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[NUMBER 22.
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ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS
of the Second Session of the
PROVISIONAL CONGRESS
CONPEDEIUTi: STATEN,
1861.
(No. 135)
ACT to admit the State of North Carolina into
the Confederacy,on a certain condition.
The Stilte ot North Carolina having adopted meas
ure* looking to an early withdrawal from the United
States, and to becoming in the future a member of this
Confederacy, which measures may not he consumma
ted before the approaching recess of Congress. There
fore,
The Congress of the Confederate States of America
do enact, That the State of North Carolina shall be ad
mitted a member of the Confederate States of Ameri
ca, upon an equal footing with the other States, under
the Constitution for the Provisional Government of the
same, upon the condition that the convention of .‘•aid
State soon to assemble shall adopt and ratify said Con
stitution fcrthe Provisional Government of the Con
federate States, and shall transmit to tlie President of
the Confederate States, before the re assembling of
Congress, through the Governor of said State, or some
other proper organ, an authentic copy of the act or or
dinance of said convention so adopting ami ratifying
aid Provisional Constitution ; upon the receipt where
of the President by proclamation, shall announce tin
u without any fuither proceeding
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GENERAL ADVERTISEMENTS.
J, A. & W„ W. TURNER,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
Eatontoin.Ga.
October, 18,1859.
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COATES A WOOLFOLK
Ktorcljoust anil Commission
« MERCHANTS,
ARE now open and prepared for the reception of
Cotton ot their NEW FIUE PROOF WAREHOUSE,
opposite Hardeman lV Sparks. We will endeavor to
prove ourselves worthy of the patronage of tli
t;!1 favor us with their business,
made on cotton when d**sircd.
Macon Ga., Sept. ‘Jl, 1859.
Liberal advances
JOHN T. BOWDOIV.
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
eWOTSTOX.GA.
Eatonton, Ga., Feb. 14, 1860. 38 tf.
BOARDING.
M Y HOUSE will be open for transient and regi
lar boarders. JAMES E. IIAYGOOIL
Milledgeville, Jan. 18th, 1861. 35 tf.
NOTICE.
fJYHE UNDERSIGNED having bought the os-
tablishuient of his friem] F. 8HOENBEIN,
d-ceased, respectfully informs the public, that lie
will continue the business in ihe same form and
respectfully solicits a shaie of public patronage.
YVM. SCHE1HING.
Milledgeville, July 15, lfcOl. 8 lyr.
WATER PIPES
FIRE BRICKS.
AC.
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are now prepared to furnish at short notice WATER
PIPES, double glazed, with a perfect vitrious body
suitable for conduit pipes for cities, «fcc., from twcsitv-
-;x inches diameter to one inch, capable of sustaining a
pressure of 150 head of water.
ALSO,
FIRE BRICKS which have no superior.
We also manufacture all kinds of C. C. and Granite
Ware, and would most respect full v solicit orders for
the above goods. W.H. FARROW,
1J 3m Agt. Kaolin, S. C.
fact; whereupon,ant
on tiie part of Congress, the admission of said State
into this Confederacy, under said Constitution for the
Provisional Government, shall be considered as com
plete, ami the laws of this Confederacy shall thereby
be extended over said State us fully and completely as
over the other States now composing the same.
Approved May 17,18G1.
(No. 137.)
A RESOLUTION in relation to imports from the
States of Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and
Arkansas.
Resolved, That all imports from the States of Vir
ginia, North Carolina, Tennessee and Arkansas, he ex
empted from the payment, of duties; and that this ex
emption extend to imports from the said States now in
warehouse.
Approved May 17, 1861.
(No. 140.)
AN ACT to establish a Mail Route from Vermillion-
ville,in the State of Louisiana, to Orange, in the
State of Texan, anil for other purposes.
Section I. The Congress of the Confederate States
of America do enact, That the following lnaiilronteb
and the same is hereby established, to-wit: From Yer-
lnillionville, in the State of Louisiana, to Orange, in
the State of Texas.
See. '2. And he it further enaeted. That the Post
master General be and he is hereby" authorized to
make the first contract fur carrying the mail over said
route without the necessity of advertising for bids for
said contract, as required by existing law: and that
this act take effect and be iu force from and idler its
Approved May 17, 1861.
WARII^l
VOLUNTEERS UNIFORMS
CUT TO ORDER.
rUHE Subscriber will, upon short notice, visit
J. any County in the State, and Ol'T Uxieohms
fur Companies, and warrant a good fit.
Orders respectfully solicited.
Of Address, THOMAS BROWN,
Merchant Tailor.
Tull sett of Patterns for Uniforms
—nt tn any pait of the State, upon the receipt of $■’> 01).
Milledgeville. Ga., July 15, letii, 8 tf
BOOK-BINDING
The Subscriber is now pre
pared to do Book-Bind
ing, in all its branches.
5. Old Books rebound, Ac.
MUSIC bound in the best style. Blank Books
manufactured to order. Prompt attention will be
given to all work entiusted to me.
S. J. KIDD.
Bindery in Noalhrrn Federal I'nion Ottlrr.
Milledgeville, March i9tli, 1861. 43
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RECENTLY FROM RICHMOND, VA„
I S now ready to do any work in his line of busi
ness—Slating, and warranted free from Leak
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Repairs to old Slate Roof, attended to
Promptly.
W. E. E. is Agent for an extensive Manufactory
of Iron Railing. Verandah, Balconies, Iron Stairs,
Eountaiiis, Settees, Chairs, Tables, Tree Boxes,
Figure*. &e.,&c., and all other Iron Work ol a
decorative character.
Enrlo.ing Cemetery I,nt. will receive liis par
ticular Attention.
W. E. E. is Agent for an extensive Marble
Monnment Works, likewise for the Steam Marble
Mantle Works.
Designs of all, with prices, can be seen at his
office, up stairs, over Morning News office, Bay
Street, Savannah, Ga.
A specimen|of our work may be seen on the
frepot buiiding in Milledgeville.
Reference—G. W. Adams, Superintendent C.
R- R. Savannah. 23 dds&wtf.
(No. 141.)
