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.;JeileiNson I.)ayis,- *
of \nssi.-.-irri. ’ . J
• FOR Vl< E PRESIDENT,
Alejc, 11, fetcpliens,
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, T S£r~ Tht* meeting!) of the Ladies’ S ildiers’ Aid Sooietv
of Thra Cosntji for tb distribution of work ams the
kMi of that “made op by tin- membem,.will btkheld ;n
the O id H m fa .TbomaeviUft, wrerj two Veekf on i
9 o’clock, A. M-, the Int meeting beiofc oii
Toeadaye September :tj, and regularly
thereafter.* .
Tlie meetings of the Executive• Committee, for
Hie cutting out of work. £•, will be held, weekly on
Thursday morning-, at 9 o’clock *r the house of Rev A
W. Clisby. _ . • ** . .
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riiQ Camp Meeting at Ilorse Creek, hf
tiie 1 1 th district* of Thomas, will ccynnftnce
. ay night before the* last Sabbath”;
# i Q # September, which will bu on the 2.5 th of.the
month- All interested* wiii .please take*”duc
..potice. # # WM. J. JACKSON, . *
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• • . * Preachec in Charge.
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As our piap’er !s.printed ofi on Tucsddy even
ing we could not announce the sifccess yl‘ the
‘ladies in their secotnl exhibition at the court
Ji6tf.se on Tuesday night, Uut’we*fe*l warranted
by their complete success ift their first effort-in
Relieving tffiat the pubKc will ;iwarU them the
patronage due tr> their zeal anl patriotism and*
the cause in-which they are*engaged. By
their fij.-t exhibition t"hey raised til4o, and we
trust a liberal public will enable them’ to add
many §uch sums to tike soldiers’ iuhd..
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4 ’**’ *H<Hrv’9 fjrx.titk'rn loficg.
• .This Convention, met at Allant A on Thurs
day Jast and aftcr # much discussion on the
repairing of .old guns, she manuftkctifring of’
new, Ac.,-agreed not to Vepair die o'ld guns, but
to manufacture hew guns. The State’ shop is
•therefore to begirv trt otice tlie forgjng ot'arms
for the State. * •
As tliQ Governor has .abandoned the idea.of
repairing old rifles, those who have deposite°d
guns with us tb he sent to the Governor are re :
quested to bring up uur receipts and receive
their guns. * . ..
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.riEETIM; to >o’l■\ Af 1” it i: i*jt i-;mi;y.
# * * TATIVES.
All the citizens of Thomas Ceunty who feel
interested in the matter *are requested to meet
at the Court Ilouse in Thomasville on Tuesday
next at 11 o’clock for the purpose of nomina
ting candidates to represent Thomas county in
the next Legislature.
N(imilK> rpvtOMt FKtIAI.E (4>L.
• LEGE.
. A circular from ’the President of this Col
lege says, >’the proceeds, beyond expenses, will
■be tendered to the Treasury Department of the
Confederate States. Let all sued patriotic
Institutions be liberally patronized. The TCof
lege is located at Covington, under the control
ot the (irand Lodge of” Georgia, John Harris,
D. G. M., President.
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*AVE TfHt K.tRK!
. 3lr.'Jonas Schiff informs ys tUa t ho is’ about
to open a tan yard yi the vicinity of Thomasville
in order to fttrnish for this market that irntis,
pensable article, leajlier, now so scarce by rea
son of .Lincoln's blockade. The farmers who
ilitend to clear oak la ml the coming winter will
how liave ah opportunity ty syHl their t>rk”, apd ’
at er requested therefore not* to* kal] the trees un
til spring, whoa that object may be effected* by
jn'HiKj, the bark'frOnv them. *lhis enterprise
of Mr. Schfff is one that is very nfUeh needed,
a<i leather will be much scarcer in it short time
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even than Tit present, and.jtv'e hope the farmers
will facilitate Ids operations jts far as they may
no by saving hark’for which he proposes ty pav
’vfry liberal prices. Dark sells hi other p’arts*
‘of the State for $4,00 per ford* delivered; and
Mr.- Soli iff proposes to pay the same ‘delivered
iu ‘ThomasvTlle, o on the Kail rop’d if
.the’quahtity be grout.
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* KIR|H,nE>J OF THE HIEITIA.
GoY. Brown has issued a jlroelymation re
quiring officer* throughout .the State,‘forth
, tvith to enrol frh? militia thereof .and livid theqi
in readiness-for service at a moment* wainin”
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The. threats'anti .preparations of tha enemy to
aitiack our ccvasjs, have prompted the. Governor l
•tef this course’and all men, halrle, are required
to dg service under penalty of the militia laws
•f the State. It*is the duty of the officers
therefore to proneed at cuiee to execute the com
mands ot th Governor that the military strength
.pf she State may be put ju condition for its de
tense. . Persons liable to enrolment are'all free,
white male citizens, as.well as aliens, under ‘
forty-five yeaWof .age ud'hot physically dis
qualified for fervi(;e. • .. • V;
llaviqg made this .statement we h£ve a que's
tion to .put to tU “young mftn throughout the
country. Will you wait to be /omwMnto ser
vice by the n,dim lasts when lliert-* are* 1 •Jun
>c’r o Companies aroiyM you -wanting,recruits
, *o enable them to offer their services ibr the
* defeils* of the. State ?* .When Georgia net;d°s
defenders must she force hy oicn * sons ? ‘We
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cannoi think so. W e should* be ashamed* to
sed any Georgian forced to defend his Stafe.
bet\those.wh< cany op leave home belong to .the
Militia.; but let it never be sail} that ‘Georgia I
stood in need of* volunteers . for htr defense.
while uyOWjf man Wlfttu of her*.-ons.
