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Correspondence of the Telegraph.-
Camp French, Wilmington, t
May 1.1, 1862. (
After quite an exciting canvass, during which
the names and qualifications of the several as
pirant*) for the Major ship ot this battalion were
freely handled, we went into an election, per
instructions from (icn. French that "it should
be held in accordance with the laws of our own
State,” but, through some inadver.cnce the
general impression held that the majority
ruled, whereas the plurality rule is the law of
Georgia in military elections; consequently,
t'ol. Roas, of the Ross Battalion, < ieorgia State
I'roops, was elected three times by a handsome
pluiality and came within seven votes of a mt
lority on the last ballot. Adjutant Chambers
withdrew after the first ballot ; his supporters
giving their votes to (’apt tj. W. Ross who de
clined running until the 4th ballot, when Col.
Boss refused his name any longer. Lieut. Du
pree was warmly supported hut faded to do
more than to split the vote.
It was announced last night at roll call that
i ioTernor Itrown had decided Col. Ross to be-
Major of the battalion. The feeling in the “Ri
fles’* at this announcement was uproarious in
the ixtremc, and this very outburst of enthu
siasm tell like a death knell on the ears of those
tactions spirits, who had not the manliness to
oppose bun openly while present, but who
now became vehement in their denunciations
of what they were pleased to style a “trick.”
It is an undeniable fact that representations
were made to Col. Ross before his arrival which
were never fulfilled, and which induced hint to
permit tt o use of bis name in this contest
That a meritorious officer, against whom noth
ing stronger could be used than “he is an ouN
sider,” should be deceived in this manner, is
nally too bad. What trities control men and
what trilles men resort to to carry out their ill
conceived prejudices.
The elections for company officers came off
the day previous and such an upsetting is rare-
\ -. in. It was really amusing to hear the va-
rcasons assigned for this and that one’s
CAPT. W. L, FURLOW.
Death never comes as a welcome messenger,
unattended with sorrow- and.giief, even when
Cotton Planters’ Convention.
Amekicis, May 13, 1862. .
Agreeable to previous adjournment, the Cot
it silently approaches the chamber of suffering, j ton Planters’ Convention met in the Court
and patiently waits around the bedside of the House. The President read the Constitution
dying intil kind words of sympathy and con- and Rules, when several gentlemen came for-
so'.atioti can be whispered into their ears, and ward and registered their names as members of
their spirits pointed to the joys thatawait them ; the Convention.
but when it meets us with the clash of arms, ! The Secretary being absent, on motion of
and the thunder of the battle Bold, cutting \ Mr. Isaac C. West, Francis A. Hill, fcsq., was
down, n the verj morning of life, one who is requested to act as Secretay.
just entering upon a career of usefulness, full
of prot lise, and with a bright future in pros
pect, an in the instance of Capt. Furlow, it not
only htings lamentation and mourning into the
family circle, but shrouds the w hole country
in gloom—it is a national calamity.
The President presented and read his com
munication.
To the members of the Contention :
Gentlemen :—No organization, having simi
lar objects for its accomplishment, ever enter
ed upon its career with brighter prospects of
usefulness than did yours ; and no organiza-
t apt \\ ilhaui Lowthci Furlow, the i-lilest | ti on e vcr ha<l hefore it a more brilliant and in-
and on y son of Col. T. M. Furlow, by his first viting future. But the devastating war in
wife, was born in Bibb county, the 28th of Sep-1 w hich the country is engaged, for the present
temher 1836, -and was in his 26th year when I suspends our operations. It is too true that
he fell .pon the bloody field of McDowell, j {ro ™ the beginning, we had enemies, some open
,,. . * . , , ! and avowed, others secret and concealed; and.
His mother died when he was only about two notwithstanding our enemies have made us foei
years cld ; and he was committed, at that ear-; the force of their opposition, our progress has
ly age, to the inoral training of a devotedly pi- been onward. We have clearly and unmistak-
ous chi istian lady, the wife of his grand-uncle, ab ly demonstrated that public spirited disin-
T . u.,1 . ,, tj*li . , terestedness ever neutralizes, if it docs not an-
Timothy Mathews ot Bibb county ; becoming : individual .dfishnSu
the sor of their adoption and tendercst paren
tal affection (as his father also had been from
Compelled as we are, mainly, to suspend our
operations, we must wait patiently until more
childhtod, and by whom they ware both raised favorable circumstances will allow us to pro-
and educated,) and from whose large estate he i cee< ^; f” the meantime, we should reflect as
, .. , , , , . much as possible upon the highly interesting
was left a handsome fortune. _ and beneficial objects of our association, so that
\\ bi e a boy, and before his literary educa- when the period of active operations returns
tion wi.s cofnpleted, his father turned him over we may be the more competent to mature our
to the writer to he trained in a dry goods store, pi*' an ‘f pursue our purposes.
that he might acquire those business qualifica
tions so essential to the success of all young
men ; and notwithstanding he was the owner
of an estate that many would have considered
i sufficii nt to justify a life of ease and inactivity,
he was as untiring in his efforts to make him
self useful as if he had not been worth a dol
lar ; at d by lus amiable disposition, tfle faith
ful per brn.ancc- of bis duty, and his strict in.
fall horn pleasant places made peculiarly at- tegrity he not only secured my confidence and
tractive from a year’s residence therein. won my esteem, but so closely entwined him-
Snme Federal gunboats are reported off the self around my affections that 1 feel, as none
bar, but nothing is expected in this quartel* at buttltf se who love like a father can feel, his
present. The destruction of the Virginia ts a : loss.
-ev. re blow to us. For months and months After he had acquired a sufficient knowledg
,t diagged along towards completion, and I of of business to fit him for the duties of practical
ten thought they rever meant to complete it. life, he,was sent to theState Military Academy
1 hou-auds of good mechanics were siationeJ at Marietta, where he was prepared for «he po-
in Norfolk harbor last year who would have sition lie has since filled with so much cred-
boeii glad to have contributed towards its com , it to, himself and profit to his country. He
pleiion, yet they were nevei called upi n. . I then went to Alliens, Ga , that his education
have no doubt if our disasters were properly might he completed at Franklin College, but
investigated ii would be lound that many of the , was called away, just before he graduated, by
. lli ers were absent from their post-, skulking the illness ot Mrs. Mathews, who had been to
around the sinks of Richmond, seeking promo- j him all that an affectionate mother could be,
tion throne!! political influence of one kind or and around whose bed of protracted affliction
he remained until her death, never returnin
to receive the honors that would have been
conferred upon dim by his Alma Mater.
In his intercourse with his friends he was
retiring and unobtrusive, but was endowed
with an intellect of a much higher order than
a slight acquaintance would discover, and was
A blackguard, signing himself| 0 „ ly appreciated properly by those who knew , „ ow preparinpi it ig ^ to IIiake allother ef _
other
The health ol the ui-.-n continues good, and if
»e were properly organized, all would be sat-
istied to start the new campaign cheerfully,
despite the many inconveniences to which a
soldier is necessarily subjected. “ K.
