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#e«rgitt Jwnwl mb ilksscnocr. 11Y S. ROSL & CO. rntx-'inrawi «■ _ 1 , " .. 1 ■ ■ —*- j„p iJeargin Journal & Jlf o-xr , >.i‘«!i I evirv'Yeilneurtav niornin-.'»> t'*’ >r ' , r ,., ■•ir.srj »t the rc t ?uUr char • will ;. . , ol 0,-, 40NDKM. V0R»» OK C tot iheto la-1 t-u rr OK U- i„r ea. I. pnblWhYi , uueateaH not tpecilie I «*«"'“ ' A libe ral discount u .! corou AQ.I char?-..-.! .ic or.nni >) . . . ,: t . those who -t thr charged at ,);u. ARC .•! ifiCEO of OVfiK Tk> *■* • “* , . , ■ j-ii rot for office, to be paid for at AN.N.KJSCKvIK.NIM Os MI»:1IO» lew t:,. ia n rate. 4, when w j t )i county officer?, Drug ;*; ; ) iaU f9, »n.i *»>« iaa > wish to «na. ■ pvecutoM,Administrator* by law to l>? advert,sed in a *' * 1 ... f.rtv days previous to the day of sale. ' ,’nusj n.* held on the first Tuesday In the month, , 1 ‘ >»- iiourn <»f teu in the forenoon and three in the ,i the Court house in the county in which the 1 ' ", .Ji Phopkkty must he advertised in like t'.’/ bvarroftS and flarorroiw of an Estate must be I' 1 ' ' *.! t ati-on will be made to the Ordinary for ■ it hiudaiid iiegroea, must be published weekly tor for Letters of Administrations., thirty dnye ; for . '!((, aduilnistw.it.ion, monthly, si* months; for hon from Ouiidianship, weekly, forty Java ' ‘ , K i'.khiji in,) of Mok»wa<ik, Vnonthly, four f,, e , t,l,li.sUing lost papers, for the full space ol iaonth j • for compelling titles from executors or ad [ rat..i- where a hood has been given by the deceased, [* fuli space of three to niths. s-7‘ betters addressed to S. ROSE k CO. PiN»t<»««ioii:tl ami BuMiuesi Men. I* iKr i inat. and Hitf'ink ! .s Cakds will be inserted under thu head, at the following rates, viz : * r, on for Three lines, per annum, *'» ” “ Seven lines, do ? , “ Ten lines, do ]; JJ® “ Twelve lines, do lo 00 . h I vertiseineiits of this class will be admitted, unles • ■ . ,i f.u- in advance, nor for a less term than twelve months. ,i vt riiseineuts of over twelve 1 iues will be charged euo hat a • A , >;r,ts o -t paid for in advance will be charged at tie regular rates. H h T( HJI -A 1 1 M f&KTINOS OF MAHON 3, KNIGHT TEMPLARS, ODD FEL LOWS A\ r l> HONS OF TEMPERANCE, liUf.O IN THE Cl Y OF MACON. MASONS. a r , \l . of Georgia for IS6O, October 31 sL dr hi Led .. . No. b, first and third Monday nights In each month. .... i ; C-m'i'.-tfitiiu* Chapter, Sio. 4, second Monday night in each \y, iidiiv.ton Council, No. 6, fourth Monday night in each ihnt r’s Encampment. Knights 'i - tr.plar, 2, Meetings every first Tuesday night in each month. 0D D F E LIOWB. (baud Lodge, first Wednesday in June, lirand Encampment, Tuesday previous. Franklin Lodge, No. 2, every Thursday evening. I uiifd Brothers, No.f>, every Tuesday evening. A! , hi ( uioii Encampment, No. 2, second and fourth Mon day evenings in each month. SONS OF TEMPERANCE. Grand Division, fourth Wednesday in October, annually. ii urn'in 1 r —ip Af-W* «nrr ’tnrm- n ri-iriVn «- tnit‘ a r 1,1 Y KOFESSION AL F iH#S. i. lVir.ll & AAOEKSOAI, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, MACON, lit, I PRACTICE in the Counties of the Macon Circuit, and in the Counties of Sumter, Monroe and Jones ; also in the iv.leral Courta at .Savannah. [apr 21 ’53-ly] __ , . IiVEBHOI SB A A \ Si. l.\ , ATTORNEYS AT LAW, KNOXVILLE AND FORT VALLEY, OA. G V OULVEItHOUSE, F. A. ANSLEY, Knoxville, (la. Fort Valley, Ga. tßt-'6O-ly L. Pf. WHITTLE, ATTORNEY A T L A W, A! ACO A, Ht:OliUlA. ')KFICE next to CONCERT HALL,over Payne’s Orug Store jam. 6, [4l-ly.] TIMM! AS It. €AI? \ VISS, ATTORNEY AT LAW, l^orsytli, \\f| 1.1, attend promptly to all business entrusted to his W care in the Count iesot Monroe, Bibb, Butts, Crawford, nes, Pike,Spalding and Upson. [.may 12 ’5S] RIMIOV 1 lx. II If,l, Ins removed his Law Office to Cherry street j , up stairs of building next below B. A. Wise’s furnish ing itore. He will attend the Courts as heretofore. * Macon, Oct. 1,1861. oct 9-ts OPPOSITE LANIER HOUSE, MA.COBT. WOOL HITS,‘CHILDRENS’ STRAWS. SILK DRESS HATS $2.75 TO $3.00. Tae Commercial Straw is easy, ?1-00 “ Senate is not bad, “ Planter’s Hat is very light, ..