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Our readers hate heard that there* arg rae
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than lpO papers in the North, and that
very many influential mgh in .that section are
advocates of Moreover, it i* currrenjt
that a -‘great‘movement’.’ ft forward
in*thc North, having for its festora
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tion uf’peaca, This Inovement consists of di
vers public meetings in cities, towns,‘and villa
ges by a-portibu of.the J)emoeratic pa'rfy efjhe
North. Vho defe%ted*by the Lincoln par- *
ty in *he of liincoln, bt were the
nrst to take wp prms against tie (il* we
credit the Republican organs) when secession
,* bccamt? inevitifbl®*. These “conservaGve” peo
ple have fomvd out that war is ‘’miaous’” to the
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Northland now “willing tthinovft lfca-.’
xen and earth, (if We irtay credit them) to pdtan
end to it.. Dut how do they propose to ‘stop
‘this'great curse which is # gnawing*at their vi
• tals, abd roll back the 4ids of> blood ? Is i? by
acknowledging the Imfejiendewce of the
awl. treating With us as a separate Utktion ? .No,
indeed; such an. idea kas not jet entered into
their. liids. The most liberal men in tly<?
North; those who are’regnrtied as the best friends
•of the South, not tine of tlleni has yet thoitfjlfl
tven, of. acknirtvledging us as a’separate, Sbvtr-.-
eign and iadependent nation. *. .
IVhat then is the lmsis of the'yieace proposi
tions they have to offer the South ? ft is this : i
“Reconotruction of 4he’Union.”. We liav-e. ex
aiuiaed tfic “peaike resolutiniis” adopted.’ by 1
thifir peace mcotjngs and conventions, listened
“to theit peace arguments, and r§ad attentively
flits fulmiiuktiotis of tjieir ’pe'ace organs* against
Ltncftln am) his government, and they all end ■
# iji the samotune, that of “rcconsh-itdio>n>f jlic
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, Un-ion.” They look not, or ultiniately, to'a
temporary or final sepa’ration of the North and
South ; but gre proposing ‘terms of peacp only
,witii a hope o cf reconstroicCing the Union. —
Let pot otirpeopje blierefare, be deceived, with
the cry Os. peace iu the Njjrth. are
blind and cannot, yet see, what* the Solitli de
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rtmilds as her conditions of p<?ace, .and in o tßcif
• blindness they oannpt see that tho * Qoutli and
■not the No/th, ?s to dictate terms of peace. —-
•When therefore, they fin 4 that the South will
accept no terms .but those which, pjacc
her upon an equal footing with the other civil
ized nations of the tsirth,<the good offices these
Northern • Democrats, these friends of the
South would d© us, will* fee changed -to bad
u ones, their conservatism to fiendishyess and bit *
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ter hatred, while a universal cry will reverberate
through the dark dungeoas of the Northern
pandetnonium, war! war! war! for the
L iiion,” :yid death to the traitors. We repeat
then, let not our people be decieved by the cry
of peace in the North. Before we can “hate*
paace with them, we have got toslaughter them*
by the wholesale, Democrats tis well as repub
licans, prostrate tlieV government, rtfin their
prestige and completely exhaust their war re*
sources. .
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MBEBTV OF TIIF, I* R F MM. _ *
Whaf a contrast between tlu’ two l'residQnt s
now actiug upon th°c theatre of the world. One,
while avowedly defending the Constitution of <
the late United States, violates and tramples*
its dearest liberties under his ’feet, while the
other, even in the midst of difficulties and dan
gers, sufficient to appal *and *bewilder sterner
’and steadier statesmanship, scrupulously de
voted to liberty, forgives, with the lialtar
a pound their necks, the very* men who had de
ne unced him as a demagogue, tyrant and trtiit
or. Lincoln caujiot tolerate a press opposed
to his administration, and issues orders, in vio
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latioa of the Constitution ’he defends, for it©
suppression. President Davis rebukes the au
thority that would abridge tfie liberties of the
press tljrugU<inxiety for liis.own ’success and*
that of the country lig defends. ll® refuses
to suppress a newspaper, though its editor had
shown himself a trakyr anti sought to over
throw bis authority. Ifc conquered by m fid
measures, and his aoeduct ha>rai§ed him high
er, not only with Ins warmest supporters, but
alsd in the t-’yes of lminy \fho were recently his
enemies They tegin wow do feel that consti
tutional liberty is safe-in h*is hands.• That his
government is n°o despotism, as charged by the 1
• North, but the oUlv remaining s f cHool of Ame
rican liberty, whither has been transferred Tyr
safe keeping all the # fre*e institirtnjns establish
ed by the patriots of the Rqvolutioh. * _
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So ‘numerous has been Lincoln’s attests
among thb. mutiftsers of*hi fcite demoralized -
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aj ftiy tha’t. his bftrra’cks, forts and nnsorjs are
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run over* and he is nqw exiling hi; late sob
fliets. gs the “ Grand \\rmf’ and shipping. l
tlrem prisoners to ‘Tortugas Island, mng thej
Florida *f\ey,s. Pealiaps lie thinks they-will !
ilio in.that inhospitable cliyie and give him ne*
farther finable. We don’t believe “Old AJbe” ;
knows who ta tryst in these days. More than
half the employee* in the vicious departments
of his gwerngient have been.reported as’“reb
els” ig feClipg and segtiment.
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o.mAUiiir iPO.\ i:i|E* woni;\. ‘
..The Lfnoolnites hqve found somebody at last 1
they can whip* Having fled disgracefully from
•Manama’s, thyy intend tube revenged upon tha
wonttn. The telegraphic news mentions nu
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nieraus arrests upon suspicion arfiong whom are
the following ladias of Washingtoh : . * . i
Mrs. Grceithow, \f}d.ow of the former Li’
brariafi and Translator. •• . * .
Mrs.“Philips, wife of Philip Philips; ‘a* well.