Mr. Cli»by
“Sidney,” in the last Telegraph, ants to im
mortalize himself by getting into a controver
sy with me upon a subject of which he is pro
foundly ignorant. I shall not gratify him—lie
niu.-t die in obscurity unless His Excellency
can hold his office for life, and so keep “Sidney”
hi office a like term, and thereby
"Iktmn him to everlasting fame.'
But I have a parting word for you, Mr. Editor,
Vou seem in your editorial to class me with the
. urs that assail me. I ask a word of vindica
tion to your readers. For thirty years now I
have been a c iriospondent of the Tclegraph,and
during that long period, I may say without ar
rogance, 1 believe, the readers of the Telegraph
will bear me out when I say 1 have sup, orted
no men or measures—I have condemned no
men or measures in which my
not been amply vindicated by
except in supporting Governor
•ess 1 have been raised to call things by their
right names—to never play the hypocrite for
profit, and call a knave an honest man, or a
too' a wise one, nor
“Tobiml the supple lunger of the knee
'llmt thrill may follow fawning.”
1 neither received nor asked office, believing
in these roi rupt times iii which I have livcd“thc
post of honor is a private station.” If I have said
any harsh things of Governor Brown, they
have not originated in any quarrel or personal
pique —no man supported him uiorc cordially
than myself up to the time he made war on the
l’onfederate Government. Suspended as we are
over the bottomless pit of destruction, and that
government alone in a death struggle, striving
to hear up le.st we fall and perish forever, to see
Governor Brown heartlessly turn upon that
With tins my correspondence closes forever.
Jons Hampden.
THE TYRANT’S PLEA.
Editor Telegraph.—A writer in the South
The subject of direct trade with foreign coun
tries is no longer open and debatable, for all
admit not only its propriety, but its necessity.
It would be improper for me, here, to add any
thing to what I have heretolore said upon this
subject, further than to say, that io my judg-
| ment. direct trade and free trade are insepa
rably connectid. And would the present or
prospective condition of the country allow it,
I should certainly urge upon the consideration
of the Convention the question of free trade.
But the war will fix upon the country so large
a debt, that a tariff of duties upon imports will
perhaps be the most practicable expedient that
the government can suggest for its extinguish
ment. Be this as it may, the probability now
is, that the adoption ol the free trade policy
must he indefinitely postponed. Other and
more favorable circumstances, perhaps far in
the future, must transpire before the time for
the adoption ot this policy will have arrive^.
There is not now, nor will there probably
soon he, in the commercial world so interest
ing a qoestion as the successful laying of a
telugraph cable across the Atlantic. The effort
heretofore made for the accomplishir ent of this
great and very desirable object has for various
reasons, some avoidable, others insupetable,
been unsuccessful. Without entering into an
examination of these reasons, I declare it as
tny judgment, after hiving been on the ground,
that it is impossible there to succeed. Not
withstanding, England, fully alive to tbo im-
, , i portai ice of this work, and grasping as she is
a slight acquaintance would discover, and was 1 ,,
, n 1 . , , . ... .. ’ . alter all commercial and other advantages, is
only appreciated properly by those who knew now p in(J jt is saidi to make anoth ” r
nni more in iinau V- j tort; and with her u-ual selfishness, asks no
He settled upon hu plantat on in Ulhoun ^ g OVt . rnuie nt or interest (and, perhaps,
county, in the early part of 1858, where he . 1 4 . V ’ * p 7?
» J ‘ . .1 . a • would allow no other government or interest)
devoted his attention entirely to the interests . ^ .. • * • a » ■ i i r '
f . . c . t ... • J , : to participate in it, detei mined as she is, if suc-
ol nis tarin, not forgetting, m the very begin- , ii , • ’ , . . , ’.
\ b . . „ .. f * cesslul, to have it under her control. I eon-
nine, to niHke provision lor all the wants of * , . .% . . , ,
i - o. e «i. A i , , cieve and submit that an enterprise of this kind
his negroes ; and one of the nrst things he did , .. % . * . . . ,
b i r - .u _ i, r *• and magnitude should be purely commercial,
was to provide for them a house of worship. » . r. . fll r J 4 '
• • n„ .* i • i . and be the property of the commercial interest,
principally at his own expense, in order that *u i , ,,
K .. . j . . , All governments engaged in the worlds coin-
hey might have he gospe preached to them ; mer ^ sll0llld h , ve l corresponding interest ...
thus carrying with him into practical life the | this mode c0mmunicall0 ^_ it s T,ould not be
inffuences of hta early moral tram.ng and >tfected b war or other contingency. But if
though he had never made a pub ic profession E Und 4 0uld sueoeed> the w 8 ork Wll , be t0
of religion, evidencing h.a estimate of , s ,m- hcr % xclusivt ., y , raode ,.’f communication, mil-
, 0. t mee by this noble enterprise, and beaut.- j ,, as well colutlltrda i. Success in tins
fully illustrating the virtues of a benevolent, und ^ r uktag will tend to increase the haughti-
'T‘ Sl '“ n J° a ! * i, , l- . , I ness of the most imperious government of
At the firs* call oi his country, when our mcdern tinieS- r
liberties became m.perilled, he promptly vol- Ii r essed with the imporUnce of this work
unteered his services, and very soon succeeded and t f, e impracticability otjts performance from
~ " naturally
some
ork
luxuries of his plantation home, in command ^ C n ot 'altogether 'i.’npr^UcIhle" pSt
of the ( alhoun Rifles, f.w the seat o var.- fess , f lo £ o! lhe H ntllllber who believe
He was immediately ordered to North M est- j u W( f rk prac ticable. So believing on the 4th
ern \ irginia, with the glorious 12,h Georgia ,, f October, 1860, I opened a oorrrspon-
KeiuiPent, eommamied At lirst by Col. Ldward . .. . * x , c . x »«- /•
. F \ * ait iA dence with Commander Maury of the W aching-
Johnson, but more recently hv Col. Conner--a t0 „ obse. va.orj-, the best authority, in nauti-
regiment that has vanquished its enemies upon , matter8 kn<) J , n lo tbe worW , suggesting the
every battle held and won for . .self impensh- jcabjlit of a route ffom ’ Europe along
able renown This was a field of operations Tfie coast of Africa, thence to Brazil, {hence tS
well calculated to test the patriotism and cour- th United s.atea. To this suggestion, on the
age of the most ardent lovers o. liberty expo- j 15th J>v of 0 . ;tobcri 18 ,; 0 Commander Maury
sed as they were to all the hardships of a rig- IMde - favorable and fl at ’ t ering answer, from
orous winter campaign, amid the chilling winds which , submi t this extract-“xT.e rou,; you
propose for a Telegraph between the old world
and the new, is not without strong advocates
on the other side. You will he gratified to
learn tl at j’ou are not alone in j our opinion as
to the advantages of j-our route. The idea was
broached pending the famous Atlantic Tele
graph, that the best route would be from Eng
land via Spain and Portugal, thence to Madeira,
thence to Cape Verd Islands, thence to the
Penedo-de-San Pedro, thence to Brazil, and
over-land to the Cuajamas, thence along the
windward and leeward Islands and Cuba, to
the United States.
