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DITCH'S C. IRTAN, EDITOR.
thomasvilleTga.
W ‘DECERBER 4, ISttl.
LW° TUf meetings of the lilies’ Soldiers’ Aid Society
of Thomas County, for distribution of work and the
return of that made up by the members, will be held at
the Court House in Thoinasville, every two weeks, on
Tuesday at 9 o’clock, A. M., the first meeting being on
Tuesday. .September’ 3d, and regularly < very fortnight
thereafter. ’
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.EdF* The meetings of the Executive Committee, so
the cutting out of work, See., will be held weekly on
Thursday mornings, at 0 o'clock, at tlie house of Rev. A.
W. Clishy.
CASK STSTER.
As we have to pay cash for paper, labor provis
ions, &c., we have determined to adopt the cash tys
• tern. Hereafter allHransient Advertisements must
be paid for beiorejinserted, and all Job Work must
be paid for on delivery. In no case will we deviate
from this rule - For rates of advertising see first
page.
Camp Wave, at Waynevilt.e, Ga., }
Nov. 15.1861, }
*FIa OAmmAnrling finnprftl of tliia Military
Department having authorized me to increase
the rank and file of niy company from seventy
to one hundred men, I will receive thirty able
bodied men, with good horses, as recruits.—
Persons disposed to serve their country in her
hour of peril, as mounted men, in a perfectly
healthy region of country, arc requested to re
port to me as soon as possible at Waynosville,
Ga. Our term of service (Confederate) will
expire on the 7th of August next.
T. 8. HOPKINS,
Capt. Commanding Wayne Rangers.
OIK PAPER.
We have not been able to get a supply of
white paper, and, from the best information we
have, will not be able to get any more. Wc
have procured a supply of the Manilla paper
to last us until the first of January next, after
which time the publication of the Enterprise
will cease, unless there is a better prospect for
the future than at present.
t®* There has not transpired, since our last
issue, any war news worth publishing.’ Every
’ thing seems to have come to a. halt. Kentuc
ky furnishes a great many rumors of Federals
pouring into that State by thousands, skirmish
es, anticipated great battles, that shall eclipse
all others in magnitude, etc.; all of which are
•reported “by a retiuhle^gentfyhian.” -The great
battle of Columbus, to have been fought some
time ago, is no more. Affairs on our coast are
quiet and ;-a rtfi'aifc gentleman'’ informs us
that the Lincoluites have vacated Tybee Island.
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■ We see, by the late action of the Le
gislature, that the offices of Tax Receiver and
.Collector have been consolidated—o.ne person
holding both offices.
[crouiiJii Aren.]
Mr. Editor: I notice in your paper that an
. election for Colonel, Lieutenant Colonel and
Major, of the Sixty-ninth Regiment, Georgia
Militia, is ordered to be held on the 13th in
stant, at the various Muster Grounds in Thom
as, county; and thinking it highly important
that competent men should ho placed in these
positions in the present crisis, I take the liber
ty of suggesting the following ticket:
For Colonel, R. .R Moore, Esq.
For Lieut. Col., A. T. Mclntyre, Esq.
For Major, Mr. Henry Mitchell.
Miutukak.
Donation* to the MobliviV Aitl So-iny.
Mrs. Irvine, (sent to Virginia,) 2 sheets, 13
coats (Kentucky jeans,) 20 pair pants (Ken
tucky jeans,) 20 pair drawers, 20’ hickory
shirts, 4 blankets, 2 pillows, 2 pair pillow cases,
2 towels, 1 comforter, 6 pair socks, 1 bundle of
bandages.
Mrs. Godwin, 1 pair blankets.
Mrs. T. Jones, knitting yarn, several balls.
Mrs. Stark, 1 pair blankets, sent in some
weeks since, but they were reported to the Sec
retary only last week.
M. E. Clisbt, Secretary.
ICOMMC.N’ICATf.B:] *
Apropos.
Mr. Editor : Allow me to invite the atten
tion of yopr readers, who may be in the habit
of sitting in judgment upon the acts of our
members, of Congress and our officers ‘in the
field of battle, to the following extract from
the writings of a celebrated divine, the Rev.
Jdbn Newton. I hope they will reflect upon
tlie sentiments it contains, and allow them to
exert a due influence upon tbeir fqture course
of conduct towards those to whom are entrust
ed the management of our national affairs, both
civil and military.