LlK)wn.Counsellor at Law in Washington!. . * *’
Gw\nn,wife ot Senator Gwvnn, whose
trunk-had b.een searched -and traces •of the
Washington * fortifications found*. ’ Other wo
mea hail begm arrested whose names are not
given. * •’ 1 *• *
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# The fellow \phg “cracked a j*V’ ha.Psent it
to be repaired. .* ;
• Apse till r.itl „ > i>* OR linunrf
•Not lo*ng since, soon! one (not ikAv rbujeni
bered,) informed us tbcU business house .in
Suitaanah ha*d then on hand. 10,000 ’sacks *if ’
‘salt at J*he cost of *SO cents per sack, for which
the owners were re fusing S4 50. pc* sack. *lf
I they wqre refusing 8150, wc” presume they are .
watting for the price to advance to 85.Q0. At
50 cents this salt co*t 4&>,ootf, while at 85**}0,
it* will bring 850,00 Qor a net profit to the spec-,
ulators of.forty-five thousand dollar^, ’ out* of*
the Recemtiw,of the people. Are gph ;peo ]
our frienis*or* our enemies ? £alt which cost*
them 85,000, they sell to a panic strict-.
en°and impoverished * people at 850,000. —
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Do they mCan. to give, these enormous
‘profits to the support*of the war, fer the
■deftuse of the country, or do they mean to
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rufaj-d them up lortmor® prosperous‘-times that ,
they may’rtJl in luxury ? This is not th only
instance that can be .enumerated. irr the tmly
article for which the pockets of the needy” have
, been drained. , Coffee, bagging, shoes, woolen*
cloths, ami innumerable smaller..urtieles come
in for their chares of these filched fortunes, for
the netting up of Nabobs, # over the. prostration
and ruin of the ceuntry. The war, to them, is
blessing, Tor while they urge and succeed in I
sjioving their poorer neighbor off to the field (
of*battlg,7Aey s*kulk behind to gather *up the
.wreck uf.Jiis broken. fortune .a< h&lfprtcej—
Tell us tligt the .matt wlut \vould do tins* is a
patriot and ve Christian. We would as soon be
lidVe the. Devil a saint*and that f\e possessed all
the kingdoms* lie exhibited .from the* high
mountain. The Northern but “a sliort
, time *since express*!. groat horror upc# ths
discovery government agents and others
wc*e. amassing ‘ fortunes by speculating up
on supplies furnished for the jtrmy, but flow
much better are \re of the South ? ff fhose.
great profits were left in. the pockets of the
poof-pfopte, they wonjd’be better able to wea
ther the storm —better able to pay war tales'”
and better abfe to patrcTni7je theke sharpen? up
on *t he ret urn “of peaco and. prosperity.
M these evils are. abroad in tile land, as we*
belieVe, i*c implore the pftrpctj’ators for the
sa]te of igoralify, ©f conscience, of religion", na,
for tin? sa*ke of the poojr, and a needy country
trembling in the seal* to desist,.at’least for the*
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present, and until blood is no jernger mingled
’with the cries of distress their projits wring
from the people. . * *
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A°t a re-election lor officers of the Di.vie
Boys, hcl<it at the Court Ilopse ii\ Thomasville
on Saturday last the following officers were* el
ected :
• . COMMISSIONER. ° •••
. .Captain L. Bryan, * .
• ‘ First Lieutenant, E. J. Oliveros,
Second” “ Jplin McLtod,
. . Third “ J. 11. Stallings,
non-Tommissioned. •
First Sergeant, C. 0. Groover^
. Sepond “ D. A. Groover, .
Third * k Sidney Williams, •
Fourth” “ Itedin P. Sniith, . . •
Fifth “ Wm. 11. Culpepper,
. First Corporal, Alex* McDougald,
• Second “ J, S. Burton, *
Third “ .Jefttha Btana*land, •
• Fourth “ S. 11. Walker,
< Secretary, D. S. Bay.
°RKV. 11. W . NIIAItPK.
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° By rcferepce to his card, in.another place, it
will be seen that this gentlemfln has announce
ed himself as a candidate for Senator to.repro
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sent the counties of Tfion!as fc Brooks and Col
quitt in the next Legislature. Mr. Sharpe is.
one of our Dost Citizens,"well canal died for the .
posfy and we .have no doubt, will come fully up “
to the expectations of hisYriendst
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The ’ battle of ManaSsas is becoming
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Old, but let not our readers therefore neglfict to
peruse the valuable correspondency on our first
page from the Sayan nab Republican. If soiqc
“have alfeady seen it, it will bear reading agajni,
Th<? writer fias.done his* wdrk well, a.nd it is
rare that we .find owe. s'b well qualified fc*"the
post he iko\t fills. 11 is subjects <mcf language
are well chosen and he handled them with
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great gqp*d sensd. • °
“Anp m9n u lio shall he foynd capable of taking ad
vantage of tkt necessities of his country and speculating
on the ‘■miseries of his neighbors,* to gratify his sift'd>d
soul, is a detected jpretch.”—Montgomery tfM.*
1 •Is there antj man ,in this our country, in
these times of go*ieral distress, when evety iii
divisual is_ calleiF on.to make “a sacrifice for libt
erfy,,and when Vwnt°aiid peaury thifeatens to.
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penetrate home* of thousand* whohave jto
bly volunteered to lay down their lives.in de
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.fenSe.of that country —w ask *js thqrc an;/
,man left behind--left with kgs family ahA all
that is dear to ljitl>,.w;ht) is so unpatriotic, sfo
“wedded to gatn, so unlecling a Vrdtch that his
sordid soul will indulge itself in “Speeukitfng”
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. upon the necessities of his less fortunate neigh’
bors ? Lett evevy man ex’amime his. conduct
Muring this crisis ant] scan elostdy his business
transactions. Are tberc tyiy liaviilg,’ too great
interests at home to go'fo the war, or., past the
•agddimited by or otherwise disqualified,
staying at home gathering, grsisping*and'cluth
ing the i&recks of thefr ‘nmgbbors’ fortunes, as
•they are tqr-p broken* nad hurled hither Und
thither by tic blast? ,Are there ,any* who with
hold tlipir hour Ami gold from their country’s ser
vice atid yet. poftr it out like water for*the
grdatly depreciated ‘property of* a “neighbor*
• Cun there be men jvho p woufd .fake p tUese ad
vantages of the necessities of the people? If
so, then they deserve no 6 a hoquj and protec-•
tiorf in the country of the brave and the Tree—
they deserirj not to haw; theiy'ill gotten .gaips
defended*—they deserve not the protection of
tha brave soldier for their property and faun- 1
lies 3 and should be costpelled themsefves tt>
defend shat which they had dishonarably hord
ed under the shield of the injured, soldier.—
The man who can gro.w fat* upon * the*, miseries
“and wants of his neighbor, fs uot only noydiris
tian; “but he i il'o patriot. And if* he is no pa-
what iii lie? m u Jle that h .not for ns*is ,
against us “. ’ . . * .