“Practically, though, nothing has been done
desirable
moat
_ _ _ the
, fitting out of a vessel for that purpose.
the bravest of the brave. j Upon the reception of thelettcrfromCom-
But lie was only spared to strike one more Inandc . r Maury, I immediately wrote, to Hon.
blow !n the cause of freedom, and lo shed Ins \|f rc d Iverson, then a member of the United
blood the more freely upon the field of McDow- 8ta t es Senate, requesting him to submit to the
and almost perpetual snows ol those bleak
mountains, in the very face of an cnemj’ vastly
superior fn numbers, and constantly annoyed
by their stealthy, blood thirsty pickets, who
never escaped the vigi'*nce of our watchful,
_ sleepless sentinels, and were always repulsed
government and strike ilk right arm by whic.i anddnven hack in confusion. It was there
it was trying lo bear u- up, I felt in my heart that the memorable battles of “Green Brier”
- I hearts it was treason, and being in the habit and “Alleghany” were lought, and on both oc-
ot saying what I think, and I said “treason,” casions Capt. Furlow distinguished himself by
not that 1 loved Caesar less huttliat 1 loved his noble gallantry, and'won a name that will
Koine more. 1 clinic not that through igno- be as enduring as the lofty mountains that
ranee he did it; be is not a fool but a man of witnessed bis prowess, and still stand as monu-
ability hut were it not so, still there would he ■ ments to perpetuate the victories of the Con- ,
zizri ro :;s kn Si nr r r J °. r l ,Ls **t conJuct -
ur s' or iv nsh • The arn. of tlesh V >;an f n,r >' J l,at e,,c .' ? d lha ^“‘Pl'^ntary re- t0 have it “sounded ouL” 1 should he n
u or we perisn (netann ol flesh is mark of a brave soldier who fought by his side, hannv to encourage in mv humble wav
lading U-, but our trust is in Thee" that “Cant Furlow is everv inch a soldier— 1^ * PJ encoura 0 c, in mj numuie way,
\<-r. 1 . , .- u,al capi. r uriow is tvirj men a soiuier fittme out of a vessel for that nurnoae."
T," tll >' ha 1 t il -^commingle with the Wood | “ onslde „Uo no f the Sec^Ury of thaNavy, the
ern F ederal I n.on, of the 20th iqstant, says : of the brave T urp.n, the chivalrous Dawson, propriety of detailing and furnhhing, under the
(-[leaking of Col. Kenan’s letter) “But the and a host of other patriot martyrs, where he direction of Commander Maury, a suitable ves-
Colonel also sets up the plea of necessity for ; ’ - v * ca< * ,n K his commanu to victory, and se j j* or p Ur p OSe G f “mounding out ’ the pro-
the (Conscrintionl \ct This is said to he the ,us la.-t words, spoken to a faithful soldier who postd route. The alacrity evinced by Judge
' ivrli.W Vs c.ught him as he fell, were-“Neve, mind me, j ln thia business, convinced me. at
". S J* ', boys, fight on . once, of the deep interest he felt in it, and had
• t'ytty the t>lAni s plea ell, what has Thus lived and thus died the intrepid Fur- | things continued as they then were, it is prob^
• t .Jetfe^son , ’ to say in defence bi Gov. Brown’s low. A fond, affectionate father mourns, dcap- able that what remains to be ascertained, con-*
act in seizing the Distilleries*' Will 4 *Jeffer- ly mourns the loss of an affectionate son.— cerning the pioposed route, woi^Id long ago
son” please show me the clause in the Consti- A ^* n ^ an( ^ tenderly devoted step mother weeps i have been known. But the troubles in which
. . I . . , in sorrow. An only brother and three sisters i the country is now involved were sorauidlv jis-
tutmn of Georg,, which au,homed Governor lh . t loved hiln J lK the ardor of their I suiing their pre^nt aspect,^ that“l"SJJS
Brown to seize pn\atc property Mark you, youthful hearts, are clothed in mourning— of this kind, were necessarily, postponed.—
• % nec4\isitf" is the "tyrant's pita." Then, if while a large number of relatives and personal Hoping that our difficulties would not be of
“necessity” induced the Gover/ior to seize the friends mingle their heartfelt sympathies with long continuance, I have not, heretofore,
distilleries without any warrant of law ,he bercavc ' 1 family circle. 1 brought this subject to your consideration, but
what is Gov. Brown hut a "tyrant •” Mark . However inscrutable may seen, this afflic- now that the country is involved in a war of
. . r , tion, let us bow submissively and reverently to indefinite continuance, 1 deem it proper to sub-
you, 1 call him no tyrant, here. ".Jefferson > j tbe d ; v j ne behest, and may we be enabled to 1 mit it, in order that tbe Convention may take
makes him one. j exclaim, with the righteous but afflicted Job— j such action on the subject as may be deemed
Again—“Jefferson” makes a demagogical ar . “Though He sUy me, yet will I tru-1 in Him.” ! proper.
.'umeut about rich men being able to buy sub* ' ,, ' air hands ent«im-ii^ around bis grave in At your last meeting, in the city of Macon,
-dilutes, when poor men can’t afford it, <£c., j “Dak Grove t\metery,” where his remains you submitted to the consideration of Cotton
A \Vhal does Gov. Brown do » He lets the now repose, flowery wreaths, beautiful memen- Planters, the propriety of largely reducing the
militia Colonels. Lieutenant Colonels, Majors, I f°**i b,1 f fading mihleins of the more endear- usual bredth of land planted with cotton-seed,
Captains and Lieutenants off, who are well ! in 8 an,i imperishable chaplets which a nation’s and the reasons in support of this suggestion,
known to he as a general thing, men in com- gratitude will weave around his memory. were then submitted. What has been done, in
mrtable cl^iustances, and gives his consent 1 , ^ Granberky. this respect, there exists no means of ascer
fur the poor privates to go * Aha, Mr. “Jeff’t r
>on !” The Governor wants the influence of
the o[Heers to elect him iJictator, “tyrant”
Americus, May 15Uh, 1862.
taining, but I deem it a reasonable conjecture
to say, that the crop has been reduced five
Twelfth Georgia.—A private soldier, wxit- eighths,
perhaps, but the poor privates are beneath his ing from McDowell to the Richmond Enquirer, Assuming this estimate to be correct, and al-
notice, and unworthy his consideration. Please'says: • m ’ lowing an ordinary crop to be four millions of
explain to a
Woof. Hat Boy.
TO ALL CONCERNED.