$1.40. “ English i3 Finest. e2O G. IL STON 111 iV Bll< ). M.U’ON BKKO STORE. I' ANDRETIUS FRESH GARDEN SEEDS.—W. S. 1.4 ELLIS has just received a large supply of CARDEN SEEDS, From Lsndreth’s, warranted genuine, for sale at the lowest P ’kvs, wholesale and ret^. , a gen- ral assortment of DRUGS AND MEDICINES. Macon, Ga., Jail. 16. ts W. 8. ELLTB. -tk. ,/m. BIU mm <m UTiIKELEH A: WILSON’S Sewing Machines at standard prices; anew and tine lot just opened and for sale by 10. J. JOHNSTON A CO. ntar 14 Second Floor. Pure Corn and Rectified Whiskey * { ll A BBLS. Whiskey, consisting of “ Ward A Carey’ • y Extra Rectified,Kentucky Pure White,’’Ten nyeeCorn.-’Georgia Planters,” “Pike’s Magnolia,’’and Uier Brands.ail received direct from the Distillers,and or sale i ow McCALLIE A JONKjj. ©4l f THY ONR OF OUR i\iiw Black Bucket Hats. Bay one N EVV STYLE BROAD BRIM The X ZOUAVE BLACK TRIMMED Will BECOME you ! So will the MAKOO N And the F.Y. TSi at. Nutria. So will the LIGHT BLACK BROAD ROUND SOFT HATS. BUSINESS LAMBS. fHOS. BAKIIXJIxN, SR. o. a. spar a? IIAROLIViAN & SPARKS, WARE-HOUSE AND Commission Merchants. j-tftjtl MACON, OA., HHi VVriLL give prompt attention to the selling and storing VT of Citton, and to the filling of orders for plantation and family supplies. With many years experience and with theii best ffinrts to serve their friends, they hope to have a continuance of the liberal patronage heretofore extended to them. Liberal advances made w'hen required. August 15th 1860. (ly.) COATES & WOOLFOLK, yg COTTON FACTORS. gg| Vi die lloiivp on Third Miect. VVrilLI, continue to give prompt attention to businees T t entrusted to tlieir care. Advances made on Cotton in Store. Sept. 25, 1861—ts JOHN SCHGFIKLD, JOSHUA SCHOFIKKP BcFiofielcl <fc Uro., FOUNDERS AND MACHINISTS UFA CON, LEOKLM, WF. are prepared t-i Manufacture Steam I’uYines, CIRCULAR SAW MILLS, MILL and GIN GEAR ING, SUGAR MILLS, BRASS AN D I RON CA STINGS Os every description IRON HAILING anti VER- A NOftlCS. Having the most complete assortment of Iron Railing in the State, which for elegance, neatness, du rability and design, cannot be surpassed, and are suitable fur the fronts of Dwellings, Cemetery Lets, Public Squares, Church Fences and Balconies. Pen sons desirous of purchasing Railings will do well to give a call, as wc arc determined to oiler as good bargains as any Northern Establishment, ibS??" Specimens of our Work can be seen at Rose Hill Cemetery, and at various private residences in this city, jan 1-1:61 IRON WORKS, 91AC01V, <d.OnGlA. r r. c. tv i sis e r r, HAVIVU; removed his FOUNDRY AND MACHINE . WORKS to the line of the Rail Road near the Macon £ Western Shops, he is now prepared to manufacture all kinds of MACHINERY AND CASTINGS, AI.S3 Steam Engines & Boilers, On terms a? favorable as any Establishment either North or South. (mar 18) T. C. NISBET. D. C. HODGKINS &, SON, DEALERS IS AND MANPFACTBRERS OP C2r XT AST £3, RIFLES, PISTOLS, And Sport in:; Ai» 11 :trair.e- OFRvIiRV DK OrtIFTION, i ra A FKW DOORS BKI.O\YTHK V S^Y#^ Lamer House, V-^ Macon, Ga. Jan. 1, 1860. ts F. H. BURG HARD, WATCHMAKER, JEWELLER, AND, DEALER IN FANCY WARES, DIAMONDS AND PRECIOUS STONES, IN GENERAL, ARTICLES OF VERTU, AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, CUTLERY, FINEST IMPORT . ED AND AMERICAN WATCHES, TIME PIECES, CLOCKS, CHRONOMETERS, CHIROGRAPHIC IMPLEMENTS, 4c,, &c., Cherry St, Macou, Second door below the Telegraph Printing House. fill!AMt FI I. for pastfavors,reminds I the public that all the most fashionable, idegant and desirable goods in this line will ‘JjSB