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e respectfully call #he of IJprcifts
• atkl Guardians t the advertisement of Rev.
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C. P. B. Martin, undej the above head.-2-
T4i is gentlen m has lnn<: Jiohif oceurded in the’
instruction <•; y nth. w ♦ riqi-rh President of
the Synodical College* “of Geqpgia loeatbd at]
’ <irifsn rs and VMe doubt.whethWr there is a. More
competent instructor fn the State. To those
who have fen #<d Wr< :i or v :rds. whom they
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wish to send abroad for arP education, we can J
eordiafly recommenand
direction of the above gentleman.
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lHVjt BOVS.
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For the information of the frietlds of this
com; -my wiTl ‘ta'e ‘fiat it has been removei*’
from*Gamp Harrison, kt Station No .7 on the
Atlantic & Gulf*Railroad, to the* Centra! Rail
road, tiro milt*from tkt ‘ citj/ of Savannah.—
All letters or packages, therefor o* sen* to tfie •
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Dixie Boy? must be addressed*ho Savannah, to
the care of Caft.*L. C. Bryan, 2d Regiment,
Hart t<on's Brigaeh. ff otherwise addressed*
there wid be no certainty of thtir reaching
their destination Packages ought to be ex
pressed to ensuro'safetv
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o• a Nsv. 15. 1 ‘'ill. i.•.
Tjjo Commanding General of this Alilitarv
Department having authorized me to increase
the rank and file of my company from sewontv
to one hundred mr*.*l will receive ihirty, able
bodieft men, with od horses, recruits.—
Persons disposed to serve th#ir country in her
hour of perif as otonnu l *n< in a perfectly
healthy region of Country, areiv^uousted to re
port to toe as soon as, possible at Waynesville,
Ga. Oyr.tsrm of service f Cob fed eeatet will
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oxpife an thqTtit of** August tic#
T. 8. HOPKINS/
Gant. Commanding Wayne* Jtangerf. ,
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. Ba\%nn*?h,*Ga., N.ov. 14, ldifif .
Mv.last left llSrrw n s Bn i*le in hourly fx
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pectation of ifnwval from Camp I!art*son to
‘•ome place hearer the haunts of the enemy.—
M e left those on TuSsdav last, passed tliVouub
city of S'avafmalr and are now eroded to
gether within the area of e the Tenbroeck Raqp
( o*irsc, about*twi'*rftil,>s from the city, on *Uie
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Central Railroad. Our camp is still in° confu
sion, arising from the selection of company and
regimental grounds, the transgortatioij # of
gag*?, stretching of tents, Ac., Ac** No orders
have yet been issued prothising us an ea*G
sight of tlie enemy. iyid the fact that much
and expense are being bestowed upon our (
liresent location lt*re. implies fliaf we are hot
to move again soon unless the. euetpy aftaeks
Savannah or some place #ear # by, J
have no idea they wilP do. lat first believed
the Hessians fitted out that era*if and costly
for a desperate effort to captifre some im
portant Southern dtj; but their movements r
since the fall of t'.e small town of Rort*Roval
indicates that they have no idea of tromg be- i
yond the raftge of their rifled eairtion ship j
They will doubtless attack other sm#!l idaces
on the coast, but we have reason to fear will *
mtf home to close u itji'anyformidable
divisios of our artm\ *1 may be entirely mis
taken, but J * ssed my opinion fbsrfled
upon the indications. .
.Our pivixin,;, v van nab affords us a n*op> L
pdrtunity to observe it’ inhafutants. and what
sterns to be the general opinion in tfeis Brig
ade is. that the first work before the State and c
Gonfederate armies slmuldfie to take and part* ‘
iy its precincts. There are some good an * •
triotic feople in Hie city, but if are not
dn is* of pusilaitttnous whinro. swihdler>
ind extortioners, tdgetl&r with a£.;od sprink’
lin§toms, then both dmr’ tepttt
turn and conduct are greatly sladdered „iji rti!.- 0
Brigaduand yf it. •Kveiy man is judged
bv hm I am yhable to see how the
Forest Cky could ljave fallen under so evil
a reputation # unlessit mmSbj the °
played by ite citizen^. 4. Sodonfand (iomor
foh, however were to be spared for ‘-five riirht- •
ecus.” so we are come teP save this mongrel city
of # speculat?rs. n^-* : 7r Umjnm the gene
ra! distress, from.the hands (f a relentless foe*
for the sake of fliefew patriotic who
inhabit it. We are willing to always f or
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one noble, generous, patriotic butour
fliotto is instant death to albtraifors. u fl> |4cttf
‘ls not for us is against us.’’ and *it would je-
much siftingfo pass the sieviyall
who are not ton us in this citv. • •
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news, unless I could OMtument. a*nß tTiat.*un!icr *
the circumstance#is impossib'e I will write .
‘then l can. provfUed T k{tre a anything to write*
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< i rs pn:ido:rr <if Ihr Nnutlyrii Fntrrpriar.
• Savannah,* Nov! 15,4861.
I Renetm : The “Dixie Boys, in coni' 1
*pa;;v w:tn : neither comranfts ot the 2d Re
giipeot, under commgnd of Lieut. * Goi.