As there seems to be an idea prevalent w ith
a great many people that money is not taxable
unless it isoutut interest, 1 have thought pro-
The Twelfth Georgia, I learn, had killed and bales, not exceeding seven hundred thou-and,
wounded two hundred and ten, four captains, w ill be produced the present year. The great
four lieutenants—more than half of our entire importance of this large reduction of the cot-
loss. Our entire loss is estimated about three toh crop will be readily perceived when it is
hundred and forty. W’ell may it he said of • ratnembered that a full crop falfs so far below
those gallanfcGeor-ians that they deserve the the amount required, that remunerative prices
honor and praise of all admirers of true brav have been sustained. In view of this condi
tion of the market, the manufacturing busi
ness, heretofore -so profitable, will necessarily
much liable to taxation as any other species of (courage my own troops. Their gallantry on become not only profitless, hut much worse ;
property. And, since a few have asked me ; the day of battle will be remembered by friends in very many instances it will be ruinous. The
, , J and foes. I feel duty hound to speak praise- indispensable use of American cotton, to the
» bother or not rott'-n was taxable, I will here j wortby Georgians, especiallftheold Twelfth manufacturers ol the world, was submitted in
stale for their information, that a planter does (j eor gi a . She battled for our country on the my first annual communication to the Conven-
not have to pay taxes on his “annual crops of 13th of December, 1861. She endured all the tion. The reasons that existed then, in sup
per to adopt this method of informing all such, I ery and gallantry. When I*spcak so praise-
that money, «rhether at interest or not, is as : worthy of the Georgians, I do not wish to dis-
hardships of a winter’s campaign on the sum-1 port of the views submitted, exist now, and
mit of the Alleghany mountains, and knowing 1 will forever exist unless means can be devised
the gallantry and bravery of these men, well to obviate natural causes' If this view of the
might we speak in high terms of them. 1 | subject be correct, foreign countries will see
have discovered that this regiment is composed and lament the folly of permitting an inefficient
of the best fighting material in the army. They j blockade to deprive them of their supplies,
know no fear—they enter a battle not .to he Perhaps, after all, the course pursued by the
ur stock in'trade ; and 1 hop? that while the j conquered but to conquer. 1 frankly jadmit, manufacturing countries, will not be without
people are making out their lists of taxable ' men of the 12th Georgia, my incapacitj’ to do beneficial results to us, for cotton planters are,
property to return they will he certain to add j von justice. Rest assured you have the praise . universally, turning their attention to the pro-
lhe.se two items. James P. Sims, I of all the people in this sectiou of the country, iduction of provisions, a consideration, hereto-
T. R. A C. i as well as the command you are attached US. Mora, very extensively neglected. So extensive
cotton or other produce;" hut if any parlies
buy the cot ton from the planters, it then be
comes, to the parlies purchasing it, nurehan-
dize, and is therefore as much liable to taxa
tion as any other species of merchandize, and
comes properly under the head of merchandize
THE NEW?
is the provision crop now being grown, that
hould PrQvidence bless us with favorable sea
sons, enough will be mad to meet the largest | The Crisis at Richmond— 7n
demand, in view cf the piesent circumstances j on l/t9 James River—Spi
and condition of the country.
The cotton growing States have, heretofoie,
depended upon the Western States for their
mules and one third, if not one Italf, of their
bacon. It may’ reasonably be supposed that
ians—The City to be Defended
ards—Manly Speeches ’of Mayor
Governor Letcher—Vjgorov* Meat.
Defence. •,
The Vjrginia papers bring us very interest
tiie war has created such a revolution in the ing and cheering accounts of the situation
farming interest vf the cotton States, that many j attairs at the Capital. The repulse of the ene- i»
years, at least, will elapse before we shall fall j my’a iron clad flotilla on Thursday last, by our jet
into the mode of business. Indeed, now that | batteries at the point known as Drury’s Bluff, for
we have been forced to abandon the old course, i w’us quite a brilliant affair. The approach of o’clock,
it is to be wished that the planter»of the cot- • the Federals was first discovered by our pick- % That
ton States may see and feel the propriety of ’ cts about daylight. The fighting began at half muster to-m
raising their own stock. This used to he done, j past seven, and was continued without inter- 1 «ith not less tha
and their exists no sensible reason w hy it mission until 11, when the gunboats, entirely 9. That the wholecomnt
should not he done for the future. \\ hen we satisfied, retired rapidly down tiie river. The by a badge, consisting qM
shall adopt this coutse as indispensable, our ! enemy fired very rapidly, and did some exccu-1 inches wide, strctche *
plantations will he well supplied with all re- j tion in and around the fort, but many of the ! ol the hat or cap. ^
quired necessaries, which never will be done j shells went far beyond the works, some of them | 10. That the Gover-
when necessaries are to be purchased. | exploding a mile distant, and others hurst over ceedings of this mootin'
Attempts, which have not met with corres- j the turnpike. Tiie Galena was struck thirty-
ponding success, have been made to introduce j two times, and was finally placed hors du com-
the use of the iron tie, for the purpose ol band- ] bat by a plunging shot, which entered her up-
ing cotton bales. More attention should be 1 per deck, ranging downwards, and setting her
given to the value of this improvement. 1 un | on fire. She proceeded a mile or so down the
hesitatingly pronounce my preference for the river, when she was run into shallow water and
tie over n>pe. The tie makes a neater package j sunk to save her from total destruction by tire.
—is more expeditiously applied—is -cheaper ; The following is the official account of the af-
than rope, and is a much lietter security in case! tair t
of lire; Consequently, the insurance upon cot- 4 Dri kv’s Burr, Maj’ lo.
ton put up with the tie will be less than when Hon. S. R. Mallory, Secretary of the Navy:
the hales are banded with rope. _ Sir: The enemy came up the river at half
The lock that is sold with the band is entire- j past C a. m., the Galena ahead, the Monitor and
ly useless. I mean to say that no lock is re-1 a small iron clad steamer, a side wheel, smaller
quired ; and as it is very expensive, it should j gunboat following in succession,
never be purchased. ln putting up cotton ; When about four hundred yards from our
with the tie nothing is necessary but a very : obstruction our batteries opened fire upon the
simple and cheap loop. The loop should be ; Monitor and Galena. They did not replj' until
broad enough to admit the band, and from one | the Galena had placed herself directly athwart
and a half to two inches long. Let the ends of! the channel. After which she and the Moni-
the bands pass three or lour inches, through i tor opened a brisk lire, the other.vessels keep-
the loop—turn the ends inward; that is, in j ing underway, and at about from a quarter to
sucli manner as to be next the bagging, and the a mile lower down and so close under the op-
package will be ready for market. These state- posite shoro that only four of our guns could
ments arc made upon iuv own experience. I bear upon them. Our fire was mostly directed
leel authorized, from the experiment made, to j upon ‘.he Galena, only occasionally paying a
recommend the use of the tie as being prefera- compliment to the others,
hie to rope in every waj\ , ; Several of our shots at long range passed
At your last meeting in the city of Macon, | through and through them, and they soon
you appointed a committee to attend upon the j dropped out of range. The small iron o’ad
session of the Legislature, for
urging the passage of a bank
> attend upon the ! uroppeii out ot range. the small iron Cad ervor on tins very sutyett, and, in passing i structet
r the purpose of an( l tbe i 'd‘" wheel gunboats were badly y nca P- t.hroue*' this building, encountered this meet- univers
ik charter, which pled. We turned our attention to the C 10 ^ , lave _[ ll ° the first intimation I had that there ■ l ; 0 n ha
mil nlnrwt in tlio —nearly every one of our shots tellini'. tl P llB J®lii£t , * , amation or that there was an indi- d... v...
the Convention had adopted and placed in the —nearly every one or our shots tellin t “P"'
hands of the committee. Several of the gen- ; *>cr iron surface—at eleven o’clock, »• h nes P o yIi
tlerncn appointed attended the session andpre- °f tbe Patrick Henrjr’s eight inch so' »
sented the charter. From tho -assurances re- : passed into her bow port—immediat .
ceived, thc«comniittee were induced to believe smoke rushed out of her ports, showir ..." *”
that the charter would be passed, but in this 1 dently, that she was on fire. Wee,. _
they were disappointed. The friends in the three hearty cheers as she slipped her * '
Legislature of existing banks do not intend, if \ al 'd moved down the river. Our pickets
they can prevent it, that the planters of the her captain say, to one of the other gunboats, I was about to visit the Governor.