continue to he ft.ynd at this elegant st snd In the greatest variety. * ffiLksU No trouble to show Goods. feb 29 ’6O-y NEW FIRM. U. P. STRONG & SONS. IE (V IS P. STRONG ten- * J ders his grateful thanks eet fully announces that he s associated vyith him in jTj e further prosecution ot wßf&f Aj EDGAR P. STRONG and FORRESTER W. STRONG, under the name, firm and style of L. P. STRONG A o*^ SONS, and will continue to keep on hand and other, a large and select assortment of Hoots Si*ot**. an«l Lcatiicr of all kinds, and Findings for Country manufacturers. lie respectfully asks for the new firm, a continuance oi the lib eral favor extended to the old. Macon, January 2, 18(50. 41-y ( i K VIS’ ITU HALL. iWOTJf.D respectfully inform my OLD FRIENDS and PATRONS, that since the fire, I have obtained the Rooms iu the building NEXT ABOVE the “Granite Hall,” and over the store of R. P. McEvoy and Messrs. Roßtick k Lamar, where 1 have opened, and will be pleased to see m.v friends and customers, and will do my best for their comfort and pleasure. Very Respectfully, may 1 BENJ. P. DENSE. HHOWN'S HOTEL, Opposite the Passenger House, Macon, 6a. By E. E. BROWN & SON. MF.AI.S ready on the arrival of every Train. The Proprietors will spare no pains to make their guests comfortable. feb 22 48-’t>o-y tileTstu bblefikld iIOUSE. “ Like the Phcßnix from its Ashes.'* mu at large, new and elegant House, recently erected on the ruins of my old establishment, Mulberry street, Macon, tin., is now open for the reeeptjon q.nd accommda tion of Boarders and transient guests. The House has been newly furnished throughout, in the best manner, and the Proprietor will endeavor to make it a I IKST CLASS HOTEL. Its situation is eligible, a little below the Methodist and opposite the Presbyterian Church, and near the Banks and places of business. Connected with the House is a large Livery and Sale Stable, where Drovers and others can find accommodations for The patronage of his old friends and of the traveling £ft U f eraUj ’ U re9peCt,Ul ' y S ° Ii M tCd STITBBI.EFIELD. Washting ton 11 all IS STILL OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. BASSEENE, Proprietor. i Atlanta, 6a., December U&GL MACON, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4, 1862. LINES Upo-A the Death of A. E. Sherwood, vsho fell at the Battle of McDowell, Va., May 8, 1562. One mere kind friend, in youthful dnv, Has fiom his fiiends been torn a wav: No more he’ii walk the battle-field, For now the grave’s his earthly shield. He lies a martyr to the cause, Ih deienee ot which, none could pause, Aud while bi3 body tills the grave, His name will live among the brave. How sad to think that one so kind, So meek aud bold, so pure in mind, Should fall before the wretched foe, Who add to crime where’er they go! But freedom from a hostile band Is now proclaimed throughout the land, And ere liberty’s sun shall wane, Hosts of heroes will die the same. Would that my feeble pen could trace The virtues that bedeck’d thy face— Portray in vivid colors bright Thy Christian course— thy heart’s delight; But in Heaven, where thou art gone, They’ll brighten the eternal morn, Make grand thy triumph and renown, Aud glisten in thy starry crown. Thy sacred songs have joined the blest, Thy spirit laves in seas of rest, Tiiv soul’s bright dream fears no alarms, For Jesus takes thee to his arms. Then, mother, weep not for thy son, Thy oares of life with him are done; Yea, give him up, and meekly pray To meet him in eternal day. And shall I never see thee more ? Yes—when life’s rapid day is o’er, I hope to greet thee on thafshore, Os which we’ve sang in days of yore. Then farewell, Asa—(how sad to part With one so dear and near our heart,) I’ll think of thee forever here, And to thy home my barque will steer. Macon, May 27, 1862. W. H. S. From the Memphis Appeal. Fraud* Exposed. The Mobile Evening