Harrison, arrived in Savannah on Tuesday avfc
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nin g at 2*o clock. AJthough our cars were U!
a ganged for the comfort of the soldiers*—•liav'’
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ing no sejM own iiaggage to ‘it uppn*—
we did fW t feel myich worse for Wear. W’e.
marched op Liherty’street through the citv frith 1
I the beatitiful flu _ presented to the Dixie Boys
■ the f daughter “1 vour •; p T ui'h’
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ea fellow townsman*Hon Janies L.Reward,
the breeze. \\ e continued oar
f march until we arrived .at tfab Savaffoah race
turf.--a of about two miles froftn the.
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city post office fc where trt? are now.eanjpeT.— *
The remainder of our fegimewt, which is five
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conapnives, arrived # in the city to-day uydtr i
the eommand # of Col. Wm. Qavkoloo. . j
Savatrtiah is full of excitement. An Iron-clad
steamer, maained with eleven lar-v.* <rtins en*
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ter#d one ot our Soothers port#, regardless ivf
the bjocfcfcde. She broflght, it is authentieal
k reported, eleven thousand stafbd of *w
ass’ivy tlmt the enen v will lie disappoin'-
sd •when they attempt to tvike tonu id’ our
southern ports, (irearf work js going on, but
!■ r prudential motives I retjain from saying in
public print what and where. * X Y. Z.
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* donation* •
hor 1 1 if week to the Soldiers Aid Society.
Mrs. V\ fiiihg pair socks. .
Mi%. T. Wyeke, 1 pair socks.
* “ 14 week.lies. * : :
Mrs. McMurray, 3 pairoeks.
• “ *l* blanket.*
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* APPEAL. * 8 *
The fcxtfcufive 0 Committee of the Soldiers*
Rolief # Sofliety earnestly appeal to* the mem
bers of*the Society, and others ifitefosted, to.
caWne forward and assist in making dp the work
•now on hand* . • . 8
I lie Various “companies *whicli have gone
tben anion *us p , a*nd°look*to 41s cliiefly*for their
supplies of clothing, are now needing and call
ing for their..winter outfit—shifts, paifts, Ac..*
Ac. There t* a lawgt amount of work already I
cut ouf, which it is nc*#essary # slufuld be made
up and forwarded immfidittely. Will aot the
M.a4ies who have thus far responded s<# readily
and cheerfully Jo every call, shbw them*ilves
equally proiffpt in meeting thig?
By Ader of Committee.
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BGa- At a meeting of the citizens of Tfcomaa
Scfpnty, held at “the Court House on Saturday
lasl# in lTlatiiin to o tlic no\^ # boine:
t ß arricd;on ß in the 1 eessarias ,of life, John,C.
’ Mrowning was called to thcVhair and J'bdmas
J. Eightfowt requested to act#as Secretary.
Gol A.T. Mclnt*vre introduced the ffillow*
ing resofufions, wjfich tseir; adrffited : # |
°* ResolMed, ‘j hai the monopolies Jodtbe ooen-1
“try Jjy speculator® of protiijjon- and other ar
tide# of necessity, and more especially salt,*
“should receive the condemnation of every l’o’
esUman, and should not t ,e tolerated* by* the
biw Wl the countiy. * 0 0 #
Resolved, That it is ffie sense ob this
h 9 that the action of the Alabama Legislature
andeof’ the Govenuff of Alabama, in re fin ion ]
to silt in that Start 411 the Hands of speculators,
is commenda life- and tHy of imitation* *
J&solved, ‘Hint we approve of the proposed
notion p’ the Legislature of Georgi# in refer
ence to monopolies of iiecessaries in Georgia,
and that ww eiynesfly recommciNl our Senator
and Kt‘prest B nla.tii es to pN'ss the passage of the
law preventing or conlroljing the saige. <1
Resolved, 4 hat our Senator and liepresenta
tives i earqestK requested to have the Bill
now pendiog*before iHgisJatnre soanmended as i
include Fabrics, Provisions, Medicines,
eveirt desariptian, and all the artitdes
riecessan to the support and maiaitenancc, of
the peopic. * 8
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CXTLOCiKNEB LIGJIT B IN^AI?TRY.
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<* iptain, J Youngs 8 •
0 I jrst Thomas S liaine
ill • * Ltbb ;us Detlc . 0
•Third “ • W W Sptncw # .• ,
first iW'rgeant, G W Parnell
HWcond “ D E Fondren 8 o
’third “ S # B Little 0 *
• Fourth “ • J E Lean
1 itlii • 0 “ G Mitchell
First Corporal, W A Pugh
8 Word 8 “ JaTnes*C Smith
Ntth .1 | Dickey ° •
• Surgeon, T*S Bower o 00
• * J lonorary Member, Peter McGlashab
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• PRIVATES*
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Alder Jacob*
0 •Altnis Martin • Laraons, Daniel
Ammons, LeV J
Bagg Henry Lajiea, .1
• B j*ett, Jesse Massajv I 1 W
• Braswell, Matthew* e ° McCall, Geoige
I raswelf, J B . * McCall, JN m * # *
Bh>w|ing, Tyler, • Miner, W L
Barton, Archibald Mitchell, W R ,
Burton, William
Bui-es* .1 % MeClarama, B i> .*
Bwgess, Stephen!* McKinnon, II If
Beasly* Eli Jam
Brinson. AC o McKinnon, John A
Carroll J C * McKinnon, Ra *. *
Carroll, Sancon McKinnon, Titos *
Cib pepper, J G McKinnon. W J ,
• o Culpepper. W H M?Kinnon. Thos r
Daniel. Annyi McKinnon, 1’ •
Davis. J B o •UcGbiff. W W * •
Jdvxon. J B F Mimms^James
le, *\?jbieu> ° Monroe. D g
- Dixon, F M ** Moore, A B ,
, Ebinger, Lewis • Moore, I* I* *
Flesch, E •• * Newman, Joseph •
Fondren? J G Howell, W J •
Griffin, Edward • Pugh, Wesley A
(,l 'nn. # • llSmsev, II A
•• Groover, * ft Reid, Samuel
LB • Reid,Robert
I^f eS c lley # **• BosenfeltAl
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. .Hancock. H 5 “’J r „ J /„ •
Hancock WII # L • e H‘ J T .
