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CONFE BEBATK ITiTBI OF AJHERICA.
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PEOPLE’S n< KET.
FOR PRESIDENT * .
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ELBCffORAT- I’ICKET.
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Ho if. DIVIO ltVS>..of Cobb. „
iio;:. THOM A S E. M.iIVD. of E*hal Ivmi. .
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*.Ti iHX F.. ‘I ARRIS, of Gly
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. : ‘ rict—J. L. VYIMBERLY of Stewart. .
. Di NP McGEHEE, oi Houstoif.
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, 1 •• -M r M TIAMMONI). of Clark,
trict——O. C. GIJJSON, of Spalding. •
!* t —HERBRRT FIELDER, o*£ Polk.
• D trict—H !4 CANXON of Ikabnn. . •
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Thomas County, for tie distribution < f work and the ■
in of that made np by the members, will be Held at
■ ■i i 4 * I. ma “lie, ev< 1 y.t wo weeks, on
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yat 9 o’clock, A. M the first meeting 1
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. . The meetings of thx Executive .Committee, for
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t mg’out *of work, See., will be held weelfly os
, , nredajr m<yningg, at 9 o’clqfk, at the house of It .
dishy. .
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. ° Meek we*: ice that one or
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.o more issues would close tlie Southern Lia
for the present; but inasmuch ns many
cur friends have kimllyTcoiftc forward and
clued themselves to do all* in®thcii; power to
*. ta ‘n the paper, we have concluded to try it a
’ wijeks longer. If those who ow,° us* will
ic forward and settle their accounts we will
e cpabled U) continue, but without money wo
must close up. • * .
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As we have to pay C *-li for paper, lab >i provis
* rmined to adopt the ciwfmsyt
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n. • Hereafter all trausioat Advert ijotwmtg must
• ■ ii.l for beiortTniserted, and all Job Work nmsi
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I aid for on delivery. # Ju no case will we dovfate*
• m i Ci-j rule* for rates of advertising see fourth
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.* DIXIK BJOTM.
ThU Company, the*oth from Thomas County.
t rhoniasviWe* .yesterday morninjr, on the
• . A. & Gulf Railroad*, fdr Gen. Ilasiison’s
irigade. All’sAftittie Reward* presented them
nth a handsome flag at the Depot, •aocompani
l with the following remarks :
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Ti'\r ?*. of tin* D .-< lioti* :
t'p n your (kpai tu:v fi- m your home, to engage in the
iive service of a soldier, allow me to present you tins
g—the honor of when * alt n ypr lie tarnished l>v
• imraand. Take it as ai count rv
under it go forth to vies r\. If, el that tliere.will be a
edit cage in the future hi,’ , vv () f the Confederate
ttes dedicated to the l'kxio Bovahv their valor and
•roism. • You nfiiv meet with privations and perils, but
e stout hearts that make up your command will never
ail before the enemy, hut will bear jlieir breasts man
.lly to tlitgstorm of battle and conquer or die. Time
.'bids that I should say more. Hod bless you and prn
tt you and you all return home safe to meet the
iSes of your friends and till- ..opr pn air route
.ymen. .. • •
, .The flag Was received and acknowledged by
pt. Brvan, after which tflol. Seward addreSS
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the company in a fcwTipt ropriatc and patri
►. ic remarks. • . •
. There was a large attendance of ouvpcople
T the interest shown hv the ladies, must have !
on gratifying to the “l>oy*-.” ‘They leave us
-til the fullesk confidence on the nark of those
t.behind that they will sustain the character
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f our country whrevr duty may call them,
I with many warm [payers for their welfare.
HIiLEIt C'drATV WILD CATS.
. This company arrived in l homasville ihi Fri^
>’ evening last‘and t k the on Saturday
rpisg on their way to join flea. Harrison’s*
brigade, through the politeness of their Caps
. I>. I\. Kendrick, we were furnished with
• ;r Muster K ... . wdl.’ , found in an*
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ier polvuun. * .
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The Confederate Volunteers, Captain
ns commanding, d in Thpmasville od
iday*last and t6ok the train on Monday mor
■?. boiwid*for Gen. flarrison’s Brigade, on
■ Gc. r_,u coast. See Muster Roll in .moth- (l
r.eolumn. * * * .
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Rev. M. C Smith Fune
.the wife 3f Mr. .*Jehn Ferrell, at Spring,
Church * the fourtl\Sabbath in this mdnth. j
GOI-D l't)K C OJJN !
* iftj Dollars iav Gold will be pid for one*!
ired busTiels _ * \ delivered in
naasville. <-•;*! is imw reported.to be
rth*2Q p(*r cent premium. -Apply.at thia of
* immediately.* • . *
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# NOTICE. * •
Having to receive and dispatch <h mails on.
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.er routes at late 1 vur of “the giight, ‘pay .
• • 11 till l*o’clock. I decline delivering tlti;
• ’ ds received by the. Savannah. ai*d
f Railroad at uigVft. Office hours for de’
rt’ as follows: • * • * .
i'rom 7.30 A. dfl. till 12 M. * o * •
Vojn 2 I*. AV*iil A.:; w \\ yp
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: )ct. 4tH, ISGI Thoinasville.tJa
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, [COMMI NICATEn • •* .
‘dr. Editor ; Plane allow ne, through vour !
arete, the 1 Gfof i s W
:i ty tl *s „ ~e*th&%ks of tfie
renteentA Patriots” for “a ctonataon of t
*( drawers and also Airs. Kd
rard ljAiir|gto# and Mrs. Merrill each for a
,’of line biiukets. ° *
. IT. ('. llow'KX, 0 Captaiif.