Stale shall hare <i bank The existing banks ! that s h° was ”t n a sinking condition.” 1 ~ r “ u ~ u -‘‘C'- 1 »
(who found their operations almost exclusively i Dur sharp shooters did good service, picking
upon cotton,) will not. without a struggle, re- ev ery man who showed himself.
linquish their hold ; we must expect, therefore, ; There is no doubt we struck them a hard for life and1*°
that if we ever succeed in obtaining a charter, l, low. The last that was seen of them they force iqtD tat «im
that other and more strenuous efforts must be j were steaming down the river. . ~ Ify of ot a
put forth. Right, as we are, in this applies-! Every officer ar.d man discharged their dh-.:5, : a time of c«gn
tion, let us labor patiently and persistently un- j with coolness and determination, and it would , foes in our r>
til we accomplish it. With a certain class of j he doing injustice to many if I should mention “Though n
legislators, every means of legislation is prop-* or particularize any. Uapt. Drury end his coin- 1
er, if successful. This, I conceive, is dropping j P ar 0’ fought their guns with great effect, .ucom
to the most undignifio 1 position, and is unwar- J . Casualties—Seven killed, among IheTinu- itself
rantable. One mode ol defei
with the class ol legislators
“kill the measure with amendments
proclamation, and that he w.-
point and commission suitable
the regiment.
11. That every man will furnish, if pr^fmei
ble, his own weapon, and ammunition si k from
for not less than forty rounds. erican !
Speeches were made bj* both Mayor Mf arguinen
Gov. Letcher, and the sentiment of eac^i-jcan v
the city laid in ashes rather than bccom , jr0 vi
spoil of the enemy, was received with a stGym.
of cheers, which announced a spirit oldevotio^, L
on the part of the people of Richmond of ex-1 nien
traordinary moral sublimity, when it is recol- of inarch fc
lecied tiiat the cheers were not those of a rab- was now oi
ble, but of an assemblage nearly of every man -peeled the
of which had a share ot property or a family tight> n 8 of anoth'A
in the fa te of the citj’. Monday morning » wagon
Just as the resolutions were read, Mr.Mayo market house in Poitsmouth and swep-
entered the hall, and was evidently muchsur- pound of beef from the butchers’ stalls,
prised to find himself in so numerous a con- being told that the citizens desired to 1..,
course. Almost immediately he came forward . commissary replied that the citizens mut;
and said: “Mr. Chairman and Fellow citizens: pensu with beef for the present, as he dea 'ji v a k
I am surprised and delighted to see this meet- | for the soldiers. . . .■*•
injrof the citizens ot Richmond. 1 am inform- The Federal soldiers all expressed ^
ed ,t is in response to a proclamation of the ; profound amazement at the destruction o*
Governor, which I have not seen, and did not Merrimac. Them said she had made*! f ‘
before this mimm know of its existence.. ,4, 0WS l Richmond. 24th _T„ the s’ ^ '
teel assured that it relates to the defence of this lln j the opinion at Old Point teds
citv. I was just on my way to see the Gov- >he tr,is the most formidable war vet
ervor on this very subject, and, in passing , x ( TUC ted. But one regret mingl
rsal rejoicing which her wanton 1
had produced, and that was the fact
amation or that there was an indi- j sbe ba d not come into Yankee possession in I
is house. To-day when invited to ( ■
ng of tho Council, I have for the „
e been called on or consulted by . , 1 V' T’.T 17“ r, “r a i, d thd
•thorities, and, ,n pursuance df ^ correspondent of the M.asoun De^* al ‘ J
,v,„ nf. . . ! of the 2d, writing from Pittsburg Lanr
manner (a very unfair manner) was your char
ter defeated, as w ill he seen by reference to the
journals of the Legislature. I have to urge
upon you continued effort in this respect. \Ve
shall succeed, notwithstanding for the present
we have been defeated. The fate of this mea-
jsjtion, and is unwar- ! c-asuaii-es—aeven Kiueu, among tnetnur
featin’g a proposition 1 shipman Carroll, and eight wounded,
jrs alluded to, is lo Ver y J * pectfully. your obedient servant,
nendments;” in this: F2ben Fakkand. C. S. N.,
o
L presence ol
tone does
'Surre
I run awa
1 I will ablfle by itj
f Commanding Post | mond demand of me to'surrender the capital of
\Ve gt^J Jcr from the Richmond and Peters- ! Virginia and the Cohfedcracy to the enemy,
burg p . s the following additional items of they must find some other man to till my place,
intere,’ A ,
ration requesting the Governor to put ’■ ■auug .mm r
Command the Tredegar battalion and any ! f 0 28th says that Halleck s ung ,n
troops in this cty under his authority, I '>een reorganized since the battle <y, comni J
bout to Vi.-it tin- Governor. OXh^snlt: wh,ch lcft u ln an entangled eowhtiof *
of the biUle nacled and Altered nut 25 my regiments were reduced to skeletons
with the inva. beaten with more stripes /there Jrown together into organization^'
should while* he is ^^^^uch_«4rug g le ‘ n,on bridges. “The entire arrtHMOj
- 00 - | the correspondent, “has been divided, fccurf
.manner ol the army of the Potomac, in^p
”“rand corps cTarmee, under the respectir
lands ol Gens. Grant, Buell and Pope, tS n
which corps is an effective, completely org
i this I ' zed ar,n y by itself. These different armies i
another st ‘** known bj r their old names of the Army. d ^|
th<. trv. I t h (i West Tennessee (Gen. Grant’s), the A‘. ; ”
_ of the Ohio (Gen. Buell’s), and the Arm ' ,
I V-utiPr 1 thc Mississippi (Gen. Po??., u /' uo4, n S? , Ho'u casual
all are under the immediate orders of Gen. Rosse
I would either
I say now, and
the citizens of ltich-
lcek.”
A from one of our rifled guns cut a
small boat in twain, which was swinging lroffi
lined the banks of the river for three or four
sure is like the fate of all our measures, it must ‘ the side ol the wooden vessels, and sent two
succ ed through its merits, and its merits can • ,ncn which it contained to the bottom,
only be known by those will look attentively j As th »-‘ fleet moved off, our sharp shooters, who
into the subject.