News publishes a communication charging that great frauds have been practiced by shippers at that port, and that policy of the Confederate govern ment has been constantly disregarded by of- ! ficials or traders, for the purpose of enabling somebody to turn a penny. It is asserted that, for months past, vessels have been per- i mitted to leave that port for Havana, loaded with cotton, under the pretext of bringing back a return cargo of arms an other muni- ! cions. In almost every instance returns have failed to be made, and an iustance re turns have failed to be made, aud an instance 1 is cited. The communication referred to says : “ A day or two since it was announced in a city paper that the Break O’Day had ar rived here with a cargo of arms and ammuni tion from Havana, in exchange for cotton taken out by her. Jlumor has it that the the only arms brought were some twenty or thirty muskets.” This example of the loose manner in which such operations have been permitted, should operate to prevent similar transac tions; but it seems others are contemplated, It is stated that the steamer Cuba, Califor- j nia and Swan, have been bought at enor mous prices, to be loaded with cotton for Liverpool or Havana, and that the parties ; concerned have entered into bonds condi tioned to bring back munitions of way. This dodge will not dq, and the fraud is exposed, ljeferipg to it the same writer queries whether such a bond is valid in law; whether a Confederate officer can make a contract not authorized by statute; and also, whether it is not quite as detrimental to our interests to permit European powers to have onr cotton as the Northern States, to which he adds : “ The Confederate and the State govern ments have depreciated the falling of our cotton into the hands of the enemy, and to prevent this, have recommended to and enjoined upon the producers aud owners to destroy it, Our military commanders have ordered its removal from exposed locali ties, and, iu the event of a failure to do so, have threatened to burn it without allowing compensation in Georgia, the Carolina?, Mississippi and Louisiana, the patriotic planters have applied the torch to the pro duct of their labors. The working classes ;of Eugland and France are at the point of i starvation for the lack of our staple. This I need forms our chief claim upon the inter position of those powers. And yet, in the ; face of all this, shipment of this controlling ! commodity is allowed to be made, under the | impression of the authorities, and upon the j mere promise of those interested to invest j the proceeds iu articles necessary for our de ! sense. These parties buy cotton at thirty j or forty dollars per bah-*) in Confederate rnoii j ev, sell it in Havana at enormous profits for i gold, or silver, or sterling, and handsomely feather their nests. At any rate, they can do this, aud while they enrich themselves our government is weakened. Should not this be stopped ? It is said that dried fruit put away with a little sassafrass bark, (say a large handful to a bu>hel) will save it for years, unmolested by those troublesome insects that so often destroy hundreds of bushels in a season. As there will be a heavy fruit crop this year, it would be well for farmers to remember this. China berries, when ripe, are an excellent prevention against woima and bugs. Later from Port Royal. Arrival of the Bt<a>n Ship Cakawba—6,9 B2 bay* of Cotcon on Board — "Coiittabtindf' rvnuinq tci and One of them killed by o Union sentinel. Iho L nileti States steam transports Ca hawba, Captain Hurkcr, amveff at New York on j burs Jay morning, in eight) hours from I oit Royal, the has ba ! xs oi ungiu ued Cotton on board, consigned to H. iiar uey, Collector ot New York. Experienced heavy Northeast gales the entire passage. i he news of the Cahuwba is unimportant. No movements of the troops at Port Royrfl