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By i6 sing columns
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. will he 8&o that M.*B i® is announced
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v candidate fqr Tax ( this cqjinty.
has held that office for several terms and is
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> U kndwn as a faithful officer. °
\ w i:w >ioe iseerti rrs ivahted for
M\ MO.XTII!*.
The Diaitßoji are in fitrrismV l’i i_ *
of three encamped one. hundred
and thirty miles below Thomasville on tke At
lantic-A Gulf midjvay between Sa
yaunah and Brunswick, an 1 about seventy miles
from the f.;rn?r place,‘at Station No. 7. .Sere
veti.") Their term -if service is Six Mouth*, —
The’Re*. Milton # C. Smith of Yhomasville is
jraftiorised to recruit? for them and been
provided w ;th uniforms for the innoifltto
equipment oi those who Bnav wish serve
their country .under.tlle baaner of* tlje Dixie
Bovs. • • .
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As they a lie in the State service, aftd *not
tße Confederate States, the Comjiapy* cahimt
co.nsjs? of more than eighty men rank and file,
and those wjio intend to eolist.in this Compa
ny and service vsrill do well to do dbimmediately
or loose the opportunjty. Thomas Adams on
*t!ie AlhanV roa*d above Thomasville ad Win.
f. Youngblppd at Boston, Station No, 13. are’
also authorized to receive and forward*recftiits
for the Dixie Boys. If any “wish to join let
them report themselves immediately to’olie of
these*gcntlena&n. Thei-e is <no tinfe for'hesita-.
tion*—the dooi'is open, but will soon be close?!
** . I Cf. BRYAN,
Ctijitain Commanding Dixie Boys.
ftQj ’lhbse who are ready to tlv?° aid
of eur men r. the coas£ in case of attack or
•imminent are requested to* meet in
Thomasville on Saturday’ 10th inst., to or^an
iz<i a company. •
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‘ . . * * DIXIE BOYS. ‘ .
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The following list will show who wei'e thf Dixie
•at the time of orders as well as tliose
who have enlisted since. * *
, L C Bryur “
“• Lieutenant, E J Oliveros
Second “ John McLeod
Third • J M Stallings . .
First Sergeant,* MJ J Bryan •
. Skecjind *•* DA Groover* .
Third “ Sidney Williams
FoMrth “ R P Smith
Fifth , “ CD Groove* .
. First Corporal. A McftougalJ
• Second “ > S Burtori *
. . Third “ Jeptlia Stanaland
Fourth “ S II Walker *
Secretary, D S Ray
. * J’l! W.YTfcS. *
’ T Stanaland . * N Brown
J'T’ Moye , Wm Nelson •
Jessje Groover J If Whiddon
N M McLeod W J Roland
J 0 J Lewis Elias Arnold
T N Lcwis • Wm Mongriijf •
. fJ Staafield *. B A Kemp
•T Benton * Win Williams ,
C.S Greet** * • .A J Smith .. .
Preston Wrlley . Geto'ge Jones
Steplien Pollard Andrew Phillips
T J HumphrAys . Francis Wilfold
. • John Williams John T Cox
* . 11 M fliirst M Gsdwin •
Henajah Philips J McKinnon
L J Ponder • * * John Daniel
Washington Burka Michael Burke
A J Groover # , * tYm Smitli
Wm Lammon * * T M Sliytlc
Sterling Brinkley John B Philips
B F Reywols. . ‘Thomas Wliiddon*
J D McLeod * NAV Gandy
John L Linton J C Miles
A\ 1 James James Allen
DC Mclntyre , , F E Rainey *
John McMullen T A Hutchison
JII t .toper * . George Hifnt *
A Stallings S P Retcher
James Brown W L Carroll
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MILLER WILD CATS. .
<'apt a R Kewlrick
* Fitst Lieutenant, gliomas Floyd *
*. . Second C Sheffield, Sr .
. Third “•* . Tliotflas W Sheffield
* rRiv.VrES..
Thomas P Maynard *J Key •
John*> Swearengin J (’ Wells
James B Guest • John Wells.
E M Luke Pool.
George AV Dunn AA’*H Stringfellow *
John W Widner. */ E JoKnson
* David Wells • JAV M;frlcy 1
J J Shcflßeld * • SII Spooner
A J’Grinfts • Jlf Sheffield .
• Mitchol (look I) AV Lane, . *
A C Shef&eld * A Phillips,
Uriah T Dunn . * G Wj’usli
.D S Sheffield .y J Key •
Thomas Guest • J Hopkins .
J L!A\ilson • J M Whitney
..] D Dai ley A P Floyd
’ f M Sesianf * J M Love . *
J G C rancAt B-AV.Hinibrell
. J ll* Rowell ,T G SheffieUl*
e James Lane • John Phillips
•••C W Kimbrel . J E Cowdrf
Wnt Thompson # LeVis da ins
Ji* Sheffield . Joel Cook
, Senborh GriTnes * *A Stephens
J M Raids * # AV Pwoctor
AV AA Wilson . * B NcwbeiTy•.
