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0 • TICE PRESIDENT,
Alck.'JJi Sftcplicns,
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Itiin of th;i4 made by the
the Court House rhomosvflle, every two w- ks, •;*:
Tuesday at 9tVl*>.-k. A. 61.. the !i t mutiny beiny*on
T * - ptnb(* 3d, and regularly ev- it
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ue cutting dhl of rky&e., will be held weekly on I
Thursday mon 1 *- at 9o’el< •• * „ • • a
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.fs we have to ] ty cash for paper, labor*proVys
ions,*.vc.*. we.huve ; t< rn in< and to adopt flic coil ■/. -
(cm. llereaiigrail trgn?ient Advertisements must
be paid for inserted, andall Job Work mast
fyt (*n delivery. o In i;o case Jrfll we deviate
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. , t il ItllU I lN FOR COIGKESS.
A\ e understand Uigt no nomtbation was made 1
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*at Albany last week of acafididate to repre-”
s<ittt the Second District in ths next Cbnfeder
ate Congress. r J he track is consequently I'ree
to all. Col.CTiias. J.’Mi nnerlyn,®Ri< h’d ii.
Clark; and Jonathan DA vis, been an.
nounced as candidates. If there are any others
in the field, we are ligit apprised of it. Wt f have
the pleasure of a personal knowledge of j>othof
the first mentioned, aiyl have no hesitation in
“saying that either, in our Opinion, would %ell
and faithfully reprcsent.tlfe District* AVestate
this without auy disparagement to the third.
J.ct each voter impartially investigate the mef
its ot the Candidates for himself, and vote for
the.best weak of his country in tins her hour of
. trial. ‘This is no time *for personal partiali
ties. lie that would figikc. the ablest Repre
. sentative should command the votes of th; peo
ple. * * * •
The Second Congressional* District is com- 1
posed of the fallowing counties*: • •
Baker, B-*r fieri, Bp ks, Calhoun, Clay, Col
quitt.’Do-fly, Decatur, Dougherty, Early, Ech
ols* irwin, *Lep, Lowndes, Mitchell, Milfen
Randolph, Ternfil, ThoniaS, Wilcox, arul
Worth. * •
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OF THF.
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I ansjvet to Alie call of his fallow-citizens
the llon. C4IAS. J. AIl AXIfULYN* of De
caturcounty* is announced as.* a candidate to
represent tnc S :on<f (St>n<fri ssii.nul is,'strict in
the Congress of the Confederate States at tlw*
election to be held on the fh*t Wedflestlav in
November
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* . TO. THE°VO # TERS *’ °
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:rAo ro\<;ki>.mo\vs*, district.
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At the request of citizens fmm different por
titgis of the distil’, t I myself a caft
.diditts for the C ~c* rate States Comr^ossfroiu
this, the SE< OND CONGRESSffINA Ir DIS
TRICT. In doing s<>, lam fully mindful that *
a candidacy for <* 7 office in thi* time oft 6ur ’
s peril is tar from being a desirable po
sition. * But as oifV civil as well as military af-*
fairs must- have attention, ami as'the people of
the district mr.<f have a re pres, rs ti*-e,*L c>n
ceive it a duty I owd many good citizens who)
liatte so requested, * to place my n.tme at # their
* disposal. * Believing that* at a crisis like the i
one upon us, electioneering is improper, T shall
not canvass the district, a?:d .-j: ,fl do nothinglto
•promote mysucceSs, except to make my*eandi
.dacy Ynfigii, ami to repel attack*if as-ailed. 1
, deem It untie: to matte any
SBj* political •opining, as there is noV iy> divis
ion of sentiment the people of Georgia.
All ara engaged in # Che gi work p£ our “d§- J
* five ran eo and liberty.” hi* vii\*. Jmv.Pw iv of *
.the restoration of ] krhieh will never h t >-
pey dntil 4h Souths 9u peej fe talce 4heir stand*
an;op tbi *nß . th**, J deVkn it pro
per to’say I kin*a Najo # Right* man in the
strictest sense of the te;-m. and if elected -hall .
vigdantly watch.aml oppose witlutll mycapaei
®ty. evew attempt b*’ Congress to exercise poV
er whteh js not.clearly granted in the Constitu- .
tion. In every jelacc hf public #onsdetce with ‘
which the people have honored me, L have ad
hered rigidly to*this rate of | critical action ■
Its ytolutiou ts of the * dissolution.of
• e , ta kin_: wtfrning by experience,
it shoukl be the constast effort dTevoVy fewer
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old government creep int the nr„- It i s
..my earnest wish that -sent t**m,tion of
• P. oht if a l feeling and animosity shall alwavs eon
nna- . an t that the citizen- of the Confederate*
tjttes shall vie with each ot|jer only in making
0 ‘ i strongest among ri-
Haring Explained, myself as far* ns seems
tiou to the vot
• * ‘•* >tr: t.* If I should be elected, I shall
. led :fny man sh/uld with the
‘ockidmce of* the enlightened and patriotic peo
*. Tie of this -liMrict. If I ehould not, 1 shall bj
gratified that the district has u <( worthier sun’*
, than Lft is ia o °thi.s sprit towards the j cople
and my wttrtl. i h tmy candidacy
S.halT begin
- # . itfCHABD H. QLARK
JunrwtiUß r ißi.Ky x.