AN ACT to provide nn additional Company of Sap
pers mid Bombardiers forfhe Army.
Section 1. The Congress of the Confederate States
of America do enact, 'l'hat there be added to the mili
tary establishment of t lie Confederate States one com
pany of sappers and bombardiers, to consist of one
captain, two first lieutenants, one second lieutenant,
ten sergeants or master-workmen, ten corporals or
iverseers, t wo musicians, thirty-nine privatesof the first
•lass, and thirty-nine privates of thesecond class, who
diull be instructed in and perform all the duties of sap
pers and bombardiers, and shall, moreover, under the
rdera of the chief engineer, he liable to serve by de
tachments in overseeing and aiding laborers upon for
tifications or other works under the engineer depart
ment, and in supervising finished fortifications, ns
fort-keepers, preventing injury and making repairs.
See. 2. That it shall be the duty of the colonel
of the engineer corps, subject to the approval of
the Secretary of War. to prescribe the number, quan
tity, form, dimensions, Ac., of the necessary vehicles,
arms, pontons, tools, implements, mid othersupplies for
the service of said company ns a body of sappers and
bombardiers.
Sec. 3. That the monthly pay of the captain of said
company shall be one hundred and forty dollars; of
each first lieutenant, one hundred dollars; of the
mid lieutenant, ninety dollars: of the sergeants,
thirty--fourdollars; of the corporals, twenty dollars;
oj tiie musicians, thirteen dollars; of the first class pri
vates, seventeen dollars ; and of the second class pri
vates, thirteen dollars. And the said commissioned
officers shall be entitled to the same allowances as all
itlier commissioned officers of the army, and the same
right to draw forage for horses as is accorded to offi
cers of like rank in the engineer corps; and the en
listed men shall receive the same rations and al
lowances ns are granted to all other enlisted men in
the army.
Approved May 17, 1861.
(No. 142.)
AN ACT to admit the State of Arkansas into the
Confederacy.
The people of the State of Arkansas, in sovereign
convention, having passed an ordinance dissolving
their political connection with the United States,and
another ordinance adopting and ratifying the Consti
tution for the Provisional Government of the Confede
rate States of America: Therefore,
The Congress of the Confederate States of Ameri
ca do enact, That the State of Arkansas lie ami is
hereby admitted into this Confederacy, upon mi equal
footing with the other States, under ’the Constitution
for the Provisional Government of the same.
Approved May 20, 1861.
(No. 145.)
AN ACT amendatory of an Act to provide for the
organization of the Navy.
Section 1, The Congress of the Confederate States
of America do enact, That from and after the passage
of this act, the corps of marines shall consist of one
colonel, one lieutenant colonel, one major, one quarter
master with the rank of major, one paymaster with
the rank of major, one adjutant with the rank of ma
jor, one sergeant major, one quartermaster sergeant,
ten captains, ten first lieutenants, twenty second lieu
tenants, forty sergeants, forty corporals, and eight
hundred and and forty privates, ten drummers and ten
filers and two musicians.
Sec. 2. Tiie pay and emoluments of the officers and
enlisted men shall he the same as that ot the officers
and enlisted men of like grade in the infantry of tiie
army, except that the paymaster and the adjutant snail
receive the same pay ns the quartermaster, mid the
adjutant shall be taken from the captains and subalt
erns of the corps and separated from the line. The
rations of enlisted marines shall be the rations allowed
by law to seamen. All acts inconsistent with the pro
visions of this act are hereby repealed.
Approved May 20,1861.
(No. 146.)
AN ACT to amend an act to provide for the organ
ization of the Navy, approved March sixteenth,
eighteen hundred and sixty-one.
Section 1. The Congress of the Confederate States
of America do enact, That the President be and he is
hereby authorized to nominate, and by and with the
advice end consent of Congress to appoint, all officers
cf the navy of the United States, who have resigned
or may hereafter resign their commissions on account
of the secession of any or ull of the Confederate
Stales, and who may be tit for active service, to the
same rank and position in the navy of the Confederate
States which they held in that of the United States;
Provided, however. That no officer shall lie so ap
pointed who may nt any time have committed any act
of hostility against the Confederate States or any one
thereof.
Sec. 2. That the President be authorized to assign
officers of the navy to any duty connected with the
defence of the country, and suitable to their rauk,
which lie may deem proper.
Sec. 3. That the President be authorized to appoint
six assistant paymasters of the navy, each to receive n
salary of one thousand dollars when employed nt sen,
and seven hundred dollars when not thus employed;
and all paymasters of the navy shall be taken from
the grade of assistant paymasters.
Approved May 20, 1861.
5il Saw Cotlon Gin for Sole.
. ONE of WATSON’S best 50 Saw Cotton Gins.
” offered for sale. This Gin is new, and is equal j rivers
to any in use. Sold for no fault, the present ow-
tters having no use for it. Any plant er wanting a
Pood Gin, can have a chance to get one at are
‘■Ulctinn A n t tU-u
'•action on the regular price. Apply at this office,
ofN. Tift, or J. H. Watson, at Albany.
Confederate
pREASUBY Notes and Bonds taken at PAR for
* I uruiture or Notes and Accounts due.
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Americas, Albany, Cutlibert, Fort Gains,Griffin and
'yilpevill*. papers will please copy six months and
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l . v y e, frhing 12 ozs per yard, 30 inches wide.
Kales containing about 6*20 yards, manufac-
luted by Octnulgee Mills.
. Apply to ISAAC SCOTT,
Ju| y 18th, 1661. (9 6mos*) Macon. Ga.
CORDIAL will relieve at once the most
■ a '■ ‘ as*- of Dinrrhoi»ii,and dysentery, no mat
ter how
'liii<e!„ hfcVfc r.“. or v i°le:;t, it controls with the utmost
'■'hoii' mi’ so "thuig.th e mucous lining of the intestinal
eurr " U a y in g all irritation and, brings about a speedy
fiwlial, which is an excellent remedy
pain iuttiebreast, inflamed throat, See
tU* DrugSU-reof IlxHTir & Hall.
(No. 147.)