Robert T> Chapman David Hfirst •
AA A World . . J D Spooner •
. A\ Bites *’ Joseph Newberry
.JE AV Sauscr * •J £ Phillips
• Isaac Dikes • • TiToinas UatCher
. W J Ewing* • II 1J Dean £
Elijah AVilliams # *
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• . Dixie hov*’ soar. v
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mighty gimifmr togetontof tjketcileUrftti f
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kt yoy want u> get to HeaveTi, ycyi must kill all the I .in
colnfies. *
kJ all■ lie Lincolnites, kill all the Lincolnitcs;
It you \\ :nt to A t to Heaven, vou must lull .ill the Line
colnites, . •
Down on the Georgia eoatet. .*
• Chorw—Dixie Boys ho! Dixie Bofiha!! *
„ . * Dixie Boys hp! Dixie*Boysna!! •.
It yog want the girls to love .you, *go with the Dixit:
•• B ®y*>. . . ,
Go witli the Dixie Boys, go Vvith tlie Dixft* Boys ; j
It you want the girls t ■ love.von, eo’ with the Dixie
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Do\*n olt tke Georgia coast. i
. *f>ixie Boys ho ! Dixie 16>ys ha! ! A:c. !
If von waut nfseejGenenil Harrison, go with the Dixie
• Boys. :
Go with the Dixie Byys. go with th§ Dixie IP'vs;
II von want to m e General ilarriaoD, go with the Dixie
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. 0 Downym the Georgia coast
o Dixie Boys no! Dixie l>o\*s hj!4 Ac.
tr ‘o'.
11 3i° u Avsmt to have ine times, go with the Dixie |
Boj • * . . .
i, wi:]y t]ie Dicie Boyß, go with the DixitfßoTS;
you want to have fine times, go with the Ifixk
Boys, • . . • .
0 6 Do\\li on the (‘eorgia coot.
• • Diiie Boys ho! Pixi Boys ha! ! Ac.
U *• ‘■*. ‘ l l e■ 11,, ‘ svi . Ifce Dm.
%, *• *, ‘” “■ - ’ with the Dixie
# 1 ) "’ v ’ *on the Georgia eoa-t
I hx :’ Boys no! Dixie fc-t.
.. Ehxie Boys ho! Dixie Boy *
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Lincoln has appointed F mmisrioners to re
preaent the United States fn the Great Exhi
bitiiso.of.lßC2 in London. Among them are i
O \V. H-*Seward and Edward R\ctctt.
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<Tlw tlartiw on Weduwhy Inal pWd off nn u snail v ’
quiet. •The following is the mail in IJmbm rt , m |j
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Governor—Brown....lift l* 41 30 9 49 <jf. 87 “>
Nisbet 224 27 24 14 17 .27 IS 345
Senator—Seward 1 !.'• 15 51 8 11 ,7> i 1 ;?ni
Hilferpe 130 7 5 13 13 9 3 l^o
• Wes] *3 21 . 2 .6 1 lO t*>
• Harrell 1 • . • 1 <
Homeßrp.—Ldve.t.2Bs 39 51 29 19 .;j 21 488*
0 . Moore. ..285 £5 40 16* n:i g] 22 468
. * Hurst ... 2? 12 7 2* 8 8 i 74 1
• Miles ... 21. 25 1 ff 11* 11 •72
‘BROOK* COUNTY.
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for Governor —8r0wn..20 10 72 35*128*265
. Msl'ft .*.....7 23 5 17 88 141
For Senator—Sharpe -f li! 2 18 60 90
. Seyai'd. 1 4 10 2 31 48
West .. * lii 3* 4T> 4 91 163
For Refu-eserttativ*—.< 11 ilfin. 10 28 11 52
i • Snjitß 2 19 15 41 106 183
. . • . . Arrington-21 13 53 5* 87 181
j* . A. Sims 1 •• 1
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*• . <iOfEß\Of{'B KI.KCTI#.\, 1861.
Xisut.’S. Knows.
’ Bibb ! 628...! 8 409
< ‘iiatlgim.. 1,089 *....•, . .1,1*71
Catoosa... a • majority, 110.
(lordan “ ’ £jo
Libert? 209 .* .*... 2:39
townees 118 210
Mclntosh J?..*. *.... 90
Monroe., 362 420
Richmond # . 0 726....* 717
Striven 189, f.t 94
Spalding 427 /. 865
Talbot 4 . # . 955 v. * 1,051
Thomas 345. 4 275
Warren 179. 381
Whitfield majority,. 80 # „
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THOMASVIIiLB GUARDS. •’
Captain, *C § Rockwell
. * First Lieutenant, J L> Henderson **
* Seeo*nd “ W C Mitchell .
Tinrd * “ • A V McCardel
• First AH Harrell , (
Second “ A PJ’erhant *
Third “ J M Eskridge
• Fourth ‘ *J. J Ivey
• Fifth . “ • C C Atkinson. • .
•’ First Corporal, TJS Dekle
. Secoml . “ 11 A Hayes
. . Thiid “ P Sell iff* 8 *
. Fourth *• * S J Casaels
• Surgeon, IV 1* Clower
• . PRIVATES. * • . . ••
Alexander, R * ...Joiner, W L *
Applewhite, GW •. • Lester, J*A
Applewhite, W I. Lowry, .1 M
Arcner,.J 11. Lowry, F U
* Beall, C E . * McCardel, J*L .
JJlackshear, JM* * . MeCartUd, JA* <
Brtiwner, 4V H “ McCrary, II C •
. Butler H M° * McGehee, J L
Carroll, ST 8 MelntoslP, S J •
(*arroll, J Mclntosh? 1> W
Carroll, C 8 McLSoil, James
•Carroll, J K .Martin, G W
Carroll, J J • * Mash, II T.