Jhe boys and girls ol Th ima
, f • ° evening next,
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•ice AV*e 1 edc f< r tlp-m a full attendance*
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We are requested to state that the la
. if Quitmaw will give*an exhibitionht the
courtfiouse.in that i* n Friday evening:
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1 next, (25th inst.) for the benefit ot o the jl
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* UIfSTARY. t> •
At so election held to Thomasville* on Sat
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j urday last for offiecis of the Thomas Reserves
j |he foHewiijg was the result: . •
< ’ ; tain, . H.*Hai Sell.
First Lieutenant F? fl. Remingtoh.
Second J. S. Alerrill. .
• Ensign, • R. R. Reneau, ‘ . .
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DEATH OF BRIk. £>. GRAVNWV.
• # Brig*. Gen. tjj’ayson, ppmimmding* theDe
! pavtment of*l lorida, who was recently* reliev-
ed by Grig <• n. 1* Kirby Smith, bn *accoun?
•6f id health, died in ’Jm 1 lahassee,• on *Monday
last. AVe understand hi* pc*mains have been
sent to # Ne\v Orleans for interment. * *
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• The Gin a*id contents —©about
•oO bags of opttbn—and packing screw, yf. J#-
Xocly wa* consunsid'by fire on Wednes
day fast. fire originated from friction in,
the gin! Ws.are not informed of Ihe wHue of
: the property destroyed.* •
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• AVe have received a cony of the •Annual Re
poit of Comptroller General of th°o State
of Geortris * * *
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To the*Soldiers’ Aid Society for the past,
week. . * . * °
A li*end,*2 pair socks*and a buiK-h of yarn
for socks. * . o
Mrs. T. Jones, yarn for soclw.
Twelve white*cotton ghtrts, sent t<? Afirginia,
contiibAUecl by Mrs. T. Jones, were accidental-,
ly omitted isi fi e published li.-f of articles con
tainsd in* the boxes forwarded a A-w week*
since.
Information is wanted by the Society as to
” the whereabouts of 40 flannel shirts, red and
yellow, and 3 military jackets made for *Capt.
Young’s company, which mysteriously disap
peared from their store room in the courthouse
a few .weeks since. ° These goods wele discov
crcd ter be missing whwi the boxes just sent te
■our troops on Sapelo dsU'ntf were packed, and
it is regarded as a matter of public interest
that the method and reason of tlw.Gr disappe:u
ance be discovered. Any information which
will lead to their discovery or that of the pew
sons concerned in Appropriating them will be
feceived. *
By order of the Executive Committee.
•M. E. Cushy, Secretary..*
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‘CAMf* II.\RIWSON,. ): .
o ScnfVEN, Aj*pling Cos. -
Oct. JLStli, 1801. ) *
Mr. Editor .* Up to this time your Camp
Correspondent lias *been’silent* It is no small*
list to detach one’s mind from the duties jynd
.busy scenes of the Camp and undertake ’to
compose it fyr the purpoge of making up a mi*
dable commuification lot ;* newspaper, more 5s
pecially* when the writer is •Inmself a soldier,
♦ bavin*:.Lis part of the camp routine to pass
through. Tins* is the Sabbath day, however,
and as our company will go to hear tffie Gospel
■ preached, instead of drilling, I take advantage
j ot an interval to wAte.”
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Camp Harrison is a fine location as you have
hArd before, with excellent water and a# heal
thy, in my opinion, as any place in Southern*
Georgia.’ There ish small deep rives ( L do not
fknow its nalne,d wirhin a mile and a La If of The
and on either side*for several miles*the
country assumes a fine undulating ap*pcarftntc,
with hills and valleys resembling telie .favorite ’
. portions of Tlmmas. • ‘idle soldiers go clown to
bathe in tly; river anclnome to fish,'but I have
fio* leaeged their success at the latter. AVe
have a celebrated angler in our -ranks, byt he
hfls not yet plugged bis “barbed hook” into tbe
’ bosom of*the deep blue stream.
1 understand* that our Brigade fs now. full,
although all the companiesihave not yet arriv
| cd. • I’cn fthousund men woulcfbe assembled
here in ien dys if Tien. “Ilarrlson **would ve ’
ecjve them, hut I logrn that maify companies
have already been rejected. I think there are
•^twenty•five companies here now, one Regiment
organized and another, (the second) to be or
ganize'd on Monday m the First will prgb- j
ably be sent off to*the coast in a4eyv days. I
s hope it will,as thwGbmtnissarigs have about all
# theyy cgn .stand no to in furnishiifg’a sufficient
supply of provisions for so Inany men iip this
pnrticular locality. They are* however,
imlft-trious. and ujj to thi time we have little
cause lbr eomplgiut. The country people are
in camp cwory day with such .Tor the
market.as tl’cir section affords a;jd they go awliv
’ with enfpty carts. *fhe cbief prodjictions oY
the country eem to be honPy and crcoi sugat
x*afte whi<^Tnrr boys bawe been *!. *”,. in prt?t-
Ity extensively. There is very little sickness*in
“our camp and no deafh lias yet occurred, wi*ich*‘
*1 tfiink is almgst g’ markable am?)m? so many
men. iln? Dixie Iftiys, with the exception of
■ two or tinge cases ot Diarrhoea The next day
ofter their arrival the Bth,) have been healthy,
and thete is no sick yst in their carilp to-day.•
.ihe “Hoys were mastered in jpstorqay (Sat-* 1
urifay) and while I write a chorus ot merry
i'dices is loudly thfoiyh t!ie air. They
Ltjocm determined to make the l?est oT their
condition a’d keep their eamp aTive with fun.