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l after this head •Scnex,” in tin* R.uthcfn Con - !
fob racy, state? the fact tliat millions of dollars are
I snt Nohh by basks and capitalists at the Sout.h for
®t lie furpuse of buying’Tiie bonds .of ihe Confederate
State- . their present ilyprech.itell (jacket value. — I
This is equivalent to giving or loaning,money to tbc
enemies of tbe*Soqfn tt>. ajd (hem in proMtstinp
Ltbeir vv ot* subjugation. We look upon H.ak a vi
ol-it ion ot thedaw,*and thflse cuilty Os saefi transac
tion- as incapring the per Us ot* iieason.* Ret iJu;
District Attorneys cause an to Tie had;
and • tfenex .subpa-ned ±ts a witness to give pnrtic
. ulars.. If such laatty of* morals!, such gryss disli j
• ally be permitted to flourish in our an ids t, we might
. as well openly invite torie§ and spies to share our
hospitality, altd to profit all the forms which Van- ‘
. kfe shrewdness may sqggest. Such conduct as that ;
referred to by .“Senex* i-. not the. offspring of “a
SiutthertflfoaYt era patriot.—S nthim R -
j corder. * * • “. * *,
if “Benex” knoVs wlfat he *ays to ba (sue,
h£ is if he-does not expose the •par
r-os. ‘ We* do not talk tw 4 • daxit,/” tjf morals —
# the culprits it any) are traitor* ajid*should be
dealt with as the law direpts. Traifors shuu4d.
not be tolerated for one moment. J.et tliq au
•thoritles look into this mat’tei*.
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Dr. •M. S. Thomp'son, ciUtor of tha
Sawabnah Morning J\efps. recently paid a* brief
visit to ThomasvUlu, ahd we find in hig paper
i.the following cocipliment to the -ladies: *
‘• “In Thomas, as everywhere.else tht
State, \ve find the ldie in Uuj lead irt the gjeat.
movement of*the setting an example of patriot
fic devotion and zealous personal effort tor the sup,
! ."port of the Confederate cause worthy of .the liigliet ‘
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s-vtlle and vicinity gavq an exhibition in the Cowrt’
House, comprising j series of interesting Tabliauz
.which were.most tastefully and artistically executed
by the young ladies end ypung gentlemen of rhe*
village. The Hall was filled to it* ut ieost'capacity,
a?id the entertainment gave the liveliest satisfaction
to tfie audience. The entertainmeyl was gf\en for
the benefit of• 11 ie volunteer corps in the service from
Thoqtas county, and we were gratified to*learn tliaf
a handsome amount was realized.
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Received by the Aid Stociety, yi addition to
tfios* already published: 7 o
. Mrs. AT. Melntyje, $lO 00—-and yarn for socks.
* Jlrs. Sarah Young, 10 00. • •
Airs. JPoah l’arfeigorr,. 5 00—and varn for sofks.
Maj. .T. D. J-idwafds, . 500 ’ * *
Mr. T. J* Liglwfoot, 5 00
M*. T. C. Mitdiell, ’ 10 oft .* •
•Mrs. AMI. lfansell, tjire* hickory sffirtst ••
Vlr. George Mitchell. 100 yafds hickory stripes.
,• * ”• M.*lj. Ct.tsßV, Secfefkry.
. id Ihe Society especially tisks for donations of blan-
Jtets for the soldiers.
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Thomas Cooxty, September, 1S“1.
L.C. Bryan, Esq..- • . •
’ Dear Sim—AHow me through your paper t<4 an
swer varioua aplicatiens#tb jne, verbal and written,
“tp become a*candidate for the State Senate front the
district composed of the counties of Colquitt, Brooks
and Thomas at the approaching election on the first
Wednesday in next month. **. •
.Nonnnaiing Conventions were a machinery used
by the old political parties to originate candidates
for ollice. As there now exists no separate political
parties in the Southern Confederacy*, 1 ftsel at lifljcr
t f to i>llow the use #f my name ior tiie State
ft*ce from all parties and cliques, and’pledge myself*
only to my constituents of the above named ‘coun
ties if elected, to discharge my duty.as • Senator
faithfully tMid impartially to the best of my abili
ties. Yours truly, 11. W* SiiAitri:.
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• I |? COAST DEFENCES.
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The solicitude felt here respecting our coast de
fences is highly painful. Georgia with greater abil
ity perlips, B atid less sea.eoaat, excepting .Alabama
and Mississippi, is less projected than any other
State fit the Stßithern Confederacy. The defences
guarding approach to the City of Savannah may be*
suftfciput, but JLlrunswick, Darien, and other access
•iWe points on the coast—Jipw tire ttocy Exposed,
with not thr A guns nounteU to repel a*navalattack.
Nay, tlie companies recently n;ustered into service
there with Col. J’*rey W. Stylos at the head* of the
regiment formed by them, have not enough ammu
nition to uepel half their it timber of marauding” ab
olitionists. The enemy c mid easily land at Bruns
wick an army of ten thousand men without meeting
Vith as much resistance as a strtiyv would oppose to
the descendin<f waters of Tallulah; and the loss in
curred by,t.hcir depredations upon property of every
description would be intolerably grievous a? com
pared with the expenses of putting the State in a
•proper condition of defence. ° . ,
Now upon whom does ting blame rest? Not upon
the*Legislature, for that bo<V at its last sgssiotj,* vo-“
toil to appropriatejonc nullioy of dollar-; to arm and
c|£foid tiie State; and if the money Ifas.not been
•raised, it*is not the pqojd?'s %ult, fur with
hearts full ih patriotism, ams a unaivimdlis deteru?i
natiou to establish flieir independence of Northeril
tyrannj, stand by be maxim of Lowndes—millions*
for defence, not a cety fo?tribute. • .