AN "ACT to establish a separate Port of Entry nt Sa
bine Pass, in the county of Jefferson, in the State of
Texas, and to provide for the appointment of a Col
lector therein.
Section 1. The Congress of the Confederate States
<if America do enact. That all tlint part of the collec
tion district for the District ot Texas included ill the
count v of Jefferson in the State of Texas, embracing
all the waters, islands, li:i\s, harbors, inlets, shores and
the same, shall be a collection district, to be
called the District of Sabine Pass, and Sabine Pass
shall be the port of entry for said district.
See. 2. A collector for the said district of Sabine
Pass shall be appointed by the President, with the ad
vice and consent of Congress, who shall reside at Sa
bine Pass, and hold 11is office for the terms and the
time prescribed by law foi thelikc office in other dis
tricts, and V. ho shall be entitled to a salnry not exceed
ing seventeen hundred and fitly dollars per annum, in
cluding in that sum the fees allowed by law; and the
amount nc shall coiled in any one year for fee.-, ex
ceeding the said sum of seventeen hundred and fifty
dollars, shall be accounted for and paid into the treas
ury of the Confederate States of America.
See. 6. That all laws and parts of laws now in force
contravening the provisions of this act, be and the
same are her-.-bv repealed, and that this act take effect
from and after its passage.
Approved May 21,1861.
[No. 222.J
An Act Amendatory of ‘‘An Act to Prescribe the
rates of Postage in’the Confederate States of Ameri
ca,” Approved February twenty-third, eighteen hun
dred nud sixty-one.
The Congress of the Confederate States of America
do enact, That all mailable matter addressed to officers
of the several States Government, for the payment of
the postage on which the said Governments are re
sponsible, in the adjustments of the accounts of the
parties mailing the same, may be transmitted through
the mails without the prepayment of postage thereon:
Provided, That the person untiling the same shall en
dorse thereon Ins official title and the nature of the mat
ter mailed; and the postage thereon shall be collected of
the said Governments at the office of delivety.
ideal
The foregoing act, presented to the President on the
16th of August, 1861, was not approved by him, nor
returned to the congress within ten days (Sundays ex
cepted) after being presented to him: it, therefore,
became a law on the 29th August, 1861.
J. P. BENJAMIN,
Attorney Genera’.
[No. 258.J
AN ACT to audit the accounts of the respective States
against the Confederacy.
Section 1. The Congress of the Confederate State-
of America do enact, That it shall be the duty of such
Auditor or Auditors of the Treasury Departmeit, ar
may be designed by the Secretary of the treasury, and
to that endtlie said’Secretary be authorized to appoint
as many extra clerks tor the time, as ho may deem
necessary, at the rate of salary now allowed for clerks
ofthe Treasury Department to aud.t the accounts
and claims of the respective States cl the Confedera
cy against the Confederate Government for the ad
vances and expenditures made by the^said States res
pectively for the use and benefit ofthe Confederacy in
preparation for or in conducting the war now existing
against the United States, and all claims for advances
again
or expenditures of any kind made by any State prior
to the passage of its Ordinance of Secession, shall be
shown to have been made in contemplation of the Act
of Secession afterwards consummated, and of the war
that might probably ensue, or in the seizure or acqui
sition of forts, arsenals, navy yards, armaments, mu
nitions and other useful instrumentalities of war, or in
the purchase or manufacture of arms or munitions
which have since beeu transferred to the Confederacy,
or in some regular mode been brought into the service
for the prosecution of the war aforesaid, before such
claims shall be audited and the amount ascertained.
See. 2. And in auditing the claims of the States of Vir
ginia, North Carolina and Tennessee, reference shall
be had to the special compacts and engagements had
with those States respectively by the Confederate Gov
ernment in view of their proposed adhesion to the Pro
visional Constitution, or of the support of their arma
ments and the prosecution ofthe war afterwards, and
all claims coming fairly within the purview of such
compacts,being properly verified by xouclies, shall,
in favor of said States, be audited and ascertained.
Sec. 3. That proof shall be made in all casts by
proper vouchers to the satisfaction of the Auditor that
the amount claimed was actually advanced or expen
ded, that the expenditure was proper, and no greater
amount for pay and services shall be audited than is
by the regulations of the Confederate Government for
pay and services m the like cases, and the Auditor shall
make a special report of his action under this law to the
Congress nt its next session.
Sec. 4. The Secretary of the Treasury shall cause
notice to he for warded to the exei utive of each of the
States of this Confederacy, immediately after the pas
sage of this Act, calling on such executive to forward
the claims which may be held by his State, subject to
be audited under the provisions of this Act.
Approved, August 30. 1861.
Sec. 4. The President of the Confed
erate States shall he inaugurated on the
twenty-second day of Febuary, eighteen
hundred and sixty-twr.
Sec. 5. Be if further enacted, That in
case the State of Virginia shall adopt and
ratify the Constitution for the permanent
government of the Confederate States of
America before the elections in this act
provided for, she shall be entitled to elect
sixteen members to the House of Repre
sentatives; and the State of North Caro
lina, in like case, ten members; the State
of Tennessee, in like case, eleven; and the
State of Arkansas, in like case, four mem
bers; the same being upon the basis of one
member for every ninety thousand repre
sentative population, and one additional
member for a fraction over one-half of the
ratio aforesaid, in each of said states, un
der the census of the United States taken
in eighteen hundred and sixty, and being
the same basis of representation fixed for
the seven original states in said Constitu
tion for permanent government.
Sec. 6. Be if further enacted, That the
same rules and principles shall be observed
as to the number of Presidential Electors
in the states aforesaid as in the other
seven original States.
Approved May 21, ISC1. 21
[From the Morning News.
TUE SOLDIER’S I’RAYER.
The bright stars twinkle iu the sky;
The soldiers slumber on the ground,
And, save the sentinel’s heavy tread,
There’s one sweet sound.
AN
[No. 259.]
ACT to establish certain pert routes therein na
med.