Cluistie, J J Massey, A*W 8
“” Cone, J F . Massey, J A • 8
Cone, Joseph Massey* J S
Cone, J J Massey, J W . 8
Cone, W A- 8 Massey, lIL.
Cox, Jotin McGuire, Daniel
> .Cummings, M S Milton, TN • .
Collins, J U . Moye, C C
Cochran, W F _ 8 M oorts, ST *
Collins, D M. Murray. It II
Dekle, W T Owens, G W
Dickey, S A Owens, W W
Douglas, J H Pierce, T W
Douglas, G W l’ipkin, J .
Dunbar, .1 G Pittman, J T
Dyson, J E • Pittman, Wlt
Enecks, Isaac Pringle, It M.
Enecks, Joseph llivers, J T .
Everitt, E A * Stephens, N B
D J Sharpe, J P
Finney, John Sikes, Daniel
Ridge, B F Smith, C II
Ghallsgher, F Smith, J S
Gandy, II A 8 StanseU, G W 8
Garity, P . . Stegall* J L •
Gandy, B A Stephens, T T
HaM, S A • Stephens,*P B
Hall, J . • ‘Stephens, J M •
. Hardy* William Stone, David
Hayes,*W M * Taylor, Sft
* Hines, E L Yrnvwick, It G
Hurst, II if . Ward, II J
Wlford, W . .
Hagan, S . Williams, A
Harris, It II Winn, J
Holland, B . . • Wqody, T J
Iloman, S G Young, A L
MUSTER ROLE
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CONFEDERATE volunteers.".*
Captain, Richard Sims .
* f'irst Lieutenant, Bolevar II Gee , *
Second A George W Jones
Third. “ * John G Trice
First Sergeant, Irwin 1? Laoseter
JSecond “ • Elias M (?’ Lee
Third “ James L Chester , •
Fourth “ Wm B Braswell
* : First Corporal, Ed A Van Laiuliijghani*
Second . “ James Sassev .
Third • John II Hughes
* Fourth . “ * Abraham Yerta
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. TUIVATES.
Abbott, Pinkney . Jones, TJ.ohn 11.
Baker, James T • .Johnson, Jcssee •
* Brown, Nathan J W Lasseter, John J
ftown, James* „ Long, Stafford
Barbree* John Milton, William
Floker, J W . McQyone, Ilenry
• Coker, J E iv'ix, Monroe
Durhswn, Wesley . Nix, Clayton
Davis, Johfl E . Nix*’ Williatn S . ’
Dukes 4 II J, Sr* Nix, John T
.Dukes, II J, Jr NcsSmith, Nathaniel
Davis, II C * rroetor, Joshua T 0
Darhatn, Wm JII . “I’revatt, Tlios K # *
Everitt, Thomas * Pope, George W
English, John W Rich,.Elijah.A J
. * English, Robert Rich, Augustus M
Freeman, Robert , * . Rich, Geo W #
Freeman, Bryant . * Reynolds, Rufus
Faircloth, ltaiford R* Sasser. Joseph
faitclolh, John * .Strickland, Hardy
Faircloth, A B ... Qlmmctps, John M
, Fulford, James IP SiMimons, Lacy W
•Ferrell, George M Simmons, SianMel
Gariand, Nathaniel Sellers,*l*ttletoif .
, # Hotyow, M Def, • Sheffield, Andrew*
llollengsworth, Jas . Swicon, Thouutg
Hughes, M T * * Tipton, Jason
Harrell, Jolirf D B Tipt*ofi, RjC •
Harris, S J *0 8 .Thomas, J&S J
Jones, James J * . Thompson, William
* Jones. Geoige W ThSuipson, David *
• * Jones, Rev H * # Wilson,JUriah
‘Jones, M P # M ilson, James M <
Jofies? John *• Wilder,
Jones, Wm B 0 • *
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„ Poor ConoliVioii. .
One of the New Ydtk journals, referring to*
tho prisoners in Fort Lafayette, say*:
Olicc in, they are somewhat in the 5 position
of inmates*of’Dante s hell, as fax as escape
is copcorned, anti until discharged by the safiie
authority that comnirtted tlicui. They may o°
well adopt the ir^eripfiorr ß of the Italian
over The portois of the infernal regions:
“Atfjc Who enter here leave Ifo; 2 ‘ 1 ind.”
•On the i7*tli there were ]hirty 4 seve .esscls
in Hampton Roads, of which 25 were war ves
• I’ belonging to the* Lincoln Xavy.
’ LATEST WAR NEWS, j
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New Orleans, Oct.. 6. —The four Federal
I prisoners wh ■ ed while they were en route ,
i for this city,‘have been arrested anti jailed.
New Orleans, Oct. 5^ —The Ur S. steamship I
Mi?'’ * ’ ‘ ini i up within a
bait, mile of the fortifications in the course ot
erection on the Gulf ancf •tired a broad
side at the laborers, but fortiu B >tely nobody was
hurt. . . 8 .
i ■ Oct. 2. — Ihe Louisville
fKy.) Journal*of the SOth ult.. says tii # A r*:-
. liable news l.ad been received theit’ of the
king of Manchester* in Clay county, by*, the
| Confederates, under Gen. Zollicoffer.
. Tbfe Journal ylso reports larje myiibers of
‘arrests in the different? counties •of the State 4
kv the l.'e'levaj authoritJeS*.*.