r a a • e strin ß?*> Josiah .
* Hick- Tt T • SanfoH,°H H j
• 5 T t * „ Seward, HH* |
Hineslov. J ° Smith. Achifles
Thomng, Samuel*
Horne, Daniel Thompson Jesse
.Harlan* George Winn, J N
Jordan. J T ,* Twng. Ml* •**
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LATEST WAR ‘NEWS.
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* C'Bptn*? f ‘!<■•■) autl •*|i,i r li.
Jttdkmm* S "V. 17*—It has been kisrtsliK
ed that a Federal vessel of war. the Sayi Jacin
to, boarded the British steamer at 86S and took j
off Messi:- Mason a,i“l Slidell, tie.■* ’ontederate
Ministers, witH th Secretaf s ‘Messes Ens-J
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ttce ana McFarland. All are now con:& -i in
io*tress Monroe. * . • •
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. DISPATCH.
Tiie news yf the capture of Messrs M
and Sudeil was communicated to NorTolk from
Fortress M*>nroe by • Jetier frftuiGeneral Wool
•to Genera! Hug- *° ° o
(’ommodftre YY*lke's commanded “the San
.Tilcinto that arrested the Comyii.-sioners.
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Rp Innr^d, Nov. I?. — r i A*, northern papers
•publish a despatch M ■ i? the battle at Fikevillc
* in .which it is stfid th it tbs Federals *ki lie 1 five
hundred ajid took ft thousand Confederate pris*
oners. . * #
!• Noshvilie, Nov. 16. —The Evansville, It
Journal. o£ the loth’, publishes* jlm* following i
despatches, which are doubtless greatlv exag •
ger.ifed : •
. “Paris, Ay., Nov. 12—Get*. Nelson, met i
tiie rebels j-ridev last at * Pikeville, in. I’ike
county, and won $ glorious vict rv.” *
Seconq Dispatch.—“CoUL. Moore attack
ed the Hebe Is rctr with 3,t?00 • meiy:
(Job.lj arris, of the 2nd Ohio, attached the#ne
my in fronPwilh 600 men : Harris falling back
artd MooTe keeping forward, u *til the enemy
.was bcoagbt into the midst of Nelson’s whole
brigade, whdn wfoNO pressed then tat all •
sides, killing 400. tnking TfOOO prisonem, ajid ‘
“the remainder scattered in all ditectiontk DossJ
of tht .Federals is small The Rattle lasted
(through. Friday and . Saturday. Among the
prisoners ar<? Gens. John 8. ’Williams and
I Haijes,” * ,
* . Uonepdfratb Account. .
Richmond , Nov. 17 —A letter from (icn.*
llumphif'v Marshall has just been received at
the Department, which says:
. ‘“Hie Pikeville battle occurred with 800 Con
federates against 1,500 Fbderals. Our loss
was one killed*four wounded and seven miss
big. The Federal loss in killed was 207 q I
•counted 140 wounded. Two hundred Federal
! prisoners were* taken.* This*unequal loss re
sulted Mom the fact that our men successfully
ambuscadetl and euDapped the enemy.”
* Thr liOMM of the “tnvinnk!* Armnda.” *
, Richmond , 16.—The New York II era Id*of
the 12th*gives the following: names of vessels
•of the fleet disabled* ashetfe and missin' r :—
.JRI cidcrc, Florida, Commodore* Ferry, Ethan
AU /i, D M. Pctiy Luton, Vccola, Express,
Goveptwj r, an*l two gun boats, names unknown
Tlio Fcdrralii to Advaiftr.
In the Baltimore Sun vi'fthe 12th, “Ion”
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says That ityis unflejstood that the advances of
‘the Ftylerajs Wvi 11 be cx]*edited by the > ice ess
of the fleet. * • ‘ * .
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. Qilufkbus, Ay., 15.—This plftce is threaten
ed jvitfi another formidable attack.
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Bottcni , fi.l. —Ex-Mayof Ranker, of ‘Mobile,
and \Filliam Pierce, of New Orleans* were dis
charged from Port Watson to-d;u\ . • |
• Another Federal Victory.