Our camp dirties are strict, but not laborious,
•and it is trite geperal imjycssion thafwe have
fallen upon the most pleasant service tliatowill ‘
be afforded during tjie.war. Ggi. Ilarigson is
highly esteemed by his entire and I [
th;nk lit; 4pertts it all.. Jle is*a fine, stout, mili- i
tarv lookingtoan, above *ix feet in height, dig
nified and gentleman! v iif Ins bearing, and above
all, has a kind heart, easily discovered through
•&e Vweet musical huim *of his voice. oTliosc
who prefer the lion’s tread and stern voice of
thunder, in their Jeader, are* .welcome to them, j
L,"V’° ncral c ra ct'ftil in hr- carrjage°and his
‘i v, mds to every one will ftisnire more love
and courage in his t£kn all the bar
ncSne th.nuers of tbe tropics *
to r>e moving 8n haniionlenaly.
I slgrlUnot undertake to sen?! V o u a wecklv
• c _ omtmi!n cation, but only i 0 tf C n inclination
; time, and circumstances dictate. *
l 0 *DfxiE Boy* °
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CAM#*HAiUUSON,.
r Station No.*7, A.k c. r. r -
, • ° • October 17 TT.
JFrifnd Reneau: A cursory description of
camy our manner of living mav.piove
( of to some o[ our friends in Thomas.
Our tent.* are pitted on aig devSted and
healtha?l rt'g’on-.-a beautiful pine rid-o. Be
ing located near tbe railroad a few hours’ ride
take us to the* sea coast.
We haven ‘camps over twenty-three bun
fired soldiers hearty, robust looking men.
They nijpear to be in fine spirits ’and are anx
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ions to enter into an engagement. M’e have
. b*ut two regiments organised; the thiyl wifl.Le
1 formed in. the .coarse of a Jhw days Yhe’Dix- 1
ie Boys are in the’Secgmd Georgia Re intent
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Their field officers art; Colonel Barkalee, Lieut. ;
I Colonel HarHaoa, and Major Cochran. iTliey are
; affable in tfaeu* deportnfent and 1 believe uene
ri;lly beloved by*the men of th<?regiment. * I
For the last six days the ears passfrg up
have bben burdened with soldiers en route jfor
Lrunswick and other points oy the coast. I
i think th-jre must have*passed ip that time over
tour thousand men. Among number were
several* cavalry Companies, well armed tfnd
equipped*for all and every emergency., I
think that Linco]n’s.*horJ*e will fare badfy when
they come in contact with *uch Tesolut-c men.
.Their motto and our fnot?o .is, “ Victory or
ftcath. o \\e let► our home’s to illustrate odv
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respective counrics, ancf wirii the help of God
we expect to be victorious.
I think tßis camp life will redown to our
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mutual good. Men who always had others to
wait upon’them are now helping themselves
are beconnng °g.)od cooks, passable washers and
excellent*.soldiers.AVe ate bountifully sup
plied with •provisions. Bacon, ’beef, doffee,.
flour sugar, salt, soap, syrup, vinegar and
candles are the necessaries drawn evpry second
day. Had we some of our .expert Thomas
.county cooks.we woqld feast like Lords.
I could write other particulars, but time ad
monishes me to a close. Yours*, Acc.,
* • E. J. O. <
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¥^€*nfher e Tuiiucfl by a New Proeefi.
• Newbury Tan Works, Oct. *ls, 1801.)
NewburY 6. 11., S. C. )’
Editor JSacannah R<*pnblit(tn :
My Dear Sir: I enclose to you a piece of
calf skin tanned by me with°a weed called the
Dog* Fennel, for which I have obtained a pat
eiit, No. from the Confederate Spates Civ
---ernment-o I claim that I can tan. and. make
better leather, in oiTc-third le.-ft tjim;, with one
third tho bark, and anvyfromoU to 40 per ceyf*
This piece was tinned in twenty days, ands
tlitnk it is as good as French calf. 1 ’am .pro-*
pared to c dispose of Rights in •all* tluvlkmfede
rate States eji’ America,except South Carolina,,
which I h;n e disfiose.d xf. * *
•Very respectfully
. * .* * Isaac Bierfield.
The sample of dalf skin refeired to above,
lias come to hand, and we shall take pleasure
in exhibiting it to all who. feel ;m interest, in
the leather trade. We have never seen a pret
tier article,.and in qioint of strength it is re
markable.. It is almost incredible that such
leather should*be tanned in the short s>*ice *of
twenty days; and the wonfUr increases wlign
we reflect that the rapid process is effected
thttmgh the agency of a weed that abounds in
almost.cvery old field of the South. Let some
body in Georgia go into the.business forthwith.
— Suv. R>publican. . .