Passengers arrived here by to-day’s.train, re
port that* martial law had been declared in
Louisville. • *
“'Wilmington, N. C., Oct. 6, —An authentic
letter from aji officer on board the Confederate
steamer lUleiuh, savs the Curlew and tlu- lull
eiglf had captured the Federal steamer Fanny, 1
loaded with blankets great, coat?, shoes, cloth’
ing, A*c., for tin* Federal fleet, and her grew
.consisting of fort v-fife men*. Nunc were*ltillecf
or woundcsl on.either side. * . * * .
The sttiwuer and earu* was valued at Sloo,’
000.... 0 ..
Wellington, Sept. 28. —So effectual are the
measures taken by the Confederates that the
Federal vessels t- uv no lmigcr.pass up or down
tjje FotomJc river without und.ergoii?g a. des
tructive fire. • In*sh(Trt, the navigation of jkat
river is actually apd completely closed.
Aas/uil c * Turn., Oct 4.—A gentleman wllo
arrived fyiin Jvisttwn Kentucky ß to-day. reports
bat the Federalists, 4*ooo strong, bad advan
ced fuo m Camp i'iek Robinson tb Big Li ill. OF
miles neaieb the TesnesseJ line. moTe with a
view to fortifying the position, so as to prevent,
(den. Zollicoffer from main liing ;•to Kentucky.
Our troops had not Sdvamccd beyond (ireeu
RiveT. The Federalists were fortifying Eliza
bethtown. t lier®’ they nvere 7,* ; ‘ 0 string, with
8 jiieces of canrfon. ‘fliey had received 140 ac
cessit>n in the lasi few d.vs.
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Richmond, Oct. —The following despatch
has been received atnlre War Department fro*n
Gen. Henry.ji. Jackson:
• a * “Camp B.\Rfow )
’ Green 13rics River, Oct. J. \
TJie enemy attackca us this morning in con
siderable force, estimated at 5,000, with six
pieces of artillery® of longer raiige than any we
have. After a hot fire* of hours, am? heavy*
attempts to charge our ljnes, he was repulsed,
evidently wirh considerable loss. * . ;
We had np cavalry to pursue them m their
retre*at.
e loss on our side is A
further report will be given through the •regu
lar cb.;>finels. .
For several days my correspondence with
Gen. Loring has been interrupted.
The enemy’s force was superior to. ours, but
we had the advantage jn position.
Henry 11. Jackson, R*ig Gcn.cTc.” 1
. Anolhcr its Virgisiia.
. Richmond, Oct 4. —Authntic intelligence
lias beyn received here, that General HcyVy 11
Jackson, with 2,500 Georgians, was attack on
TLursduv, the i instant, 011 Green Bfier Riv
cr, near Cheat Mountain, by 5,000 Lincolnitcs
under Gen. Reynolds. . 8
After four hours’ hard fighting, the enemy
were repulsed with a havy loss. Oar loss is
but small. .
New Orleans, Oct. 4. —The sloop of war
Vincennes, a large propeller steamer, 4he Wa
ter V itch, too slorffis of war, a sel*ooner and
pilot boat, of the .Lincoin sqnadrcfi, arc novt at
Head Fusses. 8
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(>i*(Tnli(i:iKo:i tli ß S*olO!iiJic. •
Fairfax V. //.. < 4 >et —The.l nited States
steam propeller Resolute, twelve hundred tons,
was sunk by the Hampton Artillery 7 last Wed
nesday, at. Free Stone Point. It is said that a
gun Jioat has also been sunk since tlien, an
t.hat the s:woke staCk appears above? the water
near Mfltthiag Fo*nt. , 8
President Davis reviewed the troops to day.
Tfie military disjilay was vi?ry grand and impo
o * a • ••
sing.
IVc.v Ports ol*Ru(i7. ° ,*
Richmond, •Oct. 4, —The Secretary of the
Treasury, in virtue of gm act passe Jat the late
session of Congress, has ordered tkc establish’
mewt t>f of entry ami delivery*.a? Xash
ville and Mf.mph.is, for.godds, wares ftnl n.er
chandisc, imported or exported. •
The examiner of this morning fndicatcs stir
ring nnfvc.mcnts on the Fojomac. . *
AliairM in Mimsoim’. • 8 8
O
Leavenworth, A an. TANARUS., Se[>t 2 7, —The I’eii
•eßil scouts this morning report string aplumns
of* the ConTedofutc.s marching NortTiward froip
Lexington.‘Tfreir destination is supposed to lie
St. Josephs. * • ...
Leavenicdrfji, Sept. 28. —Reports from. (von
oral Lane’s command, say that after a succesV
•fuf engagpmeirt, the rebels, at Fapinsville, made
a forced march to Dscepla, surprisiftg and eap
turing a supply train. *
* Jefferson, Vity, Sept. 28.-;Capt. Walton,
’from Col. Marshall's regiment, has‘arrived here
from Lexington, which place he left or* Tuesday
noon, lie says that the main body, of Price’s
force ws at Lexington wlicn Jfe left. .All of
the Federal officers had been released on parole
but Mulligan, who refused to’give his for pri
vate reasons. Price probably has 35,00(1 uenj
with him, and confidently expected Oen. Ham
dec.with 8 or 90U0 men to join him on Thurs
day. Tew thousand rebels ]iad been sertt across
31issouri from* Lexington oy and hursday, with,
the avowed intention of. attacking Kansas Lane.