Section 1. The Congress of the Confederate States
of America do enact, That there be established the fol
lowing post routes, viz: From Loving Creek Post
Office, to Wade’s Post Office, in Bedford County,
Virginia. Also from Charleston, in the County of
Tallehatchie, to Friar’s Point in the County of Coaha
mu, Mississippi. Also from Culloden to Barnesville,
n the state of Georgia. Also, that a route be establish-
lisheil from Calhoun, on the Alabama and Florida
Railroad, ill the County of Lowndes, in the State of
Alabama, to Benton, in said County, through Mount
Willing, and Gordonsville Also, a Post Route from
Clarkesville, in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, to
Brownsville, in the State of North Carolina. From
Mullens to Lime Kiln, via Campbell Home in Alabama
Also, from Morgantown, in Burke County, North
Carolina, to Johnson's Depot Tennessee. Also, u Post
Route from Louisville, iii the County of Winston, to
Yalden, iu the County of Carrol, iu the State of Mis
sissippi. Aiso, from Wilmington, North Carolina, to
Wauesbom’ via Wilmington, Charlotte and Iiuther
ford Railroad. Also, from Jefferson, Ashe County,
North Carolina, to Marion, Sniytli County, Virginia.
Also, from Clarksville to Spadra Bluff, in Johnson
Count}', Arkansas.
Approved August 30,1861.
[No. 260.]
AN ACT authorizing the President to inflict retaliation
upon the persons of Prisoners.
Wl lerean, The Government of the United States has
placed in irons and lodged in dungeons, citizens of tiie
Confederate States acting under tlie authority ofLet-
ters of Marque, issued in accordance with the laws of
the Confederate States, by the President thereof, and
have otherwise maltreated the same, and have seized
and confined sundry other citizens of the said Confed
erate States, m violation of all principles of humane
and civilized warfare: Therefore—
Be it enaeted bv the Congress of the Confudernte
Stat*H»of America, That the President be, and lie is
hereby, authorized to select such prisoners taken from
tin* United States, and in such numbers ns he may deem
expedient, upon the perrons of whom lie may inflict
such reinitiation, in such manner and kind, as may
seem to him just and proper.
Approved August 30, 1861.
[No. 261.]
AN ACT to provide for the defence of the Mississippi
river.
Section 1. The Congress of the Confederate States
of America do enact, That the President be, and he is
hereby, authorized to cause such floating defences, us
he may deem best adapted to the protection ofthe Mis
sissippi River, against a descent of iron plated steam
gun-boats, to be constructed or prepared with the least
possible delay.
Approved August 30, 1861.
[No. 262.]
AN ACT to amend An Act entitled "‘An Act to estab
lish a patent office and to provide for the granting
and issue of patents for new and useful discoveries,
inventions, improvements and designs,” approv
ed May 21, {1861.
Section 1. The Congress of the Confederate States
of America do enact. That the Commissioner of .Pa
tents, with the approval of the Attorney General, shall
have power to appoint, in addition to the examiners of
patents, provided by the second section of the above
recited Act, such assistant examiners, at a salary of fif
teen hundred dollars per annum, as may be required to
transact the current business of the Patent Ofiice with
dispatch.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted,That the Commis
sioner, with like approval, may appoint a messenger
for said office, at a salary of three hundred and sixty
dollars per annum.
Sec, 3. And be it furtlier enacted, that the Commis
sioner be, and he is hereby, authorized to require np-
{ dicants for patents, and all other persons with whom
le is obliged to correspond, or to whom drawings and
other papers have to be returned for alteration or cor
rection, to deposit a sufficient sum of money to pay the
postage : Provided, That in no single case shall the de
posit so required exceed two dollars.
Approved August 30,1861.
Deep through the silence of the night.
A voice is heard in earnest prayer, •
“Oh, Father! guard my loved at home,
Watch o’er them there.
Watch o’er the aged forms that lie
In peaceful slumber side by side—
Uphold them witu Thine ow n strong arms,
Whate’er betide.
And if it be Thy will, O God,
My form shall mingle with the dust,
1 bow, but ask that Thou wilt be
Their stay aud trust.
Teach them that oft in waning years,
Affiietion’s tide doth darkly roll.
To cleanse the heart of earthly cares,
And purge the soul.
Arid close beneath Thy sheltering wings,
Almighty Father keep niv boy,
The blessing of my youthful years,
My light, my joy.
And the sweet rose, upon whose breast
Our little bud in beauty lies;
Oh! Holy Father! guard her rest,
Watch her o’er from the skies.
Oh! soothe her anxious, troubled heart—
It turns to Thee in sorrow’s hour;
Aud gently hover’s rouud the home
Where blooms my flower.
And now, I plead for this dear land—
"Home of true hearts and brave”—
Which, like some ship all tempest toss’d,
Floats on the troubled wave.
Oh, may Thy faithful spirit brood,
Like a soft dove, with healing wings,
O’er this tone bark on sorrow’s sea,
Thou King of kings.
And when the waves are dashing high,
When all around rs wild and dark,
Oh may thy saving arms enfold,
Oar gallant bark.
Guide her across the stormy sea—
Board tier ill danger’s hour*
Be Thou her everlasting shield,
Her “fortress and high-tower.”
Al.lENROli.
October, lc61.
No. 148.
AN ACT
To put in operation tlic government under
the Permanent Constitution of the Con
federate States of America.
Section 1. Tbe Congress of the Confed
erate States of America do enact, Tliat
an election shall be held in tbe several
States of this Confederacy, on tbe first
Wednesday in November, eighteen hun
dred and sixty-one, for members of tbe
House of Representatives in tbe Congress
of tbe Confederate States under the per
manent constitution, which election shall
be conducted in all respects according to
said Constitution and tbe laws of tbe sev
eral States in force for that purpose; and
in States which may not have provided
by law for such election, according to the
laws heretofore existing in such States for
tbe election of members of tbe House of
Representatives in tbe Congress of tbe
United States. And on tbe same day tbe
several States shall elect or appoint Elec
tors for President and Vice President of
tbe Confederate States of America, accor
ding to said Constitution, and in tbe man
ner prescribed by the laws of tbe several
States made for that purpose; and in States
where no such latvs may exist, according
to tbe larvs heretofore in force in such
States for tbe election or appointment of
Electors for President and Vice President
of tbe United States.
