondent of the Sew
York Herald saj, that Wm. Dennis and Andrew
J. Smaiss, botn natives of Augusta, Ga., and
members of the 10th Georgia Regiment, have de
serted and joined the Yankees.
A Salt Stampede and its Finale.— Upon the
reception of the news that Gov. Brown was appro
priating salt at oilier points, the article became
exceedingly active in this market. A multitude
ot drays were engaged in transporting salt to the
other side of the Savannah. Somehow Gov. B.
got inkling of the movement, and gave orders, by
a dispatch, to our city authorities, that all the salt
in the city in the hands of dealers should be
seized. Accordingly, over 700 sacks w T ere seized
yesterday at the depot of the Soutti Carolina Rail
road. Much had, however, made its escape to
South Carolina, out ot reach of the Cjubernatori&l
tajous. —Augusta Chrouinl^.
confederate senators.
Hons. B. U. Hill and R. Toombs were elect 1
on Tuesday the 19th inst., Confederate S. r -. r ’
We copy the following proceedings from ar) ( V
change:
The House then took up the resolution of ti
Senate to bring on ;he election of two (.’Oll 16
ate Senators to-day, which provided for th! *i tr ”
lion of one Senator at a time. The motion of u°
Lee to strike tbe word one and insert u 0 . r
jecied. The motion to strike out the word “ 7
lot” and insert “vote” was carried. Vf r r . a
moved to lay the resolution ou the table v ] •
was lost. Mr. Lane moved to .concur in the r if'’
lution as amended, which was cariied. Ame J
was received Irom the Senate concurrim in
amendment of the resolution by the House 77 *
lation to the election ol Confederate S ates -
tors.
Tiie House receiv. and tire Senate in their Hall f
the purpose of electing two Confederate Si
Senators. On the first vote, Hon. 1!. H. Hill
eeived 127 votes, Hon. R. Toombs 08, Gev.j„|
son H, Win. Law 1, James Jackson ], A. 1v...
I. Mr. Hill was declared elected amid great ch^
mg. On tbe 2d vote, Toombs received 45 von-
Iverson 85, Jas. Jackson 85, Gen. Berbnnp*,. ]j (ir j
G. E. Thomas 1, Gov. Johnson 22, Jro. ]'. .
Joe Brown 1. Const quently there was noeleetiui
and the Assembly proceeded to vote again. (> ,
3d vote, Iverson S7, Toombs 67, Jackson 43 K , !•
11, Johnson 1. There being no choice, the Ass er ,,.
bly adjourned to
Si o’clock, P. M.—The Assembly, pursuant to
adjournment, proceeded with the vote, which r. -
suited as below : 011 the 4th vote, Toombs h i! s >
Iverson had 73, Jackson 44. I here bein’- U o
choice, the Assembly proceeded wsth the sth vote
which resulted as follows: Toombs 93, Iverson ‘s’
Jackson 47, scattering 2. There being no eh.
the vote proceeded again with the following u.
suit: Toombs 129, Jackson 67,Johnson 1 Aft, •
the sth vote Judge Iverson’s name was withdraw
and Mr. Toombs on the sixth vote was duly elected
After which the Senate repaired to their cliarr er
and a motion was made to adjourn to to-mpr:ow
morning 9 o’clock, which Wits cairied, and the
House adjourned.
CATCHING THE SCOUNDRELS.
The Nashville Gazette of the 21st says—'‘Cup*.
Hardy, in command of a file of soldiers, reached
this city on the train yesterday morning, having
in charge forty one of Hie East Tennessee Lincoln
ites, who have been arrested as the party engaged
in bridge burning. As tbev passed through ti, 4
city from the depot to the hotel, our c tizens h i
an opportunity of Reuniting the features of the
scape-grace gang, oiid it is safe to say that a mean
er or more villainous looking set is not to be found
outside of the penitentiary.
It is a little strange those persons in our eiiv
professing to be Unionists, and who have m
made themselves ignite conspicuous for
and nights past in their supposed secret m,.
incuts, did not turn out to give their i 1
co laborers in the cause a public receptin Tin
seemed disposed to remain very quiet, . pro’ ,
blv have got t heir lesson to remain so.
Chattanooga.—Several persons have been ar
rested for disloyalty to tbe South at that pi pe
and among them some wealthy and prominent in
dividuaU. Among them are, William Crutchfield
Win. River. John Blackford, Col. Vaughn, Jam $
Cautepon, Jacob Humphreys and Geo. Alexander.
The Confederates seem to be gaining the ascend
:tOey, and some of the Union camps are broken up
Tallahassee. — The Tallahassee Aof the
18th says: —Sixty eight prisoners arri and here on
Saturday night last, in charge of a detachment of
Capt. Sheffield's company, flip whole under tiie
command of Col. M. Whit Smith. They are con
posed of Spaniards, Yankees and Floridians, and
were captured while engaged fishing at omul the
Florida coast in the vicinity of Egroont Key, for
the Federals at Key West, They were marched
to the Court House on yesterday morning in
charge of a detachment front the “Cross Infantry”
where they still remain under guard. On yester
day evening an investigation, or rather a consulta
tion, was had as to their disposition, when it was
determined, we learn, to retain them tinder guatd
until the Confederate Marshal could be aCut rot.