GiillapoFs, Qhio, 11.—jGuiandotte, Ya., on
the. Ohio fiver, thirtyfidx miles Jbelo*w fliis ci'v
was attacked last mgh£ by 600 rebels* Out of
1)0 “Federal there, only fifty escaped, the rest
* eithftr being killed or taken prisoners.
<>yt;#* &l the Pm* Royal Eject. c *
The Ct, ; irlcston Courierfiif this mortiingssys
th.tt Federals landed on Pinkney Islund next
t§ Hilton Tlead, seized a lot di negroes and
took Jhcm on board the fleet. They fired on
our pickets neai* Iluckingtlam yesterday but (
hurt none of them. The Federal forte is quite
large. . • •
* o The Aft*'! viile nt Rermiifla.
The Savannah Republican of this mgrning
has a lettej from Bermuda, vthidh state* tha„
the Confederate Steamer Nashville arrived
there October 31st and was supplied with ncc
essanes*and well treated by the peopfe. „
“Ron the Rlorfcndr.”
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TI dinna/ton? A . C.,*lG —A u hooiny iv-,
ed on Friday from Ti foreign island, with 4,500
bushels of salt and >1 ham*is of Sugar.* She ‘
reports no blockafing, vessel off the* Western
bar on 4'riday, and only oe off the new inlet.
Adair* in RnMtfT'enniftiMee Eftis^rralnl.
Richmmnd, 14. —The Lynchburg Wes torn
Plain due this morning arrived to-nfoht, bring’
ing the through^mail With dates from Knox
ville to the 10th. Passengers sawthe reported
damages tTic Union me i tjfflm bridges, Ac 0 ,
a*e greatly exaggerated. Knoxville is placed
under uyrtial law. *. •
Arrival of Prisoirjs.
Richmond, Nyv. 18.—*Forty*fi\;e ’prisoners,
: taken by Floyd's command, arrived here last
| night. A portion of them wtfte captured whilst
hi>lding°the recent election in the Northwest.
I he poll hooks were also captured, with the*
nauftes o£ the voters. &c. *
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IRiporlnii t ('oiTpoponrif iirc.
Nashviut , 15, via Mobile, 16. —The hist
steamer brings a serie- rs letters between lier*-
ry W . 11 ay man, on the part of nhe cotton ini
porting intent t>t England, and Lord John
Russell. Hayroa’n informs Lord John that. in
conjunction with other fnerchants, f>e had in
contemplation the fitting out of a number of
ships for the purpose of trading with Nejv Or-*
’ leans and other Southern ports, and asks that
the protection of her Majesty’s cruisers in the
iVest Indies may be giaen the ship* of Abe in
tended expedition, or else that the ships *inay
he permitted and Authorised .to defend them
selves under Russell replies that*
her Majesty’s government cannoj afford the.
,slightest.protection or countenance to.-nch an*
entity-use, and says that* the United -Btates*und
so-called Confederate Vtetes engaged in
civil war. and her Majesty’s* government hav
ing recognized jhat state of tilings aryl* taken
tlie position of neutrality between the conten
ding parties, tinder these circumstances
isli ship, hying neutral, knowingly sfttempting :
•to breakan effective blockade, is liable*to cap
ture and condemnation. # lf vessel de
fends herstdt with force ‘against *irdi national
vessel enfnrcing blockade* suclT defence,® aecV
ding to the kiw of nations, exppsos the ship and
cargo condgmftatlon as a prize, and the ytrew
subjected jo severe treatment* according to the*
lgns’of Vpfr. . ; . .
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, Sw. *U,—•Tne* New York
Evening Post says that a naval expedition *is
prepared, it not already sailed* seal thejiar
•fmi's of ra ('liarle.-ton, against any
•further Theodora 5r Nashville expeditions. It
jdso states tbtfta flotilla oT thirty vessel.- area
m\T ithis port aryied* manned, add ready to
sail for tfle Gfalf of Mexico. * The are
ot a size, draf t and armament to peeyliarly i
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quait% thdhi for harrassing the coast of Louis
iana ami A1 i' # .a f
Wa<!iii: ;!oii •Adair*. •
* TANARUS! * reeotyloitering in largo for
ces near our lines.
Francis, Albany, taken prisoner on board the
Petrel, died recently in Moyaiuensing Prison.
’ Gen JLlallock has Meen a success
or to Gen. Fremont.
* The <jf the Potomac stfll continues
eflectivi and ois.-us : > tin.* Federals. •
*lhe Federal pickets in largS force are oppo-*
site Occoquan creek with'canoon. •
Greaf difficulty is in Washing
ton for supplies. The government is urged to
seiz the turnpike for i'%own u>“e.
0 lnrpoiVnnl'froiii Kirlitnoml. * •
Richmond, Nov. 16th. —An extra of the
Dispatch contaitf some items fVot% the Balti
more American of the loth. The report ostV*
successful battle of the* Federals at Piketoii or
Pikeville is all bosh..
Gens. Hal lock and Duel left Washington vest
•terday >ir tjlio West , .
Despatches from Washington the 12t1i
Ipoefirmthc Federal reeouaoisance opposite Oc
cuqnan creek* with IB,ouo troo|w.. Some or
the otlfer pickets sh >ot at each other, “and took
each other prisoners. • ,
The train ln*t night from Norfolk brought
“thirty- £onthernurs,, prisooers, recently
co;.fiue*u at Washiflgfou. 0 .*
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o AfTairw in Tlnrylnml.