Ala former session of the Convention, an
appropriation of one thousand dollars was
made to Dr. Joseph Jones, the Chemist of the
Convention. I regret to learn that Dr. Jones
has not received the appropriation, and I re
commend that such action as will be proper
XRARRZBO. *
tn Milli-Ogeville, on the 19th inet., by the Rev. .repull
I will resign the Mayoralty. [Great applause.] I Mr ’ J ° U!i C and * i,B KMSt * s ’ L Rivei
And when that other man elected in my stead" Johu it a worthy member of o.r craft, and belongit anc
snail deliver up tiiis city, I h)pc I have phvsi- | to a ‘*Union,*’ lias exhibited a mast commandable waj*/
cal courage and strength enough left to should- | of adding to its numbers. He no doul-t wae nrged there;
er a musket and go into the ranks. |Thunders j to by hearing the music of murmuring Brooks, to make
of applause.] This citj' was founded by a man mv good while the sun shines. We welcome the new
of my name, andlt shall never be recorded in member into onr fraternity, with all honors, and wlih
miles, poured their deadly missiles into every history that it was surrendered to the Y’ankees . for the happy couple many Jad-aoxs.
port hole and at every pilot house. One pilot
was certainly killed, as he was seen to fall at
the crack of a sharpshooter’s rifle. Other of
the invaders, it is thought, weie sent to their
final account. Tho high bluffs, thickly cover-
may be taken to fulfill the agreement of the ( ed with undergrowth, afford admirable protec
Convention with its Chemist.
Tbe war in which the country is now i-ugag-
ed se-.ins lo me to have no definite, practical
object. If our enemies wish to subjugate us
to tlfeir dominion and rule, enough has trans
pired to convince every reflecting mind, that
tiiat as an impossibility. And suppose this
should he aocomplishfcd, is it to he believed
tiiat the people of the Confederate States can
he farced to remain in the Union Such a
Our ene^i
by a man named Mayo.” [Deafening applause j At the Presbyterian Church, in this city, on Wednea-
and three cheers for Josenh Mavo Mavor of tlay evening last, by the Rev. Day id IV ills, Air. Qioh&k
Richmond 1 ,0rjasCI " a -' or 01 smith to Miss CaTHijiiNi H. Claiik, both of Macon.
n.n„ * 1 p n r . i ! At the residence of Dr. Wm. S. Lightfoot, tn this city
Calls weie now made for Governor Letcher, 1 ()n the uth m8t ., by Rev. E. W. Warren, Ur. Hxnbt X
who, it was announced, was in the hall. The Surra, otConfederate Army, to Miss hum M. Ll»»T
Governor said: j ,00T -
tmn for sharpshooters, and tho number, we “Fellow cilizens-I had rather see you en- | o ta Jmhbert fo
hear, is to be greatly lncreasco. rolling your names than to hear j’ou calling on | Maj. Barron, Macon County. " ’
It w the opinion of several who were present me for a speech. There is now no time for On the4thinst., by Rev. Mr. Duncan,Mr. JoaxSmith
at tee bombardment, that tbe cnemj' will make ^ speaking. The enemy is almost at your doors • . Mrs. s i-kxczii. all of Oglethorpe, Ua.
another attempt to silence our guns at Fort j bu t Virginia, like you, must have a talk before — —“
Drury, ar.d that, when he next comes, it will y 0U do anything. Let me make a suggestion !
be with mortar boats, lhe bluffs are too elb- | ( 0 you Get the decapitated officers now in Vl/Oimuig.
vated for his gunboats to do much execution, j this citv and enroll yourselves under them, Asa Er .FiT^SHE^nwooij.^of Macon^ oa., fell at jthe
Our batteries are positively uninjured, and anil I will answer for it they-will make out of! so w
wc are mounting more guns among them one you thc verj - best regiment in the service.— through the head
. .... i . , ... . .i «- •' ..... la yoan^ man and brave" soldier
a a uu«.. wo, ui diawu. via., lull Ml
of McDowell. Western Va., on the ithday
-‘■•cars 5 months and8 days. Pierced
, . u—* ^ --o by a minnie ball early ln the engage-
sSppSum!? is preposterous. Our cnefhies lhat bore the Monitor through if she ever i They will show to their fellow citizens of this ^ a
seemed to have supposed that if they could get . on . l be hue of obstructions. \\ e are sat- commonwealth that they are good and true of a.a a purer, o mort?promising yoang man has^notfaf
possession of our principal cities and sea ports ls,le<1 1 tliu re is occasion lor preparation to ficers, and that tliev have been unjustly drop- . *vn since this w ked war began. From his childhood
that their object wou-d be accompli-hed-that ,nt ^ thu en^yhhould he land a force to as- ; pcd . There is patriotism enough to defend this j ‘,‘he w«»WW6 ^rVoW* 1 ItTmvP
the people would return to their allegiance to ' alllt O J * 1)att crie.- ttnougli lbe woods in their c [t y] and there are men enough ; all j’ou want val in Maeon .. -5S, ui der tho ministry of Dr. Jesse
Jibe old government! What a delusion I Well, rear ' A ^cepuon is ready for him in any j is organization. As regards the surrender of d uifufe di^yo*?L.*dS^totJSf2:
'they have possession ol some of our cities and j ev ^* ' i the city, I have but one remark to make. Some uncompo .ua.ii.. i ful Christian. The exposures
sea ports, and judging from the tone of the . ‘ Nt -' arl y Uio entire extent ot our loss was ow-: 0 ne said to me the other day that the duty of f im l* hl ‘ ‘d impression on him, and hU fel-
pe-qde of these [daces, the enemy must see the ! “* to a ‘cmble casualty. It appears that .n { surrendering the city -would devolve either up- A.1
laithlul. At the time of his c
d as ever. We shall not! entirel y exposed to the fire ol the enemy, the : stall reply. Bombard and be Damned, ftm- I 'anhfur, but God has taken him from thia evil world
i i noor fellows hpinn 1 put to in tKp Citortu of ^.i n 1 anc idus , submit, lie bus loft & loud mother, who
voluntarily, nor can tee I P°°f i el ‘0ws Deing cut to pieces m trie Storm ot mense applause.] I lovid him, h.r brst born, with all tho ardor of a moth-
The truth in this whole s l0t an i* shell to which they were exposed.— j “But let’s to work. Organize yourselves in- er'« heart, ye*, even a* her owu life a father and
utter folly of their supposition And if we ' Ult car 0 P art 01 ino u o ni one 01 0lir g uns » not on the President, thc Mayor, or myself. I said soldier none wa» more Caithinl. At thu time of his death
lose every city in the Confederacy, ar.d town, | being properly casetnatcd, got out of position, t0 hiln> if the demand is made upon me, with
and hamlet, the idea of our return to the Un- \ endeavoring to raise it, our men were : t| ie alternative to surrender or be shelled, 1 tight. It is sad to give up one so kind, so good, *o
icn will be as distant i
return to the Union
he forced to do it. Tbe troth to thk whole I ” wn ”« “P 0 "**— I “But let’s t« work. Organize yourselv... ... . wB . . -
question is, the people of the North do not un-; \ he . bodleS »’e^huleously mangled. ^ t o companies, and I shall do what I can to arm *. ar * e
derstand the people of tho South, l’he people
of the South have deliberately and of fixed
purpose repudiated the old government, and
never will again be citizens of it. And in per
sisting in this determination there is no condi
tion of hardship and privation to which we are
not ready to submit. The blood that has been
spilt, the lives tiiat have been lost, and the suf
ferings that have been endured bj’ the people
of the Confederate States, have opened a chasm
between the two peoples, which it is impossi
ble to fill. The separation is permanent—per
petual. - The resort to war has been the most
unwise way oi attempting a reconciliation of
i.-ll ,T_ r . ters auu im in.rs wno lauienc nis )o«s—besliie* a a
i, ,1 | . , ,, - , . , ■ — —-— .hall (.o what 1 can to arm citcieol lriendd and relatives derp:> aflecied by hi. ear
At the last accounts, the enemy s fleet had you. I do not, for a moment, doubt you can ly and untimely end Fureweii, asa, our lo** is thy
^ •*’“ organize a force sufficient to resist the advance K 4ln - May weimiute thy many vuiaea, th. chri.ti-u
, . ,, . . . . , i xample and meet thee where tbtre ii no war or rumor*
of five gunboats. Make an organization with- of war. * J. w. u.