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• The Rrili.-k SHeamer liei-niii’da. °
The fyllowingis from the Bultimeye Ameri
can: • . * # .
i'ircct communication withs Upnnccticut,
graduate, escaped from schoyl teaching in Geor
gia, near Savannah, bas supplied new and very
important information respecting the British
steamer Bermuda. She is an iron clad vessel
of about 1,500 tom* burden. Her masters
name fas Peel*. # She sailed from Lfvcrpoftl on
the 18-h August, and arrival at Savannah on
the 16th of September, being 29 Tlays on tlxj
passage, touching at Falmouth and* Madeira for
coal. Her cargo consisted of 18 rifled cannon,.
34s and 425, and 2 16$ pound LancaStcY guns*
•with aibthe'flec’essarj earriagts and equipments,
potrder, shot and shelly all ready for immedi
ate.* use; also, 6,500 Enfield Rifles?.Tebween
200,000 and # 300,000 cartridges for the same,
<6OOO pair.? of.army shoes, 200d" ) 0 Wankets,
180 bhf 1*- gun powder, large quantity of mor
phine, quitiine and othej’ medicine stores, and
nuy>3 other articles of more tliadi money value
to the reficl army. Her eargd cost at Liver
pool 81,000,000 cash., ller.armament was t.wo
• 12-poiyider.rijled guns, one on ech side. ‘She
w now fitting Ojit lor active service, and ’is *to
be employed in cruising for returning Califor
nia steamers, Commodtire*Totten will command
her- . .*,.*.*
Mj infonflant slates positively that the maift
of tly3 Bermuda informed him that; hvo more*
iron-clad Steam frigates are expected froiy Eng
land fln the Bouthrn coast bjf’thc lorfi ,ofOc-°
tdber. *Tbe Bermuda is oVrned in Englai and
Her in Sooth Carolina. W*bile
she \jas at the time she cleared, U*
was supposed in Liverpool to be a supply sjrip
• for the Royal Navy, although Downing Street
knew, much better. She cleared for a West
India port? • * * .*
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Wccil Corn.”
Wc have seen and heartf'of persons* discour
aging youths under 18 from*going to school.—
It strikes us that this is the .very wor§t! policy
•we ?-an adopfr; and we*are glad ttyhearof a re
buke administered to.it a s.hort *timc since by
, President fiwvis. youth from Mio-issippi
had joificd the army, contrary the wishes* of
his relations, who sought the interposition ol
the President to have him discharged from the
service. The President rca->ily complied, and
remarked, that the using up of th* toys in tlyi .
army was like*“grfflding seed corn !’. We have
tooteiany youths in the army —not that they
arc not bTave - not that veryrinany of them arc
capabfle of ©good service ; buP they arc not
physically matured and ar* i”t for .hardships 1
ot camp life. Beside- we ... T i^ore 0 than cn-*
ougli over 2fl years of age to°fight t>ur battles ;o
and those under that ago* cannot o better serve
their country, tharf*by sloping their minds°with
useiul information. As this war is pru_!-Bsing 0 )
phey.will all be needed ; and tlien with well*
tillethheads afqj well developed physique they
will be better able to render effectual aid to
the Republic. —Richmond Whjg*
r LATEST Was NEWS.
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* Ri o ‘- 20. —One .
[ was burnt*on the Pifftoaaah yesterday, ai • •
to-day, by hot shot from flic Confederate •bat
teries ne:fr Ev >;>:• gt. . • *
* Richmond* Oct. 18. —There ill heavy Bk*r- J
ft
Harper’.s Ferry and JAansport, th<* particulars
of which have’only pafti ; 0 ed.
Pi * • t 3 afternoon’a cars sftrie that
Ashby’s Cayalry had engag 0 &y be
tween L esburg and ] .s. ] ...
qjxty and taking fifteen prisoners. The .C©u- j
crate loss vrias one killed-aod fine wounded*. j
.It ■.resorted that a large Federal fleetjfrom i
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boat le to pasS the.
nfiac is believ.eij to be effectually blockaded
at last. * # . ••'*•-
•Important frossi th> III Ijl I of tC
Treasury.
Ri*hyu id, Oct. l'h—*A letter from Sedre- 1
r ry Memminger, addrqsst Ito the ret *
; tion# to the produce loan, appears m’the
Enquirer of tjiis inqruing. . Ihi advises the
Commissioners to coutinue their efforts to io
i ,>e tin* lonf notwithstanding She blockade !
j —declares*that the Government has no control
of the produce itself, and does not* regulate the <
tknelif its sale’or-thfi price—that the. sub-
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scriptiyik is eorttin xl to the proceeds of. sates,
and contains an .order o t tfie commissfon nfer
chant or factor of the planter to. pay to the “
Treasurer the amount subscribed, in exchange
forConfederate,bonds.. * .
*U e says further, thal it the interest
of* both parjtjes to wait for a pood price, and
tfiaf the Government will readily •consent to. a
isffporfementof t hfi sale. • M
The Secretary then devotes a lajge portion
of his Jitter to an enquiry about extending ma- 1
terial aid from the. Government to tlte planters,
and says no power is gjant<;d .to any depart
ment to fend money for the relief .of :.sp’ ‘in
terest. M-hat Cun..) nfay°do, the Secretary
is uriabjfi to tfate. • • *
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• ?!nil V ,Ti!K’ii(s with Knrope.