have taken place, except, the removal of some ot the regiuieuts from the former en campments to more elevated ground in the immediate vicinity. The large buildings which have been in course of erection.for some time ptrst as store houses for the Quar termaster aud Commissary, are nearly finish ed, uid have been partially taken possession of by those officers. Large quantities of stores, and camp equip- .fiat have •encumbered tin-- whart ot Lia., have* all been stored away } and as soon as a transport arrives the supplies are immediately carried oft to the store houses aud placed under guard. While the stores were on the wharf large quantities mysteri ously disappeared. Whole barrels of bread, pork, rice, Ac , w r ere stolen, chiefly by the “contrabands,” who are running wild through the whole region. It seems impossible to bring these people into a proper state of dis cipline, as they respect no rule that is not backed by a bayonet or revolver. The)' I have given our troops much annoyance late ! ly. by straying from the camp at night aud returning at all hours of the night and m nuing. A week before the Cahawba left, a contraband was shot bv a sentinel of the Sixth Connecticut Regiment. It appears that while on duty, about 1 o’clock in the morning the sentinel saw some object approaching his post very cau tiously. He challenged three times, but re ceived no answer and fired. This aroused the whole camp, aud on search being insti tuted, an unknown negro was found, shot through the head and breathing his last.— He was speechless, and his presence on that spot, and at that unseemly hour, is a myste ry. The soldier was exonerated from all blame in the matter. The health of the troops was comparative ly good. The weather was excesively good, i'he weather was excessively hot, and many of the late arrivals at Port Royal had suf fered severely. The acclimated troops do not feel the effeets of the heat so much.— Sea bathing is indulged iu to a great extent, but is only available for those troops en camped near the shore. No news of any importance had been re ceived from the advance iu the direction of Savaunah when the Cahawba left, although every preparation for an early move was be ing made. Gen. Hunter, accompanied by his Staff, visited the advance outposts of the army lately, and was received with enthusi asm by the troops. It was thought that the next steamer will bring the news of Savannah. The news of the capture of New Orleans had inspired the troops with the greatest enthusiasm, aud they are all impatient for an advance. General Hunter was organizing a negro brigade, aud had detailed some officers to train the contrabands to the use of arms. — Considerable progiess was making. The number of negroes at the different points was so great that no difficulty was apprehen ded in enlisting a corps sufficiently large to garrison all the fortifications at aud near Port Royal. The movement was viewed with some distrust by the officers of our regi ments. In addition to the coasiderable amount of cotton brought by the Cahawba, about 10,- 000 bags and bales yet remain in store, and will be brought forward. The Cahawba’s cargo is to be taken tq the Atlantic Dock, Brooklyn. Twelfth Georgia. —A private soldier, writing from McDowell to the Richmond Enquirer, says: The Twelfth Georgia, I learn, had killed and wounded two hundred aud ten, four captains, four lieutenants- —more than half of our loss. Our eutire loss is estimated about three hundred and forty. Well may it be said of gallant Georgians that they de serve the honor and praise of all admirers of true bravery and gallantry. When I speak so praiseworthy of the Georgians, I do not wish to discourage my own troops. Their gallautry on the day of the buttle will be ' remembered by friends and foes. I feel duty bound to speak praiseworthy of Georgians, especially the old Twelfth