QUEHULt s Wastes muiiK liio ptOTiuus
time in declaiming against the management of
public affairs: though, he has neither access to
the springs which move the wheels of Govern
ment, cor influence.either to accelerate or re
tard their motions. Our national concerns are
no more affected by the remonstrances of Que
rulus than the heavenly bodies are by the dis
putes of astronomers. While the newspapers
are the chief sources of his intelligence, and
his •situation precludes him from being & com
petent judge, either of matters of fact or mat- j
ters ot right, why should (juerulus trouble
himself with politics !”
To the Christian reader, the following addi
tional extract is particularly commended:
“IF a Christian be placed in a public sphere
action, he should undoubtedly be faithful to
Jm calling, and endeavor, by all lawful meth
oas, to transmit our privileges to posterity; but
it wouu be better for .Querulus to let the deal
J 7 are people enough to
‘tlZ —ho know
~ . ~0 " il’ their time to better purpcee.
2,T^r i f ia not of * his WHd|
and moat oi bu people may do their count,;
mueh more essential service b, pleading for it
‘V” by with tbinga
s'toch they have no power to alter.” j
3let respectfully submitted by one who feels
as .intensely for his country as the most queru
lous of his comnatriots. jj I
Car rewpon timer of thr Soalhrrn Eulrrprif.
Camp Jasper, Near Savannah, Ga., 1
Nov. 20, 1861. j
Friend Reneau : We are still at “Camp
Jasper,” two miles from Savannau. Although
the enemy have actually landed npon the soil
’ of Georgia and are now briskly fortifying them-
selves upon Tybee Island, no apparent move- j
ment has yet been made by General Lawton to’
| oust them from our shores 1 Doubtless lie has
some secret scheme on foot which, when fully
developed, will surprise the enemy and cause
them to retreat in terror and confusion.
This tuorniug we heard large guns firing in j
the direction of Fort Fulaski, a distance of
about twenty miles from Savannah. I have
been told that some of the merchants in Sa
vannah, hearing tills unusual firing, apprehend
ed an engagement near at hand, and so san
guine were they of the success of the enemy
[your readers can draw any inference they
please] that salt, which only a few hours before
brought $8 per sack, was sold by them, at pub
lic outcry, to the highest bidder, for 85 per
sack ! About 4 o’clock, P. M., intelligence
came to the city that the firing was directed
from the Fort. aicpfpßil Yankees on the beach,
supposed to have been out on an exploring ex
pedition. A few balls from the well directed
cannon at Fulaski made them cognizant of their
close proximity to the Fort, and they retired to
the bushes. Fait has again risen, if I have
been informed correctly, to 88 per sack.
Our camps are located not more than four
hundred yards from the memorable “Jasper
Springs.” It is a spot fraught with reminis
cence that should be dear to every Southern
heart. I opine there is not a person who has
arrived at the age of discretion but what has
read of the heroic deeds of the immortal “Jas
per” at the Jasper Springs. It was there at
the foot of that sparkling fountain he released
a band of helpless prisoners from the hands of
their cruel and relentless foes. Our country
men were there tied hand and foot, believing
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soon, very soon, they would be offered up as
victims upon their country’s altar; that soon
that” clear sparkling beverage would become
tinged with the hearts blood of poor inoffensive
beings. Frequently the soldiers of “Harri
son’s Brigade ” can be seen strolling at and
around this notable yet sequestered spring. It
is Such an appropriate place for meditation; es
pecially these war times. The springs are lo
cated in the midst of a cluster of tall trees with
their boughs leanirfg over the clear water as if
shielding, it the solar rays. Whenever I
visit this inviting spring and gaze down into its
pellucid depths me thinks lean read the record
still. I see those prisoners looking down upon
their fettered limbs soon to be cold and rigid
in death; their countenances o’ercast with
gloomy forebodings. They glance tlieir eyes
to the distant Savannah and wish that they
had fallen in the unequal ceontcst with, the foe
man rather than survive the soldier’s death to
suffer the felon’s death. Rut thanks ! thanks!!
they did not long endure this suspense when
the bold and intrepid “Jasper,” aided by the
hand of the Almighty, came to their relief.—
They themselves were free and their captors
prisoners. Words cannot express the gratitude
of those grateful hearts.
Until another time, adieu. Arborist.
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Yankee Trade with smith Carolina and dcor-
S*“.