X< r; Orleans, Oct.” 18.—The. Picayune s’ays
important mail arrangements have been uuklc
for the establishment of a regular lueuthh*
mail between Nftw Orleans and ‘Tampico-in
Mexico, to connect at the latter place with the
Britislf* mail Steamers. * “.
The mail carriers Tiava been appointed, and
1,200 letters in charge of one of them left*
0,0
New Orleans on the i oh inst. Another mail
will close on the oth No\tunber, proximo, at and
o’clock, p. m , and leave the next merging. .
• I’it-itt Stutter # -cnt I t I’ohloii.
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, Nashville, Oct. IS. —Ths Eouisriille paper*
say Gen. Butler has been translerrejl to the dej
“partmeut of ,N.ew England, with his headquar
ters at Boston.
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Tht* ievjK-diiiou 1 tin* P:iH*c*--|i'iirlhot* Pnrtir-’
■ilai-N. .
New Orleans, Oct. It.—The naval
rion to the Passes consisted as follows :
Tlit Manassas, iron dad marine battering
ram* with one 04jHj Dahlgren gun.
The Steamer Oatfioun, flagship, with H
inch, and ffwfi 8 inch Dahlgrens.
‘J'hc Ivey, with one 8 inch aYid two rifle 02
poynders. .
The Jaffksfln* with two 3 inch Columbiads.
The Mcßae, wjth one •74ib pivot gun, four 8*
inch ColuVnbiads and one 2411 T rifle gum
The Tuscaroriy, with ose 8 iych Coluiabgul,
;*nd one - 321b rifla cannon. .
’Jdie ctrtter Picjcens, <Vi;h one 8 inch Colun>-
bind afid.foiy 2-ill* carronadcs.
The blockades consisted of the; Richmond,
\ liicctincs, Preble, Water Witch and setteon
.cr Janies E. Tuone ; in all, *3 guns.
One Friday night the Confederate fleet start
ed from Fort Jackson, the. .Manassas hauling
the way. The nteg lit was intensely dark. The
Manassas struck a vessel, which she ran into
near htw bow-find cout into upwards of twenty
feet. An appaling shriek was heard abroad the
doomed ship. *. ISignal rockets were fired, the
enemy beat to quarters, and a perfect iron bail
fell upon and around tho Manassas^whose ma
• chinery became deranged.
The Tuscarora and Watson* came * with five
’fire barges, vtfiieh they cut.adril't’on the stream,
thereby causing a regular stahijjede.
* .When morning tariie, the fleet commenced
•puiisuft of the retreating enemy, and a heavy
canonading began, lasting till eight o’clock. —
Several shuts struck the Richmond. The Yan
kee shots vsere badly aimed, ( fur firing end
ing, the licet returned .to the city with the prize
schooner Toone, tanked with coi;l, which had
been deserted during the night. . * ’
A large .quantity of lumber, intended fur the
construction of fortifications at thg head of the
Passes, was Curt. . . *•
• • •
o _ From the Macon Telegraph •
° °
Coninrrcil!! an • S iiy.ijcial
* TIIIRI) DA*. • •
.. Macqn, Oct. 16th, TB6 l . *
The Convention.was opS6d with prayer by
Rv. E. \\ 6 . Warren. ° • .
The rules having.been suspended, Mr. La
ma;, of Georgia, offered the following resolu
tion : . • • # e .
. d<* solve and, Thht it be Recommended to the
Congress of .the Confederate. Ptab s to suspend
the # co4lection of all dat.ies on and that
till the porfs. of the ConfedcKite States dm
thrown oj • a and 1 ad to* the tratje of
all the nations\l‘ the \;orld who’mauitain peace
.will; us. . * “
I he reselution wis adSptod unanimously.
.. By ffbrmissi the‘Convepfio, Ms*. Cham
bers, of Alabama,uhmitte<Tthe followin'’'* res
olution : • *
Resolved , lliat in tdie opiiften o*f the Con
vention dt is unwise polity fur the planters to
sell then cottop at less.than cents pep pound
for middling uplatids, abd jt is .recommended
tbat ;he banks do make an advance to the
1 planters oi 5 cents, per‘pound, on conditions
‘fbat will secure the cotton to enable pointers to
lpjld it, rather ih.an to force them to s< Il it LeE
low the first named figure. .
Tin- resofutibp was passbd.
Tl?§ ConvL*it?on tlq:n proceeded, to take* up<
tjic order ol the day and crin.-idcr the resolu
tien j>v tb<* business com
mittee Upon the subjftet of the .modification, of
the? sequestration act. . * °
.. CJjfin Jhis subject the Cpnventipn• wits a*l
dressed at length by Mes.*rs. Trenholm, Nisjict
and otJics-s. • .* * •
The following gentlemen w.ere addfid to the
committee on Mr. Lamar’s reaolutioa, iibifl the
delegates of the C§ttofl Planter’ Convention:
Messrs. Lawton, Ward, Walker, Hubbard,
to which tlm President, Mr. ( l?ambers,by
q\jest, was added. • • *. .
Pending the discussion, # Mr Misbet movej
to strike OU^the third clause of the resolution, I
to-wit: ‘That the sequestmtiwn ael should take 1
die ft at afld from ito passage, and not from rhe
21ssot o May, as is now provided,” and tlie sub- |
stitution of yn ameuthnent
. • —• •
T 1.1; m ition of Mr. Nisbet so strike otiri the ,
third section of Tie report prevai’ed, and the
amendment, by hatff, ad< pt
* ‘.