The fa\ilt then must fie between *he Gonerttor, as
ouroommander-an-chicf, and the subordinate*oflicijrs
uifdtir his command. Facts indicate ii Aloes lie tkc.i'i'-
Wtbknow tlfat cannon have bcn*Jj’ingigt the wj;art
in Sabaifliah for months, and arc Jying there yet 1
waiting to bp shipped where’tiey ncigled. fieu'-
,eral loiwton,**i'e learn employed some “competent
mechanics in SavatmalvTo make riy; requisite gun
carriages, Ut Joseph EcqpomiAal Brojvn ci*nnteP
tnandedthe order, and ItaA tßiyn ma'de in the I’enij
by T mgn who never belore saw a %un-car
riage,°sitfdy becadse the*\Aork could be dove a p fcW
pennies choaper. TJie filings were made, |tiib are
now in Suvjinnah* where they y,ave been inspected
by military and risibly pronounced no better
than go-carfv'usedju* hauling dirA on
a ti"e of profound peaqp, it n*iglit do the public no
detriment for his Excellency to bfisj liimsblf
tHoeepeltf details of economy* which t*rj the strength”
’’oT little ir*inds ; such whether he shall have
” wine*:\t or have any levees at a]l; wheth
er lie shall fill the treasury from the <jornand cotton
fields, of .the people by exacting exhorbitant
freight.on the Stat® Road, or from their pocket® by
levying direct taxes ; nvjijther be sfiall be aWe to get
gun powde*’ and gun carriages ,a few cents cheapur
in Milledgevflle, or Swannah, and other; pavticu
lafs of*like dignity ; in times thal tfy mgn’s
j?ouls, tligt Sconomy is niggardly wiiich does ny>t t-nl
brace the ends of sfutesnyinship. Not his pa
triotism do we call in “cfilestion,, but his ability to
m*et this crisis as it ought to be met ; and if the
epemy sltould succeed,is he can succeed, in ravag
ing our “rice and cotton plantations, kidnapping; ne
‘gr'oes, and insulting defenceless women.and chil
,dyen, on our ’coa.st, • tin; Governor's reptuation,
wifi serve 4s a perpetual rebuke to that erryr,
which ther-people sometimes commit in striving to
make giant?; of pigmies by p efovatiftg them t’o high
“positioni. * * .
. “Pigmies*hough perched on Alps are pigmies still
Pyramid* are pyramids in vald.” * * •
Thomasville, Ga..*Bept. 2, 1861,. * .
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[COMMUNICATED.] .
*"••<* S*ji#*ll lir Our Next
Mr. Editor:. 1 notice in the Albany Patriot* a M
for a/Jonvcntfon. withotit regard to pa'-t party :fflil-’
iations, to meet in Albany qn tlye 7th inst to-'agree
upon a candidate to represent the Second Di-trfot
jn the Confederate CongreS-, to be” run at*tke ap
proac-hing election in November.
.J\ e hopt> the fonvontion will plaoc bflfore the? peo
, pie a man of *he l ight stamp, up®n wlioin all can
unite, as.political sq*iabl>lJs and dissensions should
be buried in the present crisis. In thinking* pver
,the AubjJjet, a nunibcr of names “are suggested as
suitable,candidates for this responsible position.
1 The .Second District* # has amonjf Iter talentcil and
chivalrous sons sever.il gentlemen suited to the oc-*
careen and the times; but therg is mit* we prefer
above all otljvs. We.allude ty> John \L Dyson. Esq.,
of Jhomasville. Mr. Dyson is a young man of brill
iant promise, a skiltful debater, well-informed and
thoroughly educated ; 4 nd we think Jins but f t * v
equals anil no superiors irt intellect*in the district 1
To Ins gnrnlents clings no odor of [past political cor
-1 ruptbon anal inlrigufl.. What sftVthe voters of the
Second District to this* suggestion? J'atiuot.
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• . COPfSTITUTIOrJ
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SOLDIERS’. AID SOCIETY,
’ . “OF THO.MAs* COi'.VTY. * •
Article 1. The officers of this Association., snail
! consist ot’ a First and Second Direciaess, a Secreta
, rv."a Treasurer and an Executive Coif) raft tee of
1 twelve, who together shall constitute a.Board of Di
rection. , • . • * .
Art, 11. The members of thp, B<±ard shall meet
weekly—the ffiembersof the Association Shall meet
once a fortnight, on Tuesday morning ai U o’clock,
commencing .with the firjt Tuesday in September ;
at such meetings the work for tTie ensufng f<Trt
night shall he given out. * •• .
Art. 111. Uftch mepiber of the Association is ex
pected to be present at these meeting** .to receive*
s*ieh work as sl*e*is willing'to undertake aftd also to .
return to the Executive Committee thjit which sne
lias before received and made up: and *a eonAiiui
'•tioy oj’ 60 cents per month is sollicited from all who j,
may feel able (ogive if* . *
Art. IV.*Tli# First Wiectress oT tl*e Association
shall•makt* all necessary purchases, Assisted by syiel.’
| ladies asyhc.may sclect 4 of by engaging an agent to
Ida se. „ **• . ,
•• Art. V. The Executive Committee, under the di
rqction.of the FirsuD,jrectrt*ss,diall*eiit out*alljgar
n*ents, Aml.distribute tliPsame to he made ui>.