The New Orleans l’icayune, referring to
Senator Simmons’ project for trading with the
Unionists of this State and Carolina, has the
following very just and peninent remarks :
Tlie one condition upon which, as the Yan
kee journals tell us, the Southern planters may
employ this agency of the Northern ships, in
taking what they produce and supplying in re
turn what it is thought expedient to permit
t hem to have, is that they shall swear allegiance
to tlie Union ! If they will forsake their State,
their neighbors, their country, and abase them
selves to do homage to a foreign enemy, who
conies red with wrath and blood, proclaiming,
purposes direful and desolating, they be
received into mercy, and fed on such cnlmbsas
can be spared Irom the master’s table.
The coast of South Carolina or Georgia wo
imagine to be the last place on the face of the
earth in which to look for a population of cra
vens large enough to find freight for a Nantuck
et pilot boat, and mean enough to sell conscience
and country so cheaply to such base purcha
sers. Unionists in that region there are none.
Nowhere amidst the universal swelling of the
Southern heart against tlie insolent and barba
rous inroads of the North, does the courage
mount higher, or is the spirit of self sacrificing
patriotism more devoted and unyielding than
there. Nowhere is the nature of this contest
piore thoroughly understood, or the fatal effects
of any concession to the enemy more keenly ap
preciated. It is the glory of that population
tLat tkoy caw the lisiug of ihe storm which is
tunr poßri&g down its accumulated wrath upon
us, when to others it looked no bigger than a
midge’s wing, and they gave out unheeded
warnings of the perils to which we should be
axposed, if we did not in time take upon our
selves the eareof our own property and liberties.
It would .be an insult, if not a self delusion
fatal to the enemy himself, to suppose it possi
ble that-a Yankee port could be opened on
their coasts, through which the crops of the
bouth, the iruits of their own toil on their own
fields, would be made tributary to the avarice of
her enemies, and made to supply them with the
means of destroying us.
Evacuation of llatlfrm,
The steamer Ideaufort, ope of our gunboats,
arrived here yesterday and reports that it is be*
lieved that Hatteras has been evacuated by the
‘‘Feds.” A rece*t reconn oisaace in that vi’
cinity failed to discover any troopsut that place
or any sign of themi except the presence of a
gunboat or two. It is also reported that they
haye sunk vessels jn the channel at Ocracoke
and Hatteras, which are to answer the purpose
of a b.ockade; it so they have been guilty of
another piece of folly ltogress,
.uX’£i °| Liverpool, had metnoral
lzed Ear Russell tor seek redress for the arrest
and police suryeiilance of his son on reaching
New York.
GEORGIA LEGISEATI'RE. .
SENATE.
Monday, Nov. 25:
Mr. Dyer, of Jasper, moved to reconsider j
the action of the Senate by which a bill was •
passed to allow free persons es color ‘tb sell i
themselves into slavery.’
■The object in moving the reconsideration j
was to have the provision in the bill altered, ;
which permitted the Inferior Courts'to sell idle ■
and vicious persons of that class into perpetual
slavery. Motion lost, •
The Senate then took up the bill reducing’
the salaries of public officers. The bill ‘was
taken up by sections.
Mr. Seward moved to strike out 82,500 as
the salaries of Judges of the Supreme Court 1
and insert 82,000. Mr. Seward said that he
intended this to be the salary only in time of
war.
Mr. Lewis was opposed to the reduction. —
He thought the office a very important one, re
quiring the highest talent, and the sum pro
posed was too small.
The motion to strike out prevailed by a vote
of 20 to 13.
On motion of Mr. Seward, the salary of the
Reporter of the Supreme Court was reuuced
from SBOO in the bill to BGOO.
Mr. Mitchell, of Floyd, moved to strike out
81,800 from the salary of Judges of the Supe
rior Courts and insert 81,500. . The notion
prevailed.
Mr. Mitchell moved to strike out 82,000
from the salary of the Comptroller General and
insert 81,600. The motion was lost.
The bill was then passed.
The bill fixing the pay of members and offi
cers of the General Assembly was token up by
sections.
Mr Furlow, of Sumter, moved to strike out
85 as the jier diem pay of members of the
General Assembly and insert 84.
The question was decided in the negative.—
Yeas 19, nays 21.
Mr. -Hansell moved to strike out 85 and in
sert 84J. His object, he said, was to place
members of the General Assembly on the same
footing with the other officers. It was a re
duction of 25 per cent. Motion to strike out
was lost.
Mr. Gibson moved to strike but 83,500 a 3
the salary of the Secretary of the Senate, with
a view of inserting §4,000. The motion was
lost.
It was moved to strike out §4,000 as the sal
ary of the Clerk of the House of Representa
tives and insert 83,500. The motion was with
drawn.