When be arrives they wiii be placed in his
ib dispose of them as lie may deem his duty under
the circumsrances. For private reasons, based on
information received from a reliabje source by
Gov. Milton, three of them were confined in t!>ij
county jail.
Col Smith informs us that they are the crews of
twelve fishing smacks, and that the crafts cap
tured are worth, in the aggregate, from $35,000
to $40,000.
FROM POET ROYAL
The Savannah Republican of the 21st inst. gives
the following items :
The news front that portion of t)iecor.-t occupied
f>? the enepjy, continues to come to us mo j t tardily
and in meagre proportions. The distance of Hil
ton Head from the mainland, and the hazardptjs
nature of all navigation in tiie neighborhood, ren
der it difficult for our forces to approach may
enough to form any very definite idea of thel?
number or nioygmenta.
It is understood, however, on prettv reliable
authority, that the enemy has abandoned Beaufort
and Port Royal Island, on which it is situated, and
are now confined to Hilton Head, Pinkney Island,
immediately west and separated from the former
by Skull Creek, and the point known as Bay Point,
on Jenkin’s Island, across the Sound and opposite
Fort Walker on Hilton Hoad.
It is said they ate throwing up extensive and
formid ible works on Hilton Hoad, thus giving =v’
Jence ot’ an intention to make a permanent lodg
ment on the Island. Skull Creek is now completely
under their control, and the works at Braddock’s
Point, on the south end of the Island, command
the entrance to Daui'uski Sound.
It is said that a party of two Federate ventured
on the mainland a day or two since, when, being
discovered by our men, one of them was captured :
the other got to his boat in time and made good
his escape. The prisoner states that the fie*’
landed 13,000 of the 20,000 with whom they &e.
sail. He could give no'account of the remaining
7,000, aid, from all indications, there is good rea
son for the bt kef that they w ent to the bottom in
the a orm. If this be so, leaving out the snips and
vast amount of property that perished with th* .i>,
the Yankees huge put phased an island foot--hold >n
our co*t at a fearful cost. In view of the t
tha* they are likely to stay there, we nre n
inclined to tin- opinion that they deserve ii!
Yes erday developed nothing in xpi • -a'i-tn
the firing on the coast, reported in our list 1 -a-
Cocstt of Bartow.—The bill introduced o\
Mr. Sheats was amended on motion of Mr. Black,
so as to change the Dame of C.issville to Birtow
ville, and in this form the bill was unanimously
passed in the House of Representatives on the
12th., to change the name of Cass county to th. f
of Bartow. The scene was solemn and inip.essne.
Remarks were made by Mr. Hargrove, who was*at
the battle of Manaksas, tn the 7th Georgia Regi
ment. and by Mr. Speaker Akin, (Mr. Tatum of
Dade jn the Chair) who was in Richmond when the
battje was fought, iptd also by Messrs. Re ter,
Cochran of Glvnn, Black and Norwood. W lien
the question was taljeu cm the passage of the lull,
all the roprnbprs pf the Rouse rose to their feet in
the alDrmative, jn honor of the Bartow,
who was killed while gallantly leading his nies in
battle,” The House then adjourned until if o’clock
the next morning.— So. H'reorder.
Bankrupt Law for New York.— The
New York Herald says.—-“A nieetiug of
some of our most prominent merchants was
held at the Fifth Avenue Hotel last evening,
for the purpose of taking measures for the
drawing up of a general bankrupt hill, and
its presentation to Congress at the next
meeting was entirely a mercantile one, Roy
al Phelps occupying the chair. Speeches
were delivered by the chairman, Mr. Ordik’e,
Mr. McCurdy, aud J. A. Brown. On mo
tion of Mr. Lambert, a cotnraittec of 11 were
appointed, to whefp was entrusted the duty
of procuijng legal aid ip drafting a bill tu
carryout the wishes and objects Qt the meet*
ilJ g-
The New York Herald advertises the sale
of Geu Scott’s entire itud of carriage and
and riding horses. The Sleeping carriage in
which he was to travel t) Richmond is not
included.
ifet?” Attention is called to the change in
the schedule of the Brunswick Road. A
connection is thus secured with the Central
Road —passengers leaving Savannah by the
night train reaching Hawkinsville the next
evening.
The track-laying on the Road being ra -
id ly prosecuted. In ten day's tiuea jo. t
within ten miles of Hawkinsville will he
reached. Telegraph.
I,Hunched.
A gun-boat for harbor defence was launches *
Charleston on the 19tb. She is armed with st ’ v
eral heavy cannon, Several more are being bunt*