’ Art VI. articles tnadt by* this ,SoclAy shall
b§i distribufcd .under * the* direction ot* the Boar*,
primarily to soldiers engaged.ou the sea coast de
fence of Georgia, and to companies tfenf from the
coast to other’paris of tlie Southern Confederacy :
and seeom{a*rily, to all needy companTes fsom the
State. Whom we may have it in qur power to assist
—in all cases diligVntlv seeking.jmtfti *nfiym.itivn
frQin relialde sources as*shall prevent an improper
or wasteful appropriation of the same. . • *
Art. .VII. The .Ministers of the eevcraTcongreg}*
tions of our foutity arc earnestly requested tftinte- >
re*st themselves in elie affairs of this Associathm,
and to coop’qrat# with the BoifrJ in* furthering* its.
.objects by every, inean.s *n their power;“that tb
“this end they be cJnidevejf honorary meiftbers of.
this Society, and ijlvitefl to be prcs&nj at its montli*
. ly meetings. • . * * .
. O*FfICKJtS OF TIFF. SOCIETY.
F’iijst Directress, Mrs. C. Iteid, Second Directress,
Mrs. L. Jonos: Executive Committee, Mrs. Harda
way, Mrs. L. Wyche, Mrs. Molntyrc, Mbs. E. Jones,
Mrs. Luckey,* Mrs. Bodif, Mrs. llansell. Mi's. Spen
*cer, Mrs. Sharpe, Mrs. Lowry, Mrs. Merffll, Mrs. ,
■ Fondren ; ‘Treasurer, It. 11. llardaway, EsCp; Secrtv
i tary, Mrs. M. E. Clisby. . .
•mj'.mJikks of ihe. executive committee appointed
IN. ADDITION tO THE ABOVE.
Jlrs. Janies MeMifrray? Mrs. Traywjck, Mrs. E.
.Thompson. . . .
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#'*i*fcMlcric fOlcclion*.
As the date of thyelections under tha Cojjfede
, rate Constitution seems to misunderstood by ma
ny, we give below aH tljat is necessary to knowdn
the premises:, *. . ]
The people of the Confederate States vgteTor pre-’
sidential Electors on the first Wednesday’iff Novcm-*
ber, 18<> 1. Tin* electors of the sevcr.ll States meet
bt their respective Statu Capitols on the first Wed
nesday yf DececSber, I§C 1. The (ionfederaUr Con
gress inectstat it* present Capitol, Richmond, Vir
ginia, on the eighteenth of kVbruai*y, 180'/. On {he
following day, February lWth, the Votes tor*
President and Vice President are counted. On the
•22d February, 1802, the President will be inaugura
ted in due form. # •* .
* The election of Representatives to the Confede
rate.Conjsress also takes place outlie day of the
Presidential election. . : ,
’ The Confederate Senators wiU.be clccfcd by tbe
Legislatures of the respective Slates, all of which
will conaSne before the day appointed for the mcct
< Ing of Uie Congress.— Sav. Republican. .
• Tlic fnaxt UiiA'iirc, . ••
‘fhe excellent war correspondent of tlm Savannah
Republican, in the.qiyii -#e of a recent letter, says:
lias hot Georgia sent her quota of solder# to Vir
ginia*? If she has, then should she not look to her*
own coast. :md see that timely preparation is made
’for its defence? You may have* ample Hat t erics
erected (hr the protection of your harbors, but gte
there no creeks and inlets where boats of light draft
could land bands of mnraudeus ? I look fcvr no ag
gressive movement, on thc’part o£ the Federalists, tit
• l?ast for some time, cither in Virginia or Missouri.
If thej r can hold tlieir’own until they can reorgan
ize their scattered tfndMcinoralized forces, tliey will
be more than satisfied. Tlteir’polic}* is, as soon as*
‘the cold weathear set* in, to harrass our Southern
coast, td,m;!ke raid# ii*to the country along the
shore, to steal, to ravage to burn, and to carry off
every slave they can lay*their hands upon. In* this
way they hope to create a diversion, end .compel us
to send back a portion of the forces now in Virginia.
Should their plan succeed, then they may attempt
a second invasion id’ the South, provided Con
federates continue on the defensive, which they will
not. This second inva#son, however, if -ever ‘at
tempted, will not ,be by way of, Manassas. The
Yankees will give that place a wide, berth in a.H
their future o movemcnls. •
> • Yoa'have a coast line, from the mouth of the Sa
vannah to Florida, of 14)0 mil?s. Along that boast,
and almost within sound of its breakeik, are*.36,olio
slaves And a large amount of other property.* *fhis
the enemy knows as welt as you d®. .Nobody knows
it bettor tlign Thurlow Weed, who has been to* Brun- *
i swick more than once, and who recommends is a
Hite issue of his paper the very policy I have indi
cated above. The enenn*is well provided. AviHi ‘pi
lots, too, who have ‘figen engaged in the lumbeV
frotw.Soutlacrn Gcorgm, and Wl*o know the en
trayco (o evqay inlof tojtbe*coa*st. The genstis ta
,, bles bnd the minutes of the epaet survey department
[gave put him in possesion #f all the TnfoiAnStion
he San dcrige. need not gxpect to gain any-
Mliing by silence. • • .
T?i.prmect all this pi’bperty, you* wTll rcquiVe
epast guard composed of c.ava*lry. and ar
tillery. This guard the State, es Georgia hertelf
(l wilj have to raise and, equip, and the sooner°the
wtirk begun the better. # The winter will soiffi be
upon you,and so will the Yankees. \ou are fortu
natS *n baving°so courtbijus and gallhnt yn officer a#
Gen. Lawttfh to attend *to their reception; ijbd‘Ue
will ifadergtand the object of Giis Reference, to be,
to sh-engthen his hands and ti secure the co-opera
-1 ,tion of the phople. •
** The JBth Georgia Ilegimenf. Q)l. Ector, Avjll leave
to-d;y or to-morrow for Nortk-west
grn A irginia, wh#re th*y will, join Gen,* Floyd's
brigade. They will be supplied with flint and stfcel
mgskets at gtaunton as thejf go on. Cc#. Semmef
regiment has been ordered to Manassas 1,‘40*0,
up the line of march to Mana’ssas to-morrow to
join Gen'ToombS’ byigafle. Everybody is in mwion.