The bill was then passed.
The rules were suspended, and Mr. Antho
ny introduced a resolution to appoint a Com
mittee of .three to act in conjunction with a
committee to be appointed by the House of
Representatives to examine into the state of
the Western it- Atlantic Railroad.
A.bill compelling the Judge to listen to tes
timony in certain cases against allowing alimo
ny. The Judiciary Committee reported ad
versely.
Mr. Mosely offered a substitute to the report
of the Judiciary Committee, which was adopt
ed. The substitute was then lost.
The bill to exempt practicing physicians in
Jefferson county from road and jury duty. On
motion of Mr. Gibson, millers were added. The
bill was passed.
The bill authorizing the Governor to raise
and equip thousand of’ cavalry and
— thousand of infantrv for the service ol
•
the State was taken up.
The substitute of the Military Committe was
accepted by the introducer of the bill. That
substitute provides for the raising and equip
ping of 20,000 troops for the service of the
State. The bill was laid on the table ‘for the
present.
She Senate then adjourned till 3 o’clock,
p. m-
AFTERNOON SESSION.
3 o’clock, p. m.
The Senate met and took up the special or
der, which was a bill to incorporate the Cot
ton Planters’ Rank. The bill was laid on the
table for the prescut.
A bill for the relief of Execctors of Benja
min Lsne, of Lowndes county. Passed.
A bill to reimburse counties for .the sums
expeuded in equipping volunteers, Ac. Re
ferred.
The hill to render effectual the second sec
tion of the fourth article of the Constitution.
Mr. Kellan, of Houston, offered an amend
ment conforming tho bill nearer to the old law,
so far a3 relates to giving to children a portion
of the property, and also to the payment of the
debts. ‘Jfhe amendment was lost and the bill
passed.
The bill to incorporate the Cotton Planters’
Rank. The bill was variously amended. A
personal liability clause was inserted.
Mr. Gibscn offered an amendment providing
that before the bank should go into operation,
there should be deposited in the office of the
Comptroller General Confederate States bonds
to the amount of the capital of the bank.
Mr. Seward considered that tantamount to
the defeat of the bill.
Mr. Gibson sustained the amendment. He
considered it necessarry for the safety of the
cotton planters themselves.
Mr. Jackson, of Whitfield, opposed the
amendment,
Mr. Lewis, of Greene, moved an amendment
that no person should subscribe any cotton ex
cept that‘Which he had raised. Mr. Seward
aecepted*the amendment, and Mr. Gibson with
drew his.
The question was then taken by yeas and
nays, and were yeas 34, nays 5. So the bill
was passed.
On motion the Senate adjourned till ten
o’clock to-morrow morning.
HOUSE.
Monday, Nov. 25.
NEW MATTER.
Mr. Gilmer, of Chatham,. introduced a reso
lution that the distance be ascertained from
Milledgeville to all the county sites in the
State.
Mr. Lester, of Cobb—A bill to allow the
W. & A. H. R. to issue ohange bills.
Also, a bill to incorporate the Southern Ex*
press Company.
The special committee on a bill in reference
to the Confiscation Act, reported a bill which
was made the special order of Thursday next.
The rules were suspended, and a Senate bill
known as tbc re-enactment of the Stay 1 Law,
was taken up and read a second time, ahd re- j
fcrred to Judiciary Committee.
Mr. Owens, of Mclntosh—A resolution in !
reference to equalizing the pay of officers and
privates. !
Mr. Lee, of Muscogee —A bill to define the
powers and duties of Ordinaries.
Mr.- Eason, of Tattnall —A bill to fix and de- ‘
fine the fees of Sheriff ot llabfersham and
Banks counties.
Mr. Beall, of Randolph-*-A bill to restore to
eitizeng of this State their legitimate rights—
allows any.person toisspc a printed of engrav- :
.ed promissory note.
Mr. Cochran, of Glynn—A. bill to change,
the name of the Manufacturer’s Rank, to the
Confederate Rank of Maeon.
Mr. Bigharn —A resolution declaring that all ‘
calls for troops should be made through the
Governor of the State. Referred to Commit
tee on state of - Republic.
. ‘Also, a resolution to appoint a Joint Com-,
mittee to examine into busines before General
Assembly, and that no new mutter be introdu
ced after Wednesday.
• Mr. Norwood, of Chatham—A resolution to
provide for a change of election precincts.
