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Journal it pcsscngcr. 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*