There are only six secessionists in the Ma
ryland Legislature, the* balance fuaving been
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.imprisoned.
~ Bradford’s majority fpr (?ovefnor is 30,000
Gov. Hicks urges a,special session of.the
* Legislature to place the State equivocally in
tavor oT the 1 Dion. *
Most of’ theTegitnents detailed for service jn*
the lotl’er part of Maryland iiave returned* •
Sfnn’rtl tliisik* tliere wilt In- S'l-nc**.
Beecher’s New York Independent states that,
Seward*has j&presM-if the the
government*cannot succeed in thfr war, and
peace wi’l be declared *o ninety days. *
A Ntorm RiMiii{.
Washington, k 2 Republican of to-day
s.fys that immense Frenymt demonstrations hav§
taken place, endorsing him and his response
dciamncing adiniratnm, showing tlyat trou
ble is brewMig.in the Federal wigwam. °
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AViiafs in
Tiie 4, ew IDrk Herald, of tiie 12th, says
that the large transport Winfield Bcott, # which
wus the consort of the steamship! Union, vwtli
two regiments on board, it*was believeef, had*
foundered at sea and a.i on board per*shed.—
[ The • l*nion, Great ltepulji # and hVinfield
Scott all gone to th? Igittorn ■ is th.ck’e not some
fliing in a name ! ; 1 , . •
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IVoi'thrrn Rrronnl 4M~ the I’orl Rofal Aflait-.
Herald has a flaming account of 11 14: ta
king of Port Royal and Beaufort, and says that
| Charleston and Savannah are now in*the posses
sion of the Federals • •
0 Tin* !Vorth ISviton wrr^tfi!.
Th<*stcamship North liriton was wrecked on
her passage out, but the passengers and crew
won* saveq. 0
flic ri n{ a great hal(|e.
The general impression at Richmond is tluit
we are on the. gve o! an lmyprtanx battle J
MatTassas. ** “ * •
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The Charjestm, gives the following
int*'iSting.particuiars : ; • .*
, fort aU\i a er. # ’ .• .
On the Nofth east end of HU ton IJeud sttmds>
l’ofl a jn so xc llenft phjn-,
ned built under tjie supervision*of fdftjor
W 1). Jjce, who wag complimented Sir,
Ihe scientisic slcilUhe
tiinr. * Thg following is a list of the /lumber
of the guns on til’s forj.:
V)ne 1 d-inth Uolunibiad.
“ (>*ie 8-inch Columbiefl. e .
* One 10-inch new pattern, 24 (
ro*indi, bore rifled*
One 8-inch ('olunu iad, new patteriT. 24 poun
der, bore rifled. * 0 •
“,Thrc<* 42'j)ound*‘rs. • • .“ 0
•Sjx 32-pounderts • •• 0 •
a WATER BATTERY.
On* 1 ‘♦-inch Howitzer, onjbarhette carriage.
* Om*B-ii;ch Howitzer, on naval carriage, o
* .Two oi-pounders. o * 0 * * *
Two 24-pflunders. •
One 12-pound*;tv o • * 0
One 8-inch llowitzer, waifing carriage.
BAY 1-0 U’T. * , o
The Fort*at.Bay Point was a work of less
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stijjjngfth, having about 15 guns mounded, some
of large calib*re. e • •
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• Tlir l'I” t**ir Siliip Imldikl, •
The New Orleans,! Decent, in its‘‘Tall* on
’Change,” has tfle follywing item : *,
There was intelligence yesterday of
twenty four sail of lle/sjan vessels being in
Ship Island fiarhor oyTuc-lay. • Ibis numbei®
was counted through a, good telescope
look-nut at Mississippi City. Flats and scows
appeared to he eqgaged in transporting materi
als from* the vessels to the shor* near the lig htl
: house on the Island. 4 lii> is supposed to be
the advance of the great fleet intende*d for the
| Gulf. It is reasonable to Suppose that seme
thing like a simultaneous attack is intended at I
three or more points. This c,an easily be car
ried out wh yi it is t.Di 1 ,:•*.) consideration
that there are between two hundred and sekVn
to five and thaee hundred “vessels, including
vessels of war, stea*mers and transports, compo
mng the supposed great armada. Leaving for
ty-two ve.-.-el> at Prt R(fj-al, they can. dome to
Orleans, Mobile and Pensacola with two
lofndred and fifty. 4n the meantime, ifuj au
thorities are preparing, ami we can only.say.to
the llcssia*ns, come on. 0
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e SiiNpicioiiN.
0 Tiie Euwjpcan Times *eprodnces the foliow
i'44 kquiewiat * susjflcivus statement from a
Greenock paper: • 0
o 4 lie steamer Fingall*is announcarj *to have ;
cleared at tha,l*port recently “for Madeira anfl
M esf coast of Africa, with a auigooof mu- |
nitions of war valued *at A4If,OOU. It is diffi-*
cult toSjelieve that 11,841 rifles* 400 *OO cart
ridge.-# 500 sabres, “a quantity ri’ wiVmght •
leather belts,” seveft tons of shejl, Your pieces
oT artillery, and so forth, are destined for ne
groes. African traJle guns are not usually ri-*
flc.fi.