Also, a bill to suspend the operation of an
Act in reference to foreign Insurance Compa
nies.
Also, a bill do point out the mode of paying
Clerk Superior Court and Sheriff in said coun
ty- . .
Mr. Wa#hingtdn, of.Bibb, a bill to author
ize the Governor to draw’ money from the
Treasury for the support of State troops.
The special order, resolutions in reference to
the purchase of the Cotton crop by the Govern
ment was, on motion of .Mr. Hook, postponed
until to-morrow. • i
The rules were suspended, and the resolution j
to appoint a committee in reference to business I
before the General Assembly, Ac , was taken
up. Mr. Washington spoke against the pres
sure for early adjournment, and urged the ne
cessity for deliberate legislation. Mr. Bigham
sustained the resolution, as looking to the end
desired by Mr. W. Mr. Moore, of Thomas,
Moved to strike out the clause relating to no
-new matter after Wednesday next, which was
carried, and the resolution was adopted.
The rules were suspended, on motiou of Mr.
Black, of Floyd, and the .Senate bill to protect
the estate of married women, was read first
time, and 200 copies were ordered to be prin
ted.
Mr. Whittle, of Bibb, moved to suspend the
rules to take up a resolution in reference to the
clothing of troops from Georgia, and to secure
the commutation money to the State, where
troops are clothed by the State. Mr. Dover
thought the commutation money should be re
tain'ed to each county having troops in the field.
The resolution was indefinitely postponed.
On motion of Mr. Norwood, the Senate bill
to prevent extortion, was taken up and read a
second time, and referred to Judiciary Commit
tee, and 200 copies were Ordered to be printed.
RIt.LS ON TfIEIR THIRD READING.
A bill to authorize Inferior Courts to change
county lines. Pending tho consideration of
this bill, the House adjourned. ,
AFTERNOON SESSION.
• The bill authorizing Inferior Courts to change
c’ounty lines-w T as resumed, and after considera
ble discussion lost—yca3 59, nays 72.
The Senate amendments to the bills fixing
fees and salaries were taken up. The first
clause related to the salary of the Judges of
the Supremo Court—making it §2,0d0, instead
of 82,500, as adopted by the House.
Mr. Love, of Thomas, moved that the House
do not concur.
Mr. Owens, sustained the motion..
The motion was carried—yeas 69, nays 63.
The next clause, changing the salary of the
Reporter to §6OO was not agreed to.
The next clause changed the salary of Judges
of the Superior Court to 81,500. On a‘mo
tion to agree to it, Messrs. Schley, Washington,
and Smith, of Brooks, • opposed the motion. —.
On a division, the yeas were 41, the nays 67-
So the motion to agree was lost:.
The next clause, an amendment relating to
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leave of absence of members, was disagreed to.
HILLS ON A THIRD READING.
A bill to amend the charter of Monroe, Wal
ton co. Amended by Mr. Gross, of Scriven,
so as to incorporate the town of Sylvania.
Also, by Mr. Black, so.as to repeal the char
ter of Hillsborough. The bill then passed.
‘ SENATE. ‘
Thursday; Nov. 28.
The action of the Sciiate in the rejection.of
a bill to render more efficient the volunteer or
ganization of the State, was reconsidered and
the bill recommitted to the Military Committee.
By conscut, I). A. Vason introduced a bill
to prevent and punish monopoly and extortion,
providing, as a penalty, fine or imprisonment,
or both.
The bill reducing the salaries of Judges,
etc., vetoed by Gov. Grown, was taken up, and
after discussiou, passed over the Executive ve
to, by a constitutional majority of yeas 31,
nays 10.
HOUSE.
Thursday, Nov. 28.
The Governor’s message, vetoing the bill re
dueing the salaries of Judges, etc., was taken
up and discussed. During the discussion a
motion was made that a committee of three be
raised to wait upon Joseph E. Grown, and see
what salaries should be given to the Judges.—
The bill was passed ortr the Executive veto by
ayes 108, nays 37. ‘! ~ . (
The Senate bill to prevent speculation in
produce was token up The committee re
ported that the Legislature had the power to
legislate upon the subject, but made no recoin*
mendations ’ as to details, which report was
adopted.
On motion of Mr. (Whittle, the bill was ta
ken up by sections.
Mr- Bluuck offered an amendment to the
first scctionj'so as,,to include drillings, shirtings
and sheetings.
Lee, of Muscogee, offered a proviso, that this
do not apply to rope factories in this State.