Mr. Chambers, of All* and Mr. Hamsiflndjj
of Ga., offefed substitutes for the original reso-*
i, which were voted down by tike Qoßven- ,
! tion. * *
li’ B. J . T n, Esq lof Bil b,* oflerod an
: amendment to*the resolutions, which.was aaoi t
,° •
*. . •
M-’ssrs. Gourdie find Trenlolm, of Chari s
lon, offered amendments, which w.’re adopted.
•i be.. a i :! 1 1 ri solutions,.. -;• tn
follows: * *
J • WhJrfias, by the laws *of nations -debts due*
It >.a4ien epeftih s are suspended, and bear bo i*i- ,
terest Ruling the coatinqance.of the war, *
• lit ■ - *,.*. >for .’! bat in the opinion of
this Convention* the sequestration act, adopted ! (
*by the Confederate Gongi •—a: its r I ,-e—
----,siou, should not require* (he payment of debts
uiic by*i nr c'.t: ns to alien . nemies during the
iteuce of the* war: but that it should re
quire only the evidence \}i the mddbtedness to
be returned placed gp m*recqrd by the re-
I ceiver, without security demanded anp # taken
for the ultimate payment -f Vue same.
That iti cast's wherei:* tln'd.-btuv to ail alien
enemy almj a claimant of indemnity flu* dam
age sustaiifedfby tlfe.acfr of ;iets of the Govern
ment o£ the United States’,. gr of the people
~ thereof, the said claim shall* be allowetl as an
offeri, and the bilance only shall be the .sub
ject of paytnent. : . . # •* .
‘1 hat we respectfully recommend to the Cf>*i
federate Comjress such alteTations in,-or addi
tions tg the sequestration act as may*be**neceß-’
sary.toauthorise the Confederate Courts fit en
> quire info* lhe t lxrna Jidt of*every* transaction of
( our own citizens with alien enemies befween
• the 2t.-v day* of May? 1861, and the date of the
phssagu Os thmt act, and to protect fruir; tin’ op.-
eratiofls ol the act those ehgage’d in Such trans-’
actions, wnose dealings vvith the enefny were
of manifest benefit to thS people of the
npent of*the Confederate States, or‘free from
taint of disloyalty. *
That the .Government of the.*Copfeder4te
States, havipg assumed thh place of the alien
creditor of tho Confederate debfcur, should
stand on the same footing with ail other erddi
fors. * * °
*. That this Convention further pecomtnend to,
. the Congress of the* *Gorifedevate States, Such
mo iifi<Jution of tne seqrfesfrati ,00
rc(|iiisite to exempt from its operatin'!) ihe prop
erty of persons resident in the States with
which wc are at yar, who are laboring.under
the disabilities of coverture or .infancy, and
consequently unable, though degiring .it, |0
change theirGomieil, and who are not actually
enemies to the South. .
The following resolution wa* passed last
night, presented by .J. M. Vernop, of Tonnes
set;: . • . •
ReSolvfd, That* tfi facilitate and simplify
oomjprciil calculations in t!;e country, we re
coin meed that the Congress of the Confederate
States.pass a law regifiating coins, weights and
measures, and that their, bhsi* * lialj be upqn
a decimal ratio, with appropriate denomitiations.
“close or. third day’s proceedings.
Mr. Cray offered the as pmendato
• rjrtonhe resolutions on. the.shbj%ct of
the . modification of the Sequestration s ‘u.t,
wIC eh passed : * *
Rd .in the. .* .
property of alien, ei pr*\isi .*
should be niiide to make uic property oi suclt
alion enemiei as ha/e sons-in(hfi army of the
Confederate States sequestrated for bfie benefit
ol said sons serving as soidifirs in rail armv.
. Ihe coinmittee to examine and re
port U];on the ]>l*m of the vessel submitti-d by
•J- R* Butts, Ej.,*made the following rep rt:
‘‘ r f hat they have examified tlie plan submitted
by Mr. Butts, atwl approvfi tip; same, and rec
oiumcnd it, tis the favorable consideration ofthe
Government, as w*-!l to Vhat of .priuate indi
•vfduals and*capitalists, believing (hat tjie sail -
wih he an eftieien; nieaivs of so
desirable ;rti object.”
‘j he Standing Qomm;ttee submitted the ffl-
Juwing fepdlt, wpS adopted : ‘‘lnasmuch
as a.plar> has been . presented by a gentleman
of this city for huflding a vessel calculat.ell to
render great service in the public defence”.