• • War Fund For IbIS'J. 0
, Love, of Tlßuims. has iatroisced a bill
in the House, appropriating five yiillioiys of
as a war fund* for the defence of the
Stajefor Ihe year }862, to tfio under of*
the! Governor. • Bren per cent bonds, at twen
ty'years, are* to be sold, or Treasury notes in
sums of *6 SIOO, SSO, S2O, $10,55,*52 and
$1 issued, t.. be funded in sums of*slooo if
desired by the bolder*, with interest at 8 per
cent, redeemable in ten years,- Southern & •
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KxtorUoa.
*2* th. Georgia ‘Legislators : •
.The peeulhV condition of the country de- j
%uunds tbat the Legislative wisdom of the State
should be summoned b the careful invesfign
lion of u*new and experimental subject.* It is
the misfortune of all wars. in*all ages and among
all people, that^hey•breed Swarms of specula
tors whtsprey upon the ttd upon
the people. It is with them at itm oT harvest,
and .they reap untold profits unless puj under
the ban of public •uWiortty.* Our short hut
successful war with the wicked Northern dv
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nasty, has hatched out. a host of thjs cl.t-s of
vampiro-.*in every State. .A men >1 in the
handb of selfish men creates a despotism ; and ,
no tun} is more galling and oppressive
than th? if th*e heartless speculator*in fhelie- i
cessaries of life, in a tjfne. of great wSnt and
scarcity. . .
All governments of acentury's growth
had to interpose, to protect soeiet}* from specu
lators In provisions. In times of scarcity, tlu*
*• Ihas.lo be regulated by law to
kis'p down brgad/iots, Snd the de
predation- upon the rights prop-arty. Sufi- ■
i etv is never sate, the riglus of pro; ■ rt \ are nev-o
er secure. the sanctions of law are powerless,
in eommptftties and States given over to the*!
lawless reign of the mob. * .
There i.-.cv <.•;•* rcas m to believe, that, unless*
tiie Legislature, twy the most stringent prohibit
torv eraetilients, intorposi tts authority, that ar
ticles of prime iTecebaity will reach sCarvatiou
.1 rices. Salt, wbigh cost the owner SIT will
rea it ?L*.’ it sack Ji't-foro three months. Jfacmi
which cos*t 10 to Jos per pound will * advance
from its present unknown price to 8 > to jlOand
45c ]>er pound. It is said thai the speculators
flushed with enormous profit stfn these articles.*
o.• • .
, are absut turning t.aer attention, to wheat and
flour. . AlthoSgn there is an* abgndant supply
of*wheat in the country, more perhaps • than
enougli tn feed the people. \et it need no sny 1 -
4t of pr iplie v to i'orsee the time wlnm. under ft
monopolizing and grasping syxstem •of specula
tion, flour.will advance from 87 and S’- to 820
per bbl. The same 4egree*of spoeulatinb and
extortion v*!l follow in corn and meal. Where
it will end no man can tell. llow fir the safe
ty and pernnyrency of society “may be endan
gered is u subject that may well excite jhe fears
of law-loving and law-abiding citizens; and
deeply and seriously•engftgo th<f attention o!
the Legislature* The mutterings of discontent*
kwd all oi'er the gountry are but The ground
swell of a popular discontent that may lay tliy
foundation**’! in rains. . * ,
Can the Legislature reaeft the cvil.wifli a
proper and judicious rmnedy ‘ The winter is
• frank to admit that he does*not dift’eru .the
•power. But ids views of the powers of the
. Legislature differ from 99-lOOths of his follow
citizens, and from .the adjudication* of the
Courts. He, however, ji\*s under a State gov
ernment that has exercised sitnifar powers for
years* It i- alone ote the principle f extortion*
tint', the rat- -,T loatlcd inoifn kas be n rt ’-ula
t(gl by hyv. Jbe wisdom of the ‘legislature
conceiv'd that money lenders could oppress the
needy c!*ss of the community, unless the ]>rice
of the.!i >an ’.fas regulated *by law. The* hxer
, isc oi this powgr hast never .been seriously*
.'•a 1 h*i! into**Question. Intact, the judgment
of the country atfd the decisions of the Courts
•Infte sustained the a*tion*of tk Legislature
u*th singular uniformity. The writer doe# ’
.call it in question, but he bows graccfullv to
the rmbliv.votee, and tlu- authorized (.; nenta
, of the qifeetion. Ifow bins is di ectly and fo^.
! cibly interfering with the sancticity o? con
• tracts, if A loans JJ # £lh )at 1,; p?r cent fin
l act works a fsvfeituft; of tfte exeess ov< r 7 pej - <
cent —in snmekState- a forfeiture oi’ tjic am mot
loaned: in others, a foi -iture • ml interest. •
.\(j,w if the Legislature can, as it has ever done,
regulgte the price of SIUU f,*r one year. iii*or
der to protect the ifoedy against the extortioner
why can it not, now, with ir/jui a greater sfuiw
•of rigjht. interpose and yave .the country from
•the rui*ous extortion of provision, dealers, and
thefeby protect th.e people fr*un the apprehen
.ded disgrace dangers qf.mob viotenee.
