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BOIGHM, NISBET & BARNES) Publishers and Proprietors. h W. BOI'GIITO.V / .... jO*. II. NINBET. j td,,or, “ ifljc £on(imt Jftferal ehtton /, published. II eekJy, in -1hllvdgevillr., (iff. ('•truer of Hancock and Wilkinson Sts. (opposite Court House.) At $2 a year in Advance, V0LUME xxxii.j (Unless in Advance, $3 Pek Annum.) 9IILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, OCTOBERS. 1861. [NUMBER 22. bates of advertising. Per s'/uare of tmetre tines. One insertion $1 00, anil fifty cents for each subsequent continuance. J’hose sent without, the specification of thenumberol insertions will be published till forbid and charged accordingly. Business or Professional Cards, per year, where they donot exceed Six Links - £10 (It, d liberal contract trill be made with those who wish to Adrcrlise by the year, occupying a specif ctl space »"*■ AUTHORITY. LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS. Sales of Land and Negroes, by Administrators, Ex ecutors or Guaraians, are required by law to be held on the first Tuesday in the month; between the hours of Klin the torenoon and three in the afternoon, at tin- Courthouse iu the county in which the property is sit uated. Notice of these sales must be given in a public ga- ze ;t^ W days previous to the dav ofgale. ’ Notices fortlie sale ofpersonal property must be giv en in like manner 10 days previous to sale day. Notices to tiie debtors and creditors of an estate must ,]<o be published 10 days. Notice that application will be made to the Court ol Ordinary for ieave to sell Land or Negroes, must be published for two months. 7 Citations forU Heraof Administration Guardianship, ic., must be published 30 days—for dismission from Administration, monthly si., months—for dismission •rum Guardianship, -10 days. Itulesfor foreclosure of Mortgage must be published ninthly for four months—for establishing lost papers. (or the foil space of three months—for compelling titles fr.en Executors or administrators, where bond has been given by the deceased, the full space of three ui’intiis. Publications will alwnj-s be continued according to ;he<e. the legal requirements, unless otherwise ordered at tiie following RATES: Citations, on letters of administration, Ac. “ “ dismissory from Admr’n. “ “ “ Guardianship. I,cave to sell Land or Negroes Notice to debtors nnd creditors. Sales of personal property, ten days, 1 sqr. Sale of land or negroes by Executors, fee. pr sqr. 5 00 Estrays, two weeks I 5( Korainan advertising his wife (in advance,) 5 111' 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 71 4 5< 3 Of 4 00 3 00 i r»< GENERAL ADVERTISEMENTS. J, A. & W„ W. TURNER, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Eatontoin.Ga. October, 18,1859. 21 ly- 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. FT!HE NOUTflERN IHUM I I AIN MINI- 1 FACTUKING CO YIS*AN V,KAOLIN, S.C., 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 SLATING—SLATING. AY. E. ELLIOTT, PRACTICAL SLATER AID DEALER 1\ BEST SLATES, RECENTLY FROM RICHMOND, VA„ I S now ready to do any work in his line of busi ness—Slating, and warranted free from Leak age. 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. WOOD & CO., Macon,Ga. Americas, Albany, Cutlibert, Fort Gains,Griffin and 'yilpevill*. papers will please copy six months and K-niO.;;i A J. ... , 1 \V.4cCO. -""Wl. It 6 ms,) FOR SALE. S Tr ?B&!Oft TENT CLOTH, 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. .