Correspondence of the Daily Morning News.
Camp Georgia, )
Roanoke Island, N. C. [■
October 7th, 1861. )
jDear Major: Tbe Third Georgia has at
last had an opportunity to show to tbe
world that we were not mere holiday
soldiers, but were as willing to fight, and
could do as much of it as any other regi
ment in tbe service. If any one had any
doubt before, all will be dispelled when
it is known what amount of hardships we
have gone through iii tbe last rveek, and
the manner in which tbe men conducted
themselves.
On Sunday, tbe 29th ult., a citizen of
this Island started to Hatteras to try and
get some negroes who bad run off. After
getting some distance down Pamlico Sound
lie saw a U. S. gunboat, which be thought
to be aground. He immediately returned
to tbe Island and reported the fact to Col.
Wright, who instantly ordered out three
companies of the regiment, and with three
gunboats proceeded to pay his respects to
tbe Yankee craft, which proved to be the
Fan’,y After several salutes on each side
with round shot and shell, Fanny began
to grow a little timid, and seemed anxious
to retire, but our boys wished to press tbe
suit further. The Funny then raised her
white hadkerebief. That being small, our
boys did not see it. She then raised
something white that was larger. As she
has a feminine name I will not guess at
what it was. YVhatever it xvas it imme
diately attracted our boys’ attention, and
every thing quieted dotvn. Tbe Fanny
and her cargo are said to be worth between
one hundred and fifty and two hundred
thousand dollars. It consisted of sup
plies for the 20th Indiana Regiment. YVe
also obtained about fifty muskets, two
rifled cannon, and 42 prisoners.
We learned from the prisoners that the
balance of tbe regiment had landed on
Chickamacomico, a narrow slip of land on
which Hatteras is situated, and about fifty
miles from Hatteras. YVe would have at
tacked them immediately but our fleet was
scarce of wood. Tbe regiment bad to cut
wood for five steamers. Before we could
leave there a strong wind came up, so that
Yve did not get off until Thursday night
about midnight. We carried about twelve
hundred men, a portion of tbe Sth North
Carolina Regiment, under Col, Shaw,
going with us.
Early Friday morning we cast anchor
six miles from land, that being as near as
our gunboats could go, the Sound being
very shallow. Three or four shell w ere
thrown tow ards the land, but no answer
was returned. The Brown Rifles, Y’oung
Guards, Governors’s Guards and Siurges’
Artillery of two 12 pound howitzers, were
Sec. 2. The Electors for President and
Vice President shall meet in their respec- ! ordered to proceed on board the Cotton
tive States on the first Wednesday in Planter, under the command of Maj. A.
December, eighteen hundred and sixty- j H. Lee, in all not more than two hundred
one, aud proceed to vote for President and j men, and act as an advance guard. We
Y’ice President, and make out lists, certi
fy the same to the President of the Sen
ate; all as directed by the said Constitu
tion in tliat behalf.
Sec. 3. The members of the House of
Representatives so elected, and the Sen
ators who may he elected by the several
States according to the provisions of said
Constitution, shall assemble at the seat of
government of the Confederate States, on
the eighteenth day of Eebuary, eighteen
hundred and sixty-two; and the said mem
bers of the House of Representatives
shall proceed to organize by the election
of a Speaker, and the Senators by the
election of a President of the Senate for
the time being; and the President of the
Senate shall, on the nineteenth day of
Febuary, eighteen hundred and sixty- two
open all the certificates; and the votes for
President and Vice President shall then
be counted, as directed by said Constitu
tion,
proceeded to within a mile of the land
under cover of our gunboats.
The first intimation w e had of the pres
ence of an enemy was the reflection of the
sun front the muskets of the sentinels Yvho
Yvere walking their line. Soon Yve could
see the men running. Our boat was stop
ped about a mile from shore, aud a shell
thrown from one of the how itzers. Then
there was running. I ne\’er sayv a flock of
sheep appear so much frightened and scat
ter in such confusion. Just imagine to
yourself eight hundred men scattered in
w ild confusion, running in every direction,
seeming to have no object in view.—
They Yvould run fora while in one direc
tion, then turn and run in an opposite one.
One of the howitzers was placed on a
barge, and the men ordered to jump into
the water and go ashore under cover of
the gun—our muskets, unloaded, while
cartouche boxes, were placed on the barge.
iHMiiaHutMtitai
Y ankees left at camp were tw'o sick ones,
Yvho came down to the beach and waved a
w’liite flag. The water where we com
menced wading yvos four feet deep, and it
was a mile from the bank. We were wet
and tired when we reached shore, and had
those eight hundred men met us as ex
pected, it would have been had work for
our two hundred men to have obtained a
foothold on the island. But no resistance
was made, and Yve landed without any in
convenience, except getting completely
soaked. A skirmishing party Yvas imme
diately sent ahead—the balance left be
hind to bring the howitzer. The other
companies of the regiment soon landed
with the other howitzer. More scouts
were then sent out, and, as we had not
horses to draw the cannon, the men had to
pull them, which they did with a will, the
wheels being three or four inches deep in
sand all the time. It was, I confess, the
hardest work I ever did. The cannon
were carried sevetecn miles without stop
ping. The skirmershers were some dis
tance in advance, and were picking up
straggling Yankees all along the route.
Col. W right at one time got in advance of
the skirmishers, and came up with eleven
Y ankees, and ordered them to surrender.
They commenced tiring on the Colonel,
and killed his horse. The Colonel says he
thought the ball had gone through him as
the horse fell, but lie was not injured.
The Colonel caught one of the Yankees
by the collar, and told the others that he
Yvould kill their friend if they fired on him
again. Four of the number surrendered,
one a Seargeant Major.
Col. YVright, with the scouts, went to
within half a mile of Hatteras light, and
there learned, by accident, that large rein
forcements were being landed at the light
house, and that a steamer was coming up
to shell us out. It Yvas amusing the man
ner in which Col, Wright out-generalled
them* YV hen near the light, a man came
up in a little sail boat, and mistook Col.