•It i* true where are extortioners* in other
things as well as pryvisjons. Bftu the country
can liv<f in Spite of this latter class. “it may
.be well to let theTn alone bi order to stimulate
a diversity ol.indflstry ttnd capital i the State
i lie want of food is a pressing. immcdiat<f
want, and *afinot abide future events The
hifogry man obeys an impulse from within that
drives him to disregard all laws human afld di
jvine.
Let the Legislature mectythe’public exmvn
®ey, and refer this question* t an able !
committee of both Houses .investigation.^*-
II the committee s*gre# in favor of the measure
a bill with a giaximum price full roo
for liberal profits coflbl be itfutiduced. The j
details might and doubtless would prove vexa
tion-, but then thff wisdom #nd patiepfe *f the
Legislature could surmount all obstacles. *()£
coufse would have to # be discrimination
betwneif articles produced at & home and those
• brought into the £Ate from abroad; else in
time of scarcity, the maximum rate jmpysed
might restrict importation from otTiei^pkoes.
The writer begs to call the attention of the
able and indefatigable Senator •from Thomas,
especially, to the subject intdl its magnitude
and and would respectfirtly commend
| this artiede to the attention of every member
of the Gene Pal .fsaonb'y*
* * • J. M.°Clarke* •
Lifmjlkin. Stewart Cos., Ga. 11
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A !Vrn- Conical Nhoi. •
I Mr. VI .Jf at findlay’s Foundry,
shows us a drawing of anew conical •shell,
whicheseems (8 embrace some valuable ideas.
The taper of this shell is of chifted ifon and
tlie point of steel. From this steel point a lit
tle shaft capped apon ifncr end. connect.
chamtej’ of.the ball, and.the* conces
sion of the ball against any sdlid object ex
plodes th% cap in the interior of tly* chamber.*
But should thffeshcll §tril*> sand or earth, ex
pLsion is secured by means of fuse profect
iii- from its base, an i ignited in the discharge
from the gun. Kai* shell, is thus provided*
,with a doub4e security for ignition, and, at the
sninc tiine,*isso well ballasted as to be sure of
a direct flight point foremost.. The inventor
supposes Jhatthe sharp point of this.projectile
will °bviate all possibility of its glancin- off
t trom any surface. however ford or oblique.—
c to him t & make a few and* And
theiy down to Commodore Tattnall tar trial.—
Macon Tefrgraph . •
\mong the prisoners at Richmond several*
were recognized ;fs workmen recently employed
on our Sfate Capitol. • understand, among
tl!e prisoners at Castle Pinelfnoy ear<* several
who lived in Charleston* .The mdivid taPwho
dispensed “xMtfgic Oil” to oer citizens as the
“Good Samaritan.” i among the batch.— C
fitmbia CVr mlitiiatf * , ° J
•.. ‘ a
to Tin: i'oi ><; tii:\ at MB,
From letters written to then* friends in ser
vice i tlti> company I find ffhat gome /A’ the
young men af home excuse themselves* from
•volunteering upon.the ground that Gov. Brown
has issued a proclamation, declaring that lu
has troops enough, and will not Deceive atf, mor
The interpretation thus put upoi*(,ov. Bsowu's
proelamation is entirely wrong The i*ov£rii-
it is true, t*ul m>i receive any more ( ‘mj,n
vies, but bis doe- not* interfere
with recruiting for those eomjtanitPs alrea<lyi n
service. Each i* entitled to s ’’ m*n
*ratfk,and file tynd we can assure the young men
who have rhmaitn Miolyiid that there isSnuch
.rotfln yet ili Harrison's l>rig:iyleP A lew more
will be tyceived by me provided they @enli-:
yrithiio the next t* weeks If they delay lun
ger they will not be i?cived.
• • * L. C. BRYA¥,
* Homo .* • .Dixie Bbyst
Nov. 12th 1861.. * * o ®
Opinion in Frnnrc-IV’inw Vniinti’iinN V'Zrmoii-.
TJje Macon ‘lePegrapli says the I'aris Corres
ponded! of %e New York Herald, waiting on
“the J<Pth hfetober, declares tl.at Prince Napo
leon on his liitutn from his recent r'l-it to
► Americiii reporte f hi- opinion “that # the Union
is bitiken,” and*th eorre-pondent declares tl^-.t
* ever -inee hi? return the “governm#nt ioUrnals
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nave necome nu rc tiu*ir view.-,
H(? adds tHht the Ffench govt rument sees ass
ranees c £ a cotton supply “only in a .recoga
tion.of the rebel States! ®
mA complete urnlei; tan.ling exi-p between
England and France on the subject, “and an\
disaster to th<*Union army will be followed in
§ tan ter by an ae .. Igement of the* South
Nay, 1 am byrfio mean surj that < vgn a
rv and rout under the auspices of Gea. McClel
hin \jouhl*alter theftiyittei
. 1 h!fe correspondence gives the following as
the substance of Prince Napoleon's report:
Prince Napoleon told bis cousin that lie did
not bflieve — *
l. In tit* ; wer of the federal army to gain
any impiyrtant victory iv. er that of the Conte.U
eration. _ ° .•
2. That, admitting the possibility of the
fa*t. it. would on the morrow.of be* ;i”
far its object as before. • • J
®o. i hat the *iiole Union,*as compiised ♦ ’
the North, wa%a jopc shtid. He gave bis
. voice in an early of the Ftyutli. 1
hava not the slight • sitajion in ctating th
:is 1 am sure mv-information is authentic.