* . P*. W. ,\s
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Tin 1 Skirmish in KannrVha llcT*-Truc It
, |>rt. • s
To the Editors of the Enquires! .-*
Gentlemen In •your issu<? of to-day I noticed
the.sfibjpined “Yankee telegraphic dispatch : .
A SKIRMISH IN THE KANAWHA VALLE?'—TIIE CON FED
*. repuj.sed. „
Cincinnati, Aug. 2‘f —A .skirmish occurred at
Hawk's Ne*t iit Kanawha Valley, eight milesjieybnd
on the 20th. The Confederates, • some four ‘thoug
,and sft-ong, advanced to where “the 11th Ohio “Uegi
ment'had erdeted barricades, and were driven bck.
WithaJossof fifty killed and a number wounded
and Waken prisoners. o • • . ,
0r loss was only two siightly wounded and one
missing.. Our-forces capumM quite a mimbe* of
horses and equipments.” *• * *
1 have just returne-lffbm GensW'ises’s command
1 having lett there on jhe night of the 20th, and after
the skirmish was over. .Our force consisted of part's,
oi. three cavalry companies (amoTuningto about 100
, meji,) and.ihe enemy‘nurilbered at least 000.® Col.
( loglian, ts our brigade, drove the cry my ba£k .to
dhe Ila-wk s licsf,. taking two prisoners and dqjng
other damage not known at the time of my depftrt-
; n 1 ■ j T \ ,u oss was one killed aijd three wounded.—* ‘
>en. use was present during the.actiori’and as cool
an l as if though no enemy, wove in*
tie vicinity. Our brigade was en*eanyicd at Locust
< Lane, Biot less than five milep from the scene ol ac-
Lon. YourS* truly, . •
••* • D. B’ rftiLirs, C. S.*A, . .
MedicaJ Director of the so lgps under Gen. 11. A.
is e.-j-liichmond Enquirer. •
e Printing lirtit. *
Printing Inks are being Suanufyctured tit Awnite,*
Louisiana, by a firm, one of wdnch* is a practical
printer. T. 11. Shields & Co.,*of New. Orleans, arc*,
1 tlj® Agents.* * . .
• LATEST WAR NEWS.
I'low the A ('"Rcitii iA. (.) Patty
fort llallcrnN
Fort llatterns Was surroiidereiFto tlib I ediyal, au
tlihritie>*nt’a>..iit 11 o’clock yesterday, Thursday.
• The sfeamer Winslow, which left there sj/Vm after .
the surrender on yesterday, here bout DJ
I o*clock ffist night. , •
Slic brought ug iiTnc wounded men amj one dead
body. Kron# Lieut. titi*en,,of*Cfpt Lamb’e jom
‘pany, who escaped and
following particulars* * *. , . *
* * The Federal steamers, eleven i number, com*,
uiguced tbe bombardment,on Wednesday, ad the @
forts, Clark and llatteras, returned tluf.fire. •It was
kefCjtp till dark with but little loss on ouf side. On
morning, tbe conflict was renewed and
continued Till about I*l* when, after a despe
iMt* re*sista‘nce* ouj forces werfe comjpelled u> surren
„dcT, and the whol® garrison are nowdield as. priso-.
nets, save a*fcw jvlio est?aj?eif. * . .
l{om. Baron, Col. Bradford, Cos. AFartin, Lieut.
Col. Johnson, Maj. Gilliam, Maj. Atfdrcws, and iUI
the f®i]'t!*iiis of the ]>ost arcs prisoners.
Ouaenti.e/oreS at Hatteraay on Wednesday night,
njkbther gentleman inf#riSed*us, was*Bsß. Some**
few bscspqfl, pefhaps f>o of mov* ami Lieut. • itizeli
things that.yot ftioTo than tiOvere killi-el and woun-
dod. J’robably 40 killed*aifd wounded. *l*e tv ‘
niaine'd in tiie fort till‘half,an lioilr previous to its
surrender, and iron* the lucid manner in which his
statcments*were madiwwe have great 6oofiaenc6 in
them. o * •• *
The Vcderal fle®t cortsis*ed of elevcp steamers,
foyr of which wtwe large war steamers. The bom
barifment is represented by our informers as most
terrific, o • .*’
Eieut. Oatizen says our men fought bravely, until
tiiev Were compel* and to surrendei*. and l He defeat lit
>our ai*n*s is only to be attributed tp the superiitrity
of tbe the Abet batteries Tfie aramuni- •
tiwm guv# out at Fort Check on .Wednesday aunt Min* .
* r tins were spiked and abandoned, but Hurt llatteras
returned tffie fire of'tlid Federal-, till ll ®r alter yes
ierflay. , • .*
Richmond, Sept. adjourned at niul
uiglit of Saturihiy, until Hie third Monday wt >!<►
venibcr n -xt, unless sooner convened by the l’resi
dfnt. . *
” The annexed Acts have been approved*by the
Prcgidefit*anfl made jitiblic: . . *
, An Act estjrblislnng the ratfs'of. postage on news
papers ams periodicals sent Jo dealer* tlyougb the
mail or by express. The rates arc.the samt-as those *
pajd by regular subscribers. •
All’iiir* in \liNxoiiti nml Krrflucki.
Fayette,*Mo., ‘Aug.* 30. lTie Cashigr ot a bank
sent SIOO,OOO from Springfield to St. iw uis. Tifen-*
ty secessionists beaded by Capt. Poinderater seized
.it. •’
It is understood'tliat Liucoln’s'letter Gov. Ma
goffin is conciliatory. He will be gnidetj by*the ac
tion of the Legislating. •. * * * . .
] Quincy, 111., Aug 3(H—A special dispatch to Hie
Chicago Tiawes says Lieut. Benkly weporis tliat Mtir
’ trti Green#ook Palmyt'a yesTyrday niorninga Twen
t*y*cars containing an iuiounta|)lc* lot of guns, lev
St. Joseph, were fired ijjto and made to return.