out delay.” , m i—i^—au___
fallen down the river, only a few miles below
our batteries, distant about twelve miles from
Richmond. This, then, is the opportune mo
ment for action on our part—and not a moment
should be lost in finishing the obstructions now
going iorward, and increase the number and
strength of our batteries on the river. If pos-
AFFAIRS AT NORFOLK AND PORTSMOUTH.
The Petersburg Express has had a conversa
tion with an intelligent gentleman who was in
DIED,
In Vineville, at the residence ofMalor Cottar, on Frl-
lay oreing, To’clo k, A. M., i ones Faux, oi l) i
... —, -.—, I, son
and Celeste Comer clay ol UuntsvlUe,
sibfr batteries and obstructions shoffid be ph- ; N - orfolk Saturd “ nd S’urKlav. and who left A1 J, -‘>^<1 5 yea.s and 8 mon.ias.
ced below the invading fleet, at whatevei cost j *
and whatever sa^nfirc Portsmouth Monday evening at hah past SIX At -Albany, Ga. t ©n Monday at 7o‘i
an(l N^nzliever sacrifice. . * mn nriuvid anH Mirv Uuvue -iw W
The commanders of the Yankee gunboats ! ° S Federals had full possession of both
places, and their pickets extended out on every
road beyond the suburbs of both cities. The
_ clock, P. M., Lou it,
eon of David and Mary Majer, ag d montkt.
Ditrlin^ Louis, thou ha-t let u*.
We tn\ uioet de«piv feel,
But ’its God that hue bereft us,
lie cad all on. Burrows heal. A Fusxp,
were engaged in ve/r small business, on their
way up the river, of stopping at the various
the parties, for it has produced and confirmed ar “ d , lnl . < . mum . B Vi the i city of Norfolk was lonnally surrendered bv
the contrary result While we are laboring: 11 ” en 1 at /.^. not b eal . 1 ° wed here -; Mayor Lamb to Gen. Wool, Saturday evening «>•((» of GeorgiH 71 ip licit ranm.
under the want of many articles of prime ne- aft T ? ir 1,8 elthcr to E'chmond or , a b ollt dark, the lattir immediately returning “ wR,theOnuid Jury* D May Tanaoi tba
cessity, there is not one which will be more se-1 I’etersburg. Ihej- say they now have control ; to Fortrcss Monroe. Several large war vessels year io*^, in tbeD gcueral preseotmartt. conimitnl«da
riously felt than that of salt Before we are of l ^ e r,ver • an ‘> lhal they intend to exercise a , came u to Norfolk Saturday night, amonv ,he I th.citixen. ^ih.con.G .t ib, prompt ot
rigid surveillance over all tho watcis; that the
pressed too sorely for the want el lliis article,
we should mako every possible effort to secure
a supplj'. Tbe countrj’ will, I conceive, cer-
tainlj- produce brea<icnough, and may produce
meat enough, but without salt, or a substitute,
thc meat produced cannot he put in a condi
tion to render it available. I recommend the
appointment of a committee to whom this im
portant subject may be referred, with power
to sit in the vacation, and to make their report
riffid surveillance over all tlio wat-s- that the .V" *"S“" among the , biaH n .r Judge Allen »iu biaK.dina*e'ocatar«Mi
4t to . *, . , . r , " ’ t number the Minnesota, anil anchored in the th« duties of tua office iu apparent g»»ou beaiik ildS
“rebels can he starved out if they cannot be stream (rontin the cit ’ These vesse;s were ; yplri;.- al-.o in thu an-ancu hfiu, fuWiur oSnSfl
whipped. piloted to Norfolk throw the narrow passage 1 S’j.Uhfhifr re “ y
tiie spirit of Richmond—THE MEETING at THE t in Elizabeth river by the traitor Tobias who whilst we deplore nod el deeply the tiara •*
j ran off to Old Point, Thursday, while m the ^
The manifestations of spirit given by the discharge of important duties entruated him by
people of Richmond at this crisis have done I the Confederate authorities,
lasting honor to their citj', and deserve to be j The military commandant of Norfolk has es-
enumerated among thc noblest demonstrations tablished his headquarters at the Atlantic Hotel,
of patriotism that the war has evoked. The ‘ and the soldiers of Lincoln on Saturday even-
ill such waj’ and manner as the Convention | Examiner says' j ing and Sunday ciowded the streets to such an
may direct. i The streets were crowded with citizens, ask- ! extent that it was difficult for one to make his
These various subjects aro recommended to ing every person who thej’ supposed could in- way through them. At a dress parade on .