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iy;:ini!il nml the Ktorliaiii-.
The Washington Kepubli .. Lincoln or
gan. iof the 29th ult.. pul>lishes*a private h
ter writttm Igv a gentleman in Lotxli j t ag< n
tleman city. £rom wlij-h wc extract the
foil owing: • #
Tl% news of the di-aster at I.exin tgn ha
just reached us. I will not Stop t# say wha
you kaqsiilreafj) thatduhasSleenly” aiil•*•..
•me. I* send you the Times, Chronicle ;u>d
’Jelegraph, with leaders on the subject, that
wtlj I®* you know whSt is thought of that d< -
tjgatNiver hc*e. But now, I must tell fthat
wjlij>c the eflect of it. 1 tiles- flie m*xt few
days hi in. - over the rmu- ot a brilliant ai
■ deefsiv* victor,** ained by the*f*ederal Govern
numt. overby tli i iynjfderat*.-. England w,.
certainly at once ti haQe *
the Southern ports* 1 told y u sh‘ was on the
fence.® w:ii.- - it announce'? :n tlfe'isi
of thi* day, i send you. tiiat Lord ht
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propriety oi. setiiiout -bip- oi war to fai-•
the bloc kadi * . Du : . *1 y ;*n know l thflik th :
is partly insincere ? of c
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sealed orders. From all “that I£* n gather,
between the kab’ confidence of the hress er,
the cautious gossip of John his dinner
table, 1 tiyuk that there Un - tjpuht -tl
destination of those -liip- is the 8 nth re
ports, where they will cruise to wui£ further ov?
deij, tube carried fut ttbthem hv ‘stune fa.-t
sailing war steamed “What “birther or
ders *, ill be. you may easily imagine. I tell
you. ll we do astooisli £nglan<f l>v such ;t
decisive victory as*hull tfotirelv destroy the
( nnledeiate army notj .the k’otomae, v
shall have her ([own upiji u.s in aid ©f the
Soufcji. • •
.... Relief for BMniitrrK. *
jy liill has been iiitroiiucoii into the Georgia
Legislature with the following captiun®
An Act tojntfirporate the Cotton Planter*
Daitk of Georgia, tougive stqpdinuss to the vt
ue ot cotton, to make.it availaljle as the ba-* °
a sound circulating fo% the relief of
the industrial .interest of the country, and at
timeV. enable the Ranters jo control
their owj cotton until, the blockade now % t°
tempted to be enforced iuremoved. To guar .
tin- planters Ugainst an unavoidable necessitous
sale of their cotton at less than remunerating
prices, and against sacrifices alike detrimental
interest, conseqpient upon Uftir
forced to (fraw upon arid accept inadequate ad
•vancen.ents upon their crops 1 ? pmy.ug heavy
commissions, interests. inAirancc and ‘storage
ruinous.to the of this great Southern
staple, anci for <jher purposes, o °*
me 7, ‘. ,r^ hr . ‘ al Republic.”
Standai'i, oi last Saturday, in
an aisicie upon storm* and the Armada
says : ‘ • 0 ,
()u Sunday* morning last, two lartre ships
were discovered, one a stcame%and the other
*uppos<*i* be tli■ •ttireat Republic,” beached
neai Kill Devil Hills, on Currituck shore about
teji miles north of Roanoke Island. The brea
kers \fere dashing over the and several
otheVs of.the fife: pood (ftp firing, either sig
nal guns of distress or tTse w recurs off*
Jbe Standard also states that articles to the
v#lue ot 1100,000 will be saved from the
wreck gs the Union, iotludiftg
Sharps’ rifles.^ cartridges, fcirst*;, 800 blankets,
two rifled if 4 pounders, her engine? *<fcc* The
vessel hcjselt was a total wreck. — Mac#n Tele
graph. * *
f| Thr•Herald uftou ihr Force.
1 lie New i ui k Herald ot the od nv-.t,, unites
•the following estimate of the £trejigth o£ tike
‘‘rebels” in men and arms. paper is bent,
upon raising a sensation tine way or the other r
Department of the Potomac 15<V)00
Departsßeat%f Chesapeake a newest Virginia 90,000
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Total in Virginia ...?4(Umih
Departeds! of Kentucky* andTrimnwiti*.*.... 117'ftOff
Deptrnstit of Missouri .1..* 60,000
•Line oi tlie Mississippi.• 39.000
ChnMAs Savannah, Mobilea* and (falveston 40.000
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Total Rebel force in the field 496,000
, Arms seized by Floyd ~678,000
V** seized by Southern Arsenals _l0D,OO(l
Arms made by stolen machinery 20,000
Arms shipped from Europe t... 200,000.
• , *" J i l,al •■ • * * *898,000
Thewiuppiy of Canada (aajs the Herald) is
enormolis, and the supply of
lead is also said tßhe ample. *
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