Mr. Trammel offered to include cotton yarns
and thread in Mr. Black’s amendment, which
was accepted.
Mr. Whittle suggested that beef and pork
were not included in the bill.
Mr. Thrasher, rawed the indefinite postpone
ment of the bill.
Mr. Norwood opposed the motion and oppos
ed the bill on Constitutional principles. He
referred to art. Ist, 21st section of that inistro
raent, which declares that property shall notbe
taken for public use except sot-just eompensa
tioft. ‘,He illustrated the argument with a re
view C(f the gradual advance in prices for
taohths, without any view to speculation, by
which the holder of a s.afcA salt, bought but
a month ago for 88, would be forced to sell k
for $1.60 —which was the price last March—
thus taking 80.40 from his pocket for no con
sideration. •
Mr. Bigham opposed the motion to postpope. ■
He did not think fbp bill perfect, but thought
it constitutional, and argued in that direction.
He sustained his position by a review of Eng
lish law on the subject.
The motion to indefinitely postpone the bill
was lost. . .
A motion to refer to the Judiciary Commit
tee was opposed by Mr. Thrasher, but was car
ried.
The Senate and House met in General As
sembly, and proceeded to elect State House
Officers. The present worthy Comptroller
General” Peterson Thweatt, was elected without
opposition. John Jones, present Treasurer, j
was re-elected. N. C. Barnett was elected Sec
retary of State on the fourth ballot.
In the House, ou the 27th, Mr. Trammell,,
of Catoosa, introduced a resolution requesting
tho Confederate Government to discontinue the
purchase of provisions and army stores by
means of commissioners, Ac., recommending
the Governor to seize suedi provisions and stores
as it may need, and pay a fair price therefor.
Convention Between the Coilfederate Mtntes ot
America anil the State of .lliaiioiiri.
Whereat, It is the common desire of the
Confederate States of America and the State j
of Missouri, that said State should become a
member of the Confederacy; and whereas, the.
accomplishment of their purpose is now pre
vented by an armed invasion of the territory
of said State by the United States ; and where
as, the interest of both demand that they should
make common cause in the war waged by the
United States against the liberties of both :
Now, therefore, for these most desirable ob
jects, the President of the Confederate States
of America has conferred full powers on 11. M.
T. Hunter, their Secretary of State, and the
Executive power of the State of Missouri on
Edward Corrington (Jabell and Thomas L
Snead, who, after having exchanged their full
powers in due and proper form, have agreed to
the following articles :
ARTICLE I.
The State of ‘Missouri shall be admitted into
said Confederacy on an equal footing with the
other States composing the same, on the fulfil
ment of the conditions set forth in the second
section of the act of the Congress of the Con
federate States, entitled, “An act to aid the
State of Missouri in repellinir invasion by the
United States, and to authorize the admission
of said State as a member of the Confederate
States of America, and for other purposes,”
approved August 20, 1801.
ARTICLE IT.
Until sard State of Missouri shall 0 become a
member of said Confederacy, the whole milita
ry force, material of war and military opera
tions, offensive and defensive, of said State,
shall be under the chief control and direction
of the President of the Confederate States, up
on the same basis, principles and footing as if
said. State were now and during the interval, a
member of said Confederacy —the said State
force, together with that of the Confederate
States, to be employed for. their common do
fenge.. ‘ . •
. “ • ARTICLE 111.
The State of Missouri Will, ‘when she be
comes a member of said Confederacy, turn over
to said Confederate Stales all, the public prop
erty, naval stores and munitions. of war, of
which she may then be in possession, acquired
from the United United States —(excepting the
public loan) on the same terms and in-the same
manner as the other States of said Confedera
cy have done in like cases.
ARTICLE IV.
All expenditure for the prosecution of the
existing war, incurred by the State of Missou
ri from and after the date of the signing of
this Convention, shall be met and provided for
by the Confederate States.
ARTICLE V.
‘The alliance hereby made between the said
Confederate States and the State of Missouri,
shall be offensive and defensive, and shall be
and remain in force during the continuance of
the existing war with the United States, or un
til superceded by the admission of said State
into the Confederacy, and shall take effect from
•the date hereof, according to the provisions of
the 3d section of the aforesaid act, approved
Aug. 20,1861. •
.In faith whereof, we, the Commissioners of
the Confederate States of America and of the
State df Missouri have signed and Sealed these
presents.
Done, in Duplicate, at the city of Richmond,
on the 31st day of October, in the year of our
Lord, one thousand eight hundred and sixty
one.