the serious consideration of the Convention I form them “what can mb do V” “are any men Ward’s farm, Sunday afternoon, five thousand 601,1
Howell Cobb. wanted ? Ac. I here was an eagerness to en- , r ederal soldiers wer© present, and they all ex- f ow exceptions,) we trust that a kind Providence will
Proposeol by Col. J. S. Thomas joy the satisfaction of contributing in any way hibited admirable drill and discipline. The tavor u« wi:l» refreshing .bowers, ud zbat our country
Resolve i, That the Convention, suspending i to the defence of the city. To the frequent soldiers, upon dismissal, scattered themselves soWiHs^udiiui'm* nilfJs Mndan our h p«op!etnay 0 b^
for the present, the various subjects would,-or- enquiries referred to for .“something to do,” we thickly about the late entrenched camp of thc amply eupplieJ
dinarily, engage its attention, that we approve j were unable to make any distinct answer yes- ; Confederates, and the officers expressed amaze>
all the means and measures adoptc 1 for the de j terday, but this morning we would suggest as ' ment that, -with such fortifications, the Con>
fenre of the country. And we urge the Whole ' a reply what we have written above of the federates should have dreamed of evacuating
people to aid and abet the government of the | need of hard manual labor at thc lines of oh- ; the place. General VYool was loud in his ex-
Confederacy, in the active prosecution of the j struction of the river. _ ; pressions of astonishment at-the evaluation,
war, into which we have been so unjustly and | In the afternoon the proclamation of the and declared, in the presence of several, that
wickedly plunged by the government of the^ Governor of the State of Virginia was pub- with such fortifications by land and water, and
Northern States. lished. 1 the Merrimac guarding the Roads, he could
brought upon us Oy . >>r invading foe., and a.'ao
regret lbe reverses which 1 avi befallen our arms, vet
we feel ever encouraged tn ause ol lbe tncrea. ng cou-
fldeuce fe t in tbe Jriftneae of our cause, tba Interest
mum tested in its importance by thc patriotic response
ol our citizens to their country 1 * call, and the- w flUng-
rress of those at borne to contribute to the support of
those in tue army. Relying upon tbe .kill ofourcom-
inamLinl., tire valor of our soldiers, and the blessing of
our Heavenly Father, we indulge i be hope that success
will attend our arms, and that soon ibey will conquer
a permanent peace. We would-also express our high
Proposed by Mr. S. Bell
Resolved, That the Convention approve,
heartily, of the present amount of grain which
has been planted, and urge still farther efforts,
as the seasons may allow, for planting esculents
of every kind.
Proposed by Mr. F. A. Hill
Although there was a very short notice of have held Norfolk against any force that might
the meeting, a large concourse of people had j have been brought against it.
gathered at the hour designated above. We i On Sunday norning at ten o'clock the Sem-
do not believe there has ever been a popular ' inole steamed up to the city. A crowd of
assemblage sq superior and
Pfit 1AL PRESENTMENTS.
We And in looking through the public offices that tbo
Books in tbe seveial departments have been neatly
kept and arranged in good order.
Xu axammingthe.uublic buildings we discover tout
then are some repairs needing to the windows of the
Court House ; we wouid, therefore, recommend that
tbe Iufrrjor Court be authorized to have all necesaary
repairs made, and that they also he authorized to employ
some person at a lair compensation to keep tbe doora
and windows of the Court House clean and to keep the
ho lse in good older. Also, that they be authorized to
have all necessary repairs made to the public well.
Under this head we would make further presentments,
tiiat information has reached ns from trnthfnl sources
that a certain citizen of our county has on several oc
casions, expressed disloyal sentiments, and learning
imposing in its thousand or more persons assembled on Cham- i trom tbe solicitor General that the recent act of the
, ° . . ai l iir .a. . . , . . I stale Convention upon the subjecbol treason, will not
character as that gathered yesterday evening at beriain’s wharf, for the want of something else | iu hu opinion, reach the case, we would respectfully
.. . ■ * lta next
the City Hall. There was a personal respec-
next
such cases,
no case of
Resolved, That wc disapprove of the action i tability, a serious demeanor and a firm expfts-
of our representatives in the Confederate Con- | sion in the faces of the crowd seldom witnessed
gress, in thc extravagant appropriation made i in a popular gathering. No man appeared to
in their own favor, by voting themselves, in- j have been drawn there by idle curiosity, or to
dividuaily, three thousand dollars per annum ; ! be animated in his behavior by any sentiment
particularly when the government is involved below tho dignity of the occasion. &as responded to by thc crowd with nine j iife^VndwhenTtsttallhave’bcenexhausUd^levyV
in heavy pecuniary difficulties. ! The meeting was orgairzed by the election groans, .which were given with a strength of necessary for that purpose. 1
Proposed by Mr. M. West of Capt. Danlorth as Chairman, and Mr. Wil- i lung distinctly audible at the wharf in Ports- c l Au'm*?orlIu C onrtos 'to'ouMjod 1 and^th iU b°*
Resolved, That the next annual meeting of liam P. Munferd as Secretary, and resulted in mouth. The F’ederals were taken all aback, and‘dignihed nianneMn r \vhfch 0 he U condu«ed the busi U
the Convention be held jn the city of Americus, the passage of the following resolutions: and the gallant tars dropped from the rigging ness of the Court. Also to Solicitor General Vason for
to do, which the commander of the Federal recommend to the Legislature of tbe state at
steamer construed into a welcome to the “old se wt°““h“ppy°i^etn^Wc
Hag.” Instantly all hands were beat to quar- ! extortion on tbe part of any of ou.- citizens has come to
ters, everv Hag was flung to the breeze,'the i °urknowledge.
, . » n . P , Vu In looking iutc the Finances of onr County we find
jack tars manned the rigging, and gave three i on band one thousaud and twenty-two dollars and twen-
hearty cheers. This jubilant demonstration 1 t)-fiveciwts,from which were commend that thia Inferior
Court provide for thu necessities of our soldiers' f&m-
Suinter county
The Convention then adjourned.
Howell Cobb, President
F. A. Hill, Sec’j’, pro tcm.
1. That a committee of be appointed to with much more alacrity than they had manned of’theS^e'and'hifpJomptnMs 11 ^™ flSSfity'^matog
take down immediately the names of all who them. oqt bills of indictment and placing them in our hands’
| are disposed to unite in the organization under The halyards having been cut by the Con- Ail of which
the proclamation of the Governor. ! federates, a sailor “shinned” the flagstaff on , DFitzgen’’ ' - -’ oreBlau -
2. That then, upon proclamation from the i the Custom-House Sunday morning about six j W_Tjiox,
—The “sharpshooters” who performed such chair, all who have arms with which they would o’clock, and having adjusted the ropes, the
efficient service against the enemy’s gunboats 1 be willing to go into service shall fall into line, stars and stripes were speedily run up. A few
on the James river, below Drury w Bluff, last and thoso who have none, or would prefer to faint cheers from a crowd of drunken Federals I
Friday, were a battalion of Confederate States obtain_public arms, shall fall into another line^ in front of the Atlantic Hotel was the only but ‘
th
Marines, under the command cf Captain John
D. Simms. The battalion was composed of
Capt. Van Benthuysen’s com panj’ and Captain
Thom’s company, temporarily under the com
mand of Capt ijeiere,
3. That the entire force be then divided off befitting reception with which the Y’ankee bunt
into companies of not less than fifty nor more j ing was greeted.
than sixty-five men, each person choosing his 1 We are assured that tho great mass of the
own company. j Norfolk people are as true and loyal to the
4. That each company shall elect, before ten * Confederate Government as those of aDy por-
L Gano,
H Adams,
A Adams,
D V Hudson,
8 Alligood,
S Taylor,
D II Akerldgo,
F M Colquitt,
S M Cox,
Jt D Fairclotb,
J B Twltty,
J M Chiles,
L S Acrec,
T Jonus,
G W McLeod,
Upon motion of D. A. Vason, Sol. General, pro. tem.,
it is ordered that these presentments be published iu
tke Macon Telegraph.
The above is a true extract of the minutes. »
ALEX. A. ALLEN, Judge S. C., 9. W. C.
Joan W. PsaBCE.Dep. Clerk.