YVright for the Yankee Colonel, and said
to our Colonel, that “nearly all the men
had passed, and that only obout two
hundred were behind, and*that there were
fifteen hundred men coming up with a
steamer, and they would give the Southern
rascals as much as they wanted.” Col.
YV. said to him “Y ou go back and tell them
to stop at the Lighthouse and Yvait for me.”
Col. YY'. then sent a messenger to those in
the rear to return to the Yankee camp,
(which had been left up to that time as
found.) Our men picked up articles of all
kinds along the route—moie love letters
and ambrotypes of young ladies than 1
had any idea could he found in one regi
ment. Their, guns cartouche boxes, knap
sacks, haversacks, canteens, and clothes of
all kinds Yvere found strewn along the
route. We had proceeded only about a
mile on our way towards the Yankee camp
when a large Yankee steamer hove in
sight, some say the Harriet Lane, others
the Quaker City, (the slip of land which
we were on was in no place more than half
a mile wide, and Yve were seventeen miles
from the Yankee camp.) At any rate she
was a large steamer, hut seemed to have
only t>vo guns—at least she fired only two
at us. She came on us as fast as she could,
and was soon within half a mile of the
beach, on the Atlantic side. Our boats
could come no nearer than six miles on the
sound side, so they could be of no assis
tance to us. YY'e had just, reached a clus
ter of live oaks when the first shell hursted
over our heads. All seemed startled at
first, but I do not think that there Yvas a
single man yvIio Yvas frightened or who lost
his presence of mind. All were cool and
calm. Just beyond the cluster of live
oaks was a bald beach, Yvith not one thing
to shelter them from the fire of the enemy.
’I he whole regiment passed over that
beach, the Yankees firing shell at them as
fast as they could. I passed over the
beach, and could distinctly see the gunners
loading their cannon and the deck covered
Yvith men. Most of our men contined up
the beach to the Yankee camp; others did
not go so far. There was another cluster
of live oaks on the other side of the bald
beach. I think over a hundred shell Yvere
fired into it. Several burst within ten feet
of the men, but, strange to say, not a man
was wounded by the four hundred and
forty-one shell fired. No one was injured
in the slightest degree. It was certainly a
miracle. No doubt can he entertained
now but that Providence is on our side.
It Yvas amusing to see Col. Wright pas
sing up the beach. He was riding a little
mare, with her colt following behind. As
the gun would fire the Colonel Yvould tell
us to lie down; but lie Yvould ride along
fearlessly, as if nothing unusual Yvas going
on. YY 7 hen a shell yvouIu pass near him, he
Yvould exclaim, “that fellow is a good
shot,” and Yvas all the time, throughout
the Yvhole expedition, as cool and collected
as if he had been drilling us in Portsmouth.
Only fifty ot the North Carolina soldiers
participated in the engagement; they be
haved gallantly. Those under Col. Shaw
were ordered to land at the Light House
and cut of the retreat, but failed to effect
a landing, there being a sand bank which
the gunboat could not pass oY'er, and the
water being too deep for fording on the
other side They did tiie best they could,
having plunged into the water and Yvaded
until it Yvas up to their chins, and they
were compelled to give it up. The Yankees
seeing them plunge into the water, threw
away their guns, thinking all Yvas up with
them. Had the landing been made, nearly
the Yvhole regiment Yvould have been taken
prisoners; as it Yvas, Yve only took thirty-
one, which, with those taken on the Fan
ny, leave to night for Norfolk.
Jn the Yankee camp Yvere found tents
and provisions for eight hundred men for
ten days, together with a large quantity of
ammunition.
Although it was an expedition of a most
daring nature, and the men suffered all the
pangs of hunger and thirst, many without
shoes, sleeping on the ground Yvith no co\'-
ering, and either draYving a cannon or
double-quicking through the sand twenty
miles, many rich scenes took place, and
the men always had something to laugh at.
While the shelling operation Yvas going on,
one man Yvas heard trying to pray. Ail he
could think of Yvas “Lord make us thank
ful for what Yve are about to receive.”—
One man Yvalked up in full view of the
steamer, fired his musket, Yvaved his flag,
and danced a jig. Two shells and one
charge of grape were fired at him, but
Yvitbout effect. YY’e have lost one man,
and I fear that another is dead also. One
of the CoY-ernor’s Guards, from Fort Val
ley, died from fatigue; his body left for
Georgia to-day. The other is one of the
Athens Guards. When Yve left the Island
he Yvas reported to be at a citizen’s house,
not dead, as had been previously reported.
A sail boat Yvas sent for him, which came
up this afternoon and reported that he
could not be found; his illness was from
fatigue.
Many of our men are now without shoes
or blankets; this afternoon we had a dress
parade, and 1 think there were over a
hundred out without shoes. We want
iMNH
to pass safely through the coming winter.
YY’ill our friends in Georgia let us suffer?
I know they Yvill not, Yvhen they know
our condition. I say, then, that y\c need
these things. Men .are suffering for the
want of them. I saw young men at
Chickomacomico whose feet were bleeding
from wounds inflicted by the shells, they
having no shoes, but no murmur escaped
their lips. They would say, “Uncle Jeff,
has no more money than lie needs; l can
stand it if any one can,” and off they
would go, leaving a red spot Yvherever
their feet were placed on the ground.—
YY’e have made no preparations for winter
quarters, and do not know when yvc shall.
YYe have commenced notv, and I do not
think Yve Yvill stop until Hatteras is ours.
Y’ours truly, Hancock,
“Brown Rifles.”
The wants of our Soldiers.
Dr. Warren Stone, the eminent NeYv
Orleans Physician, Yvrites as follows to the
Dei to:
“For the last seven Yveeks I have been
with the Army of the Potomac, in atten
dance upon the sick and wounded, and en
deavoring to ascertain the Yvants ofthe army
and the best means of supplying them
The people at home, by acting in concert,
and concentrating their means in depots
for transportation, can do very much in
supplying the wants of the at my in diet,
and thereby rendering it healthy and effi
cient. Two articles of diet, Yvhich can be
furnished in great abundance, would con
tribute more than anything else to the
health and comfort of our soldiers—first
corn meal and beans or coyv peas, which
are in great abundance in all the Southern
Confederacy, but at present are not avail
able, because they have not heretofore
been gathered much for the market.—
These articles arc Yvholesome, nutricious,
and palatable, and can be cooked any Yvhere
and by any one. YVlieat flour cannot be
yvcII cooked iu camp, and ought not be
sent there, except in moderate quantities
until it is cooked in the form of hard bread.