Signed R. M. T.. Hunter, [l.s.’
E: C. Cabell, . |_l.s.”
Tiiomts L. Snead, [l.s.”
The PeiiKaeoln Fight.
From all accounts, says the Savannah Re
publican, it appears the enemy have become
heartily sick of their first experiment at redu
cing our batteries in the vicinity of Pensacola.
After two days’ bombardment it appears our
forts have sustained no material damage, whilst
the enemy, discouraged and severely battered
by our fire, have concluded to suspend hostili
ties for the present. General|Bragg was strong
er to resist and gave them far more in return
than they had dreamed of. Whenever they
fee) disposed to renew the engagement, no
doubt they will find him on hanu, ready to re
turn all compliments that may be sent.*
It is gratifying that, notwithstanding the
heavy fire, our loss thus far lias been very tri
fling, though we are pained to say even that
little is confined chiefly to the Georgia troops.
Os Capt. Smith’s company, of Macon, seven
were killed and eight wounded by the bursting
of a shell in the trench where they were em
ployed.
We learn from the Observer, of Saturday
evening, that a private of the Louisiana regu
lars ami the wife of a sergeant of the murine
corps, were the persons killed in the Navy
Vard on Friday. Both were killed by a shell
from Fort Pickens. Says the Observer: l 'Our
guns worked well all day, and must have told
with terrible effect upon the other side. We
think the greatest damage done was to one of
their ships, which ventured too near one of our
batteries.”
The Observer continues:
At fifteen minutes to eleven, this rooming,
the fire re-opened and still continues at a very
brisk rate. The people are not so much excit
ed as yesterday, and we can soe every appear
ance aiuopg our people to resist to the last ex
tremity, if need bo; but every one seems to
place an unlimited confidence in our suceess.
VN e hope now that it will continue until it is
settled. Hurrah for the Southern Confedera
cy, and hurrah for “A Little More Grape.”
But the meanest and most contemptible act
of theira was the execution of the threat made
some time ago by that prince of hardened
scoundrels, Harvy Brown, that he would not
respect hospitals. One shot was so well aimed
at that building, that it went through it but
did. no damage. The baseness of this act pla
ces this blackguard below the lowest cut throat
and vagabond pickpocket of New i r ork. Thd
Worst incendiary, the meanest highway robbei)
or the lowest pirate, could scarcely hold a heart
callous enough to commit that act.
]y rir Finn lor “Blockading” Southern Ilnrbon.
The New York Post of the 23d says :
For some weeks it has been whispered that
the Nary Department was preparing a fleet of
vessels, stone laden, tube sunk in one or per -
haps Several of the harbors ot the Southern
coasts. They are old but substantial whaling
vessels, double decked, to give them greater
firmness. They were stripped of their copper
and other fittings, which were not necessary for
so short a voyage as they will make, and loaded
with picked stones as deeply as was safe. T hey
were bought at New Readfurd, New London,-
Nantucket,* Bag Harbor, Edgaiiown, Mystic
and Newport.
lu the bottom of each ship a hole was bored
into which was fitted a lead pipe five inches in
diameter, with a valve so fixed that though per
fectly safe even fur a lung voyage, it can bo
very quickly removed. It is calculated that
the ship will be filled and sunk to the bottom
iu twenty minutes after the removal of this valve.
To provide against accidental jamming of the
valves, each vessel is furnished with two augers®
of the proper size.
The crews are of six men each. These will
bo returned by the inen-of-war which will as
sist in the work of sinking. Each ship will be
anchored in the place chosen for her, and will
then be sprung round broadside tit the channel,
thus affecting as gloat a stoppage as possible.—
When this is done, and she is in position,
valve will be withdrawn, and when the vessel
is nearly level with the water’s, edge, the men
will leave in a small boat. It is reported that
an enterprising riggor has gone down with the
fleet, with the intention to take off what pieces
of spares and rigging may remain above the
water’s edge after the ships are sunk.
To Ihe Editors of the Enquirer :
Gentlemen: In the report of our proceed
ings of April, I am represented as saying that
Major (now Major General) Jackson is a grad-,
uate of the Virginia Military Institute. On
my own account, I should not care to correct
the mistake, but anything relating to an officer
who has so nobly distinguished himself in the
present war, should be stated with accuracy
Upon the nomination of Major Jackson as Col
onel of Volunteers, the question was asked,
“Who is he?” 1 responded to the inquiry,
and after a brief tribute to the gauntry and
high personal qualities of the nominee, said,
“I o have known him for several years as a Pro
fessor at the Virginia Military Institute. lie
is a gratuate of West Point, and was brevetted
three times* for gallant service in a very short
sp'Cte of time, (I believo three weeks,) as Lieu
tenant of Artillery in the Mexican war.”