R(solved, That the Convention ojen a sub
scription for the ..purpose of putting tl*e “saifle
fti*oforation. * •
lhe Bt-*u ‘ing Committee also made tl;c fol-.
rijwing* jeport : . * o *
•“Resolved, That we invite the attention of
all our seaports and large cities.to
the importance of a direct and immediate* e >n
,nqetten with t.he coal and irm* mim-s oi North
Carolina, apd as a military and* commercial * ne
cessity urge a.connection by Railroadlby” the
Confederate Arsenal at Fayetteville, thence b*y
the Fayetteville and Western Raifroadho the*
oaal.and Oreo rnin'es on*X>eqp Giver ; *and t
the uuportanoe ol Rlufrokd commußicatfo*be
tween Montgtmery and Decatur, Ala., present-,
ing'as it will *<joal and deposits of iimitcnse
exleyt and \mlue.”*
. The committee submitted; tht; following re
port, whic.h vgi. urihnimou§iy adopted :•
“it Q I f*.t in ordes t. em-miv.i’ khe
importation oY..articles gecessary ift the presefit !
exigency of the country, return cargoes ’ought
to be furnished tu vessels rnkroducißg*commod
ities witKinrihe Cjonfederate States, from Kyiu
pciin nations, the aecumulatiofl of stockln sea
ports and la;v piierior *-ities being at*tbe satike
time Regarded impolitic.” .* * *
>iV. 1 ijtnar, by permission fifthfi Cftnvention
offered ‘the following*•
.adopted; • . .
*Jh soft'd, # 'J*hat we respectfully recommend,
Miat the Postmaster ‘Hep era l take s*icl; steps, at
as early a day as practicable, may lead to the
establishment of postal relations betwgen * the
Confederate States and European govci'mqents.
Mr*Bass’ inprqgard to she export;
• duty upon cotton was taken np, Snd after tquchj
•discussfion, it, was, with an amendment, offered
by Mr..Lhambcjs, of Alabama, laid upon the
table. . * . •
•Mr. Bibb, of Alabama, offered the following
resolution, which. was.adopted :• *••
o ßem,, That .when this Convention ad*-
journe, tbw it adjourn to meet in the ity of
Mon(gomery, Ala. ..0n the first Mffndayin My
next. • *. . .
Mr. ! ”■ on Offered the following resolution, “
which.wa i passed : ...
o Revived, That the newspapers of the Con
federate States be respectfully requested to*
publish the proceedings of this Oonyenticm.
1.. ? h '. Bass*moved thfit the pfoceedingsbe pub- I
: lisbed in form, which motion prevail
ed. • .. * i
hq Macon Chamber of Commerce proposed
to pulji” h tl?c •proceedings at their owito ex- -
J • o # • -:• • 0 # ;
di Root oftered thp Allowing, which wag
passed: . ° • ° o *
Oo c °
• • •
‘tfesblv U, That fhe’tbankfi of tins Convent
tion teturned to the several Railroad C(pnpa
njes vjho have furnished its mt nißers with re °
turn tickets fjeg, tfi the°city ol Mae*n for the -
uv‘ df its City ’Hall, and the citizens nT tho
city who havorfjxtended their IV-pita*dies totli*
•’ •’* . ’ ** *.
31 r. Peßow uffervA the fuTlufing re?eiutign,
which wa i * b ; * • 1 witji*the proposi
tion on .I*Y part thak the .publicatiop. of the
ssmie would be at his own fxpepse : * .
* Resolveel. That the memorial of a citis
ykginia upon thu subjt ct ol ir< o trt ns,
w6i: b: s. n.va.-’ifes. taxation, pilot laws, < te. 4 i •*
muitmded to the attentictfi* the. qeyeral.
’States and oommercial cities 4 an be tea
ttndng the proceedings of thej onveutiofl.
•Mr. pupe.ln offiwcil tlte following, which was
adopted gnaniuiously: # \ *
Resobied, That the . thanks of- this Con\
tion are lierebv tendered io (He Presidents.i 1
the Convention, the Vice Prggidents,* to tl
Soon t ri< -. and (b the IVlacon ( hamber oi ( qip
nre’rce for their.scrviifift, attention and court(sy,
to.tfiis b*)dy,and their Beat ui..aeegmpli.-!i :
its objects..- ° . *
President Andrews responded .K the resob.
tion el® the Convention to -l*in
with touching cTonuenctf and grace. He sVid
hevii dikwell covet at sucha moment die hap-.
faculty whieli (*nab!es Tts pi*;-,-, ♦u;- to.ae- “
knowledge pertinently and nut. ungracefully *
manifestatiotis et * . *so generams, --
courteous; as hq had beet; the rg< ipicut <* : . -sit
laying no claim *to*any ®Bucli 1
begged giniply to expiv A to t-lfd Corfventu li I
honest, cordial anil hearty thanks. No •
tpr ol’ the.assemWy which for the past few -
has gathotfbd in this hall,* .couid have laij 4 i .
hav been- struck with the array of chpractiw,
intellect and’solid interest wlych*it*presenll
An embodiment of the nxpopentj el* two ♦
interests i our young;Cpnftderacy, cooimejee
and agriculture, had left their aeem-tu’ *ed pur
suits and pon;e uj; here to couusi I with*’ ocn
other for thestfle.good or tfie cotmtry. .There •
were uo hunters afte? popularity here. .T h v i <
has*beeq no extraneous ends tef serve, buff 1
eSiTiCst, solid men with luuie.-t am? earnest *
purposes. It wa; refreshing •and full’of en
couragement to witness the spirit which perva
ded the.discussiyiJs. (Applause.) *
There h;ul been fervor and heat, but it* was
tly? filrvor :tnd heat of patriotism. Fires had
been struck fYo.m The anvil of ;h b,\te, but thc\
ware the purifying fires .which .burned bp lon
the.altar of our country. ( \pj lan ■)* -
The Convention would .oiiu
in Alabama. There is a beautiful ft-gumi i
our fair sister slate which tells us that ihe <
ly pioneers thqreia were so attracted with h >
charms, that th< yf< rgot their distrq< - ®
reaching her pleasant waters-and seating them
selves on the verdant I tmks th< reof, gxch
“AlaUima” —Here in. reel! .(Tremendous :u
playse.). • .