The constant cry of the soldier is for corn
meal; the little they are able to get. they
say is pounded too fine, hut that might he
easily obviated. I have been told by
those who have more experience than J
have, that portable corn mills might be
readily supplied, so as to furnish a supply
of meal fresh, and in form desired. The
proper authorities should look to it at once.
The coyv pea, as it is commonly termed,
can be produced in any quantity that may
he required, and its Yvholesome and palata
ble qualities are too well known to re
quire any mention on my part. Let every
planter in the Confederacy send a few
barrels, and send them to some suitable
point for transpotation, and the army will
he supplied. There are other articles that
would contribute to health and comfort,
such as pepper, pickles, mustard, etc. I
was told Ly Judge Davis, of Florida, that
arrow root could he procured in great
quantities in Florida, if some agent was
sent there to stir up the people to gather
and prepare it. In October and Novem
ber they turn their hogs upon the roots,
instead of gathering them for market.
These suggestions 1 have mentioned to
some of the authorities, and it may he
that some action will be taken to concen
trate our resources, but in the mean time,
the local authorities can start the people
in the right direction, No time should he
lost. Our country supplies almost every
luxury and every necessary, if its re
sources can he concentrated, and it is a
shame that or brave soldiers should want
for anything that a little energy and fore
thought, on the part of those whose soil
and firesides they are defending, can sup
ply them.
WARREN STONE, M. D.
taWrilMtHiiiluktia
HDD
Be not wasteful.—Save the fragments, do
not Yvaste them. How much could be
gained, Yvere only every fragment saved !
Think kind reader profoundly upon this.
Y’ou may indeed imagine it a Y'ery trivial
matter to spend a few “leisure hours’
weekly as “recreation,” at some place of
pastime, expending a feYv surplus dimes,
to add to your festival fruition; but 1 kind
ly beseech you to halt. W’hat will all
this likely add to yom material benefit ?
Life is short; and Yvould you eY*er achieve
anything, whether in accumulating Yvealth
or storing your mind with useful knoYvledge
that you may ameliorate, the condition of
those who surround you, and build up and
fortify the reputation of your country
abroad, you must be sure to save the frag
ments. YY’hen properly considered, men
have no leisure hours. True, the relax
ation from certain business pursuit may to
the casual observer present such, but when
rightfully considered, in accordance Yvith
the social, moral and divine laws of our
nature, this merely opens an aperture
through which other developments can he
made, from other resources, such as reading
some interesting book, that a chance hith
erto has not permitted, or acquiring neYV
ideas some Yvay.
Y'oung men, especially the ornaments of
society, the bright, confiding hope of their
country, should always let something
useful pervade their minds, together Yvith
the cultivation of virturc, economy, indefat
igable perseverance to fully develop their
intelectual. moral and physical condition.
YVith a strict regard to this, must any will
gradually, but surely, rise to the brightest
acme of their susceptibility.
Save the fragments. And to young men
who are just entering the theatre of life,
may 1 he permitted kindly to enjoin this
necessity; you cannot well conceive what
you may accomplish thereby. Take for
instance Dr. Franklin and other illustrous
men, whose exemplary lives and brilliant
ly wrought achievements, so beautifully
embellish the pages of our country’s histo
ry, and Yvhose names will continue to pro
ject to remote posterity as the brightest
monuments of fame. What was charac
teristic of their rise and progress? To
what were they indebted for the high
position attained in life? simply frugality,
perseverance and saving the fragments!
Should ill luck befall you, your business
not yield you a sufficient remunerative
reward, daik clouds of misfortune thickly
gather over your heads Yvith heavy forebo
dings, stand firm and unyielding—let cox
combs and “wits” say Yvhat they may—
breast the torrent, defying, with a firm
reliance in God, and a greater victory will
await you if you only persevers, and in
the language of our subject, save the frag
ments.
himself. Two of the pieces of the projectile it
was found impossible to extract, so Dr. Stone was
sent for all the way to New Orleans, and the doc
tor conveyed him as privately as possible to the
Crescent City, where four physicians paid him
nocturnal visits, until, in much agony, the patriot
yielded up tbe ghost. One night a body was car
ried clandestinely out of the house and surrep
titiously buried. That was Beauregard. His
death was kept a profound secret as possible, and
the newspapers were not permitted to mention it:
but the circumstances leaked out. and has been a
matter of private talk in New Orleans ever since.
Tho Commercial writer says there is no kind of
doubt about it. We have obstinately made up our
minds, however, not to believe the report atpres-
SIGIYIFICAIYT.
Beunet’s Herald of Wednesday, has the follow
ing in its money article :
Everybody is aware tliat several expeditions of
a mixed characierare being fitted out lor opera
tions on the Sonthern coast, and it is generally
understood, that one of them nt least, is intended
to seize and re-open to the commerce of the world
a leading cotton port YVe recommend our mer
cantile readers to keep a Tery close watch on this
matter. The consequences of a very successful
landing of Union troops at Mobile, New Orleans,
Savannah or Pensacola, and the re opening of
such ports to the cotton trade, would be very im
portant, and might prove latal to operators who
allowed themselves to be taken by surprise by
events. The first step of the commanding gene
ral ot the Union forces, on occupy ing such a port
as we haY'e mentioned, would be to invite all loy
al citizens of the South to send their cotton thith
er for shipment. It is likely that the invitation
would he very largely accepted. There are, it is
well known, numbers of Union men throughout
the South who would gladly accept a safe oppor
tunity of returning to their allegiance. Half the
people of New Orleans are reported to be in this
frame of mind. And besides these, even the most
rebellious planters must he in terrible straits for
want of money. An offer of fifteen or twenty
cents a pound for cotton, which is now lying idle
on their plantations, Yvould try tlieir attachment
te the tebel cause somewhat sorely. There must
be large numbers of planters in tho Gulf States
ivbose families are suffering for the necessaries of
life, and yet who have hundreds of bales of cotton
ready for shipment, aud worth at present prices,
from $-4) to $100 a bale. It is pretty certain that
a sufficient number of these planters would avail
themselves of the re-opening of one of their ports
to create a perfect stampede in the cotton market,
and a very marked perturbation in foreign ex
change. Operators will do well to keep this pros
pect iu view.