. ‘James B. Dorman.
y
Wall U’oi'kd. •
We have had occasion to observe recently
that our enterprising citizens are not behind
their friends either in the interior or within the
lithits of the State, in their patriotic efforts to
serve the common cause of the Confederacy.—
Nothing but a'souse of duty has prevented our
chronicling various private adventures, the‘re
sult of which will rebound to the best interest
and glory of the Confederacy. Too much jyaise
cannot be aecordcd to several of our fellow cit
izens, who have, in the face of danger and dis
couragements so numerous that their name
might be legion, commenced the establishment
of salt works at a point not one hundred miles
from this city. Scientific researches, of per
sons engaged in anylyzing the waters of thq,
Gulf for this purpose.’ have reported that no
where else on the Coast of Florida, is salt wa
ter of greater strength and density to be found
than at the place selected. Success toJ.be en
terprise !—Apalachicola Times.
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The Removal of the Gorernmcnf.
• A special despatch to the New Orleans f>el
ta says it is thought by some that the motion in
Congress for the removal of the Capitol to
Nashville lias reference to a slrategetical pur
pose. . V hen Richmond, they say, was in imi-,
neiit danger of being captured, and Virginia
of being overrun, the Government suddenly
quit ‘Montgomery, and came to ‘ Richmond,
where, its pi escnee immediately exercised a
most salutary influence. Now, as they conceive,
there may be reason, in view of the drift of the
war in Kentucky and on the Tennessee border,
to have the Government at Nashville. . •
Second DiNtrirt—Oilirial Vote.
I he official returns, in all the counties of the
2d Congressional District have been received
at the Executive office. The vote is as follows:
R. H.. Clark 1,393, -0. J. Mannerlyn
Jonathan Davis 094. Mr. Munnerlyn’s major
ity over Col. Clark is 1.613, over Mr. Davis
2,311, over both Clark and Davis GlB. — Eav.
It* jtub!
Kirrnlne Appointment.
Geii. IV m. 11. T. Walker has been appointed
by the Governor, with the consent of the Sen
ate,-a Brigadier-Genial in the Georgia Army.
Ihe thirty additional companies recently call
cd for will Constitute his brigade.— Sav. Rrp.
A* li* ARE AL I IfOIvJZKD to announce
as a candidate for Sheri if of Thomas count v at the ensn
my’ Janmuy election*. It he is elected, Abel Johnson
will be his deputy. dee 4-tdo
WE ARE AUTHORIZED TO AXXAIXCK
Aaron Daniel
as a candidate for Sheriff of Thomas trotmtv, at the ensu
mg January, election. *dec-4-tde
ARE AUTHORIZED TO ANNOUNCE
P* B. Massey
f 2 r Uie wfficb °f Tax Receiver and Codec
_ yln Pinas County, at the ensuing January election.
WE ARE AUTiJOftIZED TO ANNOUNCE
JOHN Ur. PITTMAN
as a candidate tor the office of County Treasurer of Tltom
** yqmty, Xt"the casaing January election.
ltgwrr*WE ARE AUTHORIZED TO ANNOUNCE
J OKIV It. MADDOX
as a Candidate tor the office of Tax-Collector, for ThTifuas
oountv, at the ensuing January election. He proftnyent
it elected, to appropriate one half the profits of the offifce
to the support of the soldiers and their families.
WE ARE AUTHORIZED to hnnouuce
■W* J. H. J. BROCK
as a candidate far the office of Tax Receiver of Thomas
County, at thevansuing January election. He pnibvscs,
1 if electeted, tp appropriate oue half the profits pfthe of
fice-to the support of the soldiers amt, their fayijlk-a. .
AFTRDRIZED: hf announce
M. R. Mcßae v
as a candidate for the office of Tax Collector of Thomas
Comity, at the, ensiling January election. oct 9
llpfS WE ARE AUTHORIZED to announce
Lebbeus Dekle
as a candidate for Clerk of the Superior and Inferior
Coiicts, at.the ensiling January Election. sep 4 tdo t
WE ARE AUTHORIZED ito announce
James L. Everitt
its a candidate for the office of Tax Receiver and Collec
tor oi Thomas County at the ensuing January election.