•It is said.that tire Federalists had no‘car
tridges, gra*pc or other shot, and'no shells left
at the time of ß the surrender of Lexington ;
tut lost two or three huhdfed Legs of powder.
The Confederates were casting all kinds of
ball; and thc.Lexingtoit foundry was Tunning
day and night. >. •
J’hc confederates were •greatly encouraged j
by their victory, and confidently declare that
St Louis .will soon bff in their'possession.
Gen* Price’s official report of the battle ‘of I
Lexington has beer] 1 seived. Tire billowing
is the closingparagYaph : .
. . U ()ur entiue loss in this <r*i or enga •- •
ments amounts to 25 killed and “ wounded.—-
Thjr* enemy V loss was much greater. The vis
ible fruits of. this almost bloodless‘victory are
great *We h ave taken abodt p|isouerß,*l
among whom are Cols. Mulligan, Marshall,
Reding, White. Grover and Van Horn
together with other < ommi>.-ioued officers, iim
pieces of arlil* ry, and two mortars, cfver three
thousand stand of infantry arms, a large jium
ber of jsabres, abopt 750 horses; many cavalry I
equipments, teams atfl ammunition, more than
810U,CT00 worth of Commissary’s stores, and a
large amount of*other property. In addition
to all this, we obtained the restoration of the
great seal of life State, records which
Rad been stolen from the ‘proper .custody, and
about.s9oo,ooo in money, of which tl*i banks f
. in’this ’place had been robbed, and which l
have raised to he returned.'’
, A Federal officer from Lhxingßon .says that
a few members of Gov. Jackson’s Legislature,
had assembled in that town**and passed thv
Ordinance of Secession. When the informant
• o *
left, they werp discussing an act sor # th conns*
cation of property. * Parsons was opposed to
the Southern Confederacy. •
• Churl st ..• Oct. o.—The schooner .Mary
Atlaline, which succos-fully parsed the “block
adersa short time since .with:” a. oargo * of rice,
has been I>>sr on the Bahamas. The cargo wait
laved tiili slightly*da*maged condition.
Charleston. Qci. 6.-4Arr;vals iVom foreign
ports, with articles much needed m the Con
federate States, have rece’nfely taken plaee. onj
the co*ast.
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From the.JS.ichn&>*d DisptUcß, 3<t. .
Latest News frmum Westers Vis ;;inia.
Our energetic ‘Norfolk correspondent sends,
,hsthe folio wing from the. Norfolk Day Book,
extra, of yestertldy : •
*We are informed by M>. Henry.D. Crookett,
one ‘of Ate prisoners taken at.thg battle of Rich
Mountain, who came up from Old Point yester
day afternoon in’the flag of truce steamer, that j
a severe battle has been fought in the'Western
part.of the State, at the Big Sewell Mountain, ;
between Gen. Lee’s and • Gbn. Rosen crania’s
forces, and* that the latter bad bceo defeated,
and was at’* Wheeling, Yu., on Saturday last,
mortally wounded.; and that the whole Federal
army was then on itsYetrcat frtmj the soil of
Western \Tr_inia!
Mr.‘Crockett Vas formerly from Washington, .
I). where he held a position in one of the
Departments as aclerk.’ On th’e breakipg out
of the war, he left the Federal* service and
jmade*his way into Virginia, where ’he joined*
Virginia Regiment, ajid Was made a
•prisoner at the battle of Mountain.
Vile informs us that on* his way iVi.mi Colum
bus, Ohio, tmd while al \Y ellesville, in t! yt
State on Saturday last, he had tRp .news from
the*editor of a.papal'in that place,.that- the
Federal army was then retreating from Wes
tern \ ir^Tinia. .That Ro.encranty', had attacked
Gen. Lea in Jiis entrenchments on tin’ Big Se~.
well Mountain, on* Thursday last, and atter.a
Revere fight, was repulsed,.and tjiafelrp (It<*-cn
erautz 9 renewt i the attack again on Friday,.
and fought ifil day Wng. • .
The loss on the Fedovaßpide was’reported to
him as veraheavy imR-d, whilst the Confeder
ate Toss was.but Trifling, awing to their being
behind their entsenebuients. The Federal ai*
my was reported astfotreating on to Wheeling<
at that time, on their way out of Virginia^
()n jiassipg through l>clair, about four utiles
from Wheeling, on the opposite side of the
Oiiio river, on Sunday night, Mr. Crockett and
the returning f outhermp’s heard a confirmation
of’ this news, together with tRe additional par
ticulars that Gen. Jloscncran'tz was then lit
Wheeling, mortally wounded.* This was told 1
, him by a gentleman in, Belair, in whom he [
thinks lie can place perfeel'confidence, and whom*
he thinks was yrith our side.
Mr. Crockett ;ilso states that lie ?aw an ac
eount.of the, fight in the Pittsburg Dispatch, of I
Monday morning, in which it was stated that ;
the fight Had coimmuiccd *by Rosencilintz .at-’
tacking Lee ; that Bosencrantz had been re
pulsed. and that thev were lighting again the
next day, and that reinforcements were then j
coming up*for Bee, and would reach him before !
’the fight was over. • ••
lie was not at liberty to bring a paper j
througji. ,
[Kxtract *fi'ofn ,-y letter to a gentleman in this’
city, from one of* the officers of Wise’s Legion,
at I3ig* Sewell, dated ~ ,
* . Gamp Defiance, . ) •
Thursday morning, Sept. 20, 1801. * j*
“L have fust arrived at camp with Id I’nion
men as and fiftd Gen. LjVs forces!
