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C|c^m#n^tr|riseJ 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. ’ * .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. * * ■ 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 1 O 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. - 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 7 u 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. ■ - r —. 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.