Ma\ time prove that there. ■ • •
significaqpe in thp place designated, and to
those of us who may be permitted to gather at
tlm ncst meeting, may the grateful souifd coin
u[) from peaceful* rosters, under every ‘-viiie
and fig tjee,” t*ur ’counlry is delivered 1 Al; -
bam a ! Alabama ! (Applause. >
Commei ‘*
ences of that Gracious* I’fovith. nce* in and. pernl
nee on wdiom our work was bCgun,
ued,\vill, we trust, be deeded, [ bid*j .
• • • warmly apd* affectionately, *
farewgll! (Cowtiiru *
D.®Hubbard, us Alai’ama, ai 4 -ev • ral oth
made pithy and burnt ; ;Tis a<ldr< est and
Convention adjpurne 1 in < xc ill ;nt humos.
, whole proceeding- were markeq witii ule.i.-an •
ness and gomi feeling. *
.* 43Q . . - •
. , * .-.- ► - .*
( • - ■ , .
The l. iceub!'i*i’
. Camp LartovV, \ a., Oct. t, 1861.
jfr. R lifer: 1 sougflt opportunftv* fui*
* tlic last two or three to furnisli you a .
notes*of occurrences hereabouts, *lyit the e n ; -
tinuefi elaiips of duy luife not left yie the leis
ure to do an until n >w, and 1 must newessanly
be hurried this ng.nv.y_. as*l ha\ulut limited
time in which to write.
o “
On Thursday mowiiifg, the 3d at
rix cgclocU;ttie E-Alerals, in considerable Free,
.attacked tfie outer post of our uiekds, ablnit
three milhs.frcyn eatftp, wlio, after returning
their firs, fell'Back tt ne&rer posts, and con tit;
ued to fall gaek until they were roinlbre and 1
the reserve guard, about a mile and a half/roiii
camp. . There® under liieut. Cfiambliss, o’ft
“Marion Gliards, 12th ( rgia *Regin
(w hot was aho officer of tn.- gqafd,) they m
a stand against.thaadvancing foe; ond, thin
their numbers*were less thaji eighty^while tl
i.rderal- lynk in action, fi m two to tllf< e hu#-
Idrcd, their main army behig.j ust behiwd, marii
taiued their gr mn is thro lgh a hot *tesf
. nearly an h’our anj n half, and did. nok-finallf
yieldund retire, uptll th.y began to use t!>
i artillery. Too
Ito Ljeut. Cbambl .fbr gallant resistan
of superior numbers for 1 .n_ a time, t'uk
•Johnson and Ramsey, were both present during
a portihn of*tfie time, the ’former having his
horse.shot from under.Jhim, Ifut for nearly a .
{half hour after .they both 1 ft LiOut. Q. contin
ued to .fight, firing*tiinls If as rapidly ,
or*four men .could load guns for.him, *Th<
j ibree thus engaged, being® a portion of*.
Grand Guard, consisted of detachuiints from.-
all the bodies of troops encamped h< t
Is.t;ind-4th (ieurgia buth P.ifiii;,’ ivpivsehtcd.
About the time •Lieut. Chan*bliss re’tireJ, tlic
.enemy drew-up in two lines acr< aj a meadow*,
about a thousand .yards from our cqmp, and.on- *
*]y partially in* view; their right restmg’upon*
the creek, arid tliyir left extending njsavly to
* tlm turnpike, which*ran ktwrmi them"and the”
‘base ot a strep,.thickly wooded mountain. . L*
tfie rear j\*ere. their Rivalry, supposed to nifmbrir
gbout 500. Supported by tnese lineSJ they
had four or. five pieces of artillery, qjod. just
, across the turnpike,*on their l<l‘t, another piece.
l*niffct their.afi] roach, ..the *3d Arkansas
Regiment,* Col, Host commanding, had bectj
stationed oh the southern side of the cjgeeVl (the *
1-cdrinds being on the ptlicr,).nearly, opposite
ta.the rightV)f the FedgraHim-s, ,1 hough %om(
distunc§ from it, and cqftceulod in the woods.—
Tke Virginia tj-oops all oceilpiod tli£ trench- •
os that h*ad been cqt uponhill gide around •
our camp. The 12th Georgia were drawn ft*p
ib a mc.adow. to the right ol* the trenched, faf- ’
ther up the creek, and ojqiosite the rauantain
already spoken of as i the left-of the
enemies lin.es. Still farther tfpthb meadovr*on
.tlic right of the i2th Georgia, and .sense* dis
tancer removed from it, was the 1 st j Georgia.-*
f his yva§* about the fif the’Jprceg on.
Roth sids.s, as nearly* as"l can get at it, about 9-
o clpck, wheq their artißpiy.opened tire upon
us. Guts.opened vtry promptly, and tho •lire
was kept lip very warmlv for ajxmt an hour
and a gny attempt at adegionstfa- •
tion wi.th infantry. AfiourilUj o’clock a move
file nt was m toie theft’ right whig* to crus. ‘