7,000 strong. ,We anticipate a fight?- S.tme
think it will be a bard . tight, bift I think, not,
owftig to tEe of Gen. Lee. Tha ene
my's forces reported from ten *to twelve .tlious*”
twid.’’]
Mi*. Crockett, on .his way, passed through
Phillippi, wfe-ie lie tells us tlfe j'ederals have
burn* a!id destroyed all the* property iti the
place. . They have broken the windows and *
doors out of till tin* houses in the town, broken
tuid burnt- all the furniture, valuable .(Sibinqjs,
books, Ac., of tin* citizens.* The churcfl about .
a mile out of towji, has been completely des
ii'Qjfad, and {Tie minister's house lnfc been serv
•ed in the same way. Nothing’ being left of ei
ther except the ban* walls* * *
In Bcyeily, <liey hare been equally as dts-1
trfletive, and in both places they havfl sobbeji
and stoldi everything tlyey could lav thei? hand
Gjpon. The? Federals haw hyge stores of pro
vision-* Ac., at Beverly, and they have notified
the cifizens of their intension .to destroy *the
plitee entirely, when th.<y get raady te.leaVe it.
At Clarksburg, the headquarters of General
Bosencrantz, Mr. Crockett wan informed by
same one, in whom lft lias confidence* Chat Gen *
Roscncraißz givn orders, a fid Jiad mert
detailed for the special service of firing the
whole place. Every flight, at Clarksburg, the
wag Kked up, and the mules picketed
around them, and on the outside js pifc’l up.
•bales oC hay, making; & combustible pile, where
tlrrimn stand ready to fire the wlidc concern
m the event of rartfz beings •defeated. [
. So great.is the%lasm and certainty of* their
defeat all through Western Virginia, that it
atflountetoa.perfect panicamoDg the Unionists
in that sectiotp . * * .
So great isJae deni’onstratiaß of some of tin*
•Indiana •reeriments in Virginia, particularly tli*'*
Pith and 14th, that they were daily .threaten-*
iifg revolt cmless thoy were .paid off. They
have’lvecn Li service v;omt! three or fonr months
and have never received*a <?cnt f*f money, pr
seen any hing of a paymaster.. Mr. .Crockett,
who was’acting in tlie capacity 7 of hospital ste
ward to out* wounded mftn, mingled In* freely
with’thc Federal* soldiers, 4nd*uad ample op
portunities of learning of their tiisaftcctien in
that quarter * and from Uw accounts he Stings f
we aae satisfied our jieoplc I have no 4dequa
idea of tb(’ disaffection in*the Federal ‘ranks. —
.He alsq.rcprs nt *that these i- dfcaj” of
sickness among thens, and that some regiments
that.were entered as full, have not now m 1
Ik, '‘ ‘bmr Some of the
regiments havedmrie'd thfeg #ir four ot*tffeir
Captains and six or # Lieutenants,
Pom alone, the battle of Rich
Mountain. Besides what hie oi°the hospitals*
from 50 to 100 leave in thfitrain*, on thtf
sic!, list, .omes. every \jcck.
[The above is as we Cave re* j
ceived no confirmation* — Hd.l • #
9 O o -* o
J 1 consider that man to be undone who is in
sensible to shaiiie. a 0 • • 0 ,
aO . °
Tin >< vl <irra! Pnyia| for
.* . BvCtM.
Tlitf llyfald *dA\ edm’sday says;
* A terrible battle is at hand between the iOO,-_
ont troops on. the banks of the Rotomac*y •
206,(W0 on.either sille—a battle whiqji wiU be**
gre*tder than that of VS atterloo, and will proba
bly be decisive against the party which toses ik
The Heighty results depending *on it. will* in- .
.VolveJthp destiny of the people on this conti
nent, a.ml perhaps Pi modern civijizatton. It
there should be.a partial defeat of the Federal
army’, let the abolition leaders whfl instigated
the rebeHion a ltd tfe war —1 hiHips, trarrisonf
.Greeley; Beeeher/Cheever, Joy, and
their as • s—look out*for* another country
t as this*.will be too hot to.htJd them. *D‘ thhre
’ should be a total defeat of the Federal army,
together with the cajvture of Washington, let
the atrti-slayery demagogues, wh*o for. the last
thirty years have been stirring *np thp embers
of strife, which resulted in the*Southern revolt,
look out fs last*as they can forT some asylum
beyvjnjl the lii’.its of tile American continent,
i for this istnf only wa;* in which they can con*
stilt the safety of their imperiled neck*
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A New York paper gives following? from
which it. argues that wow ;1 re in ;f “and; *perate
strait” for want *oT awns. .When they come
out of their entrenchpienty. we will show, them :
*GV curious incident has occurml in this city
[.recently, which’shows thjit Cue rebels tfre great
'ly in need dN-mns. A better wa received.* 1 y
a gentleman, (who had jotue mu&kets for
last spring,) from Mr. f*. if Lamar— formerly
: President of the ®ank.of the Republic, in this
• city, but now ih the ranks of the rebels —Ja-
ted Sa’viwnnah, Aug. 19, offering oawli fur
1 10,000 muskets,
ami “no question asked or answered. ‘ Th<
: muske|s were offered some months age, Jfeforc.
| the war conmienced, at three dollars apiece,
and’itwis evident, that the rohgl Government,
i through* their agent, Mr. Lamar,’are* willwijf U>
j*ay eight dollars a uiusket for.them now; they.