• Cincinnati, Aug. 30.—Tvler'e defeat is fu’lv. con
firmed. # • •
Richmond, Aug. 20.—Reliable information from
Washington states that on Wednesday a fleet of ten
Federal vessels prviveil off *ll atteras inlet, with tho
object, it is believed, of*landing and bfking posses
siotWof the
Priisklent Davis signed several tft-day, bill 1
could npt learn the nature of .them.
Judge’Chilton introduced the following resolution
•which va^unanimously passed ;
’Resolved, That the President i- hereby requested
to cause to be prepaged a stand of colois and a
sword to be furnished and paid for out of the fund
pfacet! at the disposal of the President, by tlic eon
• tribution of tbe members of this body, to bg pre
sented to Col. Howell tjoltb, as a testimonial us the
high esteem in which his patriotic services arc held
by the members oT the Confederate Congress. The
o mail agent on tlic Central cars reports t.lmt General
Floyd waa surprispdon Mondaj andjost twcnty-1
men. On tlic n*xl day ho went in purstiy <.t the”
enemy, and captured 17b Hessians a'iid tliiiiy v. g
fins. The killed and wounded not reported.
. Richmond, 9 Aug. 2'd.—A suitable and capacious
building’for a Georgia Ilospityl lias been secured in
this city today. Prof. f!. F. Campbell is here, cn
deavoring to make other necessary arrangements
The Hospital will be in operaticfli so soon as means
‘ and supplies can be obtained. . •
Gallipoli)', Ohio, August 28.—A battle occurred
’on the 2*>ll i inst. at tbe Cross Lane, near •Summer
ville, Virginia, between Colonel Tyler’s forces and
the Confederates. Col.®Tyler’s forces, of®9Oo, were
surrounded while at breakfist. Two hundred :ur
mistiing. After a desperfttc*and bloody fight thc\
cut their way through and IcaPtered.
St. Louis, August 28.—Gen. Fremont lias borrow
ed (forced) $170,000 from tbe Exchange /flic
Provost Marshal prohibits tbe circulation of the pa
,pers recently pfteentcj in New York.
Louisville, Ky., August 28.-* Sj eciakdispaibhes to
the Cincinnati papers say, that owing to unavoida
bly circumstances? our forces under A”of. Tyler in
Western Virginia suffered disastrous defeat.
, New •York, August 28.—The Herald says that’ ex
treme. measures ivill be taken to suppress all jsq ■ i’-
, friendly to the South. Detective officers‘ore leaving
< by eVery train to intercept packages us ;u-v s*; ip if.
?cc.** . .'•
Vs fiod.iinil KvimL-i-m Stiijiflc alr.-l.
few Yafk, A’qgwst 20.—Andetson. arrested lure
yesterday, implicates Ben Wood and Isaiah Rynders
as Southern Qorr^pondebZs.
. Augusta, August 27. -The Charleston IQercury.
ays that in*Richmond on .- y, in viw of the in 1 °
efficiency of the existing blockade, the Confedoratc
.Congress pnased a*bilf throlving open *tlie whole
Southern.toast, and repqa*liag the law_ establishing
ports*of entry. By the provisions of this bill all
vessely.may ent#r*ifny haikicq; or inlet, on the twast.
and may ptyy £Jfe duties at the nearest Custom
llou#e. * * * * . •
The bill lias not yet. been signed by the President,
who is sicls and uflablc to sign bills or attend, to
other official business.* * • :
A Uro|M<il J• w,Nlirtr-WcVn Viruiuin Con
vention. ’• ,•
Wheeling, August 2U.—The Western Virginjn
Stutc Convention adoptedto-day an Ordinance erea
ting°a*ncw Ffc’te, to be called Kanawha. The ordi
nance provides that tjie matter *be referred to the
people at a*i election to’be held ftn the 24tjt of.Octo
ber for approval or reject*oif. The adjoining *couii
tics.arejo be adirfltted* h a majority of tht; voters
therein desire it. .* * *
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The Post jOffict; Jfijpartmeift prders jhe abolition
of Uie following post offices fit Kentucky: Hickman.
Columbus, Paducah, and all ‘post “offices and post
rourfes west qt‘ the Tennessee river” except the rout
front Bussefville via Cadiz and Mayfield, find fr, mj
Eddyv4lle to Oliver. All th*e post offices on this
rout are continued e*c?ept Aurora.
The New York Tjmes says that Gen". Scott has ex
pressed *t lie opinion Hint t4u* Ctflifoderates must
ipake an attack at*a*n early day. .
Humor gays thaf laVffe mwibers of the (joirfede-.
rates are in .and .about and scattered
(| along tile roods leading from Richmond and towards
Strasbure.. .
> The New York Herald gays that the Confederates
nof only maintain thair old lines, hiw have eneroacli
,ed ffcvlf a paile, and occupy several important yrato.
getic jwirnts. •
.. The IJncalioii Wclllcd. .* . *
* Gov. Brown has issued a prqcl.%niation* declining
the Revised Constifufion-is ratified by a*major
ity® of 795 votes, and is not* consequently the Con
’ solution of Georgia. The<detion wifi beheld for
’ Governor underwit on the JirSt Wednesday in Octo
ber nc*t, (and wb presume for mtynbecs* o*f Con ess
and nfcmljers rd the Legislature, though npt stated
in the Constitution.)
Walt in the Kiyiuwhu Vnfley.
T*lic Richmond Dispatch think*. and t'wsely too,
that the Kanawha Valley in Western Virginia is
worth a costly militnrj® expedition to regain pnsses
sion M, from the fact that the deficiency fff salt to
supply the'South can be obtained in that reghfii.-
Flie pi oductibn of salt from the Kanawha IS:Tlines
heretofore has been about 2,000,f100 bushels a yeal
ith such an amount obtained, out; wants wqpld a 1 .
9nce be relieved. A descent on Rosem-rantz fo r $
’ °bject°alone ig worth considering. If tlie Fed- |]
ei al General’s lias been cut otf, as th*e* tele- la
informs us, let us .include in it the w Salio e I,
j Springs ol t]ic Kanawha, and then nothing cac fi
1 save him. *