Georgia. It battled for our country on the 13th of De cember, 18G1. It endured all, all the hardships of a winter’s campaign on the sum mit of the Alleghany mountains, and know ing the gallantry and bravery of these men, wtdl might we sgeak iu high terms of them. I have discovered that this regiment is com posed of the best fighting material in the army. They know no fear—they enter a battle not to be conquered but to conquer. I frankly admit, men of the 12th Georgia, my incapacity to do you justice. Rest as sured you have the praise of all the people in this section of the country, as well as the command you are attached to. Depredations.—We learn that the van dals have come off their boats and battered down aud utterly destroyed the residence of ■Jeff. Davis aud also that of Joe Davis.— Their acts of destruction and vandalism iu that neighborhood were complete, leaving nothing but a bleak and desolated track be -1 bind them. Tile »«ar Bra li*imvi He. > . o puckth %!:c following as the best ac : Cdu,lt '-H of tl i louk doubtful en ! garment • , h . v It was Sited, and theS^v^t jvelv denied in Richmond, the? n. :vcr . .... u ‘nter had ;aiien place $t l>amauisvi.i*. . .’r WUst 3 qju., on toe Peuin*ui«, two days attcr ihe battle a Williamsburg. we have both Confederate and Yankee r counts of it. W by it was denied we cannot tcli. as it was evidently a Confederate success. The Rich mond \\ big has been las ore Jby one eugag ed in it With an account, troin which we . x tract—promising, that the 6th North Caro lina Reghnent, Col. Pender’s though not mentioned iu this T xan account of Tin «.u gageoien! wag in has the credit, bv one of high position and undoubted qualit- to judgye of having done.some of the best fighting hi the war. I;H> v s baiterv, whiv.lt is tycideutuily mentioned) is alsj is • • -orth Caroliuu, and is stated to hays- I<ius i. u-h of life worj: Gen. Whit fig of Mississippi (and no? n native of M;;s. Ffichuseth as was once said of him,) com manded in person:— [Observer.] While the main column, with the 4th Texas in frout, and Gen. Hold and staff at its head, were marching aloug the road, the GeDeral and stall were fired upon by a party of \ ankees, lying in ambush. Nobody was hurt. The General waving his hat, the brigade immediately closed up, and the 4th Texas was formed into line of battle. Ri ley’s Battery, supported by the 18th Geor gia Regiment, was then left on the hill, aud the 4th and Ist Texas Regiments pursued the march. After gaining the woods, which had to be done by marching through an old field, the skirmishers found the enemy and en & a £ them in the woods, driving them back steadily. They came upon any quan tity of knapsacks, haversacks, Ac., scattered through the woods, but nothing indicating where the main force of the enemy lay. Iu the meanwhile, the Ist Texas came upon them in large force, and toeing fired upon. 1 were immediasely ordered to charge. They I did charge them gallantly, and in a few vol leys of musketry, sent them scattering j through the woods to their gunboats, in • close proximity. Promiscuous firing was j kept up for a while, everywhere a blue jack- 1 et offered, which was but for a short time j After the engagement, we found on the field I some 250 lulled and wounded Yankees, to gether with 42 prisoners. Hampton’s Le gion, which was also on the field, but not engaged, (our informant thinks,) picked up some 82 more prisoners. Our loss was ten killed and twenty-one wounded, as appears from the Surgeon’s re port of casualties. Among the killed were Lieut. Col. Black, of the first Texas, and J Capt. Decatur. Our wounded were all ! brought off the-field by us, as were the ene my’s wounded, and all came to Richmond : together. This little skirmish which was not enough to give our Texas boys an appetite for break-! fast has been magnified by McClellan into a ! battle, and he