—
have seen and
“Grinding Seed Corn'.”—We
heard of persons discouraging youths nnder 18
from going to school. It strikes us that this is the
vi ry worst policy, we can adopt; and we are glad
to hear of a rebuke administered to it a short time
since by President Davis. A youth from Missis
sippi had joined the army, contrary to the wishes
of his relations, who sought tho interposition of
the President to have him discharged from the
service. The President readily complied, and re
marked. that the using up of boys in the army
was like “grinding seed corn!” Wo have too
many youths in the army—not that they are not
brave—not that very many of them are not capa
ble of good service; but they are not physically
matured and are not fit for hardships of camp life.
Besides we have more than enough o\er 20 years
of age to fight our battles; aud those under that
age cannot better serve their country, than by
storing their minds with useful information. As
this war is progressing, they Yvill all be needed;
and then with well filled heads and well devoloped
physique they will be better able to render ef
fectual aid to the Republic —Richmond Whig.
Why the North jrroseeutes the War.—
The New Orleans Bee in an article on
the Yvar says..
It has been not unplausibly conjectured
that one of the principal reason Yvhy tho
North is so resolved upon the continned
vigorous prosecution of the war, is that
her people now know by experience the
inestimable value to them of the Southern
trade. If they knew this before they ef
fected to deny it, and sought, persistently
to disparage our Yvealth and resources.
Since the commencement of hostilities
they have gradually lost the entire com
merce of the South and they are well
aYvarethat if, for all future time, this vast
source of opulence is forfeited by them tha
mercantile marts of New England and the
Middle States will be hopeless ruined.
Nothing can possibly save them except
the recovery of that magnificent trade
which had enriched New York, Boston,
and Philadelphia, and created millionaires
and merchant princes in those cities. It
may be urged that the South can never
again be induced to maintain important
business relations with the North. Proba
bly this would be the case were the South
permitted quietly to accomplish the Yvork
of separation. Hence the people of the
North think their only chance of getting
back Southern trade—of making our coun
try once more tributary to their growth
and aggrandizement, is to conquer us, hold
us as subject provinces, and compel us to
resume the former channels of mercantile
communication. They freely acknowl
edge that the war injures them terribly,
but they argue that the sacrifice, im
mense as it is, will be more than compen
sated by the return of the Southern States
into the Union. Moreover, they affirm
that to give up the struggle Yvould entail
upon them irretrievable pecuniary disas
ters, and that they cannot lose more by
continuing it, especially as they hold that
it must prove in the end successfnl.
From the St. Louis Republican.
DEAl’REGARD A DEAD .HAN.
Beauregard has “pottered out.” He has “kicked
the bucket.”. He has shuffled off this mortal coil.
He has gone to that undiscovered country from
whose bourne no traveler returns. He is as dead
as a door nail. A correspondent of tne Cincin
nati Commercial, who has just returned from New
Orleans, writes half a column to prove it, and the
evidences are perfectly reliable—we don’t think.
From the statement of the correspondent of that
paper, Beauregard has been a dead man ever since
tbe 30th ef August, ultimo. He is, therefore, at
tbe present moment at supper with tbe worms—
not where he eats, but where ho is eaten. The
bursting of the shell which killed the General’s
taMMMDiHiMMiilMIHM
Prophesies from the New- York Herald,
October 30, I860.—The vaunt of Northern
coercion is but idle mockery, and no sane
statesman or soldier would dream of such
folly. In any case prevention is better
than cure; but in the event of these States
being severed no lmman power can ever
reunite them. The Yvise and patriotic pol
icy, therefore, for Northern men, is to
prevent the catastrophe, not by fire and
SYvord, but at the ballot box, by overthow-
ing there the revolutionary Republican
party, which is the sole cause of the pres
ent alarming attitude of the South, anl
will be the cause of disunion, if the South
ern States should secede.
But even if there should be no secession
and if the inauguration of Lincoln should
be permitted in the event of his election,
fortlie next four years there would be a
most terrible conflict between the North
and the South, and the most extreme
excitement, for in that case the South
Yvould have to defend its social institutions
and material interests against the domi
nant party of the North, and the result
would he that the harmonious relations
betYveen the two sections would he com
pletely disturbed, their business inter
course would Le suspended, the payment
of the debts of tbe Southern merchants to
Northern houses Yvould also be suspended,
and the commercial and manufacturing in
terest Yvould be reduced to ruin.
So that in the event of the election of
Lincoln whether secession arises out of it
or not, there can be no doubt that it will
entail disaster and suffering Yipon the
North, such as the country has never wit
nessed before. To prevent it is still in the
power of the conservative elements of the
North, if they will only unite in one grand
effort, even in the eleventh hour.
Sulphur Question Solved,—Prof. John
Darby, of Auburn Alabama formerly of
tbis State and favorable known to many
readers as a naturalist and teacher of repu
tation, has succeeded in making sulphuric
acid from the sulpher of pyrites, which
can be founu in any quantities along the
West Point and Atlantia Railroad in a
letter to our friends, W. Stevenson & Co.
who have been in correspondence concern
ing this important question, Prof. Darby
writes:
“1 have completed my experiments and
haY'e been perfectly successful, and last
week made pure sulphuric acid from iron
pyrites and there is no difficulty in ma
king nitric acid.mnratic acid, bleachig pow
ders for paper makers, chloroform, sal
soda, &c.”
We congratulate the country on this re
sult and demonstration, and we congratu
late Prof. Darby on his successful con
nection with a great public benefit.
We hope he will soon be enable to
in operation nnder proper authority," a
Moratory for the supply of sulphuric acid. .