: must be in a desperate for such wo;q*-
ons. . ’ ’ *
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• • oi’ iiM-ii Kil ‘inic....
.We learn.witii surini.-e that tiiref. hundred
residents of this cyiy and vicinity, who have.
Jiithcrto been regarded a* gofid tsouthcrii citi
. zens, have announced and registeretk tbemseives
fls “alien enemies,” and requested permissyih
to withdraw iw the North ; and we hear with
, *amitzement arid alarm 4hat.the authorities hav<
given ordftrs to allow them to depart, with ]ia>.s
ports blank as to the description of their par
son s .—ll ich in on and @ ®
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■ Md'cci of r'n r.oiilN I'roc-lanisilio* in *sr--oiti i.
1 The GTnci nnafl inquirer, of the “ ith nit.,
Sjiys that an intelligent ggntl^man —a Union
man —just from Leavenworth,
that the.proclamation of Fremcyit has ha 1 •
most disastrous effect *<?n the l ni n causes in
Northwestern 31is.souri. It k:is driven nearly
all the Union men in that region into the Con
federate rapks. In the’half dozen counti sin
‘Missouri bordering on Kansas, seven-ei<fhts of
tiie peopli were Union men prior to Fremont's
I proclamation, and had sf’ormed companies in
i connection wiili Kansas to protect the £r • v
luit since the fyoc-lamation of Fremont, all the
Missouri companies liavc gone to the J&mtfieru
(ipnf'edcracy. The informat of the Enquirer
1 also states that the (^mfederates have atl south
western ami northwestern Missouri, with aiot
less than one hundred thousand toot's, well
‘ * . •
The Qpst of maintaining 1700 Federal pris
oners at ilichmtmd is estimated a* 81*1,000 per.
W£ck, or at the rate of more thaiv half a mil
lion a year. * @ ®
• Lieu,?. Col. W. M. Gardner, qf the brave
and lioroic Bth Georgia regiment has been ap
pointed Colonel of that Regiment by tli IT -i
----deat. and Las accented.
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@
& r a Ch<'si° lou .
• In lis interesting lecture on Mumlay evening
Mr. tfpratt paid tlie.following graceful trUmto
to the memory ol (fen. JJartow, of Georgia,
1 who felf at the battle of JVlsrgissas Ilyins:
. “Os Gen. Bartow, also, it may beji
that liis last acts jim? 1 w>ure wer^blest ahd Tirfgh
4cst. i here are many *iti us iicre present wh >
heard him less ?l # uui a ye<v age, when, fpotij
•this very stage, he pledged his life and fortune
to the*can- *y >uj State was moving to un Ur
takc'once mere ; but those who saw liiin on tRe
.battle field can tell hoa well he di l ’redeem
that lie stood fcodhe.utßio.st peril’s of
th*e fight upon the turnpike—-*hc stood, to* tha
utmost perils of the fight beyond . Hi&*Eighth
Regiment was cut to pieces; lie jook the Sev
enth. His horse was shot ; lie took the field
on foot. 11 is color-bearof .iflf; lie took she
colors, and rushing with that* the embodied
genius of this storm of battle, on the batte/ies;
he fell, but even then, with the..Strength* and
Spirit to exclaim, “They have killed me, b *y,
bift never give it up.”
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• # TJirt Wsilktl LnUr.
The wmderfuf* Walled Lake is situated in
the central part of Wright county. lowa. “Tlif
of the lake*is oval.. It is about two miles
in length and ene*mile wide try the widest
comprising an area.qf tsome 2*,000 aCres
wall enclosing thi9> lake is over• six miles in
length, and is built or composed of stones va
rying in s;z from !> m4d?rs of “two tons weight
fiewnV) a small pebble, and intermixed with
’earth. The top of the wall is. uniform in
height, abdve the water in all parted ’which
makes its height to vaqy on the* hind i-ide.ac
cording to tfie unevenness 6f *the country from
4.w0 to fwek e feet in.height,* *
In the highest part the Wall measure’s from
ten to tw.e]fve fee; thick at the base, and four to
six at the top, inclining each way-e-outward amk
inward. There is no oi/tlet, but the lake fre
<|UCt rtly tis’s ami flow* oyer the top*of the wall
The lake at the deepest; part i§ about ten foot.
in depth, and abounds witll large and fine sigh,
such.as j;iky.’maeker*ll. bass, perch, Ac. The
wafer is as ’clear as crystal, and then* is no hub-’
bling to indicate any huge spring or feeders. —
. Wild ibwl” of all kinds are plenty upon its b.-
s # dm. *At the’noith entl an* two“siiialf groves,
of abttut ten acres each* no qfher timber baing?
near. •'lf has the appearance of being walled
up by human Hands and looks •like isjinge fot>
( tress, yet there are noyrocks in tlat vicinity for
mil(s arouad. Th*er<? are no visible sigifs of
the lake,being th*e result of -feaanic •actions,
the bed Being perfectly smootfeand the border
of regular form* The lalfe is about*se^enteca ’
,nicies fn m Boone lyjver on tlie west, eight
miles from*lowa on the west, atifi about ne*
hundredfiid twenty mile- from Cellar Rapids.
•It is one of s the greatest the Wegt,,
and lias been'already Visited by hundreds of
curioSity seekers. * . •
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d\ hen will talkers refrain fPom cvH-sppakiiig?
When listeners refrain iron; cvil-hcxiying.