has reported that we had a force of 30,000 troops on the field while lie had 20.000. The prisoners taken represent j the 95th Pennsylvania, 31st and 34th New j York, and Ist California as in the engage ment, aud say that there were fifteen regi- j meats posted iu the woods near the scene of i the encounter, hut who were, it seems, afraid \ to come out. Colton Planters’ Convention. In the last Macon Telegraph we find the official proceedings of the Cotton Planters’ Convention which met in Americus on the 12th inst. Hon. liowell Cobb, President, on opening the Convention, read his address, in which he alluded to the bright prospects with which the organization was commenced, but which are now clouded for a time by the political troubles and derangements of the day. He advanced the opinion that “direct and free trade are inseparably connected,” but concluded that “the war will fix upou the country so large a debt, that a tariff of duties upon imports will perhaps be the most practicable expedient that the Government cau suggest for its extinguishment,” and that “the probability now is that the adoption of the free trade policy must be indefinitely postponed.” He alluded to the reported iu tentiou of Great Britain to make another effort to lay a telegraphic cable across the Atlantic, condemning her selfish policy in undertaking exclusively an enterprise which he thought should be for the benefit of the whole commercial world and unaffected by war. He had opened a correspondence with Commander Maury, of the Washington Ob servatory. in which he suggested “the prac ticability of a route from Europe along the coast of Africa, thence to Brazil, thence to the United .States.” This suggestion was approved by Com. Maury and Hon. Alfred Iveison, then in the U. S. Senate, manifest ed alacrity and zeal urging its favorable consideration ; but the troubles of the times had also suspends led progress in this direc tion. The i’resident recommended that the Convention take such action on the subject as may bo deemed proper. lie congratulated the Convention on the diminution of the cotton crop, deeming it a reasonable conjecture that the crop has been reduced five eighths. The following is reported as the entire action of the Convention : Proposed by Col. J. S. Thomas— Resolved , That the Convention, suspend ing for the present the various subjects which would, ordinarily, engage its atten tion, approve all *he means and measure adopted for the defence of the couutry. Anu urge the whole uauplu to. aid and ab? ? VOLUME XL—NO It, the government ot tb Confederacy ia t! active prosecution of the war, into which v havo been so i njutbu-Hnd wickedly plunge i ty the government es the Northern States Promoted by Ml. $ Bell— JiceOi t'£ J t i hat the Convention «ppr<,., h nrfUv f ih» present amount of >.r..:u whu b has been planted, and urge still f < *bor efforts, as he season may allow, for plaiting esculent? of every kind. Proposed by Mr F A ' Hill— ed, ihat we disapprove of the j* tion ot our representatives in the Coni'Jr ***** Congres »n the extravagant uppr.-pria tioo* made iu thoir own favor, by votiu, themselves, individually, three thousand u ! lars per tnuau: ; particularly wheu the Gov ernment i& ;nVo!/ed iu heavy pecuniary did; cultios. Propose-1 ! y Mr. M. \Yesl .l. Resolv< Tin*. she next, annual meotiu cd the you tion be held in the city of Anaerieus, u*uter county. — (hiuml $ } J** _ . * rom CHy have intelligence from City Point up to 11 o’clock yesterday forenoou. 1 here were then eleven Yankee gun bouts visible trom the Point. Three have positions in the mouth ot the Appomattox, two up Jame river some two miles from the Point, and six are between City Point and Harri ~n’ Bar. On Saturday evening about ti o’clock, th vandals espied some of our pickets in p*-« suit ot water, and immediately opened their big guns, tiring indiscriminately at every house, bush and tree iu the vicinity. LVv eral ot the buildings ut City Point were per etrated by the huge shot of the enemy, bn no living creature sustained any injury, *;av a calf. iho poor animal was struck by i shell after it had passed through a buildin;’, and instantly killed. All the houses at th Point, save one, were deserted by their occu pants several days since. This is still oecu pied by an old negro man, who has taken up the idea that he wears a charmed life, and cannot be injured by Yankee projectile, f auy description. He is willing to in ur and risk at all events, tor the proud privilege being sole monarch of all he survey:.’’ Many ot the shells thrown Saturday e\ n ing tailed to explode. They were secur>-1 by our pickets, and brought to Petersburg They are lrightful looking customers. Gen Price’s boys call simmilar missils, thrown by the Yankees out west, lamp posts. It is at appropriate name for them. They are quit • as black, and nearly as long. The Yankees are extremely cautious how they venture ashore nt this point, since th aflair of last week. By day-light they neve; land. The old darky down there above re ferred to, says they do sometimes come un der the cover of darkness. A little propeller plied about the water Saturday for an hour or two, and at one ti r came very near the wharf. Our picket could easily have given several of the cr - their quietus, but had received orders n t fire on them. The wisdom of such an or • does not appear to our dull brain. Th. Yankees are allowed to kill and capture bels whenever they see them. But the ) . bels must return good for evil. Killing Yankees is considered agreatcrime by so;; We are not of the number.— Richmond Dispatch. I*ay of t'oia^rcs*. Wo notice conflicting sums in the papers, one $3,000 and another $2,300, as the an nual pay of Congressmen.. To' settle this question, we quote from the Act of March 25, 1802 : Sec. J. The Congress of the Confederat • States of America do enact, That Jhe com pensation of each Senator, Representative and delegate in Congress shall be twenty seven hundred and sixty dollars fur each year, and mileage at the rate of twenty cent j per mile for each session. This amount of $2,700 is a .sort of com promise, produced by various amendment.-, and is entirely too high for the quality of the services rendered, and for the fianeiai pressure under which the Government and people labor. We are gratified to know tb it the delegation from Georgia will notbav to answer for what we consider a v**ry chi h measure at least, wholly inconsistent w.tii that prudence and caution demanded by eii cumstances. — Southern Recorder. A Collapse op Connubial Joy. —Th number of dashing young meu in gay uni forms, who for months past have made Rich mond the scene of their gaieties, hu. ; 1 n a topic upon which the town has talk- and about over and over. The Provost Mar. • 1 has of late been thinning them out ;-n •- what, by drumming them up and maichin/ them down to camps. On Sunday night last, he lit upon a young deserter, who, on the strength oi a flashing officer's uniform, had woed, won and wedded a lady fair, and was living in family style at the A meric .a Hotel. His connubial bliss was cut =bort he wag put under arrest, and will be tiied by court martial, we understand, fur re maining too long from the field of glory. — Richmond- Faquir* •. The jail at Clarksville, Habersham Cos. Ga., was burned on Monday night, 19tu insi., by Lieut. Johnson, who was in prison, awaiting trial, on a charge of stealing $2,450 in gold from a gentleman in Cbnoviik- Johnson was a Lieutenant in the south Car olina service, and Lis Company is statione-I at Sullivan’s Island, Charleston harbor He effected the robbery while recruiting ai Clarksville. At last accounts he was fill at large. If caugfit, the people of ClarkeavilU* iottmd to hold him securelj.